1850 
THE CULTIVATOR. 
249 
Matts for tl;e Mont!;. 
Communications have come to hand, during the 
past month as follows: J. A. Cheney, A Sub¬ 
scriber, J. W. G., An Experienced Farmer, D. 
T., James Tufts, W. L. Chambers, H. Wether- 
wax, G. A. Hanchett, An Old Farmer, A Sub¬ 
scriber, L. Durand. 
Books, Pamphlets, &c.,have been received as 
follows: 
The Philosophy of Electrical Psychology, by John B. Dods —from 
the publishers, Fowlers & Wells, New-York. 
Analysis of the Apple, by J.H. Salisrury, M.'D.—and Analysis of 
the Rhubarb, by the same—16 pages 8vo.—from the Author. 
First Report of the Geology of Alabama, by Prof. M. M. Tuomey, 
Geologist to the State, See., from Gov. Collier. 
Report of the Maryland State Agricultural Chemist, James Hig¬ 
gins, M. D., for the past year. 
Fourth Report of the Board of Agriculture of Ohio, from J. L. Cox, 
Esq., Zanesville. 
A. B.—We shall be glad to have you continue 
the subject, as you propose. 
The American Fruit Culturist. —This work 
has been mailed to every agent entitled to it by our 
terms. The postmaster at Philadelphia stopped 
those which should have passed through his office, 
on the ground that books had no right to go by mail. 
He, however, informs us that he has, at our request, 
forwarded the copies which were detained at his 
office. But if any person entitled to the work, has 
failed to receive it, we will forward a second copy 
on being apprised of the failure. 
Correction. —In our last, the price of Professor 
Norton's “ Elements of Scientific Agriculture," 
was stated at 75 cents. It should have been 50 
cents. 
The Plow, Loom, and Anvil. —The third vo¬ 
lume of this periodical commences with August. 
The well-known industry and energy of its editor, 
J. S. Skinner, Esq., continue unrelaxed, and its 
pages are well filled with useful matter. It is pub¬ 
lished monthly, at $2 a year, in advance. J. S. 
Skinner, Philadelphia, Editor and Publisher. See 
advertisement. 
The Difference. —Mr. J. S. Craig, of Madison, 
Ind., speaking of the failure of the wheat crop in 
his neighborhood, last year, says—“One man told 
me he had sown six bushels, and did not gather the 
amount of the seed. I replied, ‘I have done better 
than that, my crop having averaged 15 bushels per 
acre; to which he said—‘0, a poor man, with a 
large family, can't afford to put his land in such nice 
order as you had yours;’ ‘ but,’ said I, ‘ the chief 
difference between us is, I feed my corn fodder in 
the stables and yards, you feed your’s in the roads 
and lanes.’ Would you believe it! I have three 
adjoining neighbors, who feed their cattle in the 
road and lanes, if it happens to be in the most con¬ 
venient place, and don’t seem to care about the loss 
of manure. Yet their rotation is corn, oats, wheat, 
without allowing the land any rest in clover or 
grass, and giving it but very little manure, till it 
has almost refused to produce wheat. I find, now, 
the opinion is almost universal, that it is useless to 
sow wheat, without manuring the land in some 
way. " 
Breed of Swine.— Mr. O. F. Marshall, of 
Wheeler, Steuben co., N. Y., writes: “ We have a 
peculiar kind of hogs in this section, which have been 
bred here over 50 years. They became nearly ex¬ 
tinct about the time the Berksliires were so popular ; 
but we have, with a good deal of exertion, restored 
them about as pure as formerly. They are similar 
in shape to the Berkshires, but their color is red or 
sandy, and they have very fine hair. When pure- 
blooded, the tails of the pigs come off, when about 
three or four weeks old. They were introduced 
here by the late judge Hammond, father of S. H. 
Hammond, Esq., district attorney for Albany 
county.’’ 
Agricultural School in Massachusetts.— 
The following gentlemen have been appointed by 
the Governor of Massachusetts commissioners on 
the subject of an agricultural school, v.iz: Hon. 
M. P. Wilder, Dorchester; Rev. Dr. Edward 
Hitchcock, President of Amherst College; Sam¬ 
uel A. Eliot, of Boston; Eli Warren, of Up¬ 
ton; and Thomas E. Payson, of Rowley. 
Transplanting Locust Trees. — A corres¬ 
pondent informs us that the sprouts of locust trees, 
if taken up in the spring, and set in open places in 
the woods, will grow well, and become valuable for 
timber. We have heard it said that locust trees 
planted in this way are not likely to be attacked by 
the borer. 
The figure of “ Third Duke of Cambridge,’’ 
given in our present number, was engraved for the 
forthcoming volume of the Transactions of the 
New York Agricultural Society. We are authorized 
to say that this volume, the publication of which 
has been unavoidably delayed, will shortly make its 
appearance. 
Royal Agricultural Society. —The Council 
of this Society have made arrangements to hold 
their annual show of cattle for 1851, in Hyde Park, 
in connection with the Exhibition of the Works of 
Industry of all Nations. The usual show of imple¬ 
ments by the Society will be omitted on that occa¬ 
sion, as the Exhibition will comprise a similar de¬ 
partment. The show of the Royal Society for the 
present year will be held at Exeter in July, com¬ 
mencing on the 15th. This Society at the present 
time comprises 5,261 members: namely, 90 life 
governors, 169 annual governors, 267 life members, 
4,356 annual members, and 19 honorary members. 
Correction. —In the communication of “A. S. 
F.” in our May number (pp. 181, 182,) it was stated 
that chloride of lime was used for seed corn, in the 
proportion of half of the former to a bushel of the 
latter. It should have been half a pound to a 
bushel of seed; and the distance between the corn- 
rows should have been three instead of three and a 
half feet. 
Tax on Dogs. —It is well known that the keep¬ 
ing of sheep in Ohio has been attended with heavy 
losses in many instances, on account of their des¬ 
truction by dogs. After several ineffectual at¬ 
tempts to procure the passage of a law by the 
legislature, authorizing a tax on dogs, an act was 
passed at the last session, authorizing seventeen 
counties to collect the sum of fifty cents a year 
from every person who owns or keeps one dog, and 
one dollar for each additional dog kept by the same 
person. One-half of the money raised by this tax 
is to go to the common school fund, and the re¬ 
mainder is to be set apart to compensate persons 
sustaining losses by having sheep killed by dogs. 
Thibet Sheep.—-Prince Albert has sent a 
communication to the Council of the Royal Agri¬ 
cultural Society, giving the results of an attempt 
to naturalize a hardy and prolific race of sheep from 
Thibet, at her Majesty’s farm at Osborne. 
“ Lionizing.’’—Thos. D. Burrall, Esq., in his 
address before the Ontario county Agricultural So¬ 
ciety, observes—“ The whole system of lionizing , 
