THE GENESEE FARMER. 



63 



CONTENTS OF THIS NUMBER 



Whiit Breed of Sheep shall I Keep?" 41 



'he Growih of Lustre Wool 42 



rench Jlerinos, 43 



:Ops at Home and Abroad 43 



i'^here is it Best for an English Farmer to Settle 1 45 



otton in Illinois, 45 



oetry of Sieam Culture, 47 



Jphonse Karr a Market Gardener, 47 



obacco in Ireland, 47 



lankett for Sheep, 48 



arge and Small Horses, 48 



ormation of Nitrates, 4S 



alteiiinor Poultry, 48 



ailless Fowls 49 



ggs the Year Round, 49 



ield of Butter from a Small Dairy, 49 



alance Gate, 50 



linois — lis Products, &c., 50 



niitering Bees ^() 



pirit of ilii' Agricultural Press, ^ 51 



Preserve I he Papers, 51 



Belter Piiies at ihe West, 51 



Peat and Manure for Potatoes. 51 



The Be.-t Varieties of Tomatoes, 51 



Pe'liirree Wheat, 61 



ew York 0:iitle Market 52 



[anapemeut of Sheep in Winter,. 53 



he Flax Seed Crop in Ohio, 53 



HORTICULTURAL DEPARTMENT. 



hemical Analysis of Grapes, PS 



Fruit Farm in Illinois 55 



/^estern iSew York Fruit-Growers Society^ 66 



he Dewberry, 58 



ortjculturul I ems from Foreign Journals, 59 



MISCELLANEOUS. 



Qtting Things too far Apart Insignia of Office 60 



. large Niilive Diamond. A Drunken Elephant, 60 



Stanza for Tobacco Smokers. Woman's Tears 60 



YOUNG peop:.e's page. 



[ints on Self-Instrndion — No. 1, 6^ 



pelling Lessen. Order 61 



hristmas Festival to the Birds 61 



ladies' department. 



Education of Young Ladies, 62 



riginal Domestic Receipts, 62 



editor's table. 



'otes on the Weather, 64 



he Rural Annuals, 64 



terling Exchange 65 



,eibig's Animal Chemistry, 65 



'o Break Horses from Pulling at the Halter, 65 



igricultural Items, 66 



nquiries and Answers, 66 



'he Markets 67 



illustrations. 



[alkett's "Guideway Steam Culture," 46 



. Bratted Sheep, 48 



'ailless Fowls, 49 



. Balance Gate, 50 



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

 learly understand our terms for 1863. They are: Single 

 opy Genesee Farmer, 60 cents ; six copies, $3.00, or 50 

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

 'iiM-al Annual, sin^]e copies, 2.5 cents; in clubs of six 

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 jre, are ; Genesee Farmer, 50 cents a year ; Rural Annual, 

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Our Cash Prizes. — We would again call the attention 

 of our agents and other friends to our list of Cash Prizes 

 on the last page of this number. The time expires on 

 ihe fifteenth of February. The awards will be made in 

 the next number and the Prizes immediately paid. We 

 are sorry to say that few of our friends are this year 

 competing for these Prizes. We do not know of half a 

 dozen persons who are making any efforts to secure 

 them. They will undoubtedly be taken by very small 

 clubs. It is not yet too late for any one to get up a club 

 large enough to take one of the highest. We hope all 

 our friends will send in as many names as possible bj 

 the fifteenth of this month. We feel confident that many 

 will this year take a Cash Prize who do not expect it. 



Our Seed Prizes. — Quite a number of our friends have 

 already sent in the requisite number of subscribers to 

 secure a dollar package of flower and vegetable seeds. 

 The seeds will be sent in the course of a week or ten days. 

 We believe they will give good satisfaction. In the 

 March number we shall give an article in regard to their 

 cultivation accompanied with illustrations. All who de- 

 sire a choice collection of seeds for their garden can 

 obtain them by a little effort during the present month in 

 getting subscribers to the Fanner. 



The Rural Annual and Horticultural Directort 

 FOR 1863. — The demand for this work has been greater 

 than we anticipated. The first edition was soon exhausted, 

 and we have been obliged to reprint. All orders will 

 now be answered by return mail. It is an excellent 

 number, and every reader of the Farmer should have a 

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Bound Volumes of the Farmer.— The price of bound 

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 '60, '61 and '62) fay Express, free of charge, to any 

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 '60, '61 and '62) free by express. We have only a few 

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Bound Volumes of the Rural Annual. — The Eural 

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 work handsomely bound in two volumes. They will be. 

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 receipt of $3 00. 



To the Bots and Ladies. — We continue our offer of 

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 tend the time till the first of March. Every lady who 

 sends us five subscribers at 60 cents before the first of 

 March, will receive, free by mail, a dollar package of the 

 choicest flower seeds, imported this season, directly 

 from France and Germany. 



The committee of arrangements for the Legislative 

 Agricultural Meetings at Boston, have decided that the 

 meetings shall comirience at 7 and close at 9, and that 

 no speaker shall occupy more th^u ten minutes, 



