THE GENESEE FARMER. 



95 



New Premiums.— We desire to call the attention of our 

 'rieiids to the following list of Premiums : 



1. For one subscriber at sixty cents, we will send by 

 •eturn mail a copy of the Bural Annual <& Horticultural 

 Director!/ for 1860. Price twenty-five cents. 



2. For f.ve subscribers at sixty cents, we will send a 

 topy of Emerson & Flint's new book — The Manual of Ag- 

 tculture— or Mrs. Hale's Modern Cookery Book, The Horse 

 md his Diseases, Everyhodif s Lawyer, or a package of 

 flower Seeds, pre-paid, by return mail. 



8. For six subscribers at fifty cents each, ($3) we will 

 lend a package of Flower and Vegetable seeds, pre-paid, 

 )y return mail. 



4. For ten subscribers at fifty cents, we will send a copy 

 if the Horse and his Diseases, or Everybody' s Lawyer. 

 'rice $1,25. 



We have never. before offered such liberal Premiunas. 



Our Prize Flowers. — We give this month — in the Hor- 

 icultural Department — some illustrations of our Prize 

 ''lower Seeds. We only offered sixteen kinds, but it will 

 le seen that we are better than our promise, and send 

 wentf varieties. We think they will give good satisfac- 

 ion. The seeds vi'ere obtained from Mr. John Wesley 

 ONES, and are undoubtedly genuine. Mr. Jones has paid 

 nuch attention to the subject, and is a reliable and intel- 

 igent seed-grower. 



It will be seen that we offer to send one of these 

 iftckages of seeds to every one — ladies as well as gentle- 

 nen— who forward us the names of five subscribers for 

 he present year at sixty cents each. 



If any of our friends wish a package of these seeds, 

 hey will be forwarded, pre-paid, by return mail, for $1. 

 f to Canada, our friends must send Canada money, as the 

 lostage to Canada is very high. 



BACk Volumes of the Genesee Farmer. — The demand 

 or the back volumes of the Genesee Farmer never was so 

 ;reat as at present. We are trying to complete sets as 

 •apidly as possible, and can now supply the volumes for 

 845, '4G, 47, 48, '52,. '53, '55, '56, '57, '58, '59, '60, '61 and 

 62. The fourteen volumes will be sent, prepaid by ex- 

 (ress, for $12.00. 



The first six, volumes will be sent for ,|5.00. 



The last eight volumes (a complete set) will be sent for 

 ;7i00, or for $6.50 if the express charges are not prepaid. 



The last six volumes (18.57, '58, '59, '60, '61 and '62) 

 n\\ be sent prepaid by express for $5.00 



The Bound Volumes of the Rural Annual. — We 

 nve reduced the price of the bound volumes of the 

 liiral Anmial to $2.50. This is a rare opportunity to 

 btain a complete set of this valuable work. Our former 

 rice, by mail, was $3.00. 



Notes on the Weather from January 15th, to Feb- 

 ruary 15th, 1863.— January was remarkable for its high 

 temperature. The first half gave a mean, 33.30°, about 

 7° above the average for twenty-six years, and the last 

 half was 28.90", or 3.5° above the mean. The month 

 gave 30.8°, or 5.1° above the average. The warmest 

 January was 31.8°, in 1858, and the coldest January was 

 14.9°, in 1857; what a range! and in 1856 the cold was 

 16.5°, and in 1838 the temperature was high, being 31.6°. 

 The cold of the 17th was down to 1'^, and of the day was 

 9.6°. A few days of sleighing followed this cold, and 

 mud continued to the end of the month. On the 29th 

 was snow, which made sleighing from Palmyra to Utica, 

 while no snow fell lor miles on all sides of Rochester. 



Water of the month lins 2.23 inches. 



Cherry birds have continued about the city, feeding on 

 the fruit of the Mountain Ash, to the end of the month. 

 Some robins have also been seen. 



February. — This month began warm ; snow squalls on 

 the 3d, which was cold, and the next was 5*^' below zero 

 in the morning, and 6° below in the evening, and the 

 mean of the day 1° below. Snow continued ; and on the' 

 6th sleighing, and splendid on the 7th, as the riders fully 

 proved. The snow was pretty well used up by the 10th, 

 but on the 13th the sleighing was superb. The mean of 

 this half was 23.4 = , or 2.8° above the average. The 

 13th and 14th were cold. Thermometer in the morning 

 at 1 ° , at 30 ° at 2 P. M., and at eve hail and rain. With 

 some little mud, the wheeling has been good when the 

 sleighing failed ; and business has been prosecuted with 

 ease and success. 



Water in this half nearly 2 inches. 



Cash Prizes. — The competition for our Cash Prizes has 



resulted as follows : 



.Joseph B. Bowman, Blair, 0. W., 568.... $50 



(h.-irles Howard, Haniillon. C. W 17-5.... 80 



r. W. Brigrss. West M.iocdon, N. Y IfiO.... 20 



Parkyn & Atkinson, Ailspwig, C. W., 110 15 



Henry liotfford, Amherslljiirg, C. W.,..; S5 10 



Alexander Barnf tt, Gait, C. w 32 ... . 5 



W. .1. Willi.-imson, Townsliip, N. Y., 30 ... 4 



A. Farqiihitr, West McGillivray. C. W., 27. . . . 3 



The clubs are much larger than we expected, and we 

 return our sincere thanks to our friends for their efforts 

 to increase the circulation and influence of the Genesis 

 Farmer. We fully appreciate the labors of all our a.gent- 

 friends— those who take cash prizes and those who do 

 not — and it shall be t)ur aim to make the /«rmfr more 

 and more worthy of their esteem and patronage. 



If there are any who have not had their specific 

 premiums, they will be sent by return mail, on receipt of 

 a letter stating what is required. 



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They Give Good Satisfaction.— During the last month 

 ■we have sent off several complete sets of the back 

 volumes of the Genesee Farmer and Bural Anmial. None, 

 so far as we have heard, have been disappointed in them, 

 and several gentlemen have written that they far ex- 

 ceeded their expectations. There is no cheaper work on 

 A"-ricnlture and Horticulture published. It is truly an 

 American Cyclopedia of Agriculture and Horticulture. 

 <.o» 



We learn from C. M. Saxton, the well-known AgricuW 

 turrl book publisher, of New York, that he has now in 

 the press a work on the culture of tobacco. 



