THE GENESEE FARMER. 



129 



;w Premiums. — We desire to call the attention of our 

 ds to the following list of Premiums : 

 For one subscriber at sixty cents, we will send by 

 ■n mail a copy of the Rural Annual & SorticuUural 

 :tory for ISGO. 



For five subscribers at sixty cents, we will send a 

 of Emerson c& Flint's new hook— The Manval of Ag- 

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

 his Diseases, Everybody's Lawyer, or a package of 

 er Seeds, pre-paid, by return mail. 

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

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

 turn mail. 



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

 le Horse and his Diseases, or Everybody's Lawyer. 



• $1,25. 



• have never before offered such liberal Premiums. 



R Prize Flower Seeds. — If any of our friends who 

 ntitled to a package of flower or vegetable seeds for 

 ing clubs, have not received them, we will cheerfully 

 ird them on being notified of the mistake, 

 will be seen that we still offer some liberal seed premi- 

 (and others,) to those who form small clubs at this 



All the back numbers of the Farmei- from January 

 36 supplied, and they are as good now as when is- 



We send a package containing twenty varieties of 



jr seeds to any who send us five subscribers at sixty 



5 ; or a package containing twelve varieties of flower 



vegetable seeds to any one sending us six subscri- 



2X fifty cents. If any of our friends wish a package 



lese seeds they will be sent prepaid by return mail 



ne dollar. 



»•« 



IE Best at Half Price. — We will still send the Ru- 



Lnnual and Horticultural Directory for 1860, to any 



ess, prepaid, by return mail, on receipt of 12 cents in 



ige stamps. We sell it at half price because we have 



! of this number than of any other year. It is, in 



y respects the best number of the series — the illus- 



ons in it cost over $300. 



[B Bound Volumes of the Rdeal Annual. — The 



plete set of c'ght numbers of the Rural Annual and 

 icultural Directory,(for 1856-'7-'8-'9-'60-'61-'62-'63,) 

 Isomely bound in two volumes, will be sent to any 

 ess, prepaid, by return mail, on receipt of $2.50. 



Cheap and Valuable Agricultural Library for 

 Dollars. — We will send the last «w; volumes of the 

 isee Farmer, (1857-'8-'9-'60-'61-'62-'63,) prepaid by 

 ess, on receipt of $5. 



NoTKs ON THE Wkathrr PROM Fkbruart 14th, TO 

 March 16th, with some Comparisons. — The first half of 

 February was 3° below the mean for 26 years; the 

 last half was 2° above the mean, nearly, or was 28.9° ; of 

 the month, was 26.1", or very near the mean. In the last 

 half, the lowest was 5^" on the 22d, and the highest, 48", 

 on the 26tb, which was the warmest day, 43°. Water in 

 the month was 2.44 inches. On the 22 was a heavy snow 

 storm from New York to Fortress Monroe, and south- 

 wards, but here the change was cold and windy. No 

 sleighing here after the 18th. 



The looming of Lake Ontario wa« fine on the 15th and 

 28th, so that its southern shore seemed brought within 

 a half a mile north of Buffalo street. The well-known 

 cause is the refraction of the light by passini,' from the 

 lake through a more dense atmosphere. This lifts up the 

 lake, or brings it into view, as the sun is lifted ap appa- 

 rently, or made visible, by the refraction of its light, be- 

 fore it has actually risen above the horizon. By what this 

 more dense atmosphere between us and the lake is caused, 

 has not been shown. The phenomenon is ever striking 

 and beautiful. 



March began warm and pleasant, but soon became cool, 

 and windy, with snow sqaalls. On the 4th the thermome- 

 ter was at 12° and on the 6th at 2°, in the morning ; and 

 the cold was shown by 5° on the 15th. The mean of this 

 half, 25°, was less than that of either half of January, 

 and of the last half of February; and the first half of 

 February, only a little less. The average for 26 years is 

 30.2«, so that this half is 5.2" lower. The greatest heat 

 was at noon of the Sth, 43°, and the coldest day was the 

 15th, only 15°, and near a degree lower than on the 5th. 



Turning to past years, it is seen that the thermometer 

 fell to cypher, or below, in March, 1838—3° ; 1841—5" ; 

 1S46— 3" ; 1856—5" ; and in 1854, at cypher, and for seve- 

 ral intervening years only 1° to 5° above zero; also that 

 the mean of this half was colder than the present, 25°, 

 in only 1839, 1840, 1847, 1848, 1856, 1857 and 1858, and 

 that the lowest, 19.3° was in 1856, in this period of 26 

 years. 



Sleighing for a few days in the first week; on ths Sth 

 wholly gone. Still the frost has not come wholly from 

 the ground, so that the wheeling has been most ol the 

 time good. 



Though it is feared the cold of Febriaary has killed the 

 embryo flowers of the peach buds, let us wait aad hope 

 for the best. 



A thunder shower with snow occurred at Washington, 

 D. C, on the 15th ; and, occasionally, we see in this lati- 

 tude snow interspersed with lightning. 



IB Rural Annual. — The Illinois Farmer says : " This 

 most valuable hand-book — a work really worth a 

 iT. but sold at the low price of twentj-five cents 1" 



Farm for Sale.— One of our subscribers writes us that 

 he wishes to isell his farm, and asks what we will charge 

 to "take hold and sell it" for him. We will charge him 

 nothing. We have frequent inquiries about farms, and if 

 we can find him a purchaser, shall be happy to do so. If 

 our readers who wish to sell their farms will drop us a 

 line, stating the price, location, character of the soil, Ac, 

 we will keep a record of them for the information of those, 

 only, who wish to purchase. We have never known a time 

 when there were so many inquiries for farms, as at pres- 

 ent. 



