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THE GENESEE FARMER. 



ly fail to be followed by others who, having' ample means, 

 shall wish to identify their names, in all coming time, with 

 the wise cultivation and projjress of Kiiral Knowledge.— 

 Not one j)rofeScorsiiip only, but six or eiglit ought to be es- 

 tablished in a single University, so as to divide the labor of 

 teaching all those natural sciences most intimately con- 

 nected with the important arts of tillage and husbandry. 

 These sciences are in feeble infancy, and greatly need, as 

 tliey pre-eminently deserve, the fostering' aid of private 

 munificence and public countenance. 



Whether the writer shall give lectures on Agriculture in 

 the University of Georgia or not, he will not be se[)arated 

 from his old friends, the readers of the Genesee Faemer. 

 We owe them a debt of gratitude which will only be can- 

 oelled when life's labor is past. 



Veterinauy Knowledge. — There is at this time full 

 seven hundred million dollars invested in domestic animals 

 in the United States; and a knowledge of their diseases — 

 their cure and prevention — is a matter of great impor- 

 tance. Veterinary science is universally neglected in this 

 country, and likely so to be, until some sweeping pesti- 

 lence shall attack our live stock and carry off large num- 

 bers. There are, however, a few sagacious stock-growers 

 who begin to appreciate the wisdom of encouraging the 

 careful study of this profession ; and such will read with 

 pleasure the several articles in tliis number of the Farmer 

 on " Bloody Murrain," "Red Water," "Foot-rot in Sheep," 

 and "Rumination," which have been compiled from the lat- 

 est and best authorities. The principles of the Healing Art 

 are the same in all warm-blooded animals, whether man 

 or brute ; and we shall take pains to develop them in the 

 plainest possible manner for the instruction of all who 

 take an interest in the laws of health in living beings. — 

 No one is so high or so strong as to stand above these nat- 

 ural laws; and we respectfully commend their study and 

 observance to every reader. 



County Agricultural Fairs. — Every farmer should 

 feel an interest in some local association for the improve- 

 ment of agriculture. If, unfortunately, there is no one 

 near his residence, no time should be lost before the or- 

 ganization of such a Society. In perhaps a majority of 

 counties in the Northern States, such institutions already 

 exist ; and we commend them to the care and patronage 

 of every friend to his country. Farmers are too apt to 

 isolate themselves from their brother tillers of the soil. 

 Cultivate more social intercourse, that all may learn more, 

 and in turn teach their neighbors and the public more 



than they now do. 



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Value of Kentucky Farming Land. — The Paris 

 Flag says that John Hannah sold his farm, near MiUers- 

 burg, Bourbon county, Ky., a few days since, to Thomas 

 T. ViMONT, for one hundred dollars per acre. The price 

 of land in Bourbon. Fayette, and other counties in that 

 region of Kentucky, is rather on the advance than on the 

 decline. First rate land in either of those counties, it is 

 stated, will never be worth less than one hundred dollars 

 per acre. 



An Experimental anu Model Farm. — It gives us 

 unaffected pleasure to learn from the S'oiithern Farmer 

 (a weekly and valuable journal published at Petersburg, 

 Va., at $1 a year), that $.5000 have been subscribed, with 

 a promi.^e of much more, to establish an Experimental 

 and Model Farm. A Union Agricultural Society, whose 

 membei'S reside partly in Virginia and partly in North Car- 

 olina, of which James C. Bruce. Esq., Halifax, is Pres- 

 ident, has taken hold of this enterprise with a commenda- 

 ble spirit. Mr. B. has given $1500, and several $500 each. 

 The Southern Fanner says: 



"As soon as fifteen thousand dollars is subscribed, every 

 man is bound for the sum affixed to his name. If, howev- 

 er, tliat airoui'.t should not be secured by the 1st of De- 

 cember, the obii^-ation is to be no longer binciing. When 

 a farm is purchased, it is to be ]ilaoed under the control 

 of the Union Society. We cordially commend the scheme 

 to the consideration and patronage of the agricultural 

 commimity in I oth States." 



And so does the editor of the Genesee Farmer. Let 

 the intelligent cultivators of the "Old Dominion," and of 

 the " Old North State," enjoy the high honor of establish- 

 ing the first Experimental Farm in the United States. The 

 achievement will redound to their enduring honor in the 

 history of the Progress of Agriculture in this Republic. 



The Annual Fair — Governor Wright, of Indiana, 

 has been invited to deliver the annual address before the 

 New York State Agricultural Fair in October next. The 

 American Institute having omitted their annual exhibition, 

 to unite with the State Society, the result of their joint 

 efforts can hardly fail to be interesting and attractive. — 

 Hamilton Square, which comprises eighteen acres of 

 ground, has been tendered by the Corporation for the use 

 of the Society, and will be enclosed and arranged in an 

 appropriate manner for the exhibition of stock, goods, &e. 

 The amount of premiums embraced in the list exceeds 

 $8,000. Tlie fixtures at the show grounds are to be in 

 readiness by the 25th of September, and the exhibition 

 will open on the 3d of October, and continue four days. — 

 Admission 25 cents. 



Drouth and Crops in Knox Co., Ia. — An esteemed 

 correspondent in West Union, Indiana, writes as follows: 



" We have had in this section the warmest and dryest 

 season I ever saw. The spring was rather wet, with the 

 Wabash out of its banks oftei'.er and much longer than 

 usual. About the middle of May it set in dry, and we 

 liave not had the ground thorouglily wet since, — indeed, 

 but very few showers. Wheat was considerably injured 

 l>y the fly last fall, and is in general light; oats, good stalk, 

 but light and chaffy; but corn and potatoes are nearly an 

 entire failure. Some of our old farmers here say the prai- 

 rie will not aver.tge ten bushels of corn to the acre, even 

 if W6 should have rain from this time forward. This 

 prairie (Shaker Prairie) is celebrated as a fine corn coun- 

 try, and that justly too; but this season our staple is a fail- 

 ure. ' Very Respectfully, Yours, &c., 



"D. II. Morgan." 



Valuable Real Estate for Sale. — The reader's at- 

 tention is called to the advertisement of E. H. Smith, Esq., 

 in this number of the Farmer, in which valuable rtal es- 

 tate in Dinwiddie county, Va., is offered for sale. 



