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THE GENESEE FARMER. 



CONTENTS OF THIS NUMBER. 



Manures for Totatoes 9 



Manures for Grasses 10 



Importance of comfort to Animals 10 



Oil-Cake for Cows 10 



To prevent Turnips sprouting in warm cellars 10 



The Potato Disease 11 



GENESEE FARMER PRIZE ESSAYS. 



Farming as a Vocation 11 



Sociality among Farmers 12 



Plan of a side hill Barn fi>r cattle, hoi ses, and sheep 12 



Preserving roots for winter use 14 



How should we improve our Highways 16 



Kail vs. l$oard Fences 16 



Construction of Stone Walls 17 



A portable fence, not patented 17 



Fattening sheep in winter 18 



Management ol flue-wool sheep IS 



Management of coarse-wool or mutton sheep 19 



Fine vs. eoarse-wooled sheep 19 



On the most economical way of wintering Horses 20 



On the advantages and disadvantages of Grain Drills 20 



Advantages and disadvantages of drilling wheat and other 



grains 21 



Wheat farms for Dairy purposes 21 



Cultivation of winter barley 22 



Eye and its cultivation 22 



Is corn a more profitable crop than barley in Western N. York 23 



Corn stalks — cutting, curing, and feeding 23 



Clover Seed t 24 



Applying manure to Corn and Potatoes 24 



On llie use of burnt clay as manure 25 



The value of lime as a manure 25 



The benefits and the best mode of applying shell and other 



marls 25 



Improving permanent gras-s lands 26 



It stock growing to be recommended in place of raising grain 26 



Raising Pumpkins 27 



Earliest and best mode of raising Tobacco plants 27 



Climate, soil, &c., ol Missouri 28 



Can corn fed to hogs be made to pay east of Ohio? 28 



Management of Bees 29 



Farnr/{ook 30 



Will it pay to keep Poultry in large numbers 80 



Should the suckers be removed from Corn ? 30 



How c*n Hens best be kept so as to procure eggs in winter? . 31 



Grafting old Apple Orchards 81 



Culiivation of Lima Beans 81 



Pruning the vine — when and how 82 



Kaising Melons without the use of hot-beds 32 



On the advantage of Sewing Machines in farmers' families... 83 

 On the management of Caiiarios and other birds in the house. 83 



Cheese making from a emalll dairy 34 



Bread making 3ft 



Butter making 35 



Dressing poultry for market 85 



editor's table. 



Our January Premiams 86 



Corn for the" West '. " " S6 



The W heat Crop in England ', 8G 



The liural Annual and Horticultural Directory for 1859.!!.!! 36 



Grass land improves the soil 86 



A fine Pear !.!!! 86 



Prize Essays !.!.!!!!!!!! 30 



Farm Book, ! . . ! 86 



Tobacco !!.!!!! 87 



Wheal in Vermont 37 



Virtralieu Pears 37 



Kich Milk— Who can beat it ? !..!!!!..!. 37 



Black knot 87 



Inquiries and Answers. 37 



ILLUSTRATIONS. 



Side-hill Bam 18 



B.-uement and main floor of do '....'.'... ... '. 13 



Baspmenl and main floor of a side-hill bam 14 



P«rtable fence, three figures 17 



SEEDS AT WHOLESALE. 



BY rea*on of the abundant crops generally this season, we are 

 prepared to offer unusual inducements to purchasers of 

 SEKDS in large quantities. 



Our Annual Trade List for IS'.O is just published, and will be 

 mailc'l to applioanis enclosing a three-cent stamp. Although 

 most Seeds are plentiful, we would advise our customers to send 

 thf ir orders fnrly, as no matter how abundant, the stock of some 

 of the rarer varieties generally becomes exhausted as the season 

 advances. J. M. THOUBrRN & CO.. 



Jon. 1859,— 2L 15 John sL, New Tort. 



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