Vol. VII. 



ROCHESTER, N. Y., DECEMBER, 1846. 



No. 12. 



THE GENESEE FARMER : 



Issued the first of each month, at Rochester, N. Y., by 



D. D. T. MOORE, PROPRIETOR. 

 DANIEL LEE, EDITOR. 



p. BARRY, Conductor of the Horticultural Department. 



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Post-Masters, and all other friends of Agricultural Jour- 

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The Close of the Volume. 



This number closes the seventh volume of the Genesee 

 Farmer. Wliether our efiibrts to make a paper worth all 

 that it costs, and sometliing more, have been successful, 

 each subscriber will of course judge for himself. We are 

 satisfied with the evidence afforded by the large increase 

 of its circulation, and shall make corresponding additional 

 efforts to render the Farmer worthy of the most extensive 

 patronage. Our terms are so extremely low, that nothing 

 short of tens of thousands of subscribers will enable us to 

 realize a fair living by editing and publishing this journal. 

 Nor can we well employ and pay agents for procuring the 

 names of those that ought to take, read, and sustain o 

 paper devoted entirely to the interests of our rural popu- 

 lation. Our dependence is on the public spirit, and patriot- 

 iara of its readers, to extend the circulation and usefulness 

 of this, the cheapest agricultural work in the Union, and 

 doubtless in the world. Take the whole State together, 

 not one farmer in fifteen either subscribes for, or reads, 

 any agricultural journal whatever. It is now some 17 or 

 18 years since the Genesee Farmer was first started ; 

 and 12 or 13 since Judge Buel commenced the publication 

 of the Cultivator, at Albany. Although neither the 

 Farmer nor Cultivator has reason to complain of a lack 

 of patronage, yet all must regret that so large a majority 

 of the tillers of the earth neglect to learn what they may 

 by studying the recorded experience, and observations of 

 other practical agriculturists ; and in turn, recording ia 

 tome periodical for the equal benefit of their brethren, 

 the results of their own experience in rural affairs. To 



enable Farmers and Horticulturists to teach one another, 

 at the least possible expense, we publish annually a vol- 

 ume of nearly 300 large octavo pages, at 37^ cents a vol- 

 ume where eight copies are taken together. There is 

 not a town in the State that should not receive at least 

 100 copies ; nor is there one where that number can not 

 be circulated by a little cflTort. The organization of Farm- 

 er's Clues, and the enlistment of young men in the noble 

 and honorable work of improving the race of htisbandnwii , 

 as well as their domestic animals, farms and crops, is the 

 direction in which our labors should now be turned. 



Young Men of Western New York ! will you not lend 

 US your assistance to extend the circulation of the Genesee 

 Farmer ? The cause to which it is devoted is your cause 

 — the elevation of honest, rural industry. Do you wish 

 to rank in the community as men of science, familiar with 

 the unerring laws of Nature ; then sustain the earnest 

 elTorts of the Editor of this paper to simplify the study of 

 natural phenomena, that all may read and understand the 

 works of God, as displayed in the happy results which He 

 has secured to the labor of all that know, and obey His 

 laws. Our unfathomed mental powers were obviously 

 created for use. It is a plain question for us to decide, 

 wliat use we shall make of this, the most precious gift of 

 infinite Wisdon and Goodness? If Heaven has made us 

 social beings, then let us be social, and strive to improve 

 the society in which our lot is cast. Let us be willing 

 to learn of others, and to teach what we learn, that we 

 all may be wiser than we now are. Study the great Vol- 

 ume of Nature, for it was written by One that loves his 

 iiupils, and will reward them liberally for their diligence 

 in the acquisition of true knowledge. 



To our Patrons. 



Considering the price at which it is afforded, the present 

 volume of this journal contains an unusual amount and va- 

 riety of useful and interesting matter, in both departments — 

 and likewise oxer fifty engrumvgs of Improved Implements, 

 Farm Buildings, Domestic Animals, Fruits, »Scc. It is far the 

 cheapest, (if not the best,) .Agricultural Paper now publishetf^ 

 If any doubt tlie truth of this assertion, let them examine 

 the Farmer, and compare it with other similar journals. 



We wish, and intend, to make the ensuing volume of the 

 Farmer superior, in many respects,, to the present. Our 

 facilities for its publication in a neat and proper style will 

 be greater than heretofore, and we shall avail ourselves of 

 every appropriate means to render the Genesee Farmer 

 worthy of the confidence and earnest support of an intelli- 

 gent and enterprising community. [See Prospectus, &c., 

 on last page of this number.] m^ 



