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THE CULTIVATOR. Oct. 
NOTES FOR THE MONTH. 
Postage on the Cultivator. —-By the new law, 
passed August 30,1852. and which goes into effect on the 
first of this month, the postage on The Cultivator is 
reduced to one uniform rate to any part of the United 
States, viz: Six cents a year to regular subscribers,pay¬ 
able quarterly in advance. The postage on single num¬ 
bers, (called by the law, “transient matter,”) will be 
one cent per No. if prepaid, or two cents per number 
if paid where delivered. 
The State Fair.— The reader is referred to another 
page for.an account of this Fair, which passed off very 
greatly to the satisfaction of its managers, and, we be¬ 
lieve, to the thousands who attended it. The number in 
attendance was not as large as at Albany and Rochester. 
Multitudes were undoubtedly kept at home, by the fear 
of the Cholera, now so prevalent in several places in 
western New-York. The receipts were $8,125,41, about 
the same as at Syracuse in 1849. The income was un¬ 
questionably very considerably lessened by a fraud prac¬ 
ticed in the exchange and transfer of badges. Six per¬ 
sons were arrested, while engaged in this traffic, and sent 
to the police office. 
To avoid this loss in future, we would suggest an en¬ 
tire change of the rules of admission to the show grounds. 
We would dispense with all badges, except to the offi¬ 
cers and judges, who must necessarily have free access 
to the grounds at all times, and substitute therefor, the 
ticket system. By letting all persons enter their articles 
for exhibition, and drive their teams on to the ground 
without charge, the necessity for badges will be obviated; 
and to prevent a rush upon the grounds while the judges 
are engaged in their examinations, let the charge for ad¬ 
mission up to Wednesday night, be twenty-five cents, and 
on Thursday and Friday one shilling, the same as at pre¬ 
sent. In this way, as all the tickets would be given up at 
the gate, all possibility of fraud would be avoided, while 
no injustice would be done to any one. 
Fancy Lop-eared Rabbits.— We are indebted to 
R. H. Van Rensselaer, Esq., of Morris, Otsego coun¬ 
ty, for a beautiful pair of these rabbits, from recent im¬ 
portations from London. For portraits and descriptions 
of these fancy rabbits, see our last vol. p. 176. 
Currant Wine.— We have been presented by II. W. 
Ferry, Esq., of Utica, with a bottle of currant wine, 
three years old. It is decidedly superior to any we have 
before tasted. Mr. F. furnished us the recipe by which 
it was made, which we shall publish in season for another 
year. -——- 
Grapes. —Mr. C. P. Williams, of this city, has sent 
us a sample of the fine and well .grown foreign grapes 
which he has succeeded in maturing in a ;t cold house” 
in this city. He is so well pleased with his success, that 
he is now erecting a new house, 130 feet in length, for 
growing grapes. So far, we believe, every one who has 
undertaken to grow grapes in this way, has found the 
experiment entirely satisfactory; and we are pleased to 
hear from so many quarters of the country, that very 
many are now making preparations to engage in the bu¬ 
siness. It is clearly proved that with a comparatively 
trifling expense for a grapery, there is no difficulty in 
growing an abundant supply of all the most delicious for¬ 
eign grapes.. -•— 
Flower Seeds. —Hon. N. Coe, formerly of this state, 
but for the past two years a resident in Oregon, has sent 
several parcels of flower seeds gathered from the wild 
flowers of that territory, for which he will please accept 
our thanks. We shall give them a trial. 
Mr. Tail’s Cattle Sale, our readers will remem¬ 
ber, is to take place at his farm near Troy, on the 13th 
of this month. It will be seen by his advertisement, that 
Mr. Tail proposes to offer his whole stock to-the public, 
reserving only the right to make a first hid on six head. 
This herd includes several recent importations, and the 
choice animals reserved from his previous sales, and of¬ 
fers inducements rarely to be met with in this country. 
D7r“ Wm. Bacon, Esq., Richmond, Mass., will please 
accept our thanks for the Transactions of the Massachu¬ 
setts Ag. Societies for 1850 and 1851, two handsomely 
printed and valuable volumes, issued by the state. We 
have given, in another page a summary of the inferences 
drawn from a great number of papers, communicated to 
the Secretary of State in consequence of an offer of 
$10,000, made by the Legislature of that state, for the 
discovery of the cause, and a remedy for the disease in 
the potato. Though we discover nothing particular new 
in the views of the several writers, the conclusions drawn 
from their combined statements, will he read with in¬ 
terest. — 
Patent Ox Yoke—A n ox yoke, patented by Mr. John 
Chase of Craftsbury, Yt„, and exhibited by S. E. Beard, 
received the first premium at the N. Y. State Fair. The 
bows are so arranged as to slide in the yoke, allowing 
the cattle to change the position of their necks, to a cer¬ 
tain limit, at pleasure. The sliding of one bow toward 
the middle of the yoke compels the same motion in the 
other, thus keeping the centre of draught always the 
same. This effectually prevents the crowding of cattle, 
for their necks are drawn so near together that it be¬ 
comes impossible. The practical operation of the yoke 
is spoken highly of by farmers who have used it. Speci¬ 
mens may be seen in this city at Emery & Co.’s Agri¬ 
cultural Warehouse and at the State Agricultural Rooms. 
New Brunswick Ag. Society. —The Journal of this 
Soc. for 1852, making a pamphlet of 134 pages, has been 
received. It is filled up with proceedings, addresses be¬ 
fore Ag. Societies, prize essays, instructions for farm 
management, &c.,—forming altogether a creditable and 
valuable collection of agricultural matter. Considerable 
attention is being paid to improved farming in New- 
Brunswick, as the increasing number of subscribers to 
agricultural papers, and the above report, fully demon¬ 
strate. ——— 
The Highland and Agricultural Society of Scot¬ 
land, recently held its 29th Annual Show. It is one of 
the oldest societies for the improvement of agriculture, 
in existence, dating its origin back to the year 1784. It 
held its first show in 1822, when the number of cattle 
and sheep shown were only sixty.seven, and the premi- 
