*200 



GENESEE FARMER. 



Aug. 



How TO MAKE Currant Wine. — Break and 

 squeeze the currants; put three pounds and a half 

 of sugar to two quarts of juice and two quarts of 

 water. Put in a keg or barrel. Do not close 

 the bung tight for three or four days, that the air 

 rnay escape while it is fermenting. After it is! 

 done fermenting, close it up tight. Where rasp- 

 berries are plenty, it is a great improvement to 

 use half raspberry juice, and half currant juice. 

 Brandy is unnecessary when the above mention- 

 ed proportions are observed. It should not be 

 used under a year or two. Age improves it. — 

 Mrs. Child's Frugal Housewife. 

 We give the above in answer to inquiry of S. 



Training of Children. — The instruction of 

 your children cannot commence too early. — 

 Every mother is capable of teaching her chil- 

 dren obedience, humility, cleanliness, and pro- 

 priety of behavior; and it is a delightful circum- 

 stance that the first instruction should thus be 

 c-ommunicated by so tender a teacher. It is by 

 L'ombining affectionate gentleness in granting 

 what is right, with judicious firmness in refusing 

 what is improper, that the happiness of children 

 IS promoted, and that good and orderly habits 

 are established. If children are early trained to 

 be docile and obedient, the future task of guiding 

 ihern aright will be comparatively easy. — Nich- 

 ols. 



Several articles from correspondent are de- 

 :%rred, for want of room, until next month. 



MAKKET INTELLIGENCE. 



Rochester Produce Market— Wholesale. 



Acknow ledgm«nts. 



Wi; continue, tliis month, our list of acluiowledgments 

 — giving the names of those persons who have forwarded 

 Z3 subscribers or over. It would afford us pleasure to add 

 the names of numerous friends who have procured from 5 

 to liJ subscribers, each — but are unable to do f3r want of 

 "ample room and verge enough." All, however, will 

 please accept our hearty thanks for their substantial favors. 



Wheat,. $1 00 1 12 



Corn, - 



Barley,- 



Oata, 



Flour, 



Beans, 



Apples, bush. 



Potatoes, 



Clover Seed,. 



Timothy, 



Hay, ton, 



Wood, cord,- 



Satt, bbl, 



Hams, lb, 



63 



50 



40 



5 50 



75 87 

 50 



4 50 



1 50 2 00 



9 0<1 

 2 00 

 1 06 



7 



Pork, bbl. mess 15 00 



Pork, cwt., ... 

 Beef, cwt., ..- 



Lard, lb., 



Butter, lb.,... 

 Cheese, lb., .. 



Eggs, doz, 



Poultry, 



Tallow, 



Maple Sugar, . 

 Lamb Skins,.. 

 Green Hides, lb 

 Dry 

 CalfSkina, 



5 00 



5 00 



8 



12 



7 

 9 



O' The Wool Market is about the same as last month. 

 Prices range from 20 to 40 cents. 

 Rocheater, July 39, 1847. 



New York Market. 



[By Magnetic Telegraph.^ 



New York, July 00—7 P. M. 



Flour akd Mhal— Before steamer's news was received market 

 firm at 5 75 for Genesee, and good demand for tilling contracts. 

 Western 5 50 for strait brands. Steady demand. After the ad- 

 vices per Waphington were received the market became unsettled 

 and holders generally withdrew from the market. There were 

 some sellers of Genesee at 6 25, and Michigan at $6, and buyers 

 offered $6 for Genesee to some extent. The only sales are 500 

 bbls. western at $6 next week, and another small parcel Mich, at 

 same liguro. A contract for 1000 bbls. Genesee was settled at 

 $6,25. There was a fair inquiry, but an indisposition on the part 

 of holders to meet buyers. Sales 400 New Orleans at $4,75. After 

 chanfrs the market was tirm and meal was held up at $4 for Jersey. 

 A sale of 400 bbls. was made before the news at $2,87 for western. 



Wheat was in fair demand before the Washington arrived, and 

 pricee without change. A s;»le of 3000 bu. fair red Illinois $1,02; 

 •2000 do New Orleans $l,20,and 600 or 700 new imported Genetiee, 

 the first received this season, supposed at $1.31^;' for milling.— 

 Com was selling before the news at 59 a 60 for heated, e2>i for 

 mixed, and 64 a 65 for flat yellow, but holders afterwards advanced 

 their demajid to 75 cts. for round, -70 cts. for flat yellow, and 66 a 

 68 ct,s. for mixed. The aggivgate sales of the day were 30,000 bu 

 of which about 10,000 were sold after the steamer at 663-2 to TO cts. 

 for flat yellow. Round could be bought at the close at 71 a 72 cts. 

 Oats are more plenty and a cargo sold at 50 cts. In Rye nothing 

 done. Sales 2000 bu. barley at 55 cts. 



The improved feeling in Pork continue*. Tendency upward. — 

 Sales 600 bbla. at $12.50 for prime, $15.25 for mess. At the diose 

 $15.25 was refxised for metis. Salos 500 bbls. old at 12 and 15 for 

 prime and mesa. Beef without movement. In cut meat,s some- 

 thing doing. Sales 108 t.w. and 100 bbls. hams at 7>ij' a 1% cts.— 

 63 tea. shoulders at 6V cts. Butter, fair demand. 



Contents of this 3r umber. 



To Correspondents; Notices of Agricultural Books, &:c. 177 



Cheese Dairies, ITS 



Ammonia, ^ 179 



Action of Lime on Soila, 180 



Plant more Trees; Deep and thorough Tillage,. 181 



Hydralics for Farmers, 182 



The Farmer, hia position. &c., 134 



Fenoet) ; Hedges and Fencing, 186 



Agricultural Education.. 187 



Description and Illustrations of a Pennsylvania Barn,. 188 



A New Term— Stercology, _: 189 



Merino Sheep, 190 



Comparative weight of Fleece and Carcass ; Early sow- 



ingof Wheat, 191 



Hints for August ; Experiment in making Pork, 192 



Agricultural Fairs for 1847 ; Soils and Timber ; HaJI 



at Wyoming, 193 



New York State Agricultural Society, 194 



HORTICULTURAL DEPARTMENT. 



Horticulture in the West, 195 



Riiising of Pea iN uts, 196 



The Cherry Plum; Culture of Sea Kale 197 



Exhibition of the Horticultural Society of the Vallley 



of the Genesee ; Buffalo Horticultural Society, 198 



ladies' depaftme.vt. 

 Makiag Preserves, Polishing; Making Butter; Dairy 



Utenii's. ( reen Corn Puddinp, To Ueslroy Red AMb, 199 



To make Cu'niat Wiae; Trainin-: of Childicn, 2(W 



