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T U E N E VV GENE SEE F A R M E R, 



Vol. I 



Geucsee Agricultural Society. 



On another poge of this paper will be found on ac- 

 count of the proceedings of the farmer's Convention ni 

 Ilochester, ond the formation of the Genesee Agricul- 

 tural Society. It will be seen that the constitution pro- 

 vides for the appointment of local committees to 

 attend to the afl'aire of the eociety, in every town 

 or neighborhood where sufficient interest is felt in 

 the cause, and suitable persons can be found to at- 

 tend to it. It is very dceirable that the organization 

 should be completed as speedily as possible, in order 

 that proper arrangements may be made for the fall e.x- 

 bibition. Circulars will be sent in a few days to 

 such as are known to the Executive Committee, and 

 any other persona whD desire a committee in their 

 neighborhood, and think they can obtain a good 

 number of names for membershiii, are requested to 

 addretsa line to the Corresponding Seetetary. 



W. B. BATEHAM. 



Rochester, June Ist, 1840. 



To Correspojuleuts. 



We have received a "number of communications, 

 •chiefly occupied with matters foreign to the objects of 

 this paper, touching on disputed points in party poli- 

 tics, — commending our journal, &c. Our object is 

 chiefly to improve the culture of the soil; and the 

 statement of facts, e-xperimente, ond suggestions on 

 this subject, will of course, be of more real value, 

 than the mere expression vi' opinion on other subjects. 

 We hope those correspondents to whom these remarks 

 «pply, will cx'juse us, if, in place of their communica- 

 tions, matter more proctieul occupies our colunms; 

 and to remember the anecdote of the man who prom- 

 ised to give the country such tcciitlier as was wanted 

 when the peeple nimnimously agreed what it should 

 bo. When our readers all agree in relation to what 

 we shall publish, we proinise to satisfy them; and in 

 the mean lime we reiuest them to c.xerciso forbearance 

 vs'itb regard to th's subject. 



We have received a communication from W. S. T. 

 in reply to " Cullor" on the subject of rearing calves, 

 in which he very jut tly ohje-jts to the frequent practice 

 and bad ecianomy of imperfect feeding. But as hisre- 

 niorks are directed more particularly against feeding on 

 **skim milk" alone, and not against the method pursued 

 by " Cultor," and as his communication is of some 

 length, we hope he will excuse us for not inacrtingit. 



"Ci.vci.vNATUs" is received and we will endeavor 

 to profit by his advice. We hope to hear from him 

 •gain. 



Annette informs u^ that she is to be absent some 

 weeks on a visit to New England, so we have taken 

 the liberty to defer her communication till next month, 

 in order to make room for the agricultural proceed- 

 ings, &c. 



JuvENis will also appear next month. K. ditto. 



A Hint. — We wish our corrc-^pondenta would bear 

 in mind that we always want a tide or he<id to each 

 article in our paper ; and writers should always place 

 a heading to ih^ir communicntions, and confine their 

 remarks to one subject until the heading or title is 

 changed. Sjme of our correspondents endeavor to 

 embrace several subjects in one comnmnication, with- 

 out any heading, ond the consequence is, we have to 

 divide and revise it all ; or, what is more cmimon, 

 reject the whole. 



M. B. Batkham will commence this month and 

 spend several weeks travelling in Western New York 

 and Upper Canada. lie hopes to hove the pleasure 

 of calling on a goodly number of our friends and 

 readers, in order to obtain more personal and particu- 

 lar knowledge of the condition of ogricullure and hor- 

 ticulture in this region of country. Such intercourse 

 will doubtless be mutually beneficial, and better fit 

 him for the duties of his station. 



English Seed Wheat. 



One or two bushels each, of eight or ten of the 

 finest new kindd of English Wheal, have just arrived 

 from England, and will be distributed to the mem- 

 bers of the Genesee Agricultural Society previous to 

 next fall's sowing. 



Lo:;t Namhcrs. — Post- Wasters will please inform us 

 f any subscribers have not leccived their papers cor- 

 rectly, that we may send them again. 



Seed Buckwheat for sa'e at tiie Seeii Store liv 



M. B. BATEHAM. 



A DURHAM BULL CALF, 



Or FliVE FORM and undoubteri pediffree, for sale at o 

 rensma'jle pri.ie, liy THO.MAS WKIGHT. 



Mm c Ion, Wayne CO.. 5 mo. 17th, 1640. 

 Also us a!:ove, some pure Berkshire pigs of the Bcmcn! 

 stock. 



NEW ARRIVALS ! 



Jt'ST received at the Rochester Seed Ptore hy the Steain 

 IShlp British Queen from England, a large supply of lest 

 purple top Kula Ba^a, and a general assorlment of English 

 and Scotch Turnip Seeds. ZIT Merclianls supplied at ver\ 

 low prices. M. B. B.\TEHA.M. ' 



June iBl, If 10. 



NEW BOOKS. 



CIHILD'i? work on Beet Suear •, Buel's I'arnicrs' Coni- 

 / panion ; tlie American j?\viiic Breeder's Companion ; 

 Bridgpinan's Gardener, new edition ; and a fresh supply of 

 sundry otlier valuable books, for sale at the Seed .S^ore. 



M. B. BATEHA.II. 

 June 1st, 1?40. 



THE THOROUGH BRED HORSE, 

 VOrXG IIE.XRY. 



THK PiniJCurpinforiiicd that the above thorouftli lire I 

 Horse, raisetl by H. Wooley, Lonij. Island, and now 

 owi-c I by the subscrilier, will stanu at O. Culver's, Brighlon, 

 Monroe CO., and will be let to mares at fifLCcn dollars llie 

 se.iso.i. Enclosed and eood pasture will be provided, and 

 all possib'e care and attention will be paid to mares brouglit 

 from a distance and left wi h the horse; but no re3ponsibili;y 

 for accidents or escapes, should any occur. 



Pedigree. 



Vounj; Henry was eot by Henry, the coniiietitor of Eclipse- 

 out Oi Saniihole, by ^*cUp5R Voung Henry is now six years' 

 old on the 4*li of June ne\*: he is a splendid fienre, with his 

 points finely develope I -, he is a dark sorrel, and somewhat 

 over 16 bauds high. For further particulars, appiv to 



OLIVER CULVER. 



Brighton. .Monroe Co,, >'. V., May '20, isVl. 



IMPROVED BERKSHIRE PIGS. 



ry^HE Suhscri! cr has on hand, andwill have, during the 

 X Suninier, I'ure Berkshire Pigs — also a cross of the Lei- 

 cester and Berkshire. These Pigs are equal to any in the 

 Slate, and will be sold as cheap as anv. 

 Rochester, Jlay 1st., 1910. AMOS S.VWYER. 



IMPORTED ENGLISH DRAUGHT HORSE 



WILL stand this season at the subscriber's stable in Pal- 

 inyra, on the l^t, 'id, l-2;li, 13th. Ulh, ISili, lOih.'JOth. 

 27lli, 'irtii, '29tli, and 30th, ff lil'ih month. At Jolin Hoath's. 

 in Pitlst'ord, on the Irh anrl I^tll of ihe same month. At 

 H.ill's corners, in Whc.itland, on the ll'h,7th, Hth, '2Uth, -ilst, 

 and 'i'^d, of the same month ; and at Gcor^re -Mar-'^h's, in ,^Icn- 

 don, on the Otb and *i3d of the same month. 



Again at home on theUth, lUth, Uth, 12th. 13th. 2!d. 21tli. 

 '25lh, an I -JO. h of 8th month. At Hoath's on the lsl,15Ib, and 

 '21>tli of the same nmnth. At Hall's corners on the 3d, 4th. 5lh, 

 17th, l«h, and Itlth, of tlic same inontji ; and at Marsh's on 

 the 0th and 'Jdth of the same month. 



Again at Hall's corners on the Ist, '2d, and 3d, of 7th month-, 

 and at .Marsh's on the 4th of the s.Mne month. 



Sflm5u« was imported by his present owner, with a view 

 to Improve the breed of Aericultural ami Oranght horses in 

 this country. His stock, of the two seasons he has stood here, 

 promises to possess ample share of muscular power, so 

 much needed in the various purposes to which horses arc 

 applicrl. They may be found in the neighborhood of Palmy- 

 ra, Henrietta, .>Iendon, Wheatland, &c., and farmers are 

 respectt'nlly invile'l to call and see for themselves. 



Terms — $10 each mare, for the season, to be secured by 

 approved notes, payable on 1st of Hth month ne.vt. In case 

 any marea should not tie wi'h foal, the owner may have Ihe 

 njivilegeof putting them next season, or if llie horse should 

 •if^t Bland in this part of the country, to li,ive ha'f'be money 

 eturncl. JOH.\ ROBIX.SON. 



rii::nyra, ISIO. 



THE IMPORTED HORSE, ALFRED 



WILL sttind this seosim, commencing on the Glh of Ma; 

 at the old Norton Farm, East Bloomfield, Ontar 

 county, N. v., as follows, viz; 



From Wednesday, May 6th, to Tuesday, ^lay 1-2lh ; froi 

 Wednesday, May '20:h, to Tuesday, .May '2eih •, from Wo 

 nesday, June 3d, to Tuesday, June tith ; from ^^*ednesda, 

 Jiine I7th, to Tuesday. June '23; I'rom Wednesday. July Is 

 to Tuesday. July 7th ; and at .Mr, Forden's, near Gcaev 

 thelntemietliate lime. 



XT Tkrms. — ©10 each mare, for the season, to be securf 

 by approved noted, payable on the 1st of Uecemi er. Shou 

 any of the mares prove not to be with foal, the owners 1 

 have the privilege of putting them the next season, if tl 

 horse remains in this region, or, in the event of his remova 

 to have one half the amount returned. 



THO.MAS VVEDDLE. 



East BloamJieU, JprU, 1S40. 



AMERICAN COMET. 



THIS full blooded improved Uurham Short Horn Bull, ; 

 now at my farm, ill the town of Greece, 6 uiilea froi 

 Rochester. 



Pedigree. 



Color, wliite, calved April, ItO;', bred by Thomas Weiidl. 

 is by lmporie<l Kover, (1616;) dam, Frimrote, by Fionee 

 (13'2I;) gr. dam. Providence, by Candor, (107;) gr. gr. d,-i 

 by Ketton, (340 ;) gr. gr. gr. dam hy Eipectation, ('217 ;) g 

 gr- gr. gr. dam by Col. 'frotler's Magnum Bonum, (26e'2 

 gr. nr. gr. gr. gr. dam by Lt. Chapman's Son of Punch, (122 

 gr. gr. gr. gr. gr. gr. da'm by Italj'h Crimson's Bull by Cha 

 ger's son of Favorite, (■2f2;) gr. gr. gr. gr. gr. gr. gr. dam I 

 son of Dalon Duke, (If? ;) "Rover," or Charles, bred by tl 

 Earl of Carlisle, was bv Rockingham, ('2.550 ;) dam, Cherr 

 hv Wonderful, [700 ;] gr. dam by Alfred, [33 ;] gr. gr. dam 1 

 Chilton's old Red Bull, ic. &.C. 



'1'er.m8.— gJ each cow.— Further information may be ol 

 tained by addressing me at the Post Office, Rochester 



THO.MAS \VEDDLE. 



April '23, 1640. 



AGENTS 



FOR THE ROCHESTER SEED STORE 



A full assortment of seeds, put up at the Hnchestcr Se< 

 Store, may be found at e.nth of the following places. 

 Subscriptions will also be received there for tlie " Aew Ge 

 esce Farmer and Gardener's Journal ;" 



Butfalo ^V. & G. Bryant. 



Lockport S- H. .^larks .t Co. 



New Fane, J- T. Lukcns. 



.^Ihion, Rathliun ,t Clark. 



Brockport, George Allen. 



ScotsviUe, Andrus .t GarbuV. 



Le Roy, Tompkins &. Moignn. 



Batavi.i' J. V. D. Verplanck. 



.\lticii '. R- & i^- Wells, 



Perrv,' L. B. Parsons &. Sou. 



Mount .Morris R- Sleeper. 



Geiieseo F. t G. \\ . Wyman. 



Canandaigu.i J- B Hayei', 



Genevi J- ^ Bogert. 



Waterloo Abr.-im Deuel, 



Auburn T. iM. Hunt. 



Palmyra '. Hoyt & iMav . 



Newark Doane & I'artridge. 



Syracuse T. B. Fitch & Co. 



\]\\c^ J. E. \\ arner. 



Oswe'O -M. B. Edsori. 



° ' . M. B. B.\TEHAM. 



Rochester Seed-Stiire, March 1, 1840. 



41 



ROCHESTER PRICES CURRENT- 



CORRECTED FOR 



THE NEW GE.NE.SEE FAR.MER, JUNE 2, IflO. 



WHEAT per bushel, $ 81 o $ 



CORN, " 37i 



OATS, " 28 



BARLEY " ^^■ 



RYE " 50. 



PEAS, Common, . " 50. 



BEANS, White,.. " 75. 



POTATOES " 18. 



APPLES, Desert,. " 75. 



" Dried,... " 1,0(1. 



CIDER, barrel, ... 1,75. 



75 



FLOUR, Saperfine, " 4,00. 



..20 



.1,00 



1,25 



2,00 



■.4,25' 



3,50, 



1,76 



1-3,00.... 13,00 



9„S0 10,00 



4,00 4,50 



5,50 

 ,.10 

 . 12J 



Fine, 



SALT, " .. 



PORK, Mesa "... 



" Prime " ... 



Hog 100 lbs 



BEEF, " 5,00. 



EGGS, per do2en, ... 



BUTTER, Fresh, .. per pound 10. 



" Firkin " ... 10 



CHEESE, " ... 6 8 



LARD, " ... 7 $ 



TALLOW " ... 10 



HIDES, " ... 5 



SHEEP SKINS each,... hO 63 



WOOL, pound,.. 38 50 



PEARL ASHES, ..100 lbs.. 5,00 , 



POT, " " .. 4,50 



HAY, ton, . . !), 00 1 0,00 



GRASS SEED bushel,.. 1,.50 2,00 



CLOVER, " " ... 10,00.... 12,00 



FLAX " " ... 75 1,00 



PLASTER, Cin hbls.) per ton, 6,0P, 



bulk, (■atJWhe8tIand)3,00., 



