THE GENESEE FARMER 



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cautions against fire, and borrowing — and a variety of 

 other matter, far beyond any space we can afford at present. 

 The following extract will touch the hearts of many who 

 have left their early homes, and sought the wilds of the 

 Far West : 



" Woman, whose nature is to love home and to cling to 

 all home ties and associations, cannot be torn from that 

 beloved spot which to her is the center of joy and peace, 

 without many painful regrets. No matter iiowever poor 

 she may be— however lowly her lot in life may be cast- 

 home to her is dear. The thought of it, and the love of 

 it, clings closely to her heart wherever she goes. The re- 

 membrance of it never leaves her — it is graven on her 

 heart. Her thouglits of it flow back to it across the broad 

 water of the ocean whose waves are bearing her far from 

 it. In the new land it is still present to her mental eye ; 

 and years after she has formed a neu^ home, she can still 

 recall the bowery lane, the daiscd meadow, the moss- 

 grown well, the simple hawthorn hedge that e4iclosed the 

 garden plot. The woodbine porch, the thatched roof, and 

 narrow-casemented window of her English cottage-house, 

 are ever present to her mind." 



WiA-D-MlLL FOR RAISING W.iTER.— I noticed in the June number 

 of.the Farmer for 1853, a new method of raising water by the ap- 

 plication of wind. The plan proposed appears so rational that I 

 desire to know more about it. I live in a valley remote from the 

 hills, without water only as dug for to the depth of 25 or SO feet; 

 and if this apparatus is what I think it is, it must be of vital im- 

 portance to a large class of our farmers. I wish, therefore, that 

 you would give through your columns a minute description of a 

 wind-mill and fixtures for raising water 25 or 30 feet. H. B. Van 

 H.— Preble, Cortland Co., N. Y. 



The apparatus noted by our correspondent, we see by a 

 late number of the Ohio Cultivator, has not been found to 

 work well in practice. Our correspondent will notice in 

 our present number an engraving of a wind-mill, which 

 we are assured works well in practice, being strong and 

 substantial in every respect. 



Grape Wlve.— I would like to be informed through the columns 

 of the Ge.vesee Farmer, of the best method of making wine from 

 grapes ; also, the right season for pruning the vines. Perhaps some 

 of your Ohio subscribers can give the desired information. H. A. 

 F. — Salem, Conn. 



The following recipe for making wine is given by " H. 

 N. L.," an experienced fruit-grower of Western New 

 York, in the Rural New Yorker : " When the grapes are 

 fully ripe, and have been removed from the vineyard to the 

 place assigned for making the wine, they should be as- 

 sorted, and all the green and decayed ones removed. Then 

 put them into a barrel, about a bushel at a time, stems 

 and grapes, and pound them thoroughly till all the grapes 

 are mashed. Continue the process till all are finished that 

 you wish to make up at that time. The next process is to 

 press out the juice or must. Then to every gallon add 

 two pounds of sugar, and stir it thoroughly till all the sugar 

 is dissolved. It is then put into barrels for the purpose of 

 fermentation, there to remain, with frequent filling up to 

 supply the waste, till the pomace is all fermented off. A 

 supply of the must should be on hand for that purpose. 

 The barrels should not be bunged up until the fermenting 

 process is about completed. This may be easily ascer- 

 tained by placing your ear to the bung. If in April or 



May the wine should be found clear, it may be racked off; 

 but if unsettled, it should be left till fall. If the wine ia 

 found to be just what you want it at the time of racking, 

 bottle as much as you choose ; but if not, let it remain on 

 the lees, and the article will increase in character and 

 strength. I would remark that all grapes raised in this 

 section of the country do not contain enough sugar or 

 saccharine matter to make good wine without the addition 

 of sugar." t 



HORTICULTURAL. 



By the request of many of the farmers of this county, I write to 

 you to obtain a very important secret. It is affirmed by some who 

 are extensively engaged in the nursery business^ that the s«ed of 

 cultivated or grafted fruit wUl not grow, and that it will not even 

 sprout, when planted. Therefore we desire that you would, if it 

 meets your approbation, and believing you .to be able to .satisfy the 

 people of Oregon, publish an article in your paper stating the fack 

 relative to this case. A. L. 3 .—Washingtou Co., O. T. 



All seeds that are well developed and mature, if planted 

 in suitable soil, and at the proper season of the year, will 

 grow, whether of grafted fruit or not. But they will not, 

 when grown to a bearing state, yield the same as the 

 parent fruit. It may be better, but in nine cases out of 

 ten the fruit will be inferior. The difficulty is not in their 

 growth, but in the uncertainty of the fruit when grown. 



ADVERTISEMENTS, 



To secure insertion in the Farmer, must be received as early as tie 

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

 of interest to farmers. Terms — two Dollars for every hundred 

 words, each insertion, paid in advance. 



FEEDERS AND DROVERS, HO r 



TWO HUNDRED HEAD OF CATTLE FOR SALE, 



CONSISTING of 100 three and four-year-old Steers, 60 two-year- 

 old Steers, besides dry Cows and Heifers — all of which aro in 

 fine condition, many first rate beef. -Apply to 



L. H. CASS, 

 October 1, 1854.— It Portage, "Wood Co., Ohio. 



MERINO SHEEP. 



THE subscriber will sell a few Spanish Merino Sheep — backs an-fi 

 ewes — of undoubted purity of blood. He will also dispose of 

 a part of his stock of imported French Merinos. 



Gentlemen purchiising from this flock can have the sheep for- 

 warded to the principal Western towns at mv risk. 

 Sept. 1, 1854— tf R. J. JONES, Cornwall Vt. 



A CHANCE TO MAKE MONEY! 



Profitable and Honorable Employment I! 



THE subscriber is desirous of having an agent in each county 

 and town of the Union. A capital of from $5 to $10 only will 

 be required, and anything like an efficient, energetic man can mako 

 from three to five dollars per day ; indeed, some of the agents n&w 

 employed are realizing twice that sum. Every information will bo 

 given bv addressing, postage paid, WM. A. KINSLER, 



October 1, 1854.— It Box 601, Philadelphia Post Office. 



31EMARKABLE INVENTION;- BUTTER MADE EASY. 



TILLINGHAST'S PATENT CHURN took the HIGHEST PRIZE 

 at tlie late great trial of Churns at the Crystal Palace, New- 

 York. Nearlv all the other Patent Churns in the ctiuntry were 

 tested, but TiUinghast's came out TRIUMPHANT— making mort 

 butter in a shorter time, and of btller quality, than .any other. 

 Beyond all doubt it is the best Churn ever made. It is handy, aud 

 simple in construction. No family should be without it, fftr it 

 abridges the time and labor of butter -iflakiag i» a Teiaark-aWa 

 degree. 



Town, County and State Rights for sale. To enkerf/rising men, 

 here is a grand chance. County Rights will be sold for from $30 

 to $100, from which $1000 to $lO,000 can be easily realized. 



Price of single Churns, $13. Sent by express to any jiart of tie 

 country on receipt of the monev. 



Address ALFRED E. BEACH, People's Patent Office, No. 8* 

 Nassau street) New York, Octv 1* lSa4.— Jit 



