THE GENESEE FAEMER. 



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

 ieuds to the I'ollowiug list of Premiums : 



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

 tturu mail a copy of the Baral Annual <& Eorticultural 

 directory for 186Q. 



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

 ipy of Emerson & Flint's new hook— The Manual of Ag- 

 culture—ov Mrs. I/ale's Modern Cookery Book, The Horse 

 id Ms Diseases, Everybody's Lawyer, or a package of 

 lower Seeds, pre-paid, by return mail. 



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

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

 T return mail. 



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

 ■ the Horse and his Diseases, or Hveryhodys Lawyer. 

 rice $1,25. 



We have never before offered such liberal Premiums. 



" If Gold was at Par, What would be the Price of 

 RAIN?" — If a gold dollar is worth $1.50, aud a bushel 

 ■ wheat in New York was worth $1.60 to send to 

 urope, it is clear that if the gold dollar should be worth 

 ily 100 cents the bushel of wheat, for the same purpose, 

 ould be worth only 100 cents. But suppose the bushel 

 ' wheat to be in a part of the West where the expense 

 ' sending it to New York was 50 cents. If the wheat is 

 orth 11.50 in New York, it is worth $1.00 in the West; 

 at let gold fall to par and wheat to $1.00, and the bushel 

 ' wheat in the West would be worth only 50 cents. 

 If we take corn and assume that it is worth in New 

 ork, when a gold dollar is worth |l.o0, 75 cents per bush., 



would be worth, with gold at par, 50 cents. Now 

 ipposing, as before, it costs 50 cents a bushel to send 

 lis corn to New York, the farmer in the West would 

 et, at the present price of gold, 25 cents a bushel for 

 lis corn ; but if gold should fall to par he would get 

 othing ! 



We think there is no mistake in these figures. The 

 ict is, prices on a specie paying basis, are now, and have 

 een for the past year, very low. We see this in Canada, 

 'here is no reason why wheat in Canada is not worth 

 s much as it is with us, less the few cents it costs to bring 

 ; here, and yet it is 40 to 50 cents a bushel cheaper. It 

 rould be so with us if we paid in specie. The further 

 ou go West, the greater would be the difference in 

 iresent prices and what the price would be if gold was at 

 lar; and we should soon reach a point where corn could 

 lot be sent to New York if it could be obtained for 

 lothing. 



Two years ago, at this time, we were offered shelled 

 lOrn in Bloomington, 111., for ten cents a bushel. In the 

 ilnglish markets corn was at that time ten cents a bushel 

 ligher than it is at present. Freights are as high now as 

 hen, and but for the advance in gold not a bushel of corn 

 sould be Bent at present prices from Central Illinois 



to Europe. These facts aie worthy the consideration of 

 every farmer— especially of those who think of emigrat- 

 ing to the West. 



The Wool Market. — Wool is now worth 30 cents per 

 pound more than it was a year ago. American fleece 

 was then worth, in Boston, 45 cents ; it is now Vforth 75 

 cents, and it has been worth 85 cents, but within a few 

 weeks has declined 10 cents per pound. 



We can not hazard an opinion as to prices the coming 

 year. Our most experienced wool dealers seem to think 

 that prices will be lower. Much will undoubtedly depend 

 upon the price of gold. If it continues to fall, wool must 

 fall with it. Even at the present high rates of exchange, 

 coarse wool is largely imported from abroad, and if gold 

 should decline wool would be brought into our markets 

 in still greater quantity. 



The last number of the London Mark Lane Exfrt^s 

 says: 



" The great depression in the woolen trade on the con- 

 tinent, owing to the contiiniance of the pi-e.sent struggle 

 in America, has had considerable influence upon the de- 

 mand for all kinds of wool in this conutry. The public 

 sales have gone off heavily, at a decline in the quotations 

 of Id. to 3d. (2c. to 6c.) per pound ; and, by private con- 

 tract, the rates have given way fully Id. During the last 

 two months very little vvool, either English or foreign, 

 has been taken for export purposes; and the result has 

 been that more has been on offer than the home demand 

 could take off. The arrivals fiora our colonies have been, 

 very large ; and the next sales will, no doubt, be un- 

 usually large." 



In the last report of the Liverpool wool market it is 

 said : " Purchases are still being made for' America of all 

 kinds of low and middle class wool, also grays of all 

 kinds up to 9d. (18 cents) per pound." 



At a sale of wool in New Y^ork to-day (April 22), the 

 average price obtained was 73 cents per pound. This is 

 15 cents per pound less than this same kind of wool 

 would have brought some time since. 



We think farmers have anticipated higher prices for the 

 forthcoming clip than they will be able to realize; but 

 with an easy money market, and a new crop of specula- 

 tors added to those whose operations have been so suc- 

 cessful the past year, wool will be likely to bring all it is 



worth. 



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Chinese Sugar Cane. — In reply to a correspondent who 

 wishes to know where he can get a little genuine sorghum 

 seed for trial, we would say that we have a few pounds on 

 hand more than we need, and will send him, or any other 

 of onr readers, a package by mail free of charge. 



In regard to cultivation, we would refer to an article 

 in the last volume of the Rural Annual and Horticultvral 

 Derectory. The main point, so far as growth is con- 

 cerned, is to get the ground into as mellow a condition aa 

 possible. Do not plant until the soil is warm. Pour 

 boiling water on the seed, and let it stand for two min- 

 utes. Then add cold water, and let the seed soak for 

 thirty-six hours. If for sugar, plant in hills like corn ; 

 if for fodder, we would drill it in rows three and a half 

 feet apart, and the plants six inches apart in the drills. 

 In our experiments last season, plaster had such an as- 

 tonishing effect on this crop that we would advise every 

 one to try it. Sow it with the seed at the rate of two oc 

 , three bushels per act-e. 



