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GENESEE FARMER. 



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among the horses* in the south-eastern part of this 

 Slate. The potato disease attacks the plant and 

 its fruit while in an apparently healthy state, and 

 soon destroys one or both. The epidemic at- 

 tacks its victims in a state of health, generally in 

 some remote part of the body, and spreads till it 

 has done its work. The former has in general 

 baffled the skill both of the farmer and the man 

 of science, as the latter has that of the Physician. 

 Fairport, Oct. 8, 1846. H. 



* I think I have seen a notice of a similar mortality among 

 the sheap of some of the countries of Europe. 



Ths Crops in South Venice, 1846. 



Mr. Editor : — Having given to the readers of 

 the Farmer an account of the crops grown annu- 

 ally in this section of Cayuga county, for two or 

 three years past, I again indulge the privilege of 

 giving a short statement of the crops grown the 

 present season, 1846. 



Wheat. — This crop is very good, except some 

 fields that were injured by the rust. The early 

 sown wheat, in this section, has done much bet- 

 ter tlian late sown. The rust has not effected the 

 early sown at all, while the late sown has been 

 almost ruined. It is evident, therefore, that in 

 order to grow good wheat, we must sow it early. 

 The wheat yields much better than farmers ex- 

 pected, when harvesting.* The berry is good, 

 and will amply pay the farmer for his labors. 



Corn. — The crop of corn I never knew to be 

 any better in this section. It will yield upon an 

 average fifty bushels per acre. The crop is 

 nearly all harvested in this quarter. The far- 

 mers are bringing their fall's work to a close. — 

 There is now nothing to hinder tliem from enjoy- 

 ing the fruits of their past labors. 



Oals. — This crop is unusually good, more so 

 than last year. There were many sqv/n in this 

 vicinity; and in fact throughout the whole county 

 there were more sown than last year — tl^refore 

 the demand for oats will not be so great, here, 

 as last season. In consequence of last year's 

 prices, many were induced to sow more oats than 

 they would have done had such not been the case. 



Barley. — The crop is not as good as last year. 

 The yield is not as good, nor the berry as plump, 

 owing no doubt to the excessive hot summer. — 

 More barley was sov,'n this year, in this section, 

 than has been, in one season, for many years. — 

 If the barley crop had come in as well this year 

 as last, it would not have brought more than 91 

 cents per bushel; but the failure of the crop has 

 had a great tendency to raise its market value. 



Buckwheat. — Not much sown ; what was is 

 very good. 



Flax. — There is not much grown in this sec- 

 tion ; what there is has come in well. This 

 branch of business, the farmers have come to the 



* The reverse of this has been the fact, vse believe, in 

 most sections of Western New York. m. 



conclusion, will not answer; it impoverishes 

 their lands too much, and the profits derived are 

 not so great as many inicigined. 



Peas. — I think this crop nearly as good as 

 last year. There were, however, not as many 

 sown in this vicinity as usual. The farmers are 

 using more barley, and think it better than peas 

 to fatten hogs. 



Potatoes. — This crop is far short of an aver- 

 age, the rot having affected it more than last year. 

 Many fields hardly pay for digging. I do not 

 think there will be more potatoes than the people 

 will v/ant for their own consumption. 



Wool. — This article commands so low a price 

 this season, that it has almost discouraged many 

 wool growers from growing sheep. There are 

 not many wool growers in this section. Farmers 

 think it more profitable to grow grain, their land 

 being bettei* adapted to it — and I think they can 

 do better, and make money faster, by growing 

 grain instead of wool. 



Fruit.' — This is a fruitful season, with us; — 

 apples, peaches, pears, plums, cherries, &c., in 

 abundance. No season have I known fruit more 

 plenty than the present, in this section. 



Grass has been very good, and was secured 

 iu season, and in fine order. After feed is in 

 abundance — and in fact every thing reminds us 

 of a wise and beneficent Being, who ruleth all 

 things, and makes the wilderness blossom as the 

 rose. 



If these stiort statements are worthy of a place 

 in the Farmer, please insert them. 



Yours respectfully, W. S. T. ' 



So. Venice, Cayuga Co., Oct. 13, 1846. 



EiMrLOYMENT. — The following just sentiment 

 was uttered by Daniel Webster, in a late 

 speech in the Senate of the United States. It 

 should be had in everlasting remembrance : 



'• Sir, I say it is employmeni tliat makes the people /lapp'j' 

 Sir, this great truth ought never to be forgotten ; it ought 

 to bo placed upon th; title page of every book on political 

 economy intended for America, and such countries as Amer- 

 ica. It ought to be placed in every farmer's almanack. l£ 

 ouglit to head the columns of every farmer's magazine anil 

 mechanic's magazine. It should be proclaimed every where, 

 notwithstanding what we hear of the usefulness — and I ad- 

 mit the high usefulness — of cheap food — notwithstanding 

 that, the great truth should be proclaimed every where, 

 should be made into a proverb if, it could — that where 



TKEKK IS WUKK FOK THE HANDS AND THE Jli'.N THEKE WILL 



BE \\ oTiK FOR THEIR TEETH, Whcrc there is cmployment- 

 ihrrc will be bread. And in a country like our own, above 

 all others, will this truth hold good — a country like ours, 

 v>-here, with a great deal of spirit and activity among the 

 masses, if they can fmd employment, there is always great 

 willingness for labor. If ihey can obtain fair compensation 

 for their labor, they will have good houses, good clothing, 

 good food, and the meaus of educating their families ; and 

 if they have good houses, and good clothing, and good food, 

 and means of educating their children, from their labor, that 

 labor will be cheerful, and they will bo a contented and b 

 linppy i)eople." 



TiiE superfluous spirits of youth are like the 

 coverings of some insects, which afford them 

 food and support in their transition. 



