1846. 



GENESEE FARMER. 



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Farmer's and Mechanic's Society of Rai- 

 sinville, Mich. 



When we wrote the brief article under the 

 head "Teach one Another," published in the 

 January number of the Farmer, our thoughts 

 were confined to Western New York — little 

 dreaming, that weshoiddstiruf) the tillers of earth 

 in Pennsylvania, Ohio, and Michigan, to a sense 

 of the importance of forming Agricultural As- 

 sociations. Such, however, seems to have been 

 the case, if we are to credit the statements of 

 many friends who have written us on the subject. 



Mr. Leonard Sackett of Raisinville, Mon- 

 roe Co., Mich., remarks that "the organization 

 of our Society is owing to the perusal of the ar- 

 ticle in the January number of the Genesee 

 Farmer, headed ' Teach one Another.' Mr. A. 

 G. Bates made an excellent Address, and at 

 your suggestion we have made fifty cents the 

 initiation fee. Beside what we have given for 

 the Genesee Farmer, we have sent $'ii for the 

 Albany Cultivator, and intend, as our numbers 

 increase, to purchase a library, «Sjc." 



We inform Mr. S. that we have "the back 

 Tolumes of the Farmer bound," for sale, and will 

 mention the subject of " Farm Implements" to 

 those that manufacture and sell them, and do what 

 we can to accommodate our Raisinville friends. 



Cortland Co. Agricultural School. 



Dear Sir :> — I send you a list of names for 

 your paper to commence with the first number 

 for this year, 1846. I have made quite an ef- 

 fort to procure subscriliers ; but 3'ou know many 

 people love darkness rather than light, and it is 

 hard to make them think differently. 



1 notice your favorable remarks concerning 

 the effort of Mr. Woolworth in getting up a 

 class in Agricultural Chemistry and Geology. 

 His efii^rt has met with unexpected success. He 

 has a class of 25 or 30, and is delivering a course 

 of lectures once a week to us Farmers. His 

 lecture room is crowded to overflowing, and I can 

 assure you we have a fine treat every Friday 

 evening. Mr, W's class is composed of very in- 

 telligent and enterprising young men from this 

 and other counties, and the interest they manifest 

 in the study argues well for the cause, and I hope 

 similar efforts may be made in other places. 

 Yours, Paris Barber. 



Homer, Jan. lOth, 1846. 



Mr. Barber has our thanks for the list of 

 names he has sent us. But we copy his brief 

 note mainly to express our high appreciation of 

 the efforts of Mr. Woolworth to impart to tlie 

 young Farmers of Cortland county a knov/ledge 

 of Agricultural Chemistry and Geology. There 

 is too much intelligence and patriotism among 

 the Agriculturists of that region I0 jermit the ac- 

 knowledged ability of Mr. W. to lack patronage, 

 and eagar pupils. 



Foi ihe Genesee Farmer. 



To the Farmers of Monroe County. 



Who shall support the ATonroe County Ag- 

 ricultural SociKTY ? This is an important 

 question, requiring the serious attention of every 

 farmer in the county. ' They are to be benefited 

 by its success, and should cheerfully contribute to 

 its support, their money and personal exertions, 

 whenever needed. The fact that Monroe Coun- 

 ty possesses all, the necessary elements for a 

 flourishing Society, has been abundantly demon- 

 strated in years past; and can not these elements 

 be rendered available, so as to have the burdens 

 more equally borne ? How was the nccesaarj 

 amount raised at the time of the Fair last autumn * 

 The farmers paid a part ; but at least one half 

 was fairly begged by two individuals wjio can- 

 vassed the City of Rochester, and solicited dona- 

 tions, as well from those who were not, as who 

 were interested in Agriculture. This should not 

 be. 



The beneficial influence of this Society upon 

 the farmers generally, has, I believe, seldom been 

 doubted or underrated, and will any of you con- 

 sent to receive these benefits without acknowl- 

 edging proper obligation to the source from 

 whence they spring 1 Will you allow it to bft 

 published in the reports of the State Agricultu- 

 ral Society, that Monroe County produces a great- 

 er amount per acre upon her land under culti« 

 vation than any other county in the state, and at 

 the same time allow the Oflicers of your Society 

 to solicit aid from those who do not know a sickle 

 from a bill-hook 1 I cannot believe it, and trust 

 that before the time of the next Fair, every one 

 of you will have entered your names as mem- 

 bers, and prepared something for exhibition and 

 competition. Then you will take a proper inter- 

 est in its success ; the list of premiums can be 

 much enlarged, and I warrant that each of you 

 will receive the worth of your dollar in gratifi- 

 cation on the day of the Fair. 



Tlie attention of the several Town Commit, 

 tees is requested to this subject ; they are respect- 

 fully urged to bear it continually on their minds, 

 and to enrol as members all their neighbors and 

 acquaintances, and report to the Treasurer ast 

 soon as convenient. 



In behalf of the Executive Committee, 



J. W. Bissell, Cor. Sec^y. 



Feb., 1846. 



To Bronze Iron Castings. — Iron castings 

 may be bronzed by thorough cleaning, and sub- 

 sequent immersion in a solution of sulphate of 

 copper, (blue vitriol,) when they acquire a coat 

 of the latter metal. They must be then washed 

 in water. 



That state of life is most happy where super- 

 fluities are not required, and necessaries are no| 

 wanting. 



