380 THE CULTIVATOR. Nov. 
Red Lily, Rosabella, by Dictator 8591; gr. dam White 
Tulip, by Whisker, 5639 ■ gr.gr. dam Tulip, by Patriot, 
2412,” 
At the late show of the Berkshire county Ag. Society 
at Pittsfield, Mass., Geo. S, Willis, Esq., received the 
first premium for a cow, which was stated to have pro¬ 
duced from the 18th day of June to the 24th, inclusive, 
seven days, 815 lbs. milk, averaging 45 lbs. per day, and 
making 16 and 14-16 lbs. butter; and in seven days in 
September, 266 lbs. milk and 14 and 2-16 lbs. butter. 
The House Black-Hawk and his Progeny. —From 
a late visit to Vermont, we learn that this stock is more 
and more highly esteemed as it arrives to a proper age 
to be tried. This creates a ready demand for them at 
high prices. A yearling colt was lately sold by Dr. Rice, 
of Bridport, for $1,000. His destination is Chicago, Il¬ 
linois. Instances are not very rare of $1,200 to $1,500 
being obtained for colts of two to three years old, and 
$200 to $500 for fillies. One of the finest colts we ever 
saw, is owned by Messrs. Hill and Walker, of Brid¬ 
port. He was foaled the 2d of July, last; was by Black- 
Hawk, dam by Comet, a son of Sherman Morgan. He 
has, even now, almost the finish and development of a 
mature and perfect horse. We saw the old horse in har¬ 
ness, again. He still moves with great ease, and shows 
much of the nerve and elasticity for which he has always 
been distinguished. We notice that some newspapers, 
in giving an account of the Vermont State Fair, make a 
distinct class of Black-Hawk and his progeny, and anoth¬ 
er distinct class under the head of “ Morgan Horses”— 
thus giving the impression that Black-Hawk does not be¬ 
long to that noted family. On this point it is sufficient 
to say, that the writer of this is in possession of the most 
positive evidence which a case of this nature admits of, 
that Black-Hawk was begotten by the horse called Sher¬ 
man Morgan. - 
Experiment wiith Potatoes. —Mr. J. W. Gray, of 
Ball’s Pond, Ct., sends us the following: “ Last spring 
I planted three rows side by side across a small patch. 
No. 1 was planted with large potatoes cut, and two halves 
put in each hill, three or four inches apart. No. 2 was 
planted with potatoes of the same size, one in each hill, 
without cutting • and No. 8 with small ones two in a hill. 
They were dug to-day and yielded as follows: No. 1 
yielded one bushel; No. 2. 26 quarts; and No. 3, 20 
quarts. The soil was the same, and all received the 
same cultivation. Nos. one and two were about equal 
in size, with about the same proportion of small ones in 
each, while in No. 8 there was more small ones in pro¬ 
portion to the number. If the small ones were selected 
from No. 3 and planted by the side of the larger ones 
from No. 1 or No. 2, for two or three successive years, 
no doubt the difference would be much greater.” 
Improved Meat-Chopper. —At the late exhibition 
of the Philadelphia county Agricultural Society, a ma¬ 
chine for cutting meat for sausages was exhibited by J. 
Bodtne, of Trenton, N. J., which appeared to operate 
in a very satisfactory manner. The knives are attached 
to the ends of levers about four feet long, each having a 
seperate action, and they strike on a revolving block on 
which the meat is jfiaced—the knives being raised, al¬ 
ternately, by a tappet wheel, and fall perpendicularly, 
of their own weight. The machine was operated by a 
crank turned by hand and worked with great rapidity. 
We were assured that fifty pounds of meat had been cut 
by it fine enough for the best sausages, in five minutes. 
Number op Animals Exhibited at the late Fair 
of the N> Y> State Ag. Society. —The number of ani¬ 
mals exhibited in the different classes, according to the 
entries, was as follows; 
Cattle.—S hort-horns—Bulls and bull calves, .... 44 
Cows, heifers, and heifer calves,. 70 
Devons—Bulls and bull calves,... 62 
Cows, heifers, and heifer calves,.... Ill 
Herefords,,.... 
Ayrshires, ....... 
Natives and cross-bred,..... 
In the “Foreign Class”—Short-horns,..... 
Devons,.. 
Alderney,... 
Hungarian,...... 
Working Oxen,..... 
Steers—three years old,. 
do two . 
do one ..... 
Fat cattle—Grass-fed......... 
Stall-fed,.'....... 
Total. 
} 114 
J 173 
.. 27 
.. 12 
.. 79 
.. 13 
.. 14 
.. 5 
.. 2 
.. 28 
.. 32 
. . 16 
.. 22 
.. 11 
.. 14 
562 
Horses.— Class u All work,”.... . 107 
Draught,.... 22 
Thorough-bred,. 21 
Three-years-old,... 38 
Two-year-olds.... 21 
Yearlings, .. 15 
Matched—Draught—4 pair,. 8 
do Carriage—52 do,. 104 
Foreign—Sucking foals not included,... 26 
Sheep.— Merinos,. 
Saxons,... 
Long-wooled,.. 
South-Down,...... . 
Cross-bred,. 
Foreign—Saxon and Merino, 
Long and Middle-wooled,.... 
462 
152 
47 
127 
139 
27 
549 
Swine. —Including sucking pigs,... 117 
Poultry. —The number of entries was 34. The num¬ 
ber of specimens in each lot was not in all cases specified, 
but would amount in the aggregate to 300, or over. 
Twin-calves. —A male and female. In general, when 
a male and a female calf are produced at one birth, the 
female is incapable of breeding, being what is called a 
“ free martin.” There are, however, exceptions to this 
rule, and the organization of some females, produced at 
the same birth with males is so perfect that they are pro¬ 
lific. Mr. Benj. Sheppard, of Greenwich, N. J., in¬ 
forms us that on the fifth of May , 1849, one of his cows 
dropped two calves—a male and a female—and on the 
11th of October last, the female dropped a strong and 
healthy calf, and she appears likely to make a good 
milker. -— 
Imported French Merino Sheep. —We have received 
from S. W. Jewett, Esq., of Weybridge, Vermont, a 
note in reference to the sources from which he obtained 
his French Merino sheep. Respecting reports which it 
is said have been circulated, that his sheep were, with 
few exceptions, “grades and culls,” Mr. J. says —“ I 
have simply to say that so far from my sheep being grades 
and culls, they were selected by myself in person from 
flocks descended from the best blood in Spain,.and pur¬ 
chased with special reference to the w^ants of this country. 
I wnll cheerfully give any information to any person, 
about these sheep, and the address of those of whom I 
