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I. B. BATEflAM, i 



". F. CROS.MAN, Proprietors. | 



ROCHESTER, JUliY, 1811. 



JOHN J. THOMAS, 



M. 13. BATKHAM, Edilors. 



NO. 7 



PUI5L>SSHE1> MOXTJlIiY. 



TERMS, 



FIFTY CF.XTS, per year, puyahlc alwnys in advnnce. 



Post .Aliistcrs, AKeiits, jiiid olliers, semliii-,' money free of 

 03:a2e, win receive 3efc« copie? lor $3, — 7 'ice/fc copies for 

 5, — ^liccnly-five copies I'or ®1U. 



The posta'^e of tliis pnper Is only one cent to any place 

 Mllitii lliis slate, and one and a li^ilf cents to any'pariuf 

 he I'niled Stales. 



Address BATlillASI & CROSMAN, Rocliestcr, N. V. 



CONTENTS OF THIS NUMBER. 



'uMislicrs' ^{oliocs Harvestin? and Tlirashins .Ma- 

 dliiics. A .Vew Oil Plant— .Madia sativa. The :Mri- 

 ped Uuff. Farmers, don't sell vonr Ashes. CIftrit"\ ing 

 !M.iple .--us.-ir with [nlian Meal, '. . . 



•he Ciirc-.ilio. Locality of the Canker Worm. Bt!.-.t 

 ."Method of improving New Farms. Cnllureand Use of 



Some of our Canadian nci^'hhors seem to forget that there is 

 any postage on letters in tliis c^tate; and o'hcrs rememljer it 

 to hut little purpose. We have on several occasions receiv- 

 ed letters containing one or more small bills, and then a ten 

 cent piece enclosed "lo pay the American postage!" Whe'e- 

 as the postage is ciiargcd .oji each, pitre, \v]ie her large or 

 small, and the ten cent p\G':cjitst paid its own postage and no 

 more ! The people of Canada gencrai/y, and even many of 

 the post masters, do dot seem to Ije aware lh.at the law al- 

 lows American postage to be paid together with the Cana- 

 dian, jit the office where the letter is deposited. All that is 

 necessary is, for the post master to mark on the outride 

 the amount so paid. Wo hope we shall not tjoon have to 

 write another homily on this text 



Plocghing level land in Broad Ridges. Locust Tree In- 

 te t. .\merican f^ocietv of Agriculture. New varie- 

 ties of Turnip i^re.ls, 101 



Cattle .Sljow and Fair of the N. Y. Agricultural Society 

 —List of Premiums, &c. Complementary Colors. The 

 Yellows in Peach Trees 102 



Botan.v. Farcner* and Slechanics. How to Eradicate 

 llie l.'randde. Consnniptioti of iMeat. Kecipcfori^Iak- 

 ing French Hni;pv. Inquiry— Postage, 103 



O-jr aim And F.tpeot.itinns Downing's Landscape 

 tiardeniiig. .^cknowled'-'njents. S-arcily of Fodder 

 —.•=^casorml)le Hints Sale of Berkshires. The Dcan- 

 Bton (Scntcli) Subsoil Ploush, (with cut.) 104 



The Hereford O.t. (wiU) cut.) "The New Kngland Far- 

 mer— Hav JIaking 105 



Aspar.agn?.' Disease of Silk Worms— The Jluscanline. 

 Hiving Bees 108 



Circular of the American Institute. To prevent Fence 

 Posts frrnii Heaving. Fat Cattle. Proper Season for 

 Ciiring Grain. Application of Lime to soils 107 



The Flowers of Summer. Spurious Bnta Baga Seed,. . lOB 



Tile Weather— the Crops— Harvest Prospects. Sowing 

 Oifufor Fo-lder. Killing Rats 109 



Locirst T.-ces in the West. The Fruits of the Soil. The 

 Silk Business in I'ennsvlvrmia. Protection against 

 DrongK-. The Duty tn L.ahnr 110 



The Flower Garden — Cnllivated hy the Ladies Leisure 

 Da.s. What should parents do with their hnvs? A 

 Gem f.-om i.ic-iig. Culture of Buckwheat. Go Forth 

 into the Ki.'lls, (Doe'rv.) Ill 



Waterloo Wnnlcn l-'actorv. Devon Cattle. Monroe Co. 

 A g. So. Markets. .\ I'vertismen-s. Prices Current, 112 



Ilavvestiiig and ThiasliiMg RIachiaes. 



'■Pitt's Grain Tbraeher and Sepnintov" ia now in 



operntion near this city; and, as in other plncc-s, is 



gaining the approbation of the farmers who witness it. 



We are happy lo nnnotince that Mr. Pitts is making 



made, by which it was found preferable lo the oliv* 

 oil, which bad been previously used." 



" For all ihccc reasons, it is lo be hoped that tb» 

 Madia sntiva will soon lake that place in agriculture, 

 to which, by its usefulness, it is justly entitled; iind 

 whicli, also, the king of Wirtembiirg bcs already ac- 

 knnv.-ledged, by rewarding with a gold medal ibe mer 

 it of M. Bosch, in introducing a iilant into field cul- 

 ture which promises lo become unconmionly useful, 

 not only to our sgriculturc, but to our manufQCluiM 

 and trades." 



We should be pleased to hear whether any experi- 

 ments have been tried with this plant in the United 

 States. 



Tlie Stiipecl Bug. 



Several correspondents have lavored us with an- 

 swers to the inquiry in our Inst, for on cffeclual modo 

 of protecting vines from the striped bug. We giv» 

 the Euhstance of these methods, although they arc not 



arrangements to manufacture the machines in this new, and ne know from experience that most of them 



city. 



One of HuFsey's Har%'esiing Blachines has just ar- 

 rived in town, and measured will be token to artiird 

 the farmers nf this vicinity an opportunity for seeinff 

 it in operation. Mr. Htisscy is now manufacturing 

 hie machines at .Auburn, and will soon be rondy 

 to supply orders. More about these machines next 

 month. 



All .\ito!ogy for Conespoiidesits. 



Il is we'd known that most of our correspon Icnts are 

 pructical farmers, and TVith most of our readers wc are sure 

 Uiis is BufHcient excuse for their not writing more :.t this 

 acascn of theyear. In tfe mean time, it gives us an oppor. 

 tunity tn select some choice treasures from the columns of 

 our cotrmporarics. We trust, however, that our old friends 

 will improve the time affoided by a rainy day, occa!=inna)ly, 

 Boas not to allow our renders to forget them -, Mid as soon as 

 the hurrying season is over wc shall agaXn cxMbit a goodly 

 llttmber of honorable names. - 



Oue More Call. 



Some post masters and agents deserve our thanks for the 

 honorable manner in wliich they Iiavc responded lo the call 

 In our last; but there are many others still behind hand, and 

 as we dislike tn be personal, we hope they will remit the 

 amounts due without delay, and save us further trouble. 



'•Thou Shalt liot steal." 



Itdoes but little good to scold. Nut really the way our pock- 

 ets arc picked by some persons in the matter of postage, is 

 hardly cndnral^le. One writes from Ohio that his paper has 

 miscarried or lost, another in Michigan asks some unim- 

 portant question for his own benefit, and each tohs 

 us of two shillings: A gcutlemnu Q) in Canada writes a 

 letter entirely for his own benefit, and encloses a Imsiuess 

 card, making double postage and cheating us out of three 

 Bhillings. .Another orders two copies of the Farmer and en- 

 closes a dollar bill, which is at a discount of from 7 to 10 

 etais. and then ^uljO.-is tin trt Hftu'de pi'Jstagc in the nareftin. 



A New Oil Plant— The i^ladia saliva. 



The superintendant of the Belfast (Ireland ) Botanic 

 Garden, presented .Mr. Baieham a package of the 

 Madia saliva seed. Part of tliis was sent lo the Hon. 

 H. Xj. Ellsworth of the Patent Office, who requests 

 Its lo publish some information concerning it. The 

 best account of this plant we have seen, isiu Loudon's 

 Magazine of Gardening for March, 1S39, from which 

 we gather the following : — 



"M. Bosch, superintendant of the gardens of the 

 kinf of Wirtemburg, has made numerous ex- 

 peiiTnenls for many years on acclimatising cx- 

 olic plnnte, during the course of which one plant, 

 Muiliii. sntiva, attracted peculiar attention, as he found I 

 from the reports of travellers in Chili, that it is culti- 

 vated in that country as an oleiferous plant, and an 

 excellent oil is extracted from it. During the last 

 few years, M. Bosch bus given this plant a fair trial 

 on a large scale, at consideiable expense ; and the re- 

 sults of this trial hove surpnesed his most sanguine 

 expectations." 



It is an annual plant of the natural order Compos- 

 itsB, growing to the height of one and a half to two 

 feet. The si'ed should be sown in the spring, on rich 

 soil, at the raleof about 7 lbs. lo the acre. The pro- 

 duce is about 1,500 lbs. per (English) acre ; and 100 

 lbs. of seed yield about 33 lbs. of oil. 



" According to a chemical nnnlyeis, 100 parts of the 

 Madia oil consists of 45 parts of oleine (or fluid part 

 of the oil), 40 of siearine (the mucilage, orfattj part) 

 and 15of glycerine (or sweet solid part, a honey like 

 and glutinous subsiance) This oil docs not congeal 

 at 19' below Reaumur, but only becomes a little less 

 fluid, which makes it an incomparable substance for 

 keeping oil sorts of mnchines in order; and there can 

 likewise be a solid and well lathering soap made of it. 

 That it may be advantogCTtusly used in cloth ntt)nn- 

 factories has been proved by c.^pi'rimeBis already 



are not fidly eiicctiiol. In a season like the present, 

 however, when the bugs are not very numcroui, theto 

 prcveniivee may answer the purpose. 



1. Water the plants with a decoction of tobacco. 



y. Spread tobacco stems, or refuse tobacco, around 

 them 



3. Sprinkle the plants frequently with water in 

 which burdock leaves have been soaked a lew days. 



4. Spread soot upon and around the plants. 



5. Apply osSies, plaster, or sulpher, in the aaine 

 manner as the la^t. 



6. The last and most effectual, if not the most easy: 

 gel up — we mean go out — early in the morning 

 whi^e the dew is on their wings, catch them, and with 

 the thumb and finger, pinch off their 7««nt/iW/s. Or 

 administer adoeeof the Frenchman's flea powder, 

 thus : — 



"First den, you catch de fca; 



You pour some little powder clown he troal; 



Begar he choke !" 



Farmers, don't Sell year Ashes. 



Messrs. Editobs — According to lale discoveries ia 

 Agricultural Chemistry, Professor Liebig Bavo, that in 

 taking the hay from meadows, the principal cause of 

 exhaustion to the soil, is the loss of the potash con- 

 tained in ihe hay; and that this may bo leadiiy rest'J- 

 red by sowing ihe meadow with « tbin covering of 

 wood ashes. 



I once heard a very successful farmer say, that he 

 never eufPered a bushel of ashes to be sold from hia 

 farm— that it was worth .50 cents a bushel to sowrn 

 grass and corn. SENECA. 



Clarifying- Maple Sugar with ludiau Meal. 



W. S. Tuppor, of South Venice, informs us that 

 he tried an experiment according to the directions in 

 our April paper, for clarifying Maple Sugar by the use 

 of Indian meal. Owing to the advanced state of the 

 season, the trial was not very complete; still, the result 

 satisfied him that a quality of sugar can be produced 

 in this way, far superior to that clarified in the old 

 way by the use of milk and eggs. He advises sugar 

 makers to give it a fair trial next year, and pitldisi 

 ths resulia. 



