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TuK KuitAL Annual AND Hdijxioultuuai, DintCToKT. 

 — The dtiiiaiid for our Ruial Annual, is far greater tliari 

 our most Banguine ex[)ectations. Two editions hftve al- 

 ready been exhausted, and at this moment we liave not a 

 eini^Ie copy left. We are striking off a third edition, and 

 all orders wiU be filled as promptly as possible. The 

 work giTes great and universal satisfaction. It contains 

 more matter than many dollar books ; the arricles are on 

 vaj-ious topics, and written expressly f^ir it. The work 

 contains reliable, useful, interesting and practical infor- 

 mation, and any one of the articles are worth more than 

 the price of the book. 



In clubs of eight, the Rural Annual and Genesee Farmer 

 are sent for fifty cents the two, and we prcpny tiie post- 

 ag« on the Rural Aimual. "SVe did not do this last year, 

 except to thuse who sent twenty-tive cents for the work. 

 This year, though the book is much larger and contains 

 twice as much matter, we prepay the postage to club 

 labscribers. 



Every one about to build, to lay out a garden, to plant 

 fruit or ornamental trees, should have a copy. At this 

 season of the year especially, when gardening operations 

 are about to commence, the information coi.tained in the 

 Rural Annual on the kitchen garden, the cultivation of 

 the strawbeiry, the raspberry, the gooseberry, the currant, 

 the blackberry, &c. ; on ornamental gardening, on the 

 management of grapes in cold houses, or planting hedges, 

 and on various other branches of special interest at this 

 time to all interested in the ennobling pursuits of horticul- 

 ture, the Rural Annual and Hortia..ltural Directory will 

 be worth ten times its cost. 



"We annex a few extracts from the many complimentary 

 notices the work has received from the press. 



"Mr. Joseph Habris, editor of the Genr.see Farmer, 

 has issued his " Rural Annual" for 1857. It is a capital 

 tDor/c of 144 pages, full of valuable matter, beautifully il- 

 lustrated." — Rural American. 



"A most valuable little work of 144 pages, that will be 

 f<iund useful to every rural inhabitant. \V e recommend it 

 with contidence." — Niagara Democat. 



" This is the second issue of a valuable manual, specially 

 devoted to rural architecture, rural econon)y, &e., hand- 

 somely got up. It contains an article on rural architec- 

 ture, with numerous designs of farm houses, cottages, &c.; 

 also treatises on the management of fruit, flowers, and 

 Kitchen Gardens, and a list of Nurserymen in the United 

 States and (Canada, Agricultural Implement makers, &c." 

 — Hamilton ( C. \V.) Spectator. 



"We have received from tie publisher of the Gevesee 

 Farmer, a neat little work, entitled the 'Kural Annual 

 and Horticultural Directory.' It conlains a valuable ar- 

 ticle on Kural Architecture, accompained by beautiful de- 

 signs of Farm Houses. Cottages, Surburban Residences, 

 &c., al«o practical treatii-es on the management of PVuit, 

 Flower, and Kitchen Gardens, cultivation of Grapes. Straw- 

 berries, Raspberries, Blackberries, Gooseberries, Currants, 

 &c., plan for laying cut a fruit garden and ornamental 

 grounds, with the bast location for fruit trees, vegetables. 

 &c., togetiier with useful articles on the rearingand man- 

 agement of poultry, and various other subjects of interest 

 to every lover of rural life. It contains, also, a veiy full 

 and correct list of Nurserymen in the Utiited States and 

 Canada. Li^t of Agricultural Iir.jileraent makers, &c., 

 together with a list of the fruit;! recommended by the 

 American Poniolocical Society, as collected at its last 

 meeting held at Rochester, Sept. 1.^0(). It isa-vvorkot 

 144 pages, illuttrated with ci;j;!it;,' e;;gra.v;ngs, and -is alike 

 attractive and useful, containing as much mnttorand mors 

 inform.atioi) than manv dollar books. Price oq1223 cems.'' 

 — Welland ( C. W.J Reporter. I [) j-yaot U: ■> :■ .■.- Int, ,; 



"A valuable manual, ■f * * coutainiiig useful informa- 

 tion on luial arcliileciure, cultivatioii oi vuiiius kinds of 

 fruit, n,aiiagcmcnt ol poultry, &c., liie while forming a 

 work of 144 pages, with eighty engraviiig8."^/ic;4/0M Cul- 

 tivutor. 



" Our farmers cannot do better than send 25 cents to 

 Joseph tiariis, of the (Sene.'^ee'' I'arnier, Rochester, N. Y., 

 and obtain the "Rural Annual and Horticultuml I)irecto- 

 ry,' a neat little book of 144 jJHges, replete v\iih just such 

 informaiion as every farmer nttds. li is iliuttiatcd with 

 eighty engravings, and is worth do]l.^rs instead ot cents to 

 the ffirmar. Twenty-five cents will insure it sent, post 

 paid."^-iSa/ewi ( N. V.) Pess. 



"A combination of useful things, with regard to build- 

 ings, fruit and shubbtry, plans for gardens and ornamen- 

 tal grounds, garden and farm implements, &c. &c." — El- 

 gin (111- J Gazette. 



Planting Potatoes in the Fall. — Mr. E. O. Bundt 



of 0.vford, Chenango Co., N. Y., writes us that he plants 

 his potatoes in the fall, and obtains larger crops, and larger, 

 earlier and better flavored potatoes, than when planted in 

 the spring. His method of planting is as follows : Select 

 a piece of good dry ground, prepare it as ior spring plant- 

 ing, any time in the fail when the ground is in good order, 

 taking -care to plant the potatoes a little deeper than in 

 spring planting. Throw a shovelful of coarse manure 

 upon, or still better into, each hill ; or better still, cover 

 the surface of the ground with a coat of ttraw, where mice 

 are not too plenty. The straw helps to protect the pota- 

 toes during winter and forms a mulch in summer, and 

 checks the growth of weeds, so much so that ti.e potatoes 

 scarcely need hoeing or plowing. Mr. B. says: "I have 

 raised my potatoes in this way for several years past, and 

 they are invarialjly free from 'the rot,' and at least two 

 weeks earlier, and two or three sizes larger than in spring 

 planting. The ground is frozen this winter unusually 

 hard, and mice are unusually plentiful, and should I fail 

 for once it will be owing to one or other of these causes. 

 If I do not fail this year, there can be no doubt this way 

 of raising potatoes is the best. I will write again, and 

 inform you whether the potatoes were frozen or eaten with 

 mice during the cold winter of 1857." We hope Mr. B. 

 will do so ; and we should be glad to hear from others who 

 have had experience in this matter. 



Winter Barley. — The experiments which have been 

 made with winter barley in this vicinity have been very 

 generally successful. Last fall, a considerabV breadth 

 of land was sown — one farmer in Greece sowing 25 acres, 

 and which he informs us looks well at the present time, and 

 has aparently suffered little from the winter. In Indiana 

 and Southern Oliio, winter barley is rapidly taking the 

 place of spring barley. It is said to do well on land which 

 will not produce winter wheat, though as a general rule, 

 the soil which is best adapted for winter wheat is also best 

 adapted for winter barley. In regard to the comparative 

 productiveness of spring and winter barley, we have been 

 furnished with the following experiment made by a care- 

 ful farmer in Indiana. He had four acres of corn ground, 

 from two of which he removed the corn in October, and 

 sowed winter barley ; the other two acres were sown with 

 spring barley the following spring. The two acres sown 

 with winter barley produced 121 bushels, and the two acres . 

 sown with spring barley only 42 busiiels. V/e should ba 

 glad to hear from any of otix readers that have had expe- 

 rience with this crop. 



