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THE CULTIVATOR, 
AGRICULTURAL PAPERS. 
The Connecticut Farmer. —This paper, hitherto 
published at New-Haven, has been discontinued, and its 
proprietor has made arrangements with us to supply such 
of his subscribers as had, paid him in advance, with the 
Cultivator, for the balance due ihem. This paper will 
accordingly be sent to them until the expiration of the 
time for which they had paid, when it will be discontin¬ 
ued, as we take no subscribers without payment in ad¬ 
vance. Mr. J. M. Patton, the former publisher of the 
Conn. Farmer, will act as Agent for the Cultivator at 
New-Haven, and will be glad to receive subscriptions of 
such of his former subscribers, as may wish to become 
subscribers to the Cultivator. 
New Genesee Farmer.— This paper commences its 
sixth volume under anew arrangement. B. F. Smith & 
Co., are still proprietors, and Dr. D. Lee, of Buffalo, 
well known as one of the ablest of the agricultural wri¬ 
ters of the day, is editor. There is a horticultural de¬ 
partment, conducted by P. Barry. The form is octavo, 
of sixteen pages each number. It is hereafter to be call¬ 
ed the Genesee Farmer. Terms, fifty cents a year in 
advance. 
The Albion, or British Colonial and Foreign Weekly 
Gazette. —This paper commences the year with an Agri¬ 
cultural Department under the charge of that founder of 
agricultural papers in America, John S. Skinner, Esq. 
Under the direction of this veteran in agricultural litera¬ 
ture, we cannot doubt that the new department will great¬ 
ly increase the interest and value of this paper. The 
number for Jan. 4th, has several excellent articles under 
the agricultural head. 
New -York Farmer & Mechanic. —This paper is 
hereafter to be printed in the newspaper form, and is de¬ 
signed to be a “ family and business paper, devoted to 
Agriculture, Mechanics, Manufactures, News, Education, 
Temperance and Religion.” It will contain authentic 
reports of the New-York Farmer’s Club, the Conversa¬ 
tional Meetings of the American Institute, the Proceed¬ 
ings of the Mechanics’ Institute, &c.—Published by 
Fleet & Starr, 135 Nassau-street, New-York, at $2 per 
annum in advance. 
Southern Cultivator— This monthly paper, pub- 1 
lished at Augusta, Georgia, (at $l\per annum,) has just 
entered on its third volume. An arrangement has been 
made with James Camak, Esq., of Athens, to conduct 
the editorial department. The name of this gentleman 
will at once be recognized by our readers, as associated 
with several excellent articles which have at various 
times appeared in our own Cultivator. We trust he will 
find the new field he has chosen, in all respects an agree¬ 
able one, and that the paper which is placed under his 
charge, will receive the liberal patronage which it will 
undoubtedly merit. 
The Boston Cultitator begins the year with quite 
an ornamental new dress. Besides being a pretty paper, 
it is a good one. 
British American Cultivator. —This publication 
comes out with the new year in the octavo form. It is 
published at Toronto, Canada West, monthly, at one dol¬ 
lar a year. It is a useful paper, and we recommend it 
to the patronage of the Canadian public. 
American Rail-Road Journal _The thirteenth vo¬ 
lume of this valuable publication has just closed. The 
great increase of rail-roads within a few years, has ren¬ 
dered such a journal highly interesting. It is stated that 
since the publication of this work commenced, the rail¬ 
road system has grown from less than one hundred miles , 
either in this country or Europe, to several thousands in 
each country. The work is hereafter to be published 
weekly in a quarto form of sixteen pages, at $3 per an¬ 
num. D. K. Minor, editor. Office, 23 Chambers-st., 
New-York. 
Rapid growth of a Pig.— According to the Maine 
Farmer, Ephraim Wood of Winthrop, lately killed a pig 
which weighed 357 pounds at only the age of 8 months 
and 15 days. This is nearly a gain of a pound and a half 
a day from the time of its birth to its death. 
ENCOURAGEMENT OF AGRICULTURE IN CUBA. 
From an advertisement which we find in the London 
papers, signed by the Spanish Consul-General in Great 
Britain, we learn that the Royal Board for the Encour¬ 
agement of Agriculture in the Island of Cuba, have offer¬ 
ed, among others, the following liberal premiums. They 
are well worthy the attention of our enterprising coun¬ 
trymen, whom we can hardly doubt will obtain their 
share of the honors and emoluments to be derived from 
the highly praiseworthy and patriotic efforts of the gov¬ 
ernment and people of Cuba for the improvement of ag¬ 
riculture. The officers whose names are attached to this 
document, desire to notify all persons who wish to com¬ 
pete for these premiums that they may do so with the 
perfect assurance that they will be punctually paid. 
One thousand dollars to the person who, during the 
month of December, 1845, shall soonest prepare, and put 
into the most perfect state of tillage, one (S cababelleria 
oflai*.l, with the improved American plow, worked by 
mules, and managed by whites.” One thousand dollars 
to the person who shall, on the first of December 1846, 
show two “ cabellerias” of land well stocked with red 
clover of six months growth. Twenty thousand dollars , 
in annual instalments of $2,000, to the first person who, 
during the years 1845, ’46 and ’47, shall set up or estab¬ 
lish a sugar estate or plantation, in which the cultivation 
of the cane shall be performed by thirty white, families, 
consisting of a married couple each at least. One thou¬ 
sand dollars for the introduction of the bean used in the 
sugar estates of New-Orleans, as an article of food. Four 
thousand dollars to the person who shall show on the first 
of December, 1848, an artificial plantation of trees, of 
three years growth. Six thousand dollars to the person 
who shall introduce from the East Indies, 200 thriving 
and luxuriant stocks of sugar canes, &c. Twelve thousand 
dollars , in annual instalments of $2,000 to the person or 
persons who shall set up, during the years 1845 and ’46, 
a permanent establishment for the improvement of the 
breed of horses—four stallions, viz: one of each of the 
following breeds, to be kept for public service, at prices 
to be fixed by the owner—one Andalusian, one Arab, one 
Norman, and one English—each to be of the genuine 
breed, of good form, size, &c. Six thousand dollars, in 
annual instalments of $1,000, to the person who shall im¬ 
port direct from England, one bull and six cows “ of the 
finest and most reputed breed of that country.” Two 
thousand dollars to the person who, on the first of De¬ 
cember, 1846, shall show a herd of the “ largest sized 
swine,” introduced from the United States of America, or 
any other country. One thousand hard dollars to the per¬ 
son who shall, on the first of December, 1846, “ present 
or produce, a breed of the largest domestic or barn-door 
fowls, (gallinas,) hatched or born on the Island, of a 
breed introduced from the United States of America, or 
any other country.” 
Great product of Whett. —Hon. E. Mack, in his 
address before the Tompkins county Ag. Society, states 
that Mr. E. J. Ayers, of Ulysses, raised the past season, 
fifty-seven bushels of wheat to the acre. He observes that 
several others, as he has been informed, have raised from 
forty to fifty bushels to the acre. “ This equals,” he re¬ 
marks, “ the improved yield in the best portions of Eng¬ 
land and Scotland, and shows what the soil of our coun¬ 
try, with skillful management, is capable of producing.” 
Ribbon Houses.—W e see in the Genesee Farmer, a 
description of a new mode of building houses. The sills 
are laid upon a wall. The boards or ribbons used for the 
superstructure are of hemlock, four inches wide and one 
inch thick, laid up in the manner of brick work, taking 
care to break joints. The partitions should be carried up 
and worked into the wall with the main body. The par¬ 
titions are carried up to the roof and a plate dispensed 
with, though a ridge-pole is used. The boards are nail¬ 
ed with 8 penny nails, except four or five of the last 
courses which are nailed with 10 penny. The plastering 
of the inside is applied directly to the walls. It is said 
to make a very warm and cheap house, and the only al¬ 
teration recommended from the plan here described, is to 
use boards an inch and a half, instead of an inch thick. 
