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GENESEE FARMER. 



Nov. 



(0= The subjoined extracts from letters received since 

 the commenoement of the present volume, show the esti- 

 timation in which the Genesee Farmek is generally held. 

 We have received many similar evidences of approval and 

 encouragement from almost every section of the Union ; 



A staunch friend at Romulus, N. Y., in a letter contain- 

 ing a remittance for 21 subscribers, thus speaks of the Far- 

 mer : — "In answer for myself that the last volume was 

 worth more than any previous one in my opinion. If I am 

 not mistaken I have been a subscriber to the Farmer for the 

 last 16 years, and lam satisfied that it has had an influence 

 upon me, and from it I have derived many new ideas in the 

 science of agriculture. I believe if it had been read by 

 every farmer in Western IVew York, (though he might not 

 have more than two acres of land to cultivate,) the quanti- 

 ty ef produce would have been increased 20 per cent — and 

 the quality, as a general rule, would have been much im- 

 proved." 



After sending us ahontyifty subscribers to the present vol- 

 ume of the Farmer, (from an office to which only a few 

 copies were sent in 1846,) a mercantile firm in Orleans 

 county write as follows : — "In urging the claims of your pa- 

 per we have found many farmers prejudiced against " book 

 farming," aud all our arguments to induce them to become 

 subscribers have proved unavailing. We have also found 

 others " ;oo poor" to take the Farmer ; others again have 

 "no time to read" — while a few have "no eyes." We 

 hope, however, that the eyes of many will yet "be opened 

 to see the importance of a more thorough system of farming 

 than has yet attained among us. This we think your pa- 

 per calculated to effect, and we (although merchants,) are 

 willing, so far as we can, to assist in its circulation." 



A subscriber at Oberhn, Ohio, says :— I luTve a deep in- 

 terest in the " Farmer," believing it to be one of the instru- 

 ments which are securing great good to the world. I re- 

 joice in the prospect of the agricultural profession taking 

 its proper place among the other professions. You are en- 

 gaged in a great as well as delightful work. Formerly, I 

 obtained a number of subscribers for the Farmer. I think 

 more of it now than I did then— that is, it has lost nothing 

 by changing hands. I think I may do something more by 

 way of obtaining subscribers." 



In renewing his subscription, an able farmer, residing in 

 Geneseo, says : — " I wish to continue the Genesee Farmer 

 another year, considering il as I do the best Agricultural Pa- 

 per now extant. I am very much gratified to see the im- 

 provements which are being made in agriculture, (a busi- 

 ness which was considered of quite minor importance but a 

 few years ago, ) and sincerely hope that it may attain the 

 highest rank in the land." 



An old subscriber at Lockport, N. Y., in remitting for two 

 years subscription, says: — "I have been a subscriber to the 

 Genesee Farmer since its commencement in 1831. I have 

 delayed sending payment for the present volume in hope of 

 obtaining more subscribers for your excellent journal, which 

 I consider of ?!ioie value, for this latitude, than any other 

 published in this country. The indifference of our farming 

 community to reading is lamentable. I shall continue my 

 efforts, and hope yet to send you a few names as subscri- 

 bers." 



An intelligent farmer of Truxton, Cortland county, in a 

 letter containing a remittance for 19 copies of the Farmer, 

 iiiys : — " I have obtained these within the last two weeks 

 without making any unusual effort, only asking my neigh- 

 bors when I saw them to take the Fanner — the paper re- 

 commending itseJf. I shall probably obtain more subscri- 

 bers, in the course of the winter, as I know of several who 

 have taken the last volume, who, if asked, will doubtless 

 take the present." 



Our Cortland friend takes the right course. If each of 

 our subscribers will show the Farmer to his neighbors, and as/c 

 them to subscribe, the usefulness of the paper may soon be 

 greatly increased. 



Monroe County Agricultural Society. 



The Annual Meeting of this Society, for the election of 

 Officers, &c., will be held at the Office of the Genesee Far- 

 mer, in Rochester, on the second Tuesday (the 14th day) of 

 December next, at 10 o'clock, A. M. A punctual attend- 

 ance is requested. 



Nov. 1, 1847. JAMES H. WATTS, Rec. Sec'y. 



MARKET INTELLIGENCE. 



Rochester Produce Market— Wholesale. 



Wheat $1 



Corn, 



Barley, 



Oats,- 



Flour, 6 



Beans, 



Apples, bush. 



Potatoes, 



Clover Seed,- 4 



Timothy, 1 



Hay, ton, 10 



Wood, cord,- 2 

 Salt, bbl,.... 1 



Hams, lb, 



Rochester, Oct. 



1 31 



50 



00 6 25 



75 87 



12 37 



25 



50 



50 2 00 



00 13 00 



00 3 00 



75 



10 lOj 



28, 1847. 



Pork, bbl. mess 15 00 16 00 



Pork, cwt.. 

 Beef, cwt., ... 



Lard, lb., 



Butter, Ib.,..- 

 Cheese, lb., -. 



Eggs, doz, 



Poultry,- 



Tallow, 



Maple Sugar, . 

 Lamb Skins,-. 

 Green Hides, lb 

 Dry 

 Calfskins, ... 



10 

 3 00 



9 

 12 



5^- 

 13 



6 

 10 



7 

 62 



4 



5 00 



4 00 



10 



16 



6 



New Yorli Market. 



[By Magnetic Telegraph.} 



New York, Oct. 27.-3 P. M. 



Ashes.— Pearls are up to $8,121^. Sales of alleffering. Pots $6, 

 50. Sales 100 barrels to arrive. 



Flou« and Meal,— Market rather active. Transactions reach- 

 ed 7 or 8000 bis, including 2000 bis of Oswego for England, at $6,50 

 1000 bis. Mich., old, from store, at $6,50. $6.25; and 1000-bIs. Gen. 

 deliverable in all the year at $6,37J.^. This figure was offered for 

 another 1000 bbls. Also sales 1500 to 2000 bbls. Oswego at $6. 

 56>4'. 200 bbls. Indiana, a good lot, at 6 62>^. A lot of round 

 hoop Ohio at $6,50. Receipts not large. The demand from the 

 east fair. Meal steady at $3,123^ a $3,25. Rye flour is $4,75 a $5 

 fer good. 



Gkain.— Demand for wheat. Holders are asking more than 

 buyers are willing to pay. No sales. For Genesee $1,50 was ask- 

 ed and $1,46 offered. Corn had an improving appearance and 

 there is some speculative movement. Sales of 20.000 bu. including 

 heated at 72c, mixed 74 a 75c, part in store; 76 a 77c for yellow. 

 flat, and round. Rye is higher. Sales 6000 bu. at 92c in the slip 

 and 93 a 94 delivered. Barley very little offering. 3000 bu. old at 

 80c for pearling. Oats steady at 47 a 49c. 



Provisions.— Market for all descriptions dull. Pork and Beef 

 heavy. New Beef offered at $7 and $10. 150 bbls. Beef hams at 

 $12,37>i a $12,75. 



Lard.— 200 bbls. inferior at something off 10c. 



Sales 1000 bu. flax seed at $1,35. Clover steady at 7% a 1%. 



Hops.— Market dull at 9 a 10c. Sales 25 bales, eastern, at S^c 

 at auction. 



Broo.m Corn is scarce and held at $200 per ton. 



Contents of this Number. 



To Correspondents; How sliould Manure be applied to 

 Land, - 249 



Twentieth Annual Fair of the American Institute, 250 



Fattening Swine — A Steaming Apparatus, 251 



Letter from Europe, - 252 



The Farmer— His Position, Duties, &c., No. 10, 253 



Hydraulics for Farmers, No. 4, 254 



To Prevent Smut in Wheat, 256 



Letter from Wyoming — Farmer's Clubs ; Cob Meal ; 



Slobbers in Hor.=es; Large Tomatoes; Onions, 257 



Agriculture of New York, - _ 25G 



Potato Rot; Wheat Crops increased by Amoniacal Ma- 

 nures; War on the Cotton Worm; Extracts from the 



Farmer's Creed, 259 



Our next Volume; Steven's Spiral Straw Cutter; Gen- 

 esee County Fair, .- 260 



McCormick's Virginia Reaper; Race's Self-Regulating 

 Parlor Stove; County of New York Cattle Show" 



Wire Worm; Receipts at the State Fair, 261 



Premiums Awarded at the New York State Fair, 1847, 262 

 Salting Meat; Measure of Hay; Preserving Cabbages, 265 

 Epidemic among Horses; A Life Preserver for Thrash- 

 ers, 266 



HORTICULTUK.M. DEPARTMENT. 



Hints for November, 267 



Horticultural Exhibition of the Genesee Valley Socie- 

 ty; Richard's Beurre Pear; Early Budding, 268 



Starting Buds too soon; Early Joe Apple; The Golden 

 Beurre of Bilboa Pear ; Acknowledgments, 269 



Apple Tree Blight ; Salt on Plum Trees, 270 



ladies' department. m 



Paring Peaches; Superior Mode of Curing Hams; 

 Pumpkin Butter; Mince Meat for Pies; Hints about 

 Food; Facts useful to be known; Female Education, 271 



