Vol. 1.— No. 37. 



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ployment. The cocoons which were sent to 

 Philadelphia during the last season were 

 purchased by Mr. On Ponceau at 40 cents 

 per pound. While on this subject, to which 

 we hope to have occasion to return frequent- 

 ly, we will call the attention of our readers 

 to an interesting article on native Mexican 

 silk worms, for which we are indebted to a 

 highly respectable correspondent. 



Froip the New Rngland I urmer 



FARMERS WORK FOR SEPTEM- 

 BER. 



It is well, about this time to be particular- 

 ly attentive to the cattle and sheep, which 

 you intend to fatten lor market or for domes- 

 tic consumption. When an animal is nearly- 

 fattened he becomes somewhat nice and no- 

 tional about his food ; and although he wi 

 not require so much in quantity as when 

 he was lean, what he does condescend to 

 feed upon must be of the best quality. Grass 

 will soon decline, and it will be advisable 

 with regard to your fatting cattle and milch 

 stock to make a liberal use every morning 

 and evening of cabbage leaves ; strippings 

 of mangel wurtzel, or lucern, cut and sup- 

 plied by hand by way of soiling. Or if you 

 are not provided with these articles, or some- 

 thing which will answer as their substitute, 

 you may feed them with pumpkins, green 

 corn, boiled or steamed potatoes, with a little 

 Indian meal stiried into their pottage, sea 

 soned with a little salt. 



It is not advisable, when it can well be a 

 voided to turn fatting cattle into mowing 

 land, to eat the rouen ; for if rouen is turned 

 into in September you cut off one of the best 

 resources for sheep and lai..bs in the spring. 

 It is believed that a second crop of grass in 

 most cases, when it is sufficiently luxin run 

 to afford as much as half a ton to an acre 

 had better be cut for feeding shpep, &.C, in 

 the spring then fed off by fatting cattle. 



LUCERNE FOR MILCH COWS. 



Mr. Arthur Young says, 'The dairy of 

 cows must have plenty of grass throughout 

 the month of September or their milk will 

 be very apt to fail. Lucerne, mown green 

 and given them in a yard, is the most profita 

 ble way of feeding: the product is so regu- 

 lar, that it is an easy matter to proportion the 

 dairy to the plantation, and never be under a 

 want of food; for lucerne mown every day 

 regularly, will carry them into October; 

 and although some persons have asserted 

 that cows will not give so much milk thus 

 managed, as when they range at large, and 

 feed how and where they will, it is not a 

 matter of inquiry ; because if they give less, 

 the quantity will pay more clear profit, than 

 more produce would in.the other case; there 

 may be some inferiority; but the cows are 

 kept on so small a quantity of land, that 

 there remains no comparison between the 

 methods for profit. 



'But however doubtful this matter might 

 once have been, it is no longer ; and tWe ex- 

 periment of the cows kept at the goal of Le- 

 wes by Mr. William Cramp, has decided the 

 matter beyond all question; a produce of 

 from 501. to 702. per cow. should forever put 

 to silence the silly objections which have been' 

 made to this practice.' 



It may be observed that these observations 

 of Mr. Young are bet er adapted to the hus- 

 bandry of Great Britain than that of this 

 country, where pastuie is, in general, more 

 plenty and labor more scarce. But the cul- 

 tivation of lucerne for soiling in the vicinity 

 J' " 



who furnish milk to their inhabitants, and 

 may enable some to keep cows, who, without 

 the aid of that excellent grass, would be obli- 

 ged to dispense with the services of that 

 most useful of domestic animals. 



HORTICULTURAL EXHIBITION. 



The exhibition of fruits and flowers by the 

 Horticultural Society at Niblo's Garden yes- 

 terday morning, attracted numerous crowds 

 of" visiters, and gave great satisfaction. Of 

 the flowers, we leave the catalogue to speak 

 — they were beautiful, and prettily arranged 

 as an ornament to the more substantial part 

 of the exhibition, — the fruits — in which the 

 principal interest of the spectators was niani 

 fested. The show of grapes was finer than 

 has ever before been made in this city. One 

 of the clusteis from a vine in this city weigh- 

 ed 35 ounces, and was accompanied by other 

 clusters from the same garden scarcely infe- 

 rior in magnitude. They were raised in the 

 open air without any artificial protection a- 

 gainst the colds or heats of the climate. Sev- 

 eral varieties of the native grape, in hand- 

 some clusters, of different colors and forms, 

 made their appearance from the vineyard of 

 Professor Gimbrede. at West Point. The 

 Catskill grapes, of the European kinds, rais- 

 ed in the open air, looked exceedingly well. 

 Of peaches there was a great variety, inclu- 

 ding the most valuable kinds, in their utmost 

 perfection. The show of pears was equall 

 fine, the varieties numerous, and the fruit of 

 uncommon size and fairness. In other re- 

 spects the exhibition was not remarkable. — 

 Plums were what the shopkeepers would call 

 a scarce article, the season having' been un- 

 favorable to the production of this fruit. The 

 uncommon success in the cultivation of grapes 

 will, however, we think induce the cultiva- 

 tors to continue their endeavors to naturalize 

 the vine, in this climate. — N. Y. Ere. Post 



The third anniversary of the Mbany 

 Horticultural Society was celebrated in 

 this city on Saturday. The display of 

 fruits, vegetables, plants and flowers, was 

 not as great as on the previous anniversa- 

 ry, the season being unfavorable to the 

 peach, pear, grape and particularly to what 

 may be called our staple fruit, the plum ; 

 but it was, on the whole, a creditable ex- 

 hibition. The annual address was deliv- 

 ered at the Mansion House, at 3 o'clock, 

 p. m. by the Rev. Dr. Lacey. It was a 

 highly pertinent and valuable effort, and 

 was well received by the audience. We 

 hope the author will consent to its publica- 

 ation, with a more extended account of the 

 proceedings. At 4, p. m. the company sat 

 down to an elegant dinner, served up in the 

 best style, by Mr. Bradstreet. Theguests 

 consisted of the members of the society, the 

 Lieutenant Governor, Chancellor, Comp- 

 troller, Secretary of State, Recoider of the 

 city, and other state and city officers, and 

 many citizens. Among the invited guests 

 were the venerable col. Bassett and Dr. 

 Everett of Virginia, maj. Talcott of the U. 

 S. army, and Dr. Spafibrd, Mr. Walsh. 

 and other efficient members of the Rensse- 

 laer County Horticultural Society. Judge 

 Buel, president of the society, presided, 

 assisted by Isaac Dekniston, esq. vice- 

 l" large owns, may be advisable to those ^president. The room and table were suit- 



ably decorated. After the cloth was re- 

 moved, various toasts were drank. The 

 company separated at an early hour, in all 

 respects, we believe, highly gratified.— Al- 

 bany Jlrgm. 



Thales, one of the wise men of Greece. A 



sophist wishing to puzzle him with difficult 

 questions, the sage Miletus replied to them 

 all without the least hesitation, and with the 

 utmost precision. 



What is the oldest of all things ? God, be- 

 cause he always existed. 



What is the most beautiful? the world, be- 

 cause it is the work of God. 



What is the greatest of all things? Space, 

 because it contains all that has been crea- 

 ted 



What is the most constant of all things? 

 Hope, because it still remains with man, af- 

 ter he has lost every thing else. 



What is the best of all things? Virtue, be> 

 cause without it there is nothing good. 



What is the quickest of all things.' Thought, 

 because in less than a moment it can fly to 

 the end of the universe. 



What is the strongest ? Necessity, which 

 makes men face all the dangers of life. 



What is the easiest ? To give advice. 



What is the most difficult ? To know your, 

 self. 



NEW-YORK GRAIN MARKET. 

 Northern Wheat $1 06 a 1 13 



Southern " 1 06 a 1 15 



Riclunond county, new flour taken 



for South America, bbl. 5 75 



Genesee,best brands 5 63 



It appears that new Southern Flour bears a good 



price now — previous to harvest that description 



was lower than Rochester. 



FLOUR. 

 The Courier and Enquirier of the 13th states, 



" that the only sale of flour since yesterday worth 



noticing, is 1000 barrels fair Western, to arrive, at 



$5 50, cash." 



A Salem, Mass. paper of Sept. 6, states, that 

 Col. Aaron Burr passed through town last week, 

 on his return from an eastern tour. He is now in 

 the 79th year of his age ; he still continues to prac- 

 tice law in the city of New- York. 



1^* Caution to Jurors. The Snperior Court a' 

 New- York, last week, fined every default of a ju- 

 ryman, in not appearing at the opening of court, 



$25. 



3£t" Of the family of Washington — all his 

 military secretaries are dead — of his aids-de-camp, 

 only one survives (Col. John Trumbull) — his ser- 

 vants are all gone, except a very aged female who 

 was at the camp at Valley Forge, and at Morris 

 town, in 1777-8. His two adopted children, Mr. 

 Custis, of Arlington, and Mrs. Lewis, of Wood 

 Lawn, are both living. 



NOTICE. 

 The annual meeting of the Monroe County Hor- 

 ticultural Society, will be held at the Arcade in 

 Rochester, on Friday tile 7di October, 1831, at 

 10 o'clock A. M. 

 Rochester, 17th September, 1831. 



H. STEVENS, Secretary. 



Bant of Buffalo. — This institution commence''- 

 operations at Buffalo on the (jlh inst 



