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OONTEISTTS. 



Liebig's Letters on Modern Agriculture, . 385 

 Agricultural Geology. By ProJ". J. L. Camp- 

 bell, . . . . .391 



The Poor Customer, . . . .397 



House Warming and Ventilation, . . 398 



The Lord's Prayer — Poverty Not so Great 

 a Curse, . . . . .399 



Light— Picked up Proverbs, . . 400 



An Andress on the Opposite Results of Ex- 

 hausting and Fertilizing Systems of Ag- 

 riculture. By Edmund Rulhn, Esq., . 401 

 Gleanings for the Curious, . . . 408 



Mistake of Young Men- -The Law of Life, 409 

 Humane Treatment of the Horse, . .412 

 Perseverance — Protection of Brickwork, . 413 

 Love of Nature— -Birds— -The Chick-a-dee. 



By C. N. Bement, . . , . 413 



N. P. Willis' Visit to the Watch Factory of 



the American Watch Company, . . 415 



Virginia State Agricultural Society's Eighth 

 and the Central Agricuitnral Society of 

 Virginia's Third Annual Exhibitions Uni- 

 ted. Schedule of Premiums, . . 417 

 Economy of Agriculture, . . . 431 

 Fruit Culture, .... 432 



Steam Ships between New Orleans and 

 Liverpool, ..... 434 



Best Shape for a Maul — How to Feed and 

 Train Work Oxen — Recommendation of 

 a New Ground Coaher — Reply to N. C. 

 Crenshaw, Esq.. .... 434 



New Ventilator, .... 435 



What Alderman Meehi says about Fatten- 

 ing Cattle on "Boards" instead of Bed- 

 ding, . . . . .436 



The Sun — A Holiday Trip among the Far- 

 mers, . '. . . .438 



The Crenshaw Woolen Compajiy, . . 440 



Hogs— Dirterent Breeds. . . .441 



kUnderdraining, . . . ^442 



'Error Corrected, .... 443 



Dr. John N. PowelTs Farm, . . 444 



When to Harvest, and how to Shock Wheat, 44^ 

 Mediterranean Wheat — Acknowledgments 

 — Agents for this Journal-— " Hospital ^pY 

 Slaves.'"— The California Culturist — Mr. 

 J. J. Hite's Land Agency, . . 446 



Patent Well Curb — Cattle's Tongues— Curry 



Cond)s-— Spayed Cows, . . . 447 



Daily Work— -Work — Leaf by Leaf the 

 Roses Fall, .... 448 



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