THE CULTIVATOR. 
36 
MONTHLY NOTICES—TO CORRESPONDENTS, &c. 
(fd? 3 We have great pleasure in being able to present 
the first number of the new volume of “ The Culti¬ 
vator. 7 ’ to our friends and the public, in a style which 
we think cannot fail to please. In its illustrations—in 
the beauty of its type,—the fineness of its paper, and 
the neatness of its execution, it can hardly be excelled. 
With the richness and variety of its contents, our read¬ 
ers can not fail to be gratified, containing as it does, 
contributions from many able pens, both at home and 
abroad, embracing a great variety of subjects of high 
practical value to the agriculturist. We trust the 
public will receive it as an evidence of our constantly 
increasing desire to aid in developing the agricultural 
resources of our country, and in elevating the character 
and standing of the American farmer* 
Our arrangements for the future, are such as enable 
us to guarantee to our friends, that the character and 
interest of our pages will be fully sustained. Having 
made a permanent arrangement with Mr. Sanford 
Howard, who has been for two or three years past 
associated with us, and who is so well known as one of 
the most sound and intelligent of American writers on 
rural subjects, his name will hereafter appear as one of 
the Editors, and Mr. H. will, in future, spend a larger 
portion of his time than heretofore, in visiting our far¬ 
mers, that he may ascertain from personal examination, 
the improvements which are in progress in various parts 
of our country, and report them for the benefit of our 
readers. Mr. John J. Thomas, of Wayne County, we 
are happy in being able to say, will continue his contri¬ 
butions to the editorial department of the Cultivator, 
his articles hereafter bearing the signature of u T.” 
Grateful for the liberal appreciation our labors have 
hitherto received, we tender our friends the heartfelt 
congratulations of the season, and beg to assure them 
of our untiring devotion to the great work of agricultu¬ 
ral improvement, in which we have been so long labor¬ 
ing, with such acceptation on the part of the public as 
has yearly encouraged us to new and more zealous 
efforts. 
Communications have been received since our last, 
from Elijah M. Davis, John Johnston, Thos. J. Lewis, 
Allen Coffin, Schuyler Worden, J. T., Charles R. Smith, 
Caius, George Cohner, S. B. Buckley, Nathan How¬ 
ard, Viator, C. B. Stuart, the Son of a Subscriber, M. 
Y., E. V. W. Dox, W. H. Sotham, the Shakers, Peter 
Saxe, H. A. P., Rev. H. B. Holmes, S. Baldwin, H. 
A. Parsons, P. C. Schuyler, Prof. John P. Norton, Ma¬ 
ry, C. N. Bement, J. B. D., E. N. Horsford, Wm. 
Bacon, J. Horsford, James Eaton. 
Books, Pamphlets, &c., have been received as fol¬ 
lows 
Analyses of Grains and Vegetables, &c. By E. N. 
Horsford, A. M. 12 mo. pp, 68. Boston. Munroe & 
Francis. 
Analysis of the Oat* By John P. Norton, Far¬ 
mington, Conn.—octavo, pp. 36. This is the essay 
which received the prize of $250 from the Highland 
Ag. Society of Scotland, last year. 
Transactions of the Ag. Society and Mechanic’s In¬ 
stitute of New-Castle county, Delaware. 50 pages 
octavo. 
Annual Report of the Commissioner of Patents for 
1846. From Hon. John A. Dix. 
The Agricultural Magazine and Journal of Scientific 
Farming, for the months of April, May, September and 
October. London : Edited by F. Crisp, Esq., late one 
of the Editors of the London Farmer’s Journal. [We 
should be glad to receive the Nos. for June, July and 
August.] 
Dombey & Son. Part 2. By Charles Dickens. 
With illustrations by H. K. Browne. From the pub¬ 
lishers, Messrs. Lea &• Blanchard, Philadelphia. 
Chemistry of the Four Seasons. By Thomas Grif¬ 
fiths, professor of Chemistry in the Medical College 
of St. Bartholomew’s Hospital, London, pp. 450. 
Philadelphia, Lea & Blanchard. 
Memorial for a National Rail Road from the Missouri 
river to the Pacific Ocean. By George Wilkes. 
Pamphlet, 24 pages. 
Report on Horticulture, at the late Fair of the 
American Institute. By Thomas Bridgman. 
The Science of Agriculture ; an Address delivered 
before the Middlesex county (Conn.) Ag. Society. By 
Prof. John Johnston. And the Sentinel and Witness 
newspaper, containing the Reports of the committees 
of the same Society. 
(f^The communication from Mr. Saxe, will be given 
in our next, accompanied by a portrait of “ Lady Mes¬ 
senger” and her colt. 
J. T.—We will endeavor to make room for you next 
month. 
(f# 3 We are indebted to the Shakers at New Lebanon, 
for the plans and elevation of their barn, a description 
of which was given in our last volume, page 305. The 
drawings are on too large a scale for our paper, or we 
should be glad to insert them. We may be able to use 
them hereafter. 
Agents —With our last number, we sent prospectuses 
for the present volume of the Cultivator, to all those 
who have heretofore aided us by acting as agents. We 
shall feel under great obligations, if they will make 
such efforts, as their convenience will permit, to pro¬ 
cure a renewal of subscriptions, and to increase, as far 
as possible, their lists. The products of the farm now 
bear a fair price, and it appears to be a favorable time 
for an effort to increase the circulation of such works as 
the Cultivator. 
Hearle’s Cement.— Will “ ZEA,”of Montreal, have 
the goodness to furnish us with the mode of makino- this 
composition ? 
Peas and Oats. —“A Son of a Subscriber”— 
(Boston.) We know nothing more in regard to the 
crop of peas and oats, spoken of in our December num¬ 
ber, than what was there given. The practice is. to 
harvest the peas and oats at the same time, and thresh 
them together. 
Cranberries. —“D. C.”—(Parkersburg, Va.) We 
would direct your attention to an article on this subject 
in this number. 
Straw and Stalk-cutter. —“P. C. S.”—(Ithaca, 
N. Y.) We think Hovey’s spiral cutter would not be 
liable to the objection of clogging, of which you speak : 
but as you want a machine, chiefly for corn stalks, to 
be worked by horse power, we think you would be well 
suited with the “ Pennsylvania cutter,” so called, the 
price of which is $25. See advertisement in this num¬ 
ber. 
Clover-seed and Clover-hulling Machine.—■ 
“ 0. H. S,” (Canton, N. Y.) We believe from three 
to five bushels of clean seed, per acre, is considered a 
good crop. The prices of machines for cleaning, is. 
from $20 to $60, acording to their size, and the work 
