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THE CULTIVATOR. 
August 
PRINCE’S PREMIUM STRAWBERRIES* 
Ty M- R- PRINCE & Co., Proprietors of the Nurseries at. Flush- 
tug, will transmit their catalogue of strawberries and other 
fruits to those Who do not possess it. The assortment is iriicompa- 
rably superior to any other, and comprises the choicest varieties, 
which are no where else obtainable, many of which are offered 
for the first time. Orders enclosing the amount, (not less than $5,) 
will be promptly executed and forwarded as desired. August to 
October are best for planting strawberries. 
Flushing, L. L, August, 1847-—2t. 
PURE BRED RAMS, 
vpiIE subscriber has a few choice rams for sale, bred from the 
celebrated flock of Geo. Flower Esq., of Albion, Illinois, and 
some from a Saxon ram imported by Henry Clay, Esq., of Ash¬ 
land, Kentucky. These sheep are of fine healthy constitution, with 
a very fine long staple. 
He has also added to his flock 20 ewes and rams, selected from 
the flock of Samuel Patterson, Esq , of Washington Co , Pa. These 
sheep are not surpassed by any in America; [see the communica¬ 
tion of L. A. Morrell, Esq., Cultivator for Nov. 1846,] their wool 
having been sold last year in Northampton, Mass., at 75 cts. 
He has also a few fine young Shepherds’ Dogs, bred from a 
Scotch cully, imported by Mr. Mitchell, of Lasalle Co., III. 
A. H. NICHOLS, Greencastle, Putnam Co., Ia. 
August, 1, 1847—4t. 
IMPORTANT TO FARMERS. 
T HE subscriber having obtained, by deed from the original pa¬ 
tentee, the exclusive right to make and vend 
ROGERS’ PATENT IMPROVED STEEL SELF-SHARPEN¬ 
ING CULTIVATOR TEETH, 
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*n the counties named below, is now prepared at his residence in 
Vernon, to furnish to the farmers of Oneida, Madison, Oswego, Jef¬ 
ferson, Lewis, Chenango, St. LaWrence, Herkimer, Otsego, 
Broome, Delaware, Scoharie, Montgomery, Fulton, Hamilton, Sa¬ 
ratoga, Schenectady, Albany, Columbia, Dutchess, Greene, Rens¬ 
selaer, Washington, Warren, Franklin, Clinton, and Essex, by 
wholesale and retail, ready made. 
CULTIVATORS, 
Of different sizes, to suit purchasers 
From the known superiority of this implement over all other 
Cultivators now in use, the subscriber pledge? himself to furnish 
a cheaper and better article than has ever before been offered to 
the public. The teeth (at present,) will all be made by the paten¬ 
tee from the best of steel. ’ , 
Agents. —Luther Tucker, Ag. Warehouse, Albany; Sanger & 
Benedict, No. 125 Genesee-st., Utica; Rome, Warren G. Brainard; 
Florence, Alanson S. Tiler; Trenton, Charles R. Billings; Bridge- 
water, Delos DeAVolf. Madison Co.: Morrisville, PI. D. Cloyes; 
Chittenango, Jenkins & Harrington. Oswego Co.: Oswego, J. L. 
Merriam ; Mexico, Asa Bebee. Jefferson Co.:. Watertown, T. 
Avery Smith. Lewis Co.: Lowville, Solomon Phelps. Chenango 
Co.: Sherburne, N. Starr; Norwich, Weller and Haynes,. Greene ; 
George R. Lyon. Herkimer Co. .- Mohawk, Gordon Farmer. Ot¬ 
sego Co.: Butternuts, R. PI. Van Rensselaer. Albany : Erastus 
W. Clark ; Isaac Tice Poughkeepsie ; E. Gifford, Hudson ; John 
Benedict, Saratoga Springs; John J. Yates, Schenectady; Abner 
Powell, St. Johnsville. 
For further particulars, the subscriber refers to the following 
certificates, given by some of the most experienced practical and 
scientific agriculturists in this state. E. R DIX. 
Vernon, Oneida Co., N. Y., Aug. 1, 1847. 
We certify that we have used, or have now in use, one of the 
above Cultivators, and are fully satisfied with its operation, and 
believe it must supercede all others now in use ; and that it accom¬ 
plishes in the most thorough manner, much of the work usually 
done with the plow. From thorough and careful observation of 
the working of this- implement, we are fully convinced that for 
cultivating fallow.ground, in preparing any ground for a crop 
of grain, and for covering grain after sowing this instrument 
surpasses any other with which we are acquainted, in the tho¬ 
rough manner in which it does the work, and the ease and 
expedition of doing the same. By its use, the ground may be put 
in better order, and a heavier crop secured by once plowing, than 
by three after'the ordinary manner. And vve are satisfied that 
plowing once deep and well, and then using the cultivator, is most 
advanlageous, especially on sward lands, (for they are seldom 
without a sod at time of plowing.) where June grass or other 
grasses are indigenous. By the lime the sod has fairly commenced 
rotting, it is turned back and exposed to the action of the dews, 
rains, and hot sun. by which its fertilizing qualities are mostly dis¬ 
sipated; for that which does not renew its partially extinguished 
life and growth, (choking thereby the growth of the grain,) dries 
and is left on the ground, a detriment rather than a benefit to the 
crop. But if it remain where it is first deposited by the plow, it 
becomes decomposed in time to be available to the grain in its 
growth, and its beneficial effects will be as apparent as would be 
those of a good dressing of compost. The grain taking a deeper 
and stronger root in the turf, will not be as subject to drouth in 
dry, drowning in wet weather, or heaving in the spring, warming 
and fertilizing the soil; by which its germinating process will be 
very perceptible over the old method. We cheerfully recommend 
this Cultivator to the Farming public as a very great improvement 
in farming. 
Ira S. Hitchcock, President of the Oneida Co. Ag. Society 
J. Whipple Jenkins, “ Vernon “ “ 
N S. Wright, ) Philander Jacobs, 
Calvary Wetmore, ! y p , t , John Dean, Deansville, 
Philo Norton, 
Jos. Case, j 
L. T. Marshall, Sec’y, 
S. A. Bunce, Treasurer. 
John R. Jones, 
Salmon Case, 
Willet H. Sherman. 
Amos Miller, 
William Wright, 
C. C. Cook, Kirkland, 
T. E. Dorman, Hamilton, 
Edward Rivenburg, 
Nicols Dyer, 
Elisha Pettibone, 
J. C. Pettibone, 
Philo Griswold, 
Samuel Cody, Jr 
Samuel H. Churcn, 
Frederick Ingersoll, 
Albert Patten, 
N. F. Metcalf, 
Samuel Wright, 
James Faulkner, 
Oliver E. Bryant, 
S. Frost, 
Ozias Jacobs 
Alanson Norton, 
William Wright, Jr., 
Sands Sherwood, 
Lyman Jacobs, 
Ja'oez Norton, 
Elijah Wilson, 
George Rivenburgh, . 
Chas. G. Lawson, 
M. H. Frisbee, 
Asahel Bronson, 
Lester Hitchcock, 
Franklin Tilden, 
Francis Cody, 
Benj. Barnes, Kirkland, 
S. W. Gunn, “ 
Thos. A. Gruman, “ 
J. C. Hastings, “ 
David Pixley, “ 
Edwin Gruman, “ 
Sylvester Risley, Brookfield. 
Augusta. 
John Van Hoesen, 
J. Bennet Mackey, 
Sylvester Hinman, 
Madison Wood, 
Walter Powers, 
Wm. M. Fairchild, 
Franklin Cummins, 
Eli Hinman, 
John Porter, 
S. W. Wells, 
W. Jackson, 
Z. T. Barber, 
C. Stebbins, 
A. Stebbins, 
Wm. H. Stafford, 
W. E. Conger, Sangersfield, 
Simeon E. Cobb, Lenox. 
Stockbridge. 
Noah M. Coburn, 
John Potter, 
Fred. Snell, 
A. Somers Dunham, 
Timothy Smith, 
Jacob Howse, 
John H. Cleveland, 
Rodney Wells, 
Eli Moore, 
Ira Burleson, 
Danforth Armour, 
Alex. Strong, 
John Quackenbush. 
Hiram Parsons, „ , 
We certify that we have used, the past year, one of the above cul¬ 
tivators. and from thorough and careful observation of the working 
of this instrument, we areAully convinced that for cultivating fallow 
ground, destroying weeds and Canada thistles, and most especially 
quack or blue grass, we recommend the cultivator as a very supe¬ 
rior implement: 
S. M. Mason, New Hartford, 
Ephraim Palmer, “ 
James Wells, “ 
J. Rivenberg, Stockbridge, 
Levi House, “ 
Alvin Strong, 
John Yale, “ 
Montgomery Page, “ 
Wm. C. Powers, 
D. L. Van Hoson, 
Stephen Wells, 
Abner Hinman, 
Horace Fish, 
John Butterfield, Utica, 
Chas D. Palmer, Waterville, 
Benj. Plant, New Hartford, 
Daniel C. Mason, “ , ';; 
The New-York State Fair at Auburn, last September, awarded 
me a Silver Medal, for its being the best agricultural implement 
ever offered to the farmer. The American Institute, in the city of 
New-York, awarded me a Diploma for the same. 1st. These 
teeth are made of steel, of such size and dimensions as to be suffi¬ 
ciently strong for two horses ; then they are struck into shape with 
dies so as to form the shank out of the same piece. 2d. These 
teeth wedo-e in the frame better than any square shank, because 
thev are so shaped, (being thicker behind than forward, and hoi-' 
low ) that the wedge, crowds them forward and sideways at the 
same time. 3d. These teeth will wear sharp instead of dull, and 
when worn up too short, can be- spread at the lower end, and 
dropped a little lower in the frame, and they will last another term 
of vears • ' . , . 
Camion is hereby given to all men against purchasing or using 
any teeth made according to the description above, without the 
natenlee’s name on them, as all violations of my right, will be pro 
secuted promptly. DAVID B. ROGERS. 
