1854 . 
THE CULTIVATOR. 
67 
IJftes for tljc lontlj. 
MEETINGS OF SOCIETIES. 
Annual Meeting and Winter Exhibition of New- York State 
Ag. Society , at Albany, Feb. 7th, 8th and 9th. 
The New- York State Poultry Society hold an Exhibition at 
the same time and place. 
Annual Meeting of the United States Ag. Society , at Wash¬ 
ington, Feb. 22. 
Exhibition of National Poultry Society , at New-\ ork, com¬ 
mencing Feb. 13th. 
Annual Meeting and Winter Exhibition of the Albany and 
Rensselaer Hort. Society , Wednesday, Feb. 22. 
To Our Readers. 
We present our readers this month with a variety 
and amount of matter which has never, in the history 
of agricultural journalism, been excelled in value. 
From the first page to the last, every article will be 
found freighted with instruction, suggestion and the 
results of practical experience. We say this not as 
mere bragadocio, but because we are confident that 
the careful reading of the contents will convince any 
one of the truthfulness of the assertion. We are giv¬ 
ing the firmer a greater amount of agricultural and 
horticultural information for Four Cents, than can be 
obtained In any other form for ten times that sum. In 
this day of cheap literature, we are endeavoring to 
furnish truly valuable matter at a rate “ cheaper than 
the cheapest.” We are sparing neither labor nor ex¬ 
pense to render The Cultivator as reliable and use¬ 
ful as it was when we received double our present 
price, and to make it in all respects worthy the confi¬ 
dence and support of the farming community, and 
fully up to the times. If twelve such numbers as this 
are not worth many times Fifty Cents to the farmer, 
it must be his own fault. At this exceedingly low rate 
thousands of copies ought to be circulated, and we can¬ 
not conceive how a public-spirited farmer can do his 
town and the cause of agricultural progress greater 
service than by getting up a club for the Cultivator. 
If the contents of this number meet the approval of 
our readers, may we not ask the favor of each one to 
hand it to his neighbor, or to send ns his address, so 
that we can send a specimen copy. With scarcely an 
exception, every one who writes for a specimen num¬ 
ber becomes a subscriber, and we shall be much obliged 
to any one who will send us the names of those whom 
they think will be pleased with a journal of the cha¬ 
racter of the Cultivator. ' Now is the time to act. 
As the paper is stereotyped, we can supply orders to 
any extent. Who will send us the largest list before 
our next issue ? —— 
Montgomery Co. (0.) Ag. Society. —We have been 
favored by the Secretary of this Society, Mr. 0. Kit- 
tridge, with its list of prizes to be awarded at its next 
Fair, to be held at Dayton, on the 3d and 4th of Oct. 
We notice that its premiums are-all to be paid in plate, 
medals, and books and papers on rural affairs—among 
the latter were included several copies of the Country 
Gentleman. 
Postage of the Cultivator. —One would suppose 
that the present post-office law wa3 so explicit that there 
could be no mistake made about the postage of the 
Cultivator ; but we learn that occasionally a postmaster 
charges 12 cents a year, while the law rates it at only 
six cents a year to any part of the United States. 
Postage to the British Provinces. —The United 
States postage on our papers sent to Canada, New 
Brunswick, Nova Scotia, &c., and which has to be 
pre-paid here, is 26 cents a year on the Country Gen¬ 
tleman, and 6 cents on the Cultivator, and these sums 
should be added to the price of all papers ordered by 
Agents in those Provinces. 
There are a great number of Post Offices on 
our mail books to which we send only a single copy. 
A little exertion on the part of the individual might 
add a few names. - 
Plaster on Pastures. —A subscriber in • Ohio 
writes us as follows :—“I find the Cultivator of great 
interest and no small profit. The pasture part of my 
lot had got thin from Constant feeding, and from an ar¬ 
ticle in the Cultivator, I was induced to give it a sow¬ 
ing of plaster. in April or May, and was surprised to 
find to what an extent the grass thickened up, increas¬ 
ing the feed fully one-half. This is only one of many 
instances of profit to be derived from your journal.” 
The Prairie Farmer. —Our correspodent, “ H,” who 
wishes to “ become more acquainted with western agri- 
culture,and western life,” and who inquires if there is a 
good agricultural paper published in Illinois,” has only 
to address a letter(with $1 enclosed)to the Editors of the 
Prairie Farmer, Chicago, Ill., to secure the reception of 
one of the best agricultural journals in the country, 
east or west. - 
Hovey’s Magazine of Horticulture. —This old 
and standard work keeps pace with the progress of 
the times. It has now been published nineteen years, 
and its volumes furnish the best history of the advance¬ 
ment of horticulture, during that period, in this coun¬ 
try, which can be found. No horticultural library can be 
considered complete without them. The 20th volume 
was commenced with the Jan. No. Terms, $2 a year. 
Weaning Colts. —P. P. P., of Columbia X Ptoads, 
says, “I find it easier, less trouble, and quicker, in 
weaning colts, to put a headstall upon their heads, with 
the nose-piece well filled with long, sharpened nails to 
prevent their sucking, and then let them go with the 
mare as before. The mare should be milked same 
as when separated. The colt will do better because he 
will spend his time in feeding-instead of worrying. 
—,- 
Bushel and Acre. —Will you inform me through 
the Cultivator or otherwise, the difference there is in 
the United States bushel and the English—also, the 
difference in the acre of the two countries. Wm. Ar- 
kell. Ganajoharie, Tan. 3, 1854. 
The standard bushel of the United States is the 
same as the “Winchester bushel,” which was the 
standard in England from the time of Kenry YII. to 
