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EDITOR'S TABLE. 



of an acre, planted with Mountain Junes, we raised at the 

 rate of 500 bushels. This ground waa planted with pota- 

 toes last year, and yielded a poor crop. The ground was 

 carefully measured, and the potatoes weighed, at 57 lbs. to 

 the bushel. 



MoBG Guano. — A company has been formed in New 

 York, called the American Guano Company, for the pur- 

 pose of purchasinfj and working an island in tlie Pacific, 

 which is represented as belonging to no nation. The pro- 

 spectus intimates that the company expect to sell, the first 

 year, four hundred thousand tons, at thirty dollars per ton, 

 which would give them a clear profit of two million four 

 thousand dollars ! 



"We hope this company has tested the guano, and know 

 it to be a good article ; otherwise it may not be worth the 

 cost of importing. 



Isabella Guafes. — We are indebted to E. A. McKay, 

 of Naples, Ontario county, for a lot of beautiful Isabella 

 Grapes. 



Aqbiculture and Horticulture in Kanzas. — We 

 see by a letter to the editor of the Democrat in this city, 

 Au extract from which we give below, that the great inter- 

 ests of agriculture and horticulture are not forgotten in 

 Kanzas : 



A Horticultural exhibition was held at Lawrence on the 

 7th inst., which brought a great many people into the city. 

 The exhibition of vegetable products was very fair, but ot 

 course not equal to what it is in Rochester — the great hor- 

 ticultural and flouring city of the Union. A squash meas- 

 uring 5 feet y inches in circumference, and weighing 105 

 pounds, was raised on the sod in L. The worm has injured 

 the crops a great deal, but the crop is a large one. In a 

 year or two Kanzas will raise all the food it consumes. 



Corn meal now costs $1.25 per bushel, because there 

 are now no mills here to grind corn ready for the hopper. 

 Wind-mills, if they can be built strong enough to with- 

 stand our spring gales, will be the things for this country. 



Guano as a Preventive in Yellow Fever. — Com- 

 modore CooRE, of the U. S. ship St. Louis, has published 

 a card recommending the use of guano, as a prophylactic 

 against yellow fever. He states that having had a bag of 

 ^uano on the berth deck for several months, he visited Kib, 

 where the fever prevailed, in company with the frigate 

 Brandywine. After remaining in port sufficiently long to 

 water and pi ovision the ships, they proceeded to sea, where 

 the disease soon made its appearance on board the Bran- 

 dy wine, carrying off several of the officers and a number 

 of the crew. The St. Louis escaped entirely. Some 

 months afterwards, being obliged to visit the port again, 

 where the fever was still raging, he distiibuted the guano 

 more equally, and after remaining in port several days, put 

 to sea, the ship remaining entirely free from malignant 

 diseases. It is not stated what was the h^ genie condition 

 of the St. Louis as compared with that of the Brandy wine. 

 — Aled. and Surg. Journal. 



Lost NuiyiERS. — We try to be very careful in mailing 

 the Farmer — still it would be very strange if some should 

 not be lost in passing through the mail. We will supply 

 any person with lost numbers without charge on applica- 

 tion. Every subscriber to the Farmer should preserve 

 his numbers, and if not convenient to get them bound. 

 stitch the twelve numbers together yourself. In this way 

 thej are worth twice their original cost for reference. 



The Rural Annual and Horticultural Direct 

 RY. — This is a neat little work we have just publish* 

 containing 120 pages closely printed, on fine paper, a 

 illustrated with over sixty fine engravings. It is design* 

 as stated in the preface, to "furnish a hand-boor for t 

 inexperienced — a guide to those about to commence t 

 formation of orchards and gardens — a work at once kei 

 able, and so cheap as to be within the reach of all." T 

 contents of the book are as follows : 



Th€ Fruit Garden and Orchard— Introduction.—E 

 planation of terms used to describe the forms of tre 

 leaves, fruit, and all horticultural operations. Prepai 

 tion of the Ground — Directions for Planting, Pruning, &' 

 — Diseases Injurious to Fruit and Trees — Animals do. 

 Dwarf Trees for the Garden — List of Fruits Recommen 

 ed by State Societies — List of Fruits Recommended 

 American Pomological society. 



The Vineyard — Cultivation of the Grape. — Soil a 

 Position — Preparation of the Soil — Planting — Training 

 Treatment — Pruning and Pinching. 



The Lawn and Flowir Garf/en. — Preparing the S' 

 and laying out the Garden — Forming the Lawn — Planti 

 the Lawn and Garden — Deciduous Trees — Evergre 

 Trees — Shrubs — Roses — Bedding Plants. 



List of Nurserymen in the United States and Canada 

 Some of the principal Nurserymen and Seedsmen of F 

 rope — Calendar for 1S5G. 



Published by James Vick, Rochester, N. T. Price, 

 cents each (postage pre-paid) ; $2 per dozen ; $12.50 j 

 hundred ; and five hundred for $G0. 



To those who form Clubs for 1856. — We do : 

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 papers at one office. We are willing to send to as mi 

 Post Offices as there are members of the club, if neces: 

 ry for the convenience of subscribers. But where r 

 practicable. Post Masters would accommodate us byket 

 ing a list of the subscribers at their office, and alluwi 

 us to send the whole number to their own address. T 

 saves us the trouble of writing on all the papers. Ma 

 have done this the present year. 



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 Agricultural Books than by obtaining subscribers to 1 

 Genesee Farmer. The fall and winter months affo 

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 merits so well appreciated, that few will refuse to subscri 

 if solicited. We will send specimen numbers and sho* 

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 ious to close up the year's business and take a fair start i 

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