1850. 



THE GENESEE FARMER. 



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AcnicuLTURAL ScHOOL IN Wayne Coonty. — We have 

 received a Circular from n Commiitee of the friends of Ag- 

 rionltural Improvement in Wayne County, containing u prop- 

 osition for the estahiishment of an Agncnltiiral School at 

 Clyde. By the following proposition, which ue extract 

 from the Circular, it uill be seen that our old friend Joseph 

 Watson, is now, as ever, at the head of every good move- 

 ment : 



' ' Mr. Watson proposes to give a farm of about fifty acres, 

 to any association which shall erect upon it suitable build- 

 ings and fixtures of the value of $50UU, with proper arrange- 

 ments for the future support of the school. The condition 

 of this proposition is, that the Association shall pay to him 

 or to his assigns, during the natural lives of himself and 

 wife, the sum of $300 annually ; and after the death of 

 either, the sum of $150 ; and upon the death of both, the 

 premises to become the property of the association. 



The farm is situated within the bounds of tlie corporation 

 of the villiige of Clyde. It last year yielded produce of the 

 value of $900, and received the highest premium of the 

 Wayne Co. Agricultural Society. 'I'he committee deem it 

 worth $100 per acre. 



It is proposed to raise the sum of $5000, in shares of $100 

 each ; and that each share shall entitle its holder to one vote 

 in the election of officers, and the management of the mon- 

 etary affairs of the Institution ; to the tuiiion of one pupil in 

 perpetuity in the Institution ; and to an equitable share of 

 llie prolils. 



It is proposed that the course of instruction shall embrace 

 all the branches of eduration usually pursued in academies 

 and higher seminaries of learning, with Bfaciical and t?cien- 

 tific Agriculture, and Domestic Economy as the Jeading fea- 

 tures of the Institution. 



Subscriptions to be paid to a Treasurer chosen by Trust- 

 ees, V ho are to be elected by the share-holders, and to be 

 paid at such times and in such portions, (not exceeding 25 

 per cent, at one lime.) as shall be recjuired by the Trustees 

 after perfecting the organization." 



We regret very much that, for some unaccountable rea- 

 son, lite Circular did not come into our hands until after the 

 October number was issued, though it is dated previous to 

 that lime, and now,, we fear, from our knowledge of the pub- 

 lic spirit of tlie people of Wayne County, that ail the shares 

 are taken up. The enterprise we hope is so fir advanced as 

 to secure the establishment of the School, as proposed by its 

 friends. But, as we consider the stock better than bank or 

 railroad stock, we hope we have friends in Wayne who will 

 intercede for us, and secure the editors of the Genesee Far- 

 mer at lest one share. The Treasurer may dr^vv on ua for 

 the funds when needed. If there are other shares to spare, 

 we hope our friends S treeter or Watson will inform us of 

 the fact immediately. 



We invite the attention of young men to the advertisement 

 of Prof. Norton, of Yale College. We know of no more 

 honorable or more usefulstudy, in which a young man could 

 engage, than Agricultural Chemistry. 



The Saratoga County Fair, which was held on the 

 16th and 17lh of the present month, was one of deep interest 

 to the agriculturist. The exhibition of slock of all descriji- 

 tions was far more numerous than, and superior to, that of 

 any preceeding year, the number of single horses entered 

 being upwards of fifty. The Floral Department was in com- 

 parison witii the last State Fair — a decidedly exemplary one. 

 The Vegetable Hall w^as at least 20 per cent, in her advance. 

 The funds received during the show amounted to nearly 

 $600. The premiums were somewhat controlled by Idssess 

 and favors which tend greatly to annoy her prosperity. S. 



H. SWETLAND. 



The greatest difficulty we apprehend is, that the regu- 

 larly ajipointcd committees, for some reason or other, fail 

 to attend to their duties, and others have to be appointed in 

 their places, on the spur of the moment, from those that hap- 

 pen to be on the.ground. It cannot be expected that proper 

 persons will in all cases be appointed in this way. At the 

 Monroe County Fair, on the first day; we should judge two- 

 thirds of the committees never appeared on the ground. 



The editors of the Genesee Farmer want to purchase ten or 

 fifteen acres of land, near the city of Rochester, /cr experi- 

 mantal pm-poses. Persons having such for sale, will notify us. 



The Effects of Whitewash in Prkserving Pi.ums 

 FROM CuRcuLio. — Several correspondents of the Horticultu- 

 rist are recommending lime as the best means of saving 

 Plums and Apricots from the Curculio. C. L. Youno, of 

 Bricksville, Cuy. Co., Ohio, gives us his experience in tlie 

 following note : 



** One thing I would wish to observe in regard to the in- 

 sect that destroys our plums. When the article in the Far- 

 mer appeared, recommending dusting the trees with lime 

 when they were wet, so as to form a whitewash on the 

 plum, I had quite a large number of the brats in a large j-lass 

 jar, trying experiments with them. I immediately gave a 

 few plums a good coat of whitewash and put them in the 

 jar with those not coated, and I could see no ditlerence, as 

 they stung all ahke, indiscriminately. So my faith burst 

 and left me musing on the morinl meniy." 



American Musical Review. — This monthly periodical, 

 devoted to the advancement of the art of music, is edited by 

 Mr. Woodbury, and published by HuNTI^GTON &. Savage, 

 New York. It is replete with valuable musical composi- 

 tions both sacred and secular, and should be patronized by 

 every friend of this divine art. Price only 50 cents a year. 



Spirits of Turpentine a Cure for Poison. — If any 

 person should be stung by a bee or other insect, rub some 

 spirits of turpentine on the place, and the pain will he near- 

 ly ceased in one minute. It is said the pain arising from the 

 bite of a copperhead snake may be arrested in a few minutes, 

 by the continued application of this article, and from my own 

 knowledge of its etTects in other coses, I have not the least 

 doubt of it. The effect of all poisons is to contract the blood 

 vessels and prevent a free circulation ; the natural conse- 

 quence is pain and inflammation immediately. Spirits of tur- 

 pentine by their penetrating and expanding qualities, soon 

 overcome the difficulty. 



We give the above, which has been going the rounds of 

 the papers, for what it is worth. Those who have been 

 stung can try it, and then, perhaps, they will be bitten as 

 well as stung. 



The Good Old Plow. — A few evenings since we accep- 

 ted an invitation from the Hutchinsons, and attended one 

 of their Concerts. We were so well pleased with one of the 

 songs, that we solicited a copy of the words. It contfiins 

 truthful sentiment beautifully expressed, and it was enough 

 to make any one in love with the " Good old Plow," to 

 hear it sung by the farmer's boys of the "Old Granite 

 State." 



Let them sing who may of the battle fray. 



And the deeds that have long "since passed ; 

 Let them chant in praise of the tar whose days. 



Are spent on the ocean vast. 

 I would render to these all the worship you please, 



I would honor them even now ; 

 But I'd give fur more from my heart's full store 



To the cause of the Good Old Plow. 



Let them laud the notes that in music float, 



Through the bright and glittering hnlls ; 

 While the amorous twirl of the hair's bright curl, 



Round the shoulder of beauty falls ; 

 But dearer to me is the song from the tree, 



And the rich and blossoming bough, 

 O, these are the sweets which the rustic greets 



As he follovvfi the Good Old Plow. 



Full many there be that we daily see. 



With a selfish and hollow pride. 

 Who the plowman's lot. in his humble cot, 



With a scornful look deride ; 

 But I'd rather take, aye a hearty shake, 



From his hand than to wealth I'd bow ; 

 For the honest grasp (if his hand's rough clasp, 



Has stood by the Good Old Plow. 



All honor- be then to these gray old men, 



When at last they are bowed with toil, 

 Their w^arfare then o'er, they battle no more, 



For they've conquered the stubborn soil ; 

 And the chaplet each wears, is his silver hairs, 



And ne'er shall the \iclor's brow, 

 With a laurel crown to the grave go down 



Like the sons of the Good Old Plow. 



