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New Advertisements this Month. 



Jodey's Lady's Book— L. A. Godey, Philadelphia, Pa. 

 ahirday Evening Post — Deacon & Peterson, Philadelphia, Pa. 

 few York Evangelist — Field & Craighead, New York. 

 Ife Illustrated — Fowler and Wells, New York, 

 emperance Literature — B. H. Mills, Upper Alton, TO. 

 tome Insurance Company — J. Dorr, Scottsville, N. Y. 

 inegar from Cider, Wine, &c. — H. W. Ely, Syracuse, N. T. 

 lustrated Annual Eegister of Eural Affairs— Luther Tucker & 

 , Albany, N. Y. 



ianos for $150 — Boardman, Gray, & Co., Albany, N. T. 

 gents Wanted— E. G. Storke, Auburn, N. Y. 

 ook-Binding— F. H. Marshall, Rochester, N. Y. 

 ear Seed— J. M. Thorburn & Co., New York, 

 reserve your Cider and Wine— H. W. Ely, Syracuse, N. Y. 

 jalding's Prepared Glue — Henry C. Spalding & Co., New New. 

 ural Annual and Horticultural Directory — Joseph Harris, 

 heater, N. Y. 



The Genesee Fanner for 1860. 



soil. We publish the cheapest agricultural and horticul- 

 tural paper in the world — are engaged in no other 

 business, and have no interests to serve but those of our 

 readers. We have, therefore, no hesitation in soliciting a 

 continuance of their countenance and support. 



r is not a pleasant thought that the present number of 



I Genesee Farmer closes our engagement with our sub- 



libera. We can not throw aside our mail books for 



1 9, containing the names of 25,000 readers, whom we 



e come to regard somewhat in the light of personal 



nds, without a feeling of sadness. We can not wish 



m " farewell." We do not like the thought of parting. 



hope for a speedy renewal of their acquaintance. Our 



V books for 1860 are all ready to receive their names, 



I we trust not one will be found missing. We hope to 



e the pleasure of wishing each and all a " Happy New 



ar' iu the January number. 



Encouraged by the liberal patronage received the past 

 ir, it is our design and our expectation to make the 

 ume for 18C0 the best of the series. 

 )ur success in the past is mainly due to those true 

 snds of rural improvement who have acted as agents 

 procuring and forwarding the names of subscribers. 

 ; should be glad to take each one by the hand, and 

 nk them for their disinterested efforts on our behalf, 

 is is not our privilege, and we must be satisfied in 

 ng all that a distant friend can do to express our grat- 

 de. We shall endeavor to compensate them as far as 

 5sible ; but we are sure that theirs is a labor of love, 

 i that, like virtue, is its own reward, 

 it many postofSces we have but one or two subscribers, 

 such have been pleased with the Fanner during the 

 jsent year, will they not manifest their approbation by 

 ming a club for the coming volume ; or, if they can 

 ; do this themselves, by inducing some one in the 

 ghborhood to act as agent for the paper. We will 

 lerfuUy send specimen copies, showbills, etc., to all 

 o are willing to aid in this matter. 

 We have endeavored to conduct the Genesee Farmer in 

 lordance with its time-honored motto, " The Practical 

 i Scientific Farmer's Own Paper." We have aimed to 

 ke it useful to all interested in the cultivation of the 



The Rural Annual and Hokticdltural Directort 

 FOR I860.— The fifth volume of the Bural Annual is just 

 out. We think it will be found the handsomest work of 

 the kind ever published in this country. Among its con- 

 tents may be mentioned, treatises on the Planting and 

 Management of Fruit Trees; on Insects Injurious and 

 Beneficial to Farmers and Fruit-Growers ; on Dwarf Trees 

 — including Apples, Pears, Plums, and Cherries; on the 

 American Black Raspberry ; on the Management and Va- 

 rieties of Pigeons; on Planting Evergreens; on the Dis- 

 eases of Horses, Cattle, Sheep, and Swine — Remedies, &c. ; 

 on Ornamental Deciduous Trees, &c., &c. 



It contains One Eundi-cd and Seven Illustrations. All 

 but half a dozen or so of these have been engraved ex- 

 pressly for its pages. The drawings of the dwarf pear, 

 dwarf apple, dwarf cherry, and dwarf plum trees, and 

 of the evergreen, shade, and ornamental deciduous trees, 

 were taken from actual specimens growing in this vicinity. 

 Those best capable of judging, pronounce them superior 

 to the best European engravings. The portraits of the 

 different varieties of pigeons were also drawn expressly 

 for the Eural Anmial. They are spirited and life-like, 

 and can not fail to please the most critical eye. 



It is replete with useful and interesting information, not 

 only for immediate perusal, but for future reference ; and 

 is so admirably illustrated as to make it an ornament to 

 every farmer's library or parlor table. In short, it is such 

 a book that no. farmer or gardener — no rural resident — no 

 one interested in the culture of the soil or in the improve- 

 ment of the country — should be without. 



To those unacquainted with the previous numbers of 

 the Rural Annual, we may say that it is a handsome book 

 of 120 pages, published each year, and sold at a price 

 which brings it within the reach of all. It is not, as has 

 been supposed, a rehash of the Genesee Farmer. The 

 articles are all prepared expressly for its pages. Every 

 reader of the Farmer should have a copy. 



Terms, 25 cents each ; sent pre-paid to any address on 

 the receipt of the price in three cent postage stamps. 

 Address Joseph Harris, Rochester, N. Y. 

 p. S.— The bound volumes for 1856, 1857, 1858, and 1859, 

 can be furnished at 25 cents each, sent pre-paid by mail 

 to any address. 



Showbills. — The Genesee Farmer showbill for 1860 is 

 now ready, and will be sent, pre-paid by mail, to all who 

 wish to extend the circulation of the Farmer. It has 

 already been sent to a few of our principal agents. It 

 has been got up at considerable expense, and we can not 

 afford to send it promiscuously to all. We have sent it to 

 those whom we know to be interested in increasing the 

 circulation of the Farmer. There are doubtless many 

 others well disposed to aid us in this matter, and to all 

 such we shall most cheerfully forward one of these show- 

 bills, if they wili notify us of their willingness to act as 

 agents for the Farmer. Those who have received them 

 will oblige us by posting them up in some conspicuous 

 place. 



