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raS GENESEE FAEMER. 



No DOUBT many of the very numerous readers of the 

 Genesee Fartner know sometliing about the cause and 

 treatment of horses that are stove in the shoulder. I 

 would like very milch to ask, through its columns, for some 

 information about it, as I have a valuable horse quite lame 

 in the fore feet, and I am told that this is the cause. The 

 lameness is scarcely perceptible when he is in motion ; 

 but let him stand still for some time, and he moves off quite 

 lame. By inserting this, and drawing out the opinions 

 of some of your many intelligent readers, you will much 

 oblige a subscriber. J. A. Gatin. — Bluffton, Ind. 



Can you inform me of a remedy for small red ants in 

 fruit and vegetable gardens, and also how I can raise good 

 radishes ? I cannot get any free from grubs. A small 

 white grub makes them good for nothing ; and the ants 

 are very injurious. John Parby. — Fort Edward, N. Y. 



Grass for Low Lands.~I have heard it said that Rib- 

 bon grass (I do not know the scientific name) will grow 

 well on marshy grounds, and form a smooth, tough turf, 

 that will bear up a team, and makes good hay or pasture. 

 Have your readers had any experience with it ? H. 



I HATE an excellent cow, that loses a large portion of 

 her milk by leakage. If you, or any of your thousands of 

 readers, can g-ive a remedy, through your jonrnal, by which 

 I can secure the milk, they will confer a favor on more 

 than one individual. D. — Gates, N. Y. 



Mushrooms. — Will some of your correspondents in- 

 form me where mushroom spawn can be obtained, and at 

 what price, together with some hints in regard to the cul- 

 tivation of this delicious fungus? Conslatino. — Nassa- 

 giwega, C \V. 



ADVERTISEMENTS, 



To sectiTe insertion in the Farmer, must be received a:> early »s the 

 10th of the previous month, and be of such a character as to b* 

 of interest to farmers. Terms -"Two Dollars kr everj hundred 

 words, each insertion, paid in adva:«ob. 



TO LYCEUMS, LITERARY AND AGRICULTURAL SO- 

 CIETIES. 



THE unJersicmed, grateful for past patronage, renews the offer 

 of his services as a Speaker at County and Town Fairs, and as 

 a Lecturer on Horticulture, " Natural Beauty," Moral Beauty, and 

 " The Science of MaJiing Homes Happv." Address 



JAMES 0. MILLER. Jr., 

 August 1. — It.* Montgomery, Orange Co., N. T. 



VALUABLE REAL ESTATE FOR SALE IN VIEGINL&. 



THE undersigned, acting as Agent, has a large number of FARMS 

 FOR SALE, of all sizes, many of them on the Rappahan- 

 NocK,PiANK]TANK and Potomac Rivers. I will enumei-ate a few : 

 There is one, containing about 400 acres, lying immediately on the 

 K appahannock, about eight or ten miles from its mouth, level as 

 a floor, .and in good condition; one on the Piankitank, about fif- 

 te en miles from its mouth, containing about 1,700 acred, on which 

 is a considerable quantity of Cord Wood, where vessels of the largest 

 clasBl can load with the greatest ease — there is on this Farm a 

 great abundince of the finest Marl ; and one on the Potomac, a 

 b eautiful residence, where Fish, Oysters and Wild Fowl abound in 

 their seasons. 



It is unnecessary for me to give a list of all the Estates at this 

 time in my possession for sale ; suffice it to say, that whether those 

 Vo want desire either Arable or Timber Land, I can supply them. 



tt^AU letters promptly answered. My post-office is Lancatier 

 Court House, Virginia. B. H. ROBINSON. 



August 1. — It. 



IXIENSIVE AND IMPORTANT SALE OF IMPORTED 



AND PURE-BRED 



SHORT-HORNED CATTLE, 



Cotewold and South-down Rams, Berkshire and Yorkshire 



Pigs, 



MR. W. S. G. KNOWLES has received instructions from 

 FREnERICK yVU. STONE, Esq., to sell bv AUCTION at 

 MORETO.V LODGE, on WEDNESDAY, THE SIXTEENTH DAY 

 OF SKPTI'^MBER NEXT, upwards of SO head of Imported and 

 IHire-bred Short-horned Cattle, comprising Bulls, Cows and Heifers, 

 of different ages. Also, 15 Imported and Pure-bred Cotswold 

 Rams; 1 Ram and 10 Imported Southdown Ewes, and 10 Ram 

 Lambs ; 3 Imported Berksliire Boars, and a nAmb»r of Berkshire 



and Yorkshire Pigs, of the Small Breed, from s'ock imported in 

 1856. 



The greater portion of the stock at Moreton Lodge are imported 

 animals from the Herds af Sir Charles Knightly, Col. Kingsoote, 

 Capt. Gunter, Messrs. Tanqueray, Bowly, Jonas Webb, Bolden, 

 Sandy, Mortons, and Henry Ambler, selected by James Kuowle*, 

 Esq., whose judgment in the selection and management of the 

 celebrated Tortworth Herd (late Lord Ducie's) us a guarantee of 

 the Moreton Lodge Herd, as respects first class blood, fine qualitj-, 

 good symmetry, and milking qualities. 



This sale ofi'ers to the Breeders of North America the rare op- 

 portunity of obtaining FIRST CLASS STOCK, without the risk 

 of a sea voyage, and great expense connected therewith; and of- 

 fers to our American friends a selection from many of the First 

 Herds of England, at a small cost of time and money to obtain 

 them. The Cotswold Sheep are from the Flocks of Messrs. Slatter, 

 Ruck 'and Beale Brown; the South-downs from Sir R. Thock- 

 raorton's Flock, and from the same stock as the Prize Wethers for 

 several years successful winners at the Birmingham and Smithfield 

 Shows ; the Pigs fjom Sir R. Thockmorton's and Capt. Guntar's 

 stock. 



Jjl^" Parties from Lower Canada and the Eastern States, reach- 

 ing Toronto on the 15th, can leave at 8 A. M. on the 16th by the 

 Grand Trunk Railroad and arrive at Guelph at 10 A. M. ; and from 

 the Western States, via the Great Western Railroad leaving Wind- 

 sor in the early morning train on the 156h, reach Guelph the sam« 

 afternoon. 



Terms.— Uncer $200, ca-sh; $200 to $500, four months; over 

 $500, six months, on approved endorsed nott^s, with interest, or a 

 discount of 10 per cent, for cash. 



ffT^ Refreshments at eleven ; sale to commence punctually at 

 twelve o'clock. 



2;^^" Catalogues are in preparation, with Pedigrees, &c., and vill 

 be ready for delivery by the 15th of August. 



Morton Lodge, Guelph, C. W., Aug. ), 18S7.— 2t« 



ATKINS' AUTOMATON, 



SELF-RAKING EEAPER AND MOWER. 



8^-BEST MACHINE IN USE. ^,^8 



1 (the first) built In 1853. 

 4.-0 iisrd snccessfuUy In 1853. 

 300 In fllffertnt States In 1854. 

 1.300 well distributed In 1855. 

 8,800 tUrougliout the Union In 1836. 

 5,U00 building for 1857, 



THERE are six good reasons for this unparalleled increase sod 

 great popularity. 1st. It is strong and reliable, aad easily 

 managed. 2d. It saves the hard labor of raking. 3d. It saves at 

 least another hand in binding. 4th. It saves shattering by th« 

 careful handling in raking; besides, the straw 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 stack, so that the 

 GRAIN saving even exceeds the labor saving. 6th. It is a good 

 Mower, being one of the best convertible Machines in use. 6th. 14 

 has a knife that does not choke. ^ 



Over 80 First Premituns Received in Four Tears. 



JTg'^ Price of Reaper and Mower, $190 — $50 cash, balance in nota 

 due Jan. 1. 1858. Price of Reaper only, $165 — $40 cash, balance ia 

 note due Jan. 1, 1868. 



For cash, 12 per cent, discount from the above prices. 



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

 the past season, and none ready for delivery till the first of Ma^ 

 yet not two-thirds of the customers could be supplied. The repu- 

 tation of the Machine is now widely established, so that 6,060 witt 

 not as nearly supply the demand as 2,800 did last year. 



^^ Order early, if yon would not be disappointed. 



Pamphlets, giving impartially the OPINIONS OF FARMERS, 

 together with orders, notes, &c., mailed to applicants, and prepaid. 



ff:^ H. P. HAPGOOD, of Rochester, N. Y., is the General Agent 

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

 sales, &c., in this State should be addressed. Traveling and Local 

 Agents \raiited. June 1.— St. 



