1 I 1 Hi UlJili^OljO 



Everybody should have a Copy. 



Jural gmual anb horticultural gircetctij, 



FOR 1863. 

 PRICE ONLY TWENTY-FIVE CENTS! 



rHE Rural Annual and SdrtieuWural Directory As & be 

 u\ 120 pages, puDlisheil at the beginning of each year, at; 



is a bo<~k 

 i he' 

 f the Genesee Farmer. It is flfled with matti-r interesting 

 nd asefuj to every one engaged in the culture 61 the soil, in town, 

 illage, country or city. 



Anion? the contents will be found articles on the following 

 lbjects : 



PLANTING FRUIT TREES; 

 ANNEALS AND THEIR CULTURE; 

 EVERL x STING FLOWERS; 

 MANUFACTURE OF DOMESTIC WINES; 

 CULTURE OF DWARF AND STANDARD PEARS; 

 CULTIVATION OF THE CEREALS; 

 ON CIDER MAKING; 



AMOUNi OF ROOTS FKOM CLOVER AND GRASSES; 

 CUTTING POTATOES FOR PLANTING; 

 CHINESE HOGs; 



HENS AND THEIR MANAGEMENT; 

 CULTURE OF THE PEACH IN THE MIDDLE STATES; 

 CWERI.VC GRAPE VINES IN WINTER; 

 TREATMENT OF MILCH COWS; 

 APPLICATION OF MANURE; 

 CULTURE OF WHITE BEANS; 

 THE ENGLISH MUTTON SHEEP, 

 VRh a great variety of other matters of general interest. 



Price only 25 cents. It will be sent prepaid by return mail to 

 ,ny address Send the money in postage stamp*. 

 Address JO-EPII HARRIS, 



Publisher of the Genesee Fanner and Rural Annual, 



Rochester, N, T. 

 p&- The Rural Annual has been published seven years. 

 [Tie seven numbers— lor the years 1S56, '57, '53. '50, 'CO, '61 and 

 52— will be sent, prepaid, by return mail, to any address lor $1.40, 



Books for Farmers and Fruit Growers. 



V 



HortieullBre,&c, may 1 

 :k Fabmkb : 



HE following works on Agriculture. 

 btained at the Office of UicGicnksi 

 American Florist's Guide . . 75,Quimby's Mystcriesof Bee- 

 Brielit on' Grape Culture.. 50 keeping Explained 1 0©> 



50 



Browne's bird Fancier.. 25 & 50 



Colo's Am. I' mil Book 50 



Dana's Muck Manual 1 0: 



Do. Prize Essay on Ma- 

 nures 2" 



Everybody's Lawyer. $1 & 1 25 

 Every Laiiy her own Flow- 

 er Gardener 



Farm Drainage, (11. F. 



French) 



Genesee Farmer (hound 



volumes) each 



Liebig'S Animal Chemistry 

 Liebig on Food, «fcc...-. .. 

 Do. Relations of Chemistry 



to Agriculture 



Miner's Bee-keeper's Man- 

 ual 



Modern Cookery, 'by Miss 



Acton and Mrs. S. J. Hale 1 00 

 Nash's Pract cal Horse Far- 

 rier 50 



Rabbit Fancier 25 & 50 



Richardson on the Hog 25 



D... Domestic Fowls 25 



Do. IVslsol the Farm. .. i!5 



Do. on the Dog 25 



Rural Annual ami Hort. 



Directory for lbtil 25 



(First live "vols. . I o , 1 85G-7- 



8-9 an. I 60,sen( lor 1 00 



Uodgers' Scieuntic Agricul- 

 ture 75- 



1 00 Rural Poetry of t e En- 

 25 glish Language, (a beau- 

 tiful book lor a present).. 3 00 

 Smith's Landscape Gard'g 1 2& 



Skililut Uousewile 25 



The Rose Culturist 25 & 50 



1 0(1 The Horse and his Diseases 1 00 



Wilson on Flax ■.. 25 



Youalt on the Horse 1 25 



Do. on Sheep 75 



Do. on the Hog 75 



1 00 



82F**Any of the above named works will be forwarded by mail 

 post-paid. V« receipt of the price specified. 



Address JOSEPH HARKI*, Rochester, N. Y. 



SCHENECTADY AGRICULTURAL WOKKS, 



G. WESTINGHOliSE & CO., Proprietors, 



ANUFACTURE Endless Chain or Railway Powers, for One, 



M' 



Two end Three Horses; Four and Eight Horse Lever 

 Powers, Combined Threshers and Cleaners, Threshers and Vi- 

 brating Separators, Clover Machines v.illi Huller and Cleaner 

 combined— also, with Thresher, Huller and Cleaner combined; 

 Wood Sawing Machines, both Circular and Drag; Cider Mills 

 and Corn Shellers combined ; Dog or Hieep Powers, <fce. 



JST" For Bescriptions and Prices of ab.o.'s named articles, ap- 

 ply for an Illustrated Circular. Addsess 

 r n. 



March.— 3t 



G. WESTLNGHOUSE & CO., 



Schenectady, N. Y. 



I 

 1 will 



Marblehsad Cabbage Seed 



STONE MASOV CABBAGE.— I have received numerous let- 

 ters Irom farmers residing in Canada and all the Northern, 

 Middle and W siern States, who purchased seed last season, ox- 

 jres'iii" the highest satislaction with this Cabbage— its reliability 

 or heading, the large size of the head, the peculiar sweetness 

 ind hardness of the head, and first-rate keeping qualities. A large 

 lumber took the first premiums at the Fairs of their respective 

 jounlies A number wri e that every plant set a handsome head ; 

 >ne that he sold $50 worth from less than a seventeenth of an 

 icre of land. I have copied a number of these letters into my 

 Seed Catalogue. 



MARBLEHEAD MAMMOTH DRUMHEAD.— Numbers have 

 written ine of their success with Ibis monster var ety ; that they 

 raised cabbages weighing from 25 to 45 lbs.— the general wonder 

 of the community. They have been raised weighing 62 lbs, 

 regret that I have I ut a limited supply of seed this season 

 Blf orders as long as it lasts. 



Stone Mason Cabbage, per ounce, I prepaying postage. 25 rts. ; 

 per lb.. $2.07. Marblahead Mammoth, per package of about 1000 

 seeds. 25 cents. Hubbard Squash, per package, 12 cents. 



The seed is of my own raising, and warranted of the purest 

 quaiitv grown. 



&§T CATALOGUES forwarded to applicants, of every vanely 

 of Garden seeds and many hundred varieties of Flower seeds. 

 JAMES J. H. GREGORY, 



March. St Marblehead, Mass. 



Trie Cheapest and Best 



LITERARY MAGAZINE IN THE W0ELD 



IS THE 



FIVE CENT MONTHLY. 



EACH number contains 32 bound pages of choice Original 

 Romances, Talcs, Sketches, Poems and Criticism. Only 5 

 cents a number. Subscription price, 5G cents a year, by 

 mail to any address. Spcemen copies sent upon the receipt of 

 two red stamps. Address E Jti. BULLARD & CO., Publishers, 

 87 Oornhill, Boston, Mass. Marco.— 2t 



SEEDS! GARDEN SEEDS! 



FROM HALLOCK'S SEED AND AGRICULTURAL WARE- 

 HOUSE.— The subscriber will forward by mail, poslage paid 

 t > any address in ths United States, a package of twenty sixpenny 

 pap'.-rs, well fihed with good and reliable vegetable seeds, of good 

 varieties to supply the garden, on receipt of $1 by mail. A part 

 Flower seeds will be substituted if desired. Send OB your orders. 

 If you wish any particular varieties, name them and they will be 

 substituted if they are to be had in this market. Address 

 March— 2t* E. D. HALLOCK, agt., Rochester, N. Y. 



Concord Grape Vines. 



I WOULD give notice that I shali not be able to supply Vines 

 for any more Vineyards till next fall, when I shall have about 

 SJ.000 more' vines to sell, 50 per cent, low r than others ask, and 

 on a year's credit ! I will, however, sell a few tlie coming spring, 

 one year old vines, grown in the open air, at $3 per dozen. The 

 Concord is going up with a rush, ahead of the Delaware, ami 

 every other variety. T.B.MINER, 



March.— 8t Clinton, N. Y. 



PER MONTH— Made by any one with Stencil Toole. 

 For a circular explaining the business, 

 Address dOHN MLXIKEN, 



May— ly. Lawrence, Mass. 



The New Lettuce. 



TRUE BOSTON CURLED LETTUCE- 1 introduce this new- 

 variety as surpassing all varieties of the Lettuce family in ex- 

 cellence and elegance. I would invite attention to the rare beau- 

 ty of its structure and unequalled symmetry of its growth. It is 

 perfectly hardy. Packages containing seed sufficient to supply a 

 family lor a season, with directions for cultivation, post paid, '40 

 cents each ; six packages, $1. Every variety of garden sead for 

 sale. Catalogues gratis, JAMES J. H. GREGORY, 



Feb.- 



utalogues grati 

 -2t 



Marblehead, Mass. 



WOOD CUTS FOR SALE. 



WE will sell Stereotypes of the "Wood Cuts used in the Gene- 

 see Farmer and Rural Annual and Horticultural Direc- 

 tory. A book containing Impressions of over Seven Hundred of 

 these cuts will be sent to those wishing to purchase on the receipt 

 of 50 cents. The book contains an index, showing where des- 

 criptions of the cuts will be found. 

 Address JOSEPH HARRIS, Rochester, N. Y. 



OQ CEHTS EACH —MICROSCOPES magnifying 500 times. 

 JiO Five, of different powers. $1. Ma 



Mar.— 3t* 



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