THE GENESEE FARMER. 



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lar in this manner: The inside entrance should he 

 under the haek, or kitchen stairway. There should 

 also be 11. ppaeious entrjnce from tlie outside, or from 

 the wood shed, leadinjr into the cellar. Under the 

 kitchen, there should he one larsre room for storino; 

 prorisioiis, &c., for family use. Under 1), I would 

 have a milk room, 12 by If) feet, with stoao slielvcs, 



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tables, &e. Under E, should be a room of the same 

 size, with wo )d shelves, for pickles and sweetmeats. 

 The reinaiiid-r of the cellar I would keep for the 

 storage of apples, potatoes, roots, &c. If the houge 

 id intended to be heated with a furnace, I would 

 build the furnace room under the front stairway, with 

 the ash and coal room back of it. The cellar should 

 be at least seven feet from floor to ceiling:. Floors 

 made ol water lime and small gravel I think are bet 

 tev than common ground or boards. J. F. F. 



Rodiester, A\ Y. 



(|ucnce has been, that, when this insect did come, it 

 luuud hundreds depending upon their wh«at crop for 

 the means with which to meet their pecuniary lia- 

 bilities. 



The question, " What can we raise ?'' is one of se- 

 rious importance to the farmer; but still, if he is in- 

 tcUigfUt and wideawake, he can easily answer it. 

 We propose to name a few products, which the 

 "signs ot the times" indicate may be profitably 

 raised, hoping thereby to call the attention of oui 

 farmers, not only to these, but to many others which 

 may be sought out. 



Raise Stock:. — Any one, on looking at the present 

 price of meals in Nev/ York, can but realize that 

 such prices nmst afford immense prohts to the stock 

 raiser; and the prospect is that meats will be just as 

 high, one year hence, as at the present lime. Who, 

 then, can doubt for a moment the profitableness of 

 raising stock ? 



Eaisw Cork. — Corn is now selling readily at one 

 dollar per bushel, and in some localities it has been 

 sold, for seed, as high as one dollar and a half. 

 This shows another source of profit to the farmer. 

 But supposing the price is not as good another year 

 as this, will it not pay you abundantly to raise it and 

 fatten stock for market, thereby enriching your land 

 with most valuable manure, which will enable you to 

 raise larger crops, and, consequently, increase your 

 income ? The stalks will also furnish a most yaloa- 

 ble fodder. 



Raise Potatoes. — The present price of potatoes, 

 renders this, also, a moat profitable crop to raise for 

 market; and, indeed, they would pay a handsome 

 profit at a considerably lower figure than that at 

 which they are now selling. Upon good ground, 

 well manured and thoroughly cultivated, large crops 

 may be raited, and crops which will most surely 



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Raisk Roots — for, by so doing, you not only save 

 much hay and other fodder, but your stock v*ill d© 

 better upon a change of food, and you will not be as 

 likely to be " short" of fodder, as were many of our 

 fanners last spring, which caused rather a larger sup- 

 ply of hides in market than there would otherwise 

 have been. 



There are many other sources of profit that might 

 be sought out in the present emergency, but of which 

 we have not space to speak; and if our farmers will 

 use them to their own advantage, we shall not suffer 

 lonsr from " hard times." R. D. Knowles. 



Wilson, A". Y. 



WHAT SHALL WE RAISE IN PLACE OF WHEAT? 



Mkssiw?. Editors: — The question has often been 

 asked, oC late, by our farmers, " What can we raise 

 in place of wheat ? " We answer, many things, that 

 will pay you equally well. You have farmed it too 

 long without adapting your crops to the market. 

 Y'ou have, year after year, raise! wheat, because 

 each year there has been a market for it. It is be- 

 cause you have depended solely upon this crop, that 

 its destruction spreads such panic among you. Year 

 by year yon saw the nearer approach of the midge, 

 but still you kept on sowing wheat; and the coose- 



How TO Bind the Wildest Horse for Shoeing-, 

 AND tbe W'ildkst Cow FOR Mii.KixG. — The way to 

 do it is simply this: Put around the animal, just back 

 of the fore legs, a strong rope, or chain; into this 

 twist a stick, so that at every turn the rope will be 

 drawn tighter, until the animal will submit to being 

 handled at your pleasure. The most unmanageable 

 animals can be subdued in a few miautes in this man- 

 ner. «Jno. Sanfieli>. 



"I SAT, Sambo, does you know what makes de corn 

 grow so fast when you put de manure on it ?" " No, 

 1 don't know, 'cept it make de ground stronger for 

 de corn." "No — I just tell you; when de corn be- 

 gins to smell de manure, it don't like de 'fumery, so it 

 hui-ries out of de ground, so it can't breathe de 

 bad air." -' " 



