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GENESEE FARMER. 



June. 



MARKET INTELLIGENCE. 



Rochester Produce Market— Wholesale. 



1,62^ 

 G3 



Wheat, 

 Corn, - . 



Barley, 



Oats, 45 



Flour, ■- - 7..50 



Beans, 

 Apples, bushel 



Polaloes, 



Clover Seed, 



Timothy, 



Hay, ton, 



Wood, cord,-- 

 Salt, bbl,.... 

 Hams, lb, 



87 



50 



50 



4,00 



1,50 



8,50 



'2,50 



1,06 



7 



Rochester, May 26, 



1,00 

 75 



3,50 



8 

 1847 



fork, bbl, mess 15,00 



Pork, cwt, 5,00 



Beef, cwt, 5,00 



Lard, lb, 8 



Butter, lb, 10 



Cheese, old, lb., 7 



Eggs, doz, 8 



Poiillrv, 7 



Tallow, • 9 



iMaplo Sugar,.. 

 Sheep Skins, 

 Green Hides, lb 

 Dry " -.-- 

 Calf Skins, 



8 

 75 1, 



7 



[By Magnetic Telegraph.^ 



New York, May 25—7 P. M. 



Ashes.— The demand for Pots is fair at .f 5 a $5,09, ac- 

 cording to tares with sales 250 bbls. Pearls $6,10, with 

 sales 50 bbls. 



Floor and Wheat. — The inquiry has continued good for 

 flour, but the advance has been checked and a little re-ac- 

 tion took place. The market is perhaps 6d lower than the 

 highest point of yesterday. The receipts of flour since Fri- 

 day are 50,000 bbls. The demand to-day has taken all the 

 receipts, say 10,000 to 12,000 bbls. at $8,75 a 8,81i with 

 occasionally a parcel of Michigan at $8,62. 



Grain. — There are but few samples of wheat ofiering, 

 and the only sale is 2000 bu. Ohio at $2. Corn was in 

 moderate supply, and the market was scarcely so firm. The 

 aalcs are some 25,000 bu. at $1,10 a $1,15 for mixed and 

 yellow; at the cljse yellow would not bring over $1,12 a 

 1,13. 



The sales for future delivery reach 75,000 bu. at $1,03 

 for June, and 95 cts. a $1 for July and August. Rye is 

 heavier with sales 5 or 6000 bu. at $ 1,43 a $1,47. Nothing 

 doing in Barley. Oats retailing at 72 a 73 cts. Sales 10, 

 000 bu. at 7 ) cts in one lot. The demand for beans and 

 peas continues, and 1000 bu. sold at$l,l8| for field, and 

 $1,375 for Alarrowfat Peas. 



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 and see what can be done among your agricultural friends. 



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A Word to Farmers. 

 Sage & Brother have received a very fine 



assortment of Agricultural Works, peculiarly adapted to the 

 intelligent cultivators of the earth, who combine science 

 with labor, and thereby render their farms doubly productive. 



The works are from the pens of Downing, Fessenden, Ken- 

 drick, Thomas, Buel, Youait, Clater, and a host of others, 

 who have lived and written for the good of the agricultu- 

 rist, and proved themselves benefactors to their race. 



Call and see at No. 40 BulFalo, corner State Street. 



Rochester, June 1, 1847.— 3t. 



Sale of Short Homed Cattle. 



In consequence of becoming over-slocked, I will offer for 

 sale, at Auction, at my ref^idence in the town of Auburn, t)n 

 Wednesday, the 8ih day of September next, forty head of 

 tliuroiigh bred IShort Horned Cattle — consisting of about thir- 

 ty Cows and Heifers, and ten young Bulls. 1 shall select 

 from my whole herd one Bull, " Sy lunieiry,'' tv.o Cows, 

 and two Heifers, which 1 shall not olli r fur sale. The bal- 

 ance, being about forty, will he sold wUliniit reserve. 



'IMie original cows of this herd were sell cted from the best 

 of the herds of the lute Patroon Van Rensselaer, Fran- 

 cis RoTCH, and L. F. Allen, Esqs., whose reputation as 

 breeders of fine stock requires no eulogy from me. The 

 younger stock were bred with much care from my Bulls 

 Archer and Symmetry, both of vvliich have received the 

 prize as the best Bull at the Exhibitions of the New York 

 State Agricultural Societ /. Archer was bred by Francis 

 KoTCH, Esq., out of his iamous imported cow " Adaliza," 

 and got by "Rolla," (see Coats' Herd Book, No. 4991.) — 

 Symmetry was bred by Geo. V/il, Esq., of Troy, out of 

 his Cow Dutchess, and got by his Duke of Wellington, (see 

 Coat's Herd Book. No. 3654, or American Herd Book, No. 

 55,) both of which he imported from the herd of Thomas 

 Bates, Esq., of Yorkshire, England. Full pedigrees of all 

 the Cattle w ill be printed and ready by the 1st of July. — 

 They can be had by applying to A. B. Allen, New York ; 

 Luther Tucker and B. P.Johnson, Albany ; Office of the 

 Genesee Farmer, Rochester ; L. F. Allen, Black Rock ; 

 or at my residence. 



Also, 1 will sell ten three-fourths and half bred Cows and 

 Heifers. 



After the sale of the above Cattle, I will sell at Auction, 

 one hundred Merino Rains, ten to fifteen South Down Rams, 

 sixty Merino and thirty grade Merino Ewes. The Ewes 

 will be sold in pens of three. 



That gentlemen not acquninted with my P.ock of Sheep 

 may form some opinion of their value, I make the following 

 statement, viz ; 1 have taken five clips of wool from my 

 Sheep. The clip of 1846 averaged a fraction over four Iba. 

 per head ; this was the largest. One of the five clips I sold 

 at thirty-nine cents, the other four 1 sold to one Manufactur- 

 ing Company at different times, at forty cents per lb. — all at 

 my own hovse. 



Terms of the sale. Cash or approved endorsed notes, pay- 

 able at the Bank of Auburn, at three months with interest. 

 J. M. SHERWOOD. 



Auburn, Cay. Co., N. Y., June 1, 1847, 



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. 



Contents of this Number. 



Study the Soil, 1^ 



Draining Lands, 131 



The Distribution of the Inorganic Matter in Vegetables, 132 



The True Law of Population, 133 



The Farmer — his position, &c., J34 



Winter-killed Wheat — Draining, 135 



On Growing Corn ; Fences, 136 



Chess — Transmutation of Oats, (fee. ; Eagle C Plow ; 



To grow Peas free from Bugs, 137 



A Plea for the Birds, - 138 



Disease in Grasses, &c. ; Diseases in Swine — Inquiry; 



Cultivation of Cranberries on upland soils, 13J 



Met ormick's Patent Reaper, A Good Corn Cultivator ; 



Agricultural Implements,.. 148 



Hints for June; To Correspondents; Choice Neat Stock 



for sale; Analysis of Soil, 141 



Premium List of N. Y. State Ag. Society, 143 



To Wool Growers; Transportation of Cattle and Sheep 



on Railroads, 143 



horticultural department. 



The Season— Fruit Crops. Hints, &c., 144 



The Urbanistc Pear ; To Correspondents, 145 



Plants for Flower Beds and Borders ; Laying out and 

 Planting Front Gardens; Growing Grapes and Peach- 

 es from Seed, 146 



Enormous Grape Vine; Orchards,... 147 



A Valuable Invention; Horticultural Societies, 148 



ladies' department. 

 Floriculture; Hani Biscuit, 149 



Steam Press of Jerome & Brother. 



