THE GENESEE FARMER. 



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This old and reliable agricultural work makes its ap- 

 pearance upon our table as regularly as the month comes 

 round. It should be in the hands of every person who 

 takes an interest in the raisina; and care of stock, or has 

 anything to do with a farm. — jRrairie City {Rl.) Chronicle. 



The Geneaee Farmer is one of the oldest and best estab- 

 lished agricultural journals in the world. It is hand- 

 somely printed in pamphlet form, and is full of everything 

 interesting to the farmer. Every number of it is a feast. 

 Sample numbers can be seen at our office. — Weekly Prestt, 

 Cetitralia, III. 



This is one of the oldest and ablest agricultural papers 

 in the United States. It is printed monthly, in pamphlet 

 form, and contains 32 pages — making, at the end of each 

 year, 324 pages of valuable agricultural matter. Price 50 

 cents per year. Subscriptions received at this office, 

 where a specimen copy may be seen. — Eemselaer (III.) Gas. 



The Genesee Farmer should be an inmate of every farm- 

 ei''s dwelling. It treats of the practical afl'airs in hus- 

 bandry, and teaches of the useful, as well as of the orna- 

 mental. The price of this journal is but fifty cents per 

 annum. Where farmers can secure as valuable a journal 

 as this, for the mere trifle of four shillings, and do not 

 avail themselves of the privilege, one would think that it 

 is almost impossible to see good crops on their farms. — 

 77ie Flesator (Fa.) 



The Genesee Farmer, published at Rochester, N. T., is 

 one of the finest agricultural papers in the country. The 

 first article in the February number is upon natural and 

 artificial draining, very ably written and finely illustrated 

 by sixteen wood cuts representing the drains in the 

 ground in their different forms. This article alone is 

 worth the price of the Fanne)' for a year; published 

 monthly, for .50 cents only. We recommend our farmers 

 to procure it immediately. — Waltha7n {Mass.) Sentinal. 



Wb have repeatedly commended this Agricultural 

 Monthly to our readers; and we are glad to learn that an 

 inquiry is beginning to be made for it. Several copies 

 have been ordered by us for parties in the country. At 

 the request of the publisher, we have consented to act as 

 agent tor the Farmer for the current year. The low price 

 at which it comes, and the valuable articles on agriculture, 

 &c., which it contains, ought to commend it to the pat- 

 ronage of New Brunswick farmers generally. — licli^ious 

 Ititelligencer, St. Johns, N. B. 



It is the opinion of pcrsens well qualified to give a crit- 

 ical and reliable opinion, that the Genesee Farmer was 

 never before so well conducted and worthy the attention 

 of those for whose especial behoof it is published ; and 

 that, all will admit, is very high praise. The variety of 

 topics, and the experience and ability brought into their 

 discussion, are distinguishing features. Mr. Harris is an 

 accomplished practical agricultural chemist, who has en- 

 joyed unusual advantages for the acquisition of a thorough 

 "knowledge of his science. We commend the Farmer to 

 all who cultivate a rood of ground in country, village or 

 OLiy.— Rochester Bern., July 22, 1858. 



One of the most noticeable features of the Gene-^ee 

 Farmer is the great number of communications received 

 from experienced farmers and fruit-growers in all parts of 

 the United States and Canada. Each number contains 

 nearly fifty such communications. They add greatly to 

 the interest and value of the paper. There is another 

 novel feature in the Farmer. If any of the readers of the 

 paper desire information on any particular subject — as for 

 instance on the cultivation of wheat — the editor offers a 

 prize of a dollar book for the best essay on this subject. 

 One hundred and fiftif-eigJd prize essays have already been 

 published in the ^Parmer. This plan of calling out the 

 experience of farmers and fruit-growers originated with 

 Mr. Harris. It has proved a great success — it has more 

 than doubled the circulation of tlie paper. 



The Genesee Farmer is now in its twenty-eighth year. 

 Published in one of the finest wheat and fruit-growing 

 aections in the country, it has always enjoyed an extensive 

 circulation, not only in Western New York, but through- 

 out the Western, Eastern and Southern States. The pub- 

 lisher informs us that it has now subscribers in every 

 State and Territoay, in all the British Provinces, (it has 

 over two thousand in Canada West alone,) in England, 

 Ireland, Scotland, and the Sandwich Islands. Such a 

 paper is a credit to our city. Long may it wave. — Bochm- 

 ter {K Y.) Democrat & American. j 



Ami^ican PoMOLOGiCAL SociETT.— -The Seventh Session 

 of this National Institution will commence at Mozart 

 Hall, (363 Broadway, in the City of New York, on Tues- 

 day, the 14th day of September next, at 10 o'clock A. M., 

 and will be continued for several successive days. 



Among the objects of the meeting are the "followiuo- : 

 To bring together the most distinguished Pomologists'of 

 our land, and, by a free interchange of experience, to col- 

 lect and diffuse such researches and discoveries as have 

 been recently made in the science of Pomology — to hear 

 Reports of the various Stale Committees and other dis- 

 trict associations — to revise and enlarge the Society's 

 catalogue of Fruits — to assist in determining the syno- 

 nyms by which the same fruit is known in America or 

 Europe — to ascertain the relative value of varieties in 

 different parts of our country — what are suitable for par- 

 ticular localities — what new sorts give promise of beinir 

 worthy of dissemination — what are adapted to general 

 cultivation ; and, especially, to concert measures for the 

 further advancement of the art and science of Pomoloo-y. 



The remarkable and gratifying progress which has re- 

 cently been made in this branch of rural industry, is in no 

 small degree attributable to the establishment and salu- 

 tary influence of our Horticultural and Pomological Soci- 

 eties, the proceedings of which have been widely promul- 

 gated by the Piess. A great work has been already per- 

 formed, but a greater still remains to be accomplished. It 

 is, therefi^re, desirable that every State and Territory of 

 the Union and the Provinces of British America should be 

 ably and fully represented in this Convention, and the 

 Pomological, Horticultural, and Agricultural Societies 

 within these limits, are hereby requested to send such 

 number of delegates as they may deem expedient. Nur- 

 serymen, Fruit growers, and all others especially inter- 

 ested in Pomology, are also invited to be present," and to 

 participate in the deliberations of the meeting. 



Held as this Assembly will be, in the great commercial 

 emporium of our country, easily accessible from all parts 

 of this continent, and at the same time when the Conven- 

 tion of the Agricultural Press will be in session, it is an- 

 ticipated that the attendance will be larger than on any 

 former occasion, and the beneficial results proportionablV 

 increased. 



In order to increase as mnch as possible the utility of 

 the occasion, and to facilitate business, members and del- 

 egates are requested to forward specimens of fruits "Town 

 in their respective districts, and esteemed worthy of no- 

 tice ; also, papers descriptive of their mode of cultivation 



— of diseases and insects injurious to vegetation of 



remedies for the same, and to communicate whatever may 

 aid in promoting the objects of the meeting. Each con- 

 tributor is requested to make out a complete list of his 

 specimens, and present the same with his fruits, that a 

 report of all the varieties entered maybe submitted to the 

 meeting as soon as practicable after 'its organization. 



For the purpose of eliciting the most reliable informa- 

 tion, the several Fruit Committees of States, and other 

 local associations, are requested to forward to Hon. Sam- 

 uel Walker, General Chairman of the Fruit Committee 

 Roxbury, Mass., or to P. Barry, Esq., Secretary of the 

 Society, Rochester, N. Y., a definite answer to each of the 

 following questions, at an early date, and prior to Sep- 

 tember 1st: 



What six, ticelve and twenty varieties of the Apple are 

 best adapted to a family orchard o{ one hundred trees, and 

 how many of each sort should it contain? What varie- 

 ties, and how many of each, are best for an orchard of one 

 thousaiul trees, designed to bear fruit for the market ? 



What ti.c and tv:elve varieties of the Pear are best for 

 family use on the Pear stock? What varieties ou the 

 Quince stock ? What varieties, and how many of each of 

 these, are best adapted to a Pear orchard of one Mindred 

 or of 07ie thousands trees ? 



What are the .nx and twelve best varieties of the Peach 

 for a family orchard? What are the best varieties, and 

 how many of each, are best adapted to a Peach orchard of 

 mie hundred or oi one thousand trees V 



Answers to these questions should be made from relia- 

 ble experience, and with reference to the proximity or re- 

 moteness of the market. 



Societies will please transmit to the Secretary at an early 

 day a list of the Delegates they have appointed. 



Gentlemen desirous of becoming members can remit 

 the admission fee to Thomas P. James, Esq., Treasurer, 

 Philadelphia, who will turnish them with the Transactions 



