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GENESEE FARMER 



Mar. 



3IARKET INTELLIGENCE. 



Roche<"ter Produce Market — Wholesale. 



Wheat, 



Com, 



Barley 



Oats, 



Flour, 



Beans, 



Apples, bushel. 



Potatoes. 



Clover eecri. 



Timothy, 



Hay, ton, 



Wood. cord. . - 



Salt, bbl 



Hams, lb 



51) 

 4,7 r, 

 1,7.> 

 7,0U 



y,')!i 

 l.li 



1,12 



53 



3,00 



a,oo 



3,00 



V. M. 



; market 



[lit/ Mugndic Telegraph.] 



Nk« Vokk, Feb. 21- 



Pearls are uji to $5,G2.i n |5.71 : .s.iles 4!) I)hl 

 continue.s sieudy. 



gales 4000 bbl.s. rionr ; Gencce $7 for export, nnd 1100 

 do. Oswego at f^'i.^i. To nrrive in JMay, 2tJ00 bWs. Gene- 

 see, sold at i|?6. There were some sales mixed !Mi<-liigan at 

 $6,87i, and 400 do. round hoop Indiana at |ti,(j9. 700 bbls. 

 fancy Genes."e ut $7,50. 



Meal is ^c:\rcQ for early delivery ; to arrive in March it is 

 worth $-3 ; .--lies 1000 since the steamer at .$5, 12.J. 



.4 sale GOO bbls. IJye tlour, to arrive at the opening of riv- 

 er to .\lb;iny ai .s4,75. 



Corn r-.itlicr heavy ; sales 30,000 bu. ranged from 07 els. 

 to $1. For [iarcel>i corn near at hand, ,$1. A lot of 20,000 

 i)U. to arrive on the opening of canal at 75 cts.; and some 

 5000 do. from the head of river at 90 cts. Sales 1500 do. 

 old cut for distilling at 93 cts. 



Barley is neglected. 



Sales 1G,0''J bu. Oats to arrive from Albany at 44 for ex- 

 port. Oals on the spot 50 cts. and scarce. 



Pork is quiet; .sales 500 bbls. at $13 a $15. Sales 60,000 

 lbs. pickled hams at 9.J cts.: 22 hhds. marked hams at Hi 

 cts. ; and 2!I0 city 12 cts. 



Prime Lard firm ; sales 700 kegs at 11 cts. 2000 do. and 

 400 tierces lOj a lOJ 



1000 packages Cheese 7h : Butter in good demand at 14 

 and 24 cts. 



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Contents of this Number. 



To Correspondents ; Allen's American Agriculture : 



Report of the Ohio State Board of Agriculture, 57 



Hop Culture, 58 



Transactions of the American Agricultural Association, 59 



Maple Sugar, 60 



Hints for the Month ; Price of Breadstuff's : American 



Journal of Ag. and Science ; European Agriculture, 61 

 Importance of Experimenting ; Scientific Farming ; 



Large Cattle ; Asparagus, 62 



A new disease in Grasses ; Potato Rot, .-. 6.3 



The Starving in Ireland ; Agricultural Information 



Wanted; A Curios.'t •, 64 



Bone dust as a Manure ; Shelters for Stock ; Plant 



Trees, - 65 



Saxon and Merino Sheep ; Cleaning Clover Seed ; 



Wood Ashes, 66 



Chess, a new case of Transmutation ; A few words 



about Chess ; Origin of the Upas Tree Story 67 



Meteorological Observations ; Preservation of Fence 



Posts; Agricultural Ware House, 68 



Broad or f:it-taiied Seep : Buckthorn for Hedges, 69 



N. v. State Ag. Society ; Cultivation of the Cranber- 

 ry ; Corn in New Jersey ; Bees,_ 70 



horticultural department. 

 Hint-i for tlie Month ; Questions about the Plum tree, 



Curculio, &c. , 71 



Horticultural Premiums for 1847 ; The Northern Spy ; 



To Correspondents, 72 



Golden Rcinette ; Early Joe Apple, --.. 73 



Fruit Trees — Destructian of Insects, Culture, Grafting, 



&c. ; Transplanting Evergreens, 74 



Culture of the Quince ; Woodpeckers ; New Pear, ... 75 



ladies' department. 

 Farmer'.^ Daughters, .- 7t> 



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