THE GENESEE FARMER. 



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So far us the foreign demand controls prices they are 

 not likely to be much higher unless gold should advance. 



The commission merchants in New York advise far- 

 mers to send forward their beans, as the demand is now 

 good ; while it is thought that there is a large supply in 

 the country. Marrows sell for $2.80 to $3.00; medium, 

 $2.50 to $2.75; mixed lots, $2.00 to $2.25. 



Choice butter is scarce, but low grades are in good 

 supply. Prices range all the way from 20c. to 32c. per 

 pound. " Greese butter" 12 cwits. 



Cheese is dull, but without any material change in 

 price. 



Onions are in active demand at $3.25 to $4.00 per 

 barrel. 



Poultry is scarce. Turkeys, lie. to ISc; fowls, 10c. to 

 12c.; geese 8c. to lOc; ducks, 12o. to 18c.; chickens lie. 

 to 18c. per pound. 



Hay in New York, as elsewhere, is very high. Prime 

 hay, in bales, brings $23 to $27 per tun. Straw, in bales, 

 for shipment, $18 to $19 per tun. 



New York Cattle and Sheep Market.— The high 

 price of grain forces a large number of ■'scallawags" on 

 the market. First class bullocks bring from 10 to lie. 

 per lb. for the net weight of beef, the seller sinking otfal. 

 Government still continues to buy freely, taking none 

 but those of good quality, and the demand is likely to 

 oontinue through the winter. Medium cattle bring 8 

 to 9Jc., and ordinary 6 to 7 jc. per lb. net. " Scallawags," 

 are dull of sale, even at low rates. 



Ordinary milch cows with young calves bring $35 to 

 $45, and higher for first class cows. 



Veal calves of good quality are in active demand at 

 TJc. per lb. live weight; but poor calves are in abun- 

 dance and are dull of sale. 



The sheep market is crowded. The country is well 

 stocked with sheep, and farmers are disinclined to winter 

 a large number at the present high price of gram and 

 hay. The result is that the market is over-stocked. 

 Good mutton was sold bv the carcass in New York last 

 week at 4c. per lb. Pelts sell at $1.75 to $2.25. The 

 average price of sheep is about 5c. per lb. live weight — 

 some few extra good ones bringing 6c. 



The hog market is also crowded, especially with low 

 grades. Prices range from 5c. to 5|c. per lb, live weight. 



Inquiries and Answers. 



Im seeking a Bohdat Gift or Phbsent, those of our 

 readers who would combine instruction with amusement, 

 the useful with the entertaining, will do well to remem- 

 ber the Craig Microscope and Mounted Objects, adver- 

 tised in another column. 



In Mr. Craig's new advertisement published this montli, 

 an error occurs which was not discovered until too late 

 for correction. Instead of 200 microscopes sold by the 

 Boston agent, it should read 200 dozen. Quite a dif- 

 ference. 



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Leachbd Ashes tor Pear Trees.— A farmer near this city 

 wbo has some exceedingly good dwarf pear trees, spreads 

 leaohed ashes on the surface of the ground for about two 

 fe«t on all sides of the trees, and then covers the ashes 

 •with manure. The trees are very vigorous and healthy. 

 Some trees in the garden to which manure alone was ap- 

 plied on the surface are not as vigorous as those having 

 both manure and ashes — showing that the leached ashes 

 are beneficial. 



Jointer Plow — Subsoiling, Ac— In the interesting 

 description of your excursion among the wheat farms, 

 you mention a "Jointer Plow." Will you have the 

 goodness to describe it, and tell us what its capabilities 

 are? (a) 



Also, what depth the land is plowed for the fallow, 

 and whether it is ridged up intostetches for sowing. Will 

 you also favor us vviih your own impressions as to the 

 general applicability of the practice adopted in the dis- 

 trict you visited ? (h) 



My farm, which consists of a sandy and gravelly loam, 

 and seems to have been pretty well scouiged, as the gen- 

 erality of fitrms in Canada are, 1 wish to have deepened 

 in the staple of the soil. I am at a loss to know ;ivhether 

 this can be accomplished more effectually by throwing up 

 the bottom soil, or merely loosening it by subsioinng. 

 The subsoil seems to be the same, as the surface, less the 

 ■vegetable matter, and I should imagine, if thrown up 

 and mixed, would not prove deleterious to the crop, as 

 some of the clays do. (c) 



I would feel obliged to you, or any of your readers, for 

 advice, and more particularly if they could point out any 

 implement that would be suitable for doing the work. 

 Living, as I do, at a distance from any cousideiable cen- 

 ter, 1 have few opportunities of examining the many 

 simple and ingenious contrivances which are brought out 

 for facilitating the operations of the husbandman. I 

 think it would be well if the ac;ricultural journals gene- 

 rally would make a point of takini^ more notice ot such 

 implements for the beneht of the backwoodsman. — 

 ''QuEYio-r," County Feel, C. W. (d) 



a. The Jointer, or Michigan double plow, has two plows 

 attached lo one beam — the first plow runs quite shallow 

 and cuts oif about two inches of the turf and turns it into 

 the furrow; the second plow descends six or seven inches 

 deeper and covers completely the sod, weeds, &c., thrown 

 to the bottom of the furrow by the first plow. 



b. On all except heavy clay and light sandy soils we 

 think the practice might be adopted with advantage. 



c. If the. subsoil is the same character as the surface 

 soil we should have no fears of injury from deep plowing. 

 The farmers of the district alluded to (Wheatland, Avon, 

 &c.) think it better to deepen the soil gradually. 



d. We endeavor to keep our readers informed of all the 

 new implements and machines that promise to be im- 

 provements on the old ones. We trust our correspondents 

 will aid us in this matter. 



Will not some of the good farmers in Western New 

 York give us their views on the subjects alluded to by 

 our correspondent? 



What Bhcomes or thb Food?— Does the food con- 

 sumed by an animal— the cow, for instance— undergo any 

 change or transformation of its elements? Examples: 

 Does nitrogenous matter, such as gluten, albumen, Ac, 

 ever become butter or fat, or any thing but muscle or 

 casein? Does starch ever become butter, fat, muscle or 

 cheese? Does sugar that is in the vegetables the cow con- 

 sumes only go to sustain the heat of the body, or is it 

 identical with that found in the milk? 



These, it seems to me, are questions necessary to be 

 understood in order to feed stock to the best advantage. 

 An article in reply to the above -will be thankfully re- 

 ceived bv at least one reader of the Omese* Fai-m*r. — 

 Gkorgb Willard, Sanford's Corners, N. Y. 



Will some of our scientific men give us an article on 

 this subject? There can be little doubt that starch and 

 sugar will form fat. 



What Varutiks op Pkachks shall I Plant? — (H. 

 Gates, N. Y.) The following varieties will give you a 

 succession of good peaches : Serrate Early York, Early 

 Barnard, Cooledge's Favorite, Haines' Early Bed, Poole'i 

 Melocoton, and iNlTette. 



