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GENESEE FARMER. 



April. 



MARKET INTELliltJENCE. 



Rochester Produce Market. 



(CORRKCTED FOR THE OKNESEE FARMER.) 



Pork, bbl, 



Pork, cwt, 4,00 



P.eef, cwt, 3,00 



Lard, lb, 7 



Himor, lb, 10 



Cheese, lb, 8 



Egujs, doz, 9 



Poullry, 7 



Tallow, C 



Maple Sugar,-. 

 Sheep Skins, fresh, 

 Green Hides, lb 3 



Dry " G 



Calf Skins, o 



Corn, 



Barley, 



Oats, 



Flour, 



Beans, 



Apples, 



Potatoes, 



Clover Seed, 



Timothy, 



Hay, ton, 



Wood, cord,.- 



Salt, bbl, 



Hams, lb, 



Rochester, April 15, 1846. 



12,00 



4,.50 



4,00 



8 



12 



8i 



1,00 



7 



New York, April 15. 

 Flour is steady at $5,373 a $5,43 — without sales for ship- 

 ment. A sale of 2,000 bush. N. O. Corn sold at 672^ cts.— 

 Sales 40,000 bush. Clover at 75 cts. for export. Provisions 

 are quiet at previous prices. A sale of 50 bbls. Tallow was 

 made at 7| prime. 218 bbls. beef Hams brought $8,50. 



Boston, April 13. 



Provisions. — There is more inquiry. Sales of 400 bbls. 

 prime pork at .$10, 4 mos. ; 300 do. mess, supposed at §11,25, 

 cash ; Boston No. 1 Beef, $7, cash ; New York prime, 5,87|, 

 cash. 



Flour. — The market is dull and in some instances prices 

 have declined. Moderate sales of Genesee, common brands, 

 at $5,50 a 5.62| ; fancy brands, 5,o7|^ a 5,94 ; Fredericks- 

 burg, $5 a 5,0G.| ; Howard street, 5,121. 



Corn. — Sales of yellow flat at 70 cts.; white 68 a 69 cts. 



Buffalo, April 14. 



There is rather more firmness in flour to-day than there 

 has been before for a few days. Holders generally are ask- 

 ing $4,50, and for finer brands $4,56, but we hear of no 

 sales except for city trade to a limited extent at $4,56 for 

 common brands, and $4,75 for a little extra. 



A cargo of Indian Corn, 2300 bush, was sold afloat at 43 

 cents. 



There is not much doing in Pork, as yet very little hav- 

 ing arrived from the west. We hear of a sale of 50 bbls. 

 Mess at $10,75, and 12 bbls. at $11, in throe lots. In Prime 

 there is nothing doing ; we quote at $8. 20 bbls. short 

 Shoulders sold at $6.50, 



Butter is dull and sells from 8 to 10 cts.; a few kegs sold 

 at 8 cts. 



In Beef there is not much doing ; Ave quote Mess at $6,50, 

 and prime at $4. Lard sells to city trade 7 cts., and Dried 

 Apples $1,25 per bush. 



Cloverseed is sick ; nominally held at $5. Grass-seed 



%\,7i.— Express. 



Cincinnati, April 10. 



Flour. — Sales from wagon at $3,65 ; 50 bbls. from store 

 3,60 ; 200 do. from canal 3,65. 



Bacon. — Hams 6 a 6J cts. ; city packed sides 5 cts. ; 

 shoulders 3.J cts. 



Beef. — A sale of 24 bbls. mess at $6 ; 30 do. prime at $4. 



Butter. — A sale of 1,000 lbs. sold at 6 cts. — ChroTt. 



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Western New York Agricultural School. 



The undersigned, in connection with Gen. RAWSON 

 HARMON, of Wheatland, ftlonroo Co., will open on the Isl 

 of May next, at the residence of the latter, an Agricultu- 

 ral School, designed to teach in the most thorough and 

 systematic manner, both the Practice and the Science of 

 Rural Economy, in all their various branches. 



The Farm is large and uniler a high state of cultivation, 

 yielding annually some 1400 bushels of wheat, sold at extra 

 price for seed, which is eagerly sought after in all the wheat 

 growing districts of the Union. Gen. Harmon is a working 

 practical farmer, and \\ill devote his personal attention to 

 the instruclion of all pupils attending the School. There 

 are now growing on the premises over fifty distinct varieties 

 of Winter Wheat. The undersigned will have a Chemical 

 Laboratory for the analysis of soils, plants, and animal sub- 

 stances ; and no pains will be spared to make the School 

 the most practical and useful of any in the State. Able As- 

 sistants, both in Literature and Science, will be employed, 

 so soon as buildings can be erected to accommodate a large 

 number of students. 



Terms — Twenty-five Dollars a Quarter, or $100 a Year 

 — including board, washing, tuition, &c. 



April, 1846. DAxMEL LEE, M. I). 



The Genesee Farmer. 

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 conducted by P. BARRY, Esq, an experienced and practi- 

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Contents of this Number. 



Lectures on Agriculture — Notices, &c., - 79 



Canal Tolls on the Products of iVew York Agriculture, 8u 

 Oil or Fat in various Articles — Butter — From what 



Source do Plants derive their Nutriment, 81 



Constitution for an Agricultural Society, 83 



Nitre in old Ash Heaps — Analysis of the Mineral Ele- 

 ments in Wheat, 84 



Oats — Ashes — A few Practical Hints on Grow ing Corn — 



Soaking Seed Corn, 85 



Notices of Books — How to prepare Rennet, 86 



Early Planting of Potatoes — Flax on winter-killed w^heat, 87 

 Plaster, Wood Ashes — Farmers' Clubs — To Cure a Sti- 

 fled Horse, _ 88 



Growing Clover Seed — Value of Green Food for Sheep — 

 Potatoe Rot — Potatoes in Maine — Woolen Statistics — 



Cutting Food for Sheep, 89 



Rochester City Milk Company — Successful VVheat Cul- 

 ture, - 90 



McCormick's Patent Virginia Reaper — Dr. Lee's Lec- 

 tures on Agriculture — An Extraordinary Cow 91 



Experiment in growing Potatoes — Michigan subsoil Plow, 92 



Rust, Mildew, and Charcoal, 93 



Culture of the Peach — Culture of Esculent Roots, 94 



To Correspondents; Pruning, &c., 95 



Culture of the Strawberry, (vvith figures,) 96 



llorticulliiral Society, _ 97 



Horticultural Society of the Valley of the Genesee — No- 

 tice of "The Fruit Cultiu-ist," 98 



