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IV CONTENTS. 



NEW BOOKS. 



The American Shepherd : by L. A. Morell 314 



First Annual Report of the Geology of the State of Vermont : By C. B. Adams, 



State Geologist ... 315 



EXTRACTS FROM FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC JOURNALS. 



Foreign : From the London Atheneeum. 



Transactions of the British Association for the Advancement of Science 316 



Chemistry , 316-318 



Zoology and Botany 318 



On mineral manures 319 



Ashes of narcotic plants 319 



Ethnology 320 



Zoology 320 



Appropriations of the British Parliament 323 



Mean height of continents above the sea 324 



Domestic : 



Agricultural items > 324 



Wealth of a nation 326 



SPIRIT OF THE MONTHLIES. 



Farmer's Library : 

 Fall ploughing 328 



How to ati'ord the necessary supply of air to the roots of plants 330 



Albany Cultivator: '■ 



Specimens of soil from Wisconsin ... 336 



Gestation of cows . 337 



Self-acting pump 339 



Foot-rot in sheep 341 



Ohio Cultivator : 

 Planting strawberries 345 ( 



American Agriculturist : 



Root-grafting 346 1 



Fences 348 n 



The swinny 350 jj 



Fatting swine 352 



Incubation 353 



Prairie Farmer : 

 Breeds of cattle for the West 355 



Maine Cultivator : 

 Soapsuds compost 357 



Farmers' Cabinet : 



Management of hens 35i 



Preparation of seed 35£ 



To make good butter 361 



Boston Cultivator : 



Raising of peaches 36v 



Propagation of fruit trees 36-1 , 



Cultivation of cranberries 36^ 



MISCELLANIES. 



Zeuglodon cetoides of Owen 3(jt 



Ammonia destructive to insects 36' 



Native lamellar iron 36' 



Oxide of Copper 36" 



Veins of hematite 36'i 



Conglomerate of the granular quartz 36!i 



A farm cultivated by the insane 36t| 



The young pliilosoplier 36' 



Moral ])ower of a kind spirit 37i| 



TheFreedBird , 37 



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