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vol.. 2. noCHESTER, FEBRIARY, 1811 



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COXTEIVTS OF THIS SfUMBER. 



disliers' .W.ices. Hints for the .Month. D.imp Sta- 



l^^f. J. ^ j^j g BATEHAM, 



Editors. 



, 17 



les . 



^Sponge Apple. The' .■V;;po'l co n ' Pear. Vat orBoi 

 r I.., ,ng Sap. Watering places-Hoof Ai" . . " 18 

 )r All— Its cause and cure. Period of Gestation in 

 ows Our ,vheat interest. A public n.eelini?. '" jg 

 trade n-.th France. .\ew Asricullural Ca, JrV «oar 

 l.roat ,n H„..s Cai;scs ,.f ih? decay of TknZ% The 

 •s'ii;.":".". f.''^"."'■.'" ''/•■■•""^^ ''■'"= "'"-Cleaning 



.1 Cellars-prote-tioil f.'ir'catt'le, &c.' ' .SvaV* o? 



ien--Journal of the Am. Silk .Oocieic lL'\,',^',.'' 

 .ds &novv dr^ns and .Meadow .ifl ice '■ ' ^'S""""g„ , 

 an .v|jring Wheat .Successful ctiture'ofSiiV ' Clo' "' 

 r m Orchards Pjoots and Root Culture. SaUi"; 

 itter Fatteninj Poultry ^aning^ 



IHo'J,"/."!-. .*:°': ^rr?'"''' ^''^ ("■!•""" cuts.y 'ices 

 sh Corn i,aw3 P.ir'n; traniaclioni.' Yi'^erv '-ind "' 

 , ."'■ •■*" "^ ■^ "^^ '''='"^' PigsVryf Pu^up 



■ on inakins Compost HcipV. '.'.."' ^j. 



r Lands-i:n,isr,in>-s. Hiclies of ti.e'west "hlches 

 Jh,o App e .Mol.jsses. HorticulUire. Bra, ty. 37 

 JS and .-5tat,.st,cs of .Monroe Co. Asricullun, SociV 

 i-hcg,sl,-,tive al.l. Hoof Ail iVIarket for t^cooni- 



llaeazineofriprtiJuUure." 'Horticuriu'rc'iiiSvcs.'crn^ 

 .v\ork. Books never make Farmers. Rohans vs 

 hannr,cks i^talding Milch Cou-s. How to keep a 

 i?e cow Rnts n^tc^j ,i 



hes of I'-avel-Rhode fslnnd.' G.t'rdening fo"rLa"HiV; il 

 ^aIe,"°§o^-neY.?'." -" "-""ters Education'of'" 

 Ltion of Farmers' Children. English .MarkMs: New 

 k .Markets. Rochester Prices Current 30 



desired. Jf tb.e papers mWve, they may know that 

 iheir lettois reached u^; but if tuey do not arrive with- 

 in nrcasonnuli; time, we hope they will notify 11s. 



enreliil persons niG employed to enter the nomee 

 onrt mail the papers, and great pnins are taken to have 

 Udone correctly. We hope nnd bei.evc there w,ll not 

 oticii be canse for complaint in future. 



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Post Masler.t and Agejjts are particularly requested 

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I'ncnirent Money. 



Bills on solvent Banks in this, and the Eastern 

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 and JNew Jersey, are about 5 per cent discount — 

 Ohio, Indiana, Kentucky, and Illinois money, is about 

 a per cent-; and Michigan is 12i per cent, discount. 



We hop;ourlricn.!3 at a distance will take pains 

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 not refuse any of the above, when sent us free ol 

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The Editors. 



order that our readers mny understand who are 

 IS ble lor the dinerent editorial articles api)earin<T 

 I paper, we mention that those marked thus * are 

 n by J. J. Thomas, iMacedon, and ihose mart 

 by David Thomas, Aurora. MB' — 

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)!e lor the selections, notie--" ■ ■ nnd is res- 



id. . -a, and all articles not 



To Coiresponileiit^, 



ir acknowicigemcnts are d.,e (0 several new nnd 

 ble correspandents w.^oni we shall be happy 

 fror.'. ilciucmly. At the same time we hope 

 >ld friends will not forsake us. We are glad to 

 )ur correspondents generally willin.' tos,V„ t'u 

 ■•s m Jail. Shou'd esteem it a lavor'if they 

 d all do 80, especially when relating facts or cv- 

 '-!•. lenifl. 



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 letters further than the lines; so that we are compelled 

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 BATEHAiM & CROS.MAN. 



The Annual Meeting of the Agricultural Society 

 occurs to-morroTT, but it is thought that mithing more 

 will be dime than to elect officers. The arrangements 

 for the coining season will be deferred till it is decided 

 whether the Legislature will grant any aid. 



The Fit St Volume. 



(ire almost duilynsked if vol. I of this paper can 

 d; and therefore state, that it iefurnished. stitch- 

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1a{ cents— out ot the State, 16 cents 



Oni- Success, 



far, f\illy equals our c.Kpectaiions; nnd we take 

 ,ii,,.' 'WBod to return thanks to Uie numerous Post 

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>«g sui'scnpuons or remitting the same. 



have not time, nor do we deem it neccsjaiy to 



Wipi.uoiillwhoremiimoivv; bin do s.) when 



Hints for the Mouth. 



Every farmer knows, that any suggestions for work 

 at one time during winter, are generc.lly applicable at 

 any other time. We believe, therefore, that the best 

 hint we can now give, is, just to turn beck to the two 

 last numbers of our paper, and read again what is 

 there written. We do not of course expect yon will 

 find any thing tick, especially if you are good fanners, 

 (n« we hope all our readers are, or soon will be.) but 

 good farming, remember, does not depend so very 

 much in finding out new things, as in makinga good 

 use 01 what we already know. S:> then, gentlemen, 

 we hope jou w.ll excuse us, if we tell yon pretty of- 

 ten some of these old things, if we can oflly hf-lp yoi; 

 10 prart:^ thorn. 



Just remember h hat we toid, 



1. About feeding cattle rcgxdarhj, so as to prevent 

 their fretting their flesh away; 



2. 01 giving them a sj;/^c/c7i<-i/ at all times, for the 

 same reason; 



3. Of providing good shelter for them; 



4. Of supplying them constantly with good water; 



5. Of keeping them rubbed clean, and plenty of 

 good warm clean litter under their feet; 



6. Of feeding them very often with salt; 



7. Of catting their fodder with a straw-cutter; 



8. Of mi.ting their dry food with roots; and ' 



0. or keeping their stables ventilated, bni «)tclu. 

 ding the cold wind from entering at the smallcBl crack. 



Let pigs, sheep, and all other animiis, ije fed very 

 much in the same way, (except that the sheep neetl 

 not be rubbed or curried, nor the pigs kept in stables, 

 though we think there is commonly a very great 

 waste, both in the feed and the flesh of pir^s by euf, 

 fering them to be eo much e.^■p„scd to the weather aa 

 they usually are.) 



There a few other things v,e „.i,h ,„ ^^^,„^ ^..^ 

 friends of during this mon'.n, such as trimming •■ „;, 

 thick-topped apple trees— procuring graft- r <' 



•vill grow quite as 

 grafting piasters-:-pru-. 

 ^ines, before the bleeding sear 

 . the sooner the belter — treading 

 .id young fruit trees, to prevent the mice 

 eating the bsrk, and destroying them. Also, cut- 

 ting up the wood for seasoning, and for summer use; 

 repairing tools, &c., as hoes, ploughs, rakes, wagon 

 racks, harro-*s, cultivators, folks, thoveis, rollers, as 

 well as repairing and oiling harness; lookingoyer ap- 

 ples in cellars, and removing the partly decayed; an4 

 keeping their eyes open to all things which need do- 

 ing, and both hands ready at all times to do them. 



And now, one tiling more, and that is, let every far- 

 mer resolve, and resolve cfTeetually, to conduct bia 

 farming operations a little (at least) belter this year 

 than he has ever done before. Cnnnot be do it ? Jt 

 is well worth trying, at all events, and if gone abou( 

 u earnest, will be pretty sure of ouccess. • 



best fruit they can find, fur such - 



well as poorer — making the- 



ning their hardy grape 



son commeneep 



snow aro 



fror 



Damp Stables, 



A corFcspondeiit of the Farmers' C.ibinct sttlea, 

 lliat on Caking possession of a newly purchased 

 farm, his horses became poor, diseased, and incapa. 

 bin of labor; his eows became sickly, their milk 

 diminished, their butter hecame had, four lost their 

 calves, two died of scours In spring, with other t^t, 

 tendant evils. The dampness of the stable, which 

 was Irailt under large trees in a low situation an4 

 with a northern aspect. It tt'gs immediately lorti 

 down, and another erected on a drier sifuat on, when, 

 as wag expected, all these evils vanished at once. — ■ 

 Stables made of fctonc, arc njore liable to lliis diffi< 

 cully. 



Cheese aro preserved from the fly by a coating oS 



