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THE GENESEE FARMER. 



CONTENTS OF THIS NUMBER. 



Rearing. Keeping and Fattening Domestic Animals, 153 



Limestone Soils 15-1 



Agrifcultural Education 155 



Mr. Vail's Sale of Short Horn Cattle 156 



Cultivation of the Maple ; Cure for the Bots, 156 



Agricultural Geology, 157 



The Horse— Improvement in Breeding, 158 



Heavy Fleeces, and how Obtained, 159 



Lime as a Manure ; Hens eating their Eggs 159 



Hedge Fences ; Cure for the Heaves, 160 



Feeding and Managing Milch Cows, 160 



Cheese Factories in Ashtabula Co., Ohio, 161 



Peas and Pea Bugs 161 



Lightning-Rods or Conductors, 162 



Plowing— Sawdust as a Manure 162 



Notes from a Wisconsin Farmer ; Wind Mills. ... 163 



Seymour's Drill and Broadcast Sowing Machine 164 



Cattle in Chautauque County, 164 



Cost of -Fences in the United States, 165 



A New Water Drawer ; Wheat at the South, 165 



Use of Inferior Farm Implements, 165 



Manufacture of Cheese, 166 



Benefit of Agricultural Papers. 166 



A New Manure ; Selection of Stock ; Vinegar, 167 



Rules for Raising Poultry ; To keep Fish Alive, 167 



Chess ; Ag. Fair in Michigan, 167 



HORTICULTURAL DEPARTMENT. 



Hardy Flowering Trees and Shrubs 168 



Hints for July; "Effects of the weather on the Peach. 169 



The Nemophila; Apples, ' 169 



Effects of the past Winter on Trees, 170 



Culture of Orchards ; The Apple Tree Borer, 170 



Degeneracy of Apples ; Cherry Seeds, 170 



Garden Snail or Slugs ; Paradise Stock- 170 



Botany— Structure and Functions of the Stem, 171 



To Destroy Weeds in Gravel Walks, 171 



Editor's Table— Notices, &c 173 



ladies' department. 



Domestic Education ; Female Culture 172 



Invention for the Ladies ; To dress Rice, 172 



boys' department. 



Premium Arithmetical Questions ; Errata 172 



Moral Character ; Never go Back, 172 



ILLUSTRATIONS. 



Geological illustration,. . . .157 I The Nemophila 169 



Seymour's Drill, 164 Botanical illustrations, ... 171 



New Water Drawer, 165 | Hussey's Reaper, 174 



Market Prices of Agricultural Products. 



New York, Thursday. June 21. 



Flour and Meal. — The market for Flour is without marked 

 change but rather heavy. At the close, however, there was 

 rather more firmness. The receipts are still very moderate. The 

 sales are 7.500 bbls, of which 3.500 were fine at $4 06 a 4 12>£ with 

 some at 4 18 3 ^. The range for superfine is 4 37 \i a 4 50 for common 

 and good State; 4 50 a 4 62>£ for good and straight Western, and 

 4 87,'i a 5 for pure Genesee— fancy 5 12}£ a 5 37>a. There were also 

 sales within a few days of 5.000 or 6.000 bbls, sour at 3 87^ a 4. for 

 shipment including a large portion of the quantity on the Market. 

 Of the sales to-day, 5,000 bbls were for export The sales of 

 Southern are 600 or 700 bbls at 4S7}£ a 5. mostly at $5. Meal is 

 firm at $3 for Jersev. with sales 400 bbls. and 500 do. Brandywine 

 at 3 06. Rye Flour is $3 a 3 06. with sales 1.000 bbls. 



Orai-v— For Wheat there is but a moderate demand, with large 

 supplies. The market is heavy. We hear of no transactions.— 

 Corn is also heavy, with sales 65.000 bush at 53c. for damaged. 

 59c for Jersey round white, 59 a59>i for mixed Western, and 02fi 

 a 63)2 for round Northern, closing at about 63c. The market 

 t-tands lc a bushel below yesterday's rates The quantity offering 

 Is large. Sales 3,000 bush. Rye at 58 a 58' 4 c delivered. Oats are 

 34>2 « 36, and in fair demand. Sales 15.000 bush. 



Provisions— The Pork market is heavy, mess at $10 37,^. and 

 prime at *8 81 %, a 8 87^. The sales add up 500 bbls. at these 

 figures At the close, mess was dull at $10 oT'j. In Beef there is 

 a moderate inquiry, with pales 200 bbls. at $11 50 for country mess. 

 $12 50 for city, $12 50 a 18 for extra Ohio and ' hicago, and $9 25 

 for prime. Sales 500 bbls Lard at 5 V, <: .v.o. f>r grease, and 6)3 a 

 ■7c for fair and prime. In cut meats there are but 850 bbls and tcs 

 at 4J£c for Shoulders and 5>£ a 6% for Hams Good demand fur 

 Smoked Beef at 11 a ll^c. Butter is heavy, with sales Western 

 at 10 a 14c— but few lots bring overl2'^. Ohio 7 a 9c. 



Ashes— Are $5 50 for Pearls, with safes 150 bbls. Pots ar i ! 

 a5 62>i, witli sales 50 bbls.— Tribune., 



Wire for Fences. 



WIRE of the best quality, of all sizes, blight, annealed, or 

 galvanized. Price, from $7 to $12 per lOOlbs. When gal- 

 vanized 2}£ cents por pound extra. Wire is best galvanized, as 

 this keeps it bright and it lasts much longer. 



A. B. ALLEN & CO., 

 [7-2t] 189 and 191 Water Street, New York. 



Wheelers' Patent Improved Portable Railroad 

 Horse Power and overshot Thrasher & Separato:-. 



THE advantages of the above horse powers are— 1. They oc- 

 cupy but little more space than a single horse. 2. They can 

 be moved by the weight of the horse only, by placing them "at an 

 angle of 10 or 15 degrees. 3. They are comparatively light and 

 portable, and can bo easily transported. 4. They are simply 

 constructed, not liable to get out of order, and move with little 

 friction, the revolving plane gearing without any complex or 

 intermediate wheels, directly into the pinion upon the shaft on 

 which the pully belt runs. 



The Thrashers consist of a small spiked cylinder with a con- 

 cave plane over it. and a level feeding table. The re are several 

 improvements in the overshot thrasher. 1. They admit of a level 

 table for feeding, thus enabling the tenders to stand erect, and 

 control the motion of the horse and machine by means of a brake; 

 by which accidents are avoided. 2. In consequence of the spikes 

 lifting the straw and doing the work on the top heavy substances 

 such as stones, blocks. &c, drop at the end of the table, and arc 

 not carried between the spikes, by which they and the machine 

 are broken. 3. The overshot cylinder does not scatter the graiu 

 but throws it within three feet of the machine. 4. This arrange- 

 ment also admits of attaching a separator high enough from the 

 floor or ground to allow all the grain to fall through it, while the 

 straw is deposited by itself in the best condition for binding. 5. 

 Neither grain nor straw are broken by this machine. 6. The cyl- 

 inder is longer, which admits of faster and more advantageous 

 feediug ; it is smaller and with fewer teeth than ordinary thrash- 

 ers, thus admitting of more rapid motion and faster work with 

 less power ; and the diminution of teeth in the cylinder is fully 

 made up by those in the concave, which is stationary. 7. The 

 separator is a great advantage in dim'nishing the labor of raking 

 out the straw, as it leaves the grain in the beat condition for the 

 fanning mill. Three men, with a single Power, can thrash 75 to 

 100 bushels of wheat or rye ; or four men with a double Power, 

 175 to 225 bushels of wheat or rye, or double that quantity of 

 oats or buckwheat, per day. All the above are compact and can 

 be carried where wanted complete, or they may be readily taken 

 apart and packed for distant transportation by a wagon or other- 

 vuse. 



Price of single Power, $80 



'' " Thrasher, $28 



'•' Separator and fixtures. $7 



Bands for driving, etc $5 



" Saw mill complete, and in running order. $35. 



The price of the double power, thrasher, separator. &.C., com- 

 plete, is $145. including rights of using. The above are sold 

 singly or together as desired. 



The above power is warranted to work well and give satisfac- 

 tion For sale at the Agricultural Warehouse and Seed Store of 

 A. B. ALLEN & CO., 189 & 191 Water st., New York. [7-lt] 



E. BALDWIN, 



ENGRAVER FROM NEW YORK C1TT, 



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 ILfR Arcade Rochester, N. Y., lately occupi- 

 _. Ljm e d by John filler, is prepared to execute 

 B-i?JW ca j( all ordc rs for 



ENGRAVING. 

 With neatness and despatch, and re- 

 spectfully solicits a share of public 

 patronage. 



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