THE GENESEE FARMER. 



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January Premiums. — The January Premiums for the 

 greatest number of subscribers sent in on or before the 

 15th day of January, have been taken as follows : 



1. G. B. Whiteside, Brockport, N. Y., $25 for 166 subs. 



2. Capt'n G. Converse, Wilkesbarre, Pa., 20 " 157 " 

 S. J. Mackelcan, Ancaster, C. W., 19 " 120 " 



4. C. Howard, Hamilton, C. W., 18 " 118 " 



5. Jonathan Miller, Berrysburg, Pa., 17 " 94 " 



6. J. D. Palmer, Thurlow, C. \V., 16 " 90 " 



7. Chas. Cartwright, Johnstown, Pa., 15 " 82 " 



8. B. W. Van Sise, Waterford, Pa, 14 " 78 " 



9. D. E. Harris, Green Bay, Wis., 13 " 75 " 



10. W. Hibbard, Manchester Station, Ct., 12 " 73 " 



11. John Dorr, Scottsville, N. Y., 11 

 -12. W. H. Scott, Ninevah, N. Y., 10 



13. H. W. Jloyer; Mover's Corners, C. W., 9 



14. R. W. Sawtell, Woodstock, C. W., 8 



15. 0. A. Paddock, Port Byron, N. Y., 7 



16. Edwin Mallory, Frqflericksburg, C. W., 6 



17. Joshua Norrish, Eden Mills, C. W., 5 

 IS. G. W. Reynolds, Bushville, N. Y., 4 



19. Fisher Ames, Frontier, N. Y., 3 



20. R. J. Smith, Hillsburg, C. W., 2 



21. W. McClymonds, New Castle, Pa., ' 1 

 Our friends can draw on us at sight for the amount, or 



we will send it by mail or in any other way they may 

 designate. 



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Peach Buds.— So far, we have ascertained by examina- 

 tion that the peach buds in this vicinity have escaped un- 

 injured from the effects of frost, and although danger is 

 not yet past, yet the chances are very good for a crop of 

 peaches the ensuing season. We are sorry to learn that 

 in Southern Ohio the reverse is the case. In Ross, Hock- 

 ing, Vinton, and Warren counties, "the destruction is 

 quite general in the low lands," and the full extent of the 

 damage can not now be fully known. 



A New Use for our Show-bills. — R. W. Sawtell, Esq., 

 of Woodstock, C. W., writes us as follows : " Your show- 

 bills are received ; one is posted in a conspicuous place in 

 the post-office, and the other on the wall of my sitting- 

 room ; and such is the attraction of the stars and stripes 

 that my oldest child has learned nearly all her alphabet 

 therefrom in two weeks. I have no doubt I shall be able to 

 send you a large club for the Genesee Farmer, for the more 

 it is read the better it is liked. The last volume is decid- 

 edly' a progressionist, and approximating to perfection." 



"How DO TOU APPOINT AgENTS FOR THE GeXKSEE FAR- 

 MER?" — We have none but voluntary agents. We invite 

 all our readers who like the Farmer and are desirous of 

 increasing its circulation to act as agents for it. If there 

 is no agent at your post-office, we should feel greatly 

 obliged if you will take and forward the names of sub- 

 scribers. 



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Now IS THE TIME TO SUBSCRIBE. — Unlike a iVfizra-paper, „ ,-, -n m -««■ Tir 



^ . , . , . \. Give the Genebee Farmer a Trial. — Mr. William 



the Genesee larmer is none the worse for being a lew „ ,. t^, ^ -nr j ^ ^ i. -i 



, ,,.,,. m, T , . ^ , , Reynolds, of Elora, C. W., sends us twenty subscribers 



weeks behind time. The Januarv number is as fresh and , ^. , , , , ,, mi • i • n 



,, , • J rr.1 " i ■ ,1 i to the /«/•/?(«• and J»««a6, and says " 1 he paper IS highly 



useful now as when issued. The present is an excellent ,, , , , i • -j. 



,. ■ J. , ■, T/- 1 ■ J 1 . r approved ot bv all who can be persuaded to give it a 



time to get subscribers. If you, kind reader, kuow of ' ^ , „ " 



any of your neighbors who do not take an agricultural •^ ' " ►»» . 



paper, show them a copy of the Genesee Farmer, and take rp^j^ pj.ggg ^^ ^^^ columns is so great this month that 



and forward us their subscriptions. And even those who ^.^ jjave been compelled to leave out a number of illustra- 



take other papers would not be injured by reading the ' tions, several prize essays and other communications, 



together with many inquiries, answers to correspondents, 



etc. 



Farmer. It is so cheap that all can afford to take it. 



Cheap Reading. — One volume of the Genesee Farmer 

 contains 384 pages, and the Rural Animal 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? 

 Any of our agents who have sent us a club of eight sub- 

 scribers for the Genesee Farmer, can have eight copies of 

 the Rural Annual for one dollar ! 



Additions can be made to clubs at any time, at the 

 Hclub rates. After you have got a club of eight subscri- 

 ibers, you can send on the names of one or more subscri- 

 bers at 87^ cents each. If the members of the club have 

 not had the Rural Annual, they can still have them at 

 the club rates. In other words, we will send you eight 

 'copies of the Annual for one dollar. 



There are Many Young Men who could not do better 

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

 idays spent in soliciting subscriptions among the neigh- 

 Ibors would secure one of our largest Cash Premiums. 

 ■ AH that is.required is to show them a copy of the paper, 

 I and tell them its marvellously low price. Now is the time 

 . to commence. Se list of Cash Prizes on the last page. 



Inciuiries and Answers. 



Drawing out Manure in Winter. — I want you to tell 

 us about hauling dung right from the stable on to pros- 

 pective corn ground. Is it better to leave it in the barn- 

 yard, exposed to the rains and evaporation of spring, to 

 be hauled in April or May, as the ground may be fitting, 

 or to put it on now and let the leach go into the land? I 

 know you, as a scientific and able farmer, may say it 

 should be kept under cover and composted; but that the 

 generality of farmers can not or will not do. — Charles 

 Palmer, 'Mansfeld, Ohio. 



Better draw it out during winter, while you have more 

 leisure and the ground is frozen. Put it in small heaps, 

 or, what we think would be better, spread it over. the land 

 ready for plowing under. If the land is in clover, the 

 manure will give it an early start, and clover and manure 

 can be plowed under together just before planting. 



Peas on New Land. — I would like, for the benefit of 

 myself and others, to know the best method of raising a 

 crop of peas on newly cleared lands. 1st, best variety; 

 2d, how many to sow to the acre ; 3d, whether plowing or 

 dragging in is best ; 4th, at what season should they be 

 sown north of latitude 43°. Also, what reliable works on 

 drainage, and soiling stock, are published, and where to 

 be obtained. Perhaps :some of your contributors can 

 enlighten me. — E. T. Cheeseman, St. Louis, Gratiot Co. 

 Mich., Dec, 7, 1859. 



