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THE NEW GENESEE FARMER, 



Vol. 2^ 





KOCIIESTER, PECKnBER, 1841. 



Farewell—Till Xext Year. 



Wc feci soTicwhat reluctant to throw aside our pre- 

 sent subsoripiion book, containing; as it does, the names 

 ol" nearly twenty thousand of our esteemed friends ! — 

 But it can't be helped— and wc hope to have the plea- 

 sure of recording tliem all again in a short time, with 

 many more besides. We have got a hr<»cr and hand- 

 somer book for the next year, and all who wLsh the 

 honor of having their names recorded in it, will se.nd 



LS FIFTY CE.\"T.s! 



ITncnrrent Money. 



Bills of Bolvent banks in Ohio, Indiana, Ken'ueky, 

 Pennsylvania, Canada, &c., will be leueived at par in 

 payment for ibis paper, if sent free of postage and no 

 commission deducted. Michigan and Illinois bills 

 cannot be received at present. Dills of the Bufl'alo 

 (Safety Fund) banks will be received from subscri- 

 be^a in Mkhigan and Illinois. (Till furlher njtice. ) 

 Tiavelliiig Asenls. 

 We do not find it necessary to c:nploy travelling 

 Agents for this paper; but C. F. CnosMA.v, will act 

 as su;h when travelling on his general business in the 

 country. He will carry out Garden Seeds of his own 

 raisin" and Corn Brooms and Brushes of liis own man- 

 ufacture. ' 

 The Editors. 

 Mr. Colman is expected at Rochester bv the latter part 

 of Udcember — in lime to eupcrimcnd iLe next No. of 

 the paper. The present editors will continue their 

 osaislance, on 1 the character of the work will not be 

 materially changed. 



It may be well to remind some of our renders that 

 the articles which ore fouud in this volume, marked 

 thus, t are wiiiten by D.ivid Thomas, of Aurora, 

 t^ayuga Co., and those marked thus, * are by bis son 

 Jjh 1 J. Thomas, of Micedon, Wayne Co. 



Ileiiry Colinan. 



Much has been said in praise of Hf.nry Colman, 

 by agricultural papers of late, but as many of our 

 readers probably do not sec other papers of the kind, 

 we deem it proper to give an extract or two by w.ay 

 of introlucing him to their acquaintance. As wc do 

 tliis wiTiiDUT Ills K.vowLF.DCE Oil coNsr..vT, no onc 

 can accuse liim of egotism on account of it. 



The firil b from the Farmers Monthly Visitor, 

 edited by Ex-Governor Hill, of New Hiimpshire. 



'* 7'Ae AUtssucltusitls .■Xgiindturid Ci'mmissoncr. 

 — There is no mail in America more nrde.. in tbe 

 catist) of Ajricidlural imjirovemcut than Hk.miv Cot,- 

 MLS, who 13 uudcr the employment of Uie Lej^islaiure 

 111 M HsachusetlT>, and who visits dilTiTem point-' in 

 that Commonweolih with the view to inspiril the far 

 mors and tj present the resulis of hie observations and 

 labors to the public. For elfpciing his objrct, Mr. 

 Ciliiian traveU in variuuj direciious among the yen. 

 niaiiry of iho Commonwia th, with his horse and y g- 

 wa^on and in filmoiiiag plnin an iitiirens the woikiiien 

 in the licld. We have o lew limes seen Mr. C'llmun 

 umong iho farmers nt ogriculiurMi <ibihition8 and 

 < Isewiicrc ; and ihe eiuhnainsin he exhibits on cricli 

 ii'ricullurol tojiic cannot fail t.i inlusu i'.aelf into the 

 most insensible farmer and arome all his eiieryies. 

 The conversational powers of Mr. C. are equal in 

 those of the b^-ai man we ever inoi ; tiis language 

 tlow,^ like a Htrcam of pure water ; and like many 

 gulling rivulets that ooz.; from ilic hills and ferializj 

 the land below, 8 1 do his writings throw translucent 

 light upon the euhjecl he describes. * * 



The Commiss.oiier will tind but few equals in the 

 art of describing the plooeiires and the a.ivantiges ol 



rural lite, and of rescuing that occupation on which 

 all oiher occupations depend, from the neglect in 

 which Indolence or lack of enterprise attempts lo ob- 

 scuro It." 



The next is fromlhe;Baltimore)American Farmer, 

 ihe oldest agriculturni paper in the Union, edited by 

 John S. Skinner, a veteran writer in ihe cause. 



" HE.N'RY COUMAN— We draw three lines un 

 der this name, as we believe it is the printer's sign for 

 large capitals I and because we would, in every way, 

 do bonorto an eminenlly useful man: and we know of 

 no one whose labors of uiility are more wide-spread, or 

 likely to be more endu.ing iban ' the Commissioner 



FOR THE AgRICUI.TURAI. SurVET OF MASSACHUSETTS.' 



There is originality, vigor of ilioughl, and prociical 

 usefulness in his observaiions on the agricultural prac 

 licea, and products, ond capacities of his State, and 

 his suggestions for ihe luriher dcvelopemeni of ils re- 

 sources, ihat must s rike every one, at whotever dis- 

 tance, who, by any chance, sees what he ia doing." 



Tlie following is from the (Rochester) American 

 Ciiizni, edited by Gen. Wm. L. Chaplin, who is 

 pers'inolly acquainied with Mr. Colman : 



I am happy to nnnoiince to the farmers of Western 

 New York, that Mr. Bateham has recently been able 

 to secure the service^ of He.vrv Coi. man, of Massa- 

 chusetts, as a permiinent Ediior of the New Genesee 

 Farmer. He also becomes a joint proprietor in ihe 

 paper. Mr. Colman was for many years an eloquent 

 and popular preacher. He is a well-trained scholar — 

 richly furnished with inlormat'on in the various de. 

 pariments of literature ond science — a man of warm 

 and generous impulses, ond an accomplished gentle- 

 man. His pen is sprightly, nervous and instinctive. 

 Some years since, he hecaine o practical fanner in one 

 of the most delightful spots in the beautiful valley of 

 the winding Connr-ciicut in the upper part of M'lssa- 

 chueetis. From that lime lie has cherished agricul- 

 ture as profession, with the loving enthusiasm of the 

 most devoted artist. For a few years past he has been 

 the Agricultural Coininisiioner of Mnssachnaeits by 

 ihe appointment of the Governor under an act of the 

 L"gislatiire : along widi his keenness of observation, 

 'ind his untiring 'Zeal in the caiiae, be hue oiij.>yeci the 

 amplest opportuniiicB for a*;qiiiring and digesting a 

 vast s'.ore ol every-day available knowledge. It is 

 hazarding nothing in snymg, that it would be difficult, 

 f not impjssible, to find a man in the country whose 

 qualifications are more happily adapted to give life and 

 interest to au agricultural journal, than HtNr.v Col- 

 man 



He comes to Western Now York, with the purpose 

 of making it a permanent residence. In eomiiarison 

 with New England, he will find a new country, whose 

 resources as yet a-e but very partially developed, and 

 but imperfccily coinpielieiid.,-d by the people. He 

 cannot fad to he delighted ni nniicipaiion of what in- 

 dustry and ingenious husbnn Jry will one day make 

 this garden of ihe State. II by his Ariitcn essnys and 

 oral adJrc8-?es he can succeed in imparting to a lew 

 leading mind>, but a tithe of h.s own cntluisinsin in 

 the pursuits of agneuliure, a few years will produce a 

 revolution iu that department which will asl'mich us. 



THE NEW GE.VESEE FARMER, 



AND Gardener's joohnal. 

 VOLUME TIir.EE — FOR 13I-2. 



THE Cheapest Agrioullurnl Piiper in 

 Union I— I3l.iiige Pii^-es .Moiillily, (wuli engrnvin 

 only 60 Cents per year ! I 



the 



igs,) 



HENRY COLMAN, EDITOR. 



(Late AgnniltnTol Commissjitn^n- oj" the iitatf, of 

 Miissuchitsctts, and Editor oJ the Xtw Eitff. fitnner.) 



Griuefiil tor the extensive iiatroniiee which tiip.NVw t;en- 

 c-ec Kiinner h.te re cive I d -rmji ihe pjisl \ r;ir. the proprietor 

 now h.is the Hiillsfiiciton ol" .inii'ninci.itlhiii the tins niH(I<> 

 such iirraliKrn.eiils for tlic coming \eiir an cnnot f.i.I to he 

 highly srat.tyin^ to the readers ofthc paper, and secure for 

 it a fiiill more extensive i-lrcuKitioii. 



riesiring to m.-ike it tlic innst iiserul nn I wi.Irly rimilarius 

 iigrlcillturnl p.-iper ill Ihf t niiiii, the prnprirKir hiis ena.tljed 

 Ihe servhies of '.lie cele irii*(Nl un.l f*iiii!ieitt hki icuUiiral wri- 

 ter and iir.itor. IIKN'IIY COI.IIAN. well kii.iwii as tlie lute 

 Asricuiliiral CoiiimiHsioiirr of the Stut.. nf ,M. ss.icluisetls, 

 and formerly elitor of the .New Kiuhiiid rariiic. liciiciid- 

 oie on theeo-oper.nlion aiiil support oT the friends of :i-.'ricul- 

 mre in ihe I'.inpiie tine and Uie tirriit U est, .Mr. Colm.in 

 hus ciMisenLcd to lenve the iici I wheic he h.ns hiliorej '.villi 

 ■ill innih lionor and siicess, and lo.-a.e :tt Rin-hester. where, 

 'hroiigli the. iiie.liiini of the Oene'ee K-iriiicr, he e.\pccts to 

 rtiid a lnoreex;cn-ive field of iisef(iliie^.4. 



The former editors and contrlhutori' will conlitine ibeir 

 assUlaiire. .^nd i-nrn will he li.ken to' tiijike the p.iper inter- 

 e-stin? ami useful, not only to fiirincrs, hut to all persons eil- 

 tiatreJ in •iral «r ij^inesl c i.tTiir.'*, \\ jth su.-h a roinhina- 

 tion Of lalent, the .New Gnnc-iec Parmer cannot Irtil to ohtH'in 

 ua iiinaeiisccircul.uioii— give a new impulse to iliecuiuc of 



.3 



i of • ommunUy, anfl 

 ■riiy of Ihe Nii.ion.— i! 



agriculture — promote the hcsi intt-resie 

 lend to increiibc ihe wealth and iirtispen 

 It is hoped, iheicfore. that ei'ery t'ncinl of iigricuUure— every 

 well-wisher of IiU nei^hburhood and hia tounty, w.ll lend 

 his aid, and nut only dubsorilie liiinself. but induce his neig:b- 

 i.orelo subscrihe also. The p«.per will Le coniiuued at ita 

 prejeiii low prir.c, in order that its Influence may be most 

 widely extended. Its appearance will he cons.derably Ita- 

 proveJ, and liaving now a Power Press exclusively for tbe 

 work, greater promptness and regularity will be secured.— 

 C!arefijl clerks are engated to mail ihe papers, so that it ia 

 believed thi-rc will be little cauise for complaint herctftirr. 



Po?t Alasiera and their As-iistaiU*, nre authcrized ar.d re- 

 spectfully fioliciied to .■•.ct as Agents and remit flubecriptiniii 

 for the Farmer. The low price at which it is puMishcJ will 

 not allow of much i>c.;uiiiary compensation to Agents, bat 

 it is believed they will find a reward in the heneiis which 

 re.suli from the circulation of sucli pcriodi(.u'B in their neigb* 

 borhoods. 



ITiT'PergDns ordering papers are requested \o strirtly obstTVB\ 

 tke Tkhms. and be ca-eful to \\x\^e jHainly the names of »ut>- 

 scribers, their Post Office, County, and Stale; and in all; 

 case» to send the money with the order, so that the perplex* 

 iiy of keeping ac*:ounts mav be avoi Icl. 



M. B. BATHHAM. Proprietor. 



TRRM'.— I'*current money is sent (such ae New Vort 

 or Vew England bills.; commission will be uUowe4 oa foU 

 lows : — 



Seven copies, for 

 Twelve d' 

 Twenly-fi . , 



No commission will be allowed, if u/ic«rrfn( money itifient* 

 Address, BATblllA.M & COLMAN. 



Dectmher 1. Ic4i. Horhasler, A' Y. 



•P'*^"' f^"" »?•??? Pavment always to 



^"- /''\- .IZX In-dc in ad/ance. 



five do. for 10,00 > 



3 



F.\KM AND SAW MILL F01 SALli.-SaH 

 acres of chuice land (i and a tnilf miles from the cent • 

 of the city of lEocliesier, aboul mil acres under good im-1 

 provemeiit. and ihc residue hnely limhered with White oak. 

 Chesnul. and other lilnticr siiiliihlr for eawing. The Saw 

 Mill on this farm hys l.ccn recently pul in complete repair, 

 itnd is rigged for either a single saw or a gang of 8 saws for 

 sawing boat or stiip plank. 'I'here is tiinlier enough on Ilia 

 premises when ninnufaclured into lumher, to p y for lh«l 

 farm. 'I'he hiiildings, hcsidea the ."aw mill, are a comfona- 

 ble dwelling house, and a large frame barn. A'-.oul 35 acres 

 are sowed with ivlieat this fall. To an ■ n^erprising man. na 

 lietlcr opportunity can be tdfcfcd for profitable iiivestmein, 

 as the men and teams engaged in farming in the summer, raa 

 be advanlageoualy eniploje.iin Iinnleriiig during the win- 

 ter. fi'i.llUii will Le reqiiii'ed in hand, and the residue ofltia 

 purchase money can remain on morlgage. 



.■Vpply to the subscriber a; Kochtalcr. 



Oct. gj . l(-4 1 . GKO. W. PR.\TT. 



ESTKKN Faniici's and Giiideuoi's Ai- 



inanac, for 18m— By ThmnaB Affleck, < inoin-. 



nati.— Also -'liee breeding in the West," by Ihe same liu»' 



ihor. i'rice '.Ij cts. each— #'2 per dozen, for sale at the ^ced^ 



Store and llookstores in Km-hestrr. — Nov. I. 



GAUUU.V SKKliJS ill Uoxes.— c. V. LKUcAlAN] 

 respeclt'ully informs hie country friends and euslnmerg, 

 that he will at the usual lime, tie prepaied tt> supply thein 

 with ficsh assortments of garden teeds. of his own raising 

 or selection, su.h us he Is coundent will give salisfaciion. 

 Rochester, Oct. 1,1641 



UOCllKSTEK 1»KICKS CL'KUlij^T. 



, CORRECTKfi FUK 



THE NKW GENESEE FAUMEIt, DECEMBER 1, I9i|. 



WHEAT per bushel, $ l,(Jtj a $ 



CORN, " 51) 



OATS " 28 



BARLKY, " 44 50 



RYE, " 56 6!iJ 



BEAiN'S, White,.. " 62i 75 



POTATOES,.... " 21) 25 



APPI.KS, Desert,. " 25 38 



FLOUR, Superfine, per bbl 5,25 5,50 



" Fine " 5,fl0 



SALT, " 1,38 



PORK, Mess, " 10,00 lOi-'lO 



" Prime " 9,00 9.50 > 



" per 100 lbs 2..=i0 2,75 



BEF.F perlOOibd 3,01) 3,5f) 



POULTRY per lb 7 7 



EOCiS per dozen, 18 



BUTTF.R. Freeh., per pound 13 15 



Firkin,.... " ... 10 121 



CHEESE " ... 5 6 



LVRO, " ... 6 7 



T.4.LLOW, Clear "... 8 9 



HIDES, Green " ... fi 



SHEEPSKINS ISO 68| 



PEARL ASHES, ...100 lbs.. 5,25 



POT, " " .. .'>,.'iO 



WOOL, pound,... 30 40 



HAY till, ...l.'^.OO 14,00 



GRASS SEED bushel,... J. 25 l.hO 



COVER 7.00 8,00 



FLA.X " " ... f,7J 1,00 



PLASTER, (in bhU) per ton, . 0,00 



" hulk (nl Whentlnnil). 3,.->0 



Remarks. — Navigation is closed — the mills hov« 

 stripped, nnd the roads are bad ; of oiurdc very little 

 buBinea^ ie doingin mnikct, and the prices of pioJiufl 

 are very unsettled. The principal artic'e now ofTentl 

 is l*ork, and the price of that ii- not very satisfactory 

 to farmers* although wc pciecive it ia as hiph here, in 

 compariBon with other places, as can he afforded. 'Iho 

 latest quotations from Cincinnati are 2,25 per 100 lbs. 



