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VOLUME I. 



KOCUESTKB, FEBRUARY 19, 1831. 



NUMBER 7. 



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FOR THE GENESEE FARMER. 



NORTH-EAST STOBJIS, 

 Some days ago I wrote a shori article on 

 north-east storms; and expressed my belief 

 that our northerly winds were deflections from 

 lhe main current which sets up the St. Law- 

 rence. I had determined to keep memoranda 

 of such weather in this place, as should appear 

 to be connected with the north-east storms of 

 our sea coast, or of lake Ontario ; and 1 now 

 give the following: 



1 mo. 14. Evening clear. 



15. Morning, sharp frust. The sun obscu 

 red by thin cloud* from the S. W. which grad- 

 ually thickened— a moderate wind from the 

 north, — and before noon it began to snow a 

 little. In the afternoon it snowed faster, and 

 the wind was slightly increased. Not severe 

 enough to deter pcoplf from their out-door busi- 

 ness. 



16. Storm continued, being a gentle wind 

 from the north, with snow. J believe noni 

 staid at home that day on account of the weather. 



17. Wind from the N. W. It was only a 

 light snow, not enough to muke good sleighing. 



I had waited some days, expecting accounts 

 from New-York and Philadelphia, in regard to 

 this storm, and 1 now find their news papers 

 Seem with awful reports of its violence. With 

 them it appears to have begun many hours ear 

 iierthan with us; the great body of the clouds 

 on the east side of the mountains, must there- 

 fore have kept in advance of those which 

 spread over our district, and although several 

 accounts of its commencement are inconsist. 

 ent and unsatisfactory, owing to careless ob- 

 servers, yet thero is sufficient evidence that 

 'he storm advanced from the South-lVest. seem- 

 ingly against the wind. From those papers 

 I subjoin some brief extracts : 



" The late terrible storm — On Friday evening 

 of last week [the 14th] a snow storm com- 

 menced which has had no parallel of lute years. 

 The wind was very high the two following 

 lavsftlie 1 5th and 16th] durins which the snow 

 1'eli almost incessantly." — Phdad. Sat. Bulle- 

 tin. 



" About 8 o'clock on Saturday evening, [rv- 

 other account says at dusk] the snow com 

 menced witii a strong northeast wintl.zoi con- 

 tinued with iicreasing violence until Sunday 

 Homing. In iho afternoon and evening, the 

 snow fell with rertewed rapidity and ltss 

 wind."— Phllad. U.S. Gaz. 



" The snow storm which began on Friday 

 {the 14th] continued with uninterrupted vio- 

 lence until last evening [ot the 16th] accom 

 panied by a gale from the north-east. Th< 

 depth of snow which has fallen in these two 

 days is supposed to average about 15 inches " 

 — JV. Y. paper. 



One account from Massachusetts, however, 

 sjives 4 feet as an average depth ; one from 

 Lancaster, in Pa. gives 3 feet ; and other ac- 

 counts from other places, give 20 or 22 inchos. 

 ft teas a great snow. 



It needed not to be shown to most of the 

 inhabitants of this county, that we lie not 

 within the range of the north-east storms ; but 

 I wish to prove that our rains and snows from 

 the north, were parts of those tempests, visi- 

 ting this favored land, in a milder form ; and 

 of this, the foregoing statement is one remark 

 able proof. In the rain from the N. N. W. 

 referred to in my former article, I had another 

 proof, for it appeared by the Philadelphia pa- 

 pers that there, at that time, there was also a 

 lortheasterly storm. 



In my former article on this subject, through 

 haste, the names of several places were omit- 

 ted. Among these, the Canandaigua lake, and 

 the valley from Hammond's port to Balh, from EF Several 

 their direction, must have an influence on the! want of room. 



wind, and render observations made in those 

 vicinities, particularly interesting. D. T. 



P. S. I am informed that on the 16th ult 

 while to us Me storm came from the north, at 

 Williamson, in Wayne co. it came from the 

 west-north-west. By Your Meteorological Ta 

 ble, however, it was north at Rochester. 



Greatfield, Cayuga co. 2d mo. 1,1831.' 



FOR THE GENF.SEE FARMEF,. 



COFFEE. 



In number 3 of the ''Genesee Farmer," yoii 

 have an article on the making of coffee-dunk, 

 and in reply to it I will tell you how " we 

 work it," as the Prompter used to say. Al 

 the top of the Coffee Pot, or a common Tea 

 Pot, (which is large enough for any family,) fit 

 a tin ring, or cylinder, inside, perforated with 

 thread holes, on to which sew a small bag of 

 cotton cloth, (new, stout, unbleached, is best,) 

 it a size to hold double the quantity of ground 



offee required for a meal. When wanted, 

 pour en boiling water, and the coffee soon runs 

 through, a perfectly clear and pure beverage. 

 We have practiced this mode for 20 years. — 

 The strength is also extracted, and you get the 

 essential oil of the coffee, with its delightful 

 aroma, which is lost in being boiled. The 

 grounds may be saved, but have no strength. 

 Try it, however, to satisfy you, and you will 

 find it so. 



The advantages of this mode, are, that the 

 coffee is made in much less time ; is pure, and 

 fine; better economy, because you get all its 

 strength ; if companj come in, you have only 

 to add the ground coffee, and hot water, and 

 the drink is ready, in five minutes. You get 

 by infusion the aroma and oil of the coffee, 

 which are dissipated and lost by decoction, or 

 boiling. In the latter case the drink is more 

 nervous, and constipates the bowels ; in the o 

 ther, free from the nervous effect, and quickens 

 the action of the bowels. Such, at all e- 

 vents, are tbe effects on my system. 



EF Roast your coffee, to a dark cinnamon 

 colour, but never burn it; and grind it only 

 as you want to use it. 



When last at Rochester, I had with mo a 

 small oval tin tea pot. with its bag, which has 

 travelled thousands of miles with me, in which 

 to prepare my coffee. I carry a small tin can- 

 ister of roasted coffee. Every body who 

 drinks our coffee, says it is good. Try it, Mr 

 Editor, or get your wife to, and judge fur 

 yourself. This mode is easier than that poin 

 led out by you. Tell us the result. S. 



Jan. 29, 1831. 



FOR THE GENESEE FARMER. 



NEW SACHROMETER. 



As it is very important for the farmers to 

 know which kinds of their apples make the 

 best cider, and when once known, to propa- 

 gate those kinds only, and to " hew down and 

 cast into the fire" those which are poor and 

 good-for-nothing, it is necessary that some cri- 

 terion should be known, whereby they can 

 come at the knowledge necessary todeier- 

 mine the fact. Now except a peculiar essen- 

 tial oil which the skins of some apples possess 

 more than others, the only good quality one 

 can coniain, more than another, is sugar, or 

 the sacharine principle. Now nature has for- 

 med a measurer of this quality, ready formed 

 to every one's hand. Take of as many sens 

 as ynu please, place them on a board, in a mo- 

 derate cold room, in freezing weather, and 

 constantly observe the first that freeze ; those 

 are watery, and contain none, or bnt very little 

 spirit, and are consequently to be rejected. — 

 Those that are the last te freeze are the best, 

 both for ealiug and for cider. Pomus. * 



Communications omitted for 



FOR THE OENESLE FARMER. 



SMALL ANIMALS. 



Among the many amusements to which men 

 resort for pastime, there is none more innocent 

 or rational, than the rearing of animals. And 

 when this pleasute can be made a source of 

 profit and instruction, the interest becomes 

 vastly increased. 



There are but few of us who cannot look 

 back to the time of our childhood, when tho 

 nursing of a robin or thrush, afforded us infi- 

 nite delight ; and when the capture of a squir- 

 rel or rabbit became an era in our history. — 

 This propensity to doat on animals seems to 

 be natural to all men, from the Hottentot add 

 Laplander, to the nobles of civilized and en- 

 lightened countries. And when this feeling is 

 accompanied by an ardent desire for knowl- 

 edge and research, it becomes the grand in- 

 citement to all the investigations and develop- 

 ments of natural science. 



Time would fail me to mention even the 

 names of the vast varieties of animals which 

 have been domesticated either for amusement 

 or instruction, much less to enter into an anal- 

 ysis of their iiabits. Nor is it my intention 

 to trouble your readers with an essay on natu- 

 ral history. But as I have found much amuse 

 mem in the rearing of small animals, and have 

 also devoted considerable time to the investi- 

 non of their habits and the mode of managing 

 them, I have thought that it would not be un- 

 interesting to some ofyourjo«7iff readers.to oc- 

 casionally devote a column of your paper to this 

 ubject. I will therefore endeavor, as occa- 

 ion may offer, to extract some account of the 

 form, appearance, habits, and mode of man- 

 agement of a variety of Insects, Birds, Quad- 

 rupeds, and Fishes. Some ot yuur readers 

 will doubtless be surprised to learn that of the 

 common Pigeon alone, there are at least fifty 

 varieties, and many of them of the most beau- 

 tiful plumage and fanciful forms. 



In England the rearing of singing birds, rab- 

 bits, pigeons, fowls, bees, silk-worms, &c. 

 &c. has become a very curious science, and 

 the source of vast profit. And there is no 

 reason why they may not be made in this counj 

 try a delightful and profitable appendage to 

 the farmyard or dwelling house. The origin 

 nnd transformation of insects, with all their 

 wonderful changes, and close connection with 

 the very existence of man, is alike interesting 

 to the Agriculturist and to the man of science, 

 and there is no subject which leads the mind 

 to a more deep and reverential awe of the 

 great Creator of ail things, or to a more tho- 

 rough conviction of oar own impotency. 



I shall commence these extracts with ashort 

 account of the 



SILK-WORM. 



The rearing of silk- worms is an agreeable 

 and interesting pursuit for young persons ; it 

 has now become so popular in this country that 

 it is hardly necessary to recommend it even as 

 a source of profit. 



There are several species of larvae or cater 

 pillars, besides silkworms, whbh produce a 

 sort of silk. The web of the spider is very 

 similar to silk, and it is said that a few pair of 

 stockings, and the substance upon which a pic- 

 ture was painted have been made of the webs 

 of a particular k ind of insect. But it is scarce- 

 ly to bo hoped that the labors of the spider, 

 or any of the different species of larva?, will 

 ever be so valuable to mar: as that of the silk 

 worm. 



The egg of the silk worm is nearly round, 

 and in size rather less than a mustard seed 1 — 

 When first laid, it is of a light yellow, but it 

 soon changes to an asft colour. Abont the 

 latter end of April, the eggs are strewed or 

 placed on paper, where they were laid by the 

 moth, which should be put where the wind 

 cannot blow them away, but so the sun ma 



