1853. 
THE CULTIVATOR 
881 
S. W. Jewett. —This gentleman, so well known by 
his extensive importations of Fronck Merino Sheep, 
has again gone to France to make farther purchases, 
from which the public will iefer that the importation of 
these sheep, expensive as it is, has proved a profitable 
business. Mr. S. sailed for Havre in the ship Frank¬ 
lin, on the 19th Noy. It will be seen by his advertise¬ 
ment in this paper, that he offers to make purchases of 
any kind of domestic animals for all those who wish 
the benefit of his services. 
Foreign Butter in England. —Of the importa¬ 
tions of butter into England, for the past three years, 
Holland has supplied more than two-thirds, or about 
ten thousand tons annually. The Hanseatic towns 
stand next on the list, and supply about two thousand 
tons annually ; Belgium about one thousand tons ; and 
other countries, much smaller quantities. In 1850, the 
United States sent about 360 tons of butter to England; 
in 1851, about 140 tons; in 1852, 14 tons. 
The apple left at our office by Mr.'S. C. Ham¬ 
ilton, of Canajoharie, was, we think, a genuine Fall 
Pippin. -- 
Fine Corn. —Mr. James McKown, of Guilderland, 
has sent to our office a beautiful sample of. small 
8 -rowed yellow corn. The ears are about 12 inches 
long, and well filled out. 
The Crowbar. 
Messrs. Editors —The important use of the plow, the 
harrow, the hoe, and many other farming implements, 
are freely brought to notice in your paper; and I 
would, as I reside in a portion of New-England where 
a great part of the lands from their roughness, made so 
by stone and otherwise, bid defiance to‘the plow in 
their present state, recommend the use,of the.crowbar. 
One object I have in view is to arouse the attention of 
young men, and here I ask, would it not be as well, if 
not better, as a general rule, for the young men of 
New-England, who are leaving the broad acres of their 
father’s farms for the far distant west, and as a pre¬ 
tence that the lands will not afford a competency for 
themselves and prospective families, to abandon their 
migratory impulses, and make free and thorough use. 
of the crowbar—remove the stone from the soil, put 
them into permanent fence, then introduce the plow, 
and change , these sterile lands into fruitful fields,, 
whose productions shall both repay and make glad the 
labors of their hands. While the former .course termi¬ 
nates in a broken constitution, or premature death, be¬ 
fore the individual becomes acclimated to his new po¬ 
sition, the latter is more likely to increase the wealth, 
and promote the health and happiness of the individu¬ 
al, to swell the circle of friends, and contribute much, 
to happify the social gatherings around the fireside of 
parents; thus performing many duties more consist¬ 
ently to their parents, their God and themselves. Yours 
respectfully. A. Yeomans. Columbia , Ct., Oct. 31, 
1853. 
Large Plums. 
I am not a farmer. My gardening is confined to a 
small flower border, a few window plants, and a space 
just about large enough to swing a bull by the tail all 
round, without his horns touching; nevertheless, I am 
fond of reading agricultural subjects, and take the 
“Cultivator,” it is so cheap, and very entertaining. 
I observe in the October number, page 316, a mea¬ 
surement, of plums. by R. T. Borden, of North Easton, 
in which he asks, with a gentle flourish of trumpets, if 
any one can beat his 64 inch Washingtons, 6 inch Co- 
lunlbias and Nectarines. He does not state which cir¬ 
cumference of his plums he measured. There are three 
ways of doing this: first, longitudinally; second, lati- 
tudinally; and, third, the circumference, round what 
might be called the edge of the breadth. I have a 
tree growing in my garden of the Washingtoe kind, 
which bore this year only about twenty plums. I mea¬ 
sured one of the largest, picked about two weeks be¬ 
fore coming to maturity, it having been loosened on its 
stem by the winds,, and it measured longitudinally, or 
down the suture, 5& inches; latitudinally, 64 inches; 
good; and round the edge of the breadth, 7| inches; 
and it weighed nearly three ounces. 
I do not say that this beats Mr. Borden’s, but con¬ 
sidering that we live away down east here in the pro¬ 
vinces,.and that we do not enjoy so good a fruit-ripen¬ 
ing climate as the Empire State does, I think we can 
come pretty close up to' him. 
A friend, a neighbor of mine, showed me a plum 
which he called an egg plum, grown in his garden, 
which, without our measuring it, was larger than, the 
one the dimen^idnh'of which I have given. I am, very 
respectfully yours, J. W. H. Rowley. Yarmouth , 
Nova Scotia. Oct. 14, 1853. 
Correction. —In the pedigree of Dr. Wendell’s 
Short-Horns, in the Country Gentleman of October 20, 
p. 249, the cow mentioned as “Daisy 5th,” should 
have .been Daisy 4th. 
Leicester Sheep. —At the late ram-letting of Lei- 
cesters by Mr. Sanday, of Holme Pierrepont, near Not¬ 
tingham, fifty-one sheep let for £24,13, equal to $121,- 
50 per head. 
White Shanghais. 
C tHICKENS of the above named variety, bred directly 
i from stock, obtained of Dr. E. Wight, may be bad by 
addressing- JOSEPH S- HILDRETH, 
Dec. 1.—m2t* No. 51 Court-street, Boston. 
Willow Cuttings ami Raspberries tor sale. 
npHE‘three best varieties for American culture and use are, 
A- Triandra, Eorbyana and Purpurea. Price,;$5-.perlCOO: 
They are of remarkably vigorous growth, having been culti¬ 
vated with special reference to their.use as cuttings. 
Full directions for their management given.-to. thqse.yrho 
purchase for plaining by the acre. 
Raspberries—Fastolf, Franconia, Khfevett’s Giant, and die 
large (Hudson River) Antwerp. Price, $50 per 1000.. A few 
hundreds of Rivers’ large fruited Monthly. $G per 100. Re¬ 
markably strong, w r ell rooted plants. 
Catawba Grapevines, one year old. Price, $6. per J CO. 
The cuttings were from the vipes which produced the grapes 
for vhi.ch we received the first premium, at the great fair of 
he American Institute 
C. W. GRANT, Newburgh, /Orange co. 
All of the above for sale also by Charles Downing, Nur-. 
seryman, Newburgh. wit mil* 
