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Agricultural Lectures at Yale College. — It is pro- 

 posed to have what may be termed a great agricultural 

 "protracted meeting" at Yale College during the present 

 winter, to last throughout the whole month of February. 

 The exercises are to consist of lectures by loading reliable 

 men, eminent in the different departments of agriculture, 

 horticulture, stock-raising, etc. About eighty lectures are 

 provided for, each lecture to be followed by conversational 

 exercises, questions to the lecturers, and discussions. The 

 course will commence February 1st. Three lectures will 

 be given each day during the four weeks of the course. 

 Twenty or thirty gentlemen, well known in agriculture, 

 beside the Professors in Yale College, are engaged to take 

 part in the exercises as lecturers, while numerous other 

 eminent agriculturists and horticulturists have expressed 

 their intention to be present and participate in the dis- 

 cussions. 



First week — Science in its relations to AgricnUnre. — 

 Chemistry, Prof S. W. Johnson ; Meteorology, Prof. H. 

 Silliman ; Entomology, Dr. Asa Fitch ; Vegetable Phisi- 

 ology, Daniel C. Eaton, Esq. 



Second week — HotHctilture. — Pomology (in general), 

 Hon. Marshall P. Wild^; Grapes, Dr. C. W. Grant; 

 Berries,' R. G. Pardee, Esq. ; Fruit Trees, P. Barry, Esq. ; 

 Fruits as Farm Crops, Lewis F. Allen, Esq. ; Agricultural 

 Chemistrj-, Prof S. W. Johnson. 



Third week — Agricnltui-e proper. — Drainage, Hon. H. 

 F. French ; Grasses and Irrigation, J. StantOn Gould ; 

 Cereals, Joseph Harris; Hops, Tobacco, &c., Prof Wm. 

 H. Brewer ; Cultivation of Light Soils,. Levi Bartlett, Esq. ; 

 English Agriculture, Luthur H. Tucker, Esq. ; Agricultu- 

 ral Statistics, Prof J. A. Porter. 



Fourth week — Domestic Animals. — Principles of Stock 

 Breeding, Hon. Cassius M. Clay; Stock Breeding in the 

 United States, Lewis F. Allen, Esq. ; Breeding for the 

 Dairy, Chas. L. Flint, Esq. ; Different Breeds of Horses, 

 Sanford Howard, Esq. ; Horse Breeding and Training, Dr. 

 D. F. Gulliver ; Root Crops and Sheep Husbandry, T. S, 

 Gold, Esq. ; Pisciculture, Dr. John C. Comstock; Rural 

 Economy, Donald G. Mitchell. 



Other subjects will be presented which it was not con- 

 venient to designate in the list. The whole is to be free, 

 except the nominal charge of say ten dollars or less to 

 meet the necessary expenses of lecturers and other inci- 

 dentals. The occasion will doubtless be one of great 

 interest to cultivators generally, and call together a large 

 attendance from all parts of the country. Circulars giv- 

 ing further particulars may be obtained on application to 

 Prof. John A. Porter, New Haven, Conn. 



Elizabeth Grape — Correction. — In our notice of this 

 new grape last month, the v70vA found was substituted for 

 feared, iu the sentence, — this plant sprung vp, was grown 

 in t7i£ Iwu&e three or four years, as it was feared that it 

 might not le sufficiently hardy for the climate. A very 

 wrong impression is conveyed by using the word found 

 for feared, as above. The vine is as hardy as the Isabella. 

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There are Many Young Men who could not do better 

 than to act as agents for the Genesee Farmer. A few 

 days spent in soliciting subscriptions among the neigh- 

 bors would secure one of our largest Cash Premiums. 

 All that is required is to show them a copy of the paper, 

 ind tell them its marvellously low price. 



The January Premiums. — The time for competing for 

 our January Premiums expires on the filteenth of Janu- 

 ary. It will soon be here. Let every one of our friends 

 send in all the subscriptions they can before that time, 

 whether they intend to compete or not. Many have hith- 

 erto taken premiums who had no idea of doing so. 



The Premiums will be paid, whether there is any com- 

 petition for them or not. Send in the subscriptions as 

 fast as you get them. "We will keep an account of the 

 number, and those who send in the twenty-one highest 

 lists by the fifteenth of January, will be awarded the pre- 

 miums. 



Our twelve January premiums in 1858 were taken as 

 follows : A club of 29 took a premium of §5 ; 31, $6 ; S3, 

 $7; 34, $8; 36, $9; 38, $10; 40, 811; 43, $12; 56, $13; 

 63, $14; 91, $15; 107, $20. 



The January premiums for 1859 were taken by clubs of 

 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 49, 55, 60, 70* 

 74, 83, 97, 107, 116. 



A club of 23 took one of the April premiums of last year. 



This year there are twenty-one Cash premiums, amount- 

 ing to $235. See last page of this number. 



Advertising in the Genesee Farmer. — Messrs. Hedges, 

 Free, & Co., of Cincinnati, writes under date of Dec. 10th ? 

 " We find your paper a most invaluable medium for com- 

 municating with the farming community. "We never fail 

 of a hearty response whenever we advertise in it." 



This is undoubtedly true, and can not well be otherwise 

 from our large circulation. Our rule of strictly excluding 

 patent medicines and all advertisements of a deceptive 

 character, also renders the Farmer one of the best medi- 

 ums for advertising everything of value and importance 

 to farmers and horticulturists in all parts of the United 

 States and Canada. 



Some of our agents wish us to send the paper on trust. 

 We have no doubt they would pay us ; but to comply 

 with their request, would be to violate our invariable rule 

 of requiring pay in advance. Our average profit on a 

 yearly subscription is not more than five cents. If the 

 Farmer was a dollar a year, waP might afl'ord to keep ac- 

 counts and send bills, as some other papers do ; but we de- 

 sire to furnish a good and reliable agricultural journal at 

 the lowest possible p/rice ,' and to do so, must adhere to the 



old rule of advance payment. 



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There is not a town in the United States or Canada 

 where a good list of subscribers could not be obtained 

 for the Genesee Farmer. All that is necessary is for some 

 friend to exhibit a copy of the paper. It is so cheap that 

 every farmer can afford to take it, even though they 

 subscribe to several other papers. 



The friends of the Genese Farmer will be glad to hear 

 that its prospects were never so bright as at the present 

 time. We are daily receiving letters assuring us that the 

 Farmer never gave better satisfaction than at present. Its 

 marvellously low price commends it to all. We expect a 



big list of subscribers for 1860. 



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Cheap Beading. — One volume of the Genesee Farmer 

 contains 384 pages, and the Bural Annual 120 pages. In 

 clubs of eight, we furnish the two for half a dollar. Five 

 hundred and four pages for fifty cents! What farmer 

 need be without good reading for himself or his children ? 



