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TIIE GENESEE FARMER. 



TiiK I? URAL Annual and Horticultural Dikecto- 

 Rr, FOR 1857. — This beautiful work, of 144 pageS; is now 

 ready. 



It contains, besides a great variety of matter interesting 

 to every farmer and gardener, articles on I>ural Architec- 

 ture, with several beautiful designs of cottage, suburban, 

 and farm houses, prepared expressly for the Rural Annual: 

 On iaying out a small Fruit and Ki*^chen Garden, with a 

 list of the best varieties of fruits, directions for the prepa- 

 ration ol' the ground, &c., with a fine engraving: On the 

 cultivation of Strawberries, Raspberries, Blackberries, 

 Currants, Gooseberries, &c., with engravings and descrip- 

 tions of the best varieties, &e. : On the maiiae'ement of 

 Hedges, with illustrations of the best modes of training, 

 &c. : On the Kitchen Garden : On the management of 

 Grapes in cold houses, with engravings showing the best 

 mode of training, &c. : On planting an Apple Orchard, 

 best varieties for different localities, &c. : On the Archi- 

 tecture of Lodges, School Houses, &c., with two beaut-jful 

 engravings: On building a Stable, with plan and descrip- 

 tion: On the breeds and management of Poultry — pro- 

 fuss]-r illitstratod : On Ornamental Planting, Landscape 

 Gardening, &c., with numerous illustrations : On the Ad- 

 vafltages of Shelter, &c. Also, a corrected list of Fruits 

 recommended by the American Pomological Society, with 

 lists of Nurserymen and Agricultural Implement Makers 

 in the United States and Canadas. The whole comprising 

 a work which for usefulness and beauty should be in tke 

 hands of every one interested in Rural Pursuits. 



"We send it, postage paid, for twenty-five cents a 

 copy. 



//* Clubs of Eight, we send the Genesee Farmer and 

 Rural Annual for fifty cents the two. 



To every one sending us eight subscribers to the Genesee 

 Fctrmer, at the lowest club terms of thirty-seven and a 

 HALF CENTS each, we will send one copy of the Rural 

 Annual for their trouble. 



Our January Premiums. — Tiie names of the success- 

 ful competitors for our January Premiums will be announ- 

 ced in the February number, and the prizes immediately 

 sent. It is not necessary that the club be sent in all at 

 once. Send on the names as fast as obtained. Read over 

 the premiums, and we think you will be induced to com- 

 pete for them. If you try, you will be sure of one of 

 them. 



rRuiT-GuowERs' Society of Western New-York. 

 The Annual Meeting and Exhibition of this Society will 

 be held in the Supreme Court Room, in the Court House, 

 in the city of Rochester, on Wednesday, January 0, 1857, 

 at 10 o'clock, A. M., when important topics will be dis- 

 cussed, au-l the officers for the ensuing year elected. 



At many post offices, we have but one or two subscrib- 

 ers. Will not such read over our liberal list of premiums, 

 in thfi advertising columns, and then get us up a club ? 

 There is no way in v/hich a young man can more easily 

 obtain a good agricultural library. 



Patent Office Report. — We are indebted to the 

 Hon. John Williams, and to the Hon. Charles Mason, 

 Commissioner of Patents, for the Patent Office Report 

 for 1855. We have not space to notice its contents this 

 month. 



Back Volumes. — We are entirely out of the volume 

 (or 1850. The price of the bound volume is $1 each, and 

 \i sent by mail, twenty-five cents additional must be sen 

 to pay postagCi 



Every Farmer should take at least Two Agri- 

 cultural Papers. — The Plough, Loom, qnd Anvil well 



says : 



" Our opinion is that every farmer should have at least' 

 two agricultural papers, one in his own region, and one 

 more distant and general. Intelligeuce is immensely im- 

 portai t to agriculture. A farmer who is feeble in body, 

 and cannot do hard work, will get on better, if read up in 

 his business, than one as strong as Sampson, without that 

 advantage." 



We fully endorse this. It is the duty of every farmer to 

 help sustain the agricultural paper published in his ^,wn 

 neighborhood, and if it is not good, to try to make it better 

 by eommunivating his experience ; but he should also take 

 a paper that elucidates principles which can be applied in 

 all countries and climates ; and it gives us great pleasure 

 to add that we know of no better paper than the Plough, 

 the Loom, and tlie Anvil, edited by Prof. J. A. Nash and 

 JNI. P. Parish, Esq., published monthly in New-York 

 price $3 per annum, three copies for f 6. 



This may be more than many will be willing to pay, and 

 to such we would recommend the Genesee Farmer. It 

 is so cheap that all can afford to take it in addition to half 

 a dozen other papers. It is a mistake to suppose that it 

 comes in competition with other journals. It occupies a 

 field to itself, and has done more to create a taste for agri- 

 eultural literajure in this country t'lan some of our con- 

 temporaries, who are now reaping the benefit, are willing 

 t9 admit. 



Transactions of the New York State Agricul- 

 tural Society. — We are indebted to the Secretary, B. P. 

 JaiiNSON, Esq., for the transactions of the New York State 

 Agricultural Society, for 1856. From a slight examina- 

 tion, we think this the best volume yet issued by this So- 

 ciety. We shall notice more at length in a future uumbes. 



Monroe County Farmer's Club. — We are glad to 



announce that the Monroe County Agricultural Society 

 have organized a Farmer's Club for the purpose of discus- 

 sing agricultural and horticultural topics. The first meet- 

 ing will be held at the Court House, in this city, Decem- 

 ber 30th. A large attendance is desired. 



Cheap Reading for Farmers. — One volume of the 

 Genesee Fanner contains 384 pages, the Rural Annual 144 

 pages. In clubs of eight, we send the two for fifty cents. 

 Five hundred and tweuty-eight pages for half a dollar I 

 Can any one desire cheaper reading ? 



Premiums. — Read over our list of Premiums For sa- 

 5cribers to our present olume ; it is greatly enlarged. The 

 January Premiuws are an entirey new feature. No one 

 who tries can fail to take at least one Premium. You may 

 by a little effort get $70 ; you are sure of somehing. 



Kind reader ! if you can induce -any of your ne-ighbors 

 and friends to subscribe for the Genesee Farmer we veiv- 

 ture to say they will not regret it. Speak to them at once. 

 We will gladly send show-bills and specimen numbers 

 to any who are disposed to act as agents. 



Let all who siiall or a good Agricultural Library malce 

 a little effort to get subscribers for the Genesee Farmer, and 

 they shall have it, and one which tliey wil not feel 

 ashamed of. 



Owing to a deficiency of water, our paper-makers have 

 been unable to furnish us paper for the Rural Annual as 

 promptly as usual. We shall, however, be able to fiU afl 

 orders for the Annual in a few days. 



