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GENESEE FARMER. 



Dec. 



Ariltimetical Answers, Questions, &c. 



Messrs-. Editors — Having noticed a few "Arithmetical 

 Questions for Boys," in your last number, I thought-I 

 would send you my .solutions of the quesiions : 



Answer 1st. The first man digs 37i rods ; the second 

 62.J rods. [ W'iong. Try again— Ed. J 



Answer :.M. 'I'he handspike is placed 3 feet 4 inches 

 from the end of the stick. [Wrong.] 



Answer 3d. Year 1849. [llight.J 



Answer 4lh. 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, a, 11, 12, 14, 21, 22 24 

 28, 33, 42, 44, 56, 6B, 77, 84, 88, 132, 1.56, 168, 237,' 

 364, 3U8, 462, 616, 924. [Right.] 



I take the liberty of sending you a few questions for 

 solution — as follows : 



1. There are two wheels ; the larger one is 10 feet 4 

 inches in diameter— the smaller one is 2 feet 4 inches in 

 diameter, and 15 feet from center to center. Required the 

 length of strap to encircle the wheels. 



2. If 2U pears can be bought for 16 lemons, and 3U lem- 

 ons for 25 oranges, and 12 oranges for 6 pomegranates, and 

 10 pomegranates for 96 almonds, and 70 almonds for 84 

 chesnuts, and 125 chesnuts for 4 cents, how many pears 

 can I buy for $2,25. 



3. A father dying left £590 in cash, with 5 bills, each 

 £48 10s 6d. He ordered £20 to be laid out on his funeral, 

 and his debts to be paid, amounting to £164. The residue 

 he bequeathed to his 5 sons, as follows : to the eldest 2 2-5 

 shares, and to each of the other four an equal portion of 

 what remained. How much ought each son to receive? 



4. What uumbor is that, to which if 9 be added, and 

 then be multiplied by that number, the product will be 900 ? 



Exmtiple. — Suppose the number 10+y\10=;190. 



5. There are 30 men on allowance of provision on board 

 of a ship and 15 of ihem are negroes ; every lUth man is to 

 be thrown overboard until 15 are gone. The officers wish- 

 ing to save the white men endeavored to arrange them in 

 such a manner lh:it every tenth man should bo a negro so 

 that all the negroes were thrown overboard and the white 

 men left. How was it done? Juuson 



Ovid Center, N. Y., Nov., 1848. 



If the men who are to earn their money by digging those 

 100 rods of ditch, wait till the division is made by which 

 they shall fiillil ali the conditions of the problem, it is to be 

 feared ihat the laborers' land may fall under foreclosure of 

 mortgage, and the farmer's land sufftr for want of ditching. 



The only way to divide the 100 rods, so that the two men 

 shall receive equal amounts of money is, 37^ rods at 10 

 shillings, making 375 shillings, and 62"^ rods at 6 shillmgs, 

 making 375 shillings— amounlnig to 750 shillings, which is 

 50 shillings short of 100 dollars ; and the only way to make 

 tlie work of the two amount to §100, is, 50 rods at 10s, 

 making 500s, and 50 rods at 6s, making 300s, which gives 

 unequal amo!::n:s to tbe two laborers. G. C. 



MARK-ET INTELLIGENCE. 

 Rochester Produce Market— Wholesale. 



Wheat, $1 00 



Corn, 50 



Barley, 50 



Oats, 26 



Flour, 5 00 



Beans, 75 



Apples, bush. 



Potatoes, 



Clover Seed,. 



Timothy, 



Hay, ton, 



Wood, cord,. 



Salt, bbl, 



Hams, lb, 



1 12 



56 



28 



5 25 



38 

 4 00 

 2 00 



8 00 II 00 

 2 25 3 50 

 1 25 1 38 



4 50 

 2 50 



Pork, bbl. mess 13 00 14 00 



Pork, cwt., .. 

 Beef, cwt., ... 



Lard, lb., 



Butter, lb.,... 

 Cheese, lb., .. 



Eggs, doz, 



Poultry, 



Tallow, 



Maple Sugar, . 

 Sheep Skins, . 

 Gireen Hides, lb 

 Dry 

 Calfskins, ... 



4 00 

 3 50 



4 50 

 4 00 



Wool. — The following are present quotations 



Native Blood, 



Quarter to half, 



Half to three quarters. 



Three quarters to fuU,. , . . 



Saxon 



Rochester, November 29, 1848. 



.'Viiiiual MceJiiig of liie Mosuoe Co. Ag. Society. 



The Annual Meeting of the ftlonroe County Agricultural 

 Society will be held at the Office of the GKiXESEE FAR- 

 MER, in Rochester, on the SEL'O.NU TUESDAY (the 

 12th) of December inst., at 10 o'clock, A. M. 



Premiums will be awarded on Root Crops, and Officers 

 elected for llic year 1349. As the mect'ng is an ii.aporlant 

 one, it is hoped all the .^lembers of the Society who can 

 conveniently do so, will attend and participate in the pro- 

 ceedings. I). IX T. MOORE, Cor. Sec'y. 



Rochester, Dec. 1, 1343. 



Animal MecUng of the IV. Y. St.tte Ag. Society. 



Thk Annual Meeting of the Society will be held at 

 .Mlwny, on the 3d Wednesday, (17th) of January, 1849. 

 Premiums will bo awarded on Grain and Root crops, Butler, 

 Cheese, Fruits, &c. 



StatemoiUs should be furnished the Secretary early in 

 .(anuary. it is desirable there should be a full representa- 

 tion from the County Societies, as well as of the friends of 

 agriculture generally. 



A Pomoldgkal Exhibition will be held at the Rooms of j 

 Society, and growers of fruit are respectfully requested to 

 forward specimens to the Secretary as early, if practicable, 

 oa the 15th of January. . B. P. Johnson, 



November 1, 1848. [3t] Secretary. 



New Yorli Market. 



New- York, Nov, 28-7 P. M. 



Flour is in moderate demand for trade purposes, and transac- 

 tions s.dd up to fair extent in common and straight brands. 

 Pure Genesee appears easier. No change in prices— fi5 oO is tbe 

 general price— fancy $5 03- Jersey Corn Meal $3 12>i. 



Markets for Wheat rather heavy and a decline anticipated. — 

 Corn is unsettled, and difficult to give strict quotations, owing to 

 the large lot of corn in market. Small parcels round yeUow taken 

 at 721^. flat do held at 68. with no sales. 



Uye is 62c dtlivered ; Oats 35, 



Pork quiet— country mess $12 50; prime $6 ; mess beef in 

 tierces $i8«18 25 ; $5 75 is asked for prime beef. 



Lard active at l^i for prime ; dressed hogs $5 50, 



Rough Flax $1 30 ; old Hops, 6c— new 10 cts ; Linseed Oil 

 firm at 52u54 ; Ashes, pots $5 7-8 ; pearl $6 12>a and quiet. 



NEW YORK WOOL MARKET-Nov, 24, 

 As the stock in market lessens, the inquiry increases, and sales 

 have reached about 80.000 lbs. of all grades at a decided advance 

 on our quotations of last week. Manufacturers have been in 

 with much better feeling, and taken such lots as were offered, 

 within our range of prices. 



Saxony Fleece, 35 a 38 



Merino, 30 a 3.5 



'i'tli to full blood 28 a 32 



Common 24 a 26 



pulled No. 1 21 a 24 



pulled super, 26 a 28 



Lambs, 24 o 26 



country pulled 24 



super, . 



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,No. 2 12 a 15 



Contents of this Number. 



Remarks on the Close of the Volume, 



Dairy business, Stock Raising and Wool Growing in tin. 



Mountains, 



Draining Lands, 



Hc.'^siau Kly ; Lucerne ; Ventilation. 



Clinton Corn Shelter ; Smith's Corn Sheller and Separator,. . 



Notes for the Month 



Gleaning-! from our Foreign Exchanges 



Remarks on the Season— Meteorological Observations, &c... . 



Good and Useful Books, 



Geology— the Glaciers of Switzerland 



Wire-W^orms ; Shelter Domestic AnimaU. 



The Turkey, (with portrait of a Wild Turkey,) 



The true Principles of Farming 



Vegetable Cutter ; Sheep Racks ; Cheap Root Cellar, 



Politics and Party Feeling ; Agricultural Periodicals. 



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



HORTICULTURAL UEPARTMLNT. 



Remarks on duties of the standing Committee appointed by 



Convention of Fruit Growers 298 



The Apple on Paradise Stocks 298 



Ulie Stevens' Pear, '. 2a9 



Quality of Apples as decided at the BufTalo Pomological Con- 



venti'on, 300 



The Late Strawberry Apple, 301 



Answers to Correspondents, Acknowledgments, Stc. 301 



S. W.'s Reply to Milk-Maid and Dairy Mail 302 



Buckwheat Cakes, 802 



.^i'hmetical Answers, Questions, &c., 304 



