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THE CULTIVATOR. Nov. 
CONTENTS op this number. 
Agricultural Implements at the late State Fair,.. . 329 
Show of the Litchfield Ag Society, ... 331 
Hydrophobia in Animate,.• • • •.. 332 
On Sub'-soil Plowing, by John Mallory,. 331 
Pheasant Breeds of Fowls,. 335 
Exhibition of County Ag. Societies,. 336 
Management of Sheep in Hungary,... 337 
Pomological Convention at New-York. 340 
Homological Convention at Buffalo—Office of Leaves—Sin-) g.. 
gular Occurrence,...J 
Address of David Thomas at Buffalo. 342 
Grape Grafting, Budding the Hawthorn with the Pear, Ef-) 
fects of Wnuer oil Quinces, and Experiment with an As- f 43 
paragus Bed, by 0. E G —The Sunflower, W. I. I — f d 
Montreal Ag Society—The Peacock,.j 
Plan of a Piggery, by S W Jewett. 344 
Sherman’s Seed Planter and Cultivator—Stacking Corn Fod-1 
der—A Farm Gate, by A C. Richard—U se of Fish tor | 315 
Manure, by A Young Farmer,...J 
Greenbush Premium Farm—Hoove in Cattle,. 346 
On the Preservation of Food,... 347 
How to raise Wheat, by Ira Hopkins—M aryland Lands, by 1 „. Q 
W. B. Hamilton,.'. J 
Diseasedu Sheep, by G. II. Dadd—K entucky Wild Lands, by j g^g 
Large Cattle—Propagaiion of Mushrooms,. 350 
Rules for Plowing—Saving Pumpkins,. 351 
Laboring Communities—The Florida Ever-Glades—Pork-) 
Making, by C. Smith—P rinciples of Plowing,.J d 
Monthly Notices—To Correspondents, &c.,. 353 
Answers to Inquiries,... 355 
List of Agents of Cultivator,. 356 
ILLUSTRATIONS. 
Fig. 90—Emery’s Drill Barrow,. 329 
Fig. 91—Wheeler’s Horse-Power and Threshing) oon 
Machine,. . j 
Fig. 92—View of a Piggery,. 344 
* Fig. 93—Ground Plan of do.,. 344 
Fig. 94—.Sherman’s Seed Planter,. 345 
Fig. 95—Stack of Corn,. 345 
Fig. 96—An Improved Farm Gate,... 345 
ANNUAL MEETING N. Y. S. AG. SOCIETY. 
fl iHF. Annual Meeting of the N. Y. S- A. Society, will beheld 
A at Albany on the 3d Wednesday, (47th) of January, 1849. 
Premiums will be awarded on Grain and Root crops, Butter, 
Cheese, Fruits, &c Statements should be fuftiished the Secretary 
early in January. It is desired that there should be a full represen- 
tion from the County Societies, as well as of the friends of Agri¬ 
culture generally. 
A Pomological Exhibition will be held at the rooms of the Society, 
and growers of fruit are respectfully requested to forward speci¬ 
mens to the Secretary, as early, if practicable, as the 15th of Ja¬ 
nuary. ' B. P. JOHNSON, 
Nov. 1, 1848—3L Secretary. 
PERUVIAN GUANO. 
F IVE hundred tons of genuine Peruvian Guano, fresh from the 
Chinche Islands, now landing from on board ship, for sale in 
lots to suit purchasers. Farmers will do well to be upon their 
guard of whom they purchase Guano, as much is sold under the 
name of Peruvian, which is spurious and almost entirely worthless. 
{PLOWS, &c—Upwards of sixty different kinds of Plows, Har¬ 
rows, Cultivators, Thrashers, Horse Powers, and Agricultural and 
Horticultural implements of great variety. 
FIELD AND GARDEN SEEDS.—A complete assortment. 
A Descriptive Catalogue of the above, of 100 pages, will be sent 
gratis to p.11 whnjequest it, post-paid. 
. Apply at the Agricultural Warehouse and Seed Store of 
A. B ALLEN & CO., 
Nov. 1—2t. 189 & 191 Water street, New-York. 
KINDERHOOK NURSERIES, 
Kinderhook, N. Y. 
H SNYDER begs leave to inform the patrons of this estab- 
• lishment and the public in general that his stock of FRUIT 
TREES for sale for autumn planting, is large, comprising all that 
is choice and rare, of recen' introductions ; as well as a full and 
large assortment of all the leading standard varieties. Also 
100,000 Seedling 2 yr. old Apple Trees , $5 pr. 1,000, 
10,000 Plum Seedlings, 1 yr old, $10 per 1,000. 
Also, English Hawthorn, Buckthorn, Privet plants, Arbor VitEe, 
for screens and hedges 
Ornamental trees, of extra size, suitable for streets or lawns, 
consisting of 
Elms, European Lindens, 
European Mountain Ash, Maples , 
European Larch, Norway Spruce, Firs , 
#c., $c. 
A good collection of flowering shrubs and greenhouse plants, in¬ 
cluding manyjaf the most brilliant Roses of new and rare kinds. 
Catalogues and information by letter, furivsied on a 1 post paid 
applications; and trees securely packed so as to be sent with per¬ 
fect safety aiiy distance, by railroad or otherwise, 
Nov 1,1848—It. 
SCHOOL OF APPLIED CHEMISTRY, 
Attached to the Department of Philosophy and the Arts,” in 
Yale College * 
B. Silliman, Jr, Professor of Chemistry and the kindred Sciences 
applied to the Arts. 
J. P. Norton, Professor of Agricul ural Chemistry. 
FHE Instructors in this department have opened a commodious 
A laboratory on the College grounds, where they are now prepa¬ 
red to receive pupils in special and general chemistry The system 
pursued with those who design to become chemists or to study the 
science extensively, is thorough and complete. Such students al¬ 
ways commence with an extended course of qualitative examination 
of unknown substances—and in due time pass through a series of 
varied quantitative determinations. To those who wish to follow 
special investigations connected either with the arts, agriculture or 
pure science, every facility will be afforded, both in organic and in¬ 
organic analysis. 
P?of. B. Silliman, Jr., will instruct particularly in general ele¬ 
mentary and analytical Chemistry, Mineralogy and Metallurgy,with 
special reference to their application to the useful arts He will al¬ 
so give a course of lectures on Mineralogy and Metallurgy, conti¬ 
nued through the summer term. During the fall and earlier part 
of the winter, he will also carry a class_through a course of elemen¬ 
tary Chemistry, in elucidation of the regular course on this subject 
in the Academical department. 
The instruction in the professorship of Agricultural Chemistry is 
intended to unite, as mucn as possible, practical views with theory; 
to give the untaught farmer an opportunity to become acquainted 
with so much of science as shall enable him to reason upon his dai¬ 
ly pursuits, and to understand the great principles upon which good 
culti\ ation must depend, presented in so plain a form as to be within 
the comprehension of all. Few chemical terms will be employed 
in the lectures, and those only of the simple explanations ; they will 
thus be understood by those who have never devoted any attention 
to the subject. A regular course of lectures will be delivered in 
the winter of each year, commencing in January and continuing 
about two months, there being four lectures in each week. T .e 
subjects of the course will be—the composition and nature of the 
soil, the plant, and the animal—theories of rotation of crops, and of 
feeding—modes of draining—the different kinds of manures, their 
value and how beneficial—the improvement of waste lands, See. &c 
Text-books will be indicated for study during leisure hours. 
In connection with the lectures, will be a short course of elemen¬ 
tary Chemistry, for such as wish to study somewhat more of che¬ 
mistry tlian is given in the course, and to qualify themselves for ina- 
I king ordinary testings and qualitative examinations of soils, ma- 
I nures, Sc c ; this course will occupy two hours of five days in each 
week during two months. 
The fee for the Lectures on Agricultural Chemistry will be $10. 
That for the Elementary Chemical Course, including apparatus , 
and reagents, will be $25. 
Students in Analytical Chemistry are allowed to work in the la¬ 
boratory during the whole day; glass will be furnished, (with char¬ 
ges for breakage,) also the ordinary reagents and balances for the 
use of those who are so f*r advanced as to require them. There 
will be frequent recitations, and the students will receive the con¬ 
stant attention of one or both of the professors. The fee for this 
class will be $20 per month. 
The vacations will correspond with those in the Academical de¬ 
partments, viz:—six weeks from the thirty Wednesday of August; 
two weeks from the first Wednesday in January; and four weeks 
from the third Wednesday in April of each year. Sessions begin 
with the close of each vacation, and are in length respectively, 14— 
14 and 12 weeks. 
Students in this school will enjoy all the advantages to be derived 
from the extended means of the institution in Libraries, Instruments 
and Collections. The Mineralogical and Geological collection is 
widely known as one of the best in the country, and tiiere are smal¬ 
ler collections in the possession of the Professors. Those who de¬ 
sire it can have access to the Lectures on Chemistry, Mineralogy 
and Geology, by Prof B Silliman. Senior, and to the Lectures on 
Natural Philosophy, by Prof D. Olmsted. 
Instruction is also accessible in higher Mathematics, in Engineer¬ 
ing and the use of Instruments, in Philology, History, Oriental Lan¬ 
guages, and Belles Lettres. 
The department of Philosophy and the Arts in Yale College, of 
which the School of Applied Chemistry is a part, has been organi¬ 
zed with a view to meet the wants of those who desire to follow 
the studies embraced under it further than they are pursued in a 
collegiate course. Those who desire further information on this 
subject, are referred to the annual catalogue of the Institution for 
1847,’48. 
A college education is"not however required of those who become 
students under this department. 
The Professors are always accessible to those who wish to con¬ 
sult them on matters relating to their several departments; and will 
undertake such analyses as may be entrusted to them. Letters of 
inquiry will be promptly attended to. 
Analytical Laboratory, Yale College, New Haven , Nov. 1848.—2t. 
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