1852. THE CULTIVATOR. 885 
Sale of Imported Cattle—Great Prices. 
seventy thousand inhabitants, and the valuation of its 
real and personal estate amounts to over twenty millions 
of dollars. Upon its green pastures now feed some eighty 
thousand head of cattle, 18,000 horses, 60,000 sheep, and 
the yearly production of her dairies amounts to some 
eight million lbs. in very nearly equal quantities of each, 
which at an average rate of sales, say 6c. for cheese and 
16c. for butter, would amount to the sum of $880,000. 
From her golden harvests are annually gathered some 
280,000 bushels of wheat, 70,000 of rye, 370,000 of In¬ 
dian corn, 450,000 of oats, 230,000 of barley, 180,000 of 
peas and beans, and some 150,000 tons of hay. Thus, 
gentlemen, in the short space of fifty years has been 
changed a wilderness country, inhabited only by the un¬ 
civilized red man and wild beast of the forest, to one of 
the most productive in agriculture, and exceeding in the 
number of her farmers by some two thousand any other 
county in the entire State. Through her towns and 
flourishing villages are erected some four hundred dis¬ 
trict school houses and academies, where, the youth of 
our county are taught the first rudiments of learning, 
also the more advanced through the higher branches of 
a common education. The fostering and promotion of 
those institutions, gentlemen, should be our glory and 
our pride; they are the nurseries of patriotism, and the 
very fortress of our liberties.— Mr. Sherman's Address. 
Cultivation of the Cranberry. —It is believed to 
he in keeping with the objects of this society, to encour¬ 
age new enterprizes, that open new fields of labor, and 
promise new sources of profit to the active industry of 
the County. In accordance with these views, your com¬ 
mittee would recommend to the favorable consideration 
of the society the cultivation of the low Cranberry. Our 
attention was directed to the subject by the examination 
of a small platt of this fruit, planted by Mr. David 
Grummond, of Adams. This experiment of Mr. Grum- 
mond, appears to be entirely successful, and seems to in¬ 
dicate that the Cranberry maybe cultivated successfully 
in our climate, and we see no reason why this may 
not be so, as the plant is indigenous to the county, and 
is found growing spontaneously on some of the low lands 
bordering the lake. This fruit sells readily in the mar¬ 
kets of the Atlantic cities, and cannot fail to be a source 
of profit to him who succeeds in its cultivation. The 
swamps and marshes of the county which are now of but 
little or no value, are undoubtedly the best adapted to 
its culture, and by the means of this fruit may be the 
most profitable portion of our land, and as there are 
other experiments in the county in the process of de- 
velopement, your committee, with a view to their en¬ 
couragement, would suggest the propriety of offering a 
premium next year, for the most successful experiment 
in the cultivation of this fruit.— Report of V. Com. 
Large Poultry Establishment. —Under the head of 
new enterprizes, your committee would call the atten¬ 
tion of the society to the aviary of Mr. Orville Hunger- 
ford, located in the town Hounsfield. Mr. Ilungcrford 
has enclosed ten acres of land with a strong picket fence, 
and erected buildings and other fixtures on the premises 
for the accommodation of five thousand hens, at a cost 
of three thousand dollars. These buildings are divided 
into rooms for the accommodation of his birds, suited 
to their various wants, the whole to be raised by artifi¬ 
cial means to the temperature of summer heat during 
the winter. Your committee possess no data on which 
to base an opinion of the probable profits of the estab¬ 
lishment and can only hope that, as it is desirrble to 
multiply the ways and means for the consumption of the 
coarser grains grown in the county without submitting 
them to the process of distillation, it will prove a source 
of profit to its enterprizing founder, and that it will not 
long remain the only establishment of the kind found 
in the county.— Ib. 
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Rapid Growth of a Cucumber.- —Hovey’s Magazine 
gives an experiment performed by J. McDonald, in Flo¬ 
rida, by planting cucumber seed in hills manured with 
poudrette. From one plant, six dozen cucumbers were 
cut at one gathering. 
The sale of the Scioto Importing Company’s cattle, 
advertised in our last paper, took place at Chillicothe, 
according to appointment, on the 7th inst.; and for the 
number, wealth and spirit of the bidders and the high 
prices obtained for the animals, we doubt whether this 
sale has ever been equalled in the. United States. 
Animals sold , price r and names of purchasers , 
Nobleman—20 months, $2,510, .1. Vanmeter, Pike co. 
Master Bellville—2 yrs , #2.210, Geo. Renick, sr., Ross go- 
Lord Nelson—2 years, $1,825. .1. L. Myers, Fayette co. 
Alderman—3 years, $1,100, A. Waddle, Clark co. 
Gamboy—20 months, $1,400, M. Sullivant, Frank, co. 
Count Fathom—14 months, $2,175, N. Perrill, Clinton co. 
Young Whittington—11 months, $450, A. Watts, Ross co. 
Rising Sun—8 months, $1,300, G. W. Herrodth, Scioto co. 
Isaac—2 years, $600, G. W. Gregg, Pickaway co. 
Moss Rose—(cows) 6 years, $1,200, A. Waddle, Clark co. 
Strawberry—4 years, $1,000, G. W. Renick, Ross co. 
Raspberry—2 years, $1,100, G. W. Gregg, Pick. co. 
Sunrise—3 years, $1,230, .1. I. Vanmeter, Pike co. 
Mary—2 years, $1,050, Alex. Waddle, Clark co. 
Enchantress—2 years, $000, Alex. Renick, Ross co. 
Blue Bonnett—2 years, $1,225, Felix W. llenick, Pick. co. 
The foregoing embrace all of the recent importation, 
except one young bull (Adam) not recovered from the 
effects of the voyage, and which is to be sold within 30 
days. It is at the farm of M. L. Sullivant, near this 
ci.ty. The sixteen animals sold amount to $21.885—ave¬ 
raging $1,367 each; and as several were injured or oth¬ 
erwise defective, and a majority not half grown, it must 
be admitted that the prices obtained are without a par¬ 
allel. 
It is true that a majority of the purchasers are share¬ 
holders of the company, and consequently interested in 
the sales, but we are assured that most of the animals 
could have been sold almost as high to persons not mem¬ 
bers of the company, and no stockholder was under any 
obligation to purchase in order to obtain his full share 
of the proceeds. 
A number of bidders were present from Kentucky, 
and also from distant parts of Ohio, but the prices went 
entirely above their ideas. All the purchasers are resi¬ 
dents of the territory embraced in the Scioto Yallev. 
Each of the individuals named as purchasers is the rep¬ 
resentative of a company of neighbors clubbed together 
for the purpose, except Mr. Sullivant, and perhaps one 
or two others — Ohio Cult. 
Superphosphate of Lime, &c. 
Eds. Cultivator —My object in writing at this time, 
is to obtain information through the columns of the Cul¬ 
tivator, if any of your subscribers have had experince in 
the practical use of the superphosphate of lime, as pre¬ 
pared by Professor Mapes or Deburg; as a top-dressing 
for meadows, and also as applied to corn. Any inform¬ 
ation, with regard to the use of this manure, and the 
probable or exact amount of increase in either or both 
the above named crops, will be most thankfully received 
by at least one of your subscribers. 
Also, where a good machine for sowing plaster can be 
obtained, and the price, (which, by the way, I wonder 
all manufacturers and others advertising implements, 
8tc., for sale, do not give.) If advertisers would invari¬ 
ably give the prices of their wares, it would save a deal 
of trouble, and secure them many sales which they other¬ 
wise lose. Yours, &c., Enquirer. Richfield Springs, 
Oct., 1852. 
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Quantity of Cattle Food. —It is found by experi¬ 
ence thrt the food of healthy oxen, of whatever size, is 
nearly one.fifth of their own weight of turneps daily, or 
about one-fiftieth of their weight of hay, straw, or other 
dried food. So says Finlay Dan, of Scotland, and he 
received a gold medal for his paper on this subject. 
