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hoff-nen well. &c., with reference to economy in time in 

 Sofng "h^ vvork of feeding, watering and: caring for 



"""whisc is the best book on bees? What or whose is the 

 best bee- Live ?-J. S., Onaiva, Monona Co., Iowa. 



Hog Disease in OHio.-Having been a reader of your 

 valuable paper for several years, I now take the liberty of 

 askiu- vou for a preventive and cure, if you know any or 

 ^hc name of the disease. I had forty hogs in the fall to 

 keep over, and I took very good care of them, feeding 

 them on corn in the ear, and giving them an excellent 

 warm drv bed, and ther are in excellent order— any ot 

 them fat Imough to kill for use. About five or six weeks 

 since one died, and in a short time another, and so on, and 

 I then observed when feeding there was one that would 

 not eat. I turned it by itself, but it would take nothing 

 but stood with its mouth a little open, and its heart seemed 

 to beat so hard that it made it all shake even as far as he 

 flank It kept on as I have described, but still getting 

 worse, for about two days, lying all the time unless I drove 

 it up ; and the last time I raised it and drove it round a 

 HitlWit laid down and made a few struggles and in about 

 three minutes it was dead. I have lost thirteen with the 

 same disease, and tl.ey seem to be infectiug more rapidly, 

 ^There was one died last night, and I see two more sick 

 to-dav. The symptoms of them are all alike. They gen- 

 e ally die in fortv-eight hours from the tune they reiuse 

 to eat I fear I shall lose all the rest, unless a remedy 

 L be found._A. L. Sherlock, Berlin, Holmes Co., Ohi». 



Punctures on Raspberry CANES.-Noticing, last sum- 

 mer for the first time, on my raspberries and blackberries 

 what to me was new, I would ask of jou, or any of your 

 readers if what I describe is of common occurrence. My 

 attention was ti-rst drawn to my raspberries, and subse- 

 auentlr to my blackberries, by noticing the tops ot a 

 number of the canes becoming withered and diy. On 

 examination, I found that about four inches from the op 

 were two rows of punctures, about one-fourth of an inch 

 apart, encircling tte entire cane, the punctures so close 

 ??gether as to entirely stop the flow of sap. . This con in- 

 ^^^d for several weeks. On afterwards examining, 1 lound 

 Tsmall whUe mTggot in the pith of the stalk below^he 

 wound. 15y what is it caused, and what will be tbe effect 

 ifcontinuea, and what the remedy ?-0. S. Cumi>gs, 

 Spi-ingdale, near Trenton Falls, JS. X. 



Sugar C.«.ne, &c.— Chinese Sugar Cane has been cultiva- 

 ted to some extent in this neighborhood the past two years 

 bvit is likely to be abandoned for want of a proper mode 

 ^making molasses from it. Will some of your readers 

 ttTve us, through the Genesee Farmer, plain and practical 

 lirections how to clarif>/ the jmce and make molasses 



"^1)0 you know anything of the Im^\ee or African sugar 

 canef Where can the seed be got. Is it better than /he 

 Chinese cane ? Uave any of your readers cultivated it i 



Can you tell me how to save Apritots from being de- 

 fitroved by the Curculio ? . , i- 



l/you or any of your readers will give me information 

 on the above subjects, through the Farmer, shall thank- 

 fully receive it.— Robert Irwin, Coshocton Co., Ohio. 



CoTswoLD SHEEP.-My Cotswold Sheep are very Subject 

 to take cold, though kept in a good, dry shed— have toul 

 noses n^id a bad c-ough continually. Can you or any of 

 vour correspondents tell me whether this is not character- 

 Ltic of the "breed; and, if so, what is an elhc.en remedy? 

 i have tried pine tar pills, with an external application to 

 the nose, also resin and sulphur; all to noeffect.-J. J. b., 

 Weeipoint, 0. 



Sugar Cane MiLLS.-Any information tbroiigh your 

 paper about Chinese sugar cane, and mills lor crusti- 

 Fng it, will be thankfully read. A mill costing $2o 

 or *30 to be worked by one horse on a sweep, would sell 

 well, as almost every farmer would like one. ^heprospeci 

 now is that raising cane will become quite general.— i^. u., 

 Fore«tvUl4, Chautauque C o., N. Y . 



Oil Mill.— I would like to enquire of some of your 

 numerous correspondents for the best plan to build an oil 

 mill and tlie cheapest, to be worked with one horse power. 

 Also, whether it will pay to drive one with horae power. 

 — Amo8 a. Albuight, iiovth Coyuga, C. W. 



Notices of Books, Pamphlets, &c. 



We have space only to give the titles of the boc 



ceived during the past mouth. 



LIVES OF TnE QUEENS OF SCOTLAND AND EN( 

 PKINCESSES, Connected with llie Koyal Succession ol 

 Britain. By Acnes SxBioKLANn. author of the Uves 

 Q eons of England." Vol. VIL New York: Hai, 

 BROTi.Kits. 1859. For sale by D. M. Dewey, of this 

 Trice $1. 



THREE VISITS TO MADAGASCAR, I^uripS '^lej"'' 

 1S54 IfiSG. Including a Journey to the Car.ital : With 

 of the Natural History of the Country and the Present (, 

 tion of the People. By the Key. Willi am Ellis, 1 . H 

 thor of " Polynesian Eesenrches." IMiistrated by wo. 

 from I'hotogfaphs, &c. New York: HABrxE & Tin 

 1S59. Price $:i. 00. D. M. Dewet. 



THE AMERICAN HOME GARDEN: Being Prtecip 

 Rules for the Culture of VeKetftt)les, FruUs, IMowe 

 Shrubberv. To which are added BrieT Notes on Fam 

 with a Table of their Average Products and Chemical 

 uents By Ai.ksander Watson. Illustrated New 

 llABPEu & Brotuebs. 1859. D.M. Dewey. Priced 



FE \NKWEI ; Or, Tlie San Jacinto in the Seas of India 

 and Japan. By William Maxwell Wood, M. D.. I 

 Author of " Wandering Sketches in South America, I c 

 etc " " A Shoulder to the Wheel of Progress," &c. Nei 

 HA^rEB & Bkothees. 1S59. D.M.Dewey. Price $1 



BITCKLAND'S CURIOSITIES OF NATURAL HIi 

 Bv Fba^-cis T. Bitckland, M. A From the Fourth 

 Edition. New York : Rudd & Cableton. 18*9. ± 

 D. M. Dewey. 

 ONWARD; Or, The Mountain Clamberers. A Tale of I 

 By Jane Anne Winscom, author of "The Vineyard L: 

 &c., &c. New York : D. Appleton & Co. 18o9. D. M. 

 Price 75 cents. 

 TWO WAYS TO WEDLOCK. A NoveUette. (E< 

 from the New York Home Jojimal.) New ^ork: 

 Cableton. 1859. Price $1. D. M. Dewey. 

 LIFE OF JOHN H. W. HAWKINS. Compiled by 

 Rev. William Geobge Hawkins, A. M. Boston : 

 Jewett & Co. 1859. Price $1. 

 THE FOSTER BROTHERS ; Being a History of the Sc 

 College Life of two Young Men. New \ork: D. Api 

 Co. 1859. D. M. Dewey. Price $1. 

 PASSAGES FROM MY AUTOBIOGRAPHY. By ! 

 Lady Morgan. New York : D. Applkton & Co. 

 M. Dewey. Price $1.25. 

 ADAM BEDE. Bt Geoboe Eliot, Author of " Scenes 

 cal Life." New York: Habpee & Beothebs. 185S 

 Dewey. Price $1. 

 ETHEL'S LOVE-LIFE. A Novel. By Mabgabet J.M 

 New York: Rudd & Cableton. l8o9. 1 rice ?! 

 Dewey. 

 THE CULPRIT FAY. By Joseph Eodman Dbak 

 York.- KUDD & Cableton. 1859. Price 50 cts. D. M 



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Any of the above works will be sent by the pu 

 pre-paid by mail, (for any distance in the Unite 

 under 3000 miles,) on receipt of the price annexe 



REVIEW OF THE MARK! 



GENESEE FARMER OFFICE, 

 Rochester, N. Y., Maech 21, 



FLOUR AND GRAIN.— During the past month 

 beenanad>-anceof 50@T5c per bbl. in the price of 

 and choice brands ol Flour, and a relative advance in 

 of good samples of Wheat, Flour of a low grade is n 

 disposed of, as It is more liable to heat and sour. Th( 

 another cause: the quality of much of it is such as to 

 utterly unfit for human food. An inditferent judge of t 

 of Wheat, need only see it to be convinced of the Ir 

 above assertion, in relation to a large quantity of what c 

 the Western States. No process through which it ca 

 ducted by the most skillful Miller, having the best 

 machinery at his command, will so far redeem its qi 

 make it even tolerable. It would bo instructive, an 

 aomewhal amusing, to understand the rationale of Iht 





