1851 
THE CULTIVATOR. 
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of New York and Boston by means of railroad communi¬ 
cation, at all times of the year. We shall then enjoy 
the benefit of that competition which stimulates the 
exertions of the seller, and gives satisfaction to the 
buyer. ¥e have the elements of greatness among us— 
the skill and ability to produce agricultural articles equal 
in quality to any in the Union all that is wanting is a 
market that will pay us. Every facility of transporta¬ 
tion has a tendency to bring the distant near, and pro¬ 
duce an equilibrium in advantages.” 
A Poultry Amateur.-— We have before spoken of the 
beautiful collections of various kinds of fowls which have 
been exhibited by Mr. John Giles, of Providence, R. 
I., at the great poultry shows at Boston. In a late 
letter, Mr. G. informs us that he received by the steam 
ship Africa, a large addition to his former stock, among 
which is the famous Rouen duck. He says, “ I have 
now over forty distinct and pure varieties of domestic 
and aquatic fowl, all of which I keep for my own amuse¬ 
ment.” — 
Morgan Horses for Washington County, N. Y.— 
We are informed that Le Roy Mowry, Esq., of Green- 
which, has lately purchased some fine Morgan stock; 
viz: a colt, foaled May 24th, 1849, purchased of Wil¬ 
liam Arnold, Walpole, N. H., and a filly, foaled June 
3d, 1848, purchased of Mr. Gates, of Walpole, (late 
one of the owners of Gifford Morgan, now dead.) Both 
these animals were by Gifford Morgan, and the filly, 
whose dam was by Sherman Morgan , is in foal to her 
sire. They are represented to possess the form, action, 
and other good qualities which distinguish the Morgans. 
Mr. Mowry informs us that he made some inquiries, 
when in New Hampshire, lately, in regard to the mar¬ 
ket value of geldings of this stock, when four or five years 
old, and found it was about $200, “ while not a few have 
been sold as high as $500 or $600 each.” This informa¬ 
tion may serve as an answer, in part, to many inquiries 
which we have received on this subject. Mr. Mowry 
deserves credit for the enterprise he has shown in bring¬ 
ing these animals to Washington county, where we think 
they will, if no accident befalls them, be of great public 
benefit. - 
Great Sales of Stock.— -The sales of stock adver¬ 
tised in this number, by Messrs. Tail and Morris, are 
worthy the attention of those desirous of procuring ani¬ 
mals of improved breeds. It will be seen that the sales 
of those gentlemen are so arranged that both may be at¬ 
tended without inconvenience—the one following very 
soon after the other. We presume these sales will at¬ 
tract many of the best stock-raisers from various parts 
of the country. -- 
Wind-mill. —Mr. S. W. Thompson, of Pittstown, 
N. Y., wishes to obtain information as to the best plan 
of building a wind-mill, to be used for threshing grain, 
running a saw, &c. We have no knowledge of the one 
mentioned as having been patented by Israel Keys, of 
Putney, Vt. Will some of our correspondents tell us 
what is the best kind in use? 
Drain-tiles. —A correspondent in Lucas county, 
Ohio, asks — 11 What would be the expense, upon a com¬ 
mon brick-yard, of making drain-tiles?” Can any-one 
answer the question 7 
Cultivation of the Cranberry. —We have received 
a letter from Mr. F. B. Fancher, of Lansingburgh, 
enclosing some remarks from Mr. Sullivan Bates, of 
Bellingham, Mass., in regard to the cultivation of the 
cranberry. Mr. B. says the variety which he calls, the 
“ Bell Cranberry” can be cultivated on upland, and 
that he knows of no other kind that can be naturalised 
to dry soil. He states that it is necessary that the soil 
should be quite poor, and that it is generally best to re¬ 
move the sod or vegetable matter to reduce it to a proper 
state of sterility; but if the soil is so poor that grass 
and weeds do not grow on it, it may be plowed and har¬ 
rowed and the plants set without any other preparation. 
The soil is marked in drills two to three feet apart, and 
the plants set six inches apart in the drill. They should 
be hoed the first season, and they will cover the ground in 
three years. He states the produce at 150 to 400 bush¬ 
els to the acre. Mr, Fancher can supply plants. 
Fat Cattle and Sheep. 
The roan cattle, formerly owned by Mr. Edward 
Munson, of Sennett, Cayuga county, for which the first 
premium (in the class of stall-fed cattle) was awarded 
at the last State Fair, were brought to this city in Feb¬ 
ruary last, by Mr. Samuel McGraw of McGrawville, 
Cortland county, w T ho purchased them several months 
since. They were sold to Messrs. P. & J. Fredenrich, 
who exhibited the beef at their stall in the Centre Market 
on the 22d of February. They were examined by many 
connoisseurs,both before and after they were slaughtered, 
and were deemed equal in fatness to any cattle that had 
ever been in our market. We learn from Mr. McG. 
that one of them was one-fourth, and the other three- 
fourths short-horn blood. The latter was the heaviest, 
and was an animal of fine symmetry, remarkable for the 
evenness and uniformity with which the frame was covered 
with flesh and fat. They would have been seven years 
old this spring. Their weight was as follows: 
Live weight of the two,. 5,333 lbs. 
Dead weight,—No. 1. quarters, 1,780 lbs. 
tallow,.. 215 
hide,.... 117 
total,. 2,112 lbs. 
No. 2. quarters, 1,674 
tallow,.. 225 
hide,.... 112 
total,. 2,011 lbs. 
Mr. McGraw also sold a pair of fine cattle, four years 
and ten months old, the quarters of which weighed 
1,270 and 1,168 lbs.—hide and tallow not ascertained. 
These were slaughtered by J. Battersby, and exhibited 
at his stall, corner of North Pearl and Patroon streets. 
Mr. B. had also the carcasses of twofatcows, purchased 
of Mr. McNeil, of Schoharie county, the quarters of 
which weighed 934, and 856 lbs. 
Mr. James McQuade exhibited at his stall in the 
Centre Market, the beef of a fine ox, five years and ten 
months old, fattened by Mr. TIoag, Duanesburgh. The 
total weight of beef, hide, and tallow, was 1,905 lbs. 
Mr. ¥m. Castle, of Centre Market, exhibited the 
carcasses of four excellent wether sheep, two years and 
nine months old, bred and fattened by Mr. J. McD. 
McIntyre, of this city. Three of the sheep were a 
cross of the South-Down and Cotswold, and the other 
was a full blood South-Down. The dressed weight of 
the cross-breds, (the heads and feet being off,) was 130 
125, 92 lbs. j that of the full blood South-Down 90 lbs 
