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VOLUME I. i- 
EOCHESTER, N. Y.-THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 1850 
MOOKE'S RURAL NEW-YORKER, 
PUBLISHED WEEKLY. 
Office in Burns’ Block, corner of Buffalo and State 
streets, (entrance on State,) Rochester. 
The same is true of the production of 
butter and cheese. Tlie demand for vege¬ 
tables, for milk, and for butter for daily con¬ 
sumption, taxes the energies of a section of 
country which once was able to supply al¬ 
most the entire demand. As the demand 
for immediate use increases, the means of 
transportation are provided, so that it is not 
imusual to find in Noav York city, butter and 
milk brought the same morning from a hun¬ 
dred miles in the country. As Eailroads 
are multiplied, and their speed increased, 
this trade will be extended, until no town in 
this, or the New England States, will be too 
remote to reach the Ncav York or Boston 
market, with the previous days produce, in 
good order. It is by thus getting our arti¬ 
cles to market fresh, and in the most perfect 
order, that high prices are realized, and the 
farmer receives his share of benefits from 
improvements which he has perhaps at first 
regarded as an innovation upon his rights. 
The dairy districts proper in this State, 
may be said to embrace several of the coun¬ 
ties alcmg the Hudson, extending west thro’ 
the entire southern tier of counties to Lake 
Erie; the Central Counties, including Onei¬ 
da, Chenango, Herkimer, CTtsego, Oswego, 
Jeflerson, Lewis, Madison, &c. The West¬ 
ern Counties produce considerable quanti¬ 
ties of butter and cheese, but are much more 
devoted to gi-ain, and lately to a considera- 
and the fence has only been partially re¬ 
paired since. 
Two years experience with this kind of 
fence has taucfht me that hojjs are the most 
difficult of all animals to be restrained by it 
They have such a fixedness of purpose — 
such undaunted resolution under untoward 
circumstances — such a practical application 
of the Latin proverb, '‘perseveroMia vin- 
cit omnia ,”— that when access is apparent¬ 
ly so easy, get through they will if possi¬ 
ble. Horses and cattle are easily restrain¬ 
ed by it — but if a crop of corn or wheat is 
grown close beside it, they Avill reach over 
or through the fence to get to it. And 
after having a taste, they will be constantly 
uneasy to get to it. 
Of another thing I am convinced: that 
most of the failures Avith those who have 
undertaken to build ware fences, arises from 
their endeaA'oring to build them too cheap¬ 
ly. If the Avires are not strained, and thoir 
relative distances apart maintained, the fe!>cc 
looks exceedingly uncoitth, and can only re¬ 
strain very orderly animals. I have some 
things more to say of Avire fences, but fear 
being tedious — therefore will say no more 
at present. Yours, ifec., 
Myron Adams. 
East Bloomfield, Fehr7taay, 1850. 
CONDXTCTED BY D. D. T. MOORE. 
{hate Publisher arid Associate Editor Gen. Parmer. 
L. B. LANGWORTIIY, Associate Editor. 
Correapondiiig Editors: 
ELON COMSTOCK, (former Ed. Central A. Y. 
Farmer,) of Oneida County. 
T. C. PETERS, (Editor of the Wool CroAver.) 
of Genesee (bounty. 
Educational Department by L. WETIIERELI,, 
PROGRESS VXD IMPROVEMEXT 
GREEN MOUNTAIN MORGAN.’ 
The above figui-e, as avc are assured, 
gives an exact and faithful representation of 
the stallion “ Green Mountain ifonoAN,” 
now owned by John H. McClarv and oth¬ 
ers of Syracuse, Onondaga county. 
This beautiful animal Avas raised in Ver¬ 
mont. He is noAV eight years old, and is 
descended (on both side.s) from the purest 
blood of the celebrated Morgan race of 
horses — his sire being the “ Gifford Mor¬ 
gan,” AA'ho attracted so much attention at 
the State Fair held at Auburn, in 1846, and 
sebsequentJy at Buflalo ;> d Syracuse. He 
1:5 rt Otiud IriAiiPSi n to- 
semblance to his sire, both in color and 
beauty of action, but Avoighs some 150 or 
200 pounds more. He is recommended by 
some of the best judges of horses in the 
State of Vermont — including John Wood¬ 
bury, former owmer of “ Old Gifford Mor¬ 
gan.” There can be no doubt of the purity 
of his blood. His stock in Onondaga coun¬ 
ty, where he has been OAvned for the last 
two years, is said to be of the most promis¬ 
ing kind. We are informed that some of 
his colts, coming two years old, are valued 
as high as $150. “Green Mountain Mor¬ 
gan” is offi^^ed for sale, as will be seen by 
reference to an advertisement in this paper. 
At this late day it may be considered un¬ 
necessary to say any thing in commendation 
of tins celebrated race of horses. It is noAv 
generally conceded that, for the road, for 
i*o(lur.'i'nc<», anil aH kinds of work, tho Mor¬ 
gans combine more good qualities than any 
other race of horses which can be found in 
this countiy. For the road, they ar^s un¬ 
equaled, and w'ill always command, in Bos¬ 
ton and other eastern markets, higher prices 
than any other stock of horses. 
DRILLING AND DIBBLING GRAIN 
The process of sowing wheat and other 
gi'ains in rows by machinery, is exciting a 
great deal of interest among farmers, in 
neighborhoods Avhere drills have been used, 
nd the result, so far as we have heard, com¬ 
mands entire confidence. If the process does 
not proA’e to insure a larger crop, in the pre¬ 
vention of w'inter killing, it is a great econ¬ 
omy in time, and saving in seed, as it is 
quite certain that one bushel sown in this 
way is as good as one and a half sown broad 
cast; and in those regions infected Avith red 
root it can be conveniently Aveeded, while 
that great nuisance is in blossom —not only 
benefiting the pi-esent crop, but performing 
a lasting advantage to future ones. 
We observe in one of our English ex¬ 
change papers, that many farmers are adopt¬ 
ing the dibbling process in preference to 
the continuous roAvs by drills. Dibbling is 
placing each grain into an independent hole, 
by a blunt pointed stick, making a hole about 
2 inches deep, and dropping a seed and cov¬ 
ering it with earth. This is a sIoav process, 
but Avhere labor is cheap and many aged 
persons found who can perform that simple 
labor, it is found to pay in an increased crop. 
A Dr. Neaa'ington has introduced a dib¬ 
bling machine, which performs Avith great 
facility, and is propelled by a man’s power. 
It answers all the purposes, and a large 
fanner who has tried it, says he raised from 
five gallons dibbled seed, eight quarters of 
Avheat; and in another field ten quarters of 
barley, of eight bushels to the quarter.— 
Both these crops, Avere planted 4 inches 
from hole to hole, and 10 inches apart,^— 
Avliich Avould seem to substantiate the cor¬ 
rectness of the distance which our machines 
give betAveen the rows, (9 inches,) although 
some fanners have thought it too great 
The attention of ingenious mechanics is 
being draAAm to this subject in various parte 
of the country, and we hear of sevei-al new 
drills now in the process of construction.— 
There is one nearly done in this city, which 
is said to be on a principle, so simple as to 
chefqien it doAvn to nearly one half the price 
of those now before the public; but not 
baA'ing seen it, we caimot endorse the prin¬ 
ciples of its construction, nor the chances of 
its success. 
coimt, could realize a handsome profit by 
branding the word “Goshen” on bis packages 
of bllttor, no mattor if tLo Iiatl UCOII 
made a thousand miles from that place. 
The astonishing groAvth in population of 
tills country, and the consequently increased 
demand for farm products of CA'ery descrip¬ 
tion, has wrought a Avonderful change in 
agTicultural as w'ell as commercial piu’suits. 
The increased quantity of butter and cheese 
required for consumption, has only kept 
pace with the increased demand for other 
articles, vast as is the quantity noAv produced, 
and transported sometimes thousands of 
miles to market. The rapid gim tli of oiu- 
seaboai-d tOAvns, and the home demand for 
provisions of all kinds, created in all the 
New England States, as Avell as in portions, 
of New York and some other States, has 
changed in a gi-eat measure, the course of 
farming pursued in sections of countiy quite 
accessible to market—and from the pro¬ 
duction of the staple articles of farm produce, 
to be sold as heretofore, once a year hi the 
cities, tlieir interests, and the wants of con- 
sumei-s, require the production mainly, of ar¬ 
ticles for immediate consumption. The far¬ 
mer’s produce, therefore, instead of being 
kept on hand and sold in large quantities, is 
sent w'eekly or daily to market, and contri- 
strive their utmost to reach the corn. But 
they never broke through. As the corn 
grew, the Avinds caused it to lean tOAvards 
the fence, so that at length it came within 
their reach. To prevent this, I set posts 
and stretched a large w'irc (No. 5.) three 
feet from the grounff and six feet distant 
from the other fence, enclosing a pretty side 
Avalk. This was effectual. The cows OAvn- 
ed up beat, and passed by in silence. 
And noAV came trouble from another quar¬ 
ter. An Irishman’s pigs, of the real razor- 
blade, racer breed, came to explore the new 
fence. Notliing daunted by the rebuff 
which an onset upon the Avires occasioned, 
they, by constant application of their sharp 
noses, 
lying, may extend the area of the dairy dis¬ 
tricts, it will not more than make up for the 
increa.sing demands for daily products, and 
the diminution in quantity near the seaboard 
Avliere the land is constantly being appro¬ 
priated to other and more profitable pur¬ 
poses. This cause alone Avill liaA’e a ten¬ 
dency to greatly reduce the quantity for 
market. Farmers in the neighborhood of 
lai’ge cities and villages, and of the numer¬ 
ous manufacturing establishments, find a 
ready market for all the produce of their 
farms, and can dispose of it to the best ad¬ 
vantage, almost at their oaa’h doors. Many of 
them can turn their land to better account 
than in keeping a dairy, and if coavs are 
kept, much of their produce is disposed of 
succeeded in pressing their Av.ay 
through. Tightening the loAver wires and 
placing short posts once in five feet, succeed¬ 
ed in arresting their thievish anticipations of 
fattening upon this corn. 
The last disaster which has befallen it, 
was occasioned by two very unruly horses. 
During a windy night in December, Avhich 
prostrated many of the fences in the neigli- 
borliood, they escaped from pasture, and in 
their wandermgs came against this fence.— 
As an evidence of their propensities they 
wore heavy pokes—ha\'ing a crooked po¬ 
ker suspended from them which would hook 
into the fence and arrest tlieir progress.— 
As they came in contact with the large 
wire of the side walk, it would seem they 
were frightened by the ringing of it, and 
whirled against the opposite side, and hook¬ 
ed under the wire with such force as to pull 
up a cedar post six inches in diameter and set 
tAVO feet in the ground. This post was thi-OAvn 
completely over the adjacent fence—about 
half the Avires of Avffiich were either broken 
or slipped Avhere they were lapped togeth¬ 
er. AVhat rendered this mishap peculiarly 
unfortunate for tlie reputation of tlie fence, 
cold, freezing weather came on immediately 
All the energy of the hero, and all the 
science of the philosopher, may find scope 
in the cultivation of one farm. 
