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THE GENESEE FARMER. 



Sept. 



CONTENTS OF THIS NUMBER. 



Export and Preservation of Breadstuffs 



Deep and Shallow Plowing, 



Agricultural Societies, 



Fair of the State Agricultural Society. 



Crops in the Southern States 



Construction of the Dairy House .'. 



Growth of Plants in Confined Air. 



Education for the Sons of Farmers, 



Application of Manures 



Cows for the Dairy— Holderness Blood, 



Subsoil and Subsoil Plowing 



Experiments with New Vegetables; Drilling in Wheat 



Culture of the Plum— The Curculio; Botanical Terms. 



Thorn Hedges— The Osage Orange 



" Posts Inverted"; Burning Straw in the Field, 



Wool— Weight of Fleece, Carcass, &c, 



Merino Sheep— More Large Fleeces 



Ornamental Fountains— Mode of Construction. Cost, &c ... . 



Singular Mortality among Sheep— Inquiry, 



Cattle Trade of the West ' 



Effect of Salt on Wheat; Warts on Cows' Teats 



Test for good Limestone; Drill Husbandry; Potatoes in In- 

 dia: Wool Growing in Western Pa.; Cotton Mattresses; 

 Profits of Farming; English Shows; A Cow worth having; 

 Bloated Cattle; Cider, 



Editors' Table— Notices, &c, 



HORTICULTURAL DEPARTMENT. 



Strawberries; Late Cherries; Fruit and Garden Crops,, .... 216 



Horicultural Matter* in Canada, 217 



Managemeut of Fruit Trees, ; 218 



Construction of Ice Houses, 219 



Horticultural Exhibition 220 



Fruits Recomnienued by N. Y. State Ag. Society, 220 



ladies' department. 



Domestic Accomplishments 222 



Imitation Wax Candles; Tomato Catsup; Boiling, 222 



boys' department. 



A Text for Young Men; Aiming at Perfection, 222 



Importance of Study in Youth;' Order, 222 



ILLUSTRATIONS. 

 Side View of Dairy House, 205 | Ornamental Fountains (tv\o 



Ground Plan of do. do... . . 205 j figures) 212-13 



Section of do. do. J. . . 205 | Diagram Showing Construc- 



Section of Cow House,.. . . 205 I tion of Fountain, 212 



Holderness Cow, 207 | Figure of Ice House, 219 



Market Prices of Agricultural Products. 



New York, August 21. 



Ashes— The market is dull for both sorts at $6 06> 4 '. 



Flour— There is but little doing in State flour. Demand has 

 fallen off for the East, and the market for the low grades favors 

 the buyer. Sales 2000 bbls at $5 37^a5 44 for common State— 

 $5 50«5 56 for straight State— $5 62««5 75 for favorite Indiana 

 and pure Genesee, and $5 75o5 81 for good Ohio. Rye flour is 

 scarce at $3 31n3 37. Jersey corn meal is wanted at $3 44. Gen- 

 erally held at $3 50. 



Grain.— The market is without change for wheat. There is 

 considerable new Southern on the market and the tendency is 

 downward. Rye is scarce and nominal, 63a64c Oats are plenty 

 and steady at 38a40c. Extra lots held higher. Corn is rather 

 easier to purchase. Demand for the East moderate, with sales 

 15,000 bu. at 62a63c for western— 63a63>j' for round Southern and 

 flat yellow. 



Provisions. — Holders of pork are rather firmer. Demand steady 

 for the home trade $10 81«10 87 for -mess and prime at $9. Beef 

 is steady and saleable at $13 50a$14 for mess. Cut meats are in- 

 active at 7c for hams— shoulders 5. Lard is firm at 6>ao7c for 

 good to prime, and dull. Butter is dull and more plenty at 7all 

 eenta for Ohio, and 10«14c for western and state. Cheese is very 

 plenty and Is steady at 2a7c. 



BAGS I — at 13 Buffalo-Street. 



I WOULD respecfully call the attenrion of farmers, millers, 

 forwarders, &c, to my assortment of BAGS and BAGGING. I 

 have every variety of Bags, from 18c. upwards. Call and see, and 

 be satisfied. Also, a good assortment of Halter Rope, Cordage 

 and Twine, of every description. E, C, WILLIAMS. 



[9-tf] Ship Chandler and Sail Maker, No. 12 Huffalo-st. 



■Woodbury's Horse Power and Separator. 



THE Subscribers, having erected extensive works, for manufac- 

 turing Woodbury's Patent Improved Horse Power and 

 Separator, are prepared to furnish a machine to order, combin- 

 ing greater simplicity, durability, and operating much easier than 

 any other in use. The Horse-Powers are mounted, and operated 

 on wheels, thereby saving three-fourths the usual time in setting 

 up— and we will warrant it, together with the Separator, superior 

 to any in use. 



Communications for further particulars, (post-paid) cheerfully 

 responded to. J. &. D. WOODBURY. 



Rochester. N. Y., June 1, la49. (5-3t*) 



MOUNT HOPE GARDEN AND NURSERIES, 



ROCHESTER, N. Y. 



THE proprietors invite the attention of Fruit Growers. Nur- 

 serymen, and dealers in trees to their present stock now of- 

 fered for sale. By recent large importations from Europe, and 

 an extensive scale of propagation at home, we have obtained a 

 stock of nursery articles as complete as any in the country, and 

 we offer them to purchasers on the most liberal conditions. 



Th* well known health, vigor and hardiness of the trets raised 

 here, and the undivided and scrupulous attention given to every 

 department by the propietors in person, offer great inducements 

 to purchasers. 



STANDARD FRUIT TREES, 



Consisting of all the best varieties of the nipple, Pear, Plum, 

 Cherry. Peach, 4'c. of suitable age and size for orchard planting. 

 The principal stock is made up of the well known popular sorts, 

 but all the new American and foreign kinds are in our posses-ion, 

 and can be furnished. 



PYRIMIDAL AND DWARF TREES, 

 Consisting of select varieties of Pears on Quince, Apples on Para- 

 dise, and cherries on St. Lucie, or Mahaleb stocks, for gardens, 

 and limited grounds; and for nurserymen and others who wish to 

 obtain fruit from their trees at an early day. We have for many 

 years given special attention to this department, and therefore 

 believe we have probably the largest and best stock in the Union. 



GOOSEBERRIES, RASPBERRIES, CURRANTS, ETC. 



Of these we have a, large and complete assortment, and can sup- 

 ply them by the 100 or 1000. The best English Gooseberries are 

 imported every year. All the new Currants can be supplied. 



ORNAMENTAL TREES, SHRUB ROSES, ETC. 

 All the leading sorts, such as Horse Chesnut. Mountain Ash, 

 Ailantus, Sec, can be furnished by the 1000 or 10.000 at much be- 

 low ordinary rates— besides a large collection of new and rare 

 Trees Shrubs, Roses, &.c, recently imported. 



HEDGE PLANTS. 

 Buckthorn 2, and 3 years from seed; Osage Orange, 1 and 2 yea»3; 

 Privet ; besides Evergreens, such as Red Cedar, Hemlock, Nor- 

 way Spruce, Arbor Vita?, &c, can be furnished to any extent 

 required. 

 STOCKS AND YOUNG WORKED TREES FOR NURSERYMEN. 



Pear Seedlings, 1 and 2 years transplanted; Plum do., 2 years from 

 seed bed; Paradise Stocks, for Dwarf Apples; Mazzard Cherry 

 Seedlings 1 year; St. Lucie, or Mahaleb Stocks, for dwarf Cher- 

 ries; Quince Stocks, of sorts commonly used. 



Young worked tres for distant transportation. 

 NEW UPRIGHT QUINCE the most easily propagated, and freest 

 grower. We have now obtained a pretty large stock, and can 

 supply them in moderate quantities. 



Wholesale Priced Lists and General Catalogues forwarded to 

 all post-paid applications. 



Sep 1, 1849. ELLWANGER & BARRY. 



Morgan Colt for Sale. 



A Bright Bay Horse Colt, foaled Aug. 26, 1S48, of grtat 

 promise, sired by Gen. Gifford, from a mare of unsur- 

 _j passed travelling qualities. Inquire at this office, or of 

 DORR, Scottsville. [7-lt*] 



THE GENESEE FARMER, 



Published on the first of earh month, at Rochester, N. Y., by 

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