1853 . 
THE CULTIVATOR. 
Information Wanted. 
Cement Water Pipes. — I wish to inquire whether 
any of your numerous subscribers, have used water lime 
with gravel, to make pipes to force water through, with 
a hydraulic ram; and if so, how is it liked, and what 
the expense was per rod—-also how prepared and how 
put down. I should like to know whether the machines 
are all alike, and if not which is the best; whether the 
glass or metal ball. S. S. Morehouse. Avon, March 
1, 1853. -- 
A Question for Practical Farmers. —Why is it 
that when whtte and yellow corn are planted'adjacently, 
the yellow will mix with the white, but the white hot 
with the yellow? H. Kelloggsvilte, JV. N., March, 
1853. ' -- 
Loss from Moving Hay. —A correspondent wishes 
to be informed as to the actual loss resulting from re¬ 
moving hay from one barn to another, by its being ex¬ 
posed to the air. For instance, “ suppose I put fifty tons 
of hay into the large barn in the haying season, and 
when the foddering season comes, feed it out, taking 
care not to expose it to the air any more than is neces¬ 
sary. Now how many tons of hay must I draw from 
the out barn, to Be equal in value to the fifty tons put 
into the large barn in haying time, the hay all being 
of the same quality?” ——— 
Use of Lime. —Will some one of your subscribers, 
who has experimented in the use of lime, inform me 
what he considers the best mode of applying lime—the 
quantity per acre for corn, potatoes or broom-corn ; also 
for a top dressing on mowing or pasture—whether he 
would use it with plaster, ashes, or any other substance? 
Is it necessary to analyze the soil, to determine w hether 
it may be applied to advantage? Any information on 
this subject would be received as a favor. A Subscri¬ 
ber. —-— 
Portable Hay Press. —Have you any better porta¬ 
ble Hay-press in use in your section of the country, 
than ‘‘Bullock’s'Patent,”' and is this a good press and 
portable, without adding so much to the cost that it 
would be “ paying too dear for the whistle?” Would 
it be better for me to buy the press that turns out 200 
lb. bales, or the one that bales 300 lbs.? Will some 
one who has experience answer the above questions.— 
A. S.jL. Loudon, Term. 
Basket Willow.-— I wish to inquire about the cut¬ 
ting of the willow, and preparing them for market. How 
and at what time are they to be cut? While the bark 
will peel? And is the bark to be stripped off ? In 
short, how are they to be cut and prepared for market, 
and what price will they bring? Inasmuch as the subject 
is before the public, please give all the information avail¬ 
able, and you will oblige, perhaps, many subscribers, 
surely one. R. A. Finney. Elizabethtoicn, Essex 
co., N. Y., Feb. 5, 1853. 
0 =- If any of your correspondents can tell the cause 
or cure for the failure and death of young thrifty Maple 
trees, of six or seven years growth, (as I have observed 
several-such cases without any apparent cause,) I should 
like to know through the Cultivator. H. G. 
Culture of the Hop.—I have read the communi¬ 
cations of An Otsego Hop Grower, and shall be greatly 
obliged, if he will inform me if at the time of grubbing 
in the spring, any soil ought to be removed from the 
top of the hill. Also whether the old root from which 
the vine sprung the previous year, should be permitted 
to remain, or should.be cut off. L. T. S. 
Onions on Muck-Sou.-— An exchange paper informs 
us, that C. T. Tucker, of Deeator, had raised luxuriant 
crops of onions, (as well as corn and potatoes,) on the 
inverted sod of reclaimed marsh. Some were of great 
size, being as large as a tea-sa’ucer, while those on high¬ 
ly enriched upland were-not half the size* 
Agricultural Societies. 
New-York State. —Proceedings of the Executive 
Committee, March 3 — Present, J. Delafield, E. P. 
Prentice, Geo. Vail, J. Beekman Findlay, Wm. Kelley, 
B. B. Kirtland, Charles Morrell, B. P. Johnson. 
• Grasses. —The Secretary was directed to procure ten 
bushels of each variety of grass seeds, which were recom¬ 
mended by the committee at a former meeting for trial. 
It is so late in’the season that the seeds will not be obtain¬ 
ed in time for spring sowing, but they will be procured in 
time for another season; and gentlemen desirous of ex¬ 
perimenting with these seeds are requested to-forward 
their names to the Secretary at as early a day as practi¬ 
cable. The annexed is the resolution of the Society, 
and the varieties of grasses selected for trial: 
Mr. Kelly, from the committee on the subject of 
procuring a variety of grass seeds for cultivation in this 
State, reported, recommending that “ a system of 
trial and comparison of the grasses enumerated* be made 
by farmers, in various parts of the state, whose interest 
in the cause will induce them to undertake and careful¬ 
ly carry out the experiment, by solving not less than 
one-eighth of an acre of each sort above named; and 
that the corresponding secretary be directed to procure, 
by importation or purchase, an ample supply of seeds, 
and furnish them in his discretion to such persons as 
shall agree to prosecute the experiments in conformity 
with directions to be given, and to report the result to 
the Society, in such form as may be prescribed.” 
The premium list was taken up and completed, and 
ordered published. 
New-York State. —The Executive Committee of 
the New-York State Ag. Society have adopted the fol¬ 
lowing regulations in regard to fine wooled sheep, (Sax¬ 
on, Merino,and crosses between these breeds,)in the hope 
that greater justice will be done to exhibitors than here¬ 
tofore—and-the true merits of dhe sheep exhibited will 
be more satisfactorily ascertained. 
Requirements. —The number of ewes to be exhibited 
for premium to be five, and they must each have suckled 
a lamb the present season. 
1. The fleeces must be sent to the Secretary at the Ag¬ 
ricultural Rooms, immediately after shearing, with the 
private mark of the owner, and a mark placed upon 
each sheep corresponding to that sent the Secretary— 
and a lock of wool left on each sheep. The Secretary 
to record these marks in a book to be provided for the 
purpose, and to be shown to no person until the fleeces 
are produced at the Fair. 
2. A statement must also be sent containing the bge 
of each sheep—how the sheep have been kept—the date 
when shorn, and that the fleece was but of one year's 
growth. The length of time after washingwhen the 
fleece was shorn—and that each sheep had suckled a 
lamb up to the time of shearing. 
3. The Middlesex Mills standard for sorting the fleece 
to be adopted, and the Secretary is to send each fleece 
to the assorter, marked by him, to be weighed, examin¬ 
ed, and noted, as to its various qualities. 
4. The fleece to be carefully cleansed, dried and weigh¬ 
ed, and each fleece to be put up separate and returned 
to the Secretary with the sorter’s report. 
5. The sheep to be exhibited at the Fair, and to be- 
examined by the judges. 
6. After the judges have examined the sheep, the 
fleeces are to be submitted to them, with the report of 
the sorter, and with the private marks of the Secretary 
—when the judges w r ill make their awards. 
Each exhibitor must present an affidavit to the Secre¬ 
tary, for the use of the judges, that the sheep exhibited 
are the same that the fleeces were taken from, which 
were sent to the Secretary for being assorted and exam¬ 
ined, and that the statement furnished by him to the 
Secretary is in all respects correct. 
Bucks. —The same rules as to shearing, marking, and 
statements as to age, feeding, &c., will be required to be 
verified in like manner. 
