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THE CULTIVATOR 
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prepares the vegetable food for entering the roots of 
plants.’* This fnarl is so rich in carbonate of lime, an 
active stimulant, that it W&st mix advantageously with 
the animal manures of the farm yard. If so, we have 
discovered an invaluable mine. H. W. Bulkeley 
B&llston, -Qct. 5, 1854. 
Ice House and Dairy. —Can you or reme of your 
numerous contributors, inform me if I can erect an ice 
house on the north side of a dairy-room, and opening 
into it, so as to admit of putting cream and milk either 
in, or in close proximity to it, so as to get the cool air 
from it. If so. how would be the most economical 
way of building the same 1 would it be better to drain 
it or not 3 Any information upon the subject, will be 
gratefully received by A Young Farmer. Char¬ 
lotte, VL 
[If any of our correspondents have had any experi¬ 
ence in this way, will they please communicate the 
mode and results ?] —■—- 
Large Squashes. —At the Fair held in Berlin, 
Bens. Co., on the 6th inst., Mr. B. B. Hewitt of Peters- 
burgh, exhibited four Squashes grown from one seed. 
Their weights were as follows—11^ lbs.—103^ lbs.— 
57 lbs.—38J lbs.—which makes in the aggregate 310£ 
lbs. The vine with its branches .measured 402 feet in 
length. C. R. - 
To Destroy Sorrel. —C. G. recommends the grow¬ 
ing of buckwheat, and thinks that one good crop will 
effectually eradicate the sorrel, and leave the land in 
fine order. To prevent buckwheat from shelling out 
in harvesting, he says it should be cut and shocked 
when damp, and never be handled when dry, except 
when ready for threshing. 
Canada Thistles. —A correspondent in Minnesota 
says that if Canada thistles are allowed to grow until 
near flowering, the larger the better, and then cut off 
about three inches above ground, the rains will fill the 
hollow stalks, and cause them to rot, and thus entirely 
destroy them. He says that when treated in this way, 
he has never known them to sprout a second time. 
A Cheap and Substantial Pence. 
Messrs. Eds. Co. Gent. — I have made a fence by 
drilling into large stones, and putting in the h lf- 
q'uarter inch rods of iron firmly, in the drill holes— 
then place them along about eleven feet apart. Let the 
stones be placed crossways with the fence. Then take 
common rails, and bore inch holes in each end, and 
slip them down in the rods. 
In this way, you see that the rails bear the same po¬ 
sition as to distance apart, that they do in common 
rail fence. Its advantages are, a straight fence and a 
movable one, and its durability cannot be questioned. 
It takes less rails than the common rail fence. I think 
saving of rail will buy the iron rods, and any fanner’s 
boy can do all the work. The rails when they connect, 
being straight, do not cut each other off as in the com¬ 
mon rail fence. If thought best, the stems might be 
bed led into the ground some. I fill between the steins 
with small stones, upon which rests the bottom rail. 
Farmers, try it. C. W. Lake'Grove, N. Y 
County Fairs. 
The Cayuga Co. Ag Society held its Fourteenth 
Annual Fair at Auburn, Sept. 20 and 21. The atten¬ 
dance is stated to "have been greater than on any pre¬ 
vious occasion $ the weather was propitious, and the 
pecuniary results seem to have been satisfactory. 
Among the exhibitors of pure bred Cattle, we no¬ 
tice the well known names of Messrs. John R. Page, 
J. M. Sherwood, Henry Fellows, Hezekiah Bowen, Ru¬ 
fus Remington, Wm. Wise. Wm. Webster, Nathaniel 
Lynch, Dr. Rotton, and Messrs. Gould, Cornell, Trues- 
dale and others. 
Several of the same gentlemen were also exhibitors 
of Sheep, Hogs, and Poultry, 
The show of Fruits is said to have been very good, 
as well as that of Vegetables and Flowers. 
The prizes for ladies’ riding, were the objects of ge¬ 
neral interest and formed the grand finale of the whole. 
For them, there were eight competitors, to one of whom 
the credit must be given of having introduced rather 
a new feature in such displays. Miss Henry of Mora¬ 
via, rode the most spirited animal on the field without 
saddle or stirrup, and what is the best of it, the judges 
did not discover her peculiar non-equipment until she 
was retiring from the ring. They could not do less 
than award her a special premium, which they incon- 
itnentlv did,—and the Auburn Journal says that cer- 
ain gallant citizens are about to present her a gold 
watch as an additional token of the public appreciation 
of her equestrian skill. 
Herkimer, we believe, was the first in the field this 
year, having held its fair at East Winfield on the 7th 
and 8th Sept., which appears to have been very suc¬ 
cessful, the weather having been fine and the atten¬ 
dance large. 
On the 13th. 14th and 15th, the annual Fairs of Cayu¬ 
ga, Chautauque, Cattaraugus and Yates, wore held, 
but we have no reports from them. 
Cob Crushers. 
Are there any machines made in your section of the 
country for crushing corn in the cob for feed. If so, 
what is the expense of them, &c Any information 
you can give me on this subject, will be thankfully 
received. J. T. J. Mishawaka , Ind. 
These machines are made at Rochester, N. Y., but 
we cannot furnish the manufacturer’s name. They 
may be ordered through J. Rapaljb & Co. of that 
place. The expense, we believe, is about thirty dol¬ 
lars. — 
Hogs in Indiana —The Cincinnati Price Current 
says that the assessors’ rolls in Indiana exhibit the 
following comparison of the number of hogs in Indiana 
during the summers of 1853 and 1854 
1853 ..-.. 1,580.456 
1854 ...» .... --2,16*8,833 
This does not look as if we were to starve for the 
want of Pork to feed upon. 
Prolific Ear of Wheat. —An ear of wheat, ta¬ 
ken from the field of Win. Story, Doncaster, England 
in August last, contained 111 perfect kernels, beside 
several shrunken ones 
