THE NEW GENESEE FARMER 



AND GARDENER'S JOURNAL. 



M. B. BATEHAM, } ..„, 



E. F. MAliSUALL, Proprietors, y VOI'- 



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ftOClIESTER, JUJVE, 1840. 



T«rrt a S JOHN J. THOMAS, 

 X«U. «. ^ jyj g BATEHAM, EdUort. 



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CONTENTS OF THIS NUMBER. 



To the Friends of Agriculture, &c 81 



Door Vard Scenery 91 



Culture of Fruit. Varielies of Apples 82 



Lettuce. Ridging for Rntu Biiga. Breaking Steers . . . .e2 



Sugar Beet injure 1 ?)y fresh Miinure 83 



Sugar Beet, by S. \V. Harvesting Ruta B;iga S3 



Improveii Horses wanted in Oneida Co B3 



Kural Taste — Insects (Aphis) on fruit Trees 83 



Domesiic Manufactures — Protective Tariff'. . 84 



First Manufacture of Beet Sugar in New England 84 



To prevent Hens scratching — the Hessian Fly 85 



Hay and Hay Making— Plugging Fruit Trees 8o 



Horn Disease in Cattle 8j 



The A. B. C. of Silk Culture 86 



Breaking a Colt by kindness 86 



Poultry— "The Birds of Aniprica"— Salting Butter . . . .87 

 Machine for Husking and Shelling Corn — Lulior Saving 



Soup — Beet Sugur in Fran-*** ^87 



Agricultural Convention al Rochester j Formation and 



Constitution of the Genesee Agricultaial Society 88 



Culture of ^\'■hcat 88 



Scalding Seeds before planting 89 



Brief Hints for June— Wasliing Sheep 89 



Bittersweet Ointment for Cowo' Teats, &.c 89 



Sunflower Sccil Oil inquiry 89 



View of the Grasses by C. D 89 



Signs of the Tinier jtO 



The Flower Boy (Poetry) 91 



Care of Horses— Popular Errors 91 



The Flowers of Spring 02 



The proper time fur cutting Timothy 92 



TJicCurculio— Red Root 92 



Child, on Be«t Sugar — Oyster Corn Cakes 92 



Hints on Gardening for June 93 



Slug^ on Fruit Trees, again 93 



Early Vegetables— E.r~y Wheat and Rye 93 



Transactions of the Es^ex Agricultural Society 03 



The Farmer's Cabinet— Pork Eating '. 93 



Culture of Grapes— English Market's- Errata 93 



Dialogue between a Father and his Son 94 



l>rainage of Land by Steam Power 9.» 



Genesee Agricultural So.:iety Notice 96 



To Correspondents — Notif:es 90 



Advcitisements — Prices Current 9G 





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To the Friejids of Agriculture in the Genesee 

 Conntrj". 



This number of the New Genesee Farmer com- 

 pletes the lust half Volume: and the publishers offer 

 ;heir sincere thanks for the effiLient aid which many 

 Tiends of the cause have rendered them in the underta- 

 iing. We regard the successful establishing of this 

 paper, as a proud triumph on the part of the farmers of 

 iGenesec, over ignorance, prejudice, and opposition. 

 At the same time, we are sorry to eay, we feel the full 

 :orce of opposing influences from many quarters, and 

 ^ur friends must e.xert themselves anew in order to 

 RRure complete succees. 



We have still on hand some thousands of back 

 lumbers, which we hope to see speedily disposed of to 

 Tpw subscribers, by the assistance of our friends and 

 -he "Genesee Agricultural Society," a resolution of 

 which wo recommend to tlie attention of our readers. 

 The paper has now been six months before the public, 

 md has received the mostunqualified ajprobation from 

 .;j jse who have examined ita pages; so that we feel a 

 ight to a-jk our readers and all who wish the cause 

 'success, to make some effort to circulate the present 

 'sdition, and plai'e the paper on a permanent footing. 

 BATEHAM AND MARSHALL. 



Door Yard Scenery. 



The following extract from Loudon's Huburlan 

 Gardaicr, contains so many useful hints, that we pre- 

 sent it to our readers; more especially as the orna- 

 mental planting recommended is not expensive. 



Vtirictij in the I'icics obtained from the Honsc, avd 

 from tlte different Walks conductal through the 

 Grounds, is one of the grand desiderata in every place 

 laid out in the modern style, whether its extent may 

 be large or small. AVilh respect to the views from the 

 house, the first thing to be attended to is,thediepofition 

 of the rooms, so that their windows may look in differ- 

 ent directions. Unless this has has been studied by 

 the architect, it will be impossible, even in the finest 

 situation, to produce much variety in the views. — 

 Suppose a house placed nn a slope, commanding an 

 extensive prospect; if all the rooms looked towards 

 that prospect, all of them would have good views, but 

 these views would not be varied; whereas if, from one 

 side of the house, the windows of one room (soy the 

 drawing room) looked out on a level flower-garden; 

 and if, on another side, those of the dining-room look- 

 ed up the slope; while, on a third side, those of the 

 library, or breakfast- room, commanded the distant 

 prospect; there would be three distinct characters of 

 view. Now, in very small places fsay a quarter of an 

 acre, or even less, in extent) this varied disposition of 

 the rooms, or, rather of the manner of lighting them, 

 ought never to be lost sight of; because, altogether in- 

 dependently of distance, or of any object beyond the 

 boundary lence, the views may be rendered of different 

 characters by the diflerent kinds of trees and shrubs 

 planted, by their different disposition, by a difference 

 of form in the ground, and by a difference in the ar- 

 chitectural ornaments, or by the ::bsence of architec- 

 tural ornaments altogether. Even a difference in the 

 form and size of the window, or the absence or pre- 

 sence of a balcony or veranda, will altogether alter the 

 character of the scenery. Wherever, therefore, a 

 house stands isolated, and has a clear space of a few 

 yards on each side of it, it may always have at leost 

 four different characters of view, independently of the 

 effect produced by balconies, verandas, or other chan- 

 ges in the windows or foreground. Hence, also, in 

 limited plots of ground, whatever is their shape, grea- 

 ter variety of view will be produced by placing the 

 house nearer one end, or nearer one side, than in the 

 centre. In the latter case it is impossible to get depth 

 of view from any side, and thus a great source of 

 beauty is lost. A deep view includes a greater num- 

 ber of objccle, and, consequently, admits of a greater 

 variety of effect of light and shade; it increases our 

 ideas of extent, and, by concealing more from the eye 

 than can be done in a confined view, it gives a grea- 

 ter exercise to the imagination. Add to this, that, in 

 a small place, depth of view is not expected; and, con- 

 sequently when it does occur, its effect is the more 

 striking, by the surprise it occosions, as well as by its 

 contrast with the other views, which must necessarily 

 be very limited. In^o' 45., a is the house, placed at 

 one side of a plot; B, the drawing room, having a view 

 the whole length of the garden; c is the dining-room, 

 having a very confined view, and, in short, looking 

 across some bushes, to a screen of evergreens (say 

 hollies or evergreen oak;) d is the breakfast-room, or 

 common sitting-room of the family, looking on a flow- 

 er-garden, to which there is a descent from a balcony 

 by three steps. The other small room may be tised 

 as a business, waiting, or gentleman's room; and the 



situation of the staircase is indicated. The central 

 hall is large for the size of the house, and may, in sum 

 mer, be used occasionally as a music-room, or as a 

 play-place, or dancing-room, for children. All the 

 offices are on the basement story, and the first and 

 second floors are bed- rooms. If the garden were lar- 

 ger, or even of its present size, if circumstances were 

 favorable, a small piece of water, supplied from a drip- 

 ping rock at,K. would have a good effect; and there 

 might be a statue on a pedestal, surrounded with tozza 

 vases of flowers, in the centre of the flower gaiden; 

 or, if water vere abundonl, a fountain might be sub- 

 stituted for the statue. The rest of the garden, with 

 the exception of the surrounding border between the 

 walk and the boundary wall, is entirely of turf, varied 

 by choice ornamental trees and shrubs, including some 

 fruit trees and fruit shrubs. The standard roses, and 

 the fruit shrubs, such os gooseberries, currants, rosp- 

 berries, vaccinniume, &c., of which there cannot be 

 more than two or three plants of each kind, stand in 

 small circles, kept dug and manured, in order that 

 they may produce their flowers and fruit of good size; 

 but the mulberry, the quince, the medlar, and the few 

 apples, pears, plums, &c., for which the space con be 

 aflbrded, may stand on the grass. Against the walls 

 are planted one or two peaches, nectarines, end apri- 

 cots; and against the house, a fig tree and a vine. — 

 The remainder of the walls and of the house may be 

 varied by roses and flowering creepers; except the 

 more shady parts of the surrounding wall, which may 

 be covered with the common, the giant, and the varie- 

 gated ivy. The surrounding border between the wall 

 and the boundary walk is wholly devoted to bulbs, in 

 spring and the beginning of snmmer; with a row of 

 Russian violets inside the box, for producing fragrance 

 in winter; and potches of mignonette at regular dis- 

 tances, to scent the air during summer. Among the 

 groups of trees, and close by their roots, tomftion cow- 

 slips, snowdrops, wild violets, and wood anemones 

 may be planted to come up among the grass; and, be- 

 ing only plonted in a few jilaces, and these near the 

 roots of the trees, they may be easily avoided by the 

 mower. In such a garden as this, small though it be, 

 a great variety of trees and shrubs might be grown; 

 and the flower garden is sufficiently large to produce a 

 very good display of the finer kinds of hardy flowers. 



Inqiiiries—Heaves in Horses. 



Messrs. Editors — Have you, or any of your sub- 

 scribers, noticed that there are more horses than usual 

 troubled with the heaves this spring ? If so, what is 

 the cause ? 



If any know of n cure, they will confer a favor on 

 the public by making it known through the colums of 

 your valuable paper. SOUTH WEST. 



Cure for Garget—Inquirj'. 



Messrs. Thomas and Bateham — I have a cow 

 which is nearly ruined by the Garget. Can any ol 

 your correspondents inform me how to cure her ? 



Yours, &c., E. F. M. 



Yellow Water In Horses. 



I have tried with complete success the following 

 cure for this dangerous disease: — Take half a gill of 

 spirits of turpentine, half a gill cane molasses, and one 

 gill fourth proof rum; mix them well together in a 

 bottle. After taking it the horse should be kept from 

 water twentv hours, g. N, 



