1819. 



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MODEL LETTERS. 



Among the various models offered to the public 



at these days," we beg to contribute our mite 

 for the benefit ana edification of all interested. Our 



i in giving the annexed Letters, which are cer- 

 tainly models ol taste and brevity, is two-fold. First 



>sen1 those who wish to "go and do likewise" 

 with an excellent example — and secondly, to assure 



ch that WB can promptly till, and shall be most 

 h:ii'l>\ to receive similar orders for back volumes of 

 Genesee Farmer. The valuable reading and 

 instruction on Agriculture and kindred subjects, em- 

 braced in the five voluumes of the Farmer published 

 in octavo form, (from 184fi to 1849 inclusive.) is 

 worth far more than cost to any practical, thinking 

 farmer or horticulturist — and the same amount of 

 like knowledge can no where else be obtained so 



y and cheaply. But, to the "models": — 



Mr. D. D. T. Moore:— Enclosed I send $5 on the "Mar- 

 ket Bank," Boston, .Mass., for which send me the back vol- 

 I renesee Parmer — 6, 7, 8 and 9. The remaining 

 £:} I wish to make me n subscriber for the next eight years — 

 ii ing 1st January, 1S49. 

 I hailed with joy the appearance of your advertisement 

 in our principal paper, and trust that many of our farmer* 

 will answer the call. I have thus far endeavored to procure 

 ii. i subscribers, knowing that with a single number of your 

 \ tillable paper in my hand. 1 can do more in an hour than 

 I otherwise in a week. 

 The farmers of central Indiana are beginning to cheer up 

 the rail road has heen completed to the Ohio river; 

 and i have no doubt but that your subscription list will be 

 increased from this quarter. Calvin Fletcher, Jr. — 

 . Ltd., 1819. 

 Mr. Moore: — I send you $3 enclosed for the Genesee 

 Fanner. Please forward volumes C, 7, 8 and 9, bound — 

 volume ID when bound, and volume 11 as published. Send 

 the four volumes that are bound by Express — the other vol- 

 ume and numbers by mail. Hutchins Wight. Waterloo, 

 Seneca Co., N. Y., Nov. 1, 1849. 



Weevil. — Caul ion to Farmers. — The Hon. E. 

 Blackman, of Newark, N. Y., exhibited to the writer 

 samples of Timothy Seed obtained by him at Buffalo, 

 which was literally alive with weevils. The seed 

 was understood to be ftom Ohio; and most of the 

 seed from many parts of that State, having been ob- 

 tained from grass in the wheat crop, the weevil falls 

 into their timothy seed and thus is sown broadcast 

 over the land. As the insect lives through winter, 

 or, in some other way appears in the same locality 

 every season, it may be possible that the sowing of 

 this seed containing them may hasten the general 

 prevalence of that dread scourge throughout the en- 

 tire wheat growing section of our State. Ought not 

 fanners to be on their guard against thus distributing 

 destruction to their crops of wheat ? W. 



Agricultral Papers. — Every farmer can well 

 afford to take a good agricultural paper, to assist him 

 in the erection of suitable buildings and fences; the 

 making and saving manure; the selection of agri- 

 cultural implements; the best kinds of stock and 

 fruit; the feeding and fattening of cattle; the man- 

 ment of his land and crops — thus obtaining the 

 united wisdom and experience of the best practical 

 farmers, not only of our own country, but of the 

 civilized world. I have known farmers to lay out 

 through mismanagement, within the short period of 

 a year, enough to pav for one hundred copies of any 

 agricultural paper published in the land. L. Free- 

 man Thurber. — Washington, Vt., 1849. 



SMITH'S VERTICAL GATE. 



The attention of the public is requested to the 

 above gate, recently invented and patented by Lo- 

 renzo Smith, of Easton, Mass. The above cut 

 represents a large gate open and a smaller one shut. 

 This gate does not swing, hut opens vertically by a 

 parallel movement of rails. Its superiority to the 

 gate in common use may be readily seen. As it 

 does not swing, there can bo no sagging; thus avoid- 

 ing a great objection to the swing gate. It requires 

 no ground to swing upon; consequently it can be 

 opened or shut while teams, carts, or carriages are 

 standing close to it, or with a snow bank on both 

 sides of it. It is opened and shut much quicker than 

 the ordinary gate, and a man on horseback can 

 open it without alighting. For very heavy gates 

 it is designed to have weights attached to the ends 

 of the rails, to assist in raising them; but gates of 

 ordinary size do not require weights. This gate is 

 more especially intended for carriage ways, but is 

 admirably calculated for the doors of stables, and 

 other places where the common gate cannot be used, 

 and also may be made single for footpaths and narrow 

 passages. It costs no more than the 6wing gate, 

 (including the posts,) and is less liable to get out of 

 order, and more easily repaired, if repairs are needed. 

 The practical operation of the Vertical Gate has 

 been thorougkly tested, and, so far as known, meets 

 with universal favor. — New England Farmer. 



Husk Beds. — Now (the husking season J is the time 

 to secure the best and most durable under beds. All 

 the inner husks of the corn should be saved for this 

 purpose. True, it takes a great many to make a bed, 

 but when once the sack is tilled, it is a bed for life, 

 and it is the lightest and softest thing of the kind that 

 one could desire. The husks curl up and they dry 

 and never mat down afterwards. Moreover no insects 

 ever lodge in them, as vermin do in straw. They are 

 perfectly cleanly; and being of a etong and tough 

 texture, they will not wear out for years. We regard 

 a good husk bed as cheap at $5. A young married 

 couple, to the end of life, however long, will have no 

 occasion to fill a new under bed, if they once have 

 their sacks filled with good, soft, well-dried corn 

 husks. We had all ours filled fifteen years ago, and 

 they are to this day "good as new." — Maine Culti- 

 vator. 



' The tree is known by its fruit." The only ex- 

 ception to this is the dog-wood, which is known by 

 its bark! 



