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THE GENESEE FARMER. 



New Advertisements this Month. 



Godey's Lady's Book — L. A. Godey, Tliiladelphia. 

 The " Little Giant" Corn-Crusher."— Hedges, Free & Co., Cin- 

 cinnati, Ohio. 

 Fancy Poultry. — C. N. Bcnicnt, Poughkcepsic, N. Y. 

 Agricultural Steam Kettle. — Hedges, Free & Co., Cincinnati. 

 Kitchen Mill. — do. do. do. 



Chinese, or Swan Geese. — C. N. Bcnienf, Poughkeepsie, N. T. 

 Seeds of Evergreen Trees, &c. — J. M. Thorburn & Co., N. York. 

 Seeds at Wholesale. — [ do. do. 



The January number of the Genesee Farmer for 1859, 

 kind reader, is before you. We question, if a more inter- 

 esting number conld be found in the whole twenty-eight 

 previous volumes. It is full of the experience and sug- 

 gestions of practical farmers and fruit-growers. It con- 

 tains fifty Prize Essays on important subjects, selected as 

 the hest of several hundred written for its pages, all of 

 which are good. We think no one interested in the culti- 

 vation of the soil can read these essays without obtain- 

 ing some suggestions of more value than the cost of the 

 paj)er for a year. 



Several illustrations and a number of editorial articles 

 are crowded out ; but we are sure that no one will regret 

 this, as the space is much better occupied. The Prize 

 Essays have also compelled us to omit a review of the Cat- 

 tle and Grain Markets, and our usual Horticultural and 

 Ladies Departments. In some respects, therefore, the 

 present number is not a fair specimen of what we intend 

 to make the Genesee Farmer for 1859. Such as it is, 

 however, we send it forth to its thousands of readers and 

 friends, wishing them each and all a happy New Year. 



OnR January Premiums. — On another page will be 

 found a list of Cash Premiums to be awarded for the 

 greatest number of subscribers sent in on or before the 

 fifteenth day of January. Very few persons compete for 

 these premiums, and a small list will secure one of the 

 largest, while they are so numerous that no one who trys 

 can fail of taking a Prize. 



There is yet plenty of time to secure one of these 

 twenty cash Premiums. Speak to your neighbors at 

 once, — show them a copy of the paper, and request them 

 to subscribe. In most cases they will cheerfully do so. 

 The Farmer is so cheap that all can afford to take it. All 

 that is wanted to secure a good club in every town, is 

 some one who will undertake to receive and forward sub- 

 scriptions. We have thousands of such agents— true 

 friends of rural improvement— but there is room for 

 thousands more. If there is no agent in your town, will 

 not you see what you can do for us? We want every 

 nader of the Genesee Farmer, who deems it worthy of 

 patronage, to present its claims to their neighbors, and 

 urge them to subscribe. We shall be happy to send you 

 some show-bills and specimen copies, if you can use them 

 to advantage. 



Corn for the West. — Our esteemed correspondent, 

 S. Perrington, of Sterling, 111., says he has been expi 

 menting with different varieties of corn, and is yet un 

 cided which is best adapted to the soil and climate of 

 west. Ue thinks the Webster corn, of Massachusetti 

 variety of great promise, especially for unfavorable i 

 sons. It ripens in ninety days. The Jviiiff Phillip 

 thinks is less worthy of attention than any other var 

 he has tested. We should be glad if others would { 

 us their experience on this interesting subject. 



The Wheat Crop in England. — Hewitt Davis st 

 that the wheat crop in England is greatly on the incre 

 He says : " Formerly the return of wheat rarely rea( 

 48 bushels per acre, and 40 bushels were consider 

 great crop ; but last year, (1857,) instances of 48 bus 

 were comparatively common all over England, an^ 

 much as 64 and 72 bushels per acre, and even more, ' 

 publicly stated to have been grown in Kent and Ess 

 What say the readers of the Genesee Farmer to this ? 



The Rural Annual and Horticultural Direc 

 FOR 1859 has been unexpectedly delayed. All oi 

 will now be filled as rapidly as possible. It is a 1: 

 some volume and should have an extensive circula 

 Every reader of the Genesee Faiiner should have a < 

 The Farmer and Annual are sent in clubs for fifty i 

 the two. Single copies, 25 cents each. We prepay 

 postage, in all cases, on the Bural Annual, yriihoyxi i 

 charae. 



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Grass Land Improves the Soil. — An experiencec 

 respondent of the Genesee Farmer writes : 



" One of the greatest advantages of stock growir 

 the contmual improvement of the soil. Lands in 

 occasionally supplied with powdered gypsum, wil 

 deteriorate in value, but continue improving, unle; 

 products are all removed. I have seen the whole 

 of cultivated lands doubled in quantity and value of 

 ducts, in Steuben Co., N. Y., by easy and profitable It, 

 agcment in pasture." 



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A Fine Peah. — Mr. Geo. Mat presented, at an e: I 



tion of the Horticultural Society infBoston, a JDuch w 



Angonleme pear measuring 13J inches in length I 



inches around, and weighing 24 ounces. The recor ' 



the Society show that one weighing 24 J ounces, am 



one of 27 ounces, have heretofore been exhibited. < 



mentioned as raised in New Jersey, weighing 35 c 



If as good as large, we can not have too many of tb 

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Prize Essays. — We hope to be able to publish ai 



good list of subjects for Prize Essays in the Fel 



number, and hope our readers will name such a: 



desire discussed. Our object in offering these Prize 



call out the opinions of our readers; and if there i 



thing in those published that does not accord wit! 



experience, we hope they will not hesitate to give u I 



views. 



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Farm-Book. — Your committee, though they 

 award the prize to the following essay, would recor 

 its publication, and urge farmers to take the hi 

 record their experience in the Genesee Farmer. 



" The best plan of a book in which the farmer 

 cord his practice and experience, in the plainest 

 simple, and concise manner" — and by which said p 

 and experience will result in the " greatest gooo 

 greatest number," is the Genesee Fartntr. — D. A. 2 



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