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THE GENESEE FARMER. 



vote our energies and efiforts to improve those already 

 published. There are fewer agricultural paj^ers now than 

 there were five years ago. There is a tendency to cen- 

 tralization, and all the efforts of "local" papers cannot 

 conviuce intelligent farmers that this is a mistaken move- 

 ment. A local paper, with a limited circulation, cannot 

 be sustained except at a high price; and all will admit 

 that it is unadvisable to adopt any system that .enhances 

 the cost of knowledge. 



Th3 Rural Annual and. Horticultural Directory far 1859. 



The fourth volume of the Rural Annual and Horticul- 

 tural Directory is now published. Considerable care has 

 been exercised in its preparation. It is believed to be 

 fully equal if not superior to any of its predecessors in 

 intrinsic merit, while it is printed on superior paper * 

 abundantly illustrated, and got up in a style which renders 

 it an ornament to any farmer's table. No farmer or fruit-' 

 grower— no rural resident— should be without it. 



It contains one hundred and twenty-eight pages, and 

 abounds with practical information interesting and useful 

 to all who cultivate the soil, or who are interested in agri- 

 cultural or horticultural improvement. 



Among its articles are valuable treatises, vrritten for its 

 pages by men of experience, on Underdraining Orchards 

 and Gardens; Fruits of the Ohio Valley, including apples, 

 pears, peaches, plums, grapes, strawberries, raspberries, 

 blackberries, gooseberries, currants, &c., by A. H. ErnstT 

 of Cincinnati ; British Breeds of Cattle ; Cultivation of 

 Ruta^bagas; On the Management of Ducks, Geese, and 

 Swans, by C. N. Bemext ; Cultivation of Fruit Trees in 

 Pots under Glass ; Training Wall and Espalier Trees ; 

 Cultivation of Dwarf Pear Trees ; Ornaments for Dried 

 Flowers; Domestic Recipes; Thinning Fruit on Dwarf 

 Pear Trees ; Cultivation of Jerusalem Artichokes, by J. 

 H. BixBT ; Cultivation of Hyacinths, Crocusses, and other 

 bulbous plants; List of Fruits recommended by the 

 American Pomological Society at its last session, held in 

 New York, September, 1858 ; Calendar for 18.59, &c., &c. ; 

 the whole appropriately and beautifully illustrated with 

 excellent engravings on wood. Price 25 cents. Sent 

 pre-paid by mail to any address, on receipt of price. 



Every reader of the Genesee Farmer should have a copy 

 ot the Rural Annual. In order to induce oiir friends to 

 form clubs for the Farmer, the Rural Annual and Genesee 

 Farmer will be sent to clubs of eight for fifty cents. In 

 other words, eight copies of the Farmer for one year and 

 eight copies of the Rural Annual will be furnished for $4, 

 together with an extra copy of the Rural Annual to the 

 person getting up the club. See our List of Premiums 

 for 1859, on another page. 



We pre-pay the postage on the Rural Annual in all 

 cases, so that subscribers will receive it free of all postage. 



Read What is said of the Genesee Farmer, 



One of the best papers in the country.— Fjmniner 



One of the oldest and ablest agricultural papers 

 United States.— Gazette. 



The Genesee Far^,er should be an inmate of every j 

 er s dwelling.— r/ie Elevator. 



The Genesee Farmer is the cheapest periodical o 

 kmd m the country.— Freeport (III.) Jovrual. 



One of the oldest, ablest and most reliable agricul 

 journals in the conntry.— Burlington ( Vt.) Sentinel. 



We recommend our farmers to procure the Gi 

 Farmer. It is one of the finest agricultural papers i 

 country. — Sentinel. 



The Genesee Farmer is one of the oldest and best 

 cultural journals in the world. Every number is a 1 



Cerdralia {III.) Press. 



The Genesee Farmer is still what it has long been 

 of tlie vtnj hixt agricultural -papers extant. Every fa 

 would profit by reading it— Register. 



Evert nnmher is reallv worth, to the agriculturist 

 wishes to profit by the experience and knowledj 

 others, double the tvhole year's subscription.— iJe^/, 

 Intelligencer. 



The Genesee Farmer for last month is on onr table 

 nsua!, it is full of useful communications from pr:i( 

 individuals in various parts of the country.— J////, 



{C. W.) Messenger. - . 



This old and reliable agricultural work should be it 

 hands of every person who takes an interest in the 

 ing and care of stock, or has anything to do with a t 



— Prairie City Chronicle. 



There is no periodical published, that affords so n 

 really valuable reading for the price, (only fifty cei 

 year,) as the Genesee Farmer. No farmer should be v 

 out \t.—Hvrnellsville {W. Y.) Tribune. 



There is probably no agricultural journal that h 

 circulation, in all parts of the country, anything ti 

 compared to the Genesee Farmer — AnA wherevel- i 

 taken it is highly appreciated.— ^«/^/tfc^ozt./i {Miv Je7 

 Lxctlsior. 



This old and sterling farmers' newspaper for Noven 

 IS on our table. It is full of most excellent mattei 

 great interest to the farmer. Probably no agricult 

 paper in the world is more ably conAuctcdi.—Eenrv 

 {III.) Dial. ^ 



There are few New Yorkers with whom the Gei 

 Farmer is not a "household word." We remember i 

 one of the first papers we ever read, and we were alw 

 deeply interested in its contents. It is a thoroughly p 

 tical tarm journal.— ilifo {111.) Advertiser, Nov lo,' l8 



No similar journal has such an extensive list of cor 

 pondents. Its editorial articles are written with rare 

 crimination and talent, evincing a thorough knowledg 

 the various branches of agriculture. * * No inti 

 gent farmer now thinks of doing without an agriculti 

 paper, and the Geuesee Farmer, in the language of 

 publisher, "is so cheap that all can afford to take 

 We think no farmer can afford to he without it. — Roche 

 Democrat, A'ov. 15, 1858. 



To ouH Agents.— If any of our friends have not received 

 the Rural Annual for getting up a club for the Farmer, 

 we hope they will inform us, and it shall be forwarded 

 immediately. Mistakes frequently occur, which are very 

 annoying to our readers. These are sometimes our fault 

 and not unfrequently the fault of the Post Office Depart- 

 ment. We are, however, always willing to send papers 

 or books over again, without charge. 



To OUR Friends Everywhere. — We will gladly s» 

 specimen copies of the Genesee Farmer, and handso 

 show bills for 1859, to any of our friends who aredispo; 

 to act as agents in procuring subscribers. 



Missing Numbers. — If any of our subscribers ha ' 

 failed to receive, or have lost any numbers of the Fa7T. \ 

 for this year, we will most cheerfully furnish them. 



Show-bills. — Those of our friends to whom we se 

 show-bills, will greatly oblige us by posting them in so! 

 conspicuous place. 



