88 THE CULTIVATOR. March, 
Hot«i for tfiv Monti;. 
Communications have been received, since our last, 
from E. C. Frost, W. C. W., Wm. Freeland, F. Hoi- 
brook, J. S. Pettibone, John Tufts, Rob’t. M. Mar¬ 
shall, Wm. Little, P. S., Yeoman, Agricola, Practical 
Farmer. D. G. Williams, J. L. Childs, A Book Far¬ 
mer, Timothy Beaman, Prof. E. Emmons, A. G. 
Moody, Wm. Bailey, Subscriber, Prof. Robert Peter, 
J. McKinstry, PI. C, W., Dennis Johnson, Dean, James 
Eaton, R. G., Isaac Hildreth, F. Holbrook, A. Wan- 
zer, A Farmer’s Daughter, Chas. Betts, S. H. Reed, 
Chas. E. Norton, S. T. Duffell, N. P. A., B. A. Hall, 
J. B. Dill, Pennepack, W. C. B., J. J. Craig, W. A. 
Tryon, P. S. Bunting, S. Gillespie, A. C. Richards, 
W. R. W., G. A. Hanchett, P. Wing, O. P. H. 
Books, Pamphlets, &c., have been received, since 
our last, as follows:—Geographical Memoir upon upper 
California, with a map of Oregon and California, by 
J. C. Fremont, from Hon. J. W. Bradbury, U. S. 
Senate.—Report of the Ohio Pomological Convention 
for 1848. Elements of Agriculture, for the use of 
Schools, translated from the French, by F. G. Skinner, 
and Sheep Husbandry in the South, by H. S. Randall, 
from J. S. Skinner, Esq.—Judge Beatty’s Essays on 
the Agriculture of Kentucky, from Lewis Sanders, 
Esq.—Proceedings of the Penn. Hart. Society, and list 
of premiums for 1849, from Thomas Hancock, Esq.— 
Catalogue of Western Reserve College for 1848-9.— 
Transactions Essex (Mass.) Ag. Society for 1848, 
from J. W. Proctor, Esq.—Report of the Boston 
Water Commissioners, on the material best adapted for 
water pipes, from Prof. Horsford. —The Safety Mask, 
or Prophylactic Protector from diseases produced by 
contagion, infection, or malaria, by John Lewis, of 
Kentucky, the inventor, from the author.—Catalogue 
of the Mount Airy Ag. Institute, from the Principal, 
John Wilkinson, Esq.-—Flower seeds, from T. Reid, 
Little Fort, Ill. 
We tender our grateful acknowledgments to our 
numerous correspondents, for the liberal contributions 
with which we have been favored the present winter. 
Some of them, of course, must be delayed; but we beg 
our friends, whose favors are laid over for a month or 
two, not to consider that it is done because we consider 
their favors less valuable than those published. We 
endeavor to make a fair selection for each month, so 
that one number shall about equal the others. Among 
the papers filed for our next No., are those of Prof. 
Peter and Dr. Martin, of Kentucky—Mr. J. S. Pet¬ 
tibone, Mr. J. M’KiNstry, H. C. W., Pennepack, 
and many shorter ones, for u The Farmer’s Note Book,” 
and other departments of the paper. 
Premiums. —Ih our next, we shall publish a list of 
the persons, to whom our premiums for subscribers, re¬ 
ceived previous to the 20th of March, are awarded. 
Nursery Catalogues. —It would give us pleasure 
to comply with the requests of our friends for these 
Catalogues, were it in our power; but we have not had 
a copy from any nursery for a long time. 
Hereford Beef. —We lately saw five head of fine 
Hereford cattle, owned and fattened by Mr. Edward 
Wells, of Johnstown, N. Y. There were four steers, 
coming four years old, and one cow. They were all 
from the former herd of Messrs. Corning and Sotham. 
The steers were reared in the ordinary way, on hay 
and gras>s, $nd have only been stall-fed about three 
months. They are lafge and well-shaped, and have 
fattened remarkably well for the time they have been 
feeding. The eow has been an excellent breeder, but 
has become scancwhat in years, and having failed to 
have a oalf last season, it was thought best to fatten 
her. The fine condition of these animals supported the 
high character which the Herefords maintain in Eng¬ 
land, for'beef. Mr. Wells has several choice breed¬ 
ing animals of this breed. 
“ North American Pomological Convention.” 
—A circular has been issued by “ the Committee of 
the North American Pomological Convention,” which 
has been supposed, by many persons who have received 
it, to have emanated from the New-York State Agri¬ 
cultural Society, as we learn from several letters from 
gentlemen to whom it was addressed; and we see by 
the Cleveland Plerald, that Professor Kirtland, in 
declining the appointment conferred upon him by that 
circular, alludes to the appointment as having been 
made by “ the N. Y. State Ag. Society.” Under these 
circumstances, it is proper that we should say that the 
New-York State Ag. Society had nothing to do with 
the circular in question, nor with the appointment of 
the committees named therein; nor do we suppose it 
to be the intention of the State Ag. Society to extend 
its operations beyond the limits of the State. 
Albany Agricultural Warehouse. —By the ad¬ 
vertisement of H. L. Emery, it will be seen that he 
has re-established himself at the spacious new building 
lately erected on the site of the Townsend House, 369 
Broadway. He has here collected a large assortment 
of implements, all of which are entirely new, and of 
the most approved construction. He is therefore pre¬ 
pared to supply every article in his line of trade, at the 
shortest notice. Farmers visiting the city, will find 
the establishment worthy their attention. 
Chemical Manure. —Attention is invited to the 
advertisement of the “ George Bommer Manure Com¬ 
pany,” in this paper, who contemplate, it will be seen, 
furnishing farmers and gardeners with a superior article 
of concentrated manure. It is a subject with which 
Mr. B. has been long familiar, and if he shall succeed 
in furnishing an article of good and uniform qualit} r , 
there must be a large demand for it. 
Sale of Ayrshire Cattle. —We invite attention 
to Mr. Bement’s advertisement in this number, of his 
Ayrshire stock. Several of the animals offered have 
taken premiums at the shows of the N. Y. State Ag. 
Society. The Ayrsllires are a good breed for the dai¬ 
ry, and better adapted to light soils than the Short¬ 
horns. 
Lawrence Scientific School.- —This school, which 
is attached to Harvard College, Cambridge, Mass., 
continues in successful operation. The second term for 
the year 1848-’49, commences on the first of March, 
and will end on the 14th of July. Prof. Horsford 
will lecture upon Theoretical and Experimental Che¬ 
mistry twice a week, from the second of April to the 
close of the term. Excursions will be made in term 
time to manufacturing establishments in the neighbor¬ 
hood, where the practical application of chemistry to 
the arts may be observed. Prof. Horsford will con¬ 
tinue to receive special students to the course of ex¬ 
perimental instruction in Chemistry, who will give 
their attendance in the laboratory from 9 o’clock A. M. 
to 5 o’clock P. M. The course will be modified to 
meet the wants of those designing to pursue practical 
analysis, manufacturing, metallurgy, medicine, engi¬ 
neering, agriculture, or instruction, and proportioned 
in duration to the objects and previous acquisitions of 
the student. 
Prof. Agassiz will lecture on Zoology; Prof. Wy¬ 
man on Com- Anatomy and Physiology; Prof. Gray 
on Botany and Vegetable Physiology; Prof. Webster 
on Mineralogy and Geology. For particulars inquire 
of Prof. E. N. Horsford, Cambridge, Mass. 
Death of a Friend of Agriculture. —The 
Maine papers mention the demise of Payne Wingate, 
Esq., of Hallowell, Me. Ho was a close student of 
