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THE GENESEE FARMER. 



Prices of AgrlctiJtnral Products at tlie Principal Slarkcts in the United States. — May 30, 1S33. 



Beef, per 100 lbs 



<io mess, per bbl.. 

 Pork, per lUO lbs.... 



do mess, per bbl. 



Lard, per lb 



Butter, do 



Clieese, do 



Flour, per bbl 



Wlieut, per bush 



Corn, shelled, per bu. 

 Rye, do 



Oafs, do 



r.Mi-iey, do 



Cldver seed, do 

 Timothy seed, do 

 Flax seed, do 



Hay. per ton 



Wool, per lb 



Wood, hard, per cord 



New York. 



73 



431^ 



66 



38 

 C4 



IK pr. lb. 



16.13 per tee. 



1.-20 1.30 



13.00 14.00 



30 43 



$6.00 

 12.00 



19.00 

 10 

 17 

 6 

 4.75 

 90 

 61 

 73 

 40 



1.20 



13..^0 



31 



a 7.50 

 16.00 



20.00 



25 



9 



5.75 



l.l« 



66 



78 



46 



75 



; 11 per lb. 



1.35 



14.50 



46 



$5.50 

 10.00 

 7.00 

 16.00 

 9 



10 

 7 

 4.02 

 06 

 50 

 69 

 38 

 67 



2.25 

 1.25 



12.00 



30 



4.00 



a 6.00 



10.50 



7.50 



19.00 



10 



18 



S 



4.75 



1.00 



64 



70 



40 



70 



5.50 



3.00 



L.'iO 



15.00 



40 



4.50 



Chicaffo. 



4.00 a 4.25 



4.00 



10.50 



9 



8 



5 



70 

 33 



4.12^ 



17.00 



9>^ 



10 



7 



4.00 



76 



S4 



12Xperlb. 

 2.25 

 1.00 



30 

 3.25 



40 



6.00 



" Cmcinnali. 



$16.37 ff 16.60 

 8 IQ^i^ 



14 

 6^ 



40 

 4.00 

 1.60 



8.00 

 26 



18 

 7X 

 3.22 



62 



29 



50 



25 



60 

 4.25 

 2.50 

 1.00 

 16 00 



30 



Philadelphia. 



*4.25 a 5.26 

 16.00 16.50 



19.00 20.00 

 10>^ 11,^ 

 14 16 



4.25 

 95 

 61 



5.25 



1.0.2 



64 



75 

 45 



4.12^' 

 2.75 3.00 

 1.25 1.30 



CONTENTS OF THIS NUMBER. 

 Observations on the Growth and Nourishment of Plants, 169 



Mixing Soils and Manures, 1 Jl 



Plowing in Green Crops, 1^.3 



The Fatting Quahties of different Breeds of bheep,... I16 

 CoxDEXsED Correspondence. — Salt vs. Fire; Sheep 

 Frauds ; Kuta Baga and Mangel Wurzel, 178 



Growmg Melons ; Sweet Potatoes, 179 



Gapes in Chickens, 1*0 



Homes foi- the Poor, 1^1 



Soiling Cattle in Summer, 183 



Hungarian Cattle, iS4 



Cast Iron Enamelled Stable-Fittings, 184 



Ladies' Department— tJolden Bartouia, 191 



Treatment of Annuals, 191 



Editoe's Table— Remarks on the Management of the 

 N. Y. State Ag. Society ; Tobaeea; Notices; &e.,.. 193 



Inquiries and Answers, 194 



nOKTICULTURAL DEPAETjnSNT. 



The Propagation and Culture of Fruit Trees, &c., 185 



Rustic Yv'ork in Gardens, ♦. 1S6 



Brown's Patent I'umigator 18' 



Hints for June, 18^ 



Easter Beurre Pc.ir, l8'' 



Machine for Cutting Grass Plots, 190 



Genesee Valley lIorlicultur;^l Society, 190 



ILLUSTRATIONS. 



Hungarian Cattle, IS-* 



Stable-Fittings, .- 184 



Rustic Baskets, 187 



Brown's Patent Fnmigator, 187 



Easter Beurre Pear, .• 139 



Patent Grass-Cutter, 190 



ADVEETiSEME>fT9, to sccure insertion in the Far- 

 mei", must be received as early as the 10th of the 

 pi-ev;ous month, and be of such a character as to 

 be of interest to farmers. We publish no other. 

 Tena.>— $2.00 for every hundred words, each in- 

 ccrtion, paid hi advance. 



Improved Stock. 



OATTIiF.of dve Durham, Devon, Hereford, Aldemey, and 

 Ayrshire breeds. 



SHEEP (,{ the Native and French Merino, Saxony, South 

 Down, and Cotswold. 



PIGS of Uie 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 shii>ping, we think we can do as good justice 

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

 A. B. ALLEN & CO., 



April 1, 1S5C— tf. 189 and 191 Water et., New York. 



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 good Timothy Seed. 

 200 " prime Clover. 

 Rochester, April, 1 852. -T. RAPAL,rE: & CO. 



Potatoes for Seed. 

 1000 bushels W/uU Mercer Potatoes, an excellent potato, 

 yielding first rate and never rotting It is the favorite here 

 Price, $4 per barrel. 



Also, 100 bushels of the Mexican Potato— ttie very best 

 potato in existence for the table, so pronounced by all who 

 have tested them. 



Those who wish either of these kinds must apply soon, as 

 thev are going off with a rush. 



IJochester, N. Y., jSIay, 1852^ .T. RAPALJE & CO. 



Young J51org.'m Tiger 

 WILL stand the ensuing season at the stable of Aaron 

 Miller, two miles southwest frojn Lodj, Seneca Co. Terms 

 of insurance, .$10. 



This jit-sil;/ celchrnicd Horse lias been owned and kept 

 by J. M. Gillet, of Waj-ne Co., three seasons — took Pint 

 Premium at Wayne County Fair in 1850, an<l certificate of 

 Best Horse exhibited 1851. His colts, one and two years 

 old, took First Premiums af the State Fair in 1851. Pasture 

 at reasonable charge. MILLER & SWARTHOUT. 



Lodi, May, 1S52.— 6-lt* 



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Farm Baildingis, Domsstic Animals, Implements, &c. 



V0LUM3 Xin, FOR 1852. 



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December, 1851. Rocheaier, Al T. 

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P08TAGB ON THE Genesee Faemer. — 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 lOOO and not over 2000, twenty cents; exceeding 

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

 exceeding 4000, thirty cents. 



6TBBKOTYPED BY J. W. BEOWN, KOCHESTEE, N. T. 



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