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M. B. BATEHAM, 

 C. F. CRUSAIAN, 



Proprietors. 



VOIi. 2. 



KOCIIESTER, MAY, 1841. 



,,„ ^ > JOllM J. TUO» 



MAS, 



l>iJUIiSSilIEl> MO.\THL.Y. 



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Address DATEHAM A, CnOSMAN, Rochester, N. Y. 



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CONTENTS OF THIS NTTMBER. 



Publishers' Notices. Hints for the month. Gardening, 6j 

 Wonders of Horticulture.'* Cultivation of Daidias — 



Portraits of .Animals. Cohhie Stone Uuildings GO 



craps : L,ar^e Ox — Quality of Fuel — Cure for Bots— 

 Grain Worm — South Down Sheep — Draining — The 

 Phifosopher's Stone Found! — Saw-dust as Manure — Uo- 

 han I'otato — White Carrot — Corn Husking .^lachine — 

 Durham Cattle in Encland, Canada Feed of Durliam 

 Cows. The Peach Worm and the Borer 6T 



Clover Machines. &c. Low Prices not heneticial. The 

 Flowers of Spring. Bots and Horse Bees 6? 



TheCurculio Sugar Beets for Cattle, 4:^. Crop of Corn 69 



Wasliin^lon's Letters on Agriculttire. On the Value of 

 Live Stock with relation to the weight of Otlal 70 



Geology of Pennsylvania. Letter from AVisconsin. l\Ii- 

 chigan Coal 71 



Monroe county Agricultural Society .^Meeting. Legisla- 

 tive Aid. Organize the Societies. Horticultural .Aleet- 

 illg. The Season and the Crops. Inquiries: Larv.T in 

 Cattle— Poultry— Hemp— Tohaccco —Wild Kite— Beet 

 Sug.ir — Cure for Spavin — State Bounty on Silk Ex- 

 tracts from Corresponflcnce. Culture of Asparagus and 

 Rhuharh 72 



The Arahian Horse (Engraving). Cultivation of the Fil- 

 hcrt. New Drill Barrow. The Late President. Oflicial 

 Reconmicnilation 73 



Kxcresi-eiices on Pluin Trees. Woolen IMaimfactures — 

 Tariff, &c New Trees and Shrohs. Decayed "Turnips 74 



Influence of Solar Eclipses on We.athcr. Ripening Pears. 

 To the Ladies 75 



Experiments with Potatoes. Indian Corn. Berkshire 

 Pigs. Cross Pear. The Season. Education of Farm- 

 ers' Children, Xo. 4 70 



Mr. Earl's Stock Holkham Hall. Spring. Poetry, &c. 

 Hessian Fly and other Wheat Insects ', . . . 77 



Artesian Well at Paris. Farmer's Irrdependent Condi- 

 tion, &c. British Corn Laws— T.alde of Duties. Castor 78 

 Oil Bean — Sunflower Seed, &c. Countervailing Duties. 

 To render Wood Imperishahle and Incomliuslible. ... 79 



Beports of the Markets, Advertisements, &c 60 



Tlien, hnving got your teams, all in good condi- 

 tion, and youi' ploughs and other implements, nil of 

 the beet kinds, and in fine order, you can begin \vilh 

 eonie sntisfaclion. 



Plough rodl — if the ground be already broken, 

 plough very narrow slices — it will look much better, 

 and be much better for it. 



Let all crops be well put in. 



Apiily all your manure — sufTer none to be idle — suf- 

 ier none to waste. 



IMaiit corn carhj. To keep off the crows, warm the 

 seed before planting by hot water, then pouj^on a lit- 

 tle lar, which will finely coat it while thus warm, 

 then roll it in air-slacked lime. This is experience. 

 The crows will "beg off." 



Plnnt the rows perfectly s<ra«g/(«. Then the culti- 

 vator will run well between. 



Put in plenty of root crops — carrots — sugar beets, 

 mangel wurtzel — turnips, — and so forth. They mnke 

 fat cattle — aitd a fat dairy. IIow many there are in 

 this region, who would have been glad a few days ago 

 to have had an odd hundred or two of bushels, to 

 have filled the mouths of their hungry and starving 

 cattle, in the absence of the last morsel of hay. O, 

 one word about carrots — get seed of the nac white 

 kind — they are much more productive — and much ea- 

 sier harvested — we have tried them. 



Get your ground ready for ruta bagas by mamirin". 

 and then ploughing and harrowing repeatedly between 

 this and the time they are planted. This puts the soil 

 in first rate order — kills weeds — and lessens subse- 

 tiuent labor exceedingly. * 



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 than one year, and all niu.st conniience ^vith the 1st No. 



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 to us, must not complain if they do not receive attention. 



Ilj" Our friends will please rcmemlier that this is a very 

 busy time with us, and letters are sometimes so numerous. 

 that a little delay on our p.art is unavoidable, especially as 

 Mr. Balcjiam's health is not very good. 



Hints for the Month. 



This is the montli for the farmer to be wide awake. 

 There is " oceans'' of work to do, as our friend down 

 east would say, and the farmer must not relax his for- 

 ces, if he would plough through this ocean by the end 

 of the mmth — something more will bo required than 

 ploughing the soil, all important as this may be. 



As good and efficient teams ore of the first conse- 

 qtiencp, let all your horses and oxen, be very carefully 



";en care of; — well and regularly fed, — well and 



_ ilarly watered,— and rcguhirhj, but mo:leratcly 

 worked. A bushel of oats, well fed, wiU doP more 

 good than two buihela, f»d improperly. 



Gardening for May. 



The Benson is remarkably backward, and but little 

 if any work has yet been done in gardens in this vi- 

 cinity. The weather has been quite cold during the 

 past month, but there is now some prospects of its 

 being warmer, and danger from frosts is mostly over. 

 Let no time be lost in sowing or planting the early 

 hardy kinds of vegetables, as mentioned last month. 

 This done, and all danger from frost being over, pro- 

 ceed to put in the more tender kinds, and such as are 

 intended for fall and winter use. For the benefit of 

 new subscribers, and to refresh the memory of old 

 ones, we repeat some of the directions given for Moy 

 last yeor. 



Beans. — The early kinds may be planted early in 

 the month, and the Inte kinds about the lOlh or l.'ith. 

 The Lima Beans require a warm, fandy soil, and 

 should not he sown during wet or cold weather, as 

 they are liable to rot. 



Beets, Carrots^ ParsnipSj Onions, SfC., may now 

 be sown for tlie main crop. Those sown Inst month 

 should be thinned out as soon as the plants will per- 

 mit. Stir the ground Irequcnily, and be careful to 

 keep it clear from weeds — now is the time lo kill them 

 easily, and n few days' neglect iriay spoil the crop. 



Broccoli, Caidijlowcr, and Cubbiige plunls, raised 

 in hot beds, if of sufficient size, should be transplant- 

 ed into the open ground early in the month. Take 

 them up carefully, and immediately immerse the roots 

 in mud, to prevent their drying : this renders it unne- 

 cessary to defer the operation till a rainy day. The ear- 

 ly York and other siriall cabbages, need not be set 



more than half the distance apart of the Drumhead 

 nnd the Cauliflower. These ought to be three feet a- 

 pnrt, and on very rich land. The. Purple Cirpe Broc. 

 call is an excellent vegetable, and easily raised. Tbo 

 seed may be sown in the open ground; early in May, 

 nnd if the soil and cultivation are good, they will head 

 finely in autumn. Winter cabbage may also be sown 

 now. 



Cmdljlower seed may also be sown in the open 

 ground early this month; and if a favorable season, it 

 will do well. 



Celery if sown early in a hot-bed, will now need to 

 be transplanted in a nursery bed, where it can gain 

 size and strength, and be fit for setting in trenches 

 next month. Set the plants four inches apart and wa- 

 ter frequently. Shade from hot sun till rooted. 



Tomato, Egg Plant, and Pepper, should be remo- 

 ved from the hot-bed about the middle of the month. 

 If the plants are getting large, they moy be removed 

 curlier, but must be proteced during cold and frosty 

 nigl'ts. Egg Plants and Peppers require rich land; 

 a light, eandy soil is best for Tomatoes — if it is rich 

 anil iiioist they run too much to vine, and do not bear 

 well. 



Turnips.— Sow a litile of the Early White Flat 

 Dutch Turnip, as soon as may be, and if the soil is 

 free from worms they may do well. Sow again the 

 latter part of the month. 



Radishes may be sown now, nnd repeatedly during 

 spring and summer. 



Lettuce should also be sown often. Transplant 

 some of the earliest sown, in order to have fine largo 

 heods for summer. 



Peas. — Sow iNlarrowfat, and other large kinds re- 

 peatedly, during this and next month. 



Indiun Corn. — Plain some of the early golden va- 

 riety as soon as possible — if jt escapes the frost oil is 

 well. Plant some Tuscarora and Sweet Corn as eorly 

 as danger from frost will permit; and again about the 

 last of the month. 



Melons, Cacuvihers, and Bqunshcs. — Plant early 

 in the month, for early use, and about the l-'ith for the 

 main crop. If planted on highly manured lidges or 

 mounds, they will bear much better than in the ordi- 

 nary way, especially if the ground be cold and heavy. 

 FUncer Seeds may now be sown in the open ground. 

 Those forwarded in hot beds should be transplanted 

 about the middle of the month. 



Watering. ~X)o not neglect watering in dry weath- 

 er — it should be done in the evening, so that the water 

 may sink in — not dry up. 



Agents for tlie Rochester Seed Store. 



A FULL assortinentof seeds, put up at the Rochester Seed 

 Store, may lie fuuud .-a each of the following places. 

 Subscriptions will also he received ihrre for the '* Now 

 (jcnesee Farmer and Gardener's .lournal ." 



ButTalo W. .t G. Brvant. 



Lockport, S. H Marks it Co, 



Alliion C W Swan 



Brockport George Al'en. 



Scottsville, Andrus & fJarbut 



Le Roy, Tompkins ,V Morgan. 



Batavia 1. V. D. Verplanclc. 



Attica K. Sc N. Wells. 



Warsaw, I-'. R. Bnsconi. 



Perry, L. B. Parsons &. Son, 



IMonnt I\lorri? R. Sleeper. 



Niinda, . . . . W M. Cbipman. 



Geneseo J. F.A^ (V.W.Wyman 



C;uiandaigua, .T H. Haves. 



York R. II French. 



Geneva .\ Hcmiup 



Waterloo, .Alirimi Ilencl. 



Auburn T. M. llont. 



Palmvra llo\ t ..t AL-iy. 



Syr.acuse, T. 1!. Fitch .t Co. 



rtie^n .I.E. Warner. 



OswCiO D Cr.nfield 



Hamilton .1 A . IMott. 



Coopcrslown, ..S. DouMed.iv. 



HATEUAM & CUOSMAN, 



RodieUer Seed Store, March I., 



