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THE GENESEE FAEMEE. 



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The Grnksee Farmer to its Readers and 

 Patrons. — At the close of the Fourteenth Volume, 

 second series, of this standard work, it is pleasant 

 to know that it has outlived a whole generation 

 of men since the first Genesee Farmer was pub- 

 lished in the flourishing village of Rochester. — 

 With increasing years, and the unparalled growth 

 of Western New York, it has gained wisdom, 

 strength, and every advantage to serve the great 

 Farming Interest, disconnected from all private 

 speculations, and with no other purpose than to 

 benefit its Readers and Patrons by every means 

 within the reach and scope of honorable journal- 

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We hope and trust that every subscriber to the 

 present volume will promptly send in his name 

 and the trifle asked for the Fifteenth Volume, 

 second series, the first number of which will be 

 ready for mailing by the time this meets the eye 

 of most of our friends. Grateful to you all for 

 past favors, we ask you to bear in mind the fact, 

 that this Journal was started at the low price of 

 ffty cents a year, when there was not another 

 cheap paper of the kind in the civilized world. 

 A popular taste for Agricultural and Horticul- 

 tural reading had to be created in this country ; 

 nor is that difficult and useful task yet fully, 

 accomplished. Much, however, has already been 

 done ; and while life lasts, we shall work on, and 

 work ever, to learn and teach the true principles 

 of, Rural Economy. K"ow is the tim-e for every 

 friend of agriculture to aid the glorious cause by 

 extending the circulation of the Genesee Farmer. 

 It relies for support entirely on the voluntary 

 assistance of its Readers and Patrons. Properly 

 studied, every number we issue is worth to the 

 subscriber the price paid for a volume. The 

 Average compensation we receive is less than 

 three cents a number; and we are contented 

 with oil enough to keep the wheels in motion, 

 believing that it is better for the human brain, 

 and human muscles, to <vear out than to rust out. 

 If circumstances prevent the accomplishment of all 

 the good which we may desire to eff'ectuate, that 

 is no reason why we should not do so much good 

 as our means and circumstances permit. 



Friends, you can, if you will, render the Rural 

 Industry of your country an essential service, by 

 procuring more readers of, and subscribers to, 

 this standard Journal of American Agriculture. 



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It is truly a national work, and one that deals 

 only in facts and principles. It contains more 

 reliable Statistics relating to Stock-growing, Sheep 

 and Dairy Husbandry, Crops, and the Art and 

 Science of Tillage, than can be found in any 

 other paper published in the United States or 

 Europe. Our object is to render the critical study 

 of Agricultural Statistics popular with the Ameri- 

 can people. Vague generalities are devoid of in- 

 struction. If our present State and National Sta- 

 tistics are defective, as we know them to be, pub- 

 lic opinion on the subject must be enlightened 

 before a reform can be urged with success. The 

 People must be moved before any substantial 

 progress can be made. Friends of true progress, 

 help us to move the People, that our Agriculture, 

 instead of wearing out the soil, and consuming 

 both the timber and fertility of the country, may 

 enrich every arable acre in the Republic, and so 

 improve its Farms and Farmers, its Gai'dens and 

 Gardeners, its Fruits, Cereals, and Domestic Ani- 

 mals, that our noble profession may become as 

 independent, cultivated, learned, and prosperous, 

 as it is useful to mankind. 



Brother Farmers, let us magnify our calling, by 

 cordially uniting our best efforts for its elevation. 

 It pre-eminently deserves more care, more study, 

 and more mutual instruction, among the owners 

 and cultivators of the soil. Every thing depends 

 on your action in the premises, whether Agricul- 

 ture goes up, or goes down, for the next twenty 

 years. Rest assured, it can not rise without an 

 earnest effort in its behalf Prices are now most 

 encouraging for every thing you sell ; while the 

 paper-maker, the printer, and the editor, pay 

 more for their grain or flour — their meat, and 

 other provisions — their vegetables, fruits, fire- 

 wood, rents, and other family expenses — than 

 ever before. Think of those things, and do not 

 forget your old friend — The Genesee Farmer foe 



1854. 



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Death of John Delafield. — It is our painful 

 duty to record the death of the President of the 

 New York State Agricultural College, the Hon. 

 JouN Dei.akield, at his residence near Geneva on 

 the 22d ultimo. 



He was born in New York, 1786, and graduat- 

 ed at Columbia College. On leaving college ho 

 was, for a time, engaged as clerk in the counting- 

 house of a firm lai'gloy connected with the East 



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