THE GENESEE FAR>[ER. 



358 



CONTSKTS OF THIS NUMBER, 



Fattening Cattle and Sheep 



in Wiiii.-r, 359 



Suit as a Manure, .-. 83'i 



Butter Maliina in Winter.. 831 

 Imports iif Food into Great 



Britain, 331 



Hay ami Corn Shrinkage by 



Drying, 331 



Ayrshire CsitUe, 322 



Killing Fowls for Table 



Use, .: 232 



Fattening Poultry, 383 



"Wheal after Uats, 834 



Can Cotton be Profitably 

 Grown in the Loyal 



States ? 384 



Brining Wheat, 33.5 



Birds ami Inse-^-ts 835 



Repairing a Chain Pump,. 335 



Large Pumpkins, 835 



Milking, 836 



Cider Halving, 



Origin of Farmers' Clubs,.. 



Great Crop of Onions 



The Forces of Nature 



Wool Growing in Caliior- 

 nia, 



Peas and Potatoes, 



Mechi, and the Cause of 

 his Success, 



Manurinjr for Corn in the 

 Fall, 



The Desirable Points of 

 the Pig, 



Wintering Sheep 



Cultivaliou ol the Cranber- 

 ry, 



Indian Corn in New Eng- 

 land, 



Grinding and Cooking 

 Food for Pigs, &c., 



Turnips for llogs, 



HORTICULTURAL DEPARTMENT. 



Fruit GroweVs' Society of I Plant Cases,.. . 

 Western New York, 846 | 



849 



EDITOR S TABLE. 



The Genesee Farmer for 



18fi4 353 



Subjects f .r Prize Essavs.. 353 

 Holiday Gifts, 353 



Inquiries and Answers,... 854 



Notes on the Weather, 854 



The Markets, 855 



Literary Notices, 855 



ILLUSTRATIONS. 



Ayrshire Bull, 882 



Milking 336 



Pottrait of J. J. Mechi, 840 



Brood Sow, (2 figs.) 842 



Side View of a well-form- 

 ed Prg 242 



Oumberland & Yorkshire 

 Small White Breed Pig,. 848 



Side View of a well filled- 

 upFatOx, 343 



Hind View of a well filled- 

 up Fat Ox 848 



Front View of a well filled- 

 upFatOx 343 



Plant Case, 849 



A. Trial fur Murder 351 



THE GENESEE FARMEE FOR 1864. 



farmer's son persuaded his father to let him take a horse 

 and buggj to go around amonif the neighbors to se^ if 

 they would like to subscribe for the Genesee Farmer. In 

 two hours he returned with a list of tioentij-four names, 

 and the motiey in his pocket ! 



We again say to all our friends, ash your neighbors to 

 take the Genesee Farmer for 1804. 



Subjects for Prjze Essays. 



Some of our readers are desirous of obtaining informa- 

 tion on the following subjects: 



On the Cultivation of Broom Corn, (including the best 

 soil, method of manuring, cultivating, harvesting and 

 curing the crop.) 



On the Cultivation of Flax. 



On the Manufacture of Cheese, (including the feeding 

 of the cows, &c.) 



On the Best Means of Restoring a "Worn-out or Neg- 

 lected New England Farm. 



On the Laying-out and Cultivation of a Farmer's Gar- 

 den. 



For the best essay on any of the above subjects we will 

 present the writer with a set of the bound volumes of the 

 Genesee Farmer for the last five years, or, if preferred, 



FIVE DOLLARS IN CASH. 



The essays must be received on or before the first ol 

 January next. They will be submitted to a competent 

 committee, and those awarded the prize will be published 

 in the Genesee Fatmier. 



For the best short essa?: (28^; to exceed a page of the 

 Genesee Farmer,) on any <tl. tne following subjects, we 

 will give a complete set of the Rural Annual and Eorii- 

 ciiltural Directory, handsoaiely bound in two volumes, 

 and sent prepaid by maii. «v two dollars in cash. 



The essays must be rM,«:ved by the first of January 

 next. 



Oa the Cultivation of "Winter and Spring Barley. 



On the Best Means of Improving Permanent Meadows. 



On Butter Making. 



Od the Management of Poultry. 



On the Management of Sheep. 



The prospects of the Genesee Farmer were never so 

 favorable as at this time. We are getting more new sub- 

 scribers than at any time since we have published the 

 Farmer. 



We continue our offer to send the remaining numbers of 

 this year free to all who subscribe at this time for 1864. 

 See last page of this number. 



We trust all our old agents will make special efforts at 

 this time to increase the circulation of the Farmer. We 

 are getting a complete new dress, and shall use better 

 paper and give more reading matter. We think all will 

 admit that the Genesee Farmer for 1864 will be a paper 

 that none of our friends need feel ashamed to recom- 

 mend to their neighbors. Let all who like the paper say 

 a good word for it at this time. One of the best farmers 

 in this county said to us a few days ago, " I do not take 

 the Genesee Farmer this year, simply because no one 

 ashed me to subscribe." That is just it : people need to 

 be asked. So, good reader-friend, if you know of any 

 of your neighbors who do not take the Farmer, ask them 

 to subscribe. In nine cases out of ten they will do so, and 

 thank you for asking them. A few days since, a young 



Holiday Gifts. — The Craig Microscope. — The editor 

 of the Sunday School Advocate says in regard to this 

 newly invented instrument: 



"Its simplicity, cheapness and great magnifying power 

 struck me with surprise. Then I was examining a fly's 

 eye by its aid, and was struck with wonder at the skill 

 and power of the Creator which is displayed in its struc- 

 ture. When I saw a statement in an advertisement that 

 the Craig Microscope rcagnifyed one hundred diameters, 

 and could be bought for f.2, I thought it was one of the 

 many humbugs of the hour, for I had paid $20 for a mi- • 

 croscope not long before. But now I find it to be a really 

 valuable instrument, which I should like to see introduced 

 into the families of our readers, injplace of the manifold 

 uselss toys which please for an hour and then are de- 

 stroyed. This microscope would both amuse and instruct 

 them, and I advise every boy and girl who wishes to know 

 the wonders which lie in little things, to save his money 

 until he has $2.25," for which Henry Craig, 180 Center 

 street, New York, will send him a microscope, post paid. 

 For ,$1.50 more he will send 12 objects all ready for use, 

 or for $5 the microscope and 24 objects will be sent. 



