112 



GENESEE FARMER. 



July, 1845 



Meteorological Obscrvalioiis. 



MADE AT UaCIlKSTEK, SEVKN MILKS KR M I.AICE ONTAllIO, 



BY L. WKTHERELL. 



.IfURNAL OF THK WEATHER FOR.TuKE, 1845. 



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Observations. 



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N w w r.iir — cloudy. 



w Icioiiilv — fiar — rain. 

 .. Iriou.iy— fair. 

 s w Cloudy — .sh'ry, r.sr .81. 

 N w w|<"loud\ — rain &. snow 



Kair — severe frost, 

 w N V,' Fair — frost, 

 (•'air. 

 Fair — cloudj'. 



Fitir — cloudy — slio'rs. 

 Fair — doudj — r.g .30. 

 Cloudy — peas in mUt. 

 Cloudy— rain — r-g .01 

 Pair. 



s w Fair — cloudy — rain. 

 In N E .. •• r.g. 1.20 



w Nw Fair — rain — r.g. .07. 

 N w N Fair — cloudy, 



N w Pail- — cloudy — rain- 



s E Pair — cloudy — i 

 s w N Fair — cloudy — rain. 



N w Fair. 



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w > ("louJy — fair — rain. 



i-^air 



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Fair — ^cloudy — sho'r 



Mnx. (June 8) iher. 88 ile<. ; do (Mi.y 31) bar. 29 82 n. 

 Min. (May 30) " 33 dc-g.; do (June 12) " 20.25 in. 



REMARKS. 



Range of the r. for the month, 55 dnp.; do. of the barometer, .57 in. 



Ageropate of til.- rain-gauec. for the iiionti), 3.08 inches. 



Prevailing wind for the month, N.VV. 



The mean temperature of May, .53.78 d<"g. 

 Ma3,1844 58.65 deg. 



Vegetation is alMiut ten ilays later than last season. Cherries ripe 

 last year, Juiii^ 1.-I : this yi ar. June llth. 



The e.\trcni"s of heat and cold have been very gr 'at this season. 

 From Ihe lOtli to the 14lli of iMay. ther. ranged, at one o'clock 

 P.M., f om 82 to 87 deg. ; on the 3()tli, it was do An to 33 deg., and a 

 killing frost. A littl- frost near the city on the 17lh of June. 



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\nMlNG TOOLS— For sale by B. P. S.MITH &. CO., Seed 



Store, Fioiil-ttreet — 



GRA.SS SCVTIIRS & SN.VrilS, 

 GRMN CRADLF.S, 

 HAY FORKS, HORSE RAKES, 

 QUI.NKBAUG SCYTHE STONES, (tlm best) 

 ONE AND TWO HORSE CULTIVATORS, 

 R.^KES, HOES, SHOVELS, &c., &c. 

 Julv 1. 



CONTENTS OF THIS NUMBER. 



Notice to Correspondents—Turnips— Farmers' and Emigrants' 

 Boo'^ — llerino sheep 97 



The Editor's Report on Agriculture, in the Assenilily of New 

 York 98,99, 100 



Pliosphate of Linv — Number of Aniniah ii) Austria — Practical 

 Hints on If iv-iiiaking 101 



r.e(i;i(;tioii of Tolls on Plaster— Price of the J'armer— Culture 

 ..;' ;' nr — Profits of Farming 102 



T! ' I..'.'; Fro.sts, by I>. Thomas — The Curculio — Singular ap- 

 pearance of Lake Ontario, by N. Good.-ell 103 



Calerjiillars, Litigation and Lawyers — .4 Garden — Clav vs. Sand 

 Gnnd Innueiiceof Birds 104 



Devon Cattle, by Win. Garbiitt — Hard-working Farmers! read 

 tl.is 105 



>' iiarities that sweeten Life — Agriculture; 69 Patents granted .. 106 



Wheat Culture " T ... 107, 188 



Strawberries — Cherrie- — Tobacco, a Remedy for the Peach 

 Worm 109 



Floiveiing i^hriih.s, Plant.', &r.— Live Hid. es— (/'reen Pens. . . 110 



The Weather. Cioos, Fruit, &c — .\iiolopy — Plowing-Match at 

 Genesee — Gen. Harmon's Visit — Advertiseraonts Ill 



Meteorological Table- Markets, &c 112 



MARKETS, CROPS, &c. 



Wheat i« selling in this market at 94 to 95 cents. Western is 

 worth in Bnflalo from 85 to 86 cents. In Ohio all crops have suffer- 

 ed exceedingly from protracted dry -veathcr. The surplus of wheat, 

 corn, flour, and pork to be sent to market from that great agricl- 

 tural State will be much less this fall and the coming spring, than 

 usual. In Michigan, Northern Indiana, Illinois, and in Wisconsin, 

 the crop of w heat will be larger than usual, by reason, not of a pro- 

 lific yield, but from the circumstance that more acres have been 

 sown to wheat than in the preceding years. In Western New York 

 the crop of wheat is about a fair average. 



Wool is worth, in Rochester, from 25 to 34 cents per lb. The 

 quantity to arrive in Buffalo from the West, this season, will great- 

 ly e.tceed that of last year, when it was less than 3,000,000 pounds- 

 They hove commenced the manufacture of woollen goods in West- 

 ern Michigan and Illinois, in Hicturiei which will coukuine more or 

 less of the clip just taken off. 



BOSTON WOOL MARKET— JoNE 20, 1845. 



Duly — The value whereof at place of exportation shall not e.tceed 

 7 cents per lb,j 5 per cent, ad val. All whereof the value exceeds 7c. 

 per lb., 40 per cent, ad val. and 3 cents jjer lb. 



There lias been but a limited business done in this article during 

 the past week as the manufacturers buy sparingly. 



Prime or Saxony Fleeces, w ashed, 40 to 43c. per lb — American full 

 blood do., 37 to 38— Do. k Jo., 35 to .36— Do. K do., 32 to 33— i and 

 common do., 30 to 31 — Smyrna sheep, washed, 20 to 22 — Do., un- 

 washed, 10 to 1.5 — Bengasi dn. 6 to 12 — Saxony, clean, 00— Buenog 

 Ayres. unpicked, 7 to 10 — ^Do. do., picked. 10 to 14 — Sup. Northern 

 jiuUed Lamb, 36 to 38— No. 1 do. do. do., 34 to 35 — No 2 do. do. do., 

 23 to25— No.3 do. do. do., 14 to 17. 



Export of produce from the port of New Y'ork.from the 1st to the 

 23d of June— 23,784 bbls. flour; 5,441 do. beef; 4,607 do. pork; 

 5,690 bush, corn ; 2,456 kegs of lard. 



ROCHESTER PRODUCE MARKET. 



Wheat, 



Corn, 



Barley, 



Oats, 



Flour, (ret.) 



Beans, 



.\pj)les. 



Potatoes, 



90 a 95 Hay, ton, .$7 50 8 OOl Eggs, doz. 

 37.io 40|Wood,cord,2 00 2 50' Poultry, lb. 



30 4(1 Salt, bill., 

 25 28 Hams, lb., 

 4 25 Pork, bbl. 

 75 1 Ool " cwt. 

 38 50 1 Beef, " 

 18 25|L3r<l,lb., 



Cloverseed, 4 00 4 50 Butter, 



Timothy. 



1 



1 25lCheesc.cwt.4 00 6 ,50i 



1 13. Tallow, 



5 e\ Hops. 10 



10 00, Wool, 25 



3 25 3 75 Sheep Skins, 50 



3 00 3 ,5e|GreenH'ds,lb. 3 



5 6 Dry Hides, fi 



121 Calfskins, gr'n.5 



June 30. 



IiMPOIiTAKT TO FAU^iERS. 



ROGERS' SI'RE\G-STEEL CULTIVATOR TEETH. 



THE Subscriber has made arrangements with the Manufactu- 

 rers of this superior agricultural instrument for a supply, and 

 will keep them constantly for sale at 69, Exchange-street, oppt sito 

 the Rochester Hou.sc. 



The following Certificates have been kindly volunteered by those 

 who iMVe used the Teeth. 

 Rochester, June 13, 1815. A. C. WILSON. 



" Having used Rogers' improved Steel Cultivator Teeth, we have 

 no hesitation in saying, that we believe them to be a great improve- 

 ment firr preparing fallow grounds. We feel coiifidtnt, that with 

 the Improved ('ultivator we can prepare our ground for wheat bet- 

 ter, and with one-fourth le.^s ex; ensc than with the Plow and Har- 

 row, in the old way. With the Cultivator, we plow our ground but 

 once, harrow it lengthwise of the (arrows once, with a slutrp fine 

 harrow, and then put on l lie Cultivator, having no further use for 

 either plow or harrow. We find, by the nae of the Cultivator that 

 we are enabled to destroy the blue gr.ass, which has been so injuri- 

 ous to our wheat cro]), and which could not be killed by plowing, 

 and are enabled to get more benefit from our clover by letting it get 

 a larger growth before plowing, and having it remain under, until it 

 has rotted. 



Samuel March, Stafford, 



John Thwiiig, Le Roy. 



W. P. Ben ham, Rvron. 



B. F. Cash, Le Roy. 



O. Bas.sit, Bergen. 



Reuben Cash, Le Roy. 



Russell Kellogg, StalVord. 



Jacob Bushman, Byron. 

 Erastus Cash, South Byron. Warren C. Ravvley, S.Byron. 



UCKWHF.AT FOR SEED— 100 Bushels for sale at the Ro- 

 chester Seed Store, Front-street, by 

 July 1 B- F. SiMITH & CO. 



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E. SHEPARDj PRINTER, 20 J STATE-ST., ROCHESTER. 



