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THE CULTIVATOR. 
Sept. 
Motts for ttjr Monti;. 
Communications have been received, since our 
last, from G. H. Burgess, S. E. Johnston, M. S. 
Kellogg, J. R. Howard, A Subscriber, D. T., B. 
A. Hutchinson, N. Agard, C. E. G., H. C. W., 
Charles Robinson, S. Worden, F. Holbrook. 
Books, Pamphlets, See., have been received, 
since our last, as follows:-— 
The Farmer’s Every-Day Book, or Sketches 
of Social Life in the Country, with the Popular 
Elements of Practical and Theoretical Agriculture, 
and 1200 Laconics and Apothegms—also 500 Re¬ 
ceipts on Hygein, Domestic and Rural Economy, 
by Rev. John L. Blake. Auburn: Derby & Miller. 
From the author. 
The Illustrated Domestic Bible ; by Rev. In¬ 
gram Cobbin. Part III. From E. H. Pease 8c 
Co., Albany. This is a beautifully illustrated and 
admirably arranged edition of the Bible, with brief 
notes and reflections for family use. To be com¬ 
pleted in 25 parts, at 25 cents. 
Fourth Annual Report of the Mahoning Co., 
Ohio, Ag. Society. From J. M. Edwards, Esq., 
Secretary. 
D. D., Geneva.—Your communication on Graft¬ 
ing, was omitted till too late for the past season. 
It is filed for insertion in time for next year. 
Haydn’s great Oratorio.—"The Seasons.”-— 
We are pleased to learn that the Harmonia Society 
of this city, propose to perform, during the evenings 
of the coming State Fair, the celebrated oratorio of 
Haydn, entitled “The Seasons.” Nothing could 
be more appropriate to such a time, when 
“ —- Nature, ever kind, rewards 
The pains of virtuous toil,” 
than this admirable composition, which has long 
been considered the master-piece of its world-re¬ 
nowned author. We understand that the officers ot 
the Harmonia, have made arrangements to bring 
out this oratorio in its perfection. The Society it¬ 
self numbers over one hundred members, compris¬ 
ing the best musical talent, and they have been for 
several months engaged in preparing for this per¬ 
formance. They have also engaged for the occasion, 
thirty picked musicians, mostly from the Philhar¬ 
monic Society of New York, at the head of which is 
the eminent composer, Mr. Bristow. Other dis¬ 
tinguished performers will assist in the different 
departments • and we have no doubt that the exhibi¬ 
tion will afford the highest gratification. It is to be 
repeated during the evenings of the Fair, (3d, 4th, 
5th and 6th,) at Dr. Huntington’s Church, Clinton 
Park. 
Prices of Jersey Cattle.— The Secretary of 
the New-York State Ag. Society has received a let¬ 
ter from Col. Le Couteur, of the island of Jersey, 
in which it is stated that the cost of a yearling bull 
of the pure Jersey breed would be from £10 to £12 
sterling, <$48 to $58) delivered at Southampton, and 
that a yearling prize heifer would be furnished at 
from £10 to £15. 
Samples of Wool.— We are indebted to H. C. 
Meriam, Esq. of Tewkesbury, Mass., for vari¬ 
ous samples of imported wool. They comprise 
specimens of most of the kinds to which he refers 
in his communication which we give in this num¬ 
ber. We have deposited them at the rooms of the 
State Agricultural Society, where they may be com¬ 
pared with the different varieties produced in our 
own country. 
Hungarian Cattle. —R. L. Colt, Esq., of 
Paterson, N. J.. has imported a bull and heifer from 
Hungary. They are said to be of the breed so 
highly recommended by Mr. Fleischman, in the 
Patent Office Report for 1847. (See Cultivator 
1849, p. 59.) Their color is a light dun. They 
are said to have cost in Hungary $112, which added 
to the expenses of importation, made them cost at 
New York upwards of $400. We hope the enter¬ 
prising importer will be liberally rewarded by the 
improvement which these animals will be the means 
of producing. 
World’s Exhibition, (London,) 1851.—The 
local committee for the State of New-York, as ap¬ 
pointed by Gov. Fish, consists of the following 
gentlemen: 
Hon. Luther Bradish, New-York; E. P. Pren¬ 
tice, B. P. Johnson, Albany • Hon. Jas. Tallmadge, 
A. Chandler, Charles Henry Hall, New-York; 
A. Yan Bergen, Coxsackie; Wm. Buel, Rochester. 
Montgomery County, Pa. —-We learn by a let¬ 
ter from S. P. Knox, Esq., that there is a very 
flourishing Ag. Society in this county, consisting of 
about 200 members, and that they are preparing to 
hold an exhibition this fall. A large portion of the 
members, Mr. K. informs us, are subscribers to the 
Cultivator. 
“Acclimation of Tropical Plants.” —Dr. 
Lee, in the Southern Cultivator , complains that 
some of the remarks on this subject, by our corres¬ 
pondent “ C. E. G.,” in our July number, are un¬ 
just. He quotes the following paragraph : 
“ So low is the state of society in all the States 
of tropical regions, that the people do not know 
the capabilities of the soil and climate which they 
possess, nor the susceptibilities of the improvement 
inherent in their fruits and vegetables. Hence, with 
a soil and climate so much inferior, we yet cultivate 
melons, tomatoes, squashes, &c., in size and flavor 
decidedly superior to the same fruits cultivated 
there.” 
Dr. L. proceeds to comment on the above, by 
saying that the “ statements in regard to melons, 
tomatoes and squashes, are not true j and what is 
said about ‘ the low state of society in all the 
States of tropical regions’ is not only untrue, but 
it is a gratuitous detraction. In reference to soil, 
taken as a whole, the Southern Atlantic and Gulf 
States have no superiority over the Northern States, 
out of New England. In point of climate, they are 
more favored than any equal area in North America, 
if not in the world.” These remarks of Dr. L. 
indicate that he had, strangely enough, inbibed the 
idea that the observations of “ C. E. G.” were in¬ 
tended to apply to the Southern States of our Union! 
A simple and self-evident refutation of this unfound¬ 
ed charge, is the fact that none of our States lie 
within, or even border on the “ tropical regions,” 
and consequently could not have been alluded to by 
“ C. E. G.” The term “States,” as used by him, 
simply signifies countries. A gentleman who edits 
two papers at the North, and one at the South, and 
also fills a clerkship at. Washington—and, especial¬ 
ly one who seeks to preside over a Bureau at the 
seat of government, ought to be able to define the 
extent of the tropical regions. 
The Ram’s Head in “ The Wool-Grower.”— 
Mr. Peters states that the vignette at the head 
of his paper “ is the head of an improved Leicester 
Ram, and a very good one too.” Pray, how long 
is it since the improved Leicester sheep have borne 
horns? Or how does the cut in the Wool-Grower 
differ from that of a Scotch black-faced ram, which 
