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1850. 



THE GENESEE FARMER. 



91 





METEOROLOGICAL ABSTRACTS OF 1848 AND 1B49. 



BY l.KAKDKR WKTHEKEI.L. 



The following abstract is from the Meteorological 

 Observations kept in Rochester, during the years 

 1848 and 1849. The city of Rochester is situated 

 on the Genesee rij-er, seven miles from Lake Onta- 

 rio : latitude 43'3 8'17"; longitude 77° 51' West 

 from Greenwich, Ewgknd. Elevation, 506 feet above 

 tide water. 



Momlilv mcrni temp, uf Jon. 1843, 30.(j6: do. 1849, 23.14 

 . ., 22 J3 



' 34.57 

 ' 41.85 

 ' 51.10 

 ' 66.01 

 ' 70.05 

 ' C9.23 

 ' 60.20 

 ' 48.26 

 ' 46.66 

 ' 28.01 

 ' 46.68 



• 95.00 

 ' *-9.00 

 ' 55.00 

 ' July 10 

 ■ Feb. 16 

 ' 33 days 



• 3Gi " 

 < 7 •' 

 ' 25j " 



<Io. 



Annual meim temp, of the yc 



Highest degree of ihe year *' 9-i.OO; do. 



Lowest.- " ^0.00; de. 



Greatest annual range ''^ 70>0U; do. 



Warmest day in the year " Aug. IG; do. 



Coldest -- " Jan. 10; do. 



Winds— North, - " 17^ d'ys; do. 



Northeast, *' 24^ ** ; do, 



Eust, - :.- " Ui ** : do. 



Southeast, — '* 33 



South,-- 



Southwest, 



West, 



Northwest, 



Prevailing wind of the yenr.. 



Number of fair days,- 



cloudy. -- - 



dayB on which rain fell 



days ** snow ** 



days ** rain iSc hDOW ** ' 



Amountof rain & melted snow ** 32.03 in.; do. 

 First frost in the autumn of — " Sept. 27; do. 

 First snow in the autumn of. . - '' Sept. 22. do. 



Robin first heard '* ftlarchS, do. 



Maple tree in bloom - "Mar. 28, do. 



Mean temp, of the Winter of " " 



Spring 



" '■' Summer " 



" " Autumn '* 



Number of fair day.s in Winter.. " 



cloudy.- - ** 



fair days in Si>rKig *' 



cloudy " 



fair days in Summer,- " 



cloudy-- " 



fjiir days in Autumn. . " 



cloudy,- '* 



Am't rain &l melted snow, wint. " 



Amount of rain, Spring '* 



Amount of rain, Summer " 



Amount of rain, Aui<imn " 



Number of days on \\hich rain 

 fell during April and May, 



Do. from May I'tn end of Au^. " 

 Do. from June I to end of Oct. " 

 Inches of rain durins April and 



May ":- " 



Do. frcm June 1 to end of Oct. " 



Mean temp. April and May " 



Do. from May 1 to end of Aug. " 

 Do. from June 1 to end of Oct. '■ 



*^9 below Zero. 



Mr. Lawes, a contributor to the ag^ricultural jour- 

 nals of England, says tliat April and May constitute 

 the grass season, on the island of Great Britain. 

 The w'beat season begins with May and ends with 

 August : the turiiep sea^ou begins with June and 

 ends with October, The grass season here is from 



do. 

 do. 

 do. 



■• ISOi" 



•■ N\V. 



162 



203 



119 



" €9 



14 



" 32.87 in 



" Oct. 2 



" Oct. 30 



'• March 9 



•• .Mar. 27 



■' 26.54 



" 26.54 



" 63.43 



" 51.71 



21 



69 



39 



58 



64i 



27J 



45 j 



45i 



" 6.79 in. 



" 7.60 



" 8,89 



" 11.39 



46.48 

 61.10 

 62.75 



the 20th of April to the end of June ; the wheat sea- 

 son, May, June and the first half of July , the tur- 

 nep season, from July first to the 25th, to the end of 

 September, 



A I.ARGE CALF. 



On the 27th ult,, a cow belonging to Samuel N. 

 Franklin, who now resides on the farm of Mathias 

 Hutchinson, produced a calf, well formed in every 

 respect, which, when twelve hours old, weigned one 

 hundred and fifty pounds. As it was weighed more 

 than once, by different persons, we think there is no 

 mi.stake. The cow is above the middle size, of native 

 breed, and about four and a half years old. 



About the same time, the cow of our neiglibor, 

 Abraham King, produced a heifer calf, which weighed 

 one hundred and twenty pounds. 



Again : David King, residing in the same neigh- 

 borhood, a montli since, counted beside one of hia 

 sows eighteen young pigs. Mathias Hutchinson 

 —King's Ferry, Cayvga Co., JV. Y., 'id mo., 1860 



LIVE FENCES. 



Messrs, Ecrrons : — Having been a reader of the 

 Farmer for a few years, I have been both pleased and 

 instructed. In an especial manner I have a deep in- 

 terest in what has been said about live fences. The 

 time is not far distant when fencing materials will be 

 in great demand ; and some are beginning to feel it 

 already. Although my fathers farm has plenty of 

 rail timber for the present, ho has thought fit to com- 

 mence raising hedges, so that when he needs them 

 he will have them. The object of writing this is to 

 find out which is the best material. We have some 

 of the English Hawthorn growing, but it is afiected 

 by a kind of white lice, something like those w'hich 

 are generally found on beech trees. Whether they 

 will injure them or not we do not know. Some 

 recommend Honey Locust very highly. 



I would like to know your opinion concerning Buck- 

 thorn — whether it will make a durable fence and a 

 good one ; and when is the best time to plant it for a 

 fence — in the fall, or spring ; and where the seed 

 can be obtained. I would also like to know whether 

 the Osage Oranr'' will answer for fencing in this 

 climate. I " . like to know, Messrs. Editors, 

 which v ,iuld prefer if you were going to plant 

 fences fo. yourselves. Where can the materials for 

 propogating be obtained, and at what price ! What 

 is the best way of propogating ? 



If you will answer these inquiries through the 

 Farmer, you will oblige — D. S. Crozier. — Benton, 

 February, 18.50. 



Remarks. — For live fencing, in this country, there 

 are in use — 



IsU The Hawthorn, European and American. 



2d. The Buckthorn, native of the New England 

 Statey. 



3d. The Honey Locust, native of the Western 

 States. 



4th. Osage Orange, native of the soutli and south 

 west. 



These are all strong, deciduous, thorny plants, that 

 under favorable circumstances make excellent live 

 fences. The best of them all, perhaps, is the Haw- 

 thorn, were it not that they are subject to attacks of 



