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THE GENESEE FARMER. 



Prices of Agricultural Produots at the Principal Markets in the United States, Canada and England. 



(JTontjents of t^l« Numiitr. 



How can we most Economically Increase the Fertility of the 



Soil? - 29V 



Study the Mechanical Qualities of the Soil, 298 



Items Suggested by the September Number, 299 



Notes for the Month, by S. W., 299 



Good Sheep the Most Profitable, 300 



"The Manure Question," 301 



Butter from Prairie Hay, 301 



Underdraining, 301 



Preserving Butter, 301 



Breaking Prairie Land in the Fall, 302 



Take Care of Your Tools, Fodder, &c., 302 



On the Management of Young Stock, . 303 



Plowing in Green Corn for Manure, 303 



Will Rye Turn to Chess? 303 



National Wealth, 303 



General Giflford, Jr., 3C4 



Turnips and Carrots, 304 



Miinagement of Milch Cows, 304 



Pumpkins, .......... . , . . ...... 304 



GENESEE FARMER PRIZE ESSATS. 



On the Best Method of Seeding Land to Timothy or Herd's 

 Grass, 305 



On the Management of Calves, 305 



On the Management of Barn-yard Fowls, 306 



On the Cultivation and ManagemKnt of Tobacco, 307 



On the Best Means of Escaping Injury from Drouth, 308 



On the Benefits to be derived from Competition for the Premi- 

 ums offered for Short E.ssays by the Genesee Farmer, 308 



How can Fathers render Farm Life Attractive to their Sons?.. 309 



Why is Faming con-idered a Degrrading Vocation ? 310 



How much Education, and what kind, do Farmers need? 311 



How can Setting Heus be Taught to Forsake the Lazy Habit? 312 



Why do so few Farmers Write for Agricultural Papers ? 312 



On the Ppropriety > f Agricultural Societies offering Premiums 

 to Piactical Farmers for the Best Essays on various Agri- 

 cultural Subjects, 313 



On the Advantages of Agricultuaal Schoels, 313 



Is it Desirable to PUnt Fruit Trees in the Highway ? 313 



Should Farmers' Wives be Educated ? 314 



Is it Proper for Ladies to Assist in the Garden? 314 



HORTICnLTURAL DEPARTMENT. 



Meeting of the Western New York Fruit Groweas' Assoeiation, 315 



The Ortley Apple, - 318 



Horticultural Operations for October, 319 



Mushroom Culture, 320 



Cultivation of Onions, 320 



ladies' department. 



How Shall we Spend our Winter Evenings? 321 



Original Domestic Receipts, 321 



EDITOR'S TABLE. 



Fair of the United States Agricultural Society, 322 



Potato Rot, 322 



Will Wheat Turn to Chess? 322 



Underdraining Clay Land, 322 



Carbonic Acid in the Soil, 322 



Lime and Sulphur for the Curculio, 323 



A Rose on an Apple Tree, 323 



Large Currants, 823 



To Kill Angle Worms, £23 



To Protect Cucumber Vines from Bugs, 323 



Prize Essays, 323 



Book Clubs, 323 



Hail Storms in England, 323 



Thick and Thin Seeding, S23 



Large Hail Stones, 323 



Notices of New Books, Periodicals, &c., 323 



Inquiries and Answers, 324 



ILLUSTRATIONS. 



General Gififord, Jr., 304 



The Ortley Apple, 319 



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