AND gard1':ner'S journal. 



lii'S 



iR.— Bt-njauiiu llocIC<-. i>f lilMk ISock. 



I, CuMMiirKr M.isos Cnsc, AWcn ; IJolirrt 



Vuii ^iirorii; joh Ui-s:o\v. Ainhorsl; Ucul"-M D. lira- 

 k, UuiVaI.. ; Hdii.iuiin II. KcsloH, IJoston ; Joli llasi-iill, 

 inf, Aiiiier Un!\iu, Ithi.U Uurl; ; Oraatniia Warmi, < l«- 

 li.irdiKT J. Kipp. Chci-kluwagn; llichiird Sweet, 

 i,Je., ; S.u,„:.-I ■I'.u-ker, Collins -. llMocl. tj. Vty, V;'"S'7'' ' 

 iiinui" r.,le:i: \i>ron S.ilisliury, Uvaiis: Dnviil 1. 

 lliiiiliMr"!! 1 l6;..ie Uuriplirey, llollaml: CIcinciit 

 lake:.-,-. I..'i;u^Tsler ; ViUl.-un MM". Newslea.l ; liela II. 

 .10. Sai-.hciin; Uriel Drigss, Toniiwnnda ; Hcjirjr U. 

 s, Wales. 



NiaKara County AgrlciiUnml Society. 



(Ori.'ir.i:cd Jane MJ. 1"11.; 



LIST OK OFFICERS. 



'RrsiHEVT.— Williaii. rarsoiif. ,u ^ ,i 



'i:. lT.i:<;i'»Ms — liiiHiDplier Pkeelen, John GoalJ. 



-1) 



V —Joel McColluiu. 

 Urown. 



:iv»eoin- 



. r. \V, 



pose the r.' 

 I)f. TowiiJcnil, Uielinrrt f=nell, 

 1.111, Alaiuon T. Oilell, I.eivia B. 

 ^. Douglass, Samuel C^.lem.iu. 

 -1 ; Samuel Ueve.-»ux, Theodore 

 V, .\i,lKara ; Stephen Baker. W. 

 ion, Hartlaml ; James Wisncr, 

 W. IMerritt. New F.ine; D-viicl 

 l..i.,n., Johnson, Wilson; N. 51. 

 ard John Sw.-..; <.'■,,-•. Miller, Wheatland ; John 



Ips.iriil'e, l.eic. I .1 .ih .Moot, Porter; Kufos 



ildin". AicMinili ; ' . :. , . l. Plater, Lcwieton ; ni- 



i McNeil, Danirl \\ . ' : .. ■ ' . Havid Gould, Cjiuibria; 

 ron l'ars.ins,John I3.-.kcr, Alfred Pool, I'cndletou, 

 .Viuuial fee of mcnihersliip lifiy eents.) 



M.-roiiiMu. ■!■ 

 'ijiht, l).'.iii.-l_ 11. i 



Livingston County Ai^rlcultural Society. 



F.ilr of this society will lie held at Genejco on the 

 y of Octohcr. Owing to the lateness of the season, it 

 cemed incvpeilienl to ofier premiums on crops this 

 but a liberal amount will be awarded for all kinds of 

 ilock, inipleiuents, domestic maiuifactured goods, &.0 

 LIST OF OFFICERS. 



^VaJB- 



SNT.— Willil 



lA JIllls 

 -Holloway Long James 

 '. Haniel H. Fimhugh. 

 > LniNo StcRrrr.vtiy.— C. H. Bryn 



.luy.— C. U. Uond. 



I r.ES.— Mien Ayrault. „,„„,>, 



! ,v .,.i,-5._JI. Brooks, Mount Morris; 3. \V. Smltn 



^rt.i ; .li it. Carroll, Groveland ; IV. H. Spencer, York ; 



\\ . Wartsworth, Geneseo ; \V. W. Wooster, Lcices- 



■ H-clor HUcllcoek.Coiiesus; Edward A. Lo Roy. tale- 

 ia; Ash.tel varncr, Lima; H.S.Tyler, S<pringwater ; 

 nan Gilihs, Livonia; J.din 13. Tompkinks, Avon. 



'.iwx Coinuiittee,— Cornelius Shcpard. Jun. Reuben 

 iir"s and Charles Colt, Geneseo; Alfred Hubbard, Wni. 

 Mor-.-n Moses Barron, Mout Morris; Charles Shepard, 

 ^ ~'^,i-t' Mm S.Fullerton, Morgan Hammond, Sparta; 

 . W. M.'-Nair, John White, \Mii. Kw,-trt, Groveland ; 

 aliel H s\' inner. Jasper ?.iarvin, Samuel Sievens, Lima; 

 iies Caiiipiicll, John Adams, Kuel L. Blake, L'vonia; 

 rker 1! Pierce, Horatio Dyer, Zen.as Ashley, Springwa- 



■ JoUn llcmlcrson, James De Graw, Jothara Clark, Con- 

 lUS- Col. Cuvler, Jere.liah Uorsford, Allen Kmead.Lri- 

 ter'; John ilall.iui'.y , James Dow Win. Craig, John 

 53 W. S-.ewa.-;Jiimes U Harris and A. McBean, \ ork ; 



ijacy. T. ll.Newhokl. John McKay, Caledonia ; John 

 lacy, AsaNowlcn, Iru Merrill. 



Wayue County As>icnUnral Society. 



'he Annual Fair of this Society is advertised to be held 

 Vewark on the 17th day of October. We have not seen 

 St of the olflocrs butlhey have published a respectable list 

 jrcmiuniB, and ought to have the co-operation and eup- 

 -t of the farmirs of Wayne. They can get up a good ei- 

 itio.T if they try ; ard now that aid is given by the State, 

 ;y surely tcill try. 



The Drought. 



According to our recclleclions, no drought ns se- 

 re ns the present one, has occurred in this district 

 tliin tbo lost ihirty-sii ycara. Periods of longer 

 ration without rain to soturate the soil, perhips 

 ve happened, but they have been later in the sea- 

 1, when the heat wa3 less intense; and the greater 

 igth of the niglits atlbrded some refreshment to the 

 Ids and pastures. 



The following statement may serve t« show how sca- 

 ts of similar character often cluster together: In 

 3 fail of the year 1.S29, hnving been scant of water 

 • our ciltle, not only in that season but in several 

 at preceded it, wo dug a well nearly fifty tcel deep, 

 d found an abundant supply. S.j wet have been 

 9 summers since that time however, that wo have 

 :vcr drawn a p'iili'ul, having kept it closed as one of 

 . va!u3; but it will now probably soon be opened, 

 ur other welK^ hive becsmo very low. 

 Tiie eiVects of the dro.ight are not only visible in 

 ; streams, and the dusty turfacc of the g ound, but 



some trees «re absolutely dying of thirst, and a few 

 others dropping their leaves as in autumn. 'Where 

 the leaves simply fall, tno branch will retain iis vital- 

 ity; bnt when they dry on tho tree, it is death. 



Yet notwithstanding thrso nppeninnccs on hard 

 uncultivated soil, wherever the ground has been made 



cllow to a good depth, we have never eccn young 

 grow faster, or seem to luficr less with drought, 

 omo peach trees in particular, have made great 

 growths; and even now while the meadows and pas- 

 urcR are parched, their vegetation ia in tho height of 

 ts vigor. 



Not lees encouraging is the appearance of some 

 field beets that were not forgotten. It has been well 

 said that a man an produce more moisture by hia 

 boe than by hi,i pail: in other words, it requires less 

 labor to keep up a healthy vegetation by making the 

 ground mellow, than by carrying water. Wc think 

 the truth of this proposition may be casilyjshown. If 

 rich ground be well hoed once a month, it becomes a 

 fovntain of itself, to the plants that stand on it. Turn 

 it up in the driest and hottest weather, it v/iU be 

 found moist; while a hard heavy soil will require wa- 

 tering every day. 



A hard heavy soil cracks open In time of drought; 

 exposes the roots to the aun and air; and allows the 

 moisture from the depth of tho fracture to evaporate. 

 It possesses very little absorbent pov/er. A light 

 shower can hardly penetrate it from aborc, or the 

 moisture rise up into it from bdow. On the reverse, 

 a deep mellow soil never cracks open, exposes no 

 roots, and the moieluro that rises from below enters 

 the whole mass of loose earth, and supplies the p!anl3 

 as they require it. But such a soil also imbibes 

 tuoisture from the atmosphere; and, like a sponge, 

 yields it to the roots while it imbibes more. It is a 

 perpetual though an invisible fountain. 



Another cause however, should be taken into view. 

 Every weed or blade of grass, operates like a pump 

 to draw out and dissipate its moisture ; and from this 

 heavy loss well cultivated ground is exempt. Fur- 

 ther when ilecaying weeds are mixed with the soil, 

 they increase its absorbent power, so that instead of 

 diminishing, they add to its nutriment, 



Perhaps some qunUiication to these remarks should 

 be made on account of some plants rcquring more 

 moisture than others. While we were writing iL'o 



bove we have had f'liit trees chiefly in viev,', round 

 which the soil may ' 'well cultivated without cutting 

 the roots; but soni. .>iher objects of culture, even 



ith the best hocir.g would scarcely produce good 

 crops in a severe drought. We think indeed that a'.l 

 the soap-suds from the wush-tub may be profitably 

 applied to many jilants in the kitchen gnrden at such 

 a time as this; and that the cucumber, potato, and 

 ctbbage, would pay well both for culture and for 

 drink. t 



two species of Mulberry, best known viz : Morns 

 Alba and Morus Multicnulis— commenced with boili 

 kintls in my garden in 1S33 and upon my farm in 

 ISnC— adjacent to tho plantation I have this scosou 

 fitted up in a barn erected last season, partly with ii 

 view to this object— a cocoonery, &c., oinbincing n 

 loft and garret 43 by 2'2, n preparatory room on tho 

 first tloor, and basement for leaves, in which ia a fur- 

 nace for keeping up a preper tumporaturo in the feed- 

 ing dcparment. 



The cocoonery is fitted up with the feeding and 

 spinning framcji and apparatus, invented and patented 

 Inst season, by Edmund Morris, Esq. of liurlington, 

 i\. J. The establishment allogeiher, furnishes pretty 

 conclusive facts in illustration of tho following propo- 



Facts find Dcmctll'^S^.^tiOIlS, in Oppo^Jtlcia 

 to g'leculative Opinions on the Cultate of 

 fSi'.k. 



Messrs Euixons-I last week promised you soniD com 

 munication on the subject of Mulberry and Silk Cul- 

 ture, but incessant occupation has hindered .nieirom 

 fulfilingmy engagement. You are aware of my re 

 lucto.nce to writing for publication, i am nnaccus- 

 tomed to it; and have fcU a reluctance to add to the 

 mass of speculative and inconclusive matter which 

 has been thrown upon the public during the past ten 

 years. I ask therefore due indulgence while I now 

 proceed ti comply with your suggestion, with all con- 

 sistent brevity. 



My farm of 6G acres lies within the corporate limits 

 of Brockport, bounded upon t'lo r.onh by the Erie 

 Canal, and situated in the southeast part of the village. 

 Upon it is a mulberry plantation, occupying about six 

 .icree und c^n-istinj of nbout equal proportions of the 



a perfectly practical and profitable business: 

 That in order to render it so, reliance must be pla- 

 ced upon about an equal proportion of the Morus al- 

 ba, or some other hardy vaiiety,and the Morus multi- 

 caul is. 



That the Morus alba may be transplanted at any 

 age not exceeding 7 years, (my perience.) and that 

 at any ago after the 3d year, its foilage may be used 

 with benefit to the tree — that by tho best method of de- 

 tatching the leaf, (pruning shoots,) it may bo fed 

 without injuring the tree until rendered unfit by frost. 

 That the Multicnulis on suitable soil and aspect, 

 needs no protection from winter. 



That its adaptation to the worm depends upon its 

 management. 



That it succeeds admirably by being grafted upon 

 the root of the Morus alba, upon soib and locitiona 

 unsafe, where standing upon its own root. 



That it may be transplanted, (roots one year old — 

 I have 11,000 plants done this season) between the 

 ■35 and 30 of June, when in full leaf, and now, 28th 

 Aug. be used extensively for feeding. 



That Morris' frames combine decidedly more ad- 

 vantages for insuring success, in the important opera- 

 tions of ventilation, (applied to each individual worm,) 

 feeding and spinning, er winding, than any other sys- 

 tem now known. 



1 have now feeding several hundred thousand 

 worms in various stages from hatching (6 oz, say 

 ■10,000 now hi'.ching) to spinning, and of course, 

 they will continue through most of September or la- 

 ter. I invite attention and inveEtiuation — and will 

 bo at all times happy to exhibit and explain to respect- 

 able strangers HONESTtY seeking information, and to 

 citizens, on Tuesdays and Fridays, between 8 and 11, 

 A. M. and 3 and G, P. M. Idle curiosity must seek 

 its sources of gratification elsewhere. 



I am joint proprietor with Mr. Morris, for the sale 

 of his right for all the District of Western New York, 

 being west of Genesee River, and prepared to fur- 

 nish framPB immediately. Apply to E. Morris, Bur- 

 lington, N. J., or t) me at Brockport — Lclteis must 

 be nost paid. Yours truly, GKO. ALLEN. 



Brockport, Iilouroc Co., If. Y 

 P. S. Aware of the eficct of the rearlion which fol 

 lowed the spoeulnlion in iNlorus muliicaulis plants ; 

 a few years since, I am prepared to meet with incredur- 

 lity und opprobium, and therefore refer for iiirthcr 

 facts to support my position, to the operations cf ft!r. 

 John Adams, at Adams' Basin, on the Erie Canal, 15 

 miles west from Rochester, and 5 miles eastof Brock- 

 port. Sir. Adams has made 50 bu.-hela cocoons this 

 season, at an expense of less than two dollars per 

 bushel; and ia confident that if he could have obtain- 

 ed suitable eggs for late hatching, (my own were r©. 

 ceived from Burlington, per mail 17ih inst.,) he could 

 have materially lessened the nvcraiie expense. Mrs. 

 Adams has already reeled lOlbs. silk, which for lus- 

 tre and evenness will satisfy all who are competent 

 to judge of iis value. 



Mr. Adams has uted both kinds of JIulberry, anil 

 Morris' frames this scafion exclusively. Ilisexpeii. 

 ence in feeding in the ordinary way, embiaces a pe- 

 riod of four or five years. G. A. 



