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THE GENESEE FARMrillt. 



Nbw York Cattlb and Shkkp Market.— There is 

 little chiiiiire in the price of beef cattle of good 

 quality. Interior cattle are a trifle lower, but good, well- 

 fatted beeves maintain their price, viz: lOi a lie. i)er 

 lb. for the beef. Ordiuarj' cattle bring from 8c. to 10c. per 

 lb. for the beef, according to quality. Inferior cattle do not 

 bring over (i cents. It is strange that farmers will raise 

 and send such cattle to market, wheu they could get 4 

 cent's per pound more for good, well-fed animals. Will 

 some of our young farmer-readers figure the diSerence 

 iu the profit of raising an animal worth 11 cents per 

 pound and one worth only 6 cents per pound? Milch 

 cows bring from |30 to $40 per head. We were recently 

 in St. Lawrence and Jefferson counties, and met with a 

 man buying up old cows. He said they could be bought 

 for |10 per head, and that they wpre sent to Utica and 

 killed for packing ! We pity the poor fellows that have 

 to eat such beef. 



The supply of sheep in New York last week was very 

 short as compared with the week previous, when it was 

 largely in excess of the average. The consequence was 

 that prices were very firm. Good sheep brought 5J to 

 6 cents per pound, live weight, and some extra ones 6i 

 cents. Lambs were also scarce, and prices advanced 25 

 cents to 50 cents per head— good lots selling at $4 a $4.50 

 per head, and ordinary ones at $3 a $3.50. 



There is more demand for ewes for breeding, and prices 

 are quite firm. Wool is advancing, and prices generally 

 have an upward tendenc}' ; but we doubt if prices will ad- 

 Tance as much as farmers generally expect. John 

 Johnston says he always makes most money in fattening 

 sheep in winter, when grain is high. According to this 

 it will pay well to fatten sheep the present winter. Our 

 advice is, therefore, do not sell, the present fall, unless 

 jou can get good prices. 



To OCR Canadian Sdbschibers. — The Geneste Farmer 

 has a large circulation among the intelligent farmers of 

 Canada West. The new postage law which went into op- 

 eration on the 1st of July imposes twelve cents a year 

 postage on the Farmer. Were it not for the present 

 high premium on Canada money this would prevent us 

 from sending the paper to Canada without extra charge. 

 As it is, however, we shall continue to send the Genffee 

 Farmer at the same rates as to subscribers in the United 

 States. These are, single subscribers, 75 cents a year, 

 aud in clubs 50 cents a year, and the three last numbers 

 of this year free to all new subscribers. We shall depend 

 on the premium on Canada money to enable us to pay the 

 postage. 



We take Canada Postage Stamps for all sums less than 

 one dollar. 



Cash prizes to Canada agents will be paid in Canada 

 Diouev. 



Speak to the Postmastkr. — Will our friends who live 

 at post offices where no one is acting as agent, oblige us 

 br asking the post master, or some young man in bis 

 office to get np a club for the Farmer. The club price is 

 only 50 cents a year, aud the postage is otu-third Uss 

 when taken in clubs than when taken singly. We will 

 cbeerfullv send a specmien copy of the paper, and a large 

 show bill and subscription list, free of postage, to all 

 who are willing to trj to get up a club. 



The Markets. — Prices hare advanced rapidly the last 

 few weeks. Gold went up from 122 to 138 and car- 

 ried wheat, corn, butter, cheese and other ejiportable ar- 

 ticles along v/ith it. Prices have also stifiened in Eng- 

 land in consequence of wet weather. 



In France the crops are good; but the Jom-nnl 

 <r Agriculture Pratique, which has corre3ponde4it3 in all 

 parts of the country, says that although the crop of wheat 

 " is generally pretty good, the return is lessthan liudbten 

 hoped." "Some of our correspondents," it says, " speak 

 of a deficit." 



The river Nile has raised to such an extraordinary 

 height as to spread alarm throughout Egypt that the 

 crops will be lost. 



The great frost throughout the Western States ha^i cer- 

 tainly injured the corn crop very materially. It is esti- 

 mated that one-quarter of the crop is crestroyed and one- 

 quarter injured. The advance on corn since our last re- 

 port has been 20 cents per bushel in Chicago, and 17 

 cents in New York ! 



Barley commands high prices — much hit;her than 

 wheat in proportion to weight. This was al.so the case 

 last year. There seems to be a steadily increasing de- 

 mand for good barley. One-third more land was sown in 

 this State the present year than in 1862, and the yield is 

 as good and the quality much better. In Canada also 

 the crop is good. 



Rye is scare and in demand. 



Butter and cheese are higher. Prime cheese for export 

 brings 13 cents per pound. 



Beans are dull but still bring high prices. In fact, 

 everything the farmer has to sell is in demand at good 

 paying rates. 



The Wool Market. — The price of wDol has advanced 

 since our last report, but there is little doing in Domestic 

 fleece. The manufacturers are buying foreign wool. Far- 

 mers are holding on to their wool for higher prices. 

 There is a general conviction that prices must advance. 

 We heard an old wool dealer — not now in the trade — con- 

 fidently predict a few days since that wool would be one 

 dollar per pound in less than' three months. 



We cannot agree with him, unless gold should go up in. 

 the sam< proportion. If gold advances wool will advance. 

 Whether it will be lower if gold goes down is doubtful. 

 We are inclined to think a farmer who does not need the 

 money will be safe in holding on to his wool. The price 

 now is 60 cents per pound. There is little probability of 

 its being lower, and as long as the majority of farmer* 

 hold their wool there is a good chance of its advancing. 



New Postage Law— Form Cldbb.— The new postage 

 law charges 12 cents a year postage on the Farmer. This 

 has to be paid by the subscribers. But when it is sent in 

 clubs to one address, the postage is only one cent for each 

 four ounces. Three copies of the Farmer weigh fonr 

 ounces, and these can be sent to one address fur one cent 

 a month. This is only four cents a year ojj each paper. 



Prike E,ssays.— One of our friends asks us to offer 

 prizes for short essays on different agricultural and hor- 

 ticultural subjects. We will do so next month. In the 

 mean time our readers will oblige us if they will men- j 

 tion any subject on which they particularly want ia j 

 formation. 



