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GENESEE FARMER. 



Arc. 1845 



Meteorological Observations. 



MADE AT ROCHESTER, SEVEN MILES KUoM LAKE ONTARIO, 

 Bi' L. WETHEREI.L. 



Journal or the Weather kor July, 1845. 



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Thermoiiieter. 



Barometer. 



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29.52 

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Observations. 



Fair — Ailanthus in bl. 

 Fair — currants ri|)e. 

 Fair — first n.potutoes. 

 Cloudy — raspberry r. 

 Cl'dy — iliunder, hail. 

 Cloudy — fair — rain. 

 Fair — cloudy — rain. 

 Cloudy — rain — r.g .59 

 Cloudy — fair. 



Cloudy — fair — rain. 

 Fair — Nppeta cat._in b. 

 Fair — Hypericum .. 

 Fair — Asclepias 

 Fair — wheat har. com. 

 Fair Catalpa cor.in bl. 

 Fair — very liot. 

 Cloudy — fair — rain. 

 Fair — cucumbers in m 

 Fair — cloudy — slio'rs. 

 Fair — cloud} — r.g. .78. 

 Fair — Inula Hel. in bl. 

 Cloudy — fair. 

 Fair — cloudy. 

 Fair — rain — r.g. .13. 

 Fair — Monardad in bl 

 Fair — Iberisainaia .. 

 Cl'dy — rain — r.g. 42. 



Max. (July 16) ther. 102 de-. ; do. (July 10) bar.29.67 in. 

 Min. (July 1) " 33 deg.; do (July 17) " 29.26 in. 



remarks. 



•We had the hottest weather, from the lllh to the 16th of July, 

 ever known in Rochester, tlie thermometer ranging from 91 to 102 

 deprees, at one o'clock P.M., in the shade. The mercury rose to 

 100 and higher in many of tlie eastern cities. 



The extremes of heat and cold have been remarkable this 

 season. 



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^ARMING TOOLS— For sale by B. P. SMITH &. CO., Seed 

 Store, Front-street — 



GRASS SCYTHES & SNATHS, 

 GRAIN CRADLES, 

 HAY FORKS, HORSE RAKES, 

 QUINEBAUG SCYTHE STONES, (the best) 

 ONE AND TWO HORSE CULTIVATORS, 

 RAKES, HOES, SHOVELS, &.c., &c. 

 July 1. 



SEED WHEAT. 



EN. MARMO.N'S celebrated IMPROVED WHITE FLINT 

 WHEAT for sale al the Rochester Seed Store, bv 



B. F. SMITH & CO. 



AGRICULTURAL AND HORTICULTURAL 

 ROOKS. 



Just received and for salcat the Rochester Seed Store, Front-street. 



THE American Poulterer's Comjianion ; by C. N. Benoent, 

 The New American Orehardist, with an Ai)pendL\ ; by Wm. 

 Kenrick. 

 Tlie New American Gardener; by Thomas G. Fessenden. 

 Blacklock's Treatise on Sliei-p. 

 Cobbett's American Gardener. 

 Dana's Muck Manual. The Complete Florist. 

 Evfcry Lady her own Flower Gardener. 

 Dr. Smith's Essay on the Cultivation of Bees. 



ELECTION NOTICE. 



A GENERAL ELECTION is to be held in the County of Mon- 

 roe on the TUF.SD.W Micceediiig the first Mwuday of Novem- 

 ber next ; at which Election the following officers are to l>e chosen: 

 A Senator for the Eighth District. 

 Three Members of Assembly f»)r said county. 

 Also, the sense of the people in relation to the proposed Conven- 

 tion will be taken. 



Also, the proposed Amendments to the Constitution of this State 

 will be submitted. 

 The following is the official notice from the Secretary of State. 

 HIRAM SIBLEY, Sheriff. 

 Dated Sheriff's Office, Rochester, July 26, 1845. 



STATE OF NEW YORK : ^ 

 Secretary's Office, Albany, July 23, 1845. i 

 To the Sheriff of the County of Monroe : 



Sir, — Notice is hereby given, that at the ne.xt general election 

 to be held on the Tuesday succeeding thr first Monday in November 

 next, the following officers are to be elected, to wit : 



ASenator for the Eighth Senatorial District, to supply the vacan- 

 cy which will accrue by the expiration of the time of service of 

 Gideon Hard, on the last day of December next. 



Also, the following County Officers, to wit : Three Members of 

 Assembly. 



And at the same Election, the sense of the People of this State 

 will be taken in relation to the proposed Convention, specified in 

 the Act, Chap. 252, entitled " An Act recommendinf a Conveatiou 

 of the People of this State," passed May 14, 1845. 



And also at the same Election the following proposed Amend- 

 ments to the tJonstitution of this State will be submitted to the peo- 

 ple, viz: 



" In relation to the removal of Judicial Officers." 



" For the abrogation of the property qualification for office." 

 Yours respectfully, N. S. BENTON, Secretary of State. 



IMPORTANT TO FARMERS. 



ROGERS' SPRING-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, opposite 

 the Rochestrr Hou^e. 



The following Certificates have been kindly volunteered by those 

 who have used the Teeth. 

 Rochester, June 13, 1845. 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 for preparing fallow grounds. We feel confidfnt, that with 

 the Improved Cultivator we can prepare our ground for wheat bet- 

 ter, and with one-fourth le.<s expense 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 furrows once, with a sharp fine 

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

 intlier plow ur harrow. We find, by the use of the Cultivator that 

 we are enabled to destroy the blue grass, which has been so injuri- 

 ous to our wheat crop, 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. 



Sylvanus FIsk, 

 Harry Lathrop, 

 Noah Randall, 

 Geiman Lathrop, 

 Clark Daniels, 

 L. A. Baker, 

 J. R. Moss. 

 I. N. Moss, 



Stafford, 

 do. 

 do. 

 do. 

 do. 

 do. 

 do. 

 do. 



Erastus Cash, South Byron. 



Samuel March, Stafford. 

 John Thwing, Le Roy. 

 W. P. Benham, Byron. 

 B. F. Cash, Le Roy. 

 O. Bassit, BergeH. 

 Reuben Cash, Le Roy. 

 Russell Kellogg, Stafford. 

 Jacob Bushman, Byron. 

 Warren C.Rawley, S.Byron. 



CONTENTS OF THIS NUMBER. 



Potatoe Rot 113 



Hens — Science with Practice 114 



Crops — Letter from Ohio 115 



French Agriculture — Seneca County at the commencement of 



Harvest 116 



Devon Cattle— State Fair 117 



Stockton Butter — Agriculture as a Profession 118 



Does tho Moon influence the Weather? 119 



Improved Buckle — Culture of the Teasel 129 



Agricultural Anecdote — Pua-Bug 121 



Durable Fences, Barns — Duties of Women to their Country .. 122 

 Cincinnati Pork — Colonel Randall's Sheep — Man grown by 



Guano, &c 123 



Butter — Safety in a Thunder Shower — Items 124 



Cultivation of the Strawberry — Horticulture in Toronto 125 



Downing's Work on Fruit — Insect Blight 126 



Another Book on Fruits — State and County Fairs — Slobbers in 



Horses 127 



Meteorological Table— Advertisenieuts 188 



