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THE GEISTESEE FAEMER. 



THE 



GENESEE FARMER 



F OTl 1859- 



CONTBNTS OF THIS NUMBEfi. 



'Premiums for the Half Volume. 



ToERB are many farmers in every town in tUc United States 

 and Canada, who are not now taking any agricultural paper. In 

 order to reach this large class, we have concluded to take sub- 

 »criplioe8 for the coming half volume of the Genesee Farmer, 

 tommencing with the July and ending with the December 

 number. 



Terms.— "We will send the Genesee Farmer for the coming 

 half year — July to December inclusive — single subscribers, 25 

 cents ; live copies for $1, and a copy of our beautiful 25-cent book 

 the Rural Annunl and UorUcuUural Directory, prepaid by 

 mail, to the person getting up the club ; eight copies for $1.50, 

 and a Jiural Annual, prepaid by mail, to the person getting up 

 tiie club; sixteen copies for $-3, and a Rural Annual and an 

 «o<ra copy cf Uie Farmer for a year, or two for the half volume, 

 to the person getting up the club. 



CASH PREMIUMS 

 Vox the Greatest Nnmber of Subscribers. 



We also offer the following Cash Premiums for the greatest 

 number of subscribers for the coming half volume, sent in by the 

 15th day of October: 



1. TWENTY DOLLAES, in Cash, to the person who shall 

 ecnd us the largest number of subscribers, (at the lowest club 

 price of 18?* cents each,) before the 15th day of October, 1859. 

 (The order with the money must be received, not mailed, on or 

 before the 15th of October.) 



2. FIFTEEN DOLLARS to the person who shall send us the 

 necond highest list, as above. 



.3. TEN DOLLAES to the person who shall send us the 

 third highest list, as above. 



4. NINE DOLLAES to the person who shall send us the 

 fo'.irlh highest list, as above. 



5. EIGHT DOLLAES to the person who shall send us the 

 Sfih highest list, as above. 



6. SEVEN DOLLAES to the person who shall send us the 

 eixth highest list, as above. 



7. SIX DOLLARS to the person who shall send ua the 

 ieventh highest list, as above. 



8. FIVE DOLLAES to the person who shall send us the 

 eighth highest list, as above. 



9. FOUR DOLLARS to the per«on who shall send us the 

 ninth highest list, as above. 



10. THREE D0IXAR3 to the person who shall send us the 

 tenth highest list, as above. 



11. TWO DOLLARS to the person who shall send us the 

 eleventli highest list, as above. 



12. ONE DOLLAR to the person who shall send us the 

 iwelfUi highest list, as above. 



The club need not be all at one post office. We will write the 

 names of the subscribers on every paper, and send them to as 

 many different post offices as is desired. 



We stereotype each number of the Farmer, s.r\i the back num- 

 bers of the prfsent half volume can be supplied in the club at the 

 Mirae rates as the above (S7)^ cents for the year). 



We cordially invite Postmasters and all friends of agricultural 

 improvement to act as agents for the Omtnee Farmer. We will 

 cheerfully send them specimen copies, show-bills, Ac, If desired. 



Money may be sent at our risk. 



Address JOSEPH HARRIS, 



PUBLISIIKR AHD PbOPBIKTOB, 



May 1, 1859. Rocbmtbr, N. T. 



Cultivation of Indian Corn _ , IS 



Cultivation of Buckwheat ; Sheep poisoned. 18 



Does it pay to wash Sheep ? Sowing Oats without Plowing. . IS 



Grubs in the Heads of 8hecp 14 



"Wheat Mildew or Rust 14 



The Insect which destroys the Wheat-Midge ; Rearing Calves "H 



Are American Farmers intelligent? , 14 



How shall we improve our HighwavsV 14 



Notes for thi; Mouth— by S. W '. 14 



Sheep — their early Introduction \A 



Building Stone Fences ; Stop the Sucker 14 



Pasturing Meadow Lands : Black Leg in Cattle 14 



Farra-llouse in the Rural Gothic Style 14 



Management of Calves ; Planting Potatoes with Com If 



Beans on a Sandy Knoll ; Importance of Underdraining U 



HORTICULTURAL DEPARTMENT. 



Horticultural Notes for the Month 1,' 



The Cork Oak ; Spira;as i; 



Exotic Grapes li 



The Austrian or Black Pine 11 



Cultivation of the Grape, No. 4 Ic 



The Winter Cherry ; Rabbits and Trees i; 



American Trees and Tree-Planters; The Peach in Illinois.. 1.' 



Remeily for the Curculio ; Strawberries on the Prairie U 



Does it pay to hire a Gardener? Raising early Plants K 



LADIES DEPARTMENT. 



Original Domestic Receipts 1 J 



EDITORS TABLE. 



The Weather K 



Item.s, Notices, &c 1 1 



Inquiries and Answers It 



REVIEW OF THE MARKETS. 



General Remarks li 



Market Reports 163, H 



ILLUSTRATIONS. 



Buckwheat 1.' 



Sheep Grub — six figs 1- 



Wheat Mildew 1' 



Insect which destroys the Wheat-Midge 1- 



South-Down Buck '' Thomdale," 1- 



Farm-House in the Rural Gothic Style, with Ground Plan... 1- 



Cork Oak ; Spiraea callosa 1.' 



SpiroDa lanceoluta; S. Ulraifolia; S. grandiflora 11 



Austrian or Black Pine !• 



Two flgs. illustrating training the Grape Vine i; 



THE GENESEE FARMER, 



A MONTHLY JOUENAL OT 



AGRICULTURE AND HORTICULTURi 



IS PUBLISHED AT BOCHESTEB, H. T., 



Bv JOSEPH HARRIS. 



It is the cheapest agricultural paper in the world, and has attaint 

 an unrivalled circulation. 



Terms — Invariably in advance — Fitty Cents a Yeai 

 Five Copies for |2; Eight Copies for $8, together with a Rur ■ 

 Annu-al and HortieuUural Directory to the person getting i 

 the club. It is not necessary that the club should be all ^t o: 

 office — we send wherever the members of the club desire. 



t^" All friends of rural improvement are respectfully solicit< 

 to obtain and forward subscriptions. 



Specimen numbers sent free to all applicants. 



The address of papers can be changed at any time. 



Papers are sent to the British Provinces at the same rates as 

 the United States No extra charge fur American postage. 



Subscription money may be sent at the risk of the Publisher. 

 Address JOSEPH HARIUS, 



Publisher and Proprietor, Rochester, N. Y. 



Postage.- The postage on the Farmer, sent to any place 

 the State of New York, paid quarterly in advance, is three cert 

 a year ; to any other place in the United States, si* cents a yett 

 We pay the American postage on all papers sent to the Canada 

 or any of the other British Provinces. 



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