THE CULTIVATOR. 
129 
1847 . 
MONTHLY NOTICES—TO CORRESPONDENTS, &c. 
Communications have been received since our last, 
from J. V. D. Jones, Caius, Prof. J. P. Norton, B. C. 
Van Vleit, J. Bolding, A Subscriber, D. T. Brown, 
Elisha Hammond, W. J. Bingham, N. Robinson, Jr., 
Geo. Seaborn, N. H. Waterbury, Dutchess Ag. Insti¬ 
tute, A. W. St. John, P., Ruralist, A Subscriber, Wm. 
Bacon, R. L. Pell, Prof. Lardner Yanuxem, A Con¬ 
stant Subscriber, A. P. P., Son of a Subscriber, Wm. 
Canfield, Henry Brewer, Thomas Close, Wm. R. Prince. 
Books, Pamphlets, &c., have been received as fol¬ 
lows:—Proceedings of Clinton Co. Ag. Society for 1846, 
from W. Kjeese, and others.-The Chemical Princi¬ 
ples of the Rotation of Crops, by D. P. Gardner, M. 
D., from the Author.-Agricultural Reports made to 
the Standing Committee of the Rhode-Island Society for 
the Encouragement of Domestic Industry, from J. G. 
Clarke, Jr.-Catalogue of Fruit and Ornamental 
Trees, cultivated at the Syracuse Nursery, by Thorp 
& Smith -Catalogue of Green House Plants, Shrubs, 
Roses, Herbaceous Plants, &c., cultivated by L.Menand, 
on the Troy Road, near Albany.——Forty-tirst Report oi 
the Trustees of the Public School Society of New-York. 
-Report on the Trees and Shrubs growing naturally 
in the Forests of Massachusetts, by Geo. B. Emerson, 
a beautiful octavo vol. of 550 pages, from Joseph 
Breck, Esq. 
C. B. Redfoi'd, Mich.—We shall be glad to receive 
^the communication you propose to write. 
New-York State Agricultural Society. —We 
publish in this number, the Premium List of the New- 
York State Agricultural Society, to which we invite at¬ 
tention. It will be seen that the amount of money of¬ 
fered is much greater than in any former year, being 
upwards of three thousand dollars. Nearly all the pre¬ 
miums are increased in amount, and many important 
ones added. In the departments of Fruits and Experi¬ 
ments particularly, very important extensions have been 
made, which can hardly fail to attract notice and insure 
a rich exhibition, as well as to bring out much valuable 
information. The Fair, it will be seen, is to be held at 
Saratoga Springs, and we believe that the people of 
that place and vicinity are determined to do all in their 
power to render it in every respect what it should be. 
The keepers of hotels and boarding-houses have issued 
a circular by which it is shown that they will board and 
lodge guests at the time of the Fair at the ordinary 
rates of charge—the prices averaging from one to two 
dollars a day—the latter being only charged, at the first- 
class hotels—the “ United States,” “ Union Hall,” 
. “ Congress Hall,” &c. 
(fcfpThe Louisiana State Agricultural Society, at a 
meeting recently held at Baton Rouge, unanimously 
elected the Hon. Zadock Pratt, the enlightened and 
patriotic President of the Greene Co., (N. Y.) Ag. So¬ 
ciety, an honorary member of that association. Mr. 
Pratt has done, and is doing, much to advance the in¬ 
dustrial interests of our country, and the compliment 
thus paid him was richly deserved. 
Rhode-Island Society for the encouragement 
of Domestic Industry. —We have- received from J. 
G. Clarke, Jr., Esq., a copy of the Reports made to the 
standing committee of this Society for 1846. On look¬ 
ing over the pamphlet we find various interesting mat¬ 
ters, and shall in due time appropriate some of them to 
our use. This Society has been the instrument of 
great good to the state of Rhode-Island. We would 
acknowledge our obligation to the officers for the sub¬ 
scription of 175 copies of the Cultivator. 
Drilling Rock. —We have lately examined a machine 
for drilling rock, called “ Scovill’s Patent hand and 
horse-power Drill,” which appears to be a very valu¬ 
able invention. Worked by one horse, this machine has 
been proved to do the work of twenty-five men, by the 
ordinary mode of drilling. It has been used in several 
situations, and is much approved by all who are ac¬ 
quainted with it. The engineers on the Illinois and 
Michigan canal, where the machine has been extensively 
used, certify that a well constructed drill, worked by 
two horses, will drill in a solid rock a hole five inches in 
diameter, forty feet in a day. Dr. R. Dibble, Ro¬ 
chester, is agent for this State and Pennsylvania. 
Specimen’s of AppIes. —We are indebted to Nathan 
Howard, Esq., of Stephentown, for samples of several 
kinds of apples, among which are the Newtown pippin, 
Monstrous pippin or Gloria mundi, Scarlet nonpareil, 
King apple, (perhaps the Newark King ,) and the 
“ Prentice russet,” (perhaps the English russet.) All 
the specimens, with the exception of the Newtown pippin 
and the russet, were too over-ripe to show their true 
flavor. The russet is a beautiful apple and of very 
rich sprightly flavor. 
Morgan Horses. —We invite attention to Mr.WiER’s 
advertisement in this number, of the horse called “ Gif¬ 
ford Morgan.” This is the horse, it will be remem¬ 
bered, which, together with the “ General Gifford,” at¬ 
tracted so much attention at the State Show at Auburn. 
Mr. W., informs us that he has sold to E. Marxs, Esq., 
of Syracuse, a Morgan mare and her colt, (a superior 
animal,) by the Gifford Morgan, and he also states that 
Mr. M. purchased at the same time another mare and 
filly by the same horse. These, with the “General Gif¬ 
ford,” and the Morgan stock mentioned in our February 
number as having been purchased by Gen. Burroughs, 
will give the people of central and western New-York 
an opportunity of seeing what the real Morgan horses 
are. 
Large Fleece. —“A Cayuga Wool Grower” sends 
us a statement in reference to the fleece of a Merino 
ram, called Colwnbus, belonging to Erastus Robinson, 
of Shoreham,Vermont, which received the first premium 
at the show at Middlebury last fall. It is said—“ Co¬ 
lumbus is three years old last spring, was sheared six 
days after being well washed j his fleece, which lacked 
twenty days of one years’ growth, weighed thirteen 
pounds and two ounces.” The same writer states that 
Mr. R. has a good flock of Merino sheep. 
Large Calf. —Mr. J. M. Cleaveland, of Adams, 
Jefferson county, N. Y., gives us an account of the 
weight of a Durham bull calf. At nine months and 
fourteen days old, it is stated that he weighed “ 910 
pounds, in the presence of a crowd of witnesses.” 
Bee-Hive —We have received a communication from 
B. C. Van Vliet, of Poughkeepsie, in regard to Mul- 
holland & Crane’s bee-hive, a cut and advertisement of 
which was given in our July number for 1845. This 
hive is on the subtended principle: that is, it consists of 
sections or boxes placed vertically over each other, and 
as the bees fill them empty ones are placed at the'bottom. 
It is a very good mode of managing bees, but is not 
new, having been in use for more than sixty years. In 
regard to the color of bee-hives. Mr. Van Vliet recom¬ 
mends that they should not be white; because, as he 
thinks, “ anything white attracts'the miller as they fly 
at night. Set a pan of milk.” he says, “near a bee- 
