THE GEN'ESEE FARMER. 



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Premiums for Short Essays. 



We will give a book (or books,) of the value of «ie 

 dollar, for the best essay on each of the following subjects : 

 On the Best Method of Curing Timothy and other grass- 

 es for Hay ; 



On the Cultivation of Peppermint; 

 On the Cultivation of Liquorice; 

 On the Management of Woodland ; 

 On the Use of Superphosphate of Lime as a Manure ; 

 On the Best System of Rotation on a Clayey Farm : 

 On the Best System of Rotation on a Saudy Farm ; 

 For the Best Essay detailing Experiments in the Use of 

 Muck, applied Unmixed to the Soil ; 



On the Use of Muck in Composts, and as Litter for 

 Stables and Yards ; 



On the Cultivation of the Chinese Sugar Cane ; 

 On the Reclaiming and Management of Boggy Land ; 

 On the Propriety of Farmers Supporting none but 

 purely Agricultural Papers, a« such ; and is their publica- 

 tion Monthly often enough ? 



On the Best Method of Binding Wheat; 

 On Fattening Sheep in Winter ; 



For the Best Essay detailing Experiments in Feeding 

 Cattle or Horses with Cut or Uncut Hay, Corn Stalks, and 

 other Fodder ; 

 On Irrigating Grass Land ; 



On the Advantages of Preparing Fire-wood in the Fall 

 for Winter Use ; 

 On the Best Plants for Hedges — their Management, &c.; 

 Which are the best Horses to wear — those fifteen or 

 sixteen hands high ? 



HouTicuLTURAL SUBJECTS. — On the Cultivation of 

 Dwarf Pears ; 



On the Cultivation of Grapes in the Open Air ; 

 On the Cultivation of Hot House Grapes in Pots ; 

 On the Cultivation of Melons ; 

 On the Cultivation of Tomatoes ; 

 On the Cultivation of Rhubarb ; 

 On the Cultivation of Asparagus ; 

 On the Cultivation of Cabbage and Cauliflowers ; 

 What is the Cause of the Failure of so many Fruit Trees 

 sent out by Nurserymen ? 



For the Ladies. — On the Best Method of ^faking and 

 Preserving Feather Beds ; 



How can Farmers' Wives and Daughters induce their 

 Husbands, Sons and Brothers, to be clean and neat in the 

 House, in their Persons and Habits ; 



Is it Desirable for Farmers' Wives to Use Mangles for 

 Smoothing Clothes ; and if so, what is the Best Method of 

 Making and Using them ? 



How can Mothers best instil into the Minds of their 

 Daughters a love for Domestic Duties ? 



We also offer a Bural Annual, or any other work costing 

 twenty-five cents for any Dozen of Original Domestic 

 Receipts which the committee considers worthy of publi- 

 cation. (The printer is very anxious that the ladies should 

 write only on one side of the paper.) 



The Essays should not exceed one page of the Genesee 

 Farmer — say six pages of foolscap — and must be received 

 on or before the fifth of February so that they can appear 

 in the March number. 



We should esteem it a favor if our friends would write 

 Oiily (jn one side of the paper, but if they mv.U write oa 



both sides, it is absolutely necessary that they write only 

 one essay on the same sheet. A neglect of this causes the 

 committee great trouble. 



The articles will be submitted to competent judges. — 

 Brevity ivill he co/mdered as a mark of excellence. We 

 mean by brevity, not the omission of words necessary to 

 make good grammar, but the expression of thoughts in as 

 clear and concise a manner as possible. The prizes will 

 be promptly announced, and the books immediately sent, 

 pre-paid, by mail. 



We should be glad if our readers would suggest other 

 subjects. 



Short-Hors Carrots. — A gentleman who has grown a 

 quantity of Short-Horn Carrots the past season, informs 

 us that they are not only the very best variety of carrots 

 for the table, (which is generally conceded,) but that they 

 are the best kind he has ever grown for horses. They are 

 veiy solid ; apparently contain less water than other va- 

 rieties ; and will yield, not a greater bulk, but more nu- 

 tritious matter per acre, than the larger varieties. Horses, 

 too, appear to like them better. 



The Annual Meeting of the Western New York Fruit 

 Growers' Society will be held in this city on the 6th and 

 7th of January. An unusually interesting meeting is 

 expected. 



Will the Gooseberry Take on the Currant? — A 

 correspondent of the Gardeners^ Clironicle says it will not, 

 but that the currant will take on the gooseberry. Is it so? 



It is estimated that the Poultry business of this country 

 has reached the immense sum of thirty-seven millions of 

 dollars per annum. 



Yaluk of the Genesee Farmer. — I must tell you how 

 the Farmer has paid me the present year. Sometime last 

 winter I had a cow that got lame in one of her hind feet. 

 I supposed it was the hoof-ail ; but she got lamer and 

 lamer, until finally her foot and tail died entirely, and I 

 had to kill her. This was an " unheard of" disease to me 

 at that time; but aftcrAvards I saw one or two accounts of 

 the same thing in your paper, together with the best 

 known manner of treating that troublesome disease. 



Now, about two or three months ago, one of my oxen 

 showed strong symptoms of the same disorder, to wit. — 

 Severe lameness in one of his hind feet, with a slight 

 kicking out and continual stepping back with that foot. — 

 I at once applied the remedies given in Xhn Farmer, and he 

 recovered. The ox is worth about i?V'"i — a sum that will 

 pay for the Genenee Farmer at least five times as long as I 

 shall live. Who says it don't pay? S. Jenkins, Gwynedd, 

 I'enn., Dec. 10, 1857. 



Inquiries and Answsrs. 



Best Soil and Manures for Roses. — (M. R.) Roses 

 delight in a deep, stiff loam. In mucky, or black, porous 

 soils, abounding in organic matter, the rose will rarely 

 thrive without a liberal admixture of stiff loam, marl or 

 clay. A dry subsoil is very essential. In clayey soils, 

 with a wet subsoil, it is advantageous to put a quantity of 

 loose stones or broken bricks beneath the tree. The Tea- 

 Scented and China Roses should have a little sand and 

 leaf-mould placed under them at starting. Well rott«d 

 hog manure, and next to that, ordinary well rotted farm- 

 yard dung, are considered the best manures for roses. 

 The drainage from dung heaps, or light soils, is found very 

 beneficial. It should be very dilute. ^__. 



