r. B. RATEHAiM, 

 F. CKOSMAN, Proprietors. 





ROCHESTER, MARCH, 1841. 



XO. 3. 



JOHN J. THOMAS, 



M. B. BATEHAM. F.dilors. 



PUBIilSHEO MO:VTHIiY. 



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CONTENTS OF THIS NUMBER. 



u'.ilisheis' Notices. Hatches' Sowing Mr.cliine. See*l 



Cat.iloguc .Notice. Hints for the Month 53 



oard Fence. Freservation of Woodlands. Working 

 Bu.ier "Florist." Field Bcels. Trinuuing Orchardi, 34 

 xjtcriineins In feeding Beets. Kffects of the tftocli on 



Grafts 3o 



e.irs. Sowing Locust Seed. Raising Frait Trees from 

 Cuttings. Raising Chestnut Trees for Tiral)cr. Onni- 



metitalFlants 30 



old Viie Fens. Produce of one acre. Domestic Indus- 

 try— Weaving 3" 



ust on Whe.1t. Lime, and its application. Sprouting 



OaTilru Seeds— Raising Onions 38 



ols and Horse Bees. Use of Sw:imp IMuek. Receipts 



I— To Kill Lice on Cattle- To make C.ilves e.at Roots— 

 To make Wisconsin Mince Pies — In<i:an lK)af Bread- 

 Wisconsin Sponge Cake. Summer all the year, (Hot 



Air Furnace.) 39 



[aking Hot-Beds — Gardening for March. Mangel Wurt- 

 zel. Correclinn. Portiait of Cow "Jessamine." 

 ScR.vPS — Marl — Pent— Good Farming— lioss of Weight 

 of Grasses in drying — New breed of rattle — Cotton crop 

 —Baulky Morses— Store Hogs— Manufactures in Mass. 



I.>.Fuel— Ueplh of Lakes— Salt for Cattle— Improvement 

 in Cattle- tiipening Wall Fruit— Hessian fly 40 

 [oVticuUural Meeting at Rochester. IMonroe County 

 Agricultural Society Canada. Double-Hinge Har- 

 row, (with a cut.) Durham (U. C.) Agricultural 



Society 41 



1. Cohuan's .\ddress— O- Re.id it all I 4-i-43 



eding Berkshires — a correction. Maple Sugar 44 



ow [irices fi:vora!de to National exports and National 

 wealih. Cause of Decay of Ruta Bagas. Rats and 

 Rat-catching. Importance of the Indian Corn Crop. .. 4.i 

 lillB and Forest Trees. Military Fines. Farming in 

 Allegany county. Importation of Silk. On the culti- 



v.aii6n of the Dahlia. To the Ladies 40 



Vet Feet. Population statistics. Education of Far- 

 mers' Children, No. 2. A duraWe White Wash. Cure 



for Tooth Ache 47 



'o Correspondents. Graham's i\Iagazine, aiW Godev'8 

 Lad\'s Book. Genesee County Agricultural Socictv. 

 SlHle Boanly on Silk. Large Hogs. "Frank." Re- 

 ofthe Markets. .Advertisements. Prices Current 4? 



porl 



Triumphant Succe.ss. 



We congratulate the friends of this ptiper, on the 

 ucceBs whielt Itas thus far nttendtrd the 2d Volume. 

 tVe commenced the year with an edition of 20,000 

 topics, and some of our friends thought it was too 

 ^reat a number, but present appearances indicate that 

 xe were not mistaken; for if the friends of the cause 

 loniiuiie to exert themselves, as they have done the 

 5USI two months, this large edition will soon all be 

 •ircvilated; and then who can estimate the airiouut of 

 lood that our monthly messenger may accomplish ? 



Hnrc patience with us. Owing to the flood of let- 

 tertt, which daily pour in upon us, we are sometimes 

 compelled lo defer attention to them for a day or two ; 

 and sometimes (thoughnot often) names are not enter- 

 ed correctly. We regret these evils and endeavor lo 

 avoid them, and hope, therefore, our friends will not 

 scold too severely, or tax us postage on their com- 

 plaints. Postmasters, when requested, will generally 

 inform us of inaeuraclee. 



Some of our subscribers complain that their papers 

 do not reach them till some days after the Ist of the 

 nionii. IF« canna! keTp tt. ^Ve wieh to obtuia lbs I monlh. 



reports of the Markets, &.C., up to ihe 1st, and ihere- 

 fore cannot go to press earlier. Then, notwithstand- 

 ing we use a Power Press, it lakes quite a number of 

 dnys to work off so largo an edition. The whole are 

 mailed as fast as poseible, and should all reach the 

 subscribers before the middle of ihc month. 



Post Masters and agents in Canada, who wish lo , 

 send us instructions respecting the direction of the pa- 

 pers, are requested to direct their letters lo the Post 

 Master at this place; otherwise we are subjected to 

 postage. 



Post Masters nuil Agents are particularly requested 

 to write the name of the Pout Oflicc, County, and 

 Stale. It is sometimes almost impossible to decide 

 what Ste/ethe place mentioned is located in. 



llncurreiit Money. 



Bills on solvent Banks in this, and the Eastern 

 Slates, are at par with us Canada, Pennsylvania, 

 and New Jersey, .ire 5 to 10 per cent discount. — 

 Ohio, Indiana, Kentucky, and Illinois money, is 6 ;o 

 8 per cent.; and Michigan is 12J per cent, discount. 

 We hope our fiiends at a dielnnce will lake pains 

 to send us the best money they can obtain. We do 

 not refuse any of the above, when sent us free of 

 postage, and nothingdedueted for commission; but the 

 amount paid by us for discount during the year, is a 

 serious item 



Monroe County Agricultural Society. 

 By a notice in another column it will be seen thai 

 the Genesee Agricultural Society, organiced in this 

 city last year, and intx;nded to embrace severa! coun- 

 ties, is now lo be confined to this county, and called 

 " The M<mroe County Agricultural Society." The 

 reasons for this change are numerous. When this 

 was organised, th«re was no society in Genesee, On- 

 tario, or Wayne counties, but now each of these have 

 societies of their own, and other counties aree.\pecled 

 to organize. Besides, it is expected that some aid 

 will be granted by the Legislature, and if so the law 

 will confine the societies to single counties. 



The Petitions are daily presented to the Legislature, 

 and if any persona have petitions with signatures in 

 their bands, they should send them in without delay 

 No report has yet been made on the subject, but 

 doubtless soon will be. 



" Rochester Seed Store Catalogue"— 1841. 



The annual Catalogue of the Uocheslcr Seed 

 Store is sent as an extra with this number of the 

 Farmer, and should l>e preserved by our readers. 

 The agents named for the sale of seeds in other places, 

 will receive their supplies in a very few days.— Cata- 

 logues are sent gratis to all applicants. ' 



Hatch's Broadcast Sowing Machine. 



This machine hasbeen exhibited at several Fairs, 

 and used on several farms in Western New York the 

 past fall, and has been spoken of in high terms of 

 praise. It is calculated for sowing all kinds of grain, 

 broadcast, ond is particularly valuable for sowyig lime 

 pr plaster. 



Mr. Hatch, the inventor, is now in Rochester, ma- 

 king arrangements for building machines. We in- 

 tend to give a moiB particular acoouiil of it next 



Hints for the Month. 



Every farmer should be able, if not already so, to 

 answer the following questions in ihe affirmative: — 



Is your stove and other wood, for use next summer, 

 all cut and piled up or seasoning? And havejoti 

 plenty of wood seasoning for next winter's use 1 Are 

 your chips all collected and secured for fuel ? 



Are your lools, for the approaching cainpoign in for- 

 ming, all in first rate order ? — your ploughs with good 

 points, beams sound, handles firm ? — your rakes and 

 harrows with teeth, your hoes and forks with handles ? 

 — your harness in good repair, and well oiled ? 



Are your tools all ihe best of their kind, so that the 

 additional work they will perform, will pay for them- 

 selves len times over before next fall 7 



Are you provided as faros procticablo against bor- 

 rowing tools! 



Is there o place for every thing, and every thing in 

 its place, so that yon need not woste the richcbt por- 

 tions of your time next summer in fiuidess searches T 

 Are your farming implements all well painted where 

 needed, to preserve them from decoy? 



Are your fences all in good repair — loose roils laid 

 up — low fences made higher — board fences well nail- 

 ed—stone walls not tumbling ? 



Are your cellars k«pt cieen and pure 7 — your roots 

 n them in good sound condition 1 — your applsa kept 

 assorted, the decayed from the sound 1 



Are the water I'urrows in your wheat-fields kept 

 open and deep, so that you may not loose bushels 

 of wheat by th« want of as many minutes work ? 



Are your grafts cut-^the best kinds chosen — your 

 grafting plasters made 1 



Is the additional attention given to cattle and sheep, 

 especially to the latter, which this critical period of tiie 

 year requires? — the feed increased, the quality im- 

 proved ? 



Have you procured the plaster you intend to s w, so 

 as to ha\H3 it on the gross early, that it may receive the 

 full beirefit ? 



Are your farm and garden seeds all procured ? 

 Do you understand the best way to make and save 

 manure— that steam engine of farming operations— 

 ond if not, have you endeavored by reading and obser- 

 vation to find out ? 



Most farmers will perhaps be busy this month in 

 preparing lo answer the above affirmatively, after 

 which we should be glad to make further suggestions. 

 Those of our renders who wi.^h direciions on gar- 

 dening for this monih, ore referred to the copious in- 

 structions on the subject given in this paper the list 

 ytar. 



