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THE CULTIVATOR 
INQUIRIES. 
Artichokes, &c. —G. A. F. (Spartanburg Dist., S. C.) 
Clover hay, corn fodder, or straw, would do well to feed 
with artichokes. Some kind of dry food is required to 
counteract the laxative tendency of the roots. The tops 
make quite good fodder cut and dried before being in¬ 
jured by frost. A mode of planting which appears to 
do well is, to plant in drills three to four feet apart and 
ten to twelve inches in the row. We should hardly think 
any crop would grow to good advantage on the same 
ground with the artichokes. 
Tobacco. —J. P. (New-York.) An able article on 
the subject to which your inquiries are directed, will be 
found in our last volume, page 89. 
Walls of cobble stones. — ee A Subscriber,” living 
in a section where this material is extremely plenty, 
wishes to know in what manner it could be best made 
into a permanent wall—what would be the necessary 
cost per rod, &c. The information will be thankfully 
received from any who is acquainted with the subject. 
Shepherd’s Dogs.— Any person having this breed of 
dogs to dispose of, may find purchasers by giving us no¬ 
tice to that effect, with the price. 
VEGETABLES FOR SEED. 
Early sown beets, carrots, turneps, parsnips, &c., are 
not thought so good for seed as those which are sown 
later, because the advanced ripeness of the vegetable 
tends to decay, and from the defect of the roots, the seed- 
shoots are less vigorous than when the plant is allowed 
less growth the first year. It is therefore recommended 
that such of those vegetables as are intended for seed, 
should not be sown till June. The roots will then keep 
perfectly sound through the winter, and will throw up 
vigorous sprouts in the spring which will bear good 
seed. 
It has been said that unripe potatoes are also best for 
seed. We have never tested this by experiment, but it 
is not unlikely that they may partake somewhat of the 
same qualities as the vegetables above mentioned, and 
that the green or unripe ones might sprout and grow the 
most vigorously. 
DONATION IN AID OF AGRICULTURE. 
The Hon. Zadoc Pratt has presented to the Greene 
County Agricultural Society the sum of $250, “ to be 
distributed,” in the language of the donor, “ along with 
their other funds, in suitable premiums, at such time and 
in such manner as the society may judge most advan¬ 
tageous to the cause of domestic industry.” It, is, how¬ 
ever, suggested that a liberal portion of the premiums 
might be advantageously bestowed for encouraging at¬ 
tention to the breeds of cattle and horses best suited to 
that highland region, and for exciting emulation in the 
making of butter and cheese. Mr. Pratt also further re¬ 
marks : 
“ Without wishing to obtrude my opinions on men 
more familiar with the subject, I would also respectfully 
suggest that the premium list be arranged so as to excite 
more attention to the improvement of our native breed 
of cattle and horses as probably calculated to weather 
our climate better than some of the imported cattle. 
Though I would not be understood as underrating the 
very valuable qualities developed by careful experienced 
culture in the management of live stock, as well as of 
the soil.” 
On the reception of the above donation, resolutions 
expressive of the thanks of the society were unani¬ 
mously passed, and “ the Executive Committee also re¬ 
solved, that in arranging the premium list for the next 
annual fair, premium would be given as far as it could 
consistently be done, in accordance with the suggestions 
of the letter accompanying the donation.” 
Early Progeny. —The Buckeye Eagle, ("Marion, O.) 
says a Durham heifer belonging to J. S. Copeland, of 
that place, aged only 15 months and 26 days, gave birth, 
on the 13th ulf, to a well grown, living calf! Both 
mother and calf were doing well. 
CATTLE SHOWS THIS YEAR. 
New-York State, at Utica, Sept. 16, 17, 18—Dutchess 
County at Poughkeepsie, Oct. 1—Montgomery County, 
at Canajoharie, Oct. 5—Madison County, at Hamilton, 
Oct. 1, 2—Otsego County, at Cooperstown, Oct. 1, 2— 
Oneida County, at Rome, Sept. 9, 10—Greene County, at 
Cairo, Sept. 24, 25. 
Hartford, Ct., Oct. 1, 2, 3—New-Haven, Oct. 1, 2. 
Hampden, Mass., at Springfield, Oct. 8, 9. 
FAMILY ALMANAC. 
Mr. Editor —In addition to the notice in Cultivator 
of last mo., (p. 225,) offering premiums for the best 
mode of keeping accounts, &c., the writer further states 
that he wishes to give in the forthcoming Family Alma¬ 
nac, as complete a list of the Agricultural, Religious, and 
Scientific periodicals of the U. S. as possible. Publish¬ 
ers of such are therefore requested to forward one or 
more of their nos. to the undersigned by 1st September. 
It is intended to publish in this work, a table of dis¬ 
tances, freights, and fares, on all the great thoroughfares 
of the country, by steam, rail, and stage; as accurate and 
extensive as practicable. Correct and definite informa¬ 
tion in furtherance of this object, will be thankfully re¬ 
ceived, especially from the “ great west.” 
The above work being adapted to, and circulating in 
all parts of the country, will, it is believed, afford a 
proper medium for advertisements and circulars of gene¬ 
ral interest. Such will be inserted at the close of the 
work, on the same terms as charged in the Cultivator— 
$1, for 100 words. Address, (post paid), A- F. W., 
Washington, D. C. 
SCRAPS, 
Condensed from various Exchange Papers. 
Soap suds as manure.— A writer in the London 
Gardener’s Journal, says he found the suds from a tank, 
when applied to hyacinths in pots, to produce extraordi¬ 
nary effects,—more so than the application of Potter’s 
liquid guano. They also produced very satisfactory 
results when applied to strawberries and French beans. 
Circumstances, however, may render it eminently suc¬ 
cessful only in peculiar cases. 
Carrots for horses. —The proprietor of an exten¬ 
sive livery stable feeds his horses on carrots with oats, 
and considers a peck of carrots and a peck of oats as 
better for a horse than half a bushel of oats alone. 
To get rid of logs, on new lands, and make use of 
them for manure, some persons pursue the following 
course: Plow a deep furrow alongside the log, and 
deepen it by two or three successive furrows, and roll 
the log in, covering it with one or two more furrows. It 
completely rots in a very few years, and is then gradually 
mixed with soil by subsequent cultivation. 
Eggs. —A moderate computation would place the 
number of eggs, consumed annually in the United States, 
according to Commissioner Ellsworth, at 1,400,000,000; 
which at an average of 6 cents a dozen, would amount 
to $7,000,000. 
To frighten Crows. —A correspondent of the Bos¬ 
ton Cultivator, says nothing is better than to place a few 
empty barrels in different parts of the field—lhat the 
crows are afraid of nothing in plain view, but the fear 
of an ambscade is sufficient to keep them away. “ As to 
placing effigies in a field for the above purpose, it is 
only an insult to their common sense; it was but yester¬ 
day I saw one of those black-coated gentlemen, perched 
on a limb of a tree to which one of these pretended scare¬ 
crows was suspended making the most ridiculous caw- 
ings imginable, either at the image or its maker, most 
probably the latter.” 
Productive apple tree.— The Boston Cultivator 
says, a tree on the farm of Morris Eames, Dover, Mass., 
grafted in 1835, produced 7 barrels in 1838; 11 barrels 
in 1840; and 14 barrels in 1842. Nearly all the small 
limbs were grafted, two hands being a day and a half in 
doing it. By this means, the top was speedily and 
entirely changed. 
