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THE GENESEE FARMER. 



Decayko Tree. — (G. H. Y.) Remove as much of the 

 decayed part as possible, and then fill the hollow with a 

 mixture of equal parts cow-dung and clay made of the 

 consistency of mortar with the drainings of the barn- 

 yard. Make the surface smooth, and sprinkle it over with 

 quick-lime, and when drj, paint it over with gas-tar, to 

 exclude the wet. 



L Year Book op Agriculture. — (John Thomas.) But 

 •one volume of this book has appeared. The retail price, 

 we believe, is $1.50. We have a few copies on hand which 

 we will send you, postage paid, for $1 each. 



Messrs. EniTORs: -^Will you or some of your experi- 

 enced correspondents explain, through the Fanner, the 

 cause of blight on carrots. Last year I had a fine-looking 

 piece. I kept them clean. In July the tops commenced 

 dying ; and the result was, a failure. The soil on which 

 tiiey were sown is a sandj' loam, well drained. William 

 ♦Steele. — Ilumhefistone, C. W. 



.. . Artesian Well. — I have noticed something in the 

 "G-eU'esee Farmer I'elating to Artesian Wells. Will you de- 

 ?5cribc the apparatus used in boring them, and tell us why 

 the term " Artesian" is used ? M. Garnsey, Fust Coble- 

 ■skUl, Fa. 



Will some one answer the above? 



Messrs. Editors: — I wish you or some of your corres- 

 pondents would tell us how to convert old leather into 

 manure. It is rich in ammonia; but how can that be 

 made available. G. C. L. — Lynn, Pa. 



I wot'LO like to know, through yon or some of your cor- 

 respondents, what crops do best after Buckwheat ; or 

 whether corn will do well after it? E. K. McAlley, /b;;- 

 ttrsviUe, Warren Co., JVeio York. 



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TUTS work was started in 18o6, In' the publisher of the f?t^€- 

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 men of evperienee. It is well illustrated with seventy-eight ap- 

 propriate and beautiful engravings. 



Among its contents may be n\pntioned able treatises nn Manures 

 for the (ircliard and Garden, on the cultivation of Fruit for Mar- 

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 portraits drawn from life,) on the cultivation ofGr:ipes in the open 

 air. on Garden Furniture, on the cultivation of Dwarf and Standi- 

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The sork will be found invaluable to the Fruit Grower, and use- 

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Beecher's Domestic Receipt Book 75 



" " Economy 75 



Bcment's American Poulterers' Champion 1 25 



Breck's Flower Garden I 00 



Bridgeman's Young Gardener's Assistant 1 50 



Bridgeman's Kitchen " Instructor 50 



B: idgeman's Fruit Cultivator's Manual 50 



Bridgeman's Florist's Guide 50 



ISuist's Kitchen Gardener 75 



Chemistry made Easy for the Use of Farmers 25 



Chorlton's Grape G rowers' Guide "O 



Chorlton's Exotic Grape 50 



Cobbett's American Gardner 50 



Cole's American Fruit Book 51) 



Country Dwellings; or the American Architect C '0 



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Dadd's Anatomy and Physiology of the Horse 2 dO 



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Guenon's Treatise on Milch Cows 8S 



Gunn's Domestic Medicine 3 '0 



Horses — their Varieties, Breeding, Management. &c 25 



How to Build and Venilate Hot-houses, Grapes, &c 1 25 



Johnston's Agricultural Chemistry 1 25 



Johnston's Catechism of Agricultural Chemistry and Geolegy 25 



Johnston's Flemeiits of Agricultural Chemistry and Geology 1 00 



Liebig's Animal Chemistry 25 



Leibig's Familiar Letters on Chemistry 12X 



Leibig's Reply to Lawes 25 



Leibig's Researches on the Motion of the Juices in the Ani- 

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Linsley's Morgan Horses 1 00 



Miner's American Bee Keeper's Manual I 00 



Miner's American Poultry book 50 



Mysteries of Bee-keeping explained 1 00 



Nash's Progressive Farmer. A book for every boy in the 



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New Process for the Culture of the Vine 25 



Norton's Scientific Agriculture fiO 



Pardee on Strawberry Culture 60 



Phelps' Bee Keeper's Chart. Illustrated 25 



Prize Essay on Manures. Bv S. L. Dana 25 



Randall's Sheep Husbandry! 1 25 



Reemelin's Vine Dressers' Manual ."iO 



Rodger's Scientific Agriculture 75 



Rural Annual and Horticultural Directory (1S56, '57, and '.^8') 25 



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Schcnck's Gardener's Text Book 50 



Skinner's Elements of Agriculture 25 



Smith's Landscape Gardening. Containing hints on arrang- 

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The American Florist's Guide 75 



The American Fruit Grower's Guide in Orchard and Gar- 

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The American Poultry Yard 1 00 



The American Rose Culturer 25 



The Chinese Sugar Tane and Sugar Making 25 



The Cottage and Farm Bec-Keeper ."iO 



The Cow. Dairv Ilusbandrv. and Cattle Breeding 25 



The Farm F:nginepr. By Ritchie.. 8 CO 



The Farmer's Cyclopedia. By Blake 125 



The Farmer's Land Measurer 50 



The Hive and Honey Bee — their Diseases and Remedies. . . '25 



The Hog— its Diseases and Management 25 



The Horse's F'oot, and How to Keep it Sound 25 



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Thomas' Farm Im^'lements 1,00 



Thompson on the Food of Animals 75 



Waring's Elements of Agriculture 75 



Wilson on the Cultivation ol Flax 25 



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Youatt on the Breeds and Management of Sheep '75 



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