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A MKRIOAN AGRTCULTtl RtST. 
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A TVJEAV BOOK. 
THE 
YANKEE FARMING 
TIMOTHY B UNKER, Esq., 
OF UOOKERTOWN, CONN. 
WITH ILLUSTRATIONS 
BY HOPPIN. 
CONTENTS. 
i.— A Stroke or Economy. 
>.— Ornamental Trees. 
I.— Timothy Banker, Esq 
I —View of the Bird Law. 
>.— Qnan the Hill. 
I.— On Moss Bunkers. 
:.— On Snbsoiling. 
I.— Going to the Fair. 
I.— In Tall Clover. 
I. — On Horse Racing. 
..—At the Farmers' Chili. 
!.— On tin Old Saw. 
I.— Book Farming in Hook- 
ertown 
I.— Pasturing Cattle in 
Roads, 
i.— The Weaker Brethren. 
[.—Caring a Horse Pond. 
f.— Domesticities at Tim 
Bunker's, 
t.— Takes a Journey. 
i.— (In Farm Roads. 
I.— A New Manure. 
— Losing the Premium. 
i —A New Enterprise. 
i -Making Tiles. 
I.— The Clergy and Farm- 
ing. 
• —Women Horse Racing. 
!.— Beginning Life. 
: —An Apology for Tim 
Hunker. 
I.— On County Fairs, 
i -At Home again, 
i -On Raising Boys. 
.—On Raising Girls, 
k— A new Case of thejl 
Black Art. 
i.— A Letter from Neigh-.' 
hot " 
I.— The Shadtown Parson- : 
..—View- of Dress. 1 
>.— A Rustic Wedding. 
' - Saving a Sixpence. 
I hi jiving Land a Start. 
ring Boys a Start. ' 
l.-A Tile iii the Head. 
..-Jake FrinkSold. ! 
!.— Tile New York Central ( 
Park. | 
t. — On Irrigation. 
L— Feeding with OU Meal. I 
—Tin- Fanners' Clnb. 
-On Bail Water. 
-Cattle Disease. 
-On Seed. 
-On Breastworks in War. 
-Lightning Rods 
-Bnying a Farm. 
-Tap-dressing and Feed- 
in- Afte 
nth. 
-Painting Buildings. 
-The Value of Muck. 
-On Family Horses. 
-The Horn-ail. 
-A Commentary on 
Roots. 
-Stealing Fruit and 
Flowers, 
-The Cost 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 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 Titus Oaks,Esq. 
-The Pickle Fever in 
Ilookertuwn. 
-On Curing Pickles and 
Eatii 
the 
The < otton Fever and 
Emigration. 
- The Cotton Fever and 
Emigration. 
-The Food Question. 
-On Jim Crow. 
-The Eight hour Law. 
-Base Ball Club-, 
-The RtseofReal Estate. 
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