VOL. VI. 



ROCHESTER, NEW YORK. JUNE, 1845. 



NO. 6. 



PUBLISHED MONTHLY. 



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



At the Seed Store, Front Street, nearly opposite the Market. 



DANIEL LEE, EDITOR. 



FIFTY CENTS A YEAR: 



Fire copies for Two Dollars ; Eight copies for Three Dollars. 

 All payuicnts to be made in advance. Money and subscriptions, 

 by a regdlation of the postmaster general, may be remitted by 

 post masters free of expense. ^53" Address B. F. Smith & Co. 



LECTURES ON AGRICULTURE. 



The undersigned, Corresponding- Secretary of the 

 N. Y. State Agricultural Society, will give free 

 public lectures on the science and practice of rural 

 economy, in the counties of Wyoming, Genesee, 

 and Monroe, during the last week in June ; in Onei- 

 da during the first week of July ; in Madison, Cort- 

 land, and Chenango, in the second week of the same 

 month, at such places as the Presidents of the coun- 

 ty agricultural societies, and other friends of agri- 

 cultural improvement, shall designate. 



Lectures will be given in most of the counties of 

 the State during the season ; due notice of which 

 will be published in the "Farmer," "Cultivator," 

 and local newspapers, 



A leading object of the State Society, in employ- 

 ing its Corresponding Secretary to visit the different 

 counties is, to awaken public attention to the im- 

 portance of diminishing the cost of growing grain, 

 grass, and roots in this State, by adopting a better 

 system of cultivation. It is believed that an im- 

 proved system of agriculture may be generally in- 

 troduced, and increase alike the wealth and the hap- 

 piness of the whole community. 



The undersigned hopes to receive the cordial co- 

 operation of the farmers wherever he shall go. He 

 claims for the cause, not for himself, a fair and candid 

 hearing. DANIEL LEE. 



CONVENTION OF THE FRIENDS OF 

 AGRICULTURE IN OHIO. 



We are glad to see, by a notice in the Ohio Culti- 

 vator, that the friends of agricultural improvement 

 in the Buck-Eye State are to hold a "State con- 

 vention" on the 25th and 26th of June instant. 



It is contemplated to establish a Board of Agri- 

 culture, encourage the formation of county socie- 

 ties, and make an agricultural survey of the State. 



Ohio is eminently an agricultural State, and has 

 the power to double her surplus products, and dou- 



ble the revenue of her public works, by wisely im- 

 proving the cultivation of her fertile soil. Her ca- 

 nals, McAdam roads, and railways, have cost a large 

 sum of money ; and she has only to foster agricul- 

 tural science, in connection with the enterprize 

 and industry of her rural population, to render her 

 internal improvements highly productive, as an en- 

 during investment of capital. 



GREAT SALE OF 

 IMPROVED SHORT-HORNED CATTLE. 



Mr. E. P. Prentice, of Mount Hope, near Al- 

 bany, will sell at auction, on Wednesday, the 28th of 

 June, his entire herd of short-horned stock, number- 

 ing 50 in his catalogue. Most of this herd has been 

 imported, and probably so good an opportunity to 

 purchase some of the finest animals in America, at 

 a cheap rate, will never again be offered in this 

 country. 



PREMIUMS ON FARMS. 



The Monroe County Agricultural Society have 

 resolved to grant premiums on the six hest-managed 

 farms, not less than 40 acres — reference being had 

 to the general system of management and the pro- 

 fits obtained, rather than to natural advantages or 

 expensive improvements. 



Persons desirous of competing for the premiums 

 are required to give notice to either of the commit- 

 tee, or to Mr. Fogg, Treasurer of the Society, at 

 the Rochester Seed Store, before the 15th of June 

 next. DANIEL LEE, Chairman. 



L. B. LANG WORTHY, Greece, 

 J. H. ROBINSON, Henrietta, 

 ELISHA HARMON, Wheatland, 

 ROMANTA HART. Brighton, 

 T. H. HYATT, Rochester. 



"Every Man his own Farrier" — Containing the 

 causes, symptoms, and most approved methods of 

 cure of the diseases of horses. By Francis 

 Clater ; with notes and additions, by J. S. 

 Skinner. 

 For sale by Samuel Hamilton, successor to D. 



Hoyt, No. 6, State-street, Rochester. Price 75 cts. 



Useful and Cheap. — A parlor stove has been in- 

 vented at Baton Rouge, Louisiana, with an attached 

 gasometer, by which as much gas can be extracted 

 from the coal during the day aa will serve for light 

 during the evening. 



