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THE GENESEE FARMER. 



Jan. 



CONTENTS OF THIS NUMBER. 



The Farmer to its friends— Tho New Year, 9 



Parasitic Fungi of the Farm, 10 



Proper time for Felling Timber, 11 



A National Poison, 12 



Prof Johnston's view of American Agriculture 13 



State and Prospects of Agriculture in California, 14 



Farmers, Save the Wash of the 'Barn-yard, 15 



The Hen Fever. 16 



I.\(li'iBiEs AM) Answers. — Horse Rakes, 17 



Cultiv.ition of the Cranberry 17 



To liaise Water with tho Syphon, 18 



To Uemedy Leaking Roofs ; The Wire Worm, 19 



The Pioneer, 19 



S. W.'s Notes for the Month, 22 



Take Care of the Cattle 22 



Lapies' Department— Home-made Furniture, 28 



The Death of the Flowers, 28 



YovTH'g Department— Wonders of Vegetation, &c., 29 



Editors' Table— The AVorld's Fair, 30 



New York State Fair ; Notices, Sec, 30 



HORTICVLTURAL DEPAKTMKNT. 



Management of Small Gardens, 23 



Dahlias, 24 



The Plum as a Pyramidal Tree 25 



Exhibition of Fruits ; Acknowledgements 25 



Trellises for Climbing or Twining Plants, 26 



The American Summer Pearmain, 27 



Chaumoutel Pear 27 



Strawberries ; Small Experiments 27 



ILLUSTRATIONS. 

 The GanAT Building erected for the Worlds Fair. 

 Five Engravings illustrating the Fungi of the Farm, 10, 11 



A '■ Patent Rooster," 16 



Shanghai Hen, 15 



Revolving and AVire Tooth Horse Rakes 17 



Commencing a Settlement in the AVoods 20 



First Summer at the Settlement 21 



Four Plans for Trellises for Climbing Plants, 26 



American Summer Pearmain Apple 27 



Three Engravings showing how the Ladiss can make 



chairs, 48 



Cottage Couch, to be made at home, 28 



Century Plant, 29 



Morgan Si Wilson, DentUts, 



OFFICE, corner of North St. Paul and Main streets, second 

 story, beg leave to inform their friends and all those desirous 

 of obtaining first class of operations upon the teeth, that they 

 have again associated themselves together, and are in every way 

 prepared to insert teeth on gold plate, from one to an entire set, 

 or repair the decayed natural organs, with gold fillings, so as to 

 preserve them during life. 



To the Profession they would say, they have a large assortment 

 of Alcock 8 Mineral Teeth. Gold Plate, Spiral Springs, and quan- 

 tities of Morgan's Premium Gold Foil, constantly on hand. 



Orders by mail filled at sight. 



They can sell Teeth 3u per cent, less t)ian they can be bought 

 elsewhere in the city 



Specimens of their Plato Work can at all tiuieB he seen at their 

 office. 



ft?- Just received a large stock of Alcock's premium gum and 

 single Teeth, which they are selling at New York prices. 



A. A. MORGAN. E. F. WILSON. 



ft?- Office, comer North St. Paul and Main streets. 



Kochcster, November 1. 1850. 



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THIS beautiful and highly valuable practical Hive, is unsur- 

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

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Gen. Farmer Office. Rocheste r, June, 1850. [O-tf ] 



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December, 1849. Rochester. New York 



Hny and Stra-w Cutters.. 



I HAVE on band Fifty of the best Straw and Hay Cutters that 

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