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GENESEE FARMER. 



Mar. 



To Competitors for our Premiums. 



In accordance with our promise, we give below ihe names 

 of about lifiy persons who are, thus far, the most successful 

 competitors fur the premiums offered for subscribers. The 

 names are given in proper order, beginning with the name 

 of the per.son who has obtained the highest number. The 

 list was taken from our books on the 25th of February. 



MARKET INTELLIGENCE. 



Rochester Produce Market— Wholesale. 



Wm. Lyman, 



J. II. Stanley, 



Moses Karnes, 



H. Frisbie, 



Laton llunyan,(Pa.,) 



F. J. Eastman, (Vt.,) 



H. C. Kimberly, > 



E. C. Bliss, S 



J. A. Carpenter, (Wis.) 



Erastus Hurd, 



C. A. Knox, ~) 



Dr. O. ileynolds, j 



C. H. Carter 



I . P. Clark, 



J no. G. True, j 



I. K. Trembly, J 



J. Swain, 



I. H. Gould, 



L. D. Smith, Mich.. 



E. W. Lawrence, do 



E. S. Bartholomew, 



C. Nye, Jr., 



R. Sears, 



B. &G. M. Copelam: 



B, Spaulding, (Vt.) 



J. B. Lowell, 



tie. 



}ue. 



D. A. Ogden, 



A. W. Beach, 



E. Howland, 

 J. D. G. Nelson, Ind 

 L). i). Cole, 

 L. Strobridge. 

 S. G. Sears, 

 Wra. Chamberlain, 



B. Billings, ' 

 J. B. Wilson. 

 Jno. Lawson. 

 Reeve Corwin. 

 E. M. Foot, ■; 

 T. Riddle, 

 D. M. Smith, ' 

 W. T. Hastings, 

 J. S. Squires 

 T. T. Lake, 

 G. L. Watkins. 



B. Farr. 



J. Hutchinson. 



W. Hadley, Ind. 



Mrs. R. E. Perry, (Mich.) 



J. Harris, ) 



H. McCarty, tie. 



C. G. TuthiH, ) 



Wheat, 



Corn, 



Barley^ 



Oats, 



Flour, 



Beans, 



Apples, bush 



Potatoes, 



Clover Seed,. 



Timothy, 



Hay, ton, 



Wood, cord,- 



Salt, bbl, 



Hams, lb, 



il 18 

 40 

 50 

 30 



5 50 

 62 

 18 

 37 



5 00 



1 50 

 8 00 



2 00 

 1 38 



7 



5 Pork, bbl. mess 10 50 12 00 



liJ' Since the above list was made out, W6 have received 

 remittances from several of the competitors whose names 

 are given. In our next number we intend to publish a list 

 of all who have sent (or may send us previous to tiie 25th 

 of March, ) twenty subscribers or over — together with the 

 number obtained by each individual. 



Rochester Oommercial Nursery, 



MAIN-STREET, ONE MILE EAST OF COURT HOUSE 

 RocHester, IV. Y. 



THE subscribers offer for sale the present spring, at wholesale 

 or Retail, a large quantity of VERV THRIFTV FRUIT 

 TREES, comprising the very best vatiktiks of 

 APPLES, 



PtACHES. 



PLUMS. 



CHERRIES, 



PEARS, &c.. &c.. 

 ouitivated by ourselves, and warranted correctly named. Our 

 nursery grounds now comprise 50 acres, and we think we can offer 

 to purchasers inducements which will induce them to buy, pro- 

 vided they see our trees. 



QCf- We have a few extra sized trees. 



.WSSELL, HOOKER & SLOANE. 

 At the Nurseay 

 or J. W. BISSELL. 

 February 1, 1848. [2-4t] No. 8 Arcade 



Rochester, Feb. 2G, 1848. 



IVeiT York Market. 



[By Magnetic Telegraph.] 



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



Ashes— Market for pearls is unsettled. Pots $6. 

 Flour and Meal. — The flour market very firm, and goodi 

 brands are scarce. The range is 6.12>2a6.50 for common to good 

 and favorite western. Very little fair flour can be had below 6.25. 

 Brooklyn $6 and N. O. $6. The sales for 2500 to aoOO bis. The 

 demand is entirely for consumption, and the tendency is still up- 

 ward. , 



Grain — Good samples of wheat are wanted for milling. Ohio 

 is worth 1.30 for good parcels ; Genesee 1.35al.37. Corn is less 

 active, and the quantity offering moderate.— Sales 2.000 bu. at 55 

 a56 for new ; 57(e58 for old and prime white new. mostly for ship- 

 ment . Other grains are quiet. A sale of 1,206 bu. barley was 

 made at 83c. Oats are 46a48 for northern. 



Provisions- Pork is steady but not active Beef is in fair de- 

 mand, at 8.12'3o8.37, and 5.25cr5.S7. Pickled meats are in good de- 

 mand, at 6n6^>< for hams. Lard is in fair inquiry at 1%a8%. But- 

 ter and Cheese are firm and in good demand. 



Buffalo Market. 



Buffalo, Feb. 26. 

 There was a good inquiry for flour yesterday, and we heard of 

 the sale of 80 barrels of ■• Homer.'- Michigan, at 4.87K, and about 

 200 bis Michigan and Ohio at 4.87>2a5 There is but very little, 

 if any. g;ood western flour to be had under $5. Nothing doing in 

 grain. Wc notice further sales of clover seed at 4.75. Provisions 

 are without change. Mess pork sells at 9.50'.— [Espress. 



Twelve Competent Agents Wanted, 



TO sell either by the Month, or on Commission, Patent Sfrino 

 Tooth Horse Rakes in the counties of Wayne, Monroe. 

 Cayuga, Onondaga, Seneca, Yates, Niagara, Erie and Cattaraugus! 

 Agents living in the county where they are to sell will be preferred. 

 Services wanted from about the first of July to the middle of 

 August, either with or without team. Good prices or commission 

 allowed. Satisfactory reference given and required. The highest 

 recommendations of the utility of the article will be furnished. 



Any of the above named territory, except Wayne County, will 

 be sold an reasonable terms. All communications on the subject 

 will be promptly answered if addressed post paid, to the subscri- 

 bers at Walworth. Wayne Co. 



P. S. Those who wish to make enga;ements will do so soon. 

 E 8c T. G. YEOMANS. 



Dated, Walworth, January 20, 1848. [2-tfJ 



Osage Orange Seed, 



rnHE. best article known for Hedges or Live Fences. A large 

 -•■ supply of the Seed, fresh from Texas, for sale at the office of th« 

 Ohio Cultivator, Columbus, Ohio. Price $2— a discount at 

 wholesale. 



Packages can be sent to any place on important stage routes 

 in Ohio— on the Ohio river, or eastward by express. 



M. B. B.A.TEHAM. 



Columbus, Ohio, Feb., 1848. 



Contents of this IVumber. 



American Agriculture. 65 



Theory of Population 66 



Hints for March, 67 



Agricultural Geology, , 68 



.A.8hes— Manure— The Wire-Worm ; Crowell's Thermometer 



Churn 69 



Gleanings from our Foreign Exchanges— .American vs. Eng- 

 lish Implements Manaires, Sheep Feeding, 70 



Improvement of Stock, 71 



To destroy Willows, Elders. &c 72 



Iceland Sheep ; Information Wanted, 73 



Lunar Influence— Shrinking of Pork, &c., 74 



Progress among Farmers' Sons and Daughters; Home, 75 



Dr. Underbill's Theory on Manures ; Wire Fence, 76 



Making Maple Sugar; N. Y. State Ag. Society, 77 



Rural Architecture 78 



Design for a Farm House, 79 



Preparing Sandy and Light Soils for Wheat; Swamp Muck as 



a Fertilizer 80 



Editor's Table— To Correspondents, and various notices, ... 81 

 Spirit of the Ag Press— Cheese Making, Milch Cows, Corn 

 Cobs, New Hemp Brake. Curing Beef Artificial Stone— and 



other extracts, 82 



Morgan Horses; Time of putting Colts at Work ; Clay Hous- 

 es; Farming and Reading ; Another remedy for the Potato 



Rot; Bite of the Rattlesnake— and other items,. . Si" 



HORTICUI.TURAI. DEPARTMENT. 

 Hints for the Season; Buffalo Hort. Society— State Fair; The 



Paqucncy Pear, 84 



Hort. Matters in Toronto, C. W 85 



Answers to Correspondents — Hybridizing Roses, Insects. 



Stocks for the Pear, Locust Seed, 86 



Two fine Winter .\pples— the Dominc and Peck's Pleasant,. . 86 



Character of a Fine Dahlia— Propagation, &c., 87 



Pears on Quince Stocks; Hedges, 88 



Hort. Society of the Valley of the Genesee 89 



LALtlES' DEPARTMENT. 



Farmers' Wives- their Duties, &c., 90 



Pickled Eggs; To make good Tea; Souse, 90 



