THE GENESEE FARMER. 



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Transactions op the Wisconstn State AoBicrLTU- 

 BAL Society.— A. C. Inoiiam, Esq., Secretary of the "Wis- 

 consin State Agricultural Society, has our thanlis for the 

 second volume of th Transactions of said Sociaty, -nhich 

 contains much valuable information on rural affairs. Mr. 

 Latham's paper on the Fauna and Flora of Wisconsin 

 renders the volume unusually attractive to naturalists and 

 all well-informed readers; while its strictly agricultural 

 and horticultui-iil mattf^r will compare favorably with that 

 of other State Agricultural Societies. On page 1.35, the 

 annlysi.s of a soil in Sheboygan county is niaye to' misinform 

 and misle id the unscientific reader, by a misprint. The' 

 word "alumina" is placed where those of "silicious sand*' 

 ought to be, and the latter stand in the place of "alu- 

 mina," by transposition. As the" figures and words now 

 stand, the soil in question is rciiresented as containing 70 

 per cent.^of alumina, and only 1-3 per cent, of silicious sar.d. 

 There are other errors whicli might be pointed out, hut 

 they arc of less consecjuence. 



Wj; SS3 by the Court Records, that the two covuiterfeiters, 

 Wiirr?:, of IJutfalo, and Lawrenx'k, of Epping, X. 11., 

 have been pl.ii-od undsr ten thousand dollar bonds eacli, 

 for making- and selling imitations of Ayee's Cherry Pec- 

 toral. This is right. If the law should protect men from 

 imposition at all, it should certainly protect them from 

 being imposed upon by a worthless counterfeit of such a 

 medicine as Ayei'.'s Cherry Pectoral. We can only com- 

 plain that the punishment is not half enough. The villain 

 ^vl.o w ould for paltry gain deliberately triHe with the health 

 of his fellow men, by taking fi'oni their lips the cup of 

 hope when they are sinking, and substituting a falsehood 

 — :in utter delusion — should be punished at least as severely 

 as he wiio counterfeits the coin of tiie country. — Greta Co- 

 Banner, CarrolloH, III. 



Vv'oOL-auoviTNG IN AfSxaALiA. — ifany have thought 

 that the discovery of gold in great abundance in ^iLustralia 

 would lead to the abandonment of woolrgrowing oa that 

 continent. Such, however, aj)pears not to be the case ; for 

 the official returns to Parliamsnt.fi^r IS53 show that Aus- 

 itralia sent to Great Britain la?t year over fifty million 

 pouuds uf wool. We have many statistics bearing on this 

 subject, procured at considerable expense, that will be given 

 hereafter. The whole auiouut of wool grown in the United 

 States iu l^oO was but .52,.518,1 t-O pounds — equal only to 

 the export of Australia iu a single year ! This new British 

 continent is the greatest marvel of the age. 



Godky's Lady's Book. — It is enough to say of this well- 

 known periodical that it has reached its forty-eightli volume 

 and lias .steadily iiicreased in interest with its increase of 

 years. Published mont'.ily by Louis A. Godey, Philadel- 

 phia, at ;>:> a year. Two copies at §5 ; six copies at j^lO. 



TuE Xew Yokk Jouunai,. — This is a monthly illus- 

 trated literary periodical, which we have not read ; but 

 ju'lgiug from its appearance, it is cheap at 12^ cents a 

 number. P. D. Ouvis, 75 Nassau street, New York, pub- 

 lisher. 



Br.ACRWOOD's Magazixe. — Nothing that we can say 

 will a<ld to the reputation of this moi.thly magazine, which 

 has been published in Edinburgli until it has reached the 

 four hundred and sixtiefh itiimher ; and it was never bet- 

 ter than at present. The reprint by Lf.onakd Scott & 

 Co., New York, is sold by D. M. Dkavey, liochester, at 25 

 cents a number, or ?3 per annum. 



iLi.rsTRATET) Magazine of Aut. — Of all illustrated 

 magazines piddished in the United St-ites, there is no one 

 that will compare with that issued by Alexavdeh JIckt- 

 GOJiERT, 17 Spruce street. New York, at 25 ceiits a num- 

 ber and $3 a year. If it were net mainly a reprint of 

 European engravings arid letter presi, the work would cost 

 five times the price at which it is sold. 



luquirits aul) .Hiv^fcjrs. 



GUA.SO AXi) Gvi-suji.— In ^ol. XUI., y-.i^'^ 322, of the Okxksee 

 Fa!«>ikr, on thi? aiiplication of gumo to w.ieat, tLou siycst "His 

 best not to mix gypsum with jrurino, as it, when we.t, lilciatcs the 

 aninioiila." What is best as a ili\ isor of guano, t<i ba !ii)plied iu a 

 hill of com ? lUitwAY. 



la using guano, very few add any. thing whatever to the 

 manure, except a little water to moisten and solten th.e 

 lumps, that they may be easier cnujhed and made fine. 

 The remark that " gypsniii liberates ammonia froui guano 

 when moist," was made by an assistant in the office (Mr. 

 Haruis), and we fear it is not sustained by any sufficient 

 chemical authority. If the sulphate of lime is not decom- 

 posed at -dfl (as some, h.elisve), then it can have no eifect 

 whatever on the ammonia in the guano; but if the sul- 

 phuric acid leaves its base (lime), ammonia is doubtless the 

 only available alkali with t\ hich it can tmite, and with 

 wh.ich it forms as involatile salt. We should as soon ex- 

 pect a solution of common salt or of copperas to liberate 

 ammonia from mar.ure as a solution of gypsum to have 

 that effect. Caustic lime will liberate ammonia from gi>od 

 guano ; and a mixture of pure potash and gypsum might 

 do the same, for the potash taking the oil of vitriol from 

 the lime, the latter might decompose a salt of ammonia, 

 and set its volatile base free. 



jrA.NCKixc. KOK C'OKX. — I li.i\ fc a mcauow sward tliid I design 

 bif:ikiiis aii'l su~bsoilhi;^, and ihcssing with a coat of maiiiue, for 

 tho pui-iiosc of raising corn the coming summer. Would you ud- 

 viso the mrinuTp to bo applied and tttrned under at thf firfrt plowing, 

 or to be .<!pv("a.(.l over and harrovrod in a .short time before pfcinting ? 

 The composition of the soil is a comiiound of SiUid, lixira aud clay. 

 1». I,. G. — 'f'nijjicsbiirjh, Ohio. 



It is not improbable thr.t manure hari-owed in, as de- 

 scribed, would enri<di th.o surface soil more, and yield 

 a better crop the first year, than if turned under at the first 

 [)lowing ; but taking the improv«nlent of the laud into the 

 account, and the crops for three or four yeai-s, the latter 

 practice will ])ay best, in our judgment. If we mistake 

 not, farmers fail most in neglecting to deepen the fertility 

 of their fields from year to year, by a little deeper tillage 

 and manuring. Give corn a (Jeep and pervious soil of 

 moderate richness, and its numerous roots will descend 

 several feet into the ground, and protect the plant from 

 seriouS' injury in very dry weather. 



