THE GENESEE FARMER. 



New Advertisements this Mouth. 



Leavenworth's Corn IIusker-^Alanson Brown and E. D. Hal- 

 lock, Eochester, N. T. 



Iland-Book of Fruit-Culture— Fowler & Wells, New York. 



Hallock's Cross-Cut and Circular Saw Mill Combined — E. D. 

 Hallock. Eochester, N. Y. 



Union Nursery — Chas. Moulson, Eochester, N. Y. 



"Wooden Water Pipe— I. S. Hobb'e & Co., Eochester, N. Y. 



Stock and Hay Scales — Forsyth & Co., Eochester, N. Y. 



Trees, Plants, &c.— Wm. E. Prince & Co., Flushing, N. Y. 



Lawton Blackberry— Wm. Lawton, New York. 



Trees, Plants, and Vines— J. H Boardman, Brighton, N. Y. 



Superior Dwarf Pear Trees — T. G. Yeomans, Walworth, N. Y. 



Old Eochester Nursery — S. Moulson, Eochester, N. Y. 



Fruit Trees for the Southwest— M. B. Bateham & Co., Colum- 

 bus, Ohio. 



Agents Wanted — James Challen & Son, Philadelphia, Pa. 



Lawton Blackberries — A. Williams, Fayetteville, N. Y. 



Fruit and OrnaTiental Trees— L. K. ScoSeld & Co., Elgin, 111. 



Birdsall's Patent Improved Clover Thresher, HuUer, and Clean- 

 er Combined — J. C. Birdsell, West Henrietta, N. Y. 



Farm in Southern Michigan for Sale — Charles Belts, Burr Oak, 

 Michigan. 



Currant Bushes lor Sale — Chas. Dubois, FishkiU Landing, N.Y. 



Pure Bred Sheep and Swine at Auction — W. S. G. Knowles, 

 Guelph, Canada West. 



As the leisure season of the year is approaching, and 

 farmers will have more time to read— and as there ai-e 

 thousands who are not now taking any agricultural paper, 

 we wish to say to each reader of the OtMsee Farmer that, 

 for the purpose of introducing the paper, we will take 

 subscriptions for the last quarter of the present year. 

 For twelve cents, in postage stamps, we will send the 

 paper to any address from October to December inclusive; 

 and for ojie dollar, we will send ten, copies, together with a 

 Rural Annual, to the person getting up the club. 



The subscribers need not all be at one Post Office. 

 We wiu send mem wnerever the members of the club 

 desire. 



We are publishiug the clieapest agricultural and horti- 

 cultural paper in the world — we are trying to make it the 

 BEST ; and with the aid of out' host of able, practical cor- 

 respoudents, we hope to succeed. But to carry out our 

 plans, we want 07ie htnidred thousand subscribers. To at- 

 tain this result, the aid of every one of our friends is indis- 

 pensable. If they will show the paper to their neighbors, 

 and take and forward their subscriptions, they would do 

 their neighbors and ourselves a great favor. How is the 

 ti'tne to take this matte)' in hand. No farmer — -and especi- 

 ally no farmer's son — should be without an agricultural 

 paper, to read during the long evenings now approaching. 

 To such, our friends may confidently recommend " The 

 Farmers own Paper." It is so cheap that all can afibrd 

 take it, even if they are already taking some other 

 papers. 



We shall print several thousand extra numbers of the 

 October number, and can supply all demands. Let us 

 lnjar from you immediately. 



Western New York Fruit Growers Society.— This 

 Society convened in this city September 29. The nur- 

 serymen — who compose the greater part of the more 

 active portion of the society — are particularly busy atthi* 

 season, and the attendance was not as large as usual. 



The subjects proposed for discussion were : 



1. StocJcs. — Their influence ; and the propriety of select- 

 ing or rejecting the different stocks commonly (or uncom- 

 monly) used, for pear, plum, peach and other fruits. 



2. Pears. — Can they be grown profitably for market; 

 and if so, in what way and under what circumstances * 

 What is the most frequent cause of failure in pears ? 



3. Peaches. — Can they be grown profitably for market 

 in Western New York? What are the most hardy sortsf 

 Which are the most reliable for crops in unfavorable sea- 

 sons? 



4. Grapes. — Best varieties, and the best mode of culti- 

 vation. 



5. Apples. — Best andmosfjprofitable varieties for West- 

 ern New York. How to destroy the apple borer and othei' 

 enemies? 



The discussion was confined principally to the culture 

 of pears and grapes, and elicited little that was new or 

 interesting. The society adjourned the same evening. 

 The subjects are important ones, and we should be glad if 

 some of our correspondents would discuss them through 

 the pages of the Farmer. 



There was a fair show of fruit for the season. L. A. 

 Ward, of this city, exhibited some magnificent Sheldon 

 pears — weighing probably 12 ounces each. Elias Cot, 

 of Irondcquoit, N. Y. showed some remarkably fine Onon- 

 daga and Flemish Pmuties. W. Bhocksbank, of Hudson, 

 N. Y., presented nine varieties of native grapes, among 

 them some splendid bunches of Diana and Isabella — some 

 of the berries of the latter measuring three inches round. 

 E. C. Feost, of Havanna, N. Y., showed magnificent speci- 

 mens of the Wagener apple and King of Tompkins Co. 



Read the Advertisements. — We have again this month 

 an interesting advertising department. Business men ai-e 

 beginning to find out that the Geiiesce Farmer ha.^ not on\j 

 a very large circulation, but that it is read by intelligeDt 

 practical farmers and fruit growers — men ever willing to 

 patronize anything which commends itself to their notioe. 

 By excluding everything of a doubtful character, we hope 

 to merit the confidence of our readers, while we are satis- 

 fied that our extensive circulation will secure a contina- 

 ance of advertising patronage. 



In this connection, we may be allowed to allude to the 

 fact that the Genesee Farmer has now nearly three times ax 

 inany subscribers as when it came into the possession of its 

 present publisher. This unparalleled success is mainly 

 due to those true friends of rural improvement who have 

 acted as voluntary agents in obtaining subscribers, as well 

 as to those who have so ably contributed to its columns. 

 It will be our constant study to merit a continuance o< 

 their favor, as well as to compensate them for their disin- 

 terested efforts in our behalf. 



Subjects foe Prize Essays. — Next month we shall 

 offer a list of subjects for Prize Essays, and shall esteem 

 it a particular favor if our readers will name some sub- 

 jects on which they desire information. They must be 

 sent in by the seventeenth of the present month, at tho 

 latest. Will our friends attend to this matter ? We want 

 a good list 



