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THE NEW GENESEE FARMER, 



Vol. 2. . (c 



early plnnis to be Iraiisplnnted into the garden, wi 

 not rei|iiire more than half that quantity. 



" When the bed is made, put on the frame, and 

 then put in abnut si.x inches of good fine earth; putnn 

 the saeh and let it remain two or three days for the 

 heat to rise, when it will be ready for sowing. 



•' Make the earth smooth and fine before sowing; 

 if cucumbers or melons are to be planted, raise slight 

 hills for them under the middle of each sash. The 

 articles usually sown in h('t beds are cucumber, radish, 

 lettuce and cress, for early use; and cauliflower, broc- 

 coli, cabbage, egg plant, tomato, pepper, celery, &c., 

 to transplant. The earliest varieties of each ore of 

 course the best for this purpose." 



Maneel Wuitzcl. 



Our respected neighbor. Dr. D. A. Robinson, raised 

 the past season, from one half an acre of land, a little 

 less than ficc hundred liushcls of mangel wurtzel. — 

 This was done at a cost, estimating labor at a dollar a 

 day, of about tico and a half cents per bushel. Lund, 

 previously in good condition, was manured broadcast 

 at the rate of about forty loads to the acre, lidgcs were 

 subsequently formed, the seed planted in drills upon 

 these half an inch deep and rolled, and the erup after- 

 words thined and kept clean. 



It may be proper to state, that the eecd, obtained at 

 the Rochester Seed Store, was sown at the rate of two 

 pounds only to the acre, and afforded an abundance 

 of plants, which required thinning to less than one 

 third. We believe nearly all the failures of seed the 

 past year were from planting too deep. * 



Correct iou. 



We thank the Farmer's Gazette fo.- correcting an er 

 ror we committed, in stating that the report of the 

 farms of J. B. Davie and W. K. Townsend were made 

 to the Hartford County Agricultural Society. A' 

 our Connecticut readers very well know, Derby and 

 East Haven are in New Haven county, and by a l/iji 

 I'lB-pentia, and not from ignorance, wc gnv« Hartford. 

 » iJ not N«w Hsven Uic crediu " 



Alukin; Hot Beds>>Uni'deiiing for ]tlarch. 



This is called the Ijrst month of Spring, but in this 

 climate th'j weather savoft too much of winter to allow 

 of much being done in the Garden, except making 

 preparations for next month, or forwardmg such 

 articles as are det-ired early, by means of bot-bed-s. Al- 

 most every farmer or mechanic, who cultivates a gar- 

 den, would find a small hot-bed of sufficient advantage 

 to amply compensate for the care and labor it lequires. 

 There are few greater lu.turies thon the early Radishes, 

 Lettuce, Cucumbers, &c. which a good hot-bed af- 

 fords, to say nothing of the advontagc of starting C»b- 

 bage, Caiilillower, Broccoli, Celery, Tomato, Pepper 

 and other plants a month or two earlier by this means 

 than coidd otherwise be done. 



Hot-beds can be made any time during this or next 

 month. We give particular diieeiious last year (Vol. 

 \. Nos. '2 and 3,) lor prepn.'ing manure, constructing 

 the frames, sashes, *tc., and therefore deem it unne- 

 cessary to do so again in detail, but as it is particularly 

 desired we will repeat the directions for constructing 

 hot-beds. 



" Select a site for the bed, on dry ground, where it 

 will be fully exposed to the sun, but sbeltrred from the 

 north and west winds. Maik out the size of the bed, 

 allowing six or eight inches on all sides larger than 

 the size of the frame. Then drive down a good strong 

 etoke at encb corner, as high as you inlcrvd to build 

 the bed Then take the manure (which should be 

 fresh siablc manure in a good slate of fenneniaiion) 

 and commence building tue bed by mixing the mrmiire 

 thoroughly, and putting on succefsive layers, beating 

 it down with the firk. Oliserve to place It smoothly 

 and Hrmly around the outside, so that it will not settle 

 unevenly 'roin the weight of the frame The height 

 of manure requisite, will depend on the time at which 

 the bed is formed, and the purpose for whicb it is in- 

 tended. If made early in March, and intended for 

 growing cucumbers, ic, a good deal of heat will be 

 required for two or three months, and at least four 

 feet high of manure will be necessary. But a bed 

 made early in April, for the purpose of fnrwarding 



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JESSAMIXE. 



THE PROPERTY OF WM. R. SMITH, MACEDON. 



Jessamine is from T. Weddle'a imported stock. Dam, Lady Bower; bred by the eelebrated Major 

 Bower, of Welham, Yorkshire; which, with her calf, 10 months old, was sold by T. Weddle to J. C. Hatha- 

 way for )J|1,00I): — is by Rover, (alias Charles,) hied by the Earl of Carlisle, and whose pedigree has been 

 given in this paper, (page 8.) A calf, 10 months old, by the same hull and cow, cold to Kentucky for $600. 



The color of Jessamine impure white. Great care has been taken to have the portrait correct, 



exhibi- 



ting the deformities as well as beauties; for unless portraits of animals arc rigidly correct, they are worse than 

 useless, tending only to mislead. 



Scraps, 



CONDEKSED FROM K.^ICHANGE PAPF.nS, &C, 



Marl. — In some parts of New Jersey, according 

 to Henry Colman, the recent use of marl on land ha*, 

 been of great efficacy. " It has more than doubled 

 the value of the lands in the neighboihood of the pits 

 where it is found. The application of one hundred 

 bushels to land, which, under common cultivation, 

 would not produce more than 20 bushels of corn to 

 the acre, causes it to yield 60 bushels, ond wheat and 

 clover in proportional abundance." 



Peat. — The island of Nantucket contains 98o acres 

 of peat swamp, from one to fourteen feet in depth; ond 

 in the state of Massachusetts there are at least 60,000 

 acres, of on average depth of at least six feet. 



Goon Farming. — A farmer near Philadelphia, on o 

 farm of 130 acres, has an average yearly crop of 1,- 

 ,500 bushels of wheat, 450 bushels of rye, and 500 

 bi sh 'Is of corn annually. He pursues a regular sys 

 tim of rotation. 



GiAssEs — loss of weight in drying. — The following 

 experiments were made in 1822 and '23: 



100 lbs. of green White clover gave I7J 



" " " Red clover 



'• " Herd's grass 



" " Fresh meadow 



" " Salt grass 



" " Corn stalks 



" " Red top 



" " Couch grass 



" " Fowl meadow CPoancmora^is?^ 53 

 The while clover of 1622 grew in shade, that of '23 

 in the sun. The salt grass of '22 a second growth. — 

 J. Wells, in Agric. Jour. Masf. 



Cattle — nae breed. — Col. Jacques, of Choiles 

 ton, Mass., has for teveral yeors been breeding from 

 an imported short horn bull, and a native cow, hit 

 Block at present amounting to about sixty. The first 

 heifer from this cross gave, the first yeor of milking, 

 sixteen quarts a day. The milk from his cows is very 

 rich, the crcom very thick, and yields very little but- 

 termilk. He says, 100 lbs. of cream will make 95 

 lbs. of batter. Oue of bit cows makes one pound of 



butter for every four quarts of milk. He does not feed 

 high — eay»food will never moke a fine breed, but that 

 blood is every thing. His coirs in viilk have hay or 

 grass, with one to two pecks of roots a day. 



Cotton Crop. — The Governor of Alabama, says, 



the cotton crop has fallen so far short of reasonable 

 calculation, that without a forbearance on the part of 

 creditors, not to he expected, the pecuniary distress of 

 the people, the next year, will be unprecedcnttd and 

 minovs." 



Bai.ky Horses, it is asserted, con be easily made to 

 do their duty, by tying a cord round the ear closeto 

 the head, which will operate like a charm, where 



hipping, coaxing, and every thing else, have proved 

 fruitless. 



Keeping store bogs.— E. C. Frost, in the Culti- 

 vator, states, that he kept 24 shoals lost winter, at an 

 expense of 20 cents a day, (less than a cent per bead,) 

 by feeding them 10 lbs. of hay, half a bushel of pota- 

 toes, and 4 quarts of corn meal, doily, and never had 

 hogs winter better. The hay, cut fine, was boiled 

 with jilenty of woter, the potatoes were boiled in on- 

 other kettle, pounded fine, mixed with tl.e hay and 

 meal, and let stand a day till fermented. 



Maniifactcres in Massachusetts. — These ex- 

 ceed the largest crop of cotton ever raised in all the 



iton growing states, — that of lost year, which at 8 

 cents pound, amounted to ij!C7, 000,000, which is 

 less than the returns in Moesochusetls fur 1637. Tho 

 manufoctnres ond fisheries of that state were $92,- 

 000,000. 



Fi'EL. — It is estimated that upwards of $50,000,000 

 are consumed every year in the United Stoles for fuel. 



Depth of Lakes. — A correspondent of" the Geneva 

 Courier, gives the lesult of on experiment made by 

 Judge Norton and others, to ascertain the depth of 

 Seneca lake, near Big Stream Point, which ot one 

 third of the distonce ocross from the weal sliore waB ' 

 461 feet, and ot one half the disunce, 5.53 feet. The 

 depth of Cayuga lake at Aurora, oceording to the 



eosurement of Dr. John Gridley, formerly of that 

 village, in 1826, was found to be as follows: — 1st 

 sounding 51 feel; 2d, 72; 3d, 108; 4tb, 120; 5th, 

 170; 6ib, 192; 7th, 258; 8th, 282( 9tb, 46. Tb» 



