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THE CULTIVATOR. 
Dec. 
Agricultural Exhibition in Canada West. 
The third meeting of the Provincial Agricultural 
Association of Upper Canada, took place at Cobouro- on 
the 5th, 6th and 7th of October last. The unfavorable 
state of the weather during the days on which the en¬ 
tries were required to be made, prevented muoh stock 
and many articles from being brought forward. Still 
the show is pronounced creditable to the cause of ag¬ 
ricultural, mechanical and general improvement. Dur¬ 
ham cattle from the herd of Hon. Adam Fergusson, 
and Devons from Richard Gapper, Esq., are men¬ 
tioned as being very fine. The show of implements 
was quite large. Several of the exhibitors were from 
“the States,” among which were Messrs. Emery of 
Albany, and Rapelje & Briggs of Rochester. There 
was a good display o( horticultural products, among 
which some samples of grapes were pronounced of su¬ 
perior quality. 
Crops in East Tennessee. 
The great improvement in farming in this valley of 
East Tennessee is truly gratifying. Many old fields 
which have been turned out for years, are now under 
fine cultivation. 
The farmers are now gathering their corn, which 
cr >p is most abundant. The wheat and oat crops were 
remarkably fine for this country. Wheat is now worth 
from 40 to 50 cents per bushel; corn, owing to its great 
abundance, will range one shilling to twenty cents this 
fall. There has been introduced among us, within the 
last two years, a variety of wheat called by some the 
Quaker wheat, by others the Mediterranean, which is 
decidedly preferable to the wheat we have used here 
for many years. Our wheat crops are often destroyed 
by the Hessian fly in the fall, or rust in spring. The 
Quaker wheat is never deslrr^ed by either, and is there¬ 
fore considered the more valuable. The grain is much 
larger than that of the Walker or Orleans wheat, but 
the flour is not quite so white. Sam. T. Bicknell. 
Printed Citculars. 
The other day a sealed note came from the post 
office, marked 10 cents. On opening it, not even the 
dot of a pen was visible on the inside, for it was a 
printed circular, which if leit open as it ought to 
have been, would have drawn only two cents. Gentle, 
men, either sa;e your wafers or prepay the postage. X 
Climate South. —Dr. Lee says that 9 inches of wa¬ 
ter have fallen in Savannah, in 3 successive days—that the 
mean temperature of the earth is 20 degrees greater in 
Georgia than in Western New-York—’and that so much 
greater there is the growth ©f corn, that 16 to 25 
square feet are required f r the growth of each stalk of 
corn in the field. 
Constituents of Wheat. —Professor Johnston 
found, according to analyses, that so far as the fat form¬ 
ing principle is concerned, that form for a given weight, 
is the richest, and that the whole grain ground together 
is nearly one-half richer than fine flour. As to muscle¬ 
forming matter, the whole grain is to fine flour as 156 
to 136. 
Analysis does not, however, always show the actual 
comparative value, as some parts are assimilated much 
more readily than others—and the same food sometimes 
becomes twice as valuable by a different preparation. 
One-horse Carts. —A great improvement has been 
made in attaching the horse to a horse cart, to prevent 
the sudden descent of the weight of the load upon the 
animal’s back, after mounting obstructions. A half el¬ 
liptic spring is fastened under each shaft, the centre 
of which is connected to the lower ends of the staple, 
which passes freely through a hole bored in the shaft, 
and connects with the chain that passes over the back of 
the horse. 
AN ACROSTIC. 
The Cultivator of “ the soil and mind.” 
His course well chosen, cannot fail to find, 
“ Excelsior ” his motto, well defined 
Cheer’d on by honest labor’s rich rewards, 
Unawed by fortune’s frowns, as Nature’s LORDS 
Let cultivators still their course pursue, 
To 11 improve the soil,” as they are bound to do¬ 
lt soon will be acknowledged as a right, 
Viewed in a practical or scientific light: 
As right, in honoring all the men of toil— 
To honor most, improvers of the soil: 
Our duty, then, should be delayed no later— 
Respect our rights, and take The Cultivator. 
East Ware, N H. 
Respectfully submitted by W. L. Eaton. 
PRICES OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS. 
_ T ^ New-York, Nov. 15, 1848. 
A^"?.““ Qene8ee P er bbb $5.44a$5,50. Fancy brands, $5. 
62;|a$5,87£. 
GRAIN—Wheat, Genesee, per bu., Sl.aSnfl .27—Corn. North¬ 
ern, /0rt74 cts—Rye, 66oG7c.—Barley, 62ia65—Oats 33a34c. 
BUTTER—Best, per lb., 19a20c.—Western, dairy, 12«18c— 
Ohio, 9allc. 
CHEESE—per lb., 6cr7Ae. 
BEEF—Mess, per bbl , §9.25a$10.— Prime. $5 25a$5-50. 
PORK—Mess, per bbl., $12.62£—Prime, $9. 
LARD—per lb., 7£a8c. 
HAMS—Smoked, per lb.. 6a8£c. 
HEMP—American dew rolled, per ton, fH>155a$160. 
TOBACCO- per lb , Kentucky, 3£a6c. 
COTTON—Upland and Florida, per lb., 5|a6£c.—New Orleans 
and Alabama, 5|a7|c. 
WOOL—Prime or Saxon fleeces, washed, per lb... 35a40 cts 
American full blood fleeces,. 31a33 “ 
“ half blood,. 26a27 “ 
“ one-fourth blood and common,. 23a25 “ 
ALBANY AG. WAREHOUSE AND SEED STORE, 
Removed from stand No. 10 and 12 Green-street, to th e 
spacious new store No. 369 Broadway—a few doors 
South of the Post-Office, Albany, N. Y. 
rpHE subscriber, beta sufferer from fire, in common with a 
large portion of the citizens of Albany, (having lost his store 
and stock, on the morning of the 29lh of Oct. last,) has secured for 
a term of years the new and extensive store, No. 369 Broadway, or 
old Market-street, a few doors south from the P. O. This store 
being 145 feet deep, and four stories high, is much larger than his 
former one,—and running through from Broadway to the canal 
basin—Broadway being the principal thoroughfare in the city, be¬ 
tween the Boat Landings and Depots, the location is readily found. 
These advantages, with the increased faci'ities, will enable him to 
transact ma ty times ihe business heretofore done by him, and 
more convenient for the trade generally. 
In connection with these changes, he is erecting an extensive 
manufactory in the central part of ihe city, sufficiently large to ac¬ 
commodate over 100 mechanics, and a proportionate amount of 
labor-savii g machinery, which will enable him at all times to exe¬ 
cute all orders with despatch. And he solicits the continuance of 
that very liberal patronage heretofore bestowed upon his estab¬ 
lishment. H. L EMERY. 
N. B. It is his iniention to establish branches at Rochester and 
Buffalo the coming spring, each to be under the charge of expe¬ 
rienced brothers of the subscriber. 
