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THE New XtExNESee farmer, 



Vol.3. 



ROCHESTER. JIII.Y. 



Important Notice. 



There is a large amount due us from Post MnsI erf 

 and Agents in the Western States and elsewhere 

 mostly in small sums it is true, but our whole resour 

 cea depend on such small sums, and therefore we hope 

 no one will delay sending on that account. 



ILr One word to our friends. — We have a large 

 supply of back numbers of the current volume ou 

 hand, which ought to be in the hands of subscribers 

 Will you not help us — would you not be doing yi'ur 

 neighbors as well asoursclves a real kindness, by soli 

 citing them lo subscribe ? The currency is now con- 

 ■■derably improved, and bills of most of ibe states will 

 answer for remittances. Publishers. 



We thank feme friend for copies of a Letter toLor( 

 Uhburton on the Corn and Flour Trade with Eng 

 and. lis views are highly important and must com 

 nand attention. 



We had been promised for this number by compe 

 KM hands, a notice of Pr. Dana's valuable book, thi 

 Muck Manual, and of Alonzo Gray's book on Scien- 

 .ific and Practical Agriculture, but are very sorry ti 

 be disappointed. AVe hope for them for our nex. 

 number, but alas! for promises for the enforcement o 

 which there is no legal remedy. 



We commend to persons interested, the advertise 

 ment of John L Whiiing, Land Agent of Michigan. 

 We have no doubt that business committed to hit 

 charge will be conducted with the strictest fidelity. 



To Correspondents. 



The article on E. Foot's valuable and highly im- 

 proved Tight Air Stove, came ton lale for notice this 

 month. The article on Onondaga Salt is necessarily 

 postponed until our next number. Thecommunica 

 tionof M. R. P. on the beemoth, shall receive due 

 attention. The inquiry of R. respecting the destina- 

 tion of Farmers' Sons, is one of the most important 

 that can be made, and shall have the atteniion which 

 it deserves. We have tn acknowledge a valuable com- 

 munication from G. S. on the subject ol' Canada 

 Thistles, which we very unwillingly defer, because 

 received too late. Our respected friend S W. will 

 we trust, have patience with us for this mon'h. We 

 forwarded at once by his request the papers to New- 

 port. 



The Northern Light we receive very rarely ; but 

 Tve know the admirable talent with which it is con- 

 ducted, and cordially recommend it to our friends as 

 one of the most useful and best monthly journals in 

 the country. 



J. V. K. of Little Britain, is advised to cut off the 

 black excresences or diseased limbs of his plumb trees 

 as fast as they appear and immediately burn them. If 

 the condition of the tree is such that he cannot hope 

 for a cure, he cannot remove and burn the diseased 

 parts too soon. His communication on Mildew on 

 Gooseberries we shall avail ourselves ot hereafter. 



An article on the culture of asparagus in reply to 

 a correspondent, is necessarily postponed. 



We thank our trieno T. T. from Le Roy, for his 

 valuable communication. 



We appreciate the good will of an " Old Tutch- 

 man," but should prefer lo receive him in his native 

 costume. As it is, he " oui.herods Herod.'' 



Our friend the Vicar of B. Vt., remembers us kind- 

 ly. God bless him ! We shall not overlook his rea- 

 sonable inquiries. Heaven send him a Cardinal's robe 

 and cap, if he desires them, or any thing else good 

 which he can ask for short of a heavenly crown. May 

 that coronation be long postponed. Is he the onlij 

 friend we have left there t 



To other friends and corrospondenls we send all 

 kindly salutations. Though not named ihey are not 

 forgotten : and though some of their favors seem long 

 deferred, they are none of them overlooked or neg 

 lected. If our omnibus continues full, we must pre 

 •ently set up an extra. 



We have to acknowledge this 25th June, a small 

 basket of the Methven Strawberry from Mr. N. 

 Draper of this city. They are extraordinary. We 

 have heard often of two bites to a cherry— here are 

 three to a strawberry. 



Patronage and Postaiie. 



A subscriber, who informs us that he joined with 

 n neiglibor in taking our * valuable paper,' price 50 els 

 per year, informs us likewise, that he ie so well satis 

 tied with the publication that he has concluded to taki 

 it separately ; and, instead of sending by the post- 

 master, taxes us 12} cents lor the infiirmotir;n. We 

 are certainly obliged by his good will : but it is obvi- 

 ous how soon we should be enriched by such pat- 

 ronage. 



Postmasters are aulhorited to transmit the payment 

 of subscriptions to periodicals, free of charge ta the 

 publishers, and are generally kind enough to do it. 

 Here we trust, we shall be excused for expressing oui 

 regret for the discnijragement 'hrown by the Post 

 Master General in the way of post masters acting as 

 ngcnls. We deem it extremely impolitic and liardly 

 just. Take our own case. Publishing at as Iowa 

 price as we do, we cannot afford to employ or send 

 out special aj^ents. Postmasters have heretofore al- 

 ways been allowed to act qs agents for us, and we 

 cannot conceive in what way it can interfere with 

 iheir duties. Now our hnnible sheet, with the post- 

 ages incidental to it, contributes annually to the Post 

 Office revenue a sum hardly less than three thousand 

 dollars per year. Is it not, therefore, right and just, 

 for the interest of the Department itself, that we 

 should be indulged in this matter. We hope that the 

 other publishers of periodicals in the country, will sec 

 how much it concerns them to make suitable represen- 

 tations to the government on this subject. 



Notice of Convention of Floughniakers. 



We regret to learn that the notice in our last of a 

 Convention of Pioughmakers to be holden at Canan- 

 daigua, was regaided as designed or adapted to preju- 

 dice a case lo be brought to trial before the Circuit 

 Court of the United States, al its June term in Onta- 

 rio county. No such design was entertained ; nor, 

 do we think, that the terms of tbe article warrant tht 

 inference. The notice was inserted at the request of 

 the pioughmakers, who called the meeting and hand- 

 ed by them lo the printer. We understand it as ex 

 pressing tlieir view of the case, and their statement of 

 what they confidently expected to prove. What could 

 be proved, or what were the actual facts in the case, 

 might be an entirely different matter ; and of the evi- 

 dence in ihe case we know nothing. Had a commu- 

 nication of the facts expected to be established on the 

 other side been presented, we should as cheerfully 

 have published it. In this case we had not even an 

 opinion; and did actually reject a communicaiion in 

 reference to this matter where ihe facts eipected to be 

 proved were ahiolutely and icithout qualificutiun as- 

 serted. One of the last things we should be willing 

 to do, would be to interfere in any way whatever, to 

 disturb the impartial administration of justice between 

 man and man. Allow us, as it seems to be necessa 

 ry, to add to what we have before said, that ice hold 

 ourselves in no respect responsible for the opinions and 

 notions either of our correspondents or adveriuiers, 



nless tee directly and ezplicilhi indorse them. As' 

 his subject is a matter in which the farmers are much 

 nteiested, we shall report ihe decision of the Court 

 ssonn 08 leceived. Our only desire is that the right 

 nay prevail ; and this is always ultimately for the' 

 ;uodof all. 



Since the above was in type, we are informed that 

 iie decision of the Court has been given against thei 

 :laim8 of ihc heirs of Jclhro Wood. Of the partic- 

 ilar grounds of the decision we ore not apprised. 



June 27ili^ 



Vew Agricultural Store.--Farming Imple^ 

 ments. 



We are much gratified to learn that B- F. Smith 

 & Co. have opened a store in Syracuse, N. Y., for 

 he supply cf the besi agricultural implemenls ol every 

 vnriety, which tbe New England or New York n 

 ifaciories con furnish. If this establishment is well 

 ijondncled, there can be no doubt that it will afford 

 Imminent advantages to the farmers of Western New 

 York, of which we hope they will fully avail them, 

 selves. 



We cannot advise farmers to be in a hurry to get 

 overy new tool or implement, which presents iiseli 

 and promises lo effect a great saving of labor ; for in 

 many cases the promise is delusive ; and ihe saving 

 proves only an increase of labor, and no little expense. 

 We advise them not to pprch'ise too many tools, fop 

 ihe use of them will be troublesome, and the mora 

 ihey ore multiplied the lees care is hkely to be tokeni 

 iif them. We advise formers not to purchase aiiyi 

 implcmcnis or machines, which promise to do half 

 dozen things by the some operation, for in this ca; 

 ihey are generally complicated and liable lo get out o^ 

 order, and if out of order, not easily mended or re- 

 paired. Besides the_y seldom do many things well. 

 We advise farmers likewise to remember that the best' 

 of all machines ie the human hand, when guided bjn 

 a sound judgment and a cieareye- But then we ad- 

 I vise them to obtain all such implements as are neces- 

 sary for the proper management of their business, and 

 never to live by borrowing, which is generally the 

 meanest of all ways of getting along, and makes a 

 man a perfect nuisance lo his neighborhood. We ad- 

 vise them to get the best tools and to keep them in 

 the best order. We remind them that there may be 

 a great saving in tbe kind of phiughs which they use, 

 so;iie doing the work far better than others, being 

 handled with much more ease ; and requiring perhaps 

 not half the power of draft which some others re- 

 quire. We remind them that n good sowing machine 

 may enable tbem to sow their grain much more even- 

 ly than they could otherwise do it, and wiih a great 

 sivlngof seed. We remind them that a culling ma- 

 chine of the best kind will enable them to save cer- 

 tainly a third of their hay ; and their catile, if well 

 fed in this way, will be in belter healih and condition 

 ihan when led wholly upon long feed. We advise 

 ihem by all means to have a good roller, a very rare 

 and yet one of the most useful implemenls on a form, 

 for sinking the seed, tor forcing the stones into the 

 ground where there are stones, so that they may be 

 out of the way of the scythe, for crushing the clods so 

 ihai the tilth may be made finer and for leaving ihe 

 land in a clean and handsome condition. We advise, 

 likewise, to a farmer's having a revolving horse-rake 

 wherever his land admits of its use, as saving, when 

 well managed, at least two thirds of the labor. So 

 we might go on with further counsel, but ibis will do 

 l(>r a beginning. Whatever n farmer gets, let it be 

 of the best quality. We do not mean that his plough 

 should have either gilt or mahogany handles ; but we 

 would have it made of the beet materials, in the neat- 

 -■st, strongest, and most substantial manner; and if it 

 should be painted and kept well painted, and slightly 



