THE NEW GENESEE FARMER 



AND GARDENER'S JOURNAL. 



e: F." mIrIhIlL, Proprietors. \ ^OI.. 1. ROCHESTER, SEPTEMBER, 1840. 



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JOHN J. THOMAS, 



M. B. BATEHAM, Editors. 



PimiilSHEO MOXTIIL.Y 



IH CONNECTION WITH THE ROCHESTER SEED STORE AND AORl- 

 CULTURAI, REPOSITORY. 



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Tlie postage of this paper is only one cent to any place 

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 the United States. 



CONTENTS OF THIS MmiUER. 



The Cattle Show and Fair. Ploughing Match 1'29 



Canadian Visitors. Large Peaches, 1'29 



Attention Headers I EngUsh News, I'iO 



Roller on Insects. The Urag Holler 130 



Applying Fresh INIanilre 130 



The ilosc (^lowering Locust. Ploughing in Wheat,. 131 



Cleaning Clover ?^ced 131 



The Flowers of Siuntner. The Wild Rose, . . » 13*2 



Clover Seed and Machines. "The last Rose of Sum- 

 mer, 132 



Inquiries aliout Orchard Grass. Fanning ; its ad- 

 vantages, 1.13 



Improved breeds of Swine, Large sale of Berkshire^, 133 

 Inquiries — Disease in Poultry, Ringbone on Horses, 133 

 Agriculture in Upper Canada ; Observations on ma- 

 king Buller— iManageinent of Cattle and Sheep, 



&c., by lion. A. Fergusson 131 



Rainy days Shade Tree^ in Pastures, 135 



Prospects of the Wheat Market, 135 



Improved Bee Houses and Bee Hives, invented by 



John Senrle, Esq. — with cuts, 130 — 7 



On Propagation by seeds and cultivation. News- 

 papers, 139 



Thirteenth Annual Fair of the American Institute,. .139 



Hints for the IMonth. Yellows in Peach trees 140 



Culture of Fruit. The Bassano Beet. Alsike clover, HO 

 Ontario Co. Ag. Society, Genesee Co. Ag. Society, -lU 

 ' Late sales of improved Cattle. -^ cure for the Heaves 



in Horses 141 



Improved variety of Wheat, Masshannocks, vs. Ro- 



hans, 141 



Labor Saving Machines. Lime Burning — perpetual 



kilns, 142 



Method of restoring life to the apparently Drowned,. 143 

 FruitTrees. Treatment of sick animals. Silk Culture,142 

 Produce of the Durham Cow " Blossom." Hollow 



Horn, 143 



To make wives love their homes, 143 



Obituary— de.ith of E. F. Marshall 144 



Dreadful News from Florida — Death of Dr. Perrine,.144 

 Fire and loss of Life in Rochester. Shocking Cala- 

 mity at .\lliany, 144 



Census of Rochester, Butfalo and Utica, 144 



The Cattle Show and Fair Rochester. Errata 144 



Advertisements. Price Current. Remarks 144 



PUBIilSHERS' NOTICES. 



rrSome should Read this.iX 



Some of our friends have promptly responded to the 

 til which we made last month respecting remittnn- 

 es — these have our thanks. But our books show 

 that there are several hundred dollars yet due us from 

 ;ent8 and Postmasters. This is too bad, it is not 

 (jUBt; it is not honest I We make no profit on the 

 mblicalion, and if all that is now due was promptly 

 (Mid, we should not save a dollar for our services. — 

 IWe do not mean to be harsh, or complain without 

 reason, but there is a point beyond which forbearance 

 ceases to be a virtue. The harvest is now over, and 

 imoney begins to circulate among fanners: so that we 

 ihope soon, not only to receive what is now due, but 

 atfo a large amount of new subscriptions. [CFOur 

 friends will not slight this c a 



Note is the Time. — Jlany of our frrends promised 

 to obtain a number of new subscribers as soon as far- 

 mers sold their wheat and got a little money. We 

 hope they will not forget this, about these times; and 

 WB would remind them that it will save trouble if 

 they will pay for two years at once — it is only one dol- 

 lar, and another year ie fast drawing near. 



Acknoicledgemcnts. — Our thanks are due to the of- 

 ficers of the Midland District and the Niagara District 

 Agricultural SocietiLS, in Upper Canada, for their lib- 

 eral orders for this paper. We hope they will be great- 

 ly benefitted thereby, and that other Societies will 

 •oon follow their e.\araples. 



OCT Will the Secretaries inform ua how the papers 

 an to be ssnt ? 



The Cattle Show and Fair at Rochester. 



The farmers generally in this region manifest much 

 interest in the coming fair, and we confidently antici- 

 pate that it will be highly useful and interesting. All 

 who can, should bring something to exhibit, not how- 

 ever for the purpose of obtaining the premiums, but 

 to give interest to the meeting and odvance the cause 

 of agriculture. We are happy to inform our readers 

 that the principal breeders and owners of fino stock in 

 this county have promised to bring their animals, so 

 that all may be assured there will be a good display. 



The second day is intended chiefly for the sale and 

 exchange of farm stock, and all who wish to purchase 

 or sell fine animals will do well to be present. Suita- 

 ble arrangements will bo made respecting pons, pas- 

 ture, stabling, Slc. 



The Ploughing Match. 



By the liberality of the Floughmakers of this city, 

 three improved ploughs, of different patents, will be 

 given as prizes for the best ploughing ; the person en- 

 titled to the first prize, to have the first choice. Horse 

 teams only are to be used, without drivers, each to 

 plough one quarter of an acre. A field of greensward 

 will be obtained for this purpose near the city. Plough- 

 men who intend to compete are requested to leave their 

 names at the Seed Store a few days before the Fair. 



A Correction — In the list of articles for premiums 

 published last month, on page 128, the 23d and 24th 

 premiums should read for pigs not more than 9 months 

 old; instead of " 7 months old." 



A Meeting of the Executive Committee 



Of the Genesee Agricultural Society, will be held 

 at the Arcade House, Rochester, on Saturday, the 

 12th of September, at 11 o'clock, A. M., to appoint 

 committees, and make arrangements for the coming 

 Fair. A full attendance is very desirable. 



Canadian Visitors. 



The following letter from the Hon. Adom Fergus- 

 son, was intended as a private commnicaiion ; but 

 knowing that it will have a good effect we take the li- 

 berty to publish it. 



WOODHILL. WaTERDOWS, U. C. ) 



August 22, 1840. ] 



Dear Sir — I observe with some interest the an- 

 nouncement of an Agricultural Show ond Fair to be 

 held at Rochester on the 7th of October ; and if we 

 thought we should be welcome guests I think some of 

 our farmers would feel inclined to take a trip over and 

 see your Genesee stock. 



What would the chance be of selling my Bull, May 

 Duke, at the Fair ? I have also a thorough-bred 

 yearling Bull which I might peihnps send — Fray 

 let me hear fiom you at your earliest convenience. 

 Yours, truly, ADAM FERGUSSON. 



Reply. — We are gratifirid to learn, from various 

 sources, thatmony of our'Canadian neighbors manifest 

 considerable interest in our coming Fair, and we have 

 reason to hope that a number of them will honor us 

 with a visit at that time We can with confidence 

 assure them ihot their presence would be most welcome 

 to the farmers of Genesee, and if we do not make 

 their visit profitoble to them, we will at least try to 

 make it pleasant. 



Respecting the sale of animals, we had rather in- 

 vite our distant friends here to purchase than to sell ; 

 but at the same time we think it highly probable that 

 Mr. Fergufson could sell those he mentions, to good 



ndvaniage. We know them to be of a high order of 

 excellence, and should be pleased to see them at tho 

 Fair i but whether it would bo advisable to drive or 

 transport them so far, we arc at a loss to decide. — Eds. 



Large Peaches. 



We have not had ns fine a season for fruit in five 

 years past as the present. The warm weather of late 

 has greatly benefitted the Peaches, and they are now 

 ripening in great abundance and of excellent quality. 

 Mr. E. D. Smith has exhibited some of the Royal 

 Kensington variety measuring over nine inches in cir- 

 cumference. Mr. E. Watts and several other persons 

 have raised them nearly as large. But the largest and 

 best peach that we have seen or heard oi" this year 

 was a yellow malacaton fully ripe from the garden 

 of T.B.Hamilton, Esq. which measured nine inches and 

 three quarters in circumference. Mr. Ira Carpenter, 

 brought us a pine-apple clingstone of the same size aa 

 the preceding,but not fully ripe, from the garden of Mr. 

 Howe. — August iXst. 



Attention Readers I — We flatter ourselves that the 

 New Genesee Farmer is not often thrown aside with- 

 out being generally read ; but for fear that some of 

 our readers are in the habit of laying it bye fur a rainy 

 day, wo would remind them that our monthly messen- 

 ger always contains some valuable information ex- 

 pressly adapted to the season, and therefore it should 

 be read without much delay. The article by Mr. 

 Fergusson in this and our last number, will be found 

 interesting to farmers in this country as well as Upper 

 Canada. 



English News. 



The eteam ship President at New York, brings 

 dates from England to the first, and the Acadia at 

 Boston, to the 4th ult. This last vessel made her 

 trip in the remarkable short space of 12i days. 



The Cotton Market was active and firm at fair quo- 

 tations. A considerable revival had taken place in 

 the e.\port of monufactured goods in this country. 

 The President has brought out 1300 paekogcs. 



The crops of grain were uncertain, as the weather 

 had been very unpropitious; but the Mark Lane Ex- 

 press of the 3d inst. says, "the weather has during the 

 past week been decidedly auspicious, and advices from 

 all parts of the country, represent ihe outstanding crops 

 as having been greatly improved within the last ten 

 days." 



The following is an extract of a letter received in 

 Philadelphia, dated 



" Liverpool, August 3. — The weather for July 

 Las been most unfavorable, and threatened the des- 

 truction of the harvest. It has however, latterly look- 

 ed up, and the present indications are that it may yet 

 be saved; however, there will not now be an average 

 crop. The consequences, had we been compelled to 

 send our gold to the continent for grain, would have 

 been disaslrous. Money, now easy, would have be- 

 come tight: confidence been shaken: probably failures 

 have ensued, and the prospects of several in com- 

 merce, blasted. As it is, I trust that the deficiency of 

 our crops will be amply supplied from America; and 

 then, I have no dmibt, there will be a good spring 

 trade, and cotton rise before Christmas. I send a 

 circular, from which you will see that although there 

 is an excess of import of 300,000 bales, the stock si 

 less than at this date 1839, by 20,000. This exem- 

 plifies at once, the effect of low prices upon the con- 

 sumption. Our grain market is dull. The funds 

 have been materially affected by some statements in 

 the French papers, of dissatisfaction on the part of 

 France, at our conduct about Egj'pt and Turkey. The 

 impression is that it is a stock-jobbing affair." 



Hot. — The mercury stood at 91 in the shade, at 

 Rochester, on Wednesday the 19th ull. 



