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THE NEW GENESEE FARMER, 



Vol. 2 



The following cominunicotion ia from the pen of one 

 whose experience and learning entitles him to more 

 than ordinary regard. We hope to receive further re- 

 marks from him on this all-important subject; and feel 

 assured that our readers, who are parents, will find 

 his suggestions deserving their consideration. — Eds. 



Ff^r the Keic Geiiuee Farmer. 

 Education of Farmers' Childreii-»No. 1. 



Messiss. Editors — I have not been wholly pleased 

 with the articles on the education of furmcrs' fnmi- 

 lies, which appeared in your paper in the last year. I 

 approved many things; but some things appeared ra- 

 ther distorted, and others to be neglected or omitted. 

 1 thought, too, that mothers were censured beyond 

 their proportion. 



There are two prominent mistakes on this subject, 

 whiih need correction. The one is the ration that a 

 farmer's condition is rather inferior; the oihcr res- 

 pects the hind and qaaniity if education. 



1. The first mistake ia made and continued by far- 

 mers themselves. While the condition of the farmer 

 is one of the most independent, end hia profession as 

 honorable as any, and far less annoying and iiksomc, 

 and is far more free from temptation and passion, there 

 is a constant effort to leave it and to engage in some 

 other pursuit. The sons are often prepared for some 

 other business; the daughters are educated for anoth- 

 er sphere. All this tends to depress the notions of 

 the usefulnesaand respectability of aivagricultural life. 

 True indeed, some of their sorts must have a collegi- 

 ate education, and engage in some of the more learn- 

 ed protessions, and sotiie of their daughter must be the 

 wives of such men. Bat the grcaS body of the sorts 

 must continue in the occupation of their fathers. 

 W.^ile the meaof the learned professiotrs fill tlie more 

 important stations, as a great fact, and the sphere of 

 their influence is greatly cjilnrgeil, and while their 

 pursuits may in one respect be allowed to besuperior, in 

 the general rank the farmer's place is important be- 

 yond estimation. If the other ia considered as the 

 eyes and hands of the system, the latter is the very 

 backbone of the country. Without the latter, the for- 

 mer would be powerless and unnecessary. For this 

 place theiraonsshould be educated, and their daughters 

 too, as this place they will chiefly fill. The worth, 

 the dignity, the respectability, the usefulness, the se- 

 curity anJ independenceof thiaplace, should be known, 

 acknowledged aud felt. Then will the action suit the 

 Iku^tght. 



2. Tljo second mistake- comes more wpthin tte scope 

 of education. The trail and jj/ani//!/ of education, 

 is motorial. In the lower class of farmers, both sons 

 and daughters have only very ordinary advantages. 

 In the highest class, which ia not large, both enjoy 

 nearly eq,ual means. In the middle and greot class, 

 the daughters have far the greatest advantages. The 

 reason is, that the sons are needed on the farm in the 

 fiumnier, and cannot so well be spared in w'inter. 

 The daughters therefore attend the select schools and 

 academies for a much longer period than the sons, and 

 having equally active minds, they study to better ad- 

 vantage and make greater acquisitions. They beeome 

 more delicate and re-fiiied in their manners; they see 

 and hear more of the wo^rld; they ate able to converse 

 and to show oflF to greater advaiitoge. They have, in 

 fact, far more of cultivation to show off, and far more 

 of that which will be interesting to society. Hence it 

 is that they are raised above their broth«rs, and will 

 naturally seek the society of those who liave more 

 congeniil acquisitions. The sons of farmers are thus 

 thrown into back ground, mortified, repelled. They 

 wonder at a state of things over which they have no 

 control, anl the dauglitera are often blamed and re- 

 proaehod for not finding their pleasure in the eicieiy 



of those who have not been educated so as to be on an 

 equality with them. Hence it is that many a young 

 farmer is obliged to find a wife among those daughters 

 who are not quite on his own level, and who are not 

 so well fitted for their place as he is. How often a 

 farmer's son is sent to a higher school for one quarter, 

 and then he must be upon the farm. lie has hardly 

 been able to get well employed in study, when he 

 must leave, till another season will give him another 

 quarter. The daughter less rarely has only one quar- 

 ter at a time for her improvement. She has not in- 

 deed enough of time for improvement: let her not 

 have less; but let the son have more, much more.— 

 However much the sister may have, let the brother 

 have tar more means of education. Farmers' eons 

 heed to be raised in the scale of their qualifications for 

 usefulness, and enjoyment on their farms, as well as 

 for inflaence in society. Then will their wives be 

 raised to a higher character also, and a nobler gene- 

 ration v/iil appear. When a highly educated female 

 has ollied herself with young farmer of good tolents 

 and disposition, of activity and enterprize, though he 

 may have less of education and refinement, because 

 he has not been able to acquire them, who has not seen 

 with delight the plastic power of the wile in moulding 

 and elevating and refining her husband. She be- 

 comes in a two-fuld wnse, a heljy meet for him- . "She 

 lonketh well to the ways of her household, and eateth 

 not the bread of idleness. Her children rise up and 

 call her blessed; her husband also, and he praiscih 

 Iter." D. C. 



ENGLISH MARKETS. 



^.ONDON, J,inaary4, l84'..^.\ great improvement has ta- 

 ken place Ml tile nionufiicturiug (listt lets. CoUon goods es- 

 [lecialty liave Ijccn in very active demaiiii, iirui at advanced 

 prices. The money martee: is also assumin"; .a ajore liealtliy 

 lone. So th:il witii moderate stocks of produce gcHerally 

 prospects are favorable 



CipRN IMakket. — Average price for Wheal for the last six 

 weeks ; for tlie week ending Nov. oQih, Uls. 8J. ; 27tll, COs. ; 

 Dec. 4lll, JiOs. 7d ; llth, 383. lOd.; 15Ji, .Ms. Id.; ISlh, 8Us. 

 — Aggrcga e for the si.v wccka, 5'Js. lod.— duly 273. 8d The 

 arrivals are jiretly large. En^itish wi^eal is saleaUIe at ijie 

 currency of afurluig.tii ago; red (i'is. aU4s ; wMte,6Ts.i!70s. 



LiviiRTOOL Corn i«ARKET. Jan. 2 —American Flour, free, 

 has sustained late rates, but has lieen rather slow of sale, 

 the Ijcst markets of United Stales ni 3iis., Cmadiaii .it 3Js. to 

 3lis. per hhl. A Utile United Slates Jias Leen soM, in bond, 

 for export, at 2»3S pcrbbl. 



Jaiuiary 4.— American Flour, in Imnl. 2i^ 6-1. o 3Gs , but 

 iJiese prices could not lie relied upon in ihe face of large iin- 

 portaliuns. Ajnerican Wheat, in bond, 5s. 3d. a 53 tid. per 

 bushel. 



NEW YORK MARKET— JAN. 27. 



CoRX Exchange. — Flour w.-is held firmly through most of 

 the week, but the news from England was unfdvorKble. and 

 on Saturday, holders were ready to sell, but there were very 

 few buyers ; 550 bbls. Genesee were however taken on that 

 day for England, .at «4.04. 1000 bbls. Georgetown sold at 

 jj. I2J-, small p.arcels of Howard street .and Baltirtiore City 

 at «J," 2.!. and some New York at S5; 900 Brandywine at 

 S5,.5(t. Corn Meal sold in puncheons at ®13, arid bids. ,at ®2,- 

 h8 , Rye Flour at $3,37. In wheat the only parcel sold was 

 25(J0 inferior Long Island at about 85 cts. bu. The:e is con- 

 siderable Geueseew!i«at..say 100,000 l;u. in store, held at 1' 5 

 a els.. TBerc were no sales of Rye A cargo of very 

 handsome Delaware Corn -was sold on Frid.iy at .57 cts, 

 weight, but a very fiiir article was offered afterwards at 50 

 cts. The distillers buy Long Island Corn at 56 cts. North- 

 ern Oats niavbe quoted at 42 cts. ; Pennsylv.irria ami Jersey, 

 34^ a3Gcts.;'Souiliern, 32 fl 34 cts. ; Barley is held in store 

 at 55 cents. 



Provisions. — Beef and Pork are abundantand very heavy. 

 Prime Pork especially droops : there were sales at ® 0,25, 

 and. of Mess at $12,50, and more is olTered at the same rates. 

 2100 kegs Ohio Lard were sold at 7c. lb. , another lot of 

 aboiu llje same quantity ia held at 7^. Smoked Meats, But- 

 ter and Cheese are without change. 



&EEDS.— Fla.x Seeti is duH'r 70 tierces of Clover b«ve been 

 sold at Sicts-. 111. 



IMoNEV AND Exchanges-.— ^loney has been r.ather more 

 plenty since the resumptionin Pillladelphia and the conside 

 ralile sums received thence. The Banks discount all the sat- 

 isfactory business paper which is offered them, coming with- 

 in 90 days. There Is very little paper in llie street Bills on 

 France and Englaud were heavy through most of the week, 

 owing in part lo the large sums draw^n for by the U. S. 

 Bank. There arenoTirranscments now making forthe ship- 

 ment of Specie, thnugll.lhe Jl.ivre p.ackct of the 1st Fe'irna- 

 ry will take«-20,0fl0, chiefty arranged some days ago. Tlie 

 rates of Domestic Exchanges improvedoo the whole, and so 

 di.l Money Stocks 



Business Generally. — ^Itwill be seen that a gosd' degree of 

 activity lias existed in several of the articles meutionel in 

 tiiis Review, and there is a he.iltliy feeling pervading the 

 niarkot generally. The importations of manufacture.l goods 

 are quite large, and the sales by auction are eomn>«»»irig on 

 a large scale. The Bierchan'.s generally are successful in 

 their .-.flairs, an 1 so cnntiien.'e is Increasing from month to 

 iinjn-h —.four. Com, 



Besides several unimportant typographical errors in tW 

 January No., the following liave been noticed as affectin 



On page 2, col. 1, Ctli line from bottom, for pippins read '*Pip 

 pin.'* Same page, col. 2, 25lh line from top, insert the "A'en 

 tiiti," fee. Same col., llth line from bottom, for Cretian rea 

 '•Cliretian," Page 12, col. 2, line 7 from the bottom, fo 

 yields read " yielded." Same page, col. 3, line 6 from hot 

 tom, for particular, trees rend ''particular trees ' Page 13 

 col. 2, line from lop, torfurest, uherc read "forest. Whert^ 

 &c. 



ROCHESTER SEED STORE~l841 



THE subscribers have made complete arrangements foS' 

 furnishing all kinds of Seees from this establishment «» 

 usual. Large importations have been made, in addition tfif'' 

 lliesupplies raised in this country. No pains will be spared- 

 to have the Sceifs ofperfect qu.-ility, and give satisfaction 

 to their customers. Agcms ^ill be snpplietl, .".s usual, ii) 

 tile principal places of Western New^ York — Pnrticulan 

 nextmontli. BATEH^iM & CROSMaN. 



Rochester, FebrlSurj/t, 18'tl. 



MOUNT HOPE GARDEN *i NURSERIES* JjJ^'J'J 



ST. 1*A0L STREEf , 'J rittii" ^' 



ROCHESTER, NEW YORK. ''''''' 



THE FroTirietors of this estaldishnicnt offer for sale oiif 

 extcliBivft assortment of Fruit.and Ornamental Trees, 

 Flowering Shrubs, Green House Plants, Bulbous Flowef 

 Roots, Do jbleDabli,.s.&r,- &c. . 



Gardens laid- out, and Gardeners furnished on reasonable 

 notice.— Persons requiring iAforihatinii oii any subject eoiw 

 necicd with the business, win- receive a prornpt reply. j 



All orders, letters of inquiry, iic. must be aiidressed (V^n 

 paid) directly to us. J 



Trees, Plants, &c^, will be carefully packed', so th.-it IKeiS 

 m.ay l.-e carried to any part of the country in safety ; and packj 

 ages will be marked and sbipperl as may be designated in tliaj 

 order. 1 



Persons with whom the proprietors arc unacquainted, arA 

 requested to give a satis&ictory reference, or name some perJ 

 son in the city of Rochester, \vhii_^vvMlEU,aranlce- the payJ 



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Rochester, Dec. 1, 1840. 



ELLWANGSR &. BAKRVy 



TIMOTHY SEED WANTED, At the Roches, 

 ler Seed Stoie. BATEHAM & CROSMAN. 



ROCHESTER PRICES CURRENT. 



COBRECt'r.D FOft 



THE NEW GENESEE FARIilER, F£B. I, 1841. 

 WHEAT,.... per bashel,..-..$ 78 a $ 81 



CORN, " .. 37J 41 



OATS " 22...... as 



B.\RLEY " ....... 3J...... 



RYE......... " 50 



BEANS, White,.. " 75 



POTATOES " 19 22 



APPLES, Desert,. " 38 41 



" Common, " 25 31 



" Dried,... " 75 8» 



CIDER barrel 100 150; 



FLOUR, Superfine, " 4,25 



" Fine " .^ 3,50 3,7S 



SALT, " 2,00...... 



PORK.Mess, " 10,00 .11,00 



' ' Prime " 8,00 . O^tJtl 



" Hog, .... 100 lbs.... 3,5C. 4,00 



BEEF,.-... " . 3,50 4,00. 



POyLTRY per pound, 6 7 



E&GS, per dozen, . 18| 



BUTTER, Fresh, .. p^rpound U . 16 



" Firkin, " ... IB". . Kt 



CHEESE, " ... 6....... 7 



LARD, " ... 7.. 8 



TALLOW,Clear " ... 8 » 



HIDES, " ... 5 



SHEEP SKINS,. ...each,... 75 87t 



PEARL A&HES, . .100 lbs. .5,00 



POT, " .... " ..4,50 



WOOL,. .....po«jid,.. 35 40 



HAY ton, . -7^00 8,00 



GRASS SEED,... .bushel,. .T,00 l..'>0 



CLOVER, " " ...e,50 7,50: 



FLAX,.... " " ... 75.. 



PLASTER, (in bble) per to-n,6,00 



'■' bum.'at Wheatlond)3,00 



Remarks:— OMr 3\ci^\ng has nearly evaporated, and-batirt 

 tie is doing in niarttet. Wheat is purchased only ill llmi 

 te-l quantities for the retail flour trade. IMore is'doing In 

 Corn, Oats, &c., but at low prices The Pork trade Is near- 

 ly over: prices s.ame asl.-ist month. 



The money market is s id to bf tiiucli impr&vcd. A very 

 large sale of Dry (roods, vt auction, took plnr# last week. 

 It Kiii well ftiienilp.!, and fair prices obtalittt)-. 



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