A CONSOLIDATION OF DUEL’S CULTIVATOR AND THE GENESEE FARMER, 
Cult. Vol. IX.— No. 12. 
ALBANY, N. Y. DECEMBER, 1842 
Cult. & Far. Vol. III. — No. 12. 
PUBLISHED MONTHLY. 
GAYLORD &. TUCKER, EDITORS. 
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THE CULTIVATOR. 
“TO IMPROVE THE SOIL AND THE MIND . 53 
Hr The Index and Title-page to this volume of The Cultiva¬ 
tor, will be forwarded to subscribers about the middle of the 
present month. 
A WORD TO OUR FRIENDS. 
Our subscribers are requested to bear in mind the fact 
that ft The Cultivator” is published on the cash sys¬ 
tem; and consequently that it will hereafter be sent only 
to such as have paid for the next year. Those therefore 
who wish the next vol. (commencing- on the first of 
Jan.) should at once renew their subscriptions by hand¬ 
ing their dollar to the Agent or Postmaster. 
With this number we send out Prospectuses for the 
next vol. to our Agents, upon whose public spirit and 
activity we must rely, as heretofore, in a great degree 
for our subscription; and we hope very many of our 
present subscribers who have not heretofore interested 
themselves in obtaining subscribers, will deem the mat¬ 
ter of sufficient public importance to induce them to ren¬ 
der their aid by exerting their influence to extend the 
circulation of “ The Cultivator ” in their respective 
neighborhoods. We should indeed be glad to have 
every one of our friends act as Agents, and for any ef¬ 
forts they may be pleased to make in our behalf, they 
will receive our hearty thanks. (See Address to Patrons 
in next column.) 
ILLUSTRATIONS.—With the first number of our next volume, 
we shall issue an extra page of Illustrations, executed in a style 
superior to any thing which has yet appeared in our paper. It 
will contain a portrait of Mr. Prentice’s splendid bull “ Fair¬ 
fax,” to which was awarded the first prize of the N. Y. State 
Ag. Society at its late Fair, as the best two year old bull, and 
also the first prize of the American Institute, as the best bull 
over two years old—the elevation and plans of a Farm House, 
for the beautiful and highly finished Drawings of which we are- 
indebted to T. M. Niven, Esq., Newburgh—several Farm Imple¬ 
ments—drawings of the beautiful Sun Dial, cut in free stone by 
Mr. Thom, and Mr. Mott’s Vase, which were exhibited at the 
late Fair of the American Institute; an ornamental Gate—a 
new Bee Hive by Mr. Weeks of Vermont, &c. &c. 
THE NEW-YORK STATE AG. SOCIETY. 
The annual meeting of the New-York State Ag. Society will 
be held at the Lecture Room of the Young Men’s Association, 
in the Exchange, Albany, on Wednesday the 13th day of Jan. 
1843, at 9 o’clock, A. M. 
Meetings of the Executive Committee will be held at the of¬ 
fice of “ The Cultivator,” on the second Wednesdays of De¬ 
cember and January, at 10 o’clock, A. M. 
_0° All persons intending to compete for the premiums on 
Field Crops, are reminded that the statements required must 
be transmitted to the Recording Secretary, free of postage, on 
or before the first of Jan. next. The Essays, specimens of 
Painting and Engraving, and designs for Farm Buildings, in¬ 
tended to.be offered for the premiums of the Society, must also 
be left with the Recording Secretary previous to the first of 
Jan. next. LUTHER TUCKER, 
Albany, Dec 1, 1842. Rec. Sec’y. 
TO THE PATRONS OF THE CULTIVATOR, 
And the Friends of Agriculture in the United States. 
The present number closes the Ninth volume of the 
Cultivator, and we are unwilling to permit the occasion 
to pass away, without tendering our acknowledgments to 
our numerous friends and patrons, who have kept us 
company through the year;—those who have so effectu¬ 
ally aided us as contributors;—and those who have so 
kindly assisted us in extending the circulation of our 
Journal. It has been a subject of gratulation to us, that 
notwithstanding the hardness of the times, and the mul¬ 
tiplication of the new Agricultural journals, so few of our 
former patrons have left us; while the additions of new 
subscribers from our own and other states and territories 
of the Union, prove that our efforts are not without the 
decided approval of the friends of improved agriculture 
every where. To our subscribers, and indeed the agri¬ 
cultural public generally, the course and character of the 
Cultivator is too well known to render necessary a word 
of explanation or comment; but as there may be some 
unacquainted with the work, the following particulars are 
stated for their benefit. 
1. The circulation of the Cultivator is greater than that 
of any other Agricultural journal in the United States, 
and probably greater dhan that of any similar journal in 
the world. It presents in this respect, a most favorable 
medium through which practical and experienced farm¬ 
ers can communicate their opinions, practice, and expe¬ 
riments, to their agricultural brethren. 
2. In the number and high standing of its contributors, 
both as farmers and as men of science, the Cultivator is 
without a rival. This will be seen by an examination 
of the list of contributors to the present volume, or that 
given with the volume of 1841. It is to the scientific ac¬ 
quirements of many of these contributors, the thorough 
practical acquaintance with agricultural pursuits possess¬ 
ed by most of them, and the general intelligence of all, 
that the Cultivator is much indebted for the favor with 
which it is viewed by all classes in the country. With 
contributors from every state and territory in the Union, 
and from the British provinces, as well as several of dis¬ 
tinguished merit from abroad, it is not surprising that 
the Cultivator should have come to be considered as the 
best exponent of American Agriculture, both at home and 
abroad. 
3. The quantity of matter furnished in the Cultivator, 
is altogether greater, indeed nearly double that of any 
other journal in the country, published at the same price. 
As an easy illustration of the quantity of reading it con¬ 
tains, we will select for comparison, a work with which 
most are familiar—the North American Review'. A 
careful examination shows that each number of the Cul¬ 
tivator contains as much matter as 145 pages of the Re¬ 
view; in other words, a volume of the Cultivator is 
equal to three and a half volumes of the Review; the one 
costing one dollar, the other eight dollars seventy-five 
cents. A similar comparison might be instituted with 
other periodicals, but it is unnecessary. 
4. In the number, variety and excellence of its illus¬ 
trations, the Cultivator is unequaled. This department is 
attended with great expense, but as its adoption has gi¬ 
ven general satisfaction, it will be continued and im¬ 
proved to every reasonable extent. 
5. In the mechanical execution, the quality of the pa¬ 
per used, and the adaptation of the journal to preserva¬ 
tion and binding, it is such as to give it a favorable claim 
to the consideration of the public. Stereotyped as the 
work is, any number or volume wanted, can be furnished 
at once, and the increasing demand for the entire series, 
proves that the Cultivator is beginning to be considered 
not only the cheapest, but the best Encyclopedia of Prac¬ 
tical Agriculture, existing. 
The readers of the Cultivator will not expect or require 
any pledges or promises of the conductors as to the fu¬ 
ture. They are aware that no effort will be spared in any 
department of the paper, to fully sustain the high cha¬ 
racter it has acquired, and render it a welcome visitor in 
the family of every friend of Agriculture and Horticul¬ 
ture in the country. Devoted, as it has been, to the im¬ 
provement of the soil and the mind—to the extension of 
agricultural knowledge and an improved husbandry—and 
to a better taste in farm management, and farm archi¬ 
tecture-such it will continue to be, but with enlarged 
and more efficient means of usefulness. 
It has been the endeavor of the conductors of the Cul¬ 
tivator, to place it on such a basis that they might fur¬ 
nish it to agents, and those disposed to take an interest in 
its circulation, on such terms as to give them a reasona¬ 
ble compensation for such time and trouble as may be re¬ 
quired, and they are happy in the belief that they have, 
to a considerable degree, succeeded in doing this. These 
terms they wish every friend to the agricultural interests 
of our country to examine, and act as inclination or a 
sense of duty shall dictate. 
The conductors of the Cultivator are anxious to extend, 
or even double the present circulation of the paper, be¬ 
cause they believe that the best interests of the country 
would be promoted by such a result. But in doing this, 
they do not wish to interfere with, or occasion the loss 
of a single subscriber by any other agricultural journal. 
The field of labor before us is a broad one; and to all 
who are engaged in cultivating it, they cordially tender 
the right hand of fellowship, and wish them every suc¬ 
cess. There cannot be in the United States, less than 
two millions of families who would be benefited far 
beyond the expense, by the receipt of an agricultural 
or horticultural paper. How many such journals are 
circulated? One hundred and twenty thousand, it is be¬ 
lieved, would he a large estimate. It cannot then be 
doubted that there is ample room for the labors and for 
an extension of the circulation of all. 
In bringing their paper to the notice of the agricultu¬ 
ral public, the conductors must rely, as they have hith¬ 
erto done, on the kind offices of the friends of agricul¬ 
ture throughout the United States. To Postmasters gene¬ 
rally, and to those Editors with whom we exchange, as 
well as many others, our thanks are due for the essential 
aid they have rendered us. That it will still be continu¬ 
ed, they cannot permit themselves to doubt. Judging 
from the experience of the past, and certainly in accor¬ 
dance with our anxious wishes and expectations, the 
commencement of another volume will find us in the 
company of most of our present subscribers; and if each 
of these would endeavor to introduce us to a new friend, 
as constant as themselves, they would greatly enhance 
the obligations we feel to them personally. 
Improvement in the Culture of Cotton. —We 
publish in this paper the first of a series of three num¬ 
bers on the Culture of Cotton, from the pen of Dr. 
Cloud of Alabama, which, if we mistake not, will be 
of high interest to cotton planters. In a private note, 
dated Oct. 12, Dr. C. says—“ I am this season absolutely 
raising from 3,000 to 5,000 lbs. of cotton per acre under 
the improved system, when the same land, under the 
system at present practiced throughout the cotton region, 
could not possibly yield above from 300 to 500 lbs. per 
acre, and with but a trifling shade of difference in the 
expense.” In a later letter, Dr. C. informs us that he 
has actually picked 5,989 lbs. per acre. 
Correction •—The grass mentioned in Dr. Cloud's 
article, p. 164, should have been printed Musquite in¬ 
stead of Musquito grass. 
We beg to call the attention of the scientific and 
agricultural public to the advertisement of Messrs. Tag- 
liabue & Casella, philosophical instrument makers, Lon¬ 
don, which appears in another column. They are the 
principal and oldest established real implement makers 
in the United Kingdom; and the newly invented rain 
guage which they have brought out is highly commend¬ 
ed by the Meteorological Society of Great Britain, and 
now much in use by all interested in the fall of rain. 
Their other instruments for registering meteoric pheno¬ 
mena are also highly approved. 
American Silk —To Mr. Salmon Higgins of Ithaca, 
N. Y., was awarded a gold medal for the best specimen 
of raw silk exhibited at the late Fair of the American 
Institute. This beautiful specimen of silk, made in the 
family of Mr. Higgins, w as, as we learn, sent to the Fair 
of the State Ag. Society for exhibition; but for some 
reason, unaccountable to us, it appears to have been re¬ 
moved after having been opened for exhibition; so that 
it is supposed it was not seen by the judges who exa¬ 
mined the specimens of silk. 
Sale of Stock —Col. J. F. Scribner of Sheldon, Vt., 
who has, as we are informed, a very superior flock of 
South Down sheep, from importations by way of Que¬ 
bec, recently purchased two superior buck lambs of the 
same breed (one weighing 108, and the other 112 lbs.) 
of Mr. Bement of the Three Hills Farm. Mr. B. has 
also lately sent a buck and two ewes, of the same breed, 
to our friend Capt. R. S. Hardwick of Sparta, Ga_a 
buck and four ewes to Wm. Sumner, Esq. Pomaria, S. 
C—three Durham calves, a bull and two heifers, to John 
Warren, Esq., Columbus, Ga. These calves were sired 
by his famous and well-known Astoria, which we regret 
to hear, he has been so unfortunate as to lose, after only 
24 hours illness. To Mr. John Bonner of White Plains, 
Ga., Mr. B. has recently sold the beautiful pair of Berk- 
shires, which received the first prizes at the Syracuse 
fair. 
