Vol. I.— No. 2. 



AND GARDENER'S JOURNAL. 



15 



rist. The Sago of Monticello, whose name 

 will be the watch-word of liberty, wherever 

 oppressed man shall dare to declare himself 

 free, toolt much pleasure in the cultivation of 

 his grounds, as often as the claims of his coun- 

 try would permit his retirement to his classic 

 retreat. And the venerated failier and draughts- 

 man of our incomparable national coositution, 

 is passing the evening of his useful and illustri- 

 ous lif«. in the rural avocations of his own 

 Montpelier. 



There is yet another bright exemplar of blen- 

 ded horticultural taste and political greatness 

 — the apostle of liberty of two worlds — the de- 

 fender of man's dearest rights, during two gen- 

 erations of men. His aged brows, entwined 

 with unfading wreaths, placed there by bene- 

 fitted and grateful millions, he is yet once more 

 called from under his own " vine and fig-tree" 

 at La Grange, to assist at the do wifall of a ty- 

 rant, and the re establishment of the violated 

 liberties of his country. American liberty he 

 had aided to achieve, half a century ago ; and, 

 most enviable life and oareer! — he is spared 

 to see tvranny hide its diminished head in his 

 native land, and the glories of civil and reli- 

 gious freedom dawning in radiant promise upon 

 his own beautiful France. 



Among the pleasures attendant on our horti- 

 cultural usspciation, the semi-annual meetings 

 may not be accounted the smallest. It is 

 wholesome, occasionally to pass a day with 

 our assembled friends from various sections, to 

 partake of the bounties of nature, with cheer- 

 ful hearts, grateful 'o" t lie Giverof every good 

 and perfect gift," and happily forgetful for a 

 time, of the cares of life, the differences of 

 creeds, and the distentions of polities. For 

 oven in our free ami highly favored land, we 

 often witness storms of parly violence and con- 

 tending factions. And, albeit, these political 

 tornadoes may some times, "like their physi- 

 cal prototypes, purify the air and the earth they 

 desolate, they can never become the objects of 

 sympathy and affection" to those who love 

 •'peace on earth and good will among men." 



It is grateful then to the best feelings of pa- 

 triotism, to mingle with our fellow citizens, in 

 a mode, and under circumstances calculated to 

 produce temporary oblivion — would it could be 

 perpetual ! — to the acerbity of party rancor 

 calculated to make us believe, for the time be 

 ing, that the great mass are good American 

 citizens, trust-worthy and friendly to equal 

 rights ; and all having the same single aim at 

 heart, the best interests of our common country, 

 the perpetuity of our free institutions, the 

 spread of tolerant and liberal principles — how- 

 ever we may dissent from one another's mode 

 of compassing the end. 



From th* New England Farmer. 

 SALT OSEFDL FOR MILCH COWS. 



Collyns, in his " Ten Minutes' Advice on 

 the Use and Abuse of Salt, as a Manure," says 

 that a lump of salt, hung up for cows to lick 

 occasionally, entirely removes the peculiar 

 turnip taste from milk agd butter My cows 

 have eaten turnips, spring and fall, for ten 

 years ; yet in two or three instances only, do 

 1 remember that this food imparted any bad 

 flavor to the milk and butter. I never conjec- 

 tured the reason, until the remark of Collyns 

 met my view. My practice for years has been 

 to have salt troughs under my cattle sheds 

 daily accessible to my cows; and probably in 

 the instances noticed, the salt troughs were 

 from negligence empty. Salt is beneficial to 

 cattle, as a condiment, as well as to men. — 

 Why then is it not as important that the for- 

 mer should have it with their daily food a, 

 well as the latter? I have never known ani- 

 mals do themselves injury by using it to ex- 

 Cess. The consumption of salt is but very 

 little inoreased by the practice I adopt, while 

 the waste is diminished. The books tell us 

 Chat the free use of salt among cattle, is a great 

 preventive of disease, and powerful promote 

 of thrift. Reason and e.Tperienee seem to jus 

 tify the remark. 



Mbany. Dec. 23. J. BUEL. 



THE < i E N E s K E FARMER 



AND GARDENERS JOURNAL. 



Devoted to Agriculture, Horticulture, Domestic Econo- 

 my, &c. &c. 



The first number of a paper under the above 

 title, was published at Rochester, on Saturday. 

 Jan. 1, 1831 — conducted by a gentleman long 

 experienced in the science of Agriculture, Hor- 

 ticulture. and other useful arts,assisted by manv 

 of the best practical farmers in this section of 

 the country, and particularly by some of the 

 Members ef the Western and Monroe County 

 Horticultural Societies. 



No part of the world is more richly blessed 

 with soil and climate, for a great and flourish- 

 ing Agricultural and Horticultural interest, 

 than the western part of the state of New York 

 — that part called Old Genesee . This section 

 of country is supposed by competent judges to 

 be as favorable to the growth of the Vine and 

 Mulberry as the middle of France : and as wine 

 and silk aro becoming matters of national in- 

 terest and legislation, a portion of the column-) 

 of the Farmer will be devoted to those sub- 

 jects. 



This section of country has become densely 

 populated with an industrious and thriving class 

 of Citizens, who have made themselves rich 

 by their own labors and who have now acqui 

 red the time and means of becoming Theoreti- 

 cally and Practically learned in the arts for cul- 

 tivating Scientifically the soil they have so 

 lately reclaimed from the wilderness and pre- 

 pared for the highest slate of Agriculture. — 

 While most other branches of science have 

 been progressing, aided by the unwearied ex 

 er'ious of men of learning and invention ; and 

 while practical improvements have flowed like 

 a stream from the press, Agriculture and Hor- 

 ticulture (twin-sisters) have been comparative 

 ly speaking, neglected and forgotten ; and those 

 who have been pursuing the primitive modes of 

 tillage for subsistence have been left to strug- 

 gle onward, unaided in their progress by those 

 means which have been given to other branch- 

 es of science, and which have proved the cause 

 of their rapid advancement. 



These are among the reasons that have indu- 

 ced the subscribers to embark in the enterprize, 

 and to direct a part of their time and attention 

 to the diffusion of Agricultural and Horticultu- 

 ral information which will occupy a large por- 

 tion of their paper. 



They further expect through the aid of the 

 Franklin Institute of this place to be able oc- 

 casionally to present such essays as shall be 

 thought useful in mechanical Philosophy. 



The undertaking is one which must necessa 

 rily require much labor and expense in its pros- 

 ecutioo.and without the aid of aliberal patron- 

 age cannot long be sustained; yet aware of all 

 these difficulties to be encountered, the subscri- 

 bers flatter themseltes ihat, if they succeed in 

 rendering their paper woithy of support, its 

 merits will be duly appreciated by an enlight- 

 ened community, and their labors rewarded in 

 proportion to the profitable information distrib- 

 uted to their Pairons. 



In addition to the above there will be pub- 

 lished monthly a Meteorological Table, giving 

 the temperature and state of the Atmosphere, 

 course of the winds, &c. It will also contain 

 a Horticultural and Pomological register ; giv- 

 ing the time of leafing and blossoming of plants, 

 ind the time of ripening of the various kinds 

 of fruit, for the benefit of those who reside in 

 different latitude :. as well as to compare differ- 

 ent seasons in the same latitude. 



EP A Price Current and Bank Note Table, 

 carefully corrected each week will be giveD. 



The paper will be printed every Saturday, in 

 quarto form, on fine paper and fair type, mak- 

 ing 416 pages a year, besides a Title Page and 

 Index, at $2,50 per annum, payable in six 

 months, or $2,00, if paid at the lime of subscri- 

 bing. TUCKER & STEVENS. 



Rochester, Jan 1831. 



Editors who will give the above two or three insertions 

 will confer a favor wln>h will be reciprocated ihe first 

 opportunity. 



DOMESTIC WlNrt. 



A Mr.Linck, near Nashville, Tenn. has for a 

 few years past, directed his attention to the 

 cultivation of the grape, and with great suc- 

 cess; and during the past year has manufactu- 

 red several kinds of light wines, agreeable in 

 taste, and much resembling the European Port 

 and Cape wines. We are pleased to hoar of 

 instances of enterprize of this kind. The 

 fact has long been settled, that the grapo call 

 be cultivated among us to advantage ; and as 

 mankind are a sympathetic race of beings, the 

 faster the really enterprising go into this mat- 

 ter, the sooner its cultivation will become gen- 

 eral. 



EX-PRESIDENT MONROE. 



A large meeting has been held in New York 

 on behalf of Mr. Monroe's claims on the U. S. 

 government. A good deal of interest and 

 feeling was evinced at the meeting in favor of 

 the aged applicant. A memorial to congress 

 was adopted, and resolutions passed requesting 

 the members of congress from that city to use 

 (heir endeavors in effecting the passage of a law 

 recognizing his claims. 



HUDSON AND MOHAWK HAIL ROAD. 



We learn from the Albany Argus that Ibis 

 work is in a state of rapid progression. More 

 tbao two thirds of the excavation and em- 

 bankment is finished ; and the whole will be 

 completed by the first of April. The stone 

 blocks are nearly all delivered, and will be 

 laid by first of April. The timber is all con, 

 traded for, and together wilh Ihe iron rails 

 will be delivered by the first of May. The 

 Company will have a locomotive engine in 

 operation by the 15th of July between Lydius 

 slreet, Albany, and the brow of the hill Sche- 

 neciady. 



LEAD. 



Tire following statement exhibits the im- 

 mense falling off in the manufacture of Ibis 

 article which is constantly taking place. The 

 quantity made at the U. S. mines including 

 ttie year ending 30th Sept. last is '8,332,05R 

 pounds, while during the previous year it did 

 not fall short of 14,341,310 pounds. 



ARKANSAS 



The population of this teiritory has increas- 

 ed more than 100 percent, since 1820, it uow 

 amounting to29,000- 



MISSISSIPPI. 



This state contaios36,517 males, and 31,- 

 343 females— total '67,865. This would give 

 that state but one representative in Congress 

 for the next ten years. 



SMALL POX. 



This dreadful disease prevails in tbe islands 

 of Dominica, Antigua and Guadaloup. It is 

 lepiesenled as unusually fatal. 



UMBRELLA MAKING. 



There is an establishment in Philadelphia 

 where rising of four hundred umbrellas and 

 parasols are manufactured daily. 



METEOROLOGICAL TABLE, 



for the I--' week in Jan, 1831. 



Weather 



Observalrs 



I-JOin.raiu 



fair 



do 



3-lOinrain 



raiu 



fair 



do 



XTThc Barometrical and Thermometrieal observa- 

 tions are registered at 10 o'clock A M.and- P. M., which 

 by a long series of experiments mode for ihe purpost - 

 sheiD that time to give the nearest mean average cftht 

 r dative heat of a day than any otftcr timx- 



