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AND GARDENER'SJOURNAL 



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ae most appropriate and important biieincBS of man 

 be basis of our government and civilization. Let 

 10 longer content oureelvca in this way; but at 

 eeet to work, and overtake the spirit of the nge — 

 us associate ourselves together for mutual aid, to 

 n lessons of improvement from each other, and by 

 iting emulation, stimulate each other forward; 

 reby increasing our enjoyments and our posses- 

 is. 

 have conversed with a number of influential far- 



il rs, and they agree with me on this subject. And, 



II 11 a view of testing the question, and bringing the 

 ter before the community, I would suggest that all 

 se who feel an interest in the subject, send in their 



in lies and residence to the editors of the "Fanner," 

 iiig the month of February, together with their 

 lion as to the proper time for forming a society; 

 >rder that if the project is approved, the names may 

 appended to a call fir a county meeting, to take 

 matter into consideration. X. Y. 



iochcstcr, Janiuiry HSlli, 1840. 

 Iesiarks — We have several times been requested to 

 ig the subject of an Agricultural Society before our 

 iers, and rcjiiice that X. Y. has introduced it. If 

 ciety is formed, it must be sustained by the efforts 

 jractical finmers, and we prefer to let them speak 

 the subject. We will gladly attend to any sugges- 



tei 18 that may be made to us, and pledge our most 

 rty co-operaiion in any plan which may be adopted 

 the promotion of the cause in which we are enga- 

 1. 



Tin )ur friend, X. Y., has a beautiful farm near this 

 ■, and we can assure our readers he feels a deep 

 !rest in the subject on which he writes. 



ndn connection with this subject, we are happy to in- 

 n our readers, that Mr. T. Weddle, of E. Bloom- 



!K i, who is well known as on importer and raiser of 

 ! stock, has bought an excellent form near this city, 

 intends to remove to' it without delay. — Eds. X. 

 Farmer. 



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Issf; 



Gaylord and Luther Tucker ; wc doubt not it will 

 sustain the high character it acquired under the hnml 

 of Judge Buel. It is the same size and price as here- 

 tofore, being somewhat larger than the New Genesee 

 Farmer, and at one dollar per annum. It deserves 

 theextcntivepotronage it receives ; and with only two 

 other agricultural papers in the state, one at New York, 

 and the other our own, at Rochester, we do not see 

 why our hundreds of thousands of farmers may not 

 profitably extend their encouragement to all of them. 

 Each county sustains several political papers, and 

 hundreds are issued within . the state ; but who will 

 deny that an agricultural paper is more important to 

 the farming community ? The Cultivator and New 

 Genesee Farmer, both taken together, with the post- 

 age, would cost lecs by nearly a dollar, than the post- 

 age and cost of the cheapest political newspaper. 



For the Ntw Genesee Farmer. 



ROHAIV POTATOES. 



(Iessrs. Euitors — I planted one bushel and a half 

 Rohan Potatoes last spring, and the result was as 



JWS' 



'I The gi-ound had been cropped with Ruta Baga for 

 1 years previous, and was prepared by once plough- 



and marking out with a plough int) rows three 

 1 a half feet apart. The seed was cut into pieces 

 Dne eye each, and two pieces planted in a hill — the 

 8 three and a half feet apart. The ground planted, 

 3 about fifty rode, or one-third of an acre. They 

 re planted abouj^the last days of May, and ploughed 



hoed twice during summer. Owing to the heavy 

 lain June, and the peculiar situation of the ground, 



water killed about one hundred hills, and the same 

 mber more were so nearly destroyed, as to produce 

 ihttle. My loss from the wet I should think wos 

 eenor twenty bushels. On digging, I found from 

 ;ht to fifteen large tubers in each hill, and my crop 

 nsured one hundred and seven bushels, being over 

 ;lity bushels from one, which is a very great saving 

 seed. 



Jii If I had planted them about the first of May, the 



jduct wciUd doubtless hove been much larger, as 



jy continued to grow till killed by the frosts. 



(«l I have tried these potatoes for the talile, and find 



)m excellent, being dry, meely, and of good flavor 



10 oil equal, in my opinion, to any polatoe in common 



Yours, &c. 



E. HinMON. 

 J Wluailand, Jan. 1840. 



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sudi rpUE CULTn'ATOH 



ifcH The first number of the s:;venth volume of this pC' 

 ifflW idical was published at the commencement of the 

 and under the cdhorial supervision of Willis 



AN EXPLANATION. 



"Preparing Manure for Hot-beds." 



On reviewing the article on this subject, on page 

 18, it occurred to us that our remarks were not suffi- 

 ciently explicit. We meant to be understood, that 

 fresh vnj'cnncntctt stable manure should be lain in a 

 heap to ferment, os much as two weeks before forming 

 a hot-bed. But this preparation is not necessary, it 

 the manure has already fermented. If a hot-bed be 

 formed early in the season, and contain a good body of 

 unicrmented raonure, such as is usually collected fresh 

 from the stables by gardeners, in the vicinity of cities; 

 it takes several doys for it to ferment and become warm ; 

 then it almost invariably becomes too hot, and for a 

 number of days throws offa rank gos or steam, so that 

 the young plants are either burnt or poisoned to death, 

 and the bed has to be sown anew; and much time is 

 loEt. Whereas, if the manure be prepared belore 

 hand, as directed, the first violent fermentation takes 

 place, and the injurious volatile gases escape before the 

 bed is formed; so that it may be sown olmost imme- 

 diately afterwards, with safety and success. We speak 

 from erpericncc. 



From the Yankee Ftirmer. 



BAKN CEIiIjARS FOR ROOTS. 



The communication of " Economist," in the last 

 number of the Farmer, relative to the cultivation of 

 Roots as a feed for Stock, and the importance for pro- 

 viding a suitable place to store them during the win- 

 ter, contains some valuable suggestions, to which it 

 would be well for every one who contemplates raising 

 them in considerable quantities, to attend. 



Having raised several hundred bushels of Ruta 

 Baga Turnepo, and other roots, the past season, tind 

 not having been sufiiciently careful to provide myself 

 with conveniences for storing them elsewhere, 1 was 

 compelled, though reluctantly, to take them into my 

 cellar. The weather, at the time of haivesting them, 

 and f >r several weeks subsequent was uncommonly 

 mild and warm, and the nauseous e.xholtations from 

 my turneps bin, in consequence were hordly endura- 

 ble. A large proportion of the roots rotted, and filled 

 the whole house, not even excepting the upper rooms 

 and garret, with th^ir pestilential effluvia while the 

 atmosphere of the cellar, the repository of my edi- 

 ble treasure, was impregnated with an odor scarcely 

 less potent and certainly no less beneficial to the in- 

 mates of the rooms above, than the niiaslna of the 

 most revolting carrion. 



In one bin, containing about two hundred bushels, 

 more than one hundred are rotten, and the remaining 

 hundred will doubtless be in the same condition be- 

 fore they can be redeemed from the filthy and putrid 

 mass in which they aie imbedded. Of the residue of 

 my crops, which amounted in all to ujiwards of four 

 hundred and fifty bushels, from something less than 

 three quarters of an ■acre, I have already fed nearly 

 two hundred to my stock. The rest are as sound and 

 sweet as they were on the day they were harvested, 

 having been frequently spread on the bottom of the 

 cellar, and exposed to currents of air from the doors 

 and windows : a method which, if I had '"time and 

 space" sufficient for the operation, would doubtless 

 hove saved the rest. 



Although I cannot but regret the lose of my tur- 

 neps, which I regard os the result of careleteness in 

 hoving har^sted them too early ond the want of euf- 

 ficicnt siorage, I have luii little ground for comj.IhUU. 



The two hundred and fifty bushels will amply remu- 

 nerate me for the cost of cultivating the entire crop, 

 and leave, after deducting the expense of raiting and 

 harvesting thohe that have rotted, o handsomer nett 

 profit than any other crop on my farm. 



ErnroniAi. Rkmabks. — The above communication 

 shows two facts very important to our farmers, and 

 we hope that they will profit by them, as they arc 

 placed belore them in a strong light. As our corres- 

 pondent found that he was well paid for his labor in 

 raising roots, oven with a large loss, it is evident thot 

 his crop would have paid a very handsome profit, if 

 saved well. And so great n loss, with the serious diB- 

 odvantoge attending it, urges strongly upon every 

 raiser of roots the importance of having a barn cellar.— 

 Ed. Yankee Fanner. 



THE LIFE OF THE HLSBANDiJlAN. 



" I .1111 n true laborer. I can earn that I cat, get what 1 

 wear, owe no man hate, envy no man's happiness — plad of 

 Oilierinen's gooil — iinntenl witll my farm; ami tile areatcst 

 of my pride is to '-ee my ewes gruze and my lambs suclt," — 

 Shakspeare. 



We have come to the conclusion that Nature's tru- 

 est nobleman is the mon who earns his bread by the 

 sweat of his face, upon his own bought and paid for 

 plantation. An independent farmer may stand up- 

 on his own house-top and say to himself, as Selkirk 

 did— 



"I nra monardi of all I survey. 



My ri^ht there is none to ih'spute ; 

 From llic centre, all ronnd to llic sea, 

 I am lord of the fowl and Ihe brute." 



He is trnly a rich monarch — with a landed title 

 more secure than that of feudal lord or baron — more 

 easily preserved and protected, not by deeds of valor, 

 and through the shedding of blood, but by the lawful 

 labor of the hands. His house is his castle; his acres 

 his dominions. His gardens are his parks, his grass 

 plots his lawns, and his foiests his groves. His cat- 

 tle, sheep, and poultry are his subjects, and he be- 

 comes at pleasure, either the executioner or the mul 

 tiplier of such subjects. Tell us if the king upon his 

 throne has more power worth possessing. His happi- 

 ness we know is lees, ae he increases toils, cares, and 

 his sorrows in proportion as the cultivator of the soil 

 diminishes his. 



In the spring time he sows, in the autumn he reaps. 

 Providence has assured him that spring time shall not 

 foil, and he has the assurance of the Giver of every 

 good and perfect gift, that as he sows, so shall he reap. 

 His grounds arc watered in the eeoson of drought with 

 the roins and dews of heaven, and in the damp season 

 the sun shines to cheer, invigorate, and give promise 

 to his labors. The severer tasks of the summer arc 

 succeeded by the lighter labors of the winter. As we 

 have said, in the words of Will Shakspcare, "ho 

 earns that heeats, and gets what he weais." He n.ay 

 suy truly, and with on honest pride — 

 " 1 eat iny own lainli, 

 My chickens and ham. 

 I shear my own flcc.e and I wear 11." 



What could man want morel and Low ccn a fi.r- 

 mer, capable of onjoying life, possesecd of" his faim- 

 house, his farm, and his necessary imiileii'this of hus- 

 bandry, ever sigh for a residence within the cncloture 

 of a city — choising bricks and mortar for the elbow- 

 room of o spacious fnrm-house, — the dust of the town 

 for village; the three-story brick house for the gra- 

 nary or the haycock; for the purest air of heaven, for 

 the atmosphere of a thousand unwholesome smoky 

 houses, and ten thousand unwholesome breoths? How 

 CO lido farmer make such a choice as this? WewoiUd 

 pause for a reply, did we not know that the only an 

 swer which could be devised, after a long study, would 

 be the unsatisfactory one that something better wn^ 

 anticipaied only: for it would be a miracle, almost, for 

 a man to find himself happier or in better circumstan- 

 ces after a change of residence from the country to the 

 city. No, no. The true elysium; the real parodiee 

 on eartf, i-i the country. The city for the task-mas 

 tir and his hard-working servant; but the country for 

 the man who wishes for health and leisure, content 

 ment andji long life. 



The afltient Romans venerated the plough, and at 

 the earliest, purest time of the Republic, the greatCEi 

 praise which could be given to an illustrations charac. 

 ter, was a judicious and industrious husbandman.— 

 Portland Adv. 



ExEci'Tio.y. — Robert Miller was executed on Fri- 

 day last, at Whitesboro, for the murder of Barney 

 Leddy. Some fifteen hundred persons had collected 

 for the purpose of seeing the execution, but they were 

 disappointed, the sbeiiff having made such arrange 

 ments oa arc rnntemplated by law for priv.ilc exccu- 





