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THE GENESEE FARMER. 



CONTENTS OF THIS NUMBER 



Attond to the Manure Heap 41 



Bringing Pee<l Wlieat from the South 48 



Hoeing Wheat in tlie Spring 44 



Corn as Fooan.r the Million 44 



No Cattle, no Manure— Xo Manure, no Com 46 



yowl Disease 46 



An Interesting Letter from Col. Ware, of Virginia 47 



Progress of Agriculture and Horticulture 4T 



Kenovating Worn-out Lands 4S 



Open Draiii3 48 



General Importance of Agriculture 48 



Devonshire Cattle 49 



"Wheat vs. Oats for Seedinz In oO 



Notes for the Month.— By "S. W 50 



nOETICULTUKAL DBPABTMENT. 



Fniit Growers' SocietT of Western New York 51 



Pears i-'uilable for Quince Stocks SI 



Ripening Winter Pears SI 



The Curculio 51 



Cultivation of Apples Si 



Cullivatiou of Pears S3 



Cultivation of Apples and Pears 5-^ 



Cultivation of Grapes S.j 



Pruning Dwarf Pear Trees •>* 



Cultivation of Apples and Pears ^ 



Japan Apple-pie Melon ?4 



Notee from Pennsvlvania So 



Large Pear and Apple Trees in England 55 



A Beautiful Oak ^ 



Trees fir Avenues -'^ 



Cultivation of the Grape.- No. 1 58 



Soil, Situation, and Exposure 58 



Preparation of the Ground 59 



The Vinevards of the Khine 60 



Vine and" Pruil Growing in Missouri 62 



Horticultural Notes for the Month 62 



EonovaUng Old Apple Orchards b3 



Early Kipening Grapes 63 



The Phvgclius capensis o4 



DwarC Pears 64 



"EVERY BOBY SHOULD HAVE A COPY." 



ladies' depaktment. 

 Original Domestic Keceipts 65 



editor's table. 



January Premiums • 66 



April Premiums 66 



The Unparalleled Success of the Genesee Farmer 66 



Now is the time to get Subscribers 66 



All Prizes and no Blanks 66 



A Good Example 66 



To our Exchanges 67 



The Rural Annual and Horticultural Directory for 1S59 67 



Genesee Valley Horticultural Society 67 



Inquiries and Answers 67 



BEVIEW OP THE MARKETS. 



Rochester Market 68 



New York do 68 



Philadelphia do 68 



Buffalo do. 68 



Chicago do 68 



Toronto do 68 



London do 69 



Brighton Cattle Market 69 



FOR 1859. 



THIS work was started in 1S56, by the publisher of the G&fu 

 see Farmer. Its great success affords conclusive cvidcnc* 

 not only of its intrinsic merit, but of its adaptability to the wan; 

 of the rural pojjulation. A new volume, prepared with great car 

 and replete with new and valuable matter, is issued each yeai 

 The fourth volume, for 1859, has appeared, and is a book whic 

 cannot be too highly recommended— alike beautiful, interesting 

 and useful. The articles are all M-ritten for its pages by men f 

 experience. It is illustrated with seventy-five appropriate an 

 beautiful engravings. 



Among its contents may be mentioned able treatises on Undei 

 draining Orchards and Gardens, on the Fruits of the Ohio Vallej 

 on Fruit Culture in the West, on the Cultivation of Fruit Trees i 

 Pots under Glass, on Training Wall and Espalier Trees, on Ui 

 Cultiv.ition of Bulbous Plants, on the Management of Duck: 

 Geese, and Swans, on British Breeds of Cattle, on the Cultivatio 

 of lluta Bagas, &.C., &c., and a List of Fruits recommended by tb 

 American Pomological Society at its last session. 



The work will be found invaluable to the Fruit Grower, and tis< 

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It is furnished at the low price of Twenty-flve Cents,— while 

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 age stamps. Address JOSEPH HARRIS, 



Publisher and Proprietor 

 0/t^i^ Genesee Farmer and Rural Annunl, 

 Rochester, N. T 



The back numbers, for 1856, 1S67, and 1858, can be furnisbe 

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CHINESE OK SWAN GEESE. 



ONE pair of White Chinese goslings,— Price per pair. . $10 ( 

 Three pairs Brown do. do! " " . . . 5 ( 



Several pairs of Musk or Brazillian Ducks, " '• . . . 3 ( 



ALSO, 



Three pairs FAWNS, bred at Springside, from Southern Dome 

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 Price, caged and delivered at Depot or Express Office in Pougl 

 koepsie, $80. C. N. BEMENI^ 



Springside, Po'keepsie, N. Y,, Jan. 1859.— 2t, 



ILLUSTRATIONS. 



Garrett's Patent Horse-hoe 44 



Two Devonshire Heifers 49 



Upright-growing Stalk-fruited Oak 56 



Tooth-leaved Turkey Oak 56 



The Tulip Tree 57 



Figure lllustr.iting the mode of cutting sods for terracing Side- 

 hill Vineyards 60 



Pbygeliua capensis 64 



P^ot Cutter 67 



C^HEIlRY TREES FOR SALE ON TIME.— The subscriber 

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 Pits. Cherry Seedlings one vearoM.and Potato Seeds from the ball. 

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A7EW YORK STATE AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY.— An- 



i> nual Meeting, WKDNKSDAY, KEIJ. 0th. at the Capitol, 

 Albany. Addreiiseson Wednesday evening. Exhibition of Grain, 

 Dairy 'Product*, Fruit, ic, on Thursday, at the Society's Booms. 

 In Ui'e evening. Annual Address by President Moi'oun. 



B. P. JOHNSON, Sec'y. 

 Agriculttiral Rooms, January let, 1859. Feb. 1, 1899.— It. 



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