1845. 



GENESEE FARMER. 



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filiating as it is, I ask if what I have just said is justly too, by the performance on their part of 



not true ? But is there a remedy 1 Surely 

 there is. Our institutions do not necessarily in- 

 duce corruption ; they are, however, based on 

 the idea of intelligence in the masses — and 

 when tliis intelligence is reached, the full force 

 and beauty of republican government will be re- 

 alized, and not before. A democracy is the 

 finest field for demagogues, when the citizens 

 who compose it are ignorant, and vice versa. — 

 Let the farmers, then, make themselves intelli- 

 gent ; let them, by study, reflection and reading, 

 prepare themselves for statesmen, legislators 

 and judges; let them become familiar with the 

 nature of our government, study its structure, 

 and reflect upon its power, and limitations ; let 

 them look into the statistics of the nation, and 

 then let them assert their rights, assume their 

 true position, become intelligent politicians — not 

 .mere party hacks — and thus control the legislation 

 and policy of the country. Such a course is but 

 :simple duty; you must be, you are, and you 

 will be, politicians — so far as this, at least, you 

 will vote. Then, I say, become intelligent, 

 thinking, patriotic politicians, and no longer bow 

 down in humble subserviency to other and vast- 

 ly inferior classes. Be ju?t to all ; let others 

 have their due share — proscribe none — but be 

 not unjustly dealt by or proscribed. Look to 

 facts as they exist, consult the statistics of the 

 State, and you will find that the agricultural is 

 the permanent interest — that it embraces the 

 most wealth and proluces the most, employs 

 more labor and gives sustenance to more people, 

 'than any and all other occupations beside ; and, 

 as a consequence, the legislation of the country 

 is to the farmer of more imj)ortance than to 

 any body else ; they have the most taxes to pay, 

 fthe most burdens to bear, and the most duties to 

 perform, and with them should be the prepon- 

 derating political power and influence. They 

 have most at stake, and instead of committing 

 their interests to other and unsympathising 

 hands, they should lay their own huge paws, 

 guided by enlightened minds, upon the statute 

 books, and see to it that none but wholesome 

 laws and just enactments are recorded there. 



The above reflections and suggestions are 

 given in all frankness. They appear to me im- 

 portant — not chimerical, but practicable and ab- 

 solutely demanded, if we would elevate the far 



the dirty work and hireling offices which they 

 have heretofore too often performed for the poli- 

 ticians of the country. 



I now dismiss this matter for the present, and. 

 in my next will invite the farmers to the contem- 

 plation of other subjects. 



D. A. Ogden".- 



Penn Yan, Nov. 1846. 



Taylor's Improved Com Sheller. 



We are requested to call the attention of our 

 readers to this machine, and invite an examina- 

 tion of the same. It is manufactured by Mr, E. 

 Taylor, No. 6 Hill street, Rochester, and sold 

 at $10. (For shape, &c. see engraving.) 



In his pamphlet circular, Mr. T. says: "This 

 machina has, within itself combined, all that the 

 farmer can ask for, in the operation of taking 

 the corn off the cob. It is thoroughly built, war- 

 ranted in all its parts, is very compact, and occu- 

 pies not over two feet square of room. It can 

 be used by hand with a crank, or a pulley can be 



driven by a belt 



mer to his true and rightful position in this coun- 1 substituted for the crank, and 



try. Let the farmers of either political party ! or cord. It will shell 150 bushels per day, and 



make themselves, by their superior intelligence, 

 the leaders and rulers of their parties; let them 

 use the power they possess — exercise the influ- 

 ence which is in their keeping — and they will 

 have succeeded in purifying the political parties 

 •from much that is alike disgraceful to them and 

 the country, — and will also have elevated their 

 own noble calling, and relieved the farmers from 

 .the opprobium that now rests upon them, and 



is so boxed up as to prevent the corn from being 

 thrown over the room in which it is used. It is. 

 in fact a perfect machine, unerring in its opera- 

 tion. It is so light and portable as to be easily- 

 moved from place to place, and one machine will 

 serve for several farmers." m. 



Swarms of the great brown locust have visited 

 England in the northern and ea.stern counties. 



