THE GENESEE FARMER. 



31 





CONTENTS OF THIS NUMBER. 



Experiments on Ihe Feeding of Sheep, 7 



Mimures for Tobacco, S 



liigh Feeding, 9 



-Tournal of the Royal Agricultural Society, 10 



Preparation of Flax 11 



Care of Young Stock in Winter, 11 



Points of aShnrt-horn Bull and Cow, 12 



Farmers, Keep a Diary, 12 



H. >w ti) J udgH Cattle 13 



Killing Caiia. la Tliistles 14 



Failening Poultry 15 



What is the Cheapest Food for Horses ? 16 



Water for Sheep 16 



■Western Farming IT 



The Ailvanlaires of Underdraining Land, 17 



Killing and Preparation of Fowls, 18 



Cultivation of Cranberries on Uplands, 19 



Hurdling Sh^ep on Green CTops, 19 



Spirit of the Agricultural Press, 2ii 



G-i ve Hens Meat, 20 



Macgots in a Hay-stack, 20 



Large Di-pnsit of Hon-^y, 20 



How to Prevent Wet Feet,. . .% 20 



The Farmer's Calling . ..20 



Taste of Turnips in Milk, 20 



Diseases among Army Horses, 20 



HORTICULTUKAL DEPARTMENT. 



Canadian Fmitsin England, 21 



Weeping Juniper, 22 



Pear Tree Blight— Again, ; 23 



The Pear a Panacea, 23 



Cultivation of Bulbs, 25 



Cultivate yonr Orchards, 25 



Horticultural I ems from Foreign Journals, 26 



TOUHG peop:.e's page. 



The Cherry Tree, (poetry.) 27 



" CoaK Him, Boys, Coax Him," 27 



The Little Ones in Bed, (poetry,) 27 



Anecdote of a Shepherd's Dog, 27 



ladies' department. 



Making Home Pleasant, 28 



Oreinal Domestic Receipts, ■ 23 



Fashions for Janiiary, 29 



Mouse Penwiper, (illustrated,) 29 



MISCELLANEOUS. 



An Alternative, 80 



The Chicken and Feather, 30 



Bragging SO 



Yankee Progress, 30 



Diamotids, 30 



Ludicrous Error, 30 



A Good Old Custom, 30 



editor's table. 



Kotes on the Weather, S2 



Keen the Sheep at Home, 32 



Chaffing Fodder, 32 



We need to be More Careful, 32 



Agricultural Items, 33 



Inouiries and Answers 83 



Paper from the Rags of the Kebels, 34 



The Markets, 84 



illustrations. 



Points of a Short-horn Bull and Cow, 12 



Four figures showing how to judge cattle, 13, 14 



Fat and Lean Turkeys 15 



Weepini Juniper, ' 22 



Mouse Penwiper, 29 



A Dollar Package op Flower Seeds will be sent to 

 ftny ladi/ who gets Jive subscribers to the Farmer at sixty 

 cents each. The seeds are of the choicest and best kinds, 

 and wril be sent free by mail. 



Our Terms for 1863. — Some of our Agents do not 

 clearly understand our terms for 1868. They are : Single 

 copy Genesee Farmer, GO cents; six copies, $3.00, or 50 

 cents each ; and any larger number at the same rate. 

 Bnral Annual, single copies, 25 cents; in clubs of six 

 and upward with the /'ar/wfir, 15 cents. Sent prepaid by 

 mail to any address. Our lowest terms to Agents, there- 

 fore, are : Genesee Farmer, 50 cents a year; Eural Annual, 

 15 cents each. 



To OUR Canadian Agents. — Last year we offered |170 

 in Cash Prizes. Of this $150 was taken by our Canadian 

 Agents ! Of the fourteen prizes offered, nine were taken 

 by Agents in Canada. «> 



We would say to our Canadian Agents that, if they 

 take any of our Cash Pfizes this year, as they undoubtedly 

 will, we shall pay them in Canada mowej , provided they 

 send us the subscriptions in Canada money. Some of our 

 Agents send us United States money. We do not refuse 

 it! but of course we prefer Canada money; and as we 

 prepay the postage on all papers sent to Canada we are 

 entitled to something extra. 



State what tott Want. — We are sometimes blamed for 

 not sending the premiums. It is seldom our fault. We> 

 offer the premiums in good faith, and pay them promptly. 

 There is sometimes a little delay, arising from the fact 

 that we can not tell what premiums our friends are com- 

 peting for. Those who are competing for a Cash Prize 

 should mention the fact in their letter. Those wishing 

 the Specific Premiums should state what books, seeds, 

 &c., they prefer. All shall be accommodated. 



A New Book for a Premium. — It will be noticed by 

 reference to our Premium List, on the last page, that we 

 offer a new book as a premium. It is a very valuable 

 one — Emerson & Flint's Manual of Agricvltnre. It is a 

 work which every young farmer in the United States and 

 Canada should read. We shall send it, prepaid by return 

 mail, to any boy or young man who gets us five sub- 

 scribers at sixty cents each. 



To THE BoTS. — We continue our Special Premiums to 

 the boys for another month. We want to get them in- 

 terested in the Genesee Farmer. We offer Ihem a new 

 book this month. It will please them ; and, what is bet- 

 ter, its perusal will instruct and benefit them. In send- 

 ing the subscriptions, please say what book you wish. 



Cash Prizes.— We offer Cash Prizes of $50, $30, $20, 

 $15, $10, $5, $4 and $3 to those who send us the largest 

 clubs before ihe fifteenth of February. Very few of our 

 friends are competing for these prizes. We shall be 

 agreeably disappointed if they are not taken by unusually 

 small clubs. 



Only Six*. — It requires only six subscribers' to form a 

 club to get the Farmer at fifty cents each ; and the per- 

 son getting up the club will receive, free by return mail, 

 a copy of the Eural Annual for his trouble. 



Farmer and Annual Free. — It requires only ten sub- 

 scribers, at fifty cents each, tc cutiflfi the person getting 

 up the club to z, free copy (f the Farmer and JRmral 

 Annual. 



