THE GENESEE FAEMER. 



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So far the weather and season have continued to be ex- 

 cellent this half month. Health also is a great and gene- 



i-al blessing. 



AciEiccLTURAL Fairs. — We published last month a list 

 o( the forthcoming Fairs, and the time and place where 

 !it.l(l. This month we give those we have since been able 

 tu obtain. There are in sX\ four hundred and two ! We 

 Would here return our thanks to the Secretaries of the 

 various Societies for their co-operation in this matter. It 

 is owing to their kindness that we are able to furnishsuch 

 rt complete list. There are doubtless many omissions; 

 but it is, on the whole, the fullest list ever before pub- 

 hMiod. 



The list gives us some idea of the vast influence and 



iiiiportance of these annual exhibitions. Estimating the 



uMi-iige attendance at 2500, they will be witnessed by over 



one million persons. 



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White Mediterranean Wheat. — Several of our readers 

 h;ive written to us requesting us to send them some seed 

 o!' the White Mediterranean wheat, alluded to in the last 

 nniuber of the Farmer. We have none of this sort our- 

 selves. It was grown by Mr. John C. McVean, of Scotts- 

 ville, Monroe Co., N. Y. He has only a few bushels to 

 sjiuie. He informs us that he will send it to any of our 

 I e^uiers who desire it for four dollars a bushel — the parties 

 iiidi ring to pay freight or express charges. Mr. McVean 

 !.;!- shown us a sample of the grain, and it exceeds our 

 s*i! ii ipatious. It is nearly as white as the Soules, and the 

 bei 1 ies are much larger. 



We would call the particular attention of our agents, 

 and all who are willing to extend the circulation of the 

 Farmer, to our offer to send the Genesee Fanner free for 

 the remainder of this year to all who subscribe at this 

 time for next year. No one need be without an agricul- 

 oultural paper when, for loalf a dollar, they can get one 

 for fifteen months. Will not all our friends tell their 

 neighbors of this offer, and take and forward us their sub- 

 scription ? Read the Premium List on the last page, and 

 see what you can do for us. Now is the time to commence 



taking subscriptions. 



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I.vterxational Trial of Reaping Machines in France. 

 Atrial of Reaping Machines took place at Fouilleuse, July 

 30. There were fourteen machines on the ground. Of 

 t-he foreign machines, the first prize was awarded to Bur- 

 GBSS k Key's " McCormick," 2d, Bell's, 3d, Cuthbert's, 

 aud 4th, Cranston's " Wood." The grain was altogether 

 too green for cutting, and the machines made rather poor 

 work. The Emperor Napoleon witnessed the trial. 



Tee Hydropult.— This is a new portable machine for 



throwing water. For syringing plants in green-houses 



and in the garden it is the best thing we have yet seen. 



I A child can work it, and it will throw a stream of water 



' forty or fifty feet high. The machine can be seen at this 



office. 



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The Crops in Nova Scotia. — Mr. W. A. Bancroft, of 

 ) Nova Scotia, writes us that the weather in that Province 



has been remarkably dry this season. There has been but 

 (J one rain till recently since spring. Crops are conseqently 



light as a general rule. 



Our friends at post-oflices where we have but one or 

 two subscribers, would greatly oblige us if they would 

 act as agents for the Farmer. Our offer to send the re- 

 maining numbers of this year free to all who subscribe 

 now for next year, will render it very easy to get sub- 

 scribers. Will not our friends, will not you, kind reader, 

 speak to your neighbors on the subject. Our list of Cash 

 Prizes for the greatest number of subscribers will be 

 found on the last page. Persons residing in places where 

 we have now few subscribers, have now a rare opportu- 

 nity for introducing the paper, and can easily secure one 

 of the highest of these Prizes. Show-bills and specimen 

 copies will be sent free on application. If you can not 

 act as agent for the Farmer yourself, will you oblige us 

 by asking the Postmaster or some active friend of the 

 cause to do so ? 



Levi Bartlett, of Warner, N. H., has sent the Coun- 

 try Gentleman an ear of oats seventeen inches long. He 

 also sent ears of wheat which contained, according to the 

 editor of the C. G., Micldgan Tuscany 70, Early Japan 

 56, White Flint 55, Blue Stem 42, and Early Foe 28 kernels 

 each. Last year Mr. Bartlett's W'ldte Flint weighed 66 

 lbs. per bushel, and this year he says there are scores of 

 farmers in his town that have grown fine crops of winter 

 wheat, and the spring wheat is super-extra. Mr. B. is 

 doing much to demonstrate that wheat can be raised in 



New England. 



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A New Plow. — We recently witnessed a trial of a new 

 plow, invented and patented by G. H. Moore, of this city. 

 It is intended to cut a rectilineal furrow-slice, thus expos- 

 ing the greatest amount of soil to the action of the sun 

 and air. The construction of the share and mould-board 

 is such as to present the least possible amount of resist- 

 ance in its course, and we are informed that in several 

 trials with several plows of notoriously light draught, it 

 greatly exceeded them in that desirable particular. 



The numBrous Fairs to be held during the months of 

 September and October will be a good time to present tl>e 

 claims of the Genesee Fanner. Will not all our friends, 

 who can do so conscientiously, recommend it to their neigh- 

 bors who do not now take it? Surely, no farmer can ob- 

 ject to pay half a dollar {qv fifteen months svhscription 

 to a paper dcoted solely to his interests ! 



The Crops — Prices, etc. — While we believe that there 

 is a tendency to over-estimate our agricultural produc- 

 tions, there can be no doubt that the crops this season 

 have been unusually large. Still, with a deficieut crop 

 in Great Britain, and with a light stock on hand in this 

 country, we may anticipate good prices. 



" The little Gen^ee Fai-mer, at Rochester, is like a Mor- 

 gan pony — mighty good in speed and bottom." — Ohio Cul- 

 tivator. 



Thanks, Colonel ; but why call the Genesee Fai-mer " lit- 

 tle?" It is jtist double the size of your own most excel- 

 lent journal. 



Farmer Show-bill for ISCl. — This will be ready in a 

 few days. All our agents and other friends who will post, 

 them up in a conspicuous place will receive them free on 

 apolication. 



