8S4 



THE GENESEE FAPwMER. 



Prices of Agnriculttiral Frodncts at the Principal Markets in the United States, Canada and England. 



NEW YORK, 

 Nov. 2nth. 



PHILADELFIA, 



Nov. 20th. 



KOCIIESTER, 



Nov. 20th. 



CHICAGO, 



Nov. ISth. 



TORONTO, 

 Nov. 19th. 



LONDON, ENG., 



Nov. IsL 



Beel per lOU lbs., 



do mtiss, per bbl.,.. 



Pork, per lUU lbs., 



do mess, per bbl.... 



Lard, per lb., 



Butter, do 



Cheese, do 



Flour, per bbl., 



Wheat, per bush., 



Corn, shelled, per bu., 



Bye, 

 OziB, 

 Barley, 

 Clover See<!, 

 Timothv Seed, 

 Fiax Swd, 

 Hay, ]>ur ton,. 



Wool, per lb., 



Wood, hard, per cord 



do 

 do 

 do 

 do 

 do 

 do 



.?4..50 @ 



9.75 



6.50 



17..'i() 



.10>* 



.Vi 



.08 



4.20 



1.00 



.n 



.70 

 .44 



.75 

 5.35 

 2.00 

 1.C5 

 Ii.OO 



.33 



$6.50 

 i 2.U0 



7.00 

 17.62 



*.ll 

 .25 



SCO 



1.40 



.90 



.78 



..50 



.90 



6.00 



2.30 



1.75 



10.00 



.65 



$10.00 @ $1-2.5!) 



!f;4.50 @ $5.00 



14.00 

 .11 

 .12 

 .08 

 4.25 

 1.16 

 .70 

 .75 

 .44 



17.02 



.17 



6.75 



1.40 



.78 



.83 



.46 



5.00 

 16.00 



.11 M 



.16 



.07 

 4.5J 

 1.18 



.55 



.42 

 .69 



6.00 



18.00 



.12 



.18 



.09 



6.00 



1.25 



6.87 

 2.00 

 1.70 



6.00 



2.12^ 



1.72 



7.00 io.(;o 



.30 .65 



3.00 4.75 



jieo 



9.00 



3.75 



14.00 



.09 



.09 



.07 



3.50 



.60 



.60 



.55 



.35 



.45 



4.50 



1.75 



1.00 



6.50 



.24 



$3.00 



lu.oo 



4.25 

 15.00 



.09>^ 



.15 



.09 

 5.25 

 1.08 



.53 



.60 



.53 



.65 



5.00 



1.80 



1.25 



10.00 



.35 



.?3.50 @ $4.25 



$8.50 @ $18.00 



4 25 

 18.00 



5 00 



9 50 



11.50 



.15 .25 



.09 .10 



4.25 e.-'iO 



1.10 1.30 



.60 

 .24 

 .65 



.13 

 .19 



5.04 

 1.11 

 .90 

 .90 

 .03 

 .78 

 6.50 



.82 

 .15 

 6.00 

 1.41 

 1.02 

 1.08 

 1.02 

 1.29 



1.53 



11.00 16.00 



.20 .23 



4.00 4.50 



.26 



1.68 

 ".2S" 



COlffTENTS or THIS NUMBER. 



Scientific Nonsense 861 



Indian Corn for Export 862 



Lime applied to soils S63 



Wintering calves and colts 30 1 



Siieep and wool 3lj4 



Planting potatoes in the same bill with corn 805 



Kitidness to Dotaestic Animals 005 



Beautify your Homes SCO 



Ic'j-house — A cheap Plan 8C7 



Importance of shelter for Stock 303 



Notes for the Month, by S. W 3(iS 



<iross and net weight of Sheep 309 



The Manajrement and Application of Barn-yard Manure.... S7o 



Oorn in Indiana 370 



Hints worth Heeding 370 



Mules vs. Horses 870 



HORTICDLTOBAL DEPARTMENT. 



Horticulture— Present and Future 371 



Culiivalion of small Fruit 372 



Aintriean wild Plums 373 



Half-hardy Uoses — Winter Protection 373 



The Apple tree Borer 373 



LADtES DEPARTMENT. 



Hints to lovers of Coffee 374 



Original Domestic Receipts 874 



editor's table. 



Close of the Volume 875 



Local Aa^ricultural Papers 375 



The Rural Annual and Horticultural Directory for 1859 370 



To our Agents 3T6 



tiead what is said of the Genesee Farmer 376 



To our Fricuils Everywhere 376 



Missing Numbers 376 



Show-bilis 876 



A Word to Young Men 377 



Woman's Best Friend 378 



The Geucsec Farmer for 18.-j9 812 



Inquiries and Answers. 877 



Noiices of Books, Pamphlets, &c 877 



ANDRE LEROY'S NURSERIES, 



AT ANGERS, FRANCE. 



TH E Proprietor of these Nurseries — the most extensive iii 

 Euro|ie, has the honor to inform his numerous friends and 

 the public, liint his Catalogue of Fruit and Ornamental Trees, 

 Shrubs, Roses, Seedlings, Fruit Stocks, <fcc., for the present season, 

 is now ready, and at their disposition. 



The experience which he has acquired in the last ten years by 

 numerous and important invoices to the U. S., and the special 

 cultures which he has established for that market upon an area of 

 over 300 acres, are for his customers a sure guarantee of the 

 proper and laithful execution of their orders. 



Apply as heretofore, to F. A. BRUGUIERE, 188 Pearl Street, 

 New York, his sole agent in the U. S. 



Note.— All advertisements or circulars, bearing the name of 

 LeflOY, Angers, must not be considered as emanating from our 

 House, if they do not at the same time, mention that F. A. 

 BuncuiEEE, is our agent. Address. 



F. A. BRUGUIERE, New York, 



September, 1858.— 4t. ANDRE LEROY, Angers, France. 



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