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THE NEW GENESEE FARMEK, 



VOL "^ 



ROCHESTER, OCTOBER, 1841. 



Agi'icultumI Exhibitions, 



This is the month of the Farmers' Holidoys — the 

 month in which the producers — the true nobility of 

 our h\nd, will meet together for mutual pleasure and 

 improvement. On these occaeions the best produc- 

 tions of the soil, the finest animnls, tlje most approv- 

 ed implements, and the most skilful ploughing may 

 be seen by all. No farmer can witness these exhibi 

 tions without learning something by which he can im- 

 prove in his practice of huslandry. Let all therefore, 

 attend— and lot all feel it to be their duty to do some- 

 thing to give interest to the occasion. And here we 

 perceive there is apt to be misapprehension in the 

 minds of mony. They appear to think that any arti- 

 cle to be fit lor e.xhibiton must be of great size. But io 

 size [he prindpid thing tobe regarded, by coramitteesai 

 our Fairs ? I5 the largest calf, ilie largest hog, or the 

 largest cabbage invariably the l/cst ? By no means. 

 On the contrary those of ordinary size are more fre- 

 quently the most perfect in form or in quality. Let 

 the committees remember this ; and let farmers who 

 have tine animals or productions, bring them forward. 

 The drama in this State has opened with a grand 

 JSliiss Meeting at Syracuse. We hope the thousands 

 of farmers who were there will impart the right spirit 

 to their friends and neighbors ; and that all will unite 

 to give life and interest to the county e.xhibitions. 

 The whole country — especially the Empire State is 

 now waJdng vp on this subject, and we believe the re- 

 Bulia will be such as will convince every one of the 

 usefulness of agricultural societies and of the wise poli- 

 cy of our Legislature in granting them encourage- 

 ment. 



The officers and town committees of the county so- 

 cieties should consider that the efliciency and useful- 

 ness of the society mainly depends upon thflm. The 

 exhibitions are now close at hand and vigorous efiorts 

 should bo made to obtain members and funds, and per- 

 suade farmers to bring their animals and prodnctions 

 to the Fairs. 



We regret that more pefeet information respecting 



the societies in this State and elsewhere, has not been 



furnished us. We are proud of Western New- York, 



liowcver — our Genesee Country has organized nobly ; 



.-ind we are sure the e.xhibitions will do her fanners 



honor. 



The following is a list of the placesand time of hold- 

 ing the Fairs in the counties from which we have de- 

 finite information : 



Ontario County, atCanandaigua, Oct. 12ih. 



Genesee " " Alexander, Oct. 13th and 14th. 



Mouroe " " Rochester, Oct 15th and IGih. 



Livingston " '' Geneseo, Oct. 22d. 



Orleans " " Albion, Oct. 14th. 



Niagara " " Lockporl, Oct. 2i?d. 



Erie " " Buffalo, Oct. Clb. 



Cfaautauque " " Mayeville, Oct. 5th and 6th. 



Wayne " ' ' Newark, Oct. ICth. 



Cayuga " " Auburn, Oct. 13th and 14th. 



Oswego " " Oswego, Oct. Cth. 



Oneida " " Oct, 20th. 



Saratoga " " Enllstown, Oct. 5th. 



Portage, (O.) Ravanna, Oct. 20ih and 21st. 



Durham, (Canada) MiUville, Oct. lOth. 



Northumberland, Cnnada, Grafton, Oct. 30lh. 



Rooks and Papers as Pmr.iiinis. 



We are glad to perceive that several Societies pro- 

 pose to award agricultural books and papers, instead of 

 money, for the smaller class of premiums. We be- 

 lieve it will in general be qixite as satisfactory and 

 much more beneficial to the recipients. The Gene- 

 sec county Society offers more than sixty copies of the 

 New Genesee Farmer, together with other papers and 

 books, in their list of premiums for their approaching 

 Fair. We appreciate the compliment. Gentlemen 

 Managers, and tender you our thanks. 



Our acknowledgments are also due to the officers of 

 the Niagara District Agricultural Society in Canada, 

 for an order lately received for sixty copies. The 

 Treasurer informs us that great good has been seen to 

 result from the circulation of our paper among the 

 members of that S.icioty— Thus it will always be. 



New Agricultural Papers. 



We find on our table quite a number of new ' Ex- 

 changes' seeking our acquaintance, some of which we 

 have too long neglected. Almost every day affords 

 us new and gratifying evidence of the increasing de- 

 mand for agricultural reading ; and convinces us that 

 the time is fast approaching when no intelligent farm- 

 er in our land will consent to be without at least one 

 paper devoted to his profession. 



" The Canadian Farmer and Mcchunic" is the title 

 of a paper commenced at Kingston, August IG, 1841, 

 by Garfield & Good, proprietors, A. B. E. F. Gor- 

 field. Editor ; 10 pages monthly, |!l per annum ; 

 (rather smaller than thispajjer.) A well conducted 

 and a well circulated agricultural paper in Canada, 

 would doubtless exert a very beneficial influence on 

 the prosperity of the province, and we wish this ex- 

 periment success ; at the same time, from our knowl- 

 edge of the field and experience in the business, we 

 apprehend neighbor Garfield will find lie has under- 

 taken an enterprise of greater difficulty than he ima- 

 gined. 



Another Agricultural paper in Boston ! S. W. 

 Cole, formerly editor of the Yankee Farmer, has left 

 that paper, and commenced a new one entitled the 

 " Farmer's Journal,"a monthly sheet, (half the size of 

 this) price 50 cents a year. There are besides this, 

 three weekly agricultural papers and one monthly 

 hortictdtural, all apparently well sustained. Verily 

 New England agriculturists are a reading people, 

 ond not al'rsid of " book farming." 



" The Kcntucliij Cultivator" was commenced last 

 winter, but stopped for the want of— subscribers. It 

 has now recommenced and promises to continue — 

 well done Mr. Virden. It is a neat little monthly of 

 16 pages ; $1 per year. 



" The Plough Boy," is the title of a small semi- 

 monthly sheet, published by Wm, F. Duriso, Edge- 

 field Court House South Carolina, $1 50 per year. 



" Ttw Union Agriculturist," Chicago, Illinois. 

 After a suspension of several months, arising from a 

 difficulty with the printers, this valuable paper has 

 again made its appearance — success to it. 



" The Western Farmer's and Gardener's Almanac 

 for 1842"— By Thomas Ajjhck, Fditor of the 

 Western Farmer and Curdaicr, Published by E. 

 Lucas, Cincinnati. 



A copy of the above work has been politely forward- 

 ed us by the author, and we have examined it with 

 great satisfaction. It is a veiy neat duodecimo 

 pamphlet of ninety-six pages, and contains, be- 

 sides the usual calendar, &c., a lage amount of rery 

 usefid and interesting matter relating to agriculture, 

 horticulture and rural affairs, with numerous spirited 

 engravings by Mr. Forster. The chapter on Swine 

 (with 15 portraits) is alone worth double the price of 

 the work. Every farmer tind gardener who has an op- 



portunity, should procure this almanac: we presume 

 it may be obtained at most of the booksellers in the 

 west, and we 8'"all advise the publisher to send some 

 this way. The price is .$2 per dozen, or 25 cents 

 single. It can be sent by mail if desired — the postage 

 is six cents lor less than 100 miles, and ten cents for 

 any distance oyer 100 miles. 



The following glance at the contents will give an 

 idea of the variety and interest of the work : 



Times of holding Courts in Ohio, Kentucky, Ten- 

 nessee, Indiana and Illinois. Rates of postage, list 

 of Agricultural periodicals. January — Life in the 

 country, the garden, resutcitating old orchards, saving 

 clover seed, the bee, farm buildings. February — Su- 

 gar making, culture 01 corn, farm buildings. March — 

 Duck shooting, the I'armer's garden, farm stock. 

 April — The raising, )ioUitocs, tlie fruit gnnlen and 

 orchard, grafting, building, causes of decay in peach ( 

 trees, manuie. Muy — The flower garden. June — ') 

 The Poultry yaid. July — Fourth of July frolic, pick- I 

 ling, cure for murrain, vermin in cattle. August — 1 

 Emigration to the west, turnips, removing weeds and 1 

 briars, staggers in bwine, hovcn tattle. September — I 

 The vintage. October — Cider inaking, the peach 1 

 tree worm. November — A chapter on hogs. De- 

 cember — Wolf hunting on the ice, sowing grass seeds. ' 

 Engravings — Sleighing party, subtended hives, su- ' 

 gar camp, duck shooting in the prairie swampe, 

 building log houses, grafting, budding, young jjarden- 

 ers,, the poultry yard, pic-nic party in the woods, 

 party of immigrants, the vintage, cider making, peoch 

 tree insect, hog killing, white China hog, Warren Co. 

 do., Wobiiurn do.. White Berkshire do., Droc- 

 tor Martin's banter pigs, and Berkshire barrow, 

 " Tom," do,, "Daniel Lonihen," Berkshire sow, • 

 " Madam," Siamese boar, Iiish grazier sow, do. 

 boar, belt barrow, Neapolitan boar, tbin-rined bow, J 

 wolf hunting on the ice, and eleven amusing tail J 

 pieces. 'J 



P. S. Since writing the above, we have received * 

 from the publisher an invoice of the Almanacs and 

 "Bee-breeding in the West." So that both of these 

 works will soon be for sale at the Bookstores and Seed 

 Store in this city, at .'J2 per dozen, or 25 cents each — 

 orders are solicited. 



Our Friends i« Canada. 

 The hearty welcome and genuine old-counliy hos- 

 pitality which we usually meet with among the Eng- 

 lish and Scotch farmers in Canada, always makes us 

 regret that our visits in that country cannot be longer 

 and more frequent. While on a hasty tour in that 

 province last month, we called at a p!e isant cottage 

 fronting the lake and surrounded by a beautiful gar- 

 den, occupied by two English friends, one a bachelor, 

 and the other with a better-half from one of tho beet 

 dairy districts in England. We had, on one or two 

 former occasions been struck tvith the peculiar excel- 

 lence and great variety of iho table luxuries produced 

 from her dairy. Twoof these, "Junket" and "Clot- 

 ted Cream," are rarely met with in this country, al. 

 though with some of ue Ihey may be associated with 

 the happiest recollections of our childhood. At our 

 request, our friend furnished us directions for picpar- 

 ing these dishes, which we give our readers. 



TO PUEPABE Jl'NKET, 



Take one quart of milk warm from the cow, and 

 stir in a teaspoouful of rennet, and let it stand till cur- 

 ded, which, if the rennet is of proper strength will 

 be in about fifteen minutes ; grate over it a little nut- 

 meg, and sweeten with maple molasses or honey. It 

 is an excellent dish fcir supper. 



SCALDED, on CLOTTED CRE.tM. 



Take a pan of perfectly sweet milk, twelve hours 

 old, with the cream on ; stand it on a stove or furnocc 

 over a gentle fire till slightly scDkled, " when a ring 

 will appear in the cream of the size of the bottom of 

 the pan" ; then take it olVand let stand till cold; skim 

 off the cream and it is fit for rS3. When used as nn 

 accompaniment with fruit, tarts, &.C., it is sweetened 

 to suit the taste. This eroam is esteemed a great lux- 

 ury in London, It ia brought in by dairymen and sold 

 at a high price. 



