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 . . iii-ss HAli;;lAM i CROSMAX. noclieslcr, N. V. 



CON TKIITS OV THIS NUMiJER. 



ntsfortliciMontli. U heat jinJ CinnJ* Thistle. The 



Khjwcrs of Suiunier 



ichiaery applied to Agri-.-»llnre— The .\er.- World, or 

 Ucchanical >ys;eiii. I.cms. Fool Itot In Sheep. Re- 

 lonrt-es of the West, ll heat ii:.d Flour Trade of 



Jhi 



1 Uran as Slannre »!!!!'.'.*.*.* 



« .\. V. S.-.vc Fair «t Syr«cu>e— unnniltes & Ref- 

 ilatitin«. Monroe l o. Ag. Fiiir Ooiuaii-.lces lOrie 



^0. Jpfierson Co 



^araCo. Livingston Co. Wayne Co. The Dronglit. 

 'acts and Denioasiations on Sillt Cullnrc — George 



Lllea's Cocnonry .at Brockport 



C|iortnnthe Herteccnus Plants of .Massachuss'.ts." 



Ill the Importance of Sys'.oniati.-, rul;iv,aiion 



! U orkinjmm'j Home Piuasurea. Morn. Hiickihorn 



Icd^e 



.n-t Agricui. F.iir.-it Syracuse. Dcstruc'liVe'llaji 



•lorni. S unip I'nlling Machine— Engraving 



nmnil Planting. The Sul)ten.|.-rt Cee-hive— Ener*- 



ne . 



alion of Crops. Early supper*. . -. . .-. 



n Liiws. The pro Inels of laTiorthe only real wealth. 



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ichi?an. r.vaporation.Lard L.imps.. 



icropsof ISIliaEastUlooinficli;. Twelve varieties 



■ Whc;:t 



rrles. Prospects ^.f Trade and the lUrVest' .'n En'j- 



Inqniries 



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141 



nd. A I*'-' ter on Female Self Education. 



'Out .^.'ihcS 



le and Kea.*:on— "Cotton f?tatistics-" Acricultdre 



idEJucation. Scraps. Town and Country H2 



iculturein Missoitri. Improve 1 UuJliandry 1M 



rAdvertiscinenls. .Markets. Prices Current, te.. . H* 



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TorReadpis aiid Correspondents, 



fe are cainpellod to oinit sjveial comin;inion'-ion?, 

 s written in CaiiiJa, and TurifiiiB other matters in- 

 .ed for thii number. Ojr friends must icritt 

 '.er in the month to «rnnre their articles an in^er 

 Mr. B.itehain haa bofii ab«3nt most of the paat 

 llfc. 



nsats for the SJoiUh, 



oio'mg tchnl \3 the must important operation to 

 t farmers during this mon'.h. It i« a matter of 

 •conscqitencc whether the cultivator obinine ten, 

 lirty bubhele at ne.Tt harvest. 

 etth?bii3-ness I'ncn be done rijht. Above nil, do 

 sow after wheat of this year. Many of the miss- 

 crops this season rrsiiltcd from this practice. 

 lough ilccp at len=t once, where the Eoil will ad- 

 ofit. If subsiii ploughing crnnot be practised, 

 e as near to it ns you cnn. A large portion of the 

 oil of Western New York, as well as of other 

 M, contains a portion of mail (lime,) and mi.xing 

 ih the rest of ths soil, is one of the very best 

 !of applying tliis m.-mure. Independently of this, 

 ploughing is very nsefuh 

 ongh evenly and urn narrow farrows. Thi« is 

 >n!y way to do the thing right. 

 H the best seed you can find in all the country 

 if it does co.?t a little more. Tlie UinJ we re- 

 ncndcd on page 141 of last volume of this paper, 

 sustains the character there given of it. Let 

 eeed be as clean ns possible, n3 it ia exceedingly 

 ih to take a:ich pains to plough and nre;)aic your 

 land fir wheat, and then go and Vow cockle, 

 i, and such wrcichcd siuTfor a crop. 



Lastly, y;/o«^/i in your wheat with a h'ubt plough, 

 leaving it rough ju9t ns the plough leaves it. At 

 least tnj the practice. We have known it to succeed 

 admirably. And do not forget the well cleaned sur- 

 face furrows for draining, where they are wanted. 



Cut up aorn this month as soon cs it becoincs hard, 

 that the fodder inay be well saved. The ripening 

 process will k« fully complete by the nourishment af- 

 tcrwarus derived from the stalks. Nsver mutilate 

 corn by topping it. 



Let your hogs begin to hav4 the dropjiing apples 

 from the orchard, and they will fatten r«pidly. 



Never feed nngroun.l grain of any kind, to Logs. 

 Let your twill or h»g. porridge be /e)?ne;i^d if you 

 cannot b»il it — to do which, you must have two 

 •will tubs or barrels, feeding fiom one while the oth- 

 er is fermenting. But eitensire hog-larmers should 

 alvv«ys boil tho food. 



Keep every thing in first-rate ordar — cattle in good 

 keeping and fine condition — horses livel.v, and not 

 over worked nor under fed — calves fat and growin<--, 

 •0 that they may winter well — and every thing else 

 in equal style — and finally, pursue tho ma.tim of the 

 distinguished classical American statea.-aan, — " Ee 

 sure you'ra W^'if, ih«n GO AHEAD! " « 



Wheat Rnd Canada Tliistles. 



If the Canada Thistle Ehoiild generally induce our 

 farmers to cultivate their land better, its •vil aspect 

 would be greatly s:_i|'tened, though we should not dare 

 to call it a blessing in disguisj. 



In years past we lisve frequently endeavored 'to call 

 the attention of cultivators to this subject ; and have I 

 given some detiils of the facility with which this weed 

 could he destroj-ed; but our last number contains two 

 communications, whieh we think deserve some further 

 notice; and we would hold ihem up for tho encour- 

 agement of ethers. 



'■ I commenced about the lirrt of Ji-.ne," says our 

 friend V. YiOM.tM at page 114, "and ploughed them 

 abojt once n nionlh, and hatrnwed them as often— 

 tiM abotit the first of October. Tho rcsidt is, tlieir en- 

 tire dcstrvction, except a few places where the plough 

 ing could not be well done." 



Knt 'ess favnrr.bic is the report of our corrssr.in'l. 

 ent Ai-ocsii.-5 D. Avers at page 117. "Th's fial," 

 cnnlnir!;d ei.x acres, prineip'illy occupied with Cana^ 

 da tbijties, on which a Florida war had been, wac-d 

 for twenty-five years, er more, wUh little i..Mpe"urof 

 success or termination. — In the latter pn-.t of , May I 

 broke it up— ploughed the ground d^cp four Um-s" 



and harrowed as of-.en in the hen! of Rummer the 



result was [,tj IMcd the Cana.hj, ,/,isiies, and my 

 ground :.i in good condition foe „,-(er cropping " j„ 

 consequence ot this superior culture, and hi.ru mon- 

 iinng, lbs crop of wheat which followed was verv 

 fine; and we are left to infer that nearly sixty bushe's 

 to the acre were obtained. 



Two causes have conspired ta make farmers slo- 

 venly, and to spread the Canada thistle: One is, the 

 strong desire to mwe all the whce; they can. by put- 

 t,ng in as much of their Ijnd aa possible; and the oHier 

 IS, tne very short time they have to pj-epare the ground 

 Business in the growing season of this climato. bur- 

 nea the fanitot st every mep. The getting in of 

 spring rr,->p,.,3,afieng,,c.vly retirded bv unfavornVe 



iveaiher, and sheep-shearing, road nicnding,and some- 

 times continued rains, interfere with breaking up the 

 lailow. Tiicn comes the hoeing of cnrii, potaioef, and 

 rield-beets: and unless the farmer bestirs himself, liay- 

 inuking Will be on his beds. Haivestiiig the borley, 

 whect, and onls, is rarely finished belore the niiedlo 

 of tho laet month of summer when many are begin- 

 ning to so «■ their wheat — so near do seed lime end 

 harvest approach in this district. How thun is nun- 

 uring and ploughing the fallow once a month to bs 

 accomplished ? Go over less ground — apply the 

 same amount of labor to half the quantity ol land — 

 raise double crops to the acre (uli weeds) — and reseivo 

 the rcninindcr of the farm for pusiiue end irieoe'ow. 



Sonietiines however, eloven'y mnnageinent suc- 

 ceeds well with wheal; and to succeed once, liko 

 gaining a prize in a lottery, encouiages the fanner tj 

 try it again, though there are ten chonces against hiir. 

 Success is always EUie to be reiiieiiibered. " Guru 

 stubble," or potato ground is olien sowed too lae for 

 the wheat to tiller, for it rarely if ever tilleis well in 

 this district if sowed more than a week afier the tun 

 crosses the line; and then between freezing om in 

 tho winter and spring, and the rust or blight in sum 

 mer, the crop stands but a poor cliaucc. From lot. 

 tcries of all kinds farmers ought to keep clear. 



We now revert te anothi-r branch of our subject. 

 Deep ploughing, or pulling up the thiftles by hand, 

 is far more desiruclive than to eu: them elV near tho 

 surface. In the latter cose, the horizontal root with 

 the Ujiright stem attached to it, rcmrdiis undistiitbud; 

 and the plant urepnres to recover its foilago withsiit 

 delay. Bat when the plough breaks up tiie iiurizon 

 toi runner, or the hnrro-.v draws its frogmenis to the 

 surface it soon perithes in dry weather. There is a 

 jirofit in taking tho most thorough course. ( 



The Flowers of Summer. 



Very few annual flowers have succeeded ",hra »ea 

 son, 60 severe has been the drought. Wo l.gyo n.jt 

 sren a BaUamiiic, except some that wcro wate-ed by 

 a small nil. Conrolrvhs tricohr an-', zivnin coccitL 

 ca aaempt to display their ber.uii.,. but they often 

 dioop in the parchnig air. Sor-.,« species of /oomea 

 (besides the .ollowiag) ar« ^leo in flower, hut i'ess vi, 

 gorous than usuol. 



The Cypress Vine, one of the most delieet- forma 

 of the \ egetablo '..ingdom, reqr.ires a rich soil, and 

 seems to emiv a ,reat of soap-suds. It is a mornins 



1 ue J .[jn- i^ji,j^ though shortened in it* stem, baa 

 lest r,,ns of its fieshnesi: ihe G/ilariiia continues to 

 u:' ,old its purple disk and yellew rays; and Ec/iiuops 

 rj'lMroi-fphalus appears n9t to su.Ter from any lack oi 

 moisture. 



The same remark will extend to ihe TiMt colored 

 Fox Glare, eb erect in its stem, and so ne^.t in il.i 

 Ie«ves; to Ifiliisciis Carolincnsis ? with its fine rosv 

 flowers; and to Cirhorivm inlvlms v»iih blus rays uo. 

 prettily frinjsd. Vot this plant is geneia'.ly an oft', 

 casts bacauso it is an intruder, hard to be resUaincd 

 v.iihifi reasonable limits, and then pertinaccou«ly ad- 

 hering to the spot it has chosen. 



tlitcua Hesia displays its brilliant scarlet; (,nd tha 

 old Monthly Honeysuckle, like all other sweet floir-. 

 ers is less frnarant in dry air, but always inlcrestiug 

 on account of its beauty, and of our cerly rcccllec-^ 

 tions. 



The White Argeinena, nn old fsTi'W— and the 

 modest lunkia lanceiftilw , — bloom, tiy.ioh feebly; 

 v.\i\UyPeriplocagraea, as if recollectlitg lite hot dry 

 air of its native land, seems to rejoice, and puts forth 

 Its long polished le.ivesof dark i;reen. in abundance. 



I-ast year wo m.entioncd a Phlo:: of eobtr puipie \v, 

 the morning, which changed to a rosy hue in ih» a(- 

 trrnonn. The saipe phenomenon coniiiiMCB. BrrcU'i 

 f^crdUniT i, boaittiftil. • 



