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THE NEW GENESEE FARMER, 



Vol. 2. 



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KOCHESTER, JINE, 1811 



Cheering Prospects, 

 Ii ia highly gr.itifying to observe so many signs of 

 rfiurning prosperity, ca we think we do at present. 

 Tho unusual interests which ia now awakening 

 throughout the land on the subject of ogriLulmre and 

 dome:^tic industry; the expected modification of the 

 American tarifl' and of the English corn laws; and 

 last, though not least, thesniilesof Divine Providence, 

 in sending uewarm and favornhlc weather and promi- 

 sing crops, ia certainly calculated to drive away the 

 gloom and despondency which have enshrouded the 

 minds of too mony farnicre of lale, and to fill their 

 their hearts with hope and ohcerfulnefs. 



To our Frieiids. 



This number completes the first half of our present 

 volume; and the friends of the New Genesee Farmer, 

 who have labored so ofllciently to increase iis circulation 

 and promote its usefulness, will be gratified to learn that 

 complete success has attended their efforts. Our cir- 

 culation exceeds our most sanguine expectations, be- 

 ing now 17,U00; and before the close of the season it 

 will doubtless exhaust ourcdi;ion. 



We arc conscious that this result is to be attributed 

 mainly to the favor and aid which the paper has recei- 

 ved from the friends of thocau^^hroughout the coun- 

 try; and while we express our sincere gratitude, we 

 desire to assure them that no reasonoble pains shall 

 be spared on our part to merit their continued confi- 

 dence and aid. 



We regret that a pressure of other business, to- 

 gether with some poor health, has prevented us from 

 bestowing that amount of time and attention to the 

 Farmer and its correspondents, which we could wish. 

 We intend to make better arrangements in future, so 

 08 to increase the interest and ueefidnesa of the paper. 



Pieasiu? l<etters, 



'We nave not made a practice of publishing tbe nu- 

 merous complimentary and encouraging letters recei- 

 ved by us during the few months post, although they 

 have been highly gratifying to our own feelings. But 

 when, like the following, their tendency is to edify and 

 encourage our tViends and corrcspondenlB as well as 

 ours.Kcs, justice to our lead" rs demands their publi- 

 cation. 



The first letter ia from a worthy Minister of the 

 Church of Scotland in Canada, and was written 

 ihortly after the commencemrnt of the present year. 

 It was not intended for publication, but we are confi 

 dent the writer will pardon the liberty we have taken. 



Messrs. Koitobs. — Your detcrminotion to perse- 

 vere gives me much pleasure. You will please con- 

 tinue 8( nding me the Now Genesee Fanner, for I can- 

 not affuird to lote the instructive enjoyment of my 

 orm-cboir intercourse with your various correspond- 

 ents. When one has become acquainted with their 

 ways and words, and expects periodically to have the 

 pleaiure of their converpnticn, the stoppage of your 

 publication would be like the receiving of an hundred 

 funeral cards at once ! Who could easily resign liini- 

 eelf to the loss of the enjoyment of their dry humour 

 and practical sense 1 Besides the t<alpable advantages 

 of their invaluable information, one has tho entcrtain- 

 lO^nt of holding converse with almost every variety of 



human genius. This, to ine, is one of the principal 

 charms of your publication, although I am aware it is 

 not the most important advantage. The principles "f 

 agriculture are to be inferred only from fncts, and thr- 

 facility which you offer for the statement of these facts 

 to every worthy and public spirited, young or old in- 

 dividual around you, is the gathering in of sheaves for 

 a great harvest of ecicncc. Tlint is the rare and great 

 merit of the New Genesee Farmer. 



I cannot exactly say that it belongi to the ofT^ce of 

 a Minifeier of religion to publicly recommend and pray 

 for the success of the New Genesee Farmer, ttoiigb 

 things more absurd have in that way been done, but 

 there can he no objections to bis doing so in private. 

 One of my deepest convictions is, that a good farmer, 

 of all orders of men, is most likely to be a good chris- 

 tian. He must be a steady man; be must love to work 

 for the work's Bike as well as the wages, and above 

 all he must be a lover of all sorts of cattle. Now no 

 one that loves the different races of cattle can have the 

 nature to hate the race of man, and he that loves man 

 — ^just go on and see where you will end. 



Excuse this, Messrs. Editors, and convey, if you 

 have any means of doing eo, my earnest request to my 

 Iriends of the by-gone year, that they will coniiune to 

 correspond vit/i mc — I ought to have said jcilli yon, 

 gentlemen, but beg pardon, and remain. 



Yours, &c. L. T. W. 



A Compliment from Ohio. 



We have seldom received a more gratifying letter 

 than the following from a worthy and infltiential gen- 

 tleman in Ohio. Tho approbation of such men is no 

 small reward; and it encourages ua to persevere in 

 our attempts to merit such praise. 



Mlssrs. EntTOR"^ — I have been making an eflbrt to 

 inciease the circulation of your paper among the mem- 

 bers of our Agricultural Society, and as the result, I 

 herewith send you the names of sixteen subscribers. 

 The superior value of the New Genesee Farmer to us, 

 above all other papers of the kind, I consider to consist 

 in its freedom, thus far, from speculative theories — its 

 refusing to publish the grumblings of discontented and 

 prejudiced men, calculoted to discourage farmers from 

 adopting the most approved system of tilling the soil — 

 and its plain practical common sense and safe direc- 

 tions to the farmer. 



I am enthufiaB'iically fond of the cultivation of the 

 soil, BJid if I had time, I would give you the results of 

 my experience in raising and feeding roots, &c. — per- 

 haps I may do so htreafter. I have often risen from 

 the perusal of your paper with this thought, Nnirtfint 

 one number is icurih vwre than the priee of tiic trJtole 

 rolumc. I hope you will * go on and prosper.' 

 Don't hmnhig the farmers and discourage them about 

 any thing, if you can help it. They arc too ea- 

 sily discouraged at the best; and the failure of a new 

 production, or of an agricultural implement to an- 

 swer its recommendations, will throw (some of 1 them 

 back years in their improvement. When a good cause 

 gets well established, a single failure don'i injure it 

 much; but improved agriculture is not thus establish- 

 ed among the mass, and a puff of a poor thing, or the 

 discouragement of a good one, will alike do mischief'. 

 I know it is diflicult for you to avoid all these evils, 

 but you hove hitherto been very successful, and I trust 

 you will still continue to be careful. Wishing you 

 great sttccess, I remain yours truly, 



Lorain ed. Ohio, May, 16)1. 



We sinecicly thank the writer of the above, and 

 hope he will excuse the liberty we have taken. We 

 should be bappy to hear from him often. 



*»* Wc should be pleased to add the signatures to 

 the preceding letters, had we permission to publish 

 them. — Ed3, ! 



The Self-Protectiug Bee-Hive. 



Mr. Julius Smith has left several of these hives at 

 the Rochester Seed Store, and is desirous of intruda- 

 cing them into use in Wesiern New York. We be- 

 lieve them to be of an improved construction, and at 

 liis request publish the dfs.-nption given in the Culti- 

 vator, by the inventor and patentee, Wm. M. Hall, ; 

 of New Haven Conn. 



" The hive a; your office, is of the exact form, and 

 of the most suitable size and workmaniihip lor use: and 

 it contains all the principles of my patent. By tho 

 construction of this hive, three very imporiant pnnci- 

 ples nie bruuuht into operation. 1st. The conmiuni- 

 cation Iriim drawer to drawer, thereby enabling the 

 bees to pass freely from one drawer to the other, ma- 

 king as it were, but one drawer, ivhen in fact there 

 arc two, thereby producing the most happy efTccts, 

 and causing the bees uniformly to build in both draw- 

 ers at the same time, when without the communica- 

 tion, they usually fill one drawer, before they com- 

 mence in the other. These drawers are removed by 

 means of two right angicd metallic t-lides. 2d. A 

 perpendicular hive is obtained which should always be 

 the case; without which the economy of the bets iE 

 uiHch disturbed. It is well understood among B|iia. 

 nans, that btes always build their combs in perpendic- 

 ular sheets, without regard to form or size of the apart, 

 ment, consequently if tbe boilom of the hive io con- 

 tracted, some of the filth must lodge in descending, 

 thereby causing much derangement in their opera, 

 tions; but if tbe hive be perpendicular, all tilth disen- 

 gaged by the bees, immediately falls to the bottom 

 when it is at once discharged by means of the inclinee 

 [ilane. 3d. The bate or protector. The base is the 

 licst possible discharger of worms and other filth 

 The planes moy be construeteil to any degree of incli 

 nation desired, without injiiiy to the hive or bees 

 they furnish an opportunity for the bees to alight am 

 enter both at front and rear sides of the hive, at tbi 

 same time enabling them to crmcl to any part of th< 

 hive without again flying. Bees on returning to i 

 hive, at a cool season of the year, partially benumbed 

 if obliged to fly after once alighting as from a suspen- 

 ded plail'onn, frequently die for want of strength t( 

 rise; and thatteio at a season when their nuir.beis art 

 more wanted to produce animal beat sufficient for thi 

 wants o( the brood. It is not unfiequeiuly the case 

 that whole colonies when thus treated, perith ir 

 the month of April. The hive is ventilated by do 

 sing the planes more or lees as circumstances seem tc 

 require. 



I describe the construction of the Self-protectinj 

 Bee-hive, as follows. Observing that my improvet 

 hive consisie of three parts, viz. ]si. A perpendicu 

 lar hive thirteen inches square more or lees, as feer 

 in the accompanying drawings, fig. 15, A. 2d. Tbi 

 chamber with comniunicoting drawers at the top o 

 the hive for extracting the surplus honey, without des 

 troying the bets, as seen in fig. 15, B. B. 3d. Tb( 

 base or protector. The bnse is a square frame of the sizi 

 of the body of the hive, about 4 inches deep, without tO] 

 or bottom, on which the hiveiests, as seen in fig- 15, C 

 bfing connected and held in ploce by dowels, aa seer 

 lit X. X. and hooks as seen in the figures. The fron' 

 and rear sides of the base are narrower than the otbe" 

 sides by about an inch, lenviiig room at tbe bottom, fo 

 the play of the inched planes, which form a bolton 

 f"r the hive; consisting of two inclined planes tlant 

 ing from tbe top of the bose to the bottom. Thest 

 inclined planes consist of boards hung within iheboi: 

 of the bnsc, on pivots passing through the sides nea f 

 the lop edge of the center of the sides, and exicndinj'' 

 below the lower edge of' the base in front and rear 

 with a play of about an inch, as scenat F. which lep 

 resents the plane inclining to the front. G. The fion 

 of tbe base. H. The pivc'.s on which the indinei 



