A CONSOLIDATION OF BUEUS CULTIVATOR AND THE GENESEE FARMER. 
Cult. Vol. IX.—No. 6. 
ALBANY, N. Y. JUNE, 1842. Cult. & Far. Vol. III.— No. 6. 
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THE CULTIVATOR. 
“TO IMPROVE THE SOIL AND THE MIND.” 
N. Y. STATE AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY. 
A full attendance of the officers of the Society is par¬ 
ticularly requested at the next meeting of the Executive 
Committee, to he held at the office of “ The Cultivator,” 
on the 8th of June, at 10 o’clock, A. M. 
Luther Tucker, Sec’y. 
THE SEASON AND PROSPECTS. 
It seems to be generally conceded that the past spring 
has been a remarkable one for its forwardness, and the 
impulse vegetation in consequence received. As a mat¬ 
ter of interest to some of our readers, we give the ave¬ 
rage temperature of these months for a few years past. 
Year. 
January. 
Feb’y. 
March. 
April. 
1838 . 
32° 
14° 
40° 
39° 
1839 . 
25 
32 
35 
54 
1840. 
19 
35 
37 
49 
1841. 
28 
24 
36 
44 
1842. 
30 
31 
41 
53 
It will be seen that the aggregate temperature of the 
first four months of the present year exceeds that of any 
of those given by 9°, or 2° per month, while it exceeds 
that of 1838, by 30°. An examination of the records of 
former years, will show that so small a difference as an 
average of 2 3 increased temperature, has a decided effect 
on the crops, particularly that of Indian corn. One of 
the best corn seasons we have had was that of 1839, the 
temperature of the spring months of which, most nearly 
approached the present. Notwithstanding this average 
increase, this season has been marked by some of the 
most extreme transitions of temperature we have ever 
recorded. Thus on the 22d of April, at two o’clock, the 
mercury was at 86°. The next morning at sunrise, some 
16 hours later, it stood at 35°, making a range of 51° in 
that time : and there have been others not much less sudden 
jr extreme. The past spring has throughout the coun- 
ry been remarkable for the little hindrance to the labors 
of the field, occasioned by unfavorable weather. The 
consequence has been, the spring grains have been got 
in earlier, and the soil in better condition, than we have 
known for years; and the complaints of imperfect ve¬ 
getation, so common in wet cold seasons, have scarcely 
been heard this. 
We have not for years known a season in which win¬ 
ter wheat has suffered so little from spring- or winter 
frosts, as during the present; and from every section of 
the country, the same gratifying account reaches us. 
Every thing indicates that there will be a very great ad¬ 
vance in the quantity of the wheat crop the coming har¬ 
vest. In the wheat growing states, more land than usu- 
il was seeded, and as a whole, it has never promised 
fairer. Michigan promises to raise her crop from 
2,200,000 bushels, to 3,000,000; and the states of Ohio, 
Indiana and Illinois, will not fall much behind this 
increase, should present indications be verified. There 
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is to us farmers, much pleasure in reflecting that 
while banks are breaking, states repudiating, govern¬ 
ments bankrupt, and financiers at their wit’s end, the 
earth promises to be liberal in its rewards to labor, and 
thus eventually bring back things to that sound and 
healthy condition, from which dreams of the sudden ac¬ 
quisition of wealth, the facilities of an unlimited credit, 
and the madness of speculation, have caused so wide and 
dishonorable a departure. 
NEW WORK BY A. J. DOWNING, ESQ. 
We have the satisfaction of being able to state that this 
gentleman, so favorably and extensively known by his 
unrivaled work on Landscape Gardening, is engaged in 
the preparation of a volume to be entitled “ Cottage Re¬ 
sidences,” and which will be looked for with much in¬ 
terest as supplying a desideratum in American books.— 
There is not an individual in this country, to whom the 
preparation of such a work could be so properly confided 
with the assurance that every reasonable expectation 
would be fulfilled. His thorough acquaintance with the 
different styles of building, his correct taste, and his 
knowledge of the wants of the country, are a guarantee 
that his Cottage Residences will be adapted to the wants 
and wishes of the public. We trust it will be the har¬ 
binger of a more correct taste, and an improved style in 
our country residences. 
NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY. 
A press of matter the present month, will prevent our 
giving as full an account of our “ impressions” during our 
recent visit to Washington, and of the proceedings of the 
National Agricultural Society, the meeting of which we 
had the pleasure of attending, as we had contemplated. 
Railroad traveling, our readers are aware, is not the 
kind of traveling where a country is to be surveyed or 
the condition of its agriculture noted; but the glimpses 
caught, were sufficient to show that the prospects for the 
farmer were flattering; and that many fine farms, and 
beautiful examples of improved hnsbandry were passed, 
which would doubtless have well repaid delay (could it 
have been permitted,) for their examination. 
The meeting of the Society was opened on Wednesday, 
the 4th ult., at the Patent Office. Committees were ap¬ 
pointed to report on various subjects—to nominate offi¬ 
cers—and to report on the propriety of establishing an 
agricultural journal at Washington; and then the meeting 
adjourned until the next day at 10 o’clock. On Thurs¬ 
day, at the hour named, the Society again convened. 
There were present eight delegates from the New-York 
State Ag. Society; two from the American Institute of 
New-York city; two from New Haven, Ct.; one from 
New Jersey; one from Maryland; two from Virginia, 
including the President of the Society; and quite a num¬ 
ber of gentlemen of Washington, among whom were the 
Hon. Mr. Woodbury, Amos Kendall, J. S. Skinner, Hon. 
H. L. Ellsworth, O. B. Brown, Elisha Whittlesey, &c. 
Mr. Garnett, who was re-elected President, delivered 
an able and interesting Address, for which, and the offi¬ 
cial account of the proceedings of the Sociely. The 
reader is referred to pages 94 and 102 of this paper. 
The proceedings of the Society were conducted very 
harmoniously; but to us, the enthusiasm, the esprit du 
corps, which seems so necessary to the accomplishment 
of all great undertakings dependant on voluntary action, 
seemed to be wanting. It must be remembered, how¬ 
ever, that this is but the beginning; and that the interest 
which the success of the Society should certainly create, 
will be more deep, in proportion as its existence and acts 
are more extensively known. 
Correction. —At the request of J. M. Garnett, Esq. 
we notice the following errors in his article on the “ Ag¬ 
riculture of Virginia,” published in the volume of Tran¬ 
sactions of the N. Y. S. Ag. Society. Page 174, line 5 
from bottom, for “soubriquet,” read sobriquet. Last 
line of same page, for “ wisely,” read really. Page 176, 
line 22 from top of page, for “ vogets, animal,” &c. read 
wegeto-animal. As an excuse for the many errors which 
may he found in the “ Transactions,” it is proper to say, 
that owing to the late period at which the copy was given 
to the state printer, he was under the necessity of hurry¬ 
ing it through the press, without giving proper time for 
a careful and thorough reading of the proof-sheets. 
In the May No. of the Cultivator, page 80, in the de¬ 
scription of Fig. 47, instead of seven and a half by eight 
inches, read seven and a half by six inches; and instead 
of three inches wide, it should read wider, and strike the 
the ends from the same echter. 
ORCHARDIST’S COMPANION. 
This work, which should be in the possession of every 
lover of fine fruit, or who is engaged in the cuitivation 
of fruit trees, has completed its first year, and the quar¬ 
terly numbers with their beautiful colored engravings are 
now before us. “ The Orchardist’s Companion,” is pub¬ 
lished by A. Hoffy, editor and proprietor, Philadelphia, 
and is “ devoted to the history, character, properties, 
modes of cultivation, and all other matters appertaining 
to the fruit of the United States.” It is embellished with 
engravings of the various kinds of fruit, drawn and col¬ 
ored in the best manner, with a portion of the leaves and 
branch, so as to enable the orchardist to determine accu¬ 
rately his fruits. The “ Companion” is published quar¬ 
terly, in the quarto form, each number containing 12 en¬ 
graved fruits, with ample descriptions and directions. 
The price is two dollars a number, or seven dollars per 
year in advance. An edition with only three colored en¬ 
gravings in each number, but the same in every other 
respect with the other, is afforded at $1,00 a number, or 
three dollars per year in advance. Such works as the 
‘ Orchardist’s Companion,’ are not only extensively use¬ 
ful, but are honorable specimens of the progress of the arts 
in this country. There is not a c centre table’ in the United 
States, that would not find the c Orchardist’s Companion’ a 
more tasteful and appropriate ornament, than the flimsy 
annuals which have so long usurped them. It is a publica¬ 
tion that deserves a liberal patronage; and its list of sub¬ 
scribers shows the names of g'reat numbers of our most 
influential and respectable citizens. Let the ‘Compan¬ 
ion’ go ahead. We will with pleasure forward the 
names and money, for any of our friends who may wish 
it sent to them. 
RUTA BAGA FOR COWS. 
One of the most serious objections to the culture of the 
turnep, especially in dairy districts, is the unpleasant fla¬ 
vor which this root communicates to milk and butter: 
and various means have been proposed to prevent these 
disagreeable results. One of the most successful that we 
have tried, has been feeding the roots immediately af¬ 
ter milking, so as to have as long a time as possible in¬ 
tervene between the feeding and the milking. In a late 
number of the Cabinet, we find a letter from Samuel 
West of Chester, Pa., describing his mode of feeding, 
which, while it is somewhat similar to ours, is said to to¬ 
tally obviate all taste of the turnep. He states also that 
the same method is applicable to garlic, so common and 
disagreeable in some parts of the United States: 
“ After a sufficiency of first rate upland hay, I allow to 
each cow about half a bushel of ruta bag'a turneps finely 
cut up—always remembering to strip the cows clear of 
milk before feeding with the turnep, and in the morning, 
feeding with a different kind of food, viz: cut hay, with 
a little Indian meal, or other mill feed. By this process 
there will be no taste of the turnep, either in the milk or 
butter, so objectionable to many; and by it you will 
have a full flow of milk from your cows, and butter of a 
fine, rich, spring like quality, seldom obtained in the 
winter season.” 
SUGAR FROM THE MAPLE. 
The quantity of sugar that may be made from the ma¬ 
ple, when the trees are good, and the process well ma¬ 
naged, is generally much underrated. Trees growing in 
open fields will produce more sugar than those in the"fo- 
rest; and the sap from trees tapped many years, is much 
richer, than from those tapped but few times. We find 
in the papers some notices of this tree, and its products, 
worthy of record, as proving that the north has within 
its limits, the means, if desirable, of producing its own 
sugar. 
Mr. Harriman of Warner, N. H. tapped a sugar maple 
2-o- feet in diameter, which in eighteen hours gave eighty 
quarts of sap, from which was made seven and a half 
lbs. of sugar. A pail full of sap was sufficient for one 
pound of dry sugar. 
A red maple, {Acer rubra,) has long been an object of 
interest at Ossipee, N. H., on account of its size, and the 
quantity of sugar it produced. Its circumference near 
the surface was 28 feet, and it continued nearly the same 
size for 17 feet, when it parted into two branches, one of 
which was four feet in diameter, and the other of nearly 
the same size. This magnificent tree was lately blown 
down in a storm, taken to a saw mill, and the product in 
inch boards is 3300 feet, besides nine cords of wood from 
the branches, &c. The owner has made forty lbs. of su¬ 
gar in a year, from this single tree. 
