GENESEE FARMER. 



Feb. 



To Coneipondents. 



Tub vieNvs of our correspondent at Pavillion 

 Centre, in regard tc the influence o the Moon 

 on the circulating .luidsni plants, and his idea of 

 "valves" in their say. vessels, are ingenious but 

 Tint acco-dine to the received notions ol physi- 

 Igists.. thLime. Irrespectiveofthe "Moon" 

 and "values," his pactice of plowing up Canada 

 Thistles, once a nvnth, most thoroughly, is wor- 

 thy of gci eral adq)tion^ 



• Our Brmswick (Ohio,) Correspondent is in- 

 formed that, for I'W moist land, the " White Flat 

 Norfolk" Tirni. is regarded as the best ; for 

 high dry gromt'the Globed-shaped Red Turnip, 

 Zn in July ae pound of seed per acre. To 

 be had at the Rchester Seed Store. 



Dr Lee— 5r: The Farmer's Club of Yates 

 County, lately ^rmed, have directed n.e as their 

 Secret'a'ry, to\rite you their reqj^^ ^-t you 

 waald, by le^^ez give ^-^^alogue Hh^ose bo^K , 

 whch, in yairnind, are best calculated to in- 



'^'wVSk. to consumev'^ir time for our spe- 



, , r;u 1 t i..i^,v;no- lat you have been cnti- 

 cialbeiiefr, lit knoxving ^ ? 

 callv and '.eilously enga^ \n tlie study ol Ag 



. •, ^^oforvpd t write you. We wish 



nculture, « P .^ f^^^^ently extensive for 50 

 to o^et up i iibiaiy sun j 

 or 100 farers, and su^ a one as wul be most 

 beneficial ,0 them. ^ giving such_ catalogue 

 "ou will ^itify, and feof great service to the 



member, f the Clulj^^^^^^ Bigilow, Sec^y. 



P.nr 'fan, iV.^A'^^- 30. 1S45. 

 ANSWEE. 



We hav re"^^^*^ ^ number of Lettere simi- 

 , • / .0 the pbove, tnd as we like to kill 

 ir in pu [ J ^^. reply to all through 



S5veral birr ? r j o 



tie Farmf , . ^ r „ „ i j 

 rp, , ^.vorks extant, i a general and com- 



, .. character, ar Boussingault's Ru- 

 P , p 'my, — Johnston^ Lectures on Agri- 

 , chemistry, — Vo) Thaer's Principles of 

 . . are, (published > the Farmers Library, 

 ■^^"iey & McElrath,—Liebig's Writings,— 

 T , Practical Agricltnre, — Stephen's Book 

 c Farm, — and L^don's Encyclopedia of 

 . ulture and Gan-ning. On special sub- 

 .^: — Morell's Ami'ican Shepherd, — Down- 

 •^s Works, — Dr. Bi'ris' Entomology, — Hitch- 

 k's Geology, — >ement's Poulterer's 'Com- 

 nion, — all the xgricultural Periodicals pub- 

 shed in this Sate, — the London Farmer's 

 >fagazine, — and he Transaction of the Highland 

 j^gricultural Saiety, (Scotland.) 



Loudon's is .n expensive work, although one 

 of sterling vahe. There are some errors in the 

 Tables of thf analysis of Wheat in .Tohnston's 

 Chemistry, fs copied from Dr. Sprengel, which 

 have misled the Editors of the American Quar- 

 terly Journd of Agriculture and Science, and 



some others. These errors we shall take an 

 early oppcfi-tunity to point out. Notwithstanding 

 a few signal defects, the Lectures of Professor 

 Johnston can i)e studied with great benefit by 

 every practical tiller of the earth. 



There is one Book, that we have not named 

 which is of more importance than all the others, 

 It is the Volume of Nature — a work written by 

 the Creator, and published in all the languages 

 spoken by the race of beings that both see and 

 feel their justacoountabilityto the God that made 

 them. Although this Volume can not be placed 

 in your little libraries, nor can it be purchased 

 by the combined wealth of a thousand worlds, 

 yet all may study it with infinite profit. While 

 we pay a respectfil deference to the opinions of 

 men, as published in books, we should ever have 

 an eye, and a thought keenly perceptive of Na- 

 ture's process for changing crumbling rocks, air 

 and water into good bread, milk, m.eat, and ma- 

 terial for clothing. The science of Agriculture 

 should be studied for its benign influence on the 

 moral faculties of man. The mind that habitu- 

 ally contemplates the infinite wisdom and good- 

 ness displayed in the mineral, vegetable and ani- 

 mal kingdoms, can hardly let itself down to the 

 practice of vice, the indulgence of avarice, or 

 to the rule of any groveling passion. 



Sincerely do we hope that these worthy ex- 

 amples will be followed by others. We want to 

 see a little more intellectual, and professional 

 pride among practical farmers. Two thirds of 

 the electors in New York, and perhaps three- 

 quarters, are agriculturalists. What proportion 

 think you, of this class, will be chosen to amend 

 the Constitution next April 1 Who among the 

 opponents of "book farming" and "book knowl- 

 edge" will be honored with a seat in the Con- 

 vention ? 



For the Genesee Farmer. 

 Mr. Editor : — I wish to remind you of the 

 promise you gave me, in relation to the time of 

 sowing salt, and the quantity to be sown. — 

 Are beans a profitable field crop 1 — and what 

 kinds are the best 1 Can they be procured in 

 your city, and what price 1 G. D. 



Remarks. — Beans are a profitoble crop. The 

 small white variety sell at the highest price per 

 bushel, although they do not yield so largely as 

 some other kinds. Beans are worth in the mar- 

 ket, as brought in, $1 per bushel. Retailed from 

 shops at t8)l.'2,3. 



In regard to the use of salt as a fertilizer, from 

 3 to 5 bushels may be sown. Unlike gypsum, 

 ashes, and barn-yard manure, salt will all dis- 

 solve at once, and hence will last in the soil 

 but a short time. We prefer to apply 1^ bush- 

 els early in the spring, as soon as the snow is off, 

 and an equal quantity in four weeks, thereafter, 

 sown broad cast like plaster, with which we 

 should mix it. We have a little apprehension 



