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THE CTJLTIVATOH. 
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gent agriculturists believe that each acre, under 
good management, will easily support its man, 
and if so, then the United States would support 
the whole of the present population of the globe. 
Plums. —“Several new plums have lately origina¬ 
ted in this neighborhood, some of which will proba¬ 
bly be found deserving propagation, as they pos¬ 
sess qualities which are not common. We shall 
only notice a few at the present time, leaving oth¬ 
ers to be examined and decided on hereafter. One 
is in the garden of Messrs. E. & E. Dorr, of this 
city. The tree has borne two seasons, and was so 
much overloaded the present season, that the size 
of the Iruit was somewhat diminished, and its qual¬ 
ity injured. It is a beautiful plum, of the yellow 
class, with a thick bloom, and a deep blush on the 
upper side. Its shape resembles Coe’s Golden 
Drop, and it is about the size of Bleecker’s Gage. 
Its quality is nearly first-rate. It begins to ripen 
about the tenth of September, and it continued this 
season till the middle of October. 
Another fine new plum has appeared in the noted 
plum-garden of Mr. Isaac Denniston, of this city. 
The tree bore for the first time in 1847, and we no¬ 
ticed the fruit in the Cultivator for November of 
that year. Mr. D. has since given it the name of 
Madison. It proves to be even later in ripening 
than we stated in our former notice. It may be 
said to be in perfection at the present time-—Octo¬ 
ber 16th—though there is still a large proportion 
on the tree. In shape and size it resembles the 
Imperial Gage, but its general color is lighter, and 
it is generally mottled or covered on its upper side 
with bright crimson. All who have tasted it pro¬ 
nounce it first-rate—nearly equalling the Green 
Gage—of which it is probably a seedling. 
Absorption of Rain. —It is believed that if soils 
were sufficiently deep and fertile, nearly or quite 
all the water which falls would be needed, and 
but little would run off in streams. Hence, streams 
are found to diminish as population and improve¬ 
ment advances. It has been found that fifty-five 
or fifty-six inches of water falls annually at Nat¬ 
chez ; and if forty-five inches be taken as the av¬ 
erage for the whole Mississippi Valley, which is 
evidently within bounds, it will give an amount 
falling on the whole valley, ten times greater than 
She water discharged at the mouth of the river. 
To prevent Horses running off. —When the 
Icelanders ride two or more together on horseback, 
and wish to dismount and leave their horses for any 
length of time, they tie the head of one horse to the 
tail of the other, and the head of the second to the 
tail of the former. In this reversed condition they 
can make no progress, and if they move at all they 
can only go in a circle. 
Watermelons after Tomatoes. —Prof. Turner 
writing to the Horticulturist , says —“ My watermelons 
planted where tomatoes had grown two seasons before, 
are of twice the size and vigor of growth of those grown 
in the same way and on the same soil, side by side.” He 
asks, u Is this a general result?” 
Durability of Red Cedar. —We have heard 
of an old farmer, who, when asked, how he knew 
that Cedar posts would “ last forever,” said he had 
frequently tried the experiment. Some may doubt 
his assertion, yet its lasting powers have been 
found to exceed a long life-time. At the head of 
one of the graves in u Old St. Mary’s,” Md., there 
stands a cedar slab, which, as the inscription indi¬ 
cates, was placed there in 1717, and is still perfect¬ 
ly sound. 
Prices of Agricultural Products. 
™ ^ TT NeW-York, Oct. 16, 1819. 
FLOUR—Genesee, per bbl., $5.13«$5.25—Favorite Western. 
$5.12£a$5.18-^j|ncy brands, $5.31a$6.25. 
• ‘1 RAIN ~Wheat, Genesee, per bash., $1.2Ia$l 22—Red Missoni 
ri. SI.05 —Corn, Western and Southern Yellow, 63k65c.—Rye. 
59^<60c.—Barley, 58£a61c.—Oats, 3Sa40c. 1 
BUTTER—best, per ib., wholesale, 18al9c.—western dairy, 15 
al7c. ■” 
CHEESE—per lb., 6a6|c. 
BEEF—Mess, new, per bbl., $10a$10.50—Prime, $7a$3 Old 
Mess. $11.50 
PORK—Mess, per bbl., $10.50—Prime, $8.50a$8.69. 
LARD—per lb., 6-|c. 
HAMS—Smoked, per lb., non-pickled, GaO^c. 
HOPS—per lb., first sort, new, 12|al3c. 
COTTON—Upland and Florida, per lb., 9|all|c.—New Orleans 
and Alabama, 9|al.2c. 
WOOL—(Boston prices.) 
Prime or Saxon fleeces, per lb.,. 40«43c. 
American full blood Merino,. 35«37c. 
half blood do.,...30a32e! 
one-fourth blood and common,..... 27a29c. 
Remarks.— The cotton market is buoyant. Western and State 
flour is very heavy—the demand mostly for the home trade. There 
is a fair trade in grain at quotations. Beef and pork are in better 
demand, though chiefly for the home market. 
May Cutters, Corn Shelters & Vegetable Cutters* 
QPIRAL and Straight Knife 
^ and Gate Hay Cutters of 
Stevens, Ruggles, Nourse & 
Mason’s, Hovey’s and Rich’s 
both for Hand and Horse 
Power. Also, Corn Stalk Cut¬ 
ters, for cutting, crushing, and 
making fine feed. 
All the above are offered at 
the manufacturers’ home pri¬ 
ces, at wholesale and retail 
CLINTON’S hand double ana single hopper shellers. Smith’s 
Patent cylinder power Corn shellers. 
The above are warranted to be the best in use, and are afforded 
at the lowest prices. 
Ruggles, Nourse & Mason’s Vegetable Cutters. The best made 
in this country, and has three times received the first premium of 
the State Agricultural Society. 
A large and eeneral assortment of Implements of Husbandry- 
embracing every article required about the farm. Also, a good 
assortment of Grass, Grain, Field, Garden Seeds, <fcc., &c., con¬ 
stantly on hand at the Albany Agricultural Warehouse & Seed 
Store, Nos. 309 and 371 Broadway, Albanv, N. Y. 
Nov. 1. HORACE L. EMERY. 
