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GENESEE FARMER. 



Dec. 



not to build up the literature of this country.— 

 We are well aware tiiat to toil in tlie field of ag- 

 ricultural literat''.re at this time, one must work 

 for ncthing, and find himself. If Dr.- R. cannot 

 afToiYl to do this, he will find his new profession 

 any tiling but a pleasant one. 



The time will come however when talents and 

 labor emjMoyed in this department of knowledge 

 Kvilt connnand ample remuneration. To hasten 

 the arrival of that era, great care should be ta- 

 ken not to impose on tl;e public, already too sus- 

 picious in regard to agricultural works, any that 

 will not stand the test of the most searching iu- 

 vestig;4'on. We insist on the point that, the 

 profession of agricultural science will ever con- 

 tinue to be utterly worthless in this counti-y, so 

 long as every thing is permitted to assume the 

 name, and pass as current coin in the agricultu- 

 ral journals of the united States. We know as 

 well as any one can tell us that, to speak the 

 truth plainly is to inflict pain, where we should 

 rejoice to give unmingled pleasure. But, we 

 have a duty to perform in this matter that must 

 be faithfully discharged although no one may be 

 gratified, and many may feel that their personal 

 friend has sustained injury at our hands. 



Steep for Wheat. 



We copy the t'uilowing from the last number 

 of the London JMark Lane Express. We re- 

 gard h? practice recommended as important: 



SiP>, — In reply to your "Old Subscriber," 1 

 beg to say that 1 have used a solution of blue vit- 

 riol, (sulphate of copper) as a steep for seed 

 wheat for the last sixteen years, and never have 

 'had smut. For every six bushels of wheat, dis- 

 solve two pounds of blue vitriol in five gallons 

 of water ; the wi;eat being shot on the floor 

 (mine is of brick,) let the solution be gradually 

 thrown over the wheat, turning it with shovels 

 three or four times, till every grain be thorough- 

 ly saturated ; the laf.t time of turning, let the 

 heap remain upon the highest part of the floor, 

 and in a conical form ; if this be done in the af- 

 ternoon, the wheat will be quite ready for drill- 

 ing the next mo'-ning. 



The quickest way to dissolve the vitriol is to 

 place i' in a pail, add one or two quarts of boil- 

 ing water, let it remain two minutes, strain the 

 .•iolulion into a tub sufficiently large for the pur- 

 pose, add more boiling water to the vitriol, strain 

 ofl" again, and so on till all be dissolved; then add 

 cold water to this strong solution, sufficient to 

 make the quantiiy required. 



I am, sir, your obedient servant, 



East Surrey. 



Ga'irirk, Crawley, Sussex Co., Oct. 21. 



P. S. — In order that the determined quantity 

 to be drilled per acre may be ascertained, the 

 seed wheat after prej)aiaion should be measured 

 in tiie morning, in order to find how much the 

 bull; has increased. 



New York State Agricultural Society. 



Minutes of the Meeting of the Executive Com- 

 mittee of the N. Y. Slate Agricultural Soci- 



ely^held at their rooms, in Albany, on the l'2th 



day of Novemher, 1846. 

 Present — Mr. Sherwood, Mr. Vail, Mr. Ste- 

 vens, Mr. Tlcker, Mr. McIntyre. 



The proceedings of the last meeting being 

 read, the following was offered by Mr. Vail : 



Resolved, That the minutes be accepted. Passed. 



The fo!lo->ving were offered by Mr. Tuf ker, of Albany. 



ResoheJ, That the thanks of the N. Y. State Agricultu- 

 ral .Society be presented to F. E. L. Fischku, Director of 

 tbe Imperial Botanic Garden, at St. Petersburg!!, Russia, 

 for the donation announced in his letter just read, and that 

 a copy of the transactions of this Society for 1845 be for- 

 v.arded to him. Passed unanimously. 



Resolved, That the thanks of the Society be presented 

 to its President for a copy of the Census of the State of 

 i\ew York, for 1845. Passed. 



Resolved, That the thanks of the Society be presented 

 to Joseph Fellows, Esq., of Geneva, for his donation of 

 fifty dollars in behalf of the Pultney estate. Passed. 



By Mr. Vail, of Rensselaer County ; 



Resolved, That the Recording Secretary and Treasurer 

 procure Daguerreotype portraits of all the Presidents of the 

 N. Y. State Agricultural Society, and that the Treasurer be 

 authorised to pay for the same. Carried. 



By Mr. SHEIl\^oo^l, of Cayuga : 



Resolved, That the Treasurer of the Society be directed 

 to keep charge of the rooms of the Society and provide for 

 its being kept open for the Iransaciion of the business of 

 the Society, uiuil further action of the Executive Com- 

 mittee. Passed. 



By Mr. Vail ; 



Resolved. That the President, Mr. Prentiss and Mr. 

 McIiNTYRE be authorised to invest in Bond and Mortgage 

 such sums of money now in the Treasury as will not be 

 needed to pay premiums already awarded, and to pay 

 also coniinoent expenses of the Society. Carried. 



By Mr. Sherwood : 



Resolved, That the Treasurer employ some competent 

 person to color the plates of the " Jardin de St. Peters- 

 burgh." 



By Mr. Vail : 



Resolved, That the thanks of the Society be pre.seated 

 to James Lennox, Esq., for his donation of 30 numbers of 

 " Washington's Letter^s on Agriculture." 



By the President ; 



Resolved, Tiiat the thanks of the Society be presented 

 to Mr. Geo. Forion for the spirited manner thai he ha.s 

 shown in breeding and exliibiting at our several shows so 

 many fine farm horses. 



The Committee then adjourned till the second 



Thursday of December ensuing. 



Large Calf. — Ti;e Madison Democrat gives 

 the following indication of the success (in one 

 branch of husbandry, at least.) of one of our per- 

 manent subscribers : 



" Sandford p. Chap.max, near Clockville, in 

 this county, has a h.eifer calf seven-eights Dur- 

 ham, which according to a certificate shown us, 

 weighed on the 31st inst. 640 lbs.; its age being 

 but a few days over seven months." 



New Year's Cake. — Seven pounds of flour, 

 two ponds and a half of sugar, two pounds of 

 butter, and a pint of water, with a teaspoon ful of 

 volatile salts dissolved in it. Work the paste 

 well; roll it thin and cut it in small cakes, vvifii 

 a thin cutter ; lay them on tin plates in a quick 

 oven, for fifteen minutes. 



