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GENESEE FARMER. 



May. 



MARKET INTELLIGENCE. 



Rochester Produce Market— Wholesale. 



Wheat,. 



Corn, 



Barley, 



Oats, 



Flour, - - 



Beans, 



Apples, bushel. 



Potatoes, 



Clover Seed, 



Timothy, 



Hay, ton, 



Wood, cord,.. 

 Salt, bbl,...- 

 llams, lb, 



1,18^ 

 4(5 

 44 



5.50 



'87 



25 



38 



4,00 



1,50 



8,50 



2,50 



1,0« 



6 



1,00 



.37 



50 



4,50 



2,00 



3.50 



Pork, bbl. 



Pork, cwt, 



Beef, cwt, 



Lard, lb, 



Butter, lb, 



Cheese, old, lb., 



Eggs, doz, 



Poultry, 



Tallow, 



Maple Sufjar,.. 

 Sheep Skins, 

 Green Hides, lb 

 Dry " -... 

 Calfskins, 



12,50 



4,00 



5,00 



7 



10 

 6 

 10 

 7 

 7 

 8 

 75 

 3.^ 

 7 



Rochester, April 27, 1847. 



[Sy Magnetic Telegraph.'\ 



New York, April 26,-7 P. M. 



Fi.ouR AND Meal — Not much doing, and the market not 

 very firm. On the spot sales of Flour to the usual extent 

 at $7 75 a $7 oT^. — The former for Troy and Western, at 

 which they were freely oil'ered at the close, t'or lots to ar- 

 rive there were some buyers, but at rarher low figures : to 

 arrive by 15th May, $6 62.^ was bid : the sales were 4000 

 bbls. Genesee in May at $o 50 ; 2000 do. in June at $6 a 

 $6 25, and .500 do. in August at $5 75. 



Sales 600 bbls Alexandria and Georgetown, $7 44 a $7 50. 



For Mkal there are more buyers than sellers at $4 50; — 

 5000 bbls Jersey, North River and Brooklyn at $4 56i. 



Rye Flour $5 12|, and quiet. 



Grain — Nothing doing in wheat ; no samples in market. 



For Corn but little inquiry , tlie market is weak — about 

 15,000 bush yellow sold at 92 a 95 cts, and 500U do. while 

 mixed at 90 a 93 cts ; about 30,000 bu. sold on private terms. 



Sales 7000 bush Barley at the opening of canal at 70 cts. 



Oats are firm, but less active ; sales 6 to 8000 bushels at 

 49 a 50 cents. 



PUBLISHERS' NOTICES, 



To Post Masters, Agents, &c. 

 We request all Post- Musters to act as Agents for the Far- 

 mer, according to our club terms. Also such other persons 

 as feel an interest in extending the circulation of the Far- 

 mer, and thus promoting Improvement in Agriculture, Hor- 

 ticulture, and their kindred sciences. We shall feel truly 

 grateful to any and all persons who will lend their assist- 

 ance. Any person sending us 16 subscribers, (remitting 

 $6,) shall receive an extra copy gratis — or a bound volume 

 of the Farmer for 1846. 



To Clubs. — Any Post Master or other person who has 

 sent us eight or more subscribers, will be furnished with 

 any additional number ol copies at the club price— 37| cents 

 each. W^e hope those who have formed clubs, will bear 

 this in mind, and forvvardihe subscripiions of such as may 

 hercalter want the Farmer. Back numbers can be 8up[died 

 — so that ah may have the entire volume. 



{0= Our agents and friends will y)lease bear in mind 

 Ihat we ofi'er, as a premium, (in addition to the per centage 

 allowed to clubs,) a bound volume of the Farmer for 1846, 

 or an extra copy of the current volume, to any person for- 

 warding 16 subscribers, (remitting $6, post paid or free.) 



^y We cnn furnish vobimes 6 and 7 of the Farmer, 

 (the only ones published uniform with the current volume, ) 

 either bound or in sheets. The previous volumes which 

 we hiivo on Iviad, (4 and 5 hound together, in boards,) are 

 not suitable for sending by mail. 



Agent at Lyons.— Mr. E, Hopkins, Periodical Agent, 

 is our authorized agent at Lyons, Wayne county. Mr. H. 

 will furnish back volumes (bound,) and also receive sub- 

 scriptions for the current volume. 



Short Advertisements, which correspond with the 

 Agricultural and Horticultural character of this paper, will 

 be inserted at the rate of $1 per square of 12 lines, or 100 

 words. To secure an insertion, advertisements and notices 

 fibould be in hand 10 days previous to publication. 



Monroe County Agricultural Society. 



The Members of the Monroe Co. Agricultural Society 

 will please remember that the Society adjourned on the 8th 

 December, 1846, to meet at the Office of the Genesee Far- 

 mer, [in Tulman block, Buffalo .street,] on the first Tues- 

 day in June, 1847, — at which time and place said meet- 

 ing will be held. By order of the President, 



May 1, 1847. J. H. WATTS, Rec. Secy. 



Plows, Water Lime and Plaster for Sale ! 



N. T. Rochester, & Co., General Agency, 



Commission, Storage and Forwarding Business — dealers in 

 Scotch and American PIG IKON, Lehigh, Erie and Bloss- 

 burg COAL, Sand, Clay, &.C., &c., No. 69 Exchange st., 

 [p= Have for .sale LAMPORT'S IRON BEAM PLOW, a 

 superior article, warranted. Farmers are invited to call, 

 and examine, and try them. 



Also, Chittenango Water Lime— and they will be 

 prepared, immediately after opening of canal navigation, 

 to furnish Farmers in this vicinity with Wheatland 

 Plaster, from mills of Philip Garbutt. 



Fairbanks Platform Scales, of all sizes, continually 

 on hand and for sale. 



Hames, from Messrs. Rice «&Childs, of York, Livingston 

 county. NATH'L T. ROCHESTER, 



HENRY E. ROCHESTER, 

 Rochester, April, 1847. JONATHAN CHILD. 



Choice Pear Trees. 

 Ellwanger & Barry ofFer for sale, in addi- 

 tion to the stock of their own growth, one thousand beautiful 

 Pear Trees for pyramids — ^just receivad from Europe — in fine 

 condition for planting. 'I'he assortment includes the moat 

 scarce and estimable varieties. Orders should be sent in at 

 once. 



E. & B.'s new catalogue of Green House plants is just 

 published, and will be sent gratis to all post paid applications. 



Spanish Merino Sheep. 



For Sale. — A few choice Merino Sheep, 



bucks and ewes, of undoubted purity of blood, and a qual- 

 ity that will give satisfnctiim to purchasers. They can be 

 sent west, by canal, at the subscriber's risk. 

 Cornwall, Vt., May 1, 1847. ROLLIN J. JONES. 



[nx" Persons in Western New York who are entitled to, 

 and have not received. Diplomas and Premiums in money, 

 awarded at the last P'air of the N. Y. State Ag. Society, 

 will please notify Joseph Alleyn, at the office of the City 

 Treasurer, in Rochester, who will see that they are for- 

 warded, &c. 



Rochester Collegiate Institute. 



The Summer Term of this Institution will commence 

 on Monday, May 10th, 1847. 



Contents of this Number. 



Corn Cultore, . 105 



The Culture of Potatoes ; Running into Debt, 107 



Potato Disease, ..-.,.. 108 



Carrots and Rowen ; Calico Corn ; Small Farms, 109 



Saxon and Merino Sheep, 110 



Bone Manure, 111 



Life in the West — Farming in Michigan, 112 



Stone Wall ; Park's Niagara Patent Reversed Bee-Hive; 



Destroying Sorrel, IP' 



Culture of Indian Corn ; Hedges and Fencing, 114 



The Value of Ashes and other Manures, 115 



Hints for Miy; Webster Ag. Association, 116 



Foreign Demand for BreadstufTs ; A hint about Corn ; 



N. Y. Stale Ag. Society ; To Correspondents, 117 



Premium List of N. Y. State Ag. Society, 118 



HORTICULTURAL DEPARTMENT. 



Pruning, (with illustraiions,) 120 



'J'he Fruits and Fruit Trees of America ; Successful 

 Planting ; Rapid growth of a Plum graft ; Transac- 

 tions of Mass. llort. Society, 121 



Pear Tree Blight, 122 



Woodpeckers, (or sap-suckers,) 123 



LALIES' DEPARTMENT. 



Fanners' Daughters, again ; Watering Plants, 124 



Steam Press of Jerome & Brother, 



