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GENESEE FARMER. 



Jan. 



MARKET INT ELLIGEN CE. 



Rochester Produce Market— Wholesale. 



Wheat, 



Corn, 



Barley, 



Oats, 



Flour, 



Beans, 



Apples, bushel. 



Potatoes, 



Clover Seed, 



Timothy, 



Hay, ton, 



Wood, cord, . . 



Salt, bbl, 



Hams, lb, 



38 



38 



30 



4,50 



62f 



18 



31 



3,50 



1,00 



6,00 



2,50 



1,12 



6 



87^ 

 25 



4,00 

 1,25 

 8,00 

 3,50 



Pork, bbl, .... 10,00 11,00 



Pork,cwt, 3,50 4,00 



Beef, cwt, 2,50 



Lard, lb, 6 



Butter, lb, 10 



Cheese, new lb., 5 



Eggs, doz, 14 



Poultry, 5 



3,00 



Tallow, 

 Maple Sugar,.. 

 Sheep Skins, 

 Green Hides, lb 

 Dry " .--- 

 Calfskins, 



[By Magnetic Telegraph.] 



New York, Bec. 30.— 8 P. M. 



The market remains quiet for Flour at |3 50a5 56|.— 

 The sales have been quite limited ; holders are not gener- 

 ally very firm. In wheat I hear of no sale* except 2000 bu. 

 Illinois at $1 04; Genesee stands at $1 15«1 16. Old 

 Corn 80a82ct8 ; new 73a78 for fine quality. Sales lo,000 

 bu Barley nominally 62^ Oats firm at 40a43 cts. Pork is 

 firm at $ 10 25a8 37^ tendency upward. Butter in good de^ 

 mand. Sales 100 bbls inferior Lard at 6 cts. Ashes $4 75 

 a5 50. Freights are stiff. A ship taken for Ireland at 20d 

 for Corn. Bufffalo, Dec. 30, 



The harbor and canal is free from ice. Wheat was ship- 

 ped yesterday for the Rock by canal. 



There was a sale of 4000 bushels Southport wheat to a 

 Black Rock miller at 75c, seller paying storage. Flour may 

 be quoted at $3 75 ; some holders are asking $4. 100 bu. 

 •clover seed was taken at $8 75. 



1847.] 



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[1847. 



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GENESEE FARIHER, 



A MONTHLY AGRICULTURAL AND HORTICULTURAL JOURNAL : 

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Improved Implements, Farm Buildings, Domestie 

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Contents of this Number. 

 The New and the Old Year, 9 



Young Men's Ag. Association and School, 10 



Ag. Address, by S. B. Woolworth, A. M.; Wheat,... 11 



The Analysis of Soils, 12 



Form of a Constitution for an Ag. Association ; Farm- 

 ing in Winter, - 13 



Laboratory Conversations, 14 



Cooking Food for Animals ; Prolific Corn ; Bees, 15 



The bad economy of burning green fire-wood; Laconics, 16 

 Letter from Seneca County; Buckwheat ; Yankee En- 

 terprise, - 17 



The Farmer, his positions, &c., 18 



Preserving Hams ; Butter ; Huge Ox ; Castration of 



Animals, - 19 



Spanish Merino Sheep ; To Correspondents ; Our New- 

 Volume ; Rochester Flour ; Flouring in St. Louis,.. 21 



Monroe Co. Ag. Society, _• 22 



N. Y. State Ag. Society ; Wayne Ag. Society ; Guide 

 in Buying a Horse ; To destroy Lice on Cattle ; Beer 



making in England 23 



Western N. Y. Ag. School ; Dr. Reynolds' Bee-Hive ; 

 Apples for England ; Florida Olives ; Acknowledg- 

 ments, 24 



horticultural department. 



The three Best Pears, 2-5 



Gray Doyenne Pear ; The Ice House , 26 



Public Pleasure Grounds, &.c 27 



Review of the "Trees of America," 28 



Review of " Prince's Manual of Roses ;" Horticultural 

 Society, 29 



ladies' DrfPARTMENT. 



Sponge Cake ; Buckwheat for Coloring ; For the La- 

 dies ; The Wife 30 



