40 



THE GENESEE FARMER. 



Prices of Agricultural Products at the Principal ISIarkets in the United States, Canada and England. 



CONTENTS OF THIS NCJMB3R. 



Underdraining 9 



Lime and its Chemical Changes 10 



Cutting up Meat in the London Market 11 



Value of t^helter for Sheep 11 



Th e Sheep Tick or Louse 13 



Webb South-Down Sheep IS 



Suggested Items 15 



Laborer's Cottages— F.irmer's Wives 16 



Notes for the Month, by S. W IV 



Cheap Bani-Door fastener 18 



GENESEE FARMER PRIZE ESSAYS. 



Farmers' Clubs, 



How can we most profitably and agreeably spend our Winter 



Evenings ? 



Advantages of an Agricultural Library 



The Best Method of Destroying Red Root _. 



Breaking Colts 



Trees on the I'rairies 



Sheep on the Prairies 



Keeping Dairy Cows through the W inter 



The Canada Thistle 



The best Method of Pulverizing a Heavy Clay Soil 



What are the best Pastures for Dairy Cows ? 



Breaking Steers 



Raising, Gathering, and Cleaning Clover Seed 



The best Time for Cutting the various kinds of Grain 



Management of Permanent Grass Land 



Cutting and Curing Clover for Hay 



Advantages of Cutting Grass or Grain by Machinery 



The best Time to Cut Timber 



Fattening Cattle in Winter 



Stone Fences • 



Cultivation of Sweet Potatoes 



Ckiltivation of Early Potatoes 



Planting I'rees by the Roadside 



Cultivation of Standard Pears 



Cultivation of Cranberries 



Transplanting Evergreens 



Cultivation of Plums 



Shelter for Garden.s 



Making and Packing Down Butter for Winter Use 



Why should Farmers' Wives and Daughters Write for the 



Genesee Farmer 



Manuf;i ■tare of Vinegar 



Cheese from Few Cows 



Waat are the Duties of a Farmer's Wife 1 



nORTICULTURAL DEPARTMENT. 



In " My New Garden " — No. 5 34 



The Norway Maple 34 



EDITOR S TABLE. 



Our New Dress 86 



Prize Essays 80 



Our January Premiums S6 



Our Prospects 86 



Crowded out 86 



The Gu.ano Trade 36 



Premiums for Short Es.says 37 



Short-Horn Carrots 37 



Meeting of the Fruit Growers' Society of Western New York.. 87 



Value of the Genesee Farmer 37 



Inquiries and Answers i7 



ILLUSTRATIONS. 



Cutting up Meat— five figures 12, 18 



The Shceii Tick or Louse 18 



AYiM>"s .'^MUtb-Down Ram "Frank" 14 



Three Webb South-Down Ewes ■ 14 



Design for a Small Cottage 16 



Ground Plan of do 16 



Cheap Barn-Door Fastener 18 



Norway Maple 35 



FOR SALE. 

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Also, Apple Scions, low by the thousand. 



Rochester, Jan'y 1, 1858. 



C. MOULSON. 



PAUL CHIIiSON'S 



SELECTED VARIETIES OF CRANBERRY PLANTS, 



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 orders. Address PAJL ClIILSON, 



Jan'y, 1S58.— It* Bellingham, Norfolk Co., Mass. 



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DEALER in Peruvian, Colnmbi.in and Mexican Guano, Suj)ep- 

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