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THE GENESEE FARMER. 



Prices of Agricultural Products at the Principal Markets In tlic United States. — Blar. 18, 1853. 



Beef, per 100 lbs 



do mess, per bbl . . 

 Pork, per 100 lbs 



do mess, per bbl. 



Lard, per lb 



Butter, do 



Cheese, do 



Flour, per bbl 



Wheat, per bush 



Corn, shelled, per bu. 

 Rye, do 



Oats, do 



Barley, do 



Clover seed, do 

 Timothy seed, do 

 Flax seed, do 



Hay, per ton 



Wool, per lb 



Wood, hard, per cord 



$5.25 

 9.50 



16.25 

 9 



IS 



4.63 

 1.10 

 63 

 74 

 41 

 76 



a 6.50 

 12.60 



16.75 



93€ 



28 



7^ 



6.00 



1.15 



64 



75 



49 



80 



9?^ pr. lb. 

 ■14.18 per tee. 

 13.00 per tee. 

 14.00 16.00 

 30 44 



$6.00 a 7.50 

 10.00 12.00 



16.00 18.00 

 9>^ 10 

 20 -25 



6.75 



1.25 



65 



73 



43 



4.75 

 1.00 



64 



72 



40 



75 

 9 a 11 per lb. 



1.20 1.35 



13.00 15.00 



31 46 



Rochester. 



$4.50 



11.00 



6.00 



15.00 



8 



16 



6 



4.50 



98 



43 



69 



32 



67 



4.50 



2.00 



1.25 



8.00 



30 



4.00 



a 5.00 



11.50 



6.25 



15.50 



10 



18 



7 



5.00 



1.00 



50 



70 



33 



70 



5.00 



2.50 



1.50 



12.00 



40 



4.50 



Chicago. 



$4.00 a 4.25 



4.00 

 16.00 . 



8 



5 



3.00 



50 



23 



17 



16..^0 



8 



10 



7 



4.00 



68 



35>^ 



20 



12>^perlb. 

 2.25 

 1.00 



30 

 3.25 



40 

 5.00 



$14.50 



9 



3.22 

 61 

 25 

 50 



20 



30 

 6.00 

 1.50 

 1.00 • 

 8.00 



26 



8'i 

 16" 



1X2 



3.40 

 63 

 28 

 55 

 21 

 40 



2.25 



11.50 

 35 



Philadelphia. 



$4.25 a 5." 



14.50 15.( 



16.50 



14 



,25 5.'; 



92 l.( 



'.00 

 16 



5.00 5 

 2.75 8, 

 1.30 1 



.50 

 25 

 .35 



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CONTENTS OF THIS NUMBER. 



Cows and Carrots, 105 



Beet-Boot Sugar, 107 



Under Draining, 109 



Milch Cows, and Calves, 110 



Willows, Ill 



Large Crop of Buta Baga, : 112 



Agricultural Productions, as shown by the Census of 



1S50, 116 



Culture of the Grape, and Wine Making, 117 



Experiment with Potatoes, 118 



Horses for the Farm 119 



Condensed Coerespokdencb.— Butter-Making Expe- 

 riments; Thick and Thin Sowing; To Clean 

 Spring Wheat from Chess, Oats, &c.; Planting 



Small Potatoes; lioine-Made Guano, 113 



Merino, South-Down, and Leicester Sheep; Soak- 

 ing Corn in a Solution of Hartshorn ; Experi- 

 ment with Poultry ; Guano on Com, 114 



Bees ; Culture of Tobacco, 115 



Editor's Table — Inquiries and Answers'; Noticts; &C « m 



nORTICBLTUBAL DEPAKT1LE;,T. 



Fruit Rooms, 122 



Hints for the Season, 125 



The Candytuft, 126 



Answers to Correspondents, 128 



ILLUSTRATIONS. 



Outline of the Wild Tartarian Horse, 119 



« " Modern Hunter, 120 



« " Head of the Arabian Horse, 120 



« " Head of the Hungarian Horse, . . 120 



ASufTolk Stallion, 121 



Plan of a Fruit Room, 123 



Interior View.of a Fruit Room, 123 



Longitudinal Section of a Fruit Room, 124 



Candytuft, 126 



Improved Stock. 



CATTLE of the Durham, Devon, Hereford, Aldemey, and 

 Ayrshire breeds. 



SHEEP of the Native and French Merino, Saxony, South 

 Down, and Cotswold. 



PIGS of the Lincoln, Suffolk, and Berkshire breeds. 



From onr long experience as breeders and dealers in the 

 above kinds of stock, and our excellent situation for pur- 

 cha.sing and shipping, we think we can do as good justice 

 to orders, as any other house in the United States. 

 A. B. ALLEN & CO., 



April 1, 1852— tf. 189 and 191 Water St., New York. 



Field and Garden Seeds. 



WE have recently imported from England, France and 

 Germanv. and have grown in the United States, expressly 

 for us, a "fine assort nieiit of the best and most approved kinds 

 of Field and Garden Seeds. 



Agricultural and Horticultural Implements, a large as- 

 sortment of the various kinds suitable for North and South 

 America. A. P.. ALLEN & CO. 



April, 1852— tf. 189 and 191 Water st., New York. 



The Journal of Agriculture, 



A SEMI-MONTHLY Periodical of 32 pages. Edited 

 by William S. Kino, Prof. J. J. Mapes, and A. W. Dodge, 

 Corresponding Secretary of the Massachusetts Board of Ag- 

 riculture. Published at Nos. 8 and 10 Gerrish Block, Black- 

 stone Street, Boston, Terms — $2 per annum ; Four copies, 

 $6 ; Ten copies, $14. The money must always accompany 

 the order. 



Among the principal contributors are M. P. Wilder, Pre- 

 sident liassachusetts Board of Agriculture, Dr. Charles T. 

 Jackson, Levi Bartlett, John W. Proctor, President Essex 

 Agricultural Society, Samuel Walker, President Massachu- 

 setts Horticultural Society, J. E. Tesehemaker, S. H. Hunt- 

 ington, Hartford, T. B. Miner, Author of American Bee 

 Keeper's Manual, Rev. J. L. Blake, D.D., Author of Farm- 

 er's Every-day Book. &c.. Rev. W. Clift, and many other 

 weU known writers and practical men. 



|fW° Good Agents wanted in all parts of the country. 



Address WILLIAM S. KING, 



8 and 10 Gerrish Block, Blackstone st.. Boston, Mass. 



Apiil. 1852— 2t. 



Clover and Timothy Seed. 



NOW on hand and for sale at the Genesee Seed Store and 

 Agricultural Warehouse, 63 and 65 Buffalo Sf 

 500 bushels good Timothy Seed. 

 200 " prime Clover. 

 Rochester, April, 1852. J. RAPAL-LE & CO. 



The Practical and Scientific Fanner't own Paper. 

 THE GKNKSElE t^AUMKR, 



A MONTHLY JOURNAL OF 



AGRICUT.TURE AND HORTICULTURE, 



ILLUSTRATED WITH NUMEROUS ENGRAVINGS OP 



Farm Buildings, Domestic Animals, Implements, &c. 



VOLUME Xm, FOR 1852. 



DANIEL LEE & JAMES VICK, Jr., Editors. 

 P. BARRY, Conductor of Horticultural Department, 



Fifty Cents a Year, In Advance. 



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

 number at the same rate. 



g^°° All subscriptions to commence ■with the year, and 

 the entire volume supplied to all subscribers. 



Subscription money, if properly enclosed, may be sent 

 (post-paid or free) at the risk of the Publisher. Address to 

 DANIEL. liEE, 



December, 1851. Rochester, N. T. 



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

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

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

 exceeding 10(10 and not over 2000, twenty cents; exceeding 

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

 exceeding 4ii00, thirty cents. 



STEREOTYPED BY. J. W. BEOWW, ROCHESTER, N. T. 



