THE GENESEE FARMER. 



CHOICE FLOWER & VEGETABLE SEEDS, 



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MR. JAMES VICK, the former publisher of the Clenesee Far- 

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 Uis puTchiise of the esfciblifchment. The seeds are ail good, and of 

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CALANDKIXIA— Delicate and pretty. 



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STOCKS— Very sweet scented. 



CHI.VA PINK— Beautiful colors. 



PETUNIA— Fine for masses. 



MIMULU3— Rare and showy. 



CANDY TUFT— Very showy and sweet. 



PHLOX DRUMMONDII— Elegant and profuse floTverer. 



COREOPSIS — Very graceful and elTective. 



NEMOPHILA— Modest and beautiful. 



PORTULACCA— Very gay, and very hardy. 



SWEET PEA— Elegant and sweet. 



MIRABILIS — Large and very handsome. 



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EARIjY SHORT-HORN CARROT— Best for cooking. 



EARLY PARIS CAULIFLOWER— The only good one for this 

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LARGE LATE DUTCH CABBAGE— Better than Drumhead. 



EARLY YORK " —The best early. 



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Publisher of the Genesee Farmer. 



^ The Practical and Scientific Farmer^s Own Paper. 

 THE GENESEE FARMER, 



A MONTHLY JODRNAL OF 



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IJEW YOSK STATE AGRICULTUEAL SOCIETY. 



PREMIUMS ON FARMS— 1857. 



©rain Farms,.,....'......'. -.-., Premium $50 and |30 



Dai i>y and Grazing,...'...!. — " 50 " 30 



Competitors are desired to give notice to the Secretary before 

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 appointed for that puroose. 



FIELD CROPS. — Competitors should obtain the Regulations of 

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 Greelev's Premium on one acre of Carrots is continued. Regula- 

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^ April 1.— St. 



©onttnts of t]&ijf Numfitr. 



Cultivation of Ruta Bagas and Turnips, 



Items Suggested by the May Number, 



NotHS for the Month, by S. W., 



A Proposed Rotation, 



On the Advantages of Stirring the Soil in Dry Weather, 



Thoughts Suggested by the May Number, 



Bro im Corn in Ohio, 



Cultivation of Broom Corn, 



Management of Bees ; or, Plain Common Sense the Secret of 



Success, 



Management of Bees, 



Hoeing Corn in Dry "Weather, 



Butter Making,... 



Cheese Making, 



Advantages of Forethought in Farming Operations, 



Cultivation of Potatoes in Ohio, 



On the Management of a Prairie Farm, commencing in its 



Natural State, 



Deep Plowing for Corn, 



Drink for Young Calves, 



Influence of Agricultural Papers, 



Deep Plowing, 



Good Two Year Old Steers— The Wheat Crop 



The way I made a Fence on Heavy Ground, 



Swamp Muck as a Fertilizer in Dry Seasons, 



Management of Manure, 



To Destroy Weeds, 



The Benefits of Agricultural Fairs, 



Hints on Building a Farm House, 



An Acre and a Half of White Beans, 



Be Kind to thy Cattle, 



Cultivation of Onions, 



Rearing Calves, 



Cure for Sweney, 



Cultivation of Millet, 



Value of Manure for Potatoes, 



Planting Beans in Drills or Hills, 



Ashes as a Manure, 



Don't Thin your Carrots, 



Culture of Potatoes, 



Poll Evil, 



Cultivation of Beans, 



Plowing without Headlands, 



Peruvian Guano as a Manure, 



Selecting Seed Corn, . 



Why Butter is Dear, 



Peas, .^ 



Bone Spavin, 



Cultivation of Corn in Indiana, 



Beans, 



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HORTICULTURAL DEPARTMENT. 



Six Hardy Evergreens, . . 186 



Rabbits and Fruit Trees, 187 



Why Farmers Neglect their Gardens, 187 



Horticultural Operations for June, 188 



Birds — again, 189 



Why do Farmers so generally Neglect their Gardens? 190 



Currant Worm, 191 



Grafting the Gooseberry, 191 



Planting Trees on Prairies, 192 



Starting Early Plants, 192 



Horticulture in Oregon, . 192 



Snlj.hur to Kill Rofe Bugs, 192 



A List of Good Petunias,.. 192 



Spare the Owl?,... 192 



To Raise Large Onions, — 192 



lADIES' DBPAJJTMEWT. 



A Lady's Opinion of the W^est, 193 



The CuHivation of Flowers, . 193 



Forest Flowers, 193 



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editor's tabue. 

 Rnr.al New Torker; Increase of the circulation of the Genesee 

 Farmer: Devon Herd Book, . '. 



Drv Weather with frequent Hoeings better for Garden Vegeta- 

 " bl(-s than a Wet Season ; Turnip Fly ; Hen Manure for 

 Onions; Cure for Garget; Cabbage for Stock; Planting 

 Potatoes in the Fall; Sprouting Potatoes; Carrots on. the 

 same Ground every Year ; CoiTCCtion ; Sowing Mangel 

 Wurzel in the Fall ; Cheap Paint, 195 



The Turnip Fly ; The Rural Annual ; Complimentary Notice 

 of the Genesee Farmer; Book Notices; Inq. and Answers, 198 



illustrations. 

 Three Figures, representing different varieties of Ruta Bagas, 169 



Short-horn Cow Adelaide, 185 



American Arbor Vit», — - — 187 



Siberian Arbor Vitae, 1°7 



Tomato Rack and Vine as it appears when first planted, 188 



Tomato Rack and Vine as it appears when fully grown, 18» 



