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Ladies' Departmekt. — Our Index, Ac, so occu- 

 pies our room this mouth, that we are compelled 

 to omit our Ladies' Department, The following is 

 one of the many inquiries we have received in 

 relation to Flower Seeds : 



"My wife wished to inquire if yonr offer of flower seeds 

 extends to another spring, as she is anxious to try the effect 

 of introducina; the flower culture among the Indian women, 

 witti a hope that, like music, it may exert a refining, hu- 

 manizing influence over their tastes and habits, and thus 

 aid us in our missionary labor." A. S. — Versailles^ N. Y. 



We are not proof against such appeals, and shall 

 supply our female friends who may apply during 

 the winter, with seeds in season for spring plant- 



Impeksonality of the Press. — ^The Boston Jour- 

 nal of Agriculture for November, contains a vehe- 

 ment personal attack on the proprietor of thi'^ 

 paper for a criticism of a series of articles written 

 by Mr. Levi Bartlett, and published in the Jour- 

 7ial under the headiug, " Theories Examined and 

 Explained." Had the author of said attack thought 

 of the impersonality of the press, and the comity 

 of journalists, he would have learnt the name of 

 the offender, before he presumed to call names 

 and use harsh epithets. Having failed to do this, 

 he has wantonly assailed one who neither wrote 

 nor saw the comments on Mr. Bartlett's articles 

 until they appeared in the Genesee Farmer. They 

 were written by Mr. Joseph Harris, who was 

 with Mr. Lawes and Dr. Gilbert when the 

 experiments and researches were made upon 

 which the discussion arose. 



It is due to Mr. II. to say, that he has contri- 

 buted much to the editorial pages of the Farmer 

 during the year, in the volume now brought 

 to a close ; and to add that his name will hereaf- 

 ter appear as one of the responsible editors of this 

 journal. The proprietor acts upon the principle 

 that it is better to pay liberally for original mat- 

 ter of real value than to publish that of an infe- 

 rior quality, thotigh paid for inserting it. So long 

 as the farmers, gardeners, and fruit-growers of this 

 continent sustain the Genesee Farmer as they now 

 do, it shall faithfully represent their paramount 

 interests, regardless of all mere j^ersonal consid- 

 erations. 



Cornstalk Cutters at the State Fair. — Joseph 

 G. Gilbert, 216 Pearl street. New York, complains 

 tliat in our account of the late State Fair at Utica, 

 we noticed "Taylor, Tuomas & Co.," and "IIubbs 

 Patent" Straw and Corn Cutters, but did not men- 



tion "Urmy's Patent Corn Stalk Cutter and 

 Grinder," which also was upon the ground. 



We did not pretend to any such a task as giv- 

 ing an account of all the valuable implements 

 exhibited, but merely intended to mention such 

 as were recent inventions or improvements on 

 those commonly in use, as came under our obser- 

 vation in the short time allowed us for their 

 examination. We regret that we did not see 

 Urmy's Cutter and Crusher. If, as the published 

 testimonials say, it will cut and crush 75. to 100 

 biishels of stalks, or one ton of hay and straw, 

 per hour, worked by hand, and that in conse- 

 quence of the crushing, the cattle will eat up all 

 the stalks without waste, it is a valuable cutter. 



Price $35. 



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Youmans' Chart of Cheihstry and Class Book 

 OF Chemistry. — Mr. Edward L. Youmans has ren- 

 dered the public a great service in getting up a 

 Chart of Chemistry, for the use of schools and 

 academies, which, with his Class Book, will ren- 

 der the study of the principles of the science at 

 once easy and interesting. The importance of a 

 knowledge of chemistry to the farmer, gardener, 

 mechanic, mantifacturer, and professional man, is 

 now universally admitted ; and the only debate- 

 able point is, the best plan of teaching the science. 

 For the million, Mr. Youman's Chart is the thing; 

 and every school in the United States should have 

 one for the benefit of its pupils. 



New Agricultural Papers. — Llessrs. A. B. Al- 

 len & Co., of New York, have commenced the 

 publication of a large, well filled weekly sheet 

 called The Agricultor ; and Mr. Luther Tucker, 

 of Albany, N. Y., has started a somewhat sirhilar 

 journal, folded to have sixteen pages, under the 

 title of The Country Gentleman. The proprietors 

 of these papers are well known to reading form- 

 ers, and each offers his hebdomadal at $2.00 per 

 annum. 



Our friends ordering the Farmer will be partic- 

 ular in giving the name of the Post Office, County 

 and State ; also, in writing names plain, as by this 

 much perplexity may be avoided to ourselves and 

 subscribers. 



Terms — Fifty Cents a year for single copies; 

 five copies for $2, being /ot-i!^ cents each; and eight 

 copies for $.3, being thirty-seven cents each, and any 

 greater number at the same rate. 



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