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THE GENESEE FARMER. 



The Biographical History of Peilosopht. By Geqese H. 

 Lewks. New York : D. Appleton & Co., 1857. 



This handsome volume of nearly 800 pages, is by one of 



the ablest writers of the present day. It traces the History 



of Philosophy from its origin in Greece, down to the 



present time, and discusses briefly the theories, various and 



conflicting, of the master minds of the Ages. 



PijxcHS' Pocket Book of Firs. The Essence of Punch. Being 

 cuts and cuttings from the wit and wisdom of twenty-live 

 volumes of Puni-li. lilnstrated with 75 engravings. B. 8. P. 

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All the above works are for sale by D. M. Dewey, of 



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Intuitu* anir Snstotr*. 



SuPEKpnospn ATE OF Lime. — (T. G.) You cannot con- 

 vert bones into superphosphate without grinding them. We 

 will give an article on the subject in a future number. 



Wheat Dbill. — (A. D. Coryell, Vernon, Ind.) The 

 grain drill manufactured by C. H. Seymour, of East 

 Bloomfield, N. Y., is one of the best we have seen. 



Sore Shoulder in Horses. — In reply to the inquiry 

 in your paper concerning horses that are sore in the 

 shoulder, I can say that I have seen a mixture compounded 

 of verdigris and grease applied with success. Stephen 

 Powers. — Rutuford-, Ohio. 



Smut in Wheat.— What is the cause of smutin wheat? 

 When the cause is known, what is a preventive ? I 

 have been trying some experiments, which I will give 

 after a while, but I would like to hear from you or some 

 o€ the numerous readers of the Genesee Farmer, espe- 

 cially the wheat growing portion, so that actual experi- 

 ence can lie given. None of the causes which I have 

 beard assigned agree with my experience. A. J. N. 

 Cleves, Hamilton Co., Ohio. 



Smut in wheat is caused by a fungus, which you will 

 find fully described in Mof.ton's Cyclopedia of Agricul- 

 ture. We alluded to the best remedies in the last num- 

 ber, page 235. W^e shall be glad to hear the result of 

 your experiments. 



Underdraining. — Will it pay to naderdrain land that 

 fe quite broke, and full of ravines, the soil being a hard, 

 tenacious clay, underlaid with slate ? There are no drain 

 tiles to be had in this part of the country. The timber 

 fit for _ draining purposes is not very plenty. The only 

 material that is in abundance is the limestone, which has 

 to be blasted, as it lies in a stratum of about five feet in 

 thickness. It can be broke and sjilit into any size re- 

 tjuired. A. D. Coryell. — Vernon, Ind. 



Apple Disease. — Can you or any of your correspond- 

 ents tell us wh.at causes our apjdes to rot so baaly, and 

 wt at will prevent it? For tour years we have had no 

 good apples. They first become speckled, then spotted, 

 w>en rorten entirely. They have now begun to rot again 

 Chis year, and we shall have no fruit for winter use. J. 

 K. Boas. — Neur Exchange, Ky., Aug. 8, '57. 



Canada Thistles — How can the Cannda Thistle be 

 €Kterminated ? Having been troubled with this nuisance 

 for some time, and different ways of managing having 

 fcwled to lessen them, I resolved to ask of jou and your 

 Humerous correspondents a little information in the mat- 

 tec. Will some one be so good as to answer tiiis through 

 ycmr paper at the earliest opportunity. S, — Ehia, Erie 

 Oa. N. Y. 



Potato Digging Machine. — As the potato digging 

 season approaches, I would like to hear from some pe*^ 

 son who has seen, in operation, the machine recently got 

 up for that purpose. Does it take them out clean from 

 dirt, where the ground is lumpy ? Does it leave any 

 potatoes in the ground ? In short, all its merits and also 

 the demerits, if there are any, belonging to the instm- 

 ment. D.— Gates, N. Y. 



I have an apple tree, the fruit of which becomes ecv- 

 ered, on one side, with a black scale ; the apples then 

 crack and become nearly worthless. Now will you or 

 some of your horticultural readers be kind enough to tell 

 me, through the Genesee Farmer, what I must do to re- 

 deem the fruit for another season as it is too late for th-is ? 

 D.— Gates, N. Y. 



Growing Evergreens from Seed. — T wish to inquire 

 through the columns of your valuable paper how to grow 

 Evergreens from seed, such as Hemlock, White Pine, and 

 Balsam Fir, with full directions, from the time of gather- 

 ing the cones to the transplanting from the seed bed to 

 nursery row. James Vinton. — Manchester, Mich. 



State Fairs for 1857. 



United States, Louiiville, Ky., September >— 6. 



Vermont, Montpelier, September &— 11. 



Ohio, Cincinnati, ...September 15 — 18. 



American Institute, ..New York, September 15— 29. 



Virginia, Western, Wheeling, September 16 — 18. 



Canada East, Montreal, September 16— J8. 



Illinois, Peoria, September21 — 24. 



Pennsylvania West, Pittsburgh, September 23 — 25. 



""tLl^fKLllvn, \ --Alton, lU S;ptember 2^ 



Maine, Bangor, Sept. 29 to Oct 2. 



California, Stockton, Sept. 29 to Oct. 2. 



Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Sept. 29 to Oet, 2. 



Wisconsin, Janesville, ..Sept. 29 to Oct 2. 



New Jersey, New Brunswick, Sept. 29 to Oct. 2. 



Canada West, Erantford, Sept. 29 to Oct B. 



Michigan, Detroit Sept. 29 to Oct 8, 



Indiana, Indianapolis, October 4 — 10. 



New York, Buffalo, October 6—9. 



Iowa, Muscatine, .. October 6—9. 



New Hampshire, Concord, October 7— 9. 



Kentucky, Henderson, ..October 12— 16. 



Tennessee, Nashville, October 12 — 16. 



Connecticut, Bridgeport, October 13—16. 



North Carolina, Raleigh, October 20—28. •; 



East Tennessee, Knoxville, October 20 — 28. 



Georgia, Atlanta, October 20 — 24 



Massachusetts, Boston, ..October 21 — £8. 



Maryland, Baltimore, October 21 — 25. 



West Tennessee, Jack.son, October 27—30. 



Alabama, Montgomery, ..October 27 — 80. 



Virginia, October 28^S1. 



South Carolina, Columbia, November lO^—lA 



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