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The Rural Annual and Horticultural Directory 

 !<or 1863.— This beautiful little book is'now goiug through 

 ,he press. It will be ready in about two weeks. We have 

 nade some improvements in the work. It is abundantly 

 Hustrated, and contains 120 pages, filled with valuable 

 nformation to farmers, horticulturists, and all others in- 

 erested iu rural pursuits. No reader of the Farmer 

 should be without a copy of this work. The price is only 

 !5 cents a year, and it is sent by mail, postage paid. 



In clubs of six and upwards, the Rural Annual will 

 )e clubbed with the Farmer at fifteen cents per copy,postage 

 )aid ! We hope all our agents will club the Rural Annual 

 vith the Farmer. The matter is entirely different in the 

 ;wo works, and no reader of the Farmer should be with- 

 )ut the Annual. 



The Cmeapest Agricultural and Horticultural Book 

 n the World is the Rural Annual and Horticultural 

 Directory. — It contains as much matter as many dollar 

 jooks, and yet it will be sent prepaid by return mail to 

 my address for twenty-five cents. And still further: we 

 uithorize all our agents to club it with the Farmer, in 

 ;lubs of six and upward, for fifteen cents ! Not a solitary 

 •eader of the Farmer should fail to get the Rural Annual 

 tnd Horticultural Directory for 1863. 



Don't forget the Ruril Annual. — We are particu- 

 arly desirous that every reader of the Farmer should 

 iave a copy of the Rural Annual for 1863. It is a splen- 

 lid number. The price to clubs is only fifteen cents, and 

 it will be sent, prepaid by mail, to any address. 



We must depend on the Boys. — One of our old agents 

 svrites : " I have not time to attend to getting subscribers 

 For the Genesee Farmer for next year, but I have two boys 

 who are going to take hold of the matter." That is right. 

 Let the boys act as agents for the Farmer. They will 

 tiave time this winter to visit their neighbors and ask them 

 to subscribe. We offer some special premiums to the 

 boys, for subscribers at 60 cents a year, which are cer- 

 tainly most liberal. But the boys need not confine them- 

 selves to these. They can compete for our cash prizes, 

 and for the premiums offered to "Everybody." See last 

 page of this number. We will send subscription lists, 

 specimen copies, &c, to all who wish them. Let us hear 



from the boys. 



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A Good Idea. — A farmer asked his neighbor if he 



would join a club for the at $1.50 per year ? 



"No," said he, "I am goiug to economize next year." 

 "Well," said he, "as you cannot do without an agricul- 

 tural paper, give me 50 cents for the Genesee Farmer. — 

 You will save a dollar." Our friend might have added, 

 too, that he would get as much agricultural and horticul- 

 tural matter for the half dollar as for the $1.50 — and cer- 

 tainly of quite as high a character. , 



Notes on the Weather from Oct. 15th to Nov. 16th. 

 The weather had been cloudy and rainy, and generally 

 unpleasant, through the first half of October, and so it was 

 through the rest of the month. The heat of the first half 

 was .some degrees above the mean for 25 years, and of the 

 last half a little below, and of the whole month the mean 

 heat was 50.9° or 3° above the average for 25 years. 



The water fallen was 3.05 inches in the month. Rain 

 on the 25th changed to snow in part, and throxigh tbe 

 night and on the 26th, very wet, so that the trees were 

 overloaded in the evening, and many were broken down 

 or much injured, as at least a foot of snow must have 

 fallen in thirty-six hours, though half of it perhaps had 

 melted. This snow storm was a heavy rain on the Poto- 

 mac and Harper's Ferry, and along the east side of the 

 Allegany ridge. 



Leaves of hard maple fell before any frost, from being 

 mature. The variegated hues of autumn were splendid 

 before any frost. 



Such snows are uncommon in this month; yet in 1S44 

 a storm of dry snow fell over Middle and Western New 

 York, near the last of the month. 



The last two days were warm, and the 31st was fully 

 Indian summer. 



November gave us of Indian summer its first two days, 

 very beautiful, delicious' weather. After this the weather 

 was unpleasant to the middle. 



The mean heat of the half mouth was 39.4°, being 1.8 Q 

 below the average for 25 years. The hottest noon, 66° 

 on the 1st, and the coldest morning, 27° on the 15th, and 

 the coldest evening, 22° on the 4 same day. This was much 

 the coldest day. 



An extensive snow storm from the east, with rain along 

 the coast, began in the evening ot the 6th at Fortress 

 Monroe; reached Washington and Baltimore early next 

 morning of the 7th, and New York about noon, where 

 the northwest wind gave a heavy blow and storm of sleet, 

 hail and snow ; reached Boston and other places east- 

 ward in due time, extended westward, beginning at 9 

 P. M. of the 7th at Rochester; at midnight at Buffalo., 

 and Cleveland at 4 A. M. of the 8th. It was a northeast 

 storm at Rochester, and across the State into Massa- 

 chusetts, over to Boston. 



Our wheat harvest was chiefly in the third week ot 

 Julv. On July 26th, one of our citizen tourists found the 

 reaping of wheat just begun in the south part of Eng- 

 land, that is, from Liverpool to London ; the harvest be- 

 ing later in higher latitudes of England. When he vis- 

 ited Scotland, on the 29th of September, the ripe wheal 

 was then being cut, and a considerable of it was still 

 oreen and not mature enough for cutting, and could not 

 have been reaped before the tenth of October. In cli- 

 mates so different, Divine Providence secures the pro- 

 duction of the finest wheat. 



Our Premiums. — On the last page of this number will 

 be found our premium list for next year. It is more libe- 

 ral thau ever. before. There are premiums for the ladies, 

 for the boys, and for everybody, — book premiums, seed 

 premiums, and cash prizes. The premiums will be paid 

 promptly, and there is not one of our readers who cannot 

 secure them by a little effort at this time. 



Joseph Watson, Esq., of Clyde, N. Y., writes: "Please 

 find enclosed 60 cents, your ' war price' for the Genesee 

 Farmer for 1863. |I want your paper, as I find many good 



things in it that I can get in no o'ther way." 



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Several inquiries, communications, and other interest- 

 ing matter, have been crowded out of this number. They 

 shall appear in the January number. 



