THE GENESEE FAEMEE. 



Prices of Agricultural Producta at the Principal Markets in the United States. — Ap'l 19, 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 



Com, shelled, per bu. 

 Eye, do 



Oats, do 



Barley, do 



Clover seed. do 

 Timothy seed, do 

 Flax seed, do 



Hay, per ton 



Wool, per lb 



TVoo(i, hard, per cord 



New York. 



$5.75 a 6.75 

 9.75 12.75 



9 



18 

 6;^ 



18.00 

 SO 



le.OO a 7..50 

 12.00 13.00 



18.00 



10 



22 



6 



4.75 



1.00 



61 



72 



40 



18.50 

 12 

 28 



5.75 

 1.25 

 65 

 74 

 43 

 75 

 9 a 11 per lb. 



1.20 1.87 



11.50 12.00 



81 46 



Eochestor. 



$4.00 a 5.00 

 10.00 10.50 

 6.00 7.00 

 17.00 17.50 

 10 1(1^ 



20 



4.50 



94 



48 



56 



84 



C5 



4.50 



2.00 



1.25 



7.00 



30 



4.00 



5.00 



98 



50 



60 



36 



70 



5.50 



8.00 



1.50 



11.00 



40 



5.00 



Chicago. 



LOO a 4.25 



4.00 



16.00 



17 



4.12><r 



16.50 



8 



10 



7 ' 



3.50 



70 



84 



18 



12Xperlb. 

 2.25 

 1.00 



80 

 3.25 



40 



6.00 



Cincinnati. 



$14.50 a 16.50 



9 

 6X 



61 

 25 

 50 



80 



8.00 

 26 



16 



8 



8.22 



63 



28 

 54 



22 



40 



6.00 



2.25 



1.00 



13.00 

 85 



Philadelphia, 



$4.25 a 5.75 

 14.50 15.50 



16.50 18.00 

 9}^ 10% 

 14 16 



4.25 5.75 



96 



61 61>^ 



72 73 



88 40 



2.75 

 1.25 



4.25 

 8.00 

 1.80 



52}i 



CONTENTS OF THIS NUMBER. 



Irrigating and Manuring Land by Steam Power, 137 



Summer Fallows, 139 



Peas, 140 



Interesting Experiment, 142 



Butter and Cheese Making, 143 



Farming in Kentucky 1-16 



Communications and Editorial Notes. — Lice on Cat- 

 tle ; Guano ; Bog Lime ; Manure dropped in Sum- 

 mer. . 147 



Stall Feeding Sheep; To Dissolve Bones; Super- 

 phosphate of Lime, and Mangel Wurzel ; Treat- 

 ment of Sandy Soils ; Sweet Potatoes, 148 



Condensed Coruespondence.— Winter Barley ; Grubs 

 on Melon Vines ; Eecipe for curing Sores ; Potato 



Culture ; Yu-ginia Land, 149 



V."hite Beans; Hedges; Farming in Edgar Co., Ills., 150 



Large and Small Potatoes for Seed, 151 



Chinese Hogs, 152 



Mummy Wheat, ,. . ■ 153 



Y'right's Premium Horsii-Hoe, 153 



Ladies' Department — Phlox Drummondi, 159 



Editor's Table— Inquiries and Answers ; Notices ; &c., 160 



nORTICULTURAL DEPAKTlrtENT. 



Liquid Manure 154 



Dwarf Apple Trees ; Memoranda of the Season, 156 



Fruit Culture in Indiana ; Horticultural Society of Pitts- 

 burg ; Ilort. Society of the Valley of the Genesee. 157 



Grape Vine Malady, 158 



Answers to Correspondents, 161 



ILLUSTEATIONS. 



Chinese Hogs, 153 



Mummy Wheat, 153 



Wright's Premium Horse-Hoe, 153 



Dwarf Apple Tree, 156 



Phlox Drummondi, 159 



Improved Stock. 



CATTLE of Uie 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 our long experience as breeders and dealers in the 

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

 chasing and shipping, we think we can do as good justice 

 to orders, as any other house in the L^nited 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 

 Germany, and have grown in the United States, expressly 

 for us, a fine assortment of the best and most approved kinds 

 of Field and Garden Seeds. 



Agricultural and Horticultural Implements, a large as- 

 gortiiicnt of the various kinds suitable for North and South 

 America. A. B. ALLEN & CO. 



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



The Journal of Agriculture, 



A SEMI-MONTHLY Periodical of 32 pages. Edited 

 by William S. King, Prof. J. J. Mapes, and A. W. Dodqb, 

 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 Massachusetts 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. Toschemaker, S. II. Hunt- 

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

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

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

 well known writers and practical men. 



£S^ Good Agents wanted in all parts of the country. 



Address WILLIAM S. KING, 



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



April, 1852— 2t. 



Clover and Timothy Seed. 



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

 Agricultural Warehouse, 63 and 65 Buffalo St, 



500 bushels gotKl Timothy Seed. 



200 " prime Clover. 

 Eochester, April, 1852. J. EAPALJE & CO. 



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 P. BAEEY, Conductor of Horticultural Department 



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