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THE CULTIVATOR. 
ALBANY, OCTOBER, 1845. 
TO CORRESPONDENTS. 
Communications have been received during the past 
month from W. R. S.. D. Gould, Solon Robinson, W. 
R. Smith, L. A, Moody, J. G. Bagwell, A Subscriber, 
Ralph Storrs, W. R. Prince, D. G. Mitchell, A. R. 
M’Cord, A. S. Roberts, J. P. Norton, D. C., A. L. 
Bingham, Ashei* Tyler, Tityrus, H. T. C., S. Weller, 
Henry Brewer, A Farmer, Grazier, Za. Drummond, 
Investigation, Farmer C., A Farmer of Chenango, Berk¬ 
shire, An Amateur. 
G. B. Frederick, Md.—Shall be glad to receive the 
communication on the subject to which you allude. 
Two 44 Challenges” have been received which we 
cannot publish except as advertisements. 
[D = A notice of the agricultural exhibition at Troy, is 
unavoidably postponed till our next. 
MONTHLY NOTICES. 
Part IY. of Mr. Colman’s European Tour, will be 
issued early in this month. 
Gentlemen having stock of any kind for sale, will 
please take notice that our advertising columns are open 
to them; and that we wish to avoid, as far as possible, 
the publication of communications intended mainly as 
advertisements. 
Seedling Peach. —Mr. James H. Watts, of Ro¬ 
chester, has sent us a specimen of peaches produced by 
a tree which came up in his garden. It resembles the 
Melocoton. It is of good size, very juicy, and of fine 
rich flavor—well worthy of cultivation. 
Our friend E. E. T., of Painted-Post, has our 
grateful thanks for his high opinion of the Cultivator, and 
our efforts to advance the improvement of agriculture. 
We trust our paper will continue to merit his approba¬ 
tion. 
Worcester Cattle Show. —This show is to be held 
on the 9th inst., when Mr. W. Cushman will, as he in¬ 
forms us. ofler for sale, a variety of improved stock, 
consisting of cattle, sheep and pigs. 
Sales of Stock. —Besides the sales of stock which 
were negotiated at the State Fair, several purchases have 
recently been made in this neighborhood. R. H. Green, 
Esq., of Winsiow, Maine, has purchased the famous bull 
Fairfax. This animal together with two cows purchas¬ 
ed of Mr. Prentice, have just left here via rail road for 
Mr. Green’s fine farm on the Kennebec, where, should 
they arrive without accident, they will prove an acquisi¬ 
tion of great value to the vicinity. Fairfax is well 
known and generally esteemed one of the best Durham 
bulls in the country. In 1842, being then two years 
old, he received the first premium for bulls of that age 
at the show of the New York State Society. His con¬ 
dition and appearance is now fine, and we think he will 
be likely to make such a sensation among the 44 down 
easters” as no animal has before done. 
Mr. Vail, of Troy, has also lately disposed of a fine 
bull calf to Col. Hampton of South Carolina. The calf 
is the progeny of Mr. V.’s last imported cow, purchased 
of Thos. Bates, Esq., of Yorkshire, England, and the 
prize bull Meteor. The price paid for this fine calf is 
$300. 
Advertisements. —We invite attention to our adver¬ 
tising department. It will be seen that Mr. Comstock, 
late editor of the Central New York Farmer, is now 
opening an extensive Agricultural Warehouse in this 
oity. Such an establishment has been long wanted here, 
and we are pleased to learn that it has been undertaken 
by one so well qualified by his practical knowledge of 
the business, to give satisfaction to the public.-Gen¬ 
tlemen who contemplate removing to Virginia, will not 
fail to notice the sale of Farms in Loudon county, to 
take place on the 25th inst.--Horticulturists at the 
South, will do well to notice Mr. Weller’s advertise¬ 
ment, whose list of fine native Grapes we presume is 
equal at least to that of any other establishment in the 
country. We find it impossible to give his communica¬ 
tion this month.--The attention of our readers is par¬ 
ticularly called to the notice of the 44 Rensselaer Institute,” 
one of the most valuable schools for young men in the 
State.-Wool growers are referred to the advertise¬ 
ment of 44 Fine Wooled Bucks,” as an opportunity is 
afforded to procure several, at reasonable prices. 
Virginia Agricultural Societies —We are happy 
to observe various indications of the improvement of ag¬ 
riculture in the 44 Old Dominion.” Agricultural Socie¬ 
ties are becoming organized in different parts of the 
state, which under proper management cannot fail to 
prove beneficial. We learn that a society has lately 
been formed under very favorable auspices, in Berkley 
county. One of the resolutions adopted at a late meet¬ 
ing was to authorize the Executive Committee to sub¬ 
scribe for the Farmer’s Library , the Albany Cultivator, 
the American Farmer, anil the Richmond Southern Planter. 
Fine Wool. —We have received samples of wool 
from the noted flock of Messrs. Perkins & Brown, of 
Akron, Ohio. This flock has been got up by Mr. Brown, 
who several years ago, as we are informed, procured 
44 the best sheep from the best flocks in the United States.” 
The samples of wool sent are certainly very fine, and 
we are informed that it commands the highest price 
from the manufacturer. It is stated that the 44 average 
price for his whole lot has been 68 cts. per lb., and that 
he gets about 3 lbs. of wool per head.” It is also sta¬ 
ted that 44 he has succeeded to a great extent in breeding 
gum out of his flock, and is now aiming to obliterate 
horns, neither of which evils, are believed to be neces¬ 
sary concomitants of fine wool.” 
American Institute. —The annual exhibition of this 
institution, will be opened on the 6th of October, at its 
old rooms at Niblo's. The opening Address will be 
delivered on the evening of the 7th. On the 8th, the 
Annual Convention of Farmers, Gardeners and Silk Cul- 
turists, will be held at the Repository of the Institute, in 
the Park, at 10| o'clock, An Address on Agriculture, by 
Hon. George Lunt, of Newburyport, Mass., in the 
evening. On the 14th, the Annual Plowing and Spading 
Matches. Cattle Show on the 15th and 16th, terminating 
with an Address, on the last day. Anniversary Address, 
by Hon. T. D. Elliott, on the evening of the 17th. 
Relief for Choked Cattle. —We spoke not long 
since of the use of a tarred rope, for removing obstruc¬ 
tions in the gullet of cattle. The first man we ever 
knew make use of the article was Paine Wingate, of 
Hallowell, Maine. He has used it for thirty years, both 
for himself and neighbors, and has in no instance failed 
in relieving the animal without occasioning the least in¬ 
jury. A description of this rope, as given by a writer 
in the Maine Cultivator, may be useful to those who have 
not yet provided themselves with it. It is 6 feet long 
and 1^ inch through, (or three and three-fourths inches 
round ) Three inches of one end is picked apart so as 
to make it soft to the throat, and wound with twine or 
spun yarn. Any rigger of vessels can make on«. The 
writer states that from the end of the nose of a middling- 
sized cow to the inlet of the stomach, is about five feet— 
there being seldom a variation of but a few inches from 
that. When the rope is used in winter, the writer re¬ 
commends that it be dipped in warm water to make it 
pliable—in summer it may be dipped in water either 
cold or warm. 
Peach Worm. — A cultivator of the peach in New 
Jersey, stated at the New-York Farmers’ Club, that a 
sharp penknife, or a sharp wire, was the best preventive 
for the worm. The insect insinuates itself under th*. 
bark of the tree, where ordinary poisonous applications 
will not reach it. He had set out fifty thousand trees, 
and had cut out with his penknife thousands of the in¬ 
sects. 
