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THE GENESEE FARMER. 



Mar. 



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CONTENTS OF THIS NTJMBER. 



Sub-soil riowing 67 



When to Plow, and when not to Plow, 68 



WhtKt — It's MiniTal Food 58 



The I 'oinposition of Milk ; Okra 66 



Chemical properties of Buttef; 60 



Notes for the Month 61 



On Snijit in Wheat and the Cause of it, 62 



Salt as a manure 63 



Convenient Plan for a Farm-House, 63 



Wire Telegraph Fence 64 



Preserving Fence Posts from Rot, &c., 66 



ManaKenient of Swine 66 



Yankee ( ■orn-ShcUer ; Wnad 66 



Science of Force and .Motion 66 



Useful Recipes 67 



Address before tho Jefferson Co Ag. Society, 67 



The Sweet Potato ; Filtering Cistern 6R 



Lai.iu- Dkpabtmext-A Gossip wUh the Ladies 74 



Youth's DrraRTMrNT — Agriculture, No. 2, 75 



March '. 76 



Kditobs' Tablr— Notice to Correspondents, 76 



Canada Thistles, &c., 76 



Pruning and Training of Hardy Grape Vines, 69 



North American Pomological Convention. 71 



The Magnolias 72 



Treatment nf Pear Seedlings, 72 



Selection of Stocks for Grafting 73 



Light in the Fast 73 



Answers to Correspondents, 73 



ILLUSTRATIONS. 



Convenient Plan for a Farm-Houae, 63 



Wire Telegraph Fence 64 



Yankee Corn-Shellor. 66 



The Sweet Potato.... 68 



Filtering Cistern.' 68 



Trained Grape Vine 69 



Section of old wood and bearing shoot of Grape 69 



Figure of Trellis for Gr.ape Vine, 70 



Figure showing mode of Pruning Grape Vine 71 



Pear Seedling Pruned for Planting 72 



Hot-bed Frame 73 



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FRESH. GARDEiy SEKDS, IMPr.EMEI«'r», &c. 



RAP.A.LJK &. BRIGGS respectfully invito the attention of deal- 

 ers in Gardim Seeds to the stock they are now receiving at 

 thr-ir .■\E!;ricuUural Wareho'ise and Seed Store, consiatins in part of 

 the following sorts :— 



Beets, ports; Broccolis; Cauliflowers; Cabbages, sorts; Carrot?, 

 sorts; Celery; Cress; CucumbL-rs. sorts; Lettuces, Borts; Melons, 

 sorts; Onions, sort-s; Peppers; Pumpkins; Radishes sorts; Spin- 

 agfis; Tomatoes; Turnips; F.arly and Late Peas; Dwarf and Pole 

 Beans; Early and Sweet Boiling Corn. Flower Seeds. &c. 



The aboTP seeds being r.iised expressly for us during the la t 

 season, by faithful and experienced Seed Growers, we have perfect 

 confidence in offering them to the public. 



Seed Grain.— One of the most important cares of ihi- f, : .r.. r I 

 the judicious selection of his Seed Grain ; and in or.lril.ii t! .i 

 care may be lightened, and that we may be able to fnrri 1 1 ■ l : 

 the best quality, and well adapted to this climate, w 1, > .■■ h ■ ) 

 scli'cted for us. of the following sorts, such Seed as we fcf] fcminiini 

 will give perfect satisfaction to all :— Black Sea Spriiin Whe:it. 

 Italian do. do., Siberian do. ic, Spring Rye. Barley Bi Jford Oat.^. 

 Buckwheat, and many choice varieties of <;orn. Also. !in exten 

 Bivo assortment of Garden and Grass Seeds. 



We h ivp also, at our Warehouse- the largest and best assortment 

 of Agricultural Implements in the State, consisting of Thrashing 

 Machines- Reapers. Corn Shellers. Straw and Stalk Cutt«rs. HorfO 

 Powers. Water Rams. Plows, Hoes, Spades. Forks, Pruning Paws 

 and Knives. Churns. Marrows. Rakes Drilling Machines, in short. 

 evci'y article used by tho Farmer, the Gardener, or the Horticultu- 

 rist, from an Apple-Pearcr to a Saw-Mill. 



We ask ev.ry Farmer who needs Scfrf or TcoL. to giro us a call . 

 at our Warehouse in Rochester, nearly opposite the Kagle Hotel, 

 on Buffalo street, where we think we can satisfy all that our stock 

 and prices are right RAPALJE 5t BRIGGS. 



Notice to Fnnners. 



HAVING taken the stores Nos. 12 and 14 Front street. I intend 

 to occupy No. 14 for .Qaricnltural Tools.and No. 12 as the 

 Seed Slorf. On the first of April I shall open an entire new stock, 

 both of eastern and of Roche.'iter manufacture. My stock of Serdi 

 is now complete, having received from London, during the month 

 of February, about three thousand pounds of Turnep.Ruta Baga. 

 and Cabbage Seeds. &c., Stc. 1 have also on hand my usual supply 

 of American seeds ; also. Clover, (large and small.) Timothy. Can- 

 ada Field Peas. Karly June Peas, Marrowfat, Blue Imperial. Farly 

 Kent, and Early Prince Albert, {the first in this market for two 

 years past.) with every kind of seeds wanted in this market. Also, 

 flvo busbels H'Ai'I*' Dutch Clover. Further particulars hereafter. 

 JAMES P. FOGG. 

 Nos. 12 and 14 Front street. Rochester, N. Y. 

 March 1.1850. [8-lt] 



Fruit Scions. 



«Kft I AM now ready to supply Scions for grafting fur 1850. 

 Sg« which can be sent by mail or Express ; and in all cases they 

 -*«»- have been cut from orchards familiar te me, and by persons 

 in whom I can confide. 



APPLES, 

 Northern Spy, Norton s Melon. 



Early Joe. Canada Red. 



Fameuse. Ribstone Pippin. 



Yellow Bellflower, Ksopus Spitzenburgh, 



Pomme Gris. 

 When possible, shall send specimens of the fruit. 

 Price One Dollar per hundred. 



PcAn Scions — ' Onondaga" or Swan's Orange. "Ost-and's Sum- 

 mer Virgalieu." " Virgalieu,*' and all choice varieties furnished nt 

 from three to four shillidgs per dozen. 

 Post paid applicants shall have prompt attention. 

 C(^ A few choice applea for sale. 



January 1, 1850. 



Address 



Great Coiigli Remedy. 



For the Cure of ( outfhv. i .,kl^ UnarM-ne.^s (irn.irliir-- \Vl,,.r.p. 

 ng-Cough. Croup. Asthma and ( onsuinption Thu iinir.,nn ->iic 

 ess which has attended the u.-ic of this preparation its '^ah'triry 

 fleet— its power to relieve and cure atiections of the Lnnir'^, h^.v 

 d for it a celehrity equaled by no other medicine. \\'" n!T-r 



gai 



it to the afflicted with ent 

 belief that it will subdue and 

 upon the throat and Lungs, 

 but a small proportion of the 

 the country. 



nfide- 



I its 



c/ (A« Hamilto- 

 Lon 



■A the full 



orclise.-we 



can he given 



I all sections of 



miu. 



.August 10. 1849. 

 r.^i, cough I ever had 

 r fail, when I have 



Pr J. C. Atkr: I have been cured of the wo; 

 1 my life by y^ur "Cherry Pectoral.'' and neve 

 n opportunity, of recommending it to others. 



Yours, respectfilly. S. D. F.v 



^om Thr. Jones, an tmment fractiluiner of Mcdicint in Mnhn-.in, 

 u'ttt knou-n Ihroughoul tht Slafc. 



Moj<TGoMF.HY. (.A.la1 ' 'ctobcr 4. 1849, 

 Dr. J. C. Atkr— Sir: I have used your admirable compound ex- 

 -nsively in my practice and find it to surpass by far any other 

 eniedy we have for curing diseases upon the lungs. 



Your ob't servant. R. B Jo^E(. M. D. 



Professor Webster. .;/ Harvard Unuirsily. saij<: 

 '' The evidences of its succefs as a remedy, sufficiently show th.at 



I T-inv ! '■ r,|'- 1 o",in vrth confidence for the relief of tho numer- 



II - , ' ,. n • ) li':; n ry .liseases incident to our climate ' 



liM. • I \ \ i!i!' Ml , !i, judgment of the wise who speak from 



.-. (., i, i,t i> ,i m. I. -Ill'- on which the afflicted can depend 

 >,i Uji r.Li.j I . .\r.. , fiL..,.i.s, upon the throat and lungs. 



Prepared liv . I. C. .4vf:a Chemist, Lowell, Mass.. and sold by the 

 Jruggists everywhere. 



Kirst in Heai/ti/ ar/rf Valut 



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id Mo-il Por:tlur. 



THE GENESEE FARiMER, 



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