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THE GENESEE FARMER. 



June 



CONTEPn'S OF THIS NUMBER. 



Preparation of NightsoU, 



General View of American Agriculture, 



S. W-'s Notes for the Month- 133 



Answkbs to Inquiries- 13-1 



Bickford &. Hoffmnn'a Drill 136 



Imported Short Horn's— Bates* Stock 136 



Rust on Wheat 137 



Corn vs Wheat 138 



That Milk Story, 138 



Premium List N. Y. State Ag. Society, 139 



Bees and Bee Houses, 140 



A chapter on Fowls.. 141 



Ladies' Department— Editors' Gossip 146 



Butter making ; Exercise 146 



Youth's Departmf>t— Special Manures. 147 



Editors' Table— Notices, &c., 148 



HORTICULTURAL DEPAHT»IE"iT. 



The present Planting Season 142 



Summer Management of Pyramidal Trees 143 



Budding and Layering. 144 



Grapes and Pears 145 



.Answers to Cort.espon dents, 145 



Pruning. Sic ; ^. 145 



ILLUSTRATIONS. 



Bickford St Huffman's Drill, 136 



Bee House, 140 



Bee Hive 140 



Cochin China Cock, 141 



Bantam, ^ 141 



Figure illustrating Summer Management of Trees.. . 143 



Figures illustrating the process of Budding . 144 



Carnation Layered 144 



The Princess Tribe of Short Horns.* 



IN January. 1849. Mr Sheafe. of High Cliff, Dutchess county. N. 

 Y.. imported the young bull Exeter, bred by Mr. Stevenson, of 

 Durham, England. Mr. Stephenson is the most celobr.itcd breeder 

 now living, and his herd is of the Princess tribe, one of the best 

 and most ancient stock of Short Horns. The breeding of the 

 Princess tribe can he traced back as pure Short Horns upward of 

 two hundred years, a matter of no small consideration to those 

 who wish to breed true stock of a reliable quality. 



Exeter was selected for Mr Sheafe. by that excellent judge of 

 Stock, Mr. A. Stevens, of New York. He was considered one of 

 the very best bulls in England Quite a high price was paid for 

 him . It is believed that his superior has never before been impor- 

 ted into this country. He is a beautiful yellow-red— .which is a 

 bright red. with a fine golden or saffron under tinge, arising from 

 a rich yellow skin, and is the only bull of this peculiarly fine red 

 ever imported. A few calves of his get will be for sale this season. 

 Their dams are Herd Book Short Horns, very fine in their points. 

 and great milkers. Those who desire to improve their present 

 stock by taking a superior fresh cross, will please to apply to 



June. 1850. [6-3t] A. B. ALLKN & CO., New York. 



The Celebi-ated Horse Morgan Eagle. 



THIS truly celebrated Horse will stand for mares this season, 

 commencing April 25th. at the American, Lima. 



Morgan Engle was purchased in the fall of 1847. in Tunbridge. 

 Vermont, by J . Henderson, at a high price, for the express pur- 

 pose of improvi ng the stock of horses in this county . He is about 

 sixteen hands high, and well proportioned, is a bright bay, and for 

 symmetry and action can not be surpa3.sed. Morgan Eagle and 

 the celebrated trotting mare. Lady Sutton of New York, were sired 

 by old Morgan Eagle of Vermont. Breeders of horses are partic- 

 ularly reque.=ted to call and examine him. 



Pasture will be furnished for mares sent from a distance, and 

 good attention paid to them. Escapes at the risk of the owners. 



Those parting with mares before foaling, will be held responsible 

 for the insurance. HENDERSON & AUSTIN. 



Lima, April, 1850. [G-lf] 



Miner's Bee Hlvo. 



THIS beautiful and highly valuable practical Hive, is uneur- 

 pa.=»sed by any other in the United States. The Rights are 

 in pamphlet form, with full engravings, and ample directions to 

 make it Price $2 only ; sent by mail to anj section of the coun- 

 try. This is positively the only Hive of real merit to be had. 



Also, the AMERICAN BEE-KEEPER'S MANUAL. 350 pp., 

 35 fine engravings ; the most popular work ever published on the 

 culture of bees. Price $1 ; sent by mail also. Address to ihis 

 oflSce. post-paid. 



Gen. Farmer Office. Rochester. June. 18P0 f6-tf] 



Splendor. 



THE Short-Horn bull known as Oi.p Splendor, bred by Thos. 

 Weddle, will bo kept the present season on the farm of 

 Jacob W. Page. Sennctt corners. Cayuga county. N. V. 



Splendor has been owned some years in Avon and Lima. Liv- 

 ingston county ; and the fact of hia b.iving .st-rved one hundred 

 cows the past season, is sufficient evidence of his value ns a getter. 

 Terms ^5 a cow. JOHN R. SAGE. 



Sennett, June 1. 1850. [6-lt'] I 



Bickford Si. Huffiuairs Grain DrlU. 



THIS Drill is an improvement, in several important particulars, 

 on Bickford and Huffman's Drill manufaetiu-ed and widely 

 distributed last year, and w hich operated to the entire satisfaction 

 of every purchaser- The chief points of superiority are a? follows : 



1. The revolutions of the Distributing Cylinder are increased or 

 diminished at pleasure, with perfect precision, by means of cog- 

 wheels of different sizes. By this arrangement, the quantity of 

 seed distributed to the acre is regulated with perfect accuracy. 



2. The Teeth may be elevated or dropped separately, or simul- 

 taneously, with a single motion of the hand, according to the will 

 of the operator. 



3. The Drilling Tubes, being made of iron instead of leather, are 

 immeasurably more durable, and the seed always pa.'^ses them with 

 a clear and unimpeded current. 



4. This Machine possesses great advantages in the superior reg- 

 ularity of distribution along the furrow— in the simplicity of its 

 construction — in the durable and substantial style of its manu- 

 facture—and. in its far greater cheapness, when all its points of 

 usefulness are taken into consideration. 



This Drill will sow all kinds of grain, if properly cleaned. 

 PRICES— Seven tube ftrills. $65 ; Nine tube Drills. $75. 

 Orders, addressed ■' Bickford & Huffman, Macedon. Wayne eo., 

 N. Y.,"' will be faithfully and promptly attended to. 



Barrall'8 Agi-lcultural Foandrj' and Machine Shop. 



THE subscriber manufactures various Agricultural Implements 

 of the most approved kinds, which he sells at wholesale and 

 retail. Hia work is all warranted to be well built and to work well. 



The increasing demand for articles of his manufacture, recently 

 rendered additions to his shops necessary, which having been com- 

 pleted, he has every facility for producing perfect work, and at 

 reasonable prices. 



Among the implements now sold by him, are Burrall's Clover 

 Mills. 4 sizes, [1st premium last State Fair ;] Burrall's Shell Wheel 

 Flows. 12 sizes, highly improved the present season : Plain. Iron 

 beam, Shovel, Subsoil, and Com Plows ; Burrall's Corn and Grain 

 Cultivators ; Improved English Drill, for seeding and manuring 

 at a single operation ; Straw Cutters, for hand and horse power ; 

 Threshing Machines and Horse-Powers, Clod Crushers. Field RoU- 

 lers. Corn Shellers and Separators, &c.. &c. 



Orders from abroad attended to without .delay. A liberal dis- 

 count to the trade. Rapalje Sc Briggs. Rochester, agents. 



Geneva, N. Y. June. 1850. E. J. BURRALL. 



Threshers, Take Notice. 



TH E subscribers manufacture an eight-horse power that stands 

 on a low wagon when in operation, thereby saving the trouble 

 of loading and unloading either Horse Power or Separator. The 

 Horse Power is double geered. yet has less than one half as many 

 boxes and mashes of gearing as any other In use. They can bo 

 set ready for use by one man, in half the time i-equired for other 

 machiues. The Cleaner possesses facilities for separating the 

 grain from the Ptra\^ , superior to any other, never winds, and is 

 capable of threshing from three to sis hundred bushels of wheat 

 per day. They havo been introduced into most of the grain 

 growing States with unexampled success Those wishing ma- 

 chines, can have privilege of thoroughly testing them before pur- 

 chasing- The price of both machines is only $2'i^. The above 

 machines are kept constantly on hand and for sale at Woodbury's 

 steam worki on Canal street, Rochester, N.Y. 



Smaller sizes furnished, if desired. *\lso forsale. the right of ter- 

 ritory on both the above machines. J. Sc D. WOODBURY. 



WONDERFUL BOOK-NOW READY, 



The Mysterions \oises in Rochester 



AND WESTERN NEW VORK-A history of these remarka- 

 ble sounds and of all the Strango Phenomena conneeted 

 therewith, the Spiritual Communications. Sic , Sec. Price- single, 

 12>i cts ; 10 copies for $1. Orders by mail will be promptly at- 

 tended to. 



Ten agents wanted, to sell the above work, together with other 

 new and valuable works, to whom a fair chance to make money 

 money will be given. A small capital of from $16 to $25 required, 

 and the agent will be indemnified against loss 



D. M. DEWEY. Arcade Hull. Rochester, N. V. 



THE GENESEE FARMER, 



A MONTHLY JOURNAL OF 



AGRICULTURE AND HORTICULTURE, 



Farm Buildings, Domestic Animals, Implements, Fruits, &c 

 VOLUME XI, FOR 1850. 



DANIEL LEE U JAMES VICK, Jr., Editors. 



p. BARRY, Oonductor of Horticultural Department. 

 Fifty Cents a Year, lit Advance. 



Five Copies for $'J ; Kighl Cojiies for $3, and any larger 



number at the same rale. 



DANICL LEE. 



December. 1849. Rochestt:r. Kcw York 



STEREOTYVE 



■ JEWETT, THOMAS AND CO., DUPTaLO, N. Y. 



