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THE GENESEE FARMER. 



Nov. 



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CONTENTS OF THIS NUMBER. 



The -AgricuHural Press 249 



Kastcru Virginia; Use of Guano and Lime, 250 



British and American Agriculture, 2.>1 



Luxuriant Pasturage 262 



Analysis of Long Blood Beet, 252 



Agricultural Addresses 253 



Ilotrs running at large in Winter 255 



Three things necessary to make an agricultural plan Taluable, 255 



The way to raise Wheat after Corn; Sore Necks in Oxen.. . . 255 



S. W.'s Notes for the Month 2.50 



The Culture of Klax 256 



Agricultural Schoolsj Notes by a Farmer, 257 



Mountain Ash; Tobacco in Wisconsin, 257 



iNqriRiKs AND -Answkrs — 258 



Preparation for Winter 259 



Select Sound Potatoes for Seed, 259 



Sub-soiling for Potatoes, 259 



■^ oiTHs' Uep.irtment — Hampton Court 265 



Ladiks' Dkpaiitment— Floriculture of the Toilet, 266 



EoiTORi' Table — '• Prepared (Juano," 267 



Lost Letters; Notices; &c 2S6 



HORTrCULTURAL DEPARTMENT. 



The Horticultural Department of the State Fair, 261 



Gathering Summer and Autumn Pears, 262 



Vagueues* of Premium Lists; Northern Apples. 264 



Autumn Fruits; Keeping Winter Pears;. . .« . 204 



Peaches in Minnesota 264 



Answsrs to Correspondents 264 



M. Miller's Patent Fliiteiia Melodeons. 



THE subscriber respectfully invites at- 

 tention to the aboTe in.struments. which 

 have now been before the public for more 

 J than twelve months, during which time 

 they have attained a popularity beyond 

 his expectation. They have been intro- 

 duced successfully into very many tis- 

 pectable families and institutions in this 

 region— also in the adjoining and Western 

 States : and in the estimation of all who 

 have tried tbem they excel in tone, dura- 

 bility, and elegance, any similar instrument ever invented. Ho 

 therefore feels confident that tliey need only a fair trial to be- 

 come general f ivorites with the lovers of music. 



Owing to the ejttensivc and increasing demand for these instru- 

 ments, the subscriber has been induced to get up an extensive as- 

 sortment, in different styles, varying In prices fVom $40 to $126. 

 The favor of a call from Professors, amateurs, and the public 

 generally, is respectfully solicited. 



{;77» Applications for the purchase of rights to make, or of ter- 

 ritory, can be made personally, or by letter, to the undersigned. 

 All orders punctually atteudtd to. 

 Instruments safely packed and sent any distance. 



M. MILLER, 190 Main St., corner of William. 

 Rochester, Nor., 1S51. 

 (tgi- For sale at Columbus. Ohio, by G. & F. B Machold. 



To Farmers and Planters. 



THE subscriber has made a contract for a large quantity of 

 Bone Uust ground fine, also for the sawings and turnings of 

 buttons, which he offers for sale at $2.25 per barrel, including 

 package. Warranted pure. Owing to the large demand this 

 season, many were disappointed in getting their supply, without 

 paying cxhorbitant prices elsewhere. Farmers and Planters will 

 plea>e send in their orders at their earliest convenience, stating 

 the quantity they will want, and at what time the same is to be 

 delivered, it is necessary to have their orders at this season to 

 enable me to reserve for them their supply in the spring, or earlier 

 if they desire. 



I have now on hand— Peruvian Guano. Bone Black, Wood's 

 Renovating Salts, Potash, Oil of Vitriol, and Sugar House Scum. 



GEO. ri. BAUR, 

 State .'Vgricultural Warehouse, 25 Cliff street. New V'ork. 

 Nov.. 1851. [11-lt] 



STATE A(;ilICX;i.TXJR..(VL IVAKEHOtSE. 



E.MERVS and Kells' Horse Powers and Threshers. 

 Hovey's. Clinton's, Tower's Sinclair's, Botts' and Berthoirs 

 Straw. Ilay. and Corn Stalk Cutters. 



Vegetable or Root Cutters, for slicing up potatoes, beets. Ste. 



Corn Shi-lliTS of various patterns. 



Fanning .Mills of Bryant's make. This is considered one ot the 

 best mills in use. Abo. Clinton 8i Bamborough's patent 



Prouty Si Mears' premium plows of all sizes. Minor &. Horten's 

 and Eaifle Plows. 



Harrows of GcdJes, Triangle, and Scotch patterns. 



Subiioil Plows of Weirs pattern, made under the direction of 

 Prof .\Iapes. which is half the draft of the old style. 



Road Scrapers. Three Furrow Plows, and Cultivators. 



Field and Garden Seeds. 



Fertilizers, such as Guano, Bone Dust. Bone Black, Wood's 

 Renovating Salts. Poudrettc, Plaster, Sugar House Scum, for sale 

 by GEO. H. BAKR. 



Nov . 1?51. [11-lt] No. 25 CUff street, New York. 



A New Work on Fruit. 



CHARLES SCRIBNER (late Baker & Scribncr) has just pub 

 lished 



"THE FRUIT GARDEN," 

 A Treatise intended to illustrate and explain the structure and 

 character of the different parts of fruit trees — the theory and 

 practice of the various operations connected with the propagation, 

 transplMnting. pruning and training of orchard and garden trees 

 — the laying out and arrungment of various kinds of orchards and 

 gardens, selection of varieties, treatment of diseases and insects, 

 gathering and preserving fruits, Stc, fscc. — illuslraled with upwards 

 of One Hundred and Fifty Figures. By P. BarrVj of the Mount 

 Hope Nurseries, Rochester, N? Y. 1 vol. 12 mo. 



SUMMARY OF CONTENTS. 



Part T. Describes the different parts of Fruit Trees— Roots, 

 Stems, Branches. Leaves, Blossoms and Fruit ; explain.^ their dif- 

 ferent Characters, Functions, and Practical Classifications. It 

 treats, also, of Soils and Manures, of the best Modi's of Propagation, 

 and the General Principles and Practice of Pruning. 



Part II. Treats of the Propagation and .Management of Trees in 

 the Nursery in detail, both Standards and Dwarfs, beginning with 

 the Stocks and ending with taking up the Trees. 



Part III. Treats of the Laying Out and Arrangements of differ- 

 ent kinds of Orchards and Fruit Gardens, the selection of Trees 

 and of varieties. Planting, Pruning, and Training of Standards, 

 Dwarf Pyramids, &c., Stc. 



Part IV. Contains Abridged Descriptions of all the best Fruits 

 of well-established merit, with selections for various purposes and 

 localities, and lists of new and promising vai'ieties ; also, a Chap- 

 ter en Diseases and Insects ; another ou Gathering and Preserv- 

 ing P'ruits. and one on the more important Implements used in 

 Fruit Culture. 



NOTICES OF THE PRESS. 



" This admirably arranged volume possesses an almost incredi- 

 ble amount of condensed information, given, too, in so earnest 

 and easy a manner, that, despite of the really heavy freight the 

 mind is taking in on its way, the reader is carried on from chapt'.-r 

 to chapter, like a smoothly running car. and we suspect few could 

 put it by unfinished without regret, or renew its perusal without 

 a pleasurable certainty of entertainment or profit ; and we would 

 especially call attention to the first chapter, for, remembering our 

 own ignorance, and the no less bungling efforts of our neighbors 

 and friends, in any operation of tree surgery, we feel how thankful 

 we should have been if we could have availed ourselves of Air. 

 Barry's kindly offered solution of the many mysteries that pua- 

 zled us then." — Home Journal. 



" A valuable, because simple and practical, work upon fruits and 

 fruit trees in America. The book is illustrated with drawings 

 well calculated to assist the fruit grower, and it should be in the 

 hands of all who have a patch of land, or who love good fruits. — 

 North ^imerican Miseeltany." 



"A mass of useful information is here collected, which will give 

 the work a value even to those who possess the best works on the 

 cultivation of fruit yet published." — New i'or/c Evening Post. 



'• This is, in brief, the title of a neat volume of about 400 pnges, 

 prepared with evident care and ability by P. Bari.v. of the firm 

 of tllwanger Sc Barry, proprietors of the increa.^ingly celebrated 

 • Mouut Hope Nur.-ierics.' The author is not only weli read on 

 the subject on which he treats, but in addition to his theoretical 

 and scientific qualifications, ho po.'se.-^si-s a practical knowledge of 

 the subject, in all its branches and beariugs, that few Wiiters 

 have ever enjoyed. 



' The work before us seems to be a thorough treatise upon the 

 properties, modes of culture and most desirable qualities of fruits 

 in general, with selections and descriptions of the most approved 

 varieties for e.sjjecial as well as general use. And the experience of 

 the writer in the selection and rearing of the vast and superior 

 varieties of fiuit in Western New York— the great fruit garden of 

 the country— as well as his familiarity with all the most approved 

 varieties of eastern and foreign fruits, invest his book with a de- 

 gree of authenticity and reliability well calculated to secure to ii 

 the utmost confidence. 



• Every fruit grower, whether large or small, should procure a 

 copy of this excellent work.'' — Roihesler Doily Adicrtiztr. 



'• Our townsman. Mr. P. Barry, has done great service to the 

 cause of fruit culture and ornamenting of court yards, in this new 

 treatise of his. The work. a,< the title page explains, is designed to 

 illustrate the physiology of fruit trees, and the theory and practice 

 of all operations connected with the propagation, transplanting, 

 pruning and training of orchard and garden trees. It also gives 

 many and vahuible ideas upon the laying out and arranging of or- 

 chards and gardens, and, in short, is a very encyclopedia of all in- 

 formation pertaining to fruit and fruit culture. It is from the 

 pen of one in the highest degree competent for the task he has un- 

 dertaken, and is illustrated by many plates and figures. It is a 

 book that should, as it will, command a ready sale wherever its 

 author Is known, and among all who desire a first rate treatise 

 upon the subject, from a practical band. .Mr. Baurv wields his 

 pen in a manner that does credit to him, and well illustrates the 

 the possible union of cultivation of the soil and cultivation of the 

 mind." — Rochester Daily Jltutrican. 



CH.\RLES SCRIBNER, 

 No. 36 Park Row. and 145 Nassau St., New York. 



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FOWLS FOR SALE.— A few fine Shanghae and Cochin 

 China Fowls for sale— pure and fine- at $5 00 per pair, shipped to 

 order. Addrest CHAKLES SEELxE, Genesee Farmer Office, 

 Rochester, N. Y. 



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