THE NEW GENESEE FARiMER, 



Vol. 



ROCnE8TEK, M\V, 18H. 



Monroe Co. Agricultuial Society Meetiug. 



A meeting of ibe Monroe County Agricultuial So- 

 ciety will be hell] according to previous notice, on 

 Wednesday the 5lh instant, at 10 o'clock, A. M., in 

 the long room, od stoiy. Arcade Building. 



It is particularly desired that all who feel an interest 

 in the objects of the Society will be present, as very 

 important biisinces is to be trnnpacted. 



liegislative Aid. 



The bill for the encouragement of Agricultural So- 

 cieties, haa passed the Assembly and to a third reading 

 in the Senate. It will doubile.5s become a law be- 

 fore many of our readers receive this paper. (We stop 

 the press to announce its final passage.) 



Corrcclio7is. — The bill appropriates ,$'3,000 per an- 

 num — not $7,000 as elated last month. We also 

 stated that the report was made to the Assembly be- 

 fore the petitions from Western New York were re- 

 ceived. We should have said before many of them 

 weie received. 



We will, next month, publish an abstract of this 

 bill, and also the one for the encouragement of Silk 

 Culture, if passed. 



Organize the Societies ! 



As the law for the encouragement of agricul- 

 ture haa passed, every County in the State should 

 organize a Society, and adopt efficient measures to 

 carry out the purposes of the appropriation. We hope 

 at least to hear that all the Countiea in the Western 

 part of the State have done so, and it will give ue plea- 

 eure to receive a list of the officers of each Society for 

 publication. 



Horticulttual Meeting. 



An adjourned meeting of the friends of Horticulture 

 will be held on Thursday next, May 6th, at 2 o'clock, 

 P. M., in the Lecture Room of the Young Men's As- 

 sociation, for the purpose of organising a Horticultural 

 Society. 



The committee appointed to prepare a constitution 

 will lay their report before the meeting. As most peo- 

 ple at this season feel interested more or lees in gar- 

 dening, it is to be expected thsre will be a numerous 

 aliendance. 



The Season and the Crops. 



The severe frosts of last month have a'one consider- 

 blo injury to the late sown wheat in this vicinity, es- 

 pecially on light eoila, which heave by frost. Some 

 pieces we have seen, are entirely destroyed. 



We t bserve accounts from nearly all parts of the 

 country respecting the backwardness of the season, 

 and the scarcity of feed for cattle. One would think 

 a few such lessons would convince every faimer of the 

 necessity and advantoge of raising more root crops. 



A paper from Oneida Co., states, that "seldom has 

 eo cold a spring been known, even in this part of the 

 country, so near as we are to the region of perpetual 

 snows. The winter has been so long and severe, that 

 the farmers in the north part of this county have fed 

 out all their hay, and most of the coarse grains and 

 forage are exceedingly scorce. In some parte, cattle 

 are dying for the want of food, and some farmers are 

 elling their cattle at auction, kaving found it iirpoesi- 



ble to furnish the necessary keeping, both on account 

 of its scarcity, and for the want of means to purchase 

 at the present high price of hay. The prospect still 

 is far from affording any encouragement that vegeta- 

 tion will relieve their sufferings. On the hills north, 

 the enow is yet very deep over the entire surface of 

 the country.'' 



The Troy Whig of the 24ih April, says, " we learn 

 by a gentleman from Plaitsbur^h, that loaded teams 

 crossed Lake Champlain at that place on the ice, on 

 Friday last. 



"There are three feet of snow only ten miles west 

 of the Lake. The farmers are nearly all out of hay, 

 and their cattle in a starving condition." 



INQlJiRiKS. 

 tarvfE or Grubs in Cattle. 



Messrs. Editors — Will some of your correspond- 

 ents please give the public the benefit of their observa- 

 tions concerning ^J'wis i7i the hack and siilcs of cattle ? 

 They seem mostly to be lound In these animals while 

 low in flesh, in winter and spring, and to vary grcotly, 

 both in number and frequency, in different seasons. 

 It is presumable that they are the larvae of some insect; 

 yet in the absence of proof this must be mere pre- 

 sumption. From our own small experience, we know 

 them to create great annoyance and irritation, fever 

 and emaciation, to cattle, if nothing more. 



It is desirable that something be known in regard to 

 their origin and character in natural history, the 

 means of prevention, and what is of still more impor- 

 tance, the means of beet obviating the evils resulting 

 from them to our stock. 



JAMES H. C. MILLER. 

 Jackson CO. O., Feb. 17, lb41. 



PoultiT. 

 Messrs. Editors — I wish to asli through your val- 

 uable paper, the following questions, hoping that some 

 of your correspondents will reply to them. 



1st. Will hens lay as weU when confined as other- 

 wise 1 

 2d. Will they lay as well without the male ? 

 3d. What kind of fowl will lay best ? 

 4th. WiU hens pay better in eggs than in rearing 

 chickens ? 



5th. What quantity of feed for a given number, and 

 what kind is beet to make them lay ? 



Cth. Is there any work written on this subject, and 

 what is it ? — the best, I nieon. S. H. CLARK. 

 Mattitvck, N. Y. April, 1811. 

 Culture of Hemp. — A correspondent in Canada 

 asks for information respecting the culture and prepar- 

 ation of hemp. 



Culture of Tobacco. — Another oake the same res- 

 pecting tobacco, in thie climate. 



Wild Rice.— Mr. P. Hunt of Milford, Mass., has 

 obtained and sown some wild rice, and he requests 

 some reader of the Former in Canada or elsewhere, to 

 oive information respecting the growth and use of this 

 grain. 



Beet Swar. — If any of our readers made any ex- 

 periments in the manufacture of sugar from beets the 

 past season, they will oblige us by giving an account 

 of t'ue result. 



Will the Managers of the White Pigeon Beet Sugar 

 Co., inform us whether they made any further experi- 

 ments, and with what results ? — Eds. 



Cure for Bog Spavin.— A correspondent has a fine 

 young horse affected with bog (or wind) spavin of 2 

 or 3 month's duration, and asks what is the most sim- 

 ple and effectual remedy. 



lEF The inquirers respecting Silk and Silk Worms, 

 and Flowers and Shrubs, are referred to the numer- 

 ous articles on these subjects in our last year's volume, 

 which, if 111. t already poescEscd, can be obtained for 

 50 cts. 



Bounty on Silk. — W. B. B. is informed that til 

 State of New York has not yet passed any law to gitl 

 a bounty on silk. We only stated that a bill was ril 

 ported to the Assembly for the purpose. 



Extracts from Correspondence. 



" A. G. S." of Cayuga eo. made,, in the spring a 

 1839, five hundred and thirty pounds of maple 

 from one hundred and twenty-five trees; and in 1810, 

 from one tree, thirteen pounds of sugar, and sever 

 pounds ten ounces of molasses. He decidedly prefers, 

 instead of making sugai into cakes, to boil it until ii 

 will grain so that the impurities will settle to the 

 bottom of the vessel, and the molaescs remaining 

 gently poured off. 



"A M..Tcer county Farmer," (Pa.) eays, "My 

 crops for five years have been aa follows : — Wheat, 15 

 to 27 bushels per acre; corn from 40 to CO; oats froi 

 40 to 50; potatoes generally 400 per acre. Onr kind 

 are the Mississippi or Merinos, which will yield 501 

 bushele per acre, and the N^shanocks, not MeshS' 

 nocks, as thie is the county where these potatoes were 

 fiist raised by James Gilkey, on Neshanock creek. 



Culture of Asparagus. 



This wholesome and delicious vegetable ought tobal 

 cultivated by every family that possesses a lew yards | 

 of ground. It is a dish that nearly all persons are j 

 fond of, and it supplies the table during the most desti-l 

 tute season of the year. A good bed will last fifteen j 

 or twenty years, and will bear cutting some twen-.l 

 ty times in a season. It occupies but little space, audi 

 the trouble and expense of culture is much less than] 

 is generally supposed. A bed, five feet by twenty, I 

 will contain one hundred roots, and is large enougU | 

 for a moderate sized family. If good two-years old] 

 roots are used, they wiU bear some cutting the next' 

 year after planting. 



The following directions will enable any intelligent .1 

 laborer to form and plant the bed : — 



If there is any choice, select a warm location, where 

 the soil is deep and rich, neither wet nor dry; mark 

 out the boundaries of the bed, and dig out the earth to 

 the depth of eighteen inches. (If the location is rather ' 

 wet, and the bottom hard, dig six inches deeper, and 

 put in six inches of oyster shells or loose stones.) If 

 the top soil is good, lay it on one side, but wheel the 

 poor earth away. Then take well rotted manure and 

 mix it with an equal portion of good earth, and fill up 

 the bed even with the surface; then rake it 

 smooth and place the roots on the top of the ground, 

 twelve inches apart; spread the fibres and fix them in 

 their natural position with the hand; then cover the 

 whole with three or four inches of the mixed compost, 

 smooth it off neatly, and the work is finished. 



Water the bed after planting, if dry weather suc- 

 ceeds, and keep it clear of weeds during summer. 

 Before setting in of winter, cut off the stalks, and 

 give an annual dressing of two or three inches of 

 manure. The roughest of this should be raked 

 off in the spring, and the surface of the bed loosened 

 with a manure fork. 



(Cr Fine two-years old roots arc for sale at the Seed 

 Store. Price $1,50 per 100. 



Rhubarb, or Pie-Plaut. 



This is another of the earliest luxuries of the sea- 

 son, and deserves more general cultivation. It is of 

 the easiest possible culture. Plant the roots about 

 three feet apart, in deep rich soil, well manured. A 

 warm border on the south side of a fence, is the best 

 place. 



The Early Red variety grows the qtiickcut, and in 

 using requires the least sugar. One dozen roots ia 

 sufficient for a family. They are for sale at the Seed 

 Store. Price, 50 cts. per doz. 



