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THE GENESEE FARMER. 



Prices of Agn^ioultural Products at the Principal Markets in the United States, Canada and England. 



NEW YORK 

 Nov. leth. 



PHILADELP'IA, 



Not. ICth. 



K0CIIE3TER, 

 Nov. ICth. 



CHICAGO, 

 Nov. 12th. 



TORONTO, 

 Nov. ITth. 



LONDON, ENG., 

 Nov. 2d. 



Beef, per 100 lbs., 



do mess, per bbl., . . 



Porlc, per loolbs...... 



do mess, per bbl 



Lard, per lb., 



Butter, do 



Cheese, do 



Flour, per bbl., 



Wheat, per bush., 



Corn, shelled, per bu.. 



^9..50 @ $2.5.00 



Eye, 

 Oats, 

 Barley, 

 Clover Seed, 

 Timothy Seed, 

 Flax Seed, 



Hay, per ton, 



Wool, per lb., 



Wood, hard , per cord, 



do 

 do 

 do 

 do 

 do 

 do 



f...=iO 



19.60 

 .12 

 .12 

 .06 

 4.S0 

 1.04 

 .76 

 .70 

 .35 

 .75 



•..50 

 19.75 



.1.3 



.22 



.08;^ 

 7.7.5 

 1.30 



.89 



.76 



.47 



.90 



.$7.00 @ 



17.00 



7.00 



21.00 



.10 



.10 



.07 



5.25 



1.24 



.56 



$9.00 



18.00 



8.00 



22.00 



.18 



.16 



■ .09 



8.00 



1.35 



$5.00 @ $G.00 



7.00 

 20.00 



.14 



.07 



4.75 



1.10 



.63 



7.50 

 22.00 



.18 



.08 



6.50 



1.15 



.65 



$10.00 @ $11.00 



$4.50 @ .$.5.60 



5.00 



1.35 

 11.00 



18.00 



.33 



.70 



5.00 



2.00 



1.40 



.34 



.85 



5.25 



2.25 



.3t 



.56 .63 



6.50 7.00 



3.00 3.75 



.23 



7.00 



.30 



4.50 



11.00 



.40 



6.50 



17.00 



.12;<<- 



.15 



.10 

 4.00 



.64 



.47 



.50 



.26 



..30 

 6..50 

 1.75 



.80 

 6.00 



19.00 

 .13 

 .21 

 .12 

 6.00 

 .65 



.55 



.27 



.50 



7.00 



7.00 



6.00 



.20 .25 



.073.^ .09 



4.00 4..50 



.65 1.10 



.40 



17.00 

 .20 



4.00 



7.00 



$8.25 @ $13.00 



10 60 



15.00 



.13 



.18 



.11 



7.20 



1.44 



1.08 



.90 



.60 



.78 



.IT 

 .26 



.17 

 8.16 

 1.98 

 1.17 

 1.14 

 1.02 

 l.SS 



2.16 



m^onttnts of t]!)t« Numitr. 



Have we mside any progress in Agriculture during the present 



year, 361 



Cultivation of Winter Wheat, 363 



Winter Management of Horses, 364 



Churning in Winter, 365 



To Prepare Rennet, . 365 



Wintering Sheep in Winter, 365 



Items Suggested by the NoTPmber Number, . 365 



Notes for the Month, by S. W., 36G 



Seeding to Timothy Grass, 367 



Farmers' Debating Societies, -. 367 



Kacksftr Feeding Sheep, 368 



Cheap Farm Laborer, 308 



The Weather and the Crops of 1857, 368 



A few Thoughts on Agriculture, 369 



Rules for Fattening Animals, 369 



Good Culture for Corn, 369 



Raising Calves, 369 



Commencing a Settlement in the Wilderness, 370 



First Summer at the Settlement, 37J 



Di-seases of the Horse, 372 



To Destroy .Mites in Cheese, 373 



Management and Breeding of Sheep, 374 



Hints for December, 374 



Animals in Winter, 374 



Chinese Sugar Cane in Canada, 374 



Ointment for Wounde, Sores, &c, 374 



HORTICULTURAL DEPARTMENT. 



Protecting Plants from Cold, 375 



Compost for Gardens, 376 



Horticultural Operations for December, 376 



The Value of the Rural Annual, 376 



The Result of Care In Setting out Peach Trees, 377 



Planting Orchards 377 



Is it Desirable to P5ant Fruit Trees in the Highway ? 378 



Bones and Blackberry Pl.ants 378 



To Dry Parsley for Winter Use, 378 



LADIES' DEPARTMENT, 



Original Domestic Receipts, 379 



EDITOR'S TABLE. 



Close of the Volume, 380 



To our Canadian Friends, 380 



Cheap Reading for Farmers, 3S0 



Missing Numbers, 381 



The Rural Annual for 1858, 381 



Peach Trees for Fire Wood, 381 



Rural Affairs 381 



Tucker's Illustrated Annual Register of Rural Ai&.irs,„. 381 



Correction, 381 



Large Apple, 381 



The Genesee Farmer, (poetry,) 381 



IxKiuiries and Answers, 381 



ILLUSTRATIONS. 



Sheep Rack, 368 



Commencing a Settlenient in the Wilderness, 370 



First Summer at the Settlement, 371 



A NEW ANIMAL FOR FARMERS ! 



THE subscriber has the satisfaction to announce to the farmers 

 of the United States, that he expects to receive shortly, as 

 consignee for the owners, about one hundred and fifty LL.\MA8, 

 which at last dates had reached Panama from Equador and Peru. 

 These animals are believed to be well adapted to the use of the 

 farmers of this country ; they are hardy, docile, capable of much 

 labor, require a very small amount of sustenance and no water 

 where the herbage is good. They are also believed to be as pro- 

 fitable an animal as any now kept upon the farm ; the work which 

 they can perform scarcely equaling the profit from the protection 

 of the wool or hair which constitute the fabric of the well-known 

 alpaca. Due notice will be given of their arrival, and orders lor 

 them, addressed to the undersigned, witi be carefully attended to. 

 Any farther information will be communicated to applicants. 

 ISAAC LOIIMANN, 

 December 1— It. No. 142 Front st., New York. 



THE MASSACHUSETTS WHITE. 



THIS NEW EARLY AMERICAN GRAPE, with long, oval, 

 white berries, is sufficiently early to ripen its crop fully in 

 New England, and in all the Northern and Western States, being 

 in eating -with the Concord, or several weeks earlier than the Di- 

 ana or Isabella. Its unmixed native origin, its vnrqualed hardi- 

 ness, and its exirnordinary htauty of color and form, render the 

 Mastfavlmsett^ White the most desirable Grape in cultivation for 

 the Private Garden, or for the Vineyard. 



Plants of the Rebecca, Delaware, Clara, Wyman, Union Vil- 

 lage, Canadian Chief, Raabe, Brinckle, Emily, Perkins, Gra- 

 ham, Concord and Diana, and other new Grapes, are now ready, 

 at the lowest rates. 



A full descriptive priced Catalogue of the above new Grapes, 

 and of all Plants and Trees required for the Nursery, Green- 

 house, Vinery, Garden, Lawn or Orchard, will be sent on applica- 

 tion. 



Carriage of all packages paid to New York and Boston. 



B. M. WATSON, 



Oct. 1, 1857.— 8t. Old Colony Nurseries, Plymouth, MaflS. 



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June, 1857. * Rochertir, Ntw York, 1 



