THE NEW GENESEE FARMER 



AND GARDENER'S JOURNAL 



B. BATEHAM, 



F. MARSHALL, Proprietors. 



VOIi. 1. 



ROCHESTER, APRIIi, 1840. 



•Kin, M S JOHN J. THOMAS, 



JIU. 4. ^ ]yi jj BATEHAM, LdUo:t. 



PUUIilSHEU MOAfTHIiY 



IM CONNECTION WITH THE ROCHESTER SEED STORE AND AORl- 

 Cfl-TL'RVL REPeSlTOr.Y. 



Tbrms— FIFTY CENTS, per year, payable aways in ad- 

 vance. 



Post blasters, Agents, anil others, sensUng money free of 

 postage, will receive «i:cn copies for $3, — I'lcetve copies for 

 05, — 'firenltf-Jiie copies for SIO. 



Tlit poalai^e on this paper is only one cent to any place 

 vrithin this state, and one and a half cent to any part of 

 Ihe United Suites. 



CONTENTS OF THIS NL9IBEK. 



Pulilishera' Notices, to Agents, &c AW 



Hints for the IMonth— Farmers' 31cetiug 49 



Agf icultnre in Vpper Canada 49 



LitQie as iVIaunre for Wheat — , 50 



Destroying Couch Grass — Profits on Sheep, &c .50 



Kxper'mients with Potatoes for 1S40 , 50 



Rearing Calves — by Cultor 51 



A Large Green House — .Management of Fruit Trees . . . .51 



Culture of tlte Bush Cranberry 51 



The New Genesee Fanner was honorably commenced — 



Letter from Dr. Smith — 'SI. B. B.ttehnni's Statement . . .52 



IjCtter from Niagara — Hints for the times 53 



Fictitious Signatures — Agricultural Society ■ 53 



The Past Fall and Winter in England , . .54 



Lucerne, or French Clover — Dialogue .54 



E.\hibition of American Silk Goods 5.) 



Report on Beet Sugar Premiums in Massachusetts .55 



David Ij. Child's Work on Beet .Sugar 55 



Our Editorial arrangements — To Correspondents 50 



Gardeners' Work for April— ..Sowing Garden Seeds ... ..50 



The First Flowers of Spring .56 



Spring Rye— Gr.ass Peas .56 



Planting Early Potatoes — Seed Store Noticed 50 



Locklin's Pc.tcnt Plough— Pr-llrlc do .57 



Arnold's Horse powBr Machine 57 



Merchant's (Baldwin's) Corn Planter 57 



Inquiries about Beet Sugar o7 



Descriptive list of Beets, Mangel Wurtzel, &.c 57-8 



I,arge While Carrot — Long Altringhanr do 5^ 



New Species of Birds and Quadrupeds 58 



Retarding the Bloom of Fruit Trees oS 



Miscellaneous Items — Black I.,ead for Stoves, Johnny 



Cake, Dough Nuts, Ink Spots, Frosted Feet, Ardent 



spirits for lints— Boots 5^ 



Boot Culture, Advantages of 5!1 



Cutting Timber, best time for jlt 



Monroe County Agricultural Society 00 



Formation and Constitution of Yates Co. Ag. Society . . .60 



The Travelling Agd^it- a dream 61 



Rules for a Good Ncightionrhood 61 



Devon Cattle in Genesee Co 61 



Grinding Corn in ihc Col) — VirginiaCorn and Cob Crusher 6-2 



Ditching and Banking Machine 6-2 



Sowing Seeds, and Causes of failure^^oaking Seeds — 



Rolling .Seeds 02 



Education of Farmers 6-2 



Usefulness of Birds and Toads 63 



Small Comforts — by Susan 03 



To spice Beef, Irish Fashion ■•••...•■•• 63 



Short Collars :for horses — To preserve Eggs 63 



Fanners Daughters — Death ii( John Loweir 04 



Garly Asparagus — Names of Grasses (M 



\gri.;ullural Museuiu^Horse .Medicine 04 



Important Advei-tisaments— .Seel S-.o-e .\gents 04 



Socheslcr Prices Current— Kemarks C4 



Our Success. 



Our most sincere ncknowle'igements are due to Agents, 

 ?oa\ Masters, and the friends of Agriculture generally, for 

 ,he kin.l and effl.'ient aiil which we have received during the 

 past month. It is with great pleasure we inform thein lliat 

 ft-e receive.i. during the month of March, very nearly ficy 

 Jtmuand suhscrihtrs. And although many more will be rc- 

 ]uired, in order to defray the cvpenses of the present year, 

 enough has been done to convince the most sceptical, that 

 (his paper can aiul will i e euslaincii, notwithstanding 

 9orae opposition, and the pressure of the time.s. Let the 

 ft-iends of the cause continue to e-xert themselves a little 

 longer, as ihey have thus far, (which we iu^e confident they 

 will do,) and we will soon show that the Genesee country is 

 not on the retrograde, 1-ut is still able to sustain the cheapest 

 ftnd one of the best agricultural papers in tf.e Union. 



Be Particular. 



We ag.ain have to caution our friends not to send letters 

 fiddressed to the " Editor of the Genesee Fanner," (without 

 attaching the word A'eic,) aa thej- are clatnic.l by .Mr. 'Tucker 

 it his agent, an 1 we da no: receive Ihem. ^Vo have lost a 

 nuniLcr of remittances in this way, and .Mr. T. being now 

 Kbsent, we have bef n unul.dc, as 'yet, to recover them, .tl- 

 thongh informed of the circumstances. 



AdJrcss papers, " New Genci'ce Farmer," and letters to 

 BATEHAM .t MARSHALL. 



, A FEW F.x TRA Copies of this paper are distributed on ac- 



ii eount of the advertisements and other juattera which it 



contains. Any persons who may receive it, who are noi 



suliscribers, need not consider themselves urge 1 to subscribe 



I if no! disposed to do so. Any subscribers who m.ay receive 



t an extra copy, are requcj;e I to eive it circulation. 



! D" The friends of the GeiiCEee Farmer are particnlarlv 



[ reiue-tc 1 lo ir -.d the nrti.'l.; on pa;e J?. 



The Public Pre.s.o. 



We feel under much obligation to many Editors for the fa- 

 vorable manner in which they have noticed our effort, and 

 their liberality in otTering us exchanges. The price of our 

 pajieris go small, compared with most of theirs, that we do 

 not ask, or expect them to exchange with us; but we will 

 scud our paper to all who will notice or advertise It, men- 

 tioning the character, terms, and agents, and send us one pa- 

 per, marked. Agents for the Rochester Seed Store, and alt 

 Post Masters .'ire agents for the "Fanner." 



All Aifricutturat Papers are reiiuestcd to exchange with us, 

 and may draw for any dltference in value. 



XT Will the A.MERICAN Farmer (and others) please give 

 credit to the ,Vcir Genesee Farmer for whatever it extracts 

 from our pages, and not to the "Genesee Farmer." Anil 

 will the Yankee Farmer please inform its readers where it 

 found the article in its No. 1'2, headed "Rohan Potatoes in 

 Wheatland," and signed R. ILrmon 7 It looks very much 

 like something that we have read before somewhere, and w c 

 gvess the Yankee did not mean to call it original. 



Agents For the New Genesee Farmer. 



It does not appear to lie understood by all of our friends, 

 that Post Masters generally are authorized to act as Agents 

 for this paper, and most of them very kindly consent to do 

 so. Consc(]Ucntly our rerulers who feel disposed to aid us. 

 and do their neighliors a favor, have only to hand their 

 names, with the money, to the Post JJ.aster, and request him 

 10 forward them to us. 



Persons residing near the towns mentioned on our last 

 page, can m.-.ke p.ayments to, an.l get the hack numbers of 

 the Seed Store Agents. 



Hints for the Mouth. 



At the opening of this month the farmer should pre- 

 pare to drive hia business energeticnllj- — to take tiinc 

 by the forelock, and to keep well 'ahead of his work. 

 The success of eomo crops greatly depends on their 

 being carZ// put in, and icell put in. 



There are many places, on heavy soils, where large 

 patches of wheat have been winter-killed; let these 

 patches be sown with spring whmt, and this vacant 

 ground will not be lost. 



Take early measures to cart out all the manure 

 which has been collected during winter, to be applied 

 to corn and root crops. A farmer might as well 

 throw away his pocket-book, as to leave manure wast- 

 ing by fermentation, when it can be applied with so 

 much advantage. 



As good crops depend much on ploughing well, and 

 getting ground in good order, hasty and auperticinl 

 ploughing should always be avoided, and thorough 

 work only performed. In ploughing ground already 

 broken, instead of attempting to cut slices a foot or 

 eighteen inches wide, they should be only ei.x or eight 

 inches. Let the farmer try this mode, and the appear 

 aiice of the work will convince him of its advan- 

 tage. 



Plaster operates lo the greatest advantage by being 

 sown early. 



Meadows should be early and carefully shut up, and 

 all animals excluded from them. New ones shou'd 

 be cleared of stone, and rolled. 



Draining, on hard soil?, where not too wet, may be 

 done much more easily and chea;)ly in spring, than in 

 autumn when the soil has become hard and dry. 



Young fruit trees thai stand in grass ground, should 

 have the earth spaded two or ihree feet around them, 

 and kept clear from grass and weeds during sumaier. 



Peach trees should be examined at the roots, for the 

 worm, which eats ond remains in the bnrk; its pre- 

 sence is generally indi.?ated by the oozing gum at the 

 surface of the ground. 



Plant ornamental liees and ahrubs whenever oppor- 

 tunity pcrmiii- — a farmer who nttpnde only to making 



money, and not to the appearance of his dwelling, neg- 

 lects an important comfort of life. 



Let strict accounts be kept of the farming opera- 

 tions for every day in the year, and of every Held on 

 the farm, that the profit and expenses of each crop may 

 be known. * 



Agriculture in Upper Canada. 



Notwithstanding the numerous disadvantnges under 

 which the farmers of Upper Canada have labored for 

 several years past, we perceive that there is still a most 

 praiseworthy spirit of improvement existing there.— 

 The numerous scientific English and Scotch agricul- 

 turists who reside in that rich province, are too intel- 

 ligent and fond of reading, to remain uninformed res- 

 pecting the improvements of the age; and loo enter- 

 prising and public spirited, not to carry them into prac- 

 tice, aa soon as the means are brought within their 

 reach. A number of efiicient Agricultural .S.icietica 

 exist in the province, and appear to be conducted with 

 much ability and usefulness. Many very fuperior 

 domestic animals have been imported, and improved 

 implemenls, seeds, &c., are annually introduced. 



Above all, we arc happy to see that agiicullura! pa- 

 pers are receiving on increased patronage in Upper 

 Canada. The New Genesee Farmer, owing to its 

 low price and perfect adaplcdness to the climnte, soil 

 and system of farming, is fast gaining circulation, 

 both among individual farmers and societies. We 

 hope soon to find some valuable correspondenus among 

 our Canadian friends; and we would suggest to the 

 officers of Agricultural Societies, the expediency of 

 making this paper the organ of their comiimnications, 

 with which they can most readily promote the inter- 

 ests ol Agriculture in Upper Canada. Our terms to 

 companies are so extremely low, that a mere trifling 

 sum would place the paper in the hands of each mem- 

 ber; and if a largo number are taken, we wdl send 

 the packages by steamboats, during navigation, if de- 

 sired, so as to avoid postage; and we will also devote a 

 portion of our columns to the more parlic'-ilar interests 

 of Canadian readers. 'We hope this subject will re- 

 ceive prompt consideration; so that if desired, we may 

 furnish thoiu all with the back numbers. 



The following notice, copied from the Cubourg Star, 

 is a good illustration of the spirit which is manifested 

 by the people of Upper Canada. Let this spirit of im- 

 provement be cultivated and increased, as it easily 

 may be, till it pervades the whole farming community, 

 and the character of that naturally fine counirj', will 

 soon attain an eminence, which will surprise those ili- 

 informed minds who imagine Canada to be a cold, 

 unfruitful region; and who suppose that its farmers are 

 behind the age in agriculture. It is true they may 

 make less noise, and appear to move more elo.rly in 

 the march of iinprovements; but it will be found in 

 the long run, that their progress was more sure, and 

 their success more permanent, than that of many of 

 those who think they are making the most rapid ad- 

 vancements. 



"We understand that at a commiltec meeting of the 

 Northumberland Agricultural Society, held at Graf- 

 ton last Wednesday, it was resolved to import a large 

 quantity of Phister vf Paris, to be sold at cost and 

 charges, to members of the society; and aho a quan- 

 tity of the celebrated noha7t Potatoes, to be distribu- 

 ted among them gratuitously. No member, however, 

 is to be entitled to avail himself of either of these ad- 

 vantages, unless he shall have become so, and paid his 

 annual subscription of one dollar to the Treasurer, 

 previous to the first day of April next. We hope that 

 our farmers will profit by this information. Graftvn 

 Fair, for cattle, all sorts of live stoc-k, manufncturrs, 

 &c., we would remind our readra, will take place on 

 Wednesday, the loth day of April." 



Farmers' Meeting . 

 Just aa this paper was going to press, we had an 

 interview with Mr. T. Weddic and one or two others, 

 who were desirous that a call should immediately be 

 published for a meeting of farmers and the friends of 

 AgricuUure, 10 take into consideration the subject of 

 forming an Agricultural society in this county, end 

 discussing any other matters of interest to the Farm- 

 ing community. The time and place were not agreed 

 on before our paper went to press. If ij is decided in 

 have the meeting before next month, notice tliertui 

 will br? given in the Ronheslcr Vrw^nap.'rs. 



