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THE GENESEE FARMER. 



New Advertiaements this Month. 



Rochester Agricultural Works— A. Gordon, Rochester, N. Y. 

 Albany Agricultural Works— Eroery Brothers, Albany, N. Y. 

 lUuminatcd Catalogue— Emery Brothers, Albany, N. Y. 

 Turnip Seed— J. M. Thorbum & Co., New York. 

 Cattle and Their Diseases— John P. Jewett & Co., Boston. 

 Copeland'8 Country Life — John P. Jewett & Co., Boston. 

 Mowers, Threshers, Fanning Mills— A. Longett, New York. 

 Yeomans Fruit Bottle— T. G. Yeomans, Walworth, N. Y. 

 Farm for Sale— Thos. F. Smith, Middleport, N. Y. 

 Farms for Sale— John Minor, M. D., Accokeek, Va. 

 Cranberry, Blackberry, Raspberry, and Whortleberry Plants- 

 Paul Chilson, Bellingham, Mass. 

 Water Pipe— I. S. Hobbio & Co., Rochester, N. Y. 

 The Scientific American— Munn & Co., N. Y. 

 Colored Fruit Plates— D. M. Dewey, Rochester, N. Y. 



Weather of the Last Half of Mat and the First 

 Half OF June.— Our last notice closed with the high tem- 

 perature and very rapid growth of vegetation for the first 

 half of May. Both were continued through the last half 

 of the month. Indeed, it is very rare that we see such 

 luxuriant and rapid progress in the vegetable world. 



The mean heat of the last half was 3.5° above the aver- 

 age for twenty-two years. The average heat of the month 

 60.5°, being 5° above the mean of May for the same years. 



The rain in the month was 2.71 inches, somewhat une- 

 qually distributed in this section, so that some parts had 

 been near a drouth ; still, the wheat, and grass, Ac, made 

 rapid progress. Indeed, the heads of wheat appeared 

 fully on the 27th in the fields at Wheatland, and on other 

 rich and warm farms. Garden strawberries began to be 

 mature at the close of May. Over the country was heard 

 the voice of congratulation at the rich promise of the 

 coming harvest. 



The prevalence of severe thunder storms of rain and 

 hail and wind, or of violent tornadoes of limited extent 

 and duration, but destructive to property, as well as life 

 in several cases, was remarkable, especially in the last 

 half of May. 



June gave us two warm days like the past, but the third 

 changed to cool in the afternoon, from distant and heavy 

 showers. The 4th was colder still, giving a mean of 

 only 38°, and so cold as 31° in the evening and following 

 night. Indeed, the rain of the 4th, in the forenoon, was 

 attended here by hail, at Lockport with snow; and over 

 a wide extent, rain, hail and snow, proved the uncommon 

 degree of cold for the season. On the 5th was a severe 

 frost over a wide range, from the Mississippi to the ocean 

 in the latitude of New England, by which, in many places, 

 corn, potatoes, beans, garden vegetables generally, and 

 grapes, were injured or destroyed, and some localities in 

 Western New York, winter barley and wheat were injured. 

 As the cold followed a storm which, from .the west went 

 eastwards, the frost waa earlier at the wtyit. Thus, in 

 middle Michigan, the severe frost was on Saturday morn- 

 ing, but here and eastwards on Sabbath morning. 



The 7th and 8th were warmer ; a heavy thunder 

 occurred on the 8th at half-after one in the momin 

 followed by heat, till another shower from one to 

 M., changed the atmosphere to cool. On the 9t 

 considerable frost; on the 10th rain and hail, win 

 cold; on the 11th, Saturday morning, was a seven 

 at the west and over our State. But at Pittsfield, 

 the severest frost was on the 12th, in the morning, 

 cold also moved from west to east, the ordinary raO) g 



The damage by both periods of frost was of tb|H « 

 kind, but very unequal in different localities. In 

 places the frost of the 5th was the most severe ; in i 

 that of the 11th. 



The first impression was that great injury hat 

 done to the crops ; but the amount is now believed t 

 been exaggerated. Strawberries abundant, very lar 

 fine, this fortnight. 



The average heat of this half June is 59.5° or 40 

 the mean for the same period for twenty-two 

 Abundance of rain has fallen. Wheat beaded fullj 

 first week of June, and at this time the wheat harvt 

 going on in southern Illinois, and new wheat flc 

 peared in market at St. Louis, and soon after fro 

 south at Cincinnati.. 



Cold has June been so far. Was ever the lik 

 1842 frost occurred on the 7th and 11th of June, ;^ 

 mean of the first half was one degree less than no- ? 

 1843, the same was true, only three degrees coldei 

 age; snow on the 1st, frost on the 2d, and on the 

 very cold rain, not acceptable to vegetation. W 

 weather followed in both cases. 



In 1816 was the cold summer over the country, i 

 5th of June, on a hot day, was a very severe t' 

 storm, by which the air was so cooled as to be fui 

 with snow and strong west wind, by which vego 

 were killed much more extensively than in the lai 

 night. The summer was cold; frost in every « 

 crops of rye fine over New England ; but very liM 

 dian corn was ripened. 







The Late Frosts. — There has been unusually I 

 frosts on the 6th and 10th of June, extending oft 

 greater portion of the Northern and Western State 

 Canada, which have caused great alarm among the fa 

 for the safety of their crops. 



The frost of the 5th appears to have been most seu 

 felt in Western New York, Ohio, and Northern Pet 

 vania, destroying many of the garden vegetables, 

 vines, and field beans. Corn and potatoes also 811 

 to some extent; and in some localities the winter 

 is injured. Winter Darley, of which a considc 

 breadth was sown, is much injured in this section, 

 in many instances is entirely or partially cut ofT 

 frost was not nearly so destructive to the eastw.: 

 Syracuse and the line of the Hudson river. 



From Illinois and Indiana the accounts are ver 

 flicting. Wheat is thought to be injured in some 

 ties, and early corn and potatoes vcrj* gencrallv 

 they are said to be coming forward again, and ]>' 

 fair crops. In Michigan, the frost of the 10th wu- 

 severe. A good deal of the Mediterranean wbo" 

 injured, and corn required to be replanted in m-' 

 stances. In Iowa, the weather haa been very dry t; 



