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THE GENESEE FARMER 



as mucli cheaper than pump longs as they are more dura- 

 ble, for the underground conveyance of water from springs 

 to any place it may be required, for watering stock or irri- 

 gation. 

 Dry loam or charcoal are best to deodorize night-soil. 



I HAVE an opportunity of getting some hundreds of bushels of 

 nnleached wood ashes for eiglit cents per bushel. Will they pay 

 at that price, and if so how, and to what crop can I make the most 

 economical use of them ? Also, what is the best way to make a 

 bed of straw go into manure, that has been tramped but shghtly by 

 cattle ? Geokge Cattell. — Oakland, Harrison Co., Ohio. 



Ashes wiD paj' on corn land, on clover or meadow land, 

 on spring wheat, barley, oats and potatoes, unless your soil 

 is alreadj' exceedingly fertile. Large heaps of straw and 

 corn-stalks require some time to rot. If we have heavy 

 clay ground that needs to be made lighter, we sometimes 

 plow under unrotted straw and stalks, and let them rot in 

 the earth. In this way the soil gets all their organic ele- 

 ments — a gain that pays for the trouble of raking straw 

 and stalks into the furrow to be covered with the plow. 

 Some plows clog up with straw spread on the surface 

 much less tlian others. If straw is ever plowed in like 

 clover on light land, cover it deep, or it may be a long time 

 in decaying. 



I WISH you to set my name down as one of a thousand young 

 men that are willing to give a doUar a year to promote agricultural 

 science, and hope you may succeed in forming a Society. 



In the year 1847 I was scarce of bedding for my horses ; every 

 morning I spread the coal ashes made the day previous over the 

 ''table floor (an earthen floor) to keep it dry ; and the dung and 

 ashes were wheeled out together daily around the straw pile among 

 cattle, in the fall. I manured my wheat with it, and the whole of 

 that crop measured thirty-one bushels per acre. I have both be- 

 fore and since manured equally as heavy, and put in aa well, with 

 the exception of the ashes, and have never had more than from 

 eighteen to twenty-five bushels per acre. Had the Lshea anything 

 to do in producing the above result ? The vein of coal that we use 

 fi-ora has much more sulphur in it than the Pittsburg vein. I 

 would be much pleased to have your opinion. J. L. Crawford.— 

 Carmichaeh, Greene CO., Pa. 



The ashes were beneficial.*! 



YoTT will confer a favor on at least •no of 5-onr numerotis readers 

 If you will suggest the best mode of getting rid of moles, as they 

 are very numerous about here, and troublesome. A Young 

 Fakster. — Terre Haute, la. 



Will not some reader familiar with the evU complained 

 of state what he regards as the best remedy ? To catch 

 moles m traps and to poison them are methods of destroy- 

 ing them in common use. 



Your rxeellent paper should be in the handi) of every thinking 

 farmer. I am no farmer, yet I would not be without it for ten 

 times it« cost. Please give through the Farmer the most approved 

 mode of raising hops. I think it would prove a profitable crop on 

 our dry, lich lands of the West. C. F. McNeill.— ConcorfJ, Ind. 



WiU some of our readers familiar with hop-culture give 

 ns an article on the production of this often exceedingly 

 profitable crop ? 



Cax you"prescribe a'remedy for the mildew of the gooseberry r 

 H. 'W.— l Washington Mills, If. T. 

 ^Can any of our readers giye the desired informatioQ ? 



The Preservation ov ButtjiR.— I wish to ask through yottr 

 valuable columns the best mode of preserving butter as it is madfe 

 through the dairy season, to have it as sweet as when laid dowi>. 

 You or any of your subscribers giving the best mode would conHar 

 a favor. D. R. ^\KS^LXKE.—■Horsehcads, A'. Y. 



"Will some experienced butter-maker give the informal 

 tion desired ? We will only intimate the necessity of 

 working out all the buttermilk, and laying down the butter 

 in a manner to exclude the air from the firkin or stojie 

 crock in which it is packed. 



HORTICULTURAL. 



Api'les. (J. N. S., Marion, Ohio.) . The apples are 

 quite new to us, and we should think them to be a seedling 

 variety. They reached us in good condition ; and wb 

 should think them to be well worthy of cultivation. The 

 quality seems to be excellent, and its appearance indicates 

 long-keeping qualities, which is very desirable. 



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May 1, 1854.— 2t 



GENESEE VALLEY NTJESERIES. 

 A. FROST & CO., ROCHESTER, N. Y^ 



OFFER this spring as usual choice BEDDING PLANTS of every- 

 description, select GREEN-HOUSE PLANTS, NEW ROSES, 

 &c. &c. As . desirable additions are made to our extensive stock 

 every spring, by importations from the most reliable sources I'D 

 Europe, it comprises a large collection of the most select varieties 

 of Dahlias, Verbenas, Petunias, Fuchsias, Scarlet Geraniums, Helio- 

 ti'opps. Dwarf Chrysanthemums, Roses, &c. &c. 



J^^° Priced Descriptive Catalogues of them can be had upon ap- 

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 to prepay postage. Ai.ril 1, 1854. — 2t 



FARMEK AND GARDENER ^WANTED. 



WANTED, on a farm in Ulster county, about 95 miles from New 

 York, a young married man, capable of doing general farm 

 work, and willing to make himself generally useful. 



Also, wanted a young married man, capable of cultivating a plain 

 g.arden, taking care of hoi-ses, &c., and occasionally to assist with 

 farm work. 



Privileges allowed are house and garden spot, keeping of a cow 

 and jiig, and fuel for the year. Persons answering above descrip- 

 tion, and able to fui-nish good recommendations as to capacity and 

 intcffiitv. may address, stating terms in addition to above privileges, 



April"!, 1854.— 3t. W. W. DIBBLEE, New York. 



IMPORTED KORSE CONSTERNATION. 



THIS well-known, thoroogb-brcd Horse, will stand the present 

 season, a.'* heretofore, at the farm of the subscriber, one mil© 

 west of Svracuse. For full pedigree, see Derby & Sliller's edition of 

 Youatt. "Terms— $10 the season, $15 to insure ; payable in advance 

 in all cases. Good r.%<;turage furnished at 4s per week. Mares at 

 risk of owners in all respects. _ No mare will be served that ia | 

 either ringboned, spavined, or blind, J. B. BURNETT, 



May, 1854.— 3t Syracuse, N. Y. 



CULTIVATION lOF TOBACCO. 



A PRACTICAL TREATISE ON GROWING TOBACCO IN THB 

 NORTHERN STATES, just published. Price, 25 cents. 

 E. H. BABCOCK & CO., 

 May 1, 1854.— 3t Syracuse, N. Y,„ 



