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THE CULTIVATOR. 
April 
common rye. William Massie states, in the South - 
ern Planter, that he obtained half a gill of it in 1845, 
from which he obtained, the first year, just one bushel. 
This bushel was sown in 1846, on an acre and three- 
fourths of ground, and produced forty-five and a-half 
bushels. The soil was of only medium quality in both 
cases, and received no manure. He thinks this variety 
of rye will prove a very valuable acquisition to the rye 
growing region of Virginia*—the common rye having 
ceased to be valuable there. Five-eighths of a bushel, 
he thinks is enough to sow on one acre, as it tillers 
very much. 
Stilton Cheese.-— At a late meeting of the Execu¬ 
tive committee of the N. Y. State Ag. Society, ♦he 
president, L. F. Allen, Esq, presented a specimen of 
this variety of cheese, manufactured by Mr. Henry 
Parsons, of Guelph, Canada West. It was pronoun¬ 
ced by all who examined it, of superior quality. 
Fat Cattle.—A lot of thirty-four beef-cattle, 
owned and fattened by Col. J. M. Sherwood, of Au¬ 
burn, passed through this city on their way to Brighton 
market on the 20th ult, They were a prime lot, and 
several of them were of extraordinary fatness. The 
live weights of some of them were as follows 1 pair 
oxen 6 years old, 2,170 and 2,336, equal to 4,506 lbs.; 
1 pair 6 years old 2,100 and 2,040, equal to 4,140 
lbs.; one pair 5 years old, 2,012 and 2,106, equal to 
4,118 lbs.; one cow 6 years old, (very fat,) 1,708 lbs. 
Most of these cattle were grade Durhams—the cow 
was half-blood—got by Col. S.’s bull Archer. There 
was a pair of very handsome grade Devon steers— 
nearly full blood. The lot comprises about one-third 
the number fattened by Col. S. the past winter—the 
remainder will be taken to market soon. 
Norman Horse Louis Philippe. —Mr. R. B. How¬ 
land, of Union Springs, Cayuga county, N. Y., has 
lately purchased this young stallion. He was bred by 
Edward Harris, Esq. of Mooerstown, N. J., and was 
foaled in 1843. His sire (" £ Diligence ,”) and dam 
were imported from France by Mr. Harris. He is a 
very staunch colt—close-jointed, with very large sin¬ 
ews and well developed muscles—and his parts form a 
general combination indicative of great strength and 
power. His girth immediately behind the withers is 
6 ft. Sin. 5 measure round the hock twelve inches; below 
the knee ten inches. His weight, on the scales at the 
depot at the Boston Railroad, was 1120 pounds. We 
think this animal is calculated to produce a useful 
stock of horses for farm use, and we trust Mr. How¬ 
land will be remunerated for the great expense and 
trouble he has incurred in procuring him. We expect 
to have a cut and more particular description of this 
horse in our next number. 
$ 1 ^ Breeders of Horses in Central New-York, are 
referred to the advertisement of the Morgan Horse 
u Gen. Gifford,” in this number. 
Preservation of the Tomato.— Several corres¬ 
pondents request information in regard to the best me¬ 
thod of preserving the tomato, in such a manner as to 
retain the greatest amount of its natural taste and vir¬ 
tues. We should like to know what methods have 
proved best. 
Connecticut Pigs. —-A Connecticut paper states 
Ralph R. Phelps, Esq., of Manchester, sold six pigs 
last spring, the average dressed weight of which, at 
an average age of nine months and nineteen days, was 
378 2-3 lbs. The separate weights were as follows: 
one at nine months and a half, weighed 345 lbs; two 
at ten and a-haif months, 700 lbs.; one at nine months, 
375 lbs.; one at nine months and fourteen days, 412 
lbs.; one at 9 months and thirteen days, 440 lbs. 
Good Crops of CoRN-Mr. Wm. Bean, of Jefferson¬ 
ville, Pa. informs us that John Miller, of that neigh¬ 
borhood, raised last year, 94 bushels of corn per acre, 
and that others in the vicinity raised from 60 to 80 
bushels per acre. He says — 1 “ a spirit of emulation 
has been awakened among us, and a general benefit 
will result to the agricultural community in this dis¬ 
trict.” 
Fat Sheep.— We learn that thirty-six sheep, fat¬ 
tened on the farm of Messrs. Goodyear, in Cobles- 
kill, Schoharie county, sold for $380—or $10.55 pet 
head. 
French Guano.— A sample of the French Guano, 
advertised by Mr. Bommer, may be seen at this office* 
Mr. B. proposes to establish a manufactory of this 
manure in New-York. 
Quick Growth.— The Mass . Plowman states that 
Mr. H. Joy, of Townsend, Vt., lately brought to Bos¬ 
ton a pig, seven-eighths of the Suffolk breed, six 
months and eight days old, which weighed in Fulton 
market, three hundred and two pounds. 
Quite a number of communications, intended for 
this number, are unavoidably laid over to next month, 
Notices of New PsiMicatioias. 
Report of the Ohio State Board of Agriculture. 
We are indebted to M. B. Bateham, Esq., for a 
copy of the Second Annual Report of the Ohio State 
Board of Agriculture. It affords evidence that the ag¬ 
riculture of Ohio is steadily improving. The crops of 
last year, with the exception of wheat and potatoes, 
are represented as having been unusually abundant, and 
having been sold at remunerating prices. The wheat 
crop of 1847 is reported as one'-fourth to one-third less 
than that of 1846, but the quality of the last year’s 
crop is spoken of as superior. Indian corn is reported 
as a very large crop—much larger than usual. The 
Cincinnati Chronicle , in reviewing the report, estimates 
the wheat crop of 1847, at 16,000,000 and the corn 
crop at 55,000,000 for the entire State. Potatoes suf¬ 
fered from the disease and the general crop was light. 
The report states that no useful conclusion has been 
reached in reference to the disease, except that early 
planting has proved most successful. 
The number of sheep in the State, according to the 
returns from the different counties, is 1 071,037; and it 
is computed that there were exported from the State in 
1847, 1,933,435 pounds of wool. 
The export of cheese from the State, was chiefly 
from five counties—Trumbull, Portage, Geauga, Madi¬ 
son and Ashtabula, and the amount from these was 11, 
450,000 lbs. The export of butter from nine of the 
principal dairy counties, is put down at 1 , 020 , 000 ; 
and the Chronicle estimates the export for the whole 
State, at 4,000,000 lbs. 
The Architect; a series of Original Designs for Domestic and 
Ornamental Cottages, connected with Landscape Gardening, 
adapted to the United States ; Illustrated by Drawings of Ground 
Plots, Plans, Perspective Views, Elevations, Sections and De¬ 
tails. By W. H. Ranlett. 
Our readers will recollect a previous notice of this 
work, while the first volume was in course of publica¬ 
tion. That volume is now completed, and the first 
number of the second is before us. It is a beautiful 
and highly useful work, and is calculated to be greatly 
beneficial in the dissemination of correct architectural 
information. The conductor remarks that “ the work 
is intended as much for the million as for the wealthy 
few.” He adds,—“ Men of moderate circumstances 
and the really poor have been so long accustomed to 
plain, uncomfortable houses, that beauty and conveni¬ 
ence have come to be regarded as solely the right of 
the wealthy and independent. We trust that some 
thing has already been done in the preceding numbers 
of this work to dispel such a degrading delusion. The 
