1840. 



GEiNESEE FARMER. 



JScOormick's Patent "Virginia Reaper." 



McOormick's Reaper. 



This machine, an engraving of which is given 

 above, has been considerably improved since its 

 first introduction into Western Nevi^ York. — 

 From the numerous certificates shown us, we are 

 inclined to believe that the Reaper, as improved, 

 is a truly valuable labor-saving implement. 



See advertisement, page 100. 



Dr. Lee's Lectures on Agriculture. 



At the conclusion of the last Lecture, given 

 at the (.'Mirt House in Rochester on Monday 

 cvtNiing, t.'.e 16th of March, the following pro- 

 ceedings were had : 



On motion of L. B. Langworthy, the meet- 

 ing was organized by calling Silas Walker to 

 the .-chair, and appointing L. Wetherell, Sec- 

 retary. 



Messrs. L. B. LanciWOrthy, Jacob Graves, 

 and L. Adams were, on motion, appointed a 

 committee to draft resolutions expressive of the 

 sense of the meeting. 



The committee thereupon presented the sub- 

 joined resolutions, which were unanimously 

 adopted : 



Reso/.vcd, That we have received much valuable infor- 

 mation from the course of Lectures on the science of Agri- 

 cultural Chenii.slry and Geology, recently delivered by Dr. 

 1-F.K in this city, and that his illustrations and explanations 

 of the most interesting natural plienomena attendmg the 

 renovation of soils, the culture of ditTerent crops, and the 

 growing and improvement of domestic animals, have been 

 not less plain and practical than able and scientific. 



ResohviJ, That the study of the natural sciences, Avhich 

 have a direct bearing on Agricultural pursuits, by the young 

 men who are to follow such pursuits, can hardly fail of con- 

 ferring on them great advantages over those that disregard 

 these branches of useful knowledge. 



liesolred, That we believe a repetition of those, or the 

 delivery of a similar course of Lectures, in every farming 

 district in Western New York, wquld prove highly interest- 

 ing and valuable to all cultivators of the soil, and greatly 

 aid in promoting Agricultural improvements. 



Re.toh'ed, That the thanks of this meeting be tendered to 

 l>r. Lee for his highly interesting and instructive course of 

 Lectures, just concluded. 



On motion, it was voted that the proceedings of the 

 meeting be published in the Genesee Farmer. 



SILAS WALKER, Ch'n. 



L. Wetherell, See'y, 



An Extraordinary Cow. 



Mr. John Jones, an extensive farmer in 

 New Castle county, Delaware, in a statement to 

 the Committee on Farms, of his stock of cows, 

 farming operations, &c., describes his cow "Yel- 

 low Flower as having given milk about four 

 years, and made an average of one pound and 

 ten ounces of butter each day for that length of 

 time!" He says: Thus you see her lowest 

 milking may be put down at 14 qts, per day. 

 Greatest milking, 26 " " 



Greatest yield of butter, 2 J lbs. " 

 Lowest, 1^ " " 



Average, 2 lbs. 10 oz. 



Yellow Flower is an annual calver, and beats 

 Mr. Frost's most famous cow in England, which 

 made on an average 2* lbs. of butter each day 

 for four years. Yellow Flower is a native cow, 

 and will be 10 years old on the 10th of June, 

 1846. Mr. Jones has eight cows, all natives, 

 which make an average of 48 lbs. of butter per 

 week. 



Mr. J. keeps what appears to be accurate farm 

 accounts, and has made a fortune by purchasing 

 some 800 acres of poor land on a long credit at 

 an average of -jjilO per acre, and then buying 

 20,000 bushels of lime, also on credit, at over 20 

 cents a bushel, beside gypsum and clover seed, 

 to renovate the soil. The estate now pays the 

 annual interest of $100 per acre over and above 

 all expenses. 



We gather the above interesting facts from the 

 Baltimore American Farmer. 



Tea Plakt in France. — A letter was read at 

 a late session of the Paris Academy showing the 

 possibility of cultivating the tea plant in France. 

 The writer states that he is able, by his mode of 

 jireparing the tea grown in France, to produce as 

 fine qualities as the best imported froiTi China. 

 He has forwarded samples to the Royal Society 

 of Agriculture, so that we soon shall have a re- 

 pof t from that body on the subject. 



