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WOOD CUTS FOR SALE. 



WE will sell Stereotypes of the Wood Cuts used in the Gene- 

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 of these cuts will be sent to those, wisliing to purchase on the re- 

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 Address tf JOSEPH HARRIS, Eoohester, N.T. 



CONTENTS OF THIS NUMBER. 



Fattening Sheep in Winter. S29 



Agricultural K,\liil)ilions 331 



New York Stale Fair. Ohio State Fair 831 



Michigan State Fair. Iowa State Fair 332 



Spirit of the Agricultural Press 333 



Fruit Trees in the Vicinity of Barn- Yards 833 



Change of Seed. Ice Houses. Hemp in Minnesota 888 



^'reservation of Cut Flowers. Mulchlug "Wheat. 833 



Maine Items 833 



Discussions at the N. Y. State Fair 834 



On Criis» lireeding 337 



Preserving S weet Potatoes 840 



A Model Macadan)ized Koad 840 



CliDice of a Breed of Cattle. Pvats— Potato Bug 841 



Sowing Peas iu the Autumn 841 



Tudor"^CottagP 842 



The Domestic Turkey— Peculiar Habits, etc 843 



HORTICnLTDRAL DEPARTMENT. 



Fruit-Grower's Society of Westem New York .34,") 



About Trees and Country Life 848 



Grapes iu California 840 



Duchesse d'Ango uleme Pear 850 



Seedling Trees 850 



ladies' department. 



Origin.al Dornestic Receipts 851 



Ladies, Write for the 1' armer. 851 



editor's table. 



The Genesee Farmer for 1S61 852 



Kotes on the Weather 852 



Subjects for Prize Essays . . . ■ 853 



The Markets 353 



Inquiries and Answers 854 



Books, Pamphlets, &c., Received 355 



illustrations. 



Shropshire Down Wether 881 



The Old Wiltshire Sheep 388 



Design for a Tudor Cottags 842 



A Domestic Turkey Cock 344 



Dwarf Pear Tree— the Duchesse d'Angouleme 850 



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A MONTHLY JOURNAL OF 



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Terms — Invariably in advancp. — Fifty Cknts a Year; 

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Publisher and P-'oprietor, Rochester. N.Y. 



T HE 



GENESEE FARMER. 



FQ-R 18 61. 



In order that our friends may see that we are determined to do 

 all that we can to recompense them for their generous efforts to 

 extend the circulation of the Genexee Farmer, we announce thus 

 early our List of Cash Prizes to l)e awarded to those who send us 

 the largest clubs of subscribers on or before the fifteenth day of 

 January, 1S61. Last year, our higliest Prize was $25; this year, 

 encouraged by our increased circulation, we head the list with a 

 Prize of Fifty Dollars in Cash ! and in order that our friends may 

 have time to do all that they can to extend our circulat on, and to 

 give those residing in places where we now have biit few sub- 

 scribers an equal chance with those whore the Farmer is better 

 known, we have concluded to send the Genesee Farmer (or the 

 three remaining months of this year and the entire volume for 

 1861, for Fifty Cents ! This will give all our friends who intend 

 to compete for these Premiums an opportunity to coiiimeiioe at 

 once. 



JanLiaiy Cash Premiums. 



1. FIFTY DOLL.ARS, in Cash, to the person who shall send 

 us the largest number of .subscribers foe the next volume of the 

 Genesee Farmer before the 15th day of January, 1861. 



2. THIRTY DOLLARS in Cash to the person who shall send 

 the second hishest numlicr. as above. 



8. TWENTY DOLLARS for the third Ust. 



4. FIFTEEN DOLLARS for the fourth. 



5. TEN DOLLARS for the flt'ili. 



C, NINK DOLLARS for the sixth. 



7. EIGHT DOLLARS for the seventh. 



8. SEVEN DOLLARS lor the eighth. 



9. SIX DOLLARS for the ninth. 



10. FIVE DOLLARS for the tenth. 



11. FOLTR DOLLARS for the eleventh. 



12. THREE DOLLARS lor the twelfth. 

 1.8. TWO DOLLARS for the thirteenth. 

 14. ONE DOLLAR for Uie fourteenth. 



In comi'eting for the above Premiums, it must be borne in 

 mind thai no subscription is taken lor less than a year. Those 

 wishing the paper for the last three months of this year, must send 

 fifty cents for each subscriber, and the subscriber will then get 

 the Jiaper for fifteen months, viz: the October, November and 

 December numbers of this year, and the entire volume for 18C1. 

 Those who wish the i)a])ir to commence with the January num- 

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 per annum. 



SPECIFIC PREMIUMS. 



1. To every person who sends us Eight Subscribers, (at 50 

 cents each, for the fifleen months — October, 1860, to December, 

 ISCl, inclusive — or at Z~}4 cents for the year 1861) wo will send, 

 postage paid, a copy of the Rural Annual for ISBO, or, as soon 

 as published, for 1861. 



2. To every person who sends us Sixteen subscribers, (as 

 above) we will send one extra copy of the Genesee Farmer, 

 and one copy of the Rural Annual for 1S60, or 1861. 



8. To every person sending us Twenty-Four subscribers, (as 

 above) we will send two extra copies of the Farmer, or two 

 copies of the Rural Annual and one extra copy of the Farmer. 



Those who send more than twenty-four will probably take one 

 of the Cash Prizes. If not. Specific Premiums will be sent in 

 the same ratio as the above. 



Clubs are not required to be at one post-office, or sent to one 

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 desire. It is n<'t necessary that the club should be sent in ali at 

 one time. Names can be added at any time, and all that are 

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 on the names with the money as fast as they are obtained. 



^W Money may be nuiiled at our rvtk, and you need not 

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Address JOSEPH HARRIS, 



Publisher and Pkopriktor of tiik Gkneseb Farmer, 



September 1, 1860. Kochestee, N. Y. 



eTBEEOTYPKD BY JAMES LENNOX, KOCHESTBB, N. T. 



