ro. 2. 



AND GARDENER'S JOURNAL. 



31 



isidor hinisellof not sufficient imporlnnre, to ninke 

 neell especially B pnrly to the work. There is no 

 11 or cUilJ in tho whole community, whose interest 

 not completely wound up in its being lully carried 

 t — and no one can siind nIooC, without being as- 

 ed, that he is recreant to the inieresis of bis family, 

 d to the prosperity and independence of his coun- 

 Every man may do a little — merely talking up 

 the subject, will go a long way towards ils sure ee- 

 hnient; tho attention once led to it, its advanla- 

 s must necessarily present themselves to view; and 

 ery man, be his present opinions what they may, by 

 il/itivn, must necessarily prove himself a friend of 

 Ic cause. Bin enough — the matter is in better and 

 ore efiiuient hands. 



I will now make some few observations on the Me- 

 10 sheep in New South Wales. The climate of the 

 untry seems better adapted to sheep, than any other 

 !t discovered on the globe ; and from all accounts 

 appears to operate so decidedly, as to be an e,\cep. 

 jn to the fundamental principle, of the paraviount 

 ifluence of blood — no sheep have been imported into 

 lat country, without the most rapid improvement 

 mediately taking place, not only in the roundness 

 d compactness of body, but in tho fineness and 

 eight of the fleece. 



The history of the introduction of the Merino into 

 lis country, I will leave for the subject of my next es- 



ly. UMWA. 



loinely but Good Advice to Readers and 

 Editor. 



Whoever reads the annexed article, will' not be 

 nrprised that we publish it. As far as our read- 

 rs are concerned, we shall not intrude upon their 

 irovince and say that they ought to follow this 

 ounsel. It is quite enough to receive advice at 

 irstltfinds, without, what gramrharians call a re- 

 luplication, and being advised to take advice. 

 But for ourselves, we at once agree to our friend's 

 iroposition, that we shoiJ^ havca-regnlar corres- 

 pondent in every to-ivn,^5t '<Jiily in the state, but 

 n every town where our paper has the honor of 

 aeing admitted, to whom we should send two cop- 

 ies ; and who would, in return, agree to assist the 

 irculation, and especially to furnish valuable in- 

 formation for its columns. But with a limited ac- 

 quaintance, how shall we effect this, unless the 

 friends of the cause volunteer 1 We hope they 

 will do this in the spirit of our respected corres- 

 pondent ; and we promise to meet them full half- 

 way. 



It is said that on a certain occasion, a minister 

 having named his text, " Who will go up with us 

 to Ramoth Gilead to battle ?" and repea ting it once 

 or twice with considerable emphasis, a sailor in 

 the assembly, much vexed with the silence and 

 apathy of the congregation, rose at once, and sarit} 

 with considerable feeling, that '■ if there was no- 

 body else to go, he would go for one." Now hav- 

 ing announced our text to oiu- brother farmers, we 

 hope we may find a good many all over the coun- 

 try, who wUl follow this brave fellow's example. 

 It is in vain for the lead horse or the fiUe horse to 

 think of drawing the load alone. Let us pull to- 

 gether. 



Mr. Editor — I wont every farmer in Western 

 New York to become a subscriber for the Neiv Gene- 

 see Farmer, and not only a subscriber, but also a con- 

 Etaut reader. Brother farmers, who are now readers, 

 what do you say, shall we bring this about 7 Yes 

 WE ; — you reader, and I and all the rest of us ; — I am 

 quite sure we can do it. Come, let us oil put our 

 shoulders to the wheel and try 1 But how ? [ will 

 tell you. Every one of you, when you get tiirough 

 reading this communication, take this number of the 

 Farmer in your pocket, go through your Keighborhood 

 and call upon every man to subscribe. Talk to him 

 "like a book." Tell him how much you have been 

 interested by the perusal of it ; and how great the 

 advantages that will result to him if he will only take 

 (t— oven for one year— one cent a-week is all it costs. 



and the money will never be missed from his purse. 

 Come brother, subscriber, let us "put in" once, and 

 see what the result will bo. Let us count up, there 

 are £0,000 of u« now ; well, 1 will agree to procure 

 five, each of you will do the same, this will make 

 100,000; here wo will rest our labours for the pres- 

 ent, and if our new Editor "does the fair thing" this 

 year, and " the old folks" concludo to let him stay, 

 why next year we will double the list, that's all. I 

 feel quite confident the New Genesee Farmer may be 

 made to take «^high rank among the agricultural pa- 

 pers of the United States, and that it will be conduct- 

 ed in a manner deserving of as extended a circulation 

 as we can give to it. 



But, Mr. Editor, I have said sufficient to your sub- 

 scribers, now I have a plan to suggest for your con- 

 sidcration, which I think will not only add interest 

 and usefulness to your paper, but also greatly inciouee 

 the number of your subecrihcre. I propose that you 

 appoint a regular correspondent in each town in Wes- 

 tern New York, send him two copies of the Farmer, 

 one for himself the other to be loaned or circulated by 

 him to such farmers in his town as may not be sub- 

 scribers, to be returned to the correspondent when 

 read, and by him again loaned to some other person, 

 and so proceed until every farmer in town shall at 

 least have read one number annually. I cannot but 

 think, that this plan would awaken a more general 

 interest in the farming community towards agricultu- 

 ral papers, and have a tendency to do away a deep- 

 rooted prejudivie which still exists among some of our 

 most respectable farmers, against what is called " book 

 larming." It would bring your paper to the notice of 

 hundreds, yes thousands, who now know not that 

 such a paper is published, and add many names to 

 your list, which, except by this means, would never 

 have been found there. 



It will be the duty of the correspondent also, to re- 

 port for your columus, accounts of extraordinary 

 crops, animals, &c., and all matters he may think 

 worth recording, and after the harvesting of each va- 

 riety of produce, a brief report of life amount of the 

 crop upon an average throngli^ *ne town. 



I have several other things to say to you Mr. Edi- 

 tor, but lest my communication should take up too 

 much of your space, or be passed over by the reader 

 on account of its length, I shall refrain. 



J. HORSFIELD. 



Castile, Wijoming Co , N Y. 



Making Butter. 



From a lady correspondent we have the follow- 

 ing method of making butter, by first scalding the 

 milk. The mode is sometimes called the Russian, 

 sometimes the Scotch, and sometimes the English. 

 It may just as well be called the American mode, 

 for it has been long practised among us. Twenty- 

 six years ago we saw it in full practice in a dairy 

 of a hundred cows, on the farm of Robert Smith, 

 near Baltimore. It has much to recommend it, 

 and especially from the sweetness of the cream, 

 the milk not standing more than twenty-four hours, 

 or it may be twelve hours ; from the ease and 

 quickness with which the butter was usually 

 brought, the churning seldom requiring but few- 

 minutes ; and lastly, from the improved quality of 

 the skimmed milk, which by being heated, was 

 thickened and made richer ; and in the case above 

 referred to, brought three cents a quart at the en- 

 trance of the city, where it was sold to a retail 

 dealer. 



Me. Editor — As there are many different ways 

 of making butter, and each has its advocates and 

 its opposers, I have thought the follow ing would 

 be of some service. It is copied from an old En 

 glish work. ' The milk, instead of being put into 

 earthen pans, as with us, is poured into copper or 



brass pans, well tinned, and after standing a cer- 

 tain time, these pans are placed on stoves heated 

 by charcoal. The heaLcauses the cream to rise in 

 a few minutes to the surface of the milk in a thick 

 consistence, called clotted cream. When it has 

 remained a certain time on the stove, and has suffi- 

 ciently warmed, it is returned into the dairy, and 

 as soon as cold, the clotted cream is skimmed oft", 

 put into a large earthen bowl, and by the slight 

 movement with the hands or a wooden spatula, is 

 almost instantaneously converted into butter. Very 

 little buttermilk of course, is pressed from the 

 cream thus prepared, and what is, is remarkably 

 rich." Almost every one has noticed that when 

 milk is boiled, there is a scum rises upon it, and 

 also that it has a very delicious taste. This meth- 

 od is certainly well worthy of a trial. H.vnnaii. 



Farmer's Winter memoranda. 



The winter is now somewhat far spent, and far- 

 mers who wish to be well prepared for the coining 

 of spring and its hundred labors,must improve the 

 time in making the following preparations ; viz :— 



Repair all your tools. 



Rakes, for horse and hand, should have broken 

 teeth supplied ; 



Hoes, should be good, sharp, and have good 

 handles ; 



Forks, do. do. 



Ploughs — the wood should be sound, and the 

 shares good ; 



Harroirs, cjillirators , rollers, should all be put in 

 good condition ; 



Carts and icngons prepared for use ; 



Harness well repaired and oiled, and 



Horses kept in good order to wear it w hen the 

 time comes, by good, regular, and careful feeding. 



Seeds of all kinds should now be obtained, clo- 

 ver, J».ar^jf,-CjOrn, oats, &c., and of root crops, as 

 beets, carrots, turnips; and don't forget the o^arrftre 

 seeds. • -j;; 



Grafts of fine fruit maybe procured; every 

 m aii ' j i wul d endeavorto^'add something each year 

 to his stock, (as fruit stocks and farm stock, are 

 the best kind of slocks a farmer can speculate in,) 

 if he only spends half a day for the purpose in 

 each year. 



Grafting piasters may be now made — use 8 parts 

 rosin, 4 of beeswax, and 3 of tallow, melted and 

 spread on old cotton, or paper, to be warmed over 

 a kettle of coals before applied. 



Trim apple trees — old bearing trees — that have 

 thick branches ; and prune hardy grape vines ; so 

 that they may not grow so dense, and have finer 

 fruit. And don't forget to tread round young fruit 

 trees, when deep snow falls, to exclude the mice. 



Repair fences, where practicable, especially 

 where the boards have been loosened from the 

 posts; and observe the same towards gates. 



Fuel — get plenty and cut up for summer use ; 



Manure — manufacture as much as you can. now, 

 this winter ; and procure 



Plaster, for early spring sowing. J. J. T. 



Important Suggestion) 



at this time of the year. 

 According to Liebig, (and the evidence of our 

 senses, too,) a large portion of the valuable part 

 of manure, escapes from stables and other places 

 of collection, in the form of gaseous ammonia. 

 Now by strewing the floors of stables with gyp- 

 sum, this gaseous manure immediately combines 

 with the sulphuric acid of the gypsum, forming a 

 solid compound, destitute of smell, and of grea t 

 value as manure. The ofi'ensive odor is destroyed 

 and the manure is retained. Those who have 

 tight stables may successfully try this with great 

 ease J. J. T. 



