THE GENESEE FAEMEE. 



Prices of Agricultural Products at the Principal Markets In the United States. — Aitg. 30, 1853 



Beef, per 100 lbs 



do mess, per bbl.. 

 Pork, per 100 lbs ... . 



do mess, per bbl. 



Lard, per lb 



Butter, do 



Clicse, do 



Flour, per bbl 



Wheat, per bush 



Corn, shelled, per bu. 

 Eye, do 



Outs, do 



Barley, do 



Clover seed, do 

 Timothy seed, do 

 Flax seed, do 



Hay, per ton 



Wool, per lb 



Wood, hnrd. per cord 



New York. 



.$7.00 a 9.00 

 1-1.00 17.60 



18.50 

 IIX 

 12 

 6 

 4.00 

 90 

 67 



40 



58 



19.S7>^ 

 12X 

 18 

 6% 

 5.50 

 1.15 

 70 

 79^ 

 44 j^ 

 62X 

 7>i/a8 pr. lb. 

 .$17 to 19 per tee. 

 1.20 1.35 



16.00 20.00 

 33 50 



a $7.25 

 17.00 18.00 



20.00 

 12 

 15 

 7 

 4.12 

 90 

 70 

 85 



24.00 

 13 

 23 



5.75 



1.05 



72 



87 



47 



Sail per lb. 

 2.50 2.75 



1.33 

 17.00 



1.40 



18.00 



50 



6.50 



Eochesier. 



1.50 a 6.00 



10.00 10.50 



7.00 



16.00 



9 



6 



4.75 

 96 

 54 

 66 

 38 

 6T 



2.25 



1.25 



7.00 



80 



4.00 



7.50 



19.00 



10 



14 



7 



5.00 



1.00 



56 



62 



40 



70 



5.60 



8.00 



1.50 



10.00 



40 



4.50 



Chicago. 



17.00 



$6.00 a 6.50 



S.OO 10.00 



6.00 



16.50 



T 



11 



5 



8.00 



66 



46 



27 



23 



5.00 



8.50 

 69 



48 



81 



2.25 

 1.00 



Cincinnati. 



10 

 10 



3.10 

 57 



48 

 2Q 



4.00 



1.50 



90 



5.00 



28 



$20.00 



I 11 



14 



6 



8.40 



58 



40 



53 



23 



5.00 

 2.50 

 1.00 

 10.00 

 40 



Philadelphia. 



$18.00 a 19.00 



4.87X 5.00 



2.00 2.50 



1.25 



85 55 



CONTENTS OF THIS NUMBER. 



How can he get Wisdom that holdeth the Plow ? 265 



Experiments on Draining, 267 



Artificial Manures, 269 



Sou best adapted for the Culture of Wheat, 271 



Leached Ashes on Wheat, 272 



Peas, and Pork-Making, 273 



Improved Breeds of Cattle in the West, 274 



The Elemerts of Fertility worse than wasted, 276 



Condensed Correspondknce. — Average Production of 



Wool per Shc.:p, in each of the States, 277 



New Varieties of Wheat, » 278 



Sowing Oats with Wheat ; Soaking Corn in a Solu- 

 tion of IL-irtshorn, 279 



Ladies Depart.ment.— Forest Flowers, 288 



Malope Grandiflora, 2S8 



Editor's Table.— Agricultural Fairs, Notices, &c,,... 2S9 



Inquiries and Answers, 290 



HORTICULTURAL DEPAETMENT. 



Death of A. J. Downing, 2^0 



The Eose-colored Weigelia, 281 



Earlv Summer Pears, 282 



The "Pomologicai Convention, 284 



The Crescent Seedling Strawberry, 285 



Genesee Valley Hortiailtural Society, 286 



Answers to Correspbndents, 291 



ILLUSTRATIONS. 



Short-Horn Cow, '• Azalia," 275 



Short-Horn Bull, " Lord Eyrholm," 275 



Weigelia Eosea, 281 



Pears — Amire Joannet, Little Musk, Muscat 



Robert, 282 



" Doyenne d'Ete, Madelaine, Skinless, 288- 

 Malope Grandiflora, 288 



Real Estate for Sale. 



THE health of the subscriber having failed him, he is in- 

 duced to offer for sale his Mill property, consisting of a cus- 

 tom Mill, recently put in a good state of repair ; a Saw Mill, 

 also recently repaired; two Dwelling Houses; a good 

 Orchard, and about 22 acres of land, including flowagc 

 land. Said property is situated in the pleasant town of 

 Yates, Orleans Co., N. Y., in the midst of a wealthy farm- 

 ing community and an excellent wheat growing country. 



He has also a farm of 154 acres of first quality land ad- 

 joining said Mills, 120 acres improved, good buildings, 

 orchards, and plenty of running water. He will sell said 

 farm with the Mills, if desired, "inquire of the subscriber, 

 on the premises.— [7-3t] J. O. PARSONS. 



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Multlcaul Rye. 



I HAVE grown, the present season, about two hundred 

 bushels of this celebrated rye, for which I obtained Uie pre- 

 mium at the last State Fair. I can now, therefore, supply 

 those who applied last year in vain, at the rate of $2.50 per 

 bushel. This rye has yielded with me forty bushels per 

 acre, and furnishes abundant food for stock, as it can be 

 sown any time between July and October, and as soon as 

 well started should be fed down until about the 10th of May. 

 DANIEL P. BIGELOW. 

 Barre Centre, Orleans, Co., N. Y., SepL, 1852. 



LINN.EAN BOTANIC GARDENS & NURSERIES 



FLUSHING, {LONG ISLAND,) N. Y. 

 WM. R. PRINCE & CO. vrill sell ofl^ by the first of May 

 next, the entire collection of Trees and Shrubbery from 50 

 acres of their Nurseries, and the Green-house Plants, the 

 ground being wanted for building lots. The trees are equal 

 to any ever grown, and comprise the choicest varieties, and 

 sales amounting to $250 and upwards will be made at 12 

 months credit for approved security. 



The stock of Pears on pear and quince, and of dwarf and 

 standard Cherries, Apples, Plums, Peaches, Grapes, Quin- 

 ces, and other fruits, is unrivalled, and comprises 15,000 

 Fruit Trees of large bearing size. 



50,000 Evergreens of every species and size, and other 

 Ornamental Trees of every size. 



3,000 finest Foreign Grapes, in pots, for grape-houses, 

 and 15 superior varcities of hardy Native Grapes. 



Five best species of European Osiers. 



A great stock of Camelias, Chinese Azaleas, and other 

 Green-house Plants. 



An immense assortment of Bulbous Flower Roots and 

 Pojonies, and the finest collection of Strawberries. 



New Nurseries and Cemeteries can buy to great advan- 

 tage. 



Note.— This is the proper period for transplanting Straw- 

 berries, Bulbous Roots, Poeonies, Rhubarb, &c. 



Sept., 1852.— 9-1 1*$2. 



The Practical and Scientific Farmers own Paper. 

 the: GENESEE FAKMER, 



A MONTHLY JOURNAL OF 



AGRICULTURE AND HORTICULTURE, 



ILLUSTRATED WITH NUMEROUS ENGRAVINGS OF 



Farm Buildings, Domestic Animals, Implements, &c. 

 VOLUME XIII, FOR 1852. 



DANIEL LEE & JAMES VICK, Jr., Editors. 

 P. BAEET, 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. 



^p°° AU 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. I.EE, 



December, 1851. Rochester, N. T. 



•Postage on the Genesek 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 1000 and not over 2000, twenty cents ; exceedmg 

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

 exceeding 4000, thirty cents. 



BTBKBOTYPED BY J. W. BROWN, KOCUESTBR, N. T. 



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