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THE GENESEE FARMER 



HOT-BEDS. 



This is the proper season to commence 

 preparations for raising early plants for the 

 •rarden. From various experiments, we are 

 convinced that a hot bed planted by the first 

 of April, in this section, is as profitable as one 

 planted sooner. 



In order to have a bed ready to plant by the 

 iifst of April, the manure should be collected 

 by the 20th of March, and pnt in a heap, that 

 the fermentation may commence; and it is 

 well to turn it over once before putting it in 

 the bed, that all parts may be well incorpora- 

 ted. The bed should be fotmed three or four 

 days before it is to be sowed. If a bed is well 

 managed at this season, the plants will be 

 large enough to transplant by the tenih of 

 Mav, which is as early as is safe to put them in 

 open ground. Early sallads may be used from 

 '.he beds, and some cucumber andmellon plants 

 may be left upon the bed for early use ; they 

 will be much more forward than those trans- 

 planted. A bed about four feet wide, and four- 

 teen feet long will produce plants enough for 

 a common family garden, which can he raised 

 with more certainty than in open ground, and 

 about one month earlier, which will well pay 

 for the little extra expense attending. 



The best manure for a hot bed is that from 



ihe horse stable, the litter included. A bed 



made the first of April, need not be more than 



eighteen inches thiol;, and will not require any 



additional heat. 



MANURE. 



The month of March is a verv important 

 one to farmers who wish to keep their farms in 

 order, by saving and applying manure. As a 

 great proportion of the manure from the faun 

 yard is made from straw and refuse fodder, it 

 is important that this should lie turned to the 

 greatest profit. It is more easily collected into 

 heaps at this season, before the frost is out of 

 lite ground th.m afterwards ; besides when the 

 ground becomes soft, much of it is trodden 

 into the ground, where it often remains after 

 the ground becomes dry and hard. As remo- 

 ving all the soil from the yard, as deep as had 

 teen penetrated by the feet of cattle, would 

 require too much labor, therefore it is better 

 to scrape the manure into heaps as soon as the 

 frost is out of it in the spring, and appply it to 

 the fields as soon as is convenient, remember- 

 ing that manure left to ferment in heaps until 

 it becomes rotten, loses half of its valuable 

 properties, We know that unrotted straw appli- 

 ed to some crops, would he unpleasant to work 

 rnong, but yet from the diversity of cropping 

 on a farm, it can always be applied somewhere 

 to advantage. 



There needs no stronger .proof of a sloven. 

 if farmer, than too see the manure lying round 

 tiisbarn year after year, piled tip against the 

 lower timbers in many instances, rotting them 

 away, not to mention the effect upon the at- 

 mosphere which is unhealthy as well as un- 

 pleasant. 



APPLE PUDDING. 



Pare, core, and stew sour apples, till they 

 ate sufficiently soft to strain through a sieve or 

 Colander. When thus prepared, to the pulp, 

 (sufficient in quantity for baking upon a soup 

 i_)latc^ add one spoon-full of melted huttcr.one 

 egg, and three spoons-full of smrar: then add 

 nulmes or essence of lemon, according lo 

 taste, afirTbake wifVrif a cover a? tarts. 



March 19, 1831. 



Horticultural Society. 

 The nest semi-annual meeting of the Do 

 mestio Horticultural Society of the Western 

 Part of New York, will be held at Canandai- 

 iua, on the 30th day of June next, when the 

 following Premiums will be awarded : 



Fruits. 

 For the best quart of ripe Strawberries $2,00 



Next best do 1,00 



For the best quart of Raspbenies 2, IK' 



Next best do 1,00 



For the best quart of ripeCherries 2,00 



Next best ' do 1,00 



For the best of Gooseberries 2, OH 



Next best do 1,00 



Culinary Vegetables. 

 For the best half peck green peas in the } „ ( 

 pod J ' 



Next best 1,00 



For the best half peck string Beans in > nn 



the pod" I ^' UU 



Next best do 1,00 



For the best 100 shoots of Asparagus 1,00 



Next best do 50 



For the best dozen young Turnips 1,00 



Next best do 50 



For the best doz. young Oniens 1,011 



Next best do 50 



For the best 25 young Potatoes 1,00 



Next best do 5I> 



For the best 3 Cabbage Heads 1,00 



Next best do 50 



For the best 25 Radishes 50 



Next best do 25 



For the best 6 Lettuce plants 1.00 



Next best do 50 



For the best 6 blood Beets (long orehort) 1,00 



Next best do 50 



For the best 6 Cucumbers 1,00 



Next best do 50 



For the best dozen Carrots 1,00 



Next best do 50 



For the best specimen of any valuable cul- 

 inary Vegetable, not enumerated, one dnllai 

 each, extending to three sorts. Of culinary 

 Vegetables, every specimen entitled to a pre- 

 mium must be meritorious, and fit for the ta- 

 ble. 



F LOWERS. 



For the most beautiful and desirable ? 

 double Tulip J 



Next best do 



For the most beautiful and desirable sin- \ 

 gle Tulip 5 



Next best do 

 For the most beautiful and desirable } 

 double Hyacinth ) 



Next best do 



For the most beautiful and desirable > 

 monthly Rose J 



Next bo*t ' do 

 the in 



For 



1,00 



50 

 1,00 



50 

 1,00 



50 

 1,00 



50 



50 



ost beautiful and desirable ) , 

 hardy Rose \ J » 01 



Next best do 

 For the most beautiful specimen of flow 

 not enumerated, one dollar each, to extend to 

 six sorts. 



Discretionary premiums will be awarded for 

 such valuable Plants. Fruits, Flowers or Vege- 

 tables, not enumerated, as may be presenied, 

 and deemed worthy. 



Every specimen otTered of fruits, culinary 

 vegetables, and flowers must have been cull i 

 vatedby the person claiming the premium, or 

 by some member of his family ; and no premi- 

 um can bo awarded except to a member of the 

 Society. Any person can become a member 

 af the Society, at the time of the stated 

 meeting, or at any time before, by sending the 

 name, and paying the annual subscription of 

 a member, (two dollars,) lo Joseph Fellows, 

 of Geneva. 



Each successful applicant for a premium will 

 be required to furnish a written and particular 

 statement of the cultare of the plant, with the 

 soil and aspect. 



FRANCIS GRANGER, ) Commute, 

 MARK U. SIBLEY, }ofArrav 



ALEXANDER DUNCAN. S mniig} 

 March 16, 1831. 



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NEWS OF THE WEEK, 

 FIRE 



Thularje flouring mill on the east bank of the 

 Genesee river in this villa (re. owned by H. Ely, 

 ■ eenpied by Messrs. Ford &. Bissell, was de- 



troyed by fire on Tuesday night, There was 

 in ihe Mill about twelve thousand bushels of 

 wheat, on which there was an insurance often 

 thousand dollars. Owing to the skill and ex- 

 ertions of the different fire companies, the ad 

 joining buildings ivere saved from the devour- 

 ing element The fire was got under in time 

 io save the walls of the building, and although 

 the wheat is spoiled for flouring, yet it is hoped 

 sufficient will bo realized from it to cover all 

 damages which mav have accrued above the 

 insurance. There was also an insurance upoti 

 the building, of five thousand dollars. 



In (be U- S. supreme court, at Washington 



.n Saturday, Mr. Sergeant, on. hehalf of the 

 Cherokee nation, moved for an injunction a- 

 gainst the state of Georgia, in pursuance of a 

 bill in equity filed and read by him in open 



■ourt. 



The editor of the Washington Globe has is ■ 

 sued proposals for the publication of that pa 

 per as a daily journal. 



The Richmond Enquirer states that Mr. 

 Archer, the present chairman of the commit- 

 tee on Foreign Relations, is spoken of as tin 

 successor to Mr. Randolph in the mission to 

 Russia. 



The Augusta (Geo.) Courier of the 28lh 



nit contains the following paragraph : — Ot: 



Friday oight last, some villains killed five milk 



ows in the upper end of Broad street, skio> 



ned and left the carcases in the street. 



HYDROPHOBIA. 



We are inlormed by a gentleman of Mo$= 

 cow, that a rabid dog has lately bitten several 

 logs and other animals, in the (own of Leices- 

 ter ; and that the inhabitants of that (own have 

 taken measures to destroy all dogs found ruti- 

 iing at large within it. — Lip. Jour nil. 

 roitOERY. 



A forged note for one housand dollars was 

 latt !y presented at the Auburn bank by a mar. 

 named Fox, formerly of Delphi, in this coun- 

 ty. The note contained the signatures of 

 Messrs. Hall of Skeneateles. a Mr. Taylor o: 

 'bis town, and Elisha Litchfield of Pompey. 

 Fox was taken into custody, and is now con- 

 'ined in Auburn gaol, theie to await his trial. 

 This all comes of making too fiee with other 

 men's names. — Manlius Rrpos. 



The Washington Spectator, tuns describes 

 the winding op of the late session of Congress : 



As the session drew to a close, Congress 

 were in their usual hurry. Like Don Quixote 

 among the toys of the show-man, they passed 

 some propositions, mutilated more, and knock- 

 ed doicn a still greater number, upon or under 

 the table. It is ardently to be desired that the 

 time may come, when Congress, instead of 

 winding, like iho rivers of Africa, through a 

 long and sluggish course, and then rushing to- 

 wards its end, with a headlong impetuosity, 

 will move, like some of our American rivers 

 steadily onward from the first, powerful, eJii ■ 

 cient and majestic. 



The governor of Pennsylvania has- appoint- 

 ed Samuel Meredith, Esq. Attorney at Law in 

 tho city of New York, a Commissioner to ad- 

 minister oaths, and take depositions in relatio.il 

 to causes pending in the courts of Pennsylva- 

 nia, and to take the acknowledgement and 

 proof of deeds, mortgages or conveyances to 

 bo recorded in, or of any instrument under 

 seal, to be used in said State. 



The nomination by the Governor, of Wn. 

 r M'Coi .v, of the city of New-York, asVicc- 

 hanccflor, \v,\s confirmed by the Scrlafie on 

 .Fridav. 



