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THE GENESEE FARMER. 



Nov. 



CONTENTS OF THIS NUMBER. 



The Prevention of Disease, 240 



Prepare for Winter, 250 



Oxalis Orenata 250 



The Philosophy of Tillage, 251 



Notes for the Month; Anecdote of Draining, , . . 254 



Burrall's Shell- Wheel Plow, 254 



Reaping Machines, 255 



Jumping at Conclusions, 255 



Trial of Plows iu Seneca County, - • • 256 



Hemlock. Hemlock Soil, and Tan as a Manure, 257 



Premiums Awarded at the N. Y, State Fair, 258 



Oxen vs. Horses for Farm Work, 259 



Design for a Farm or Country House — with Ground Plans, Ele T 



ration. Expenses, See, 260 



Duty of the Agricultural Press, 263 



To Cure a Stifled Horse; Butter Making, 263 



Stimulating Manures— Experiments, 264 



A new kind of Cheese; Savoy or sponge Cake 264 



Substitute for Tea; Cleansing Paint; Shrinking of Flannel,. 2C4 

 Editor's Table— Notices, &c, 269 



HORTICULTURAL DEPARTMENT. 



The Convention of Fruit Growers, 265 



Peach Culture; Apples as an Article of Human Food, 265 



Answers to Correspondents; Acknowledgments, 205 



The Gravenstein Apple, (with outline figure.) 266 



The Hawthoruden Apple, (with outline figure.) 266 



Horticultural Party, 267 



Grape Culture; The Vinery at Clinton Point, 267 



Camomile: Cleansing Trees, 268 



ILLUSTRATIONS. 



Elevation of a Cheap Farm or Country House, 260 



Ground Plan No. 1, and 2d Floor of do.,... 261 



Ground Plans B. C. and D, of do., 262 



Outline Figure of Gravenstein Apple 266 



" '' Hawthornden Apple, 266 



Section of Vinery, 268 



Market Prices of Agricultural Products. 



New Yorte, Oct. 24. 



Ashes— Market better for Pearls with a fair demand, and sales 

 40 bbls at 6 12a6 25. Pots in good demand and steady at $7. 



Flour &. Meal— Western and State Flour quite active and for 

 good market is 6c better. There is a speculative demand in ex- 

 pectation of enhanced prices by the steamer now due. Sales 

 15.000 bbls at $:ia.i 25 for uninspected, 3 62a 4 12 for sour, $4a4 37 

 for fine. 4 62a4 75 old common state, mixed wester a and ( 'anadian, 

 4 75a4 87 new common State and old strait western. 4 87a$5 for 

 strait and verv good state, 5 12u5 25 mixed, strait and favorite 

 Western. 5 12a5 25 pure Genesee. Meal steady and quiet. Sales 

 350 bbls Jersey at 3 12. 



Grain— Holders of Wheat are pretty firm. Fair demand for 

 milling. Sales 3.000 bu prime Genesee at 1 21, Canadian in bond, 

 and 3,000 white on private terms. 3.300 prime white southern 1 15. 

 Coin is again rather better with a good demand, part speculative 

 and for export. Sale 50.000 bu at &2}ia6i southern mixed, 64><a 

 65 western yellow, and 65a65>£ northern yellow. 



Seed— Market very quiet for flax; small sales Canadian at 1 37 

 and Jersey I 40 per 56 lbs. 



Wool— Market has been very quiet for the last three days; sales 

 40,000 lbs at full quotations, which are for common 30c, )i blood 

 34c, y 2 and % blood 30o32, full blood Merino 40. Saxony 45; sales of 

 pulled 20.000 lbs since last report at 28c for No. 1 city pulled. 31 

 for superfine do, 34a35 extra do, 32 for No. 1 country pu'ied, 35a36 

 for superfine, and 40 for extra do. 



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