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THE CULTIVATOR. 
Jan. 
ALBANY AGRICULTURAL WAREHOUSE, 
AND 
FIELD AND GARDEN SEED STORE. 
Nos. 10 AND 12, GREEN-ST., ALBANY! 
HPHE Subscriber having- become the proprie- 
-S- tor of the stock and trade of the Albany Agricultural Ware¬ 
house. recently carried on by the firm of E. Comstock & Co., has 
removed the establishment to the spacious stores Nos. 10 and 12 
Green-street, (four doors from State-street, and near the center of 
the city,), where he has made such arrangements as will enable 
him to offer for sale a most complete assortment of the most ap¬ 
proved 
Agricultural Implements, Machines, Tools, &c., 
together with every variety of 
Field, Garden, and Flower Seeds, 
all of which will be sold on as reasonable terms as at any estab¬ 
lishment in the country. 
Among the assortment of that most important 
implement, the Plow, may be found a great variety of the cele¬ 
brated 
Eagle, §ide»Hill, Subsoil, and other Plows, 
from the manufactory of Ruggles. Nourse & Mason, of Worces¬ 
ter, Mass. Also, as large an assortment of the noted 
Center-Draft, Side-Hill, Subsoil, and other Plows, 
from the manufactory of Prouty & Mears, of Boston. The plows 
from both these establishments are extensively known and highly 
approved by all who have used them. Both kinds will be sold at 
the manufacturer’s home prices. 
A general assortment of other Plows, (among 
them Delano’s Diamond,) adapted to different soils and modes 
of culture, constantly on hand. 
Langdon’s Cultivator Plow, Bement’s Im¬ 
proved, and common Horse Cultivators. 
Lewis’ Patent Seed Planter, manufactured 
expressly for the subscriber, and which is believed to be best in 
use—price $15. 
Bachelder’s Patent Horse Corn Planter, 
capable of planting from six to ten acres a day—price, $15. 
English Brush Drill Barrow, for small seeds, 
—price $12—with extra hopper for Corn, Beans, Peas, &c., for 
hills or drills, $15. 
Geddes’ Improved Harrows, five sizes—from 
$8 to $15. Also, Folding and A. Harrows, various sizes and manu¬ 
facture. 
Hovey’s Patent Spiral Straw Cutter, for 
hand-power, five sizes, from $10 to $25. Rigged for horse-power, 
$1 to $2 extra. 
Also, Steven’s Spiral Hay and Cornstalk 
Cutter, ten sizes, from $8 to $20—rigged for horse power, $1 
to $2 extra. 
Grant’s Celebrated Fan Mills, the best in 
use, four sizes, $21 to $27. Also Elliott’s Fanning Mills, for 
small seeds, from $10 to $12. 
Burrall’s Hand Corn Sheller and Separator, 
a new and very compact machine, one of the very best in use. 
Also Clinton’s Hand Corn Sheller, which shells very rapidly, but 
does not separate the corn and cob, a cheap and durable machine. 
An extensive assortment of Harvesting and 
Haying Tools, such as Revolving and Hand Rakes, Grant’s Cra¬ 
dles, Scythes, Snathes, Hay Forks, of the most approved kinds, 
Quinnebaug and Cummington Scythe Stones. Rifles, Sickels, 
Ac., &c. 
Manure Forks, Shovels, Spades, and Hoes, 
by the dozen or single, from the best manufactories in the country. 
Root and Vegetable Cutters, several kinds, 
including one suitable for cutting for sheep, the best machine for 
the purpose in use. 
Wheelbarrows, of different sizes and kinds. 
Contractors and dealers furnished on liberal terms. 
A good assortment of Dairy Furniture, as 
Churns of various kinds, including Kendall’s Cylinder, five sizes, 
from $2 to $5, the most approved churn in use—also Gault’s, Dash, 
and others. Tubs, Pails, Butter Ladles and Workers, &c., &c. 
Ox Yokes and Bows, Draft, Trace, Stake, 
Halter, and, Tie-up Chains, Ox-Balls, Horse and Cattle Cords, 
Brushes, Currycombs, Bar-Pins, a new article, &c., &c. 
Grass, Field, Garden, Herb, and Flower Seed 
in great variety, both of foreign and domestic growth. 
Jewett’s Improved Dutton Corn, and other 
choice varieties. Hall’s Early June, Carter, and other Potatoes, 
together with every article usually kept in such establishments, to 
all of which the attention of the public is respectfully invited. 
LUTHER TUCKER. 
Albany, Jan., 1847. 
CONTENTS OF THIS NUMBER. 
COMMUNICATIONS. 
The Great Falkirk Tryst—Letter from Prof. Norton. 
Rural Notices Abroad—Royal Veterinary School at Alfort— > 
Ag. Implements of France, by Caius,.$ 
Notes of a Traveller in England, by H.—The Grain Moth, ) 
by A. Fitch,.) 
Management of Bees, by Nathan Howard,. 
Weeds Injurious to the Wheat Crop, by S. B. Buckley,. 
Renovation of the Potato, by H. A. Parsons,. .. 
The Potato Rot, by Dr. A- Bush and J. Johnston,. 
Cultivation of the Swedish Turnep, by W. H. Sotham,. 
Culture of Crops for Soiling—Carrots, by C. B. Stuart,. 
Fruit Culture on Martha’s Vineyard, by Allen Coffin,. 
Budding Fruit Trees, by N. P. Crowell... 
Soap for Washing Clothes, by M. Y.—Difficulty in Pro-1 
ducing Butter, by Mary—H usk Beds, by Mrs. Voohhees, j 
Corn and Cob Mills, by C. N. Bement,. 
Science and Agriculture, by J. J. Thomas,. 
Book Farming, by Viator—P hrenology applicable to the) 
Horse, by T. J Lewis—C ulture of the Cranberry, by H. | 
B Holmes-C leaning Seed Wheat, by A B.,... ) 
On the use of lime, by E. B.—Recent American Patents,) 
by Z. C. Robbins—T ile Draining, by J. Johnston, .j 
EDITORIAL. 
Our Plate—The Galloway Cattle,. 
Science of Mechanics, applied to Ag. Purposes,. 
Winter Calculations for Farmers,. 
Sketches of Massachusetts Farming—Swine and Cattle,. 
Potato Rot,. 
Manufacture of Maple Sugar,. 
Plan of a Laborer’s Cottage,.. 
Management in f'arming,.’' * 
Grafting the Pear on the Apple,.’. 
Yellows in Peach Trees—Grafting Grape Vines—Apple) 
Tree Borers,.j 
Rationale of Churning- Keeping Winter Fruit,. 
N. Y. S. Ag. Society—Seneca Co. Ag. Society—Monroe Co. Y 
Ag. Society—Shelters for Stock,.j 
Monthly Notices—To Correspondents, &c.,. 
The Markets, Foreign and Domestic,. 
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ILLUSTRATIONS. 
I— Portrait of Galloway Bull—Frontispiece. 
?. 1, 2, 3. 4, 5, 6—Illustrations of Mechanics applied 
Agriculture. jg 
7— Maple Sugar Manufactory,. 24 
8— Sugar Boiling Apparatus, . 24 
9— Elevation of a Laborer’s Cottage,. 25 
. 10—Ground Plan of ditto. 25 
II— Construction of Eave Troughs,. 26 
12—Pitts’ Corn and Cob Cutter,. 32 
THE CULTIVATOR 
Is 'published on the first of each month, at Albany, N. Y., by 
LUTHER TUCKER, PROPRIETOR. 
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Payable always in advance. 
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FARMER WANTED. 
WANTED a man with his wife, (one without children would 
’* be preferred.) to take charge of a farm of about 200 acres, 
in one of the pleasantest districts in New-England. The wages 
would be good and the situation probably a permanent one. Ad¬ 
dress, (post-paid,) box No. 1668, Post Office, Boston. 
Jan. 1—2t. 
ALBANY AG. WAREHOUSE. 
D ISSOLUTION.—The co-partnership heretofore existin'? be¬ 
tween the subscribers, under, the firm of E. COMSTOCK 
& Co., is this day by mutual consent dissolved. The affairs of ihe 
the firm will be seliled, and the business continued by LUTHER 
TUCKER. 
Albany, Sept. 9, 1844. El,ON COMSTOCK. 
LUTHER TUCKER, 
