THE GENESEE FARMER. 



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nit, for clubs of Canadian subscribers, premiums 



amount of $150 during the first month of this year 

 till hold out to us great inducements to subscribe), 

 3 that you are generous, and have the success of 

 rs at heart,— that Canadian farmers (some of them 

 it) are alive to their own interests — and that, in re- 

 br your efforts in their behalf, they are determined 

 port a purely agricultural paper, the best of its kind 

 lerica. 

 you know of any person owning a genuine Morgan 



which has a good pedigree and is a first-rate road- 

 vho could be induced to come to this part of the 

 ry with his horse next season on a venture ? 



farmers of this and the surrounding counties are, 

 ale, well supplied with horses for agricultural pur- 

 ; but when they come to sell their colts, they seldom 

 ; good prices, because said colts " can't go." They 

 i\\ able to pay for a good horse, if they can be con- 

 1 that it will pay ; and no better way of convincing 

 occurs to me than to persuade them to make the 

 iment just once. 



ny opinion, such a horse as I have described, com- 

 nong us well recommended by you or some other 

 isible parties, would be well supported. His owner 



certainly confer a great benefit upon our farmers, 

 proviug their stock in the very point where it needs 



. most susceptible of improvement." 



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king and Sowing Sorghum Seed. — In the Genesee 

 ',r for April we alluded to some experiments made 

 s Rev. A. Mters, of Bucyrus, Ohio, in regard to the 

 ime of planting the Chinese sugar cane seed. Mr. 

 nks that it should rarely, if ever, be planted before 

 th of May, and as it is essential, in order to make 

 , to have the plants fully matured, it becomes a 

 on of great importance to ascertain the best means 

 ising the seed to germinate rapidly after it is put in 

 •ound. Mr. Mtres has kindly sent us his method of 

 ring the seed to accomplish this result, which is as 

 s: 



vke the quantity of seed to be planted any one day, 



aving prepared boiling water pour it over the seed, 



ig, that all the seed may be equally heated ; let it 



n in the boiling water 1£ minutes; then cool down 



liug cold water to a luke-warm state. Enough boil- 



iter must be poured on to swim the seed. 



good preparation to accompany the above is 1 lb. of 



ie of lime and 4 oz. vitriol to 1 peck of seed. 



ith the above process I have brought the cane up 



■* the rows were visible across the field in three or 



lys." 



M. sends us the details of his experiment, which 

 o sustain his opinion. 



Inquiries and Answers. 



»kin Seeds.— I wish to know whether pumpkin 

 .re good to feed to hogs, fat cattle and store cattle. 

 )f our neighbors say they are, and some say they 

 .. Will some of your correspondents give me some 

 a the subject ? — D. B. N., Union Mill, Erie Co., Pa. 



ral Inquiries. — Will some of your numerous cor- 

 lents furnish information as to the following 

 a the Genesee Farmer : 

 How to make a good farm roller. 

 Have you used the Wethersfield Seed Sower ? If 

 it be adjusted so as to drill seeds evenly, and at an 

 istance apart, from the size of ruta baga to beans? 



3d. — Is there no more easy or expeditious way of har- 

 vesting peas tliau mowing with a scythe, or " pulling 

 them, as the Canadians call it? 



4th. — Would kyanizing chestnut shingles have a ten- 

 dency to toughen them, so as not to be so liable to split? 



5th. — It would save many a trip to the village grocery, 

 when some one is sick, and furnish a good, wholesome 

 part of the farmer's dinner to be carried with him to the 

 distant field, if every funnily knew how to make water aud 

 butter crackers. — B., Cooperdown, I'a. 



Canada Thistles. — Will some of your correspondents 

 oblige me by giving, through the Farmer, the best meth- 

 od of destroying or keeping under Canada thistles V— J. 

 L., King, C. W. 



Root Cultivator. — Noticing in the May number of 

 the Genesee Far-mer an article on the cultivation of car- 

 rots, on page 149, from the pen of A. M. H., in which he 

 says he has got up a hand cultivator which works admir- 

 ably. Now, will A. M. H. be kind enough to furnish me 

 with a description of said cultivator? I am desirous of 

 availing myself of every facility for the cultivation of 

 roots, in which I am engaged quite extensively. — John 

 Kievell, Greensville, G. W. 



Rennet for Scours. — (Wm. Haines.) We have never 

 tried this remedy, but it is well spoken of. Soak the 

 rennet in warm water for twenty-four hours, and give six 

 tablespooufuls before the calf is fed. Cattle should have 

 a larger dose. Milk thickened in wheat-flour is our 

 usual remedy for mild cases of scours in sheep. 



Liming Shingles. — (John Henshaw.) The object of 

 liming shingles is to increase their durability, and also to 

 render them less liable to take fire. The process is not 

 difficult, aud fully compensates for the labor. It is sim- 

 ply soaking the shingles for a few hours in a solution of 

 lime, salt, and lye from ashes. We do not know the pro- 

 portions, but as the water will only take up a limited 

 quantity of these ingredients, there is no danger of get- 

 ting it too strong. 



Letting Sheep go Unshorn tor Two Tears. — 

 (John Thompson.) We have had no experience on this 

 point. The only experiments that recur to us at this 

 moment are those made by Lord Western on British 

 Merinoes. He let some of his sheep go unshorn for three 

 years, and the resnlt was that the weight of the wool 

 from these sheep at the end of that time considerably ex- 

 ceeded the aggregate from an equal number shorn annu- 

 ally, the treatment of the two lots being in other respects 

 the same. The quality of the fibre had not been im- 

 paired, while the greater length of the staple made it 

 more valuable, because fitting it for a greater diversity of 

 purposes. 



Soiling Milch Cows.— (R. T.) We do not think it will 

 pay you. In the neighborhood of large cities, where 

 land is high, it might be profitable, but in your case the 

 saving of food and the increased quantity of manure, 

 will not, we think, pay for the extra labor. One thing 

 will pay. Provide a supply of green corn fodder for the 

 cows when the pastures become dry. Sow it at once, in 

 drills, three feet apart. Make the drills with a one-horse 

 plow, and scatter the seed in the drills quite thickly, say 

 forty grains to the foot, or about two and a half bushels 

 per acre. Keep it clean by running a horse-cultivator 

 between the rows. In this way, if the land is rich, you 

 will get a great crop. This is a far better way than sow- 

 ing broadcast. 



