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THE GENESEE FARMER 



October 29, 1831- 



Capital flocks to our shores from the coffers of 

 convulsed Europe. The emigrants seem to era- 

 bibe readily confidence in the stability of our sys- 

 tem, from the circumstances of its passing with 

 safety from the vicissitudes of war and the canker 

 and rust of peace. 



QUEBEC CATTLE SHOW. 



This was held on the 7th instant. There were 

 several fine Canadian stallions and brood mares ; 

 the stock of homed cattle was considerable and 

 several of them fine. Sheep of the improved breeds 

 were on the ground. The display of garden vege- 

 tables was in great abundance, and prime. The 

 wheat, oats and hay, was not extraordinary. 



Large and beautiful apples, and some nice 

 branches of grapes were produced, which shewed 

 [hat these things can be raised in Quebec, with a 

 little attention, and without artificial heat. 



Straw bonnets, woollens and linens, were ex- 

 hibited, which shewed that Canadian industry 

 and ingenuity may be relied upon. In the plough- 

 ing matches 16 Canadian ond 7 European ploughs 

 entered. 



PATENTS. 

 The Evening Post, contains a short statement 

 of the various ingenious contrivances of Brother 

 Jonathan, under the name of patents. The follow- 

 ing is a brief enumeration of some of them: 

 The improvement of Ploughs have been, 144 

 Threshing Machines, 119 



Churns, 80 



Washing Machines, 125 



Nail Making, 123 



Spinning Machines, (exceeds ) 100 



Looms, 73 



Manufacture of Hats, 43 



Steam Engines, (exceeds) 100 



Stoves, about 100 



Manufacturing Combs, 42 



Pairing Apples, 4 



Pencil Cases, Razors, Ramrods and Suspenders, 

 have each racked or wrecked the invention of the 

 age. 



Inventions, about the time of being patented, 

 V'ield in a great many cases, more pleasure to the 

 inventor, than profit afterwards. Only think of 

 it! What a temptation. To think himself wiser 

 han the world; and to possess the fact, and know 

 indubitably, that it is true; and still the world not 

 knowing it, he hugs the secret to his breast. The 

 inventor cannot sleep, — he sees as it were, with 

 'he eye of a magician, in prospect, his machine, 

 or invention, produced in public view ; what 

 rowds flock around; how they stare ; what a 

 wonderful effort of genius'! His fortune's made. 



At length, the vision is broke, — the fog is dis- 

 pelled, — another takes a hint, — another improve- 

 ment is patented, and the castle vanishes. 



Postage on Newspapers. — It has been proposed 

 in several papers to apply to the Post Master 

 (general, to have him recommend to Congress, an 

 alteration in the rates of postage on newspapers, 

 viz: to let papers to regular subscribers pass/fee of 

 postage. 



This would be a great relief to the poorer class, 

 and be a benefit to the rising generation, who in 

 ountry places receive much information and in- 

 ttruction by a regular perusal of newspapers. 



It would be in accordance with (he spirit of the 



age, in the administration of an enlightened go- 

 vernment, to do all they can to diffuse intelligence 

 among the people, for " intelligence is the life of 

 liberty." 



In the present prosperous times, as to revenue to 

 the government, it would be doing a good thing, 

 to reduce the tax on intelligence. It was never 

 intended that the Post Office Department should 

 yield a revenue to the Treasury. 



We hope that the editors of newspapers gener- 

 ally will express their opinions freely on this 

 subject. 



|3= The Medical Society of the city of New- 

 York, have established a Medical School, upon 

 liberal principles. A course of lectures com- 

 mence on the 1st November next and continues 

 four months. A single course will be $15 ; with 

 respect to more, arrangements will be made be- 

 tween the lecturers and students. Ten lecturers 

 have already handed in their names. Students 

 can attend to any course they please, and pay for 

 only such as they desire to attend to. 



The Society will award diplomas, which will 

 license the graduates to practice in all parts of 

 this State. 



gj" A meeting has been held at Niagara Palls, 

 for the purpose of making a - " opUcation to the 

 Legislature, for a Rail Road from Buffalo to 

 Lewiston. This will be a heavy stroke to the 

 Welland Canal, if made upon a scale commensu- 

 rate with the intercourse between the two Lakes, 

 Lewiston being an excellent harbor for vessels. 



SCRAPS. 



In the pursuit of knowledge, it is a mistaken 

 idea, that we are not to attend to the daily claims 

 on our attention, of fond endearments, filial and 

 fraternal obligations. He who rises above, or neg- 

 lects these, will find that the possession of knowl- 

 edge will only render the savage more to be 

 dreaded. 



-i* wno thinK? correctly, acts correctly, and if 

 possessed of the talent, writes correctly. 



The man who makes a pleasure of his business, 

 must get along well. There are others, who des- 

 pise labor, but weary and worry themselves more, 

 in a round, or tour of pleasu-" 'ha" a r»mperate 

 man would in thrice the time engageu nitaooi. 



A man may practice the virtues with rashness ; 

 but, it is better to have a little excess of zeal, in 

 doing good, than to lack it ; superfluities may be 

 lopped away easier than to engraft, — especially 

 on an old stock. 



It can hardly be termed hypocrisy in a ruler or 

 governor, to conceal his intentions from his friends 

 who may flock around him for favors. Nothing 

 but a positive refusal will convince them that their 

 case is hopeless. 



Timidity is a disease from which it is hard to 

 recover. Presumption, from miscarriages, may 

 learn by experience, how to graduate, in future. 



Bashfulness is allied to timidity ; but years may 

 cure it. A married man who is afflicted with the 

 disorder, has something in his case besides con- 

 stitutional debility. 



Travel has advantages, in almost every respect. 

 If you goto a better country than your own. you 

 may gain much instruction; the way road are 

 constructed; the style of improving farms; the 

 style of village building : the Older of public build- 



ing; the art of horticulture, floriculture, &c. &c 

 If you go to a poorer country, you may learn to 

 enjoy your own, as the great Doctor Johnson did 

 when he took a peep at the Scotch. 



A scholar may think to descend from his sta- 

 tion in "fame's temple," to which it was so hard 

 "to climb," to acknowledge a favor, is condescend- 

 ing too much. Perhaps he will better understand 

 the matter, when the second favor is granted. 



When you see one vain of his sorrows and mis- 

 fortunes, relating them with ostentation, at the 

 road side, you see a man to be laughed at. 



Fro«o the New-England Farmer. 

 The following letter is from Elihu Mar- 

 vin, Esq. a very distinguished and intelli- 

 gent farmer in the western part of New- 

 York. Mr. Russell has received a few 

 bushels of the Black Sea Wheat, described 

 below, for sale. Its appearance certainly 

 surpasses any thing of the kind we have seen 

 in New England ; it is free from small grains, 

 or foreign seeds, and weighs 64 lbs. to the 

 bushel. A quantity ol the Tea Wheat is ex- 

 pected in a few weeks. 



NEW VARIETIES OF WHEAT. 



Mr. Fesseni en — The celebrated Tea 

 Wheat mentioned in the New England Far- 

 mer, vol. vi. page 82, I procured in 1828. — 

 I have sowed it with good success ever since. 

 This wheat is no doubt a valuable acquisition 

 to our agriculturists, and ought to be an en- 

 couragement for every one to circulate, for 

 the benefit of others, every kind of seed 

 which comes into his hands, whenever it is 

 found to be valuable. 



I have also a winter wheat brought to this 

 country from the Black Sea, which I consid- 

 er more important than the Tea Wheat, and 

 as well suited to every soil and climate. In 

 1828 Iliad brought me about three pecks of 

 this wheat. I selected for it a piece of 

 ground which had been in crops about 20 

 years, and sowed it the middle of December. 

 I had 25 bushels of wheat from this sowing. 

 I sowed it four years in succession, on the 

 same ground, without any failure in the crop. 

 The wheat, like your Tea Wheat, is not in- 

 jured by smut, where other wheal is almost 

 lost. It has a firm, hard straw, which with- 

 stands our storms, and is not injured by the 

 fly. The kernel is hard and firm, not sub- 

 ject to grow in the fields fiom long fogs or 

 rains. After several successful experiments 

 in this gram, I thought it might suit our 

 New England soil and climate. Three 

 years ago 1 sent a cask to John Humphreys, 

 Esq. Derby, Ct. It did well; the next year 

 a barrel to the Hon. Matthew Griswold, 

 whose place is situated on Long Island 

 Sound, 14 miles from New London; part ol 

 the same to R. E. Seldon, Esq. 12 miles 

 up Connecticut River. This wheat baa 

 been cultivated in all those places, and, as 1 

 have heard a short time since, has far exceed- 

 ed their expectations. 



I prefer the Tea Wheat to any other I 

 have ever seen for family bread, as it does 

 not dry, after being baked, like the common 

 wheat of this country, and has a sweet, 

 pleasant flavor; but it will not sell in our 

 markets, only at a reduced price on account 

 of the dark yellow shade of the flour. 



The Black Sea Wheat which has taken 

 the name of White Flint, from the peculiar 

 whiteness of the flower and the hardness of 

 the shell which contains it, is dry and par- 



