THE GENESEE FARMEK. 



257 



CONTENTS OF THIS NUMBER. 



le Great English Fair 



grieulture in our Common Schools 



i~i OKI Agricultural Paper 



ifforsoa as a Farmer 



rds and Insects 



ce on Grain. Influeuce of the Moon on Vegetation 



efuse Pulp from Cider Mills as a Fertilizer for Apple Trees 



tilily of Ismail Birds *. 



leap Cisterns 



are Air for Milk ltooms 



16 Cereals at the Great International Exhibition 



>irit of the Agricultural Press 



Clover flay for Cows. Agriculture in the West 



Asparagus Iieotle. Milk and Butter from Ayrshires. . . . 



Top Dressing Meadows in Summer 



Spring Wheat in Maine. Turnip Fly. Poultry 



Manuring for Wheat 



W r orth of Poultry in Britain l,0uu Tears ago 



inadian Timber at "the Great Exhibition 



le English Colonies at the Great Exhibition 



otes from Canada W est 



ow to Make a Good Farm/Roller 



Dp-Dressing Meadows— Sowing Wheat 



iiriey Born of Oats. Potato Beds 



HORTICULTURAL DEPARTMENT. 



'alks and Talks in the Garden— No. 4 



orticulture at the West 



ruit Growers' Society of Western New York 



xterior Signs of the Quality of Pears 



jss of Fruit by Insects in England 



ireens on the Prairie. Guano for Grapes 



orticultural Items from Foreign Journals 



laming Strawberries at Night 



ite of Growth of the Douglas Fir Tree 



rawberry Culture in Illinois. What Pears shall we Plant? 

 loes lor Squash Hugs. Keeping Grapes 



YOUNG PEOPLE S PAGE. 



tie Thief and the Beggar. The Boy and the Brick 254 



LADIES DEPARTMENT. 



riginal Domestic Receipts " 255 



ieleton Flowers 256 



MISCELLANEOUS. 



n Indian Story, Civility is a Fortune, etc 25C 



EDITOR S TABLE. 



otes on the Weather, 257 



gricultural Fairs. tor 1862 257 



ems, Notices, &c, 257, 260, 261 



gricultural Items 258 



K-uiries and Answers, 259 



he Markets 260 



ILLUSTRATIONS. 



rain Aphis 239 



he Thief and the Beggar 254 



he Points of a Pig 259 



The Half Volume of the Genesee Farmer. — We still 

 onttnue our offer of Premiums to all who send us sub- 

 cribers to the current half volume of the Genesee Farmer. 

 >ee last page of this number. 



New York State Fair. — The prospects are favorable 

 ar a good exhibition. There is no better location in the 

 itate than Rochester for holding the fair, and we have 

 to doubt, notwithstanding the excited condition of the 

 ountry, that the attendance will be unusually large. The 

 ist of premiums can be obtained at this office. 



Notes on the Weather from June 15th to July 16th 

 1862.— At the close of these notes to June 16th, this sec- 

 tion was suffering from great drouth. In the two weeks 

 previous, rain had fallen along the middle part of the 

 State and further westward in the southern counties. 

 Here the drouth continued to the 17th. Frost appeared 

 on the 16th, and heavier and somewhat injurious on the 

 17th, when a slight rain fell at evening and more before 

 midnight, to the great relief of vegetation. On the next 

 day more rain, and in the evening a rain through the 

 night and next morning, of 0.56 inches. Warmer weather 

 followed, and the grass, Indian corn and patatoes were no 

 longer in ruins, but were rapidly growing. On the 25th 

 and 2Gth fell a rain of 1.09 inches, and at the close of the 

 month 2.23 inches, a very great rain. The spring crops 

 were saved. The rain of the last half of June measured 

 4.27 inches ; in the first half only .17 inches ; in the month, 

 4.44 inches, and in the two previous months only 3.84 

 inches. The drouth could not but be severe, and yet the 

 following rain and warmth almost compensated for it. 

 Winter wheat did not suffer much from it. Strawberries 

 came on in abundance. 



The mean temperature of the last half of June was 

 64.7°, or 4.4° below the mean for 25 years ; and the aver- 

 age of the month was 62.7°, or 3.5° below that for so 

 many years. 



July has so far given us the heat above the average, for 

 the mean for this half is 71.8°, which is nearly two de- 

 grees above that for 25 years. With this heat and so much 

 rain at the close of June, vegetation has made rapid 

 progress, though the rain of this half is less than one 

 inch. Grass has greatlv improved, so that hay, which is 

 already making, will not fail as much as was feared. Corn, 

 potatoes, spring wheat, oats, &c, have grown with great 

 rapidity. Winter wheat is being matured, and the harvest 

 will be late. Strawberries have abounded ; cherries are 

 in great profusion and excellence ; raspberries, red and 

 black, are in market as the strawberries lessen; peas in 

 variety, the richest now coming plentifully ; new potatoes 

 also, for those who love such young things ; and vegeta- 

 bles of all kinds. What a country of good things is this, 

 where the best government receives the suppprt and ho- 

 mage of the best hearts, " Thou crownest the year with 

 thy goodness ; and thy paths drop fatness." 



Agricultural Exhibitions for 1862. 



t NATIONAL. 



Am. Pomological Soc. Boston September 17—18 



National. Horse Show.. Chicago " i — 13 



STATE. 



Vermont Rutland September 9—12 



Ohio Cleveland " 16 — 20 



Kentucky Lcuisvillle " 16—20 



Canada East Sherbrooke " 17 — 19 



Indiana Indianapolis Sept. 29 to Oct. 4 



Iowa Dubuque " 30 " 3 



Illinois Peoria " 29 " 4 



Do Hort. Society.. .Chicago " 8 — 13 



New York Rochester " 30 " 4 



New Jersey Newark " 30 " 4 



Michigan Detroit • " 23—26 



Canada West Toronto " 22—26 



A Dog Show. — A great dog show was held in London 

 at the time of the Fair of the Royal Agricultural Society, 

 and attracted an immense number of visitors — 10,000 in 

 a day. There were upwards of one thousand dogs on 

 exhibition. 



