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THE CULTIVATOR. 
June, 
Hote for % lltoittlj. 
Cloves for Manure. —Mr. D. D. T. Moore of Wa- 
tervleit in this county, informs us that be sows clover 
seed with his barley crop, for fertilizing his land. Last 
year he turned under a clover sod—the seed sown the 
previous spring with barley, but not fed off after the 
barley was harvested—on the 8th of June, for a late 
crop of corn. To ascertain the weight of the crop of 
clover thus turned under, he cut a square foot of the 
sod, shook off the soil, and found the weight of the 
clover and its roots to be lbs. This wonid give 49 
tons, weighing probably about eight tons if thoroughly 
dried, per acre, to turn under, at an expense of only 
$1,50 for clover seed. ——— 
Sale of Ayrshire Cattle in New Brunswick. 
—We invite attention to Mr. Gray’s sale of Ayrshire 
cattle, to be held on the 21st July next. A correspon¬ 
dent at St. John, whose judgment may be relied on, 
writes us—“You may safely recommend the sale to 
the attention of amateurs and breeders, as I know 
personally that the animals are choice specimens of 
the breed, and have proved themselves well suited to 
the climate.’’ -— 
French Merinoes for Ohio. —Mr. A. R. Sherman, 
of Washington, Ohio, who went to Europe as a. delegate 
from the Fayette County Stock Company, has, since 
his return, purchased 34 French Merirfo sheep (three 
rams and thirty-one ewes) of Mr. Jewett of Middle- 
bury, Vt. They have just been sent on to Ohio. We 
did not see them, but are told that they were a splen¬ 
did lot of sheep. -- 
Maple Molasses. —Oirr thanks are due to L. T. 
Sparhawk, West Randolph, Vt., for a can of very 
superior Maple Molasses, which has. renewed the de¬ 
mand for “hot cakes,” which have disappeared with 
unusual rapidity. - 
The Connecticut Valley Farmer. —This is a 
fifty cent monthly which has been published the year 
past at Springfield, Mass.;'"by S. Bowles & Co. Cir¬ 
cumstances requii'ing the withdrawal of its editor, Hon: 
W. B. Calhoun, the publishers have been fortunate in 
securing the services of the Rev. J. A. Nash of Am¬ 
herst, as its future editor, and under whose direction 
the first no. of the 2d vol. has just been issued, in a 
style alike creditable to editor and publishers. Those 
who have read Mr. Nash’s Letters, published in the 
Cpuntry Gentleman , will need no assurance of his 
ability to conduct the Valley Farmer with discrimina¬ 
tion and judgment. The number before us affords 
abundant evidence that it will prove a safe guide to 
the farmer. We wish it the success we are sure it will 
richly deserve. - 
The Lawton Blackberry.— We tender our thanks 
to Wm. Lawton, Esq., New Rochelle, Westchester 
Co., N. Y, for plants of his new Blackberry, a figure 
and description of which was given on 59th page of 
current volume of the Country Gentleman. 
Value of Ag. Papers. —A subscriber in Connecti¬ 
cut says—“I am much indebted to The Cultivator , 
for remedies which have saved me two cows, thereby 
saving enough to pay for it a life-time, beside the 
great amount of knowledge obtained from it on all 
other subjects.” -— 
Canada Thistles. —A correspondent in Canada 
says: We have found out the way to kill Canada this¬ 
tles. Keep them down and give them no rest under 
around. Double summer fallowing has rid me of them 
Samples of Wool. —We have received from J. S. 
Goe, of Tippecano, Fayette co. Pa., several samples of 
wool from imported and home-bred .Merinoes, both 
Spanish and French. Mr. G. informs U3 that he has i 
been many years employed in breeding Durham cattle 
and Spanish and French Merino sheep, and the beauti¬ 
ful specimens, of wool sent us, afford good evidence of 
his success in wool-growing. 
Transactions of the Rhode-Island Society 
for the Encouragement of Domestic Industry. 
—We have received the report of the Transactions of 
this Society for 1853, published in a neat form, and 
showing that it is in a most prosperous condition. The 
receipts of the society for the last year amounted to 
$8,427,50, and it is now possessed of property to the 
amount of $19.798,50—a very pretty sum for an in¬ 
stitution of such a character. At the annual fair pre¬ 
miums are offered for all the domestic animals, for 
mechanical inventions and machinery of all kinds, for 
cotton and woolen goods, household manufactures in 
all their variety, the manufactured articles .of every 
trade and handicraft, specimens of the fine arts, hor¬ 
ticultural products, and a regatta closes the list. We 
notice that reports of the several committees are writ¬ 
ten with unusual care, and, as a whole, the Transac¬ 
tions are proof that Rhode Island, though a small state, 
is encouraging industry in no small way. The officers 
for 1854, are as follows :— 
President — Josiah Chapin, Providence. 
Vice-Presidents —John Brown Francis, Christopher Rhodes, 
Warwick, and Elisha R. Potter, South Kingston. 
Cor. Secretary —Elisha Dyer, Jr., Providence. 
Bee. Secretary —Stephen H. Smith, Smithfield. 
Empiricism in Agriculture. —Extract of a letter 
from a subscriber in Pennsylvania—“ Agricultural em¬ 
piricism is fast running agricultural improvement into 
the ground; and unless it be boldly combatted and 
put to the blush, the intelligent and independent agri¬ 
culturist will withdraw from all participations in shows, 
societies and periodicals, when he finds to what vile 
uses they are put. I trust the Country Gentleman 
will ever be found opposed to humbuggery—the higher 
the ground it takes in that respect, the more reliable 
will it be considered.” - 
Superphosphate of Lime. —Extract of a letter 
from a subscriber at New Britain, Conn.—“I sowed 
peas, beets, radishes, &c., for market, before the snow 
storm—the first, partly with guano and partly with su¬ 
perphosphate, in the drill.- They ave all up and look 
well, but those sowed with phosphate came up earlier, 
and look decidedly the best. It is the conclusion with 
me, after two years’ trials that phosphate of lime will 
cause seeds to vegetate earlier than any thing else with 
which I am acquainted, and that root crops at least, 
are greatly benefited by its use, in the kind of soil 
about me— red loam.” 
Turneps Injurious to Succeeding Crops.—W. 
R. Fairbairn of Stevenson county, Illinois, writes us 
that he has been very successful in growing turneps on 
wheat stubble turned under after harvest; and that he 
has planted the land the following season to peas, beans, 
potatoes, corn, oats, melons and onions; but not one of 
these produced any thing near an average crop. The 
corn produced one-third less in measure than that grown 
on the same field where no turneps had grown. The 
onions after turneps, were worthless, but on land where 
no turneps had grown, sown the same day and from the 
same bag of seed, were as large as saucers. He tried 
this two years, and lost more than all his turneps were 
worth, by the deterioration of the succeeding crops. 
Seedling Plum. —We are indebted to Wilson Den¬ 
nis, Cedar Grove, Pa., for scions of a seedling Plum, 
which he thinks will prove highly valuable on account 
of its hardiness and productiveness. 
Sowing Timothy Seed. — A correspondent says— 
“ When is the best time to sow Timothy, is a question 
worthy the consideration of your correspondents.” 
