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THE NEW GENESEE FARMER, 



Vol. 2. 



pinesa or respectability. How fnlse the idea ! bow 



egregious ibe mistake ! 



Those who arc raised to a condition of eaeeand in- 

 dependence aeem virtually to despise ihoae who are 

 Compelled to earn their eubsistance by the sweat of 

 the brow — not that many will admit thL — not that 

 many retilly think fo when iliey trouble themselves 

 to tlunii at all upon the Biibject — yet many such per- 

 Bona actually do treat the laborer ne though he were 

 on inferior. This is radically wrong. It is no dis- 

 honor to be a laborer. It is nublo — it is beet it is 



wisest for rnnn. It is a nceesiuy imposed upon him 

 by tlie Author of bis being, more in jitcr cy ihait melius- 

 lisemeiU. It is unfortunate to be ignorant — perhaps 

 a reproach, so far as the means of improvement are 

 neglected — but lo lahor tcith his hands no man should 

 be ashamed. U is the fulso pride of a weak mind to 

 feel It is any degradaii.in to labor. To icork — what is 

 it but to fulfil man's dutyand destiny — lo promo e bis 

 health — invigorate his body, developo hi^ powers, and 

 perfect bis nature. 



The desire to escape from labor is particularly in- 

 dicated by the rush that has been for years going on 

 and is still g.)iug on into the learned professions and 

 into mercantile pursuits. How many a farmer in 

 this county wiihin the last len years has listened to 

 his son ogainsi his own belter judgment — and strained 

 himself to bis ulmost lo sel up that son in trade, or lo 

 aid him to buy eily lots — or western land — and bow 

 many families have been ruined by this greedy desire 

 to accnniulaie property rajiiiily — as though iccallh were 

 tlic chirj good. How inimy a father loo, who iioil 

 earned a handsome property by hisown hard labor and 

 honesi industry, has been stripped or' his all, and been 

 obliged in bis old age to leave bio long cherished 

 home and seek a place lo lay his bones in the fur west, 

 because his eon wished, by trade or ppeculniion to gel 

 quiclUi) rich, that he migl t escape labor. But this is 

 not all ; bow many a fatlior has s.leeted his most 

 weakly SKI, whom ho thought too feeble to labor on 

 ihcfurm, and eenthlni to stliool and college to get bis 

 living by a profession ; as though men can live by 

 llieir Lmirning alone, and luijiiire that learning with- 

 out the scrcristand most dcpr-.ssing tod. How many 

 lives have been thus sacrili-jLd ! ' But if any think 

 that protcESional men escape labor, they are niosi 

 egre-^jiously mistaken. When oil the professions are 

 K) ovei -crowded and surcharged, as at present in this 

 country, no man cbu get a live ibood honestly, in any 

 profussioii, without ihe lireatcsl exertion and the most 

 laborious application. Tne professional man who at- 

 tains ciiiinuiice, or even respectability in liis profes- 

 sion, hib.us harder than the commonest hodman. Un- 

 like the farmer or the mechanic, liis task is not done 

 at the se.ting sun. The midnight lamp witnesses his 

 toil, and his wasted health and his enfeebled b idy tes- 

 tify the price bo pays tor whatever ol distinction he 

 ncquirej. No — fellow-citizuns, you may assure your 

 Bins that no jjrn/cssional man reposes on a led of 

 roses. 



It it not my purpose to cxdt the employment of the 

 Agricub.urisiat the expense of other occupations. — 

 Far be it from mo to deprecate the mnclionic a ts, or 

 any other deparimcnt of industry. The exliibiiions 

 ot the last few days in this eiiy, have |ircsenlcd many 

 works of skill, ingenuity and taste, to excite an odmi- 

 ration, and make us proud of our relations as neigh- 

 birs and friends to the mechanics of this county. — 

 The Mechanics' Fair just held in this city, reflects 

 much honor ii|)on the mechanics concerned in it — 

 honor upon Rochester — honor upon the county of 

 Monroe. 



But then. I must insist that ihe ariizan is not gen. 

 erally surrounded by intluences so happy — so elevat- 

 ing and so ennobling as the farmer. H j is ordinarily 

 pent up in crowded cities — " those festering sores up- 

 on the liudi/ politic." But he has even thcie some ad- 

 vantages over farmers— principally, however, in the 

 iiicility with which be can as.soeiate with others in the 

 same c oidition. The inecbauics can often meet to- 

 getlier.and by means of their Trades, Union, and oth- 

 er Associations, are d->ing much to elevate themselves 

 nsa clos.s. These societies, ilie offsprings of free in- 

 stitutions, indicate the existence of a noble impulse 

 pervading the popular min I — an impuiso ibat is calcu 

 lated !o break down ihe sicial barriers and artiKcial 

 ineqinlitios ibat exist in society, and place all men iip- 

 <m thn repiililicaii ground of a ommon cnualiiy. 



It IS 10 the same spirit and for the same purnose 

 that Agiiuullural sicietiosnro formed. Such socie- 

 ties ore eminently calculnlcd to clevaie farmers as a 

 das'-. Their oliji^ct and purpose ie to remove, as far as 

 praiticah'e, the d.sadvaulages attending llieir dispers- 

 ed I on lilion. Toey seek lo bring together tho«e who 

 IbroH' a comni >n oe.-njin^on n.id have a conmion m- 



teres . Tlicy serve to promote acquaintance and so- 

 cial feeling — :o excite emulation and to etimulate ac- 

 tivity and enterprise. These socieiies now, through 

 the munificence of the Slate, are springing np in ev- 

 ery county, and arc calculated to do great good — every 

 farmer should sustain them by his aid and his influ- 

 ence. 



It is true that the premiums which these societies 

 are able to award ore but trifling — but they can be in- 

 creased and will be, os fanners more generally contri- 

 bute to their funds. But it is not ihe premiums that 

 onr members chielly look lo. These cannot be 

 awarded to but few — and diversity of opinion may 

 arise and doubtless ivill exist in regard to the discrim- 

 ination which 'he various committees must necessari- 

 ly make. The committees may err — but irhat of 

 that / — the principle of improrement is the point at 

 which we aim. If but twenty farmers in the coun- 

 ty give increased attcniion to the cultivation of their 

 farms, by reason of this society, much is ottaincd. — 

 The experiments, dsicoverics and improvemenis of 

 these twenly farmers may do incalculable good. Lei 

 but one half the farmers of this county come into this 

 work, and lei the New Genesee larmer, (which per- 

 mit me to say should be a constant visitor in every 

 farmer's family in this county,) herald monthly the 

 iiiiprovemenlR and discoverirs which would be made — 

 and what important resulis fur the farming interest 

 of his county, and this whole country would be pro- 

 duced. 



The American farmers have a noble field for culti- 

 vation. In the r hands is the destiny of this nation. 

 '• To them is committed the ark of man's hopes" — 

 ond it remains n fearful problem to be solved "wheth- 

 er they will faint by the way or bore it on in tri- 

 umph." 



Farmers of Monroe — Arc you prepared to meet your 

 high lesponsiliilitles ? In the heart of one of ihctinest 

 sections of country in the world — occupying a soil of 

 unsurpassed Icriility- with hardly a waste acre of land 

 in your county — where luxnriontly grows all the 

 fruits of a tem()craie climate — possessed of extraordi- 

 nary facilities for the marketing of your surplus pro- 

 dncls, and for the diffusion of intelligence and the in- 

 terchange of social ■ liiccs — what may not the world 

 expect of you in advancing the important interests o*" 

 Agriculture, and in carrying forward tiie great cause 

 of human rights and christian philanthropy ? 



Who can tell but that from this Fair, an impvlse 

 may be gathered which in the process of years may 

 result in converting this county into another Paradise, 

 and in rendering its inhabitants the niostenteiprising, 

 the most intelligent, and the most enlightened in all 

 America. 



The Fair at Syiaca«e. 



Before this paper reaches our readers, most of them 

 will doubtless have seen pretty full occonnts of the Cat- 

 de Show and Fair of the N. Y. State Ag. Society, 

 held at Syracuse on the 29ih and 30lh of Sept. : and 

 as our columns ore very much crowded this month, 

 we have concluded not to give any detailed remarks 

 concerning it. The exhibition was a very good one, 

 andil in some respects it did not quite equal our txpcc- 

 ta ions, it exceeded tbem in others, so thai upon the 

 whole we were highly gratified, ond became fully 

 convinced that the annual Fairs of the State Society 

 nioy be mode eminently useful, os well as interesting. 

 The attendance of farmers was very great — and the 

 bringing together of such an assemblage of intelli- 

 gent and public-spirited Agriculturists, from oil parts 

 of the country, cannot fail to produce the most benili- 

 cial results. It is projiosed to hold the Fair at the 

 same jilace next season, and if that is agreed on we 

 fell quite safe in predicting thai it will be a most 

 splendid affair. 



We were greatly disoppoiiited at ihe late Fair, in 

 ibot there were no cattle or stock of any description 

 from the Western counties. Our Western friends 

 ore greatly at fuull in this thing, ond we will not at- 

 tempt to screeni '- ' rom the censure whicn Is justly 

 cast upon thcnt It is true, the expense of transpor- 

 tation was great, and, in one case sickness was a por- 

 tial excuse, still these are not sufficient. The East- 

 ern stock owners expected and desired competition 

 from the West ; and while we give them great praise 

 for their nnble and '(IJ'^iint jeal, wc are obligt>d to 



confess thai cor fsvonte Weatern New-fork will 

 stand disgraced until by proper exertion she retrieves 

 her character. All we can say for her is, we believe' 

 >hat she will be well represented nc.tt year, and that 

 a goodly share of the premiums will go to poy the ex- 

 pense of transporting Western animals. 



Want of space, this month, compels Os to omit 

 some of the remarks connected with the repOTtsof 

 Committees ; also the resolutions and proceedings of 

 the Society. We may give some of tbem next month, 

 together with the list of premiums on Field crops, and 

 Butter and Cheese to be awarded at the annual meet- 

 ing of the Society to be held ot Albany on the ]8tU 

 and 19ih of January, 1642. 



Award of Premiums. 



CITTLK. 



Class I. — BCLI.S — 3 years old and ucer. 



To John M. Sherwood, Auliurn. for his hull 'Artlicr,' brc<l 



hy F Kotch, Butternuts, Is; prize. 

 To E. P. Prenlicc, Albany, for liis butt * Nero,* bred by him- 

 self, *2d prize. 

 To V. N. Kcuient, Albsny, for his bull ' Astori.-i,' bred !iy 



tiiliiself, .3d prize. 

 To Silas Gaylord, Skancatelcs, for his liull ' Splendid,' 4th 

 prize. 



" There were several other anloials fin this class] on the 

 ground, possessing in the estimation of your L-oinnottee, hi^rll 

 grades nf c.xcellenL'C, and they only regret that the premiums 

 u-ere not more numerous. Aiiurig these, your ctunniittee 

 pariiculnrly iioliL-ed the animals of flicssrs. !\IL-Intyre, Van 

 Bergen, Fonda, and vicars." — Report of the Committee. 



Class II. — Bulls — 2 years old. 

 To John Jolinston, Fayette, Scnoca co., for his bull ' Hayal 



WMIi.-on,' tired liy G V Sacket, Scneon Fulls. 1st prize. 

 To Tlioinas A. Clark, Chitlcn.-iiigo.for hisl;u!l • Vctung\\'ar- 



den,' bred by Thomas llollis, tiilbertsvitle. '2d prize. 

 To I) 1). f,-im|ibcll, Schenectady, for his bull ' Kuttcrdain.' 



bred by himself, tld prize. 

 To Nifliubis Garner, Burlington, for his bull '- ,' brcJ 



by himself. 4lli prize. 



Class III.— Bulls — I year old. 

 To Moses Kinney, Cortlandvllle, for his bull * Daniel Weli- 



sler,' bred tiy G V Sr-ckel, .Seneca Falls, 1st prize. 

 To Enoch IM.trks, Navarino, for his liiill ' Brutus.' 2d prize. 



To Benjamin Stoker, Cortland co. for his bull tJd " 



To Joseph B^ker, Onondaga co. for his bull 4111 " 



" Vour committee beg leave to express their regret, th.it 

 though the e.\hil)ilion in cKisses 11. and III. were very nume- 

 rous, jct but iev; of tlie aniuiuls were in what lliey consid- 

 ered common store order ; n hicli rendered Ibe efiort uf compa- 

 rison with such as were liigh fed very difficult." — Heport of 

 Committee. 



Class IV.— Cow?. 

 To John M. Sherwood, A iilmrn. for his cow 'Stella,' breil 



by I'' Uoteh, 5 yc;irs old, 1st jirize 

 To Ezra P. IVeniice, Alhrtny, for his cow 'Daisy,' Syrs oh!, 



Iircd liy iiiiiisclf, '21 prize. 

 To Jnliii M. Sherwood, Auburn, for lii3 cow * Daisy,* 12 yrs 



old. 3il prize. 

 To Joiiii j\I. Sherwood, Auburn, for his cow ' Panscy,' 5 yrs 



ohi. 4lh prize. 

 To Curniirw Sc Soihain, Albany, for their Hereford cow 



• MatchiCFs,* imported, an extra prize, equal to llie highest 



preniiuni awardetl on cattle. 



" ^^)U^ L*i>niniittee further report Ihat a r.cw and Iieautiful 

 r;ice of cattle were presented f<(r th -ir exaininiilion,llieIlorc- 

 fonl*. imported by a dislinj^uifhed breeder ofcatlle, 'esidins 

 in Albany cimnty. wliii-h they take pleasure in reconin>riid- 

 ingto the attention of ihoge who desire to improve their 

 stuck. Your c'lniniittee reconmiend a special preiniiini of 

 twenty dollars Un the Hereford cow Matchless ns we con- 

 t-idcr her a very superior nniuml ; and they would aleo suf-- 

 gesit the propriety of oifering and awardin-j premiums for 

 the best hloodeil animals of each individual breed. Improverl 

 Sliorl Horneil Durhnnis, Herefords. and Devons, at their next 

 annua) agricu'tural meeting, in addition to premiums ufferetl 

 for \\ (best animals of any breed." — Report q/ Com. 



Clafs V. — Two Years Old JIkiffrs. 



To Jidin J\I. Sherwood, Auburn, for his heifer ' S\ Ivia,' bred 



by I' Rolch, Ut prize. 

 ToK P. Prentice. Alb.-.ny, for his heifer * Dinna,' bred by 



himself, 2d prize. 

 To Corning &l Solliam, Alliany, for their Short Horn r.ml 



Hereford heifer ' Etiza,' imported, 3)1 prize. 



Class VI. — Yearling Heifers, 

 To Kzrn P. Prenti.-e, Alhnny, for his yearling calf ' CJmr- 



lotte,' bred by himeelf. 1st prize. 

 To John ST. Sherwood, Auburn, for his jearlinecrJf 'Noma* 



bred by H S KandiJI, CorilandviMe, 2'd prii/e. 

 To John M. .'^berwood. Auburn, for his yearling heifer * Di- 



anihe,* bred by J A''.\nnder. Dtirlinfrton.Sd prize. 

 To Williiim Fuller, Skaneatcles. for his heifer ralf ■ ■- , 



bred by himself. 41 h prize. 



[tT All the animals on which the above prizes were awar- 

 ded, with t!te e-vcepiion of the Hereford cow and tl e Short 

 Horn and Hereford lielfcr of Ulessra. t'orning Jk SotIir.m, 

 were thorough-bred improved Short Horns. 



Closs VII. — Gbadk Cows. 



To Willirm \A'ard, Camillus, for his S years old half bh.oU 



Holilcrness row, Ist piize 

 To \\ . H. Solhani, Perch l,akc Farm, for liis half blood Uur- 



liani cow. No. I, 'M prize. 

 To x\'. H. Soihnni, Penh l,rke Farm, fcrhi}= h:.lf blood Dur- 



ti:im cow \o. ^, 3il jirivc. 



