No. 3. 



AND GARDENERS JOURNAL, 



37 



heads, and destroyed some of the kernels and caused 

 others to shrink. Still the produce was extraordina- 

 ry, and superior to most crops of winter wheat. A 

 neighbor offered to cut and thrash an acre of the best 

 of it, and take for his pay all that it produced over 

 forty bushels.- Only a small part of the crop has 

 been thrashed out, and consequently the exact amount 

 of the produce cannot be ascertained. The sheaves 

 were counted when harvested, and their number was 

 1600. On thrashing a part of them, without select- 

 ing, they are found to yield at the rate of a bushel to 

 14 sheaves. According to this ratio, the three acres 

 will yield 114 bushels, or nearly S.^ to the acre. 



A field of the Italian wheat, raised on an adjoining 

 farm, was so smutty and shrunk as to be not worth 

 the thrashing, while this Siberian wheat is pure 

 and handsome, and not a particle of smut can be 

 found in it. The millers offer to give within G cents 

 per bushel as much for it as they do for common wheat. 



A sample of this wheat, in the straw, together with 

 the clear grain, can be seen at the Rochester Seed 



gtor« and Agri cultural Repository. B. 



Fur the iVcw Genesee Farmer, 

 Borrowtug and Lending. 



"From him that icoidd borrow of thes turn not thou 



airay." — Mat. V. 42. 



Mkssrs. Editors. — That " it takes all sorts of folks 



to make a world," is a true maxim: and hence we see 

 the use of such a being as " Splitlog," the writer of 

 the matchless article in your last paper. 



Why, for all the world he reminds me of the well- 

 meaning woman, who, after living to a good old age 

 by borrowing every thing she used, at length bought 

 a "brand ncic" pail. "Now," said she, "I mean to 

 be as obliging and neighborly as any other person; but 

 a PiiL / tcill neither borrow nor lend." 



Now, "Splitlog" has no doubt been, ns he says, 

 never "a disobliging, crosa-grained fellow," but, on 

 the contrary, "a good-natured man, and willing to 

 obhge:" i. e. he, like the good old woman, was al- 

 ways willing to lend any thing and every thing which 

 he did not possess ; but prosperity has probably turned 

 his brain: — alas ! how few of us can bear what we all 

 eigh for as a blessing. — He is now enabled to substitute 

 the pronoun "mtj" (or "your ;" and in musical and 

 sonorous strains, he forthwith cries "avaunt ! nor 

 presume to meddle with my scythe, inyrake, jnyflail, 

 my brake, my axe, my hoe, my plough, my crow. — 

 He moreover, "seta up his Ebenezcr, " puts on his 

 "grit and resolution," declares he "will not be pestered 

 as he has been for a series of years;" he forthwith 

 mounts his "Rozinante" and repairs to "tlie city," to 

 purchase something which he can have the pleasure of 

 calling "my beetle." 



But alas I in the city his good fortune deserts him. 

 He is evidently "not at borne" in the beetle line. He 

 "enquires at the several establishments" without suc- 

 cess. He "whewe" and "trudges away" from place 

 to place; — whether he inquired at the banks or insu- 

 rance offices,— the upholsters or the milliners, he does 

 not say. Poor man I his mind was too expansive; — 

 he looked too far off. Indeed, were it not for St. 

 Paul's famous charity chapter, I should be almosj 

 templed to insinuate that he possibly might have found 

 the article he so much desired, where the man found 

 his spectacles after so long looking for them whilst 

 they were on his forehead. At length, however, he 

 succeeds in finding "a miserable flimsy aflair," an "ill- 

 shapen smasher, as long as a horse's head;" which, 

 notwitstanding its ugliness, be makes sure of; for it 

 is "called a beetle," and he is thereby enabled la say 

 , "hands off from my beetle and wedges." 



Pardon mc, Messrs. Editors, for permitting such a 

 compound of egotism and selfishness to keep me so 

 long from saying, (what I designed to say on taking 

 up my pen,) that no man can lire IX societv icithoitt 

 hOTTOving and lending. I never heard of but one 



creature who was rash enough to undertake it, and he 

 did "not live out half his days." If "Splitlog" is 

 really about to embark in the experiment, I would sug- 

 gest that he should— for his own convenience, as well 

 as the benefit of society — together with his beetle ond 

 all and singular his goods oiwl chattels, as by him par- 

 ticularly set forth and enumerated— be consigned to 

 some desolate island, where he can be "monarch of 

 all he surveys." 



Contending, as I do, that every viemJ/er of society 

 must, from his own nature, and the universal law of 

 custom, both borrow and lend, I had proposed in my 

 mind to submit, with deference, to th^conaideration 

 of your readers, a few plain, practical rules for neigh- 

 borhood intercourse in the mutual interchanging of 

 friendly offices in general; but, oe you and your read- 

 ers prefer short articles to long ones, these must be re- 

 served for your next paper. Q^^tim^ 



For tlie New Genesye Farmer. 

 ImiKivtancc of a Newspaper. 



Messrs. Editors — In former and better times I 

 was, in connection with one of my neighbors, for sev- 

 eral years, in the practice of selecting, in the summer 

 or fall, a choice lot of wethers, and feeding them 

 through the winter for the spring market. 



In doing this we found it both convenient and profit- 

 able to purchase beyond our own wants, with a view to 

 sell to drovers or feeders who had not time ond pa- 

 tience to collect for themselves 



Finding ourselves one year, late in the fall, with 

 twice as many sheep on hand as we could convenient- 

 ly winter, we adrertiscd the balance in the village pa- 

 per. The same day on which the advertisement was 

 published we were called upon by a feeder from Mas- 

 sachusetts, who, before he went to bed, closed a bar- 

 gain for above 300 sheep, at a price which gave us a 

 clear profit of about 60 cents per head. He then ask- 

 ed if we knew of any more such sheep for sale, say- 

 ing he wanted about 500 in all. We told him our 

 neighbor across the way had some, to whom we in- 

 troduced him the next morning. Here he purchased 

 200 more, and was ready to start home before noon. 



Before he left, he told us he had, in company with his 

 brother, (who resided in this county,) spent a whole 

 fortnight riding round the country enquiring for sheep, 

 without being able to suite themselves in a single pur- 

 chase. That they had indeed abandoned their under- 

 taking, and set their faces towards home; but on stop- 

 ping at a tavern in the village for refreshments, he ob- 

 served on the table the picture of a sheep in a neswpa 

 per. He took up the^pper, and on reading ouradver 

 tieement, wet from the press, they started to see our 

 sheep. "And now," said he, "within less than 24 

 hours, I have completed my purchase. You have no 

 doubt sold at a"%rofit. I, on my part, am well plea- 

 sed with my trade. These sheep will be worth, when 

 I get them home, 75 cents per head more than cost 

 and charges. Hence you see the importance of a 



C***». 

 Feb. 1840. 



half a peek, or what he called three quarts, and he 

 raised 14J bushels. Another I let have. ijne peck, 

 from which he cave a friend four potatoes, and then 

 raised from the remainder, 26J bushels. And if the 

 four given away, yielded as well as some that I plant- 

 ed, the whole peck would have produced 32 bushels. 

 Another neighbor planted fifty hills, three eyes in a 

 hill, and dug from them ten bushels. Some of the 

 largest weighed three pounds each, and seven weighed 

 twenty pounds. The land on which these crops were 

 raised, is what is called "oak openings," and not ot 

 the richest kind for potatoes. A farmer in the town 

 of Chili, who planted a few of these pototoes lati 

 spring, informs mc that he is fully convinced that he 

 can raise one thousand bushel from an acre; and in- 

 tends to make the trial next summer. 



Every man to whom I sold these potatoes last year, 

 as far as I have heard from them, is well satisfied 

 with his crop, and some have made very handsome 

 profits from them. I do not know of any one except 

 John North, however, w ho has osked or expected six 

 or eight dollars per bushel for them this season. I 

 think, with respect to profit, his crop was one of extra- 

 ordinary merit; and I should be glad if he would in- 

 form us' of the manner in which he disposed of them 

 to so good advantage. I advertised mine last fall for 

 sale at $2 per bushel, and hove sold a good quantity 

 at that price; yet I hove a good supply left for those 

 who desire them, 



I am fully convinced that this potatoe needs only to 

 become known, to be approved and extensively culti- 

 vated. The small quantity of seed which is required 

 for an acre, (four or five bushels only,) and their un- 

 poralleled productiveness, certoinly gives them a deci- 

 ded preference over all others. Then their large size 

 and compact manner of growth, renders them much 

 easier to dig than other kinds. Add to this their fine 

 quality, either for the table or for feeding stock, 

 (which is admitted by all who have tasted them,) and 

 it is sofe to predict that this root will, in a short time, 

 be more generally cultivated by farmers than any othfi- 

 kind. R. Harmon, Jr. 



Wheatland, Monroe CO., Feb. 20, 1840. 



newspaper. 

 L/alitrio CO., 



Rohan Potatoes in Wheatland. 



Messrs. Editors- As I do not think the subject hos 

 become exhausted, I will venture to give your read- 

 ers a few words on the prolific theme of Rohan Pota- 

 toes. 



In your last paper I noticed the remorkable success 

 of Mr. John North, with his peck of Rohans. I say 

 remarkiible, not because I considered the quantity he 

 produced as very extraordinary, (although it was o good 

 yield,) but bDcause I think he hod remarkable success 

 in making sale of them. I have known some experi- 

 ments made during the past year which in quantity of 

 produce are equal if not superior to that of Mr. North. 

 I let one mon have half a peck last spring, and he raised 

 from them 18J bushel.^. Another man had Ices than 



Domestic Economy. 



Restoring Sweetness to Tainted Butter. 



Messes. Editors— I am not able to answer the inquiry of 

 your correspondent respecting the taste of turnips in milk, 

 as I have had no experience on that subject -, but the ful- 

 lowing simple method of restoring rancid or over salted 

 butter, I h.ive practised with success, and it may be of value 

 to some of your readers. 



Cut or break the butter into very small pieces ; or, what ia 

 better, force it through a coarse wire sieve, bo as to make it 

 small as possible. Then put it into a churn with a sufficient 

 quantity of new milk to swim it, aud churn it well ; then 

 take it out and work it thoroughly to free it from the mllk_ 

 adding a little salt if necessary, and it will hardly Lc distin- 

 guished from entirely new butter. .\SNErt t..- 



To make Rice Apple Dumplings. 



Boil the rice ten minutes ; then let it drain thoroiinlily.— 

 Pare and quarter as many good apples as yoa wit'.u ilunip- 

 litigs ; then take as many small cloths, and pu. a por. 

 tion of the rice, enclosing an apple into each— tie rather 

 loosely, and boil three quarteis of an hour. Serve with but- 

 ter and sugar as usual. If you do not believo this is t'"od^ 



try i^. 



An.vett::. 



SEED STORE CAT.\LOGT'E. 



The new catalogue of seeds for sale at the Roches- 

 ter Seed Store, is sent as an "Extra" with tliis No. of 

 the Farmer, to each of the subscribers. It con'.oins 

 many new and rare kinds of seeds; and any of the 

 agents or correspondents who have assisted the New 

 Genesee Farmer, may obtain, gratis, any kinda which 

 they wish to try by way of experiment. Pcremis wri- 

 ting from n distance will please name the kinds they 

 desire, and the maimer in which they can be sent. 



M. B. B. 



