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THE CULTIVATOR. 
April, 
NOTES FOR THE MONTH. 
Award of Premiums. 
It appears by our books, that the following gentlemen are entitled 
to the Premiums we offered for the largest lists of subscribers to The 
Cultivator for 1851, received prior to the 15th of March: 
1. A. Cary, Fort Plain, N. Y.,. 213 subs. $50 
2. F. H. Fessenden, Brattleboro, Yt.,. 109 
3. L. W. Curtis, Madison, N. Y.,. 86 
4. John H. Reid, Frederickton, N. B.,. 62 
5. John J. Putnam, Amsterdam, N. Y.,. ... 61' 
6. H. Mills, Lowville, N. Y.,. 61 
7. M. Davis, Jr., Lynchburg, Va.,. 59 
8. P. Steadman, Chicopee, Mass.,. 51 
9. A Cornell, Newtown, Pa., . 50 
10. W. O. Buell, Perth, Can.,.. 50 
11. O. F. Marshall, Wheeler, N. Y.,. 49 
12. Thos. M. Harris, Ritchie C. H. Ya., .... 46 
13. James Wells, Johnstown, N. Y., . . 46 
14. George Clare, Schenectady, N. Y. 44 
15. J. P. Mills, Galesville, N. Y.,. 43 
16. J. Miller, Schoharie, N. Y.,. 41 
17. W. L. Eaton, Nashua, N. H.,. 41 
18. S. C. Jackson, Minaville, N. Y.,. 41 
19. G. A. Hanchet, West Stockholm, N. Y.,. 39 
20. Jay Jackson, Chesterfield, N. H.,. 39 
21. W. Keese, Peru, N. Y. 39 
22. C. T. Dake, Kinsman, O.,. 39 
All others who have sent us fifteen subscribers or more, with the 
pay, are entitled to a copy of Thomas’ American Fruit Culturist, or 
any other dollar book they may select. [For list of Agricultural 
and Horticultural Books, see our last number, p. 120.] 
40 
30 
.. 20 
7.50 
7.50 
Each 
$5 00 
Each 
$3.00 
Acknowledgments. —Communications have been 
received since our last, from J. R. L., Deane, V. W. S., 
John Johnston, J. W. Gray, J. F. H., Obed Hussey, 
Francis Whiting, T. H. Collins, Henry Halsey, M. E. 
O., S. W. Thompson, Wm. P. Bedell, S., S. Van Den- 
burgh, H. C. W., J. F. Gritman, Norton Case, G., A 
Subscriber, David Thomas, Prof. J. P. Norton, C. 
Reagles, Geo. Mansfield, Le Roy Mowry, One who in¬ 
tends to be a Farmer, O., J. T. C., W. O. Buel, S. L. 
Wattles, J. Cummings, H. Collins, A. T. James, Gur- 
don Evans, Wm. Bacon. 
Books, Pamphlets, &c., have been received as fol¬ 
lows: Annual Report of the Trustees of the Mass. 
Lunatic Hospital at Worcester, from the Superintendent, 
Dr. Geo. Chandler. -Transactions of the Essex 
(Mass.) Ag. Society for 1850, from Hon. J. W. Proc¬ 
tor, President of the Society.——Fourth Annual Re¬ 
port of the General Agent of the Board of National 
Popular Education, from Hon. Wm. Slade. -Report 
of the Ag. Committee of the Ho. of Rep. of Iowa, from 
Hon. M. W. Robinson. --Address before the Ontario 
Ag. Society, by Prof. Norton. -Annual Report of 
the Superintendent of the Onondaga Salt Springs, from 
Prof. Geo. H. Cook.— —Scions of a Seedling apple and 
cherry, from Wilson Dennis, Cedar Grove, Pa.-- 
Transactions of the Norfolk (Mass.) Ag. Society for 
1850, from Hon. B. Y. French. -Portrait (steel en¬ 
graving) of the imported blood horse “Consternation,” 
from the owner, J. B. Burnett, Esq., Syracuse.- 
Package of Seeds, from Hon. T. Ewbank, Com. Pa¬ 
tent Office. - 
Live-stock Depot at Albany. —It may benefit many 
of our readers, to know that very extensive accommoda¬ 
tions for cattle have been completed by Mr. Woolford, 
of this city. His stables, sheds and yards are commo¬ 
dious, and capable of affording ample room for three hun¬ 
dred head of fat cattle. His establishment is in Wash¬ 
ington street, within a convenient distance of the rail¬ 
roads and river, and drovers with stock designed for 
New-York or Boston, will find this a good resting sta¬ 
tion, preparatory to a re-shipment at this place. 
South-Down Mutton. -We acknowledge the reception 
of a splendid saddle of South-Down mutton, from Mr. J. 
McD. McIntyre, of this city. It was a part of one of 
the four carcasses spoken of in another place as having 
been exhibited in market on the 22d February. Hav¬ 
ing subjected this mutton to the best test in our power, 
we have no hesitation in pronouncing it of the very first 
quality—really delicious. Indeed we do not see how 
any meat could be superior to it in flavor and quality. 
Why should not more of our farmers supply tlieir tables 
with such a luxury? It could be provided with as little 
cost as beef or pork, and, certainly, it only needs to be 
known, to be preferred to either. These sheep were 
reared on the sand-plain, between this city and Schenec¬ 
tady—land which a few years since was deemed of little 
value; and they acquired their fatness chiefly by grass, 
hay, and turneps—having been fed with grain only the 
past winter. —- 
Fine Rabbits. —Messrs. Frs. Rotch and R. H. Van 
Rensselaer, of Morris, Otsego county, will please ac¬ 
cept our thanks for specimens of their fancy rabbits. The 
specimens sent were designed for the table, and their 
destiny in that respect having been accomplished, we 
are able to pronounce them excellent. One of them 
was exhibited in market, on the 22d of February, at 
the stall of Mr. McQuade where it attracted much at¬ 
tention, being almost as remarkable for fatness as any 
of the “ show cattle,” or even the big bear which had 
been “ fattened three years.” 
Cattle Poisoned by Lead. —A few years since, Mr. 
R. H. Van Rensselaer, of Morris, Otsego county, lost 
seven head of cattle, (mostly full blood short-horns,) 
whose death, it is believed, was caused by particles of 
lead taken into the stomach with their food. The hay 
on which they were fed, was all cut with Green’s straw- 
cutter, which has a lead roller against which the knives 
cut. The action of the knives* constantly cuts away the 
lead, which falls with the fodder as it drops from the 
machine, and was taken up with it and fed to the stock. 
When the first animals died, the stomach was not ex¬ 
amined ; but while the two last were sick, it was suggested 
by a medical gentleman, that they might have been 
poisoned, and a post mortem examination showed that 
numerous particles of lead were attached to the inner 
coat of the first stomach, the organ being evidently in¬ 
flamed from this cause. All the animals which died, 
were affected in a similar manner, and were probably 
diseased from the same cause. It may be said, in re¬ 
ference to this case, that no such consequences have 
been known to result from many other instances of the 
use of the straw-cutter mentioned. In explanation of 
this, Mr. Y. R. states, that the fodder from his machine 
was fed very closely—that is, everything was daily swept 
from the floor, and given to the stock. In most other 
instances, probably, the finer portions of the fodder, 
with the dust, are left where the cutting is done, and the 
particles of lead, would, from their weight, be likely to 
remain with them. -— 
Benefits of Railroads. —A correspondent at Berlin, 
Erie county, Ohio, writes— ££ We in Ohio look forward 
with hope amounting to expectation, that the time is not 
far distant when we shall be able to reach the markets 
