io. 3. 



AND GARDENER'S JOURNAL. 



41 



,li eoumling was three quartfro the distance across 

 0111 the east shore, and the others at eiiital distances. 

 'hiu lake is doubtless much deeper some miles south, 

 B It never freezes there, while it does sometimes at 

 .iirora. 



Salt for Cattle. — The celebrated Curwen, enys, 

 Before I commenced giving my cattle salt, my far- 

 er's bill averaged 58 pounds per annum, (more than 

 250,] and since I have used salt, I have never paid 

 I any one year over five shillings." Did this dilTer- 

 ice result from the salt alone, or was not the care in 

 iving salt regularly accompanied with a correspond- 

 ig care in other particulars, also lending to prevent 

 isease? Try the experiment, farmers. 

 Impro ■• IX Cattle. — A house in Boston, 



lat has annually slaughtered ') or 6000 head of cattle, 

 9Ve found, in the last twelve years, an increase in the 

 i/crage weight, from about 800 to 900 lbs. In the 

 london market, cattle slaughtered have increased at 

 ast one third in tho last 50 years, and mutton not 



Ripening wall frdit. — An English gentleman 

 ackened with paint a part of the garden wall on 

 hich his grapes were trained, whic'" caused an in- 

 case of three fold in the weight of the fruit on the 

 lackened part, the bunches being much finer, larger, 

 id better ripened. The absorbing and radiating 

 >wer of black surfaces is well known. 

 Hessian flt. — Margarelta H. Morris, of German- 

 itwn. Pa. has made some recent observations on this 

 ■Beet, which if correct render former opinions relative 

 ita habits erroneous; and her positions, if establish- 

 i, will be of great importance. According to her 



rvations, the parent insect lays its egg in the seeil 

 the wheat; the egg remains unaltered till the wheat 

 irouts; the young worm remains below the surface 

 'the earlh during winter; in the spring it ascends 

 trough the stalk, passes to the sheath, changes to the 

 npa, or "Jlax-setd" state, and finally, when the 

 Jheat is ripe, to the perfect insect or fly, which lives 

 iljr ten days, during which time it deposits its eggs. 

 I'o prevent its ravages, therefore, seed wheat must be 

 rocured from regions where the insect is unknown, 

 nd the farmer who sows seed from a district ravaged 

 r it, actually commits the absurdity of planting Hes- 



flies for the next year's crop. We believe her 

 <eory not entirely original, and it needs more obser- 

 itiona to establish its correctness. * 



Horticultural Meeting. 



A meeting of the friends of Horticulture, in Mon- 

 te and the adjoining counties, will be held in the 

 Wrt House in Rochealer, on Monday the 15ih of 



Tchnext, at 11 o'clock, A. M. ; for the purpose of 

 irming a society, and devising such other means as 

 lay be deemed expedient to give a general impulse to 

 (orticultural pursuits. 



As the objects of the meeting are of general impor- 

 ince, it is to be hoped that this call will meet with a 



irty response from every friend of the cause through- 

 ntthe country. It is the duty of every one to attend 

 rho cultivates or takes an interest in the productions 

 f the garden, or who wishes to improve or beautify 

 iie rural aspect of our country. 



Other countries, and other portions of our own 

 lountry, have derived great advantages from Horticul- 

 .1 Sacieties, and their influence begins to be gen- 

 Irally appreciated' for we find that on all sides of us, 

 lorth and south, east and west, such associations are 



ling organized. Why not here ? It is evident to 



lany minda, that in no portion of the Union are hor- 

 ieultural pursuits generally more neglected, or in a 



lore backward stale than in Western New York, 



nsidering the advanced slate of society, the unrival- 

 ed oatural advantages of soil, climate^ &c, and the 



enterprising charncler of the people. It is certainly 

 high lime that n combined and determined effort wan 

 made to promote the interoslsof this important branch of 

 rural economy. Agriculiure has received a poweri'ul 

 impetus all over the country through the influence ol 

 societies. They have dieseminated a spiritof improve- 

 ment throughout the farming community 



The same suecessfid results will no doubt attend 

 the cflbrts we are about to make to improve our sys- 

 tem of gardening, if a proper spirit is evinced now; 

 as we hope there will be, and We .tern New York 

 in a few years will be able to vie with any portion of 

 the Union, in respect to her horticultural productions. 



H. B. WiLI.IAVS, H. N. L\NGWORTHY, 



W. Van Zandt, J. Williams, 



E M. Parsons, C. L. Clarke, 



A. Erickson, M. B. Batkh»m, 



J. Hawks, C. F. Crosmax, 



J. H. Thompson, H. O'Reillt, 



T. H. HvATT, Lewis Selte, 



E. F. Smith, R. Gorsline, 



J. B. Elwood, S. Hamilton, 

 P. G. ToBET, Wm. Pitkin, 



J. Child, J. M. Whitnkt, 



Wm. M'Knight, G. H. Chapin, 

 J. . Rkillt, S. O. Smith, 



Joseph Field, Silas Cornell, 



Ebenezer Watts, James H. Watts, 



Asa ItuwE, G. Ellwangkr, 

 A. Revnolus, p. Barkt,* 



Monroe Coiiuty Agricultural Society. 



The annual meeting of the " Genesee Agricultural 

 Society," was held pursuant to notice at the Arcade 

 House, Rochester, on Tuesday the 2d February. 

 After considerable discussion, it was resolved to change 

 the name and constitution of the Society — that it be 

 called ihe " Monroe County Agricultural Society," 

 for the advancement of agriculture, horticulture, and 

 the domestic arts in Monroe county. 



It was then Kesolved, That a meeting of the So- 

 ciety be held on the 5th day of May next, to appoint 

 committees and make arrangements for the coming 

 season. 



The following persons were elected officers pf the 

 Society for the ensuing year: — 



President — Lyman B. Langworthy, Esq. Greece. 

 1st Vice President — William Garbutt, Wheatland. 

 2d " " Henry E. Rochester, Gates. 



3d " " Wm. C. Cornell, HenrietU. 



Recording Secretary — H. M. Ward, ^cheater. 



Corresponding do. M. B. Bateham, do. 



Treasurer — Charles F. Croeman, do. 



MANAGERS. 



Rawson Harmon, Jr., Wheatland, 



Oliver Culver, Brighton, 



Thomas Wedclle, Greece, 



Isaac Moore, Brighton, 



H. E. Barnard, Mendon, 



Wm. I'ixicy, Chili, 



Enoc*i Strong, Perinton, 



John B. Smith, Ogden, 



John H. Robinson, Henrietta, 



George C. Latta, Greece, 



J. P. Stull, Rush, 



Geo. ShefT.-r, Wheatland, 



Dr. Abel Baldwin, Clarkson. 



H. M. WARD, Sec'y. 



Canada. 



The two Canadns are now united in one Province, 



and Kingston is selected as the location for the seat of 

 government. Ltrd Sydenham is Governor in Chief 

 of the whole Province, and Sir George Arthur Lieu- 

 tenant Governor of the upper portion. This adjust- 

 ment of the political afl'aira of the country appears to 

 give general salislaction, and it may confidently be 

 expected that Canada will now make more rapid ad- 

 vancement in agricultural improvement. We are 

 gratified to perceive increasing spirit in aonie of the 



Agricultural Sociclies — and especially to find an in 

 creasing demand for the New Genesee Farmer. — 

 Several of the Societies have ordered large niiniberg 

 for the use of the members; and their letters speak in 

 the most flaiiering terms of the good our humble efforts 

 have accomplished during the past year. 



We should be pleased to receive more frequent com- 

 municoiioiie from the numerous able writers in Cana- 

 da. Will they not favor us ? The Secretaries, or 

 other officers of the Societies, could send us much in- 

 formation that would be interesting, and some of them 

 have promised to bear it in mind. 



Double Hinge Harrow. 



Editors New Genesee Farmer: — 



Gentlemen — I send you a draft of a double-hinge 

 harrow, of my own invention, which ha» been highly 

 approved by many who have used it. It diflTers mate- 

 rially from any in use, it is believed, in two material 

 points, viz; in the motion being better, and in clear- 

 ing itself from stones, weeds, and other stufl", tending 

 to clog it. 



It sweeps 7 feet, and from end to end is 9 feet. 



The angle is 80 degrees, or two inches to the foot 

 from a square. 



The timber is 6 l"eet long and 3 inches square. 



The teeth are 7-8lhs of an inch square, ond 9 inch- 

 es long. 



The hinges are straps of iron, 7 inches long, with 

 holes in each end, and bolts to pass thr' ugh with keys. 



The hook or eye, to hitch to, should rise 7 or 8 in- 

 ches, to prevent the forward end from being lifted by 

 the draught. 



The cross pieces are let in on top, and fastened with 

 bolts ond screws. THOMAS HUNT. 



Fall Creek, Dec. 18'0. 



The Durham (V. C.) Agricultural Society. 



The annual meeting of this spirited Society was 

 held at Port Hope, Jan. 15. By the reports of the 

 Secri'lary and Treasurer, it appeared there was a bal- 

 ance in the Treasury of one hundred and two pounds 

 seventeen shillings and eleven pence. 



The following officers were elected for the present 

 year : — 



President, 

 DAVID SMART, Esq., Port Hope, 

 fife Presidents, 

 Alexander Bri>adfoot, E^-q. of Hope, 

 R W. RoBSON, Esq. of Clarke, 

 John Ki^owlson, Esq. of Covan, 

 John Smart, Esq. of Dnrli gton. 

 William Slsson, Esq. Treasurer, 

 Morgan Jellett, Secretary. 

 And One Hunukeo Uirectous in different parli of 

 the country* 



