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THE GENESEE FARMER. 



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THIS NUMBER. 



CONTENTS 



Experiments on Grass Land, . 



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How Much Wheat do we Eat? Why Cattle' Chew Bones" ' ' 13 



Are Honey Bees Drtmestic Animals ? ' ' " ' \% 



bpint of the Agricultural Press, . i? 



How to Cure Kicking Horses and RunawaYs', ! 



P-fi hi. h""^ • a '/ %* i6estw an d Merino Sheep,'. .'!!."' " u 



Rabbit Breeding in France, .. ,1 



and we have therefore uo hesitation in asking every on 

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 dilution among their neighbors and acquaintances. Wii 

 you, kind reader, see what you can do for us the presen 

 year? We can safely predict that you will not regret it 

 Subscriptions for the present volume of the Genese 

 Farmer and Rural Annual are coming in rapidly. W. 

 desire to thank our agents and other friends, one and all 

 for their kind efforts in our behalf. Let the good worl 

 go on. 



ttt "... n - ' ,""• _■' " c x "K"" <--r»p in Scotland, IK 



Working Cattle. Potatoes Two YeaVs Old,. i« 



Wheat and Corn does not Pay in the West.. .' \t 



Price of Pork. 



r,h ivri^ ,rg p Tl ,"' nip - T , Wheat in Minnesota',. 16 

 v^orn ana Cob Meal for Poul rv. Drilling Corn in 



Sma Pigs. The Crop ot Maple Sugar"!. „.' }5 



Ca»alry Horses. Poultry in England, . . f. . . ..." j 



- J • *ouuiv III l^liyiJlIJU, . . Ifi 



Management of Honev Bees, . ? 



Peas and Potatoes on the Same Land for Hogs! ."" ]\ 



Singing at the Plow. The Ad ventages of Crushing Oats' " ' 18 



ingitig 

 '■Let Farmers Take Courage,' 



IS&kS U u5yP ^ a '^«-se-Digg\ng'Ear,y; g 

 American Farming as Seen by an Englishman. in 



The ^And' 'llu: l!'';r ( . C,, J ,llre ." f Tobacco at iheNorth, 21 

 „f "iiranil the Harvest in America, ... '99 



Notes from Canada West. Reducing and Applying Bone's" ' 28 

 A Letter from China. Notes from Mame,, g -"ones,., 6 



Fecundity of Hens. Sending Poultry to ? Market; "! ! i!!! i!!! 25 



HORTICULTURAL DEPARTMENT. 



What Can Be Raised from a Small Garden or 



Great Horticultural Show in England ■ $« 



A Frenchman on English Horticulture, 97 



ThP°Wh'f' Ea ' , C ;T' pes r Pro P*ga«on of Plant' Lice,.' .' .'.' "27 

 The \* h.te and Gray Doyenne Pear in France-Are They the 

 Same Variety? Double Glazing in Greenhouses 27 



Moss Roses. In-Door Gardening "reennouses, 2. 



Planting Apple Trees. Renovation of Old' Grapevine's' " " 20 

 Pear Culm e in the Northwest, P vines,.... 21 



Osage Orange Premium Hedge, ,„ 



Spur Pruning of •Fruit Tress? «„ 



Culture of the Peach in the Middle State* SI 



Drv nXF. a 'p W , aShi c S , Trees - reachcs in Minnesota', ! '. ! ! \ [ 31 

 Dry clay as Good as Sulphur for Mildew on the Grape 81 



Sulphur for Grape Mildew in France, ...?.... .' . .' ! .' 31 



LADIES' DEPARTMENT. 



Army Mittens Kindling Wood. What the Ladies Wear, 32 

 Odor from Boiling Ham and Cabbage. Musk ' %i 



Home-Made Picture Frames and Hanging Baskets,'."'.!! !! 32 



MISCELLANEOUS. 



Points of a Shorthorn Cow. An English Farmers' Wife 33 



Feeding an Army. A Big Soap Kettle. Man-Eating Hyenas', 33 



EDITOR'S TABLE. 



Notes on the Weather, o. 



Items, Notices. Ac 0/ oV tr 



Inquiries and Answers, 0%ao '^ 



ILLUSTRATIONS. 



Diagram for Preparing Soluble Food for Stock 10 



Crevecceur Cock, i* 



Houdan Cock, !.!!.'. i« 



La Fleche Cock, 1! !"!!!!■! "! 12 



Hay Horse-Rake, .!!!!.!*" 20 



Dog Power Churn, !!."!! 21 



Moss Rose ...!!!!! 2S 



Diagram of Army Mittens,..! !".*..".*.*"] 82 



Look at the above table of contents for a single number 

 of the Genesee Fanner. Our correspondents frequently 

 remark that any single number of the Farmer is worth a 

 whole year's subscription. We believe this to be true, 



Notes on the Weather prom November 15th to the 

 Middle of December, 1861.— The pleasantness of the 

 autumn has been prolonged more than usual, even into 

 December. The average heat of the first half of Novem- 

 ber was 41.20, and of the second half was 33.8°; and of 

 the whole month, 37.5°, being only 0.4° below the mean 

 for 24 years. The coldest morning was 22° on the 19th, 

 and 34° at noon on three days, on the 16th, 24th and 28th. 

 The highest heat at noon was 55° on the 5th, and the 

 uext highest noon was 50°. The rain of the month was 

 only 1.43 inches. Slight snow on the 15th, more on the 

 22d and 23d; gale and snow storm on Lake Ontario on 

 the 22d. Snow storm at Boston and in New England on 

 the 25th, making sleighing in the East. 



Canal not frozen in November, but open its whole 

 length, which is a rare fact; it was frozen fast last year 

 Nov. 25th. The papers say snow fell in London, England 

 Nov. 2d. 



December opened with cool weather for four days. On 

 the 3d, the temperature was Is" i n the morning and 10? 

 at 3 p. m., and the average of the day 16.7'— the first 

 really cold day in the season. The next day was warmer, 

 but still eold. This cold period extendeed over the coun- 

 try, was severe in Virginia, as our soldiers write, and 

 water froze in their canteens, and snow fell there. Our 

 great canal was frozen hard, and still harder on next day, 

 the 4th. After two days of moderate weather, the warm- 

 est period of four days from the 7th to the 10th, known 

 in twenty-five Decembers, the mean temperature of the 

 7th and 6th being 55.7°, of the 9th, 50°, and of the 10th 

 60.7°, the noon heat beiug 66°, and in the evening 63°, 

 the wind being southerly and strong in the evening;' 

 some rain at 11 p. m. A little after midnight, or at 12j on 

 the morning of the 11th, was a violent gale and rain from 

 the West, and at 7 a. m. the temperature was 35°, being a 

 fall of 28° in less than seven hours. The wind ceased 

 and the day was fine. The change from the warm, sul- 

 try or muggy weather to the elastic and buoyant air of 

 this cooler day was very grateful. On the evening of the 

 10th, the barometer stpod at 29.17, low enough to make 

 us feel as if a weight was on us, and which was rapidly 

 taken off by the change, as the barometer rose rapidly 

 and stood at 29.56 at 7 A. M. on the 11th, and at 29.93 at 9 

 p. m. The morning of the 12th was more delightful and 

 the barometer above 30 inches. 

 The canal was free from ice on the 6th. 

 Indian summer is seen, so far, onlv in this warm aud 

 slightly smoky weather already noticed. 



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