A CONSOLIDATION OF DUEL’S CULTIVATOR AND THE GENESEE FARMER. 
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Cult. Vol. IX.— No. 8. ALBANY, N. Y. AUGUST, 1842. Cult. & Far. Vol. III.— No. 8. 
PUBLISHED MONTHLY. 
GAYLORD &, TUCKER, EDITORS. 
LUTHER TUCKER, PROPRIETOR. 
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Handso?nely stitched in printed covers , 
Can be furnished to new subscribers—Vols. I. IT. III. IV. at 50 
cents each, and Vols. V. VI. VII. VIII. at $1. each. 
They can also be procured of Dayton- & Newman, booksellers, 
199 Broadway; Israel Post, bookseller, 88 Bowery, and at G. 
C. Thoreurn’s Seed store, II John-st., New-York— of D. Land- 
reth <fc Co., Seedsmen, and Judah Dobson, bookseller, Phila¬ 
delphia —of Hovf.y & Co., Seedsmen, Boston —of A. H. Stilwell, 
bookseller, Providence —of R. Hill, Jr., A Co., Richmond —of F. 
ILylor, Bookseller, and J. F. Callan, Seedsman, Washington 
City. 
THE CULTIVATOR 
“TO IMPROVE THE SOIL AND THE MIND.” 
Agency for the Cultivator in New-York _Our 
agents, Messrs. Dayton & Newman, booksellers, have 
removed from the corner of Fulton and Nassau sts., to 
199 Broadway, where complete setts of the Cultivator 
can at all times be had, and where subscriptions are re¬ 
ceived for the current volume. 
STATE AGRICULTURAL FAIR AT ALBANY. 
As the premiums to be awarded on stock at the Cattle 
Show of the New-York State Agricultural Society, are 
confined to animals owned in this state, it has been 
thought best, as an inducement to gentlemen from other 
states to send stock to the Fair, to encourage the opening 
of sweepstakes, free to all who choose to enter. At the 
suggestion of the Executive Committee, and on the au¬ 
thority of different breeders, we announce the following 
sweepstakes, to be decided at the State Fair—entrance 
$5,00, unless a different rate shall be agreed on, in spe¬ 
cial eases, by the subscribers, at the time of the exhi¬ 
bition. The judges to be selected by the subscribers: 
For the best Bull Calf—best yearling Bull—best two 
years old Bull—best Bull over three years old. 
For the best Heifer Calf—best yearling Heifer—best 
two years old Heifer—best three years old Heifer—best 
Cow. 
For the best long-wooled Ram—best long-wooled Ewe. 
For the best South Down Ram—best South Down Ewe. 
A gentleman of Connecticut proposes the following:— 
For the best two years old Bull, $25 entrance. 
A gentleman from Vermont, proposes the following: 
■—For the best Merino Ram—entrance $20. 
Plowing Match. —The following proposition comes 
from a farmer of this county. We should be glad to see 
some of the good plowman of Berkshire enter the lists 
with him: 
Messrs. Editors —Being fond of good plowing, I 
propose a sweepstakes of five dollars each, to be plowed 
for at the State Fair, upon the following terms: 
1. The judges are to he selected by the Ex. Committee 
of the State Society. 
2. The quantity of ground to be laid out and plow¬ 
ed in at least two lands, as well as the time within which 
the work must be done, to be named by the judges. 
3. The furrow slices are to lap on each other, ttfbe 5J 
inches thick, and the part uncovered to be also 5 ; [ inches 
broad. 
4. The lands to be as nearly flat as possible, from wa¬ 
ter furrow to water furrow, when finished. 
5. No driver allowed the plowman. Nor is the plow¬ 
man allowed to leave his team during the trial. 
6. The plowman not allowed to touch the flag with his 
hands. He may tramp it with his feet however, provi¬ 
ded he does not let go the handles of his plow at the same 
time" Norman's Kill. 
$t$pAny persons wishing to have their names entered 
as subscribers to any one of the stakes, or to open a new 
one of any kind, will please to give notice to L. Tucker, 
Albany, previous to 15th September. 
SHIPMENT OF FINE STOCK. 
For the West.— Mr. Sanford Howard, of Zanes¬ 
ville, Ohio, recently left this city with a well loaded boat 
of stock for the west. It consisted of a bull and several 
other animals, chiefly across of the Durham and Hereford 
breeds, bred by Mr. J. W. Haines, of Hallowell, Maine 
—a full blooded Durham heifer calf, also bred by Mr. 
Haines, whose stock, we are told has proved itself highly 
useful for the dairy and the yoke—the well known Durham 
bull “ Leopard,” purchased of E. P. Prentice, Esq. of 
this city, the sire of so many of the beautiful herd of short 
horns at Mount Hope, which prove him to be one of the 
best stock-getters in the country—a Durham cow, and 
two pure blooded Hereford calves, male and female, se¬ 
lected from the extensive herd of Messrs. Corning and 
Sotham, of this city. The hull-calf was by a son of 
“Matchless,” out of one of their best cows; and, to 
complete the assortment, several sheep of the Leicester, 
South Down and Merino breeds—Berkshire and im¬ 
proved Bedford pigs—Westphalia or Bremen geese 
from Col. Jaques of Charlestown—Brazilian turkeys, 
Rotterdam hens, and a fine large breed of white hens 
which Mr. H. considers superior to the Dorkings. 
This stock, we are informed by Mr. Howard, is owned 
by several individuals, who have associated themselves 
together in the purchase, among whom it is to be divid¬ 
ed on its arrival at Zanesville, and some of it will be 
taken to Illinois in the autumn, one of the purchasers 
being a resident of that state. The pair of Herefords 
included in the lot, we doubt not will attract much atten¬ 
tion, and at a proper age will enable the breeders at the 
west to test their qualities with the Durhams and other 
breeds, as adapted to the wants of that country. We 
hope the owners may be adequately rewarded, as we are 
sure they ought to be, for such an effort, at a time like 
this, to promote the improvement of the domestic ani¬ 
mals of the west. 
For the East —Mr. Haines, the gentleman above 
spoken of, who accompanied Mr. Howard on his return 
from Maine, to this city, purchased while here two very 
superior bull calves,—a Durham of Mr. Prentice, and a 
Hereford of Messrs. Corning and Sotham. The Durham 
came from Mr. Prentice's splendid cow, “ Apollonia,” 
whose portrait was published in the 7th volume of the 
Cultivator, by “ Leopard.” The Hereford was from 
Corning and Sotham’s highest bred stock, and both were 
animals of which Mr. Haines may well be proud. 
BRITISH AGRICULTURAL JOURNALS. 
Such is the ease and certainty of intercourse between G. 
Britain and this country, that the foreign journals are re¬ 
ceived almost as quickly, and with as much regularity, as 
our own. We find on our table, brought by the late ar¬ 
rivals, the Q. J. of Agriculture; Journal of the Royal 
Ag. Society; London Farmer’s Magazine; New Farm¬ 
er’s Journal; Gardener’s Magazine and Chronicle; and 
the Mark Lane Express, &c. The new corn law system 
appears to meet with little favor from the agricultural 
interest in Great Britain. The following extract from 
the Farmer's Magazine, will show the bitter nature of the 
feelings with which it is regarded: 
“ We cannot give employment, at the same time, to 
foreign and to home agriculture. It seems to be the de¬ 
termination of the British legislature, however, to give 
the preference in this respect to foreign serfs, boors, and 
American field laborers. * * * Although 
the Americans were not entirely satisfied with our amend¬ 
ed corn law, still they promised themselves a favorable 
market thereafter, for the surplus of their wheat crops; 
and they also calculated on the speedy establishment of a 
new description of commerce, as likely to arise out of 
our new tariff of duties, from the shipment of cured pro¬ 
visions for the consumption of the inhabitants of the Uni¬ 
ted Kingdom. In New-York, and indeed in all the large 
cities and towns in the American Union, beef was plen¬ 
tiful at 3d. per pound for the best quality, which is infe¬ 
rior to none, save perhaps the best descriptions in Lead- 
enhall market. The means for increasing the growth of 
cattle in the United States, are absolutely boundless, and 
in a few years it may possibly not be necessary for our 
farmers to pay rent for marshes, or to grow winter food 
for cattle, for preserving meat in a sound state is an easy 
and cheap operation; and no doubt it will be attended to, 
and acted on, in due time, by our transatlantic brethren.” 
Shipment of Bones. —The ship Savannah recently 
cleared from Philadelphia, with a cargo of 400 tons of 
bones, which were purchased at $12 to $13 uer ton. 
CENTURY PLANT —Agave Americana. 
There is one of these splendid flowering plants in the 
green-house of Gen. Stephen Van Rensselaer, of this 
city, which is about to flower for the first time since it 
has been in the possession of the family, which is 
more than half a century. Some two years since, it 
was placed in a house by itself, the temperature of which 
has been kept at 80°, that it might have a better oppor¬ 
tunity to develop its character. The flower-stalk is 
now 17 feet high, and is increasing about eight inches 
per day. It will begin to put forth flowers about the 
first week in August, and will probably continue in 
bloom for two months or more. We learn with pleasure, 
that Gen. Van Rensselaer, at the request of the Mana¬ 
gers of the Orphan Asylum, has consented to its public 
exhibition for the benefit of that Institution, only reserv¬ 
ing a free admission to his visitors, and to the tenants of 
the Manor of Rensselaerwyck. Arrangements ha\ r e 
been made, at a considerable expense, to accommodate 
the public, who will now have an opportunity to gratify 
their curiosity in viewing this rare and splendid flower, 
and of aiding at the same time one of the best institu¬ 
tions in our city. 
AGRICULTURAL FAIRS. 
We wish to give in our next number, as perfect a list 
of Agricultural Fairs, to be held the ensuing autumn, as 
possible; and shall be greatly obliged to such of our 
friends in the different states, as will apprise us, Avhere 
it can be done free of postage, of the times and places 
in which Agricultural Fairs are to be held in their re¬ 
spective states. We should be glad, also, to publish a 
complete list of all the Agricultural Societies in the Uni¬ 
ted States, together with the names and post-office ad¬ 
dress of their Presidents and Secretaries; and we beg 
leave to suggest to editors of Ag. Journals, the proprie¬ 
ty of publishing such lists for their respective states, 
from which a complete register for the Union might be 
formed. 
American Institute. —The 15th annual Fair of this 
Institution, is to be held at Niblo’s Garden in New-York, 
commencing on the 10th of October next; and the mana¬ 
gers invite aH interested in agriculture, manufactures, 
and the arts, to lend their aid by contributions of their 
best specimens, “that this intended epitome exhibition 
of a nation’s resources may be honorable to the Institute, 
and truly illustrate the progress of improvements, and the 
present condition of the arts in our country.” 
“Spirit of the Times.” —A recent number of this 
“ Chronicle of the Turf, Field Sports, Literature, and the 
Stage,” was embellished with a superb portrait, on steel, 
of the celebrated horse “Grey Eagle,” owned by A. L. 
Shotwell & Co., of Georgetown, Ky. It is one of the 
most splendid of the beautiful prints with which “ The 
Spirit” is so frequently embellished. 
Cotsavold Sheep. —We see it stated in a Detroit pa¬ 
per, that Mr. Geo. Hentig, of Marengo, Mich., sheared 
this season, 12 Cotswold sheep, (of the importation of 
Messrs. Corning & Sotham, of this city,) whose fleeces 
averaged over 11 lbs. They were two years old. The 
largest fleece weighed 14 lbs. 3 oz. 
Clover in S. Carolina— A correspondent of the S. 
C. Temp. Advocate, who has been very successful in the 
cultivation of the various grasses suited to the climate of 
that state, gives the following directions for cultivating 
clover:—“ A stiff clay soil is the best for this grass. Af 
ter preparing the soil well, sow in September, two gal¬ 
lons of clover seed to the acre, mixed with the usual 
quantity of rye or oats, that is suited to the slrength of 
the soil. The rye or oats serves to shade the clover, the 
first year from the scorching rays of the sun, and enables 
it to become well rooted by the time the small grain is 
removed. The second year it will be fit for pasturage 
or harvesting.” 
Killing Worms. —Hellebore, it is vv r ell known, is an 
active poison, and fatal to most animals, $nd in the form 
of the powder of the shops, or in a strong decoction, has 
proved a most efficacious agent in freeing gooseberry and 
currant bushes from the myriads of worms that at times* 
infest them. If used dry, the powder is dusted over them 
from a flour box; if in decoction, from the nose of a 
fine rose watering pot. A writer in the Gardener’s 
Chronicle, says that he mixed the powder with soap suds, 
watered his bushes, and in six hours the hushes were 
free from worms, they having fallen dead by thousands. 
Might it not be used to destroy other worms as well as 
these. 
