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tance with him, and wishing to retain these impressions 
and his likeness, and presuming many others wish to do 
the same, I have no doubt they will appreciate the sug¬ 
gestion of Truly yours, W.” 
Olds’ Corn Planter. 
Mr. Calvin Olds, of Marlborough, Vermont, has 
sent to us a notice of a new “ Corn Planter and Seed 
Sower,” which is highly spoken of as acting on simple 
and effective principles, “ dipping up the seed and drop¬ 
ping it at given points with great exactness. The quan¬ 
tity is regulated at pleasure ” We are always pleased 
to notice improved implements of this or other kinds. 
It will be found for sale at Thorburn’s Seed Store. Mr. 
Olds’ ‘‘ Planter” received the premium of $20 from the 
Franklin Institute, Philadelphia. 
“The Earl’s Letter.” 
Doubts have been expressed by several of our corres¬ 
pondents, as to the genuineness of the letter from the 
Earl of Warwick, published in our last number, page 
49, and three or four have criticised it with great seve¬ 
rity. The letter was evidently an off-hand reply to the 
inquiries of the gentleman to whom it was addressed, 
and as such should not be subjected to the criticism it 
might have deserved, had it been deliberately written 
for publication ; indeed we think it creditable to the 
Earl as a business man, if not as a polished writer. In 
accordance with the suggestion contained in a private 
letter from an esteemed friend, who thinks that either 
ourselves or Mr. Sotham have been hoaxed, we have 
carefully examined the original, from which it was put 
in type, and we have not a shadow of doubt as to its 
genuineness. It has the regular English postmark, as 
well as that of Boston, and the seal used, as we are as¬ 
sured by a gentleman who examined it before it was 
broken, was that of the Warwick family. 
Slaughter House Manure, &c. 
We take this method of replying to our correspond¬ 
ent, “ Q. C. R.” of Shoreham, Vt. Slaughter house 
manure, composed as it is of blood, flesh and offals, is, 
when decomposed, one of the most valuable of manures, 
anl according to Chaptal, Liebig, and the British Hus¬ 
bandry, should always be made into compost before 
using. It should be placed in layers with swamp muck, 
turf, yard manure, or other matters, that the gases of 
ammonia, &c., which escape in the process of ferment¬ 
ation, may be absorbed and retained. If the soil is very 
dry or sanly, the earths mixed with the compost should 
be argillaceous, and if clayey or heavy, the reverse. 
Bones are a capital manure, but it is necessary they 
should be broken or crushed before using, and the finer 
this is done, the more immediate will be the effect. An 
active man, with a suitable sledge or hammer, will 
break bones rapidly, and, though crushing would be far 
preferable, they would be better in this way than not 
broken at all. 
The Dutton corn is certainly an excellent kind of corn, 
but it will not ripen as early as some others, and the 
cob is comparatively large, which renders thorough 
curing or drying more necessary. Last season, Dutton 
corn succeeded admirably, some of the finest fields we 
ever saw, being of that variety. The seed might be ob¬ 
tained in Albany. 
The Berkshires are not a large hog, but the multitude 
of instances reported in the journals of the past season 
in which they have reached from 4 to 600 lbs. weight, 
would seem to be conclusive that if not a large framed 
hog, they may be easily made of great weight. If, 
however, any one finds the full blood Berkshires not 
large enough to suit his notions, (we believe few who 
try"them will entertain such an opinion) he can cross 
them with some larger breed and thus produce swine of 
any desirable size. 
We would further suggest to our correspondent, that 
his soil, from his description of it, is one that would be 
essentially benefitted by plaster, and that by using it 
liberally with clover, and a rotation of crops, he cannot 
fail of rendering his farm fertile and productive. 
Rearing Calves on Flax Seed and Hay Tea. 
Our correspondent “ East Windsor in commenting 
on the paper of E. S. Willett, on rearing calves, in the 
Dec. number of the Cultivator, demurs to the practice 
there recommended, for the following reasons :— 
1st, it is contrary to the course of nature ; 2d, it will 
not produce as good calves ; 3d, it will be more expen¬ 
sive ; and 4th, it will not he as good for the cow. He 
prefers rearing calves on skimmed milk, with a handful 
of some kind of light meal added daily, with sweet hay 
or grass. He says —“ We do not claim but that calves 
can be kept alive without any milk, but what is the pro¬ 
fit! What can be done with the skimmed milk, better 
than to give it to the calves ? It is certainly desirable 
with us, to have our calves attain some size the first 
year ; the bringing up of calves in starvation one year, 
to see them grow faster the next, is like rolling a stone 
up a very steep hill, to see it roll down again very 
swift. The best stocks of cattle with us (and we have 
some that cannot be beat in New-England, or the State 
of New-York) are those that are the thriftiest the first 
year.” _ 
New Cotton. —A new variety of cotton has been_ intro¬ 
duced into Alabama, from Rio, in South America, and is call¬ 
ed the Rio Cotton. It is said to be superior to the best Sea 
Island. Tiie staple is about three inches long, and of glossy, 
silk texture. 
IMPROVED SHORT HORN BULL “LEOPARD,” 
(From a 'painting by T. K. Van Zandt ,) 
Owned by E. P. Prentice, Esq. Mount Hope, near this city. 
New-York State Agricultural Society. 
The Executive Committee of this Society held their 
regular monthly meeting, at room No. 7, Exchange, Al¬ 
bany, on the Third Wednesday of March, 1841—pre¬ 
sent, Messrs. Nott, Bement, Yail, Prentice, McIn¬ 
tyre, and Tucker. The President having taken the 
Chair, the Board proceeded to the appointment of the 
general committee for the counties, and completed the 
list as follows : 
ALBANY COUNTY. 
F. C. Hillhouse, Watervliet. 
fm. N. Sill, Cedarville. 
John J. Bullock, 
ALLEGANY. 
Alvin Burr, Angelica. 
James McCall, p. m., Rushford. 
BROOME. 
T. Robinson, p. m. Binghamton. 
CAYUGA. 
David Thomas, Aurora. 
John B. Dill, Auburn. 
J. F. Osborn, Port Byron. 
CLINTON. 
H. K. Averill, Plattsburgh 
CHEMUNG. 
Eli C. Frost, Catherine. 
CHENANGO. 
William S. Randall, Norwich. 
H. Balcom, Oxford. 
Wm. Newton, Sherburne 
CHAUTAUUUE 
Jabez Burrows, Mayville. 
Mr. Crooker, Fredonia, 
Orton Clark, Sassadaga. 
CATTARAUGUS. 
Anson Gibbs, Ellicottville. 
David McClure, Franklinville. 
CORTLAND. 
John Miller, Truxtou. 
Dan Hibbard, Cortland Village. 
COLUMBIA. 
JohnP. Beekman, Kinderhook. 
Oliver Wiswall, Hudson. 
E. Tilden, p. m. New Lebanon. 
DELAWARE. 
Jabez Bostwick, Hamden. 
Wm. Frisbee, Delhi. 
DUTCHESS. 
Theodore Allen, Hydepark. 
D. H. Holden, Poughkeepsie. 
Anson Sherwood, Fishkill. 
Eli Westfall, Rhinebeck. 
Essex. —W. G. Ross, Essex. 
ERIE. 
Harlow Case, Buffalo. 
R. L. Allen, do. 
A. D. Tenny, Alden. 
FULTON. 
Thaddeus St. John. 
FRANKLIN. 
James Duane, Duane. 
GENESEE. 
Lewis E. Heston, Batavia,' 
Martin O. Coe, Le Roy. 
Ezra Bishop, Attica. 
P. M. Ward, Perry. 
OREENE. 
A. Van Bergen, Coxsackie. 
William Salisbury, Leeds. 
HERKIMER. 
Henry Burrall, Salisbury. 
Samuel Colman, Warren. 
JEFFERSON. 
O. Hungerford, Watertown. 
Eldridge G. Merrick, Clayton. 
Chas. E. Clarke, Great Bend. 
• KINGS. 
Cornelius Bergen, Brooklyn. 
Garret Kouenhoven,Flatlands 
LIVINGSTON. 
Micah Brooks, BrooksgroVe. 
Alex. Simpson, Caledonia. 
LEWIS. 
J. Bostwick, Lowville. 
MONROE. 
R. Harmon, jr. Wheatland. 
Alfred Jones, Rush. 
Abel Baldwin, Clarkson. 
MONTGOMERY. 
John Frey, Palatine Bridge. 
Isaac H. Tiffany, Fultonville. 
MADISON. 
Jonathan Ledyard, Cazenovia. 
I. S. Spencer, p. m. Canastota. 
S. B. Burchard, Hamilton. 
NEW-YORK. 
Abraham Bell, W. A. Seely, 
Norman Hecok, A.Dey, Wm. 
Emerson, Wilmot Williams, 
D. K. Minor, E. Bement, I. 
Adriance, S. Fleet, J. L. 
Mott, New-York. 
W. H. Hall and Gouveneur 
Morris, Harlem. 
NIAGARA. 
William Parsons, Lockport. 
James Baldwin, Royalton. 
ONONDAGA. 
William Fuller, Skaneateles. 
George Geddes, Geddes. 
Enoch Marks, Navarino. 
Peter Reed, Manlius. 
OTSEGO. 
Francis Rotch, Butternuts. 
H. Gregory, Gilbertsville. 
Robert Benedict, Richfield. 
ORANGE. 
James H. Crawford, Crawford. 
N. P. Hill, Montgomery. 
J. D. Bull, Hamptonburgh. 
ONEIDA. 
T. Goodsell, Utica. 
Ira S. Hitchcock, 
Elon Comstock, Stokes. 
OSWEGO. 
Orlo Steele, Oswego. 
Alvin Rice, Hannibal. 
ORLEANS. 
A. Whitney, Kendall. 
ONTARIO. 
Oliver Phelps, Canandaigua. 
Myron Adams, Bloomfield. 
Robert Nicholas, Geneva. 
PUTNAM. 
James H. Cornwall, Towners. 
UUEENS. 
John Treadwell, Jamaica. 
RENSSELAER. 
J. J. Viele, Buskirk’s Bridge. 
George M. Tibbetts, Troy. 
John Sampson, Troy. 
ROCKLAND. 
J. Wood, p. m. Clarkstown. 
RICHMOND. 
Samuel Ackerly, Southold. 
SCHOHARIE. 
J. Westover, Richmondville. 
John S. Brown, Esperance. 
SULLIVAN. 
W. F. Brodhead, Forestburgh. 
STEUBEN. 
Z. A. Leland, Bath. 
Israel Skinner, Prattsburgh. 
Wm. J. Gilbert, Painted Post. 
ST. LAWRENCE. 
H. Van Rensselaer, Ogdcns- 
Zenas Clark.Potsdam. [burgh.] 
SUFFOLK.. 
J. F. Dayton, East Hampton. 
Asher P. Hamblin, Babylon- 
SENF.CA. 
G. V. Sackett, Seneca Falls. 
SARATOGA. 
Tames Thompson, Ballston. 
T. H. Beach, Saratoga Springs. 
SCHENECTADY. 
0. D. Campbell, Schenectady. 
TOMPKINS. 
Rzra Cornell, Ithaca. 
Wm. T. Lawrence, Newfield. 
TIOGA. 
C. F. Johnson, Owego. 
ULSTER. 
Philip Hornbeck, Accord. 
M. G. Decker, Bruynswick. 
WAYNE. 
C. S. Button, Newark. 
R. H. Foster, p. m. Lyons. 
WARREN. 
William McDonald, 
WESTCHESTER. 
S. F. Halsey,. West Farms. 
L. D. Clift, Somers. 
WASHINGTON. 
Henry Holmes, Greenwich. 
Dr. Newcomb, Whitehall. 
YATES. 
Jared Patchen, Benton Center. 
The Recording Secretary reported a complete list of 
the members of the Society, specifying those who have 
paid their annual dues for the current year, and the 
sums due from those in arrears—when it was 
1. Resolved , That the names of the members of this 
Society, who have paid their dues, he published in the 
Cultivator—that notice be given to those in arrears; 
and that a monthly list of all neiv members, as well as 
those who pay their dues, he published hereafter. 
Members of the N. Y. State Agricultural Society. 
EDWARD P. LIVINGSTON^ Claremont, Life Member. 
Bement, Caleb N., Albany. 
Briggs, Amos, Rensselaer Co. 
Buel, Jesse, Albany. 
Buffett, Lewis, Schaghticoke. 
Burchard, S. B., Madison Co. 
Comstock, Elon, Stokes. 
Cornell, Ezra, Ithaca. 
Ferguson, John, Schenectady. 
Fowler, S. S., Grcenbush. 
Fuller, William, Skaneateles. 
Iffiddleton, Robert, Albany. 
Miller, Erastus, Albany. 
Morrell, L. A., Lake Ridge. 
Munroe, David, Camillus. 
Nott, Joel B., Guilderland. 
Parke, S. M., Albany. 
Prentice, Ezra P., Albany. 
Prentice, Sartwell, “ 
Robinson, D. A., Farmington. 
Rotch, F. Bmternutts 
Scott, David, Attica. 
Shaw, A. H., Lansing. 
Sherwood, J. M., Auburn. 
Tucker, Luther, Albany. 
Vail, George, Tioy. 
Van Bergen, A., Coxsackie. 
Walsh, Alex., Lansingburg. 
Wendell, Herman, Albany 
Gaylord, Willis, Otisco. 
Grove, H. D., Buskirk’s Bridge. 
Hoag, S. W., Rensselaer Co. 
Linn, A. L., Schenectady. 
Marks, A., Durham. 
Maynard, John, Seneca Falls. 
Masters, N. W. Schaghticoke. 
McIntyre, Alexander, Albany. 
McIntyre, J. McD., “ 
A Finance Committee was appointed, consisting of 
Messrs. Nott, Vail, Prentice, Walsh and McIntyre. 
The subject of By-Laws was referred back to the 
committee, to report at next meeting. 
The Corresponding Secretary reported a Circular Let¬ 
ter to the General Committee, which was read and ap¬ 
proved, and directed to be printed, together with the 
Constitution, and sent to each member ol the Committee. 
Interesting Reports were received from Messrs. Mor¬ 
rell and Randall, on the Premium List, which were 
referred to the next meeting, in the expectation that the 
other members of the committee will report at that time. 
2. Resolved , That as the Executive Committee are to 
decide at their next meeting, (to be held on the Third 
Wednesday of April,) as to the time and place of bold¬ 
ing their Exhibition and Fair, each member of the Com¬ 
mittee, who cannot attend the meeting, be requested to 
communicate his views on these points in writing. 
3. Resolved, That we pledge ourselves to use our per¬ 
sonal exertions to increase the number of members of 
our Society, and that we will, each one of us, present 
the names of some new members at each monthly meet¬ 
ing of the Executive Committee ; and that this resolu¬ 
tion be for warded to such members of the Committee as 
were not present, and their concurrence solicited. 
Adjourned to the 3d Wednesday of April at 3 o’clock, 
Loss of weight in drying Grasses. —In the 8th volume of 
the Massachusetts Agricultural Journal, is a table furnished 
by the lion John Welles, of the loss the different grasses 
sustain in dry ini*. There are some discrepancies in the re* 
suits of different years, the result probably of greater ripeness 
in one case than the other: 
100 lbs. of green white clover gave when dried, 
“ “ red clover, “ 
“ “ herds’ grass, 
“ “ fresh meadow, 
“ *• salt grass, “ 
“ “ English rowen or 2d crop, 
“ “ corn stalks gave when dried 
“ “ spiked oat grass, 
“ “ red top, 
Rhode Island, 
couch grass, 
marine black grass, 
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