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THE CULTIVATOR. 
Dec. 
M#N r Miiys r notices— fo 
Who wants a complete set of The Cultivator, 
from its commencement, 15 vols. bound, and the two 
volumes of Downing’s Horticulturist, now published, 
and Twenty-five Dollars worth of other books?—It 
will be seen by reference to an advertisement on our 
last page, that these are all offered as a Premium to 
the one who sends us the largest number of subscri¬ 
bers to The Cultivator,” for 1849. Beside this, 
other Premiums— of Forty, Thirty, Twenty, and 
Ten Dollars, and many smaller ones, are offered for 
the next largest lists of subscribers. These Premiums 
will furnish a Farmer’s Library, which any young man 
may well prize highly ; and we hope there will be an 
energetic competition for them. 
Back Volumes.—A few complete sets of The Cul¬ 
tivator from its commencement, bound and stitched, 
were saved from destruction by the fire, and as we shall 
soon reprint t lese volumes, we are prepared to supply 
all orders for them 
Back Numbers.— All our back numbers, unbound, 
of all the volumes, were burnt—consequently we can¬ 
not supply any single numbers until they are reprinted. 
Return of Mr. Colman. —Many of our readers will 
doubtless be glad to learn of the return of this gentle¬ 
man, after having spent several years in writin and 
procuring materials for his work on “ European Agri¬ 
culture.” We understand he arrived in Boston in the 
early part of last month. 
Mr. P. Barry, of the firm of Elwanger & Bar¬ 
ry, of the Mount Hope Gardens and Nurseries, Roches¬ 
ter, sailed for Europe last' week, for the purpose of 
visiting the principal nurseries of Great Britain, France 
and Germany, and will bring home with him in the 
spring, whatever he finds, which promises to be an use¬ 
ful addition to their already very extensive collection of 
trees and plants. 
Good Corn. —Mr. D. Gaylord, of Gaylord’s Bridge, 
Conn., has sent us a sample of a kind of corn raised by 
him. It is called the Warren corn, but is similar to the 
Dutton, or Golden Sioux—has twelve rows to the ear, 
and less cob, and better shaped ears than is usual with 
this variety. 
We have received from Mr. S. Worden, of 
Oswego, a sample of a variety of apples which he 
highly esteems—the name not known. It is of a hand¬ 
some, round form, and de a p red color. The flavor is 
quite peculiar, but pleasant; the flesh tender and break¬ 
ing. Mr. W. recommends it for baking. We were 
prevented from trying it for this pourpose, as they were 
lost or destroyed in the fire which consumed our office. 
We have also received from Mr. D. Hatch, Al- 
stead, N. H., specimens of several kinds of apples, 
among which are the Pumpkin Russet, or Sweet Russet, 
Little Pearmain, Newtown Pippin, and a variety not 
known. 
Mineral Paint. —Having bad several inquiries in 
regard to this substance, we condense the following de¬ 
scription of it from the Farmer and Mechanic. It is 
said to harden in a few months after its application, 
forming a perfect enamel or slate, imperishable and ca¬ 
pable of resisting fire. It can be had of any color from 
grey to black. It i« called “ Utley’s Ohio Mineral 
Indestructible Paint.” It is afforded at $4 the hun¬ 
dred pounds. W. H. Starr, 67 Beekman street, New 
York, is agent for the sale of it. 
Apples from Cayuga County. —Mr. Wm. D. Os¬ 
born, of Port Byron, Cayuga county, has left us speci¬ 
mens the Red Bellefleur and Newton Pippin, raised 
by him. The Pippin is of a larger size than we have 
before seen of that variety. 
Good Corn Crop. —Mr. Ball, of Nassau, informs 
us that he raised the past season, 86 bushels of corn 
per acre, on his farm, allowing 70 pounds of ears as 
equal to a bushel of shelled corn. The plow was not 
used after the ground was planted—the corn being 
worked with the cultivator. 
Improvement in Working Iron.— Mr. Horatio 
Ames, of Falls Village, Conn., who is extensively en¬ 
gaged in working wrought iron, has made several im¬ 
provements in th3 business, of great importance. Noti¬ 
cing the tendency of iron bars to divide longitudinally, 
when exposed to heavy pressure, it occurred to him that 
by twisting them, the tendency of the particles to as¬ 
sume a parallel arrangement, would be prevented, and 
the liability to separate obviated. He has, therefore, 
invented an apparatus which effectually performs the 
work. Tire, for locomotive wheels, of which he makes 
a great quantity, is subjected to this process, which is 
found to add greatly to its strength and durability. The 
plan is equally applicable to the twisting of rails for 
railroads. Mr. A. has also invented a process for heat¬ 
ing or melting iron from the pig, by which he makes a 
saving of three dollars per ton. He has, besides, made 
improvements in the mode of hammering iron. He has 
lately erected, and put in operation, a forge, the cost of 
which was $50,000, and is probably superior to any¬ 
thing of the kind in this country. The building is 150 
feet long and 80 feet wide. The roof, which is of slate, 
is supported on 38 cast-iron posts, 15 feet long, weigh¬ 
ing one ton each. The whole weight of cast iron used 
in the construction of ihe building, and in the fixtures 
for carrying on the business, is 120 tons, and the amount 
of wrought-iron in shafts, hammers, bolts and braces, is 
60 tons. He employs 100 hands—used last year 2,500 
tons of pig-iron, and produced $200,000 worth of 
wrought iron, in the form of tire for locomotive wheels, 
axletrees for ears and military carriages, shafts for 
steamboats, &c. With the new works, he will be able 
to make $1000 worth of work per day, or $300,000 per 
year, and with a general saving, over the former mode, 
of one-fifth of the expense. 
$C|p We understand that Mr. Z. B. Wakeman, of 
Herkimer, has lately purchased a very superior South 
Down ram, of F. Ro’tch, Esq., of Butternuts. We 
noticed Mr. W.’s sheep in our account of the late show 
at Buffalo. We presume they will be benefitted by the 
purchase mentioned. We learn Mr. Wakeman has 
also purchased a Leicester boar of C. R. Nichols, of 
Darien, which received one of the premiums at the late 
State show. 
Cattle Medicines. —See advertisement of Messrs. 
Stimpson & Reed i i this paper, for list of medicines 
prepared by Dr. Dadd, for horses and cattle. Such 
an establishment, where the simplest remedies for the 
diseases of animals, prepared by a competent veterina¬ 
ry surgeon, can always be had, will be a great benefit 
to the farmer. 
Agricultural Show at Fredericton, N. B.—- 
We learn that the show held at this place in October 
last, was in most respects superior to that of former 
years. Horses, sheep and swine were good, and the 
show of vegetables very fine. There was a plowing 
match on the second day, which ‘ 1 went off” well. We 
notice that our friend J. H. Reid, Esq.,of Fredericton, 
obtained prizes for horses, cattle, sheep, swine, crops 
I and implements. 
