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THE GENESEE FARMER. 



BLOOMINGTON NURSEEY, ILL.-Eiehty acres. Fruit 

 and Orn.imeiital Trees. K««t Grafts, 1(1,000, $50. WUson's 

 Albany Strawberry, 1:000, |10. &c., &c. Seen n«w List. 

 March, 1S60,— 3t* F. K. PH(ENIX. 



DRAIN TILE MACHINXS. 



SMITH & WINEGAR'S Pateut Tile Machines— decidedly the 

 best in use. Also, 



TWO SIZES OF HAND MACHINES. 

 These machines make more and larger Tile than any other 

 machine in use with the same amount of power. Price $300, $190 

 and $100. A. LA TOUKETTE, 



April— It Waterloo, Seneca Co., N. T. 



CONTENTS OF THIS NUMBER. 



Prof. Lee Tries to be Critical i 105 



Coal ashes as a Manure 107 



lioUers and their Uses 108 



Oil Oaive for Heifers. Bacon Beetle. Care of Lambs 109 



Early Short-horn Carrot. Sowing Plaster 110 



Spirit of the Agricultural Press 110 



Raising Calves 110 



Benefit of Keeping the Surface Soil Mellow 110 



Every Farmer should have his Workshop. Seed Corn.. 110 



The Alpacas in Australia. Applying Manure to Corn 111 



Ayrshires as Milkers. Advantages of Spaying Cows 111 



Cost of Keeping Sheep Ill 



Profits of Keeping Goffd^heep Ill 



Salt and Plaster Together. Marking Sheep Ill 



Game Fowl. Surface Manuring 112 



On Breadstufis 118 



Value «f Marsh Muck to Light Land Farmers 114 



Notes on the Feb. and March numbers of the Gen. Farmer. . 116 



Deep plowing injurious on Prairie Soils 117 



Feeding Bees in Spring 117 



Feeding Beans to Milch Cows. Walking Horses 118 



Taste of Turnips in Milk 118 



New American Styles for Cottages and Villas 119 



HORTICULTURAL DEPARTMENT. 



Topiary Work 120 



Bones for Grape Vines 121 



Hibiscus Eosa Sinensis. Work in the Kitchen Garden 122 



Insect Eggs on the Leaves of Apple Trees 128 



Lime for Fruit Trees. High Bush Cranberry 123 



The Fig 124 



Experimental Gardening 125 



LADIES DEPARTMENT. 



Original Domestic Receipts 120 



EDITOR S TABLE. 



Notes on the Weather 127 



The New Haven Agricultural Lectures 12s 



Items, Notices, &c 128 



Inquiries and Answers 128, 129 



ILLUSTRATIONS. 



Improved English Cast-iron Roller 108 



Section of Crosskill's Clodcrusher and Axle 103 



Bacon Beetle 109 



The Early Short-horn Carrots 110 



Cock of the Walk — tame Fowl 112 



Hibiscus Eosa Sinensis 122 



'1 he Brown Turkey Fig Tree 124 



Fruit and Leaves of the Brown Turkey Fig Tree 124 



THE GENE8EE FARMER, 



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GENESEE FARMER , 



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February 1, 1860. Rochester, N. Y. 



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