M. B. BATEHAM, 

 C. F. CIIOSMAN, 



Proprietors. 



VOI/. 2. 



ROCIIESTEK, AUIiSJST, 1841. 



WO. 8. 



JOHN J. THOMAS, 



M. B. BATKHAM, EJitors. 



PUBIilSHEW MO.\TlIL.Y. 



FIFTY CF.XTS, per year, piiyalile nlivnys in a.tvancc. 



Pdst ^^I;i3[ers, Agenu, .iiitl oilier^, semling tiioripy Crec ot" 

 posta'^e, will receive seccn oojiie;' for ®3, — 7k6/tcc(i[JicB fi)r 

 8J,^'/W«(y-Jfrc copies fur ©111. 



The pvsta^rc of litis p.ijicr is only one eeiit to any place 

 within tiiis state, and one anil a half cents to any "part of 

 the L'niled ??tate.=. 



AKIrcss UATKllASIifRdSSIAX, Rochester, N'. V. 



CONTENTS OF THIS NUMBER. 



The Harvest. The Wea'.lier of Jnne and July. Hints 

 for the Alontji) 113 



Clierries. iMy own I^vperienre. Un-ler Drainintr. . . . 114 



On Making Foods. Keep yonr Land Dry. Scraps. 

 Liver L'oniplaint — Dead Sheep — Costivcness of .siieep 

 Hoffa in Pastnres 115 



The Flowers of Slimmer. Tiie Fruit Garden. A Bas- 

 ket of Clierries. The Ctirculin shut on' 116 



A visit to >[r. SheffL!r's Farm. Berkshire Hogs. Sugar 

 Beets. Wheat Culture. Fig Sale 117 



InSamalile Gase.vhaled by Flowers. Best time for Cut- 

 ting Tim'ier. The Hessian Fly. Important Discove- 

 ry — Destroying Insects !1S 



Tlie Rose Bug. No fcind to Improvement. Humbugs.. Ill) 



Apologies nnd Promises. The Fair at Syracuse. 3Ion- 

 roe Ag. Soc. Notice. County --Vg. Societies — Cayuga, 

 Kenec-i, Krie, Niagara, Livingston, &c To the Offi- 

 cers of the Cavuga Co. Ag. Soc. Meeting of the N. 

 Y. State .\g Soc 120 



Slugs on FriiitTrees. " Dowiiing's Landscape Garden- 

 ing.*' Items from E.Kchange Papers. Cows pas' ured 

 on Morns iMuUicaulis — Silk Culture— Large Vear- 

 liiigs, &c 121 



Durhnin Cows as Milke.-s 1*22 



Sugar Beets for Spring Feeding. Drinking in hoi Wea- 

 ther. Desiroving Rats 1*23 



Mr. NetPs Short Horn < Mtle. The Crops in Ohio. 

 Canada Thistles &,c . . 121 



Reply to S. R. W on the Corn Laws. On the Silk Cul- 

 ture 12.) 



Natural Philosophy. .Agricultural Cdn.-ation. More 

 large Pigs. How to ascertain the age of Horses. Col- 

 man's A'ldress on American Agriculture 106 



Physical Education. The Working-.IIan's Dwelling. ..;jl2" 



Tl-eOrchardist's Companion The Riita Uaea HMob. 

 Blight in Pear trees. Wonderful Precocity " Gnl. 

 libility " Docs the Citrculio tly up in'o the trees? 

 The Silk Bounty Law. Late I-'.ngii^h News. Reports 

 of the ."Markets. Aiverlisement.-. Pricc:^ Current, &c, 12S. 



Still another Call. 



We are now incurring large o.\pcneea, and greatly 

 leeJ the nuineroua s'nall surns — amounting in all to 

 tome bundreJs of dollars, still due us from Postmasters 

 jnd others. If not reniilicd soon we shall have to 

 lend, what ^ve bate to give or receive — special Dl.ns 

 SVe fear wo shall have to adopt sirieter rules next 

 fear. 



To Corrf!f5po:i(lents. 



Saveral communicttions, letters of inquirj", Ac, 

 ISTC not received attention this month, owing to our 

 ihsence. We will endeavor t> give a description of 

 1 stump machine in onr next. Helen- shall receive 

 Itention next montli — la O.ir Valley neat Maple 

 Groce? Then where are both 1 



TiiB Weather of Jirne Kiid July. 



The montli of ."Vlry left us coUI and dry, and the drought 

 contnucd till the 11th of June. The crops, especially grass, 

 clover and wheat, suflereJ severely, and were saved by the 

 rain before and after the mid.ile of June. In this vicinity, 

 the grass crop is below the average, and the same remark is 

 true resj)e^ting wheat. 



Over the country it is gratifying to hear that the harvest 

 will be fully adciiuate for the wan'softhc people. Indeed, 

 the line weather, af.er the rain in Jnne, filled out the t»erry 

 of wheat to uncommon fullness, and thus the crop is larger 

 than many had anticipated. 



It Is now obvious that the cold weather of May was high- 

 ly beneficial ; for with hot weather, the drought would have 

 destroye I grass an.I wheat, and much misery must have fol- 

 lowed in this part of the land. The rain of June, however 

 did not much e.xceed an inch. The 7lh and 8tli and CO.h June 

 were very warm — temperature 90 * or more at 2 P. I\I. 



July has ijeen favorable for ripening grain, as well as fur 

 haying and harvesting; as it has abounded with fine wea- 

 ther. Considerable ruin has fallen in pleasant and Ehort 

 showers; we.-ilher warm, and a week from the *2"st very 

 hot. On the 2 st the beat was 03°, and almost as high OTi 

 the22d; and on bo' h days, above 90~ for more than three 

 hours: 23d, very little less heat; and 21th for some time 

 l»7°,and above U3= several hours. This was the hottest 

 day for seme yer.rs in this vicinity— hot indeed over the 

 country. The earth be t.inie parched, and occasional show- 

 ers seemed to have little influence O.i the 31st fell a great 

 rain, in showers; in the morning and long before sunrise 

 till nine o'clock, ihere was much tiiunjer, aitd more than one 

 inch of rain fell in an hour. The earth secnie I to drir.k in 

 the successive and abundant showers, and to be greatly re- 

 freshed. " Thou visitest the earth, and watcreth it ; thou 

 greatly enrichest it with the fiver of God that is fall of wa- 

 ter." 



During the continuance of the drought, the horns of the 

 moon have been so turne.l as to indicate a if ci moon, though 

 it proved dri/. 



Mean temperature of Jnne 0©,53 



do do. of July 68,31 



The Barometer has varied but little from 29,.i inches, in- 

 dicating regular weather. C. DEWLV. 

 Rochester, Jul) 31st. IMl. 



The Harvest. 



The AVheat crop of Western New York, like 'hat of Ohio, 

 ffill fall below an average in quantity, although fine in 

 luality. In several towns in this county the insect has dune 

 lome injury, but we believe not very extensive The wea- 

 ker has been fine for harvesting, and the crop is mostly se- 

 surei in good order. 



In Michigan, the Detroit .\dverti3er of July tICtli says, the 

 Wheal crop is very abumlant anil secured in fine order ; but 

 corn anil potatoes were sufT'-ring from drouth— tliermom- 



:er 90 in the shade. The Alton (Illinois) Telegraph •f 



iuljr 3d speaks of excessive drouth, and potatoes being ac- 

 lly roasted in the hill: A correspondent in St Louis 

 , Missouri, says the Wheat Harvest never was better 

 m Canada we are intormei the erop is fair, though nol 



'try abundant T'tK -amc rt re,''orte4 of reiin'»rl''ania. 



Hints for the Month. 



Fnimers should remember that weeds continue to 

 grow throughout the season, and that efforts to de- 

 stroy them should not be now relaxed. Corn and 

 potatoes should still be kept clear of them. It will 

 not only be of essential benefit to the present crop, 

 but save a vast amount of labor in future seasons. 

 Ruta bagas, canols, and mangel wurtzule, need con- 

 stant attention in this particular. 



But perhaps the greatest evil from suffering weeds 

 10 grow, is the bad habit it leads to. Good order and 

 neatness should be studied and carried out on all oc- 

 casions ; and every cultivator should become alarm- 

 ed whenever he finds himselt growing easy under 

 careless management 



Care should be taken rot to smc weeds. Seed 

 wheat should be thoroughly cleaned, and nothing 

 left but the pure grain ; chess and cockle may be re- 

 moved fro n it by a good fanning mill, and by wash- 

 ing in brine. 



It should be a standing practice to improve all 

 kinds of farm crop.i by selecting the best seed. The 

 best prirtinns of tb« ftelH shouldbtt ch"fenl and, if prac- 



ticable, the finest heads picked singly from the 

 sheaves for the growth of future seed. The tame 

 course should be pursued with corn and other crops. 

 Every one knows that animals are improved on n 

 similar principle, !ind vegetable productions aiaj 

 doubtless be equally so. 



Weeds growing in pastur s need care to prevent 

 their spreading by seed. Their rapid increase in 

 Western New York shows a wretched neglect. Fields 

 in which, five years ago, the Canada thistles, Jobna- 

 wort, and o.^-eyc daisy, bad just obtained on entrance, 

 are now completely overrun with these weeds. A 

 tenth part of the expense they have indirectly occa- 

 sioned, would have extirpated the whole of them 

 long ago. When the worst conies to the worst, 

 farmers must attend to this subject, thoii,{h » bun- 

 dred times the Icbor may be then needed tha* would 

 do the business now. 



Those who cannot afford to destroy spreniiing 

 weeds, should remember the miller who would not 

 pay a dollar to fill the musk-rat hole in his dam; the 

 second day the current had enlarged it, and ha would 

 then have gladly paid that sum, but it would coBtfic* 

 dollars; and the third day he was compelled to f*f 

 fifty, or lose all. 



Garden seeds require collecting M fast aa they be- 

 come ripe. The best way is to cut off the etemo, 

 which hold the ripened seeds, and lie them in bun- 

 dles, until they c.in be conveniently cleaned. Where 

 seeds are not fully ripe, a large portion of stems at- 

 tached, will often afford nourithmcnt enough l« oom-' 

 plete the procees. 



This is the best season of the year to bud peaches. 

 Apples and pears may be easily budded, if done early 

 m the month. Success in the adhering of the hud, 

 depends chiefly on the ibriftiness of the slock, so that 

 the bsrk may separate very freely. Peach huda 

 which adhere well are often destroyed by the tticcecd- 

 ing winter and perish the following spring. To avoid 

 this, select buds from the oldest part of ihs shoot 

 whence they ore taken, and be especially careful ti> 

 procure the strongest and thriftiest shoola. 



Before concluding, wc wieli to direct enlerprizinj 

 formers to what we have already published, in laia 

 numbers, on subsoil ploughing. The scastm for sow- 

 ing wheat wiy soon be at hand, and we are confident 

 a great improvement will be made in our cropa by 

 this practice. One fact in eomfirmation: — A neigh- 

 bor had dug a ditch through his field, several feet in 

 width and depth; the subsoil, thus removed, wes 

 spread to the ilepih of about two feet on the adjoining 

 ground. This f-engon, when the drought was sucU 

 that the wheat in the rest of that field, tKd not pro- 

 mise five bushels to the acre, that portion on each 

 side of the ditch on which the subsoil was deposited 

 in a deep bed, indicated a product of more iDan twen- 

 ty bushels to the acre. The soil \vas a loam, not so 

 heavy as ever to become cloddy or bake from tern* 



