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Genesee Valley Horticultukal Society.— The June 

 exhib'-tion wiU be held in this city June 22. Great efforts 

 will be made to render it one of the best exhibitions we 

 have ever had. Our friends from abroad would do well 

 to attend. 



Market Reports. — Our columns are so crowded this 

 month, and farmers have so little to sell at this season, 

 that we again omit our usual market reports. After this, 

 they will appear regularly. 



Mr. B. W. Davis, of Shiawassee Co., Mich., under date 

 of April loth, says : " Our spring is opening fine and ear- 

 ly, with a prospect of an abundance of fruit. The wheat 



also looks well. 



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Inquiries and Answers, 



Wheel Cultivators. — Can you or some of your corres- 

 pondents inform me who manufactures wheel cultivators 

 m New York State, and at what price they can be had ? 

 I think they would be a valuable addition to our imple- 

 ments on our* prairie farms. — F. H. W., Prairie Ridge, 

 Iowa. 



Carrots. — Can you or any of your readers inform me 

 through the Farmer which is the most nutritious, the 

 Wldte Belgium ov \he Orange csxToi'i The Wfdte %ee.m^ 

 to make the largest growth, and the Orange seems the 

 most compact in texture. — Clark Norton, Portage Co., 

 Ohio. 



Broom Corn. — Will some of your experienced corres- 

 pondents give us an article on the cultivation, manage- 

 ment, harvesting, packing, preserving and marketing 

 broom corn? — C. R., Leeds, Jy.Y. 



Weight op Clover Seed in the Chaff. — Can some of 

 your readers give some general rule how to ascertain the 

 weight of a bushel of clover seed in the chaff? — V. W., 



Gaiigets, Mich. 



Chester White Hogs. — Can some of your correspond- 

 ents, who are acquainted with this breed, give us a des- 

 cription of them and their peculiarities ? — B. H. Wilder- 

 Linseed Oil for Calves. — In the absence of oil-cake, 

 will it answer to feed a little linseed oil to calves? if so, 

 how much at a time? — A. Subscriber, Delhi, H.Y. 



Wild Cockle. — Can any of your correspondents inform 

 me of the most effectual way to destroy wild cockle ? — J no. 

 W. RossEtt, London, C. W. 



Ditching Machine. — Can you inform me who makes the 

 best ditching machine, and the price? — James J. Bradt, 

 St. Catli^riuts, 0. W. 



Wagon Axle. — Can any of your friends tell the proper 

 ' set" for a wagon axle ? — W. J., Bartwood, Va. 



Potato Mush for Calves. — Several correspondents are 

 anxious to know how to make the potato mush for calves, 

 given in a short article in our January number, by J. B. 

 M. We should be much obliged if the writer would give 

 us her process. 



Alfalta.— (Alex. Hodgson, P. G. Mills, Pa.) This 

 plant is a variety of Lucerne, or rather, it is the Spanish 

 name for that plant when grown in South America, and 

 somewhat altered in appearance, and enlarged in product- 

 iveness, under the mtlueuce of a warm climate. 



Insects.— (J. A. R.) You will find an article in the Ru- 

 ral Annual and Horticultural Directory for 1860, on Insects 

 injurious to Grain, Fruit and Vegetables, which contains 

 just the information you ask for. We will send it you 

 prepaid by mail for 25 cents. 



Scales.— (R. S. T., Ovid, N. T.) You can get just the 

 Scale you want from Fairbanks & Co., 1S9 Broadway, 

 New York. Their Scales are justly celebrated for their 

 accuracy and durability. For further information, write 

 to them for one of their circulars. 



Diseases op Animals.— (C. S.) You will find a short 

 article on the diseases of horses, cattle, sheep and swine; 

 remedies, etc., in the Rural Annual for 1860. The reme- 

 dies are those prescribed by the best veterinary surgeons. 



Tents for Y airs..— {Secretary,) Mr. James Field, of 

 this city will supply you with tents for your Fair at a rea- 

 sonable rate. See his advertisement in this number. For 

 particulars address Box 701, Rochester, N. Y. 



Notices of Books, Pamphlets, &c. 



THE SATIRES OF JUVENAL, PEESIUS, SULPICIA, AND 

 LUCILIUS: Literally Translated into English Prose, with 

 Notes, ChroBological Tables, Arguments, etc. By the Kev'd 

 Lewis Evans, M. A. To which is adilt-d the Melrical Version 

 of Juvenal and Peesius. by the lute Wm'. Gifm)Ki>, Esq. New 

 Yorli : Haepeu & Bkos- Price 75 cents. • 



CHAMBERS' ENCYCLOP J5DIA : A Dictionary of Universal 

 Knowledge for the People, on the basis of the latest edition of 

 the German Conversations Lexicon. Illustrated" by Wood En- 

 gravings and Maps. Parts 10, 11 and 12. New Yorli: D. Ap- 

 PLETON cStCo. Price 15 cents per number. 



THE HAUNTED HOMESTEAD. By the American authores?, 

 Mrs. Em.\ia D. E. N. Southwop.tu, author of '■ The Lost Heir- 

 ess," etc., etc., with Autobiography of tlie Author's Life written 

 by herself. T. B Petekson & Bros., 306 Cneslnut St., Phila- 

 delphia. Price $1.25. 



MORPHY'S GAMES : A Selection of (he best Games plaved by 

 the Distinguished Champion in Europe and America, with Ana- 

 lytical and Critical Notes. By L. Lowenthal. New York : 

 D. Appleton ^t Co. Price $1.25. 



THE NORTH BRITISH REVIEW: Vol. 27, No. 1. N. York : 

 Leonard, Scott & Co. Price $3. 



All the above books can be obtained from the respective 

 publishers, sent, prepaid by mail, for the price annexed. 



Special Notices. 



Fruit Growers' Society of Western New York —The June 

 meeting of this Society will be held at Buffalo, on th • 27il. and 

 2Sth of June. A fine show of seasonable fruits is expected. 

 By order of the Council, 



C. P. Bissell, Sec'y. 



We would call the attention of School Committees, Superin 

 tendents and Teachers, to an advertisement in tliis issue wf Phln- 

 ney, Blakeman & Mason's publications of Town's Revised Se- 

 ries of Text Books for Schools. 



These books are now coming into general use, and are regarded 

 as among the best ever put before the public. 



A D V E R T I S E M E IT T S . 



A few short advertisements of interest to farmers — and only 

 such- will be inserted in the Genesee Fanner iox twenty-flve cents 

 a line, or $2.50 per square, each insertion, payable in advance. To 

 secure insertion, they should be sent in by the 15ih of the previous 

 month. The Farmer has large lists of subscribers in every Slate 

 and Territory, and in all the Britinh Pivviiice.'i. (It lias nearly 

 5000 subscribers in Canada West alone.) There is no better or 

 cheaper medium for advertising everything of general interest to 

 rural residents in all parts of the United States and Canada. 



We will also insert a few " Special Notices," if appropriate to 

 our columns, at fifty cents a line. 



NANSEMOND SWEET POTATCES-Carefully packed and 

 slumped to any part of the United States for .$1.5:i per M. 

 during June.— It W. A. ALLEN, Vincennes, Ind. 



