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THE CULTIVATOR. 
August, 
Answers to Inquiries, 
Couch Grass.*-— “Be so kind as to tell me, if possi¬ 
ble, the best way to destroy utterly, this labor-consum¬ 
ing, patience-worrying weed.’ 1 A Subscriber. The 
leading principle to be observed in destroying all weeds 
which increase by the roots, is that plants die by smo¬ 
thering. Keep them under the soil, not allowing 
them to breathe through their lungs the leaves, and 
they will soon perish. If then, there is no further in¬ 
crease by seeds, the work is accomplished. If there 
are no stumps, trees, large stones, or other obstructions, 
the whole upper surface of the soil, including all its 
matted roots, may be turned deeply under by means of 
the largest double Michigan plow, drawn by three 
yoke'of oxen or their equivalent in horses. The first 
mould-board should run deep enough to throw the sur¬ 
face into the bottom of the previous furrow, so' that 
the*'second mould-board may bury it deeply there. 
Steel Sod and Subsoil Plow.— C. C. THunt- 
ley Grove, III. The Michigan sod and subsoil plow, 
with steel shares, is manufactured, we are informed, 
by E. Thrasher & Co., Dayton, 0. We do not know 
the price. - 
Clover Headers and Hullers.—I wish to know 
where I can obtain a clover header—one that takes 
nothing" but the heads, and the price thereof; and al¬ 
so a clover huller and separator, that can be run by a 
strap horse power, and the price of it. W. West¬ 
brook. Pike county , Pa. 
Wagener’s Clover Header, said to be the best ma¬ 
chine of the kind, can be procured at the Agricultural 
Warehouse of Rich’d H. Pease in this city—price 
$100. Messrs. Wheeler, Melick & Co. of this city, 
manufacture their well-known clover huller—price 
$32.; and we are told there is a Clover huller and 
separator combined, made by A. Letterette, Water¬ 
loo, N. Y.—price $90. - 
Currant and Elderberry Wine. —Will you, or 
some of your readers, give me reliable recipes for mak¬ 
ing and keeping currant and elderberry wine ? It is 
possible that recipes have been published in former 
volumes, but as to many of your readers those are in¬ 
accessible, it may be well to insert them again. H. L. 
S. 
Our correspondent will find a good recipe for making 
currant wine in the 1st vol. of the Co. Gent. p. 325, or 
in the Cult, for 1853, p. 223. Perpaps some of our 
readers can furnish a recipe for elderberry wine. 
Cotswold Sheep. —I saw an inquiry in the Country 
Gentleman , for Cotswold bucks. I have a flock of 
about one hundred of that kind of sheep, and have some 
buck lambs born in May. I have also one two-year- 
old buck and two yearlings that I could spare. Alfred 
Hale. Lyons, N. Y. 
In the last Cultivator, I perceive a notice of a sub¬ 
scriber, wishing to know where he can procure a pure¬ 
bred Cotswold buck. I can tell him. I have one, 3 years 
old this spring. He is not a decendant, direct or indi¬ 
rect, from Col. Ware or Mr. Reybold’s flock. I must 
make a new cross the coming fall, and this is my only 
reason for parting with him. His equal I do not ex¬ 
pect to find. As a stock-getter, he can show some as 
good decendants as any sheep in the state. Suffice it 
to s iy I will give, for his equal, $100. 
I have a number buck lambs of his get; and will 
sell some ewes this fall, if any of your friends wish to 
purchase of the pure Cotswold breed. I have not 
mixed with Lincoln, Leicester, or any other, but a few 
ewes of Oxfordshire, and I have bred them for 18 
years. Address Justus C. Haviland, Chesnut 
Ridge , Putchess Co., N. Y. 
Seeding to Clover and Timothy. —(J. E. F. H., 
Green Bay, Wis.) In order to seed land to clover and 
timothy, that is now covered with coarse grass and 
willow bushes,—the first thing is to drain the land if it 
needs draining—then remove the bushes, and if possi¬ 
ble plow the surface, or render it mellow by some pro¬ 
cess of tillage. Timothy and clover sown very early 
in spring upon this surface and brushed in, will proba¬ 
bly form a fine growth in a few months. The growth 
of timothy is well adapted to drained peat lands, and 
clover often succeeds well, but is not so certain of suc¬ 
cess. — 
Pian for A Granary. —A correspondent at Ar- 
mington, Ill, wishes a plan of a granary that shall 
hold 800 to 1000 bushels of wheat, 500 of oats, with a 
small corn crib for 200 to 400 bushels of ears. Also, 
with a shed attached for wagons, implements, &c. 
The cost may be $200 to 400. Will some of our read¬ 
ers, who know of a model erection of this sort, please 
furnish a plan and description 1 If placed on rat- 
proof pillars, the wagon-shed should be built separate. 
Where rats find access to the building, they may be 
generally kept out of the bins by lining the corners 
with strips of tin or zinc a few inches wide, but the 
best way is to exclude them entirely. 
Michigan Double Plow. —This plow may be used 
in all soils, whether heavy or light, that are benefited 
by deepening. There are very few that are not—we 
have never met with any exceptions—but some may 
be much more improved than others. A depth of a 
foot or more with three yoke of oxen with largest plow, 
is easily attained. Two yoke will run it ten or eleven 
inches down. -- 
Corn Cutter, for Horse Power. —I wish you 
would give me some information of a corn cutter by 
horse power, which as been exhibited at the Crystal 
Palace, through the columns of your paper. Yours, 
&c. E. Dennison. 
Will some of our correspondents, who may possess 
the desired information, please answer the above. 
Hand-mills.—(.7. Munger.) For grinding Jlour 
for bread, we do not think any mode can be devised 
so cheap or perfect, as the best mills now in operation 
through the country. But where mills are remote, 
coarse feed for domestic animals, requiring but little 
skill, and saving much teaming, may undoubtedly be 
prepared by horse power at home, during rainy days 
in summer, or stormy days in winter. Will some of 
our correspondents, who may have used such mills give 
