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THE CULTIVATOR 
June, 
Contents of this Number. 
Suggestions in relation to the Improvement of Agriculture,.. 193 
Suggestions for Experiments to test the Action and Value of) 19g 
of Gypsum, by John Townley, .f 
Improvements in the Manufacture of Flax,.. 199 
On Drainage and Irrigation, by W. P.,. 200 
On Cutting and Curing Hay, by G.,...... 201 
The Potato Disease, by C. E. G.,... 202 
Peat and Peat Charcoal, by Prof. Norton,. .. 203 
Proiits of Farming—“A change has been going on,” by W.) 2 os 
L. Eaton,. ) 
Good and Bad Farming, by L. D. Watkins—F armers should 1 
Read, by L. Durand, .j 
Destruction of Quack Grass, by C. E. G.—Dairy Matters, Re-) 2 07 
cipes, Ac.,.J 
Severson’s Iron Bridge—Durable Roofs, Ac.,. 208 
Improved Seed Drill—Pyramidal Pear Trees,. 209 
New Fruits,. 210 
Summer 1 Pruning Hardy Grapes,. 211 
Horticultural Items—Kill the Weeds,. 212 
Notices of New Publications,. 213 
Answers to Inquiries,. 214 
Mediterranean Wheat—To Farmer’s Boys,. 215 
Poetry—Invitation,. 216 
Notes for the Month—To Correspondents,. 217 
Albany Prices Current,. 220 
ILLUSTRATION'S. 
Severson’s Iron Bridge,... 20S 
Improved Seed Drill.. 209 
Pyramidal Pear Tree,. 209 
Training Pyramidal Pear Trees. 210 
Training Grapevines,... 211 
ANALYTICAL LABORATORY, 
Yale College, New-Haven, Connecticut. 
JOHN P. NORTON, Professor of Scientific Agriculture. 
f'rVHIS Laboratory is now fully organised for instruction in all 
X branches of analyses connected with the examination of soils, 
manures, minerals, ashes, animal and vegetable substances, Ac. Full 
courses are given in each of these departments, and also m general 
Chemistry, both organic and inorganic. 
Students can thus fit themselves to become instructors in the vari¬ 
ous branches of Chemistry, or to apply so much of that and kindred 
sciences as may be necessary to the practical pursuit of agriculture 
or manufacturing. The demand for teachers and Professors in the 
various branches of chemistry, especially Agricultural, is now great 
and increasing, so that this is now a fair field for those who have a 
taste for such pursuits. 
A course of Lectures on Scientific Agriculture, by Professor Nor¬ 
ton, commences in January of each year, and continues for two and 
a half months. This course is designed especially for the practical 
farmer, and has given great satisfaction to those who have attended 
it in previous years. It embraces a plain connected outline of the 
leading points in improved agriculture, treating in succession of the 
composition of the soil, the plant and the animal; of their connections 
with each other, and of all the improvements in cultivation, manur¬ 
ing, feeding and fattening, which have been adopted in the best agri¬ 
cultural regions. This course is made so plain and practical, that the 
farmer who attends it can understand the whole, and apply it in his 
own experience. 
More can be learned by attendance upon such lectures, by reading 
in connection with them, and by associating with others who are also 
desirous of obtaining a betler knowledge of their profession than in 
years away from such advantages. The young farmer learns to 
think for himself, to see that a practice is not necessarily right be¬ 
cause it is old, to understand the reasons for all that he does, and with 
this increase of knowledge is better able to make farming profit able 
as well as interesting. 
Board and lodging maybe procured at from $2 to 553 per week, and 
the Ticket for the Lecture is 5510. 
In connection with the Lecture is a short Laboratory course, by 
means of which those who desire it, are taught to test soils, manures, 
marls, Ac., in a simple way, and to make many elementary exami¬ 
nations of a highly useful character. The charge for this course is 
5525. 
To those students who go through the. full Laboratory course, the 
charge is about 55200 per annum, and they can be admitted at any pe¬ 
riod of the year at a proportional charge. 
For further information apply to Prof. John P. Norton, New-Ha¬ 
ven, Conn. June 1, 1S51—8t. 
Emery’s Horse-powers and Threshers. 
E MERY A CO.’S Premium Railway Horse-powers and Thresh¬ 
ers, which were awarded the first Premium at the late State 
Fair, in competition with many others, for sale at the State Agricul¬ 
tural Warehouse, No. 25 Cliff-street, New-York. G. H. BARR. 
June 1—2t. 
MANURES. ~ 
P ERUVIAN GUANO at 2^ cents per lb. 
Bone Dust, Sawings, Shavings, and Crushed, at 852 25 per bbl. 
Bone Black, or Burnt Bones, at 553 per hogshead. 
Bone Waste, or Bone Manure, at Q cents per lb. 
Sugar House Scum, or Bullock’s Blood, at 552,50 per hogshead. 
Sulphate of Soda at 1 cent per lb; packages included at the above 
prices. For sale at the State Agricultural Warehouse 
June 1—4t. G. H. BARR, No. 25 Clift-street, New-York. 
FISH FERTILIZER. 
T HE fertilizing qualities of Fish, when applied as a manure, are 
well known to many farmers as one of the most powerful ma¬ 
nures—being thought nearly, if not quite equal, to the best Peruvian 
Guano. 
By a. new process, fish are now prepared so that they retain their 
fertilizing qualities, and are as easily applied as the common Guano. 
The result of repeated analyses by Prof. Norton is, that it is equal 
to the general qualities of Guano. It is now offered to the public, 
Wholesale and Retail , at the Albany Agricultural Warehouse and 
Seed Store, 369 and 371 Broadway, where the public are invited to 
call and examine. Price per ton, 5535. 
June 1. _ EMERY A CO. 
DANA’S MUCK MANUAL. 
(Neio Edition.) 
T HE subscriber has in press and will publish without delay, anew, 
revised, and greatly enlarged edition of “ The Farmer’s Muck 
Manual,” by Dr. S. L. Dana. The work has been almost entirely 
re-written, much new and valuable matter added, and brought up to 
the present ad vanced state of agricultural science. It will be printed 
from large clear type, on good paper. 
Orders are respectfully solicited. Any one sending the publisher 75 
cts. will receive by mail a copy, post-paid. JAMES B. WALKER, 
June 1—It. Lowell, Mass. 
Imported Suffolk, Essex, and Middlesex Hogs. 
T HE subscriber has now on hand and for sale, some pure Blooded 
Suffolk, Essex, and Middlesex Swine, from the importation of 
the late William Stickncy of Boston. All orders and selections trust¬ 
ed to Isaac Stickney, administrator of the estate of William Stickney, 
will be promptly attended to, and selections made with great care. 
ISAAC STICKNEY, Chatham-street, Boston. 
Boston, June 1, 1851—It. 
Berkshire Pigs for Sale. 
I OFFER for sale Three pure blooded Berkshire Boar Pigs, 8 
weeks old, from my imported Sow and Boar, (from the stock of 
G. Hayter, Esq., M. P., of Talscot Farm, Berks, England,) and no¬ 
ticed at page 43 of the American Agriculturist. 
Also a few half breeds from a very fine large Sow, which I can high¬ 
ly recommend, as something superior. 
C. W. SIMMONS, Yonkers. 
June 1, 1851—It. Direct (post-paid) 176£ Bowery, New-York. 
New York Agricultural Warehouse and Seed Store. 
A B. ALLEN A CO., 189 and 191 Water street, N. Y., offer 
• for sale the largest and most complete assortment of the latest 
and best improved Agricultural and Horticultural Implements, and 
Field and Garden Seeds in the United States, embracing every Im¬ 
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GUANO, Poudrette, Plaster, Bone Dust, Ac. 
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We shall recommend only Implements, Seeds and Manures of known 
utility and genuineness, and shall endeavor by the lowness of our 
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