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THE GENESEE FARMER. 



K AAA AGENTS WANTED— To sell 5 new inveniions— 

 ij^yjyJxf Vfi-y reci-iit and of great value to families. All pay 

 cr at i)ro,ils to aj^eiits. t'end four stamps and gyt 80 pages of 

 particulars r <>v.— 6l* EPHIIAIM BKOWN, Lowell, Ma s. 



WOOD CUTS FOR SALE. 



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

 see Farmer and Rural Annual and HurticuUural Di: 

 rectory. A book coiuaining impressions of over Seven Hundred 

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

 ceipt of 50 cents. The book contains an index, showing where 

 description; of the cuts will be found. 

 Address tf JOSEPH HARRIS, EoonESTER, N.Y. 



CONTENTS OF THIS NUMBER. 



The nutritivf^ value of different Foods 361 



Cure for .'Scours in Calves 862 



Cooking Pood for Cattle 862 



Experiments with Artificial Manures on Oats 363 



Kules for judging i at Cattle 864 



Sheep in Calilornia 366 



Salt lor Working Cattle— again 366 



How to throw an Ox 367 



Cheap Land in Connecticut 367 



Weak eyes in Cattle — Breeds of Horses. . '. 367 



Animal Foo<l and Bread 368 



Eats out of tlie Granary — Dollars in pocket 868 



Dickenson Donkeys 368 



Bee stealing 368 



Lime and VVh-at 369 



Suggestions on Mental and Physical Labor 869 



Should seed Wheat be brought from the South or North?.. . 369 



John Walton's Farm 869 



HORTICULTURAL DEPARTMENT. 



ThR cultivation of Black Currants for Wine in France 372 



Scattered Notes on Horiculture 373 



Guano for Grapes. For Grove Planting 874 



Sulphur tor Grape Mildew. Fruit Trees in Michigan 374 



Grafting Grape Vines. Machine for Transplanting Trees.. . 875 



The Horrors of Horticulture 375 



ladies' department. 



Agriculture and Women 376 



Original D(mie.<itic Receipts 876 



Ori>ameiit for Dried Flowers 376 



editor's table. 



The Markets 377 



Items, Notices, ifec 377, 878 



Notes from Maine 87.S 



Inquiries an.l Answers 379 



Eead what is said of the Genesee Farmer 8S0 



Books, Pamphlets, &c., Eeceived 880 



illustrations. 



Richmond's Steaming Apparatus 862 



Side view of a well (illed-up Fat Ox 364 



Hind " " " " 364 



Front " " " " 3i)4 



Back " " " " 365 



Machine for Transplanting Trees 3?5 



Ornament for Dried Flowers 876 



THE GENESEE FARMER, 



A MONTHLY JOURNAL OF 



AGRICULTURE AND HORTICULTURE, 



IS PUBLISIIKD AT ROCHESTER, N. Y., 



-iiy J O S i: P M HA K R I S . 



It is the cheapest agricultural paper in the world, and has attained 

 an unrivalled circulation. 



Terms — iNVAiUAriLV in advance — Fifty Cents a Tear; 

 Five Copies for f 2 : K'-_'ht Copies for $3, together with a Rural 

 Annual and IfcirticidtKral Directory ^o the person getting up 

 the club. It is not necessary lliat the club should be all at one 

 office — we send wherever llie ihcniibers of the club desire. 



JS~A11 friends of rural improvement are respectfully solicited 

 to obtain and forward subscriptions. 



The Postage on the Genesee Farmer is only 3 cents a year in 

 the State of New York, and 6 cents a year in other States. 



Specimen numbers sent free to all applicatits. 



The address of papers can be changed at any time. 



Papers are sent to the British Provinces at the same rates as in 

 the United States. No extra charge for American poslace. 



Subscription money may be sent at the risk of the Publisher. 

 Address JOSEPH HARRIS, 



Publisher and P-'uprietor, Eochester. N.Y. 



GENESEE FARMER 



PREMIUM LIST 

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CASH PRIZES ! CASH PRIZES ! CASH PRIZES ! 



January Cash Prizes. 



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

 us the largest number of subscribers (at the lowest club price of 

 37X cents each.) for the next volume of the Genesee Farmer be- 

 fore the loth day of January, 1861. 



2. THIRTY DOLL AES in Cash to the person who shall send 

 the second highest number, as above. 



8. TWENTY D0LLAE8 for the third list. 



4. FIFTEEN DOLLARS for the fourth. 



5. TEN DOLLARS for the fifth. 



6. NINE DOLLARS for the sixth. 



T. EIGHT DOLLARS for the seventh. 



8. SEVEN DOLLARS (or the eighth. 



9. SIX DOLLARS for the ninth. "'A 



10. FIVE DOLLARS for the tenth. . 



11. FOUR DOLLARS for the eleventh. 



12. THREE DOLLARS for the twelfth. 



13. TWO DOLLARS for the thirteenth. 



14. ONE DOLLAR for the fourteenth. 



SPECIFIC PREMIUMS. 



1. To every person who sends us Eight Subscribers, (at o^ir 

 lowest terms of thirty-seven and a half cents each,)we will send, 

 postage paid, a copy of our beautiful twenty-flve cent book, ttie 

 Rural Amiual for 1S61. 



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

 our l»westclub terms of thirty-seven and a half cents each,) we 

 will send one extra copy of the Genesee Farmer, and one copy 

 of the Rural Animal, prepaid, by mail. 



3. To every person sending us Twenty-Foitb subscrlt»ers, (4S 

 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. 



A TWENTY-FIVE CENT PREMIUM TO 



EACH SUBSCRIBER! 



Rural Annual and Genesee Farmer in Clubs. 



AS A STILL GREATER INDUCEMENT 



TO FORM CIiUIS;?5, 



We offer the Genesee Farmer for one year, and our beautiful 

 twenty-five cent book, the Rural Annual and HoRiirirLTtTKAL 

 Directory for 1861, in clubs of eight or upwards, at Filly Cents 

 the two. In other words, for Four Dollars we will send ei(/ht 

 copies of the Farmer for one year and eight copies of the Rui.al 

 Annual, together with a Rural Annual for the person who 

 gels up the Club. For Eight Dollars we will send sitrteen 

 copies of the Farmer and sixteen copies of the Rural Annual. 



Any person sending us Three Dollars for a club of eight of 

 the Genesee Farmer, shall receive one copy of the Rural An-' 

 NUAL for his trouble. 



We send the club to one address, or write the name of each 

 subscriber on his paper, as requested. 



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

 address. We send tin- papers wherever the members of the club 

 desire. It is not necefs.ir> that the club should be sent in all at 

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

 sent in before the fifteenth of January will be counted in. Send 

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



p^T" Money may be inaiied at our rink, and you need not 

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Address JOSKPH HARKiS, 



Publisher and Proprietor of tiik Ginesee Farmkb, 



September 1, 1860. Rochester. N. Y. 



stereotyped BT JAMES LBNNOX. KOCUESTEK, M. T. 



