THE GENbSEE. FARMER. 



165 



Agricultural Items, 



PBKPARKD BXPRF8SLY FOR THE GENESEE FARMEK. 



M. Baeral, in his comments on Likbig's accusation of Ensr- 

 land as an agricultural thief and vamjiire because it talies all ihe 

 bones that can be procured on the continent, says that the waste 

 jf the sewerage of llie cities is as great a nuans of exhausi'ug 

 ihe soil as allowing the phosphates to leave the country, and that 

 no one should complain because the English have belter uuder- 

 itood the value of phosphates than any other people. 



The Journal cf Agriculture Pratique has a translation by M. 

 ViixERY of Lkibig's last uiterance, which he reads: '■ The 

 Agriculfiural Vampire." M. Villery thinks that the learned 

 Crofessor is a little hasty in his conclusions, and that because one 

 larvest fails in Germany it is not right to conclH|de that the whole 

 wuntry is exhausted. 



The Illinois Central Railroad Company have placed at the dis- 

 K>8al of the State Agricultural Society $500, to be awarded as 

 )reminms at the great implement trial at Decatur next fall. The 

 )remiums offered are: S250 lor a "Ditcher" that will cut a ditch 

 ! ft. deep and 5 ft. wide ; $250 for a " Corn-Cutter and Stacker." 



At the last meeting of the New York Farmers' Club, Prof. 

 tiAPBS stated that " six hundred pounds of superphosphate would 

 iroduce as good results upon well-prepared land as eighty loads 

 >f manure." Good for Mapes ! 



England imports from foreign countries $25,000,000 worth of 

 lutter in a year. Of this amount Holland supplies the largest 

 [uantjty— $10,i'00,n00. The United States sends the second largest 

 raiount— $5,(l{50,OflO. 



W. S. Carpenter Aiys the best remedy for worms and insects 

 m plants is flour of sulphur. Half sulphur and half black helli- 

 (ore powder is better. Dust it on the plants while the dew is on. 



Catawba grape-vines are being sent from this country to Ma- 

 teria for the purpose nf testing their wine-making properties. 



Last year 235,'23n,8fi0 eggs were imported from foreign coun- 

 ries into Great Britain and Ireland. 



Goats are the only animals that will eat tobacco, except the to- 

 lacco worm — and man. 



The New York State Fair will be held at Utica, September 

 5-18. 



The Markets, 



OFFICE OF TriE GEVESEE FAEMEK, ) 

 Rochester, N. Y., April 24, 1863. j 



Thb fluctuations in the price of Gold since our last report have 

 «en greater and more sudden than at any time since the com- 

 lencement of Ihe war. At one time during the present month it 

 rent down into the '• tliirties," and then up again as high as 1.58, 

 nd back again to 146. The price varies from hour to hour, not 

 nfrequently going up or down S or 4 per cents in a day. These 

 udden changes have an injurious effect on business. They un- 

 ettle the price of every thing. Real purchasers buy sparingly, 

 nJ the market is in the hands of speculators. 



Butter and Cheese are lower, with a still downward tendency. 

 Hovlt Seed is also lower. In other articles there has been but 

 ttle change. 



In Europe Ihe young Wheat is reported as very promising, and 

 rices tend downward. 



CtnoAGo, April 23— Wheat, Eed Winter, $1.21; rplected 

 1.07@$1.1^ Sprinir. No. 1. $1.20@$1.21 ; No 2, ^11.00®$! 13- 

 ijecled. 85@-8c. 0:iN, .':9(a60c. Rye, Tr)@8nc. Barle-y, ,t; ((I 

 i|1.40. leans, $VT5®*2.25. Timothv See.l, $l..'iO(a,l.T:5. Clo- 

 or Sped, $.\0l)^'> 25 Kiax Seed, $2.50@$3.2.=). Hungari.'in R.^ed 

 1.25®1.50 pi-r bush. Potatoes, choice, 80@95c.; common, 55® 

 )c. pel bu.sh. 



Pna.ATiBi.pnii, April 23.— White Wheat $1.75@,$1.90 : Red, 

 1.6,5®$l,7ii. Rve. *1 nstailO. Com, yellow, 89@'92. Dm is S4e 

 lov.T sppd $5.00®i.T5 Timothy, $1.7o®$2.00. Flax Seed in 

 emand at $3..50©o.00. 



New York Market, Ajiril ■-'8— Wldle Wheat, -175@1.90; 

 Red. $1.3(;@175. Barley, $1.4o@1.58. Oats, !-3®-6c. Rye, 

 ••fl ().^®l.il). Corn, 90@91c.f.rniixp I eseni. Ginadian Peas, 

 *i..2®l.lo. White Beans, $2.M'®,3.4!i. Clover Seed. 8;<S@9^c. 

 fier II). Butter dull: Statf. lS@2:^c: VV. sierii. IT@.'>Oc. Cheese, 

 1 I@l4c per lb. Eu'gs, IC® :Se Poi;<loes aeliv.-. Mercers. $2.00 

 @ '^ KO ; I'eiichblows, $1.5u@l 7-5 : Buckeyes, $1.5i ®l.75. Onions, 

 $'.Hi@6 5(iper brl. 



Tokonto, April 28.— F.1II Wheat, 8S@"8i'. S|iriiig, active at 

 80®>5c. Barley, $1 00. Eye, 6nc. Gals. 43® Kc. I'eas. 55® 

 60/. Potatoes, 5fl@65e, Timothy Seed, choice, $2,0 ®,2.40; in- 

 ferior, $1.50@2 00 per Imsh. Glover beod, $3 T5®4 00. ' Tares or 

 Vettdiex. 9Uc.®$1.12 per lin.sh. Biilier 14@]5c ; Iresh, 2( @25c. 

 Eggs S@10e. per doz. Sheep, .$4 01 ®(i.OU aeh. La.nbs, $2.00 

 ®-(.0U. Calves, $4.n(i@5.00 lor good ; $2.50@..'i.00 (or inferior. 

 Pells, fresh, $1.7a@2.25. Wool, 33c. per In. Hay $20 per tun. 



Rochester, ^7?ri/ 24.— White >> heat, $1.5i'@l 65 Red, $1.30 

 @$1.4li. Corn, 7.5c. Barley, $1.2' @$1.4 . Oiiis, (;5@,7.5c. Rye, 

 76c. Clover Seed, $4..50®.5.25. Tuiiolhy, $2 10®2.50. Butler. 

 18@20c. Beans, $2U0®3.Uii. 



London, April 10.— American Whiter Wheat $1.5n@$-!.62; 

 Red, $1.41@$1.47; Spring Wheat, iM.32@1,38. Corn, STc.®. 

 99c Clover Seed in active demand foreign ml, .$12.50® 

 16.25 per cwt. American Cheese, $10@$1.3.50 per cwt. ; Che- 

 shire, $14®|1S.75 per cwt. Butter, Iri^h, ^-^2.5 @l'S. per cwt. 



New Yoi!K Cattle Market.- The first week in April Beef 

 Cattle were higher th;in ever betbre. I ir.st-cla-s and extra fat 

 Cattle brought 12^ to 13c. per lb , .-inrl more would have been 

 paid for Cattle of a higher quality had any been offered. Since 

 thou prices have receded a' little, but they are still very high. 

 Working Catile are in demand, and a h.rge number have been 

 sold at from $125 to .flfiO per pair, and occii-ionallj $lSii is paid. 

 Milch Cows are lower thiin they wore three weeks aco, by |;o per 

 head. Fair to good milkers, giving snv 14 or lo qll.^rls per day, 

 sell for $35 to $45 per head. A few nihcy cows sold at $60@7O. 

 Of Veal Calves the supply is not large imd prices are good, ihe 

 nest selling at 7c. per lb., and oceasioiialh ;in extra fat one brings 

 Se per lb. The average of the market i.-i from 5 to 6>^c. per lb. 

 "Bobs" are hard to sell at Sl.(i(^®1.50 each. 



Sheep still bring enormous prices. Extri good lots sell forlOc- 

 per lb. live weight, and none but the very poorest can be bought 

 for le-s than 8^ to 9c. One flock of 1.''2 well-f-d Spanish Meri- 

 no Sheep from Ohio sold hast week at $10 per bend, or lOe. per lb. 

 live we-ght. A lot of 6S Lone-wooled Canada Sheep brought?!! 

 each, or 9%c. per lb. live weight. This is equal to 17c.'per lb. 

 <lead weight ! Pelts are lower, .and it is ihoiight that Sheep have 

 reached the highest point. 



Hogs are dull, except extra fat ones, which are wanted. They 

 range according to quality from 4><r to S^c. per lb. live weight, 

 or from G)4 to TXc- dead weight. 



ADVERTISEMENTS. 



A FEW short advertisements of interest to farmers — and only 

 such— will be inserted in the 6e7iesee Farmer inr twenty-five cents 

 a line, or $2.50 per square, each insertion, payable in advance. 



THE GENESEE FARMER, 



A Monthly Journal of Agriculture and Ilorticultiire, published by 

 JOSEPH HARRIS. Rochester, N. Y. 

 Terms — Intariablt in adtante — Sixty Cknts a Year; 

 Six copies for $3.00 and larger clubs at the same rate, 50 cents a 

 year. 



A REALLY VALUABLE MICEOSCOPK— One that a child 

 can use, sent free, by mail, on receipt o( 38 cents. Address 

 _niy6t S. WOOD WA1:D, P. O. Bo.x 32 73, Boston. 



EMPLOYMENT! AGENTS WANTED !! A NEW ENTER- 

 prise. The Fr.inklin Sewing Machine Company want 

 A.''ents, at a salary of $40 p^r month and expenses'paid. For 

 particulars address (with stnmp') 

 ap3t HARRIS BROTHERS, Box 302, Boston, Mass. 



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THOROUGH-BEED SHORT HORNS 



T^OR SALE.— A few Cows, Heifers end Spring Bulls, descendoit 



from Imported Stock, are offered on nioder:it,e terms. 

 ap6t J^, SHKLDON, Geneva, N. Y. 



WINE-WINE. 



OPORTO GRAPE VINKS by the acre for vineyard planting. 

 Mr. Devereaux, living near here, has averaged sales of 

 $401 per year for five years for Oporto Wine Irom one-half acre. 

 Large Vines by the thousand cheap 

 Address, E. WARE SYLVESTER, 

 ap2t Lyons, New York. 



GRAPE VINES FOR SALE, 



FORTY BEST NATIVE VARIE PIES. Al.so a general assort- 

 meat of small fruits. Send for a catalogue. Address 



mh 



R. B. SHAW, 

 Trenton Falls, Oueida Co., N. Y. 



