1847. 
THE CULTIVATOR. 
97 
MONTHLY NOTICES—TO CORRESPONDENTS, &c. 
Communications have been received, since our last, 
from J. M., J. Grimsha, Gulielmus, Benj. Leas, Wm. 
R. Prince, Wm. Bacon, Young Farmer, Prof. John P. 
Norton, John Wilkinson, John Pettibone, F. G. Ruffin. 
A Subscriber, T. H., W. H. Hayward, Wm. Bacon, J. 
F. J., H. Y. L., H., Passenger, H., Ann, J. F., Geo. 
Vail, Paul Davidson, J. Townsend, A Subscriber, B. 
M. J., T. H. Collins, A. C., L., J. F. Allen, A Cayu¬ 
ga Wool Grower, X. Y. Z., Subscriber, E. Y. W. Dox, 
Za. Drummond, S. E. Todd, A. F., J. Sherman, D. E. 
Gardner. 
Books, Pamphlets, &c., received last month, as 
follows :—First Annual Report of the Ohio State Board 
of Agriculture, for 1846, from M. B. Bateham, Ed. 
Ohio Cultivator, andE. G. Squier, Esq.-Catalogue 
of the Officers and Students of the Western Reserve 
College, Hudson, Ohio.--Address before the Tomp¬ 
kins Co. Ag. Society, by B. G. Ferris, Esq.-Cata¬ 
logue of the Astoria Nursery, by L. Prevost. ——Cat¬ 
alogue of Lafayette College, Easton, Pa., from H. W. 
Crosby.- -The Horse’s Foot, and how to keep it 
sound, with illustrations. By Wm. Miles, Esq., New- 
York. Published by Appleton & Co.-The Ameri¬ 
can Poulterer’s Companion, by C. N. Bement ; fifth 
edition. Published by Harper & Brothers.-The 
Battle of Life, a love story, by Charles Dickens, (Boz.) 
Philadelphia, Lea & Blanchard. Price, 64 cts.- 
First and Second Geological Reports of Vermont, from 
the publisher, C. Goodrich, Burlington.-Report of 
the Massachusetts State Lunatic Hospital, from Dr. 
Geo. Chandler, Superintendent.-Laws and Regu¬ 
lations of Franklin College, Tenn. 
Prof. E. N. Horsford. —Our readers have been 
made acquainted with this gentleman through his in¬ 
teresting and valuable correspondence with the Culti¬ 
vator, during a residence of two years in Germany, 
where he has been ardently and assiduously engaged in 
chemical investigations under the direction of Baron 
Von Liebig. Prof. H. has been eminently successful 
in his scientific labors, and leaves the Giessen Labora¬ 
tory with the highest recommendations of the great 
teacher of that world-renowned Institution ; and we are 
happy to add, as good evidence that his excellent quali¬ 
fications are duly appreciated by his countrymen, that 
he has lately been appointed to the Rumford Professor¬ 
ship in Harvard University, at Cambridge, Massachu¬ 
setts. We understand that arrangements have been 
made by which Prof. H. will devote himself principally 
to original investigations in chemical science, in which 
he has already shown that he is capable of accom¬ 
plishing important results. One or two of his elabo¬ 
rate papers have appeared in the Cultivator, and his 
w Chemical Essays,” giving the results of his analyses 
of “ Grains and Vegetables,” “ for the purpose of 
estimating their separate values for nutrition ,” which 
have been published in a separate form, both in the 
German and English language, are of great interest 
and value to every class in the community. 
Kiln-Drying Indian Corn and other Grain.— 
Will some one have the goodness to furnish us with a 
description of the process of kiln-drying grain, espe¬ 
cially Indian corn, with a statement of the expense? 
Railroads. —We have received from a correspond¬ 
ent at Lyme, N. H., a sensible and well-written arti¬ 
cle on the subject of Railroads, and the advantages 
which he believes will accrue to that section from the 
proposed Boston and Vermont road. We have no 
doubt that these advantages are fully as great as repre¬ 
sented, but as the matter is somewhat irrelevant to 
our object, we cannot consistently publish the article, 
especially as its insertion would necessarily exclude 
other communications. 
Timothy Hay. —In a late conversation with Mr. 
John Hammond, of Worcester, Mass., he observed 
that he had rather have good “ swale or bog hay,” cut 
green and well made for his cows, (of which he keeps a 
pretty large herd) than common timothy, or, as it is 
called in New England, tc herds-grass ” hay. This 
conclusion was the result of his own observation and 
experience, and we found the same idea was held by 
many farmers in that section. Like opinions are also 
entertained in other parts of the country, as may be 
seen by examination of the Cultivator for 1844. pp. 
45, 140. 
Lambs Born Dead. — 11 A Young Farmer,” of 
Geneseo, informs us that he had in the winter of 1845-6, 
200 ewes, which had been selected for the purpose oj 
raising lambs. u About the 20th of March.” he says, 
“they commenced dropping their lambs perfectly 
dead, it being one month before their time. They con¬ 
tinued in this manner until the 20th of April, the 
proper time for the lambs, when I found that I had 
lost 100. All that came after that time were alive 
and apparently healthy. The sheep were fed nothing 
but plenty of good hay, and were well littered with 
wheat straw the fore part of the winter, and oat straw 
the latter part.” Can any one give the reason for the 
abortion ? 
Dutchess Agricultural Institute. —We are 
requested to state that the summer session o this insti¬ 
tution will commence on the first Thursday of April 
next. The particulars in reference to the course of in¬ 
struction here pursued, may be found by reference to 
an advertisement published in the last volume of the 
Cultivator, page 326. The Principal of the Institution 
in an article intended for our columns, but which is 
crowded out by a great pressure of other matters, ob¬ 
serves: “ Believing that we have given perfect satisfac¬ 
tion to our patrons, we respectfully solicit a continuation 
of their support, which we hope to merit by furnishing 
adequate means to our pupils for the acquirement of 
valuable knowledge.” 
Durham Cattle. —G. V. Sackett, Esq., of Sene¬ 
ca Falls, lately killed a Durham cow, four years old, 
which weighed 1009 lbs., of which the four quarters 
were 848 lbs. She had brought two calves, one of 
which was dropped only five or six months before she 
was killed. A few years since Mr. Sackett killed 
the Durham cow Sylvia, (bred by C. N. Bement, Am. 
Herd-book, p. 110.) She had been an uncommon cow 
for the dairy—having produced 16 lbs. of butter per 
week, and was never dry from the time she dropped her 
first calf, at three years old, till a few months before 
she was killed, when she was eleven, yet she weighed 
1184 lbs. 
Hall’s Brick Machine.— This machine was in¬ 
vented by Mr. Alfred Hall, of Perth Amboy, New 
Jersey, (late of Coxsackie. N. Y.) and has been patent¬ 
ed in the United States and Great Britain. It is con¬ 
sidered, by those acquainted with brick-making, supe¬ 
rior to any other machine yet used for this purpose. It 
received the highest premium awarded by the Ameri¬ 
can Institute for brick-making machinery, in 1844. 
We notice by the English papers that it was exhibited 
