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THE CULTIVATOR. 
May 
about nine months old, weighed eight and a half pounds. 
They are of a dull yellowish color, and their leading 
characteristics indicate that, they belong to the tribe of 
Malays. We have no doubt, however, that they are of 
the true kind which has obtained such celebrity as^ the 
u Bucks .county breed.’ 7 Mr. C. say's of them-—“ they 
have been in my possession, and in possession of my fa¬ 
ther before me, for the last forty years,' and have been 
bred with great care as regards their qualities for .the 
market and. table. There have been fowls sold over the 
country for Bucks county fowls, which were a mongrel 
breed, a cross of the African and common, and of dif¬ 
ferent kinds bred together. . Such fowls cannot be relied 
on. Those, 1 send you have been kept pure, having 
been bred on this farm for the long period 1 have men¬ 
tioned. 77 
would call, attention to the advertisement of 
Morse’s horse, in this number. A cut and description 
of him was given in our May number of last year, and 
Some notice of his stock appeared in the November 
number. Five of the progeny of this horse were shown 
in this city not long since, and attracted much attention 
on account of their fine forms and good .action. We are 
informed that a young stallion of this stock has lately 
been purchased by Messrs. Nottingham &, Co., near 
Palmyra, N. Y., for $S00. 
Green Crops as Manure.— The Report on Ma¬ 
nures, made to the New Castle County Agricultural 
Society, Del., states that William Polk, of Cantwell’s 
Bridge, increased his corn crop ten bushels per. acre, by 
turning in the second crop clover, over other parts of 
the field which was mowed for the purpose of obtaining 
seed. 
Value of Manure. —The same Report also states, 
that “ the late George Simmons, five miles from Wil¬ 
mington, improved one of his fields by drawing manure 
from the city, which cost him, delivered, three dollars 
per cart load, and spread it at the rate of twenty loads 
to the acre, making sixty dollars for the manure, 
which was more per acre than his farm would have 
sold for, yet the increase in the "crops justified the ex¬ 
pense. 77 A young farmer 6 miles from Philadelphia, 
informed the writer that manure from the city, costing 
three dollars per load and one dollar for drawing, or 
four in all, wa.s a very profitable application; and that 
he yearly expended six hundred dollars in this way. 
Improvement in Lumber Wagons. —In the second 
number, current volume, of the Cultivator, a brief ac¬ 
count is given of an improvement in lumber wagons, 
which has been adopted to some extent in England. 
That account was merely intended to exhibit the prin¬ 
ciple of the improvement, without at all entering into 
the details of construction. 
Since its appearance/ several correspondents have in¬ 
quired the mbde of support for the forward end of the 
box; and some have summarily censured the mode of 
construction, in the absence of the required information. 
The Ohio Cultivator, which copied the article, also 
states that several similar inquiries have been made.* 
The rough figure which was given of this improve¬ 
ment, was incorrect, and has in part, led to an erroneous 
impression. The joint in the reach, was represented as 
too far behind the forward axle. The distance should 
not be more than twelve or fifteen inches, which is suffi¬ 
cient to allow all the necessary advantage to this mode. 
A heavy metalic plate,in the form of the arc of a circle, 
and a few inches wide, is fixed to the middle of the 
axle, so that the centre of the arc is the turning point 
in the reach. A sirnilar and corresponding plate is fixed 
in connexion with the box'above.. All the friction which 
occurs, is between the polished faces of these two metalic 
plates. An iron pin passes through the bottom of the 
* I he plan was [not] copied from an English work,” as that 
paper states, but derived from a verbal source of the highest credit. 
box and the turning point of the reach, and preserves 
the box in its place, the bottom and sides of the box 
being fastened together. It will be observed that by 
this mode, the surface exposed to friction, is but little 
greater than in the, usual plates on the~axle and bolster 
in the common way; and that in ordinary forward mo¬ 
tion, the movement from one side to the other is exceed* 
ingly small. 
A Vermont correspondent states that wagons were 
made in this way in his neighborhood, twenty years ago, 
and failed; and he asserts • that the friction between 
box and axle would wear out the box in two weeks, and 
the axle in four. It would have been interesting to 
know by what mode the box was supported, in the cases 
he describes. By the mode already stated, wagons 
holding from four to five tons, have been used in Eng¬ 
land, without any difficulty. 
If. is not impossible that an advantage might result 
by substituting two strong metalic rollers in place of 
the upper plate, though hitherto it has not been found 
necessary. 
The correspondent who objects, that as “ in turning, 
the wheels move sideways, which would be impossible, 
unless the ground was perfectly smooth and hard, 77 [to 
admit their sliding,'] is informed that the wheels turn 
precisely as the wheels of any other wagon without al¬ 
tering their position on the ground, while the box-itself 
moves in a contrary direction, by means of a pin through 
the turning-point. T. 
Red Cedar for Hedges. —We have sometimes 
seen in gardens and ornamental grounds, very fine 
screens of red cedar, and it has occurred to us tnat this 
plant might be used to good advantage for forming 
hedges for sheep, especially in sections which are des¬ 
titute of wood and timber. Some beautiful specimens 
of this kind of hedge or screen or may be, seen in the 
garden of Mr. James Wilson, near this city. The 
form is conical and perfectly regular, the sides even, 
and the branches so close'it would be almost impossible 
for a rabbit or a partridge to pass through it. Nothing 
can be more agreeable to the eye, than well-set and re¬ 
gular line of fences of this description; and we have no 
doubt ’that they would form an effectual harrier against 
sheep, and perhaps against cattle also, when they shall 
have acquired sufficient age. 
We learn from Mr. Wilson, that the proper mode of 
cultivating the red cedar is as follows: 
The seed should be gathered in the fall, as late in 
the season as possible, and may be at oncer sown to the 
depth of an inch on a bed of light loam, in which has 
been mixed a dressing of peat. But few plants only 
will come up the first year, hut the bed should be kept 
clean by skim-hoing with a scuffle or dutch hoe: and in 
the fall, the beds should be well cleaned off, saving 
what plants have come up, and apply a dress of sandy 
compost, a fourth of an inch thick. The plants will 
come well the second year. 
When the plants are from one to two years old, 
transplant them in May, in rows one foot apart, and 
eight inches in the row. Let them stand in these rows 
one or two years, as may be convenient; but whenever 
planted out for hedges, it should not be done earlier in 
the season than May. They may be set twenty inches 
apart, in ground prepared as for corn. They should be 
kept clear of weeds and grass; and for the first two or 
three years, they should be topped so as to keep them 
of uniform height. In four or five years, they will 
grow to the height of five feet. 
A sandy or gravely soil appears to suit the red cedar 
best, but it grows well in Mr. Wilson’s soil, which is a 
tenacious clay. We presume it would flourish on the 
dry western prairies. 
Saving of Animal Food by Railroads. —Every 
one knows that in driving fat animals, there is a consid* 
