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GENESEE FARMER. 



Feb. 



my health again, so that I may again have the 

 pleasure of tilling the soil, I shall strive to de- 

 rterve my next premium. 



In noticing the many volumes that are dis- 

 tributed among Farmers, we have every reason 

 to believe that light and knowledge are increas- 

 ing, and we teel anxious for a share of it. I 

 •nee heard a man ask another if he did not know 

 enough about Farming without taking that paper, 

 (pointing to the Genesee Farmer,) he held in 

 his hand. He replied that he did not, and said 

 a good deal more about the want of knowledge. 

 This was some ten years ago, I should think, 

 and I am sorry to say that the man that knew 

 enough, I fear does not know as much now, for 

 he has lost in property pretty seriously. We do 

 not believe this was because he did not take that 

 paper, but because he learned the trade too soon. 

 As for the man that took the paper, we believe 

 he takes it yet, and has held his own very well. 



Martin Smith. 

 Wheatland, Dec. 24, 1845. 



The West is Coming. 



To give our readers some idea of the increase 

 •f business on the Upper Lakes, growing out of 

 tiie surplus products of" the West, we copy from 

 ihe Buffalo Commercial Advertiser its list of 

 new craft constructed and placed in commissson 

 in the year 184.5. 



Number, tonnage and estimated cost of now vessels built in 

 1845, from tiiis city westward lo Chicago : 



Name. Class. Tans. Wlwre built. Cost. 



Kiagara, ste'r, 1075 ButTaio, iP.'j.OOO 



Oregon, " 781 Newport, Mich., or>,000 



Boston, " 775 Detroit, " 55,00ii 



■Superior, " 567 Perrysbtirgh, O., 45,000 



Troy, " 547 Maumee (Jity, O., 40,000 



London, " 456 Chippewa, (J. \V., 46,000 



Helen Strong, " 253 Monroe, Mich., 22,000 



John Owen, " 250 Truago, " 20,000 



Komeo, " 180 Detroit, " 12,000 



Enterprise, " 100 Creen Hay, VV. T., 8,000 



Knipire, 2d, " 100 Grand Rapids, Mich., 8,000 



Algomah, " 100 St. Joseph river, " 8,000 



Pilot, " CO Union City, " 5,000 



Princeton, prop'r, 456 Perrysburgh, O., 40,000 



Oregon, " .113 CleveLind, O., . 18,000 



J'hanix, " .305 " 22,000 



Detroit, " 290 Detroit, Mich., 15,001) 



Odd Fellow, brig, 225 Cleveland, ()., 9,000 



Fntcrprise, " 207 (irand Kapids, Mich., 8,000 



M ing-and-VVing, schr, 228 Cleveland, O., 9,000 



Magnolia, , " 200 Ch;irleston, O., 8,000 



Scotland, ' " 200 IVrrysburgh, U., 8,000 



J. Y. Scimmon, " 194 Chicago, 111., 8,000 



Kapoleon, " 195 Sault ."-^te. Marie, 8,000 



Freeman, " 190 Charleston, O., 7,500 



Eagle, " 180 Sandusky, O., 7,000 



Poneslerl, " 1.50 Milvvaukie, W. T., 6,000 



Sheppardson, " 1.30 " 5,000 



Rockwell, " 120 " 5,000 



E. Henderson, " 110 " 4,500 



Rainbow, " 117 Sheboygan, " 4,000 



C. Howard, " 103 Huron, O., 4,000 



J.Irwin, " JOl Cleveland. O., 4,000 



Avenger, " 78 Cottersville, Mich., 3,000 



Flying Dutchman, " 74 Madison, C)., 3,000 



Cadet, " 72 Clevehmd, O., 3,500 



\V. A. Adair, " 61 " 3,000 



Elbe, " 57 " 3,000 



Planet, " 25 " 3.000 



Albany, " M8 Raised -"nd re-ricrjcd, 2,500 



Hlot, 



Mary 4nne, 

 Marinda, 

 ."■Sparrow, 

 Rig R. 

 Hard Times, 

 Friendship, 

 Buffalo, 



Total, 48 vesseb). 



50 Milwaukie, W. T., 2,500 



sloop. 



50 

 GO 

 50 

 60 

 45 

 45 

 30 



Lexington, Mich., 

 ('hina, '" 



Eighteen mile cireek, 



Sheboygan, W.t., 

 NewRuffalo, Mich., 



1,000 

 3,000 

 2,500 

 2,500 

 1,.500 

 2,000 

 1,000 



10,207 



1659,000 



If we mistake not, the following additional 

 particulars, in relation to this year's business, 

 which is just beginning to develop itself, will be 

 read with interest by Western New York Far- 

 mers : 



ESTIMATED COST OP TWO BOATS, 



Niagara. 

 1,075 to7is. 



Hull, $30,000 



Engine, 32,009 



Fixtures, 5,000 



Joiners, 8,000 



Painting, 3,.500 



Upholstery, 3,000 



Furniture, . - 4,000 



Anchors, chains, ca- 

 bles, boats, sail.s, 

 blocks, cutlery, 

 lamps, coi)king u- 

 tensils, table lin- 

 en, &LC., &c., 9,500 



Boston or Oregon, 



780 tons. 



$22,000 



14,000 



2,000 



6,000 



2,500 



2,000 



2,000 



4,500 



Total, $95,000 $55,000 



Of some sixty steamers now owned on the lake, there 

 are required for the several lines, when the consolidation 

 exists, about thirty boat.f. There are ahso used, at the same 

 time, .some ten more small boats, between intermediate 

 ports, for towing, &c., to which we also add the London and 

 four others, belonging to and owned in (Canada. There arc 

 also fourteen propellers, and ten more to be added on the 

 opening of navigation in the spring, with fifty brigs and 

 two hundred and seventy schooners known to be in com- 

 mission, giving the annexed summary of lake tonnage : 

 Terns. Value. 



Steamers, 60 21,500 <;1,.500,000 



Propellers, 20 6,000 ' 350,000 



Brigs, 50 11,000 ? -o oqo 000 



Schooners, 270 42,000 ^ — ''"•""" 



I 2,200,C 



Total, 400 80,000 $4,050,000 



In this we enumerate the seven Oswego Propellers, and 

 such sail craft belonging to lake Ontario only as wo know 

 participates in the business of the upper lakes. 



On the Stocks. — The desire to invest farther capital ia 

 vessels is seen in the nimiber of new craft now on the 

 stocks at various places throughout the whole range of the 

 lakes. At this early day, we hear of the following to be 

 rapidly pushed toward completion : 



At this port, a steamer of 750 tons, for Mr. Rked, the iron 

 steamer Dallas, of 370 tons, for government, and three pro- 

 pellers of large size. 



At Chippewa, C. \V., a large steamer. 



At Euclid, O., a brig of 290 tons. 



At Conncaut, O., a brig of 300 Ions. 



At Cleveland, O., a steamer of 700 tons, three propellers 

 of 350 tons each, abrig of 280 tons, a .schooner of 230 tons,- 

 and another of 70 tons — all to be out early. 



At Charleston, O., a steamer of 800 tons, a propeller of 

 .350 tons, anil a schooner of 200 tons. An Oswego house 

 has an interest in the propeller. 



At Mauniee City, O., two propellers of .350 tons each. 



At Truago, i\Iich., a large steamer of 225 feet keel, for 



Capt. WllITAKKl!. 



At D(>troit, a large steamer, for Mr. Nkwrury, another 

 for< 'a])t. (lAoia;, and a third, of the largest class, for CapU 



K.VNDAII,. 



At Paimer. Mich., a propeller for Capt. Esteiibrooks. 



At Newport, Mich., a steamer for the Messrs. W'ards^ 

 and the frame of ano.her but smaller bo:it fjr l.ie same firm^ 

 to run between Letroit and Port Huron. 



At Goihich, C. W., or vicinity, a f ropellcr. 



