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GENESEE FARMER. 



Mar. 



the weather became wann, the snow soon 

 peai-ed, and spring birds made their app6arance ; 

 and on the 27th the fai mers commenced sowing 

 wheat. The season was early and productive — 

 the Slimmer very warm and dry — the river low- 

 er, as reported by a miller, than it had been be- 

 fore for twenty years. The autumn was mild — 

 no frost until after the first of October. The 

 harvest, both the early and the latter, was plentiful. 



" cloudy days in " 202; do. " 2104 



" days on which rain fell " 99; do. " 105 



" " " snow" " 65; do. " 74 



" " " rain & " " " 13; do. " 17 



Rain Guage, 1846, 37.13 in.; do. 1845, 34.44 in. 



First frost in autumn of " Oct. 3; do. " Sept. 12 



First snow " " " 17; do. " Oct. 12 



Remarks. — Tlie reader will observe in com- 

 paring the mean temperature of the correspond- 

 ing months of the two years given in the abstract, 

 that there is not the ditFerence of a degree in 

 temperature between January of 1845 and Janu- 

 ary 1846, and so of the corresponding surnmer 

 months. Between the corresponding months of 

 February and December, there is a difference of 

 a little more than five degrees. 



The difference of the annual mean tempera- 

 ture of the two years given, is only about a de- 

 gree. The difference between the amount of 

 rain and melted snow, as seen, is but little. So 

 of the winds from the difTerent points of the com- 

 pass ; and so of nearly all the corresponding re- 

 sults given in the abstract. The greatest amount 

 of rain and melted snow which has fallen during 

 any month for the last si.\ years, tlie period during 

 which I have kept the rain guage, was In.st Oc- 

 tober : the total amount of rain and melted snow 

 for the month being 6.79 incfies. 



The amount of rain and melted sno\\- that fell 

 between Oct. 1st and February 8th is 17.75 

 inches — about one half of the annual fall, and 

 this during the months when we usually have but 

 small fall of water. The river has been very 

 high most of the time since the month of Octo- 

 ber — the weather mild — and we have had but 

 little snow. The past year will be remembered 

 for its fine weather. Sleighing was good nearly 

 all winter and continued until March 10th, when 



Preservation of Fence Posts. 



Mr. Editor : — I wish to inquire of you if 

 you know of any process by which fence posts, 

 or other posts set in the ground, may be made 

 more durable 1 Is it beneficial to boil them in 

 any liquid or composition ? or does it make any 

 dilierence which end of a post is downwards, the 

 top or butt, as to their durability? 



And can you inform me of any way to de.stroy 

 the worm or grub preying on the roots and body 

 of the peach tree, and what is the best manure 

 for peach trees, &c. D. 



Odd Center, N. Y., 1647. 



Remarks. — Charring fence posts so far as the 

 earth reaches, or a little above the portion set in 

 the ground, will greatly retard their decay. — 

 Boiling them in any liquid will be of liltle or no 

 service. Surrounding them in the earth with 

 leached ashes, is a good preventive against rot- 

 ting. Green posts can be perfectly saturated 

 with strong brine, or copperas water, in a way 

 we have not now room to describe. It shall be 

 done in our next. As there are no valves in the 

 tubes through which sap or water circulates in 

 trees, it matters little which end of a post is set 

 in the ground. 



An acquaintance of ours has driven grubs 

 away from his peach trees, and made them grow 

 finely, by removing a portion of the soil around 

 each tree, and applying pounded charcoal to the 

 roots, and leached ashes to the surface, over the 

 coal. Another finds coal alone to answer the 

 purpose. 



Agriclltural Ware House. — Messrs. Nott 

 & Elliott have opened a large assortment of 

 the most improved, and highly finished Agricul- 

 tural Im[)lements of Boston and Rochester manu- 

 facture, ever otTered in this city, at No. 23 Bufia- 

 lo street. This establishment well deserves the 

 attention of farmers, gardeners, and fruit culti:- 

 rists in Western New York. Messrs. N. & E. 

 deal in Shaker Garden Seeds. They have also 

 a full assortment of Hardware, adapted to the 

 wants of all classes of community. — Rochester 

 American. 



Obtain good seed, prepare your ground we'l 

 sow early, and pay very little attention to the 

 moon. 



Accounts should be kept, tletaling the expenses 

 and products of each field. 



