B. BATEilAM, Proprietor. 



VOIi. .1. 



KOCHESTER, MAV, 1842. 



IVO. 6. 



I HENRY COLMAN, Editor. 



PUBIiISHEI> MOATHIiY. 



TERMS, 



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5« M. U. UATI'HAM or H. COLMAX. Rocliester. 



C For Contents see last page. 



Explanation. — Mr. Colman has of necessity been 

 aeni dining the last half of tUe past month, for the 

 irpoto of cliieing some buciincsa in Museochusetts 

 id removing his inmily to Rochester, lie is e.>:pcct- 

 I to reuirn about the 15th iiist. 



For the Ntio Genesee Farmer. 

 The Mild Wiuter and Eiirly Spring. 

 It has been observed that mild winters have occurred 



regular distances of 2G years, as follows; — 1685, 

 12, 1733, 17154, 17D0, 1816, and ISHO. The mildness 



last wiuter was a subject of constant remark, par- 

 ;ularly among the farmers, who observe thepecuUari- 

 >a of the seasons with more interest, perhaps, than 

 ly other class of citizens. This led me to compare 

 e monthly temperature of the corresponding months 

 ■ the last three winters, viz: 1810, '41 and 



De 



iSlO. 

 13-1 :. 

 IS 10, 

 1841, 

 lSl-2, 

 1840, 

 1841, 

 1813, 



25,37 de! 



19.48 



37,91 

 29 'M 

 39.17 

 24,27 

 31,03 



ii 



apium) and strawberry, -lid : currants, 'ilth. 



Last year cherry and peach began to blos.so3n May 

 •21st-, thus you observe thatthey are more that amonlh 

 earUcr this spring; and so of vegetation generally. 

 Wheat .ind grass look very fine. 



April vSd was a very warm day; l'.io mercury in the 

 Thermometer stood at 82 degrees iii Ihe shade, and 8S 

 in the sun. 



Note. — There was but little snow here last winter, 

 but frequent rains, and some very heavy thunder show- 

 ers; the first Jan. oath. 



The quantity of rain and melted snow during the 

 winter ending Feb. 1843, 5,78 inches; do. 1841,4,27 

 inches. 



The harbor at the mouth of the Genesee river was 

 clear of ice February 1st, and the 6th the river was 

 very high, from the melting of the snow on the south- 

 ern hills. L.ist year it was uncommonly high March 



3l6t. 



METEOROLOGIC AT, OBSEHVATIONS, 



MADE XT THE ROCIIESTEIl COLLEGUTE INSTITUTE BY 

 L. WETIIKREI.L, APRIL, 1812. 



Tkcnmmc'cr. 



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I Winus. 



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Weather. 



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""he mean temperature of the winter 1811, 25,8S deg, 

 " 1312, 30,40 " 



The mercury in the Thermometer did not fall to 

 cro l.ast winter ; the lowest, .Tan. '24, being 5 degrees 

 bove zero. 



Farmers, I think, will rec<illect how exceedingly 

 old the month of March was, 1841, — mercury five 

 cgrees below zero, the 17th; ten degrees lower than 

 i, any time last winter. 



March, 1841, monthly mean 28,05 degrees. 

 1812, " " 39,77 



A difi'erence of about 11 degrees. 



It will be obsen-ed that March, 1841, was colder 

 han either January or February, 1843. 



First ploughing, February 12th. 



Spring birds made their appearance much earlier 

 ;his spring than last. Robins, blue-birds and pigeons, 

 ivere seen March 3d. Frogs were heard, and the 

 jarth-worra came above t^^lirj^e a^this date. 



.igs and flics were senKn the woods February 3d ; 

 lUo, a grasshopper and musq^gjts in the city. 



Vegetation is also much (SW&r than last spring. 

 Violets were in blossom Feb. St,h in jjfe open garden ; 

 Lilacs and shrubbery leaviriJ.^P4(! soft maple in 

 blossom March lib, and covered with honey bees, and 

 many in blossom March 21th, also common elm; apri- 

 cot in blossom, April 10th ; peach and cowslip (caltha) 

 15ih; plum, 19th: shepherds-purse, 20lh; English 

 cherrv.J2J; hard maple, shad bush, (.\ronia Eotry- 



:')9,83s.w.|w. 



43, N.E.IN.E. 



U2,66'n.e.'e. 

 '44,83, s.w. is. w. 



i44, N.w 

 :40,33n.e. 

 J34,5 In.e. 

 3S,16'n. 

 1.^2 Is. 



N.W. 

 N.E. 

 N.E. 



,92 



,49 



lai.- 1 fair 

 fair fair 

 rain|rai!i 

 rain. rain 

 cl'dycl'dy 

 fair cl'dy 

 rain rain 

 rain'cl'dy 

 rain'cl'dy 

 fair I fair ,05 

 fair fair 

 cl'dy cl'dyl 

 cl'dy I rain I 

 fair fair 1,37 

 lair fair 

 fair fair 

 fair , cl'dy 

 rain jcl'dy 

 cl'dy. cl'dy 

 fair fair 

 fair fair 

 fair I fair 

 fair I fair 

 fair I fair 

 I fair I fair 



35 



51,33iN.w 



42,83;n. 



44 i42,16 s. E. 

 40 |43,16jw. Iw. 

 40 40,5 N'.w N.W. 

 34 37,161n. n. 



45 43,66jH.E. N.E. 

 43 43,5 E. E. 

 4G 44,5 E. N. 

 55 .52,33 N:W N.W. 



44 72 65 ,62,83 s.w. s.w. 



59 82 65 65,5 Is.w.lw. 



40 45 40 |41.16'n. In. 



37 50 48 45,83 E. n.e. 



42 57 49 |50,66 n. |n. 



Mean, for the first half month, 43,63 degrees. 



" corresponding hnlf, 1841. 34.90 " 



Agricallural Fairs, for 1842. 



The Monroe Comitij Agncullvral Society will hold 

 their annual Catile Show and Fair at Rochester, on 

 Thursday and Friday, the 13th and 14th of October 

 next. (The list of premiums, by-laws, &c., will be 

 printed and circulated as soon as they can be pre- 

 pared.) 



The Ontario County Azricultiiral Soeieti/havead- 

 vertisod that their Fair and Cattle Show will be held 

 a: CanandaigLia, Wednesday and Thursday, October 

 l?ih and 13ib, but it is proposed to alter the time one 



day and hold it on Tuesday and Wednesday, 1 lib and 

 12tb, so as not to interfere with the time of the Mon- 

 roe Society. (The list of premiums, by lows, &c., 

 have been printed and circulated throughout the 

 county.) 



The Livingston County AgriniHural Society v ill 

 hold their next Fair and Caillc Show at Gencseo, on 

 Tuesday, the 4ih of October, (rreminm lists have 

 been circulated.) 



Tlie Oneida County and Seneca County Societies 

 have both advertised to hold their Fairs on Tuesdoy 

 and Wednesday, October llth and 12ih, the same 

 lime as Ihe Oniario county. It is greatly to be re- 

 gretted that thers should not be some mutual under- 

 standing among the Societies in the vicinity of each 

 other, so that the days of their shows and lairs should 

 not be the same. It would gratify many of the mem- 

 bers to visit each others shows. In this way sub- 

 stantial good might be done and much pleasure given ; 

 emulation would become more spirited ; the pleasant 

 intercourse of farmers would be extended, and useful 

 information imparted and received. This ought to be 

 arranged at the meeting of the State Society by the 

 different delegates. It is not too late now to arrange 

 it by mutual consuUation. TUera is stili F'enty of 

 . ., , . . -. ■^-■;..- /w.^ i-.. I d .'r. iiif next It 

 give a full list of the days and pla;es of as many So- 

 cieties as will send us the requisite infirniation. ) As 

 far 08 it can bo done, delegates should be sent from 

 one society to another, to aiiend the Fairs, and thus 

 strengthen and extend the bonds ot good lellowship. 

 " Our inieresis are one and indivisible. 



Cauliflower. 



Our success in the culture of Cauliflowers until the 

 last year, has been equal to our desires, and they are 

 not very small when so good an article is sought for, 

 and the failure of "41 we attribute mainly to worthlei$ 

 and defcetite seed, os from the first poper we sowed, 

 only a half a dozen vegetated, and from the second 

 none nt all, which gave us raiher o limited supply of 

 plants. The seeds of both popers. one of which waa 

 labelled at an establishment in Cbautauqne county, 

 were very shrivelled ond imperfect,having the appear- 

 ance of being gathered prematurely, as we have no 

 doubt they were. Now this is too bad. It is a down 

 I ri"ht outrage upon the public tooffer even undei hand 

 and seal such seeds in market. The state of public mind 

 is such, with regard to the culture of rare and dell- 

 cious plants, that if some sort of success does not at- 

 lend their exertions, their efibrts will cense, and our 

 seed establishments will go where the cauliflower seed 

 we bought last year ought to have gone, instead of 

 coming to market— to the lugs. 



When good seed is obtained they are raised as easy 



OS cabbages, will flourish on the same kind of soila 



and reqilirethe same culture. They ore superior in 



taste and heolthfulness to any of the cabbage family. 



W. B. 



W. R. Smith of Mocedon, Wayne Co., had a 

 plongh m full motion by the 4th of March, ond one 

 team had, by the 23d, ploughed about fifteen acres, 



