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THE GENESEE FARMER. 



CHOICE FLOWER & VEGETABLE SEEDS, 



AT GllEATLY REDUCED RATES. 



MR. JAMES ViCK, the former publisher of the Genesee Far- 

 mer, inipovled from France some very choice Flower and 

 Vegetable Seeds, which jiasseii itto the hands of the subscriber in 

 his purchase of the establihhracnt. The seyda are aJl good, and of 

 "toe ver^ best and rarest kinds, and will be sold at a reduced price. 



Any of the following kinds of FLOWER SEEDS will be sent, 

 postage paid, to any address in the Uniled States, /or /tmr cents 

 per packaire : 



DOUBLE BALSAM— Large flo-i-era, splendid colors. 



CEN1'A(.REA— Unique and beautiful. 



CALAXDKINI A— Delicate and pretty. 



RED AMARANTH— Fine for dj-ying-y^verlasting. 



WHITE 



ORANGE " " 



CHINA ASTER^Large, double^ and Bne colors. . 



STOCKS— Very sweet scented. 



CHLN'A PINK— Beautiful colors. 



PETUNIA— Fine for masses. 



MIMULUS— Uare and showy. 



CANDY TUFT— Very showy and sweet. 



PHLOX DRUMMONDII— Elegant and profuse flowerer. 



COREOPSIS— Very graceful and efTcctive. 



NEMOPHILA— Modest and beautiful. 



PORTULACCA— Very gay, and very hardy. 



SWEET PEA— Elegant and sweet. 



MIRABILIS — Large and very handsome. 



The following rare and valuable VEGETABLE SEEDS will be 

 tent for siz cents per package : 



EARLY BROCO LI— Unrivaled for early use. 



WHITij; SOLID CELERY— The best ever introduced. 



EARi.Y SHORT-HORN CARROT— Best for cooking. 



EARLY PARIS CAULIFLOWER— The only good one for this 

 climate. 



LARGE LENORMAND CAULIFLOWER— Very large and fine. 



LARGE LATE DUTCH CABBAGE— Better than Drumhead. 



EARLY YORK " —The best early. 



DARK RKD OrTCH " —The best red. 



WIXNlNiiSTAOT " —Splendid Summer Cabbage. 



EARLY SAVOY " —Rare and Cue. 



LARGK PURPLE EGG PLANT— Unequaled for table. 



WHITE LISBON ONION— I'ho best white. 



ROUND MADEIRA- Takes two years to mature. 



BLOnD RED PORTUGAL ONION— The best red. 



CELERIAC, OR TURNIP ROOTED CELERY— Unique and fine. 



^^ All orders promptlv :ittended to. Money may be sent at 

 txy- risk. Address JOSEPH HARRIS, Rochester, N. Y., 



Publisher of the Genesee Farmer. 



"EVERY FARMER SHOULD OWN THEM." 

 ALLEN OH THE DISEASES OE DOMESTIC AlilMALS. 



• THIRTY-FIRST THOUSAND. 



Price 75 cents, and sent free of postage on receipt of price. 



" Its'greatest worth is -as a 'complete Farrier.'" — Farmer and 

 Jdeckanic. 



" It ought to be in every family where Dairying is carried on." — 

 fTorcester Transcript. 



" Worthy of a place in every Farmer's Library." — Jeffersonian. 



" JuFt what is needed by every good Farmer." — L. I. Farmer. 



" A very excellent book on Domestic Animals." — Maine Farmer. 



" A most admirable practical work for every day use." — Indez. 



"The work ought to be in the hands of every Planter." — jV. O. 

 Delta. 



" When such men as R. L. Allen take up the pen, something 

 Sows from it which .ioeshis fellow men good." — Imca Advocate^ 



"Here is a Book for the Million, written by a gentleman of sci- 

 ence and experience." — JSmlvrypcrt Watchman. 



ALLEN'S (E. L.) AMEEIGATI FAEK BOOK. 



The American Farm Book : or, a Compend of American Agricul- 

 ture, being a Pnictical Tre.atise on Soil.^ Manures, Draining, Irri- 

 gation, Grasses, Grain, Roots, Fruits, Cotton, Tobacco, Sugar Cane, 

 Kice, and every Staple Product of the United States; with the beat 

 methods of planting, cultivating, and preparation for market. — 

 Illustrated by more than ore hundred engiavings. By R.L. Allen. 



One of the most complete Books upon American Agriculture 

 tiiat has yet been published. Price One Dvllar. Sent free of poat- 

 Kpe. Address C. M. S.aXTON * CO., 



April 1. — It. 140 Fulton ?trof>t, Nr-r York. 



t^tnitnts of tlis Numier. 



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NEW STHAWEEEBIES. 



PRINCE'S PRIMaTE, 75 centsper dozen, S- for fifty, $.3Tierhun- 

 dnd; Prince's Impieiia'. Scarlet, $1.60 per <k*.oii, 54 for fifty, 

 $0 per hundred ; Prince's Scarlet Magnate, $1.76 per dozen, $4 for 

 fiftv. $8 per hundred. 



g'J^° AH the new .nnd valuable Foreign kinds, including Sir 

 Harry, Admiral Dwidas, &c , im|inrt:-d directly frrm Earoj^e — also 

 the n>-w Native kin<ls, Pr.abudijs iieedling,k<z. — at grctlly Mduced 

 prices, in the fall of 1867. , H._A.' MISH. , 



;^Key8U)ne Nursery, Harriaburg, Pa., AprU l.;;| 



Cultiv.ition of Barley, ..^ 105 



Cultivation of Oat.s, 107 



Cultivation of Spring Wheat, 107 



Cultivation of Carrots, 107 



An Intere.sting Letter from Professor Lee, 108 



Items Suggested bv the March Numbei-, 109 



Notes for the Month, by S. W., 109 



Ten Rules to be observed in Making Butter, 110 



Cultivation of Carrjts, HI 



Plowing, 111 



Sow Lettuce with Cabbage, Ill 



The Best Method of Fencing a Farm, 112 



Cultivation of the Mangel Wurzel, 113 



The Management of Sheep, 113 



When does Wool grow ? 114 



Experiments on Indian Corn, 114 



On the Management of Swine, 114 



Cultivation of Potatoes,... 114 



Large vs. Small Beans, 118 



Objects of Plowing, 115 



Farm Houses in Michigan, 115 



Average Injury from the Wheat Midge, 116 



Sowing Parsneps in the Fall,..* 116 



Buying Western Lands 116 



Cultivation of Artichokes, .' 117 



Cultivation of Indian Corn, HT 



Devon and Durham Cattle, — - HT 



Beans as a Field Crop, - '17 



To Kill Bugs in Seed Peas, 117 



Cultiv.ation of Indian Corn in Kentucky, 118 



Fall Plowing for Spring Wheat, 118 



Raising Clover Seed in Massachusetts, 118 



Eating off Wheat in the Spring, 118 



Hoven in Cattle, — 118 



Summer Management of Sheep, - 119 



Cultivation of Indian Corn in Maine, 1J9 



Stables for Horses 119 



Poll Evil, - 119 



Best Means of Destroying Weed.s, 119 



Agricultural Papers, 119 



Flying Morgan, .- 120 



Sheep should not be Kept too Long in a Small Field, 320 



To Prevent Smut in Wheat, 120 



Sowing and Reaping, (Poetry,) ..- li*P 



Design for a Farm House, 121 



HORTICtTLTURAL DBPARTMKNT. 



Cultivation of Dwarf Pears h22 



Garden Seeds should b"^ Sown in Drills, - 125 



Transplanting Garden Vegetables, 123 



Horticultural Operations for April, 124 



Flowers for Spring Sowing, 125 



Birds—their Usefulness, &c., 126 



Fruit Growing in Oregon, 127 



Making an Osage Orange Hedge, 127 



"My New Garden," 128 



LADIES' DEPARTMENT. 



Original Domestic Receipts, 129 



editob'8 tablk. 



Muriatic Acid in Manure Heaps ; Phosphate of Lima in Gunno ; 

 Great Cheese Factory ; Bees ; Price of Labor in England 

 and America; Liquid Manures; The April Premiums 130 



Feeding Cows; Short-horn Bull " Master Butterfly ;" "Feed- 

 ing Cows for Butter — New Views ;" Youii,t Fai mers should 

 bike the Genesee Farmer; To Destroy Weeds ; Lime a« a 

 Manure ; Cultivation of Potatoes in Washington Terri- 

 tory ; Fall Plowing to Kill Canada Thistles; to Sfeciue 

 Mile or Female Progeny at AVill ; Pink- fleshed Apple; 

 Chester White Pigs; Lice on Calves, ISl 



Drying Fruit; Cure for the Hog Cholera; Laying out Lands 

 for AVheat; Guano in England ; Rack for Tomato Vines or 

 Small Shrubbery; Tl'.e Wheat Midge Destroyed by a Kain 

 Storm; Wheat in Michiran; Read the Advertisements; 

 Ewes and Lniiifs: Prize Essays; Breaking Colts; Correc- 

 tion; Errors in Mailing, ISt 



Durham Cattle f(jr Calilornia; A Good Cow; A Prairie Farm- 

 er's Oi.inion of the Genfsee Faiir.er; Inquiries and An- 

 Kwers, .- !•«' 



ILLUSTRATIONS. 



Seven Figures, representing different vaijetiee of Barley,.. 105, 106 



Flying Morgan 12t> 



Fnnii Mouse, with Diagrams for First and Second Floors, 121 



DriU-Rnke. 123 



Transplanting Foik, 123 



Transplanter, 123 



