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GENESEE FARMER. 



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EDITOR'S TABLE. 



To ("oRRESPONDENTS. — Communications have been re- 

 a?ived, during the past month, from C. N. Bement, S. VV., 

 C. D., *, L. B. Loveland, J., An English Farmer's Wife, 

 A W. Turner, Agricola, W., Yates Co. Ag. Society, Joseph 

 Carpenter, VVm. SheLon, Milo Ingalsbe, A. Huidekoper, 

 Montgomery Arnold, H. Hippie, F. Parks, Adams, J. S., 

 W. H. II., M. J. Grove, A, Eaton, L. P. C, Mortimer Hop- 

 kins, H. C. W., and T. W. 



Several communications and inquiries were received too 

 late for attention this month ; — and others, the pubhcation 

 of which would be unseasonable at this time, are on file for 

 insertion in future numbers. 



ARTicr.Fs for publication, or inquiries, when sent with 

 remittances for the Farmer, should be written on a part of 

 the sheet separate from the business matter. Our friends 

 will oblige us by bearing this in mind, and so arranging 

 their letters that each portion may be fded separately. 



" Domestic Animals." — This is the title of a new work, 

 by R. L. Allen, Esq., author of "American Agriculture," 

 <Sx., a copy of which we have just received from the pub- 

 lisher. Not having examined it particularly, vve can only 

 say, now, that it gives the history of various domestic ani- 

 mals — directions for their management, breeding, &c. — their 

 diseases and remedies. It is handsomely got up, and illus- 

 trated with numerous engravings. Published by C. M. 

 Saxton, New York. For sale by Hamilton, Rochester. 

 Price 75 cents. 



Physical Education avu Medical Treatment of Chil- 

 dren ; For the use of Families and Teachers. By M. 



M. RoDGERS, M. D. 



We are indebted to the author for a copy of this work. 

 A medical friend in whose opinion we have much confi- 

 dence, pronounces it an excellent treatise. UnKke most 

 other medical books, it is written in a style which renders 

 the authors statements and directions intelligible to ordi- 

 nary readers. It is a neat little volume, illustrated with 

 handsome and appropriate engravings from the graver of 

 Mr. J. 5ISLLEK. Published and for sale by E. Darrow, 

 corner of Main and St. Paul streets, Rochester. 



Agricultural Journals. — The various monthlies, for 

 December, have been received. Those published in this 

 State — ' The Farmer's Library and Monthly Journal of Ag- 

 riculture,' 'The Cultivator,' and 'American Agriculturist' — 

 are unusually interesting. The Farmer & Mechanic, an 

 excellent weekly, which reaches us with unfailing punctu- 

 ality, is also well filled. Most of our cotemporaries in other 

 States likewise close the year in a spirited manner. We 

 wish all, far and near, abundant success — and trust that 

 each will receive increased patronage with the new year. 

 No farmer should be without at least one agricultural paper, 

 and many can ^brd to take several. The rapid increase 

 of the readers of agricultural books and papers argues well 

 for improvement and intelligence among American Farmers. 

 Let the conductors of the agricultural press but do their 

 duty, and the farmers theirs, and an incalculable amount 

 of good will be accomplished by agricultural publications 

 during the year 1848. 



Knickerbocker Magazine. — This venerable montlily 

 occupies the highest rank among American literary period- 

 icals. The December number which closes\the thirtieth 

 volume, fully sustains the high reputation of the work. 

 The new volume, commencing this month, is to be issued 

 in an entirely new dress. We commend the Knickerbocker 

 to all who prefer substantial and sensible literary matter to 

 the '' love and murder" trash of a large majority of our lite- 

 rary journals. Terms — $5 per annum. Published by 

 John Alleij, New York. 



Godey's Lady's Book. — We hjive received the January 

 number of this beautiful and popular Magazine — being the 

 first of the 36th volume. The illustrations are numerous 

 and superior. It contains several engravings illustrative of 

 fancy knitting, netting, &c., particularly interesting to the 

 ladies. The literary department is well sustained. Edited 

 by Mrs. S. J. Hale. Published by L. A. Godey, Phila- 

 delphia — !j3 per annum. 



The Annual Meeting of the N. Y. State Agricultural 

 Society is to be held in Albany, on the 19th of this month. 

 Professor Norton, of Yale College, is to deliver the annual 

 address, which we doubt not will be able and interesting. 



Saxony Sheep. — Erastus Hurd, Esq., of Middleport, 

 Niagara County, has recently obtained a choice lot of pure 

 blood Saxonies. After spending several weeks in examin- 

 ing different flocks in New York and Vermont, he purcliased 

 100 ewes of Jno. Barnet, of Hoosick, N. Y. — and ohtained 

 18 bucks of Daniel Rogers, of the same place. From a 

 hasty examination of tiiese sheep, we think them superior 

 to any flock of Saxonies we ever before saw in this section 

 of the country. We congratulate the farmers of Western 

 New York upon so valuable an accession to their ' ' flocks 

 and herds." 



Mr. Rogers, from whom the bucks were obtained, re- 

 ceived the highest premium (a Gold Medal,) at the late Fair 

 of the American Institute, for the best Saxony fleece. 



Look to the Weight. — Caution to Farmers. — In selling 

 grain, pork, or live animals by weight, farmers should see 

 that they are weighed correctly. We are assured that 

 many of the platform scales now in use are imperfect. As 

 an example — an intelligent farmer of Wheatland, Mr. Geo. 

 Shaeffer, while in this market a few days since, saw a 

 hog weighed imperfectly on a patent scale and sold by such 

 weight. Thinking the weight wrong, he informed the par- 

 ties interested that the scales were not correct, or not prop- 

 erly used — and, in justice to the owner, insisted upon 

 placing the porker upon the center of the platform. On 

 doing this the hog weighed thirty-five poimds more than had 

 been counted in selling 1 



Another farmer, of Brockport, mentions a similar mistake 

 as having come under his observation, in weighing wheat 

 — by which the sellers loss was about one bushel in every 

 ten. In view of these facts we would caution farmers to 

 look well to the weight in similar cases, and thus avoid loss. 



We are indebted to its author for a copy of an excellent 

 address delivered by B. P. Johnson, Esq., before the Greene 

 County Agricultural Society, at its late Annual Fair. This 

 address is one of the best we have read for a long time. — 

 We shall endeavor to give some extracts from it in a future 

 number. 



We learn from the Rome Sentinel that the farmers of 

 CHnton and vicinity, (Oneida county,) have organized a 

 Farmer's Club for the promotion of Agriculture, Horticul- 

 ture, Rural Architecture, and Landscape Gardening. The 

 meetings are held monthly. We wish similar clubs were 

 in operation in every section of the country. 



A large Turnip — The one shown us, a few days since 

 by Mr. Erastus Harris, of York. It measured 37^ inches 

 in circumference, and weighed 16| pounds. Rather large 

 for a common field (purple top) turnip — grown in the ordi- 

 nary manner, with no extra culture. 



Extensive Brick Yard.— Mr. Peter Hubbell, of 

 Charlestown, Mass., manufactures yearly from fifteen to 

 twenty millions of bricks for the Boston market. He has 

 thirty machines in operation for moulding, (the invention 

 of Mr. A. Hall, of Perth Amboy, N. J.,) and with each 

 machine makes from ten to twelve thousand bricks per day. 

 In three years the repairs of these thirty machines have not 

 cost more than ten dollars. This is said to be the largest 

 brick-yard in the world. 



Correction. — In an article, published in our December 

 number, (page 183,) under the heading of " Bloody Milk, 

 &c.," our printer made a slight mistake. The third para- 

 graph states that " cattle that eat the madder root have their 

 entire horiis dyed a bright red" — but the author said, or 

 wrote, " their entire bones,^' &c. We assure our esteemed 

 correspondent that we will endeavor to avoid coloring the 

 horns, in future. 



This number of the Farmer contains 28 pages of read- 

 ing matter — four more than we promised. Of its contents 

 the reader will judge for himself. We may be permitted to 

 remark, however, that the number contains several highly 

 valuable articles from correspondents — while the illustra- 

 tions given exhibit the skill of our engraver. 



Back volumes of the Transactions of the N. Y. State Ag. 

 Society may be obtained, in this city, of Joseph Alleyn, 

 Esq. The price, we believe, is $1.25 per volume. 



The weather, in this section, has been very unfavorable 

 for business during most of the past month. The first part 

 of the month was rainy, and the roads almost impassable. — 

 About the 20th we had sleighing for a few days— but the 

 snow has disappeared, and the roads are again ' ' muddy ex- 

 ceedingly." 



