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THJ-: NEW GENESEE i AliMER, 



Vol. 2 



Kice Trade- 



■Briti-<h Com f.iiu'> at the Low- 

 est Sciiie «1 Duty. 

 A wrilcr in llie Oclober miinher of liie Democinlic 

 Il'jview, proiinces u long elaUirnie, Imt rather alnehing 

 nrticle under the nbfve Iiend, in wliicb be snye ihn: 

 ibe etiecis of realiicliim on Iriidc in ibe blinpe ol' q nn 

 licuiltarilT is CO " produce o mere- trnneler o( Inbor 

 " and capital, to take money frnni tbe pockets of one 

 '■ c!nd3 of men to put it in tbosc of anotlier ; wlinl one 

 " cinss bns gained nn.)ilier bas lost. One mclbod ol 

 " industry lm<i been encouraged while all others have 

 " been dejircssed. Lnbor and capital in n particular 

 " departnie:U have been rendered more productive by 

 " duninishmg and exbausling their energies in other 

 " deparl;ne!Ua. In what «ay has industry been 

 " stimulated ? What ceneral advantage bas there 

 " been in ihib ? By diminishing its productiveness 

 " in ninety nine branches, in order that the hundredth 

 " may be raised to iLeaveiagc produetiveness ol what 

 " Ihe Gibers were before !" itc. <.Ve. 



Well mnv the writer of the above article call to his 

 »id the far fetched and one tided evidence given in 

 b fore the British House of C.)nunons, to support his 

 dictrine ; since all ihe results of practical experience 

 on thefubjeet ;n onr own countiy slrdic at the vers 

 lo It of bis theory. We will nut go beyond our own 

 niannfactiiring town to prove, tliat snce ili'- niaiui 

 faelme eMiimeiiC'd, of thosi^ articles whiih are jiro- 

 tecte'J by the compromise tr.r'V. real estate bas lihcn 

 ; per cent — bmh tbe consumption and the price ol 

 all agricuUural production in the vicinity Imve in- 

 creased in still greater ratio, giving a correspondent 

 increase to the wages of the mechanic and tbe h.bor 

 er, and multiplying the number to a ten f.il. I extent, 

 ri.i far from ihnse nrtniifaeturingeplablisiimenis which 

 arc favored by a tarilV, being prejud eial to ilie gener 

 al trade, they give it its greaiusi biiiniiloiis, by the aid 

 they give to the fanner in the purcbas'! of his staples, 

 and to the hborcr aniWiieclianii; in the eni).l'iyincnt 

 they receive. 



We have one extensive woollen company liere, 

 which could not have bod an existence.but for the pro 

 nction given by the cnniproni=e bi;l — at this time 

 ticir cloths arc selling in N. Y. at remunerating 

 prices, to an cxlent which alone does more towards 

 equal z;na the exchanges of this county, than all the 

 other staoles sent to tbe same market, if wo except 

 lloin, and yet the amount ibns diriposcd of is not n 

 lylbc of tbe home trade. And what has produced ail 

 (lii; — we answer nianuiactiiring industry jiuliciously 

 f I'lniilaled by moderate pro:eetion, in the shape of a 

 n'ltioiial tax on vbo cnrresiiomlent iniporteil article, 

 from tbe over populated old woiUl. 



The ativ icntes of free trade have sujiposed ibot the 

 r .-peal of the British Corn L'lws would be a great bomi 

 11 the United States, what is the result now when the 

 duty on wheal in Kogland is reduced to three half- 

 penso n buebel. '1 he continent of Iiiurope anppliee 

 her cheaper than we can. Such is the pric- of labor 

 jii the United Slates, such the demand f.)r ihe home 

 C)nsumption, — for ir.aimfacliiring New-England ; — 

 that should England want two or three days rations ol 

 bread from n— the pricj in Now Vork would rise a 

 dollar or two on the bnrrel of llour. When (lour in 

 New York is ali.ivc .*;;i, I'.urope can buecessfolly com- 

 pete w Ih us in the sale of bread slnll's in most of the 

 foreign ninrkeis — let na then look to a home trade 

 rather than a lies liade for our sure and stedlaot hold 

 of hope. *^- ^^■ 



tVtUtrljin, Odnb, 



cnsc did their very best, at tbe late State Fair, none, 

 I presume will qncetion. 15ui Ibe extravagant char- 

 ges made by the principal tavern, should not be imss- 

 ed in silence. If any thing will deier our farming 

 citizens from attending such fails, it is this gentml and 

 Iwnorublc way of oniptying their pockets. Indeed, 

 we are rendering ourselves altogether ridiculous, by 

 preaching economy and moileraiion at nil other limes, 

 and then recommending tluii, which is accompanied have oeen. 

 with profuse waste of money. Some of UB well re- « be i 

 member, of other similar societies broken down, and 

 by costly dinners, merely ; bow much more so then, 

 will it be in the present case, where after spending 

 two or three days, and partaking of no better fare, 

 certainly, than at our own oriliiiniy birMiboufe dinners. 

 ( g lod enough to be sure, j we f oind onr.-ehes very u o- 

 deslly charged al the rale of about a d liar a meal, in- 

 cluding breakfast and supper, ibrouffhout. 1 am told 

 that olher houses were very reasonable. 



But it is said that this high charge secured select 

 company at the house in question. Not at all ! The 

 majority, I doubt not, neither knew nor snspeete.) any 

 thing till they paid their bills. But had ihey all 

 known previously. — why then — 5ave me from such 

 eninpanv I A cnnipTuy, not of the sens'ble. tbe in- 

 telligent, tbe w'se. But rather of spendthrifts, and 

 purse-proud, and needlessly vvasiefnl, and wonh! be 

 tbonjht rich. No wise man, no business man, will 

 throw away money. There are calls enough fir it 

 elsiwbere. An extravagant man is one generally 

 who neglects to pay bis honest debts, so far as rnyob 

 servat'on exiends. 



I would respectfully susgest, that the Executive 

 Committee of the Nev/ York State Agrienlinral So 

 eieiy endeavor to remedy this ev.l in fiitnir, as 

 they desire the prosperity and good of the S.jciety, 

 and to extend the brmlit of its fairs to the I rul- 

 ing eommunily at large. And I would propose that 

 an arrangement be made with public houses to give 

 the pieference of admission to mcmhcTS ; this would 

 induce many to join, for ibc soke of entrance, imilljc 

 the. mciins pcrhiips of jmtthig hundixds of ilutlurs in- 

 to llic trciistin/. 



Hnviiia now done wiih the exoihilnnl side ot the 

 tion, permit me to notice one ■iistnnee ol pr.n'Se 



ny Joseph Lee ; andt'iic low. the produee of Arabel- 

 la, imported by tbela;e Siep'^en Wjlliams, and t-even 

 ..iher female descendanie of ihc la^t named nnimni 



Oneof these cows is si.vieeii, and two others ioiir- 

 teen years old. All of them are in good beeUb nml 

 exhibit the appearance, bo far as condition is coneeii!- 

 ed, of being young annnids, and two of tbeni have 

 regularly bred up to this time. 'I'bese facts ilo not 

 contribute to prove liiat ihis breed of niiiiiials ore mo 

 tender and delicate to endure our cold elimulo, as t 

 oiiolly teen and hcntd it alleged 

 k tVom nearly all of our c.iws is unuau- 

 aliy neb, and the quan.ity much greater than we have 

 been able o obtain from superior nniive cows with 

 tbe tame keep. My brother bao «egnlarly hod good 

 common cowson lus fnrin lor about twenty )en.s, and 

 he alHni:* without (luoliiicaiion lb s loci. 



Our cows have not given aj iniicb milk, nor mode 

 as gnat a qunntity ol bit iter, as ha%c some other Kn.)rt 

 ll.uns, yet one of them, in April bisi, on lay. made 

 more than twelve iioiinds ol butter in a week, and we 

 hnve repeatedly converted the c earn in small i|uanti- 

 ies from tiiise'inv, into butter ii. fifteen Bieomls In 

 June, upon gross aUuie, His cow gave :i()il lbs. of 

 milk in a week, being nnlUcd but twice a day ; ibc 

 milk at th s time was ennvertid into chiese, and eon- 

 seipitntly no butter made from bi r. Ilnd the been 

 milked ibrre times a dnyoitb. 8 period. I am (,iiit« 



eoiiti lent that her product 111 niilk w d have reached 



■100 lbs. and of bMtter not less than 14 lbs. per week. 

 We have another cow whuh avciagcd .18 lbs ol n.ilk 

 tier day ill June, and ttill another, (now quite old,) 

 which a foimer owner astuies lue has yielded MH 

 quorisof milk per day. 



We have also two bcilers with their first calves, 

 which avi.ioged 37 and oolbs. mdk per day through- 

 out ibe month of June last 



I will rendilv admit that among the great mass ol 

 ihe coiiiiiiou c.iws of die couniiy, we i.icaMonally l.i.d 

 iIkhc which aic viy deep nml ro h milkers l!ui ut- 

 ile reliance, iiovi'ev.r. can beploe.d in ihiir progmy 

 lor the some propeities, whdst wiih tboiougb bred 

 nniuiols, by nsing bulls from deep imlUiiig fomiliee, 

 the produce is quite curtain to partake largely of ilic 

 sires and d-mis. ,, •,, n 



U would indeed be remarkable, a- Mr Alien well 

 obfcr\es, if, iiitrover..iiiL' the who'eofibis State, in 

 ibcdischargeof biSolVic.ol duties, .Mr. Colninn, our 

 laie highly respectable Agrieulluial CoininibBiO' er, 

 did norditcovcr among the great mass of our com 

 innn slock, B.nne superior mitkcrs and vnluab e dairy 



animals. , , ,, t .■ j i. 



In the 4ih vol. NewEnglcnd h armor, 1 hnd the 

 ■ tbe Short Horns, by CJov- 



■H, 1S4I. 



Fur the (icttesce Furmcr. 

 .VcconmiiJtlitlioiis al Syraoisf. 



A 5U.N ellVKai.l) .V uoLL.vn A MK.M.. 



It must be cmfesjed, that il is no vi;ry insy task 

 f.ir the. public hiusoi ol one village, to ..ccommo late 

 *(j,-orjl ihouatnl pcisne. Tu'ii tie p'.ppls of rijia 



wort'iy liberoljiy. in the cose of the Auburn and Sy- 

 racuse rail-road Officer , who ran an ex'ro train of cars 

 cieli dny, clraraing only n dollar for each pnsaenger lo 

 Svraeusc and back. And a lownic to say also, while 

 ou the fiiil'jeet of roil-roaHs, that 1 was veiy sorry to 

 .-ceanme linicago in ibe Kew Genesee Faimer, a ic 

 eimimeiid.ition of this ami leiekei boat Iravdlingaa 

 r.'fOTi) modes for lurmcrs. Old Ben Eronklin |ireaeb 

 ...j Irom n ilifh-rent text, lonching economv :— lead 



P.ior Ricliord^ A MEMBER. 



I'ruiii llir. AlbiDiij <\iltlriil(ir. 

 MilkiiiK Properties of the Iniiiro\e<.l I). Cows. 

 Mi;s?Ks. Gavi.ord ash TtcKt.u— An rsieemed 

 friend, .Mr. Baktmitt of Coimectlcui, has called up- 

 on my brother and myself, tbroui;h the July number 

 of your voliinbic periodical, to give bopil' neeoiml ol 

 our herd of Short Horned cattle, and I must plead 

 ether and more prcs.sini! ovoeoiions as tite only reason 

 why he has not met with an earlier response. The 

 object of Mr Burtleit a|ipenis tJ be, lo show Ihot so 

 for as oiir animals an- coneirned, ihey do not sustain 

 C"oi..MA.s's|io6itioii, that, Diuhams are iiderior to the 

 nalive race lor milkint: and dany propertiis. liKWi- 

 !•'. Ali.ks, Esq 10 whom Mr B refers, has, in the 

 Jmie nun.-er of vour pap-r, met the posilioii taken 

 by Mr. Colman with great ab'lity anil success. 



Besides high grade, nml tome native, we have 

 iwenty-livc ihoriiimb bred auiniols. By the lerni 

 I'Loniudi-brcd. 1 u.aui animals whii-h are iheinselves. 

 ,r wboc dura.! r.iid tilts are recorded in Coate s Herd 

 Book, which liiruithes lor them full and undouiiieii 

 pedigrees. Among ibest; animals, we have one cow 

 Olid three female deeeendants, the produee ot twoani- 

 miil.i which were imported bv Euoih Si'tby, Ivq- ol 

 ibis state, umler the noiiie of " Bos:on, and were 

 hied hv Uobert Ctiny ; one eow wiib two b-uole dc- 

 -eemlau.s. tbe produce ot Wiisbmition mid 1 oiizy, 

 iir.-.Mrted by the lote ratioon, and bred by Mr. (.ham 

 p.on , tutifamale:^, the pi iduteof H'lrnet. iioi>i^ilrd 



lollowiiig o|iiiiion given i 



eriior Lincoln, in a letter lo Mr. I'owcll : 



••] have now (ofDenon's progeny) seven heifers 

 in milk, four of them three ytors old, and thiee two 

 ■■•ears old : and fur richness in quohiy onii aliiindaneo_ 

 ill qiiantiiv, tbey aie not .xeelhd by the bett cows ot 

 nniiwc of the native ttoc't. A b.iler tbiee veai> old, 

 with her second calf, bos not been dry Miice the diopt 

 her lirst calf, having given i quarts on the monniie ot 

 her second calving. For the dairy and tbe Biall. 1 

 speak with tbe utmost conlidence ol their pie-tnu- 



Ihove recentlv hod an interview wiib the inlell i_- 

 cent and i.erseverinn owier of the '•Cream I'ol" 

 breed of cattle, and (.'ol Jacqui s assured me thoi he 

 aiiributed tbe rich ilairy proiertics ol his held moio 

 ilec-sively to the Short Horned hull Cielebs, than to 

 [the native Hatkius cow. from which his whole herd, 

 \ as I underhand, diseended ; end it would teem liom 

 Mr llasUin's own account ol the produce ol iliis cow, 

 as published in tbe 5,h vol. New Englan.l Farmer, 

 that he must he correel in tins opinion ; she is theie 

 ici.nstnlcd as baviut; made in two days i'J lbs. but- 

 ter, which is 9 lbs. 1 I ounces per week, hung by no • 

 uieansa ri inarkable product when compaied with that 

 of many of the Short Hoi lis. 



In M.'-. Allen's valuable communicnlien, be Las 

 "iven the product of six short horn cows, viJ., in 1 oib 

 milk and biitn r fiom ibiee ar.iiiiols, mbuiler alone 

 from one, ond in milk alone licun two animals. 



Tie butter from the lour animals varies Iron) 1 li lo 

 •>■?. potimls per week, making the average of tbe lour 

 cows !."> lbs. li oz. per week. ___, 



The milk lioin the five cows is lioni'28 .o.ioquorls 

 per day, averaging for each animal more than 3d quts. 



per day. . i r i .i 



Besides the product nl these six cows, I Imd the 

 proiluec of butter fr<im six mere Durham cows, as 



loUows. Viz : , ,, • ,, 



, , / Ann L. 



Mr.Hntkei"8 cow. 19 lbs. bu:t::r in Iwc.li, > f,,.,^,.^, 



Mr.Colvert's cow 37-! do. do. inlliwcekt, ^^^l^;^J,. 



Mr.Canby's cow oSS do. tlo. in one year, > j^^,^ .. 



