J 846. 



GENESEE FARMER 



im 



near the Seneca Lake, can ship them to any port 

 lo which they may be ordered. 



Very res[)ectfiilly yours, 



Rkei) Burritt. 

 Bunleti, Tompkins Co., N. Y. 



A PHILOSOPHICAL AND PRACTICAL TREATISE 

 ON THE POTATO DISEASE. By Thomas Cuoft, 

 Wilkesbarre, Pa. 



The Author of the above has contrived to con- 

 dense many historical facts connected with the 

 Potato Disease within the small compass of eight 

 pages, and a prescription of appropriate remedies. 

 His theory is that tlie disease arises from a defi- 

 ciency of alkalies, although he speaks of an ex- 

 cess of carbonic acid. In regard to the excess 

 of acid, the evidence is not satisfactory to our 

 mind ; but that there is, very generally, a lack 

 of potash, soda and lime, or of alkalies, in all 

 old fields, we entertain no doubt. Wood ashes, 

 salt, lime, and charcoal are remedies mainly re- 

 lied on as preventives. 



The Author copies our prescription for this 

 malady from the Report of the Commissioner of 

 Patents for 1844, and remarks published in the 

 August number of the Cultivator, in 1845. As 

 the substance of those remarks have not been 

 given in the Farmer, we may say that in 200 

 bushels of potatoes nature uses 63 lbs. of pure 

 potash as a chemical agent to transform carbon, 

 oxygen an 1 hijd.rogen into Starch. The formation 

 of starch and .sugar in plants needs to be studied 

 by every practical farmer. 



The Wheat Crop. 



The insect, or wheat fly, is doing considerable 

 injury to the wheat crop of this section of coun- 

 try. Indeed the injury has been so great as lo 

 induce some of our best v;hcat growers in Wheat- 

 land to plow up their fields and sow spring crops. 

 It is a common remark among the farmers of this 

 town, that they sowed their wheat last autumn 

 ten days too early, beginning to seed about the 

 first of September. Beside the Hessian fly, we 

 have found two worms feeding on the routs of 

 wheat plants. 



We are happy to learn from an intelligent cor- 

 respondent, (a part of whose note we publish be- 

 low,) that both wheat and fruit are very promis- 

 ing in Michigan. 



Dr. Editor: — The Wheat is looking very 

 finely indeed throughout the State, and the quan- 

 tity sown last tail far exceeds that of any previ- 

 ous year. Spring wheat, oats, flax, rape and 

 grass give promise of a large yield. Present ap- 

 pearances indicate an abundance of apples, pears, 

 plums, cherries, quinces, &c. Indeed, this por- 

 tion of the regions of sun-down will have so large 

 a sui-plus of all the good things of this world, that 

 we can aftbrd to be liberal to any of our eastern 

 friends who will emigrate this year. 



0. C. Cgjistock, Jr. 

 Marshall, Mich., May 18, 1846. 



To Destroy Worms ox Trees. — Take six 



G-ood Farming. 



In a letter enclosing pay for a number of sub- 

 scribers to this paper. Master James L, Ingalsbe 

 . , ^ . r. . , • 1 , •, ,, of South Hartford, Washington county — a lad 



or eight quarts of strong lye in an old pad, and ^^^^ j., ^^^^.^ old-communicates the following 



dissolve in it a pint oi soap. IN ail a stout piece . - ♦• " f \^. 



of cloth like the fragment of an old carpet, or " ^ ^ ' ^ , . , , 



quilted coat collar, to the end of a long pole, bv "^r. C. GregCM-y of this town sowed last sea- 

 wrapping the cloth once or twice around, and son four bushels of oat.s on an acre of ground.— 

 leaving a loose, dangling portion, 12 or 15 inch- 1 He harvested and threshed the produce of the 

 es lon^ 

 its teari 

 this swa! 



about ..v...c^ ... ,. ^..w^ ... .. .... , ..... ...^ , - , , , , ^- 7 7 7 r 



bushels ot 

 sound ears. 



g a loose, dangling portion, 12 or 15 inch- M^« .uuve»Lcu anu uuc.c,,.ou u.^ ,,...uu^o ^, .... 

 g. The cloth should be strong to prevent \ ^^re, and it measured one hundred ami one hush- 

 iring on the spikes of limbs. Bv wetting k^^ and a few quarts. He also planted three 

 ivab in the pail of lye, it can be wrapped 1 acres of the same kind of land with corn the 

 nests of worms in a way that will kill the [sea-Si n previous, and sold of the produce ^of the 

 V, if applied early in the morning or I tl^i'ee acres tii^o hnndred and Jorty 

 t. At these seasons of the day the K^™' exclusive of a few bualiels of un? 



whole fami 

 near sunset 

 worms are at home 



No one should permit insects to harbor in his 

 fruit trees and consume their foliage. 



New York State Agbiculural Society,- — | 



The following resolution was passed at a recent 



meeting of this Society S"— 



" Resolved, That r-o premium shall ho given on fine vvooL 

 ed eheep, except the shpcp shall have been sheared r.t the 

 Ja.st preceeding shearing season ; that the flepcos be shown; 

 that the date of t'le shearing and the age of the tlecco be 

 given ; that on the sheep and fleece jointly the premiums 

 be awarded ; that tiie oommiUee consist of live, two of 

 whom, at least, as the eommitteo shall be originally oonsti- 

 tuted, shall be staplers, and if praoiicable shall be so at the 

 lime of the action of the committee ; that satisfactory evi- 

 dence of the age and identity of the fleeces ; tim.e of shear- 

 ing and age of the sheep, be furnished to the committee, or 

 there shall be no prerQiiim awarded," 



Will not this specimen of Old Washington com. 

 pare well with the far famed Genesee ? I ought 

 to say the soil is muck about two feet in depth, 

 resting on a clay pan. 



Excuse me, Sir, for this scribbling, I shall 

 read your paper, and do what I can to get my 

 friends to subscribe for it. 



I am, Sir, yours most respectfully, 



.Tames L, Ingalsce." 



We shall be happy to hear from ^^ James,'" at 

 all times; and if he wishes to study the analyses 

 of soils practically, and the best method of trans- 

 forming grass, grain and roots, into flesh, fat, 

 milk and wool, we shall be gratified to receive 

 him as a pupil at the Western New York Agri-. 

 cultural School 



