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GENESEE FARMER. 



April. 



AJViATO.MY AND PHYSIOLOGV, designed for Schools 

 and Families, by Calvis Cctteh, M. D. Second Edi- 

 tion, with 200 Engravings, rublishor, Benjamin B. AIus- 

 Bcy, Boston. 



The author of this book has been very success- 

 ful in divesting his subject of everything that can 

 offend the most sensitive reader, either in the 

 school room or family circle ; and yet, by the as- 

 sistance of numerous engravings, he has con- 

 trived to illustrate and describe all the more im- 

 l>ortant organs of the " human form divine," and 

 the office of each organ, in a manner alike inter- 

 ♦isting, clear, and intelligible. 



All females, in particular, should read this lit- 

 tle work, that they may see as in a nyrror, how 

 oasy it is to compress their ribs and lungs by 

 tight lacing, and thus destroy the natural and 

 healthy action of the heart, and respiratory or- 

 gans, vitiate the blood, banish the glow of health 

 from the cheek, induce constitutional weakness 

 to end in protracted pain, and premature death. 



There is a copious Glossary, explaining the 

 meaning of all technical terms, as well as a valu- 

 able Index, giving appropriate directions for the 

 treatment of bleeding wounds, cases of poison- 

 ing, choking, &c., where the danger is iminent 

 before medical aid can be brought to the relief 

 of the sufferer. 



For sale by S. Hamilton, No. G, State-st., Ro- 

 t-hester. Price 75 cents. 



Mr. H. has also for sale " The Farmer's and 

 Horseman's Guide," &c., &c., being a collec- 

 tion of recipes for preparing and administering 

 medicines to horses, cattle, and sheep, with some 

 account of their diseases and the treatment of the 

 same. Price 25 cents. 



pensable. Nor can the study of the organic 

 structure of all domestic animals and cultivated 

 plants, and of the function or office performed 

 by each organ be neglected, without sustaining 

 a material loss, as well in the purse, as in the in- 

 tellect. We can not too often, nor too earnestly 

 commend the studxj of the unerring laws of Na- 

 ture, whicli govern all the results of the varied, 

 and almost continuous toil of the American hus- 

 bandman. 



TRANSACTIONS OF THE MADISON COUNTY AG- 

 RICULURAL SOCIETY, for the years 1842, '43, '44, 

 and '45, together with an Al)stract of the Census of 1845, 

 and an Article on the Geology of the County, vvitli a Map. 



The above is the title of a very neatly execu- 

 ted ])amplilet of 46 pages, sent us by an officer of 

 »he Society. We have read these Transactions 

 :md the article on the geology of Madison coun- 

 ty, with lively interest. It is the first attempt of 

 any Agricultural Society in the State to give acol- 

 ored geological map of the county, showing the 

 ♦•haracter of the different rocks on which the soil 

 rests, and also how the decomposition of such 

 rocks affects the quality of the soil, and its adapta- 

 tion to various crops. Tliis is an important step 

 in the right direction. If the fanners of Madi- 

 son are true to themselves, and mindful of the 

 best iiUerests of their children, they will come up 

 its one man to sustain, and advance the prosperi- 

 ty of their County Agricultural Society. There 

 should be a noble, and generous emulation be- 

 tween the County Societies of the Empire State, 

 to see which shall do most to increase the profits, 

 and elevate the standing of Rural Labor in New 

 York. To accomplish this object, a knowledge 

 of agricultural geology and chemistry is indis- 



THE FARMER'S DICTIONARY: a vocabulary of the 

 Technical Terms recently introduced into Agriculture and 

 Horticulture from various Sciences, and also a compendi- 

 um of Practical Farming ; the latter chiefly from the 

 Works of the Rev. W. L. Rham, Loudon, Low, and 

 Youatt, and the most eminent American Authors. Edited 

 by D. P. Gardner, M. D., Honorary Member of Several 

 Agricultural Societies. With numerous Illustrations. — 

 New York : Harper & Brothers, Publishers, 82 Cliff 

 Street. 1846. 



We have barely room in this number to ac- 

 knowledge the receipt of a copy of the abcve 

 valuable work frorn Messrs. Sage & Brothei 

 booksellers, corner of Buffalo and State-Sts., Ro- 

 chester. It is a work of 874 pages, with double 

 columns, and filled with pertinent descriptions of 

 all or nearly all the various operations in practi- 

 cal agriculture, as well as definitions of all terms 

 found in books that treat of the several sciences, 

 which peutain to Rural Economy. It is illustra- 

 ted with numerous engravings, and in a word, 

 supplies a deficiency in agricultural literature, 

 which its friends will rejoice to find so satisfac- 

 torily accomplished. We shall recur to the sub- 

 ject again. 



It is also for sale by S, Hamilton, bookseller, 

 Rochester. Price $1,50. 



How TO PREPARE Rennet. — A Herkimcf 

 County cheese manufacturer gives the following 

 directions in a communication to the editor of the 

 Michigan Farmer : 



After having emptied the stomach, (but not 

 washed it,) a stick which will bend, but not 

 break, is inserted to keep it stretched out ; it is 

 then filled with salt and Imng up to dry, kept in 

 a dry place to prevent its dripping, occasioned 

 by dampness. Those of the previous year make 

 the best cheese. When prepared for use, a ren- 

 net is put into a pint of clear water for one night, 

 two' quarts of brine having been boiled, skimmed, 

 and become cold, is added to it. Of this liquor, 

 which nnist bear an egg, and have salt to s])are, 

 half a gill will turn to curd five pails of milk, if 

 first rate ; but the strength of rennets greatly 

 vary. As the liquor is used up, add salt and wa- 

 ter till the strength is exhausted. 



Oil Cake should be steeped in hot water and 

 made into a kind of paste before it is fed to any 

 animal. From 25 to 39 lbs. of dry cake are 

 equivalent to 100 of good hay. 



