THE CULTIVATOR. 
845 
MONTHLY NOTICES. 
In our notice of the late Slate Fair, we inadver¬ 
tently omitted to refer to the attendance of many dis¬ 
tinguished gentlemen from other states. Among them 
were Dr. Holmes, editor of the Maine Farmer; G* W. 
Elmendson, editor of the British American Cultiva¬ 
tor; M. B. Bateham, editor of the Ohio Cultivator; 
F. R. Eliiett, editor of the Western Reserve Hort- 
cultural Magazine; Thomas Aflleck, Esq., former editor 
of the Farmer, at Cincinnati, and now of Mississippi; 
Mr. Atwood, and Mr. Metcalf, also of Miss.; E. W. 
Thompson, V. P. Home Dist. Ag. Society, Canada West; 
Joseph Hartman, delegate from last named society; 
Franklin Jacques, delegate from the Ag. Society of the 
Township of York, C. W.; John Torrance, Montreal; 
John G. Mallock, C. W.; W. N. Hobersham, Georgia; 
A. S. Cooke, Louisiana; Mr. Felder, of South Carolina; 
Mr. Haskins, of Maryland; Mr. Gilmour, Baltimore, 
Md.; Jas. Gowen, Esq., Mount Airy, Pa., who has with 
a public spirit greatly to be commended, attended the 
last three exhibitions of the Society, and acted as one of 
its Judges oia improved cattle: J. T. Buckingham, editor 
of the Boston Courier; Edmund Burke, Commissioner 
of Patents; Mr. Ballard, of Washington, D. C.; Solon 
Robinson, of Indiana; Mr. Turner, of Illinois; Dr. Reed, 
of Washington, Pa.; Judge Smith, and Messrs. Blakesly, 
Atwood, and Netileton, of Connecticut; Messrs. Whee¬ 
ler, Stickney, and others, of Massachusetts; John W. 
Dana, Mr. Brown, of Ohio; Mr. W. C. Wright, of Ver¬ 
mont, and others. 
Sales of Stock. —-We lately noticed a couple of fine 
Durham calves, and some superior Merino sheep design¬ 
ed for the west. The calves, ( Don and Dolly,) are a 
very promising pair, purchased of Mr. Prentice, of Mount 
Hope, and are designed for Messrs. George Wolfe and 
Thomas McGuire, of Keene, Coshocton county, Ohio. 
The sheep were obtained in part from the noted flock of 
Mr. J. N. Blakesly, of Watertown, Connecticut, and part 
from the no less noted flock of Mr. S. W. Jewett, of 
Weybridge, Vermont. They were designed for Philo 
Buckingham, of Putnam, Ohio. We trust all these ani¬ 
mals will arrive safely at their several places of desti¬ 
nation, where we are sure they cannot fail to be highly 
appreciated. 
We learn also that Hon. Daniel Webster, “ the Marsh¬ 
field Farmer,” has just purchased of Messrs. Corning & 
Sotham two heifers, a three-year-old and a two-year-old, 
of their justly esteemed Hereford herd. They are de¬ 
signed for Mr. W’s farm in Massachusetts. We are also 
informed that Mr. Stetson, of the Astor House, New- 
York, has purchased a Hereford bull and heifer calf, and 
a cow from the same herd. For the prices which have 
been paid for these fine.animals, we have no doubt the 
purchasers will be amply satisfied and recompensed in 
the real improvement of their stock. 
More Heavy Fleeces.— -Mr. C. Smith, of Newport, 
N. Y., writes us that he has lately visited the farm of 
R. V. R. Horton, of Hubbartton, Rutland county, Vt., 
and was highly pleased with Mr. H.'s flock of sheep 
called “ Paular Merinos.” He says—“they were short 
legged, large chested, and in all respects superior look¬ 
ing sheep.”* * * * “ Mr. Horton’s flock of 100 ewes, 
sheared 608 lbs. 13 oz. of well-washed wool. One buck, 
two years old, sheared 12| lbs., and others from 8 to 11| 
lbs. The wool is fine and excellent.” Mr. Smith adds, 
that “Mr. Horton has labored long and faithfully to 
bring his sheep to the position they now hold, and 
for beauty of form, hardiness of constitution, and quan¬ 
tity of fine wool, they are not excelled by any in New- 
York or New-England.” 
Mr. Smith, as well as Mr. Horton, are strangers to us, 
but we give the above statements just as we give others, 
that is, wholly on the responsibility of the persons 
making them. 
“ Many a little makes a mickle ” —So says the 
Scotch adage, and we have just been told a good exam¬ 
ple of its truth. A butter dealer in this city has been for two 
years in the habit of saving the scrapings of his tubs, and 
such small portions as unavoidably became damaged by 
dust, in opening and examining the tubs. The small 
parcels thus collected he threw into a tub, and when a 
quantity had been collected, he clarified it by putting it 
in hot water where the salt settled to the bottom, and 
the oil was skimmed off the top. In this way he col¬ 
lected enough to answer his purpose for burning asa sub¬ 
stitute for lamp oil. It formerly cost him $20 a year for 
oil and candles for burning; but he has saved butter, such 
as was formerly wasted, to answ'er instead—thus making 
a saving of $40 in two years! 
Egyptian, or Emir Barley. —In our October no. we 
gave a short notice of a grain which was spoken of in 
the last report of the commissioner of Patents, under this 
name, and mentioned also that our correspondent W. B. 
of Lawrens district, S. C. was desirous of obtaining some 
for sowing. 
Mr. John D. Spinner, of Herkimer, has sent us a sam¬ 
ple of bald or naked barley, which may be the kind allu¬ 
ded to by Mr. Ellsworth and W. B. At any rate, it is a 
handsome grain, and weighs, as Mr. Spinner states, sixty 
pounds to the bushel, and is also said to be very produc¬ 
tive. Mr. S. states that in 1844, he sowed four quarts 
and it yielded four bushels. He says “if it is the kind of 
grain inquired for, it can be had at a much less price than 
W. B. oilers.” 
Since writing the above, we have received a letter 
from Henry Brewer, of Enfield, N. Y., in which he 
states that he procured some of the “ skinless” barley, 
(supposed to be the “Emir or wheat” barley,) last 
spring. He sowed half a bushel of it on 72 rods of 
ground, and the produce was 16 bushels, weighing 58 
lbs. per bushel. It was also much injured by drouth 
and grass-hoppers. He can furnish a few barrels of it 
delivered at Ithaca. It can be sent by boats on the 
canal to New-York or Buffalo. He thinks it a valuable 
kind of grain- It makes, he says, good flour, which is 
preferred for cakes to buck-wheat. 
Prof. Johnston’s Agricultural Catechism. —A 
friend atRochester informs us that this valuable little work 
has been adopted as a text book in the public schools of that 
city, on the recommendation of the Board of Education. 
“I think it,” says the letter of our friend, “a most invalua¬ 
ble work, and if it could be introduced into all the schools 
in the land, its benefits would be incalculable. 
$C|pMr. Hiram Mills will act as Agent for the next 
vol. of the Cultivator in Lewis county, and we shall be 
greatly obliged for any assistance our friends may be 
able to render him in extending the circulation of our 
paper in that county. 
The next Stat!e Fair. —Mr. S. Whalen, of Sara¬ 
toga county, “desires to suggest, through the Cultivator, 
Saratoga Springs as the place for holding the next State 
Fair. All things considered, it is a most desirable loca¬ 
tion. Independent of the numerous health giving foun¬ 
tains, Saratoga abounds with hotels which at the season 
of the fair are nearly empty. When these are filled, 
there are almost an untold number of private boarding 
houses, which with the hotels cannot fail to accomodate 
the 30,000 or 40,000 that congregate on such occasions.” 
Albany, Troy, Auburn, and Buffalo, have also been 
named. 
Address oe Hon. Z. Pratt befoie the Greene coun¬ 
ty Ag. Society. We have received a copy of this ad¬ 
dress, accompanied by a copy of a resolution of the so¬ 
ciety submitting the paper for publication in the Cultiva¬ 
tor. In the great press of matter on hand we are unable 
to comply with the resolution, which under other cir¬ 
cumstances we should be happy to do. The address is 
marked generally with the sound judgment and practical 
sense of the author, who in this instance has labored to 
impress on his fellow-citizens the great advantages which 
flow from a development of the natural resources of the 
country. He says—“We have resources and advantages 
possessed by no other nation; and a people better fitted 
than any other, to develop those resources and improve 
those advantages.” 
Of the means of promoting improvement in agricul 
ture, Mr. Pratt highly commends the formation ol agri 
