1849. 



THE GENESEE FARMER. 



221 



Qrtritor's (liable. 



Correspond] nts and others inn rested are reminded that 

 articles, notices and advertisements, should be mailed on or 

 before the 15th of the preceding month, in order to secure 

 insertion in any specified number of the Farmer. A num- 

 ber of valuable communications, fee., were received too 

 late lor publication this month. 



In consequence >>f unavoidable delays, causi d by silliness 

 and breaking of the steam press npon which tin- Farmer is 

 printed, the August Dumber was not mailed to :i portion of 

 our subscribers until after the tenth, though we commenced 

 printing and mailing before the first of the month. Our 

 present number is issued earlier than usual, however, and 



We shall endeavor to be equally prompt in future. 



Transactions. — We arc indebted to the Secretary, Col. 

 B. P. Johnson, for a copy of the Transactions of the N. V. 

 State Ag. Society for 1348. The volume is larger than any 

 preceding one, numbering nearly one thousand octavo pages. 

 In addition to the doings of the Society, and reports of coun- 

 ty societies, it contains valuable essays from several practi- 

 cal and scientific gentlemen who have devoted much atten- 

 tion to improvements in Agriculture and Horticulture. It is 

 also embellished with numerous engravings, illustrative of 

 practical subjects — not mere fancy sketches. The work is 

 worthy of the institution from which it emanates, and high- 

 ly creditable to Col. Johnson, under whose supervision it 

 has been published — for we rarely find so large a volume 

 equally unexceptionable in matter and arrangement. We 

 shall extract liberally from the work, for publication in this 

 and future numbers of the Farmer. 



— Our thanks are due to J. W. Proctor, Esq., for a copy 

 of the Transactions of the Essex Co. (Mass.) Ag. Society 

 for 1848 — a handsome octavo volume of 130 pages. 



State Fair. — President Taylor has left Washington 

 on his tour through Pennsylvania and the New England 

 States, and will arrive at Syracuse on Monday, the 107/i of 

 September, and attend the Fair. The Hon. Henry Clay 

 is also expected. Gov. Fish, and the Governors of several 

 of the other States, will be present. Every thing indicates 

 that this will be the largest exhibition ever held by the State 

 Society — and no doubt thousands of our citizens will avail 

 themselves of the occasion to pay their respects to the 

 President of the United States. 



The Canada Provincial Ag. Fair is to be held in 

 Kingston on the 18th, 19th, 20th and 21st days of September. 

 Creat preparations are being made for the exhibition. Over 

 $'6,000 are to be distributed in premiums. Articles from the 

 United States intended for competition, will be admitted 

 duty free. We hope to see a good attendance of American 

 furmers and manufacturers, with their products, implements, 

 &c. — particularly from the more northern counties of New 

 York, bordering on the Lake and the St. Lawrence. 



Samples of Merino Wool. — We have received from Mr. 

 John D. Patterson, of Westfield, Chautauque Co., N. Y., 

 fine samples of wool from fleeces of a yearling buck and 

 ewe of Mr. Taintor's importation. The fleece of the buck 

 weighed 14 lbs. 8 oz. — that of the ewe, who bred a lamb, 10 

 lbs. 10 cz. " Their wool was well rubbed with soap, then 

 thoroughly washed in a clear stream of water, and sheared 

 as soon as they were dry." These lambs were noticed in 

 our volume for 1848, page 228 — and we are glad to record 

 the above facts. Mr. P. has one of the best flocks in the 

 State. 



— We have also received handsome samples of Merino 

 wool from Mr. Reed Burritt, of Burdett, Tompkins coun- 

 ty — referred to in an article by Mr. B., on page 210, of this 

 number. 



Mr. H. E. Hooker, of the firm of Bissell &. Hooker, 

 of the Bochester Commercial Nursery, sails on the 1st of 

 September for Europe. Ho intends visiting some of the 

 principal establishments in France and England, during the 

 months of October and November, and will probably return 

 in December. He has our best wishes for a safe and pleas- 

 ant journey. 



Portrait of Buena Vista. — We have received a line 

 from Mr. S. P. Chapman, stating that the portrait of his 

 Short-horn bull " Bueni. Vista," given in our August num- 

 ber, does not do the animal justice. " Buena Vista" will be 

 exhibited at the State Fair in Syracuse, and (we infer from 

 Mr. C.'s letter,) offered for sale. 



AoRlCCLTORA] SHOWS FOB 1849.— Annual Fairs of State 



and County Agricultural Societies are to be held this fell 



ns follows. The list includes all the Societies, in tins 

 and other States, from which we have yet received definite 

 information' — 



New York State, at Syracc it, II. L2 and 13. 



Cortland County, Homer, Sept. 26 and 27. 



Chemung " Horse Sends, <>n. 17 and 18. 



Delaware " Delhi, Oct. 3. 



Essex " Keeseviue, Sept, 18 and ID. 



Genesee " Batavia, Oct. I and 5. 



Herkimer " Herkimer, Sept and 7. 



Jefferson " Watertown, 8ept 26 and 27. 



Livingston " Geneseo, Sept. 4 and 5. 



Monfoe Rochester, Sept 26 and 27. 



Orleans " Albion, Sept. 27 and 28. 



Onondaga " Syracuse, Oct 3, 4 and 5. 



Oneida Hampton, Sept. 26 and 27. 



Rensselaer " Troy, Sept. 25. 26 and 27. 



Saratoga " Mechanicsville Sept. and 



Seneca " Ovid, Oct. 4 and 5. 



Snfiblk " Greenport, Oct. 2. 



Wayne " Palmyra, Sept. .26 and 27. 



Wyoming " Warsaw, 2 nn<( 



Washington " Whitehall, Sept. 19 and 20. 



Yates " Penn Yan, Oct. 5 and 6. 



Michigan State, Detroit, Sept. 26 and 27. 



Maryland State, Baltimore, Oct. 10, 11 and 12. 



Provincial, (Canada,) Kingston, Sept. 18, 19, 20,21. 



Worcester Co. (Mass.) Worcester, Sept. 20. 



Essex County " Salem, Sept. 27. 



Middlesex " Concord, Oct. 3. 



New Haven, (Conn.) New Haven, Sept. 25, 26 and 27. 



Medida county, (Ohio,) Medina, Sept. 26 and 27. 



Ashtabula " " Jefferson, Sept. 13. 



Geauga " " Burton, Sept. 19 and 20. 



Portage " " Ravenna, Sept. 26 and 27. 



Mahoning " " Canfield, Oct. 2 and 3. 



Clinton " " Wilmington, Oct. 17, 18 and 19. 



Trumbull " " Warren, Sept. 25, 26 and 27. 



Ross " " Chillicothe, Oct. 5 and & 



Licking " " Newark, Oct. 3 and 4. 



Delaware •' " Delaware, Oct. 2 and 3. 



Clermont " " Batavia, Sept. 25. 



Alexander Walsh. — We regret to announce the decease 

 of this distinguished and ardent friend of improvement. — 

 He died at his residence in Lansingburgh, N. Y., on the 3d 

 of August. Mr. Walsh was one of the earliest and most 

 active friends of Agriculture and Horticulture in this State. 

 He will be remembered by many of our readers as a valua- 

 ble contributor, some years ago, to the agricultural journals, 

 and as one of the first members and promoters of the N, Y. 

 State Ag. Society. 



National Economy. — An eminent member of Congress 

 from the West, writing to a friend in Massachusetts, says: 

 " A vigorous effort will be made at the next session of Con- 

 gress to disband our army, and to lay up most of our ships, 

 and discharge most of our seamen. I am advising our peo 

 pie to petition for these objects. If it should meet the views 

 of our New England friends, would it not be well to send 

 on petitions to Congress ?" 



Yes, disband or at least diminish the army and navy, that 

 the millions annually squandered to sustain them may be 

 saved or appropriated to more useful objects. Let the Farm- 

 ers of America petition for retrenchment in the above named 

 departments, and demand, as a right, appropriations for the 

 promotion of Agriculture and its kindred arts and sciences. 



Crops, &c, in Alabama. — A friend writes us from Talla- 

 dega county, Ala., under date of Aug. 7, as follows : — ''We 

 have had rain almost daily for the last two months. Should 

 it continue so much longer, there will not be over half a 

 crop of cotton made; as it is now, it must fall short one-third. 

 All the low lands have been inundated. The corn crop will 

 fall short one-third, owing to the the great loss on the low- 

 lands." 



Correction. — In my communication on the subject of 

 Wool and Wool Growing, I stated, or should have done so, 

 that my 54 old sheep clipped 4 lbs. 9 oz. of wool each — in- 

 stead of 4 lbs. 3 oz., as printed in the July number of Gen. 

 Farmer, page 187. Either the printer or myself has made a 

 misUike. Please correct in your next number, and much 

 oblige one of your readers. Samuel Embree. — Yates 

 County, N. Y. 



