1847. 



GENESEE FARMER. 



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McCormick's Vinginia Reaper. 



The editor of the Chicago Democrat, speak- 

 ing of the wheat harvest in Illinois, says : — 



" The difficulty in harvesting the present crop 

 has been great on account of the inadequate 

 number of Machines to be had for reaping. — 

 About 200 of McCormick's Reapers have been 

 disposed of here the present season, and yet the 

 demand for them has much exceeded the supply. 

 They are furnished at a cost of $120, and will 

 cut from 12 to 20 acres of grain per day. 



"We learn Mr. McCormick has associated 

 with him Mr. Gray, of this city, in their manu- 

 facture, and that they have made arrangements 

 to put up an establishment near the Lake House, 

 when they will be enabled to fill all orders for 

 them hereafter. These reapers are a great im- 

 provement upon the old cradle system, and no 

 farmer should be without one." 



It will be seen by reference to an advertise- 

 ment in this number of the Farmer, that Mr. 

 McCormick has contracted with Messrs. Fitch, 

 Barry & Co., of Brockport, in this county, for 

 the manufacture of 300 Reapers for the harvest 

 of 1848. We hear favorable accounts of the 

 operation of the Reaper, in Livingston and oth- 

 er counties, during the past harvest season. — 

 Can any of our correspondents give definite in- 

 formation on the subject. 



County op New York Cattle Show. — 

 This was much better than we expected to see. 

 The exhibition was held at Haerlem. There 

 were many fine steers, and a kw excellent 

 blooded cows on the ground. In brood mares 

 and colts there was not so good an exhibition as 

 we expected from the proximity of the Long 

 Island race course. At the Plowing Match a 

 very exciting competition was had between a 

 half dozen spadesmen. A Yankee took the pre- 

 mium away from his disappointed Irish competi- 

 tors — spading faster, deeper, and better, in the 

 opinion of the bystanders, than they. 



The Wire Worm. — A subscriber at Clark- 

 son, N. Y., inquires for information relative to 

 exterminating the Wire-worm. Will some cor- 

 respondent answer the inquiry through the Far- 

 mer? 



The following plan for the destruction of 

 wire-worms was communicated to the British 

 Farmer's Magazine, by a practical English far- 

 mer, Mr. Tarrant. He cleans the infested 

 field of all weeds and roots, and drills white mus- 

 tard seed, keeping the land hoed, and by the end 

 of the season finds the worms entirely gone. 



Correction. —In an article headed "Experiment in 

 Making Pork," published in our August number, (page 192,) 

 one er two errors were made by the printer. In last line 

 of first column, for "31st of October," read 13th of October; 

 and in 21st line from the head of second column, for " corn 

 and cob meal," read corn and corn meal. 



Race's Self-regulating Parlor Stove. 



This is decidedly a superior article in the 

 stove line. We have one of them, and from ex- 

 perience in using it last winter, are satisfied that 

 it combines more good qualities than any other 

 parlor stove with which we are acquainted. The 

 regulator (as will be seen in the engraving,) is 

 placed upon the outside of the stove, and is con- 

 sequently governed by the atmosphere of the 

 room. The advantages of this stove over most 

 others, are, that it requiras but little fuel, and 

 can be so regulated as to keep a room at any de- 

 sired temperature. It is also a beautiful article, 

 and generally much admired by the best critics 

 — the ladies. 



The economy in fuel, and even temperature 

 obtained, must bring this stove into general use. 

 It is manufactured and sold by Messrs. H. C. 

 SiLSBY & Co., of Seneca Falls. It is for sale 

 by J. E. Cheney, Exchange street, Rochester. 

 We presume it can also be obtained in most oth- 

 er principal towns in Western New York. 



Receipts at the State Fair. — It appears 

 that we were in error last month, in stating that 

 the receipts at the recent Fair at Saratoga were 

 $700 less than the year previous — though our 

 information was obtained from an officer of the 

 Society. We learn from the Secretary, B. P. 

 Johnson, Esq., that the receipts at Saratoga were 

 $4,034 22— about $3.50 less than those of the 

 previous year, at Auburn. 



Enormous Pear. — Mons. Calle, of Brionne, 

 France, has raised a cooking pear, which he has 

 named the Belle Angevine. A specimen of this 

 fruit weighed two pound and fifteen ounces avoir- 

 dupoise, was thirteen inches in circumference, 

 and eight inches in height. 



The Potato Rot is prevailing to a consider- 

 able extent, and causing much damage, in many 

 sections of the country. 



