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To OUR Friends Everywhere. — One more number 

 ncludes the present half- volume of the Genesee Farmer. 

 le next half-volume commences with the July number. 

 1 order to introduce the paper into districts where we 

 i^e now few subscribers, we have concluded not only to 

 ke sub.scriptions for the coming half-volume, but also to 

 Fer a very liberal List of Premiums to those of our 

 lends who are willing to act as agents in obtaining and 

 rwarding the names of subscribers. There are thou- 

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 or Terms, Premiums, &c., see the last page. 

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 laims of the Genesee Farmer to their neighbors. By so 

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 reatly increase our circulation and influence. 



The Gardiner's MontM'j is the title of a monthly horti- 

 cultural journal published at Philadelphia, and edited by 

 Thomas Meehan. Mr. M. is an experienced horticultur- 

 ist and an able and practical writer, and his paper is des- 

 tined to occupy the first rank among the horticultural 

 periodicals of the day. It deserves a large circulation. 

 Price $1.00 per annum. 



Small Egg.— N. Kentler, of Greece, N. Y., has shown 

 us an egg, laid by a Cochin China hen, which is little if 

 any larger than a robin's egg. It weighs only 2 penny- 

 weights and 18 grains. When the " hen fever" was at its 

 height, we often saw statements of large eggs from Asiatic 

 fowls, but never recollect seeing an account of one so small. 

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" How TO DO Good and get Paid for it." — Read 

 our List of Premiums, on the last page, for the greatest 

 number of subscribers to the next half-volume of the 

 Genesee Farmer, and then ask your neighbors and friends 

 to subscribe. By so doing, you will benefit us, the cause 

 of agriculture, your neighbors, and yourselves. 

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Crops in Ohio.— Wheat gcrrerally looks well. R-achts 

 are not killed. Grain of all kinds except oats was a toler- 

 able crop last year in Richland Co., — some wheat and 

 corn very good ; but through the north-western portion 

 of Ohio it was a grievous failure. In a journey of 300 

 miles, I saw very few craps of corn out of Richland Co. 

 If other parts were like that through which I traveled, 

 grain must be scarce before harvest. — C. P-, Mansfield, 0. 



Wheat in Canada. — Mr. J. M. Patterson, of Rich- 

 Qond Hill, C. W., writes us, April 11: — "Wheat is 

 ooking extremely well. In a journey of some 150 miles, 

 ast and west, through the Province north of Lake Onta- 

 io, I hardly saw a poor field of wheat, where the land 

 vas properly drained of surplus water." 



I'nE crop of turnips, mangel wurzel, &c., in Great Bri- 

 ain, is estimated at twenty million tons. 



Inquiries and Answers. 



Lime for Wheat.— (New Subscriber.) We should pre- 

 fer to apply the lime to the " river bottom land" without 

 first mixing it with muck. On dry, hilly, land, deficient 

 in organic matter, it might be well to compost the lime 

 with muck. It is a disputed point whether, in limeing 

 summer fallows for wheat, it is best to put the lime on 

 early in the spring, before the first plowing, or not till 

 near seed-time. Theoretically, we should say the earlier 

 the better, so that the lime would have a longer time to 

 act on the soil, and thus prepare the food needed by the 

 wheat plant. PrMticalhj, however, so far as our observa- 

 tion extends, it seems to make very little difference. — 

 Apply the lime early, if you can ; but if not, apply it late. 

 It seldom pays to apply less than fifty bushels per acre. 

 If your land needs underdraining, you need not expect 

 much benefit from the lime. 



Wheat Prospects.— Notwithstanding the constant ex- 

 lo.sare of the wheat, and the alternate freezing and thaw- 

 no; for the last eight weeks, our prospects are good for 

 he present. If the weather proves favorable to its 

 ;;ro\vth and early maturity, we may escape that detestable 

 pest, the midge. During the past mouth I have seen 

 thousands of acres of wheat in Canada, and, except the 

 iate sown, and that on low, heavy soils, it looks remarka- 

 bly well. Courage and patience, farmers. There are 

 "good times commg — wait a little longer." — R. W. S., 

 Woodstock, C. W. 



Burning Land, &c.— (B. Baker, Ind.) Is not the bene- 

 ficial effect you speak of, due in a good degree to the 

 ashes left on the soil from the burnt logs ? 



Some kinds of clay soils are much improved by burnin r, 

 or rather charring. A little organic matter is undoubtedly 

 dissipated, but other portions are rendered more active. 

 The phosphates and alkalies are rendered more soluble. 

 The practice has been adopted in some parts of England 

 for many years, and is still continued. Investigations 

 have recently been instituted by the chemist of the Royal 

 Agricultural Society, and he thinks the practice one which 

 can be profitably adopted on many clayey soils. That it 

 ultimately injures the soil, we have no reason to suppose. 



Woody fibre, such as chips and sawdust, has rery little 

 manurial value. It has a good mechanical action on stiff 

 soils, rendering them light and porous. Lime, ashes, Lc, 

 decompose woody fibre and other organic matter in the soil. 



