Genesee Farmer for 1852. 



One more number completes the present 

 volume. The unparalleled increase of our 

 circulation the present year induces us great- 

 ly to improve the next volume. It will be 

 printed on new type, better paper, illustra- 

 ted with MORE COSTLY ENGRAVINGS, and be 

 one-third larger than at present, each num- 

 ber containing THIRTY-TWO instead of 

 Twemty-Four pages, without any increase 

 of price. Form Clubs early. 



PREMIU MS FO R 1852! 



During the year 1851 the editors of the Genesee Farmer have cir- 

 culated in premiums over Seven Hundred Dollars worth of the 

 best agricultural books published in the country. These works, 

 on Agiicultural Chemistry., Geology, Botany, Horticulture, Gar- 

 dening, Rural Jlrcliitecture, Farm Economy, the Management of 

 Sheep, Horses, i$'C., the Treatment of Diseased Animals, 4'C., scat- 

 tered all over the country, even to Oregon and California, we be- 

 lieve, have exerted, and will continue to exert, a very beneficial 

 iufluence. Their influence is not confined to those who receive 

 thi'm. but is felt by their children, their friends, and neighbors. 

 They must increase the knowledge, and consequently the power, 

 the influence, and the wealth of those for whose especial benefit 

 we labor. The coming year it is our intention to increase the cir- 

 culation of these works. We do this for the good they accomplish, 

 as well as a slight compensation, to our friends — the friends of 

 rural improvement — and Postmasters, throughout the country, 

 who are acting as voluntary agents without the expectation of 

 pecuuiiu-y reward. With a view, therefore, to this object, and to 

 extend the circulation and increase the usefulness of the Genesee 

 Farmer, we offer the following liberal premiums to the fi'iends of 

 Rural Improvement who may interest themselves in obtaining 

 subscribers. 



Premiiims to Individuals. 



1st. THIRTY Dollars, in Agricultural Books, to the person 

 who shall send us the largest number of subscribers, at the club 

 prices, before the 15th day of April next, so that we may announce 

 the successful competitors in the May number. 



2d. TWENTY Dollars, in Agricultural Books, to the person 

 who shall send us the second highest list, as above. 



3J. TEiV Dollars, in Agricultural Books, to the person who shall 

 send us the third highest list, as above. 



In order to make tbe circulation of the books more general, and 

 to reward every one of the friends of the Farmer for their exer- 

 tions in its behalf, we will give to those not < ntitled to any of the 

 above premiums, the following books, free of postage, or papers, as 

 de.sired : 



l.-;t. To every person who sends us Sixtken subscribers, at our 

 club tei'ms of three shillings each. One e.xtra copy of the Farmer. 



2d. To every person sending us Twentv-Four subscribers, as 

 above, any agricultural work valued at 50 cents, postage paid, or 

 two extra copies of the Farmer. 



3d. To any person ordering Thirtv-Two copies of the Farmer, 

 any Agricultural Book valued at 73 cents, postage paid, or three 

 extra copies of the Farmer 



4th. For Forty, any Agricultural Book valued at $1, postage 

 pftid, or four extra copies of the Farmer. 



5th. For Forty-Eight, any Agricultural Book valued at $1.25, 

 postage paid, or five extra copies of the Farmer. 



For larger numbers, books or papers given in the same propor- 

 tion. 



CCr" f " SB,ye expense to our friends, we pay the postage on all 

 these works, aud persons entitled will state whether they wish 

 books or estra papers, and make their selections when they send 

 orders .; or if their list is not complete, if wished we will delay 

 sending until the club is full. 



Covmly Premliims. 



To aid as much as possible in establishing County Agricultural 

 Libr.tries, we offer the following premiums, which we hope will aid 

 in the more general establ.shment of Agricultural Libraries in 

 the Counties. 



1st. We will give an Agricultural Library worth FORTY DOL- 

 LARS, to the County in which the greatest number of copies of 

 the Genesee Farmer is taken by the 15th of April next This Li- 

 brary to be kept as a County Agricultural Library under the care 

 of the Agricultural Society. 



2d. To the County in which the next greatest number is taken, 

 an Agricultural Library worth TWENTY-FIVE DOLLARS, on 

 the same conditions as above. 



As the above premiums will probably be taken in the State of 



New York, and as we wish to give our friends in other States an 

 equal chance in the competition, we offer the same premiums to 

 Counties OUT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, thus : 



1st. To the County out of the State of N. York in which the 

 greatest number of copies of our paper is taken, an Agricultural 

 Library worth FORTY DOLLARS. 



2d. To the County out of the State of New York in which 

 the second greatest number is taken, an Agricultural Library 

 worth TWENTY-FIVE DOLLARS. 



Individuals will receive the premiums to which they may be en- 

 titled, for their individual benefit, as a compensation for their 

 personal exertions, and the numbers they send will be credited 

 to the Counties where the papers are sent, so that the premiums 

 to individuals will not at all interfere with the County pi-emiums. 



BACK VOLUMES of the Farmer will be furnished, il desired, 

 and counted the same as new subscribers. 



We shall keep a correct account of the subscribers sent by each 

 person and county. In the May number we shaU announce the 

 premiums. 



Libraries and Books will be forwarded per order, immediately 

 after the announcement, and persons or societies can select their 

 own books, or leave the selection to us. 



QQ- Specimen numbers, show-bills, &c., sent to all post-paid 

 applicants. All letters must be paid or free. Subscription mon- 

 ey, if properly enclosed, may be mailed at our risk. 



Tlie Practical and Scientific Farmer's Own Paper. 

 THE GENESEE FARMER, 



A MONTHLY JOURNAL OF 



AGRICULTURE AND HORTICULTURE, 



ILLUSTRATED WITH NUMEROUS ENGRAVINGS OF 



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

 VOLUME Xm, FOR 1852. 



DANIEL LEE Si JAMES VICK, Jr., Editors. 



P. BARRY, Conductor of Horticultural Department. 



IN issuing a Prospectus for the Thirteenth Volume of the 

 Genesee Farmer, the Publisher flatters himselt that it is too 

 widely known, too extensively circulated, and too well read, to 

 render it necessary to state at length the design of the work.— 

 Those who read the Farmer are the best judges of its value, and 

 those unacquainted with it are requested to examine its pages. 



The unparalleled increase of our circulfe,tion. the present year, 

 from TWENTY to FORTY THOUSAND, has induced us to 

 enlarge and further improve' our Journal, and for the year 1852 

 we shall furnish a paper that for size, beauty, and ability, will not 

 be excelled in this country. 



The new volume will commence on the first of January. It will 

 be printed on entirely new type and superior paper, and be one- 

 third LARGER than at present, containing TRIRTY-TWO in- 

 stead of TWENTY-FOUR PAGES, and making a volume of 384 

 pages, (with title page, index, &c., suitable for binding.) at the 

 close of the year. Our increasing circulation warrants us in 

 making this change without any addition to the price. The vol- 

 ume will be appropriately illustrated — containing numerous 

 and expen.sive engravings of Farm Buildings, Improved Imple- 

 ments, Domestic Animals, choice Fruits, Flowers, Shrubs, &c. 



We number among our Contributors, hundreds of the best 

 Practical Farmers in the country, aud our readers have through 

 our pages, the benefit of their wisdom and experience. No think- 

 ing man can read any number we issue, without receiving some 

 useful hint in regard to the management of crops, stock, or the 

 orchard, of more value than the price of the volume. The Gen- 

 esee Farmer is by far the cheapest Agricultural Journal published 

 in America. Our FORTY THOUSAND SUBSCRIBERS place 

 us ahead of all other Agricultural Journals, and enables us to fur- 

 nish a paper for the trilling sum of Three or Four Shillings, equal 

 to any, both in value and beauty. 



An earnest advocate of improvement of both the Mind and the 

 Soil, the Farmer seeks to advance the rural interests of the coun- 

 try, and elevate the profession of Agriculture to its proper posi- 

 tion. To accomplish this, it has labored long aud faithfully, and 

 not without some success. Its position as the cheapest, and at 

 least one of the best agricultural journals in the country, is 

 fully established, and we confidently ask for it that support which 

 it merits from the Farmers, Gardeners, and Fruit Culturists of the 

 United States. We invite all who feel the importance of sustain- 

 ing this work, and extending its, usefulness, not only to subscribe 

 themselves, but to introduce it to the patronage of their friends. 

 Fifty Cents a Year, In Advance. 



Five Copies for $2 ; Eight Copies for $3, and any larger 

 number at the same rate. 



[O" AH subscriptions to commence with the year, and 

 the entire volume supplied to all subscribers, 



QlJ- Post-Masters, Farmers, and all friends of improvement, are 

 respectfully solicited to obtain and forward subscriptions. 



Subscription money, if properly enclosed, may be sent (post- 

 paid or free.) at the risk of the Publisher. Address to 



DANIEIj IjEE, 



November, 1851. Rochester. New York. 



