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THE CULTIVATOR 
“ BOKHARA CLOVER.”—SOILING. 
We have a letter from Jas. Gowen, Esq. of Mount 
Airy, near Philadelphia, in relation to an article in our 
last, headed “ Another Humbug Exploded,” from which 
we copy the following: 
“ With its public introduction I know only this, that 
early in the summer of 1841, Mr. Buist, a practical 
Horticulturist of Philadelphia, sent to a meeting of “The 
Philadelphia Society for promoting Agriculture,” a few 
plants, which he called “ Bokhara clover;” on sight of 
which, I pronounced it to be identical with what I had 
a small patch of in my garden, by the name of “ sweet 
scented, flowering clover,” the seed of which I received 
from a friend who had procured it in New-York. On 
my return from the meeting to Mount Airy, I compared 
one of the plants exhibited with those growing in the 
garden, and found them precisely the same. This nei¬ 
ther increased nor diminished my zeal for the increase of 
the so called “Bokhara” or “sweet scented clover.” 
Already I had what might be called a clever patch, con¬ 
sidering the few seeds I began with, and was determined 
to persevere till I could seed an acre, so as to be able to 
feed it in such quantity as would put its merits fairly to 
the test. The seeds were given to me as those of a flow¬ 
ering plant of exquisite perfume, and in view of this 
character they were sown; but when grown, its leaves 
so resembled the Lucerne, and its taste so highly clover 
favored, I thought its proper place was the field rather 
than the garden: to which it shall be transferred next 
spring, to be made up in fresh boquets for Dairy Maid 
and her companions, who, though they may indulge in 
a toss of their heads, will never, I’ll warrant, turn up 
their noses at them. 
Soiling, through the summer, is a favorite practice 
with me—I might add, a necessary one. My farm, about 
100 acres, is of light soil, on one of the highest ridges in 
the high lands of the county of Philadelphia. To turn 
out some 30 to 40 head of cattle to pasture in the summer 
on these uplands, under our burning suns, would be to 
consume all the grass in these months, leaving none for 
hay—to keep the fields bare to summer’s heat and win¬ 
ter’s cold—thereby injuring the soil and diminishing the 
supply of grass for the next season, to say nothing of the 
comfort of the cattle under such exposure, gathering up 
a withered herbage from a scorched surface. These 
evils I obviate by soiling—keeping my cattle comforta¬ 
ble and in good condition upon some 4 acres of land un¬ 
der Lucerne, Rye, and Red clover; allowing me to save 
more than one hundred tons of good hay, and affording 
the best heap of manure from stable alone, since May 
last, from the same number of cattle, that can be met 
with any where. But I did not set out to write a chap¬ 
ter on soiling; the noticing it at all was merely incident¬ 
al to showing how natural it is for me to take an interest 
in every thing likely to increase my means in carrying 
out the practice—and there is no grass or plant I have 
yet seen, that affords to me such promise as the “sweet 
scented ” or “ Bokhara clover,” which, should it come 
up to my expectations, shall be made public for the be¬ 
nefit of agriculturists. If I be disappointed, I shall have 
no cause to complain, as I can console myself with hav¬ 
ing deserved success, and that the failure involved only 
a small share of attention to a few grains of seed pre¬ 
sented to me by a friend, and that I never encouraged 
any one to lose time or money on its culture. But if it 
prove to be as valuable as I expect, it will matter but 
little whether the plant is indigenous or exotic—whether 
it luxuriates on the fertile plains of Bokhariab, or in the 
cultivated gardens of New-York.” 
The Cotton Crop.— Extract of a letter from our cor¬ 
respondent at Planter’s Retreat, Alabama, dated Oct. 15: 
—“ The present Cotton crop is gathering very fine—will 
probably equal that of 1839. Quality generally good.” 
Extract of a letter from a correspondent at Marianna, 
Florida, dated Sept. 29:—“ The cotton crop is much ear¬ 
lier this year than usual, and will disappoint many when 
they come to tie the bales. The crop is short, although 
the” staple is fair.” The same correspondent also re¬ 
marks—“ You will be surprised to learn that the peach 
trees are in bloom here for a second crop.” 
Sale of South Down Sheep. —We cheerfully com¬ 
ply with the request, to call the attention of our readers 
to the public sale of South Downs, advertised to take 
place near Newburgh, on the 10th inst. The sheep, we 
are informed, “ were selected by the Hon. Mr. Murray, 
from the flock of Lord Torrington, and are believed to be 
fully equal, if not superior, to any ever imported into 
this country.” 
Liebig's Agricultural Chemistry. —It will be 
seen by a notice in this paper, that the publisher of 
« The New World,” has just issued an edition of this 
valuable work, as a supplement to that journal, at the 
extremely low price of 25 cents. We hope he may 
meet with sufficient encouragement to induce a further 
publication of Agricultural works in this cheap form. 
Nurseries. —We have been favored with the new 
Catalogues of our friends A. J. Downing & Co. of the 
Highland Horticultural Nurseries,Newburgh, and Thomas 
& Smith, Macedonville, Wayne Co. N. Y. from both of 
which it was our intention to have given some extracts 
in this month’s Cultivator. We have, however, only 
room to call attention to their advertisements—one of 
which was published in our last, and the other in this 
number of our paper, from which it will be seen, that 
at both of these establishments, fruit trees of “proved 
varieties” may be obtained. By selecting such fruits as 
have been tested, the purchaser will run no risk of dis¬ 
appointment. Messrs. Jesse Buel & Co., proprietors of 
the “ Albany Nursery,” have also just issued a new 
Catalogue of this well-known and popular establishment. 
Trial of Plows. —Extract of a letter from a friend 
at Baltimore:—“We have just had a trial of Plows, 
which resulted as follows:—Barnaby & Mooer’s, furrow 
6 inches deep and 12 wide, draft 642 lbs. Plow from 
Ohio, entirely of iron except the handles, same depth 
and width of furrow, 550 lbs. R. Sinclair, Jr. & Co’s 
Phcenix wheel plow, furrow 13 inches wide, and 6 deep, 
562 lbs. The latter plow embraces all the recent Ameri¬ 
can and Scotch improvements, and instead of the flat 
landside, has a wheel which relieves the friction, &c.” 
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS, &c. 
Communications have been received, since our last, from 
Wm. Partridge, L. A. Morrell, A. Georgian, M. Quimby, Wm. 
Jennison, G. B. Smith, S. W. Jewett, Jas. Gowen, Jas. Bates, 
B. P. Johnson, C. N. Bement, J. J. Crocheron, Botts & Burfoot, 
S. Harwood, A. Reader, J. M. Weeks, A. H. C., A Young Farm¬ 
er, A. R. M’Cord, S. E. Todd, Ein Landsman, N. K. Cone, A 
Subscriber, Wm. Weeden, Commentator, N. N. D., W. Cloud, 
P. L. Simmonds, D. Tomlinson, J. Watson. 
Our thanks are tendered to Thomas Hancock , Burlington, N. 
J., for a copy of the “ Transactions of the Penn. Hort icultural 
Society, from Sept. 1839 to Sept. 1842”—To Proj. Silliman, for 
the Oct. No. of “ The American Journal of Science and Arts”— 
To W.C. Redfield, Esq., for a copy of his essay on “Whirlwind 
Storms”--'To the Editors of the London New Farmers’ Journal, 
for the continued files of that excellent paper, and for an extra, 
containing four beautiful portraits of prize animals at the. late 
Fair of the Royal Ag. Society—To John Hannum, Esq., North 
Deighton, England, for the “Leeds Intelligencer,” containing 
the proceedings of the Wetherby Ag. Society—To P. L. Sim¬ 
monds, Esq., London, for a copy of Mr. Everett’s Speech at the 
Dinner of the Waltham Ag. Society, England—To Wm. Canby, 
Esq., and to some unknown friend, for copies of Mr. Garnett’s 
Address at Wilmington. 
SOUTH DOWNS AT AUCTION. 
W ILL be sold at auction on the 10th of November next, at 
12 M., at Danskammer, near Newburgh, a flock of sheep; 
consisting in part of full blooded imported South Downs, se¬ 
lected from one of the best flocks in England for the late Ed¬ 
ward Armstrong, and in part of half and three quarter bloods, 
a cross of those sheep with Merinos. The sale will be made 
in lots of not exceeding ten each to suit purchasers. 
Any information in respect to the sheep, their pedigree, Ac., 
may be obtained from Mr. FREDERIC J. BETTS at Newburgh- 
Danskammer , Oct. 24, 1842. 
DOWNING’S HORTICULTURAL NURSERIES. 
T HE subscribers offer for autumn planting a very large col¬ 
lection of Fruit and Ornamental Trees, Flowering Shrubs, 
Roses, Herbaceous Plants, Ac. Ac. 
The Nurseries are especially rich in proved fruits, of which 
there is now a large stock of thrifty, handsome trees. The col¬ 
lection of Pears, Plums, Cherries, Peaches, Apricots, Necta¬ 
rines, Ac. Ac., have received particular attention, and com¬ 
prise at present almost every choice and valuable variety ob¬ 
tainable at home or abroad ; and orchardists and amateurs will 
be supplied with the choicest assortment of those fine varieties, 
the accuracy and value of which have been tested in this esta¬ 
blishment. 
The new Catalogue of Trees and Plants contains valuable 
descriptive lists of these fruits, which will be found a great as¬ 
sistance to persons making a selection. It may be had on ap¬ 
plication by mail, or at the office of the Cultivator, Albany. 
Orders addressed to the subscribers will receive careful at¬ 
tention, and the trees and plants will be packed for transporta¬ 
tion to any part of the country. 
FRUIT TREES AND ORNAMENTAL PLANTS. 
D LANDRETH & FULTON, proprietors of the Nurseries 
• near Philadelphia, so long conducted by the late D. A C. 
Landreth, are provided with an unusually large stock of the 
most desirable articles in their line. Particular attention is 
requested to the extent and variety of the decorative Trees, Ev¬ 
ergreens, and Flowering Shrubs. Of Green House Plants, they 
also have a large collection, including nearly three thousand 
engrafted Camelias, choice Roses in great variety, and such 
other plants as are usually esteemed. The present season’s 
Catalogue has just been published, and will be furnished on post 
paid application. 
Philadelphia, Oct. 1842. 
MOUNT HOPE GARDEN AND NURSERIES, 
ROCHESTER, N. Y. 
T HE proprietors of this establishment offer for sale a general 
assortment ofNursery articles, comprising Fruit anti Orna¬ 
mental Trees, Flowering Shrubs, Herbaceous Plants, Tulips, 
Hyacinths, and other Bulbous Flower Roots, Double Dahlias Ac. 
They have also on hand, a large and fine collection of Green and 
Hot House Plants, including Geraniums, Chinese Monthly Ro¬ 
ses, Camellia, Japonica, Chinese Azaleas, Cape Jasmines, Cac¬ 
tuses, Ac. 
Orders for any of the above articles, whether large or small, 
will be promptly and faithfully executed, and charges in all ea¬ 
ses will be very moderate. Persons ordering from a distance, 
may rely on having their articles securely packed, and marked 
and shipped, as their orders may designate. 
To such persons as are about forming new establishments, or 
who may wish to dispose of Trees, Shrubs, Plants, Ac. in their 
neighborhood, our terms will be very liberal. 
Gardens and Pleasure Grounds, will be laid out in any part 
of the country, and skilful gardeners furnished on reasonable 
notice, and information on any subject connected with the busi¬ 
ness will be cheerfully and promptly imparted. 
It is expected that persons unacquainted wilh the proprietors, 
will either accompany their orders with a remittance, or name 
a guarantee in the city of Rochester, or vicinity. 
Rochester , Oct. 1, 1842. ELLWANGER A BARRY. 
N. B. Our Fruit Trees comprise the most desirable early and 
late varieties, and the utmost care has been taken in propagat¬ 
ing from such trees only, as were in a bearing state, and whose 
qualities have been sufficiently tested. Priced Catalogues will 
be forwarded gratis, to all applicants. 
Newburgh, N. Y., Oct. 1842. 
A. J. DOWNING A Co. 
BOMMER’S PATENT MANURE. 
LPHE committee of the New-York State Agricultural Society, 
A who examined my method of making vegetable manure, 
having made a favorable report on its merits, (for a copy of 
which see Cultivator for Nov. 1842,) I think it necessary to in¬ 
form the public on what terms I will dispose of my method, so 
that every farmer and planter may make the best use of this 
invention, and secure to themselves the advantages which its 
use offers. It is also important to inform them of the measures 
I have taken, as much for their interests as my own, in order 
to prevent frauds on the part of certain individuals, always 
ready to appropriate to themselves other people’s property, and 
who for that purpose are traveling about the country to sell 
some fragments of my method, without troubling themselves 
about the success of the credulous purchaser. I therefore give 
notice that all copies of my method bear the number of the re¬ 
gister, my signature and my seal. All persons who wish to 
purchase it must furnish their names and places of residence, 
and enclose the price of the method, invariably settled as fol¬ 
lows : 
For Gardens of any extent,. $6 
Farms, under 200 acres,. 10 
Farms, from 200 to 400 acres,. 15 
Farms, over 400 acres,.. 20 
Plantations of any extent, . 25 
For this small sum, the method becomes the property of the 
purchaser, for his own use forever. 
I hope that cultivators will find this rate very moderate, in¬ 
asmuch as more than half of the amount is expended by the 
costs of printing, advertisements in the newspapers, discount 
to agents, Ac. I expect that they will think it reasonable and 
just that I have something left for my labor and trouble, and to 
defray all my expenses' in bringing this invention to its present 
state of perfection. 
To facilitate the circulation of my method, agencies will be 
established in the different states and counties; and to avoid 
frauds, these agencies will be advertised by me in the newspa¬ 
pers of the states and counties respectively. 
At present, however, my method can only be had of the Rev. 
Eli Barnett, Westville, Conn., my agent for New-England—at 
the office of the Cultivator in Albany, and at my office, No. 16 
Rector-street, New-York city, after the tenth of November, at 
which time I shall leave Albany for New-York. 
The application of this system is very simple, and the pro¬ 
cess plainly explained in my method; but if any one of the 
purchasers should meet with any difficulty in its application, 
or should not realize the results that this method offers, they 
may apply to me for the instructions necessary in order to a 
complete success in the operation. 
All orders by mail, post paid, will be promptly answered; 
and the printed method can be sent by mail, at the expense of 
pamphlet postage. 
New-York, Nov. 1, 1842. GEO. BOMMER. 
WARREN’S HORSE POWER AND THRESHING 
MACHINE. 
T HE above is a representation of Warren’s Improved Patent 
Horse Power and Threshing Machine, which at our late Fair, 
obtained the Diploma. 
The construction of each is very simple : and being very com¬ 
pact, and their weight together being only 500 to 600 lbs. they 
are easily conveyed in a common wagon. They are also made 
in such a way as to require less attendance than any machine 
of the kind in use. li e do not hesitate to recommend them as 
machines suited to the wants of many of our farmers throughout 
the state and country. 
We understand that the agent, Mr. Leonard Bostwick, 58 Wa¬ 
ter st. New-York, is prepared to guarantee that his Two Horse 
Power Machines, (which are sold at $75,) will thresh in a clean 
and thorough manner, at least 30 bushels of Oats per hour, 
and other grain in proportion. 
IMPORTANT WORK FOR FARMERS. 
N OW in press, and will be issued on or about the first of No¬ 
vember, in a double extra number of the New World, which 
is forwarded at newspaper postage to all parts of the country, 
LIEBIG’S AGRICULTURAL CHEMISTRY. 
PRICE 25 CENTS —FIVE COPIES FOR $1. 
This is a work of inestimable value to every class of our citi¬ 
zens, but more especially to farmers and gardeners. It will be 
tssiued in a double number of the New World, in a beautiful 
octavo form, and sent, at newspaper postage, throughout the 
country. 
No work has ever appeared in the English language, possess¬ 
ing the ability and interest of Liebig’s Agricultural Chemist¬ 
ry; and not a farmer in the Union but should obtain a copy, 
though it were to cost five dollars instead of twenty-five cents. 
The following extracts from the preface, will show more fully 
the nature of this work: 
“ I have endeavoied to develop, in a manner correspondent to 
the present state of science, the fundamental principles of Che¬ 
mistry in general, and the laws of organic Chemistry in parti¬ 
cular, in their application to Agriculture and Physiology; to 
the causes of fermentation, decay, and putrefaction; to the 
vinous and acetous fermentations, and to nitrification. The 
conversion of woody fibre into wood and mineral-coal, the na¬ 
ture. of poisons, contagions, and miasms, and the causes of 
their action on the living organism, have been elucidated in 
their chemical relations. 
“ Perfect Agriculture is the true foundation of all trade and 
industry—it is the foundation of the riches of states. But a ra¬ 
tional system of Agriculture cannot be formed without the ap¬ 
plication of scientific principles; for such a system must be 
based on an exact acquaintance with the means of nutrition of 
vegetables, and with the influence of soils and action of ma¬ 
nure upon them. This knowledge we must seek from chemis¬ 
try, which teaches the mode of investigating the composition, 
and of studying the characters of the different substances from 
which plants derive their nourishment. 
“ The chemical forces play a part in all the processes of the 
living animal organism; and a number of transformations and 
changes in the living body are exclusively dependent on their 
influences. The diseases incident to the period of growth of 
man, contagion and contagious matter, have their analogies to 
many chemical processes. The investigation of the chemical 
connexion subsisting between those actions proceeding in the 
living body, and the transformation presented by chemical 
compounds has also been a subject of my inquiries.” 
fty Agents, postmasters, andallothers, are requested to take 
an interest in the circulation of this work. Every farmer will 
take a copy if solicited, and its importance made known to 
them. They should club together and send one dollar through 
their postmaster, who will order copies for them free of post¬ 
age. Agents wanted to obtain subscribers for the above work 
in every town in the Union. To such it will be put at $16 per 
hundred copies. All letters should contain the cash, (post 
paid) to receive attention. Address WINCHESTER, 
30 Ann-street, N. Y 
