1848. 



GENESEE FARMER. 



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EDITOR'S TABLE. 



To Correspondents. — Communicalions have been re- 

 ceived, during the past month, from O. L. Barnum, Adam 

 Clark, C. David Tliomas, B. W. S., L. Wethorell, H. Y., 

 Giirdon Evans, S. H., W. L. Van Dusen, W. S., H Wen- 

 del), M. D., L. P. Clark, Joseph Carpenter, An Observer, 

 E. S. Bartholomew, VVm. Allen, Jr., Livingston. The Bo- 

 quet Miller, E. S. Buck, H. C. VV. 



OuK present number is not, in some respects, as complete 

 as we intended. In consequence of the illness of our engra- 

 ver, the illustrations are different, and inferior to those we 

 designed to give. The number contains some valuable 

 extracts from books, &c. — the publication of which, how- 

 ever, has compiled our printer to defer several original 

 papers from correspondents. 



The Amfrican Journal or Agriculturi: and Science 

 commences the year and volume with much vigor, under 

 the editorial management of C. N. Bement, Esq. The 

 new editor is an able and ready writer, as our readers well 

 know from his valuable contributions to this and other jour- 

 nals, and we heartily welcome him to a post in which we 

 doubt not he will render efficient service to the agricultural 

 community. 



The Journal is published monthly, at $2 per annum, in 

 advance. Each number contains 48 octavo pages. Address 

 C. N. Bement, Albany, N. Y. We will cheerfully forward 

 the subscriptions of any persons in this section. 



Western Literary Messenger. — The tenth volume of 

 this literary periodical is to commence on the 5th of this 

 month. " It will appeiu in an entirely new dress and witii 

 an increased list of able contributors ; and the publishers 

 are determined to make it second in value to no family news 

 and literary paper in the country. They will aim to render 

 It alike the delight of the fireside, an ornament to the cen- 

 ter taMe and an honor to Western Literature." We com- 

 mend the RIessenger to the attention of our friends, with 

 many of whom it is already, and deservedly, a favorite. — 

 Published weekly — 16 pages octavo — at $1.50 perannum, in 

 advance. Address Jewett, Thomas, & Co., Buffalo, N. Y. 



Editors of weekly papers, who receive the Farmer, will 

 oblige us and perhaps benefit their readers, by noticing it 

 editorially — stating size, terms, &c. Our journal is the 

 cheapest of its kind pubhshed in the United States, and 

 gives such general satisfaction in other respects, that we 

 think our friends can safely recommend it as worthy of ex- 

 tensive patronage. 



"Give unto Scissors the things which are Scissors'." 

 — The Southern Planter copies an elaborate article from this 

 paper on "Milk — Us Properties and Production,'^ without 

 credit ; while the one it does credit, on " The bad economy 

 of bunitng Green Fire-wood,^' is so full of typographical 

 errors as to destroy the whole sense, and in justice to the 

 writer, ought to have been anonymous too. The article on 

 ■' Good Butiei-," taken from the Farmer, and written by 



our friend T. C. Peters, also copied into the same number 

 of the Planter, is correctly printed, and should have been 

 credited. There are other contemporaries who often forget 

 to " give unto scissors the things which are scissors'." 



Farmers and dealers in Scythes are referred to the ad- 

 vertisement of R. B. Dunn, Scythe Manufacturer, of North 

 Wayne, Me., published in this paper. There is no humbug 

 about Mr. D.'s blades, as many of our readers can attest, 

 and we confidently recommend them to our agricultural 

 friends. Dealers will find in the gentlemanly agent of this 

 establishment, (Mr. H. C. White, of Frankfort, Herkimer 

 county, N. Y.,) an evat tempered and honorable man in all 

 transactions. 



Merino Sheep. — Those of our readers desirous of im- 

 proving or adding to their flocks of sheep are referred to the 

 advertisement of Mr. T. H. Canfield, of Williston, Vt., 

 given on page G3 of this paper. Mr. C. assures us that he 

 can give undoubted guarantee as to purity of blood, &c. 



Law Changes.— By one of the acts passed by the re- 

 cent legislature of the State of New York, all persons are 

 admitted to practice as Attorneys in the Courts of the State 

 witliottt examination or other requirements. By another 

 provision, parties to a suit may be summoned to testify 

 thereon, at the option of the opposing party — an important 

 and organic change in the law. 



N. Y. State Agricultural Society.— The Annual 

 Meeting of this Society was held in Albany on the 19th ult. 

 Buffalo was selected as the place for holding the next 

 Annual Fair. We annex the list of officers for the present 

 year : 



President — Lewis F. Allen, of Erie. 



Vice Presidents — 1st district, Ambrose Stevens; 2d, John 

 A. King, Queens ; 3d, E. P. Prentice, Albany ; 4th, Sam- 

 uel Cheever, Saratoga ; 5th, Geo. Geddes, Onondaga : 6th, 

 Geo. W. Buck, Chemung : 7th, Allen Ayrault, Livingston ; 

 8th, James C. Ferris, Wyoming. 



Recording Secretary — Benj. P. Johnson Albany. 



Corresponding Secretary — E. Emmons, Albany. 



Treasurer— John D. Mclntyre, Albany. 



Executive Committee — Luther Tucker, Albany; John J. 

 Viele, Rensselaer ; Joel Rathbone, Albany; John T. Bush. 

 Erie; Theodore C. Peters, Wyoming. 



The premiums awarded are given on another page. 



Monroe County Agricultural Society. — At the An- 

 nual Meeting of this Society, held on the 8th ultimo, officers 

 were elected for the current year, as follows : 



President— William Buel, of Gates. 



Vice Presidents— Alfred Fitch, Riga ; William Otis, 

 Gates ; Joseph Farley, Irondequoit. 



Recording Secretary — Joseph Alleyn, Rochester. 



Corresponding Secretary— D. I). T. Moore, Rochester. 



Treasurer — James P. Fogg, Rochester. 



Genesee County Agricultural Society. — We are re- 

 quested to state that a meeting of this Society v ill be held 

 at the American Hotel, in Batavia, on the 8th of this month, 

 at 10 o'clock A. M. — for the purpose of framing a new Con- 

 stitution and By-Laws, and to adopt a premium list for 1848. 

 A general attendance is requested. 



The annexed notice was received too late for insertion 

 among our advertisements. As its publication would be 

 comparatively useless, if deferred until next month, we 

 give it in this department: 



Grand River Institute. — The next term of this Manual 

 Lah.)r Scliool will commence on the 23d of February, 1848. 

 This Institute is situated at Austinburg, Ashtabula Co., 

 Ohio. It embraces an English and a Classical Course, 

 each of four years Charges for Tuition, $15 a year. — 

 Board, $1 a week. The usual extra charges for instruction 

 in Instrumental Music, Drawing and Painting. No addi- 

 tional charge at present for Vocal Music. Address R. M. 

 Walker, Principal, Austinburg, Ohio. 



To Advertisers. — Several advertisements intended for 

 insertion in this number of the Farmer were received too 

 late — after our advertising pages were "made up." Our 

 paper is issued promptly on the first of each month, and fre- 

 quently goes to press a week or more previous to the day 

 of publication. To secure insertion, advertisements, noti- 

 ces, &c., should reach us ten days previous to the time of 

 publication. 



Mint Oil. — The Detroit Advertiser says, the manufac- 

 ture of mint oil is becoming an important branch in the pro- 

 ducts and exports of Michigan, In several places in the 

 State, mints are cultivated largely, and we understand, 

 profitably, for the manufacfure of mint oil. In St. Joseph's 

 county, it is carried on largely by Ex-Gov. Barry. The 

 value of oil shipped from there last fall, of his make, amounts 

 to nearly $25,000. 



The Corn Crop of the United States, for the year 1847, 

 is estimated at 600,000,000 bushels ; in 1845, it was 417,- 

 897,000 bushels. The yearly exports from 1791 to 1819, 

 several times rose above a million bushels, sometimes over 

 two millions, but from 1819 to 1845, they did not in any 

 one year amount to a million. In 1846, the exports were 

 1,826,068 bushels of corn, and 298,885 bbls. corn meaL In 

 1847, the exports have arisen to the enormous quantity of 

 17,272,815 bushels corn, and 945,039 bbls. meal. 



Smoked Mutton.— The editor of the Tennessee Farmer 

 declares his preference for the ovine over the bovine or the 

 swinish race. He says on his knowledge of physiology, 

 which none will dispute, that a pound of lean tender mut- 

 ton, can be procured at half the cost of the same quantity 

 of fat pork ; and that it is infinitely healthier, in summer 

 especially : and that those who feed on it become more 

 muscular, and can do more work on it with more ease to 

 themselves. He knows of nothing more delicious than 

 smoked mutton hams.— Boston Cultivator. 



