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THE GENESEE FARMER. 



A '1' KINS' AUTO M A TON, 



SELF-EAKTNG REAPER AND MOWER. 



B^ BEST MACHINE IN USE. .^J 



1 (tlie first) built In 1853. 

 ■40 usetl successfully In 1853. 

 300 In dlffertnt Stntps In 1851. 

 t.aOO well distrlljttted In 1855. 

 a,800 tlirouslxoul tlie Union In 1856. 

 5,000 building for 1851. 



r|"*nEKE are six gootl reasons for this unparalleled increase and 

 X great populaiity. Ist. It is strong and reliable, and easily 

 ttianaged. 2d. It saves the ba-d l«bor of raking. 3d. It saves at 

 jeaet another hand in binding. 4th. It saves shatleiing by the 

 <:a.reful handling in raking ; be.sides, the strav? being laid straight, 

 it is well secured in the sheaf, and does not drop in the after- 

 handling, and the heads are not exposed in the stuck, so that the 

 o/*Ai.N saving ev«n e.xceeds the i,abok saviug. 5th. It ia a good 

 Mower, being one of the best convertible Machines in use. 6th. It 

 1 as a kuife tbat does not choke. 



Over 80 First Premiums Eeceived in Four Years. 



5°^ Price of Reaper and Mower, $190— $50 cash, balance in note 

 »iae .fan. 1. 1858. Price of Keaper only, $165 —.$40 cash, bahince in 

 nole due Jan. 1, 1858. 



For cash, 11! per cent, discount from the atiove prices. 



To secure a Machine, order immediately. Though so little known 

 the pa.st season, and none ready for delivery till ihe first, of May, 

 vet not two-thirds of the customers could he supplied. Therepn- 

 iition of the Machine is now widely established, so that 5,000 will 

 »rt as nearly supply the demaud as 2,800 did last year. 



Jl"^ Order early, if you would not be disappointed. 



V*.\MPnLKT,s giving IMPARTIALLY the OPINIONS OF FARMERS, 

 t.ngelher "''h orders, notes, &e., mailed to applicants, and prepaid. 



^['^ H. P. riAFGOOD, of Rochfster, N. Y., is the General Agent 

 for the above Machine in New York, to whom .all letters relative to 

 sales, *c., in this State should be addressed. Traveling and Loc-il 

 Agcntii wanted. Ji^ne 1.— 31. 



'IVie Practical and Scientific Famier^s Own Paper. 

 THE GENESEE FARMER, 



A MONTHLY JOURNAL OK 



AGRICULTURE AND HORTICULTURE, 



ILLUSTRATED WITH NUMEROUS KSGRAVINGS 07 



rarm Buildings, Animals, Implements, Fruits, &o. 



VOLUME XVIII. FOR 1857. 



Fifty Centa a Year, In Advance. 



rive Copies for $2 ; Eight Copies for S3 ; ana any larger number 

 fcl the same rate. 



5"^" .^11 subscriptions to commence with the year, and the en- 

 ti^; volume supplied to all subscribers. 



{T^ Fost-Mastkrs, Farmeus, and all friends of improvement 

 we respectfully solicited to obtain and forward subseriptions. 



Specimen numbers sent to all applicants. 



Subscription money, if properly enclosed, may be sent at the risk 

 ©f the Publisher. Address 



JOSKPU HARRIS, 



Jtine, 1857. Rochester, New York. 



A. LONGETT, 



No. 34 CUFF STREET, NEW YOP.K, 



DTfJALKH in Peruvian. Colombiijn and Mexican Gi-.ac, Scper- 

 1 iio.sph.ite of Lime, and Bone Dost. 

 June 1. — It. 



S^ontents of tfitiS ICuwixi. 



Agricultural QuacUtry,... £0J 



Cultivation of Lluckwheat, 208 



Cutting and Curing Clover and Grass for Fodder, ^. 203 



To Clean Cti-ss out of Seed Wheat, 204 



Items Suggested by the June Number, 208 



Notes for the Month, by S. "W., 206 



Harvesting CarroLs, 206 



A Cheap and Commodious Stable, 207 



Culture of Buckwheat, 207 



Cutting Hay .md Curing Clover... 208 



Is it Right to ask the Women Folks to Milk the Cows during the 



Busy S.MSon? 20S 



Butter Making, 210 



Beets and Carrors, 21] 



Sowing Wheat after Barley, 2ia 



The Advantages of System in Farming, 212 



Farm Accounts, ". 213 



Benefits of Agricultural Fairs, . 214 



A Few Words .about Fences, 214 



Subsoil Plowing, 216 



Fainiing a Science. 215 



Culiivaiion of Turnips, . 218 



Design fnr a Farm House, ^W 



HORTICULTURAL PEPARTMEHT. 



The Plum Curculio, "1% 



Preserving Fruits without Sugar,. ... "18 



Mulching, 219 



The Horse Chestnut as an Ornamental Tree, 220 



.Special Man ures, . 221 



Dwarf Trees in China, 221 



I.iiue Barrels for Pre.serving .Apples, 221 



Horticultural Operations for July, 221 



Sulphur to Kill Ko.se Bugs .". 222 



lu "My New Giirden " — No.], 22S 



Tlie Strawberry Plant— Its Insecis 223 



Dying Fiuit 224 



Old Varieties of Fruit Wearing Out....... . ... 2'J4 



LAT)IE8' DKPAKTJTKirr. 



Western AmuseraeD ts, 22S 



The Wife's Influence, 226 



Homelnlluenee, 22S 



The Homestead 22« 



Original Domestic Receipts, 236 



KDITOR'S TABLB. 



Stiite Fairs for 1857, 227 



Prc-miums for Short Essays, 227 



Molasses from the Chinese Sugar Cane, 227 



iVational Trial of Reaper? and Mowers, 227 



Economy of Mowing M-ichines, 227 



More Oood Stock for the West, 227 



Instinct of Pigeons, 228 



Prolific Goose, 228 



"Scientific," 1 228 



Designs for Houses, Barns, &e., 228 



Sagacity of Rats, 228 



Portuguese Cattle, 228 



The Plough, the Loom and the Anvil, 22S 



Cure for Ringbone, 228 



Sheep for Califcpnia, 2iS 



Notes from Minnesota, . 229 



.\pplyir\g Manure on the Surface in the Autumn, 229 



A Prolific Sow 229 



Profits of Rhubarb Culture, 229 



Notices of New Advertisements, 229 



A Gflod Cow, 229 



Cure for Hog Cholera, 229 



Inijuiries and Answer.s,... 229 



ILltTSTRATIOKS, 



i Design for a Cheap and Commodiou.". Stable, 207 



I Design for a Farm House, 21B 



I Short-horn Bull Don, £17 



j Four Figures illustrating the different transformations of the 



Curculio 2M 



Figure showing the appearance of a Plum when stung by the 



j Curculio, — 2M 



I The .Scarlet-flowered Horse Chestnut, 22# 



IMPORTANT NOTICE TO NURSERYMEN. 

 QUINCE STOCKS FOR SALE. 



W' K iiiivc on band a laqie i.1<irk ol the best Angers .>snU )'.an.« 

 or Fou'enay Qiiinw Stockf, ra.'ed I'y ourselves from Stock* 

 .and f'ro'ii Cuttings', Isnth of whicli we will sell on more reasonafcl*, 

 lermp lUjin fliey^ran be imported. Early orders are solicited. 

 H. K. HOOKER k CO., 

 July 1. — it. Commercial Nurseries, Rochester, N. T. 



