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GENESEE FARMER. 



May. 



MARKET INTELLIGENCE. 



Rochester Produce 



Wheat, 88 a 94 



Corn, 44 47 



Barley, 42 4-5 



Oiits, 32 34 



.Flour, 4.25 



Beans, ' 88 



Apples, oO 1.) 



PoUitoes, Xi 44 



Clover Seed, 5,00 o,5iJ 



Timothv 1,~5 2,00 



Hav, ton,---- 10,00 12,00 



Wo'od, cord,.. 2,00 2,50 



Sail, bbl, 1,25 



Hams, lb, 7 



Market— Wholesale 



Pork, bbl, 



I'ork, cwt, 4,00 



Beer, cwt, 4,00 



Lard, lb, 7 



IJiitier, II), 12 



Cheese, lb,.... 7 



l^girs, (loz, 8 



I'oiiltry, -. 7 



Tallow, 6 



Maple Sugar, .. 

 Sheep Skins, fresh, 

 <>reen Hides, lb 3J 



Dry " (i 



Calfskins, 7 



12,00 



4,50 



5,00 



8 



13 



1,11 



New York, May 4. 



Floor is 4,5Gi, with sales 2,000 to 2,500 bhls. for con- 

 sumption. The market is firm. 



Sales corn at 64 a 65 cts., measure. 



Ashes arc $5,75 and $4 for pearls and pots, with sales 

 200 to 250 bbls. 



Meal is dull at $3,25 a $3,31i, with large demand. 



Sales Rye at (>7.], (Iclivcred. 



Receipts of produce by tlie North River boats, May 2. — 

 Flour 16,.535 bbls. ; Provisions 824 bbls. ; Whiskey 117 bbls. ; 

 Butter 436 kegs; Cheese 29 casks; Cora 1,100 bushels; 



Wool 47 bales. 



Buffalo, May 5. 



Several orders for flour are in market, and the inquiry at 

 cur quotations of yesterday is very fair indeed. We notice 

 the sale of 3fJ0 bbl.s. mixed Michigan, principally " Water- 

 ford Mills" at $3,75, and 380 bbls. "city mills" MiUvaukie 

 flour, a strong baker's brand, deliverable in New York, with 

 inspection guaranteed, at $4,50. Contracts have been 

 made for the transportation of tlour to .41bany at GO cts., 

 which in addition to 10 cts. on the river makes the latter 

 gale equivalent to about $3,80 hero. 



We have no transactions in wheat to note — 80 cts. is all 

 we hear offered, which apparently does not meet the views 

 of sellers. In corn there is a very fair disposition evinced 

 to operate, and we hear of the sale yesterday afternoon of 

 1,100 bushi^ls received per the Luther Wright at 43 cts. — 

 For an invoice received per the D:iiiiel Webster this price 

 has been offered and refused, tlie holder prefering to ship. 

 Mess and prime pork are very dull and declining, and we 

 hear of the sale of a lot of each at $9,50 and $7. A moder- 

 ate business is doing in bacon, and we note the sale of 10 

 casks smoked hains, (sugar cured and in nice order) at 5g. 



6,909 bbls. flour, 1,320 beef, 9,048 corn arrived by Lake.— 

 Commercial. 



Western New York Asfricultural School. 



The undersigned, in connection with Gen. RAWSON 

 HARMON, of Wlieatland, Monroe ('o., will open on the 1st 

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

 ral School, designed to teach in the most thorough and 

 syslemalic manner, both the Practice and the Science of 

 Rural Economy, in all their various bnnches. 



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

 jMelding annually .some 1400 bushels of wheat, sold at extra 

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

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

 practical farmer, and will devote his personal attention to 

 the instruction of all pupils attending the School. There 

 lire now growing on tlie premises over fifty distinct varieties 

 of Winter Wheat. The un(lersign(!d will have a Chemical 

 Lahoratori/ for the analysis of soils, plants, and animal ruib- 

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

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

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

 80 soon as buildings can be erected to accommodate a large 

 number of students. 



Tf.rms — Tvventy-tive Dollars a Quarter, or $100 a Year 

 — including board, w;isliiiig, tuition, itc. 



April, 1846. DAMEL LEE, M. D. 



Postage of this Paper ! — The ' Genesee Farmer' con- 

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 is subject to rtewsjiaper postairp only. In several places sub- 

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 Those I'ost Masters who are at fault in the matter are re- 

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The G e u e s e e Farmer. 

 VOLUME VII, FOR 1846. 



Each Number of this Volume, (which commcned in Janu- 

 ary, 1846.) insti-ad of sixtf.kn, conlaiiis 'I'WENT V-FOl'R 

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 but every proper exertion u.'-cd to make it acceptable to th« 

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 and best paper of its size and kind in the Union. 



Its EiiiTORiAL Department will continue under th« 

 supervision of Dr. DAMEL LEE, its present talented and 

 popular Editor. It^. Hokticultukal Department will be 

 condu<-t(d by P. B.UIRV, Esq, an experienced and practi- 

 cal Horticulturist. 



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Contents ol" this Number. 



Western New York .Agricultunil School, 103 



Forests; Their influence on Climate, &c., 104 



The benefit of Science in Wheat Culture — How to make 



Compost, 106 



Preparation of Seed Corn — Cheap Paint — Cut Worms, 107 



Cultivation of Indian Corn, 108 



Monroe Co. .Ag. Society ; List of Premiums for 1846. .. 109 

 Destroy all N'oxious Plants — How to make Soap — Plas- 

 ter on Stable I'ioors, 110 



Science and .Agriculture — Poultry Ill 



The Cultur(> of Potatoes — Raising Potatoes, 11,> 



Indian Corn for Soiling and Fotider — Oat Fodder for 



Ilcu'ses — Hints to Housekeepers, 113 



Pratt's Corn I'lanier and Seed Sower — Notices, &:c.,- . 114 

 BiirraU's Corn Sheller and Separator — To kill Moss on 



Puildings, .. 115 



A Farmer's Life — Noble Sentiments well expressed ; 



Common Schools, _ 116 



Importance of Solor Rays to Health — The Potatoe Dis- 

 ease, 117 



Cheese — nrea<I Making — Copal Varnish, 118 



Care of Newly Tjanspl.anted Trees ; Culture of the Soil, 119 



Apples, 120 



The Flower Garden — Hyacinth Shovr ; Horticultural 



Society, _ ]21 



Transplanting Trees — Mount Hope Botanic Garden,. . 122 

 Acknowledgements, 123 



