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THE GENESEE FAEMER. 



FKESH FRUITS 



Alili THE YEAR! 



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CONTENTS OF THIS NUMBER. 



Do Animals con ume food n Proportion to their live weight. 169 



Mapes '• Progre sive Primaries" 170 



The Cultivation of P.uta Bagas, or Swedish Turnips 171 



Plants to an Acre. Good vs. Poor Da ry Cows 172 



Dr. John Liudley 173 



Hens Eat iig their I'ggs. Improved S ock in California 174 



Fall Feediiiii Grass L II d Benefl.ial. Potatoes in Berniiida. 174 



Design for a Sm. II Farm-house 176 



Marking Sheep. Marsh Hay. Bugs and Cucumbers 176 



Extracts Iroin Correspondence ITii 



Is it Best to Hill Com, or not 176 



How Deep should we I 'low. Pea Straw i77 



Stieamsln 1' slure Land. Cleaning Carr<jts 177 



Chinete sugar Cane for Foddei 177 



Some Hint» on Butter Making Aff'airs in Iowa. 178 



Wide Tire. Slacking Wheat in he i ield 178 



Farmers should Produce tlnir own Fertilizers 178 



How lo get early Wheat. Ni gle ted Dwurf PearTre^s. 178 



Farmers must Ka'se more Roots 178 



Spirit of the Agricultural Press 179 



Fatteningl'oultry. Storm in Ohio. Changing Pastures. 179 



Nature's -Mode. Potatoes in CalTornla. Air Drains 179 



The U<irking Fowl. Lice on Fowls. The Poultry Guide. .. IhO 



Marking Slice]). Recipe for making good Hard Soap ISl 



Stock at the Fair of the Royal Agriculiural Society 182 



Apples for Fc'ding 183 



Rupture of a Colt Cured Flax Seed 184 



HORTICULTURAL DEPARTMENT. 



The Currant or Gooseberry Worm Stanwick Nectarine 185 



Phygelius (^apensis. CarryingStrawberrics to distant Market. 186 



Improved Watenng-Pot. Wood-Pecker— Baldwin Apple.. 186 



Evergreens 187 



Interesting Notes on the Peach, by a Lady 188 



Renovating old Apple Trees. Soap Suds 188 



Extracts from " Notes ot an European Tosir" 189 



Japan Peas. Tomatoes for Milch Cows. Locust Trees 189 



ladies' DEPARTMENT. 



Original Domestic Receipts 190 



Young Housekeepers. Woman's Occupation 190 



editor's table. 



Items, Notices. Ac 191 



Notes on the Weather 192 



Inquiries and Answers 193 



Notices of Books, Pamphlets, &c 193 



ILLUSTRATIONS. 



Common Purdle-top Swede 172 



Skriving's improved Purple-top Swede 172 



Laing's Imp oved'PurpIe.top Swede 172 



Portrait of Dr. J, ,hii Lindley 173 



Design for a small Farm-house (3 figs.) 175 



Dorking Fowls. Foot of a Dorking 180 



Cut illustrati g a plan for Marking Sheep 181 



Portrait of Sliort-horii Cow " Mistress Gwyune" 184 



Improved Watering-PoL 186 



Norway Spruce 187 



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