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GENESEE FARMER. 



Sept. 



Sheep and Wooi> in Wyoming County. — 

 A late number of the Westcra New-Yorker, 

 published at Warsaw, says: — "The whole num- 

 ber of sheep in our county two years since was 

 about one hundred and ninety-three thousand six 

 hundred and four. The amount is now probably 

 10 per cent. more. The town of Middlebury 

 then had -21, .560; Perry 19,784; Covington 15,- 

 988; Attica ir>,777; Pike 18,.538; Warsaw 1.5,- 

 735; &c. All the remaining towns a less num- 

 ber. The whole number of yards of woollen 

 goods made at the different factories is set down 

 at 65,518; value of manufactured articles -$51,- 

 358; value of raw material used .'S>23,880. The 

 factory of Utter, Day & Co., located in this 

 town, manufactured nearly 26,000 yds. of cloth, 

 and used about •'§9,000 worth of raw material. — 

 Our markets for wool have been many this sea- 

 son. Attica, Wyoming, Warsaw, Gainsville, 

 Pike, Perry, &c.; besides much of the wool, in 

 the eastern part of the county has found a mar- 

 ket at Geneseo; and north of us some have sold 

 lo buyers from Elba, Genesee county. There 

 has been at the lowest estimate, (and it proba- 

 bly exceeds this,) 500,000 lbs. of wool sold this 

 se:"ison by the farmers of our county. Admitting 

 the sales to average 28 cents per lb. which will 

 hot vary much, if any, trom that, the amount of 

 money paid out for wool will be one hundred 

 andforlfi thousand dollars. A nice little sum 

 to be scattered broadcast over our county." 



MARK ET IN TELLI GENC E. 



Rochester Produce Market— Wholesale. 



Wheat, %\ 06 



Corn, 



Barley, 



Oats 



Flour 



Beans, 



Apples, bush, 



Potatoes, 



ClovtT Seed,. 



Timoihy, 



ilay, ton, 



W^ood, cord,- 



Sait, bbl, 



Tlums, lb, 



50 

 44 

 31 



5 25 

 75 

 12 

 81 



4 50 



1 50 

 8 00 



2 00 

 1 19 



8 



1 09 

 53 



33 



f!7 

 37 



2 00 

 10 00 



3 00 



10 

 Rochester, Aug. 28, 1847. 



Pork, bbl. niess 15 00 



Por 



Beef, cvvt., 



Lard, lb., 



Butter, lb.,... 

 Cheese, lb., .. 



Eggs, doz, 



Poultry, 



Tallow, 



Maple Sugar, . 

 Lamb Skins,. . 

 (Jreen Hides, lb 

 Dry 

 Calfskins, ... 



4 5!J 



3 00 



9 



5-00 



4 00 



10 



14 



(i 



A New Mode of Preparing Cream for 

 Chtjrning. — When cream is being collected for 

 churning, as soon as the first skimming is put in- 

 to the vessel, add at the rate of half a pint of vin- 

 egar to each gallon of cream. Suppose you churn 

 six gallons at a time, and collect only one gallon 

 per day, put si.x: half pints of vinegar in the ves- 

 .sel, at once, to the first day's cream, and so in pro- 

 portion to any other quantity. Let all the vin- 

 egar for the whole churning be added to the first 

 collected cream. I had this from a friend who 

 supplies a large quantity of butter of the best 

 quality to one of the crack shops at the west end. 

 — Gardeners'' Cronicale. 



Mince Pies. — Boil a beef heart gently in water 

 till very tender ; then fake it out, and chop it very 

 fine; add to it enough common molasses to moisten 

 it ; plenty of spice, cinnamon, nutmeg, allspice 

 and cloves. Put it in a stone pot, and keep it in 

 a cold place. It will keep all winter, and make 

 richer pjes than when first prepared. Other 

 pieces of beef will do instead. 



To Cure Warts or Corns. — Take the yolk 

 of an egg, thicken it witli fine salt, which apply 

 as a poultice at night, leaving it off in the morn- 

 ing. Thus continue for two or three nights, un- 

 til the part alFectod bears a whitish appearance, 

 then leave it off entirely, and the wart or corn, 

 it is said, will come out, root and branch. 



Bfe-»v Yorlt Market. 



[By Magnetic Telegraph.] 



NEW YORK, August 27-7 P. M. 



Fi.ovR AND M EAi^-The demand has been good —the market steady . 

 P'resh Genesee is selling at $5 75 a 5 87% : Oawego 5 69, according 

 to brand. Mich. $5 50a5 62J^. Kound hoop in less demand, 

 steady at $5 50 a 5 87'^. Reseipts about 1200 bbls. Sales are 6 to 

 65C0. including 3000 Oswego at $o &Z}i : 2500 Genesee at 5 75 ; 800 

 brls sour flour at 4 37 a 4 56. Mciil steady at $2 62)< a 2 87>2'. Rye 

 tiour 4a4 25. 



Ghain— Inquiry continnes good for wheat. Quotations steady. 

 Sides 2000 bu. Genesee at $1 30 ; good do mixed Ohio at 1 20 : 

 4000 do fair red western at 1 15. and 4000 do inferior at 1 05 a 1 07, 

 all for milling. Com not very_ active, but the tendency of the 

 market is upward. Sales 25.000 at 73 a 74 for mixed. 75 a 76 for 

 nearly yellow and flat yellow, and 77c for round yeUow. Rye- 

 demand good. Sales 7 or 8000 bu at SOc. for new to arrive, and 9"! 

 a'JZa for old on the spot. 



A small sjile of barley at iiOc. Oats are lower, New Northern 

 48 a 50. Old 53 a 55. S-ales 1600 bis mess beef for government pur- 

 poses, about $13. 500 bis good lard 10';,' a lO.V— 400 packages Ohio 

 butter ll'j a 13c. Pork heavy. E;.:glish Linseed Oil sold at 65o. 

 50 bLs clover 7%. timothy 16a-18.— Flax seed 1 40k'. 5000 lbs Gin- 

 seng 32 a 33. 4O00 lbs beeswax 34c. 2500 bis Whiskey 28>4 a 28>i. 

 Market didl. Sugar V to .^j of a cent lowt r. on low grades, and ."^c 

 on sugar grades. — Low qualities of molassf>s 2c cheaper. Higher 

 grades steady. Coffee steady. Sterling firm. 6% a 7. Freights 

 ls6d and 7d to Liverpool. 



AsHF.s— Market is steady ; $5. 5 25 for pots. 



Contents of this Number. 



To Correspondents ; Notice of Silliman's Chemistry ; 



Hints for September, 201 



Dietetics, 202 



Thorough Draining — Irrigation; Charcoal; Analysis of 



Soils — Agricultural School, 203 



Salt for Plum Trees, 204 



Hessian Fly; Plowing only once for MTieat ; Seeding 



with Timothy after Barley, 20S 



Blight in Timothy; Hjdraulici for Farmers, No. 2,... ^0 i 



Ill(i.slrations of Montgoliier's Kam, 207 



Fence Making ; Improvement in Hemp Brakes, 208 



lllustraiions, iitc. of Holcomb's Hemp and Flas Gin,.. 209 



Farming, &c., in the West, 210 



Deep Plowing; Soaking Seed — The '• Farmer," Black 



and While Paints ; Medicine for Hog.«, 211 



Mr. Vail's Premium Cow "Lady Barrington 3d," 212 



Fair of the State Ag. Society; Fairs for 1847 ; Winter 



Killed Wheat, 213 



Lstteis from Chautauqu — Vgricultural Geology, &c.. 214 



Saxon and Merino Sheep; Stone Rope, 215 



Items f.om S. W. of Seneca County; Slobbers in Hor- 

 ses; New era in navigation; To relieve colic in horses, 21G 

 How to use Straw as Manure; Gates, to prevent Oxen 

 hauling apart ; Recijje for making Black Ink, 217 



HORTICULTURAl. DEPARTiMENT. 



The Insect Blight, 218 



The Double Crimson Currant, (illustrated ;) The Red 

 Astrachan Apple, (figured,) 219 



Strawberries; Horticultural Societies and Exhibitions, 220 



Notice of the '• Fruits of America;" The Paradise Ap- 

 ple Stock; Acknowledgments, 221 



Protection of Fruit Trees against late Frosts ; Experi- 

 ment in Budding. 222 



ladies' department. 

 Cheese Making ; Recipe for making Yeast ; Baked 

 Fish, 223 



