TO 



GENESEE FARMER. 



Mar. 1846. 



MARKET INTELLIGENCE. 



RocHKSTEK, Feb. 28, 1816. 



Owing to llic recent heavy full of 8no\y, and severe 

 weather, there are but few transaclioiis in this Market. 



The reader is referred to tlio article headed "British 

 Cora Laws," on our first page. 



Rochester Produce Market. 



(corrected for the gknksee farmer.) 



VVlieat, 1,00 a 1,06 



Corn, 50 53 



Barley, 42 45 



Oats, 32 34 



Flour, 5,25 



Beans, 88 



Apples, 25 50 



Potatoes, 25 31 



Clover Seed, 5,75 6,00 



Timothy,.--- 1,75 2,00 



Hay, ton,---- 12,00 13,00 



Wood, cord,-- 2,50 2,75 



Salt, bbl,.--- 1,25 



Hams, lb, 5 6 



Pork, bbl. 



Pork, cwt, 4,00 



Beef, cwt, 3,00 



L.ard, lb, 7 



P.uttrr, lb, 12 



Cheese, lb, 6 



Eggs, doz, 12 



Poultry, 7 



Tallow, 6 



Wool, 



Sheep Skins, fresh, 

 Cireen Hides, lb 3 



Dry " 6 



Calfskins, 5 



10,00 



4,50 



3,50 



7i 



14 



7 



13 



1,00 



New York, Friday evening, Feb. 27. 



Flour. — The market has been very inactive to-day, and 

 without sales of importance to make quotation. The mar- 

 ket may be quoted at $5,50 for good Western brands. — 

 There are rumors of sales below this rate. No shippers 

 wore in market, but probably a few thousand bbls. could 

 be sold for England $5,37^. N. O. flat hoop we quote 5,12^ 

 Round hoop is $5 a 5,12^. In southern there is not much 

 doing. 



Grain. — There is nothing doing in wheat, holder's views 

 being above those of shippers or millers. Corn is without 

 change. 



Whiskey. — No change to note. The market is firm, and 

 bbls. are nominally 23^ a 24 cts., but we hear no sales. 



Seeds. — The sales of Clover are light, but the inquiry is 

 good. Holders are rather too firm for operations. A sale of 

 500 bbls. old Ohio, was made at 8^ cts. Of Timothy 100 

 bbls. prime sold at $17, and of Rough Flax 400 bushels at 

 $1,25, for crushing. 



Nkw York, Feb. 28. — Flour is very quiet. Genesee 

 $5,50. Southern $5 a $5,2.5. Handsome yellow flat corn 

 is offered at 66 cts, and 64^ is bid. 



Buffalo, Feb. 28. 



In flour there is no disposition to operate, and prices re- 

 main as previously noted. We hear of a sale of 12 bbl-. 

 new mess pork at" $12,50— 10 bbls. prime do. at $8,-50 — 6 

 bbls. of shoulder shanks at $7 — a lot of butts at .$8,50, and 

 an invoice of lard at 7^ cents. Some movement is discern- 

 ahls in cheese, and we notice the sale of 6000 lbs. Ohio on 

 private terms. Highwuies move off moderately at 24, and 

 whiskey at 20. — Com, Ado. 



Raciise, Feb. 17. 



The operations in our market are light. Wheat will not, 

 w© believe, command over 70 cents a bushel for the best 

 winter grain. — Adv. 



MiLWAUKiK, Feb. 14. 



Prices are still drooping. Wlieat sells at from 63 to 70 

 cts. ; flour $3,75 from wagons ; oats 22 cts. ; barley 35 cts. 



Errata. — On page 56, near the bottom of the 2d column, 

 for " to make 16.5 lbs. of dry muscular fibre," read to make 

 100 lbs. &c. ; and 100 lbs. of dry clover to form 16.5 lbs. of 

 dry muscle. 



CHOICE FRUIT TREES. 



For Sale, at the Rocliester Commercial Nursery, on 

 Main street, one mile east of the Coiirt House. The sub- 

 Bcribers offer for sale nearly 200,000 Fruit Trees of various 

 Tarieties and sizes, for cash or credit, upon the most favor- 

 able terms. 



Also — An assortment of hardy Ornamental Trees and 

 Shrubs. 



Also — Scions of almost every description of Fruit. The 

 above have been thoroughly tested, and will be warranted 

 of the kinds represented. 



BIS-SELL Sc HOOKER, at the Nursery, or 

 i. W. BmsKLU, No. 1, Arcado Hall. 



March 1, 184G. 2m. 



Ackuo wl ed^qnents. 



The Publisher desires again to express his thanks to the 

 numerous substantial friends of the Genesee Farmer. — 

 The daily additions to our subscription list, from various 

 sections — Western New York, Pa., Ohio, Michigan, &c., 

 more particularly — give abundant evidence of the generous 

 exertions of the readers of this Journal, to extend its circtj- 

 lalion in their various localities. 



It was our intention to publish, in the Feb. or this No., a 

 list of the names and residence of all those persons who had 

 obtiancd eight subscribers, or over — wliich would answer 

 as a receipt, and also show to whom we arc indebted for a 

 large share of patronage. But want of space compels us to 

 omit the list — not, however, without the hope of giving it, 

 with many additions, in a future number. We liave in our 

 mind's eye the names of over a score, each of whom have 

 sent us from 25 to 60 subscribers : indeed, they are in type, 

 but necessarily deferred. 



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[O' Owing to the large and continued increase of subscri- 

 bers, the first edition of our January and February numbers is 

 nearly exhausted. In order to supply all new" subscribers 

 with the entire volume, we have already reprinted one of 

 the back numbers, (adding several thousand to the original 

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 hope our friends will keep the ball in motion, and let none 

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Contents of this Number. 



British Corn Laws — Western N. Y. Ag. School, 55 



A Leaf torn from an unpublished Book, 56 



Profitable Farming — The Analysis of soils — Woad Seed, 57 



Proper time for Cutting Timber, 58 



Human Progress and Elevation — Farmers' Clubs, 59 



Lecture before the Junius Fanners' Club — Relative Value 



of Hay, Oats, and Grain, 61 



Manures; Their Application, 62 



To Correspondents — Taylor's Steam Factory, 63 



Preserving Timber — Mineral vs. Barn-yard Manure- 

 Ashes as a Manure, 64 



Farmers and Mechanics' Society of Raisinville, Mich. — 

 Cortland Co. Ag. School — To the Farmers of Monroe 



County, 63 



A Cheap Farm-House, 66 



Arnold's Improved Patent Lever Washing Machine, 67 



N. Y. State Ag. Society ; PremiurnList for 1846, 68, to 71 



Orchard and (Jarden Operations for March, 73 



To Correspondents^ — Tlie Cherry ; its Value, Cultivation, 



Varieties, &c., -. 73-4 



Ribston Pippin — Auroni Horticultural Society, 75 



Market Imclligeocc — Publisher's Notices, &c., ,.. 78 



