THE GENESEE FARMER. 



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Agricultural Items. 



Che New York State Fair will be held in tbis city 

 it. 30th, and Oct. 1st, 2d and 3d. The indications are 

 t it will be one of the best ever held in the State. 

 I. P. Johnson, Secretary of the New York State Agri- 

 tural Society, has gone to England on busiuess con- 

 ned with the American department of the Great Ex- 

 ition. He will be back in time to attend the State 

 r. 



'he Homestead Bill has been signed by the President, 

 ! is now a law. Any citizen of the United States, or 

 se who declare their intention of becoming such, by 

 ing the charges for surveying, &c:, and who will re- 

 i on and cultivate it for five years, can have a farm of 



acres of government land without charge. 

 t Mr. Thomas Richardson's sale of imported Alder- 

 cows, in New York, prices ranged from $140 to $185 

 St. Some good Ayrshire cows, recently imported, sold 

 q $80 to $140 each. 



pine spar, 230 feet long, has been sent to the Exhibi- 



iu London, from Vancouver's Island. It is to be 

 :ted in the grounds of the Royal Horticultural Socie- 



Garden. 



3hn Johnston, of Seneca Co., turned his cattle into a 



d bite of grass April 30th. This is earlier than he 



• turned his cattle out before on his farm, during 40 



•s. 



B. Lawes, Esq., offers a silver cup, worth $250, to 

 tenant farmer who shall grow the best ten acres of 

 des (Ruta bagas) in Ireland the present season. 

 bw crops have beeu planted in Virginia this season, 

 if other Southern States. We shall have to make up 

 deficiency by extra crops at the North and West. 



K. Phcenix, of Bloomington, 111., the "Rochester of 

 West," writes us, May 19th: "Weather favorable; a 

 1 show for fruits, if not killed by late frosts." 



trial of Reapers, Headers, Mowers and Grain Bind- 

 will be held at Dixon, 111., the coming harvest, under 

 auspices of the 111. State Ag. Society. 



grkat Wool Exhibition, open to all parts of the 

 ted States and Canada, is to be held at the next Ohio 

 e Fair, in Cleveland. 

 severe hail-storm occurred at McConnelsburgh, Pa., 



21, which did great damage to fields of grain and 



trees 

 law was passed by the late Legislature of this State 



event cattle running at large in the public highways. 

 jother attempt is being made to introduce salmon 



England into Australian waters. 



ere are complaints of the loss of lambs this spring 



a kind of throat disease. 



e great International Exhibition, in London, was 



ally opened May 1. 



bacco has been extensively planted in Missouri the 



mt season. 



e Ohio State Fair will be held at Cleveland Sept. 



Trr-Giiowrp.s' Society op Western New York. — The 

 Meeting of the Fruit-Growers' Society of Western New 

 will b>' held Rl (lie Court House in Rochester, N. Y., at 

 ock A. M.. "ii Wednesday, the 25tU day of June, 1S62. 

 ne 6how of (raits may be expected. 

 By order rtf the Council. 



O. P. liissELL, Secretary, Rochester, N. Y. 



The Markets. 



OFFICE OF THE GEN'ESEE FARMER, ) 

 Rochester, N. Y., May 29, 1802. ) 



Grain pf all kinds has again fallen from 3 to 5 cenis per bushel. 

 The better grades of white and red wheat are now considerably 

 lower in N«w Fork than they were this time last year, while the 

 poorer qualities are about the same price. Corn is about the 

 same price as it was twelve months ago, while'rye is from 10c. to 

 15c. per bushel higher, and barley from 9c. to lie. higher than a 

 year ago. , 



We hare had reports of wet weather in England that injured 

 the growing crops, but more recent advices report favorable 

 weather and good prospects for an abundant harvest. In this 

 country, as a general rule, the wheat crop looks very well. There 

 is a large amount of grain of last harvest still in the country, and 

 th'e prospects on the whole are not favorable to any great advance 

 in prices between this and harvest. 



Beans are scarce and in demand at full rates. Extra choice 

 Marrows bring $2.S0 per bushel, and $3 is asked. Mediums, 

 $2 4<!@$2.50. Mixed, $2@|2.10 per bushel of 62 lbs. 



Little is yet doi::g in Wool. The wea:her has been so cool that 

 few sheep are as yet clipped, and in fact the great majority are 

 not even washed. The trade has not yet opened, and it is not 

 safe to speculate on prices. The buyers, as usual, are talking 

 down prices. But there will undoubtedly be an unusually brisk 

 demand for the clip. Money never was so abundant in this coun- 

 try as at present, and there are many who are willing to invest in 

 wool. Besides, all the wool dealers last year made' money, and 

 will he disposed to buy largely again this season. Fifteen thous- 

 and lbs. of selected fine fleeces were sold in Boston a day or two 

 since at 45c per lb. The probability now is that the price of the 

 present clip will be about 40 cents. 



Beef cattle are half a cent per )b. higher; milch cows and veal 

 calves are in better demand. Hogs are also higher. Sheep 

 have declined. 



Butter is lower. There is a large supply of " grease butter" 

 on hand. " Choice yellow " brings from 10 to 18c per lb, " Grease 

 butler" from 7 to 8c. 



Good cheese is siarce and in demand, but poor is plentiful. 

 Choice new 7>rf@8c. 



Eggs plenty at 9@10^c per doz. 



American Short-horns in England^- We noticed some 

 months since that Saml. Thorn, of Duchess Co., N. Y., 

 had sent several head of his celebrated Short horn cattle 

 to England, and that they weresold there at a high price. 

 Mr. Thorn has sent out another lot, and these too were 

 immediately puachased at high figures. One two-year 

 bull, bred by James O. Sheldon, of Geneva, N. Y., was 

 sold to the Hon. Col. Pennant, M. P., of Penshyt Castle, 

 Bangor, for 600 guineas, or over $3,000 ! Another year- 

 ling bull sold for 400 guineas. The Duke of Devonshire 

 purchased another at 400 guineas. 



Partial List of Gifts Given at the Metropolitan Gift 

 Book Store, No. 26 Buffalo Strekt, Roche»ter, N\ Y., Dur- 

 ing the Month of April.— 22 Gold and Silver Watches, 1G En- 

 graved Silver Plated Ice Pitchers, 31 Silver Plated Vegetable Cas- 

 tors, 11 Silver Engraved Cake Baskets, 9 Silver Card Receivers, 

 26 Gold Lined Silver Cups, 13 Gold Guard Chains, 82 Gold Band 

 Bracelets, 9 Silver Wine Pitchers, 16 Gold Lined Salt Oastnrs, 

 6 Coffee Urns, heavily Engraved, Silver Plated, 8 Silver Tea 

 Pots, 3 Silver Tea Sets, 13T Sets Tea and Table Spoons, 72 Sets 

 Silver forks, besides over 1800 other articles of value. A Gift 

 accompanies each book, va ying in value from 50 cents to $100. 

 Descriptive Catalogues mailed free to any address upon applica- 

 tion. The largest stock if books to select from in the ci'.y. 



A New Book on the Grape.— Mr. John Phin, of this 

 city, has written an excellent work on the culture of the 

 grape in the open air. We have not space this month to 

 notice it as its merits deserve, but would call the atten- 

 tion of our readers to the book, an advertisement of 

 which will be found in another column. Every one inter- 

 ested in the culture of the grape will read it with pleas- 

 ure and profit. 



