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THE CULTIVATOR. 
Nov. 
Contents of this Number. 
Agriculture, its Labors, Profits and Pleasures, by H. C. W353 
Oriental and Ancient Customs of the Moor- «na Arabs, by ) 35g 
T. H. Hyatt,.) 
Means for mental improvement, by Rev. Dr. Blake. 35? 
Notes on Farming ill Ohio, by John R. Howard,. 358 
On the construction of Wire Fences, by B. H. Nott, Esq.,.. 359 
On the Rot in Sheep, by Professor Simonds, . 36i 
Advantages of Autumn Plowing,. 362 
Notes of a lour in Central New York, by Prof. J. P. Norton, 363 
Improvement of Village Door-yards,. 364 
Notice of N. Y. Ag. Transactions,... 365 
Osage Orange Hedges-Seasonable Hints,. 366 
Transplanting trees—Peach trees—Cracking of the Doyenne I 3g7 
Pear—Character of the new Currants,.J 
Premium Plows and notice of Report on,... 368 
Farming in Indiana by W. T. Dennis,—M inerals in Wash- ) _ g9 
ington county, N. Y., by Dr. A. Fitch,.) 
Duties on wool, by Titrius—M eteorology by D. T. Brown ) 27Q 
—Stumbling Horses—Destruction of the Wire worm,-) c 
Addison county, Vt., Cattle Show,. 371 
Small Potatoes for Planting, by O. S. Murray—T he Season 1 37 „ 
in New Hampshire, by W. L. Eaton.J 
The Farm of J. Bennett, by R. H. Drake—W ashington Co.) 
N. Y., fair, by Farmer. } 
New Hampshire Slate Agricultural exhibition. 374 
Westchester Co. Ag. Fair—Drainage of Soils—Method of) ~ 7g 
Skinning Calves, by S. A. Hanchet, .j 
Poultry Exhibition in Boston—Deferred Notices,. 377 
Fair of the American Institute— Exhibition of the Franklin ) 
Institute,.j 
Long Island Lands—McCormick’s Reaper—Answers to In- ) g7 Q 
quiries,.*.j 
Monthly Notices—To Correspondents, &c.,. 380 
ILLUSTRATIONS. 
Fig. 214—Moorish Plow.-. 355 
215, 216—Village Door Yards,. 365 
217, 218, 219—Premium Plows,. 368 
School of Applied Chemistry, 
Yale College, New Haven. Conn. 
JOHN P. NORTON, Prof, of Scientific* Agriculture. 
HENRY WURTZ, First Assistant. 
QTUDENTS are received in this Laboratory as a special class dis- 
^ tinct from the other college departments, and instruction is given 
in all branches of Chemistry, both organic and inorganic, general 
and special. 
Every facility is afforded to those who desire to become proficient 
in Scientific Agriculture, in the analysis of soils, plants, animal 
substances, manures, &c. Students taken with special reference to 
their becoming instructors. 
A Course of Lectures upon Scientific Agriculture , by Prof. Nor¬ 
ton, will commence about the middle of January, and continue 
two and a half months. This course is intended to present a plain 
and intelligible view of the connections of science with agriculture, 
which may be understood by any farmer. Mr. Wurtz proposes to 
lecture on some points of Applied Chemistry during the summer 
term. 
The lectures of Prof. Silliman on Geology and Mineralogy, and 
those of Prof. Olmsted, on Natural Philosophy, Astronomy and 
Meteorology; also the college libraries and cabinets, are accessible 
to the students. 
For information as to terms, &c., apply to Prof. NORTON, 
Oct. 9, 1850—4t New-Haven. 
Trees ! Trees ! ! Trees J !! 
F OR SALE, at Mount Ida Nursery, Troy, N. Y., a choice variety 
of Fruit Trees, comprising Apples, Pears, Peaches, Plums and 
Cherries, of the most approved kinds—the greater part of them 
worked from bearing trees, and all of them by the subscriber— 
therefore he can recommend them with confidence. He would 
also say to those that have not had the experience, that trees 
brought from the South (if they do live) do not grow as thrifty for a 
number of years, as those raised in a Northern latitude, which 
many persons can prove from experience. He also pays particular 
attention to the transplanting of his trees so as to have them well 
rooted. 
Also, a good variety of Shade Trees, consisting of Scotch Elm. 
Sycamore, Linden, Horse Chestnut, Mountain Ash, Evergreen 
Privet for Hedges, China and Hardy Roses, &c., &c. 
Catalogues and other information can be had of the Nurseryman, 
Nov. 1, 1850—It*_JOSEPH CALDWELL. 
Choice Fruit Trees. 
Valuable Farm for Sale. 
r THU subscriber offers for «aio the farm on which he resides situated 
J- in Wayne county, N. Y., If miles east of the thriving village of 
Palmyra. The Lyons and Rochester turnpike passes in front of the 
house, which is a good two storied frame building 35 feet by 25. with 
cellar below, and kitchen, woodshed, Ac. attached. It is pleasantly 
situated on the north side of and overlooking the valley of the Erie 
Canal, surrounded by shrubs and ornamental trees. There is a 
choice collection of the best varieties of cultivated fruit, consisting 
of Apple, Peach. Cherry and Plum orchards, also Apricots, Al¬ 
monds, Nectarines, Filberts, Grapes, &c. The farm contains 100 
acres, about 30 of which are between the house and Mud creek 
well adapted to meadow and pasture. The plough land is a good 
gravelly loam excellent for wheat, corn, barley, &c, in a high state 
of cultivation,—of wood there is about 17 acres well timbered. It 
has about 200 rods of thorn hedge, with abundance of durable fen¬ 
cing materials. The farm is well located as to markets, mills, 
schools, situation is healthy, water good and convenient, so arranged 
as to supply almost every lot. Out-buildings convenient and good. 
Also for sale three young draught Stallions, 4 years old, sired by his 
imported draught horse “Samson.” (For description of whose 
slock, see “ Albany Cultivator” of Sept. 1S49, page 289.) Also a 
fine large breeding mare, of same stock, with a foal by her side “ by 
Nottingham’s and Allen’s Samson,” (who took first premium as the 
best draught horse at the State Fair of 1849.) Also a large power¬ 
fully built two year old stud colt, from same mare, by the imported 
draught horse “ Honest Tom.” Inquiry may be made of R. B. 
Howland, Union Springs, Cayuga county. N. Y., or J. J. Thomas, 
Macedon, Wayne county, N. Y. For particulars address the sub¬ 
scriber. JOHN ROBINSON 
Palmyra, Wayne county, N. Y., 9 month 26, 1850—It.* 
$8,000 ACRES LONG ISLAND 
Land for Sale, 
At Lake Road. 
'THE UNDERSIGNED IS, AND HAS BEEN for several years, 
engagedin the improvement and cultivation of the wild lands of 
Long Island. The fact being now fully established, beyond any 
doubt, that the land in the middle parts of the Island, along the bor¬ 
ders of the L. I. Railroad, is as good and productive, when cultiva¬ 
ted in the same manner, as any other part of Long Island. 8,000 
acres are now offered for sale, in parcels to suit purchasers, from 10 
acres, to 100, or 1,000, at a very low price, and on favorable terms. 
This tract is near the geographical centre of the Island, being about 
equi-distant from Long Island Sound, and the Great South Bay, (the 
Island being about 13 miles wide there,) and 48 miles from New- 
York. 
There are many highly cultivated farms in the immediate vicinity, 
on the North and South side of this land—having been settled and 
cultivated more than 150 years. It is well watered, being bounded 
on the north by the famous Ronkonkama Lake—has also a large and 
never failing stream running through it. The lake and stream are 
full of fish—perch in the lake, and trout, in great abundance, and of 
large size, in the stream. The country abounds in game, deer, and 
wild fowl. 
The climate is mild and perfectly healthy, the surface is smootn, 
gently undulating, with an inclination to the South of about 15 feet 
to the mile—the soil—free from stone, easy and pleasant to cultivate 
—is a loam, large portions of which may be called a heavy loam, 
or it is of sufficient tenacity to make sun-burnt brick, right out of 
the surface—is from 18 inches to 3 and 5 feet deep, and is suscepti¬ 
ble of the highest degree of cultivation. The railroad passes 
through this tract, affording easy and constant communication with 
the Brooklyn and New York markets, where the highest price in 
cash, can always be had for every article that the farmer and 
gardener can produce. To capitalists, an excellent opportunity is 
here presented to obtain a large tract of valuable land at a low price, 
possessing all the advantages for settlement of a new country, with¬ 
out any of the privations, but with all the privileges and comforts 
of an old. Apply to A. B. Allen, Esq., Editor of the American 
Agriculturist , 187 Water st.; to Messrs. StarT & Alburtis, Editors 
of the Farmer and Mechanic, 12*2 Nassau st.; to Messrs. Dewey & 
Wood, 82 Nassau-st., New-York, or to 
E. F. PECK, 
306 State st., Brooklyn, L. I. 
DLake Road is an important and central depot on the Railroad 
—there are large buildings and a settlement there. Oct. 1—2t. 
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'TRIE SUBSCRIBER would announce to the public that his stock 
of Apple Trees especially, this fall, is unusually large and fine, 
having a full stock of Baldwin, Rhode Island Greening, Northern 
Spy, Swaar, Boston Russet, Ladies Sweet, Yellow Harvest, &c., 
6 to 9 feet and handsome, with all the leading as well as new choice 
and rare varieties, with a general assortment of Plums, Pears, 
Cherries, Apricots, Nectarines, Peaches, Quinces, Gooseberries, 
Grape vines and Currants, with Red Antwerp, Franconia and Fas- 
tolff Raspberries at $6 to $8 per 100. Strawberries of the best 
varieties assorted at $5 per 1000. 
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