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GENESEE FARMER. 



May. 



To Competitors for our Premiums. 



Thk following list contains the names of all the regular 

 coi.apetilors who have obtained 50 suljscnbers or over. 'I'lie 

 eighteen persons whose names are first given are entitled 

 to the premiums ollered. Each will understand from the 

 position of his name the amount of his prize, by reference 

 to the Premium List published on last page of the March 

 number. 



*rhe Books are ready, and our friends will please select 

 the works they desire, and inform us in what manner to 

 forward iliem, &c. 



E. IIowLAND, Saratoga County, N. Y., 2(32 



WiLHAM Lyman, Livingston Co., rv. Y.,... 237 



L R. Trembly, Livingston Co., N. Y., 235 



J. H. HrANLKY, Genesee Co., N. Y., 175 



E. C. Bliss, Chaniauque Co., N. Y., 145 



Moses Eames, Jefferson Co., N. Y., 141 



H. Frisbie, Orleans Co., N. Y.,.. Iu7 



L. Runyan, (Pa.,) 89 



H. C. Kimberly, 85 



L. P. Clark, 84 



F. J. Eastman, (Vt.,) 83 



J. A. Carpenter, (\Ms.) 81 



A. VV. Beach, 72 



C. H. Carter, 70 



Erastus Hurd. 67 



Dr. O. Reynolds, G4 



Jno. G. True, 62 



C. A. Knox, 60 



J. Swain, 



59 



B. &. G. M. Copeland, 56 

 [i. Sears, 55 

 D. A. Ogden, 54 

 Caleb Nye, Jr., 53 



C. Fenton, 53 

 B. Spa^ldin^^ (Vt.,) 53 

 J. H. Gould, 53 

 K. W. I/.ivvio!ic(\(Mich)50 

 L. 1). Smith, (Mich.,) 50 



[0= We give the counties in which the most success- 

 ful competitors reside. Though they obtain the highest 

 premiums, perhaps their efforts have not been more earnest 

 than many of our friends in other localities less fivorable 

 for obtaining subscribers. Were we able to do so, it would 

 afford us pleasure to give all the competitors (including 

 those whose names were given last moiiih,) j>rcmiums — 

 though we are well aware that a great majority of them 

 have labored to benefit their respective neighborhoods, 

 rather than for any personal gain. They liave our warm- 

 est thanks for their generous exertions in behalf of the 

 Farmer — with the assurance that (though much less profit- 

 able than other kindred puhlicaiiohs,) we shall endeavor to 

 render it worthy their continued support- 



Hens. — If you keep hens confined, do not neglect to pro- 

 vide them liberally with meat. In their summer rangiiigs, 

 bugs, worms, grass-hoppers and flies constitute tlie princi- 

 pal food, and when debarred /"rom these, they require to lie 

 otherwise supplied. We have known hens, when suddenly 

 taken from the fields, and incarcerated in their houses, stop 

 laying, and pine away, until they were supplied. A very 

 remarkable indication of the want of this species of food is 

 to be seen in the avidity with which they devour fish, olfal, 

 and indeed any fleshy matter that is presented. When there 

 is scarcity of meat, as is frequently the case at purlicular 

 seasons of the year, we have recourse to the scaly treasures 

 of our ponds and streams, and find them a moat excellent 

 substitute. 



Sat.t APPi iKDTO Asparagus. — Salt should not be applied 

 to asparagus at the time of making the beds ; but when the 

 plants are growing — frequently and in small doses. Water 

 no Salter than that of the ocean is what is recommended. — 

 London Gazette. 



Keeping Beef FrtESH. — In preserving beef, the ribs 

 will keep longest, or five or six days in summer ; the mid- 

 dle of the loin next ; the rump next ; the round next ; and 

 the shortest of all the brisket, whrch will not*;rep longer 

 than three days in hot weather.— ComAe. 



A FRiENU writes us from Lenawee Co., Mich., dating 

 Aprils, as follows: — " The late rains have made a very 

 great improvement in the appearance of our wheat crop. It 

 is now looking very promising in this section of ihecountry." 



Monroe Co. A«,'ricultura! Society. 



A meeting of this Society, for the purpose of appointini? 

 Judges and making out a I'reiiiimn l>ist for the ensuing Fair, 

 will be held at tho Office of the Genesee Farmer, on SAT- 

 URDAY, the 6th of May instant, at 10 o'clock A. M. A 

 full attendance- is desired. Jusiipu Ai.leyn, iSec'u. 



Rochester, May 1, 10-18. 



MARKET INTELLIGENCE. 



Uochester Produce Market— Wholesale. 



Wheat, $1 25 1 



Corn, 



arley, 



Oats, 



Flour, 



Beans, 



Apples, bush. 



Potatoes, 



Clover Secd,- 



Timothy, 



Hay, ton, 



Wood, cord,- 

 Salt, bbl,.... 



Hams, lb, 



Rochester, May 1, iS4S 



40 

 50 

 35 



5 00 5 



88 I 



25 



50 



4 00 4 



2 50 3 



7 00 11 



2 00 3 



1 38 1 



6 



Pork, bbl. mess 10 50 



Pork, cwt., ... 

 Beef, cwt., ... 



Lard, lb., 



15utter, Ib.,..- 

 Cheese, lb., .. 



Eggs, doZ; 



Poultry, 



Tallow, 



Maple Sugar, . 

 Sheep Skins, . 

 Green Hides, lb 

 Dry 

 Calfskins, ... 



4 50 

 4 50 

 6 

 16 

 6 

 8 

 7 

 7 

 7 

 38 

 4 

 7 

 9 



U 50 



5 00 

 5 00 



20 

 7 

 9 

 8 

 8 



New York Market. 



New-Yokk, April 29— 7 P. M. 



Flour and Meal.— Flour witliout chanp;(>. About 2000 bbls. 

 cliauged hands at $6a6,06 for common, 6,l'2,'i«'J "•> for good and 

 jiurc Goiu'sce. iiTichigan sold at G.lS/iK'ij. an I occasionally pure 

 Genesco brought 0.27 >^; good brands N. Orleans (5.25. The for- 

 eign nevt's had uo elTect excepting, to i-.liock business, ilfeal is 

 steady at 2.37)^ with sales 3 or 400 bbls. Jersey. Sales 200 bbls. 

 Rye flour at a.W.,'. 



Gkain.— For V/heat there was some inquiry, but holders and 

 buyers did not meet in their views. Genesee is held at $1.40. — 

 Corn is steady and in moderate demand. The sales are about 

 10.000 bu. at 520 for wliite, and .52»^a53c for yellow. A sale of 

 2000 bu. N. Orleans was made at ."JCac. The supply was not large. 

 There was some C'orn ottered for future delivery, but no sales 

 were made. Kye is quiet ; the quotation is 72a73c. Sales 8000 

 bu. Oats at 44a45c for northern. 



Provisions.— In Pork there is much dullness, and the same re 

 mark :Mi|ilies to all articles of provisions to-day. ^Uess is 10al0.06; 

 jirinio s.:;!',. ii(i'.niii;d. with sales 2 or 300 bbls. Beef is without 

 sales lit' iniiiort:;ncc. 'J'iei-ces are wanted. Lard is quite dull.— 

 About '-'00 hills. soM at 'Sf^ab'^i. In Butter and Cheese there is a 

 moderate liusiiioss without change in prices. 



Asni;« were .^teady to-day at l^'o for Pots, and $7,75 for Pearls, 

 with .'iiiall sales. 



Tallow— Sales 10,000 lbs. Tallow at SKaOc. 



Buffalo. April 20.— Flour is held at $4.87M«5, but not many 

 buyer.s in market. Good Ohio Wheat, in store, could be had for 

 $1.11. Corn is without change at 35a36c. Sales mess pork at 

 $8,50«8.7.5, and prime at $G. Small sales lard at 5Vifc. Highwines 

 at ISc— 17 offci-ed but holders refuse to sell under 18. 



Dktroit. April 27.— A good feeling in the Flour market, not- 

 withstanding the decline in the English markets reported by the 

 Acadia. For ,500 bbls one brand an ofl'er of $4 60 w.as made. The 

 holder refused to accept the offer. Sales one or two small parcels 

 at $4,.05. 



Contents Of" this Number. 



The Balance of Organic Nature, 117 



Hiuts for May. 118 



Hints on Various Subjects, 119 



The Potato Rot 120 



Albany Seed Drill and Corn Planter; Product of Two Acres, 121 

 Gleanings from our Foreign Exchanges— Looking-Glasses for 



J3irds. Butter. Poisonous property of Brine, Wood Ashes, 



(.^olor of Soils, &o,; Marking Sheep 122 



Farming in Rhode Island ; A Seneca Co. Farm 123 



Heilges and Siieeial Manures ; Application of Manure ; Kcon- 



oiny in Candles 124 



Farmers and Millers ; To Destroy Ground Moles ; Salt not 



good for barn-door Fowls, 125 



Corn and Cob Meal ; Salt in the Food of Sheep, 123 



Profits of Poultry; Salt for Swine; Suggestion relative to 



Sugar Maples '. 127 



The Norman Horse " Louis Philippe." 128 



Pen nock's Wheat Drill ; The Locust, 129 



N, v. State Ag. Society's Premiums for Winter Meeting,. . . 130 

 Spirit of the Ag. Press— Plowing Grass Land ; Guano to Corn 



in the Hill; Beef Law in Mass.; Philosophy of P'arming ; 



Wire Fence— and other items, 132 



Editor's Table— To Correspondents, .A.ckuowledgmcnt3, and 



notices, 133 



KORTlCUI/niRAL DKPARTMENT. 

 Seasonable Suggestions to Horticulturists and Gardeners,. . IM 



How to raise Pear Seedlings ; A Miscellaneous tree, 136 



The Araucaria imbricata, or Chili Pine; Culture of the 



Dahlia 130 



The Hawky Apple, 138 



Cherries, 139 



r..Anif. ■' II' I'.iRTMtNT. 



Good Housewifery ; ludtdlble Ink, 139 



