296 



THE GENESEE KAKMJiJ:t. 



Conttixts of tUs Number. 



. . ^ ,,, ~" 265 



Murrain in Cattle, - 266 



Hints for September, - „„» 



How to Convert Straw into Manure, ^"' 



Spring and River Water— Irrigation, -^^ 



Ked Water, - - 271 



Rot in Sheep, - " 272 



Rumination, o^-o 



Rain-gauge, or Pluviometer, - 



Fallowing and Wheat sowing, 275 



Irrigation, ;;-"," 97-1 



Crops in Seneca County, New York, ^^^ 



Thin Seeding, -rr'^r'j 27fi 



Messina— a Country Seat on the Hudson, ^^o 



C haese-making, "" 230 



I'raserving Potato Seeds, - 281 



"" "--^^ ^g^ 



What shall we Eat ? 



Cultivation of Tobacco in Africa, - 



Pine Wood in Eastern Virginia, 282 



Foot-rot in Sheep, 282 



The California Crops,-. - "" 232 



Sheep-raising in Virginia, - -■ 232 



Feeding Farm Horses, - - 



HORTICULTURAL DEPARTMENT. ^^^ 



The Sheldon Pear, 283 



Notices of New Books, 285 



Lonicei-a Fragrantissima, 2S5 



Grafting Pears on Mountain Ash, - 



Victoria Kegia in Open Ponds, - „» 



The Grape Crop of Ohio, „„„ 



Black and AVhite "Blackberries," - |^' 



London Currants, 287 



Diseased Apples, - 



LADIES' DEPARTMENT. 



Domestic Recipes, -.- 288 



Proverbs on Woman, -- r,gg 



An Agricultural Princess, 



CHEAPEST AND BEST. 



LEE, MANN & CO., ROCHESTER, N. T., 



Are the Publishers of one of the Largest and Cheapest Newspapers 

 in the country. 



THE WEEKLY AMERICAN 



Is a paper of large size, containing 36 columns. " contains the 

 Latest News up to the day of publication. Important Pubhc Intel- 

 liR-ence, a well-selected Miscellany and General Reading page, 

 Grain, Cattle, Wool and Iron Markets to the latest dates from Bos- 

 ton, New York, Albany, Buffalo, Cincinnati, Troy, Baltimore and 



^ This' paper is published every Thursday, for ONE DOLLAR A 

 YE 4R INVARIABLY IN ADVANCE. It is the best and cheap- 

 est paper for farmers and others in tliis and the Western States. 

 They also publish 

 THE TRI-WEEKLY AMERICAN 

 Price $4 per annum, and 

 THE DAILY AMERICAN", 

 Price S6 per annum, to mail subscribers. 

 LEE MANN & CO. have in operation SIX STEAM AND THREE 

 HAND PRESSES, by means of which they can give all orders tor 

 ptnoK- OR .TOB WORK IMMEDIATE DISPATCH, while their large 

 Ssortment of TYPES, BORDERS and ORNAMENTS, enables 

 toemTo execute orders in the BEST STYLE. Railroad Companie^s, 

 Ss Insurance OfSces, Manufacturing Estabhshrnents, Forward- 

 ers Shippers, Merchants and Lawyers, can have their work done 

 tith PUNCTUALITY and ELEGANCE, and their Books ruled and 

 bound in any desired patterns and in tlie best manner 



Address LEE, MAMJ & CO., 



Rochester, N. Y. 

 Office on Buffalo street, opposite the Arcade. 

 May 1, 1854.— tf 



editor's TABLE. 



Queer Logic for an Editor, - 2sq 



What is Butter Land? 289 



University of.Georgia, 290 



Veterinary Knowledge,. f,gQ 



County Agricultural Fairs, - " . 



Value of Kentucky Farming Lands, ^^" 



An Experimental and Model Farm, |^^ 



The Annual Fair, - -- nqo 



Drouth and Crops in Knox County, la., - ^^'^ 



Valuable Real EsUte for Sale, -- ^^" 



Cure for Colic in Horses, - „, 



The Genesee Farmer, - - 2qi 



State Fairs for 1854, A"": 9qi 



Circular— United States Agricultural Society, ^» j 



Literary Notices, 



Inquiries and Answers, --- 



289 



291 

 292 



ILLUSTRATIONS. 



September, 



266 



GUANO-NOTICE. 



AS there is a substance now selling by some dealers in this city 

 and Brooklyn for No. 1 Peruvian Guano we caution the ag- 

 ricultural public who may purchase Peruvian Guano «risseajn to 

 observe that every bag of the genuine article will have the follow 



ing brand : ,, , ' 



No. 1. 

 PERUVIAN GUANO. 

 Imported by 

 F. Barreda Brothers. 

 The price is now established for this season at $55 per ton of 

 2000 lbs. When t^aken in lots of 67^ tons and upwards a discount 

 will be made LONGETT s GKlt J*i-^(j, 



State Agricultural Warehouse, 25 CUff street. New York. 

 September 1, 1854.— 2t 



Messina— a Country Seat on the Hudson, - ^ ' " 



The Sheldon Pear, - ^°? 



Lnnicera Fragrantissima, ^^^ 



Victoria Regia in Open Ponds, -- - —^J^ 



HOME PROTECTION. 

 TEMPEST INSURANCE COMPANY. 



CAPITAL, $250,C00. 

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

 HOMES ONLY INSURED BY THIS COMPANY. 

 No one Risk taken for more than $3000. 

 Home Office, Meridian, N. Y. 

 Many distinguished persons have insured their homes to the 

 amount of iSSOOO each in this Company, among ^hoin are Ex- 

 Prosii'ent V \N BUREN, Kinderhook ; Ex-Governor SEWARD, Au- 

 burn:' DANIEL S. DICKINSON, Ex U. S. Senator, Binghampton. 

 To whom it may concern : AunCRN, May 16th, 1853. _ 



We are personally acquainted with many of the Oflicers and di- 

 rect jrs of tlie Tempest Insurance Company, locate.! at Meridian, 

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

 wealthy and substantial class of fanners in this county. 

 J. N. STAKLNj 

 ELMORE P. ROSS, 

 THOilAS Y. HOWE, Jr. 

 The above gentlemen will be recognized as the Cashier of Cayuga 

 County Bank, Auburn; Postmaster, Auburn; and Ex-Member of 

 Con<'ress, Auburn, Cayuga county, N. Y. 

 February 1, 1864-ly 



SUPERIOR TREES, PREMIUM STRAWBERRIES, &c. 



WM R PRINCE & CO., Flushing, wishing to clear off 50 acrM 

 o'f their Nurseries through which the Raibroad pases wiU 

 sell their superior Fruit and Ornamental Trees and Shrubbery, 

 including Evergreens, at very reduced prices, m quantity. 



A^so, In unrivaled collection of Strawberries Bulbous Fowere, 

 Pffionies, &c., at the reduced prices of their Pa\=ilogue for 1854-5, 

 which will be sent to applicants. A convement credit will be al- 

 lowed, where payment is sure. 



jg-. B.— 100,000 Pears, of all sizes, at low rates, j 



September 1, 1854.— 2t 



FRUIT AND ORNAMENTAL TREES. &c. &c. 



THE subscribers offer for sale this coming fall a large assortment 

 of Fruit and Ornamental Trees, Shrubs, &c. &c. A hberal 

 discount made to dealers. ^^^^ pQNNELLAN & NEPHEWS, 



Rochester and Handford's Landing Nursery (one mile north ol 

 the city, on the Chariotte Plank Road). 

 September 1, 1854.— tf 



MERINO SHEEP. 



THE subscriber will sell a few Spanish Merino Sheep-bucks and 

 ewes--of undoubted purity of blood. He will also dispose ol 

 a nart of his stock of imported French Merinos. 



Gentlemen purcha-sing from this flock can have the sheep for- 

 warded to the principal Western towns at my risk. 

 Sept. 1, 1854— It* R- J- JO^ ^^' Cornwau vt. 



"FINE STOCK" 



Premium at Ohio and Indiana State Fairs 

 T-kTTOWTV livpd FANCY FOWLS, fifteen varieties. Also, LOP- 

 P'eIrED RABM?s: and SUFFOLK and ESSEX PIGS, bred 

 from the best importations. " . &• i-uin i; 



September 1, 1854.— It 



W. S. LUNT 

 FindUy, Hancock Co., Ohio. 



