THE GENESEE FARMER. 



trSEFtlL RECIPES. 



Mb^ssrs. Eoitors : — The following recipes I should 

 he pleat-od to see published in the Farmer ; it would 

 ho the means of havinj^ them preserved, presuming 

 tlii't most of your subscrihers set as much store on it 

 ns I do and preserve the Farmer and have it bound at 

 thy oiV\ (ifevcfy two yi^ars* In this way I consider 

 that i havfii book ttlw<iys worth the subscription. 



7*0 curs H'o^iiidiSs VutSj and Bruhts in Horses — 

 Tnke 1 07„ blue vitriol, 1 oz. Spanish fiic^, 1 pint of 

 S'jot: puh-eri;:o un:! tnix with 1 lb. of hog's lard. I 

 have ma-ivj iiso of the Jihove for a number of years, 

 and find nothing to excel it. Horses receiving severe 

 kick=, or Imi'ing ^orc backs, it. will heal in less time 

 than anything else I tver tried. 



For Sjyrains, IVind Galls, and Bi^ises — Take 1 

 gill spirits of liartsJiorn, 1 gill spirits of turpentine, 

 1 gill laudanum, I gill sweet oil, 1 oz. camphor, 3 oz, 

 spirits of wihe, 1 oz. Caetile soap: mix all together. 

 The embrocation formed of the above ingredients I 

 feav.e tried, and find that it will certainly remove wind 

 galls and swellings occasioned by sprains. It will 

 cure blood or bog spavin if attended to in time, 1 

 wouU also say to persons afilicted with rheumatism, 

 give it a triak 



Care for Ringbone — Take 10 grains sublimate of 

 mercury^ 4 oz. spirits of wine, 2 drams tincture of 

 musk, 13 oz. rose water ; mix together and rub on 

 the disordered place with a brush, two or three times 

 a Jay, This I have never given a trial ; it is said, 

 however, to have the desired effect. 



For Spavin. — Take 1 gill spirits of turpentine, 1 

 gill aquafortis, 1 gill quicksilver ; put into 1 quart 

 of small beer, and let it stand for two days before 

 usino;. The manner of using is to tie a i-ag around 

 the end of a stick, saturating it with the mixture, 

 and apply it to the part affected two or three times a 

 day. If it cracks the skin, do not use it so often, A 

 little exercise is necessary. 



This latter preparation I have known to effect per- 

 manent vures ill several instances. Care, however, 

 should be takeu in its preparation, which ought to 

 be intrusted to a druggist. Yours, &tc., Jas, Pattoe*. 

 — Paitonsville, Pa., FeJiy, 1950. 



ADD"?.^fi3 3:3FORE THE JEFFERSON AG. SOCIETY. 



Wk selected several extracts last month from the 

 adilress of Mosks Fames, Esq., before the Jefferson 

 County Agricultural Society, but they were all 

 crowded out, save one. We now make room for 

 further extracts, Mr. E. is President of the Society, 

 and he is one of those who not only talks, but acts. 

 Our subscription list in Jefferson County shows this, 



Atriirultnrc, it is nutiiral to remark, is the great business 

 of o-ir '"ouniry. \Mi'itovcr oiher branch may fail to secure 

 nilrii iju t.'ii-f nuisi not. he neglected, because, by it, we 

 ure s:ist;>.iueti, f^d, nntl clothed. Whatever changes the 

 priKlucts of the soil nmy undergo before they arrive at the 

 pori'jd of consumption, they must, nevertheless be snfiicient 

 f(!)- tiic- de;mri 1 of the country. Here it will be true for years 

 to come as it is now, that the business of apiculture will 

 give employm'^nt to fivc-sistlis of our population. As it is 

 t!ie prim;iry source of individnnl Rnd nnlionni wealth and the 

 mi iher of manufacturfs, its improvement and success are 

 intimately connected witii national independence, if not with 

 naiional existence, it has a right to demand of the people, 

 SiUe and government the exercise of a most liberal policy 

 on its helViif. 



Any thing whi'::h tends to enlighten and to enlarge the 

 mind enlisted in ugriciillural pursuits, develop the resonrces 

 of the soil, or to throw light upon the best method of culti- 



vation, may constitute a subject worthy of the most enlight- 

 ened consideration. Especially is this true in a country like 

 ours, where men cultivate with their hands their own fee 

 simple acres, and from these derive, not only their subsis- 

 tence, but also their spirit of independence and manly free- 

 dom. They arc at once the proprietors of the soil, iLs culti- 

 vators, and defenders. Its toils, which would be burden- 

 some and unendurable to men of other professions, form but 

 subjects of pa-time with them, and without \vhi«"li ihcir 

 habits and morals would be endangered. Then, whatev(*r 

 other subjects of real or seeming interest may be undervalued 

 or overlooked, the cultivation of the eartli should hold its 

 rightful supremacy among all the works of a man';' hands. 

 With this, civilization thrives ; without it, man is a savage. 

 If there lives a man who may eat his breid with a conscience 

 at peace, it is unquestionably he who has brought that bread 

 out of the earth by his own honest industry. It is reason- 

 ably so. 



This employment excites none of those hurtful passions 

 which so often prove fatal to domestic peace and destructive 

 to the enjoyment of the common blessings of life. But, o:\ 

 the contrary, it presents fewer temptations to vicious indul- 

 gence and is in the highest degree promotive of health and 

 length of days. 



But to attain a healthful prosperity, which should be the 

 endeavor of every farmer, there are certain considerations 

 indispensable to be observed. Tlie first obstacle in the way 

 of successful husbandry is the almost universal attempt at 

 doing too much. Good farming and what is generally de- 

 nominated a large farming business, are practically incom- 

 patible the one with the other. He who attempts lo do loo 

 much in his profession, trade, or husbandry, will expose 

 himself to the liability of doing nothing well. This Is proved 

 by all observation to be emphatically true of the cuUivati'in 

 of the soil, and siiows clearly that the true policy is to cul- 

 itvate no more than can be done in the best manner. Above 

 all, if the object is to obtain the best, and, at the same time, 

 the most profitable crop, the farmer cannot give too. much 

 heed to the approved methods of enriching the soil. The 

 various manures constitute the great safely-fund of the 

 farmer. On these, with the ordinary blessing of Heaven, 

 he can safely rely for ample returns for all the labor and 

 money expended in the prosecution of ids business. '^>ere 

 is, perhaps not a subject pertaining to agricuiturp i i_.ore 

 vital importance to the farming, community. Without 

 manures, in some form, applied to the sdil at suitablo in- 

 tervals, the farmer cannot, by any possibility, succeed in 

 his avocation. 



The lawyer, the accountant, the tradesman, all set their 

 clerks and pupils to put in practice, as fast as they are able, 

 the principles they have acquired. But, still, the idea pre- 

 vails, that the farmer may educate his son in any other 

 branches than those connected with his business, and after- 

 wards make of him a Imished farmer ; with a constitution un- 

 dermined . with foolish prejudies imbibed against manual 

 labor, and too strongly tinctured with the general uolions of 

 what constitutes a gentleman, he is expected to enter upon 

 the "rough and tumble" of a farmers life. As things now 

 are, we are destined to have farmers^mparatively uneduca- 

 ted in their husinesss, or gentlemen farmers, whose delicate 

 nerves are shocked at the sight of manual labar. i\ow, I 

 hold that eachof tliese classes is ill adapted lo its business ; 

 the first, by knowing too little ; the aeccond, by knowing 

 too much of that which is of doubtful utility to any one. 

 This class has been furnished by wealthy parents and guar- 

 dians with the means of obtaining an education without ef- 

 fort or labor on their own part ; and to break over the habits 

 of an early education, and especially where taste is averse 

 to the business about which it is engaged, is too generally 

 out of the question. But, in reference to the first class, its 

 education amounts to the simple bigotry of ignorance. It 

 requires but little acquaintance with the farming comm'ini- 

 ties of our country to convince one that this kind of training 

 bids successful defiance to all improvement in agriculture. 

 But shall the children's teeth be set on edge because the pa- 

 rents have eaten sour grapes? Certainly not ; there may be 

 schools which shall inculcate right notions of farming, and 

 which shall contribute, in no trifiing degree, to raise tho 

 character of this occupation to the rank which it should 

 properly mainLain : and I do not hesitate to believe and to 

 say that such a school can be established and prosperously 

 maintiined in Jeflerson County. This County may claim 

 to rank among the first, if not the first, in the Slato in agri- 

 cultural improvements." 



<\ 



'j| 



