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THE GENESEE FAEMER. 



New Advertisements this Month. 



Improved Prairie Land for Sale— W. H. Gardner, Leland, 111. 



Block or Dairy Farm for Sale -P. V., Pcrrysburgh, N. Y. 



Descriptive Seed Catalogue— J. M. Thorbum ct Co., New York. 



Seeds at Wholesale— J. M. Thorbum & Co., New York. 



Eural Empire Club— I. W. Briggs, West Macedon, N. Y. 



Ilungariar. Grape Slips— John Kolber, New York. 



Portemer Fils, Nurseryman, Gentilly, France— Paul Bossange, 

 agent, New York. 



American Stock Journal— D. C. Linsley, New York. 



Seeds of Evergreen Trees and Shrubs— J. M. Thorbun* & Co:, 

 New York. 



A Complete Grist Mill for $20— Hedges, Free, & Co., Cincin- 

 nati, Ohio. 



Grace Greenwood's Little Pilgrim— Leander K. Lippincott, 

 Philadelphia, Pa. 



Oi\ his TldHiah Birtliday, kind reader, the Genesee 

 Farmer comes to you with our warmest " compliments of 

 the season." He needs no formal introduction. We trust 

 he will be recognized and treated as an old friend. Give 

 him a good country welcome. Take him round and show 

 him to your neighbors and friends. He likes the society 

 of intelligent farmers and fruit-growers. He is especially 

 fond ofbo7/s, and is particularly flattered when the ladies 

 show him any attention. If you are going anywhere on a 

 visit, or on business, take him along and introduce him; 

 and if any one manifests a wish for farther acquaintance, 

 send us tJmir tiames. 



Whatever kindness you may be able to show him, we 

 shall esteem as a personal favor. 



Notes on the Weather fkom November 15tu to De- 

 cember 16th, 1859.— Heat, or caloric, is the mighty power 

 that makes the climate and the weather. Let all caloric 

 be removed or annihilated, and the earth would be a dead 

 waste, an awful desolation. Let it cease to produce 

 changes in the atmosphere, or on the earth or its waters, 

 in evaporation trom land and sea, in rams and snows and 

 dews and winds, all life would stagnate, and the pulse 

 beat no longer, all would be desolation. The weather 

 would be ever uniform, and find none to wonder or to 

 complain at its changes. 



The heat of the last half of November, exceeded the 

 average for 22 years by nearly 5°, while the month was 

 3° above the mean. The first was S9.1o, and for the 

 month 40.7°. The rain of the month was 1.93 inch, or 

 about half the a%erao-e. 



The Indian summer was for 9 days in the first half, and 

 about 7 days in the last half. Very little snow fell in the 

 month. A violent gale from the west commenced on the 

 25th at Chicago, about 5 P. M., at Buffalo at 8 P. M., and 

 at Rochester at 11 P. M., and swept onward to the Atlan- 

 tic. In the three places the wind was heavy, and damage 

 done at the west. Here it was strong through the night, and 

 also over Lake Ontario. The month was warm at its close, 

 and the canal was not frozen vpt from Alhstr- +o Knffalo. 



The hottest day in the last half was the 18th, 65° at ( 

 noon, and 55.7® for the day ; the coldest was the 24th, f 

 29" at noon, and 27.7° for the day. The cold of the 20th 

 was more severe at the west and south. So the cold of 

 the 14th was far more severe on the 12th in Nebraska Ter- 

 ritory, being then, on Deer Creek, north of Fort Laramie, 

 several degrees below zero, and moving eastward. 



For the first half of December, we find difl'erent weather. 

 Though the last week of November was warm, and the 1st 

 day of December was warmer yet, the 2d bccanae cool, and 

 the next colder yet, and a still colder perioo on the 8th, 

 9th, and 10th, the thermometer falling to !'►* here, and 

 below zero on the 7th at Chicago ; the west agnj.i showing 

 the most severe weather. On the 13th our cc-id was 3<* . 

 with four inches of snow, and tolerable sleighing from the 

 11th. At Montreal on the 11th, the cold was 10° below 

 zero, and good sleighing for sever.il days previous. 



The average of the first half by thermometer, is 25.1° 

 which is 6° below the mean for 22 years, and gives us, for . 

 so much, of December, a season unusually cold. The 

 canal was free of ice till the 3d, and was fully frozen and 

 closed on the 7th. 



The average heat of 1859 for 11 months, is a little above 

 the mean for 22 years. The mouths which had their tem- 

 perature below the average, are April, June, July, Sep- 

 tember and October. Frost has occurred in every month 

 of the eleven. Though much injury was done by it to the 

 crops in June, the evil is not so great as was feared. If 

 the insect, which destroys wheat, was killed by it, as 

 seems very probable, immense advantage has been gained. 

 Except in hay, the average yield has been realized, and in 

 many fruits a large product has resulted. On the whole, 

 the seasons have been favorable for the products of agri- 

 culture. 



Weather in Illinois. — The month of November haa 

 been about as usual in past seasons, with the exception, 

 of being not quite as warm as in past years. The monit 

 stands at 35.16°, being over 8° colder than the usual ave-- 

 age. The first half gives 39° as the mean. From the Sd 

 to the 8th was very smoky — the smoke of th& 7th and 8th 

 was so dense that objects, could not be designated at half a 

 mile distant — and five days entirely cloudj. The 11th, 

 12th, and 13th, were cold and stormy, and snow fell to the 

 depth of 3 inches. Thermometer at 12° on the night of 

 the 12th. The last half gave a mean of 31.33° — highest, 

 46° ; lowest, 17" ; both of which were on the 28th day of 

 the month. During the month there were eleven days in 

 which there fell either rain or snow ; fifteen days entire 

 cloudy ; and on the night of the 25th a violent gale, almost, 

 or quite a hurricane in some parts of the State. In Peoria 

 some buildings were unroofed, others blown down ; also 

 in Chicago a number of buildings and chimneys were 

 blown down ; and in many places In the State light build- 

 ings were blown over and some destroyed, fences were 

 laid prostrate, some standing cars were blown off the 

 track, and some loss of life. 



The prevailing wind S. W. Amount of cloudiness, 6-10. 

 Observations taken at 7 A. M., 2 P. M., and 9 P. M. Heavy 

 thunder and vivid lightning during the night of the 30tk. 

 — E. Babcock, Marengo, McHenry Co., III., Dec. 1859. 



Western New York Fruit-Growers' Societt. — The 

 Annual Meeting of the Fruit-Growers' Society of Western 

 New York will be held at the Court House, in Rochester, 

 on Wednesday, 4th of January, 1860. 



Receipts. — We send receipts whenever desired; but it 

 is unnecessary. The paper is its own receipt. It is never 

 sent, except to a few personal friends, till paid for. W» 

 never send a bill. 



