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M. B. BATKHAM, 



C. F. CROSMAN, Prenrietors. 



vol.. 2. UOCHE8TEH, MARCH, 1841. NO. 3. \ K bXteHAM.^^^^^^^^ 



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AUaross BATEHAM Jt CROSMAN, Rochester, N. Y. 



CONTENTS OF THIS NUMBER. 



•ubllsbers' Notices. Hatches' Sowing Machine. Seed 

 Slore Catalogue Notice. Hints for the Month- . 33 



toard Fence. Preservation of Woodlands. Worliing 

 Ilulter. " Florist." Field Bcc:s. Trimming Orchards. 34 



^pcriments In feeding Beets. Eflects of the Stock on 

 Crafts 3o 



*ears. Sowing Locust Seed. Raising Fruit Trees from 

 Cuttings. Raising Cijestiiut Trees for Timber. Qrna- 

 menlalPIanta ...,.,.....>...» 36 



iold Vii.e Fens. Produce of one Jicre, Domestic Indus- 

 try—Weaving 37 



:uat on Wlieat. Kinre, aaid its application. Sprouting 

 Garden Seeds— Raising Onions a^ 



Ota and Horse Bees. Use of Swamp Muck. RtxEiprs 

 —To Kill Lice on Cattle— To make Calves eat Roots- 

 To make Wisconsin Mince I'ies — Ind'an Loaf Bread — 

 Wisconsin Sponge Cake. Summer all the year, (Hot 



Air Furnace.) 39 



l:iking Hot-Beds — Gardening for March. Mangel Wurt- 

 7r\. Correctirn. Portiait of Cow "Jessamine." 

 Scraps— M;trl— Peat— Good Farming— Loss of Weight 

 <jf Grasses in drj ing — Xcw breed of cattle — Cotton crop 

 — Baulky Horses— Store HogH— Manufactures in Mass. 

 —Fuel— Depth 4»f4j:ikes—SK*t -for '^.^ttle— Improvement 



in Cattle— Ripening Wrtll Fruit— Hessian tly 40 



itriieuliural Mee'-ing at Rochester. Monroe County 

 Agricultural Society Canada. Douhle-Hingc Har- 

 row, (with a cut.) Durham (U. 0.) Agricultural 



Society 41 



- Colm'an's Address— JIT Re;td it all ! 42-43 



eeding Berkshires — a corre.-tion. ."Maple Sugar 44 



j\v prices favora'de to National ex|)orts and National 

 wealth. Cause of Decay of Uuta Bagas. Rats and 

 Rat-catching. Importance of tl>e Indian Orn Crop. .. 45 

 ills and Forest Trees. Military Fiaies. Farming in 

 Allegany couTity. Importation of Silk. On llie cuKi- 



vatiOB of the Dablia. To the Ladies 46 



'et Feet- Population statistics. Education of Far- 

 mers' Chihlrcn, No. 2- Aflnrabte While Wash. Cure 



for Tooth Ache , 47 



Corrcspomienls. GrrJiam's Magazine, and Oodej's 

 L-idy'fl Book. Genesee County Agricnltnral Society. 

 Stale Bounty on Silk. Large Hogs. "Frank." Re- 

 partoofthe Markets. Advertisements. Prices Current 48 



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reports of the Mnrkete. iX.c.» up to the Jst, and there- 

 tore cannot go to press earlier. Then, notwithbtand- 

 ing we use a Power Press, it takes quite a number of 

 days to work ofTeo large an edition. The whole are 

 mailed as fast as poe'Eible, and should all reach the 

 subscribers before the middle of ihe month. 



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 postage. 



Post Masters and Agents are particularly requested 

 to write the name of the Poet Office, County, and 

 State. It is s<>metimeB almost impossible to decide 

 what State the place mentioned is located in. 



Triumphant Success. 



We congratulate the friends of this paper, on the 



iccees wtich liaa thus far attended the 2d Volume. 



I'e commenced the year with on edition of 20,000 



>pics, and some of our friends thought it wos ton 



rent a number, but present appearances indicate that 



e were not mistaken; forif tde friends of the cause 



mtinuc to e-xert themselves, as they have done the 



ist two months, this large edition will soon all be 



rculated; and then who can estimate the amount of 



.aod that our monthly messenger may accomplish ? 



i Hate patience with «s. Owing lo the flood of let- 



'lifB, whicli daily pour in upon ue, w< are sometimes 



'l>mpellcd to defer attention to them for a doy or two ; 



ind sometimes (thoughnot often) names are not enter- 



!1 correctly. We regret these evils and endeavor lo 



Nroid them, and hope, therefore, our friends will not 



'wld too severely, or laz us postage on their com- 



laints. Postmasters, when requested, will generally 



iform us of inocuracies. 



Some of our subscribers complain that tbeir papers 

 not reach them till some days after the Isl of the 

 OTith. W» coiina: kcff if. We wish to obtain the 



Hiicurreiit Money. 



Bills on solvent Banks in this, and the Eastern 

 States, are at par with us Canada, Pennsylvania, 

 and New Jersey, iire 5 to 10 pec cent discount. — 

 Ohio, Indiana, Kentucky, and Illinois money, is G ;o 

 8 per cent.; and Michigan is Vii per ctnt. discount. 



W^ hopo OUT friends at a distance will take pains 

 to send us the host money they can obtain. We do 

 not refuse a.ny of the above, when sent us free of 

 postage, and nothing deducted for commission; but the 

 amount paid hy us for discount during the year, is a 

 serious item 



Monroe County Agricultural Society. 



By a notice i'n another column it will be seett tliat 

 the Genesee Agricultural Society, organiied in this 

 city last year, and intended to embrace se%^ral coun* 

 ties, is now to be confined to this county, and called 

 " The Monroe County Agricultural Society." The 

 reasons for this change are numerous. When this 

 was organised, there was no society in Genesee, On- 

 tario, or Wayne counties, but now each of these have 

 societies of their own, and other counties are expected 

 to organize. Besides, it is expected that some aid 

 will be granted by the Legislature, and if so the law 

 will confine the societies to single counties. 



The Petitions are daily presented to the Legislature, 

 and if any persons have petitions with signatures in 

 their hands, they should send them in without delay. 

 No report has yet been made on the subject, but 

 doubtless soon will be. 



" Rochester Seed Store Catalogue"— 1841. 



The annual Catalogue of the Buchester Seed 

 Store is sent as an extra with this number of the 

 Farmer, and should be preserved by our readers. 

 The agents named for the sale of seeds in other places, 

 will receive their supplies in a very few days.— Cala. 

 logues are sent gratis to all applicants. 



Hatch's Broadcast Sowing Machine. 



This machine has been exhibited at several Fairs, 

 and used on several farms in Western New York the 

 past fall, and has been spoken of in high terms of 

 praise. It ie calculated for sowing all kinds of groin, 

 broadcast, and is particularly valuable for sowing lime 

 or plaster. 



Mr. Hatch, the inventor, is now in Rochester, ma- 

 I king arrangements for building mochinc'e. We in- 

 I tend to give a aioie particular account of it next 

 I monih. 



Hints for the Mouth. 



Every farmer should be able, if not already ao, to 

 answer the following questions in the affirmative: — 



Is your stove and other wood, for use next summer, 

 ali cut and piled up "or seasoning? And bavejou 

 plenty of wood seasoning for next winter's use t Ara 

 your chips all collected and secured for fuel ? 



Are your tools, for the approaching campaign in far- 

 ming, all in first rate order ? — your ploughs with good 

 points, bcamssouud, handles firm ? — your roUeti and 

 harrows with teeth, your hoes and forks with handles ? 

 — your harnees in good repair, and well oiled ? 



Are your tools all t^e best of their kind, bo that the 

 additional work they will perform, will pay for them* 

 selves ten times over before next fall ? 



Are you provided as far as practicable against hor. 

 rowing tools ? 



Is there a place for every thing, and every thing in 

 its place, so that you need not waste the richest por- 

 tions of your time next sunmier in fruidcss searches ? 

 Are your fanning implements all well painted whers 

 needed, to preserve them from decay ? 



Are your fences all in good repair — loose rails laid 

 up — low fences nmde higher — board fences well nail* 

 ed — stoite walls not tumbling 1 



Are yoar cellars kept clean and pure 7 — your roots 

 in them in good sound condition ? — your apphs kept 

 assorted, the dct-ayed from the sound ? 



Aie the water furrows in your whesl-fietda kept 

 open and deep, so that you may not loose buehela 

 of wheat by the wont of as many minutes work 1 



Are your grafts cut — the beat kinds chosen— your 

 grafting plasters made ? 



Is the additional attention given lo cattle and sheep, 

 espeoial'y to the latter, which this critical period of iJia 

 year requires? — the feed increased, the quality im, 

 proved ? 



Have you procured the plaster you intend to b w, ao 

 as to have it on the grass early, that it may receive tha 

 full benefit ? 



Are your farm and garden seeds all procured 1 

 bo you understand the best way lo make ond save 

 manure — that steam engine of farming operations — 

 and if not, have ynu endeavored by reading and obtar. 

 ration to find out 7 



Most farmers will perhaps be busy this month in 

 preparing lo answer the above affirmatively, after 

 which we should be glad lo moke further auggestion*. 

 Those of our readers who wi'h directions on gar- 

 dening for this monili. are referred to the copious in- 

 structioijB on the subject given in this paper the ^M 

 year. f 



