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THE CULTIVATOR. 
Jan. 
Itotfs far tljc Mont|. 
To our Agents and Friends. 
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third series from its commencement. 
Address LUTHER TUCKER, Albany, N. Y. 
Mixing Grass Seeds. — European farmers have 
long since found an advantage in mixing several kinds 
of grass seed together for seeding down, as they feed 
more or less differently from the soil, and at different 
depths, and yield more growth of herbage than one 
sort of grass alone. We think the practice has not 
been sufficiently adopted in this country. A late writer 
says he has adopted the following with beneficial re¬ 
sults :—Ten pounds of red clover, five pounds of white 
clover, one peck of herd’s grass (timothy), and half a 
bushel of red-top, followed by two bushels of plaster. 
The Michigan Double Plow.— We perceive that 
the New England Farmer, in consequence of too 
brief an explanation on our part, has entirely misun¬ 
derstood our remarks in relation to the team required 
for this plow. Our experience in this matter gives 
precisely the same results as those found by the New 
England Earmer, with the exception, perhaps, that we 
think decidedly less draught required than for a com¬ 
mon plow cutting the same width and depth. 
A Michigan plow of a size corresponding with that 
of a common plow, will cut a furrow one-half deeper, 
or as three is to two, and consequently must run harder 
than the latter. For plowing nine or ten inches deep, 
two yoke of oxen or two pair of common horses are 
usually required; for one foot in depth, the largest 
size Michigan plow is needed, and must be drawn by 
three yoke of oxen. 
For a given depth, we are satisfied the Michigan 
plow requires the least draught, in consequence of the 
inverted slice being composed of two distinct portions, 
which are more easily turned and thrown where they 
are to lie, than one thick, stiff, and unmanageable sod. 
At the same time the work is done in a far better 
manner, especially when the plowing is quite deep. It 
would, indeed, be next to impossible to plow a foot 
deep, and quite so to do the work well, with a single 
mouldboard. ——— 
Mr. Joseph Harris, who has been for the last year 
or two one of the editors of the Genesee Farmer, at 
Rochester, has become associated with Mr. Moore, in 
the Rural New-Yorker Mr. H. has much experience 
as a practical farmer, and has had opportunities which 
few men in this country have enjoyed, of studying the 
science of agriculture. His labors will add much to 
the interest and usefulness of the paper with which he 
has now connected himself. 
Poultry Exhibition at Albany. — The Utica 
Herald, in answer to a paragraph, as to the time when 
this exhibition will take place, says“ We suppose 
we started the announcement of a Poultry Show, to be 
held at Albany on the 10th, 11th and 12th of January 
next; and we did it by authority of the officers of the 
State Poultry Association. They have since, however, 
changed the time to correspond with that of the Win¬ 
ter Exhibition of the State Agricultural Society. The 
Grand Poultry Show, will accordingly take place at 
Albany, on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday, Feb¬ 
ruary 7th, 8th and 9th. This change of time has been 
deemed advisable, to accommodate those who shall 
wish to attend both the Agricultural and Poultry Exhi¬ 
bitions.” This announcement, the Herald says, may 
be deemed authoritative and reliable. 
A Large Farm. —We see it stated in the Ohio pa¬ 
pers, that M. L. Sullivant, who we believe now owns 
the largest and most valuable farm in Ohio, has lately 
purchased sixty thousand acres of land in Lawrence 
county, Illinois, which he intends to convert into a 
stock farm, his men being already at work on the fenc¬ 
ing and in making other improvements. 
