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THE GENESEE FARMER. 



We have said that any intelligent farmer can 

 make — and hundreds do make — just as good ex- 

 periments as the managers of any " self-sustaining" 

 experimental farm, lie must be a sad bungler who 

 makes worse -vvork than is described in the follow- 

 ing record from the report of the superintendent 

 of this model farm : 



"On the nth, two acres of pea fallow were 

 sown, at tlie rate of IJ bushels of early purple 

 straw wheat per acre; and on the 12th and 13tli, 

 eight acres of corn laud were sown at the same rate 

 per acre, and witli the sanje variety of wheat. One 

 hundred and seventy-live ]iounds Peruvian guano 

 per acre were ai)i)lied to all. On the pea fallow 

 the guano was well harrowed in, and on the corn 

 land plowed under." 



Now it is very desirable to ascertain whether 

 wheat does best after peas or after corn ; aud it is 

 also very desirable to learn whether guano is best 

 harrowed in or plowed under. But tlie above ex- 

 periments wijl not satisfy us on either point. If 

 more wheat is obtained on the pea than on the corn 

 ground, we shall not know whether to attribute it 

 to the peas or to the guano being harrowed in in- 

 stead of plowed under. And if more wheat is ob- 

 tained from the guano plowed under than from that 

 harrowed in, we shall be equally at a loss whether 

 to ascribe it to the method of applying the guano 

 or to the corn being a better crop to pi-ecede wheat 

 than peas. 



In these remarks, we do not intend to censure 

 the superintendent of this model farm. The posi- 

 tion is an onerous one ; and when several persons 

 have a voice in the matter — each one wishing to 

 carry out some pet experiment of his own — the 

 result would be a compromise — one experiment 

 counteracting the other, and the whole useless. 



WitEA.T A3 Food for Cattle. — John Hudson, 

 Esq., of Castle Acre, England, says : " The very 

 low price of wheat has induced us to feed our cattle 

 upon wheat on a large scale, it being cheaper than 

 linseed cake. I never remember so large a quanti- 

 ty of wheat consuHied by cattle as there has been 

 tliis sea.'^ou, and a great deal is being made into 

 malt instead of barley." Mr. II. is one of the best 

 fanners in England, aud he tliinks that wheat at 

 §1.25 per bushel is not as protitable as other crops 

 or as feeding cattle. 



CcRE forTTarts. — My hands being literally cov- 

 ered with warts, I tried some do^on recommended 

 cures, with no good effect, until I j)rocured some 

 muriatic acid. A few applications, with a knitting 

 needle, to the top of the warts, entirely removed 

 the whole of them in a few days, without causing 

 any soreiiev's or pain. — Tnos. Wood, Pennington- 

 viile^ Chester Co., Pa. 



OKEGON AND WASHINGTON TEaSITOETES. 



Few of our readers, whose attention has not been 

 particularly directed to the subject, have any idea 

 of the growing importance of these far-off Territo- 

 ries, in an agricultural aud horticultural point ol 

 view. Peopled, as all new countries are, by an in- 

 dustrious, independent, thinking, aud intelligent 

 population, they have quickly caused the valleys 

 and the hill-sides to bud, blossom, and bear fruit 

 abundantly, richly rewarding the husbandman for 

 his toil and privation. It is not a light labor to fell 

 and remove the massive forests, construct dwell- 

 ings, out-houses, highways, school-houses, and 

 churches ; and yet the hardy pioneers of these dis- 

 tant regions have nobly accomplished their work. 



The soil aud climate of Oregon appears to be 

 well adapted to fruit-growing, and much attention 

 has been given to that subject. Nurseries have 

 been planted in many places, so that a supply of 

 choice trees is readily obtained, and every facility 

 afforded for extending and developing the horticul- 

 tural capacities of the country. Applet, pears, 

 peaches, plums, and grapes, as well as the small 

 fruits, flourish well, often growing to a size that to 

 us seems nearly fabulous. 



A correspondent, remitting for a club of subscri- 

 bers from Salem, Oregon, remarks : 



"Notwithstanding the Frazer River gold hum- 

 bug has passed over the land during the past sum- 

 mer, agricultural matters look more promising than 

 ever before in Oregon. Our people have been 

 afflicted with 'gold fever ' so often, they take it as 

 our friends in the Western States do the 'ague aud 

 fever' — shake a little aud go to work again. 



"There is an average crop of grain raised this 

 year, price from $1.00 to $1.50 per bushel. The 

 apj)le crop is about the same as last year. Price 

 eight to fifteen cents per lb. for the grafted sort^-. 

 Planting more trees, chiefly late winter apples, and 

 sowing grass seeds, seem to be the le;)ding branches 

 of Oregon farming at present." 



A glance at the market reports for November 

 shows flour dull at eight to ten dollars per barrel, 

 butter worth thirty-five cents per pound, and eggs 

 the same price per dozen. Boots, shoes, slieetinps, 

 drillings, etc., were reported scarce and higli. 

 Short supplies and high prices are incident to a 

 new country distant from large cities and destitute 

 of any considerable number of manufactories; but 

 we may soon expect to hear that the mountain 

 streams, on their way to the Pacific, have been 

 harnessed to thousands of water-wheels for manu- 

 facturing purposes, and that the valleys and hill- 

 sides resound with the hum of honest industry, 

 rendering these thriving Territories fit members of 

 this confederacy of States. 



