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THE CULTIVATOR. 
July 
Communications have been received, since our 
last, from F, E. Hill, A New Englander, J. 0. D., 
L. Sanderson & Co,, T, S. M’Lelland, J. B. Oley, H. 
Matison, J. W. Curry, Bela Hubbard, John Shillaber, 
A Subscriber, Bailey, J., J, D. J., Prof. Norton, 
Prof. Horsford, Caius, S., J. G, C., G. S., D. S, Cur¬ 
tis, T. 
We omitted to acknowledge in our last number, the 
receipt of 25 select varieties of Dahlias, from Messrs. 
Elwanger & Barry, of the Mount Hope Botanic 
Garden and Nurseries, Rochester, for which they will 
please accept our thanks. 
Fine Sample of Wheat. —We have received from 
Mr. D. A. Bulkley, of Williamstown, Mass., a sample 
of wheat grown from seed received by him from Smyrna, 
in 1845. It is a spring variety, and is, in size of grain, 
whiteness, and weight, superior to any spring wheat 
we have before seen. Should it prove suited to our 
climate, and yield good crops of a quality equal to the 
sample sent us, it will be a valuable acquisition to the 
Country. 
Guano—Correction. “—In an answer to an inquiry 
last month, 200 bushels of guano were said to be a 
proper quantity for an acre. It should have been 200 
;pounds . It is applied in quantities varying from 200 
to 600 lbs. per acre, but the former is the quantity 
more generally used. 
Recent Importation.—George Vail, Esq., of 
Troy, has lately received from England a Short-Horn 
heifer, three years old, bred by the distinguished breed¬ 
er, Thomas Bates, Esq., of Kirkleavington, York¬ 
shire. Her pedigree is thus given: Got by 4th Duke 
of Northumberland, (3649,) her dam by Duke of 
Cleveland, (3640,) her grand dam by Belvedere, 
(1706.) 
Sale of Valuable Short Horn Cattle.— We 
invite particular attention to the advertisement in this 
number of the sale of Col. Sherwood’s Short-Horns. 
There are but few herds in the country which have 
been selected and bred with such strict attention to 
purity of blood, and regard to the qualities for which 
this breed is considered pre-eminent, as this. The 
originals were obtained from the well known and dis¬ 
tinguished herds of the late Hon. Stephen Van 
Rensselaer, Mr. F. Rotch, and Mr. L. F. Allen. 
Their descendants in the hands of Col. S., have fully 
sustained the reputation of their progenitors, and are, 
no doubt, fully equal or superior to them in valuable 
qualities. Such an opportunity for the purchase of the 
best stock of this description, will not, probably, occur 
again for some time. 
Fine Bull for Sale. —We would call atttention 
to the advertisement in this number, of Mr. Donald¬ 
son’s fine Short-Horn bull Prince Albert . The por¬ 
trait of this animal accompanied our August number 
for 1845. We are informed that the heifers from this 
bull have proved very superior for the dairy. It will 
be seen that he is to be sold at the Saratoga Fair, and 
those wishing a superior Short-Horn bull, will do well 
to examine him. 
Ayrshire Bull for Vermont. —Mr. J. W. Howes, 
of Montpelier, Vt., has lately purchased of E. P. 
Prentice, Esq., of Mount Hope, near this city, a very 
superior Ayrshire bull. He is out of Mr. P.’s import¬ 
ed Ayrshire cow, which has attracted much attention 
on account of her fine symmetry and remarkable dairy 
qualities—being in all respects a perfect cow in minia * 
Small as she is, she has frequently given over 
twenty measured quarts of milk per day, on grass only. 
The bull is two years old, of good size for any breed, 
very well formed, of thrifty growth and vigorous con¬ 
stitution. In fact, he is one of the very best Ayrshire 
bulls we have ever seen, and would be “ hard to beat,” 
whatever might be the variety from which his competi¬ 
tor should be chosen. 
Hereford Cattle.— Messrs. M. & A. L. Bing¬ 
ham, of Cornwall, Vt., have purchased of Mr. W. H. 
Sotham, seven head of Hereford cattle—three cows, 
three bulls, and a bull calf. They are all fine animals. 
The cows are Perfection , a cow of massive size and 
stately form, Lucy, a well-shaped and capital dairy 
cow, and Fat-Rumps, a large and handsome animal. 
Two of the bulls are a year old the past spring, and 
are very well formed and thrifty—the other bull, 
(Dangerous ,) is five or six years old. This stock will 
be found well adapted to the section for which it has 
been chosen, and on the rich pastures of the lake shore, 
will thrive and fatten with a rapidity not exceeded in 
their native island. 
{^Besides the above sale of Herefords, Mr. S. H. 
Bates, of Northampton, Mass., has purchased a very 
fine yearling bull, which was got by Trojan out of 
Victoria , one of the best cows imported by Messrs. 
Corning & Sotham. Mr. William Keese, of Keese- 
ville, Clinton county, N. Y., purchased some months 
since, the fine cow Matilda, and a young bull out of 
Aston Beauty, which, we hear, are doing well. Mr. 
Edward Wells, of Johnstown, N. Y., has also pur¬ 
chased within a few months, from the same herd as 
above, two cows, a heifer, one bull, and four two year 
old steers, all which have been taken to his farm near 
Johnstown. 
Blight in Apple Trees. —Mr. V. W. Smith, of 
Syracuse, has left with us several small branches of 
apple trees, which are affected with a malady similar 
to what is called fire-blight in pear trees. The blio-ht 
attacks the trees in a singular manner. In some in¬ 
stances, a small branch at the end of a limb remains 
green and flourishing, while all the rest appears to be 
totally dead, the bark discolored, and adhering to the 
wood. We have not been able to find any insect, nor 
the ravages of one, which seems to have had any con¬ 
nection with the cause of the disease. Mr. S. informs 
us that nearly all the apple trees in the vicinity of 
Syracuse are very seriously affected in the manner 
above described. If any discoveries should be made 
in relation to its cause or prevention, we should be glad 
to give them publicity. 
Since the above was written,* we have examined 
some apple trees in this vicinity which appear to be 
affected in the same manner as those above mentioned. 
The orchard of Mr. Prentice, at Mount Hope, is 
very seriously attacked, and a large portion of the 
trees will lose their fruit. Many of the limbs are al¬ 
ready dead, and many of the trees will ultimately di^. 
In fact but few that are not more or less diseased, 
and fears are reasonably entertained that ail may be 
much injured. The disease seems to be identical with 
the fire blight of pear trees, which disease has nearly- 
destroyed all Mr. P.’s fine pears. 
Libel Suit. —Some of our readers may remember 
that in our December number for 1845, page 377. the 
proprietor of the Cultivator replied to certain libel¬ 
lous charges against him, brought by a writer in the 
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