THE GENESEE FARMER. 



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New Advertisements tMs Month. 



Superior Land Plaster— French & Chappell, Rochester, N. T. 



Kedzie's Water Filter— James Terry & Co., Rochester, N. Y. 



Slxteea Tears in the Wilds of Africa— J. W. Bradley, Philadel- 

 phia, Pa. 



Hooker Strawberry PlanU— H. E. Hooker & Co., Rochester, 

 K. T. 



Chinese Sugar Cane Seed— I. W. Briggs, West Macedon, N.T. 



Dioscorea— Chinese Rice Potato — Wm. R. Prince «fe Co,; Flush- 

 ing, N. T. 



Virginia Land for Sale— John Dodson, Petersburg, Va. 



General Gifford, Jr.— Elias Teomans, Walworth, N. Y. 



Stock and Hay Scales— Forsyth & Co., Rochester, N. T. 



Manny's Patent Combined Reaping and Mowing Machine — 

 Walter A. Wood, Hoosick Falls, N. T. 



The Garden— Fowler & WeUs, New York. 



Wakeflelds Corn Planter— M. W, Simmons, Brockport, N. Y. 



The Seymour and Morgan Self-raking Reaper and Mower 

 Oombined— Seymour, Morgan & Allen, Brockport, N. T. 



Webster's Quarto Dictionary— G. & C. Merriam, Springfield. 

 Mas?. 



New Rochelle Blackberry — William Lawton, New York. 



Illinois Lands for Sale — John S. Hayward, Hillsboro', IlL 



Ornamental Tree Seeds, &c — Wm. Brown, Montreal, C. E. 



Wooden Water Pipe— L S. Hobbie & Co., Rochester, N. Y. 



Ketehum's Combined Harvester for 1858 — R. L. Howard, 

 Buffalo, N. Y. 



Sugar from the Chinese Cane — Hedges, Free, & Co., Cincin- 

 nati, Ohio. 



in the Genesee Farmer attracts more attention than a long 

 one in a crowded weeklj. It is not thrown aside as 

 soon as it has been glanced over, but is preserved for 

 reference. On this account, one insertion in a montlily is 

 about equal to four insertions in a weekly. Thus the 

 agent of Grover & Baker's sewing machine writes us : 

 " I find that we get about asmuch benefit from advertising 



in the Genesee Fanner as in the , although 



the publisher claim a circulation of fifty thousand." In 

 other words, one insertion is nearly equal to four. This is 

 undoubtedly true. The Genesee Farmer is an old and well- 

 established agricultural paper, and has the confidence of 

 its readers. We insert nothing of a deceptive character. 

 It has a very large circulation in everi/ State and Terri- 

 tory, and in all of the British Fr&vinces, — larger, we 

 believe, than that of any other similar paper in the world. 

 Under such circumstances, it is easy to get enough adver- 

 tisements to fill the few pages devoted to this purpose ; 

 but this is not our object. We are anxious to make eveTy 

 department of the paper interesting and useful, and there- 

 fore prefer short advertisements of such matter as are 

 interesting to our agricultural and horticultural readers, 

 rather than a few long ones. 



Who started thb Gestesek Farmer? — The 



Fm^mer has become such a popular and influential institu- 

 tion — has such a host of able correspondents, such a large 

 and extensive circulation, has done and is now doing so 

 much for the cause of agricultural and horticultural im- 

 provement — that several gentlemen now claim the honor 

 of starting it. N. G-oodsell claims to be the originator, 

 as he undoubtedly was the first nominal editor, while a 

 worthy gentleman of this city states that it was projected 

 by the same association of gentlemen who formed the 

 Genesee Valley Horticultural Society; and lastly, our 

 worthy and much-respected friend, Luther Tucker, of the 

 Ckmntry Gentleman, claims that the honor belongs exclu- 

 sively to him — and there can be no doubt that he was its 

 ffa-st publisher and proprietor. In a letter he has written 

 us on this subject, and which the pressure on our columns 

 alone prevents us from giving entire, he says : " The pro- 

 ject was exclusively my own — one that I had long contem- 

 plated, and which I carried into effect as soon as my cir- 

 cmnstances would permit. Not one of the gentlemen you 

 have named ever knew anything of it until it was deter- 

 mined upon, and the time fixed for the commencement of 



the paper." 



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Advertisements. — There is an unusual press on our 

 advertising columns this month. We desire to accommo- 

 date our advertising patrons, but as our space is very lim- 

 ited, we should feel obliged if they would make their 

 adverl^isements as brief as possible. A short notice 



April Premiums. — The competition for our April Pre- 

 miums has resulted as follows : 



1. I. W. Briggs, West Macedon, N. Y., $50 for 213 subs. 



2. W. Hibbard, Manchester Station, Ct., 30 



3. Jonathan Miller, Berrysburgh, Pa., 



4. W. C. Jones, Mt. Pleasant, Iowa, 



5. Thomas Magee, Johnstown, Pa., 



6. B. W. Vansise, Waterford, Pa., 



7. J. H. Hanning, Morriston, C. W., 



8. R. W. Sawtell, Woodstock, C. W., 



9. G. B. Rousseaux, Ancaster, C. W., 

 The premiums will be promptly paid as soon as the suc- 

 cessful competitors will inform us what books they wish. 

 The selection may be left to us if desired, and we will send 

 such as we think will be useful. 



Agricultural Schools. — The New American Cyclo- 

 pedia says, " The only private school exclusively devoted 

 to agricultural education, is the Westchester Farm School, 

 commenced at Mont Vernon, N. T., in the spring of 1856." 

 We are sorry to add, that if this be true, there is no such 

 school now in the United States, for the one alluded to 

 has been given up for want of adequate support. The 

 New York Tribune gave this school the benefit of its great 

 influence, as did also the Worhing Farmer, and some other 

 lesser lights ; yet, in spite of all this, the public remained 

 strangely apathetic, and the school never had the remotest 

 chance of success. The failure of this, and numerous 

 similar schools which have been started in this country, 

 warrant ub in stating that no such institutions can be self- 

 supporting. 



A Convention of Agricultural Editors.— Friend Judd, 

 of the American AgriculturUt, is desirous of having a 

 convention of all the editors of agricultural and semi-agri- 

 cultural papers, to meet sometime in June, at such place 

 as shall be deemed best. We are in favor of the proposi- 

 tion. Let us have a convention of editors, correspondents, 

 authors, and all interested in the dissemination of agricul- 

 tural knowledge. 



