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THE GENESEE FARMER. 



New Advertisements this Month. 



Spring Garden Seeds— J. M. Thorbum & Co., New York. 



Flower Seeds by Mail — do do do 



Pear Seed — do do do 



■\Vlio can Equal it— G. Westingljouge & Co., Scbenectady, N, T 



Beautiful French Gladiolus- J. M. Thorburn & Co.. New York, 



Wetherstleld Seed Sower— Rodney Kellogg, Hartford, Ct. 

 • Hubbard Squash— B. K. Bliss, Springfield, Mass. 



Bell Cranberry Plan's— F. Trowbridge & Co., New Haven, Ct. 



New and Valuable Squashes— J. M. Thorbum & Co., New York. 



Bare and Beautiful Flowers — B. K. Bliss, Springfield, Mass. 



The Perfected Toraat(5— J. M. Thorbum & Co., New York. 



Fruit and Ornamental Trees for the Spring of 1860— EUwanger 

 & Barry, liochester, N. Y. 



Lawton Blackberry- William Lawton, New Eochelle, N. Y. 



Bee-Keeping Explained— M. Quimby,St. Johnsville, N. Y. 



Potato Oats and Seed Potatoes— P. P. Bradish, Batavia, N. Y. 



Farm for Sale— Elijah Williams, Wallingford, Ct. 



Farmers Read— Wm. W. Eggleston, Albany, N. Y. 



New and Rare Flower Seeds— J. M. Thorburn & Co., New 

 York. 



The Lawton Blackberry— Wm. Lawton, New Rochelle, N. Y. 



Queen's Seedsmen — Peter Lawson & Son, Edinburgh and 

 Loudon, Great Britain. 



Five Splendid Strawberries — H. E. Hooker & Co., Rochester, 

 N. Y. 



Isabella and Catawba Grape Vines— R. T. Underhill, M. D., 

 htw York. 



Japan Apple-Pie Melon— B. K. Bliss, Springfield, Mass. 



Year Book of the Farm and Garden— A. M. Spangler, Phila- 

 <le!phi;i, Pa. 



The Farmer and Gardener— A. M. Spangler, Philadelphia, Pa. 



Hamilton Nurseriej— W. Uolton, Hamilton, C. W. 



New American Style of Architecture— Saellzer & Yolk, New 

 York. 



Stocks for Nurserymen— E. Y.Teas, Richmond, Indiana. 



Old Rochester Nurseries— Samuel Moulson, Rochester, N. Y. 



Hubbard Squash Seed— Jas. J. H. Gregory, Marblehead, Mass. 



Grapes— C. P. Bissell & Sailer, Rochester, N. Y. 



Geneva Nursery- W. T. & E. Smith, Geneva, N. Y. 



Marblehead Drumhead Cabbage— James J. H. Gregory, Mar- 

 blehead, Mass. 



New and Choice Vegetable and Flower Seeds— Lemuel Norris, 

 Windsor, Ohio. 



From $75 to $150 per Month— D. L. Milliken, Brandon, Vt. 



Notes on the Weather fkom Jancauy ISth to Febru- 

 AkY Idth, 1860. — The Notes on the preceding month 

 closed with the warmer week ending with January 15th. 

 The snow had melted ; the sleighing ended on the 10th, 

 and did not return in the month, nor in the next fortnight 

 after. The weather, however, has been pleasant as a 

 whole ; the ground frozen, and the wheeling fine. 



In the last half of January the average hfat was 30.7°, 

 or 6° above the mean for 23 years. On January 31st the 

 cold was 8", and the lowest in that half of the month. 



The average heat of the whole month was 29.8°, more 

 than 4° above the mean for 23 years. 



Snow fell in small quantities, but the water of the 

 month was only 1.042 inch, a very small quantity. Still, 

 there seemed to be water enough except in some' cisterns. 



The month was a little warmer than that of 1859, which waa 

 called uncommonly warm, though it had one day on whicht 

 the thermometer was 12" below zero, or 16° colder than 

 one last January, which began and ended in cold weather. 



February began with those cold days, and on the od thei 

 cold was 4° below zero, since which 8« above cypher hasi 

 been the coldest, on the 10th. Some rain and snow felll 

 in the first 14 days ; but not enough for sleighing. Oni 

 the 15th fell about 5 inches of snow, with a little rain atl 

 evening, then colder, and sleighs began to move. 



In this half of February the average heat was 22.7", on 

 2° below the mean for 23 years. The water fallen isi 

 much below the average. 



The winter so far, having such uniformity and so little 

 thawing of the surface must have been favorable to our 

 winter wheat. 



The gale of Thursday afternoon, the 9th, to Friday 

 noon, was very extensive, and along the Atlantic coast 

 was severe and did much damage in manyplaces. It was 

 from the West and S. of. West, and was followed by three 

 days of colder weather. So far the weather has been fa- 

 vorable, and the cold has not injured the buds of peaches 

 and grapes; we may expect they will escape injury in the ^ 

 remaining part of the winter. 



New York State Agricdltural Societt. — The An- 

 nual Meeting of this Society was held in the city of Al- 

 bany on the 8th and 9th days of February last. A letter 

 was read from citizens of Elmira, applying in behalf of 

 that place as the location of the next Show, and offering 

 to meet in all respects the Society's usual requirements. 

 The usual committee of twenty-four, to nominate the offi- 

 cers for the ensuing year, and recommend the place fbr 

 holding the next annual Fair, then withdrew for consul- 

 tation, and after a brief and harmonious session, returned 

 with a report recommending Elmira as the location of this 

 3'ear's Fair, and proposing for election the following offi- 

 cers, who were duly balloted for and unanimously chosen l 



Pkesident- BENJ. F. HUNTINGTON, Oneida county. 



VICE PEK8IDKNTS. 



First District — Joun Jav, of Westchester county. 



Second— Charles ."*. Wainwright, of Duchess. 



Third — Herman AVksdell, of Albany. 



Fourih — Calvin J. 11 ulbukd, of St. Lawrence. 



Fiflli — John Buttkkkikld, ot Oneida. 



Sixth— Francis M. Botch, of Otsego. ' 



Seventh — James O. Sheldon, of Ontario. 



Eighth — T. C. Peters, of Genesee 

 Cor. Secretary — B. P. Johnson, of Albany. 

 Rec. Secretary — Kr.^stus Cokning, Jr.. Albany. 

 Treasurer — Luther H. Tucker, of Albany. 

 Executive Committee — Hon. A. B. Dickinson, of Steuben; L. 

 Chandler Ball, of Rensselaer; Chas. P. Wood, of i ayuga: Ezra 

 Cornell, of Tompkins ; and Samuel T. Thorne, ol Duchess. 



Patent Office Seeds. — The Commissioner of Patents 

 gives notice that, owing to the reduced appropriations of 

 the last Congress, he will be unable to supply seeds, as 

 heretofore. Those who have written for them, either to 

 the Patent Office or to members of Congress, will there- 

 fore understand why their requests are not complied with. 



At the late annual meeting of the United States Agri- I 

 cultural Society at Washington, Marshall P. Wilder, of 

 Mass., was voted the " grand gold medal of honor," as 

 the founder, First President, and constant patron of the 

 Society. This is the largest and moat valuable medal 

 struck in America. 



