THE GENESEE FARMER. 



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I7ew Advertisements this Month. 



t and Ornamental Trees— Ellwanger & Barry, Kochester. 



Hardy Grapes— do d« do 



•ign Grapes for Vineries — do do do 



Kochester Nurseries— S. Moulson, Rochester, N. Y. 

 Dsee Valley Nurseries— A. Frost & Co., Eocliester, N. T". 

 orted and Pure Bred Stock— F. W. Stone, Guelph, C. W. 

 tt's Sorgho and Imphee— A. O. Moore & Co., New Yorlc. 

 id Jardin Nurseries, Angers, France— Paul Bossange, agent 

 ^ork. 



u Trees— C. Eeagles & Son, Schenectady, N. Y 

 brero Guano— Wood & Grant, New York. 

 ;inia Farm Lands— L. H. Eeynolds, Maple VaUcy, Va. 



Hill Nurseries — Godfrey Zimmerman, Buffalo, N. Y. 

 hester Central Nurseries— C. W. Seelye, Eocbester, N. Y. 

 Ilry for Sale— S. Smith, Darien Depot, Conn, 

 ks for Fruit Trees— H. E. Hooker & Co., Rochester, N. Y. 



New Grapes — do do do. 



. Finger Nails for Husking Corn— J. H. Gould & Co., Alli- 

 Ohio. 



FES ON THE "Weather from July ISrn to August 

 1859.— The temperature of the first half of July was 

 to the average for twenty years. Scarcely any rain 

 Fallen till the 15th, which put an end to the drouth 

 h had become oppressive. 



e average heat of the last half of July was CO.S", 

 5 3° below the mean for twenty-two years. Indeed, 

 ;veather was cool for the last fortnight, but as the 

 1 was already much heated when the rain of the loth 

 16th fell in abundance, the progress of vegetation 

 me very rapid, especially did Indian corn advance so 

 ) give some good promise of a tolerable crop. Cer- 

 y the new and sweet corn appeared in market as early 

 sual, and indeed earlier, as that grown for the table 

 advanced too far to be affected by the frosts, and the 

 were abundant. There fell in the last half 3.73 

 es of water, and in the month 4.16 inches, 

 le greatest heat at 2 P. M. was 96° on the 8th, and 

 followed by the thunder storms, which had cooled the 

 >n the 2l8t to 03°, and made some fire quite a conve- 

 ice. At Cincinnati this was the hot day, 100° in the 

 le. The last two days of the month were hot, but the 

 lest was only 90° on the 31st. On the 17th was a 

 re tornado and thunder storm near Memphis, Tenn. 

 the 24th a terrible tornado at Decatur, Tenn. Wheat 

 ly harvested. The fruits and vegetables of the season 

 e been abundant. The average heat of the month 69.9°, 

 ttle below the mean for twenty-two years. 

 ugust made a very favorable impression, certainly to 

 16th, whatever may follow. Though the mean heat 

 72.3°, or near 2° above average for twenty-two years, 

 weather was very fine — the heat at 2 P. M. not above 

 ; evenings very fine and clear, while the full moon was 

 the 15th ; mornings, for twelve of the fifteen, clear and 

 :n dewy, so that the dew fell from the leaves of trees 

 1 run from tin or zinc roo&. All nature smiled ; naj, 

 ghed outright. 



At the beginning of August, whortleberries succeeded 

 the red and black raspberries, and those the blackberries 

 have begun to displace ; while pears, apples and plums 

 are sold on every side, and at moderate rates. Only pota- 

 toes, quite abundant, cry out for money with succesa. 

 The Indian corn is looking finely. 



"Wheat declined from $1.30 a bushel to less than $1 in 

 July, and has not been able to lift up her voice for mor« 

 silver so as to be heard. The poor have rejoiced ; some 

 of the rich have been glad. T)-uli/ the lines have fallen to 

 ns in pleasant -places, and we have a goodly heritage. 



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The Crops. — "We have letters from correspondents in 

 all sections of the country, giving on the whole very 

 favorable accounts of the crops, with the exception per- 

 haps of corn, extracts from some of which we give below : 

 J. 0. Danvers, Bradford county, Pa., writes : " Our hay 

 crop is not quite an average one, but of good quality. 

 Oats are above the average— enough to compensate for 

 any deficiency in the hay. Wheat, especially spring 

 wheat, is more than the average, and a considerable 

 breadth has been grown this year. Corn is behind time 

 and will probably be a small crop. Potatoes and buck- 

 wheat promise well. Fruit is scarce." 



G. B. Miller, Clark county, Ind., says : " Wheat 

 through this section was unusually good. Oats very in- 

 diflerent. Hay good. Potatoes look fine. Corn, a fair 

 prospect, but the plants are yet small. Fruit, half a crop." 

 J. H., Clinton county, Ohio : "We have been suflering 

 from drought for some weeks past. Wheat about half a 

 crop, but a fine berry. Corn will be light. Some fruit- 

 enough for home consumption." 



J. H. Stout, Greene county. 111. : " Wheat, a pretty fair 

 crop. Oats light. Hay tolerably good. Corn generally 

 late, but a fine color, and if we escape the September 

 frosts we shall have plenty of it." 



S. L. BouGDTON, Wood county, Ohio, writes : " Wheat 

 in some sections was injured by the June frosts, but oh 

 the Maumee river is a fine crop. Oats very good. Grass 

 rather light. Corn looks promising, and bids fair to be 

 the largest crop ever harvested. We have apples, but 

 little other fruit." 



Barton Works, Rockford, 111., under date August 18th, 

 writes : " It rains to-day, and I am feeling quite grateful. 

 This is the first good rain since the last week of May. 

 Corn is pretty much check-mated, and potatoes almost a 

 failure. Nothing has flourished during the last six months 

 but chinch bugs, and they have burnt up quite too large a 

 portion of the corn ; but this rain, if it only continues, 

 will set them back considerably. Corn can not be more 

 thau half a crop in this section of the state. I need not 

 tell you that wheat, oats, barley, and rye, are pretty fair 

 in this part of the west." 



Within the last three weeks, although latterly the nights 

 have been cold, Indian corn in this vicinity has advanced 

 with astonishing rapidity. The prospect now is that wc 

 shall have nearly if not quite an average crop. 



Notwithstanding the high price of seed, a considerable 

 breadth of land was sown with buckwheat, and it is com- 

 ing forward rapidly, and unless we have early frosts, there 

 will be a good yield. 



Where properly thinned out and hoed, turnips are doing 

 finely. We ought not to expect a good crop unless they 

 I are hoed. 



