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Motes for tl;e Monti;. 
Communications have been received since our 
last, from Prof. J. P. Norton, F. Holbrook, G. T. 
Pearsall, H., Daniel C. Douglass, J. C. H., Dar¬ 
win E. Gardner, S. R. G., N. S. Smith, W. L. Ea¬ 
ton, Harry Betts, A New-York Farmer in Virginia, 
J. R., Otis Dillingham, E. Croasdale, C. G. J., 
W., J. S. Pettibone, A Farmer, Berkshire, Eliza 
P. Benedict, A. B., A Subscriber. 
Books, Pamphlets, See., have been received as 
follows: 
Transactions of the Essex (Mass.) Ag . Society, for 1849, from J. 
W. Proctor, Esq., President of the Society, and from Gen. Wm. 
Sutton. 
Transactions of the Worcester (Mass.) Ag . Society for 1849, from 
John W. Lincoln, Esq. 
Annual Message of the Governor of Ohio, fVorn Hon. J. S. Cope¬ 
land. 
Proceedings of tho North American Pomological Convention, held 
at Syracuse, 14th Sept., 1849. 
The Application of Science to Farming, an address before tho 
Hampden Ag . Society, Oct. 4, 1849, by W. C. Goldthwait. 
An Address before the Hampshire, Franklin and Hampden Ag. So¬ 
ciety, Oct. 1849, by Prof. John P. Norton. 
Transactions of the Norfolk, (Mass.) Ag. Society, for 1849, the first 
year of its existence—a handsome octavo of 150 pages—from Hon. 
M. P. Wilder, President of the Society. 
The North British Agriculturist, several nos. from Mr. J. Johnston, 
Geneva. 
Sixteenth Annual Report of the Massachusetts Lunatic Hospital, 
from the Superintendent, Dr. Gao. Chandler. 
Will “ H. C. W., Putnam Valley,” please 
favor us with his address ? 
Apples of 1846.—Mr. James Stewart, of Ho¬ 
bart, Delaware county, N. Y., has sent us four ap¬ 
ples, two of which grew in 1846, one in 1848, and 
one in 1849. They are all the produot of one tree, 
a seedling, on tho farm of Mr. S. They are re¬ 
markable from their property of long keeping; but 
we do not discover that thoy have any other quali¬ 
ties that would particularly recommend them. 
Fat Sheep. —Mr. B. McNeil, of Schoharie, 
lately brought to this city, on his way to Boston, 
forty-two fat sheep. They were purchased at $15 
a head of George Goodyear, of Schoharie, who 
fattened them. They are mostly of the improved 
Cotswold breed, and that breed crossed with tho 
Bakewell or Leicester. Several of them weighed, 
alive, 300 lbs., and upwards each. Twenty-five 
of the lot were raised by Mr. George Clark, of 
Springfield, Otsego county, and tho others were 
raised in the same neighborhood. They were the 
finest lot of fat sheep we ever saw, of so great a 
number. 
Grafting GrapeVinks.— Mr. Curtis, member 
of Assembly from Onondaga county, stated at one 
of the agricultural meetings in Albany, that he had 
been very successful in grafting the Isabella on the 
common wild grape. He takes about fifteen to 
eighteen inches of the root of the wild vine, and in¬ 
serts in it a scion of the kind he wishes to propa¬ 
gate. It is done in the ordinary mode of cleft or 
“ split” grafting. The vine is planted so that the 
connexion of the stock and scion will be just below 
the surface of the ground. The operation is per¬ 
formed in the spring before the vines come into leaf. 
Mr. C. stated that he had vines so grafted, which 
bore considerably the first year, and sometimes they 
had made a growth of fourteen feet the first season. 
Good Corn crop.— J. W. Colburn, of Spring- 
field, Vt., Writes— 11 I have raised the past season, 
on four acres of ground, (Connecticut river alluvi¬ 
al,) within a few quarts of 416 bushels. It is of 
the variety known as the Brown corn ; eight-rowed, 
small cob, deep fiat grain, having a ohocolate col¬ 
ored tinge. In a rich soil, well prepared, and with 
clean and thorough cultivation, it will yield more 
than any kind I have ever tried; but on light and 
poor soils, and with ordinary culture, it will do 
nothing.” 
Cheese Dairies in Washington county, N. Y. 
—A correspondent in Middle Granville, informs us 
that from 150 to 200 tons of cheese were made in 
that town the past season. We publish this month, 
an account of the products and management of one 
cf these dairies, and are promised farther particu¬ 
lars hereafter. 
Sample of Wheat.— We have received from Mr. 
S. B. Parsons, of Colebrook, N. H., a sample of 
wheat, called 11 the Turkey wheat.” Its appear¬ 
ance is similar to that of the u Black Sea” wheat, 
when that variety first came into the country. The 
name also, implies that they are from the same region. 
But as the sample sent us is understood to be the 
product of a later importation, it may possess some 
valuablo qualities which the other has lost in accli¬ 
mation. Mr. P. informs us that it has succeeded 
remarkably well, having ripened perfectly free from 
rust, in neighborhoods where other wheat totally 
failed. 
Samples of Wool from Kentucky. —We have 
received from Mr. Washington Miller, of Win¬ 
chester, Clarke Co., Ky., some handsome samples of 
Merino wool. We are informed that they are in 
part from sheep purchased by him, about fifteen 
years since, of Lewis Sanders, Esq., of Grass 
Hills, Ky., and in part from sheep lately purchased 
from the eastern part of Ohio. The samples are all 
good, and those from Mr. M. J s own flock, show that 
there is no obstacle to the production of fine wool 
in Kentucky. 
Lawrence Scientific School. —By a circular, 
wo learn that the course of instruction in this de¬ 
partment of Harvard Univorsity commencing March 
1, 1850, is to comprise the following lectures: 1, 
Engineering, by Prof. Eustis; 2, Chemistry, by 
Prof. Horsford; 3, Zoology and Geology, by Prof. 
Agassiz; 4, Anatomy and Physiology; 5, Botany 
and Vegetable Physiology, by Prof. Gray; 6, Ex¬ 
perimental Philosophy, by Prof. Lovering; 7, 
Mathematics, by Prof. Pierce; 8, Astronomy, by 
Messrs. W. C. and G. P. Bond. For particulars 
in regard to this valuable school, inquire of Prof. 
E. N. Horsford, Dean of the Faculty, Cambridge, 
Massachusetts. 
Agricultural enterprise in Canada. —A Ca¬ 
nadian paper notices the improvements in agricul¬ 
ture made by Chas. P. Treadwell, Sheriff of the 
Ottawa District. It is stated that he has upwards 
of two hundred acres of land ready for spring wheat, 
and that he cleared upwards of a hundred acres of 
forest last season. His extensive operations in 
draining are also spoken of; he having made up¬ 
wards of five miles of ditches with the spade, be¬ 
sides other ditches made by a plow designed for the 
purpose, drawn by four horses. He has also intro¬ 
duced the subsoil plow. 
The last Smithfield Show of Fat Cattle.— 
This exhibition was held at London from the 11th 
to the 14th of December last. In the six classes of 
oxen and steers, there were fourteen prizes; of 
which the Herefords took four, viz: one first prize, 
including the silver medal to the breeder, and the 
gold medal for the (i best ox or steer in the show- 
yard”—one second, and two third prizes; the 
Short-Horns took four—two first and two second 
prizes; the Devons took five—two first, two second 
