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416&#93; 4i6] CUL entirely with tliis plant, •which is devoured with such avidity, tiist it is deemed unsafe to allow them more than a certain portimi. The cows thus ted, continue in excel- lent condition, and yield a suffi- cient quantity of good milk. These animals are so partial to the Wa- ter Crow-foot, that, excepting the scanty pittance they procured on the adjoining heath, five cows and «ne horse had wot consumed more than half a ton of hay in one year. ■— Ho^s likewise eat this vegetable, on which they remarkably improve : accordmg to Dr. P. it is not neces- sary to allow them any olh('r food, till they are put up to fatten. CUBEBS, or Piper Culela, L. is a native of Java, whence its 'small round fruit is imported by the East India Company, in grains or seeds resembling pepper, which pay, on warehou!>ing, the sum of 2l. per cent, according to tlieir va- lue ; and, when taken out for home consumption, they are sub- ject to the farther duty of 2'^d. per lb. — In aromatic warmth and pun- gency, cubebs are inferior to pep- per, conse<|uently much milder, and deserve to be preferred in deli- cate or irriti^ble habits. CULTIVATOR, is an imple- ment of husbandry, lately invent- ed by Mr. William Lrsteh, of Northampton ; for the contrivance of which, the Society for iln- Encou- ragement of Arts, &c. in ISOl, re- warded him with their silver medal. As this instrument promises to be of essential utility to agriculturists, we have given an engraved view of its construd-ion. Description of Mr. Lester's Cul- tivator. (Fig.2, Plate I. A, is tlie beam. Supplement.J CUL B B, the handles. CC, is a semi-circular cros?-t«rf, containing several holes, by means of which the two bars D D may be placed at a greater or less distance from each other, as occasion may require, D D, represent two strong bars, that are moveable at one end upon a pivot marked E; and extend thenqe, in a triangular form, to the cross-bar C C. With the for- mer are conne6led the shares F, the upper ends of which are in- serted through square holes, and may thus be fixed at any requisite height. F, represents those seven shares, the lower extremities of which are shaped like small trowels, while the upper parts consist of square iron bars. G, G, G, are three iron wheels, sering to move the machine, and which may be raised, or lowered, at pleasure. H, an iron hook, to which the swingle-tree and horses are to be link( d. Wlien the machine is first em- ployed on land, the bars D D, are expanded as widely as possible : ia proportion as the clods are broken, and the s(m1 beconies loosened, they are brought closer to the centre, so that the shares occupy a smaller space, and consequently the land will be more easily re- duced to powder. I'he objed of Mr. Lester's in- vention is, to shorten the labour at present required for breaking up stiif soils ; and, as these are most effetlitually pulverized in dry wea- ther, his implement is peculiarly adapted for such purpose : accord- ing to his account, he is confident that one man, a boy, and six horses, will break up as much /aZ- ioiU'