THE GENESEE FARMER. 



71 



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THE TKIALS OF A NEEDLEWOMAN, 



BY T. S. ARTHUn, 

 will be commenced in the Januaiy nmiihcr. 



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 directions are so plain that every lady can be her own dxess maker. 



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 scriptions how to m.ake them. All kinds of PROrilET and NET- 

 TING work. New patterns for CLOAKS, MANTELETS, TALifAS, 

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godey's invaluable receipts upon every 

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MUSIC. — ^Three dollars worth ts given every year. 



DRAWING. — This art can be taught to any child, by a series of 

 drawings in every number for V>ii. 



MODEL COTTAGES.— Cottag a plans and cottage furniture will 

 be continued as usual. 



SPLENDID STEEL LiNE AND MEZZOTINT 

 ENGRAVINGS 

 in every number. They are ahviiys to be found iu GODEY 



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L. A. GODEY, 

 January 1, 1854.— 2t 113 Chestnut street, Philadelphia. 



Conknts of tfiis Nuraiu. 



Agricultural Meteorologj-, 4. 



What is the Value of Distillery Slops? ^ [ 42 



Experiments in Feeding Sheep, and with Manure, "']' 4? 



The Points for Judging Fat Cattle, 4; 



drying Potatoes for See-d, ' 4, 



An Agricultuial Implement Association, [ ig 



Unfermented Bre.ad, jj. 



Plan for Making a Manure Cellar, 49 



Burning Green Wood, jq 



ATlieat Culture in Massachusetts, 5Q 



Flux Culture, . . ,, 



Poultry Economy, g. 



Sheep and Cattle in Scotland, ___ r,j 



South Down Sheep, _ ,, 



Report of the Transactions at the Veterinary School at All-ii f M 



The American Threshing Machine at Mr. Mechi's, 54 



The Purifying Effect of Steam,. ]\ 55 



The Breeding and Rearing of Horses, 55 



A Silcsian Farm, _ _ a. 



Working Oxen, ,» 



-, . HORTICCXTtTRAI, DEPARTMENT. 



Foreign Fruits, g- 



Culture of Celery, _ -^ 



King Apple (Tompkins County), jj 



Window Gardening, ,,, 



Valuable Hints -- 



Cottage in the Rural Pointed Sty le, .. gj 



UNIVERSITY OP AXBANV. 



DEPARTMENT ..)F CHEMISTRY. 



E. S. CARR, M. D., Professor of Chemistr)- and its application to 

 Agriculture and the Useful Arts. 



P. E. DAKIN, Instructor in Analytical Chemistry. 



THIS Department of the University having been permanently 

 established, a spacious Laboratorv will be opened for the re- 

 ception of students, on TUESDAY, THE TENTH DAY OF JANU- 

 ARY, 18-54. There will be a Course of Instruction in Practical and 

 Analytical Chemi.stry, and a Course of Lectures on the applications 

 of Chemistrj- to Agriculture and the Manufacturing Arts, continu- 

 ing during a term of three months. The Laboratory will be open 

 from 9 A. M. to 5 P. M. 



The Lectures wUl be delivered in the evening, and will be free 

 of charge. 



For Laboratory Instruction, $20 per term, or $10 per month, for 

 a shorter period. Students will be charged with the breakage and 

 the Chemicals they consume. Students will also have access to the 

 State Agricultural and Geological Collections. 



An.alysis of Soils, Ores, Mineral Waters, &c., made on reasonable 

 terms. 



Address Prof. E. S. CARR, of Albany, or either of the following 

 gentlemen: LUTHER TUCKER, office Albany Cultivator; Hon. 

 B. P. JOHNSON, State Agricultural Rooms ; Dr. J. H. ARMSB Y, 

 869 Broadway. 



January 1, 1854.— 2t 



A. Few Words on the Vitality of Seeds,. 

 Choice Fruits, 



STEREOTYPED BY J. W. BP.OWN, ROCHESTER. 



EDITOR'S TABLE. 



The Ftrrner and its Contemporaries, ©3 



A Hint lor Every Reader, „ gg 



PremiuiQs for Volume XV, Second Series, 64 



FaJTu-si-s' College in Ohio, 54 



Tramactions of the North American Fruit Growing A^ociation, 65 



A Nf H and Complete Gazetteer of the United States, 65 



Temi tit Insurance Company, g^ 



Noti•^e3 to Corre.spondents, gg 



Inquiries and Answers, «» 



ILLrSTRATTOjrS. 



Pla.) «i a Manure Cellar, _ 40 



Souta Down Sheep, 52 53 



A Cleveland Stallion, gg 



King Apple, _ 55 



Cottage in the Rural Pointed Style, _ gj 



Home Protection. 



TEMPEST INSUEANCE COMPANY. 



capital, $250,000. 

 Organized December 24, 1852— Chartered March 1, 1853.T 

 HOMES ONLY INSURED BY THIS COMPANY, 

 No one Risk taken for more than $3000. 

 Home Office, Meridms, N. Y. 

 Many distingui.shed persons have insured their homes to the 

 amount of $.3000 each in this Companv, among whom are Fx- 

 PresidentVAN BUREN, Kinderhook; E.x-Governor SEWARD Au- 

 burn ; DANIEL S. DICKINSON, Ex U. S. Senator, Binghampton. 

 To whom it may concern : Anr.UR.v, May 16th, 185,^. 



We are personally acquainted with many of the Officers and Di- 

 rectors of the Tempest Insurance Company, located at Meridian, 

 Cayuga county, N. Y. In our opinion they are among the mont 

 wealthy and substantial class of farmers in this county. 

 J. N. STARIN, 

 ELAIORE P. BOSS, 

 THOMAS Y. HOWE, Jr. 

 The above gentlemen will be recognized as the Cashier of Cayngi 

 County Bank, Auburn; Postmaster, Auburn; and E.x-Member of 

 Congress, Auburn, Cayuga county, N. Y. 

 February 1, 18.54 — ly 



