^l. B. BATEHAM, Proprietor. \ VOIi. 3. ROCHESTER, SEP-rEITIBEK, 1842. WO. O. 5 HENRY COLMAN, Editor. 



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NETEOROLOGICAIi OBSERVATIONS, 



MADE AT TUE ROCHESTER COLLEGIATE INSTITUTE BY 

 L. WETItERELL, AUGUST, 184'2. 



1 74 .76 

 71.33 

 [65.66 

 1 77. 

 69 83 

 54.46 

 54 

 69. 



01.60 

 62 5 

 63.83 

 6 



67.33 

 66.16 

 64. 

 64.33 

 66. 

 67.33 

 70. 

 71.66 

 72. 

 72.5 

 72.5 

 73 66 

 69.66 

 60.66 

 61. 05 

 67.5 

 75.33 

 67.5 

 69.83 



July 26tb, fair ; 27th, fair ; whortleberries ripe ; 

 28th, 8 little hozy ; ripe peaches and apricots in mar. 

 ket; 29th, green corn in market; 30th, cloudy in 

 the morning ; strong S- W. wind ; commenced rain- 

 ing about 2 o'clock, P. M., and continued to rain un. 

 til the next morning ; wind changed about the lime it 

 began to rain to N. W. andN., about sunset to N. E.; 

 the greatest roin ihis year. The temperature of the 

 month has been about the same as last year; being 

 thia year, (monthly mean,) 66.94 degrees — last year 

 66.79 degrees. The greatest heat, the 19th, ther. 91 

 degrees, — lust year the greatest, the 24th, ther. 96 

 degrees. Rain guage, July, 1842, 3 69 inches ; do. 

 1841, 4.58 inches. 



August, named in honor of the Emperor Octavius 

 Augustus. 



Aug. 1st, quite cool ; rained a little about 2, P. M. 

 Tomatoes ripe. 2nd, fair, and continned so until the 



5lh ; 5ihj Commenced raining a little ofter noon ; 

 6th and 7th, fair ; lOth, a thunder shower a little 

 south of this ; 13th, dense fog till 9 o'clock, A. M.; 

 14th, foggy early in the morning ; 15th, smoky dur- 

 ing the day ; 17th, showers this P. M.; thunder and 

 lightning in the evening ; 18th, gentle showers this 

 P. M. ; 3 5th, very little rain. 



AGRICULTURAI. IlVTELIilGENCE. 



Monroe County Agricultural Society. — The 

 Executive Committee and the Town Committees are 

 particularly reminded of their meeting appointed to be 

 holden at the Arcade In Rochester, at 10 o'clock, a. m., 

 on the 15th of the present month. It is confidently 

 expected that this- meeting will be fully attended, as 

 arrangements are then to be made for the Show on the 

 13th and Mth of October. Other members of the So- 

 ciety it is hoped will attend on that occasion. The 

 spirit and success with which the show shall go off, 

 must depend entirely upon the interest which the far- 

 mers manifest in the matter ; and the farmers of Mon- 

 roe county should not permit the greatest and best in- 

 terest of the State and County to lag or retrogadcj for 

 want of their cordial cooperation. The town commit- 

 tees and others are specially reminded of the necessity 

 of then- making returns of the monies collected, that it 

 may be determined to hoW much we may lay claim 

 from the State Treasury. The latter depends wholly 

 upon the former. 



RDle« of Premiums and Forms of Certificates 

 of the Monroe Agricultural Society. 



The necessity of exactness in all cases of competi- 

 tion for prizes is obvious to every one ; and in all Cases 

 of agricultural experiment, where the principal object 

 is not the reward of the experimenter for his success, 

 so much as the gathering instruction from what has 

 been done, is equally apparent. AVithout this, the ex- 

 periments and results are worth verj' little. 



As much inconvenience has resulted from a deficien- 

 cy in these returns or from great informality, it seems 

 extremely desirable to give to the farmers such forms 

 and examples as are adapted to the purpose ; and notice 

 particularly the points to which, by law, the inquiries 

 of the Premium Committees will be directed, 



The following forms of certificates were drawn up by 

 our friend L. B. Langwsrthy, and have received the ap- 

 probation of the Executive Committee. These certifi- 

 cates can easily be copied by any farmer and presented 

 to the Secretary of the Society. 



I. This certifies that I this day measured a field of 

 belonging to of 



in the county of Monroe; and found it to contain 



acres rods, in which I again measured one 



acre rods and 



entire piece containing acre 



staked the same correctly. 



184 Survei/: r. 



Sworn to and subscribed before me 

 this day of 184 



Justice of the Peace. 

 II. This certifies that we assisted to harvest the 

 whole of the crop of grown upon the above 



land as surveyed and staked out by and 



on measuring the same find the yield to be 



bushels lbs, which measuruicnt we know to he 



correct and true. 



OiCTi^r. 

 Assistant. 

 Sworn to and subscribed before me 

 • this day of 184 



Justice of the Peace. 

 Competitors for premiums on crops must give written 

 answers or statements in regard to the following points. 

 The nature of the soil on which the crop was grown ; 

 whether clayey, sandy, gravelly, or loamy ; whether 

 abounding in limestone or gypsum, or .my other par- 

 ticular mineral; whether high or low, wet or dry; 

 whether drained or not ; and if drained, how 1 



The condition of the land before this crop was 

 planted. 

 The crop which preceded it. 



The amount of the next previous crop and the ma- 

 nure applied to it. 



The manure, if any, applied to the crop for which a 

 premium is claimed ; its kind, condition, and quantity. 

 Time and frequency of ploughing, harrowing, cul- 

 tivating, hoeing, &c. 



The qu'ajitity of seed per acre, which was sown — 

 mention the kind and preparation of the seed, and the 

 time and manner of sowing. 



Time and mode of harvesting and cleaning the crop. 

 It is necessary likewise to state the whole expense 

 of the crop \ including the value of the manure ; cost 

 of seed ; number of day's works of man and team of 

 two horses ; or the cost of the whole lab«r applied in 

 sowing, cultivating, harvesting, and preparing for use 

 or market ; or the whole cost, rating the labor of a man 

 at 75 cents, and of a team of two horses at one dollar 

 per day. 



Wheat Crop. 



A good deal of wheat in Western New York has 

 been threshed and brought to market ; and wo are 

 warranted in saying that the crop, though abundant 

 and in general in good order, has not equalled the 

 early expectations and calculations by one quarter, in 

 many cases by one third less. Much of the wheat, 

 likewise, which has been brought to Rochester, has 

 evidently been damaged by being cut in too green a 

 state and afterwards not sufficiently ripened or dried. 

 This is a very serious matter. Early cut wheat will 

 undoubtedly make more and sweeter flour than that 

 which stands too long, and will yield more weight of 

 crop, but this presupposes that it is not cut too early, 

 and in the next place, that it is most thoroughly made 

 in the sheaf ur stook. In some places the wheat suf- 

 fered from rust, and in reference to the inquiry re- 

 specting the use of rusted straw, one of the best far- 

 mers in the state expresses his experience that cattle 

 will not eat much of it, and his conviction that what 

 they do eat will injure them. — Ed. 



Sale of Durham Stock. 



We beg leave to refer our readers to ihe Great Sale 

 of Durhom Cattle advertised to take place at the Ris- 

 ing Sun, three miles from Philadelphia, on the 8th of 

 September, instant. There are several animals of the 

 highest pedigree and character. The catalogue may 

 be seen at the store of M. B. Batebam, Rochester. 



