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THE CULTIVATOR. 
Nov. 
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COMMUNICATIONS. 
Making and Saving Manure, by F. Holbrook,. 
Visit to the Practical School of Giessen, by A Chemical \ 
Student,...*...J 
Agricultural Schools, No II., by D. A. Ogden. 
Culture and Distillation of Peppermint, by Elias Cost,. 
Wines and Vineyards of France, by Ik. Marvel. 
(Smith's Patent Lever Drill, or Grain and Seed Planter, by I 
C. MastEn,. ...... j 
On Budding and Transplanting, by R T .. 
Nomenclature of Fruits, by Wm. R. Prince—R ose Bugs, by1 
W. L. Eaton, .j 
Heating Houses by Hot Air Furnaces, by D. S. Howard—I 
Culture and Preparation of Sumac, by Zea.J 
Preservation of Cabbages, by N. H.—Proper time for Cut*) 
ting Timber, by Wm- Bacon,.. J 
Ide’s Wheel Cultivator, by P.,.. 
EDITORIAL. 
Experiments in Cooking Food for Cattle,. 
Lightning not diminished by Telegraphs—Ag. Chemistry,.... 
Culture of Broom Corn, audits Manufacture,. 
Dubois’ Golden Apricot—Soil for Young Trees,. 
Grafting the Pear on the Mountain Ash—Starting Buds too ) 
soon—Best Watermelon—Varieties of Pears—Best Poenias j 
List of Premiums awarded at the N- Y. State Fair at Saratoga, 
Palmer and Frost’s Dog Power and Root Cutter—Subsoil) 
Plowing,.... ) 
How to Build Ice Houses—Action of White Lead with Oil— j 
Crops in Illinois, .) 
Lime as a Manure—Sorrel—Varieties of Wheat—Sales at the ) 
State Fair—Liquid Manure,.J 
Agricultural Exhibitions in Massachusetts,... 
Do. do. in Connecticut, Vermont, and Ndw-York, 
To Correspondents—Monthly Notices, &c.,.. 
Fall and Winter Plowing—New Varieties of Indian Corn,.... 
ILLUSTRATIONS. 
Fig. 77—Dog Power,.. 344 
Fig. 78—Root Cutter, .. 344 
Fig. 79—Subsoil Plowing,..'. 344 
Figs 80, 81—Sections of Ice House.i. 345 
HAY AND STRAW CUTTERS. 
A LARGE supply of Ste¬ 
vens’, Hovey’s, and Tow¬ 
ers’ Cylinder Hay and Straw 
Cutters, constantly on hand at 
l, jT manufacturers’ prices, at the 
Albany Agricultural Ware¬ 
house. When farmers learn 
the benefits to be derived from 
using cut feed, they will not 
be without a good machine.— 
Mr. A. Burlingame, of South 
Trenton, N. Y., used one the 
past season, and the value he 
places upon its use is found in 
the following extract from a communication from him :—“ With 
less hay to begin the winter, and thirty cows and four horses (in 
all 100 head) more than the year before, he saved over from five 
to seven tons of good hay, while the year before he was entirely 
out before grass came.” The greatest saving is in using up all 
parts and kinds of feed, instead of running to waste. For sale, at 
She Albany Ag. Warehouse, Nos. 10 and 12 Green-st.. 
L TUCKER. 
N. B. Descriptive Catalogues gratis, on application at the store, 
or by mail, post-paid. _ ■ • _____ 
PRINCE’S LINNiEAN BOTANIC GARDEN AND 
NURSERIES, FLUSHING. 
'M. R. PRINCE & Co., successors of Wm. Prince, and sole 
proprietors of his great collection of Fruit Trees, &c., have 
Just published their NEW DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUES, 
J6th edition, which will be sent to post-paid applicants—to purcha¬ 
sers gratis, and to others at $1 per sett. 
TO NURSERIES.—In addition to other trees we have an im¬ 
mense stock of Ornamental Trees and Shrubbery',' including 50,000 
Evergreen Trees, suitable for Nurseries; they being of the vari- 
®us sizes best suited for transmission to a distance, and for forming 
Nursery plantations. Also, 60,000 Peaches, of choice varieties, at 
how rates, and 30,000 Cherries, at much reduced prices. 
Nov. 1, 1847.—It. 
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COOKING STOVES, &c. 
T HE subscribers offer for sale at low cash prices, the following 
Stoves, &c.:— 
Mott’s Air Tight Cement Ovens, 3 sizes. 
“ Pride of the Kitchen. 
“ Ring Cylinders, 3 sizes, for Bar Rooms. 8c c. 
“ Agricultural Cauldrons, from one-half barrel to four 
barrels, at the manufacturers’ prices; Wager & Dater’s Improved 
Air'Fight, large oven, summer hearth Cooking Stoves, 5 sizes; 
W'ager & Dater’s National Air Tight Cooking Stoves, 4 sizes ; 
Air Tight Parlorwood and coal Stoves ; Sheet Iron Dumb Stoves ; 
Parlor, Cook, and Premium Stoves. All kinds of Tin, Copper, 
and Sheet iron Ware, mi nand and made to order at short notice, at 
VAN WORMER & McGARVEY’S, 
Nov. 1. No. 14 Green-st , Albany. 
SYRACUSE NURSERY. 
T HE subscribers would call the attention of the public to their 
extensive and well selected assortment of Fruit and Ornamen¬ 
tal Trees, consisting of 
200,000 Grafted Apple Trees, from 1 to 5 years’ growth, 60,000 
of which are from 6 to 9 feet high; 3 to 5,000 of the celebrated 
Northern Spy, 4 to 8 feet high, can be supplied without extra 
charge to those ordering other varieties. 
6 to 8,000 Pear Trees, 4 to 7 feet high. 
A few hundred of the Onondaga, and Van Mon’s Leon Le 
Clere, (very thrifty,) can be supplied, of one and two years’ growth, 
from 50 cts. to $1.00 each. 
1,000 Cherry Trees, 6 to 9 feet high. 
10 to 15.000 Peach Trees, of the best early varieties, thrifty and 
free from disease. 
Apricots and Nectarines, a good supply. 
3 to 500,000 Apple Seedlings, from two to three years old, and 
unusually large. 
Also, a large quantity of Horse Chestnut, Ailanthus, and Moun¬ 
tain Ash, of extra size, and good form, together with all the desi 
rable varieties of the Grape. 
All post-paid communications and orders containing remittan 
ces, promptly attended to. THORP & SMITH. 
Syracuse, N. Y., Nov 1—6t. _ 
RURAL PUBLICATIONS. 
T HE CULTIVATOR, a monthly journal of Agriculture, Horti¬ 
culture, and Domestic Economy, published at Albany, N. Y., 
by Luther Tucker- Single copies $1 a year. To Clubs or Agents, 
seven copies for $5—Fifteen copies for $10, and at the rate of 
three copies for $2, for all over 15 copies. This work has now 
been published fourteen years, with a constantly increasing popu¬ 
larity among the farmers of every part of the United States. The 
volume for 1848, will commence on the 1st of January, at which 
time all subscriptions for the vear should commence. 
THE HORTICULTURIST, and Journal of Rural Art and 
Rural Taste, a monthly magazine, edited by A. J. DOWNING, 
Esq., of Newburgh, well known as the author of “ Landscape 
Gardening,” “ Cottage Residences,” “ Fruits and Fruit Trees of 
America,” &c., and published at Albany, by Luther Tucker,— 
price, $3 a year—20 per cent, discount to Agents. The first vol. 
of this work was completed with the June number for 1847. and 
with the back numbers of the2d vol., now in course of publica¬ 
tion, can be furnished to all new subscribers. The Horticulturist 
embraces in its scope, the Description and Cultivation of Fruits 
and Fruit Trees, Ornamental Trees, Shrubs and Plants—Designs 
for Rural Cottages, Farm Houses, Lodges, Ice Houses, Vineries, 
&c.,—Landscape and Ornamental Gardening, and all matters of 
interest to the horticulturist, and should be in the hands of all who 
desire to enrich and beautify their residences by the comforts and 
adornments of rural art and rural taste. 
Postmasters and others having a taste for rural pursuits, and 
disposed to aid in circulatiug_correct information upon rural sub¬ 
jects, are invited to act as Agents for the above publications. All 
letters to be addressed to LUTHER TUCKER, Publisher, Alba- 
ny, N.,Y._ 
BURBANK, OR MORGAN CHIEF. 
T HAVE on hand and will sell, a stallion horse, known by the above 
name. He is of a beautiful chestnut color, 15 years old, sound 
and smooth as a colt—weighing 1080 lbs. He was raised by Peter 
Burbank, Esq., of Wells River, and was got by “ Old Woodbury 
or Burbank Morgan,” owned at one time by Mr. Burbank. Hi* 
dam was a Morgan mare known by the name of Empress ” and 
owned also by Mr. Burbank. 
His sire and dam were both got by the original Justin Morgan 
horse, making him the highest Morgan b'ood stallion known to be 
living excepting Old Gifford ” Burbank or Morgan Chief was 
sold by Mr. Burbank’s administrator to B. Latham, of Lyme, N. H.. 
■when a yearling, for $150, and by him kept until May, 1843. when 
he was repurchased and taken back to Wells River, and there re¬ 
mained until the present season- He has proved a sure foal getter 
and an excellent stock horse. He is the sire of the fast' trotting 
chestnut mare, belonging to W. S. Marland, of Andover, Mass., 
for which he has refused $500 ; also the chestnut gelding sold in 
Boston, by Pushed of Lebanon, in the spring of 1846, for$500, and 
now kept at the Devonshire stable, and many other valuable and 
high selling horses. He is a kind, valuable driving horse in all 
harness, is afraid of nothing, and is perfectly manageable by any 
person. C. BLODGETT. 
Chelsea, Orange Co.. Vt., Oct. 8th, 1847.—It.* 
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