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THE CULTIVATOR. 
Aug. 
a©STHM NOTICES—TO CORRESPONDENTS, dec. 
Communications have been received since our last, 
from A. V. L., D. B. Williams, A. C. Richard, Fair- 
field County, A. B., W. Bacon, Edward Clark, James 
Flore, A Subscriber, Dr. Charles Hamilton, W. N. 
Green, L. L. H., M. W. Philips, C. S. W., S. Smith, 
J. B., H. Grath, Jr., A. B. 
Books, Pamphlets, &c., have been received, during 
the past month as follows : “ Patent Office Report for 
1847,” and “ Speech of Hon. J. I. Slingerland, on In¬ 
ternal Improvement, the War, and Land Monopoly,” 
from Hon. Mr. Slingerland.— “ Transactions of the 
Mass. Ag. Societies for 1847,” from J. W. Lincoln, 
Esq. 
School of Applied Chemistry. —We would call 
particular attention to the advertisment of the school un¬ 
der the charge of Profs. Silliman and Norton, at New 
Haven. The agricultural department is under the di¬ 
rection of Prof. Norton, who has been favorably known 
to the readers of the Cultivator for several years, and 
who, we are confident, has, by his writings, secured 
the approbation of the thinking, practical portion of the 
farming community. The school has been in operation 
for nearly a year, and we have heard it spoken of in 
terms of high commendation by those who are compe¬ 
tent to judge of its character. It will be seen that 
Profs. S. and N. will undertake such analyses and inves¬ 
tigations as-may be entrusted to them. 
Fine Raspberries. —We have received from Chaun- 
cey Copley, agent for the Society of Shakers, at Wa- 
tervliet, some beautiful samples of the FastolfF, Ant- 
wert, Ohio ever-bearing, and Ohio yellow raspberries. 
They are all very fine kinds, and decidedly the best 
specimens we have seen this season. The Society is 
paying much attention to the culture of fruit, and will 
have the stocks of the kinds mentioned for sale this fall 
or uext spring—together with the best varieties of 
the strawberry. 
Walcheren Cauliflower. —We have recivedfrom 
Mr. James Wilson of this city, a couple of very fine 
heads of this superior variety of cauliflower. It has 
lately been introduced here from Germany. There are 
two kinds—the early and late. That received from 
Mr. W. was the former. The seed was sown in the 
Green House, in March, and the plants set in the gar¬ 
den as soon as the state of the ground would permit. 
The ’heads were cut on the 30th of June—were very 
close and fuR, and of a quality and flavor unsurpassed. 
We have no doubt the variety will prove an acquisition 
to our list of culinary vegetables. In the Horticultur¬ 
ist, vol. ii, p. 463, Mr. Downing has very favorably 
noticed both the early and the late Walcheren cauli¬ 
flower. 
A good Horse. —A correspondent writes—“You 
remember my old bay horse. The other day I drove 
him a mile on the trot before a buggy with three men 
in it, fairly within four minutes, a measured mile. He 
is seventeen years old—is perfectly sound, and has done 
a hard spring’s work at the plow. He was fat on grass, 
never had a mile of training—having been taken out of 
the pasture the night before. It was after having dri¬ 
ven him seven miles, that I drove him between the se¬ 
venth and eighth mile stones in the time mentioned.” 
Yield of Butter. —In the year 1844, six cows be¬ 
longing to George Vail, Esq., of Troy, produced in 
thirty days, 262 lbs. 9 oz. of butter—averaging 43 lbs. 
12 oz. for each cow. The same year Philip VanBen- 
scoten, of La Grange, Dutchess county, produced in 
thirty days, from five cows, 227 lbs. of butter, avera¬ 
ging 45 lbs. 6 oz. for each cow. 
Farmers’ Club. —We are informed by Charles 
Betts, that a Farmers’ Club has been formed in the 
vicinity of Redford, Mich., in which the farmers mani¬ 
fest a deep interest, and which has already been the 
means of awakening a spirit of improvement that can¬ 
not fail of being useful. 
Wheat and Rye in Virginia. —M. Davis, Esq., 
of Lynchburg, Va., writes—-“ We have just cut a good 
crop of wheat—the best we have had in this region for 
several years. Rye was once thought the surest crop 
we could put in the ground; but for a number of years 
it has fttiled to such a degree that few persons sow it, 
and nobody seems to be able to tell the cause of the 
failure.” 
Foreign Wool Trade. —We have accounts from 
the great Breslau wool fair of June 9th. The whole 
quantity of wool offered was 59,000 cwt., 20,000 cwt, 
of which remained unsold at the close of the fair. The 
prices were considerably below those of last year. The 
best selected lots of Silesian (or Saxon) wool brought 
from 90 to 110 dollars per cwt.; the “fine ” 60 to 68; 
the “ middle fine,” 50 to 55; and the “low” 26 to 30. 
The fleeces were prepared in the best condition. 
Wool Trade. —The British Farmers’ Magazine, 
speaking of the supplies of wool from the Western 
states, says, “ Until they are got up with more care, 
better washed, and more evenly graded, we see little 
prospect of a profitable result.” 
Crops in Ohio. —The Ohio Cultivator states that 
the wheat crop of that state is remarkably fine. Corn 
was, (on the first of July) backward. Grass not ge¬ 
nerally heavy—but pretty good. Potatoes promise a 
healthy crop—“especially where planted early.” Fruit 
generally abundant. In the Western Reserve, the rose- 
bugs have injured the fruit trees very much. 
Steam vs. Horse-power. —A gentleman has chal¬ 
lenged the Great Western Railway Company to match 
a horse against a steam engine for half a mile—the en¬ 
gine to travel on the rail, the horse on the Reading race 
course parallel to the railroad. Speculation runs high 
on the issue. The editor of the Mark Lane Express 
offers to back the horse. 
Turnip Meal. —A kind of meal made from turnips 
has been introduced in Scotland. It is made by passing 
Swedish turneps through a potato starch mill. After 
having been passed through the washing machine, they 
are ground down by the rasping apparatus, and the pulp 
is passed between rollers which squeeze out the greater 
part of the moisture. The squeezed fibre is then dried 
on a kiln and ground into meal by mill stones. The li¬ 
quid which is expressed is evaporated, and the dry solid 
part is mixed with the meal. The meal therefore con¬ 
tains nearly all the solid parts of the turnip in a state 
which prevents decay, and in a light and portable form. 
It is confidently expected that this article will prove 
a good substitute for grain to feeding stock in that 
country. Prof. Johnston, on analysing it, found it to 
contain 13.68 per cent, of protein compounds, 48.72 of 
sugar, 4.14 of gum, and 1-11 per cent, of oil. 
Saline food for animals. —The tissues of the bo¬ 
dy contain various saline principles, as soda, iron, sul¬ 
phur, phosphorus, lime, &c. They are derived from 
the food and drink. The bones are formed in a great 
degree of phosphate of lime, and it is of the greatest 
