Genesee Farmer for 1852. 



Libraries offered to County AgrloiUtnrnl Societies, 

 nntl to Individuals. 



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Thk present number is the last of the volume. The 

 unparalleled increase of our circulation the present 

 year induces us greitly to improve the next volume. 

 It will be printed on >kw type, bktter paper, illus- 

 trated with MORE COSTLY ENGRAVINGS, and be larger 

 than at present, each number containing THIRTY- 

 TWO instead of twenty-four pages, without any 

 increase of price. Let all examine our offer of 

 Books to those who obtain subscribers for the Farm- 

 er, as well as to Counties where the greatest number 

 is taken. Our friends will please form c' abs early. 



PREmiJ MS^O R~185^ ! 



DrRi>o thi-year JSril 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 ^'lgiiciilli:ral Chemistry. Geology. Bola»y, ilorticnlUire, Gar- 

 drning. Riirot .Ircliilecluie, harm Economy, the Management of 

 Sheqi. l{orses. i^-c. the Treatment of Diseased Jlnimals, ij-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 

 intluence. I'heir influence is not confined to those who receive 

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

 They must increase the knowledge, and conseijuently the power, 

 the inHuence. and the wealth of those for whose especial benefit 

 we l;;bor. 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, 

 wlio are acting as voluntary agents without the expectation of 

 pecuniary reward. M'ith a view, therefore, to this object, and to 

 extend the circulation and increase the usefulness of the Genesee 

 Farmer, we otfer the following liberal premiums to the frienas of 

 Rund Improvement who may interest themselves in obtaining 

 Eubscriberj. 



Freniiunis to Individuals. 



1st. THIRTY Dollars, in Agricultural J3ooks, to the person 

 who sh:ill send u.s the largest number of subscribers, at the club 

 prices, before the 1.5th day of .\ pril next, so that we may announce 

 the successful comiietitors in the May number. 



*2d. TVV'E.NTY Dollars, in Agricultural Books, to the person 

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



3 J. TK.\ Dollars, in -Agricultural Books, to the person who shall 

 Bend us the third highest list, as above. 



In order to make the circulation of the boobs more general, and 

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

 tions in its beh.iif we will give to those not entitled to any of the 

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

 desired : 



1st. To every person who sends us Sixteen subscribers, at our 

 club terms of three shilUngs each, one extra copy of the Farmer. 



2d. 'I'o every person sending us Twe.ntv-Fouh 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 75 cents, postage paid, or three 

 extra copies of the Farmer 



4th. For FoiiTV, any .Agricultural Book Talued at $1, postage 

 paid, or four extra copies of the Farmer. 



5ih. For FoaTv-tKiHT, any Agricultural Book valued at $1.25. 

 postage paid, or five ifxtrsi copies of the Farmer. 



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

 tion. 



dtj- To save expense to our friends, we pay the postage on all 

 the.se works, and persons entitled will state whether they wish 

 books or extra pnpers, 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. 



County Premiums. 



To aid as much as pos.-ible in establishing County Agricultural 

 Libraries, we otf-r the following premiums, which we hope will aid 

 in tbu more general establ bbment of Agricultural Libraries in 

 the Counties. 



1st. We will eive an Apricnltur.il Library worth FORTV DOL- 

 L.\|{S, to the County in which the greatest number of copies of 

 the (Jenesei- Farmer is taken by the loth of April next This Li- 

 brary to be ki)it as a (runty Agricultural Library under the care 

 of the Apricultur.il Society. 



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

 an Agricultur.il Library worth TWKNTY-FIVE DOLLARS, on 

 the same conditions as abnve. 



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



New Vork. 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 THF .STATF. OF NEW YORK, thus- 



1st. To the County out of thk State or N. Yobk in which the 

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

 Library worth FORTY DOLLARS. t i^ujiurai 



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

 the second greatest number is taken, an Agricultural Lihrarv 

 worth TW^FNTY-FIVIO DOLLARS. ^Bncuiiurat i^ibrary 



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

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

 personal exertions, and tlie 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 Countv memiums 



BACK VOLU.MtS of the Farmer will be furnished, il deS; 

 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 shall announce the 

 premiums. 



Lihraries and Books will be forwarded per order, immediately 

 after the announcement, and persons or societies can select the.r 

 own books, or leave the selection to us. 



{«?> Specimen numbers, show-bills, &c., sent to all post-paid 

 applicants. All letters must be paid or free. Subscri) tion mon- 

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



The 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 XIII, 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 himself that it is loo 

 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 F.armer are the best judges of its Viilue, and 

 those unacquainted with it are requested to examine its pages. 



The unparalleled increase of our circulation, the present year, 

 from TVVKNTY 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 noi 

 be excelled iu 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 i.ABr.ER than at present, containing TRIRTV-1 \VO in 

 stead of TWF,NTV-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 Ai'PHOPRiATELV ILLUSTRATED — Containing numerous 

 and expensive engravings of Farm Buildings. Improved imple- 

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



We number among our Contributor.s, hundreds of the best 

 Practical Farmers in the country, and 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 (Jen- 

 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 trifling 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 rur;d interests of the coun- 

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

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

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

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

 fully established, and we confid(mtly ask for it that support which 

 it merits from the Farmers. Gardeners, and Fruit Culturists of th« 

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

 ing this work, and extending its usefulness, nol only to subscribe 

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

 Fifty Cents a Venr, In Ailvance. 



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

 number at llio anme r.tle. 



[13= All siihsrriplions to commence with tlie year, and 

 the entire volume snppiicil lo all siibscriliers. 



Q{J- Post-Masters. Farmers, and all friends of improvement, ara 

 respectfully solicited to obtain and forward subscriptions. 



Subscription money, if properly enclo.ied. may be sent (post- 

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



November, 185L Rochester. Nev 7»rk 



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