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THE GENESEE FARMER. 



Not sore of his Identity.- Brother Hoyt, of the In the Farmers' Magazine, in a long article on 

 Wisconsin, Farmer, has spent the past summer in Europe, | Improvements in Hay-making " a calculation u 

 and as soon as he landed in New York, he heard that his I into of the comparative cost of horse-power and 



wife was in the hands of the rebels, and hastened to her 

 rescue. He had passed through so many changing scenes 

 that he began to doubt his identity. "Are we really we? " 

 he exclaims, even after he has been back sometime in his 

 old familiar office. After a while, the world began to 

 look more natural again. The Legislature was in session 

 just as when he left five months ago, "squandering the 

 people's money, throwing paper balls at empty heads, 

 and pitching into everything that tends to the prosperity 

 and honor of the State." He is convinced, and exclaims, 

 " This is Wisconsin, and we are we!" 



The Rural Annual and Horticultural Directory 

 fob 1863,— The Rural Annual for 1863 is nearly ready. 

 We may safely say that a cheaper or more valuable work 

 for farmers, horticulturists and every one interested in 

 rural pursuits, is not published in our country. Not one 

 of our readers should be without it. Price only 25 cents. 



The seven previous volumes of the Sural Annual will 

 be sent, prepaid, by mail to any address for $1.40. 



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Agricultural Items. 



PREPARED EXPRESSLY FOR THE GENESEE FARMER. 



labor. The balance in favor of the former is s 

 be two shillings per acre. The writer adds : "Th 

 of money is considerable, but the increased qui 

 work done, the improved quality of the hay, 

 saving of time employed, are subjects of far 'm 

 portance to the hay-farmer." 



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Inquiries and Answers. 



Mice.— Last year the mice did great damage to j 

 trees in this vicinity. Can you give any inform? 

 to how it might be prevented. Also, is there a 

 for trees already girdled ?— E. M. Mordler, Fri 

 wards county, C. W. 



How to get a Free Farm.— You have spoken 

 trenesee larmer of three sections of land in low 

 an actual settler can get a free farm tan, the 

 Mates Government. I should be glad to know w 

 these three sections are the best. I have two so 

 should be glad to get farms for them. What is tl 

 acter of the land as to timber, nearness to mark 

 &c; and what is the proper course to take* ] 

 prefer purchasing the government land at $2.50 p< 

 t U ^i 8 ln a settlement , rather than to go too far I 

 John McHenry, Madoc, Hastings county, C. W. 



Will some of our Western readers answer the al 



Hollow-horn in Cattlk.— There are cattle in tl 

 tion that have the hollow-horn. I think it is o\ 

 our severe winters, and want of care in housing 1 

 tie and in not feeding them properly. If som! c 

 correspondents know ot a sure cure, it would be 

 accepted. It is easy to tell when an animal has t] 

 ease: lake hold of the horn early in the mornino- 

 it is cold the beast has the disease. Or you can' 

 tapping the horn with a knife or spoon, and if it 



m. JOU WI " kumv U bv the hollow sound. 



The way I have cured it is to bore a hole into tin 

 pretty close to the head, and blow in some dry fn 



At a sale of Holme Pierrepont rams, seventy-two ani- 

 mals brought £1,905. 



The crop of barley is spoken of as very light this sea- 

 son throughout England. 



Small pox has made its appearance among the sheep 

 in England and causes much anxiety. 



At the final sale of Mr. Sanday's celebrated flock of v 

 Leicester sheep, 37 rams averaged $63 each, 174 aged and . PfPper. The hole will soon begin to dischari 

 ewes $2S, and 75 shearling ewes $35 each. The total sale t^ Up ' but il must be °P en ed and some sa 



amounted to £2,215 10s. I PGPPer U m a S a,u -~ A ^nt Farmer, Kent, C. 



In England ladies compete at Agricultural Fairs in 

 other things besides dairy products and domestic manu- 

 factures. At the last show of the Manchester and Liver- 

 pool Society a Miss Glassford won the first prize for the 

 best sample of white wheat. 



The Farmers' Magazine speaks in the highest terms of 

 the display of the products of the North American Colo- 

 nies at the International Exhibition. The wheat is equal 

 to any in the Mother Country. The barley is one 

 pound in the bushel heavier, and the oats equal the very 

 best produced in Haddington— the greatest grain market 

 in the south of Scotland. 



The Journal d' Agriculture Pratique speaks of the trial 

 of McCormick's Automaton Machine in competition with 

 several others. It gave great satisfaction, but M. Barrel 

 doubts whether the automaton movement does not pre- 

 sent very serious iuconveniences, although it certainly is 

 very ingenious. 



There is quite a change coming over the agricultural 

 sentiment as to the kind of animals which should take 

 the prize at cattle shows. The Farmers' Magazine, in its 

 report of the meeting at Battersea Park, speaks in the 

 highest terms of the Swiss Diary Cows, which are bred 

 for milkers, and are not like the im 

 breeds, only strong in " beef and tallow. 



The Markets. 



OFFICE OF THE GENESEE FAEME 

 Rochester, N. T., Oct. 28, 1SG2. 

 Sincoour last report the price of Wheat [has advanced 

 cents per bushel. Corn has also advanced 8c— the ad vane 

 ing place during the last two weeks. Oats maintain thei 

 lively high price, but there has been no advance. Bai 

 scarce and high— the price in New York being from $ 

 $1.25 per. bushel. There has not been much change in the 

 of Rye. Beans are somewhat lower since the new crop wa 

 vested, but prices are still high and quite firm. Butter ha 

 vanccd 3c per lb.; Cheese l@2c. 



Everything thai can be exported, is in demand at high p 

 Exchange on England is worth 145. In other words" an 

 lish pound, the real value of which is about $4.84, is now | 

 in New York 86.44.' If you send a quantity of wheat, or 

 or butter, to England and it sells for £1000, this £1000 iuste 

 being worth only $4840 in New York, as would ordinarily t 

 case, is now worth $6440. The premium on the exchange 

 amounts to $1600. In other words, £1000 in New York Is « 

 $1600 more than it is in London. 



In regard to future prices, it is not safe to predict. Wheat 

 con. are now about 10c per bushel higher than they were ai 

 time last year. And last year the prices continued to adv 

 till January. Such may be the case this year. 



j ,o, „u lv , u a i C uicu Rochester, October 28.— White Wheat jiwioiop;. 



for milkers, and are not like the improved English p 5 @H S: 8 P rin * Wheat, $1.00@l.m oWn f 8 | 5 6 C ' 



breeds, only strong in « beef and tallow." a^^VhL*^^!^ 80 p £ r bu8heI ; Fine Mid ' d » 



i «K#40c per bush. Oats, 40@4Sc. Eye, 6o@65. Pelts, $l<j 



