60 
THE CULTIVATOR. 
Jan. 
for fjje Bftonfy. 
To our Friends and Patrons. 
We have the pleasure of presenting to our read¬ 
ers this month, a Double Number, —the additional 
32 pages consisting of the Pictorial Cultivator, 
which contains over One Hundred Engravings, con¬ 
sisting of about fifty Portraits of Domestic Animals, 
including Horses, Cattle, Sheep, Swine, and Poul¬ 
try—twelve views of Houses and Barns—sixteen 
figures of Fruits—seventeen of Implements—ten of 
Ornamental Structures, and a great variety of mis¬ 
cellaneous articles. It is intended to form the first 
sheet of this year’s volume, and the regular number 
is paged consecutively with it. 
Our readers will perceive that we commence with 
the present number, a series of Letters from Prof. 
Norton of Yale College, who it gives us pleasure 
to state, will continue them through the year. We 
are not less gratified in being able to announce that 
Mr. Holbrook, to whom we are indebted for many 
very valuable papers given in our last volume, will 
continue his contributions. With these aids, in ad¬ 
dition to those of Mr. Howard and Mr. Thomas, 
and a numerous list of correspondents, the publish¬ 
er trusts that he will be enabled to fulfil all reason¬ 
able expectations, and to furnish such a journal as 
will richly deserve a place in the hands of every far¬ 
mer and his family. 
To Agents and Postmasters. 
As an inducement to greater exertion on the part 
of those disposed to act as Agents, the following 
Premiums will be paid in Books, or in Implements 
or Seeds from the Albany Agricultural Warehouse, 
to those who send us the largest lists of subscribers 
for this year: 
1. To the one who shall send vis the largest number of subscribers 
to the Cultivator for 1850, with the pay in advance, at the club 
price of 67 cents each, previous to the 20th of March next, the sum of 
FIFTY DOLLARS. 
2. To the one sending us the next largest number, the sum of 
FORTY DOLLARS. 
3. To the one sending us the next largest number, the sum of 
THIRTY DOLLARS. 
4. For the next largest list, the sum of TWENTY DOLLARS. 
5. For the next largest list, TEN DOLLARS. 
6. For the Five next largest lists, each FIVE DOLLARS. 
7. For the Ten next largest lists, each THREE DOLLARS. 
In addition to the above, a copy of Thomas’ 
l( American Fruit Culturist,” price one dollar 
■—a very valuable work, just published—to every 
agent who sends us Fifteen subscribers and $10, and 
who does not obtain one of the above prizes. 
Agents who compete for our premiums, will 
aid us in keeping their accounts, if they will num¬ 
ber their subscribers, 1, 2, 3, and upward. 
O^In answer to several inquiries, we -would state, 
that it is not required that all papers in a club 
should be sent to one post office. We will address 
them to as many different offices as may be necessary. 
Communications have been received since 
our last, from Prof. J. P. Norton, P., R. H. Drake, 
C. H., Oliver Harmon, C. Fredericks, A Subscri¬ 
ber, A Farmer, A Subscriber, Jas. R. Hammond, 
F. Holbrook, S. P. Chapman, Alumnus, Wayne, A 
Practical Farmer, L. Durand. 
Books, Pamplets, &c., have been received as 
follows: 
An Address delivered at the Annual Fair of the New-Kaven Coun¬ 
ty Horticultural Society. Sept. 26, by S. B. Parsons— with the 
Transactions of the Society. 
Letter to Hon. John M. Clayton, Secretary of State, enclosing a pa¬ 
per Geographical, Political, and Commercial, on the Independent 
Oriental Nations, and containing a Plan for extending American 
Commerce in the East, by Aaron H. Palmer. 
Report of the Autumnal Exhibition of the Cincinnati Horticultural 
Society, for 1849. 
Address before the Kalamazoo County (Mich.) Ag. Society, Oct. 11, 
1849, by J. R. Williams. 
Catalogues of the Officers and Students of Harvard, Yale, and Ha¬ 
milton Colleges, for 1849—50. 
Agricultural Address of Maj. John M’Gaughet, at Greenville, 
Term’., from E. Link, Esq. 
Address on the Progress and Improvements that have been made in 
the Mechanic Arts, before the American Institute, by Rev. John 
Aleurtis. 
Address before the Norfolk (Mass.) Ag. Society, on the occasion of 
its first exhibition at Dedham, Sept..“26, 1849, by Hon. Marshall 
P. Wilder, President of the Society, 
Library of the late Mr. Colman. —We learn 
from John W. Proctor, Esq., that the officers of the 
Essex County (Mass.) Agricultural Society, have pur¬ 
chased from the library of the late Rev. H. Colman, 
about 500 volumes, relating to agriculture, some of 
which are rare and valuable. The Society designs to 
make this the foundation of an extensive and select li¬ 
brary for the beneft of the members. 
Importation of Saxon Sheep. —Messrs. D. W. 
Catlin, of New-York, and Ciias. B. Smith, of Wol- 
cotville, Ct., have lately imported 20 Saxon sheep from 
the flock of Baron de Speck / Leitchena, near Leipsic, 
Saxony, the same gentlemen from whom Messrs. Catlin 
& Smith received a lot last fall. They are said to com¬ 
bine every requisite, in a fine sheep, fine form, good con¬ 
stitution, compactness and weight of fleece, and fine 
ness of fibre. We are informed that ten more sheep 
from the same flock are daily expected. 
Atmospheric Churns. —Most of our readers are 
probably aware that there have been various churns in¬ 
troduced under this name, within a few years. We 
have, on a former occasion, noticed some trials which 
have been made with some of this kind j and in refer¬ 
ence to the butter produced by them, have stated that it 
did not appear to be of as good a quality as that made 
in other churns. This is corroborated by Mr. B. A. 
Hall, of New Lebanon, N> Y., whose reputation as a 
dairyman is well known. In a communication to the 
Boston Cultivator, he says — 11 The introduction of at¬ 
mospheric air into churns, having the effect that its ad¬ 
vocates claim, (viz. quick churning,) has a decided 
tendency to injure the butter.” 
The Wagener Apple. —We are informed that Mr. 
Chas. Lee, of Penn-Yan, by whom this fine apple 
was brought into notice, has disposed of all the scions 
he has to spare of this variety, to Col. E. C. Frost, of 
Catherine, Chemung county, N. Y., who, it is stated, 
has now growing in his nursery, several thousand trees 
of this kind, all grafted from unmistakable sources. 
Glue not Dissolved by Alcohol. —A correspon¬ 
dent, “ S. S.,” of Philadelphia county, Pa., informs us 
that having seen it stated that common glue dissolved 
in alcohol, was an excellent and convenient article, he 
concluded to try it, but could not make the two substan¬ 
ces mix. He says, il I let cold alcohol stand for weeks 
upon glue—boiled glue in the spirits—let them stand 
for a week together in a sand bath on a cooking store— 
melted the glue and tried to mix hot alcohol with it— 
did ditto and tried cold alcohol, and every effort result- 
