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THE CULTIVATOR. 
The Horticulturist, and Journal of Rural 
Art and Rural Taste. Edited by A. J. Downing, 
Esq., author of “ Landscape Gardening,” u Fruits and 
Fruit Trees of America,” and other works. 
The third volume of this work is just brought to a 
close; the fourth will commence in July. The steady 
increase of its subscribers, and the constant demand for 
back volumes, evince the value of the work in the pub¬ 
lic estimation. It will continue under the supervision 
of Mr. Downing, and will as heretofore, receive the 
contributions of the most able horticulturists in the 
country $ and no pains will be spared, either on the part 
of editor or publisher, to sustain the reputation and high 
character of the work. It is published on the first of : 
each month, by the proprietor of The Cultivator , at 
$3 a year-—each number containing 48 pages, printed 
os fine paper, and executed in a style equal in every 
respect to the best periodicals in the country. 
American Journal of Science and Arts. —The 
number of this work for March, contains, among other 
artiedes, the following; Notice of and Citations from 
a Voyage of Discovery and Research in the Southern 
and Antarctic Re'gioris, during the years 1839—43, by 
Capt. Sir James Clark Ross; on the Fundamental 
Principles of Mathematics, by Prof. Stephen Alexan¬ 
der; On a New Table of the Pressure of Steam at va¬ 
rious temperatures, by J. H. Alexander; On the Dis¬ 
persion of Light, by Prof. Chas. G. Page; Observations 
on some points in the Physical Geology of Oregon and 
Upper California, by James G. Dana. Published at 
New Haven, Ct., every second month, at live dollars a 
year. Conducted by Messrs. Silliman &. Dana. 
Mildew on Grapes. —W. L. E., East Weave, N. 
H. Various writers recommend the use of sulphur as 
a remedy for mildew. If the grapes are in a house, 
the floor is to be dusted with it, early in July. If the 
fungus makes its appearance, the floor is to be syringed 
and the foliage and fruit dusted with the sulphur. 
Commissioner of Patents. —We are gratified to 
learn that. Thomas Ewbank, Esq., has been appointed 
Commissioner of Patents for the United States. Mr. 
E. is thoroughly acquainted with the science arid histo¬ 
ry of mechanics, as is proved by the valuable works he 
has written on the subject, and we think it fortunate 
for the country that a person of his attainments has 
been secured for that important station. 
Manufacture of Agricultural Implements in 
Albany. —By reference to the advertisement of Mr. 
Emery, in this number, it will be seen that Messrs. 
Wheeler &. Co., have removed their establishment for 
the manufacture of horse-powers and other machines 
and implements, from Chatham to this city, and have 
commenced operations on a large scale in the new build¬ 
ing lately erected by Mr. Emery. 
A fine Horse called “ Morgan Hunter” was lately 
taken through this city by Mr. Wier, of Walpole, 
N. H., and sold, as we learn, to Messrs. PI. R. Ack¬ 
ley and A. S. Gilbert, of East Hamilton, Madison 
county, N. Y. He was got by “ Gifford Morgan,” and 
his dam was by the same horse. Persons who want to 
know what a Morgan horse is, wiil do well to examine 
him. 
Protection of Turnips from the Fly. —White 
mustard, sown with turnips, is considered one of the 
best means of protecting turnips from the insects usu¬ 
ally called the Jly —a species of haltica ■—which devours 
the plant .as soon as it makes its appearance above 
ground. Large crops are often thus destroyed in a 
single day. The advantage of the mustard is, that it 
starts quicker than the turnip, has a large and tender 
seed-leaf, which the insect is quite as fond of as of the 
turnip, and being so much more conspicuous,- tho mus¬ 
JtJNE, 
tard is eaten and the turnip saved till it gets into 
“ rough leaf,” as it is termed, in which state it is gene¬ 
rally safe from attack. 
Professor Johnston.—* We have stated in another 
place that this gentleman, so well known as a chemist 
and writer on the sciences connected with agriculture, 
is expected to deliver the address before the New-York 
State Agricultural Society, at its meeting at Syracuse. 
He will probably arrive here as early as the month of 
August, and, as we are pleased to learn, contemplates 
spending several months in the different sections of our 
country. We are informed that he has consented to 
deliver a course of lectures before the Lowell Institute 
at Boston, during the next winter; and we hope other 
associations will avail themselves of the opportunity of 
securing his valuable services while he remains among 
us. 
Mr. Vail’s sale of Short Horns. —It will be re 
membered that this important sale takes place on the 
13th instant. It will, probably, call together a large 
number of farmers, who will avail themselves of this 
opportunity of obtaining fine animals of this celebrated 
breed. 
The following is a copy of a letter lately received 
by Mr. Vail from Col. Wade Hampton, of South 
Carolina: 
“Dear Sir —The bull I purchased of you, is not only 
the best I have ever had, but superior to any I have 
ever seen. His get are very beautiful, and exhibit all 
the evidence of high blood. I have been a breeder of 
Short-horns for nearly forty years—have imported seve¬ 
ral bulls, and bought at various times, others, from the 
best herds at the north, but have never owned one 
whose stock has given me such entire satisfaction. W. 
Hampton.” 
Farming in Aroostook. — A correspondent of the 
Maine Farmer , states that he began farming in this dis¬ 
trict in 1846. He gave one dollar an acre for bis land 
in the u wilderness state,” and three dollars an aero 
for felling trees, and one dollar an acre additional for 
• £ chopping the limbs,”—making the cost of clearing, 
including the board of the men, eight dollars per acre.' 
He gives the following account of the profits of an oat 
crop produced on three acres of this land. He sowed 
six bushels of “ small Russian oats” on the three acres, 
in the spring of 1848, and the yield was 225 bushels, 
weighing 35 to 38 pounds to the bushel, and yielding 
22 pounds of meal to the bushel, deducting from which 
one-sixth for the miller’s toll, leaves 18| pounds to the 
bushel, worth $5 per hundred. The account is stated 
thus: 
Dr.—T o felling and clearing three acres of land,.$36 00 
Six bushels oats for seed,. 5 00 
Myself two hours to sow same,. 50 
Boy and horse three days to harrow them in,. 4 50 
Twelve days’ reaping, binding and shocking, .... 18 00 
Man, boy and team l£ days, to haul them to barn, 5 00 
Man 12 days in winter to thresh them out,- .... 15 00 
Taking them to null and returning meal, 15 miles, 15 00 
Total. $99 00 
Cr.—B y 225 bushels oats, giving 18f lbs. meal per bushel, 
4125 lbs. meal, at 5 cents per lb.,.$206 25 
Cost of crop,. 99 00 
Leaving a profit of,.$107 25 
The Russian oats spoken of, are said to be a variety 
particularly adapted to the rich soil of Aroostook. 
They do not grow as high as the common oat by ten or 
twelve inches; are fine-strawed, and seldom lodge so as 
to injure the grain; are two weeks earlier than the 
common oat, and are said to make the best meal of any 
variety. 
Extirpation of Garlic. —A subscriber at Corn¬ 
wall, N. Y., wishes information in regard to the extir¬ 
pation of the “ wild onion,” by which it is presumed 
