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THE GENESEE FARMER. 



Tiik Grain Trade of Chicago.— The following facts aie 

 obtained from the recent Report of the Board of Trade 

 of Chicago. They show the movements iu the articles 

 mentioned at that port for 1861. The grades of wheat 

 are : No. 1 white winter, of which 57,750 bushels were 

 shipped; No. 2 white winter, 47,250 bush, shipped; No. 1 

 red winter, 374,850 bush, shipped ; No. 2 red winter, 546,- 

 950 bush, shipped ; rejected winter; 82,110 bush, shipped; 

 extra club, 350 bush, shipped ; Northwestern club, 238,000 

 bush, shipped; No. 1 spring, 6,772,718 bush, shipped; 

 No. 2 spring, 7,006,716 bush, shipped; rejected spring, 

 1,813,588 bush, shipped. Total, 16,940,282. 



The quantity of corn inspected was 25,261,123 bushels. 

 Of this, 24,900 bushels were pure white, 452,300 pure yel- 

 low, 22,348,582 mixed, 2,266,988 rejected. It is estimated 

 that, in the wheat and corn given above, the farmers lose 

 over $500,000 in not properly cleaning the first and in un- 

 necessarily mixing the latter. Either pure white or pure 

 yellow corn is held from one to three cents higher in the 

 market than the mixed. 



The quantity of rye inspected was 487,649 bushels. Of 

 this, 409,619 bushels were No. 1, 9,800 No. 2, and 68,050 

 rejected. 



The number of bushels of oats inspected was 1,072,556. 

 Of this, 962,706 bushels were No 1, 14,950 No. 2, and 94,- 

 000 rejected. 



The quantity of barley inspected was 108,945 bushels. 

 Of this, 5,250 bushels were No. 1, 82,650 No. 2, and 20,555 

 rejected. 



The capacity of grain storage in the city is estimated 

 at 45,970,000 bushels. There are fourteen elevators in 

 operation, with a capacity for receiving and shipping 

 dailj* 675,000 bushels. They can ship daily, when in 

 store, 1,750,000 bushel. This capacity for shipping will 

 soon be added to by at least 300,000 bushels daily by two 

 other houses. 



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Farmers, Write for your owx Paper. — The editor of 

 the Ohio Field Notes thus eloquently urges his readers to 

 write for the paper : 



"Give us field news, stock news, horse talk, cattle talk, 

 hog talk, bear talk, turkey talk, fox tulk, duck and goose 

 talk, always giving preference to the more useful and 

 substantial items in the above list. Write early, write 

 often, and continue to write. 



Take up your rusty pens, O ! ye Cattle Kings, ye Horse 

 men, ye Shepherd of hill and plain, ye Dairy men and 

 women, ye \\ heat growers, Corn growers, Grass growers, 

 ye Apple Kings and Garden diggers, ye men and women 

 of the rose tree and the pansy bed, ye lovers of the grape 

 and the juices thereof, ye Nimrods of the bush and the 

 saddle, ye Women of the gridiron and the frying pan, 

 who know the mysteries of broiled quail and lordly steaks, 

 and such generous dishes as make us stout and good 

 uatured." 



Pretty Good. — A lady friend of ours was reading over 

 the list of Premiums on the last page of the March num- 

 ber of the Genesee Farmer. Coming to No. 8, where for 

 eight subscribers we offer to send the " Horse and his 

 Diseases," she remarked, " I should prefer the horse with- 

 out the diseases." 



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Moths. — A correspondent of the London Field recom- 

 mends tallow candles, (common,) done up in paper, and 

 put in the sack or drawer with cloths, to prevent moths 

 destroying the cloth. 



literary Notices. 



NO'IICE TO QUIT. By W. G. Wilu?. author of "Life's Fo 

 shadowings." New York: Harper &. .Brothers. Adajk 

 Dabney. 

 One of the fifty cent novels which are being constantly issi 



by this well known publishing house, and neither much better 



worse than the average. 



THE STEP-MOTHER. By the anthor of the "Heir of R. 



clyfe." D. Appleton & Co. 



This, like all Miss Yonge's novels, is interestns; in its pecul 

 style, and has the charm of teaching a pure morality and a pr 

 tical religion. 



AIDS TO FAITH; A Series of Theological Essays. By seve 

 writers. Edited by William Thompson, D. D. New York : 

 Appleton & Co. Steele & Avert. 



This is ah answer to ihe famous "Essays and Reasons." Eqv 

 ly well written with the book to which it replies, it will proba 

 not meet with half the sale, as truth is always stale, while c 

 cast-off errors have a charm to a certain class of minds, wh 

 includes a large proportion of the reading public. If faith, oi 

 shaken, can be restored by logic, the skeptic would find here 

 excellent refutation of his doubts concerning miracles, propht 

 inspiration, and cognate subjects. 

 SPARE HOURS. By John Bbown, M. D. Boston : Ticki 



&, FlKLDS. 



One of the most fascinating books that has been publish' d 

 season. " Rab and his Friends" would redeem a stupid bi 

 but every article in this is worth reading, as well as too inter 

 ing to leave unread. 



RELIGIO-MEDIOI. A Letter to a Friend, Christian Mor 

 Urn Burial, and other papers. By Sir Thomas Bbown h, j 

 M. D. Boston : Ticknor Ax. Fields. 



A republication of an old book, which has a quaint charm 

 its own — an exceedingly pleasant companion for a though 

 leisure hour. 



Trek Peddlers. — B. Smith, of Cuba, Missouri, in 

 article in the St. Louis Valley Farmer, advises farmer: 

 " set the dogs on the tree peddlers when they cc 

 around." Dishonest tree peddlers are a great nuisai 

 and, while we can not endorse Mr. Smith's recommen 

 tion, we could wish that farmers would deal only w 

 men who sell for respectable nurserymen. There 

 many such — men who sell good trees and deliver tb 

 accordiug to agreement — but it is not likely that they 

 often found in Mr. Smith's neighborhood ! 



Packing Eggs for Long Journeys. — The bestsubsta 

 for packing eggs that have to be sent long distances 

 rail or otherwise, especially if intended for sitting, is 

 husks of buckwheat. Bran and grain are full of dust, i 

 should not be used unless each egg is wrapped in paj 

 These substances also are apt to pack, and the pack 

 becomes oue solid mass. There is no elasticity, and 

 constant jars break the delicate membrane which s 

 pends the yolk iu the shell, and the egg is " killed." 



Agriculture the Great Interest of the Nation. — . 

 cording to the census of 1850, the total capital of 

 United States was about $6,000,000,000. Of this si 

 5,000,000,000, or five-sixths of the whole amount, was 

 vested in agricultnre. The late Prof. Johnston, of Sc 

 land, estimated that nine-tenths of all the fixed capital 

 the world is embarked in agriculture. 



Chapped Hands.— A correspondent informs us that 

 finds equal parts of lard and camphor, well mixed, a ci 

 for chapped hands. 



