Prices of Agricultural Products at the Principal Markets In the United States. — May. !J0, 1853. 



CONTENTS OF THIS NUMBER. 



Agricultural Chemistry) , 73 



Culture of Tobacco, 76 



Amount of Water given oS' by Plants during their 



growth, 77 



Flax Culture, 79 



Spring and Summer work, 81 



National Agricultural Society, 83 



Agricultural Implements at the World's Fair, 84 



Ladies Depart.ment — 96 



Editok's Table — Inquiries and Answers ; Notices ; <fec., 97 



HORTICTTLTUKAL DEPAETSTENT. 



Strawberries, 90 



Cultiu-e of the Fuchsia, 92 



Two Fine Foreign Pears, 93 



Perpetual Roses, 94 



Severity of the Winter; Hyacinths for Forcing, 95 



ILLUSTRATIONS. 

 Figure illustrating e.xperimenta on amount of 



water given off by plants, TT 



Garrett's Patent Horse-Hoe— Side view, 85 



Garrett's Horse-Hoe — End view, 86 



Patent Drag, Harrow, and Scarifier, 86 



I'atent Trussed Whiffle-Trees, 87 



Grain Crusher, 87 



Croskill's Archimedean Root-Washer, 88 



Steam Engine for the Farm, 89 



Strawberry, Burr's New Pine, 90 



do. Hovey's Seedling, 90 



do. British Queen, 91 



do. Elton, 91 



Pear, Doyenne Bpussock, 93 



do. Duchess of'Orleans, 93 



Ten Weeks Stock, 95 



Union Agricultural Warehouse and Seed store. 



RALPH & CO., No. 23 Fulton Street, Nev/ York, near 

 Fulton Market, Dealers in all the most approved Agricultu- 

 ral and Horticultural Implements; Imported and American 

 Field and Garden Seeds; Onui mental Shade and Fruit 

 Trees; Guano; Bone i->ust ; Poudrette, &c. Wrought Iron 

 Plows, Trucks, Barrows, &c., &c, always on hand. Also, 

 the Excelsior, or California Plow. [3-3t] 



Tobacco Seed. 



TWENTY POUNDS first quality Connecticut River and 

 Virginia Long Leaf Tobacco Seed now on hand and for 

 sale at the Genesee Seed Store. The Seed can be sent in 

 ounce packages, by mail, to any part of the United States. 

 Packages, $1.00 per ounce — 1 oz. for $3.00 Postage paid. 

 J. RAPAL-TE & CO. 

 March 1, 1852. 65 BufTalo St., Itochester, N. Y. 



A Farm Wanted. 



A FARM of from 40 to 50 acres, with a good house and 

 out buildings. It must be well adapted to Fruit culture. 

 A letter, i>ost-paid, giving a description of the proprty, and 

 mentioning t<_'rms, addressed to SMITH, to the care o/ 

 Evans & Co, Southern Hotel, Buffalo, will receive an im- 

 mediate answer. [3-lt] 



To American Inventors and Purchasers of Pat- 

 ent Rights. 



DEWITT 0. LAWRENCE, late Chief Clerk of the U. S. 

 Patent Office, having resigned for the purpose of resuming 

 his profession in eonection with the business of that office, 

 tenders his services to American Inventors as Solicitor for 

 Patent Rights. All the necessary papers and drawings 

 prepared for obtaining Patents, and personal attendance 

 given at the office on all business entrusted to his agency. 

 Examinations made to determine the patentability of inven- 

 tions, previous to incurring the expense of making applica- 

 tion, upon a rough sketch and description being furnished 

 accompanied by a remittance of $5.00. 



Investigation made, and advice given, as to the validity 

 of Patent Rights ; and searches of the records in reference 

 to title to territory conveyed, including the fee for recording 

 an assignment, upon a like remittance of $5.00. Current 

 Bank notes will be received at par, thus avoiding the risk 

 incurred from the transmitting of specie by mail. 



Refers to Hon. L. Cass, Hon. A. Felch, and the Members 

 of the 31st Congress generally. 



Washington City, I). C„ March 1, lS.'i2. 



Cranberry Vines. 



100,000 CRANBERRY PLANTS fine for transpl.wting, 

 and can be packed and forwarded to any part of the Union. 

 They are of the variety raised in New England, and abun- 

 dant bearers. For sale by F.TROWBRIDGE, 

 [3-lt*] New Haven, Conn. 



The Practical and Scientific Fanner's oivn Paper. 

 THE GENESEE FARMER, 



A MONTnLY JOITRNAL OF 



AGRICULTURE AND HORTICULTURE, 



ILLUSTRATED WITH NUVEKOUS ENGEAVINGS OP 



Farm Buildings, Domestic Animals, Implements, &c. 



VOLUME Xin, FOR 1852. 



♦ 



DANIEL LEE & JAMES VICE, Jr., Editoes. 

 P. BARRY, Conductor of Horticultural Department. 



F^fty Cents a Year, In Advance. 



Five Copies for $2 — Eight Copies for $3, and any larger 

 number at the same rate. 



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 the entire volume supplied to all subscribers. 



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Postage on the Genbseb Fakmek. — 50 miles or under, 

 five cents per year ; exceeding 50 miles and not over 3iHi, 

 ten cents; exceeding 3U0 and not over 1000, fifteen cents; 

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 2000 and not over 4000, twenty-five cents; for any distance 

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8TEKI0TTPED BY. J. W. BEOWK, KOCHESTBK, N. T. 



