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THE CULTIVATOR 
LIST OF PREMIUMS, 
Awarded at the New York State Fair, Utica. 
[Continued from page 318.] 
FLOWERS. 
Greatest variety and quantity, Fred. W. Boyce, Utica, Gold Medal. 
2nd do. do., Ellwanger and Barry, Rochester." ••••••. $5 
3d do. do., Mrs. Prof. Jackson, Schenectady j •.. Vol Tr. 
Best Floral Ornament, F. W. Boyce, Utica,.. Silver Medal. 
2 d “ “ Mrs. Lyndes, “ •••.. $3 
3d “ “ Ellwanger & Barry, Rochester, ••••Vol. Tr. 
Best seedling Dahlia, F. W. Boyce, Utica, . $3 
(i 25 varieties Dahlias, Mrs. Prof. Jackson, Schenectady, •••• 5 
DISCRETIONARY. 
12 beautiful Dahlias, I. H. Chedell, Auburn,.$2 
Collection rare Fiowers, Mrs. Lawrence, Utica,. Vol. Tr. 
Do. do. Mr. J. E. Hinman, Utica,. do. 
Do. do. Mrs. Benjamin, “ . do. 
Lemon Tree, &c., &c., S. D. Childs, 11 •••• Col. Tour. 
Rare plants, &e., J. B. Marchesi, “ ..Vol Tr.. 
Premiums on Flour. 
John Rowling, Jr., Manlius, good, .. Dip. 
Jno. Williams, Rochester, better, ..... $3 
J. G. Rowling, jr., Manlius, best,.. 5 
Baily, Wheeler & Co., Utica, Air Tight Parlor Stove, 1st pr., “ 
E. Tyrrel & Son, Utica, Atwood’s Empire Cooking Stove, 
1st premium....*..... Dip. 
Robinson and Vanderbilt, Albany, four light pleasure wagons, “ 
D. A. Lyons, Utica, light pleasure wagon,. $3 
Wm. Little, Edwards, double acting bellows,. Dip. 
Cha’s Pope & Co., Syracuse, plating. u 
O. Reynolds, Webster, best beehive,... “ 
Bailey, Wheeler & Co, Utica, air tight parlor stove,.Dip. 
Ray & Madole, Norwich, Chenango county, steel hammer, 
good workmanship, *. Vol. Tr. 
Thomas Potter, Utica, knitting and lace machines, very in¬ 
genious articles,.Dip. and Vol. Tr. 
Benjamin S. Walcott, Agent of the N. Y. Mills, presented a 
number of pieces of corded dimity, bleached shirting, twilled 
jeans, French (pantaloon,) plain and corded skirts; articles 
which were of superior excellence,. Dip. 
Mrs. H. Rhodes, South Trenton, Oneida county, a box of 
butter elegantly wrought into representations of various im¬ 
plements, . Dip. 
PRICES OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS. 
New-York, September 22, 1845. 
COTTON.—Upland and Florida—inferior, 6fa7—fair and good 
feir, 8|a9. Mobile and New Orleans,—inferior, 6f«7l—fair and 
food fair, 9 to 9|al0. According to the Tribune, 
Total sales for the week ending this evening,. 7,500 
“ “ since the 1st inst.,. 14,000 
“ Receipts, '! . 7,200 
Stock on hand this day,. 35,000’* 
BUTTER.—Western, llal4—Goshen, 18a25. 
CHEESE—54«7. 
FLOUR—Michigan and Ohio, $4.37£a$4-50—Genesee, $4.75a 
$4,811. 
GRAIN—Wheat, Genesee, $1.03^—barley, 67 cts.—corn, south¬ 
ern, 53 cts.—oats, 41a42 cts. 
HEMP—Dew rotted, American, per ton, $90—Sisal, $130 
HOPS—per lb. 13al5 cents. 
HAMS—scarce, 8^a9 cts. 
BEEF—Mess, $9. 
LARD—8a8£—firm and wanted. 
PORK—mess $lla$14. 
TOBACCO—Kentucky, per lb. 3 cents—Connecticut seed leaf, 
SalO. 
WOOL—(Boston prices.) Sept. 22: 
Prime or Saxony fleeces, washed per lb. $0.37a0.40 
American full blood fleeces,. 35a0.§7 
“ three-fourths blood fleeces,. 33a0.34 
“ half blood do . 31a0.32 
“ one-fourth blood and common,.... 28a0.30 
Water for Calves. —A correspondent of the Ohio 
Cultivator, speaks a kind word for such calves as cannot 
speak for themselves, and says they need a supply of 
good water and partake of it freely, even if liberally and 
constantly supplied with milk. 
STODDARD’S STRAWBERRY. 
P ERSONS wishing to obtain the Seedling Strawberry noticed in 
the Cuttivator for August last, p. 251. can obtain them bv ad¬ 
dressing Col. J. S. Stoddard, Palmyra, Wayne Co., N. Y. Price, 
$5 per 50 plants- They can be sent by Express to any part of the 
country. 
MACEDON NURSERY, 
THE partnership formerly existing between Thomas & Smith, 
J having been dissolved, orders for fruit trees will be received bv 
J. J. THOMAS, Macedon, Wayne Co., N. Y. 
A thorough revision of his list of fruits having taken place, and 
new ground extensively occupied, trees of many varieties can be 
furnished of only small size before another year. 
RENSSELAER INSTITUTE. 
A PRACTICAL, SCIENTIFIC, AND MATHEMATICAL SCHOOL. 
THE winter term of this institution will commence on Wednes- 
J- day, the 5th of November next. The course of studies pursued 
is still the same with that pursued when under the charge of Prof. 
Eaton, with the addition of Theoretical Mathematics. 
The following is a brief view of the branches pursued in the In¬ 
stitute. 
1. Theoretic Mathematics. 
2. Practical Mathematics with special application to Surveying; 
Navigation, and Civil Engineering. 
3. Natural Philosophy, including Mechanics, Hydrostatics, Hy¬ 
draulics, Pneumatics, Optics, Electricity, and Magnetism, with 
their applications. 
4. Chemistry, exerimental and practical. This science will be 
taught and illustrated with particular reference to Agriculture and the 
Arts. 
5. Natural History, including Botany, Geology, Mineralogy and 
Zoology. 
6 . Occasional lectures will be given on subjects pertaining to Taste, 
Morals, and the Christian Religion. 
Besides the courses of lectures by the Faculty, each student is re¬ 
quired to give lectures on the branch of science which he is pursu¬ 
ing, illustrating his subjects—in Mathematics and Natural Philoso¬ 
phy by surveys, measurements, observations, or experiments of his 
own—in Chemistry with experiments performed with his own 
hands—and in Natural History, as far as possible, by specimens of 
his own collection; and he thus acquires theoretic and practical 
knowledge, as he is explaining it to others. In this method of in¬ 
struction it is hardly possible for a person to pass through the appointed 
lectures, illustrations and experiments, without attaining an intimate 
and familiar acquaintance with the studies prescribed. The learner 
becomes himself the teacher, and he must first learn in order thus 
to explain his subject to others. 
Rev. N. S. S. BEEMAN, D. D., Prest. 
WM. P. VAN RENSSELAER, j y p , 
Hon. DAVID BUEL, J V * rreS tS * 
GEORGE H. COOK, 1 _ 
JOHN WRIGHT. M. D-, j Professors - 
The price for tuition will be $15 per term—two terms in the year 
—one commencing on the first Wednesday in November, and con¬ 
tinuing 20 weeks, and the other commencing on the first Wednes¬ 
day in May, and continuing 22 weeks. Those who perform a 
course of experiments with their own hands, are charged $8 extra 
for chemical substances and apparatus, unavoidably destroyed. 
Board can be had from $2 to $2.75 per week. 
Oct. 1, 1845—2t. 
FARMS FOR SALE. 
F IVE FARMS in Loudon county, Virginia, will be sold at public 
auction on the premises, at noon, the 25th day of October next. 
These farms are portions of the estate called “ Oak Hill” in Lou¬ 
don County, the late residence of Ex-President Monroe, deceased; 
are about 30 miles distant from Alexandria, Georgetown, and the 
city of Washington, and about 9 miles from the banks of the Poto¬ 
mac and the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal, where there is every fa¬ 
cility for cheap transportation of produce to tide water. 
Farm No. 1, contains 200 acres, more or less, and is now occu¬ 
pied by Joseph Hawkins; on it is a frame dwelling-house and sun¬ 
dry other improvements, several good springs, and running water 
through its whole extent, with a fair proportion of arable, meadow, 
and woodland bordering on Little River. 
No. 2, is generally known as Boggins’ Farm, and is of size to 
suit a purchaser. It contains 60 acres of superior meadow land, and 
a fair proportion of arable and woodland, with Little River passing 
through it. 
No. 3, lies between the farm occupied by Mr. Hawkins, and that 
on which Capt. Mattocks resides. It consists of 200 acres, more or 
less, about 150 of which are cleared and arable, the balance well 
timbered land. 
No. 4, contains from 250 to 350 acres, more or less, at the option 
of the purchaser. It lies south of Farm No. 1 ; 100 acres of it being 
arable, the balance consisting of wood land, and a fine meadow ly¬ 
ing on Little River. 
No. 5, is composed of 200 acres, more or less, of red land , lying 
directly upon the Alexandria and Winchester Turnpike , having upon 
it a comfortable dwelling house , two wells of pure water, together 
with a barn and a brick wagon stand. The two houses, indepen- 
gent of the land,rent for $85 per annum. This property bordering 
as it does on the main road and stage route to Alexandria and 
Washington, offers great inducements. It is admirably adapted for 
grazing cattle, being most excellent grass land. 
These farms are composed of good soil, capable of great improve¬ 
ment, and producing good crops of Wheat , Corn, Rye, Oats, Potatoes , 
fyc.., fyc., They are superior lands for the purpose of grazing c< t- 
tle, and as Stock Farms. 
The terms of sale will be most favorable, say one-fourth down, 
and the balance in one, two, and three years, with interest. 
Further description is deemed unnecessary, it being presumed all 
who wish to purchase, will examine for themselves. 
Offers for any of the above property will be received till the day 
of sale, and any further information afforded on applicaton, in per¬ 
son, or by letter to the subscriber. S. L. GOUVERNEUR. 
Washin gt on, D. C., Sept. 15,1845—It __ 
BOOKS FOR SALE. 
A MERICAN Farmer’s Encyclopedia, price $4—Skinner’s Cattle 
Doctor, price 50 cents, and a variety of other works, for sale a* 
the offioe of ‘‘The Cultivator.” 
