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THE GENESEE FARMER. 



Mar. 



CONTENTS OF THIS NUMBER. 



Making and preserving Manure, . . . . . ' 



Bastard Fallows, and Culture of Indian Corn, 59 



The Plow, its history and improvements, V 



Smith's Hay, Stalk and Corn Cutter, ™ 



Another Chapter on Wire Fence, «| 



Door Yard Fence " " 63 



Wheat and Chess,. . . . . ■■••• • '■' £&;- ■ 64 



Meterological Abstracts of 1847 and 1848, ™ 



Wheeler's Horse Power and Thresher, ™ 



NSrF^Na-GoidenDreams.-Butt^-and- Suiter Making', 



Pea Bugs, Wire Fences, and Drill Husbandry, 66 



Golden Dreams, Geologically considered. °' 



Page's Wind Mill ; Rearing Lambs, °< 



Plan of a Farm or Suburban Cottage, °° 



Ayrshire Cattle •• •• •• • fiQ 



Management and Profits of Poultry,. w 



Benefit of under Draining ; Bone Dust,. .. < u 



Physicking the Horse ; Cure for Heaves ; Lame Cows, 70 



Maple Sular ; Earliest food for Bees ; Grafting the Grape,. . . 71 

 To Quiet Bees; Relative Cost of Mattresses ; Rich Dames,.. ,1 

 Improved Strainer for pails ; How to Catch Hawks, (and other 



items,) ; ■ ■ ■ • • : n9 



Editor's Table, (embracing various notices,) ^ 



HORTICULTURAL DEPARTMENT. 



The Season's Call-Pruning-Cuttings -Scions-Grafting,. ... 73 



Transplanting, &c,-The Vegetable Garden. 74 



Osage Orange for Hedges, . ■•••• .... •; ■*-••: • 'J 3 



Editorial Correspondence of the Farmer -A Ramble in Paris, <6 



Retarding the Growth of Fruit Trees 77 



Buffalo, and Genesee Valley Horticultural Societies, 77 



LADIES' DEPARTMENT. 



Botany— Germination of Seeds, 



Items in Domestic Economy, 



78 



boys' department. 



Suggestions to Farmer's Sons ; How to Live Long, 79 



Premiums for the Boys, ' 9 



ILLUSTRATIONS. 



Illustration of Pruning 73 



Pruning Knife. 73 



Pruning Scissors, 73 



Figure of a Hot Bed, 74 



Osage Orange, (2 figures,) . . 75 



Botanical Illustration 78 



Elevation of Farm Cottage,. 68 



Ground Plan of do., 68 



Portrait of Ayrshire Cow,. . 69 

 Wheeler's Horse Power and 



Threshing Machine, 65 



Smith's Straw Cutter, 61 



Market Prices of Agricultural Products. 



New YorK, February 23—7 P. M. 



Flour and Mej>l— Sales are to a small extent. 3,000 bbls. at 

 5 56 a 5 69 and 5.76. For pure 69 is freely paid. Included were 

 500 barrels in store at 5.50. , Some inquiry for Western for the 

 East. Meal is a little higher, $2.94 a 3$ for Jersey is asked. 

 Rye Flour 3.44 a 3.50. ^ 



Grain— Wheat moderate inquiry. Sales 4,000 bu. Ohio at 

 1.15 and some Long Island at 1.10 a 1.15, Genesee 1.30 a 132. 

 Corn 10,000 bu. N. O. at 52 a 55 for white southern and 62 for 

 yellow. 65 for northern- Oats 40 a 42. 



Provisions— Market for pork rather heavy. Sales 6 or 1 00 

 bbls. mess at 10.75 a 11. Prime mess is nominal at 9.87. A. sale 

 of 500 was made yesterday at 10.25. Beef is quiet. Sales 80,000 

 lbs. smoked beef at 15 a 11. Lard is heavy. No change m 

 butter and cheeee. Tallow %% and quiet. 



AsHEs-Sales 100 bbls. Pots at 6.37. Pearls, 7.50. 



Wool— Market firm and quiet. 



Rocliestcr, February 24, 1849. 



Flour and Grain.-FIout $5.50. Wheat, $1.12^ per bushel. 

 Corn 44 cents ; Rye 53 ; Barley 50 ; Oats 30. 



Seeds. — Clover seed. $3.50a4; Timothy, $2a3; Flax $1. 



Provisions.— Pork (mess) $13 a 14 per bbl.— in hog 5.50 per 

 cwt. Beef, per cwt. $5 -barrel 7 a 8. Butter 13 a 14 cents; 

 Cheese 6 a 6%. Hams (smoked) 7 cts. Poultry 6&. Eggs 16. 



SuNDRiEs.-Hides (slaughter) 3}^— Calf 10-Sheep Pelts 40 a 75 

 Salt, bbl. $1.25. Potatoes, bush., 37 a 50. Apples, bu. 3 1— dried 

 623^. Beans, bu., 75 cents. Hay, ton. $7 a 11. 



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