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THE GENESEE FARMER. 



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



Beef, per 100 lbs., . . . 



do mess, per bbl.,. 

 Pork, per luO lbs., . . . 



do mess, per bbl... 



LarJ, per lb., 



Butter, do 



Cheese, do 



Flour, per bbl., 



Wheal, per bush., . . . 

 Corn, shelled, per bu.. 



Bye, 

 Oats, 

 Barley, 

 Clover Seed, 

 Timothy Seed, 

 Flax Seed, 



Hay, per ton, 



"Wool, per lb., 



Wood, hard, per cord 



do 

 do 

 do 

 do 

 do 

 do 



NEW YORK, 

 Mav 24th. 



$10.5(1 1 



6.75 



IT.OO 



.11 



.15 



.06 



4.00 



.82 



.63 



.67 



..50 



.59 



4.20 



2.00 



1.63 



7.40 



.24 



$11.50 



7.50 



17.50 



.11'-. 



.23 



.08 



7 50 



1.25 



.76 



.70 



.47 



.63 



4.60 



2.25 



1.75 



10.00 



.42 



PHILADELP'IA. 

 May 24th. 



$15.00 @ $17.00 



18.00 18.50 



.11^ .13 



.12 .16 



4.87 

 .80 

 .64 

 .66 

 .37 

 .60 



4.25 



6.00 

 1.25 



.71 



.68 



.40 



4.37>,' 



1.55 

 ".27" 



1.60 

 ".45' 



KOCUESTEPv, 

 May 25th. 



$4.50 @ $6.00 



6.00 

 16.00 



.11 



.14 



.07^ 

 4.00 



.37 



.55 



.48 



.86 



.40 

 8.50 

 2.00 

 1.00 

 7.00 



.20 

 4.50 



6.00 

 17.00 



.12 



.16 



.09 

 5.50 

 1.00 



.69 



.50 



.37^ 



.50 



4.00 



2.50 



1.12X 



11.00 



.30 

 5.50 



CHICAGO, 

 May 24th. 



J9.00 @ $11.00 



5.00 

 IG.OO 



.15 



.06 

 2.25 



.60 



.38 



.50 



.25>r 



.25 

 450 

 1.50 



.70 

 4.50 



5.75 



17.50 



.10>- 



.18 



.10 



5.25 

 .90 

 .50 

 .53 

 .29 

 .35 



5.00 



1.75 

 .90 



7.00 



TOEONTO, 

 May 22d. 



LONDON, ENG., 

 May 5th. 



$6.00 @ $7.00 



.25 



8 60 

 .70 



4.15 

 .90 



.55 

 .30 

 .30 



4.50 

 1.50 



.82 



.45 



5.00 



1.75 



4.00 



6.50 



12.00 



.16 



4.00 



17.00 

 4.50 



$8.25 @ $15.00 



10 50 



15.00 



.13 

 .19 

 .13 



5.23 



1.17 



1.02 



.84 



.03 



.78 



5.00 



.17 



.28 



.15 



6.00 



1;53 



1.05 

 .90 

 1.02 

 1.17 

 7.25 



1.74 

 "'.26 



l.SO 

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CONTENTS OF THIS NUMBER. 



Experiments on the Growth of Barley by different Manures, 



Special Manures 



Americao Agricultural Books— No. 3 



The Rothanisted Experiments 



Suirgested Items— No. 21 



Nolos for the Month, by S. W 



Wakefield's Hand Corn Plantei 



How to make bad Batter — 



The Good seUs the Bad 



Wheat turning yellow in the Spring 



An Extensive'Farmer '■■• 



Beans as a Field Crop 



Piisturing Sheep in Orchards 



The Subjects fur Prize Essays 



Preparing Fire Wood in the Fall 



Management of Permanent Grass Land 



Lojk to the Couch Gr.ass 



The Way to have good Roads 



Cultivation of Corn 



When should Timothy be cut? 



Potato Eyes for Seed 



A Few Thoughts on Agriculture 



Experiment in feeding Cooked rs. Raw Com 



Fencing 



Clearing Bush Land 



Chewed Com Stalks and Mad Itch ■ ■ • • 



Chip Manure ^^'■^ 



Harrows and Harro\>ing • • ■ • 



Racks for feeding Cattle 1=^) 



India Rubber Taps on Boots during Ilaymg 



Feeding Calves 



A Boy on the Mowin" Machine Question 



Cnltivation of Sweet Potatoes 



C'lrn Travel 



Do we stir the Soil too much ? 



How does Water get into Drain Tiles ? ■ ■ • • 



Plans of Farm Houses l-^i 



Plan of an Octagon House 



nORTICULTUR.VL DEPARTMENT. 



Cheap Luxuries • ;; ■ • • • • 



What is the Cause of the Failure of so many Trees sent out 



by Nurserymen ? 



The Rural Annual 



Cultivation of Tomatoes 



Cultivation of the Peach 



Shelter for Orchards 



Pruning and Cultivating Apple Orchards 



Pegging down Plants 



Tobacco and the Plum Curculio 



To dcstrov the Curculio 



Wire for Grape Trellises 



Cultiv.ate the Soil around Fruit Trees 



Large Purple Egg Plant 



Pruning Peach Trees 



The Truffle ■ 



Caterpillars on Fruit Trees 



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LABIES DEPARTMENT. 



Original Domestic Receipts, Ip2 



Ladies, Write for the Genesee Farmer US 



What are the Proper Duties of a Farmer's Wife? .... , 193 



editor's table. 



■ To our Agents and Friends everywhere 194 



Eead the Advertisements 1"4 



Two valuable Grasses 194 



Summer Exhibition of the Genesee Valley Hort Society 194 



Deferred Communications 194 



Convention of Agricultural Editors 195 



The Horticulturist 195 



Notices, Items, etc 195 



Inquiries and Answers 195 



illustrations. 



Harrows — three figures 1-2 



Racks for Feeding Cattle— two figures ■ . 1?3 



Plans of Farm Houses— three figures 1-4, I80 



Octagon House ■ 1^5 



Plans of do 1^5 



The Truffle 192 



MORGAN HORSE ZACHARY TAYLOR, 



SIRE Gen. Gifford by sire Gifford Morgan, will stand this sea- 

 son at the stable oi' the subscriber, in the northwest corner f 

 the town of York, Livingston county, N. Y""., 4 miles east of 

 South Le Rov. 



gs^= TE 1: MS— $6 to insure. Persons disposing of mares before 

 foaling, to be held for the services of the horse. 



DANIEL D. McVEAN. 

 York, N. Y., June, 1858.— It 



GENERAL GEBTORD, Jr. 



THIS beautiful Morgan Stallion may be found the coming sea- 

 son at the stable of the Subscriber, in Walworth. He is a 

 beautiful chestnut, with no marks. Took the First Premium at 

 the State Fair, and can'i be beaten anywhere, not even excepting 

 his splendid sire old General Gifford. 



ELIAB YE0MAN3, 

 May, 1858.— 2t* Wa'worth, Wayne Co., N. Y. 



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