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THE GENESEE FARMER. 



STATE FAIRS FOR ISoi. 



niiaoia, at Springfield, Sept. 12 to 15 



Vermont, at Brattleborongh, " 13 to 15 



Ohio, at Xewirk, " 19 to 22 



Michigan, at Detroit " 26 to 29 



Pennsrlvania, " 27 to 29 



IBfflonri at Boonville, Oct. 2 to 6 



Xew Tork, at Kew Tork city, " 3 to 6 



Kew Hampshire, " 3 to 6 



Marrland, at Baltimore, " 3 to 6 



Indiana, at Madison, " 4 to 7 



Wisconsin, at Watertown, " 4 to 7 



Connecticnt, at Xew Haren, " 10 to 13 



Georgia, at Angusta, " 23 to 23 



Iowa, at Fairfield, " 25 



Lower Canatia, at Quebec, _.. Sept, 12 to 15 



Springfield Cattle Sho-r, Ohio, Oct. 25 to 27 



Chaeitt is the affection of good, and faith the affection 

 of truth. 



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Pleascbz, like an over-fed lamp, is extinguished bj the 

 excess of its own aliment. 



Inqutrus ani SLnsbtts. 



As I stand in need of important information in agricultural 

 matters, and as I do not know where else to get it, I have deter- 

 mined "to seek where it can be found." I want to know whether 

 or not there is any method of reclaiming what we call " post oak 

 glade," which is a kind of wet land, of a whitish or ashy color, 

 most of the growth being post Oak, with a few scattering Pines. 

 Such lands are apt to bake after heavy rains ; they never seem 

 meilow and loose like the lands adjoining. Some of these glades 

 hare sand in them, and some do not. I also want to know whether 

 Euch lands will grow grass, either for grazing or for the purpose of 

 making hay ; and if they will, what kinds suit best, and the mode 

 of tr«atmeat. Our common woods grass grows finely on snch 

 laodai, where it is not drowned' out by the water standing on it. I 

 am a novice in Arming, this being my first year ; and as I have no 

 experience of my own I want that of others, so please inform me 

 for what amount you can send me the first eleven volumes of your 

 excellent paper, postage paid. It is a paper that, I think, ought to 

 be read by every farmer. I have several other subjects that I want 

 information on, but will defer it until some future time. A Sxra- 

 BCBIBSB. — Clinton, Texas. 



Wet post oak land is generally better adapted to grass 

 than anv other crop, but nsnaUv needs some artificial pro- 

 vision for the removal of stirface water. ASTiere there is 

 an outfall, ditching is the proper remedy. The excess of 

 water being disposed of, the due amendment of the soil 

 comes next in order. The soil is usually a tenaciotis clay, 

 which, when cultivated, b much inclined to run together, 

 and soon bake into a solid mas?, instead of remaining fria- 

 ble and pulverulent. Lime tends to counteract this evil, 

 and win generally improve the land for the growth of grass 

 and grain. The cost of lime and the natural wants of the 

 soil must regxslate the amount to be applied per acre. In 

 a limestone rejrion, where spring water is calcareous, liming 

 may not be necessary. In such districts, which are not un- 

 common in some parts of Michigan, the kind of land re- 

 ferred to by our Texas correspondent makes excellent 

 meadows ; bnt in the granitic and freestone districts in the 

 Southern Atlantic States, marling or liming is almost indis- 

 pensable to render the land worth cultivation. Wherever 



much water evaporates, it is apt to leave poisonous salts, 

 or acids, or both, behind, to injure the growth of nutritioua 

 grasses, either for pasture or meadow. Drainage washes 

 away most of these ; but very compact clay often retains 

 too much for the good of the soil, and marling will correct 

 the acidity, and render the land more friable, and open it 

 to the meliorating influences of solar light and heat, and 

 atmospheric gases.- 



Experienced stock-growers and planters in Texas will 

 inform our friend what grasses he had best produce. It ia 

 doubtftil whether .i;iy Northern variety wiU succeed so well 

 as some of the indigenous grasses of the South. Any 

 Southern leader will confer a favor on the Geneseb 

 Faemeb by describing in a letter the kinds of grass best 

 adapted to grazing and mowing in the Gulf States. 



We cannot furnish the first eleven volumes of the Farmeb. 



HOP-TIC ULTUEAL. 



I would be glad if you would inform me what would be the most 

 suitable hedge plant for a garden, where it is desirable to take up 

 as little space as possible. I see Privet is called an evergreen in an 

 English work, bnt not in a Rochester nursery catalogue. Are there 

 two kinds? Jows WrLKKS. — Terre Haute, Ind. 



Yon have not stated whether you wish the hedge as an 

 ornamental one for the lines of your garden, or as a thief- 

 proof protection to its fruits. .\s an ornamental hedge, 

 the Privet answers very well, and presents a very pretty 

 appearance when properly trimmed : as a protective hedge 

 against marauders, we know of nothing equal to the Osage 

 Orange. There are two kinds of Privet, one of which re- 

 tarns its foliage nearlv all winter. 



ADVERTISEMENTS, 



To secure insertion in the Fapjiee, must be received as early as the 

 10th of the previous month, and be of such a character as to be 

 of interest to farmers. Teems — Two Dollars for every hundred 

 words, each insertion, paid rs advaxcb. 



SEED WHEAT Am) EYE WANTED. 



THOSE haring superior kinds of tlie above, wiU please address 

 the Eubscriljer with samj.les and prices. R. L. ALLEN, 

 July 1, 18M.— 2t 1S9 and 191 Water st, New Tort 



CUTTEE EIGHTS EOE SALE 



WE will test our Hay, Stalk and Straw Cutter, patented Novem- 

 ber 8th, 18-53, for speed, ease and durabilitv, aaainst any 

 other in the United States. J. JONES k A.^LYLE. 



l^ For further information, address JONES & LYLE, Roch- 

 ester, N. Y. February 1, 1854.— tf 



GEIfESEE VALLEY NTjESEEIES. 

 A. FEOST & CO. ROCKESTEK, N. T., 



OFFER to the public the criming spring one of the largest and 

 5ne>t stocks of Fruit and Ornamental Trees, Shrubs, Roses, 

 fcc, in the country. It in part consists of standard Apple, Pear, 

 Chen-v, Plum, Peach. Apricot, Necta-ine and Quince Trees. Also, 

 Dwarf and Pvramid Pears and ArT'le^. 



SMALL FRUn^. — Native and Foreign Grapes, old and new sorts 

 nf Ciirrants, finest Lanca-shire Goosttierries, Strawberries, Rasp- 

 bo-rif-=, fcc. &c. 



Tlip ORN.VilENTAL DEPART5IENT comprises a great variety 

 of Pftcidunus and Evergreen Trees, Shrubs, Tines and Creeper^ 

 whi'-h includes upward of of 300 varieties of the Rose. 



BEDDING PLANTS. — 150 varieties of Dahlias, a large collectioii ^ 

 nf Verbenas, Petunias. Helictropes, Arc. ic. 



Priced Catalogues of the above will he mailed to all apphcanti 

 enclosing a postage stamp for each Catalocrue wanted, viz : 



Ko. 1. — Descriptive Catalogue of Fruits, Ornamental Trees, 

 Shrubc-. &c. 



Xo. 2. Descriptive Cata'.nzue of Green House and Bedding Plants 



of every description, includin? every thine new which may be ia- j 

 trodnced nr to its season, will be puVIi-hed in March each year.j ' 



Xn. .3. — Wholesale Catalogue, published in September. 



Tebrriary 1, 1S54.— tf 



