1851. 



THE GENESEE FARMER. 



77 



Oltor's ^ablc. 



Pknxstlvania State Agricultural Society. — A State Agricul- 

 tural Society has beeu recently established in Pennsylvania. We 

 believe the farmers of Pennsylvania are waking up to their true 

 interests, and we anticipate much pleasure in meeting the intel- 

 ligeut yeomanry of Pennsylvania at the first Annual Fair. 



Sale of TuoROunHBRED Short Horn Stock. — Mr. Vail of Troy, 

 so well known as an importer and br<eder of fine cattle, intends 

 to sell at public auction a part of his fine herd of Short Horns, 

 on the 20t,h of June next. We shall publish Mr. V.'s advertise- 

 ment with particulars in the next number. 



Wk have received, and shall give in our next, the list of premi- 

 ums for the next State Fair, to be held at Rochester, September 

 16, 17, IS and 19th of the present year. 



j\NSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS. 



Mfssrs. Editors : — For one. T have determined, during our long 

 ■winter evenings to pursue such a course of reading as shall enable 

 mc V) practice our noble art understandingly. 



ft". , object in addressing you. is to enquire what books I .shall 

 procu. e to obtain a good knowledge of Scientific Agriculture, 

 without the aid of a teacher. If you should publish in the Farm- 

 er a list of such books as would comprise a proper course of agri- 

 cultural studies, I presume you would conf. r a favor on many 

 others of your readers as well as me. P. C. Rey.nolds. — Manches- 

 ter, N. Y. February, 1S51. 



A knowledge of (Chemistry and Geology is of great service to 

 the cultiv.ators of thesoil. This can be obtained by any young 

 man from the books used in the schools without the aid of a 

 teacher. Silliman's School Chemi-stry is perhaps the best on this 

 subject. Sufficient knowledge may be gained by study and care 

 in a .short time. On Chemistry, as applied to Agriculture, we 

 would recommend Jo/i«s(on's Co(pcAiVhi of Agricultural Chemis- 

 try and Geology, and Norton's Elements of Scientific Agriculture. 

 These are small books, costing together but 7,5 cents, and con- 

 taining less than 300 pages. As soon as these are mastered, the 

 young man will have more knowledge of the philosophy of Agri- 

 culture, than nine out of ten of the farmers in the world, and be 

 prepared 10 understand Johnston's JlgncuUural Chemistry, and 

 Soussirigaulfs Rural Economy. These two works will cost $1,25 

 each, and will furnish matter for profitable study during a leisure 

 moment for many years, and will be worth more than their cost 

 as books of reference, till the eyes of our young friend grow dim 

 with age. 



J. T..Pomfref. — We should thiak Emery ^s Corn Planter, would 

 answer your pxirpose well. It can be procured at Albany. Roch- 

 ester, or at any place where a general assortment of agricultural 

 tools are kept. Price $1-5. 



J P J., n'infeld. Her. Co.. N. K.— The State Tran.sactions are 

 distributed by the State to the County Agricultural Societies, and 

 by them dist ibuted, as premiums, &c. Perhaps the County So- 

 cieties do not in all cases make good use of these volume.s. but 

 the larmers are themselves responsible. Every farmer is respoa- 

 siblefor the character and effic eucy of his county Society. The 

 Transactions are sold at about $1.25. which is not half the trade 

 price of such ii book, and can be had in Albany or Roche ter. 



R. W. L.. Els;in. N. F.— Buckthorn plants are sold at the nur- 

 series at from $S to $10 per 1000. 



N. E., EaH Liberty, Ind.—fiu\)-M\l Plows cost full rigged. $15. 



FriiU ScloiLS for 1851. 



THE subscriber will furni.sh Scions of the justly celebr.ated Fruit 

 of Western New York, of the different varieties mentioned 

 below. 



To Officers and Sokliers of tUe Kevolution, tlieir 

 Widows and Heirs. 



FOUND, about the 1st of January. 1851. a large quantity of the 

 old original records of the services of several thousand Offi- 

 cers, (in the Coinmiss.-iry and Quarter-.Ma.ster's Dejiartment.) 

 Surgeons, Jirtificers, JVagnn Conductors. Wagoners, Teamsters, 

 Carpenters, Blacksmiths, Boat Builders, Faliguemcn, <J-c., <J-c., in 

 the war of the Revolution. These records hive been preserved 

 by descendants of Officers, and are admitted as authentic in estab- 

 lishing claims against the Government. Officers, soldiers, their 

 widows, or heirs, who have omitted to assert their claims, or failed 

 to obtain their just due", when application has been made, for 

 want of evidence or assistance in prosecuting their claims, are in- 

 formed that the subscriber having bejn engaged for nearly ten 

 years past in prosecuting claims for Pensions, Bounty Lauds. &c;, 

 collecting documents and statistics relating to the Revolu ion. he 

 is prepared to aid, promptly and vigorously, all persons who re- 

 quire the assi tance of an acent or attorney in prosecuting claims 

 before Congress, or any of the departments at Wa.shington. 



Persons, or the widows of such as served in the capacity of either 

 class above named, who hate been pensiomd, will find it to their 

 interest to send a statement of facts to the subscriber, as but few 

 of those reci'ived what was justly tlieir due. 



Letters of inquiry or application should be addressed to the 

 subscriber, post-paid, at Washington City, D. C. 



February, 1851. WILLIS G. WADE. 



Northern Spy, 



Norton's Melon, 



Knrly Joe, 



Baldwin, 



RJbston Pippin, 



Red Canada. 



Graveiistein, 



Red Astrachan, 



Lowe/, 



Dyer, 



Porter, 



F&mense, 



Yellow Belljlower, 



Wageiier, 



Sicaar, 



We-it field Seek-no-further, 



Rambo, 



Esopus Spitzetiberg, 



Ro.vbnry Rtissett, 



Autumn Strawberry. 



Green Sweeting, 



Munson tweeting, 



Talman Sweeting, 



Summer Rose, 



Early Harvest, 



Hawley or Douse, 



St. Lawrence. 



I will pack and send, at One Dollar per hundred, either by mail 

 or express. 



I refer to Mr. Vick, of the Gen. Farmer. All orders must come 

 post paid. 



Vir galie.u. Osband's Summer, Onondaga or Swan.s Orange, pear 

 Scions, at Three shillings per dozen. 



{J(?- In all cases where it is possible, I will send specimens of the 

 Northern Spy apple. JAMES H. WATTS. 



Rocheste, Feb , 1S51. ^^^^^^_^ 



For Sale. 



A FARM in the easterly part of Walworth County, Wisconsin, 

 on the Plank Road leading from Racine to Jamesville. Said 

 Farm is well located in a healthy, pleasant and thriving part of 

 the State, and is well calculated for a 1 irge farm, or it can be con- 

 veniently divided into three or more small ones, and each suppli- 

 ed with wood and water. The general surface has an inclination 

 south and east. 



In the centre, where the buildings are now located, there are 

 four or five hundred Fruit Trees of the various kinds. Some have 

 commenced bearing, so that the occupant now enjoys a comfort- 

 able supply of delicious fruit. — There is about two hundred acres 

 under the plow. In fact, so far as good roads to important places, 

 mills, school houses, nurseries, &c., are concerned, this place is as 

 well located as one could desire. 



But as no one will purchase upon the strength of this notice 

 without first viewing the place, it will only be necessary for one 

 to call and satisfy himself, when a trade can be made on accom- 

 modating terms. Any information can be obtained in reference 

 to the same by addressing A. G. COLE, at Burlington, Racine 

 County. Wisconsin. February. 1851. 



DENTAL. NOTICE. 



AS it has been currently reported that I have left the bu.sincss 

 and the office has passed into other hands, I would beg 

 leave to state to my friends and the public, that I am yet to be 

 found at my office in the Emporium Block during week days from 

 'I}4 A. M. to SK P. M., in every way prepared to insert the latest 

 improved Mineral Teeth on California Gold, in a style of finish 

 not to be surpassed in the State, and to fill decayed natural teeth 

 so as to preserve them during life. All of which work is war- 

 ranted not to fail. 



Morgan's Premium toil, Gold and Tin, at all times on hand for 

 sale. 



Q(J=- Office. No. 6, second floor. Emporium Block, corner North 

 St. Paul street, Rochester, N. Y. 



March, 1851. ANSEL A. MORGAN. 



nionroe Nursery. 



THE .subscriber deems it almost superfluous to publish an ad- 

 vertisement at this time, from the fact that his Nursery is 

 so universally known ; yet he would beg leave to say to his friends 

 and the public, that his experience as a Nurseryman of eight 

 years is certainly some guaranty that the articles purchased of 

 him would be correct and adapted to modern cultivation. Of 

 the different fruits, he only cultivates a few varieties, such as has 

 been proved and acknowledged to be the best. 



He has a good stock of Apple, Pear, Peach, Apricot, Grape, 

 Shrubs, Tuberous. Bulbous and green-house plants at reduced 

 prices. Dahlias also ot latest varieties. 



Greece, March 1. 1851. [3-3t.J CHAS POWIS. 



THE GENESEE FARMER, 



VOLUME XII, FOR 1851. 



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{ftj" Post-Mastk.rs, Aof.nts, and all friends of improvement, are 

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DANIEIi t.EE, 



December, 1850. Rochester. New York 



