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THE CULTIVATOR. 
Sept. 
the other grains what iron is to the metals, worth all 
the others together.” 
I might have added thirty-two rows are not uncom¬ 
mon on an ear—the earliest corn has least rows. 
Premiums on Babies. —The American Agricul¬ 
turist, in publishing the list of premiums offered by 
the Stark county (Ohio) Ag. Society, for the three 
“prettiest babies,” and also for the “largest and hea¬ 
viest child ” under one year—very justly expresses 
the importance of a “ Scale of Points,” on the same 
principle as those established by the New-York state 
Agricultural Society for improved stock, & suggesting 
a marble model for the use of committees, winds up 
with the interesting and important statement that “ if 
a satisfactory “ Scale of Points ” and “ models ” could 
be adopted by the Agricultural Societies in these mat 
ters, the conducting Editors of this journal might be 
tempted to make an entry for premiums, as each has 
been blessed the past month with what they consider a 
pair of “ models ” of the first order.” Now the obvi¬ 
ous meaning of this language,—“ each has been bless¬ 
ed with a pair,”—is that the two editors have had four 
children in the aggregate, added to their families 
within a month—which is so large a story, that we 
would suggest that it be more distinctly expressed, and 
perhaps that legal testimony be furnished of so extra¬ 
ordinary a fact, for those who believe nothing without 
the strongest evidence. 
Benefits of Under-draining. —The Rural New 
Yorker gives the results of an experiment made by 
John Constable, of Lewis county, N. Y. He had a 
meadow that annually produced about half a ton of 
very indifferent hay. Two years ago, he cut some 
drains through it, three feet deep, and laid them with 
stones. This year, the meadow produced two and a 
half tons of excellent hay to the acre. 
Thos. Betts (of Herts, England,) has estab¬ 
lished an agency, 35 Wall street, New-York, for the 
importation of thorough bred stock from England. 
Mr. Betts has letters from the officers of the Board 
of Agriculture in Canada, giving assurances that bu¬ 
siness entrusted to him will receive prompt attention. 
[See Advertisement.] - 
The Largest Strawberries. —A correspondent of 
the N. Y. Herald , having given an account of the fa¬ 
mous British Queen strawberries, some* 6£ inches in 
circumference, from California, Q. Q. writes to the edi¬ 
tor of that paper that a plate of the same variety was 
sent to the Massachusetts Horticultural Society Satur¬ 
day exhibition, the end of last June, two or three of 
which measured S| inches in circumference; they 
looked like tomatoes, and were raised at the private 
garden of Sami. G. Gustin, Esq., of the Newark Mea¬ 
dows Nurseries. He adds a certificate from Geo. C. 
Thorburn, Lodi, N. J., who says “ I saw them.” 
Turnip-hieing. —Quite an animated discussion has 
been carried on, of late, in the columns of the Mark 
Lane Express , on the question of the proper distance 
at which turnip plants should be drilled and left at hoe¬ 
ing. Some contend for 9 and some for 11 inches be¬ 
tween the plants, the drills being 12 inches apart. Oth¬ 
ers contend for as much as 18 inches or more between 
the drills and 18 inches or more also between the plants 
in the drill. One who advocates this largest space, 
says that he saw last winter some white turnips on a 
desk in the Corn Exchange at Bury, three of which 
would fill a bushel; and he says that he has doubts 
whether three could be'put into an imperial bushel, 
if furnished with a shut down lid. The general opin¬ 
ion seems to be that the heaviest crops may be gather¬ 
ed when the drills are 12 inches apart, and the plants 
are set with an 11 or 12 inch hoe, thus leaving the 
plants about 12 inches apart. When large bulbs are 
expected from the richness of the soil or on account of 
special manuring, a larger area is allowed. 
Bloody Milk.—I have a valuable heifer which 
gives bloody milk from one teat—will some one tell me 
a cure? J. F. B. - 
Wheat Drill. —(A Subscriber, St. Clairsville, 
Ohio.) Placing the drill-tubes unusually near togeth¬ 
er, as proposed, causes the drill to become clogged with 
clods, stones, and sods, while no advantage is gained, 
as the roots at ordinary distances extend and meet 
each other, and coyer the whole surface, and the stalks 
also fill up the space above ground. Increasing the 
breadth of the drill, makes it too heavy and hard to 
draw, and more difficult to fit inequalities of the sur¬ 
face. — 
Wheeler’s Horse Power. —I have had some ex¬ 
perience in the use of Horse Powers. Now I would 
say to your correspondent, M. S. B., by all means pur¬ 
chase one of Wheeler’s endless chain powers, and if 
it does not work to perfection, and fulfil all his ex¬ 
pectations and satisfy all his desires, charge it to my 
account, and I will pay all damages. I consider it the 
most perfect horse power for a farmer, that can be 
imagined. A Practical Thresher and Farmer. 
Wauwalosa, Wis. 
China Tree, &c. - I wish your correspondents to 
tell us more about the China tree, describe it, and where 
it can be had, and how to use it, to expel bots. Your 
directions to kill Canada thistles are sure—and to kill 
white daisies, plow them all under when in full bloom, 
before the seed will grow ; and sowrfme bushel of buck¬ 
wheat on an acre. I have seen them killed when like 
a meadow. E. Daniels. Catalunk , N■ Y. 
Farming in California. —A correspondent of the 
Pittsburgh Daily Union , who dates at Cold Springs, 
California, says: “ This is one of the greatest coun¬ 
tries for farming, (or as it is called here “ Ranching”) 
under the sun. A man with a good “ ranch,” in the 
valley, can make an independent fortune in a few 
years, not unfrequently in one ! The first eleven miles 
of country we passed through, after leaving Sacra¬ 
mento, was one vast field of either barley or wheat 
