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THE CULTIVATOR. 
June, 
THE SEASON AND THE CROPS. 
The spring has been unusually backward, the wea¬ 
ther having been generally cold till about the 8th of 
May. Since that time it has been moderately warm. 
Blossoms of most fruit-trees and shrubs make a good 
show, and the prospect for fruit may be considered fair, 
unless unusually late frosts should occur. As to winter 
grain, the accounts we receive are not very definite. 
The papers of the westerf states, in some instances, 
speak of the wheat having been injured by the winter, 
and we hear some complaints of this kind from the 
south. The grass crop appears well, and with season¬ 
able rains .will be abundant. The late period at which 
the spring opened, has obliged farmers to do their work in 
considerable hurry; but should we now have constantly 
favorable weather, we consider the farmer’s prospects 
not less flattering than in ordinary seasons. 
Extracts from letters to the Editors of the Cultivator: 
Davidsonville, Md., April 16 —“ Wheat crops in this 
part of Maryland have suffered much from the unfavo¬ 
rable winter. Some planters have abandoned tobacco 
for a while—nearly every one has lessened his crop, and 
increased that of Indian corn.” 
Bucks County , Pa., April 30.-— u The weather is cold, 
and the ground very dry, having had but little rain for 
near four weeks, and very high winds most of the time. 
Grass is very backward, and the roots are much in¬ 
jured by the winter. Wheat looks very bad, and some 
have plowed up their grain fields and sowed them with 
oats, and several more might as well do the same. The 
present appearance is very poor for a wheat crop in the 
eastern part of Pennsylvania.” 
PRICES OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS. 
New-York, May 19, 1847. 
FLOUR—Genesee, per b-b.l , $8.35a$8.37£. Market large, ex¬ 
ceeding the landing—sales 15,000 bbls., closing firm at latter quo¬ 
tations. 
GRAIN—Corn, Northern yellow, per bushel of 50 lbs., $1 02 
—Rye, $1.15a$1.18—Oats, 56c.—Wheat in demand and but a 
small supply. Sales of red Ohio at $1.75—Barley in demand, but 
none offering. 
BUTTER—Orange County, per lb., 22c.—good Western, IS 
o20 cents 
CHEESfE—Per lb., 7a8c. 
BEEF—Mess, perbbi.. $IL50a$12.25—Prime, $8.50a$9.25. 
PORK—Mess, per bbl., $15.12^—Prime, $13.12£. Market tend¬ 
ing upwards. 
HAMS—per lb., 8|a9I cts. 
LARD—Per lb. in kegs, 9jal0c. Sales dull. 
HEMP—Russia, clean,' per ton, $245—Manilla, $190a$200. 
HOPS—Per lb., 8o9c. 
COTTON—New Orleans and Alabama per lb., 5fa9c.—Flo¬ 
rida, 5|-a8c.—Upland, 5fa7£c. 
WOOL—(Boston prices.) 
Prime or Saxon fleeces, washed per lb.*...... 45a50 cts. 
American full"blood fleeces,. 40a45 “ 
“ three-fourths blood fleeces,.. 33a37 l< 
“ half blood do . 30a32 “ 
“ one-fourth blood and common,. 28a30 -* 
Remarks—S ince the arrival of the Britannia at Boston on the 
17th, the market for breadstuff’s has been tending upward, an ef¬ 
fect which is in part attributed to the small arrivals from the west, 
which are not sufficient to meet the demand. Our accounts from 
Europe represent the scarcity as great as heretofore, and there is 
little doubt that there will be a firm demand for our produce for 
some time to come. In England, there is, evidently but little grain 
on hand, and it appears that they have but little hope of obtaining 
supplies except from the Uubed States. The Mark Lane Express 
observes—“ Many of the countries to which we are in the habit 
of looking for supplies, when our own crops turn out defective, 
are in a worse position than ourselves; indeed the scarcity of 
breadstuffs may he said to be almost universal over the whole of 
Europe, and it may well admit of doubt whether the surplus growth 
of America, great as are her resources, will be found sufficient to 
make good such extensive wants.” 
GUANO. 
200 Tchaboe Guano, balance ship Shakspeare’s cargo, 
^ the best ever imported in the country, for sale in lots to suit 
purchasers, by E. K. COLLINS, 56 South-st. 
April L—tf. __ 
HORSE RAKES. 
USTILCOX’S Revolving Horse Rakes, which has taken the pre- 
miums at. most of the New England Fairs, for sale at the’ 
Albany Ag. Warehouse and Seed Store—price $7 and $8. 
May 1, 1847. L. TUCKER. 
HORSE POWERS AND THRESHERS. 
T HE attention of farmers is invited to Wheeler’s Patent Horse 
Powers, an engraving and description of which is given in 
the Cultivator for Feb., 1847. Among the advantages of this 
power are its compact size and lightness, and the ease with which 
sufficient speed can be obtained for threshing, without gearing, and 
consequently greatly lessening the friction. It will be found a great 
labor-saving machine, as it may be attached to Threshing Ma¬ 
chines, Circular Saws for sawing, Straw-Cutters, or any other 
machine, which it is wished to impel by motive power. Price, for 
single horse power, $75—for two horses $95. 
Also, Wheeler’s Spike Thresher, with a cylinder of 14 inches 
in diameter, and 22 inches long, with the concave filled with spikes 
on the upper side, thus avoiding accidents by preventing stones or 
other substances getting into the Thresher. Another advantage of 
this Thresher is, that it scatters the grain much less than many 
others. Price,$28—with Separator attached, $35. The Separator 
divides the straw and grainy by a shaking motion which it re¬ 
ceives from a crank attached to the Thresher, thus saving the work 
of one or two men with rake3. 
With this FIorse Power and Thresher, 200 bushels of oats, or 
100 of wheat may be threshed, per day, with a change of horses. 
The above machines constantly on hand at the Albany Ag. 
Warehouse and Seed Store, No. 10, Green-street. 
June 1, 1847. LUTHER TUCKER. 
CHEAP PLOWS. 
QINGLE-Florse Plows, from $2.00 to $3 OO each ; 
Double-Horse “ “ $3.00 to $6.00 il 
The woods of these plows are made of the best of white oak. The 
handles are steamed and then bent crooked , instead of being sawed 
out. This makes them much stronger and more durable. The 
castings are made from good; neip pig iron, without any admixture 
ot old scrap ■ The wrought iron work is of excellent quality, with 
extras attached to the plows. A liberal discount to dealers. 
A. B. ALLEN & Co., 187 Water-street, N. Y. 
March 1—3t. 
AG. WAREHOUSE AND SEED STORE, 
Nos. 10 and 12 Green-st., Albany. 
F OR sale, at all times, at the above establishment, all kinds of 
Agricultural and Florticultural Tools, Implements, and Ma¬ 
chines, from the best manufacturers, and at as low prices as at any 
establishment in the country. 
Plows of all kinds and sizes ; . 
Harrows and Cultivators, of different kinds ; 
Manure Forks, Shovels, Spades, Hoes ; 
Horse Powers and Threshing Machines ; 
Corn Shelters, Straw Cutters, Corn and Cob Mills; 
Drill Barrows and Corn Planters; 
Fitzgerald’s Portable BurF Stone Mills; 
Harvesting and Haying Tools of all kinks ; 
Ox Yokes and Bow§. Draft, Tie-up, and other chains ; 
Grant’s and other Fanning Mills. 
Garden Rollers. Ladies’ Weeding Trowels. Grass Shears, French 
pattern, Border Shears, Garden Reels and Lines, Budding and 
Pruning Knives, Garden Rakes. Flay Knives, Transplanting Trow¬ 
els, Pruning Saws, various kinds, Bark Milis, Sugar Mills, Bush 
and Bill Hooks, Root or Vegetable Cutters, Bull Rings, Axes and 
Hatchets, Patent Axe Handles, Wheelbarrows, Anti-Friction Roll¬ 
ers, Ship Scrapers, Spinning Wheels, Reels, Smith’s Corn Sheller, 
Burrall’s Corn Sheller, &c. 
Churns, Cheese Presses, Tabs-, and Pails, &c., &c. 
Together with a general assortment of Field, Garden, and Flower 
Seeds, Seed Corn. Choice Potatoes, &c., &c. 
April 1. *LUTHER TUCKER. 
POUDDRETTE. 
^HE Lodi Manufacturing Company offer their Poudretle for sale 
-*• the following season at reduced prices, viz .- In barrels deliver¬ 
ed free of cartage, at any wharf or place in the city of New-York, 
at the rate of $1.50 per barrel, for any quantity over 7 bbls.; (un¬ 
der 7 bbls., $1.75.) In bulk, at the factory, oil the Hackensack 
river, where vessels drawing 8 feet of water can come, it will be 
delivered at the rate of 25 cents per bushel. Planting 4 feet apart, 
each way, 2 barrels or 8 bushels of Poudretle will effectually ma¬ 
nure an acre of corn, and will vie in cheapness and efficiency with 
any manure now in use. 
Apply by letter post-paid, to the “ LODI MANUFACTURING 
CO ,” New-York, or to James B. Cox, Agent, No. 90 West-st. 
April 1—3t. 
PLOWS! PLOWS!! 
rpHE attention of Farmers and Dealers is particularly invited to 
our assortment of Farming Tools—among which may be found 
a complete assortment of the most approved as well as common 
plows, including all sizes of the Center Draft. Side-Hill, Subsoil, 
Self-Sharpening Plows, from Messrs. Prouty & Mears, of Boston. 
Also, the Eagle, Subsoil, Side-Hill, Self-Sharpening, and others, 
from Messrs. Ruggles, Nourse & Mason, of Worcester, Mass. 
Also, the Peekskill Plow, all sizes, from Minor & Horton, .of Peeks- 
kill, N. Y-, and Delano’s Diamond Plow—all for sale at the manu¬ 
facturers’ home prices, and warranted. The adjustable Steel 
Point Self-Sharpening Plows, from the factory of Messrs. Rug¬ 
gles, Nourse & Mason, is just received. This is a new improve¬ 
ment in the wearing..parts of the plow, and has several advantages 
over the common plows in use. (See R. & N.’s advertisement.) 
Also on hand Cultivators, Harrows, Seed-Sowers, and Planters, 
Ox-Shovels or Scrapers, Field Rollers, &.c., &c., &c., at the Alba¬ 
ny Agricultural Warehouse and Seed Store, Nos. 10 and 12 Green- 
st., Albany, N. Y. L. TUCKER. 
