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of castor oil candles; and the light, on comparing them 
with spermaceti candles, was found to be much more 
brilliant than that given by the latter; and in burning, 
there was not the least unpleasant smell. Mr. Marsh 
says they can be afforded at one-half the price of sper¬ 
maceti candles. Success, we say, to every new produc¬ 
tion and manufacture in the West. 
AG. SOCIETY OF THE U. STATES. 
To Post-Masters. —The Board of Control of the Ag¬ 
ricultural Society of the United States request the various 
post-masters to make returns to the treasurer of the socie¬ 
ty, (as requested by the Circular,) before the first of 
May, of all subscriptions by them obtained. 
CLINTON COLLEGE AND FARM FOR SALE. 
QAA ACRES very rich land; 650 in Clover and Blue Grass; 
dy y numerous excellent springs ; good Orchards ; valuable 
buildings of many kinds, &c. &c. I will divide to suit purchas¬ 
ers; and to suit the hard times, will give the best bargain ever 
offered. $10,500 for the whole ; one-third down in cash or ne¬ 
groes, and the rest in two annual payments. 
February , 1S42. F. H. GORDON. 
“ Spirit of the Times.”— The 12th vol. of this 
splended sporting journal, commenced on the 5th March. 
As a chronicle of Field Sports, the Turf, Literature, &c. 
the “Spirit” will be most acceptable to gentlemen who 
take an interest in the subjects indicated, and may be con¬ 
sidered unrivalled. The first No. of the new vol. was 
accompanied by a portrait of “ Monmouth Eclipse 13 
by 16 inches, engraved on steel in the first style, by Dun- 
nell, from a painting by Trove. This is to be followed 
by similar engravings of “Grey Eagle,” and “Col. 
Johnson, the Napoleon of the turf. Price of the Spirit 
of the Times, $10 in advance. New subscribers who 
forward two years in advance will be entitled to the 
above, and receive ten splendid steel engravings of dis¬ 
tinguished horses, actresses, &c. which have appeared in 
previous volumes. Address Wm. T. Porter, Esq. Edi¬ 
tor, New-York. 
The American Turf Register, commenced a new 
vol. with the present year—64 pages octavo, at $5 a 
year. Also edited by Wm. T. Porter, Esq. Each No. 
is embellished with a steel portait of some celebrated 
horse. The March No. has a portrait of Ophelia, the 
dam of Grey Eagle, together with five illustrations on 
wood, of the “ New Tale of the Tub.” 
Exhibition of Stock, &c. in Georgia —We re¬ 
ceived an account of the Exhibition of the Hancock 
Co. Ag. Society, immediately after it took place, in Dec. 
last, and it would sooner have been noticed, had not the 
paper containing it been mislaid. There was a handsome 
display of domestic products, and we are pleased to see 
that ten premiums were awarded to ladies. There was 
also a fine show of stock, including, horses, cattle and 
swine. We perceive that our enterprising friend and 
agent at Sparta, Capt. R. S. Hardwick, carried off no less 
than six prizes, and several others were awarded to stock 
bred from animals introduced into the country by him. 
Western Ag. Societies. —The farmers of our Wes¬ 
tern States and Territories, notwithstanding the fertility 
of their soil, seem to appreciate fully the necessity of an 
improved system of husbandry, and are organizing Ag¬ 
ricultural Societies and circulating Agricultural papers 
with as much spirit and energy as their brethren in the 
older sections of the Union. A Territorial Ag. Society 
has just been organized in Wiskonsan, which promises 
to do much for the promotion of the good cause in that 
Territory. An association has for some time existed in 
Northern Illinois, called the “Union Ag. Society,” em¬ 
bracing several counties, which issues the Union Agri¬ 
culturist, at Chicago, under the direction of J. S. Wright, 
Cor. Sec’y, which is one of the best papers we receive. 
“The Herd Book.”— Mr. Sotham has shown us a 
letter from Geo. Coates, Esq. editor of “The Herd 
Book,” from which we learn that all the copies of the 
first and second vols. were long ago disposed of, and that 
it is his intention to have them reprinted. The price 
of the third vol. is one guinea. The fourth vol. will be 
published probably about the first of January next. 
Fat Cattle. —Mr. Tonkin, of Woodbury, New-Jer¬ 
sey, has seven fat cows,—one a full blooded Durham— 
one three-fourths, the other half bloods, bred by him¬ 
self; which are spoken of in the New-Jersey papers as 
superior to any thing of the kind in the country, and well 
they may be, if we may judge from the description given 
of them. They are estimated to weigh 3000 lbs. each. 
Good Pigs. —Mr. S. S. Robbins of Salisbury, Ct., in¬ 
forms us that he recently killed two pigs, 9 months and 
21 days old, which weighed, dressed, 316 and 355 lbs. 
They were a cross between the Byfield and Berkshires. 
A Challenge. —During Mr. Sotham’s recent visit to 
England, he published a letter in the Mark Lane Ex¬ 
press, in reply to Mr. Allen's allusion to the “ one man’s 
herd,” in his account of his visit to England, given in 
the Nov. No. of the Cultivator of last year; in which he 
challenges Mr. Allen to show 20 cows and a bull of this 
“one man’s stock,” against a like number to be selected 
from the Short Horned herd of R. Lovell, Esq. Edge- 
cott Lodge, for fifty guineas each. The money to be 
deposited in the Banbury Bank; and the judges to be se¬ 
lected, one by Mr. Lovell, one by the “one breeder,” 
and the two named to select the third. 
INQUIRIES. 
A Subscriber in Illinois, inquires for “ portable mills 
for grinding corn for feed,” where they can be had, and 
their cost. > 
A correspondent in Georgia wishes to know the “ best 
method of drying and packing figs.” 
The same correspondent asks for a « correct account 
of Culvert and Crane’s cotton gin, said to be used at the 
mill of the Lowell Co. (Mass.) and which is said to be 
superior to our common or Whitney gin. What is the 
cost and size of a gin that would pick 2000 lbs. of seed 
cotton per day? Any improvement in the cotton gin is 
of great importance at the south, and we want to know 
more about this one.” 
“ I wish to enquire through the Cultivator for a strong 
sharp instrument to cut large bogs with a team. A full 
description of such an instrument, from which one can 
be constructed, will be thankfully received. 
R. M. Hart.” 
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS. 
Our thanks are due to the several donors for the following 
articles, received during the last month: 
“ Lectures on Agricultural Chemistry and Geology,” by Prof. 
Johnston of the University of Durham—republished by Messrs. 
Wiley & Putnam, New-York, in a handsome duodecimo of 280 
pages. From the publishers. 
“ A Muck Manual for Farmers, by Samuel L. Dana,”—publish¬ 
ed by D. D. Bixby, Lowell. 12 mo. pp. 242. From the Author. 
“ Report on the Culture of Silk,” made to the H. of Rep. of 
Ohio, by A. A. Bliss, Esq. chairman of select committee on 
that subject—showing the importance of the silk culture, and 
the rapid progress it is making in that state. From the Au¬ 
thor. 
A beautiful colored lithograhhic portrait of the celebrated Im¬ 
proved S. H. Durham Cow “ Dairy Maid,” and her calves 
“ Leandcr” and “ Allan a Dale,” owned by James Gowen, 
Esq. Philadelphia. Drawn on stone by Hoffy, from a painting 
by Woodside, and colored to the life. From Mr. Gowen. 
Rev. Mr. Choules’ Oration before the American Institute, at its 
last Fair. From Alex. Walsh. 
Hovey & Go’s. Catalogue of Seeds, Roots, Implements, Books, 
&c. Boston.—Catalogue of C. H. B. Breck, seedsman and flo¬ 
rist, Boston.—Catalogue of Ellwanger & Barry’s Mount Hope 
Botanic Garden and Nursery, Rochester. From the Proprie¬ 
tors. 
Regular files of the New Farmer’s Journal, and the Mark Lane 
Express , London, for January, from the Editors. Also the 
Gardner’s Chronicle and Farmer’s Magazine, from our Lon¬ 
don correspondents. 
NOTICES TO CORRESPONDENTS, &c. 
Though some of our friends may perhaps be disappointed in 
not seeing their favors in the present No. of the Cultivator, we 
think all must be satisfied that we are disposed to give place to 
their communications as early as circumstances will admit. 
We publish this month articles from something over forty cor¬ 
respondents, (including inquiries,) and yet a number are left 
over which we had intended to have given in this paper. We 
have yet on hand, several which have been heretofore acknow¬ 
ledged, and have received during the past month, (beside those 
published,) communications from Wm. Edwards, Henry Wat¬ 
son, G. W., Rich. Taylor, A. Merritt, N. N. D., Solon Robinson, 
L. A. Morrell, T. C. Peters, George J. Horsfield, W. G. Y. D. 
B., Magnolia, Anon, S. Moore, B. Chase, J. Buel & Co.; Rich¬ 
mond, L. B. L., Anti-Homespathy, UnFermier, A Subscriber, R. 
North Jr., Commentator, S. M. Pond, Yeoman of the South, H. 
A. P., Herd Book, L. Durand, G. Cook. 
We shall be glad to receive from “ Pine Hill,” an account 
of his method of raising spring wheat. 
CONTENTS OF THIS NUMBER. 
Premiums of the N. Y. S. Ag. Society—Work for the Month, 
Proceedings of the N. Y. S. Ag. Society—Of County Ag. ' 
Societies,. 
Answers to Inquiries—Preparation of Corn for Market— 
Bees—Gestation of Animals—Portable Saw Mills,. 
Seeding Down Lands—Renovating Old Meadows, &c.— 
Nicking Horses—Sowing Corn Broadcast—Hemp—Beet 
Sugar—Mooer’s Plow—Vermin on Poultry—Fat Sheep 
—Artificial Watering Places—Permanence of Blood in 
Animals,. 
Agriculture of Virginia—Manures—Livingston Co. Plow 
—Chemical Manures—Plan of a Cheap House,. 
Salmagundi, No. 4,.. 
Comments on Dec. No. of the Cultivator—Corn—South 
and North—Judge Buel, . 
Potatoe Oats—Ag. Periodicals—New Dynamometer—Har- ) 
vesting Wheat—Rearing Calves,. y 
Letters from Mr. Peters, No. II—Mr. Prentice’s imported ) 
Cow, Moss Rose—Experiments with Salt as a manure, j 
Country Dwellings—Improved Board Fence—The Ayr¬ 
shire Cattle—Van Hosen’s Railway Press,. 
Importation of Stock—Culture of the Potatoe—Spaying— 
A Productive Farm,. 
Report on Farms—Pitts’ Improved Bee Hive—Worcester 
Plows.. j 
Ornamental Trees and Shrubs—Product of a Garden,. 
Culture of the Peach—Remedy for Unproductive Trees—j 
Transplanting from the Forest—Grafting a whole Tree 
—New Mode of Propagating Fruit Trees—Hoof-Cutters j 
—Epidemic among Horses—A Styptic—Horse Radish ] 
for Animals, .J 
On the Culttre of Silk—Orange Co. Butter—A Farmer’s 1 
Breakfast—Winter Butter—Pine Apple Cheese—Notes > 
for the Month,. ) 
Monthly Notices, Acknowledgments, &c.,. 
illustrations. 
Fig. 33—A Level,. 61 
Fig. 34—Livings.Co. Plow, 61 
Fig. 35—A Cheap House, •• 61 
Fig. 36—A Dynamometer, 64 
Fig. 37—Moss Rose,. 65 
Fig. 38—Board Fence,•••• 66 
Fig. 39—Hay Press,. 
Fig. 39—Arched Gateway, 
Fig. 40—An Arbor,. 
Fig. 41—An Alcove,. 
Fig. 42—A Hoof-Cutter,• 
Fig. 43—Mott’s Furnace,- 
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PITTS’ IMPROVED BEE HIVE. 
I HAVE made arrangements to supply those who may wish to 
purchase my improved hives at the machine shop of John 
A. Pitts, on Patroon’s creek, Albany, N. Y. ; where hives may be 
obtained, made of the best materials, and in a neat and sub¬ 
stantial manner. Three hives with the protector, including a 
small treatise on bee keeping, will be sold for five dollars. 
Albany, March, 1842. H. A. PITTS. 
ROCHESTER SEED STORE. 
M B. BATEHAM respectfully informs the agricultural pub- 
. lie that he has now on hand a very large and superior 
stock of Garden, Field, and Flower Seeds, which he offers for 
sale at prices according to the times. In addition to a full as¬ 
sortment of American Seeds, raised the past season by careful 
seed growers, he has lately received from England a large sup¬ 
ply of such Seeds as are grown in greater peifection in that 
country, selected by his personal friends in the trade. 
Thankful for the liberal patronage which this establishment 
has received for the past seven years, the proprietor hopes, by 
strict care and personal attention, to merit the continued con¬ 
fidence and support of the public. 
All orders from a distance, (containing money or a city refer¬ 
ence,) will receive prompt attention. O’ Catalogues gratis to 
applicants. M. B. BATE1IAJI. 
Rochester, March 22, 1842. 
IMPROVED STOCK. 
T HE subscriber has now on hand for sale two Durham Bulls, 
2 yeas old—1 yearling do.—1 three year old Bull, half Dur¬ 
ham and half Ayrshire, (a beautiful animal,)—2 Cows, and 1 
yearling Heifer, (Durham,)—5 South Down Bucks, (yearling,) 
and several Ewes of the same breed—Berkshire and improved 
China Hogs and Pigs. C. N. BEMENT. 
Albany , April, 1842. 
THE LIVINGSTON COUNTY PLOW. 
T HE cut given on page 61 of this paper, (fig. 34) is a fair re¬ 
presentation of the Livingston County Plow. The circu¬ 
lar coulter is the invention of H. Delano, which is an improve¬ 
ment on the straight one. The subscriber has purchased of the 
patentee the right of said plow for the United States, Ohio and 
Michigan excepted; and will sell the right of manufacturing 
and vending said plow, either by counties or states, and fur¬ 
nish patterns also for the two sizes, No. 3 and No. 4, if desired. 
N. B. The patterns have been recently improved in such a 
manner as to admit the use of a wrought”or cast shire. 
Jordan , Onondaga Co., Feb. 15, 1842. S. N. NORTON. 
RUGGLES, NOURSE & MASON’S PLOWS. 
T HE American Institute, at their Fair, held at New-York, for 
the whole Union, and the Massachusetts Charitable Asso¬ 
ciation, at their Fair, held at Boston, each awarded to Ruggles, 
Nourse & Mason, Medals for the best and most perfect plows ; 
and at the plowing matches of the Agricultural Society, in the 
justly celebrated Agricultural County of Worcester, in 1S37, 
’38, ’39 and ’40, all the Premiums for the best work in the field, 
were awarded to competitors using Ruggles, Nourse & Mason’s 
Plows. 
A complete assortment of these justly celebrated plows re¬ 
ceived and for sale at the manufacturer’s prices, by 
PRUYN, WILSON & VOSBURGH, 39 State-st. 
Albany, March 23, 1842. 
MULBERRIES FOR SILK, AND OTHER TREES. 
W M. R. PRINCE offers for sale at the Linnaean Garden and 
Nurseries, 100,000 Mulberry Trees of the finest kinds for 
the silk culture at $30 per thousand, and at a credit that will 
enable the purchaser to pay for them out of the silk produced. 
They consist of the splendid New Circassian, Multieaulis, 
Expansa, Elata, Alpine, Moretti, and Broussa varieties. Also 
the usual immense assortment of Fruit and Ornamental Trees, 
and Shrubbery, Greenhouse Plants, Bulbous Roots, splendid 
Dahlias, and Garden Seeds. The new Catalogues with very re¬ 
duced prices will be sent gratis to all who apply post paid; and 
on all orders enclosing cash or a draft, a discount of 10 per cent 
will be allowed. 
Flushing, near New-York , March 7, 1842. 
JONES’ PATENT SILK REEL. 
T HE subscriber will furnish these reels (see description in 
Cultivator for March, page 54,) at $12, without charge for 
packing. Patent rights for towns, counties or states will be 
disposed of reasonably. All orders and communications, post 
paid, addressed to the subscriber at Buckland’s Corners, Hart¬ 
ford Co., Conn., will be attended to. 
The annexed testimony is from the Messrs. Cheneys, who 
are practical silk growers, and are now engaged in its manu¬ 
facture : “ We consider Jones’ Patent Silk Reel, in every point 
of view, far superior to the Piedmontese, or any other now be¬ 
fore the public, and the silk reeled on it worth at least fifty 
cents a pound more to the manufacturer. No silk grower 
should be without one. Manchester, Ct., Feb. 23, 1842. Che¬ 
ney & Brothers.” 
February 15, 1842. A. B. JONES. 
VAN HOSEN’S PRESS FOR HAY, &c. 
T HIS press, of which a cut and description are given on page 
66 of this paper, is one that must interest all who are en¬ 
gaged in pressing, as much time and labor are saved by it, as 
is testified to by those who have used it and are well acquaint¬ 
ed with the business. 
We, the undersigned, having witnessed the thorough opera' 
tion of Mr. Van Hosen’s Press, are prepared to say that it 
surpasses anything of the kind which we have heard or seen. 
We believe that we do not more favor the inventor than the 
purchaser, when we recommend it to every Farmer or Grazier 
in the country. William Salisbury, J. A. Cooke, Leeds; Henry 
Bronk, New Baltimore; Olney F. Wright, Barant Houghtaling, 
M. Hubbell, Coxsackie. 
Applications may be made to W. S. JACKS, sole agent, Cats- 
kill, New-York. March 15, 1842.. 
MOTT’S PATENT AGRICULTURIST’S FURNACE 
AND BOILERS. 
T HE subscriber having rebuilt his foundery, (his former one 
with most of his patterns having been destroyed by fire in 
February,) is again prepared to execute orders for his invalua¬ 
ble Furnace. This article has been so well described ih former 
numbers of this journal, and its usefulness so fully tested, a 
detailed description is deemed unnecessary. The experience 
of several who have kept an account, prove that this Furnace 
and Caldron cost less to get ready for use than sitting caldrons 
in brick work, when all expenses are included; these require 
only a piece of pipe. In making new patterns, the different si¬ 
zes are classified by the number of gallons the Boiler contains, 
in lieu of by the barrel as heretofore. The sizes will not vary 
much from, and the prices will be as follows: i barrel, or 15 
gallons, $11; 1 barrel, or 30 gallons, $18; common 11 barrel, 
or 40 gallons, $21; extra l j barrel, or 50 gallons, $24; 2 bar¬ 
rels, or 60 gallons, $26; common 3 barrels, or SO gallons, $.35; 
3 ! barrels, or 100 gallons, $41; 4 barrels, or 120 gallons, $48; 
5 barrels, or 150 gallons, $55—nine sizes. 
Planters or farmers, by enclosing the amount by mail in bills 
of any specie paying bank, can have either of the above shipped 
as they may direct. All letters must be post paid. Address 
J. L. MOTT, 264 Water-street, New-York, or 
G. G. HEERMANCE, 5 Green-street, Albany. 
P. S. Those who yet prefer setting in brick, can be furnished 
with Caldrons of either the above sizes, which may be hereaf¬ 
ter fitted with the iron Furnace, should the brick seiting be 
abandoned. March, 1842. 
FROM THE STEAM PRESS OF C. VAN EENTHUYSEN. 
