THE GENESEE FARMER FOR 18(1 



CONTENTS OF THIS NUMBER, 



Experiments on Sorghum 829 



Experimental Farmers 331 



The Agricultural Fairs 332 



Mapes and his Manures • 334 



Surface Application of Manures , , .. . 335 



Evening Discussions at the New York Slate Fair 836 



A GoocTstorv of a Musical Horse 337 



Notes from Canada West 338 



American Forks and Hoes 838 



Wintering Bees 339 



Roads Up Hill and Down 339 



Spirit of the Agricultural Press 340 



To Prevent Horses Kicking in Harness 340 



Preserving Plants during Winter 340 



Mixing Varieties of Corn 340 



Fattening Swine 340 



The Lessons of the War 340 



To Kemove Stumps 840 



Fattening Poultry 840 



Salt for Wheat 340 



News Items 344 



LADIES DEPARTMENT. 



Original Domestic Receipts 841 



A Few Words About Furs., 841 



YOUNG PEOPLE 3 PAGE. 



Grammar in Ehyme 842 



The Elephant that Loved to be Fed 842 



It'sVeryHard 342 



Birds Fly 342 



Kefraclion of Light 842 



MISCELLANEOUS. 



TrelheitDie Ich Meine 343 



A Fair Barbarian 343 



How to be an Early Riser 343 



Laughter 843 



Domestic Sweetmeats 343 



HORTICULTURAL DEPARTMENT. 



Waiks and Talks in the Garden— No. 7 845 



The Pear Tree Blight 347 



A Good Apple Ticker ._ , 348 



Fruit Growers' Society of Western New York 349 



The Ked Maple 350 



A New Fruit 351 



Protection to Peach Orchards not always Desirable 852 



The Water Garden 353 



EDITORS TABLE. 



The Genesee Farmer for 1863 854 



Something for the Ladies 354 



To Our Agents 854 



To the Boys 354 



Notes on the Weather 355 



The Value of Farms. 855 



Not Sure of his Identity 856 



Rural Annual for 1863 356 



Agricultural Items 856 



Inouiries and Answers, 356 



The Markets, 356 



Literary Notices 857 



Premiums for 1863 360 



ILLUSTRATIONS. 



Thomas' Improved Wheat 338 



Apple Picker 848 



Plant of the Dewberry 351 



Fruit of the Dewberry — Natural Size 852 



The Commissioner of Agriculture has added a Ghemi- 

 cal Bureau to his department. Dr. John Wktherill has 

 been appointed Chief Chemist. " 



Owing to the scarcity of cotton rags the price oil 

 has advanced full twenty -five per cent., and it is 1 1 

 that it will be still higher. It has been our rule! 

 the Genesee Farmer at the very lowest price at wl 

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 will enable us to publish the Farmer without loss. 



The price of the Geneeee Farmer, for 1863, will b 

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 slight increase in price, when they know that it is 

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To Our Agents. — We would call the attention i 

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One Hundred and Thirty-Seven Dollars in cas 

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To the Bots. — The long winter evenings ar 

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 last page of this number you will find a list of book 

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The Gardeners' Chronicle of September 20 says tl 

 columns are full of articles on steam cultivatioi 

 they hope to treat of it for several weeks to com 

 adds that the real contest that the rival machines-n 

 have to wage is not with one another, but with aj 

 tural vit inertia* 



