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THE GENESEE FARMER. 



"Wk are indebted to Messrs. Fowlers & Wells for the 

 serial numbers of a work entitled Fruits a7td Fatinacea 

 the Proper Food of Man. Without endorsing the posi- 

 tions of the author, we can unhesitatingly recommend to 

 all to purchase the above; for the information respecting 

 the uses of the different articles of diet will repay a care- 

 ful and repeated perusal. Animal food, as population in- 

 'fcreascs and land appreciates in ralue, is gradually becom- 

 ing dear and dearer in price ; and if good substitutes 

 for the same can be found, the purse of every one who has 

 a family to provide for will thank the author for his well- 

 intentioned effort. 



Wk have received from Messrs. Burgess & Co., N. Y., 

 a copy of Tower's First Lessons in Langnage. From a 

 brief cursory examination of the work, we are much 

 pleased with its illustrations of the formation of sentences 

 and the mutual dependence in a sentence. A brief extract 

 from the preface is very much in accordance with our own 

 opinion: 



" The child who says that 'William is gooder than John,' 

 has learned the regular formation of the comparative de- 

 gree, and is ignorant only of the exception. When he 

 says, 'mans' for ' men,' and 'runned'for 'ran,' he shows 

 that he recognizes the regular formation of the plural of 

 nouns, as well as that of the past tense of verbs. He has 

 already begun to make a grammar of the language, and 

 merely wants encouragement and guidance to accomplish 

 his task." 



The Stranger in the Stnagogue, by S. Tuska, 

 published by E. Darrow & Brother, is an interesting 

 compend of the peculiar rites and ceremonies pertaining to 

 the Jewish Church. From a personal acquaintance with 

 the author, we know the work above noticed may be re- 

 lied on as accurate and authentic. 



Kenton's English Grammar, published as above, has 

 been submitted to our inspection. From a very brief ex- 

 amination, we judge that the design, as explained in the 

 preface, to make thorough scholars, has been faithfully 

 carried out by full and copious examples of the phraseol- 

 ogy and structure of the language. We heartily agree 

 with the author that " it is a misnomer to speak of En- 

 glish Grammar simplified." " True, one mode of presen- 

 tation may be more natural, and hence more simple tlian 

 another;" but whoever would acquire a mastery of our 

 noble tongue, must not expect to find any royal road to its 



acquisition. 



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(A. H. A., New Bethlehem.) We have no multicole 

 rye, and doubt whether any is grown in this vicinity. 



Our old friend and legislative associate, the Hon. N. 

 CoE, who has been three years in Oregon, wishes to " ob- 

 tain a machine for pulling out stumps." If the stumps in 

 Oregon have roots to match the size and length of the 

 trunks of trees, according to some accounts of the latter 

 that we have seen, it will require a powerful machine to 

 extract them. The best in use in this country can be made 

 there cheaper than to transport them. We will send 

 drawings and a description of the same. 



Dr. Plessmer, Saganaw City, JMich., wishes to learn 

 what kind of Willow is best for a hedge on " a rather wet 

 clay soil." Will some one who is acquainted with the 

 subject be kind enough to give Dr. P. and others the infor- 

 mation sought ? He says that cattle eat the kinds growing 

 spontaneously there. If not well fed, they will doubtless 

 browse off every variety of this plant. 



Sorrel. — As all subjects rclatinng to agriculture arq freely dis- 

 cussed in the Gexesee Farmer by yourself and others, I feel the 

 more free to make some inquiries upon a subject that deeply inter- 

 csta others as well as myself, viz. : The cause, and also the cure, for 

 the appearance of sorrel on our tilled lands. My soil is a gravelly 

 loam, with a gravelly subsoil ; and for the last two or three years I 

 have had to keep up a constant warfare with the plow — and what 

 is T.orse, the fact ia constantly staring me in the face that I am like 

 to be worsted in the contest. Can some other agent be called to 

 my aid, such as lime, cliarcoal, or some other substance to exter- 

 minate it ? Lime can bo got at 20 cents a bushel, by drawing four 

 miles. If that is good, how much should be applied to the acre ? 

 and would it be best as a top dressing or plowed in ? If either ot 

 these agents would prove a sovereign remedy, you would confer a 

 favor by giving the desired information. J. D. C. — Locke, Cayuga 



Co., iv. r. 



Cheap Paint. — I find an inquiry in the Farmer from a 

 friend in St. Thomas, U. C, for the best substitute for oil 

 paint. I will give a recipe for a cheap paint, put on the 

 base of my fence in the spring of 1848, which looks as 

 well as on paint at this time : Two quarts of new stone 

 lime, slaked in Avater ; dissolve two ounces of glue witt 

 water ; then sift the lime in the glue water ; then reduct 

 with skim-mUk ; then add "S'enetian red, or any othei 

 color you choose, previously ground in oil. A very smal 

 quantity of any color will shade the above proportions 

 A. Martin. — Nankin, Wayne Co., Mich. 



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