THE GENESEE FARMER. 



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[write yon, hoping that you will be able, through your 

 japer, to inform your numerous readers where the true 

 seed can be obtained, and also the right directions tor 

 making the sugar, with the implements needed in its 

 manufacture. — David Bastado, Princeton, C. W. 



You can get true Silesian beet root seed from J. M. 

 Uhorbcrn & Co., New York. Your other inquiries shall 

 je attended to in a future number. 



Snails, Slugs, Ac— Can you inform me of a good and 

 mre way of getting rid of the snail or slug? They are 

 jetting to be quite an annoyance on cabbages, tomatoes, 

 kc, &c. I can not afford the expense of a galvanic bat- 

 ;ery for each vine and plant, and have used, with some 

 success, lime and plaster and ashes, one at a time, dry 

 md sprinkled carefully on the ground so as not to touch 

 ;he fruit. — Lewis De Volk. 



Chinese Sugar Cane Seed.— (S. Egberts.) Sorghum 

 seed was mostly obtained from the Southern States. The 

 supply is of course cut off. We must now depend on 

 seed imported from France. It is thought that much 

 spurious seed will be thrown on the market, B. K. Bliss, 

 )f Springfield, Mass., in an advertisement in this number 

 )f the Farmer, states that he has imported a quantity 

 Tom the well-known house of Vilmorin & Co., of Paris. 

 Vfr. Bliss is an honorable and reliable man, and we have 

 10 doubt his seed is genuine. At all events we intend to 

 ise it ourselves. 



Large and Small Sheep.— (T. T.) For mutton the 

 arge sheep, other things being equal, are the most profit- 

 ible. For wool the reverse is true. 



It has been proved that, as a rule, sheep consume food 

 in proportion to their live weight; and it has- also been 

 lemonstrated that Cotswolds [large sheep] fatten more 

 rapidly from food consumed than the South Downs 

 small sheep.] On the other hand it has been shown that 

 small sheep produce more wool, in proportion to live 

 weight, than large sheep. And, of course, it follows that, 

 when wool is the only object, the small sheep are the 

 most profitable — they produce more wool in proportion 

 to the food consumed. 



Italian Rye Grass. — (A. P.) When.sown alone, from 

 35 to 40 lbs. of seed are required per acre. The seed 

 weighs from 15 to 18 lbs. per bush. It can be sown either 

 in the spring or fall. As a general rule it lasts but two 

 years in perfection, although there are instances in which 

 five or six crops have been mowed in successive seasons ; 

 but it is probable that the land was resown from the seeds 

 dropped from the crop, as it sheds its seeds very easily. 



It delights in rich, deep soil. The land can not be too 

 wet. No crop will bear so much forcing. It is of all 

 grasses the best for irrigated meadows. It has not been 

 sufficiently tried in this country to warrant us in speaking 

 more fully of its merits. We hope you will give it a 

 trial, and report the result. 



1S62, says : " Rhodes' is the cheapest American superphosphate, 

 "and if Mr. Rhodes will sell under legal guarantee an article to 

 " contain even 14 or 15 per cent of anhydrous phosphoric acid in 

 "combinations soluble in water (with ten mniutes boiling), his 

 "manure would deserve unqualified recommendation as one of 

 " the very best superphosphates manrfactured in the world, and 

 "very much better than any manufactured in this country." 



The following report of analysis of one thousand (1,000) tons 

 RnoDEs' manure, made by G. A. Liebio, shows even higher re- 

 sults than Dr. Pugh requires ; 



Baltimore, February 28. 1862. 



Messrs. B. M. RnoDEs & Co. — Gents: I have analyzed the 

 two samples of Rhodes' manure which were averaged from a lot 

 of one thousand (1,000) tons at the works, and sent to me by 

 Messrs. Potts and Klf.tt. 



Sample No. 1 contains of phosphoric acid soluble in water 

 16.84 per cent., equal to 27.75 of bi-phosphate ol lime. 



Sample No. 2 contains 16.44 per cent,, which is equal to 27.10 

 of bi-phosphate of lime. 



Both of the samples came fully up to the standard qualities of 

 your Superphosphate. Very respectful'y, 



G. A. Liebig, Ph. D. 



Agriculturists and dealers apply to B. M. Rhodes & Co., office 

 82, South street, Baltimore. Also, Henry E. Moring, General 

 Agent for New York and New England, 97 Pearl street, near 

 Hanover Square, New York. 



The following Report was made at the late Fair held at 

 Utica, N. Y., upon the merits of Sewing Machines. The Report 

 will be interesting to those inquiring for the best Family Sewing 

 Machine : 



" We come now to the last article on our list — specimens of 

 " Machine Sewing. We confess cur great hesitation in deciding 

 " upon their merits, where all are so well done ; but feel assured 

 "that our judgment must meet with approval when we award the 

 " First Premium to No. 971, W. S. Taylor (Qrover & Baker's Ma- 

 " chine), considering the variety of articles made up of different 

 " materials, exhibited there. To No. 306, two machine-made 

 "shirts, Mrs. Gallup (Wheeler & Wilson's Machine), we would 

 "recommend the Second Premium. In justice to our decision, 

 "we would no ice the fact that all the specimens of work done on 

 '' the Wheeler & Wilson's Machine are upon plain, heavy fabrics, 

 "which are not considered by the ladies so good a test of the 

 "powers of a machine designed for family use, as when lighter 

 •' materials are neatly made up by a skillful operator." 



Mrs. Selden Collins, CWn, 

 Mrs. C. S. Bf.nnett, 

 Mrs. George Lane, » 



Mrs. G. O. Green hill, 



Committee. 



Special Notices. 



Rhodes' Superphosphate.— The Standard Manure.— Man- 

 faclured under the supervision of the eminent manufacturing 

 and analytical chemists, Robert B. Potts and Frederick Klett. 

 The Sulphuric Acid is produced on a large scale atthe works at 

 Camden, N. J. 



Guaranteed perfectly pure and free from all adulteration. 

 Dr. Evan Pugh, President Penn. Farm School, in his Report on 

 Artificial Manures, published in Country Genttemen March 27th, 



ADVERTISEMENTS. 



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MOLE PLOWS— By J. DUNHAM, Ithaca, N. Y 



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MARBLEHEAD CABBAGE SEED. 



STONE MASON Cabbage seed, 25 cents per oz.. 75 cents four 

 oz . $2.67 per lb., postpaid by me. HUBBARD SQUASH, 

 the purest grown, 12 cents per package, $1 per lb. 



J5^° CIRCULARS, contaiug Priced Lists of everv variety of 

 Garden Seeds, gratis. JAMES J. H. GREGORY, 



Marblehead, Mass. 



TOM THUMB PEAS. 



I WILL send, for 25 cents, Six Ounces of the above Peas to 

 any Postoffice address in the Spates, by mail, postage paid. 

 This Pea grows only eight inches high, and is very early and pro- 

 lific. J. RAPALJE, Genuse - . . <i ~tore, 



Rochester, N. Y. 



