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GENESEE FARMER. 



Feb. 1840. 



31 ARRET INTELLIGENCE. 



Rochester, Jan. 30, 1816. 



The weather is unfavorable for trade, and there is noth- 

 ing doing in our Ularket. ISo Vi l.iat in market, and no 

 transaeiions in l''lour. 



Our foreign exehanges (reecived by the IJibernia, the 

 last arrival.) contain no deiinite or important intelligence 

 from the i^nKlisli ^larkcts. 



Rochester Produce Market. 



(corrected for 



Wheat, 1,00 a 1 



Corn, 



IJariey, 30 



Oats, 32 



Flo'ir, 5.25 5, 



Beans, 



Apples, 25 



PoUitoes, 31 



Clover Seed,. C,50 7, 



Timothy, 1,75 2 



Hay, ton, 11,00 12. 



M'ood.cord,-. 2,00 3 



Salt, bbl,.... 1, 



Hams, lb, 5 



THE G K N E S K K FARMER.) 



,06 Pork, bbl, 10, 



.50 Pork, cvvt, 4,00 4, 



.)fl Beef, ev.t, 2,50 3, 



35 Lard, lb. 7 



50 Butter, lb, 12 



88 Cheese, lb, 6 



5'J Eggs, doz, 12 



37 Poultry, 7 



00 Tallow G 



,00 Wool,___, 



00 Sheep Skins,.. 



,00 Green Hides, lb 



,25 Dry " 



t) Calf Skins, 



88 



To the Friends of the Gen. Farmer. 



The Pul.lisher jiratefully acknowledpes his i.idchtedness 

 to numerous 1 osi-Alasters- and o'.her prominont ::nd intiuen- 

 ential fiiends of ilis Journal, for the larjre number of sub- 

 ."criplions received during the past montli. if those who 

 have already so geneiously set the Lall in motion will 

 continue tl;eir iii'.l, and others as.^ist in the good cause, our 

 subscription li.-stwill soon be such .that we rau ■jthIwUI givo 

 our patrons a journal worih more than many of the dollar 

 papers devoted to the s:ime subject. (O" Send on your or- 

 ders, gentlemen — remembering tliat a large ii-st is what will 

 enable u.s to give you " the / est nnd cheaptsf. Apricultural pa» 

 per in the Union." (For terms, &;c., see Prospectus.) 



" New York, Jan. 27. 



Flour and Meal. — There is not much doing for home 

 use and the market is ([noted at ,$5,()2;^ for Genesee. For 

 shipment these is some inquiry at 5.50, and some shippers 

 have been in market and taken about 3J00 bbls. Genesee 

 and Michigan at $5,5()i for England. There ii also some 

 inquiry for Fiance, and we believe asamll sale was made. 



Grain. — In wheat there i.s nothing doing. Corn is in 

 considerable supply, and the sales are large including 15,000 

 bush, new .Southern, part on private terms and part at Gil 

 a 64 ctfi. for distilling ; 5000 do. South Jersey at C7i cts. for 

 export, and 7000 do Jersey at 68 cents. — Tribune. 



Albany, Jan. 28. 



Flour is sold at $5,75 a $5,87| on Eastern orders. The 

 receipts of produce continue as free as ever, and we have 

 no change to nniice in prices, except in Rye, which has de- 

 clined and sells iit 68.] a 60 cents. — Citizen. 



Boston, .Tan. 27. 



Flour. — Market is more depressed nnd some sales of 

 Michigan and Genesee have been made at lower rates. The 

 transactians in Corn have been for yellow Hat h'8 n 70 cents, 

 and while 67 a OS cents ; but few buyers at these rates. — 



Courier. 



Western Markets. 



BLFFAr-o, Jan. 30. 



We are constrained to renew this morning the almost 

 stereotype phrase of "nothing doing," in relation to the state 

 of our produce market yesterday, as il expresses the actual 

 condition of trade, as well as a volume of comment. The 

 sales of produce and provisions are con';ncd to the require- 

 ments of the retail trade, without materi il change in prices. 

 — Courier. 



Detroit, Jan. 24. 



There was a little improvement in the market yesterday. 

 A few lo ids of Hour of choice brands were sold as high as 

 $4,50, though thr^ greater portion in the market went at 

 $4,37 a §4,4il. Wheat is in demand at 80 cents. Pork re- 

 mains at $4,25 a $4,50. — Adv. 



Chicago, Jan.- 20. 



Wheat came forward yesterday 2,148 bush., which was 

 taken at a market range of from 77 to 80 cents. 



FJo:ir — There is considerable coming from the country, 

 which is taken at $4,50 a §4,62.] City mills, supcrfine| 

 $4,37. The receipts of wheat for the week ending on the 

 17th, were 21,817 hnah.— Journal. 



Horticultural Society. 



The friends of Horticulture are requested to meet at the 

 C013UT HOUSi;, in the Li!y of i{ochesler, on Friday 

 evenin,', Eeb. 20th, at 7 o'clock, to form a llOli- 

 TlCUl.TURAL SO»Ji«:.TV, should it then be deemed 

 expedient. 



Musks ciiapin, w.m. pitkin, 



L. B. LAiNGWOIlTHY, Wiw. KIDD, 



H. E. ROCHlilSTER, ISAAC HILLS, 



J. H. WATTS, L. B. SWA.N, 



J. W. BISSELL. 



The Genesee Farmer. 

 VOLUME VII, FOR 18413. 



The undersigned, having purchased the Sub.«cription list 

 of this valuable ani popular Journal, would announce to 

 ils Patrons and the Agricultural Public, that such arrange- 

 ments have been made for its future publication as will ren- 

 der it still more deserving the patronage of all friends of 

 Improvement. 



Earli Nuiidier cf the next Volume, (commencing in Janu- 

 ary, 184(), instead o/' sixteen, wiUcontain '1 WL^TY-FOUR 

 LARGE OCTAVO PAGES, — will be -printtd cnin.yv Tif^, 

 and GOOD I'AHEii, — and embellished with a] ] rij r ate ekgra- 

 viNGS. The paper will make .a handsome voh.me of about 

 tliree hundred jiuges, suitable for Ijinding at the expiration ot 

 the year. I\o reasonable expense or eflbrt will be sp.ared, 

 but every proper exertion used to make il iicceiitable to the 

 Farming community, by rendering it at once the cheapest 

 and best paper of its size aiuJ kind in tlie Union. 



Its Editori.^l Depart.ment v\iil continue under the 

 supervision of Dr. DAINIEL LEE, its prtsint talented and 

 popular Editor. Its Hokticuetukal Ijki'akt.ment will be 

 coaJucted bj^ P. B.VRRY, Esq, an experienced and practi- 

 cal Horticulturist. 



Term.s, saute as heretofore — Fifty Cents a Year, m 

 advance ; 5 copies for §2 ; 8 copies for $3. 



New is the time to S7ibsc7-ibe ! and those wlio wish to do so, 

 are requested to send in their orders as soon as convenient. 

 Persons ordering the paper will please write plamly tho 

 name of the I'ost Ollice, County and State to which it is to 

 be sent — and also slate whether ihey ha\e the January 

 number. Post Masters, and other friends of Aericultural 

 Journals, are requested to obtain and forward subscriptions 

 for the Farmer." Post Ma.sters may enclose money at our 

 risk. Address D. D. T. .MOORE, 



December, 1845. Rochester, N. Y. 



O^ Editors will greatly oblige us by copying the above 

 Prospectus ; and to those v.ho do so, we v.ill send one or 

 more copies of the Farmer, without an exchange. 



Contents of this Niimber. 



Conversations between a Farher and his Son ; Plowing, 31 



Clearing Swamps and lAIarshes, 32 



(iJulture of Indi.ni Corn, No. 2, 33 



Agricultural and (.'onunercial Statistics, No. 2,.. 34 



The Fanner's Club — Fine 1 ickle for Meat, 35 



To Correspondents, . 36 



A Small I'arm with a Great Farmer, 37 



The Wesi is (.'oming, 1 38 



Common School Libraries — Keeping Pork — Notes from 



.S. W. — The Value of Indian Corn, - 39 



Mulder, Liebig, and Petzholdt — Circular — Onondaga Cut 



Stone, - 40 



Yates Co. Farmers Club — Cisterns — Save your Ashes ; 



Not sell them, - 41 



Rural .Architecture, illustrated by plans of Elm-wood 



Cottage, '. 43 



Potatoe Flour — Winter Dairy — For Wounds in Horses — 



The I )roughl, •. 44 



The Art of Painting — Advantages of White Paint over 



Black — A new Material for Roo;ing — and other articles, 45 

 Oneida Co. Ag. Society — Inquiry — Stale Ag. Society — 



Grapes — Apples — Boquets, _. 46 



HORTICULTURAL DEPARTMENT. 



Further Reniark.s on the Culture of the Pear, 47 



Harllett or William s lionchrelion Pear, 43 



Laquier Apple — .\ Horticultural Society, .,- 49 



Floriculture, The Rose, 50 



Acknowledgments — On the Cultivation of Prairie Roses, 51 

 Market Intelligence — Notices, &.C., - 34 



