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We do not know what is “ customary,” in regard to a 
division of profits, where one person furnishes land and 
another sheep. As a work comprising much informa¬ 
tion on sheep, we recommend Morrell’s “ American 
Shepherd ,” which is for sale at most bookstores in the 
eastern cities. 
Seed of the Buckthorn.— W. J. B., (Hillsboro’, 
N. C.) The seed of the Buokthorn can be obtained at 
the Albany Ag. Waaehouse and Seed Store, and we pre¬ 
sume, at the seed stores in the principal cities. The 
sets can probably be obtained of most of our nurserymen. 
Osage Orange. —The article on this subject in our 
Dec. number, last vol., comprises about all the informa¬ 
tion we are able to furnish in regard to it. 
Time for cutting timber. —The general opinion 
is that stumps are less likely to sprout if the growth is 
cut in August. In regard to the durability of the tim¬ 
ber, we think it makes but little difference when it is 
cut, provided it is immediately seasoned, or thoroughly 
dried. 
Leached Ashes. —B. M. J., (Frederick county, Md.) 
Leached ashes do not generally act as favorably on heavy 
clay soils as on those of a lighter and more sandy cha¬ 
racter. We should think, however, that from 100 to 
200 bushels per acre, in connexion with a clover sod, 
or with a portion of the clover crop turned in, would 
have a highly fertilizing tendency; but we should be 
rather in favor of trying 100 bushels per acre before 
using double the quantity. The effect of ashes and other 
alkalies p regard to the growth of sorrel, we think has 
not yet been fully settled, and we cannot, therefore, say 
what would be the result from its use in this respect. 
As to the profit of using leached ashes “ at eight cents 
per bushel,” that can only be determined by the extra 
produce they enable the land to yield, and the value of 
that produce. As to the question whether leached 
ashes are “ more valuable than good barn-yard manure, 
well rotted,” it will depend on circumstances. On some 
soils, ashes would probably be worth more than the 
same quantity of manure. On the heavy soil which you 
describe it is doubtful whether they would be worth as 
much. [See Cultivator, new 'series, vol. 2, page 87, 
and vol. 3, pages 110, 173.] 
Seed-corn.— A. L., (St. Josephs, Mich.) Corn 
which is perfectly ripe and dry, is not injured for seed 
by being exposed to any degree of cold in the crib or 
shock. 
Charcoal as manure—Soaking seeds in Ammo¬ 
nia. —L. R. M., (Toronto, C. W?) We have no infor¬ 
mation in regard to charcoal as manure, except what 
has been heretofore published. As to soaking seeds in 
ammonia, the results from it have been very uncertain, 
and the practice is of doubtful utility. 
Quantity of Carrot seed for an acre.—A Sub¬ 
scriber, (Simsbury, Ct.) If the seed is of good quality 
and well cleaned, two pounds is sufficient for an acre. 
The rows should be at least eighteen inches apart, if it 
is designed to use a horse with a harrow or cultivator, 
in the cultivation of the crop. Three inches space 
should be allowed between the plants in the row, if it 
is wished to obtain the greatest yield. 
Food for milch cows.—B. S., (Bedford, N. H.) 
For winter food we prefer well-made clover hay, cut 
while in blossom. If something in addition is given, 
we should prefer two quarts of Indian corn meal with 
a quart of wheat bran or shorts. For roots we prefer 
carrots or potatoes, and would give from a peck to half 
a bushel per day. 
A good sale for good butter. —The Binghampton 
Courier states that sixty firkins of butter from the dairy 
of O. C. Crocker, Esq., of Uftion, Broome county, 
was sold in New York in February last, for 22| cents 
per pound. 
NOTICES OF NEW PUBLICATIONS. 
First Annual Report of the Ohio Board of Agriculture, 
for the year 1846, made to the Legislature, and published bv 
their order. 
The Legislature of Ohio, at its session in 1846, 
passed an act authorizing the organization of a “ State 
Board of Agriculture.” This body, having been duly 
formed, proceeded to take measures for obtaining, in 
accordance with the provisions of the original act, “ a 
general view of the condition of agriculture throughout 
the state;” and for this purpose a circular was issued 
by the Board, calling for information from the different 
counties in relation to the character of the soil, the prin¬ 
cipal crops cultivated, the prices usually obtained for 
them, &c., &c. Answers to this circular, more or less 
full, have been received, and are published, from fifty- 
one counties. The information in regard to the yield 
of crops, is not so full as could have been desired. The 
estimates appear to have been made without reliable 
data—the persons who submitted the reports for the 
several counties', generally stating what the yield was 
thought to be. In some instances the range of the yield 
is shown by stating the minimum and maximum. Un¬ 
der these circumstances it is difficult to make out from the 
returns what may be called ah average for the state ; 
but in making some calculations in reference to this 
point, we have taken the amount given for the different 
counties in those cases where it is specified, and for 
those counties where the maximum and minimum are 
given, we have taken the medium ; and in this way de¬ 
duce the following: 
In relation to Wheat, the Report gives returns from 
forty-four counties, showing a yield of from twelve ‘to 
thirty bushels per acre—an average being about seven¬ 
teen and three-fourths bushels. 
In relation to Indian corn, there are returns from 
thirty four counties, showing an average of about forty 
and a quarter bushels per acre. 
Twenty-three counties give returns for oats, showing 
that the yield of this grain ranges from twenty-three to 
forty-five bushels per acre, the average being about 
thirty-four and three-fourths bushels. 
The Report, however, contains much interesting in¬ 
formation in relation to the agricultural resources of 
Ohio—a state whose natural capacities are not excelled 
by any one in the Union; and as the government and 
people seem to have become convinced of the importance 
of encouraging and improving the art which constitutes 
the basis of all prosperity, we trust the efforts so well 
begun, will be continued; and the result, we are confi¬ 
dent, will be highly beneficial. 
Allen’s Bee-Cultivator, embracing - the Natural History, Phy¬ 
siology, and Management of the Honey Bee ; by Thomas R. 
Allen, Syracuse. 
A small pamphlet which contains some good practi¬ 
cal observations on the management of bees. 
Chemistry of the Four Seasons, Spring, Summer, Autumn, 
and Winter: an Essay principally concerning Natural Pheno¬ 
mena, admitting of interpretation by Chemical Science, and il¬ 
lustrating passages of Scripture ; by Thomas Griffiths, Professor 
of Chemistry in the Medical College of St. Bartholomew’s Hos¬ 
pital, Author of “ Recreations in Chemistry,” and “Chemistry of 
the Four Elements.” Lea & Blanchard, Philadelphia. 
In the preface to this work, the author states he had 
had the “ high and enviable honor of delivering be¬ 
fore the queen” his essay on “ The Chemistry of the 
Four Ancient Elements,” which, having by “gracious 
special permission ” been dedicated to Her Majesty, 
1 ‘ had the good fortune to meet with a favorable recep¬ 
tion from the public;” and he adds, “ I am therefore in¬ 
duced to publish the Chemistry of the Four Seasons.” 
It is a work which he tells us is not Written for the 
“ proficient, but for the unitiated in Chemistry.” It 
