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EDITOR'S TABLE. 



Mb. Editor : — Believing you take a lively interest in the welfare 

 of fdrmers generally, and are willing to answer questions touching 

 their interest, I will make a few enquiries. 



The farm, which I now occupy is called here gravelly loam, un- 

 derlaid with a coarse sandy gravel to a great depth. The soil on 

 the top is from six inches to twenty-four inches deep, and produces 

 good crops of com and potatoes, in favorable seasons. The rock 

 is a hard white lime stone. The timber is sugar maple, elm, hem- 

 lock, and beech. I should hke your opinion of such land, the best 

 mode of cultivation, and Avhether if made rich, it is suitable for 

 apple trees, &c. 



Remarks. — A soil underlaid hj a coarse sandy gravel 

 is what may be called a hungry soil. Such soils well man- 

 ured produce well, but the good efifecta of manure, are not 

 as permanent as if clay was an element in the soil. From 

 your description of the timber growing on it, we should 

 think fruit trees would do well, particularly, if leached 

 ashes are freely applied, and your trees were supplied with 

 stable manure as often as every other year. 



If lime is wanting in your soil, which you can easily as- 

 certain for yourself, by applying diluted chlorohydric acid 

 (commonly icnown as muriatic acid) drop by drop to a small 

 quantity in a saucer, and carefully noting whether 

 gas is extricated or not — if no effervescence is observable, 

 it may be presumed that lime would be of great benefit. 

 It is a well understood fact, that many soils underlaid by 

 limestone rock, are themselves destitute or nearly so of 

 lime, this fact can only be known by analysis. Suppose 

 you apply a bushel of lime to two or three rods of land, 

 and notice its effects upon two or three kinds of grain 

 compared with the same grown upon an equal quantity of 

 land unlimed. A single experiment properly made, and 

 closely analyzed, may be of great advantage in future cul- 

 tivation of your soil. 



Me. Editor :— Can you tell me anything about the blind teeth 

 in horses ? I have a young horse blind from that cause ; the blind 

 or wolf-teeth have been abstracted, but he does not recover his 

 sight. Is tliere any remedy ? J. M. — Fairfax, Va, 



Will some one of our correspondents answer the above? 



MARKETS. 



ROCHESTER IfARKET, January 13, 1855. 



Flour, extra Genesee, 511 00 C5 11 25 



Wheat, prime Oenesee per bush 2 34 @ 2 40 



Corn,perbu8h .-_ 85 @ 00 



Oats. " - -., 42 m 43 



Barley, " - 00 % 00 



NEW YORK MARKET, Jan. 10, 1855. 



Flour, extra lienesoe, .$10 16 O 12 00 



" Canadian, (in bond) 9 00® 9 12?i 



" Ohio.extra, 9 75 @ 10 76 



'• Michigan and Indiana, extra, 9 68 @ 10 62>i 



Holders of wheat are very firm — light arrivals — Uttle demand for 

 export. 



Wheat, pood white Genesee, $ 2 60 @ 2 62 



sales of prime white Michigan,.., 2 45 @ 00 



Canadian, (in bond) 2 10® 2 22 



" Southern 2 15® 2 30 



■• Ohio, 2 28® 2 35 



Corn, perbush 104® 108 



Barley. " 125® 135 



Oas, " western, 68 @ 60 



Rve, " northern 1 37 @ 1 40 



NEW YORK CATTLE MARKET, Jan. 10. 



B-eves Ist,|u:ilitv per lb, 10 @ 10>i cts. 2a qualitv, 9@9M. 

 OnliMary, 8 @ S*i eta. 



Swine— H'.»j^s for packing, 4?i @ 5c live weight ; large hogs com 

 fed. dead weight, 6 ® 6Jic for very beet. 



CAMBRIDGE C.VTTLE MARKET.— Beef, extra, $8,60 pi 

 Ist quality, $8 ; 2d quality, $7 @ 7,25 ; 3d quality, $6,76 ; 

 ary, S5,50. Swine, 6 to 6Kcts. per lb. 



ADVERTISEMENTS, 



To secure insertion in the KAKMijR, must be received as earl-. 

 10th of the previous month, and be of such a character a 

 of interest to farmers. Tekjus — Two Dollars for every hi 

 words, each insertion, paii 



WM. R PKINCE & CO., FLUSHING, N. Y., 



WILL supply 250,000 stocka of the foUowing kinds: 

 Pear, i'lum, Cherry, Mahaleb, Angers Quince, Douoi 

 Paradise Apple. Norway Spiuco and other Evergreen. Also 

 in quantity of Apple, Pear, Plum, Cherry, Anger-i Quin 

 Apricot, Catawba Grape, yellow and honey Locust, Omige C 

 Pines, Spruces, Magnolias, Larch, and other trees, of which a 

 Catalogue will be sent '.o applicants. Orders must be imi 

 or they cannot be reserved. A wholesale general Catalog,, 

 Nurseries will be sent to applicants. Feb. 1 



PEAR STOCKS. 



THE undersigned oifers the following : 

 400,000 one year seedling Pear Stocks very fine. 

 100,000 one year seedling Pear Stocks extra fine and go 

 100,000 two year seedling Pear Stocks very strong ana ( 

 The quantity of these stocks in this country and Europe 

 present time is very limited. Persons therefore requirii 

 should make early application. The whole are remarkably 

 vigorous and good stocks. Prices rea-^onable. 



Feb. 1— It JOHN SAUL, Washington City, ] 



TO NEW NURSERIES. 



Wif. R. PRINCE h CO., Flushing, N. Y., being no' 

 in closing up their Nurseries gradually, will enter ii 

 rangements with the proprietors of New Nurseries, to f 

 every article required for their advancement on an economi< 

 advatageous basis. It is an absurdity to expect to eatablif 

 develope a respectable Nursery without a rea-sonable amo 

 capital, but it can be done with far less than is usually exf 

 if the arrangements are made by persons experienced in 1h 

 ness ; and by proper management, some returns may soon ht 

 coming to aid in the disbursements. Proposals staling the a 

 of cash capital and other available means in a plain busines 

 ner will receive attention. Feb. 



EVERGREEN TREES, &c. 



THE undersigned offers to hi:^ friends and the public, j 

 sive collection of Evergreens, including the popular £ 

 aa rare kinds, Gooseberries, Currant*, lix^pberries, ^c, all 

 finest qualitv. Among which are the following: 



600 African Cedars, (Ceiljus Afric.ana) 6 to 12 inches. 

 2,000 Deodaras (Cedrus dendara) 4 to 18 inches. 

 20,000 Scotch Fir, 3 to 6 inchep. 

 500,000 Silver Fir, (European) 4 to 7 inches. 

 1,000,000 Norway Spruce, 4 to 8 inches. 

 5,000 English Yews, 6 to 12 inches. 

 2,000 Irish Yews, 1 to 2 feet. 

 50,000 Larch (European) 4 to 6 inches. 

 20,000 Weeping Birch 4 to 6 inches. 

 40,000 Currants, Vii;toria. red, and white dutch, white aj- 



Grape, Black Naples, he. 

 50,000 Gooseberries, all the popular standard kinds a 



the new large show varieties. 



20,000 Raspberries, FastoIfF, Magnum Bonum, red and 



Antwerp. 



5.00O Strong Plums, leading varieties. 



Feb. 1— It JOHN SAUL, Washington City, I 



_ ^ CH^UCj; TO MAKE MONEY I 



Proi'ITAule akd IIoxoRAiiLE Ehplotmi^nt I I 



THE subscriber is desirous of having an agent in each ■ 

 and town of the Union. A capital of from $5_to $10 or 

 be required, and anything like an eOlcient, energetic man cai 

 from three to five dollars per day ; indeed, some of the agent 

 emoloved are realizing twice that sum. Every infnrmati'm ^ 

 given by addressing, post^ige paid, WM. A. KINSLER, 



Feb. 1, 1856.— It* Box 601, Philadelphia Post Of 



THOROUGH-BRED MARES FOR SALE 



ON account of the owners leaving the country, two younf 

 blooded mares are offered for sale low. They are of go» 

 and form, and in all respects desirable animals for breeders of 

 They can be seen by applicaiion to KICHAKD S. CHARLES, 

 videl■^ Allegany Co., N. v., who can give all itf'i *'- '- " 

 to pov Sgree, price, &e. " 



Feb. 1, 1854.- 



