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THE GENESEE FAKMER. 



THE 



GENESEE FARMEU 



ir o:r 1859, 



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July 1, 1959. * Eocasaraa, N. T. 



CONTENTS OF THIS NUMBER. 



On some Points in Agricultural Science 288 1 



Cultivation of Wheat 2.34 



Hay for t^heep and Fatting Stock in Summer 'iS6 



Extirjialiiig Thistles from Grass Land 236 



Early Varieties of Wheat 23T 



Stniil— Pickling Seed Wheat. Autumn-Planted Onions 2:<8 



Pasturing Ibirses 288 



Spirit "f the .Agricultural Press 239 — 242 



Why Sows destroy their Young. Heating new Milk 2-39 



How U> prevent Horses biting their Cribs 289 



Farming in Knglantt anil France, llungiirlan Grass '240 



Cure f(ir Stii'iii-lvilhng Dogs. Weeds — their in)portance. 249 



Untlerdraiiiiiig Water .Meadows. Millet for Food '.'40 



Hog Cholera." A Weed Law 240 



High Prizes for Stock and Grain. Flowering of Pulatoes. 241 

 Bees in California. Changiiiir Seeil. Wheal GaDiMing. 241 

 Japan Wheat. Hill Wheal. Guano Islands Dog Traj)s. 241 

 Lambert and Orlean Wheat. The Rocky Mouniains.. . 343 



African Oats. Australian Items 242 



Ducks — their nutnagement. Ac 242 



Notes for the Month— by S. W 244 



Plowing vs. Spading 245 



Draining Wet Lands. Make Farm Labor fashionable 246 



Noten ft-om Down liast. Dropsic;il Land 247 



Scarifying Pea or Barley Stubble for Wheat 247 



Mules vs. Horses f /r Steady Labor. Thick or Thin Sowing. 249 

 Sowing Wheat Quarterly Memoranda from Down East 243 



HORTICULTURAL DEPART.MENT. 



Winter, Spring, and Summer of 1859— Effects of the Weather 



on Fruit 'Irees, &c 249 



Fruit Growers' Society of Westei-n New York 250 



Perin.in nt Labels. A Variety of Cypress 2f:'i 



The European Flowering Ash 253 



A Usefid Insect on Plum and Apple Trees '.64 



How lo prevent Fruit Stealing. Lime in transplanting Trees "..'Wt 



Planting and Cultivation of Apples. Pears • 2.")5 



Pruning Conifers 256 



ladies' departmext. 



Preservine Fruits without Sugar. Pickling Walnuts 257 



Original Domestic Receipts . . . ■ 257 



editor's table. 



The Weather ., 2153 



The Cn .jir 2.'>3 



Items, Nclires, &c 259 



Inquiries and .Answers 2-'>9 



Notices of Books, Pamphlets, &c 260 



REVIEW OF the markets. 



General Remarks 260 



Market Reports 201 



ILLISTRATIONS. 



Boughton Wheat ; Golden Drop Wheat 287 



Ducks — Mallard, Wood, Mandarin. Musk, Rouen, Aylesbury 248 



The European Flowerinfr Ash ". 2.'i3 



Leaves and Flowers of do 254 



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A MONTnLY JOURNAL OF 



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