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THE GENESEE FARMER. 



BOVNU VOLUMfSS OF THK 



gural gianual mia |artintltural giuctorr. 



COMPr.KTE SETS of the Naritl Annnal and TfortinMural 

 l>irtvt ry for lS56-7-S-0-'6t»-'Hl-'(i2 ami '63 can be furnishe<l, 

 brindscitiu-ly botiriil in two volumes. Price, $250. Sem by re- 

 turn mail, freed postage, on receipt of Ihe price. 



.\.!.lre;-s J0--EP1I HARRIS, 



Publisher and proprietor oJ the Genaiee tXimter and liiiral 

 AnntmL, Koche«u«r, .N. V. 



CONTENTS OF THIS NUMBER. 



A Dav in the Wheat Fields. 2-33 



The True Cau.-e of the Potato Blight Determined Eighteen 



Tears Aff.. 2^*7 



Americiin P.Tk '■^=^9 



Row lo Mi'k Cows, 2.S!l 



Journal ijf Ihe Roval Agricultural Society, '.i-lO 



Th- Iie«l Way k, Use Bones, 2tl 



An E<lilor ou his Farm, 24'- 



A-ncidUiral Notes Irom the West, 2J3 



Western F.-irminr 2U 



H.w 1(1 Muir ilirds 245. 



CheeiC Kiicuirie-s in Oneida ( ouiity, 24K 



Spirit of the A.^ricuUural Press . . . ." 247 



HORTICULTUIl.\L DEPARTMENT. 



Walks and Ta'ks in the Garden— No. 4, W8 



Piirins and Burning Sod Land, 2.W 



^eXlllllity of btrawberrits, 2.il 



Strawberries '^52 



What Flowers Think of Ii— A Dialogue 25- 



Root," ..f Trees 2.i8 



Renewing St-rawberry Beds 2.[>4 



Jspane-e Comniercal Nursi ri«-s, 2*4 



What Varieties of Strawberries lo Plant, 2n4 



Horiicuiuiral Items from Foreiijn ,fiurnals, 25.') 



Misoellnnooiis Page 2.^6 



J.adie*' Pago 2.i7 



Young People's Fiige 25? 



editor's table. 



Seeds from the Patent Office, 259 



A 0<v>d Cutting Machine 1-''^ 



The Wool Market, 2.=i'* 



Ti.eMurkeK 260 



Oreai In'pmntional Wheat Show, 2fio 



Swedish Cats 26 



Forms fur Bale 2f.i) 



Wh.-at for the Exhibition 261 



Krirlv Wheiit, 261 



The Valu- of L.ind 261 



Lilemry Nolic«s 2Jl 



iFruit Trees, &C.5 



AT LOW PRICES. 



FROST & CO., 

 GENESEE VALLEY NURSERIES, ROCHESTEH, N. Y., 



OFKKK for the Fall of 1863 and Spring of 1864 a well-grown 

 and laru'e !'U)ek ef 



STANDARD AND DWARF FRUIT TREES 



<rf all kinds. Abo, an iinniense qnantily of 

 SMALL FRUITS, 

 ineluding an extensive tolkclion uf the rare sorts of N.iTlVE 

 GRAPES; also of 



ORNAMENTAL TREES, 

 including a large 'took of varous I'izes of TTARDY EVKR- 

 OI;EENS; aUo, slIRUBS, ROSES, GREEN-HOUSE PLANTS, 

 ■Sic.. &^- 



Their Nurseries comprise upwards of 'i np.KE Hcsdrkd Acrfs. 

 tn that ihey are enabled to furnish the entibk orders of their cor- 

 rwtpondenis fully and salislHclorily, and at the Lowkst Makkkt 

 Rate* fi>r PbiiiLs 'f the beet quality. 



1)k.s<:biptive Priokd C\iMJU6vt» — No. 1 of FniiLi, No. 2 of 

 Ornatnen'al Tr.-e.', .fee., and No. 4 Wholesste I,i*l— are supplied 

 to apr.ijojinls upon re.-eipt of n .'i-cent postage stamp for eaeh. 



IW" Their Wholesale Catalogue lor the Fall of 18<;.^ will b» 

 ready for distribntiou in August. All commimicsljons promptly 

 - -" -■ ■' * "- -- FROST ft, CO.. 



Rochester, .V. J". 



noticed. Address 

 au2t 



ABKAUTIrTL MICROSCOPE, MAGNIFYIVG SMALL 

 (Ejects 500 Tims*, lor »S CENTS icoin prelerred.) Fitk 

 of diflr^reut powers for SI, MAILED FP.EE. Address 

 novif F. H. BOWiiN, Bux S20, Boston, MaM. 



All Hall tlic Ti-liunpU tliat 



FICKARDT'S CATTLE POWDEE 



HATE AG n I EYED! 



THOUSANDS ARE TESTIJ<YINO TO ITS EFFICACY. 



" Tlis Mercifvl Man is Kind to his Beast." 



AFTER years of study and experiment by the Tnventor, to 

 compound from p!/.e« VfO/fahU muteH/ilti a Powder that 

 siioCLD and MUST take the place of the thou.sand-aiid-one nos- 

 trums gotten up and palmed upon the public as " Certain Item&- 

 dif's" lor the cure of all disea.'^' s .\hich the Brute creation are 

 " heir 10," he has produced the one heading this advertisement, 

 and none can be genuuie unless bearing our fac similik signa- 

 ture. I he demand has been such thai its sale has been chiefly 

 confined 10 the State of Pennsylvania, but we have now consu- 

 mated such arrangements that we are pre]>ared to supply the nu- 

 merous orders now on hand, as well as those we may hereafter 

 receive from other Slates of the Union. 



Knowing this powder to po.<?ess all the curative properties here 

 set lorth, we deem a ful.-onie tiraoe of words unnecessary, leel- 

 ing af.?ured that its own iiiKriU will secure for it a ready sale. 

 Being composed of pure vegetab e ititiredients, it can be safely 

 and )u<licioU6ly given to that noble animal the HORSK. Its 

 effects are \m fulsf pmnperiiig of the system, creating a bloated 

 carcass with a premature sboddini: of the hair; but on the other 

 hand, it strengthens the digrsiioii, punlies Ihe Blood, regulates 

 Ihe Uninary org.ans. thereby imi)roving and protectmg ihe whole 

 /'A?/«cai condition of the aniiual even when in an apparently 

 healthy stale, and a ceitain aud itifaUible cure when he baa 

 Contracted the 



DISTEMPER, YELLOW WATER, 



GLANDERS, t<LAl?l;EKlNG, 



FOUNDER. HK.^VKS, 



I.NFL. LUNGS, BOIT.-^. 



STAGGERS. CUOLIC. 



To the AgritnMiiriiit a.n<\ Dah-yman- .1 is an invaluable reme- 

 dy for \hf!\r Neiit C^utlJ". lab-roi^' under HOOF iliseaJes. HOL- 

 LOW IlOtiN, and other or the man complaints to which they 

 are liable froin a suppression of the tintui-'it aenetions. 



MILCH COWS are much luneliitid by oceii»ii>nally mixing 

 with their slop or feed — it has a tciideiuy to sirenglhen the ani- 

 mal, remove all obstruction* from the milk tubes, promote all the 

 seerolions, and consequently adding much to the sirenglh of the 

 animal, quantity and quality of the ililk, OreamVinA Buiifi: 



HOGS, during the warm seasniis, are constantly overheating 

 themselves, which re,sults in thoir getting Coughs, Ulcers of the 

 LU.vitS and other parts, which naturally has a tendency to re- 

 lard their growth. In all such caM-* a lablespoonful, mixed in a 

 bucket of swill, and given every other day, will speedily remove 

 all ilifflculties, and tlie animal icUl soon increase in Health, and 

 t'«t. 



Who. of the tens of tbousan<ls of this country, having either the 

 one or the other of the animals which this Powder benefits, will 

 will be so niggardly and so unniereifiil lo the beast, and unjust to 

 liiinself, as not to give it a trial'.' We confidently predict that 

 wherever it is once introduced, it w'ill be as permanent in Uiat 

 stable, and deemed as esscnlial, as Uie curry-comb and brush 

 themselves are. 



15^ For sale by all Druggists and Dealers. Price, 25 cents 

 per package. 



AGENTS— Lank & Paixk, 15 BuflTalo street, Rochester, N. 

 Y.: D. S, Barnes ii Co., 202 Hroadwa?, New York; and Dtott 

 & Co- No. 2.S2 Norih Second street. Philadelphia. je-8t 



AUCTION SALE OF SOUTHBOWN SHEEP. 



ON WEDNESDAY, September 2d. 1868, I will offer at Public 

 S.nle at Thorndale, without any reserve, O.VE HUNDRED 

 SOUTHDOWN EWES and RAMS. They are all either import- 

 ed or directly descended from recent imporialions from Ihe flocks 

 of the lale .Johas Wkbb, Dpkk or KiniMONn anil Henry Lagar. 



It can hardly be necessary to refer to the sujienor Mutton and 

 Wool-producing qualities of this breed. At the present timo 

 their wool is lh<' most sought after, and commands as high a price 

 08 any other kind. 



Thonidale is fourteen miles from Poughknepsie Pinfion on the 

 Tfudson River Railroad, and nine miles from Dover Plains Sta- 

 lion on the Harlem Railroad. 



Further particulars can be learned by reference to the Cela- 



lojfue of Sale, which may be had upon appllci'tion to the Ano- 



tioneer, Mr. John R, Paok, Bennett. Cnvuga county. N. Y., or of 



SAMIKL THOKNK^ Thorndale, 



aa2t Washington Hollow, Dutchess county, N. Y. 



CIDER-PRESS SCREWS. 



FIVE FEET LONG— FOUR INcHPS DIAMETER— These 

 powerful Screws bring out n. third more Jui. e than Portable 

 Presses. Old Pp.icrs. Send pir a eiri-ulsr. Made by 

 •02ll L. M. ARNOLD, Puughkceptiie, N. Y., Foundrj. 



