Vol. IV. 
THE CULTIVATOR; 
A MONTHLY PUBLICATION, DEVOTED TO AGRICULTURE. 
No. 1. 
ALBANY, MARCH, 1837.—(67 State-street.) 
New-York,. 
... 6950 
Delaware,. 
. 177 
Virginia,... 
... 964 
New-Hampshire,. 
. 140 
Connecticut,. 
... 835 
Kentucky,. 
. 165 
Pennsylvania,. 
... 680 
Tennessee,. 
. 149 
Massachusetts, ... 
... 656 
North-Carolina,...... 
. 173 
Maryland,. 
... 617 
South-Carolina,. 
. 61 
Ohio,. 
... 544 
Georgia,. 
. 57 
Indiana... 
... 520 
Alabama, .. 
. 41 
Vermont, . 
... 435 
Mississippi,... 
New-Jersey,.. 
... 460 
The Canadas,. 
. 166 
Illinois, ..... 
... 309 
District of Columbia,.. 
. 42 
Michigan,. 
... 296 
Missouri,. 
. 55 
Maine,. 
... 37 
Rhode-Island,.. 
. 37 
Louisiana,.. 
... 36 
Wisconsin,. 
. 21 
Florida,. 
4 
Scotland,.... 
PUBLISHED BY THE N. Y. STATE AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY. 
J. BUEL, Conductor. 
TERMS.— Fifty Cents per annum, to be paid in advance. 
Special Agents .— Judah Dobson, Philadelphia—Messrs. Hovey, Boston— 
George C. Tiiorburn, New-York. Alexander Walsh, Lansingburgh, 
gratuitous agent. Any gentlemen who will enclose us $5, free of postage, 
will be considered also a special agent, and will be entitled to every eleventh 
copy, or its equivalent, as commission. 
0 = The Cultivator, according to the decision of the Post-master General, is 
subject only to newspaper postage, viz: one cent on each number within the 
state, and within one hundred miles from Albany, out of the state—and one 
and a half cents on each number, to any other part of the Union. 
THE CULTIVATOR. 
TO IMPROVE THE SOIL AND THE MIND. 
(0= The first volume of the Cultivator will be reprinted in all the current 
month, and immediately forwarded to order. The three first volumes will 
then be for sale, stitched, at 50 cents each, or the three bound in one, at two 
dollars. 
O’ To give, in detail, the proceedings of the State Agricultural Convention 
and of the State Agricultural Society, we have added eight extra pages to our 
present number, at an expense of nearly §200. 
NEW-YORK STATE AGRICULTURAL SCHOOL. 
The election for thirty trustees of this institution is postponed to the 26th of 
April next, then to be held at the Mansion House, in Albany-, at 4 o’clock P. 
M. J. BUEL, ) Commis- 
Feb. 15, 1837. J. P. BEEKMAN, < sioners. 
OUR FOURTH VOLUME 
Commences with the present number. We make our grateful 
acknowledgments to the gentlemen who have interested themselves 
in extending the circulation of the Cultivator, and respectfully 
invite a renewal of their kind offices. Putting out of question the 
contributions of the conductor, of the merits of. which it does 
not become us to speak, we venture to say, there is no periodical 
of its size which contains more useful matter directly calculated 
to improve our agriculture, than is to be found in our columns; 
and there is no periodical which gives so much matter at so small, a 
price—the contents of a volume of the Cultivator being equivalent, 
by printers’ computation, to five ordinary duodecimos, which sell at 
75 to 125 cents each. If, then, as we believe; the paper is cheap, 
and useful, its benefits to the public will be in proportion to the ex¬ 
tent of its circulation; and every gentleman may benefit his neigh¬ 
borhood by a moderate effort to enlarge our subscription list, which, 
we are unavoidably obliged to renew annually. We do not desire 
to press our sheet upon any, to the exclusion of other agricultural 
journals; but there is a vast space yet unoccupied; and fifty cents 
a year is a trivial consideration, compared to the advantages which 
the farmer may derive from the information contained in an agricul¬ 
tural journal. We hope, with the assistance of our able correspon¬ 
dents, to make each number worth half a dollar to the farmer, and 
we shall do it if he will but resolve .to better his condition. We 
plead not for ourselves, but for the great interest which it is our 
pride and pleasure to serve. As it has been proposed to make it a 
penal offence to receive bills under $5, we hope.it will be found con¬ 
venient to remit those of a lesal denomination. 
As the Cultivator circulates in all the states of the Union, which 
embrace a variety of climate and culture, it is our object to render it 
serviceable to all, rather than to a particular state or district—to 
treat more of the general principles of agriculture, adapted to all, 
than of local practices, serviceable only to a few. This must serve 
as our apology for omiting_ to publish communications which might 
be interesting in a local point of view, but could not be interesting to 
the generality of our readers. The justness of this conclusion will 
be apparent, from an examination of the following schedule, which 
shows the extent of the circulation of the Cultivator in the several 
states:— 
NO. 1-VOL. IV. 
CULTIVATOR PREMIUMS. 
To encourage useful competition, and to render the columns of 
.the Cultivator more interesting to its numerous readers, by the pub¬ 
lication of the facts which we hope to elicit, we offer the following 
premiums upon the undermentioned subjects. The essays and 
statements may be forwarded to us any time during the current 
year, (post paid) and the premiums will be awarded and delivered 
at the next anniversary of the State Agricultural Society, on the 
first Thursday in February next. 
1. To the cultivator of the most profitable acre of Indian 
Corn.... $ 10 00 
2. To do second' do;... 5 00 
3. To the cultivator of the most profitable acre of Ruta 
Baga, ........ io 00 
. 4. To do of the second do. 
5. To the like of the best acre of Mangold Wurtzel,_ 
6 . To do of the second do. 
7. For the best directions for making cheese, founded on 
the competitor’s own practice,. 10 00 
8 . For the second best do do. 5 00 
9. For the best directions for making and preserving but¬ 
ter, founded as above,... io 00 
10. For the second best do do.... 
11. For the most satisfactory experiments in harvesting 
Indian Corn, with a view of determining the loss or 
gain, by topping, cutting at the ground, or ripening 
the grain upon the entire stock,. 10 00 
12. For the most satisfactory experiments in determining 
the value of apples, as food for farm stock,.. 
13. For the best plan of a barn and cattle sheds, adapted 
to common farmers,. 5 qq 
14. For the best essay on saving and applying the ma¬ 
nures of a farm,. 5 qq 
$100 00 
The ten dollar premiums will be paid im plate, with suitable in¬ 
scriptions—the five dollar subscriptions will consist of the four pub¬ 
lished volumes of the Cultivator bound, and one volume of the 
monthly Genesee Farmer, also bound. The competition open to ci¬ 
tizens of the United States. 
Our object in offering these premiums is to obtain and diffuse 
useful information; hence we shall require, in regard to the crops, a 
detailed statement of all the expenses, including manure, labor, &c. 
and of the products, similar to the statement we to-day publish of 
Mr. Bovver’s corn crop. 
In the dairy_ business we wish the processes so fully detailed as 
will enable others to understand and to adopt them—and we should 
like, unless very inconvenient, to see, and taste, specimens of the 
products, before we should feel competent to judge of their relative 
merits—though this is not insisted on. 
We also desire, that the number of cows constituting the dairy 
may be stated, their average product, in butter and cheese, ami the 
extra feed, if any, which they receive. And we desire that where 
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