VOL. VI. 



ROCHESTER, NEW YORK. APRIL, 1845. 



NO. 4. 



PUBLISHED MONTHLY. 



BY B. F. SMITH 8l CO, PROPRIETORS, 



At the Seed Store, No. 4, Front Street, near Buffalo St. 



DANIEL LEE, EDITOR, 



Among the Correspondents are — -ii. B. Langwor- 

 THY, N. GooDSEM,, Prof. C. Dewky, T. C. Peters, 

 li. Wetherell, P. Barry, and T. H. Hyatt. 



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 by a i-e^nlation of the postmaster general, may be remitted by 

 post masters free of expense. ^SO" Address D. F. Smith & Co. 



NOTICES TO CORRESPONDENTS. 



We ehall not be able to pnblisii, in this number, the circular of 

 the Chemung Agricultural Society, containing Mr. A. J. Wyncoop's 

 " Plan for Aericultural Schools ;'' and before our next publication, 

 the Legislature will have closed its session. We can only say, that 

 if the plan could bo carried out, as proposed by Mr. W., the agricul- 

 tural regions of this world would become terrestrial Paradises, and 

 a sXxit" of society, of knowledge, and of improvements would exist, 

 as near j)erfection as we, who are of the " earth earthy," could 

 enjoy. We onlv fear Mr. W., like many other projectors and ben- 

 efactors of mankind, is in his views some few lustres in advance of 

 t'le age. 



Wc have received from Henry O'Reilly, Esq., at Washington, a 

 circular addressed to the proprietors of the old and worn-oul lands 

 of Virginia, Marvland, &c., offering his assistance and views in reu- 

 ovating the over-tasked soils of that region ; together with liis ser- 

 vices in making sales, and introducing some of our northern enter- 

 prising Yankees, as t'le true leaven to raise the character of those 

 countries. Intelligent white frtc labor is the truepaKocco for that 

 Sahara of barrenness and sterility that is spreading over these, the 

 fairest regions of this continent. 



J. S. Skinner, late editor of I'lc Baltimore American, one of the 

 oldest and most able writers on agriculture in these United States, 

 is engaged w ith our late fellow-citizen, Mr. O'R., 151 these laudable 

 objects. We wish them all that success which we shall not fail to 

 lend them, whenever it is in our power. 



Aurora Agricultural Institute. — This institution, as will be 

 seen in tlie advertising notice, is about going into operation. If 

 there is sufficient intelligence, patriotism, and correct views of the 

 dignity of labor, extant among cur farming community, to entrust 

 some of their sons to this institution, they cannot fail of reaping a 

 rich reward. It commends itself particularly to our sympathies 

 and cordial good-will, by observing that it has the countenance and 

 support of that veteran agriculturist. David Thomas, of Cayuga Co., 

 than whom a more honebt, benevolent, and disinterested individual 

 does lint exist, nor one imbued with more true practical knowledge 

 and science, of »il that, appertains to the vegetable kingdom ; its 

 structure, and its economical aud perfect developm«nt. We wish 

 them the fruition of all their anticipations. 



Ellsworth's Rlpokt. — We have received this very able and 

 laborious leport n])on the agricultural, mechanical, and scientific 

 interests of our Union. It is a perfect encyclopajdia of the new in- 

 ventions and discoveries m the arts and sciences in the United States; 

 .containing, also, reports on various new productions aud new pro- 

 cesses for producing the greatest yield of crops — experiments witli 

 manures, and various views of thi" soils, productions, and climates 

 of almost every part of the country, and much carious information 

 on the recent inv. 1 Mons and patent rights of this "universal Yan- 

 kee Hation."' It is document Ni.. 78 of the2i^ h Congress, and cim- 

 ains 520 pages ; ani a mori- interesting volume has not issued from 

 Ue press, within our remcmbrnnce. 



We have also received a>i address delivered by H. Sutton, Esq. to 

 a farmers' club at Romulus. Although it is a well-concocted and 

 truthful exposure of many of the fallacies of the day, abounding in 

 every-day, common-sense views of society, and the duties of the 

 farmer ; yet, from our limited pages, and the necessity of dividin?, 

 it would niea.-urably s|X)il its. value. We will dispose of it as de- 

 sired, on the tirst opiiortuiiity, or in clieap postage time, at farthest 



" T. n. P." The disease called Bloody Murrain, among cattle, if 

 stubborn aud dangerous ; but if proper remedies are applied in its 

 incipient stages, yields to proper treatment. The work spoken os 

 cannot be had short of Albany or New Y'ork, and would be too ex- 

 pensive to order by mail. Merchants going to New York would 

 readily accommodate our correspondent. 



" W. S. T.," " Alvin Wilcox," and "A Young Farmer," have 

 been received. 



AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS. 



We had intended to prepare for our paper, in a 

 condensed form, much valuable, statistical informa- 

 tion, and to commence with the present number. — 

 But the somewhat onerous duties that devolve on 

 the editor, will prevent his doing much till the ad- 

 journmenl of the legislature. 



In the London Farmers' Magazine of the present 

 month, (March) it is stated that the exports of flour, 

 wheat, pork, and beef, from Montreal and Quebec, 

 for the years 1843 and '44, were as follow i 



l)l3. Flour. bus. Wheat. bi .JPnrk. biv. Beef. 



1844. 415,487 282,183 11,164 5,568 

 1843. 172,813 87,712 8,208 4,545 



Increase 242,654 194,471 



Kess Butter, bis. Oat Meal. bus. Peas. 



1844. 7,680 6,725 130,355 

 1843. 2,829 2,777 66,984 



Incr'se 4,851 4,448 63,371 63,135 22,259 



These figures show a remarkable increase in the 

 exports of 1844, as compared with those of the year 

 before. The depth of rain w-hich fell at Harraby, 

 near Carlisle, in England, during the year 1844, was 

 twenty-eight and one quarter inches. This is less, 

 by three and one fifth inches, than the average fpr the 

 nine preceding years. 



The January number of the Journal of the High- 

 land Society of the Royal Agricultural Society, 

 contain the reports of many interesting experiments: 



Forty-four bushels of wheat, have been grown on 

 an acre so poor in vegetable mould, that it contain- 

 ed only \\ per cent. 



In the annual report of the Agricultural Chemis- 

 try Association, at the head of which is Professor 

 Johnston, of Edinburgh, it is stated that 384 analy- 

 ses of soils, guanos, ashes of plants, oil cakes, wa- 

 ters, &IC.J have been made. Many facts stated in 



