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AMERICAN AGRICULTURIST. 
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NEW AND VALUABLE WORK. 
HOW CROPS GROW. 
A TREATISE 
ON THE 
Chemical Composition, Structure, 
and Life of the Plant, 
FOR ALL STUDENTS OF AGRICULTURE. 
WITH NUMEROUS ILLUSTRATIONS AND TABLES 
OF ANALYSES, 
BY 
SAMUEL W. JOHNSON, M. A. 
Professor of Analytical and Agricultural Ciiem- 
istry in Yale College; Cbemist to the Conn. 
State Agricultural Society ; Member of 
the National Academy of Sciences. 
This is a volume of nearly 400 pages, in which Agri- 
cultural Plants, or "Crops, 11 are considered from three 
distinct, yet closely related, stand-points, as indicated by 
the descriptive title. 
The Chemical Composition of the Plant 
Is discussed in three Chapters. 
1st.— The Volatile Pari. 
■2d.— The Ash— its Ingredients, their Distribution, Varia- 
tion and Quantities. The Composition of the Ash 
of various Farm Crops, with full Tables ; and the 
Functions of the Ash. 
3d.— Comi>o$ition, of (lie Plant in various Stages of 
Growth, and the Relations subsisting among the 
Ingredients. 
The Structure of the Plant and the 
Offices of its Organs 
Is the subject of the Second Division, in which are 
discussed 
The Primary Elements of Organic Structure. 
Tin: Yegetulice Organs— Rool, Stem, and Leaf, and their 
Functions ; and 
The Reproductive Organs, viz.* Flowers and Fruit, and 
tlie Vitality of Seeds with their Influence on the Hants 
they produce. 
The Life of the Plant 
Forms the Third Division, under which are discussed 
the Phenomena of 
Germination, and the conditions most favorable and 
unfavorable to it. 
The Food if the Plant when independent of the Seed. 
Sup and its Motions, etc., etc. 
The ArrENDix, which consists of 12 Tables exhibiting 
the Composition of a great number of Plants viewed 
from many different stand-points, will be found of ines- 
timable value to practical agriculturists, students, and 
theorists. 
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THE 
YANKEE FARMING; 
BY 
TIMOTHY BUNKER, Esc 
OF IIOOKERTOWN, CONN. 
WITH ILLUSTRATIONS 
BY HOPPIN. 
CONTENTS. 
I.— A Stroke of Economy. 
2. — Ornamental Trees. 
>.— Timothy Bunker, Esq. 
1.— View of the Bird Law. 
i.— Guano in the Hill. 
5.— On Moss Bunkers, 
o— On Subsoiling. 
5.— Going to the Fair. 
).— In Tall Clover. 
).— On Dorse Racing. 
I.— At the Farmer's Club.. 
!.— On an Old Saw. 
J.— Book Farming in Hook- 
ertown. 
I.— Pasturing Cattle in 
Roads, 
i.— The Weaker Brethren. 
1. — Caring a Horse Pond, 
r.— Domesticities at Tim 
Bunker's. 
I— Takes a Journey. 
L— On Farm Roads, 
h — A New Manure. 
[.—Losing the Premium. 
J.— A New Enterprise. 
!.— Making Tiles. 
I.— The Clergy and Farm 
ing. 
i.— Women Horse Racing 
i.— Beginning Life. 
I— An Apology for Tin: 
Bunker. 
!.— On County Fairs. 
).— At Home again. 
I.— On Raising Boys. 
..—On Raising Girls., 
t.— A new Case of the 
Black Art. 
!.— A Letter from Neigh 
bors. 
[.-The Shadtown Parson- 
age. 
;.— Views of Dress, 
i.— A Rustic Wedding. 
:.— Saving a Sixpence. 
i.-On giving Land a Start. 
I.— " " Boys a Start. 
I.— A Tile in the Head. 
..—Jake FrinkSold. 
!.— The New York Central 
Park. 
J. — On Irrigation. 
[.—Feeding with Oil Meal. 
>.— The Farmers' Club. 
i.-On Bad Water. 
J.— Cattle Disease. 
!.— On Seed. 
).— On Breastworks in War 
).— Lightning Rods. 
[.—Buying a Farm. 
!.— Topdressing and Feed- 
ing Aftermath. 
I.— Painting Buildings. 
[.—The Value of Muck. 
'. — On Family Horses. 
I.— The Horn-ail. 
'. — A Commentary on 
Roots. 
[.—Stealing Fruit and 
Flowers. 
i.— The Cost of Pride. 
'.—Swamps turning Iiftlian 
.—Tim Bunker in his 
Garden. 
!.— On Running Astern. 
[.—On Extravagance. 
.—The Farmer's Old Age. 
'.— On Sheep Traps. 
.—Old Style Housekeep- 
ing. 
'. — On Keeping a Wife 
Comfortable. 
!.— Starting a Sugar Mill. 
.—Reasons against To- 
bacco. 
.—Trip to Washington. 
. — The Sanitary Commis- 
sion. 
.—Raid among the Pickle 
Patches. 
.—Raid among the Pickle 
Patches. 
.-On Striking He. 
.—Visit to Til us Oaks, Esq 
.—The Pickle Fever in 
Kookertown. 
.—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. 
84.—' 
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