THE TIM BUNKER PAPERS; 



Or, YANKEE FARMING. 



BY 



TIMOTHY BUNKER, Esq., 



OF HOOKERTOWN, CT. 



With Illustrations hy Hoppin, 



CONTENTS. 



A Stroke of Economy. 



Ornamental Trees. 



Timothy Bunker, Esq, 



View of the Bird Law. 



Guano in the Hill. 



On Moss Bunkers. 



On Subsoilinff. 



Going to the Fair. 



In Tall Clover. 



On Horse Racing. 



At the Farmers' Club. 



On an Old Saw. 



Book Farming in Hookcrtowu, 



Pasturing Cattle in Roads. 



The Weaker Brethren, 



Curing a Horse Pond. 



Domesticities at Tim Bunker's. 



Takes a Journey. 



On Farm Roads. 



A New Manure. 



Losing the Premium. 



A New Enterprise. 



Making Tiles. 



The Clergy and Farming. 



"Women Horse Racing, 



Beginning Life. 



An Apology for Tim Bunker, 



On County Fairs, 



At Home A^in, 



On RaisingBoys. 



On Raising Girls. 



A New Case of the Black Art. 



A Letter from Neighbors. 



The Shadtown Parsonage. 



Views of Dress. 



A Rustic Wedding. 



Saving a Sixpence. 



On Giving Land a Start. 



On Giving Boys a Start. 



A Tile in the Head. 



Jake Frink Sold. 



The New-York Central Park. 



On Irrigation. 



84. 



Feeding with Oil Meal. 



The Farmers' Club, 



On Bad Water, 



Cattle Disease, 



On Seed, 



On Breastworks in War, 



Lightning Rods. 



Buying a Farm. 



Topdressing and Feeding After 



math. 

 Painting Buildings. 

 The Value of Muck. 

 On Family Horses. 

 The Horn-ail. 

 A Commentary on Roots. 

 Stealing Fruit and Flowers. 

 TheCost of Pride. 

 Swamps Turning Indian. 

 Tim Bunker in his Garden. 

 On Running Astern. 

 On Extravagance. 

 The Farmer's Old Age, 

 On Sheep Traps. 

 Old Style Housekeeping. 

 On Keeping a Wife Comfortable. 

 Starting a Sugar Mill. 

 Reasons against Tobacco. 

 Trip to Washington. 

 The Sanitary Commission. 

 Raid among the Pickle Patches. 

 Raid among the Pickle Patches. 

 On Striking He. 

 Visit to Titus Oaks, Esq. 

 The Pickle Fever in Hookertown. 

 On Curing Pickles and Eating 



them. 

 The Cotton Fever and Emigration. 

 The Cotton Fever and Emigration. 

 The Food Question. 

 On Jim Crow. 

 The Eight-Hour Law. 

 Base Ball Clubs. 

 The Rise of Real Estate. 



SENT POST-PAID. PKICE, $1.50. 



ORANGE JUDD & CO., 



24:S Broadway, New-York. 



