We do not know of a mill like the one here inquired for-that spoken of in another part of this paper, as invented by Mr. Arnold is somewhat similar.-EDS. MESSES. BOITORS--The conversion of a single into a double rose, by enriching the soil, is familiar to every one. The growth of organs half stamen and half petal, as if hurried unfledged from their nestling places, or as if SULPHATES OF AMMONIA AND SODA, AND NIa change of fashion had overtaken them in the progress of their development, are frequently seen in peonies. But nature sometimes displays the beautiful and wonderful in a series of variations upon a favorite theme;-as the following statement will illustrate. TRATE OF SODA. These are very useful preparations and essential mateterials for manures; they may be used separately or collectively, and but a few experiments are required to detect the great advantages which they are respectively exercising. The Sulphate of Ammonia is according to the Among the shrubs and flowers of a lady in Moscow, Western New-York, there is a rose bush, which continues in bloom from the early appearance of flowers. through subscriber's ideas, best employed in a liquid state, say 2 the whole summer. Some of its buds are purely white, others are of a rich crimson color. Besides these there are roses whose petals are a part wholly white, and the remaining ones as wholly crimson-and these admixtures are in all proportions. Again the petals of some flowers are chiefly white with red streaks, and others are chiefly red with white streaks. The soil is chip manure and loam; and nothing is known of the shrub, except that it was a shoot from some of the princely clusters in the garden of Mr. Sam' M. Hopkins of Geneva. J. N. FARMERS' AFFAIRS. various production of salts; it is invaluable for an early potato crop. The Nitrate of Soda is by itself too powerful to use, and may be wixed with the Sulphate in proportion of 1 lb. of the latter. All the three salts may be used in solution or in a dry state and will prove very efficient, say: 2 lbs. Nitrate of Soda, or 3 lb. for a barrel of water, and by sprinkling over the ground morning and evening the effect is visible within three or four days, and Mr. Gilbert of Jersey City, has made the same observation with the cauliflowers; mushrooms may readily be raised in a week; there is no doubt but the advantages in using these preparations are two-fold. 1st. In planting corn you make it sprout quickly, and the grub-worm which is the greatest enemy to the farmer and inclined to attack the planted seed which at once begins to sprout. 2d. The plant certainly produces an early crop in every instance, and in a pecuniary respect of much service. The Sulphate of Soda may be used in a liquid state, but I prefer it in lumps mixed up with dung or Union, as well as knowledge, is important among all horse manure, as it will then gradually decompose and classes; and among none more important than among far-form with the ammonia developed from the dung the mers. Who can calculate the beneficial influences exerted by agricultural societies and cattle-shows? The people among whom agricultural fairs originated in this country-the hardy farmers of Berkshire, Massachusetts -cherish those exhibitions with increasing interest: And who will doubt that great good is produced by what thus meets with increasing favor after thirty-five years' experience among such a community as the people of old Berkshire? The history of the first efforts for holding fairs in that place, and the extent to which that model has been copied in other states, would form an interesting chapter in the history of agricultural progress: And certain are we that no man familiar with the facts in that chapter, would ever again doubt, if he has ever doubted, the importance of societies and cattle shows in promoting emulation and improvement among farmers. By the by, the history of cattle-shows in Berkshire, and the influence that has radiated from the efforts made MESSRS. EDITORS-I raise calves without horns, and there some thirty-five years ago, might form an interest-think them quite preferable to calves with horns,-they ing portion of the exercises at the Great Jubilee at Pitts-are not liable to injure one another, and less shelter will field, in August, when the sons of OLD BERKSHIRE are answer for the same number, provided you do not put to gather together from various states, to renew the ac-them in stalls. When the calf is from two to four weeks quaintances formed in early life, while cultivating the farms around their ancient homesteads in that well known county-a county, honored perhaps beyond example in the honors which her enterprising sons have secured for themselves in all quarters of the Union, wherever enlightened enterprise has led them. HAND MILLS. RHO. 3 lbs. Sulphate of Ammonia, All mixed up and dissolved in one hogshead of water, New-York, June, 1844. CALVES WITHOUT HORNS. old, tie the legs, the same as if you intended to kill him. Cut off the hair on and around the horn-have an iron, an inch or more in diameter, square at the end, heat it to a red heat, and sear the lump down even with the surface of the head, and put on a plaster of shoemaker's wax, or some other adhesive plaster, to keep the air from it, and no more is necessary to be done. The calves do not suffer the least inconvenience from it. If the lump is not seared down close, there will sometimes grow a loose MESSRS. EDITORS-I see in the June No. of your Cul-nub of a horn. tivator, an account of a new cast mill, to be worked by J. S. men or horses, which is spoken of very highly. In 1828 THE WHEAT CROP IN NORTHERN ILLINOIS.-The edI saw in Florida a cast mill, made, as well as I re-itor of the Prairie Farmer under date of May 28th, says: collect, upon the same principle pretty much as the new coffee mill, with a hopper that would hold one peck or half a bushel of corn, which was worked by a crank; and on the opposite side of the mill there was a balance wheel of cast-iron about three feet in diameter, which Was screwed on to the other end of the same piece of iron that the crank was screwed on, which mill made excellent meal or hominy, and very fast for so small a mill, and which could be worked very easy with the assistance of the balance wheel when put in motion, and "From every quarter, we notice the reports are, that wheat is likely to come in luxuriantly. We can but repeat the opinion we have before expressed, that the price of wheat is to be lower for years to come, than for years back, in proportion to other articles; for the sufficient reason that so much more is produced. The folly of exclusive wheat raising is apparent." The S. Carolina State Ag. Society hold their next Exhibition at Greenville on the 2d Wednesday of Sept. FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE. men in the theory and practice of agriculture. Earl Bathurst, Lord Ducie, and other noblemen, as well as By the last packet at Boston, we received from our tenent farmers, took part in the proceedings. More than kind friends in England, an unusually large supply of one half the necessary funds have been already subscribed foreign Agricultural Journals, among which are the or promised. A report from a committee who had visiFarmer's Magazine for May and regular files of the Mark-ted the agricultural colleges of France, Switzerland, Lane Express, New Farmer's Journal, Gardener's Chronicle, Agricultural Gazette, Farmer's Herald, &c. Prussia, &c., was read, stating that all those institutions were flourishing, and their beneficial influences were becoming more widely extended and acknowledged. DEFECT IN POTATOES.-Several European writers seem to entertain the notion that the failure and poor quality of the potato-crop for a few years past, is owing to the degeneracy of the variety from age. They also recommend unripe potatoes for seed, for the reason, as is alleged, that they will vegetate more readily and vigorously than ripe ones. We do not think that either of these theories is supported by facts, in this country.. GUANO. That is said to best which is brightest colored-being freshest, or last formed. On some of the islands in the Pacific, it is said its smell is perceptible at the distance of fourteen miles. There are places where it is seventy feet thick. STATE OF THE WEATHER, CROPS, &c.-Accounts state the month of May was unusually cold in England, as well as in this country, but in respect to moisture, the weather was the reverse of what it was here- here being no rain of any consequence in England during the month, and but very little during the month preceding. The severity of the drouth had injuriously affected many of the crops. Some of the late spring grains had vegetated but very imperfectly-the pastures were in many instances dried up-in several districts the animals had to be supported by foddering, and the stock of hay was being rapidly consumed. It is hoped, however, that the drouth is at an end. Rains had fallen in some places on the last days of the month, and there was a prospect of more. In Scotland, there had been some deficiency of rain, but the THE ALPACA IN GREAT BRITAIN.-It has been stated wheat and other crops looked rather promising. that this animal, which has within a few years been inExtract of a letter received in New-York, dated Lon-troduced into Great Britain, has not proved to be very don, June 3:-"Our weather has been singularly dry and free from all moisture for the last ten weeks-so much so as almost to have checked farming vegetation, with the exception of the autumn sown wheat-as for barley, oats and beans, they are just above ground, and the latter are in blossom, not six inches high. Of hay, compared with last season, the crop will not bo one-fifth in quantity. In short, we must be large customers of your Western States, if matters continue as at present." The introduction of live stock into England, which has taken place to some extent under the new tariff, has, it is said, resulted in a general loss to the speculators. Some of the animals, imported in store condition, had been put to stall feeding, but in no instance have they thriven well; on the contrary the change of diet had such an unfavorable effect upon them, that in the course of a few weeks they have been attacked with disease and rendered almost valueless. Farm laborers were getting ready employ at from 10s. to 12s. per week. healthy there. A late foreign paper says there can be no doubt as to the climate of England and Scotland being suitable, and that the difficulty lies wholly in getting them there-the animals always becoming sickly on their voyage from Peru. It is said they contiue healthy till they reach the Cape of Good Hope, when they begin to droop and frequently die. The account to which we allude, says there is a pair of these animals in Stirlingshire, (Scotland,) which have been kept there for eight or nine months, and stood the severe winter without injury, and more hardy than the native sheep, required less food, and subsist where sheep would die. They are said to be now in perfect health, very docile, following their keeper like a dog, and are very elegant and interesting. The weight of their fleeces was 174 lbs. The owner anticipates that the time will come when the rough hills and heathy mountains of Scotland will be covered with them, and that they will become a source of wealth to the proprietors of the Highland districts, where they will thrive on those coarse kinds of herbage which neither horse, cow, or sheep will touch. The Mark Lane Express of June 3, says: From the United States, and Canada, immense quantities of salted] ROT IN SHEEP-It is well known that sheep affected beef and pork, together with hams, cheese, bacon, &c., with the rot, have insects in their livers called flukes. have come in, yet the demand for those articles has im- There has been much speculation in regard to these inproved, and prices have been well supported. For in-sects-whether they are the cause or the effect of the stance, American cheese has sold at from 34s. to 48s.; disease, or whether they are produced spontaneously in beef, 30s. to 38s.; pork, 36s. to 40s. per cwt.; tongues, the liver, or proceed from eggs taken into the stomach 24s. per keg; smoked hams, 52s. to 56s. per cwt., duty of the sheep, are points on which writers are not agreed paid; beef, for ship's use, 80s. to 90s.; prime mess, 65s.In an English paper we notice an extract from a lecto 70s. per tierce; and prime mess pork, 45s. to 52s. 6d. per barrel, in bond. At these rates, a good business has been transacted, with every prospect of higher figures. AMERICAN SEEDS IN ENGLAND.-At a late meeting of the Council of the Royal Agricultural Society, Mr. COLMAN presented samples of several kinds of seeds which he had received from America, and which were distributed among 30 members of the council for trial, and their reports respectively on the results of their cultivation. Among the seeds were millet, broom-corn, herds-grass, or timothy, (Phleum pratense,) and several varieties of Indian-corn. Mr. Colman is strongly inclined to think that the early kinds of Indian corn may succeed in the southerly part of England. Mr. Colman) also presented two plows, one made by D. Prouty & Co., Boston, and the other by Ruggies, Nourse and Mason, Boston. The committee of arrangements have made preparations for the trial of these plows with those of English manufacture, at the coming show of the Royal Agricultural Socie y at Southampton. Mr. C. likewise presented American grain-cradles and scythe-snaiths, of improvel construction, besides turnep-weeders, ma-the rot, both in foot and in liver." nure-forks, &c. PRESERVING GRASS FOR FODDER.-Pr. Johnston says: AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE IN ENGLAND.-At a public" A method has lately been tried in Germany which meeting lately held at Cirencester, (Eng.) in furtherance seems in a great measure to attain this object. Pils are of an agricultural college for the education of young dug in the earth from ten to twelve feet square, and as ture lately delivered by Mr. Brightwell, in which he spoke of these insects. He says "The vulgar notion seems to agree with the scientific one, viz: that the eggs or larva of insects are drunk in the water. The strongest proof of this I know, is in the relation of the woman at or near Cork, who had larva of the church-yard beethe in her stomach. By an absurd notion she drank a mixture of water and clay from a priest's grave! I believe there are doubts whether the larva within animals ever become insects or arrive at the pupa state. In the case just noticed, I think it is said they did so; if not that foolish woman must have taken great draughts at which at various times came from her stomach. Alat various times, to produce the vast quantity of larva though larva may come from animals' stomachs with the excrements, and afterwards become perfect insects, still I cannot see how they can pass from the liver. Whether my views on the rot in sheep's livers be right or wrong, I am safe in saying that the animals originally belonged to high and dry districts, and the nearer their pasturage comes to that, the less liable will they be to many deep. These are lined with wood, and puddled munication, we may add, is located in the Ohio state, and below and at the sides with clay. Into this the green his letter is dated December 6. "Cattle and sheep," he erop of grass, clover, or vetches is put, just as it is cut. says, "are as good as the average in England; of sheep, Four or five cwt are introduced at a time, sprinkled with the Merino breed appears to have been early introduced, salt, at the rate of one pound to each cwt., and if the and followed by the Leicester and Southdown; the Meriweather and consequently the crop be dry, two or three no is not a bad sort, but I think the introduction of our quarts of water should be sprinkled on each successive English breeds a great advantage. Oxen are worth from layer of four or five cwt. is spread evenly over the bot-61. to 6l. 58.; cows and calves, from 21. to 41.; and other tom, is well trodden down by five or six men, and ram-stock in proportion. Fat wether sheep, 181b. per qr., 68.; med as close as possible at the sides with wooden ram-a man may buy a good flock of store sheep for 4s. 2d. mers. When the pit is full the topmost layer is well each. Fat pigs, those above ten score, 2s. 6d. per score; salted, the whole then covered with boards, or a well under that, 2s. 3d. The large hog is worth most money, fitting lid, which has a quantity of earth laid above it for as the fat parts can be turned into lard, and more made of the more perfect exclusion of the air. The grass speedi- it than the pork or bacon could fetch. There are thouly heats and ferments, and after the lapse of about six sands of sheep killed, the legs salted and dried, and the days, the whole has sunk about one-half of its original remainder boiled or fried to obtain the tallow. Butter balk, when the lid may be removed and the space filled sells at 34. per lb.; cheese, at 2d, to 24d. The average with fresh grass. When thus fermented, the grass has price of hay is 20s. per ton; good cider, 9s. the 100 galthe appearance of having been boiled, has a sharp acid lons-so abundant was the crop that the apples will not taste, and greedily eaten by the cattle. The pits should all be used. I sold two loads of wheat at 3s. 104d. per be kept coverd for at least six weeks, after which they bushel; oats fetch 11d. I think you would be surprised may be opened successively as required, and be kept open to see how things come forward in the spring. I had till their cantents are consumed, without suffering any oats sown the 12th of May, and cut in July. I expect injury from contact with the air. One experimenter says, you will get some of the Ohio wheat, as a great deal of that by giving only 20 lbs. a day of this salted fodder, it goes to Canada, which is not more than 100 miles disalong with chopped straw, he kept his cows in condition tant by water."-Glouc. Chr. during the whole of the winter; another states that, on a daily allowance of the same quantity, his cows gives a rich and well-tasted milk." WARBLES IN CATTLE.-A few applications of strong brine will at once destroy warbles in cattle, in whatever stage they may be found to exist; after which the animal We are not prepared to say how this plan might suc-will thrive better, and when it comes to be slaughtered, succeed. It syems to be somewhat similar to that some-both the hide and carcase will be more valuable. tines practiced for keeping brewers grains. THE EGG TRADE--To give an idea of the extent of this THE UPAS TREE-The story of the "Bohon Upas, in branch of trade, it may be stated that the Princess Alice, the Island of Java," which constituted one of the read- from Dublin to Fleetwood, on Sunday week, brought 38 ing lessons in a school book very generally used in Newtons, or about 70,000 eggs. The whole were dispatched England some thirty years ago, will be recollected by by railway to Manchester, Birmingham ani London, many. The poisonous qualities of this tree were represented as so wonderful, that no animal could with safety approach it within the distance of half a mile, and birds, When attempting to fly over it, were said to fall down dead. Criminals, when under sentence of death, were said to be allowed their choice, either to visit this tree, 1 collect some of the gum or sap, or suffer immediate execution the manner of execution being shooting with arrows, dipped in the sap of the upas. In a late number of the London Gardener's Chronicle, we find the follow- GOOD FARMING.-It may be laid down as a standing ing notice of this tree:-"A living plant of this celebra-rule, and as a guide to direct our exertions, that all good te tree has been lately presented to the Horticultural So-farming, the whole of that process by which bad land is ciety by the East India Company, and is now growing in to be converted into good, or land naturally good and prothe Chiswick Garden. It is in perfect health, and, not-ductive is to be continued in that state, is comprised in withstanding the fables of Dutch travellers, perpetuated the three following operations of husbandry. 1. To carby Darwin, may be approached with safety. It is, how-ry off all stagnant and superfluous water by means of juever, so virulent a poison that no prudent person would handle it without proper precaution." WHITE CROWS.---We were shown to-d y, at a house in the Kirkgate, a brace of crows, nearly as white as snow. They are this year's birds, and were taken out of the same nest in company with a brother or sister of the ordinary color. When anxious for food, they caw their vernacular in splendid style, run about the floor, and are as well-grown as birds can well be of the same age.Dumfries Courier. dicious draining. 2. To return through the medium of manure, the strength and fertility which has been exINSECTS IN WHEAT.-In a lecture on the diseases of tracted from the land by cropping. 3. To eradicate all wheat" lately delivered in England by Rev. Mr. Sidney, noxious weeds, that the strength of the manure may be mention was made of the "wheat midge" and "ear thrown into the crops and not into the weeds.-Rawcockle," magnified representations of which were exhi-storne s Remarks on Lancashire Farming. bited. The former is a fly something resembling a DEANSTON FARM.-We took the opportunity, while at gat; the latter is a small eel, the larvae of which are Stirling, of vising the farm of the celebrated Mr. Smith, deposited inside the grain in a cottony substance, and of Deanston. In the plantation adjoining the improved they are so minute that many thousands exist in a single fields, the original state of the soil may be seen and comgrain of wheat. These animalcules are very destruct-pared with the same soil in its improved state. The couive, and the chrysalis of the insect is supposed to come trast is very great. There are no open drains or ditches to life in the farm yard where the refuse of the threshing on the farm, nor open furrows or gaws of any kind. floor is thrown, as it exists in the chaff. As a means of preventing this evil it is recommended that the chaff should be sieved, and that the dust, in which the chrysalis of the insect is always to be found in great Lambers, should be taken away and burnt." We believe this wheat midge" is the same insect which has been improperly called the "weevil" in this country. The plow used here has a moveable mould-board, which the plowman turns over at the land end, then enters at the same place, the earth being always thrown to the same side. The fields are thus laid out quite level, no land lost with open furrows, and no time spent in going round ridges in turning. This system answers well with Mr. Smith, who reaps his crops with a reaping machine, AMERICAN PRODUCE-The following extract from aand does not require ridges as a guide in harvest. At the letter just received from a farmer, who emigrated from entrance to each field the ground is paved about four feet the Cotswolds to the United States of America, has been within the gate, and to the road outside, to prevent the sent us by a correspondent who is of opinion that the ground being poached with carts or cattle. The division facts communicated tend to show, that if agricultural pro-fences (thorn hedges) all run parallel. A pump-well is duce was allowed to be imported into this country, free fixed at the corner of four fences, and supplies, by means of day from such a boundless country as the United of troughs in each adjoining corner, water to four fields at States, the British farmer and grazier would be entirely once. The drains, have never in a single instance, resuperseded in the home market. The writer of the com-lquired to be opened and relaid. They are formed en tirely of broken stones. The grass lands, in some places, were beginning to fog, and seem, in our opinion, to be in need of lime. This farm (we believe about 150 acres in extent) is an excellent example of the benefits of furrow draining, combined with that part of the system which is Mr. Smith's own, subsoil plowing. But the whole suc-cessary sap for nourishment and elaboration, soon percess of the system, as shown by the increased produce of this farm, cannot be entirely ascribed to draining and subsoiling. Great part of it is due, no doubt, to the high price got for the produce consumed at the Deanston cotton works, where upwards of 1,000 people are employed, and which is within one hundred yards of the farm offices; and most farmers will be inclined to think that much of the fertility of the farm is due to the manure supplied by the village (which adjoins the farm), where this large family of human beings live.-Dumf. Cour. SHEEP ON THE HIGHLANDS OF SCOTLAND. On the wild mountain ranges of Scotland, where the ruggedness of the soil does not admit of cultivation, immense flocks of sheep are kept. In the late foreign papers we notice an account of a "club" formed by the farmers of a portion of this region, the object of which is to ascertain and record the prices of the cattle, sheep, and wool of the district during the past year, and to collect any other use fut information. We have undoubtedly much land in this country now lying waste, which might be appropriated to the grazing of sheep with as much profit as is yielded by these Scottish lands. The following extract will interest many of our readers: "The usual calculation is that, in the North High lands, five acres of pasturage are required for two sheep; whilst south of the Frith of Forth three acres will carry two sheep. Scarcely any hill pasture in Scotland, in its natural state, will carry one sheep to the acre. The ex discovered the enemy. The insects could hardly be seen by the naked eye, but by the aid of a lens, were magnitied to the size of a quarter of an inch, and were busily engaged with their proboscis, feasting on the vital juices of the tree. The leaves, being thus deprived of the neished and turned black by the heat of the sun, while all that part of the branch and trunk below, dependent upon the elaborated sap of the deadened leaves above, shrunk, turned black and dried up. The fruit became shrivelled, and shared the same fate. Dr. M. thinks the only remedy is to cut off the affected branches and burn them. Particular care is required to take off every limb on which the enemy can be found. Cutting off those which are already deadened, will be of little avail, as the insect has then begun depredating on other branches, though the consequences may not yet be obvious. HOLLOW HORN. A writer with the signature of "Grazier," in the Louisville Journal, describes very particularly a case of hollow-horn in a cow. He has no doubt that the disease is occasioned by hard keep." He says he has frequently seen cattle bought from persons who had almost starved them, become fat, and to all appearance healthy; but would suddenly exhibit all the symptoms of the hollow horn. Boring the horns, he thinks is only a palliative, not a cure-as the matter in some cases cannot be discharged at a gimblet hole. Boring was tried in the case he speaks of, but without effect. The horns were finally cut off, and the cow got well. In conclusion, he says, "Hollow horn, if treated as above, will certainly be cured, and the animal rendered as useful as ever, either for milk, for work, or for fat." We would suggest whether this is not rather a large conclusion to be drawn from a single case? We have known this remedy frequently tried, accompanied with all possible care, but without Preventives are best; but if animals become diseased, success. In desperate cases, no remedy is infallible. they should be attended to as soon as attacked. tent of land thus occupied by many farmers is immense many of them counting "hirsels" to the number of from 3,000 to 5,000, and even 10,000, whilst some go much beyond this; Cameron, of Corrieliyle, for instance, whose holding lies in the Lochiel country and away by Glencoe, counts his 40,000 bleaters on the wild mountain. sides and deep valleys of the far north. Mr. Cameron, who was once a common drover, may thus be reckoned as, next to Prince Esterhazy, the greatest flock-master in A writer in the Louisville Journal, speaking of the exthe world. Farms of the kind of which we are speak-periments of Mr. Bement in making butter, given in the ing, are nearly all let upon leases of nine or thirteen March number of the Cultivator, says: Mr. B. expresses surprise that a cow whose milk proyears, whilst the leases of the arable farms in Scotland) RICHNESS OF MILK, &c. run from 15 to 19 years. The locality of Mosspaul is duced little butter, as showed by the lactometer, or little wild, stern, and rugged-the "Wisp" [name of a moun-cream, (I have forgot which,) made the fattest calf. A tain] itself rising immediately behind the inn, to the word as to the cause of this. Though not able to use height of 1,950 feet above the level of the sea, whilst technical terms or to give a chemical analysis of milk, I "Alps upon Alps arise,” all around closing in a narrow believe I can be understood. The component parts of, valley, at the foot of which there runs a mountain stream new milk, as far as dairy analysis shows them, are butters called the Ewes, and along which lies the road to Edin-cheese, and whey; and in the milk of individual cows burgh, hemmed in on each side by immense hills, which there is a wide difference in the proportions; and cowe rise almost perpendicularly, and strongly remind the pas-that give little butter may make it up in cheese, and thoso senger of the accounts he has read of the far-famed Ky- that give little butter and little cheese in proportion te ber Pass. The inn of Mosspaul itself, a solitary dwel- their milk must make it up in whey. I do not recollect ling amidst the mountains, stands at an elevation of 620 of ever seeing a comparative statement of the nutritive feet above the level of the sea, and is built on the very qualities of butter and cheese, but I have found in feedconfines of Roxburghshire-the stables, barns, &c, which adjoin being in the county of Dumfries. For miles and miles around and along the road, the property is owned by the Duke of Buccleugh, and is divided into holdings, such as we have already indicated-many of the farmers being owners of from 3,000 to 5,000 sheep.* BLIGHT IN PEAR-TREE. ing calves from the bucket, instead of suckling, that the No proper test has been found to prove the quality of milk, which, as it comes from the cow, is a little heavier which does not determine the richness; and beads are useless, as water administered to new milk would lessen its specific gravity and might be mistaken for cream. Dr. Mosher, of Cincinnati, has presented to the Horti-than water. The tube lactometer only shows the cream, cultural Society of that city, a paper on this subject, in which he states his belief that the blight is caused by a species of aphis. He first examined with a lens the blackened leaves and branches, extending his observations to the bark and wood, without discovering any satis- ORTHOGRAPHY AND ETYMOLOGY.-"MOLASSES," says factory cause. He always cut off the affected branches, Webster; "is an incorrect orthography of Melasses." but no sooner was this done, than others were attacked in The word is said by Bordley to have been derived from the same manner. At length, on examining some heal-mel, honey, and assinus, an ass-from the circumstance thy branches, adjacent to those which were diseased, hell of asses being used in grinding sugar-canes. THE CULTIVATOR ALMANAC FOR 1845. The Almanac which we issued late in the season for this year, met with such success, that with our limited edition, (30,000 copies,) we were unable to supply the demand for it. This success has induced us to issue an edition for 1845, and to enable us to supply all demands for it, we have had the work stereotyped, and are now ready to supply orders from any section of our country. We subjoin a list of the GREAT SALE OF ELECTORAL SAXON SHEEP. Henry D. Grove, as follows: 1. That at Grainger, Medina co., Ohio, consisting of about 400 sheep, on the farm now occupied by them, on the 30th of September next. selaer county, N. Y., consisting of about 350 sheep, on the 15th 2. The home flock, at his late residence in Hoosick, Rensof October next. A rare opportunity is offered to those who may be anxious to improve the quality of their flocks. The following is the opinion of the distinguished manufacturer who has usually pur CONTENTS OF THE CULTIVATOR ALMANAC FOR 1845: chased Mr. Grove's wool, of the character of these flocks: 3. Useful Recipes. 4 Hints for the Months. 5. Pino: a Farm House. 6. Village Door Yards. 7. Crested Fowls. & The Shepherd's Dog. 9 A Cheap Hen House. 10 Raising Melons, Cucumbers. 11. Pruning Orchards. Fodder. 24. Hints to Young Men. 25. Prevention of Accidents from Bulls. 26. Hot Beds, 27 Culture of Millet. 128 Speed the Plow. 29. Plan of a Barn. 30. Coulter for cultivating corn. 32. Did'nt I drum well?" 12 Improvements in Agriculture. (33. Flowers. 13 Hay Box for feeding Sheep. 34. Propagation by Layers. 15. The Common Horse Rake. 36. The Cultivator. It is printed in the style and of the same size as the Cultivator Almanac for 1844, and illustrated with THIRTY ENGRAVINGS, and sold at the low price of $2 per 100-or $15 per 1,000. Booksellers or others, can have editions printed with their imprint, and occupy the last page with an advertisement, for $5 extra on the frs: 1,000 copies. "The purest blood in this country was introduced by the late Mr. Grove in his own flocks, the wool from which I have been familiar with since their importation in 1827. In point of fineness and admirable felting qualities, this wool is unsurpassed by any flock in this country, and the fleeces average about half a pound each more than any other I am acquainted with of equal fineness. SAM'L LAWRENCE. Lowel, April 9, 1844." Terms of sale, cash.-Reference, Sam'l Lawrence, or either of the subscribers. Buskirk's Bridge, April 20, 1844. myi.-5t. ELIZA W. GROVE, W. JOSLIN, S. A. COOK. FINE FARMS FOR SALE. THOSE very superior Farms situated near Galway Corners, in the county of Saratoga, collectively known as the Earl Stimson Farm, will be sold cheap and on terms most accommodating to the purchasers as to credit. The property consists of about 340 acres, is so situated as to be conveniently divided into three or four farms, all having the necessary buildings, and will be sold together or in parcels, to suit purchasers. Each farm is properly divided into pasture, tilled and wood land, and is in the highest state of cultivation, fenced in the best manner and with the most durable materials. The property comprises among other buildings, a large and convenient hotel, which is a favorite resort of families in the summer on account of the superior healthiness and beauty of the country. The farming buildings of all kinds are most extensive and convenient for all the purposes of agriculture and the raising of stock. The premises also include a country store, a most eligi: le location for a country merchant, having been occupied as ch for about forty years. It is within two hours drive of Ballston, Saratoga, CHARCOAL. I wish some one would give us a feasi- and Schenectady. The farm is well known among leading ag ble mode of pulverising charcoal. Reducing it to pow-riculturists, and in the agricultural periodicals, as the Pattern der with flails is out of the question, except for a few Farm. For terms, &c., apply to J. OAKLEY, No. 75 Nassau street, New-York. ushels. Will Za. Drummond, Esq. of Va., tell us how he manages it? JAMES BOYLE. AG. PUBLICATIONS.-We must study our profession; we have many judiciously conducted periodicals, and maby scientific works, and no man who has a proper pride in his profession but reads some agricultural paper with all the zest that ever a politician devoured a partizan jounal. These productions from practical farmers, ase, interest, and instruct. They excite us to increased exertion:-inspire us with confidence in undertakings which otherwise would be abandoned upon the first failwe-gire us plans, the most approved, for all our farm buildings;-make suggestions which are often of the Freatest importance:-indeed, they act as "a friend in Deed,"-as a wise counsellor, a judicious, experienced adviser. These papers are of as much importance, and are as necessary to the planter in the successful prosecution of farming as the political newspaper is to the statesman, or the "reports of cases" to the lawyer.-Bowie's Address. Oct. 1.-tf. and HE FIELD SEED STORE. long established Seed Store, a supply of the best quality subscriber continues to keep constantly on hand at his kinds of Field Seeds, viz: Red Clover, of the large and small growth, Timothy, Red Top, or Herd's Grass, Orchard Grase, Also, the different varieties of Wheat, as White Flint, Red Chaff, Mediterranean, and English--for sale in lots to suit purchasers at moderate prices, by ISRAEL RUSSELL, Feb. 1. 1844-mar. oct. 26 Front-street, New-York N. B. The following description of some superior English CURE FOR UNRULY MILKERS.-Make a pen of just the Wheat sown in the month of October last, the product of which will be for sale at the above Store is given by a respectable ze that the cow can comfortably stand in and no more. English farmer in the State of New-Jersey, who sowed about This you can do in the corner of your yard, by setting eleven bushels, a sample of which can yet be seen. It is down three posts, and boarding them up fence-like, lea-called the Uxbridge White Wheat, and is the most noted Wheat ing them open at the end to drive in the cow. Let a they have in England, it being of fine quality, always commands a high price, as the flour is used by the biscuit bakers in Lonspace be left open at the side where you wish to milk. don; it is great for yielding, and puts out a much larger ear Put your cow into it and fasten her in by stretching a than any wheat I have seen in this country. I saw when in chain across the end of the pen behind her. Then take England, three years ago, on my brother's farm in one field, piece of rope, say fifteen feet long, and tie one end of 120 acres, that yielded 40 bushels and upwards to the acre. It grows very strong, and is not liable to be laid by heavy rains. it to a post behind the cow, and near its length distant I will warrant it free from any soil whatever. I did not see in from her: tie the other end to the leg of the animal, just the eleven bushels, a particle but Wheat; and I have sown it above her foot, draw it back as much as it would natu-on Clover seed, on purpose that there shall be nothing but ily be for her to be milked. Then sit down and milk Wheat; and I will put nothing in the barn with it, so as to put it beyond the possibility of a doubt of its having any thing in it the cow at your leisure. It will take a man an hour and or getting mixed with other Wheat, which through carelessness a half to make the pen; and when once made, it is very le more than to milk without. She may object going into the first and second time, but will afterwards give no trouble.-Selected. is often the case. I have grown a great deal of it myself iu England, and know from experience that for yield and quality, from 64 to 67 lbs. per bushel. It is smooth chaff, and easy to there is no Wheat to compete with it. Its general weight is thrash, which is not always the case with smooth chaff Wheat." |