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THE NEW G E N E S E E FAR M E R, 



Vol.1. 



The Crops and the Season. 



In Western Now York and Upper Canndo, the ap- 

 pearance of the principal crops gives promise of a most 

 abundant harvest. In this region the wheat crop is | 

 considerably carUer than usual, and hopes are enter- j 

 tained that it will, on that account, be lees liable to 

 injury from the rust. The straw is not as heavy as 

 last season, but the heads are well formed and in most 

 cases stand thickly. We have not heard of any sc- 

 riius injury from the fly or worm, and our farmers 

 feel quite certain of an abundant wheat harvest, what- 

 ever may be the price in market. 



In Ohio we believe the fly has done considera- 

 ble damage to the wheat crop, ospecially in the lake 

 counties. 



In Michigan and [wliatia, the wheat crop has sus- 

 tained great injury in some parts from the Hessian fly 

 and the Army worm. From all accounts, however, 

 we believe the destruction is by no means general, and 

 those states will still yield a large surplus of wheal and 

 flour. 



From Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and Virginia, 

 the accounts ore also favorable, with very slight e.xcep- 

 lions. 



Early Premium Vegetables. 

 Ddicered at tJic Hocliester Seed Store since our last. 



June 5th — Second peck green I'eae. Thomas C. 

 Hance of Macedon. Eagle Tavern. 



June 16ih— First peck new Potatoes. Chas. Filer 

 of Greece. Eagle Tavern. 



June 18th — Second peck new Potatoes. Thos. C. 

 Hance of Macedon. Rochester House. 



June 25lh— First peck String Beans. \Vm. Ham- 

 ilton of Rochester. Eagle. 



Kdticatiun of Farmers' Sous. 



We have received several communications on thi^ 

 subject, some of them well written, and others bearing 

 sad evidence of the fact which they deplore, namely 

 the great neglect of education among farmers sins. — 

 The subject is too important to be overlooked ; but, at 

 the same time, our friends must bear in i.iind that 

 practical agriculture is the main object of our paper ; 

 and therefore we are compelled to reject many articles 

 which otherwise we should be glad to lay before our 

 readers. 



A Large Calf. 



Messrs. Editors — I yesterday had a Bull Calf of 

 mine weighed that was just a year old. He has never 

 been fed high, but I have merely kept him growing. — 

 He had the milk of the cow during the summer, and in 

 the winter all the grain he had, was from 4 to 6 quarts 

 of oat meal per dny. Since we turned him out this 

 spring to gra?s, he has had no grain at all. He is prin- 

 cipally of the Durham breed, with about one-eighth of 

 the Holland. His color is black, with white flanks, 

 which he takes from the Holland. He weighed 890 

 pounds. 



Have any of our brother farmers raised a heavier 

 one with the same keeping ? Yours, truly, 



BENJAMIN CHASE. 



. Shelby, Orleans Co., X. V., Jane20, 1840. 



M. B. Bateham will spend most of this month tra- 

 velling in the Western parts of Upper Canada and 

 New Y^ork, where he hopes to have the pleasure of cal- 

 ling on many of hie friends. 



Lost Numbers. — Post-Masters will please inform us 

 if any subscribers have not received their papers cor- 

 rectly, that we may send them again. 



B 



OLD <ii;NESEE FiVRMBR, 



OL'ND Vo!s., 1st. und 4!!i, may be had at SI per vol. 

 55Winc Breeder, or a treatise on fattening euine. 



For sale by D. HOVT. 



Mmj 2=. 6, Statf-g'. Rochester. 



VOLUMES WANTED. 



A liigh prire will he paid for severa' copies of vols. 3, 5,8 

 and 9 of the Weekly Gencsse Farmer. 

 Jul) Ul, 1841'. m. B. BATEH.\.M. 



POKTABLE THRASHING MACHINES. 



CLOVER MACniNE3 AND HORSE POWERS. 



■\lt7ARIt.ANTED to be thoroughly built and to work well : 

 VV made hj' Tuomas D. Burrall, Geneva, Ontario Co., 

 \. Y. 



These machines have all teen w.irranteil "to be thorough- 

 ly built, and to work well;" and Iheiy hane fully sustained 

 tltftt uarranty. 



They have ?one larsely into use; moretlian four thousand 

 r.rc in operation; nmny of them have thraslied from ten to 

 l\\-eny llious;>nd bushels each, icitkout rcfjairs. More thr.n 

 eight hun<Ired new machines were sold during the last sea- 

 son ; anil on thorough trial, they have been reconiniencieJ by 

 thsse who use theni " to be as complete, and to work as ueil 

 as any iit the icorld.^' 



His new Condjination Machine separates the grain from 

 the straw in the pr0i.es3 of thrashing, witkout any addUional 

 mackidery ; saves the labor of one luind in raking away the 

 straw — much grain which ia usually raked off with the straw 

 —and is dri%en with less power than any other machine in 

 use. 



Genera, June 27, 1=40. 



A DURHAM BULL CALF, 



OF FINE FORM and undoubted pedigree, for sale at a 

 rensrmaUe pri.-e, bv THOMAS WRIGHT. 



.Maic lo:i, Wayne co.. .'"> mo. 17th. lt-40. 

 Also as above, some pure Berkshire pigs of the Bemcnl 

 stock. 



Seed Buckwheat for sa'e .at the Seed ^^ITpX. ,, 



NEW ARRIVALS! 



JUST received at the Rochester Seed .Store hv the Ste.im 

 Ship Britisli Queen from England, a large supply of best 

 purple top Rula B.iga, and a general assortment of English 

 and Scotch Turnip Seeds. ET .Merchants supplied at yery 

 low prices. M. B. BATEHA.M. 



June 1st, 1840. 



Transplanting Annuals. 



Seedlings may be safely transplanted in the hottest 

 and drie3t weather, by turning over them immediately 

 after they aro set out and watered, a flower pot with a 

 hole in the bottom. The hole servis as a chimney to 

 Lt off the heat: and such plants will be as fresh 

 through the hottest part of the day, as if they had not 

 been remivod. Towards evening, when the sun can- 

 not shine on them, take olT the pot and give them fresh 

 air till the sun appears in the morning — then replace 

 it. In a few days th^y will have new roots, and be out 

 of danger. t 



NEW BOOKS. 



CHILD'S work on Beet Sugar ; Buel's Farmers' Com- 

 panion; the .\jnerlcan Swine Breeder's Companion; 

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

 sundry other valuable books, for sale at the Seed Store. 



M. B. BATEHAM. 

 June 1st, 1S40. 



THE THOROUGH BRED HORSE, 

 YOrXG HENRY. 



THE PUBLIC are informed that the above thorough bred 

 Horse, raised by H. Wooley, Long Island, and now 

 ownci by the subscriber, will slanaatO. Culver's, Brighton, 

 Monroe CO., and will be let to mares at (if een dollars the 

 seaso.i. Enclosed and good pasture will be provided, anl 

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

 froiii a distance and left with the horse; but no responsibility 

 for accidents or escapes, should any occur. 

 Pedigree. 

 Young Henry was got by Henry, the competitor of Ecliptr, 

 outoi Saniiliole, bv Eclipse Young Henry is now six years 

 old on the 4th of June next: he is a splendid figure, with lug 

 points finely developed ; be is a dark sorrel, and somewhat 

 over IB hands high. For further particulars, apply to 



OLIVER CUL\ LR. 

 Brighton, Monroe Co,, N. Y., May '20, 1S40. 



IMPROVED BERKSHIRE PIGS. 



THE Subscriber has on band, andwill have, during the 

 Summer, Pure Berkshire Pigs— also a cross of the Lei- ■ 

 cester and Berkshire. These Pigs are equal to any in tlls 1 

 State, and will besold as cheap asany. ^. ,,...„„ ' 



Rochester, May 1st., 1S40. AAIOS SAW\ ER. 



AGENTS 



FOR THF, ROCHESTER SEED STORE 



A full assortment of seeds, put up at the Rochester Seed 

 Store, may be found at each of the following placea.- 

 Subscriptions will also be receiyerl there for the " New Gen- 

 esee Farmer and Gardener's Journal ;" 



Buffalo W. & G. Bryant. 



Lockport, 



New Fane 



Albion, 



Brockport, 



Scotsville, , , . ^ ,, 



Le Boy Tompk.ns & Morg.in. 



R.,,„via' J . V. IJ. Verplanck. 



Attica,: K- & N- ^Vells, 



p„,y I,. B. Parsons & Son. 



Mount Morris "■ *'f,<;l'"-, ,,. 



Geneseo, ^\\%^^- ^^J"""" 



Canandaigua, , •';.f H.ayes,, 



Geneva . •>■ f» Bogert. 



Waterlio ^^K^.P^T'' 



Auburn, Ti "; I'a';'v 



Palmyra ■»<>>' '^ » ^> • . . , 



Newirk, n."T^,'h i-'r^n 



f.^-™- v. •.•.•!• E: ^Z^nt""" 



«--Vo;." ^^''b^teham. 



nockester Seed-Store, March 1, ie40. 



, S. U. Marks &.C0. 



J. P. Lukcns. 



Rathbun &- Clark. 



George Allen. 



Aiuirus Si Gnrbntt. 



41 

 41 



MINER'S PATENT PUMPS, for Wells and 

 Cisiprns, iniprovcl. Puriiig: the last few months the 

 iubscriliers hjivn made sever.-il important improvcincnis in 

 :he construction of this pump, which reutlc-a it the t-heapest 

 iiriii nio^t duralde article now in use, Tli^'y have no hesita- 

 tion in sayino that they arc ilecide ily preferable to any other 

 article now in operation. Many testimonials of scientific 

 and mechaniciil men niij?ht be given to show the simplicity 

 and durabili y othe construction of this pump, ami it-< supe- 

 riority to ail o liers, but aa a personal exnniina'ion mijjlit 

 give a more corrc-t idea of ihcm, they invite all who may 

 have oi'Ciision to purcha.se, to call before supplying them- 

 selves elsewhere. 



They are now manufactured and sold whole^^alr. and retail, 

 at prices o correspond with the tinie.^, at the Warehouse of 

 the Eagie Furnace, near the Falls, by 



\V. A. LANCWOrtTHV A: Co. 



Rochester, Jpril 1 . 



ROCHESTER PRICES CURRENT. 



CORRECTED KOR 



THE NEW GE.NESEE FARMER, JULY a, 18IC. 

 WHEAT, per bushel, $ 61 a S 83 



CORN " in-' 



OATS, " *2,'-- 



BARLEY, " 3/1.. 



R^YE, " ^^ 



PEAS, Common, . " 50 



BEANS, White,.. " 7o 



POTATOES,.... " 19 •,22„ 



APPLES, Desert,. " '5 1,00 



Dried,... " 1,00 1,25 



CIDER, barrel, ... 1,"5 2,00 



FLOUR, Supeifiire, " 4,00 4,25 



Fine, .... " 3,50 3,7o 



SjVLT " li^a Ii88 



PORK.Mess, " 12,00.... 13,00 



" Prime " 9,'50 10,00 



" Hog, ....100 lbs 4,00 4,50 



BEEF,...: " 5,00 5,59 



EGGS, per dozen, 8 10 



BUTTER, Freeh, . . per pound 10 12J 



Firkin "... 10 



CHEESE " ... <> 8 



LARD " ... 7 8 



TALLOW " ... 10 



HIDES, " ... 5 •• 



SHEEP SKINS each,... 38 50 



WOOL, pound,.. 38 50 



PEARL ASHES, ..lOOlhs.. 5,00 



POT, " " .. 4,50 



HAY ton, . . 6,00 7,00 



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



CLOVER, " " ... 10,00.... i2,on 



FLAX,.... " '• ... 75 1,00 



PLASTER, (in bbU.I per ton, C,00 



" bulk, (nt. \Vhcoilnnd) 3,00. 



