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THE NEW GENESEE FARMER, 



Vol. 2. 



For the I^'ew Genesee Farmer. 

 The Past Winter. 



Messrs. Editohs — The winter which has just clo- 

 sed, hns been peculiar for the mildness of some part of 

 it. The weather has been quite unilorm, though 

 some seven; changes have taken place. The barome- 

 ter has shown no great variations in the weight of the 

 atmosphere. 



The mean temp, of Dec. 1838 was 22° 7G. 

 " " 1839 " 28 4.1. 



" " '■ 1840 " 25 14. 



" " Jan. 18:ffl " 25 51. 



" " " 1840 " 19 r,2. 



" " " 1841 " 27 02. 



" " Feb. 18:!9 " 27 78. 

 " " " 1840 " 32 08. 



" " •' 1841 " 23 38. 



Mean of 3 winter months just ended, 25 20. 

 Ibr 1840 2G 61. 

 " 1839 25 09. 

 The mean temperature of February, 1840, was un- 

 eominnnly high, and made the mean of the winter 

 somewhat above that of this year. The influence of 

 that warm month was felt through the spring, in the 

 preparation given for the early starting of vegetables. 

 In December, 1840, there fell in the last half of the 

 month, about 21 inches of snow, and near a foot of 

 it on the 26tb and 27th, forming the first sleighing of 

 any consequence. 



On Jan 3, 1841, the temperature was 1 ° below zero. 

 " 4, " " " 4 " " 



The next half was warm; but on the 18th the tem- 

 perature fell to zero, and the next day was only 3 

 above, while the rest of the month was warm. At 

 the beginning of this month, snow fell 6 inches, and 

 the sleighing was good til! the 7th, when the whole 

 was carried away by a sudden thaw, and on the 9th the 

 ice broke np in the Genesee and passed over the Falls. 

 Little snow fell the last half of the month, and the 

 roads were smooth and fine for carriages. 



February 12, 1840, the temperature was at zero, and 

 from the 10th to the 18th was a very cold week, with 

 constant and brisk N. W. winds; and the last half of 

 the mon h was considerably coliler than the same part 

 of January. The whole month was 5° colder than 

 that of Jonuary. Several inches of snow fell in the 

 month, but the sleighing was at no time good. So 

 much for the winter. 



The first week of March has now passed, and hos 

 been only one-tenth of a degree warmer than the first 

 week of February. On the 7th enow fell 14 inches 

 deep, and the sleighing is now excellent. The pre- 

 sent cold offers few indications of an early spring. 

 iJoc/ics/cr, ««7c/, 9, 1841. C DEWEY. 



Vegetable Oyster Pudding. 



" A lady of no small standing," as our Wisconsin 

 friend says, has furnished us the following, and were 

 ■we at liberty to append her name, we are sure it would 

 be a sufficient voucher for the excellency of her dish. 



" Having a gieatdeal of salsily or vegetable oyster, 

 I tried many ways of cooking it; at last I thought of 

 making a pudding of it — and it is very nice indeed — 

 fit for Queen Victoria. 



" Take 1 pint of sweet cream; 3 eggs; sugar 

 enough to sweeten it, probably 3 large spoonfuls; a 

 tea spoon of salt; a spoonful of bread crumbs; a tea- 

 cup of grated salsify or vegetable oyster; and a quar- 

 ter of a nutmeg. Make some pie-crust, lineadish, 

 and bake it about half an hour." 



Regretting that we cannot give the name of the in- 

 ventor of the above famous dish, we recommend it to 

 special notice ; and hope in future that none of our 

 distinguished female friends will hide their names un- 

 der a bushel, though it may be no (additional) honor 

 to them, even if appended to eo fine a dish as the 

 sJwv* • 



A Scene in Asia Minor. 



'■ Know yc tlic land wl ere the cypress inul myrllc 



Areenililcnis of dce.is lluit arc ilunc in tlieir clinic f 



Wliere tlie r.nge of tlie vulture, the line iif tjie turtle, 



Now melt into sorrow, now niiiililcn to crime ? 



Know yc the land uf ihe cciliir ;iriil vine, 



NVIiciethe flowers ever blossom, the Leums ever shine ? 



Where the Jifrht wings of zephyr, oppressed with perfume, 



W.-is fiiint o'er the g.inlcns of Gul in her bloom.' 



Where the citron and olivi- .ire lairpst of fruit 



And the voice of the ni!!ljtiiisi.li- iicvir Is mute? 



Where thctlnts of thce.-irth,.iiifl llir hues of the sky, 



In color though vnried, in heuu'y nuiy \\e, 



And the purple of ocean is deepest in dye ? 



Where the vlryins arc soft as the roses they twine 



And .-ill but the spirit of mini, is divine?" 



We copy the following sketch of n scene in Asia 

 Minor, for such of our readers as are fond of flowers, 

 and who have not read the "Letters from the Old 

 World, by a Lady of New York. It occurred on the 

 wild route between the Gulf of Macri and Smyrna, 

 about latitude 37 '^ , but if we make the usual allow- 

 ance of 10 or 12 degrees on account of the difi'er- 

 ence in ;;//(/.s/c«Z climate on this side of the Atlantic, 

 we shall find no corresponding temperature in winter, 

 nearer than the iniddleol Florida. 



It is a sad reflection that lands fertile enough for 

 such productions, and under so fine a sky, should be 

 entirely deserted by the husbandman; and oil this on 

 account of the oppressor, — from the savage bandit up 

 to " the most unlicensed and remorseless despotism 

 that the world has ever seen." * 



The party, of which this lady was one, carried 

 their own tents and provisions, a cook, &c. &c., and 

 encamped wherever it seemed to suit them best. Our 

 extract begins with the morning of the third day after 

 their departure from Macri. f 



" The ne.xt morning a most glorious scene present- 

 ed itself to us, which we had not observed in the dusk 

 of the evening before. We were in the midst of a 

 paradise of flowers of such magnificent appearance, 

 unusual size, and profusion of qiiatiiity, that were 1 

 to relate to you a tythe of what I sow uf these splendid 

 productions of nature, you might think I was draw- 

 ing largely on my imagination. Were I to tell you 

 that I had seen Olttinder-trees twenty-five feet in 

 height, you might accuse me of "drawing n bow" of 

 equal dimensions; nevertheless such is the fact; for 

 not willing to trust to our senses, nor having the 

 means of making a trigonometrical measurement of 

 their elevation while standing, we caused one to be 

 cut down, and found it to be of the height before sta- 

 ted, ond the body of it six inches in diameter; about 

 ten feet of the latter we have brought away, with the 

 intention of taking it home with us. This was only 

 one of many, many thousands which we could see at 

 one glance. 



" Very few stood singly, but as far as the eye could 

 reach, we could see them bordering each side of a 

 stream of water, as in Palestine, only of far greater 

 dimensions and in greater numbers. 



" In the latter country, we only saw them near 

 streams of water, but here we find them also in the 

 midst of the plains. But the most extraonlinary and 

 almost incredible thing for you to realize from my 

 description is this : — Hcrewasa plain fifteen miles in 

 circumlorence, which seemed more like a land of en- 

 chantment than any thing that one can realize irom 

 the limited observations one is in the habit ot making 

 in countries where Flora is less prodigal of her lavors. 

 It seemed to me as if 1 was in a land where giants had 

 been amusing themselves in arranging and cultivating 

 parterres by the square mile, instead of by the square 

 loot, as we do. 



" Distributed over this plain in all directions were 

 groves of Olcundcrs, from ten to one thousand feet in 

 diaineter. At the outer extremes of these circles and 

 ovale, the trees were not more than one foot in height, 

 and in the centre they were of the iol''tiest dimensions. 



"The smaller plots resembled beautiful cones, 

 while the larger ones appeared like mounds of roses, 

 so entirely were they covered with flowers. The 

 leaves of the larger trees measured fourteen inches in 

 length by two and a half in diameter. 



" fel) delighted were we with this gr^nd Floral dis- 

 play, tlint we coursed our horses round and round them 



' BiMiwood. 



in ccstacics, plucking liandfuls of flowers, and strew- 

 ing them on the verdant carpet beneath our feet. 



" The day began to waste away, and we had not 

 yet mode n mile of progress on our rood; and our 

 guide itiloMiieil usthntwe slioulil find fubjeets enough 

 of this natuic to cngajje our attention on eveiy side of 

 ns auring the whole doy, if we proceei!ed onward. 

 We then took up our line of morch, and other 

 scenes of a lar more pleasing and not less extraordi- 

 nary nature presented thimf-elvcs to our asumiehed 

 gaze, during the remainder of our day's journey. 



" We lode through forests of flowering trees in fnll 

 blossom, of such rare beauty and splendid intermix- 

 ture of sptcies and colors, and of such overpowering 

 I'ragranee, that we really supposed ourselves in the 

 midst of " thegordens of Gnl in her bloom." 



"Here were the Pumcgmntc, with its incipient 

 blossom, its fully expanded bright scarlet flower, and 

 Ijeautil'ul fruit; ihe 3li/rtle in full blooni; Lime and 

 Oru-iigr. trees in blossom and fruit, with many others. 



" W hot are with us but mere shrubs, cultivated 

 with the greatest core, and denionding constant atten- 

 tion, arc here literally standing trees of large dimen- 

 sions. Around the bodies of those are seen a great 

 variety of flowering creepers, Honcysvcldes, Jessa- 

 minrs, &c. *&c., which reaching to the topmost 

 iiranehes, hang in festoons from tree to tree, so thickly 

 that sometimes it was with much difllculty we could 

 make our way through thein. 



" Our attention was attracted to another singtilar 

 appearance in the vegetable kingdom; we rode to it, 

 ond found it to be a vast field of Heath and Brof*vi 

 plants of so great a size that we could not at first be- 

 lieve our eyes, that what we brheld was the real 

 Scotch Her;(//«' fifteen feet in height with liodies mea- 

 suring six and nine inches in circumference of solid 

 wood. But upon close observation we found we were 

 not in error. * 



" The whole field which was of great extent, was 

 covered with blossoms. We saw many other fields of 

 the same kind afterward. 



' There was too much enchantinent about all this 

 scene for us to hasten from it, eo we encamped early 

 in the day in order quietly to liLxuriote on the beauties 

 of this Eden." t 



Cheap and Durable Fences. 



Messrs. Editors — As it will eoon be time to re- 

 pair fences, my plan is, where n fence is to stand with- 

 out being removed, I stake out the ground, then 

 throw two furrows towards each other, within about 

 eight inches of meeting, then plough two more the 

 same way and lay them on the top of the others, then 

 plough the loose earth where the last were taken, and 

 and shovel it on the ridge and raise it about three feet 

 high, between two ditches. Then lay a strait fence 

 on said ridge, by placing the bottom rails on stones , 

 or wood; cut your connecting blocks of wood about 

 two feet long and lay up the fence five or six rails high. 

 Then stick stakes without sharpening, in the outer 

 edge of the ditches and lay on heavy rails for riders, 

 and no cattle will jump or throw it down. By this 

 method you can build a !ence that will stop geese or 

 pigs, will drain the v.'oter from the field, no bushes 

 will grow near it, the bottom rails will last much lon- 

 ger, and it is not liable to blow down. 



Sliding Gates for Bars. 



To obviote the inconveniences of common bors, 

 take two 4 inch scantling, 5 or 6 feet long, and frame 

 the end of the bars into them take up your bar poets 

 and throw them away, place two stakes or posts near 

 where your bar post stootl, the thickness of the bars 

 opart, and two at the other end four inches apart, to 

 receive the frame and keep it perpendicular; mortise 

 out at the bottom of each post so as to receive 4 inch 

 rollers; bed two slabs down level with the surface of 

 the ground, one at the end of the other, ond your 1 

 gate is done. No longer time is required to make*' 

 such a frame than to make posts and bars, and it is f 





=il fou 



I clopieiliu of I'iMts, nn British Hcnlk 

 ■e than tiro feet hizh ; hut Erica medilcrratien ; 

 ' feel ; .-iiid E. arhm-ea. also from the South of j 

 kfd five feet hiirh. Our travelers may have/ 

 orrect in their hotanicnl e.'caniinntions, hut 

 any spe'ies (and Erkn bns 30*) it is tometiiicij 

 ' difflomlt to avoid mistAbu. ¥ 



