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THE GENESEE FARMER. 



New Advertisements this Month. 



Amerieou Seed Store. — J. 0. Bloas & Co., Rochester, K. Y., and 

 Detroit, Mich. 



Spring Garden Seeds. — J. M. Thorbum <fc Co., New York. 



Catalogue of Seeds. — J. M. Thorbum & Co.. New Yorlc. 



Young America Com Shellor.— 'Leavenwwtb ■& Mason, Kocheis- 

 ter, N. Y. 



Share's Coulter Ilan-ew, or PuKerizer. — Pease & Eggleaton, 

 Albany, N. Y. 



The Hooker Strawbern-.— H. E. Hooker & Co., Rochester, N. Y. 



Grapc« by Mail.— C. P. Bisscll & Salter, Rochester, N. Y. 



Apple Seedlings, and Angers Quince Stocks. — Chas. Moulson, 

 Eochostec, N. Y. 

 Cherry Trees for Sale on Time.— J. D. Conklhi, Locke, N. Y. 



CUe^er Co. White Ilogs.— Thomas Wood, PenningtouTlUe. Pa. 



Poultry f)r Sale. — S. Pmith, Darien Depot, Conn. 



JTew York State AgricBltnral Society. — Annual Meeting. 



jAnu.\Er Premicms. — Our January Premiums for the 

 greatest number or subscribers sent in on or before the 

 I5th of January, have been taken as follows : 



1. G. B. Whiteside, Brockport, N. Y., |20 for 116 subs. 



•i. Jonathan Miller, Benysburgh, Pa., 15 " 107 " 



3. r. W. Briggs, West Macedon, N. Y., 18 " 97 " 



4. W. Hibbard. Manchester Station, Ct., 17 " 88 " 

 6. B. W. VansLse, Waterford, Pa., 

 6. R. W. Sawtell, Woodstock. C. W., 

 T. G. Converse, Wilksbarre, Pa., 



8. Chas. Howard, Hamilton, C. W., 



9. Edwin MaUory, Fredericksb'g, C.W., 



10. George Pattison, Crowlaod, C. W., 



11. Thos. Magee, Johnstown, Pa., 



12. John Dorr, Scottaville, N, Y., 

 1?. H. E. Smith, Waterloo, N. Y., 



14. Fisher Ames, Frontier, N. Y., 



15. U. W. Mover, Moyer's Comers, C.W., 6 

 li. J. J. Scroggs, West Point, Ohio, 



17. Joshua A. Norrish, Eden Mills, C. W., 4 



18. Jamea Wilkinson, Goderich, C. W., 



19. James B. Ross, Metuchin, X. J., 

 90. R. A. West, Thornhill, C. W., 1 " 29 " 



Our friends can draw on us at sight for the amount, or 

 we will send it by mail or in any other way they may 



designate. 



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Ahhil Premiums.— On page 71, in this number, will be 

 found a liberal list of premiums for the greatest number 

 of subscribers sent in between the 15th of January and 

 the 15th of April. 



There is not one of our readers that can not take one of 

 the largest of these premiums. The Gen^e^i Farmfr is so 

 cheap that few rural residents will refuse to subscribe 

 when perionally solicited to do so. Will not each one of 

 our agents continue their disinterested efforte in our bo- 

 half? Considering the vast amount of practical infomia- 

 tioD published each month in the Farmer, from experi- 

 enced agricultiiral and horticultural correspondents, we 



think no one will regret having been pursuaded to sub- 

 scribe for it. 



We should feel obliged to any of our rendei's at post- 

 offices where we have no agent, if they would consent to 

 take subscriptions for the Fanrter and liural Annual. 

 We shall be glad to send them showbills, specimen num- 

 bers, Ac. All that is needed to obtain a good list of sub- 

 scribers in any town or village, is some active friend of 

 the cause to show a copy of the paper and request hi« 

 neighbors to subscribe. Persons residing in places ■where 

 we have now but few subscribers, have a better chance of 

 taking the April Premiums than those where a large club 



has been already formed. 



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Unp.^ralleled Success of the<j}ekbsek Farmer. — Tl»e 

 increase in our circulation thus far, this year, has far ex- 

 ceeded our most sanguine expectations. Our receipts ai>e 

 more th<in dcmhle what they were last year. We have 

 already worked olF three large editions of the Janiiary 

 number, and the last edition of nine thousand is now so 

 nearly exhausted that we are obliged to work off another 

 edition before the February number goes to press. It 

 may thus be delayed a few days ; but we hope in future 

 to have the paper out so early that every subscriber will 

 get it by the first of the month. 



For this unexpected prosperity we are mainly itidebt«d 

 to those true friends of the cause who have volunteered to 

 act as agents in obtaining subscriptions. We return them 

 our sincere thanks, and .shall endeavor to mate the Fctrm'- 

 er for 1859 such a paper as no one will regret having 

 recommended to his friends and neighbors. 



Now IS the Time to get Subscribers. — The present ia 

 an excellent time to get subscribers for the present vo^ 

 ume of the Gencsoe Farmer. Unlike a ;»«!f6'-paper, the 

 back numbers are as fresh and useful as when first issued. 

 We send this number to a few friends residing in places 

 where we have no subscribers. We shall feel under great 

 obligations to them if they will show the paper to their 

 friends and neighbors, and take and forward subscriptions. 

 Our April Premiums are so numerous, and so few persons 

 compete for them, that a little effort in any of these places 

 will secure a prize. We shall be glad to send showbills, 

 extra numbers for gratuitous distribution, «Stc. 

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All Prizes, and No Blanks. — By reference to our Pre- 

 mium List, on page 71 of this number, it will be seen that 

 our preminms arc more liberal and numerous than ever 

 before. Those who fail of getting the premiums for the 

 greatest number of subscribers, are certain of the Spe- 

 cific Premiums— so that we have all prizes, and no blanks. 

 We wish it distinctly understood, too, that we not onfy' 

 cffer, but pay, the premiums. So few compete for our 

 premiums that it does not pay us, but we shall, nevertlie- 

 less, pay the prises. Our friends are so disinterested ia 

 their efforts to increase our circulation, that they appear 

 to expect no reward for their labors. 



A Good Exahple. — A year ago, we had but one sub 

 scriber at Brockport, Nv Y. Our friend, G. B. Whitesids, 

 thought tliis was not creditable to the intelligent farmer* 

 in that vicinity. So he showed a copy of the paper to hm 

 friends, and, by a very little effort, succeeded in gettinf( 

 one hundred and rixi^sen subscribers. He took the first* 

 January Premium, of $20. 



