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THE GENESEE FAKMFR 



May 21, 1831. 



T22S GUNESrE TAIUViER 



SATURDAY, MlY 21, 1831. 



PROSPECTS. 



Although we have heen visited with a cold 

 storm of wind and snow the week past, yet 

 we cannot discover that any damage has 

 been done to fruit in this neighborhood. — 

 On Tuesday morning there was considera- 

 ble ice, and the ground in ploughed fields 

 was frozen sufficiently hard to hear a man ; 

 but on examining the leaves of young plants 

 at sunrise, we could not discover that they 

 were frozen; Oranges, Lemons, and several, 

 other green-house plants, which had been 

 removed to the garden anrl remained with, 

 out covering, were not injured. During the 

 storm, the large body of ice which had been 

 driven to the east end of Lake Erie by a pre- 

 vious one, was broken up and drifted into 

 the lake, and the vessels which had been 

 cooped up at Buffalo were able to leave the 

 harbor. 



Wheat continues to look well, and now 

 gives fair promise of a bountiful harvest. — 

 The increased prices of the past season have 

 stimulated the farmers so that the exertions 

 and preparations for summer crops bespeaks 

 an increase of industry. Never did business 

 put on a more healthy appearance than the 

 present season. The number of emigrants 

 leaving the eastern for the western states, is 

 greater than in any former year, and our ca- 

 nal affords them a cheap, easy, and safe way 

 of transporting themselves and their effects. 

 Should the present tide of emigration con- 

 tinue a few years, it would be difficult to 

 make a calculation on the amount of produce 

 which will have to be carried to market thro' 

 the Erie Canal. 



weeds, a broken falling fence, in short any 

 thing but a neat door-yard, is a suspicious 

 circumstance. The paper aforesaid suggests 

 that, "without entering on the delicate ques- 

 tion of right, this province be made over to 

 the ladies; and that they have the full pow- 

 er to call upon any idle man or boy about the 

 house, to aid and abet them in its due regu- 

 lation." We think this a good proposition; 

 for where there is neither an idle man or an 

 idle boy, the door-yard is " as neat as wax- 

 work." We hope our readers will endeavor 

 to keep clear of all those suspicions ; for to 

 be suspected of being lazy, or quarrelling 

 with one's wife about jurisdiction, is bad e 

 nough — but to have a dirty door-yard into 

 the bargain, is insufferable. 



grow up for shade. They should be very 

 careful ahout cutting them when in full leaf, 

 for if cattle are allowed to get to them they 

 will eat the leaves, which will be sure to kill 

 them. When it becomes necessary to cut 

 down one of these trees in summer, the limbs 

 should be cut off and buined. 



GINGER OR SlSiMER BEER. 



To every gallon of water add one pound 

 of sugar or one pint of molasses, one ounce 

 of cream of tartar, half an ounce of ginger, 

 and a table-spoonful of yeast ; put it by to 

 ferment, and as soon as the fermentation 

 ceases bung close or bottle, and in two or 

 three days it will be fit for use. 



DIM),,. YARDS. 

 As the season of the year has arrived for 

 cleaning houses, yards, &c. we cannot but 

 give an extract from a Springfield paper lor 

 the use of housewives, as it relates to juris- 

 diction, and may save many " family jars." 

 Some people pretend that a man's char- 

 acter may be learned from the shape of his 

 nose or the shape of his head. Honest peo- 

 ple may be permitted to doubt whether this 



GRAFTING. 



On employing travelling or quack Horti- 

 culturists. — Notwithstanding our advice to 

 our readers not to employ those men who 

 go about the country offering their services 

 to graft or innoculate fruit trees, one of our 

 friends called on us the other day and said 

 he had employed a couple of them, as had 

 also his neighbor ; that he came off better 

 than his neighbor, as he had but few trees 

 for them to graft, for which they charged 

 him about eighteen dollars, but his neighbor 

 about eighty — all for what they did in less 

 than five days. It remains to determine 

 what improvement they have made in the 

 fruit. We believe these men calculate up- 

 on charging about ten dollars per day; and 

 if they would be honest, we do not pretend 

 but the farmer would be benefitted, provided 

 he could not get it done any other way, but 

 we do say that he should either do it him 

 self, or have it done under his own superin- 

 tendance ; as for what he would have to pay 

 one of these quacks for one day he might 

 hire a good laborer for a month, and one 

 who could do the same business with a little 

 instructing. These things are worth look- 

 ing to by those who wish to be economical. 



TREES— INSECTS. 



Attend to your Fruit Trees. — This is the 

 season for destroying insects on fruit trees. 

 A little attention bestowed upon them at this 

 time will be of great advantage to them 



is so; but that a man's character in some t throughout the season. Now the aphis or 



particulars may be learned from the appear- 

 ance of his door-yard, no reasonable man 

 will doubt. It is suggested in the new YVil- 

 liamstown paper that one of the reasons why 

 so many door-yards are neglected, is that it 

 is a spot of doubtful jurisdiction, neither fall- 

 ing exactly within the scope of the word 

 "farm," which it is the province of the man 

 (o oversee, nor being properly in the house, 

 where the woman reigns ; but if there is any 

 question of this sort, it ought to be settled 

 without delay — for a slovenly door-yard is a 

 pretty infallible indication of a slovenly far- 

 mer, a slovenly wife, and a slovenly house. 

 Old leaves, sticks, chips, bones, and old 



plant louse begins to multiply. Those eggs 

 of insects which were deposited upon the 

 bark last year, are hatching into life to feed 

 upon the young leaves and fruit, and may 

 be destroyed with more ease when young, 

 than after they have spread themselves upon 

 the leaves ; as when young they may be 

 found mostly upon the bark, and washing 

 the trees with strong soapsuds will destroy a 

 very great proportion of them. Grafting 

 for the season should be finished, and trees 

 pruned as soon as time will permit. 



WILD CHERRY TREE. 



It often happens that farmers cut down 

 Wild Cherry tiers which have been left to 



CTCISIBERS. 



To secure Cucumbers against Bugs. — We 

 have tried various experiments for preserv- 

 ing Cucumber and Melon plants against the 

 hugs, but have found none so useful as a 

 box with glass in the top. The following 

 we have found the most convenient way of 

 making them : — Take ol common fine clap- 

 boards about eight inches wide in sufficient 

 quantity — with a small plow such as tin- 

 joiners use, plow a furrow in one edge one 

 quarter of an inch deep — then cut this clap- 

 board into suitable lengths to form boxes ol 

 the desired size, according to the size ol 

 your glass and the number of lights intend- 

 ed for each box. For many uses one light 

 is sufficient ; but a better size for Melon- 

 and Cucumbers is to have two lights to each 

 box. When the box is to be nailed togeth- 

 er, either cut off the plowing of one piece or 

 have one that is not so wide as the others by 

 the width of the ploughing, in order that the 

 glass may be slipped in and out at pleasure. 

 When boxes with glass in this manner arc 

 placed over hills of green plants, they not 

 only effectually keep off all bugs and flies, 

 but greatly accelerate the growth of the 

 young plants. After the season for bugs is 

 past, the glass may be taken out and pack- 

 ed in boxes, and kept until the succeeding 

 year. The making of boxes and their ap- 

 plication requires less time than is necessa- 

 ry to prevent the bugs from destroying the 

 plants, in any other way with which we are 



acquainted. 



INDIAN CAKJ.S, OR PONE. 



For making Indian Cakes. — To one quart 

 of milk add three eggs — beat them well — 

 then add as much meal as will make a hal- 

 ter of the same consistency as is used for 

 buckwheat cakes; pour it into a bake-ket- 

 tle and bake as for other cakes. When 

 sour milk can be had it is to be preferred, 

 into which put some pearlash as for making 

 biscuit. 



When cakes are made according to the 

 above directions, most people prefer them 

 to wheat bread, and no doubt they are more 

 healthy. They should he eaten warm, and 

 with a cup of coffee make an excellent break 

 fast. In addition to all other recommenda- 

 tions they arc — economical. 



