lo. 3. 



AND GARDENER'S JOURNAL. 



S9 



i:t of the trcosiirer, E. P. PnENTicK. Thc 

 '! ihe Socieiy llie Inst yenr, were os follows : 

 u I' in irensury, bi Inst nieetins, ....$'16 Ci 



1 .iglu life members, $50eni:li 400 00 



a subset iplions, $'25 cnch 175 00 



" $-iO each .40 00 



n " $10 ench 110 00 



lity-lbrpc " §5 each, 115 00 



mrmbers, Biid other sources, 442 S'i 



F. n Coniptri)ller ol'ihe Slate,. 



.700 00 



r,i:>l 



'remiume, expenses, 



$2,099 69 

 '&c, 1,065 46 



.•filGl 23 

 r:,iiii which is to bo deducted about $200 for pre- 

 " - nwnrdtd, but not paid. 



I II irL^nsurer also reported that a quarter of one 



M RfsT'e lat oxen, presenied to the Society by 



■' sr, had been sold for $64 C7, which, added 



"'ve sum, would leave a bnlnnce in the trea- 



about $800, after the payment of all dc- 



,..1.1 - against the Society. Thecommitte appointed 



frecoMi mending a place for holding tlie anual Show 

 or fixina Albany or iia vicinity for 1642, recommend 

 It the Show for I84;{ be held at Rochester. 

 On motion of Dr. OoonsELL of Uiica, 

 Resolced, That lbi.< Society recommend to the 

 ntyagrieulinral societies to use their exertions to 

 nblisb town societies. 

 On motion of J. U. Nott, Esq., 

 Resolced, That a committee uf five be appointed to 



Kort at the next meeting on ihe propriety of estab 

 ing an Agricultnral Board for this State. [Com 

 ttee — Messrs. Nott, Van Br.RCEN, Bekkman, 

 *tow and Vif.le.] 



Amendments to the Constitution. 

 On motion of .1. B. Nott, Esq., 

 Resolced, Th.Tt no article of the Constitution can 

 rcofier be altered or amended, without a notice 



reof being given one year before such alteration. 

 Mr. Fuller gave notice that at the next annual 

 eting of the Society, n moiion will be made to 

 end the Constitution, eo that presidents of county 

 ■iculmral societies shall be ex officio inembers of 



Executive Committee of the said Society. 

 The Society then adjourned, sine die. 



For t/ie I^^ew Gcncsce Farmer 

 Farmers' Gardens. 

 What higher authority can we quote than a lady ? 

 10 has better taste, more refined sensibilities, 

 inder judgment or nicer observation, than the 

 lale part of community ? Happening to meet 

 ■ who possesses the excellencies of her sex i nan 

 linent degree, the other day, we heard her re- 

 rk that the farmer who failed of having a good 

 den, failed in eco-nomy, and not only that, but he 

 himself oflF from many of the comforts of life. 

 Iging from the practice of most farmers in our 

 [uaintance, we must suppose they are ready to 

 out " this is a hard saying, " but let them enjoy 

 comforts and luxuries of a goor/ garden for one 

 ir, let them count the actual cost in labor and 

 er expense it requires, and give a careful credit 

 its proceeds, and if they do not find it the most 

 ifilable investment of their estates, we will — con 

 de that their experience has been different from 

 own. Though our garden is done up in a 

 all way, yet we find it not only an invaluable ap 

 idage to our affairs, but with our present idea oi 

 :h things, one of absolute necessity; for we can- 

 : forego the delicacies of the rich tomato, or the 

 der vegetable it affords in the hot summer days, 

 y more than we can our daily bread. And the 

 e cauliflower, who that ever tasted of them 

 uld willingly suppose that a future season could 

 ss without furnishing himself with an abundance. 

 t many who profess to admire them do live, 

 ir after year, without making a single effort for 

 'ir production. They are almost as easily raised 

 common cabbage. Like them, they should be 

 rted for early use in a hot-bed, an article that 

 ery one who cultivates a small patch of earth 

 ould prepare; for by sowing in them, a month or 

 weeks may, without diminishing in any way 



from the general reign of cold weather, be added to 

 our short summers. They may be got up very 

 cheaply. One with half a dozen lights of glass 

 will do to prove llipir utility, and these lights may 

 be set in any old sash, or in a cheap frame, which 

 any one gifted even with a small measure of me- 

 chanical sliill, may manufacture in the leisure lime 

 of winter, and by so dtiing, heavier bars and 

 frames may be made, than is usual in common 

 sash, which will give them a firmness that their 

 exposure requires. If c/iCT/mcir.s- is studied, the box 

 may be made of slabs, with the edges squared so 

 as lo set close ; on this, the snsh should lie at an 

 angle of about 45*^. In our climate, the best loca- 

 tion for the hot-bed is at the south end of a build- 

 ing, for there, the cold northerly winds are broken 

 off" and the sunbeams rf/cf?, as well as fall directly 

 upon it, thus proving that in cultivation of plants, 

 as well as animals and intellects, reflection is as use- 

 ful as more direct action. 



But farmers who would have every part of their 

 garden perfect, should have larger hot-beds than 

 the one we have quoted, or, perhaps, what would 

 be better, have several of the size alluded to, for 

 then different vegetables caiv be started at a dis- 

 tance from each other. These small ones may 

 have, among other things, a hill of melons, or of 

 the exotic squashes planted in the centre of them, 

 if located in different parts of the garden; and 

 when plants, like the cauliflower, tomato, or any of 

 those designed for transplanting are removed, the 

 ground, well fitted for thcirgrowth, remains for the 

 nourishment of the vine. By having them in dif- 

 ferent parts of the garden in different years, it may 

 be kept ia a very rich condition, by the well rotted 

 manure they contain, and which, by the second 

 year becomes, through the fermentation of the 

 first, free from the seeds of foul weeds, so very an- 

 noying in a garden. Hot-beds should be made in 

 March, and co^•orod in severe weather t)y an old 

 rug. W. B. 



Mount Osceola. 1842. 



l^Iaiiure for Gardens* 



We have tried a variety of kinds of manure for 

 a garden, and these kinds in a variety of forms, 

 and as far as our experience warrants an assertion 

 in favor of any particular kind, we must give a 

 decided preference to swamp mud, or muck. One 

 argument in its favor is, that it seldom produces 

 weeds. Another, that it contains so much vegeta- 

 ble matter in a decomposable state that it is easily 

 brouglit to operate as the food of plants. It also, 

 from the slowness of its decay, continues its effect 

 longir than most other manures. Its cheapness 

 also commends it, for all it costs is the mere getting 

 it from the pond hole, which will be sm-e to fill its 

 treasury before a new draft is necessary. In order 

 to have it prime, it should be placed in a pile for a 

 few days, and ashes or lime mixed with it, and 

 subjected to workings until the lumps are all re- 

 duced, and the two simples thoroughly compound- 

 ed. It may then be put, half a shovel full will 

 answer, in the hill for melons, cucumbers and 

 squash. For radishes and the like, we use it as a 

 top dressing. W. B. 



Mount Osceola, Feb., 1S42. 



power of terrestrial mngnctisn),or some involution 

 in nature's couriSC, the soil of England could be so 

 far slimulnted l)y the sttn's rays as lo produce In- 

 dian corn to perfection, should wc any longer hear 

 of her " starving population," reduced to live on 

 the miserable bread made of damp mouldy grain? 

 It is true that England has less severe cold weath- 

 er ami a shorter winter than wc have ; but look at 

 the slow process of vegetation there as compared 

 with that of Ihe United States; her late harvest 

 crowded into the short, cloudy, and even wet days 

 of autumn, and it is not surprising that her corn is 

 damp and mouldy. What would become of our 

 ease. loving farmers if they had to encounter the 

 cold, sour, wet climate, and slow vegetation of 

 that country called merry, not sunny, England? 

 Would they not be reduced from bacon and corn 

 bread, to turnips and pea soup, from the delicious 

 wheaten loaf and hot rolls, to oatcakes and potato 

 broth? 



Mr. Garbutt says that roots cannot be cultivated 

 in this country to the same extent, adtantagcovsly, 

 as in England. Very true, but then does not our 

 Indian corn, that thrifty precocious king of edibles 

 (it being both food and fodder, oil and sugar,) ren- 

 der the like extensive cultivation of roots unneces- 

 sary Y But we deny that roots may not be as easi- 

 y cultivated in the United States as in England. 

 If our more sunny champaign country is not as 

 well suited to the turnip and potato, as cool and 

 misty England,— our early planted svigar beets 

 never grew in greater perfection with us, than du- 

 ring the last summer, the hottest and driest season 

 we have had in many years ; and there is little 

 doubt but that one acre of sugar beets is worth two 

 acres of turnips. 



We fully agree with Mr. Garbutt that it would 

 be folly for our farmers to follow the rural econo- 

 my of England in all its variety, but for very dif- 

 ferent reasons than a part of those set out in his 

 otherwise interesting and well written article. 

 Waterloo, N. Y. S. W. 



Advantages of the Climate of the United 

 States over that of England. 



Your correspondent, W. Garbutt of Wheatland, 

 gives to the English farmer the advantage in length 

 of seasonover the farmer of the United States, with- 

 out even adverting to the very great advantage wc 

 have. In the superior stimulating power of our 

 much warmer and more kindly season of vegeta- 

 tion. If iy some change in the .Solar System, the 



From the Farmer' s Monthly Visitor, 

 Great Yield of Potatoes. 



In 1839, the late Mnjor Caleb Stark planted potatoes 

 (the large round redj on several patches of ground in 

 Suncock village in the town of Pembroke ; he plant- 

 ed them without assistance, and hood them three times 

 himeelf. They were planted in drills, one piece (cut) 

 every ten inches, and when be dug them in the fall, 

 they were weighed, and he proposed, from the result, 

 (he following questions to lion. John Vose, then pre- 

 ceptor of Pembroke Academy. I find the questions 

 and answers among some of hie papers, and send 

 them to you. 



QUESTIONS. 

 1st portion, 168 square feet produced 126 pounds. 

 2d " 147 " " 1:58 " 



3.1 " 18 feel square, " 384 " 



4ih " 43 " " 1435 " 



ANSWERS. 

 Ist portion, per acre, 32,670 lbs. 605 bushels per acre. 

 2d " " 41,715 773,055 " 



3d " " 51,626 2 3 956,349 " 



4th " " 33,806 426,05 " 



The above results were brought about by Mr. 

 Brown ; o( their accuracy, I have examined them, so 

 as to be satisfied they are correct. I witnessed the 

 progress of the growth of the pola'oee, and the aver- 

 age weight of them was 54 pounds per bushel. 



JOHN VOSE. 



Typhus Fever. 

 It cannot be loo widely known that nitrous ncid gas 

 possesses the property of destroying the contagion of 

 the typhus fever, and certainly of preventing its spread. 

 By the followin;,' simple me! hod the gag may be pro- 

 duced at a very trifling expense : — Place a little pow- 

 dered ealipctre in a saucer, and pour on it as much 

 oil of vitriol as will cover it ; a copious difcharge of 

 acid gas will instantly lake place, the quantity of 

 which may be regulated by lessening or increo^in^ 

 the quantity of the materials. — English paper. 



