VOL. VI. 



ROCHESTER, NEW YORK. JULY, 1845. 



NO. 7. 



PUBLI8HKD MONTHLY. 



BY B. F. SMITH &. CO, PROPRiETCRS 



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



DANIEL LEE, EDITOR. 



FIFTY CENTS A YEAR: 



i'ive copies for Two Dollars; Eight copies for Three Dollars. 

 All pay.i.ents to be made in acUaMce. Money and subscriptions, 

 by a rejriilation of the pottmuster general, may be remitifd by 

 post masters free of expense. ^^3" Address B. F. Smith & Co. 



Notice to CoRRFSPO^DENTs. — Our kind friends 

 have furnished us with much more "matter," as the 

 compositors say, than our paper can hold. We are 

 not, however, the less ji^rateful for these favors. If 

 each subscriber to the Farmer vi'ill only send us one 

 additional name, we will give him 24 pages of our 

 present size, instead of 16; or 50 per cent more 

 reading, without any additional expense, either for 

 postage or paper. 



VV^cstern New York with its 50,000 enterprizing 

 farmers ought to sustain an agricultural journal, 

 second to none in America. Who will not lend a 

 helping hand to extend its circulation and useful- 

 ness ? 



We are happy to learn from " Agricultor," of 

 Wyoming, that the cultivators of the soil in the 

 towns of Pavilion and Covington are organizing an 

 agiicultLiral society auxiliary to the county society. 

 Every town in Western New York should Iiave an 

 efficient Farmer's Cl;ib, which should assemble as 

 often as once a month, at least, for the mutual in- 

 struction of all its members. During two se.-sions 

 of the Legislature, the friends of agricultural im- 

 provement met regularly every week, either at the 

 Capitol, or at the rooms of the St?ite Agricultural 

 Society, for the purposes of discussing the most im- 

 portant questions connected with the practice or the 

 science of Rural Economy. These discussions elic- 

 ited a great many valuable facts from all parts of 

 New York and the union ; for many strangers visit 

 the capitol of the empire state during the winter 

 season , 



The editor, who has already spent some weeks 

 among the farmers of Western New York, is happy 

 to say that his lectures thus far have been very well 

 attended. There is evidently a growing interest 

 felt by our hard handed yeomanry to lessen the cost 

 of producing grain, wool, butter, cheese, pork, and 

 beef, in this section of the State. They begin to 

 understand that a saving of ten cents in the expense 



of raising a bushel of wheat, is equal to adding ten 

 cents to their profit on a bushel of this impostant 

 staple. A little more thought and study, and a little 

 less severe manual toil, will give them more money. 



We have received another communication from 

 "Enquirer," in relation to Col. Randall's sheep, Sic, 

 the publication of which we fear might lead to an 

 unprofitable discussion, to the exclusion of matter 

 more useful to our readers. 



(X/^ Our correspondent at Cornwall will confer a 

 favor by sending his " article on or about sheep rais- 

 ing in Vermont , and how they live among the 

 Green Mountains." 



TuRMPS. — As the crop of hay will be very light, 

 we suggest to farmers the propriety of raising a 

 good crop of turnips ; or at least to make the at- 

 vempt. The variety called the " Red Round" will 

 do well on dry land, provided the soil is goo ^, and 

 the season favorable. The " White Flat Norfolk" is 

 a kind well adapted to moist land. For feeding to 

 stock, the " Large Scotch Yellow" is very celebrat- 

 ed among the turnip growers of England. 



The application of unleached ashes, bone dust, 

 charcoal, and common salt, scattered in the drills, or 

 broad cast, will be found very serviceable to turnips. 



Farmers ANu Emigra!vt.s Hand Book. — The 

 above is the title of a handsome duodecimo volume 

 of 400 pages, from the press of D. Appleton, 200 

 Rroadway, New York. It discusses with clearness, 

 and an obvious knowledge of the matter in hand, the 

 subjects of clearing forest lands, breaking and fenc- 

 ing prairies, constructing farm-houses in new coun- 

 tries, farming in general, farriery, cookery, and the 

 prevention and cure of diseases. 



To all persons about to emigrate to the west, 

 this book contains a fund of information of great 

 practical importance, while it wnll be read with in- 

 terest and profit by any one engaged in rural pur- 

 suits. 



For sale in Rochester by S. Hamilton, 6 State 

 Street, successor to D. Hoyt. Price i?1.00. 



Valuable Merino Sheep. — We see by the Ith- 

 aca Journal, that Mr. J. Speed, living in that vicini- 

 ty, has clipped "from a large number of his ewes 

 over five pounds per head of well washed wool. As 

 an evidence of its quality, it is stated that Mr. S. 

 has been offered for his whole clip, full blood and 

 grade, 40 cents per pound. His flock numbers 60 ; 

 about half of which only are pure full blooded ani- 

 mals. 



