THE GEKESEE FAKMEE. 



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Tebba-('ultuhe. — (0. P, B., Miamiville, Ohio.) Com- 

 btock's theory of terra-culture is no secret. We have 

 listened patiently while he "disclosed the disclosures," and 

 can nut express our opinion of his speculations better than 

 in the language of Sherid.\n : " It contains much, sir, 

 both of what is new and what is true ; but, unfortunately, 

 what is new is not true, and what is true is not new." 



Sowing Evergreen Seeds. — (Peter Fulheart, Muncie, 

 Iiul.) Mix the seed in moist sand, and let it remain for a 

 few days, and then sow very early in the spring, in beds 

 of light loam, and shade them from the sun with cheap 

 cotton cloth, or some other screen, until the plants have 

 become somewhat advanced and hardy. 



Devon- Cattle. — (W. R., Mich.) W. H. Lock, of St. 

 Thomas, C. W., is a large importer and breeder of the 

 North Devon stock. You can get what you want of him. 

 He exhibited twenty-seven head at the last Provincial Fair 

 at Brautford, and took eighteen prizes. He also received 

 the first prize at Buffalo, for imported cattle. 



Ashes o\ Clayey Soil. — (S. A. Bronsox, Orwell, Pa.) 

 Ashes, leached or unleached, generally do better on light, 

 dry, sandy soils, than on those of a clayey nature. On wet 

 laud of an J- character, ashes will do no good till it is drained. 



Planting Apple Trees. — (S. Cooley, Four Corners, 

 Mich.) It is not advisable to plant apple trees intended 

 for a permanent orchard, at a less distance than thirty 

 feet apart. 



DoifixiQUE Fowls. — (John Perkins, Euclid, Ohio.) "We 

 do not know who has Dominique Fowls for sale. Parties 

 having them would do well to advertise. 



Stitching and Trimming the Farmer. — (T. T. N.) The 

 reason we do not trim the Fanner is that it is not so well 

 adapted to bind at the end of the year. 



Grape Borders. — Can any of your readers inform me 

 what plants are best adapted for covering the unsightliness 

 of gni^e-borders, and which at the same time do not hurt 

 the vines by extracting too much moisture from the border. 

 Strawberries have been recommended, but their long roots 

 absorb too much water. How would Portulacca answer"? 

 It requires but little moisture, and, if it would grow, 

 would flower profusely and present a beautiful appearance. 

 Have any of your readers had any experience with it for 

 this purpose, or with Verbenas? Amateur. 



Hessian Fly. — I have a field which was sowed to wheat 

 about the 2lHh of September. As soon as it came up, the 

 Hessian Fly commenced destroying it, and now it is not 

 more than half thick enough on the ground. Xow, I want 

 to know if pasturing it with sheep through the winter or 

 early spring will be likely to destroy the fly. If not, is 

 there any remedy ? C. G. Dick. — Marshall, Hi<iMaiid Co. 

 Ohio, Jatiy, 1858. 



Hollow-Horn. — Will some of your readers give me, 

 through the Genesee Farmer, the pathology and treatment 

 of a disease amono; cattle-, known in the West as hollow- 

 horn V Is it and hollow-tail the same disease ; and is not 

 hollow-horn, hollow-tail, and hollow-boUy, synonvmous 

 terms? R. B. Morehbad. — Big Bend, Butler Co., 'Ky, 



Stack Covers. — Please give information in regard to 

 stack covers. Will some one who has used them made of 

 painted cotton cloth tell us of their worth, cost, and con- 

 struction? This is an important subject to all western 

 farmers, who must always stack their grain. G. — Lee 

 Center, Lee Co., III., Ja>Cy., 1858, 



Smut in Wheat. — Will some of your correspondents 

 tell us what will prevent smut in wheat. — Francis Mokton. 

 — Wc.^ Arran, O. ^. 



Fining Cider. — Will some of your correspondents give 

 me the process of fining cider without boiling down. By 

 so doing, thpy will confer a favor on your Oregon subscri- 

 bers. Will isinglass answer this purpose, and how much 

 per barrel, and what is the price per pound. W. Ruble,— 

 Fola, Folk Co., Oregon. 



Wind-Galls on Horses. — I wish to inquire through 

 your paper, if any of your correspondents can inform me 

 what will cure what we call wind-galls on horses? I have 

 a young horse that has a ven,- bad one on his hock, that I 

 am very anxious to get cured, W. W. Records.— i^co-saa^ 

 Ridge, Green Co., Ind. 



Mad-Itch. — Will some of your correspondents give the 

 cause and cure of what is called, in this section, mad-itch 

 in cattle? They commence rubbing, and often rub out 

 their eyes, and usually die in twenty-four hours. Not one 

 has ever been known to recover, when attacked with it.— 

 H. — Albany, Ky. 



Wintering Cattle and Horses. — I wish two or three of 

 the best farmers who take the Genesee Firmer, would give 

 their experience as to the best method of wintering stock, 

 cattle and horses in particular. I feel that there is a vast 

 deal to be learned on that point. G. C. Ltman. — Lynn, Pa, 



Feeding Sheep. — You will greatly oblige one of your 

 readers by giving, through \\\i Farmer, the best mode of 

 keeping and feeding sheep through the winter, so that they 

 will be fit for the shambles in tlie spring. Wm. Reno. — 

 Newcastle, Lawrence Co., Fa. 



Saw-Dust. — Please inform me, through the Farmer, 

 whether an application of saw-dust, in its raw state, to 

 land, for mulching or to plow in, will be of use ; or whether 

 it is a suitable article with which to mix night soil. W. B. 



Hew Advertisements this Month. 



Vegetable, Field, Flower, Tree, and Fruit Seeds.— J. M. Thor- 

 bum, New York. 



New Books Just Publislied. — A. 0. Moore, New York. 



Impliee Seed.— A. O. Moore, New York. 



Hamilton Nurseries, C. W.— E. KeHy & Co., Ilamilton, 0. W. 



Cranberry Plants, New Eoclielle Blackberry, Easpberries, Hop 

 Tree, Grapes, &c. — F. Trowbridge, New Haven, Conn. 



Morgan Horse for Sale. — J. Dorr, Scottsville, N. Y. 



Premium Chester County White Hogs. — Thos. Wood, Penning- 

 tonville, Pa. 



Eochester and Lake Avenue Commercial Nurseries, — J, Don- 

 nellan & Co., Eochester, N. Y. 



Poultry for Sale.— S. Smith, Darien Depot, Conn. 



Dorking Fowls. — A. Sintzenich, Eochester, N. Y. 



Pear Seeds and Seedlings — B. M. Watson, Plj-mouth, Mass. 



Eochester Central Nurseries, Chinese Sugar Cane Seed. — 

 C. W. Seelye, Eochester, N. Y. 



ADVERTISEMENTS, 



To secure insertion in the Faemee, must be received as early as 

 the 10th of the previous month, and be of such a character as to 

 l)e of interest to farmers. Terms — Two Dollars for every hun- 

 dred words, each insertion, paid in advance. 



DORKING FOWLS/ 



I HAVE for sale a few Speckled DorkinffS, from imported 

 stock, which took the FIKST PEIZE at^the U. S. Agricul- 

 tural Exhibition at Philadelphia. Price, %b per pair (cock and 

 hen) ; $2 per sincle bird. Carefully shipped bv Express to any 

 destination. Address A. SINTZENICH, 



February, 1858.— It* Eochester, N. Y. 



POULTRY FOR SALE. 



BEEMEN, African, and Wild Geese; Wild Turkeys domesti- 

 cated, large breed of Turkeys ; Cayuga Black, Aylesburv, 

 and Chinese White Ducks; White Guinea Hens; Black Spanish 

 and Leghorn Black Polauds, Golden and Silver Plicasants and 

 Hamburgs, Black Spanish G.ime, Pile Game, Irish Game, White 

 and Grey Dorkinijs, Brahma Pootra, White Shanghai, Buff and 

 lied Dominique Shanghai, Whit© African Bantams, and Seabright 

 Bantams; all pure bred and very fine, S. SMITH, 



February, 1858,— It Darien Depot, Fairfield Co., Conn. 



