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THE CULTIVATOR. 
April. 
Answers to Inquiries. 
The Dairy. —What is the best kiud of churn for the 
use of a small dairy of some three cows? 
What the best kind of cheese press for tbe same, 
where a family only wish to make enough for them own 
use? D. B. 
The best churn, without any question, for a small dai¬ 
ry, is Kendall s cylindrical, costing $2 to $2.50, and to 
be had at the principal agricultural warehouses, at Al¬ 
bany,. Rochester. &e. They are simple, last many years, 
and can be easily worked by a child. 
We cannot speak so confidently about a cheese press, 
but our impression is, that for a small dairy, Collins <§* 
Stone's self acting press, smallest size, costing about $5, 
is the best. --— 
.Treatment of Sandy So ids—Sending Seeds by 
Mail.. —A. C. Carnes, of Spenqpr, Tenn., inquires for 
the bfest treatise on the management of sandy soils. 
We strongly recommend him to procure the Transactions 
of the New York State Agricultural Society, Yol. XI.., 
for 1851, where he will find an excellent practical essay 
of twenty pages on this subject, from tbe pen of Wins¬ 
low C. Watson, of Port Kent, Clinton co-unty,. N. Y. -. 
With regard to subsoiling—all experiments properly 
performed, have resulted in greater or less benefit, with 
scarcely an exception.. It wouid probably be of little 
advantage in a loose, sandy soil, unless the red clay be¬ 
neath is reached, in which case an intermixture might 
b£ of great benefit. A limited experiment for trial 
would be perfectly safe. 
Seeds of tbe coarser sort, as corn, beans, &e., may be 
sent by mail and by express. If in small quantities, 
the former is least expensive—if large, tbe latter. Our 
correspondent can judge by recollecting that an onnee of 
either may be sent by mail for the trifling sum of six 
cents—which is enough to begin an experiment. 
Cranberries on Upland. —On looking over the Cul¬ 
tivator for the last year, I see inquiries concerning the 
‘low Cranberry. I believe they have never been culti¬ 
vated much on upland, in this part of the country, as 
they are found growing wild in almost every neighbor¬ 
hood; but I have seen-them growing thrifty, and bear¬ 
ing well, on land sufficiently dry for an orchard, among 
large thrifty apple trees, and dry enough for Indian 
corn—in fact, no spring was found near them; they 
rambled to that spot from a low place, where tbe water 
run a little while in the spring, when the snow was melt¬ 
ing; the rest of the year it was dry enough for any crop. 
Last summer, in the driest part of the season, I took some 
from a swamp, and set them in a damp .(not wet) place 
in my garden. They were growing when cold weather 
set in. I intend to set out more next spring. H. C. 
Whittemore. Sheldon, Vt. 
Red Ants.- —In one of the Cultivators of last year, 
an inquiry was made for an exterminator of red ants. 
Several years ago, my father rented a house, almost 
overrun with them, and they were destroyed in the fol¬ 
lowing manner:—A piece of shag-bark (hickory bark) 
was laid upon tbe shelf in the pantry, where they seemed 
to be thickest, and it attracted them—indeed it seemed 
more of a favorite with them than anything they could 
get. The piece we had, about four inches wide and 
two teet long, was red with them in £tn hour or two, 
when with a sudden jar, they were shaken into the fire, 
and the bark set as a trap for them again. In our ease 
this was an entire exterminator. C. B. Brown. Da¬ 
mascus, Pa., Jan. 29, 1853. 
Feeding Cut Hay and Meal. —I notice in the 
Country Gentleman of the 17th inst., an inquiry from 
C. Ingalls, Esq., as to whether out hay and meal will 
injure cattle when fed upon it. I have now cut all of 
my hay, stalks and straw, for my eattle, for six years, 
and have always fed my fattening stock with a liberal 
quantity of meal upon it, and have never had an animal 
injured in the way Mr. Ingalls mentions; but on the 
contrary, when hay v:as not fed with the meal, I have 
had eattle injured in the way named. To prevent such 
injuries, I cut hay. J. M. S. Feb., 18, 1853. 
Stall Feeding Cattle. —Mr. J. ©tis, in stall 
feeding eattle, I think will find it the best and most 
economical way in feeding, to grind his grain, even if 
he goes six miles to mill; mix equal quantities of corn 
and oats, grind fine, and feed to an ox of 1,6-00 lbs. live 
weight, half bushel per day,with cut hay, wet sufficiently 
to have the meal adhere to the hay when well .mixed, 
given a.t two feeds, morning- and might, with one bushel 
per day of tarneps, carrots, or other kinds of roots. 
Three months feeding will make very line beef. In 
moderate weather keep the eattle in the yard, with 
good sheds. Stable them when the weather is cold. 
Almost any bind of coarse fbdder may he-given once a 
day. 
Other grain may be substituted for corn and bats, of 
sufficient Quantity to give an equal amount of nutriment. 
Some feeders giYe to a pair of oxen 1 1-2 bushels of pro- 
vender a day. • My own opinion is that one bushel a day 
is as much as two oxen can well digest to make it pro¬ 
fitable. A. B. Brooklyn, Conn. 
Culture of the Onion. —I noticed in the last num¬ 
ber of- the “ Copntry Gentleman, 7 -’ inquiries for the 
cause of the growth of scullions. I will answer. There 
. is no doubt, it is late sowring; long experience has con¬ 
vinced me that the seed or condition of the soil has no 
agency in the matter. Extreme. and continued dry 
weather after sowing, retarding vegetation for weeks, 
will produce the same effect as late sowing. Onions 
should be sowed the first time the land is sufficiently dry 
in the spring. In the spring of 1840, I sowed two acres 
of onions; the land -was raked, and the seed sown be¬ 
fore the alleys were made around the piece, the alleys 
being made by*a line. When the onions appeared, they 
did not extend on one side to the alley, varying from, 
six to eighteen inches. To remedy the mistake, the rows 
were marked out to the alley, and the same kind of seed 
sown. The onions came up, and a vigorous growth to 
all appearance, soon made them equal to that portion 
first sown; and after the bottoms began to form, the 
tops of the last sown w T eve larger, and gave fair promise 
for a mueh greater crop. The result was, the first sown 
were proper onions, with very few exceptions; the last 
were mostly scullions, possessing so much of the char¬ 
acter, that breaking them down, and other experiments 
to force them to bottom, did ‘not in the least change 
their relation to onions. W. Risley. Fredonia, Feb. 
26,-1853. - 
One-horse Reapers. —(H. PeTchvUle, VL) We 
know of no one-horse reaping machine, nor do we think 
any would be likely to he useful except in rare Instances, 
as such a one would require' th® same attendance as a 
two-horse reaper, and perform only half the work. 
Fancy Lop-Eareb Rabbits. — J. G. H. We know 
of none at present, for sale, in this vicinity. They can, 
we presume, be had of F. RotcHj Esq., and R. M. Van 
Rensselaer, Esq., of Morris, Otsego ^eo., N. Y. 
Price, $12 to $15 per pair. 
. Basket Willow. —“ A Constant Reader” is refer¬ 
red to the 5th Number of the Country Gentleman, or 
to the Cultivator for March, for answers to his inquiries 
on this subject. -- 
Emery’s Mower.— We state, in answer to ‘several 
inquiries, that the price of this machine is to he $110— 
the Mower and Reaper combined, $120. 
Bullock's Seed Planter. — J. M. K. We know 
nothing personally of the operation of this planter in the 
field, hut judging from its operation on our office floor, 
we should think it would prove useful. 
American Herd Book. — J. M. This work can be 
procured of C. M. Saxton, Bookseller, New-York.— 
Price $3. 
