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THE NEW G E N E S R B F A ft M ER 



Vol. 1. 



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from the Knickerbocker, fur :>ept<mljer . 



MT. HOr^ CEMETEKY, ROCHESTER. 



BY MRS. E. C. STEDMAN. 



Come hitUpr, yowlio fear llic grave, and call illonc and drear 



Wlio deeinnhc l»urial-plQCc a spot lo waken grief and fear; 



Ohl come and climb with me ihii mount, where sleep ihc 

 silent dcml. 



And through ihcic winding grave/ walks, with noiBcIcss foot- 

 step tread. 



Sloop down and pluck the fragrant bud, Just opeuing fresh 

 above 



The pea<!i*fujt-4-ed, ,wherc slumbers one who died in youth 

 and love : 



Smell th^pure air, so redolent with breath of summer flow- 

 ers, 



And take this sprig of evergreen, a pledge for future hours. 



See yonder rive^spr.rkling through the foliage of the grove. 

 How grarefully its course doth bend— how still its waters 



move I 

 Sll 'neath the branches of ihi a tree, which spread their gratc- 



|i ful shade, 

 ^o screen a spot for rousing thought, or holy converse made. 

 Look round this garden of the dead, where creep green myr- 

 tle vines, 

 Where " bo.T" surroumls the sleeper's borne, unti scented 



sweet-brier twines ; 

 Where lowly violets open to heaven their tiny eyes of blue, 

 Filleioft at morn wiih glittering tears, the drop of early dew. 

 And^aiftw bend upward still your steps, to gain the highest 



peak, 

 And let your eyes the view beneath, and distant prospect 



seek ; , 



O, beautiful ! thrice beautiful! — there blended hill and dale, 

 And here the lofty mansion, with cof.aje of the vale 1 

 The city sjiires, which look to Heaven, in whose high cause 



they stand, 

 As guides to point the pilgrim's eye toward the.promisefJ 



land; 

 The distant villages that speck with white the wavy green. 

 And farther etill, the deep blue lake, vvitli many a sail is 



seen. 

 Desrend again, and pause beside this vine-encircled tomb, 

 And tell me, is there uughL around to fill the heart with 



gloom ] 

 List to the feathered songsters' notes, that warble from the 



trees. 

 And hear the music soft that steals upon the whispering 



breeze ! 

 Oh ! say, do not fair Nat ire's tones awake the soul to bliss?" 

 And does not thought ascend to heaven from such a spot as 



this? 

 And e'en the grave, doth not its voice, amid such flowery 



ground, 

 Say to tlie weary eons of earth, " Hce sweet repose is 



found ?' • 

 Mount Hope ! thy consecrated walks Inevermnro may tread, 

 And learn lo die, by counitig here the lessons of the derid ; 

 Yel sweet 'twould be to ^'jcatmy flesh in hoi e" beneath 



thy sod, 

 Till the last trump should bid It rise, to see a Father, God ! 



Hens' Eijgs. 



I no'.ice in the Farmers' Cabinet for 4th mo. Inst, 



E. 265, an inquiry as lo the ' nth of the nsstirtion, that 

 en's eg^s which ore round produce female chickens, 

 ani those which nre long or pointed, produce males. 



When a bny, 1 wae in n situotinn lo bo able to in- 

 dulge my fondnccB fur f»wl=, and often raised ciiick- 

 ens ; — without ever having? beard of the above facts, I 

 d ecovered that the egga v^hich approached ihe nearest 

 to roundness always produced feninles, and thoec which 

 were pointed at one end always produced males — I act- 

 ed accordingly, and always succeeded in obtaining fe 

 males or males, according as 1 wished. 



After a lapse of a number of years, being in Phila- 

 deltjhia market, I happened to mention the fact to one 

 who raised chickens for sale, and who preferred the 

 miles, because they grew larger — the information was 

 received with some surprise ; but I advised the person 

 lo tiy it, and afterwards was informed of the entire 

 Bucce^s of the experiment, all males being produced 

 by selecting ih'; lung or pointed eggs. 



I since find the fnci was meniionad by a writer over 

 2000 years ag). — Farmers' Cah'mct. I. H. 



notice. \Vc wish all of uur readcis may have an op- 

 portunity of attending one or more of ihcsc fairs. They 

 are calculated to promote ihe best intcrciitfi of socieiy 

 in general, and of farmers in particular ; and therefore 

 all should co-operate, and lend their aid and influence 

 to sustain these organizations. These meetings afford 

 n opportunity for a friendly interchange ot feelings 

 and eympathies, so dcsirnble among all classes, but so 

 much neglected among farmers. They should have, 

 at least once a year, a general jubilee, where they can 

 all meet as brothers and friends, engaged in the most 

 noble and important of all occupations — where they 

 con come together and compare views ; rejoice togeth- 

 er over preicm attainments, and devise means for fu- 

 ture advancements. We eny then come, one and all, 

 with your families and friends, and bring your choicest 

 animals and productions, not forgetting the ornament- 

 al OB well as the more strictly useful — and if you are 

 not delighted and well rewarded for your time and 

 trouble, we shall be sadly mistaken. 



New Arrau^emeiit. 



The subscriber is happy to inform his friends, and 

 the readers of the New Genesee Farmer, that he hos 

 taken into copartnership, Mr. CHARLES F. CUOS- 

 MAN, in the business of the Rochester Seed Store, 

 and the publication of this paper, Mr. C. has long 

 been very extensively and favorably known its the 

 seedsman and travelling agent for the Society of Sha- 

 kers at New Lebanon, He has now dissolved all con- 

 *ncction with that society, and will exert hie tal- 

 ents and influence, for the good of this establishment. 

 This arrangement cannot foil to be highly gratifying 

 to our mutual friends, and the readers of ihis paper ; 

 and it will relieve the concern from the embarrassment 

 occasioned by the death of E. F. Marshall. 



M. B. BATEHAM. 



[C Address Bateham &, Crosmak. 



Rochester, October let, 1840. 



ENGLISH IMPORTED SEED WHEAT. 



AS the Agricullural Fair w ill ot'cur rather late for wheal 

 sowing, the Ktiglish wheal imported for the Society 

 will he disposed of previously, lo such farmers as feel dis- 

 posed to try it. The price is 25 cents per quart, a,nd the pro- 

 fits, if any, will be given to the funds of the Agricultural 

 Socieiy. 



Thf following; are the nnmes of the kinds,— some of which 

 arc new varieties higlily apjiroved in England. 



Golden Drop, 

 Kclipbe, 

 AVhiUinglon, 

 Bellevue Talevcra, 



Rochester, Pept. 1st, 1841). 



Red Burrell, 

 Pe^'gleshaui, 

 ChiJdiim or Sussex, 

 Downy or Rough CbatT. 

 M. B. BATEHAM. 



tF. 



PORTABLE THRASHING MACHINES. 



CI.OVER MACHINES A.ND HORSE POWERS. 



WARR ANTED to be thoroughly I'uili and to work well : 

 made by Thomas D. Dcrrall, Geneva, Ontario Co., 

 N. Y. 



These machines have all 1 ren wariantcd ''to be thorough- 

 ly built, and to work well;" and they hant fully sustained 

 thai warrantij. 



They have gone largely into use; more than four thousand 

 are in operation; many of thcni have thrashed from ten to 

 twenty thousand bushels each, uitkout repairs. More than 

 eight hundred new mrchines were sold during the last sea- 

 son ; and on thorough triitt, they have been recommended by 

 thst^e who use them *' to be aa complete, and to work as icell 

 as any in the icorld^ 



HiH new Combination Machine separates the grain from 

 the straw in ihc process (»f thrashing, rsUhout any additional 

 machidery ; save?; ihc labor of one hand in raking away iho 

 straw — much grain which is usually raked off with tiic straw 

 —and is driven with less power ihan any other machine In 

 use. 



Genet a, June in, 1&40. 



COPARTNERSHIP NOTICE. 



THE Subscribers have this day entered into an ngreenienl 

 of Copartnership in the business of the Uochesiter treeil 

 Store and pubiicalion of the New Genesee Farmer. All 

 debts due to, or from the concern, previous lo tliis ilale, will 

 be settled by and with M. B. Bateham. The business will 

 hereafter be done in the name of Bateham &. Crosman. 



I\I. B. BATEiJAM, 

 C. F. CROSMAN. 

 Rochester, Oct. 1, 1S40. 



TUSCAN!' SEED WHEAT. 



COL. W. T. CUYEER of Moscow has left for sale at the 

 Rochester Seed Store, aqn.'iniliy of hisTusi-juiy wheat 

 (inenlloned in No. 7, pa^e OH, of this paper.) This wheat is 

 earliei and more productive ihan any counnon variety, and 

 tlic berry is very lart'e and fine. All who wish to olitain a 

 superior article should call r.nd esaniinc this — it will speak 

 for itself. Price $2 per bushel. 



Sept. 1. |M. B. BATEHAM. 



CALDRON KETTLES, all sizes,— also, CIDER MILLS 

 of Cast Iron, at 



LANGWOTHV'S Eaglo Furnace, 



near Genesee Falls. 



F.irmers' Holidays, Fairs, &c. 



We give notice of quite a number of Agricultiiral 

 Meetings and Fairs, to bo held ibie month ; and tl ere 

 are nvxuy at a dietame, i which we have not received 



MOl/NT HOPE GARHEN & Nl'RSEKlES. 



ROCHESTER. NEW YORK. 



East aide of St. Paul-street, nearly opposite Mount Hope. 



THE suliscribers offer for sale a fine culleciion of Fruit 

 and Ornamenial Trees, Flowering frlirubs. Green House 

 and Hardy Herbaceous IMants, Buihous Flower Roots, 

 Double D;Uiiias, &c. &c. Orders sent ]'er nmil or otherwise 

 will be promptly allemled to, atui all articles will be packed 

 so that ihey can be trnnsporlcd safely to any part of Uie 

 cimntry. Gardens laid out and skillful gardeners furnished 

 at short notice. Persona wishing assortments of any of the 

 above articles to sell again will be supplied on very reasona- 

 ble terms. 



They would also inform Ihe public that they are now re- 

 moving ihcir establishment from Buffalo and Sophia streets 

 to the Cardcn as above, where ihcy Iiave new and more ex- 

 tensive Green Housck aliiioat coin|ileted. 



'I'hie esinblishment is intended lo supply the Wesfern 

 .Stales and Canada, with all (vrlicles in the li'ne of Horiicul- 

 lurc, and to prevent that delaj and disapiioiniineut which 

 almost invariably occur in obtaining them from the east; and 

 in a short lime, as soon as Trees, l*l;Lnts, &c., can be 

 arranged, a regular Botanical and Pomological (inrden will 

 be forme*! of \vhi*-h due notice will be given to Uio public so 

 that iliey may visit and insjici-t il. 



Prices iu all cases will be as nioderate as at any olher os- 

 tablishuient in llie country, and i)o fruit of inferior or doubt- 

 ful ciualily will be cultivated. 



ELMVANGER & BARRY. 



Rochester, N. Y. Srpl. 1, It 10. 



N. B. A quantity of INInrus Mullicaulis and Horetll, irill 

 le disposed of on ftivtHrable teritis. 



VF' 



CHANCE EOF THE LOVERS OF FL\E CATTLE. 



FOR 8AIiE, 

 That very superior Durham Bull, Refoi-mer* 



I.AIPORTED by Rowland Wingfield. Esq.— 7 years old, 

 whose calves are some of the finest in the country, and 

 naturally bring a high price. 



His pedigree may be seen by applying to Wm. Blackie, 

 Est]., Secretary lo the Gore District Agricultural Socieiy, 

 Hamilton, Upper Canada. 



Apply to Wm. Benner, Esq., Binbrook, Stony Creek, or 

 to the proprietor of the Hamilton Gazette, U. C. 



Binbrook, Sept. 7, IS-IO. 3m. 



8ave your Plum Stones. 



CASH will be paid for a few bushels of Plum Sloncs, de- 

 livered soon at the Rochesier Seed Store. 

 Sept. 1st, ISIO. 



ROCHESTER PRICES CURRENT. 



tORRECTED FOR 



THE NEW GENESEE FARMER, OCT. 1, IMO. 



78 

 41 



WHEAT, 



CORN, " 



OATS, " 



BARLEY, " 



RYE, " 



PEAS, Common, . '* 



BEANS, White,.. *' 



POTATOES, .... *' 



APPLES, Desert,. " 



'* Dried,... '* 



CIDER, barrel, 



FLOUR, Superfine, *^ 



** Fine, " 



PORK, Mess*..!!! " !!!! 



** Prime,.... *' 



** Hog, 100 ibs.. 



BEEF,. 



per biiehel, . . . . ^* 75 a $ 



S7J. 

 25.. 

 37 J. 

 50.. 

 50.. 

 75.. 

 39.. 

 19., 



41 



.25 

 .25 



.. 75 8rt 



.. 1,00 1,50 



.. 4,00 4,25 



.. 3,50 3,75 



.. 1,75 



..12,00.... 13,00 



. 0,00 10.00 



..3,5« 4,G0 



3,50 4,00 



12i 



31 



EGGS, per dozen, 



BUTTER, Fresh, .. per pound 



" Firkin,.... "... 



CHEESE, *' ... 



LARD, ** ... 



TALLOW, " ... 



HIDES, " ... 



SHEEP SKINS,.... each,... 



WOOL, pound,.. 



PEARL ASHES, ..100 lbs. 

 POT, ** .... ** , 



HAY, ton,. 



GRASS SEED,..., bushel,. 



CLOVER, " " .. 



FLAX,.... ** " .. 



PLASTER, (in bbls.) per ton, 6,00, 



" bulk, fat Wheatland) 3,00, 



Pemarks. — The price of Wlieat is still lower than last 

 month, owin^' principuMy to the news from England. The 

 last accounts state that tlie wheat crop throughout Britain 

 \s as good as the avarape, and the wealher was qirile favor- 

 able for hurvestln?. Only small orders were sent for flour 

 from Ihi^ country, aUhong;h there was no {freat quantity on 

 hand, and we think the next arrivals will bring larper orders. 

 The wheat harvesting in those countries usually lasts about 

 two nionthg, and il is still somewhat uncertain what the rc- 

 iiull will he. The nettsleam packet will decide the question. 



10, 



10 , 



10 



5 



7 



10 



5 



38 



25 



5,00 



4,50 



6,00 



1,00 



75. 



7,00 

 1,50 



1,00 



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