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THE GENESEE FARMER. 



Agricultural Items. 



At a recent meeting of the Royal Agricultural Society 

 of England, Prof. Voelcker delivered a lecture on "Town 

 Sewage as a manure." He estimated that the sewage 

 of Londou is worth three cents per ton, delivered on grass 

 land. This seems small, but it is higher than is obtained 

 for the sewer of Edinburgh, which is used on the mead- 

 ows near that city. 



In Ogle county, Illinois, the wheat crop is said to be 

 almost a total failure. Hundreds of acres have been 

 plowed up on account of the ravages of the Chinch bug 

 and Hessian fly. .Farmers are offering their wheat for 

 the cost of seed. la Iowa, too, much wheat has been 

 plowed up from the same cause, and replanted with corn. 

 At the last Meeting of the New York Farmers' Club, 

 Solon Robinson asked the Club to adopt the following as 

 one of its rules: 



"The object of conversation is to entertain and inter- 

 est. To be agreeable, you must learn to be a good lis- 

 tener. A man who monopolizes a conversation is a bore, 

 no matter how great his knowledge." 



Paschall Morris thinks the Chester white pigs, now 

 so much talked about, originated at least thirty years 

 ago, by crossing a Bedfordshire boar, imported into 

 Chester Co., Pa., with the best stock of the country. 

 Thev are now considered a well established breed. 



Addison Gardiner, Esq., of this city, has purchased a 

 splendid short-horn bull from James 0. Sheldon, Esq., of 

 Geneva, N. Y. Mr. S. has also just sold a fine young 

 Short-horn bull to E. G. Morris, and another to B. A. 

 Huntington, of Rome, N. Y. 



Abd-el-Kader has sent to the Emperor Napoleou two 

 magnificent horses of the Semen breed, the purest exist- 

 ing in Arabia, and which the ex-Emir says must have 

 descended in a direct line from the famous mare of the 

 Prophet. 



John Johnston, an experienced farmer of Seneca Co. 

 says he never knew anything very low without high 

 prices following. On this account, when grain is low he 

 tries to raise more than usual in auticpation of better 

 prices. 



Hallet's Pedigree Wheat is advertised in three lan- 

 guages at the great International Exhibition, the letters, 

 from seven to eight inches in length, consisting of ears 

 of the wheat advertised ! 



W. H. Lock, a well known Devon cattle breeder of 

 Cauada, has moved to Champaign Co., Ill-, where he has 

 purchased a farm of 1,300 acres. He takes his large herd 

 of Devons with him. 



Dr. Geo. H. Dadd, the author ©f several veterinary 

 works, has opened an academy for the study of veterinary 

 scieuce, in St. Louis, Mo. 



John Wilson, a Scotch farmer, has written a book on 

 British Farming, or a description of the mixed husband- 

 ry of Great Britain. 



The Seneca County (Ohio) Agricultural Society has 

 offered a prize for the largest number of shade trees set 

 out by one person. 



M. Foulii, of France, has recently paid $5,700 for a stal- 

 lion — the highest sum ever given for a horse in that 

 country. 



California exported $4,000,000 of grain and flour last 

 year, and over $1,000,000 of wool and hides. 



Literary Notices. 



REPLIES TO ESSAYS AND REVIEWS. By Seven Clergy 

 men of the Church of England, with a Preface by the Lon 

 Bishop of Oxford. New Tork : D. Appleton & Co. 

 These Essays, like those to which they are replies, " were writ 

 ten in entire independence of each other, without concert or com 

 parison." In the preface, the Bishop of Oxford says that the pub 

 llcation of this volume is no admission that new and powerfu 

 arguments against the truth have rendered necessary new argu 

 nients in its defence, but that the object is rather by stating th 

 truth clearly to show that these re-varnished objections are neiihe 

 new nor profound. This is precisely what is needed, for man 

 minds are struggling with these apparently first rationalist! 

 doubts, not knowing that they are really contending with the « 

 suscitalod dead of the infidelity of a past age. The names of ttt 

 authors of these Essays give guarantee that this purpose is thoi 

 oughly carried out 



CONSIDERATIONS ON REPRESENTATIVE GOVER} 



MENT. By John Stuart Mill. 



This book should be extensively read, for there has been i 

 time in the history of our country when it was more necessai 

 that every man should understand the theory on which oureo 

 stitutions are based, and appreciate fully both the benefits ai 

 the dangers which may accrue from them. 



LEISURE HOURS IN TOWN. Boston': Tioknor & Field. 

 The Recreations of a Country Parson were very charming Iro 

 their freshness, and these arp exceedingly pleasant Mist 

 them have been already published in the Atlantic Monthly. T 

 paper on The Laird aud his Preaching is admirable. 



THE PEARL OF ORR'S ISLAND. By Mrs. H. B. Stows. 

 AGNES OF SORRENTO. By Mrs. H. B. Stowk. 



Mrs. Stowk has not added to her reputation by these boo 

 They aro readable, but by no means worthy of the author of Ul» 

 Tom's Cabin. 



THE LAST OF THE MORTIMERS. By the author of M; 



garet Maitland. etc. 



A novel quite different in plot from those which preceded 

 and very entertaining in a quiet way. 



A BOOK ABOUT DOCTORS. New York : Ru»d & Caslkti 



A cleverly writien, anecdotical collection of sketches of 

 lives of doctors and the customs of the medical profession. 



THE BOOK OF DAY; A Miscellany of Popular Antiquities 

 connection with the Calendar, including Anecdote, Klngra 

 and History. Curiosities of Literature, and Oddities of Hun 

 Life anil Character. Philadelphia: .1. 11. I.ii'I'iscoit A ( 

 Edinburgh : W. &, R. Chambers. Parts 1 and 2. Price, 

 cents. 



We give the entire title page, as it is as good a description 

 the work as can be written. Each day in the year has w itues 

 since tbe world began some incident of note, and, as far us po 

 ble these are gathered here. The two patts already issued 

 the tales of the first seventeen days in the year. The second 

 omtnences with an account of the Carnival, and ends with 

 story *f St. Anthony and the pigs. The illustrations areq' 

 numerous 



Farmers' Advertiser. — Mr. Shelby Rebd, of Seo 

 ville, informs us that in that town, at Ihis suggestioi 

 a book is kept at the Post Olhce.open to public inspecti 

 in which are entered the names of persons who h 

 auy thing which they wish to dispose of, such as ] 

 stock, seeds, implements, tools, or anything in the fai 

 er's line. It forms an admirable means of commuuicat 

 between the farmers of the town, and meets with gi 

 favor. 



Long Live King Wool. — "King Cotton is Dead." 

 correspondent of the Prairie Farmer thinks " King W 

 is heir apparent." The falling off in the supply of cot 

 will increase the demand for wool. Wool is kiug. L< 

 live King Wool ! 



