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THE GENESEE FARMER. 



May 



CONTENTS OF THIS NUMBER. 



" On the Cost of producing Corn," 



Durability of Bone Manure, 



Hints for May 



Tlit^ Flow 



S. W/s Notes for the Month 



To PreserTe Hams through the Summer 



Wheat HrsBANDBY— On Smut in Wheat, and the Cause of it. 



Smut Wheat — the Cause and Preventive, 



The Weed 



" Smut Bugs," 



The Cow Found : Wrong application of Manure, 



Rogers' Patent Wheeled Cultivator, 



Hard-Pan Soils 



Farming in North Carolina. 



Premiums of N. Y. Stftte Ag. Society, 



The Hydraulic Ram 



Answers to Inquiries— 



Ladies' Department— Flowers, Correspondence, See 



Editorb' TABLE-Notices. &c., 



Hints on the Management of Trees 119 



The Diana Grape ' 120 



Weeping Tree Roses 121 



Flower Gardening ■ Lvergreens 122 



The Season ; The New Hampshire Festival 122 



ILLUSTRATIONS. 



Rogers' Patent Wheeled Cultivator 112 



The Hydraulic Ram in operation 116 



Vertical Section of Ram, 117 



Emery's Cylinder Dynamometer. 117 



Diana Grape 120 



Weeping Tree Rose, 121 



AVlicelcr^s Patent Iniprovetl Itnllvi'ay Clialii Hoi-se 

 Po^vcr and 0%'crslkot Thvcslier oncl Separntor. 



THE sub'icribers, Proprirtor.-! of the Patent for these Machines, 

 and manufacturers nf them, having recently incnased their 

 fkeilities for manufacturing, art- now prepared to fill orders for 

 machines, and to estttblish agencies, to any extent that may be 

 desired. 



These machines are favorably known wherever they have been 

 used or exhibited. Thi-y have taken premiums at many different 

 State aud County Fiiira. held in Massachuretts, New York. New 

 Jersey. Penm-yWauia. Ohio, and also 

 competed for premiums without succci 

 ations. 



As many as 2.000 of them are now in use, of which over 500 were 

 sold the past si-ason. 



The accompanying cut gives n view of- a two horso machine at 

 work, with the handii necessary to attend it. It will thresh from 

 125 to 200 bushels of wheat, or twice the quantity of oats per day. 

 The one horse, or single machines, thresh rather more than half 

 as fast as the double ones 



These horse powers are strong and ilurable. and run extremely 

 light. With one end of the power slightly elevated (as represent- 

 ed in the annexed cut) Ihe wcisfit of the horse alone affords sufH- 

 cient power to thresh at the rate before stated, or to drive circular 

 and upright Raws, or any oth«--r machines usL'd by farmers, rcijuir- 

 ing propelling power 



THE OVKUSIIOT THRESIIKR 

 takes the grain from a level feeding table or apron, (of a proper 

 height to allow the feeder to stand erect and feed without annoy- 

 ance from dust.) and pasftes it through a toothed or spiked concave 

 orbed, placed over the cylinder. A recent improvement admits 

 of lowering the concave no as to bring it nearer the cylinder, and 

 at the same time m varying the incliufitinu of the spikes as to set 

 the machine for threshiiig tough or damp griun, or short oats, and 



re-setting it at pleasure, for long rye or wheat, or oats in good 

 order, or for timothy grass or clover ; and all this is accomplished 

 without stopping the machine, so simple is the process. Cy means 

 of the Separator the straw, as it comes from the Thresher, is effect- 

 ually separated from the grain. 



The Power, Thresher and Separator, complete, for either one or 

 two horses, is easily loaded on a common farm wagon ; hut where 

 frequent moving is desired, the two-horse machines are placed on 

 wheels in such a manner that when used for threshing, the for- 

 ward wheels are removed, dropping that end of the power, and 

 leaving the opposite end elevated on the othfr axle, ready to receive 

 the horses. By this arrangement, (which has been made for the 

 convenience of those who make threshing a business and for part- 

 nership machines.) two men can with ease set a two horse machine 

 ready for work in fifteen minutes, and re-load it for moving in the 

 same time. 



W.. M.. & Co . also manufacture Stalk, Hay, and Straw Cutters, 

 to be used with their horse powers ; and also Circular Saws and 

 Benches, for cutting ordinary fire wood and locomotive and other 

 fuel. 



Every machine made or sold by W., M., & Co., or their Agents, 

 is warranted to work to the satisfaction of the purchaser, or it 

 may be returned to them, or to the Agent of whom it may have 

 been purchased, within sixty days, and the purchase money [if 

 paid] will be refunded. 



These machines are so light, compact, and ca.sily handled, as 

 to admit of transportation to any part of the country with trifling 

 f spense. The weight of the two-horae machine, complete, being 

 less than 2.000 pounds, and of the one-horse, about 1.200. 



The manufacturers are now establishing agencies in all parts of 

 the United States and Canadas. where they are needed to facilitate 

 the sale of these machines. Good agents are wanted in the south- 

 ern and western States and the Canadaa, to whom liberal commis- 

 sions will be allowed. Our Agents, as far as definitely a,<certained, 



Rapalje &. Briggs, Roch Bter. 

 T. C. Peters & Brother, Buffalo 

 Peter R. Sleight. Esq , Poughkeepaie. 

 ¥. F. Packer & Brother, Detroit. 



, Chicago. 



W. D. Bacon, Wankesha, Wisconsin 

 John Melick, Trenton, N. J. 

 These machines may also be had of Horace L. Emery. Albany, 

 and of John Mayher & Co., New York city. 



WHEELER, MELICK, & CO., 

 Hamilton st., comer of Liberty and Union sta., Albany, N.Y. 

 May 1, 1850. 



Grass Seed. 



''1~1HE attention of Farmers is invited to the following assortment 

 X of superior Grass Seeds : 

 2^)0 bush. W'esieni Clover. 

 100 " Large Southern Clover. 

 I.'j " IMiile Dutch Ciover, or Honey suck i-. 

 10 " Lucerne, or Fretich Clover. 

 o'X) " Herds Grass, of superior qualit:/. 

 '20 " Red Top. extra qitality. 

 Fowl Meadow. Orchard Grass. 

 Ilaliart, Rye Grass, 

 Q(^ The above seeds were selected with great care, expressly for 

 retailing, and are warranted superior to any ever before sold in this 

 c ty. For sale at the Genesee Seed Store and Agricultural Ware- 

 house. No. 65 Buffalo street. Rochester, by 



May 1. 1850. ' RAPALJE & BRIGGS. 



TO FARMKKS. 



■ CASH PAID FOR RED ROOT SEED AT MY OIL MILL. 



M. F REYNOLDS, manufacturer of Linseed Oil. White L. ad in 



Oil, Sa^h, Doors, and Blinds. Stained and enamelled Glass; 



AND DKAl.ER IN 



Paints. Oils. Varnish. Glue. Brushes. &c.; French. English, and 



American Plate. Crown, and Sheet Gla.ss. French White Look- 



ing Glass Plates, &c., 17 Buffalo street, Rochester, N. Y. 



The Aloi^an Stallion Giflbitl Morj^n, Jr., 



WILL be four years old May 29, IS.OO; was sired by Gifford 

 Morgan; g. sire. Woodbury .Morgan ; g. g, sire. Justin 

 Morgan. His dam was sired by Sherman Morgan, and he Ny Jus- 

 tin Morgan. The g. dam of Gifford. Jr , was sired by Justin Mor- 

 gan. This combines in Gifford Morgan. Jr., more of the Morgan 

 Itlnod than is possessed by any other statHon in this State. In color, 

 size. form, and action, he closely resembles his sire. 

 He will be kept on my farm, at $10 for each colt. 

 Fairmount, Onon. oo., May 1. 1850. [5-lt*] E. MARKS. 



Iiuportaiit to Farmers. 



AGRICULTURAL BOOK STORE. 



1^ HE Subscriber has opened a Store at No. 71 Chambci*fl st.. 

 •■ Irving House." New York, where he w ill be happy to attend 

 to all orders for AGRICULTURAL or other Works, which will be 

 sold at prices »s low as can be furnished by any other house in the 

 city. 



(Jt;^ Books Bent by mail or Express, carefully packed, to any 

 part of the Union. Address CHARLES B. NORTON, 



Agricultural Book Store, New York. 



VETT, THOMAS AND CO., BDPPALO, 14. Y. 



