284 



GENESEE FARMER. 



Nov. 



Arithmetical (Incstions for Boys. 



Two men having a necessity for 50 dollars 

 each, to make a land payment, agreed to make 

 me 100 rods of ditch for 100 dollars. On ex- 

 aming it for a division, one end was found so 

 much harder of excavation than the other, that 

 it was agreed, .that one should have $1,2,5 per 

 rod, and the other 75 cents.. Now how shall it 

 be divided, and how much must each one do to 

 earn his 50 dollars at that ratio ? 



Three men being obliged to carry a straight 

 stick of timber 20 feet long — two carrying with 

 a handspike, and the other at the extreme end — 

 where shall the two men 'place their handspike 

 to lift equal weight each, with him at the end ? 



The year A. D. 1764 and 1936 are square 

 years — that is, years which there are two num- 

 bers which multiplied by themselves produce 

 the year ; and there is an intermediate one only 

 possessing the same peculiarities. Which year 

 is it? 



The year 1848 possesses this singularity, that 

 it is divizible by no less than 30 different divi- 

 zors. Name them. L. 



Use of Adversity. — Do not expect nor de- 

 sire continued prosperity. A good spice of 

 adversity is the very thing you need, to give 

 strength, vigor, and elasticity to the mind, and, 

 in fact, to mature and perfect the vv'hole man, 

 body and soul. Sun and shade, wet and dry, 

 cold and heat, are what is wanted to produce and 

 ripen good fruit. A few storms only serve to 

 make the tree root the deeper and stand the 

 firmer. Hard rubs will polish the diamond and 

 make it shine more brilliantly. Brushing will 

 purify the garment and make it all the better. 



MARKET INTELLIGENCE. 

 Rochester Produce Marlcet— Wholesale. 



Wheat, $1 00 



Corn, 48 



Barley 50 



Oats, 26 



Flour, 5 00 



Beans, 75 



Apples, bush. 



Potatoes, 



Clover Seed,. 



Timothy, 



Hay, tun, 



Wood, cord,- 

 Salt, bbl,.... 

 Hams, lb, 



20 

 •4 00 

 2 00 

 10 00 

 2 25 

 1 25 

 8 



Pork, bbl. mess 14 75 15 00 

 Pork, cwt., ... 



Beef, cwt., 



Lard, lb., 7 8 



Butter, lb.,... 12 14 

 Clieese, lb., .. 5 6 



Eggs, doz, 9 10 



Poultry, 



Tallow, 6 7 



Maple Sugar, . — 



Sheep Skins, . 

 Green Hides, lb 

 Dry " .... 

 Calfskins, 



15 



Rochester, October 25, 1848. 



New York Market* 



New- York, Oct. 25-7 P. M. 



The announcement of the steamer Europa about 3 o'clock, 

 affected transactions in breadstuffs, as shippers were unwilling to 

 operate until they had received their letters, 



Flour.— Market active. Prices are without important change, 

 but the sales show occasionally a decline of 6d on yesterday's 

 rates. Some mixed lots sold at f 5,31.'4; but the bulk of the sales 

 were at $5.37J2 for Oswego and other straight brand.? ; Michigan 

 and Ohio sold at $5.37 n 5.44 ; pure Genesee $5.50 a 5.56'.i. Trans- 

 actions add up 10.000 bbls, of which 5 or GOOO were for export. 



Mf.al is $3,37 for Jersey'; Rye Flour $4.02)^. 



Grain— The milliug demand for Wheat is good, but quotations 

 heavy. Sale 6000 bu. Chicago aud other western red at $1.05 ; 

 9000 do Ohio at $1,11 ; 5000 Genesee $1,25 a 1,27. 



Corn was inactive and without Change ; sales 10,000 at 07 (zO-S 

 for mixed, and 73 for Pennsylvania yellow 



Uye quiet at 73c delivered ; Oat s 34 a 34i< ; nothing doing in 

 Barley. 



PRovrswNS— Pork is $S.62,'^ a 12,50 ; Beef $5.50 and $10 a 10.50. 

 and dull ; 100 bbls Lard sold at 7K . Butter heavy, Cheese in fair 

 enquiry. 



Exports from 1st to 24th of October. 



Flour, barrels . .15.603 



Wheat, bushels 209,000 



Coin. 1,428,000 



Gknf.ske Farmer.— Wc call the attention of the reader to the 

 ativcrtisemeut of this papei", and cordially recommend it to our 

 readers. It has attained a very extensive circulation, and cer- 

 tainly merits it. One of its editors. Dr. Leo, is the ablest writer 

 on Agricultural Chemistry we know in the conniiy. —Loiu.avilU 

 (ICy.) Journal. 



Contents of this Number. 



Election Cake. — Old fashioned election 

 cake is made of four pounds of flour ; three 

 quarter."- of a pound of butter ; four eggs; one 

 pound ot sugar ; one pound of currants or rai- 

 sins if you choose; half a pint of good yeast ; 

 wet it with milk as soft as it can be and be 

 moulded on a board. Set to rise over night in 

 winter; in warm weather, three hours is usually 

 enough for it to rise. A loaf, the size of com- 

 mon Hour bread, should bake three-quarters of 

 an hour. — Am. Frug. Housekeeper. 



Anmi.-tl MeeUng of tl»e IV. Y. State Ag. Society. 



The Annual Bleciing of the Society will bo held at 

 Albany, cm ihc 3d Wednesday, (I7th) of Jiinuary. ]S4!). 

 Premiums will be awarded on Grain and Root crops. Butter, 

 Clieese, Fruits, &c. 



Statenienis should he furnished the Secretary early in 

 January. It is desirable there slioul I be a full representa- 

 non from tbe County Societies, as well as of the friends of 

 agriculture generally. 



A Pomological Exhibition will be held at the Rooms of 

 Society, and grovyers of fruit are rcspectfullv requested to 

 forwahi specimens to the Secretary as early, if practicable, 

 as the loth of January. B. P. Johnso.v, 



November 1, 1848. [3t] Secretary. 



Agricultural F.eading 2G1 



t'rat ChiU-coal the best Deodorizer, . . . ' 2G3 



I'he rroviucial Acricultur,".! Fair of Canada 263 



Notes for the Moiith— Weeds— Turneps 2'54 



The Farmers Calling Hard Times 266 



Gilbert's Filtering Apparatus, 265 



A Chapter on Wool Growing, 26G 



Lunar Influence. &c 267 



How to Dry a Cow : Inquiry, 268 



Sweet Potatoes ; Value of Ag. Periodicals, 268 



Keeping Apples ; The Cut Worm, 269 



Progress of Improvement in Kentncky; Good Feeding, &c... 209 , 



fiorn and Cob Meal, '.270 



Action of Water on Lead Pipes : Potash from the Mountain, 271 



Plan of a Farm House. 272 



Exi>eriments in Fattening Swiue— Stock Raising at the West. 274 



American Farmers ; Improvement in Harness 275 



• Benefit of the Kisc ;•' Great Cora Field ; Swill Cookery,. . . 270 



Wood Ashes for Meadows ; To Weld Iron. Steel, &.c 276 



Drain your Lands ; A Good Crop of Wheat .' 276 



Great Dairy Farm ; Potatoes ; Chloroform given to Horses.. . 276 

 Editor's Table — (various notices. &c.) . 277 



HORTICULTURAL 1)KPARTME^ T. 



November ; The Autumji Strawberry Apple, 27K 



■Vmerican Congress of Fruit Growers, 278 



The Season. 



Cultivation of the (?r.T,pe ; Horticultural Humbugs, . . 



Mode of Preserving Peach Trees from lYildew, , 



Notices to Correspondents 



Orange Sweet ; Growing Pino Apples by Steam. 



281 

 282 



ladies' departmknt. 



Music among the Milk-Maids, 283 



Potato Cheese , 283 



Arithmetical Questions for Boys 284 



