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Conttnts of X\\.s Numbti. 



Birn-yard Manure, ..' 9 



Clover Se^'d, H 



Cost of Raising Cattle, 13 



Too much Seed Corn, H 



Remedy lor Scab in Sheep, It 



Co.'-t of raising and keeping Sheep and producing Wool, 1* 



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A Good Dairy, ' U 



Winter Evening Notes, IS 



Mulching Polutoes with .Straw, l.S 



Richaiilsnn on the Horfe, l.'r 



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Fall and Spring Plowiijg, 16 



Quality of Soil, 16 



Facts in Ayricullurr', 17 



Notes for the Month, by S. W., 17 



Beans as a field crop, 18 



Sharpening Edge TojL«, IH 



French H"rses, IS 



Cows and Butter Making,.. It) 



Rack for Feeding Shoe)', I'J 



Agiiculture— Its Advantages, 20 



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Ja pan Pea, 2)J 



The Pedigrees of the Ara'uian Hor.se, ?"l 



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Large Yii'ld of Potatoes, 21 



Farmers'C'.ubs, 2J 



Extraordinary fecundity of Whi-at, BarUy and Oats, 22 



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Ewe Cashmere Goat, 'i^ 



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Peaches, ^ Tt 



Specimen of American Landscape Gardtning, .. 2S 



To Prevent girdling by Mice, ._,. . 26 



Cure for Gooseberry Mildew, 2i 



Hints for the Month,... 28 



Fly on Cherry Treos, 28 



The CinerariH, '. 2?J 



The Vioh t and its varieties, 29 



Eugenia Ugni, . . 30 



Dahlias, .%. 30 



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Winter flowers for Room.s, .- 31 



Cultivation of Peas, 31 



The Garden, 31 



Leguminous Shrubs, 32 



p'ver-l'earing RHspberries, 32 



A small collection first- rate Ro.ses, 3Z 



LADIES' DUfARTMEWT. 



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Hints for Housewives, SC 



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editor's table. 



ITnited S*ate.s Ag. Society, -- 34 



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Ohio vSlate Board of Agriculture, 3o 



To Single Subscribers,... 35 



Rural Annual and Horticultural Directnry for 1867 --- 36 



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Tran'factions of the N. Y. State Ag. Society, 36 



Monroe Co. Farmers' Club,_ 36 



Fruit Growers' Society of Western N. Y., 38 



Patent Office Report - ST' 



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Outline of tlie H-'.id of an Ar.Tbian Horse, 21 



Mnr^.an hor.se "Paul Clifford," 24 



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