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GENESEE FARMER. 



Jan. 



MARKET INTELLIGENCE. 



Rochester, Dec. 30, 1845. 

 Below we give tlie prices in our own and some of the 

 Eastern and Western Markets. The Euslern markets are 

 unsettled, and there is but little hiisiiiess doing in Koehes- 

 ter. W'e have only room for a brief synopsis, this month, 

 but shall give more full reports hereafter — including extracts 

 from foreign papers. 



Rochester Produce Market. 



^Vheat, l,00al,0G Fork, bbl, 10,00 



Corn, --- 33 38 Pork, cwt, 4,00 4,75 



Barley, -.- 30 50 Beef, cwt, 2,50 3,00 



Oats, 32 35' Lard, lb, 8 10 



Flour, 5,25 5,.50 Butter, lb, 13 14 



Beans, 88 Cheese, lb, 6 7 



Apples, 25 50 Eggs, doz, 12 13 



Potatoes, 31 Poultry, 5 6 



Clover Seed,. 6,00 6,50 Tallow, 6 7 



Timothy,...- 1,30 2,00 Wool, 



Hay, ton, 12,00 13,00 Sheep Skins,.. 63 75 



Wood. cord,-. 2,00 3,00 Greefi Hides, lb 3 7 



Salt, bbl,.... 1,13 Dry " -... 6 7 

 Hams, lb, 5 6 Calf Skins, 5 6 



New York, Dec. 26. 



Flour and Meal. — The market is very firm to-day at 

 $5,56i a 5, 62 J, with a Isiir demand for home use and the 

 East, and a good inquirv for shipment at 5,50. The sales 

 are 2000 to 3000 bbls. Genesee for the East at 5, 62^ and 1000 

 to 1500 do. for export at 5,56J. The report of sales at 6,56i 

 in our second edition of yesterday was, of course, a typo- 

 graphical error. Large engagements of freight for Liver- 

 pool were made at 3s. sterling. We note sales of 500 bbls. 

 round hoop Ohio at 4,50. VVcstern Ship Stufis 17 a 18c. 

 per bush. 



Provisions. — Pork remains very dull, and the transac- 

 tions are limited. The market is nominally at $10,37^ a 

 10,50 for Prime, and 13,12^ a 13,25 for Mess, Dutches Co. 

 Mess 13,50. In Beef we hear of 100 bbls country mess at 

 7,75, and 200 tcs. prime mess for England at 14. We quote 

 beef 7,75 a 8,50 and 5 a 5,50 for country and city. Cheese 

 is 7 a 7jc., and not active. Western dairy butter 14 a 18c., 

 and in fair demand ; Ohio 11 J a 12^c. The stock is good 

 both for butter and cheese. 



Wool. — The market is quiet for all kinds of Wool. Noth- 

 ing doing of importance from first hands. Manufacturers 

 take from the trade only for immediate use. Holders of 

 foreign, are firm at former prices. Cordova has advanced. 

 Nothing doing in fleece for shipping. 



Amer. Saxony, fleece 38 a 40 Superfine pulled, 29 a 31 

 Amer. full bl'd merino 36 38 No. 1, pulled, 26 27 



Amer. i | do merino 30 34 No. 2, pulled, 20 21 



Amer. native &i me'o23 30 



Buffalo, Dec. 30, 1845. 



We hear of no change in the state of the market. Dul- 

 ness is its prevailing feature, and a general indisposition on 

 all sides to operate. Holders of flour are holding on at $5, 

 while it sells at 5,50 a 5,62 1-2 in New York ; and buyers 

 are holding ofl"at 4,50, and are not inclined to go above that 

 figure. There is therefore nothing doing, except in small 

 parcels for the city trade. — Pilot. 



Chicago, Dec. 17. 



WTieat taken in yesterday, 4,701 bush. at86a88c., a 

 very few samples bringing 90c. This morning we quote 

 prices at from 86 to 88c., the latter price, however, being 

 only paid for best samples. 



Annual Meeting of the N. Y. State Ag. Society. 



The Annual Meeting of the New York State Agricultu- 

 ral Society, will commence its Session in the City of Albany, 

 on the third Wednesday (21st) of January, and continue 

 two days. 



The meetings for business will be held at the State Geo- 

 logical Rooms, commencing at 10 o'clock, A. M. on Wed- 

 nesday. 



A Public Meeting will hn held at the Assembly Chamber 

 of the Capitol on Wednesday Evening, where tliere will be 

 a Public Discussion of subjects interesting to Agriculturists. 

 And on Tiiursday evening the Annual Address will be de- 

 livered by the President of the Society. 



Farmers and the Public generally are invited to be present. 

 L. TUCKER, Rec. Secretary. 



To Subscribers and Others. 



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TKE GENESEE FARMER. 



VOLUME VII, FOR 1846. 



The undersigned, having purchased the Subscription list 

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Its Editorial Department will continue under the 

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December, 1845. Rochester, N. Y. 



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Contents of this Number. 



Western New York Agricultural School, - 7 



Teach One Another, - 8 



Insects Injurious to Vegetation — Weevil, 9 



The Northwest,. - -.- 10 



To Correspondents — Carrots, 11 



The Culture of Indian Corn, - - 12' 



The Fattening of .4nimals, - 13' 



Mineral Elements of Plants, — 14 



Agriculural and Commercial Statistics — Keeping your 



Pigs in Winter, - - - 17 



Elm-wood Cottage — Preservation of Potatoes— Two New 

 Facts relative to the Potatoe Disease — Cortland Agri- 

 cultural Society, - 18 



Monroe County Agricul tural Society, . - - 19 



To the Farmers of Western New York, _ 20 



Letter from S. W., of Seneca Co. — ^Baldwin'sGazetteer, 21 

 The Potatoe Disease — Sanford's Straw Cutter — How to 



kill Lice on Cattle-^Exports of Ohio for 1845, 22 



A New Fact — Prof. Liebig's Opinion on the Potatoe 



Disease— To kill Moss on Roofs, . - 23 



Remarks on the Culture of the Pear, - 24, 



Swan's Orange Pear, 25 



W^illiam's Pear, White Doyenne or Virgalieu, .-- 26 



Protection of Fruit Trees from Field Mice — The British 



American Cultivator— Farewell to the Flowers, 27 



Fruit Stealing — Chinese Horticulture, 28 



Market Intelligence— Publisher's Notices, «!tc 3ft' 



