Prices of Agj-lcultural Products at tUe Principal Marlscts In tlie United States. — Jan'y 15, 1833. 



Bcof, per 100 lbs 



do mess, per bbl . . 

 Pork, per lUO lbs 



do mess, per bbl. 



Lard, per lb 



Butter, do 



Cheese, do 



yioiir, per bbl 



Wheat, per bush 



Corn, shelled, per bu. 

 Kve, do 



Oats, do 



Barley, do 



Clover seed, do 

 Timothy seed, do 

 Flax seed, do 



Hay, per ton 



"Wool, per lb 



Wood, hard, per eord 



New York. 



^i') a 5.T5 

 6.25 11.00 



14.ST>^ 15.00 



$7.00 

 11.00 



9 

 14 



4.S1 

 1.09 

 07 

 77 

 40 

 77 



9 

 23 



5.2.5 



68 

 78 

 45 



80 



S}^a9 pr. lb. 



1.37^ 

 16.00 

 40 



1.35 



15.00 



30 



Boston. 



a 8.00 

 12.50 



15.75 ■ 16.00 



9}^ 11 



16 20 



r 8. 



4.50 6.00 



63 68 



75 77 



40 45 



95 1.00 

 9 a 12 per lb 



l.GO 

 14.00 



6.50 



1.65 

 15.00 



7.00 



^3.50 

 11.00 

 5.00 

 15.00 

 7 

 12 



4.00 

 67X 

 60 

 69 



67 

 4..50 

 1.50 

 1.25 



s.oo 



80 

 4.00 



a 4.25 



11.50 



5.50 



15.50 



9 



16 



6 



4.50 



90 



53 



70 



31 



70 



5.00 



2.50 



1.50 



11.00 



40 



4.50 



Chicago. 



i4.00 a 4.50 



8.00 



3.75 4.00 



10.00 10.50 



5 



3.00 

 50 

 28 



17 



10 



7 



4.00 



05 



30 



19 



12;^ per lb. 



2.25 

 75 



SO 

 3.00 



40 

 5.00 



Cincinnati. 



$12.50 



8 



G)4 

 3.05 

 57 

 25 

 50 



4.50 

 1.50 

 1.00 

 11.00 

 26 



11 



7 



S.3o 



60 



30 



55 



23 



60 



4.75 



2.50 



13.50 

 35 



rittsburgh. 



$0.1.5 a 



3.00 

 GO 



16 



GM 

 U2X 



40 



81 



46 



5.25 



CONTENTS OF THIS NUMBER. 



Agricultur.al Chemistry, 41 



The Limited Duration of Varieties of Plants, 44 



Culture of Flax, 45 



Experience in Potato Culture, 46 



" RunU Homes"— A Suburban Cottage, 47 



Plan of a Farm-House, 50 



Butter Making 51 



Value of Barn-Yard Maniu-e, 52 



lless Barley, 52 



G rowing Flax with Barley, 52 



SiiEF.p Husbandry — Vermont and the West, 53 



Breeds of Sheep, and their Comparative Value, 54 



English AoracuLTURAL News — Eeaping Machines in 



England ; American Plows in England, 60 



Editoks' Table — Poultry Profits; Large Hog; Plant- 

 ing Potatoes in the Fall ; Trying Lard ; Inquiries 

 and Answers ; Notices ; &c., 67 



nOr.TICULTUBAL DEPAKTMENT. 



The Fuchsia, 5S 



Descriptions of new Pears, ' 63 



The Bradshaw Plum 64 



The Bsilev Spice Apple W 



Work for "the Month; A National Park; Fruits from 

 France; The Season; The North American Sylva,. 65 



ILLUSTEATIONS. 



Suburban Cottage, 47 



Ground Plan of Suburban Cottage, 43 



Chamber Plan of Suburban Cottage, 49 



Rustic Flower Stand 50 



Plan of a Farm-House, 60 



Hess Barley, 62 



Fibre of Merino Wool, 54 



Fibre of South Down Wool, 54 



Fibre of Leicester Wool, 54 



Merino Sheep, 56 



South Down Sheep, 57 



Leicester Sheep, 57 



Fuchsia, Pearl of England, 59 



do. Magnificent, 60 



do. Serratifolia, 61 



do. Globosa, 62 



Pear, Bonne des Zees, 63 



do. Beurre Derouineau, 63 



Eat-proof Granary, G8 



Farm for Sale. 



THE subscriber ofTers for sale her farm, situated in the 

 county of Onondaga, one mile west of the village of Jordan, 

 on the Erie canal, and adjoining the Syracuse and Poches- 

 ter Railroad. Said farm consists of one hundred acres, and 

 is well adapted for grazing. There is about ten acres of 

 muck, on which carrots, beets. &c., grow to an enormous 

 size. Also, on the farm, and in immediate vicinity, are 

 large deposits of marl. Eight acres wood land. Good 

 dwelling hou.se, barn, and fruit 



For further particulars, inquire of Z. P. Mason, Jordan, 

 Onondaga Co., N. Y. TKIPHENA AUSTIN. 



Feb., 1852.-2-11* 



Wanted, 



A FARM containing about 50 acres clear new land— some 

 limestone bottom preferred — with about 40 acres maple or 

 oak. Also a good house and out-buildings. Must be in a 

 good farming district and convenient to churclies and 

 schools. Would be preferred on the New York or New 

 Jersey shores, with good facilities for carriage to market by 

 railroad or steamboat 



Address letters, post-paid, to Rice Lawlo?j, care of Joim 

 Spring, 16 East street, Boston, Mass., to which immediate 

 attention will be paid ; also stating description of place and 

 price. 



Farm for Sale. 



THE stibscriber will sell his farm, containing 234 acres, 

 pleasantly situated on a main ro■^d, 2)4 miles west from 

 the village of Attica, through which place the Buffalo and 

 Rochester, and Buffalo and'Nev/ York City Railroads pa.ss. 

 Said farm is well adapted to a dairy or stock. House ii6 by 

 46, well finished and nearly new! Good barns .ind out- 

 houses. Two large orchards with plenty of grafted fruit 

 I will sell for $25 per acre ; payments made easy. Ill health 

 induces me to sell. L. PECK. 



Attica, Wyoming co., N. Y., Feb., 1852.-2-11* 



Prouty &, Mcars' Center Drauglit Ploivs. 



A LARGE assortment can be found at the State Agricul- 

 tural Warehouse, No. 25 Cliff street, Nev.' York. 

 Feb., 1S52.— 2-lt A. LONGETT. 



The Practical and Scientific Fanners ov:n Paper. 

 THE GENESEK FAIIMER, 



A MONTHLY JOURNAL OP 



AGRICULTURE A^^D HORTICULTURE, 



ILLUSTRATED WITII NUMEROUS ENGR.^TINGS OF 



Farm Buildings, Domestic Animals, Implements, &o. 



VOLUME XIII, FOR 1852. 



DANIEL LEE &, JAMES VICK, Jn., Editors. 

 P. BARRY, Conductor of Horticultural Department 



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December, 1851. Jiochest^ir, A''. Y. 



Postage on ims. Genesee Farmer. — 50 miles or under, 

 Ave cents per year; exceeding .50 miles and not over 300, 

 ten cents; exceeding 300 and not over 1000, fifteen cents; 

 exceeding 1000 and not over 2000, twenty cents; exceeding 

 2000 and not over 40(10, twenty-five cents; for any distance 

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