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THE CULTIVATOR, 
JM, 
CONTENTS OF THIS NUMBER. 
COMMUNICATIONS. 
Fine-Wooled Sheep in the Valley of the Ohio, by R. W.,.... 10 
Making and Application of Manure, by F. Holbrook,. ....... 12 
Remarks on Breeding Horses, by J. B. Burnet,. .. 13 
Notes of a Traveller in Great Britain, by H., ...... 14 
On Under-Draining, by Prof. J. P. Norton,. .. 15 
Culture of Pears and Cherries by S. Worden,. .. 21 
Transplanting Large Trees, by S. W. Jewett—F all How-1 26 
ing, by F. Holbrook, ... J 
Culture of Madder, by J. Eaton—M aking Shingles by Ma- i 
chinery, by Reader—W eight of Fleeces at different ages j 27 
of Sheep, by H. C. B.—Construction of Ice Houses, by C. C. ) 
Western Wool, by B.—Wheat Crop in Michigan, by A. ( gg 
Finney—V ineyards of France, by A Vine DresseR, .j 
Large Crops, by B.*—Improvement in the Preparation of ) 
Paints, by R. Dally—P lan of a Farm House, by H. A. P. \ 29 
—The Wood Plow, by David Thomas,. ...) 
Construction of Fences, by J.,...... 32 
Rotary Cultivator, by T. J. Tuthill, ... 32 
EDITORIAL. 
On Rural Architecture—Hope Cottage,...................... 9 
Recipes in Domestic Economy, .. 11 
Diseases of Domestic Animals, ....... 19 
The Pear Blight—Causes and Remedies. ...... 20 
Oswego BeUrre Pear—Figure and Description, ..... . 21 
Fruit in Georgia and Mississippi—Culture of Strawberries— 1 
Raising Quinees—Varieties of Fruit and Soils of their j 32 
origin, ....... J 
Shelter for Stock—Feeding Stock—Breaking Roads in Snow, 23 
Memoir of the late Judge Buel,... 24 
House-Feeding Sheep—Farming on a Large Scale—Sound > oq 
Views,.......... S 
Productive Small Farm—Horses of Speed and Bottom—In-1 gj 
fluence of the Press on Agricultural Improvement,.. L 
Bones for Manure, how dissolved,... 32 
Notices of New Publications,. 33 
New-York State Ag. Society—Answers to Inquiries,......... 34 
Monthly Notices—To Correspondents, &c.,. . 35 
ILLUSTRATIONS. 
VIEW OF HOPE COTTAGE. Frontispiece. 
Figs. 2, 3, 4—Plans of Floors of do.,.. 9, 10 
Figs. 5, 6, 7—Drains and Draining Tools,.. 18 
Fig. 8—Oswego Beurre Pear,.. 21 
Fig. 9—Portrait of Judge Buel,...... 23 
Fig. 10—Monument to the memory of Judge Buel, ... 24 
Fig. 11—Plan of a Farm House,.... 29 
Fig. 12—Rotary Cultivator,. . . 32 
WATER RAMS. 
A SUPERIOR article of Water-Rams for sale. Price $15 
to $18. A. B. ALLEN & Co., 187 Water-st., N. Y. 
Jan. 1—2t, 
TO AMATEURS OF THE VINE, 
A LL PERSONS who possess one or more new and truly valua * 
blc varieties of the native Grapes, either wildings or seedlings 
of their own growing, are solicited to send a well-rooted vine, or 
some scions, well packed with swamp moss around the roots, ter 
the subscriber, by Express or otherwise, directed to 205 Broadways 
New-York, and to state What they desire as a reciprocity. 
Jan. 1—It, WM. R. PRINCE. 
WANTED TO PURCHASE 
QOME superior Potato Onions, for seed; any person having from 
& five to tweniy bushels for sale, will find a customer, by apply¬ 
ing, (if by letter, post-paie,) to CHARLES SPRATT, Utica. 
Jan. 1—at:*- _ _ 
NEW AGRICULTURAL WAREHOUSE. 
QAMUF.L O'. HILLS, No. 189 Water-st., New York, offers for 
^ sale Prouty’s Plows and Horse Rakes, Wilkinson’s Harrows, 
Corn Mills, Corn Shellers, Straw Cutters, Horse Powers, Churns, 
Grain Cradles, Scythes, Hoes, Rakes, &c., &c. 
1 Patents secured upon moderate terms, and patent articles and 
rights bought and sold on commission. 
New-York, Jan. 1,1848—3t. 
SPRING WHEAT AND RYE. 
QUPERIOR Spring Wheat for sale at $2 per bushel. Spring Rye 
at $1.75 per bushel. Also a complete assortment of Field and 
Garden Seeds of all kinds principally grown, and put up expressly 
for use. A. B. ALLEN & Co., 187 Water st., N. Y. 
Jan. 1—2t. ____ 
~~~ scions’for winter grafting. 
TffTM. R. PRINCE & Co., sole proprietors of the Linnean Bo- 
* » tanic Garden and Nurseries, and of the only extensive specimen 
grounds of bearing Fruit Trees on this island , will supply scions at 
the following rates, and their accuracy is expressly guaranteed. 
For not less than forty varieties that are priced at ordinary rates 
in our Catalogues, 25 cents per parcel, or fifty cents per dozen. 
New varieties priced over 50 cents in our catalogues, will be 
charged the same per parcel as for a tree. 
Plentiful well known varieties, will be supplied at $20, down to 
$10 per 1000. according to quantity and variety. 
Scions of all Trees and shrubs that grow from cuttings will be 
supplied at proportionate rates. 
Flushing, Jan. 1st, 1848—It. 
tar paint and lime. 
ppAR PAINT for sale at the Albany Gas Works: A very cheap 
article for covering barns, &c. 
LIME for sale at the Albany Gas Works, cheap. 
Oct. 1—6t.* 
TO NURSERYMEN AND GARDENERS, 
'THE subscriber, intending to change his business and remove to* 
A another state, offers for sale at his Nursery, near Norristown, 
Pa., his stock of FRUIT and ORNAMENTAL TREES, GREEN¬ 
HOUSE PLANTS,■•&£., at a low rate. 
For particulars address PERCIYAL NICHOLS, Morristown, 
Montgomery Co.. Pa. 
Dec. 11th, 1847—It.* _ 
AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENTS FOR SALE." 
tJORSE POWERS.—Taplin & Eddy’s Circular Horse Powers, 
. Price, $60 to $75; Wheeler & Whitman’s Endless Chain do., 
singleAiorse, $75; double-horse, $100; Trimble’s, Warren’s, and 
Child’s Cast-Iron do., $50 to $75, 
GRAIN THRESHERS.—Wheeler’s Thresher at $25; ditto 
with Separator, $35; Taplin & Eddy’s Thresher, $40; Trimble’s 
and Warren’s do., $25 ; Whitman’s and Pitts’ Thresher, with 
| Separator and Cleaner, for one or two horses, $100. Pitts’ Thresh* 
er, Separator, Cleaner, and Horse-power, complete, $200. 
CORN SHELLERS —Corn Shellers to work by hand or otheir 
power. Price, $3 to $50. 
STRAW CUTTERS—Straw Cutters of various kinds, to work 
by hand or oilier power. Price, from $3 to $40. 
GRAIN MILLS.—Grain Mills to work by hand or other power: 
Price, from $5 to $30. . Do. of Burr Stone, from $50 to $125. 
CORN AND COB CRUSHERS.—These grind corn and cobs 
together Price, $35 to $50. 
SPICE AND COFGEE MILLS.—Several of these are of m 
new and superior kind. Price, from $2 to $10. 
PLOWS, for the South and North.—Superior Plows of various 
kinds for sod and stubble land, from one-horse to six horse 
draft. Also, the Scotch Iron, Centre Draft, Self-Sharpening, 
Side-Hill, Wet Meadow, Double Mould Board, Paring, and Sub* 
soil Flows, with common or patent dial clevis. Price from $2 to* 
$20. The woods of the above plows are of choice white oak, and! 
got out by patent machinery. The castings are of the best kind. 
Also a complete assortment of all kinds of Agricultural and Hor* 
ticultural Implements, Field and Garden Seeds. 
A. B. ALLEN & Co., 187 Water-st., N. Y, 
Jan. 1—2t. __ 
HORSE POWER, THRESHER, AND CORN 
SHELTER DEPOT. 
(VRDERS for the “ Warren’s aiid Trimble’s best two and four 
Horse Powers and Threshers,” Hand Threshers, Waterman’s 
Corn Shellers, and other Agricultural Machinery, at wholesale and 
retail, will continue to he promptly attended to, as heretofore, by 
the subscribers at No. 5 Burling Slip, and 126Pearl-st., New-York 
c ity. Nov. 1, 1847.—8t _ JAMES PLANT & Co. 
SYRACUSE NURSERY. 
T HE subscribers would call the attention of the public to their 
extensive and well selected assortment of Fruit and Ornamen¬ 
tal Trees, consisting of 
200,000 Grafted Apple Trees, from 1 to 5 years’ growth, 60,090 
of which are from 6 to.9 feet high ; 3 to 5,000 of the celebrated 
Northern Spy, 4 to 8 feet high, can be. supplied without extra 
charge to those ordering other varieties. 
6 to 8,000 Pear Trees, 4 to 7 feet high. 
A few hundred of the Onondaga, and Van Mon’s Leon Le 
Clerc, (very thrifty,) can be supplied, of one and two years’ growth, 
from 50 cts. to $1.00 each. 
1,000 Cherry Trees, 6 to 9 feet high. 
10 to 15,000 Peach Trees, of the best early varieties, thrifty and 
free from disease. 
Apricots and Nectarines, a good supply. 
3 to 500,000 Apple Seedlings, from two to three years old, and 
unusually large. 
Also, a large quantity of Horse Chestnut, Ailanthus, and Moun* 
tain Ash, of extra size, and good form, together with all the deal* 
rable varieties of the Grape. 
All post-paid communications and orders containing remittan* 
ces, promptly attended to. THORP & SMITH. 
Syracuse, N. Y., Nov 1—6t. 
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