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THE GENESEE FARMER. 



Potato Sbbd.— Will you-'or some of your correspodents 

 be 90 kind as to inforip oie the best mode of preserving 

 the seed of potatoes, "flic proper time of gathering the 

 balls, Ac. ? Our potato tops hang quite full of balls. For 

 any information 1 will be much obliged. — C. R. S., Pinck- 

 nty, i\'. Y. 



The largest and ripest balls may be gathered in Sep- 

 tember, or as soon as they turn yellowish, the seeds taken 

 out, washed from the pulp, and dried, and kept till the 

 following spring, when they may be sown in drills in a 

 warm situation and rich soil, in May. When the young 

 plants are two or three inches high, thin out to five or six 

 inches apart in the drills. A very few small potatoes will 

 be produced the first year. These, if planted the next 

 spring, will produce tubers of a suflicieut size to deter- 

 mine their properties. Sometimes a third year's growth 

 is necessary to decide their fruit satisfactorily. 



What is the best method of storing carrots and mangel 

 wurzel, through the winter?— 0. P. St. Johx, St. Cath- 

 arines, 0. TF, 



Cax any of your correspondents give me a cure for poll 

 evil ? — C. G. >'., Faleitine, la. 



No^oes of Books, Pamphlets, &c. 



TENT AND HAREM. Notes of an Oriental Trip. By Cabo- 

 LixH Painb. New York: D. Appleton & Co. Price $1. 



WALTEPw TORNLEY; or, A Peep at the Past. By the author 

 of " Allen Prescott," Ac. New York : Harper & Bp.o's. |1. 



AMERICAN WIT AND HUMOR. Illustrated by J. McLenan. 

 New York : Hakpbs & Bro's. Price 50 cents. 



THE LIFE OF JABEZ BUNTING. D. D., ynW\ Notices of 

 Contemporary Persons and Events. By his son, Thomas Per- 

 civAL BcNTLSG. Yol. 1. New York : Haeper & Bro's. $1 



LIBERTY AND LIFE IN AMERICA ; or Sketches of a Tour 

 in the United States and Canada in lS57-'58. By Charles 

 Mackay, LL. D., F. S. A. With ten Illustrations. New York : 

 Harper it Bro's. Price $1. 



LOVE fL'Amour). From the French of M. J. Michelet. Trans- 

 lated from the fourth Paris edition, by J. W. Palmer, M. D., 

 auilior of "The New and the Old," &,c. New York: Rudd 

 & Carleton. Prii;e $1. 



BREAKFAST. DINNER, AND TEA, viewed Classically. Poet- 

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 and Feasts, of all Times .nnd all Countries, besides 800 Modern 

 Receipts. New York: D. Appleton «& Co. Price $1.50. 



CHAMBERS' ENCYCLOP JilDIA : A Dictionary of Universal 

 Knowledge for the People, on the basis of the latest edition of 

 the Gorman Conversations Lexicon. Illustrated by Wood En- 

 pravinps and Maps. Part 5. New York : D. Appleton &, Co. 

 Price 16 cents per number. 

 All the above books are for sale by D. M. Dewet, of 



this city. 



AQUECHEEK. Sketches of Foreifm Travel. Boston: Shep- 

 PAKB, Clark, A Bp.own. Price $1. 



For sale by E. Darrow & Bro., of this city. 



THE LIFE OF GENERAL GARIBALDL Written by him- 

 self, with Sketches of his companions in arms. Translated by 

 his friend an<l admirer, Theopork Dwight, author of "A Tour 

 In Italy In IS21," itc. i;mbelllshed with a Portrait on Steel. 

 New York : A. S. Barnes & Blke. Price $1. 

 For sale by E. Daruow A Bro., of this city. 



A NATURAL PHILOSOPHY. Embracinp the most recent 

 Discoveries in the various Branches of Physios, and cxhibitinp; 

 the Application ofScientific Principlos in Evcry-Day Life. By 

 G. P. Qkackenbos, A. M., author of " Illuatra'ted Schor,! Ilis- 

 U>ry of the Inited States," &.c. New York: D. Appleton Js 

 (.:>. 1359. Price %\. 



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ESSAYS AND DISCUSSIONS ON AGRICULTURE, before 

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REVIEW OF THE MARKE 



GENESEE FARMER OFFICE, 



RooiiESTEB, N. Y., Sept. 'i'2, 1 



Tub advance in BreadstufTs, noticed in our last issue 

 short duration. It continued, however, for a few days, ar 

 considerably higher than those quoted in our reports i 

 taincd. A more liberal movement of Flour and Oral 

 West soon induced buyers to act with more caution, am' 

 ceipLs exceeding the demand, the market became loss fl 

 prices gave way. A decline, equal in rapidity and extc 

 previous advance, then followed. This, too, was of a te 

 eharacted. A firmer feeling soon became manifest, an. 

 again advanced, in a short time, to the point from wli 

 had receded. The upward tendency has again been ; 

 and a downward movement has about run its course, whi 

 and probably will, be followed by one in the opposite din 



The above is an outline of the fluctuations in iho price o 

 stufb in New York since our last report. Other niurkc 

 been more or less affected in a similar manner. Will 

 tendency to change, which seems to be peculiar to A 

 markets, it is not easy to form an opinion as to what tlx 

 matters may be at any given time in the future. It is 

 diflBcult, also, to conceive any adequate cause, or reason, : 

 ever-recurring variations. 



The quality and condition of Western Wheat is better 1 

 than usual ; it is n.ore mellow, and works easier and betti 

 hands of the miller. The Flour made from Spring Wh( 

 superior to that produced from this grade for some tii 

 This is gratifying to all parties. There is moro satisfa. 

 having to do with a good article than with a poor on< I 

 grade of Flour will be more acceptable for general const i 

 and will take the place, to a certain extent, of those brand I 

 have heretofore commanded a higher price. There is, h i 

 still an important defect in the quality of Western Spring 

 arising from the quantity of Oats mixed with it. Will n( 

 ern farmers make a determined and effective effort to ke 

 Wheat and Oata apart, and sell both intermixed no more; 



The Wheat crop in England has been generally sec 

 good condition; that part which was soonest taken up is ; 

 an exception, as the weather was then less favorable. Tl 

 ity of the new Wheat in the south of England and in F 

 inferior to that of last year. In northern Europe and Ru; 

 quality is reported to be good. It is yet too early to mak 

 able estimate of the general yield. It will not probably, 

 whole, fall much below an average. The large quantit; 

 Wheat still held by farmers will make up the deficiency 

 accounts represent the trade as dull, with little prospect of 

 prices for some time to come. 



The market for Corn is very firm, and quotations are 

 Barley, Oats, and Rye, steady, with but little change. 



Pork is hieher and steady. Beef lower, but firiji at the i 

 Bacon is higher and steady. Butter a little lower. Other 

 in the provision line, without change to notice. 



The supply of good Beef Cattle is limited ; that of medh 

 ordinary is large. The former command full rates. Th 

 are lower, and the trade is dull. 



The demand for medium and low gradss of "Wool has im| 

 The market is firm, and sales are made at full rales. 



KOCHESTEB MABKET. — Sept 22. 



FLOUR— Suporflne from red wheat, $4.50(2;$5 ; extr 

 white wheat. $.'>.,'>r(rc$6. 



GlIAIN— While wheat. $1.10®$1.25; red do., 90c(??i<il. 

 72c(a7'>c. Rye, f>2,','o. Barley, (,i}ic. OnU. .S2o<a*5c 

 Beans — none offered — would probably bring 7ilc((^7.'5c. 



PROVISION?'— Mess Pork. $lS.n6fatl9.00. Hams, 1( 

 for smoked. Shoulders, 7e@S<-. I.ard, 12e. Butter, 16 

 Cheese. ^c((iiV\-. Eggs, 12c®15c. l*olatoe», 25c(a8Sc. I 

 hogs, 7o por lb. 



CATTLE MARKET— Beef Cattle, lire weight. $4.00@l 

 Calves >:>(^)5 per head. Sheep, $SOIi P«t b*<^d. Lamb 

 <^%i each. 



