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THE CULTIVATOR 
July 
* CONTENTS OF THIS NUMBER. 
COMMUNICATIONS. 
ManUres-^Their Nature and Action, by Levi Bartlett.. . . 203 
Memoir of Tlios. G Fessenden, by F. Holbrook, .. 207 
Experiments with Copperas on Sickly Foliage, by J. T. I 
Plummer—R enovation of old Apple-trees, by Wm. Ba- [ 213 
Experiments in Grafting, by E. M. Hoyt and A B. Price, 214 
Time for Pruning Orchards, by D Sinclair, Jr.,. 215 
Houses of Unburnt Brick, by I. Hildreth, ..^... 217 
Breeding Horses, by Equus—Scotch and American Plows.) ols 
by M. W. Philips . J 210 
Coal Grinder and Soil Presser, by Dean— Value of Guano, l 
by A B. Allen —Lightning Rods, by J. J. Higgins, .) 
Stones for Draining, by A. VV. Day— Suggestions to Farmers, 1 ggy 
by Oneida., . J 
Improvement of stock, by C. V. H.-^Raising Wheat, by Jas. I oc1 
Otis,. J 281 
Norman Horses, by A Maryland Subscriber, . 223 
Advantages of Water, in Barn-yards, by A Subscriber,.. 224 
EDITORIAL. 
The Chillingham Wild Cattle,..... 201 
Irish Rose Butter for the U S. Navy,. 206 
To Destroy all Weeds—Training Oxen,. 209 
Sketches of Fine Farms in Dutchess County,. 210 
Paring and Burning Soils—advantages of,..... 211 
List of Summer Apples—Salt for Celery,. 212 
Corrections—Horticultural Exhibition at Albany,. 215 
Mt. Airy Agricultural Institute—Manures in or on the soil,.. 216 
Proper Time for Cutting Wheat,.. 217 
The Estates of Gen. Washington—Special Manures,. 222 
Animal Physiology—Sheep in South Carolina,. 223 
Notices of New Publications—Old-fashioned Theology,.... 224 
Domestic Economy—Poetry, <fcc.,. 225 
Monthly Notices—To Correspondents, &c.,. 226 
ILLUSTRATIONS. 
Fig. 50—Wild Cattle,. 201 
Figs 51 to 55—Grafting,. 215 
Fig. 56—Mt. Airy Ag. Institute,. 216 
Fig. 57—Coal Grinder,. 219 
GUANO FOR SALE. 
■V[OW landing from ship Aglare, a very superior cargo of Patago- 
nian Guano. Price $35 per ton, for all quantities exceeding 
1,000 lbs Apply at the New-York Agricultural Warehouse and 
Seed Store, Nos. 189 & 191 Water-street, New-York. 
July 1, 1848.—2t. ‘ A. B. ALLEN & Co 
HAY AND HARVEST TOOLS AND MACHINES. 
I p VERY Farmer desiring good tools (and where is one who does 
u not) should examine the large collection of the leading and 
best manufactures at the Albany Agricultural Warehouse Nos. 10 
& 12 Green street, Albany—among which may be found, 
Wilcox, Grants, & M^'er- 
& Bryans Cradles, the three 
best makers known, 
Wilcox & Downer’s Horse 
Rakes, all sizes; a better made 
article than ever sold here. 
Dunn’s, Phillips. Messer 
and Colby’s Celebrated 
Scythes, of German, Shear 
Cast and Siiver teel; warran¬ 
ted the best kinds in use. 
Lampson & Co’s. & Clapp’s Patent Scythe Snaths. 
Dean’s, McCollum’s, Wakefield’s and other hand rakes. 
Real Quiimebaug, Cumrningtou & Indian Pond Scythe Stones. 
Nova Scotia and Ohio Grind Stones, all sizes 
Grindstone Cranks, Rollers, &c. 
Austin’s, Anson’s. Darby’s and others, scythe rifles. 
Grant’s Fanning Mills, 4 sizes. 
Partridge’s Hay Forks, 6 sizes. Warranted not to break, and the 
best fork in America 
Wheeler’s Horse Powers and Threshers. These are too well 
known to need further notice here; except, to refer to the Februa¬ 
ry Nos. of the Cultivator, for 1847 and 1848, and to the May No 
1848. 
A full and complete assortment of all the above, and an extensive 
assortment of almost every article used on the farm or in the farm 
house, constantly on hand—making this Agricultural Warehouse 
literally an Agricultural museum, where a farmer can well spend 
an hour or two, and feel well paid for his trouble in calling. For 
prices, description; &e., see Catalogue Agricultural Warehouse, 
gratis at Store, or by mail. HORACE L. EMERY. 
July 1,1848. 
THE HORTICULTURIST, 
AND 
Journal of Rural Jlrt and Rural Taste. 
_ >'•- 
Edited by A. J. DOWNING, Esq. 
rp HE Third Volume of the Horticulturist commences on 
J- the first of July, 1848. 
The Publisher, at the close of the 2d voluhie, desires to return 
his ihanks for the handsome patronage bestowed i.q this work, l't 
has already attained a circulation equal to that of any similar ma¬ 
gazine in Europe, and far beyond any of its class hitnerto attempt¬ 
ed in America. Its influence on me progress oi Gardening, and the 
inlbrmauon in matters of Rural /i'asie, is already strikingly appa¬ 
rent. its extended and valuable correspondence, presents the ex¬ 
perience of a large body of the most intelligent cultivators in Ame¬ 
rica ; and the instructive and agreeable articles from the pen of the 
Editor, make it equally sought after by even the general reader, in¬ 
terested in country life. 
In order to introduce still greater improvements in the work, and 
especially in ns iilustraiions, the publisner takes this method of pre¬ 
senting it in various parts of the United States, where it is not al¬ 
ready Known, and where lie is confident that it only needs to be ex¬ 
amined,Jor even announced, (such is the popularity of Mr. Down¬ 
ing’s works,) to be at once ordered. 
The work is published monthly in 8vo form, of 48 pages—each 
number accompameu by a frontispiece and several other engra¬ 
vings. The list of constant contributors embraces our first horticul¬ 
turists and practical cultivators The " Foreign Notices ” pre¬ 
sent a summary from all the leading Horticultural Journals of Eu¬ 
rope; the " Domestic Notices,” and “Answers to Correspon¬ 
dents,” furnish copious hints to the novice in "practical culture ; 
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Green-Houses, the figures of New Fruits, jfirubsand plants, com¬ 
bine to render this one of the cheapest and most valuable works to 
country gentlemen on either side of the Atlantic. 
NOTICES OF THE PRESS. 
No one who loves the country will willingly be without Mr. Down¬ 
ing’s Journal. In it he combines the merits oi all his previous works. 
VV hiie informing the practical gardener as to Iiis particular vocation, 
—the best soils of ,arclen fruits, vegetables, ornamental shrubbery, 
etc., and as to the best manner of cultivating each and all, he inter¬ 
sperses lessons of taste in rural architecture, of profit m rural eco¬ 
nomy, of knowledge at once usetut and brilliant in boiany, and of 
de igiii in all me braiici.es of that most rational, independent, and 
healthful existence—life in the country.— N. Y.^Courier # Enquirer. 
The Editor of this attractive Journal has earned a wide renown 
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the crowned heaus of the Old World.— Stillmans’ Journal. 
'i Ins magazine is primed and illustrated in beautiful styie, at Al¬ 
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cinati Gazette. 
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vancing usie of tne country in horticulture and rural architecture, 
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bines m >re harmoniously the sc.eiitific and the practical than the 
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