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THE GENESEE FARMER. 



Life Illustrated. — A first-class 



pictorial weekly, circulates East, West, Norih, and South. Adap- 

 ted to the interests of all — to the farmer, planter, merchant, in- 

 ventor, artisan, mechanic, lo schools, the learned professions, law, 

 medicine, and divinify. .^2 a year. 

 Fcb-y— 2t FOWLEK AND WELLS, New York. 



CONTENTS OF THIS NUMBER. 



Bones as a Fertilizer 41 



Lur^e Yield for Two Acres 42 



Scarcity of Fodder. Cotton in Illinois 42 



Potatoes Planted with Corn. Guano 43 



California Potatoes. Wheat from the South 43 



Cut and Crushed Food for Horses 43 



Farmer's Clubs. Heavy Oats. Plaster 44 



Large Yield of Large Pumpkins 44 



Feeding Turnips to Cows 44 



Spirit of the A gricultural Press 45 



Testimonial to John Johnston, of Geneva 45 



Large Farms. Osage Orange Hedges 45 



Large Fleeces of Wool. Singed Bacon 45 



Ferlility of Subsoils. Farming in Missouri 45 



Salted Water for Sheep 45 



Notes on the Dec, and Jan. numbers of the Genesee Farmer. 46 



Hampshire Bai'on. Cure for Heaves in Horses 47 



Selecting Calves tor Hearing. Knot killer. Seed Corn 48 



The Proper Depth of Underdraining 48 



GENESEE FARMER PRIZE ESS.4TS. 



Can Sheep be Profitably Fattened in Winter, and How 4S 



Kaising Sweet Apples for Feeding Cattle and Swine 50 



Raising Eye instead of Oats for i^eed ing. 51 



Feeding Cattle. Is it Best to Hill Corn, or not •. . 51 



The Best Method of Kaising and Fattening Hogs 52 



Substitutes fur Hay. G. od Hogs 53 



Wagon Tires. Water for stock 54 



W hite Specks in Butter 55 



Vetches and Tares. Wood Land 55 



Recreations and Amusements for Farmers and their Families. 56 



Hunling Wild Bees. Dwarf Pear Trees 57 



Besi Method of Renovating Old Orchards 58 



Apple Trees Around the Farm 59 



Best Fruit for Market Purposes 59 



HORTICULTURAL DEPARTMENT. 



Fruit Growers' Society of Western New York 60 



Injury to Apple Trees at the « est 62 



Grafting Grape Vines. 63 



White Sprouting Broccoli 64 



The i'uehsia, or Ladies' Ear Drop 65 



editor's table. 



April Cash Prizes, 66 



Great Success of the Genesee t armer 66 



>otes on the Weather 66 



Items, Notices, &c 67 



Inquiries and Answers ; 67 



REVIEW OP THE MARKETS. 



General Remarks 68 



Market Reports 68, 69 



ILLUSTRATIONS. 



Grafting Grape Vine.s 63 



While Sprouting Broccoli 64 



The Fuchsia, or Ladies' Ear Drop 65 



THE GENESEE FARMER, 



A MONTHLY JOURNAL OF 



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IS PUBLISHED AT ROCHESTEK, N. T., 



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GENESEE FARMER 



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In addition to this reduction of one-fourth, we offer the follow- 

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1. To every person who sends us Eight Subscribers, (at our 

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2. To every person who sends us Sixteen subscribers, (at 

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PUBLISHKE AND PrOPKIETOB, 



February 1, 1860. • Eochksteb, N. T. 



BTBKBOTYPBD BY JAMES LBNNOX, BOCHESTEB, N. Y. 



