TITE GENESEE FAKMEE, 



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WHY FAEMEES' WIVES AHD DAUGHTERS SHOULD 

 WRITE FOR THE GENESEE FARMER. 



IsT. It is an acknowledged duty that every per- 

 son owes to tlie society in which he hves, as a 

 general rule, to impart any useful knowledge that 

 he may possess, and in no way can this better be 

 dene than through the Genesee Farmer. 



2d. The articles of female contributors would 

 naturally invite female readers, and thereby exert 

 an influence in a class, among whom it has not 

 hitherto been felt. In agricultural reading, men and 

 women's ta-tes of necessity dilier, notwithstanding 

 their interests are the same. Men alone contributing 

 ODuld not fiillv supply the wants in our department; 

 neither could they expect us to instruct them con- 

 oerning the best breeds of stock, or the best mode 

 of increasing, preserving and applying manure; or 

 tlie study of the difl'erent soils ; and the culture of 

 the difterent grains and grasses, and selection of the 

 kinds best adapted to those soils. I will here ac- 

 knowledge my indebtedness to the pages of the 

 Farmer for the valuable hints on butter making, I 

 read there this fpresent year, which, having tlior- 

 oughly tested, could not now do without, though I 

 for years have had the reputation of being a good 

 butter maker. 



8rd. The success of the Genesee Farmer would 

 be promoted. Women aiding in increasing its in- 

 tei'est, usefulness, and circulation, would give to it 

 a greater impetus — which all its readers must think 

 dasirable. Feeling a self-interest, by being them- 

 selves connected with it, would influence and awaken 

 an interest in its behalf among others, not otherAvise 

 reached, and their co-operation would tend to in- 

 ca-ease its value, by giving greater variety to its 

 pages, multiplying its subjects, and thus reaching 

 and satisfying all tastes and wants, and thereby as- 

 sisting in extending its circulation. Whenever 

 women engage in any enterprise, it is with such 

 hearty good will, Avith such determination to over- 

 come obstacles, and fortitude to endure difliculties, 

 that their influence is admitted by all to be powerful 

 in eftecting the intended result. 



What is the object of the Genesee Farmer f 

 It plainly exhibits its motive upon every page. 

 It is to enlighten the mind of the farmer — to en- 

 courage him in his useful and noble avocation, by 

 giving him the result of practical experence and 

 close observation. 



As the motive of the Farmer i; Lo uifruse u'eful 

 knowledge for the benefit of the farming commu- 

 nity, upon whom the nation's we;dth and Avelfare 

 so much depend, is it not desirable that lai-mers' 

 wives and daughters should alike be benefitted? 

 They surely have a Avork in common Avith inen ; 

 and upon their understanding and discharging this 

 work, rests much of the success and happiness of life. 

 Hence we concUide, that to enable them to per- 

 form all their operations judiciously and systemati- 

 cally, they, like men, need the same assistance and 

 encouragement Avhich can be derived from no other 

 source as Avell as from " The Practical and Scien- 

 tific Farmers' Oavu Paper." ji. c. l. 

 Jkiihion Cent-er, Saratoga Co., N. T. 



ON THE MANUFACTURE OF VINEGAR. 



The strength of the vinegar depends on tlie quan- 

 ty of saccharine or other principle capable of the 

 acetous fermentation. The strongest vinegar we 

 consider the cheapest and best. Take a clean cask, 

 fill it half full of '• hard " cider drawn clear from the 

 sediment, for remember, that cider left standing, on 

 its lees seldom or never passes through the acetous 

 fermentation, but becomes Avhat is called " dead." 

 Add to this a small piece of "mother" or vinegar 

 plant ; let it stand in a Avarm room till spring. This 

 of itself will make a good article. In the spring 

 take one and a quarter pounds of good sugar (maple 

 is best) to each gallon of soft water, sutiicient to fill 

 the cask — or Avliat is better still, take good maple 

 sap, boil seven gallons to one of cider, and fill the 

 cask ; put it in Avhen cold. The cider and sap or 

 sugar as above will make a sti'onger and better 

 flavored article than any other I have ever known. 

 It will take two years to ripen, but I think none 

 Avho try it Avill CA^er regret the cost or time. 



MaratlMn, N. Y. Xov 30, 1857. CELIA M. QUINN. 



CHEESE FROM FEW COWS. 



The common practice, in small dairies, is to keep 

 the curd on liand until there is enough to make a 

 cheese, when all is pressed together, Init the curd 

 often sours, in Avarm weather, in this Avay, Avbich 

 injures the cheese. i 



My method is put the curd into the hoop a:nd 

 press it lightly, until the following morning, then 

 take it from the press and after shaving off the up- 

 per surface, put the cheese into the hot Avhey,Avhenee 

 the morning's _ curd has jnst been taken. The 

 pieces Avhich liaA'e been trinmicd from the cheese 

 should be cut fine, put into a boAvl, and some hot 

 Avhey poured upon them. After remaining thus a 

 short time, or until the morning's curd is ready, 

 take the cheese and put it into the hoop Avith the 

 cut surface uppermost, and put the new curd on 

 top, with the pieces from the boAvl in the centre, 

 and press as before. If but few cows are kept, and 

 the cheese is not yet large enough, proceed again 

 the next morning in the same manner. 



Keicfane, Mar/ara Co., JV. T. MKS. S. M. WILSON". 



AGmoTTLTFRE, though iu general capable of being 

 reduced to simple priiu;iples, requires on the whole 

 a greater variety of knoAvledge than any other ai-t. 



WHAT ARE THE DUTIES OF A FARMER'S WIFE? 



They are much too numerous to mention. The 

 following are some of the most imi)ortant: To 

 study and practice a proper economy in all her do- 

 mestic aft'airs; to take into consideration the com- 

 fort of herself and family in preference to " what 

 will people say ;" to abstain from following many of 

 the fashions of the present day; to abstain from at- 

 tending Woman's Rights conventions ; to keep in 

 her proper sphere and exercise judiciously the 

 mighty influence she possesses; to teach her daught- 

 ers that it is more important to undei"stand making 

 butter and cheese, than it is to understand music 

 and dancing; to teach all her children the obliga- 

 tions they owe to their Creator, to tlieir parents, 

 and to society ; to endeavor to dittuse gladness and 

 kindly fe3lings about her by good ex-amples and her 

 cheerful countenance ; and, last of all, to write an 

 occasional essay for the Genesee Farmer. 



A fakmek's wife. 



Schoharie Co., iV. Y. 2fov. 18ik. 1S67. 



