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THE GENESEE FARMER. 



CONTENTS OF THIS NUMBER. 



The Value of Commercial Manures 137 



The Wheat Crop in England 138 



Cutting Potatoes — Early and Late Crops 138 



Cultivation ofthe White Bean 139 



Cross between the Wild and Domestic Goose 139 



Cultivation of Flax 140 



The Jerusalem Artichoke. Lice on Calves 141 



Shearing Sheep 142 



Skimmed Milk Cheese 143 



Spirit of the Agricultural Press 144 



Hog Cholera. Bran as a Manure.... 144 



Squashes lor Milch Cows. Don't be Afraid of Seed 144 



Bad Seed and the Mangel Wurzel Crop - 144 



The Potato Disease 144 



Effects of Vegetables upon Different Animals 144 



Water-proof Boot Soles. Corn Cobs 144 



Melons. Fence Posts. . ... 144 



Why do we Pickle Seed Wheat to Prevent Smut?... ... 144 



Galled Shoulders in Horses 144 



Management of Honey Bees 144 



How to Preserve Kggs 145 



Butter Making in Ireland 147 



Cultivation of, Carrots. Sowing Carrots 149 



Cultivation of Potatoes in Ireland ..."""" 150 



Cultivation of the Sweet Potato l, f ,0 



Hired Help ou a Farm :...... 151 



How to Grow Melons, Cucu mbers, Squashes, etc 151 



An Inquiry— Sawdust as Manure 151 



Berkshire Hogs 151 



HORTICULTURAL DEPARTMENT. 



Walks aud Talks in the Garden— No. 1 152 



Flowering of the Coco-Nut Palm "'"" 154 



American Apples for England. Hedges "" 154 



A Poninlogic;d Map. Low-headed Trees 154 



Duchesse d'niver, or Tardive de Toulouse Pear ... 154 



What Kinds of Grapes shall I Plant? '.'.'.'.'.'.'. 155 



Orchard Culture and its Results 15a 



Dwarf Dahlias .'.'.!.'.'.! 166 



Mulching Young Fruit Trees on the Prairies "*.!'.!".! 156 



Grape Culture in California .. 150 



The Importance of Fruit Culture 157 



Cultivation of the Strawberry 157 



A Fruit Garden for the Family 157 



ladies' department. 

 Worsted Flowers. Summer Fashions 158 



miscellaneous. 

 Monotony. Importance of Swallows, etc 169 



editor's table. 



Notes on the Weather, 160 



The Markets, !!!!!!!!!!!!!! 161 



Items, Notices, &c, .' '16O 1*6*1*, 1 62 



Inquiries and Answers, ' ] 63, 161 



illustrations. 



Potato showing different sections 13S 



American Wild Goose ..'. igji 



Flax Plant and Root !.'.'."!.'.'.'."!! 140 



Common Artichoke '.'.!'. .!!.'..! .!'. 141 



Yellow Artichoke ..!!.!!!!!!!! 141 



The First Stage of Clipping a Sheep !!!!!!!!!!!! 142 



The Second Stage of Clipping a Sheep '. ... 14" 



The Third and Last Stage of Clipping a Sheep.'.'.'.."'!'..".'.!! 1-13 



Lawton Blackberries Trained on Wires 153 



Worsted Flowers (3 flgs.) !!.!.!!!!!!!! 158 



Phemiums.— We have seat of all the grape, vines flower 

 scads, books, etc., to those who are entitled to them for 

 obtaining subscribers to the Genesee Fanner. We hope, 

 and believe, they will give satisfaction. If any fail to re- 

 ceive them, we hope they will inform us. We are always 

 happy to correct mistakes. 



Notes on the Weather from March 15th, to Apr 

 16th, 1862. — The mean temperature of the first half < 

 March was near the average, but of the second half wi 

 3° below the average, so that the heat of March was 1.; 

 below the mean for 25 years. The month was rath 

 pleasant — the winds not strong, storms not severe, ai 

 the heat not variable, as usual ; cool, but not severely s 

 The coldest was 17° on the 26th, and the hottest, 49° < 

 27th. No sleighing since the 10th, and the ice left tl 

 Genesee on tlfe 17th at its mouth, carrying one or tv 

 vessels into the Lake, without doing much damage. 



A robin was seen on the 16th, and more soon followi 

 with other spring birds. 



On the evening of the 30th, a thunder shower of snc 

 and rain of great extent. Here the lightning was bril 

 ant at 9.j in the northeast; the shower was heavy at A 

 burn, and further east; at Pittsfield, Mass., was splendi 

 It also occurred in Medina county, [Ohio, on the sar 

 evening. 



The ice-shoiver in Niagara and Erie counties on the 15 

 was great in Herkjmer county ; very slight here, b 

 splendid in some parts of Ohio. 



The snow and rain give 5.15 inches of water for Marc 

 The snow had disappeared in the open fields, but aloi 

 north aud south fences and in the woods, it abounded 

 the close of the month. In the eastern and northe 

 parts of the State, and in Massachusetts and the nor 

 portion of New England, the snow is quite deep at t 

 close of the month. The manufacture of maple sug 

 has thus been made more laborious, and the coming 

 warm weather will lessen the expected amount. T 

 month has been pleasant for business. 



April began rather cool, aud so continued, or rath 

 colder, till the 13th ; the last three days being quite wai 

 and springlike, giving us 70° at noon on the 14th, anc 

 mean of 57°, and 58° on the loth for the mean. T 

 half mouth has been regularly cool, and we have held 

 to be very cold, owing perhaps to the snow on the grou 

 and with so much wind from the Lake from the snow 

 Canada. Yet the average, 39.6°, was only 1.4° below t 

 mean for 25 years. This is 6° lower than the average 

 this half of April in 1858. On the 7th the temperati 

 was, at sunrise, 22°, and at 7 a. m., 26°, and very lit 

 higher all day, and at eve down to 26° again. On tl 

 and the 8th snow did not melt, nor the earth thaw, in t 

 shade. 



Little rain and snow have fallen in the fortnight ; t 

 as the snow, now gone chiefly, except in the woods, r. 

 melted slowly and the water passed into the earth, t 

 springs are amply supplied. The dust is flying in 

 streets. The red maple was in full blossom on the 13 

 in warmer situations, but only stamens in them. Peaci 

 in flower at Yorktown, Va., on the 11th. 



The uniform weather of winter aud of March is held 

 be very favorable to the wheat, and fruit trees hava ( 

 caped any cold that would destroy their flower buds. 



The snow and rain of the 7th to the 9th was heavy 1 

 the Potomac, and very trying to the army at Yorktov 

 and further south: snow deep at Philadelphia and ov 

 Pennsylvania, and cm mountains of Virginia; much le 

 at New York; here we had northeast wind with fall < 

 I barometer, and snow expected, but no rain or snoi 



