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THE CULTIVATOR. 
these remarks, save what was afforded them by a fixed resolve, to 
win and wear a good and great name. By study, industry and per¬ 
severance, they achieved their object; and they have left examples 
worthy the aspirations of our youth, however humble be their condi- 
tion in life. 
We are highly pleased with the suggestion which has drawn forth 
these remarks. We hope the plan may be matured and go into 
successful operation, and that other towns may be induced to adopt 
the example. Associations of this kind are not only calculated to 
make two blades of grass grow where but one grows now, but to 
raise the standard of our character for intellectual and moral worth 
We intend, in behalf of the society whose interest we represent, to 
send our young correspondent the Cultivator ; and should the asso¬ 
ciation be matured, we shall feel bound to give a further evidence of 
our good wishes for its success. _ B. 
“THE ‘CULTIVATOR.’ 
“We have received the two first numbers of a new agricultural 
periodical, which will be issued monthly at Albany, New-York. It 
is published by the New-York State Agricultural Society, under the 
immediate direction of a committee of publication, composed of 
Messrs. J. Buel, J. P. Beekman and .T. D. Wasson. Thus set on 
foot by the patronage of government, and sustained by editorial ta¬ 
lents of the first order, and bestowed gratuitously, the “ Cultivator” 
is furnished at the remarkably low price of fifty cents a year, or at 
twenty-five cents each for a subscription for twenty or more copies. 
The monthly sheet has sixteen pages large octavo. Its matter, so 
far, is good—and it cannot well be otherwise, while it has its present 
zealous and able conductors. We will take pleasure in receiving and 
transmitting subscriptions for this work. 
“ The price of this publicaiion is fixed at this very low rate, for the 
purpose of inducing, if possible, every tiller of the soil in the state of 
New-York to buy, and to read it. This is a noble object—and the 
steps taken to reach it, cannot but have consequences highly useful 
to the agricultural community. But while this acknowledgment is 
made, and notwithstanding the high opinion expressed of the work, 
and the abilities of its conductors, we wdl venture to add our fears, 
that this good will be effected by the destruction of another of equal, 
ifnot of greater value—the excellent agricultural papers already esta¬ 
blished in the western part of N.York, by individual enterprise and ca¬ 
pital, and which have rendered essential service to agriculture, at a 
very cheap rate—though not so cheap as to be able to compete with 
the Cultivator. It remains to be seen, whether this is the best rnohe 
of aiding the diffusion of agricultural knowledge, even putting aside 
the consideration of all losses of individuals. We are decidedly in 
favor of ‘free trade’—and consider that it is as unjust, and as impo¬ 
litic, for government to injure any employment of capita] and indus¬ 
try, by competing with, and underselling individual laborers or tra¬ 
ders, as it is to commit the more common error of enabling them to 
make exorbitant profits, by indirect bounties, or restraints which de¬ 
stroy fair and general competition. 
“Besides—however great the amount, of talent, zeal and influence 
with which the Cultivator is now conducted, it cannot be expected that 
such services are to be retained in steady operation, without the in 
centive of reward or emolumen . The conductors would be more 
than men, if they can toil without flagging, in so humble a vocation, 
merely from the impulse of patriotism. And it, indeed, they should 
become weary, it will take place after all the other agricultural pa¬ 
pers of New-York have sunk, and the whole business of periodical 
instruction will be to re-construct. 
“It may be thought, that our fears are, in truth, for the Farmers’ 
Register. This is not the case—for, though it may be mistaken, it 
is our opinion, that no periodical publication in New-York, can les¬ 
sen the circulation of one in Virginia ; nor can the latter injure one 
of the former. Any good agricultural journal, will be found instruc¬ 
tive and useful to farmers of every other country ; but still, the cli 
mate and system of husbandry of the state of New-York, differ so 
much from those of Virginia, that no such injurious competition can 
be maintained, no matter by what difference of price. On the con¬ 
trary, the circulation of any such journal in a distant region, will in¬ 
crease the leaders’ inclination for similar supplies nearer home, and 
more generally suited to their wants. We should be pleased if the 
Cultivator could be seen and read by every farmer in Virginia: and 
believe, if such was the case, that but few subscribers ot the Farm¬ 
ers’ Register, would be thereby induced to give up the latter work— 
and very many others would be induced to become subscribers, by 
learning from so good a work, the great value of an agricultural 
journal, more particularly suited to their wants and habits.” 
The above article is from the “ Farmers’ Register, a monthly pub¬ 
lication devoted to the improvement of the practice, and support of 
the interests of Agriculture,” published at Richmond, Virginia, by 
Edmund Ruffin, Esq. The Register was commenced m 1833, has 
reached its twelfth number, and we understand, has an extended and 
numerous list of subscribers, to which it is constantly making addi¬ 
tions. We have seen the numbers of the Register as they have 
successively appeared, and giving our judgment for as much as it is 
worth, would call it a publication of the first order for the kind. 
With its editor, we hope it will not be thought that we bandy com¬ 
pliments, when we say, that we think him peculiarly qualified for 
the work he has undertaken, and his publication for variety, clear¬ 
ness and interest, will compete with any thing of the kind, foreign 
or domestic, we have ever seen. 
The Register in itself is very respectable in appearance, and 
its typographical execution is every way commendable. Virginia 
has reason to be proud of the work, and in due time it will pro¬ 
duce a most salutary and decided influence upon its agriculture. 
We take it for granted it will succeed, for, in despite of the ce- 
neral unwillingness of the farmers to read, its own inherent force, 
conducted by its present editor, will ensure its circulation. Upon 
the subject of the Cultivator, we would inform the editor of the Re¬ 
gister, that it is not under the patronage of government, and derives 
no aid from state munificence. The Cultivator must pay its own way. 
It has thrown itself upon the beneficence of the friends of agriculture, 
and hopes that from its enlarged subscription it will be enabled to 
maintain itself. Time must determine the result. At all events, if 
it does not meet with success, it will at least try to deserve it. Far¬ 
ther, it is but the mouth-piece of the New-York State Agricultural 
Society, without the promise of a cent from its treasury, or a name 
to its list; the only capital it draws from that source is its good will, 
which, as far as it goes, may assist it to trade more largely. Its re¬ 
sources, then, are in its subscribers ; if they fail, the committee of 
publication alone are answerable. This committee would extremely 
regret that the Cultiva'or should, directly or indirectly, have an in¬ 
jurious effect upon any other agricultural journal, particularly those 
in this state. They have been the pioneers that have opened the 
I way, and created a taste for agricultural reading, in which the com- 
Imittee, as individuals, in common with others, have largely partici- 
pated ; personally, therefore, we consider ourselves deeply indebted 
to those pu lications, and their editors must do us the justice to say 
that we are not prompted by avarice, because we have not the hope 
of its reward. 
We thank Mr. Ruffin, and accede to his offer to take up subscrip¬ 
tions for the Cultivator, and would cheerfully reciprocate the good 
will, in transmitting names for the Farmers’ Register. 
THE CATERPILLAR. 
J. Buel, Esq.—As much complaint is annually made of the rava¬ 
ges of the Caterpillar among the farmers’ fruit trees, and particu¬ 
larly in apple orchards, I feel desirous of rendering some service to 
the public, by furnishing a remedy, which, from actual experiment, 
I am satisfied is effectual. 
Place a sponge, or swab made of rags, on the end of a pole, satu¬ 
rate it with ley made from common wood ashes; with this prepa¬ 
ration, give their nests a thorough washing early in the morning, 
before these mischievous animals have gone abroad for their food. 
This will instantly prove fatal to them. Be careful to break the 
web of the nest, because they are so constructed as to shed the 
rain and dews, and the animals will thus escape. Not one of them 
can live a minute after being wet with this liquid. 
Yours respectfully, 
Geneva , May 17. DAVID HUDSON. 
J. Buel— I see you have an article in the Cultivator, directing 
how to destroy the caterpillar. 
I will state what I know to be a fact, that is, take a pail of soap 
suds, and with a swab attached to the end of a pole, swab the nest 
in the morning, and it will kill the worms and destroy the eggs. It 
is the best remedy I ever saw, and the quickest and cheapest. 
A. BRIDGES. 
Milford, May 17. 
It is better to bind men by kind offices than by fear.— Livy. 
