82 
AMERICAN AaRICULTURTST. 
[March, 
Contents for March, 1875. 
Adomnient of Hiinil II1111109 2 lUmlradons , . 99 
Apple, Cusai't 3 Jlllistralion.i. . 100 
Atomizi-riii Ilorticiiltiiro ••) J/liixliiilioii.i..10i 
Boysaiul Girls Columns — ARei^altaoii Ice— Amityue's 
Chats — Puzzle Pictures — Marclj Flowers — Jamie 
Carrjini,' a Barrel of Apples— Should Boys uo to 
College ! — Blowins Soap Bubhles — Aunt Sue's 
Puzzle Box— What is Service Berry ? — Slranse 
Squashes— Zip Learning his Fii-st Trick.. 18 lUus- 
tralions ". 103-108 
Catalogues Received 113 
Caltle, Breton >. Illustrated. .93 
Celery, Rotting of. 102 
Fences, Cheap i lllustratiom . .93 
Fence, How to Make a Pole 3 lUuftrations. . 9G 
Field Rollers 4 Illustrations. . 90 
Fruit Garden in March - b3 
Gardening on Shares 98 
Harrow Brush Uhislraled. 9S 
Hot-Beds, Commercial Illustrated. 99 
House Plan 6 Illustrations. 8S 
Household Department — Home Topics — Adjustable 
Table- Cooking Celery— Use for Old. Cans— Some 
Questions in Etiquette 5 Illustrations. 103-104 
Kitchen Garden in March 84 
Lathe, Ilome-Madc Illustrated. . 97 
Jl:u!.i' Report for March 83 
Ogden Farm Papers, No. 01— I'ndcrdraining— Butter 
—Jersey Cattle 90-91 
Orchard and Nursery in March S3 
Pig Trough, Improved 2 lUu.stratlons . . 07 
Plants, Standing Cypress Illustrated . .Wl 
Potato Beetle, Colorado 100 
Poultry interest 93 
Eats, Remedy for 83 
Remington Factories lllustratiom. . 
Road-Grader 2 Illuslrations . . 
Science Applied to Farming 
Science Made Easy 
Snipe Shooting Illustrated. 
Trees, Blue Gum Illustrated. 
Walks and Talks Correspondence — Fe.ediug Wheat to 
Stock — Wheat vs. Bran — Feeding' Judiciously — 
Feeding Pigs — Composition of Corn Cobs— Corn 
vs Clover for Pigs — Buckwheat for Manure — When 
do you Sow Plaster ?— Mangels and Carrots — Z^orth- 
ern Spy Apples 114 
Walks and Talks on the Farm, No. 133— Clover for 
Hogs— Cost of Crops — Weight of Hogs— Corn-meal 
for Hugs 94-93 
Water from a Spring, To Draw Illustrated.. 97 
Willows— Osiers 98 
Wooden Drains, Making 2 Illustrations. . 07 
Work, Hints About. H2 
INDEX TO *'BASIvET," OR SIIORTEU ARTICLES. 
83 
97 
91 
so 
81 
.102 
Advertising for Advertis 
Astonished 113 
Barley 87, 
Bran or Oats for Cattle . . 87 
Blackbcrry.Hoosac Thorn- 
less 81) 
Bone and Bln«d Spavin , . ST 
Butter Pail, Metallic 113 
Carr & Hobsou Sit 
Catalogues 8I> 
Catarrh in a Cow S7 
Convenience, Great 86 
Dairymen's Convention 
American 114 
Ducks, Mandarin 114 
Eirgs, ArtiBcial Hatching 87 
Eggs, Hatching 83 
Farmers and Sportsmen.. 82 
Fearful Mortality 80 
Feed Cutter, Best 87 
Flower Garden and no 
Manure 114 
Fumigation, 86 
Help 80 
Hogs. Diseases in 87 
Humbugs, Sundry 86 
Irritation of the Tail .87 
"Large and Respectable" 80 
Plow, Subsoil 80 
iPost-Office Statistics .... SO 
Railroad, Chespeakc and 
Ohio 86 
Rnbher Shoes for Horses. 114 
" Several Preachers" ... 86 
Shorthorn Statistics 87 
Spaving Fluid ,87 
Warts, To Remove 87 
What to Plant 87 
Where to Buy Things. ... 80 
Farmcr.s and Spoi-tsmeii.— F. D. Cur- 
tis, of Charlton, Saratoga Co., N. Y , informs ns that a 
valuable brood mare of his was found dead in his field, 
having been fatally shot by a so-called sportsman. The 
shooting of farm animals by trespassers, and the worry- 
ing of sheep by cui'S accompanying tliem, i.s far too com- 
mon, and farmers arc obliged, ia self defence, to com- 
bine to prevent such trespass and its consequences. 
There should be no shooting over farms \vithout permis- 
sion from the owners, and prtjtectivo iegislatnon is very 
necessary to secure farmers from the annoyance and loss 
which occur every year. Although every citizen is per- 
mitted to " bear anils." he is not privileged to use them 
to his neighbor's injury or annoyance. 
Hatching of I'>jSS».— "S. W. J.," St. 
I.uuis, Mo. It is impossible to say why eggs of " fancy " 
fjwls should not h.ntch. There ought to be no good 
r ason why they should not. The mere transportation 
frhonld not affect them, as eggs have been shipped from 
the East Indies to England, and yet 25 per cent, of them 
produced chickens. The most probable cause Is the 
close conllncment of the fowls in yards. It is a well 
known fact ill natural history, that many species of birds 
And quadrupeds will not breed in cuullncmcnt. 
Calendar for March. 
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A M E R It; A N A tt II H U L T l R I S T . 
NK-W YORK, MAEUH, 1875. 
Spring has come ! — At least the Almanac says so. 
Many who read this page huYO already had their 
plows afield for some time, and are well along with 
the work, while to others, the announcement that 
"spring has come" will seem altogether prema- 
ture ; as they look out upon their snow-covered 
and frost-bound fields, they are quite sure that 
whatever the calendar may say about the seasons, 
what is practically spring to them is still some 
weeks in the future. This wide difference in the 
seasons gives us some idea of the wonderful extent 
of our country — in one direction at least ; from 
Florida, where winter and spring are separated by 
an inappreciable boundary, to Canada, where the 
winters are long and summers short, what an im- 
mense variety of climate and diversity of products ! 
Spring has opened long ago to our Southern friends, 
and as it advances northward, awakening vegeta- 
tion and calling the farmer to new labors, it occu- 
pies fully two months in (lie transit. The differ- 
ences between the extreme eastern and western 
portions of our territory, while they are marked in 
a different manner, are equally great. The A'jricul- 
turist finds readers among the orange groves of 
Florida, and the lumber camps of Michigan and 
Maiue ; it is taken in the manufacturing villages of 
New England, among the coal and iron mines of 
Pennsylvania, and on the rich prairie land.s of what 
a little while ago was called "the west." In the 
plateaus of Colorado and New Mexico, among the 
vineyards and wheafc lands of California, up the 
coast to Vancouver's Island, and down the coast to 
Mexico, are cultivators of the soil who turn to its 
pages for instruction and aid. ijesides all these di- 
verse conditions under which its readers live with- 
in our own territory, it goes to all other countries 
— Asia, Africa, Australia, and Japan. That a jour- 
nal should be found acceptable and useful to culti- 
vators so far apart, and working under such unlike 
conditions, is due to the fact that the principles of 
agriculture are everywhere the same ; the require- 
ments of plant and animal life arc alike every- 
where ; and when it is known what iire essential to 
the best development of plant or animal, any one 
intelligent enough to take a journal at all, will know 
how to secure these under the conditions of climate 
and other surroundings in which he is placed. So 
w ith the economies of farm life ; it is as important 
to save a dollar in Texas as it is in Massachusetts, 
and whatever shows how the cost of production 
may be lessened, is of world-wide appUcation. The 
statement " Spring has come " reminds us that we 
cater less and less for the wants of the few to whom 
the spring of the Almanac ii the commencement of 
the season's woric, but more and more for that 
great brotherhood, whether their possessions be 
broad or narrow, or whether they may live noith, 
south, east, or west, who are tillers of the soil. 
HiMl>$ a1>09it ^Vork. 
Tafc cu/r of ViK Ilalth. — As the snow and ice 
disappeai', much rubbish that has collected during 
the winters, will be uncovered. Those who live in 
the country are too careless about matters affecting 
the health. Foul surface water freciucutly flows 
into the v.'ell. Cesspools and barn-yards overflow 
and saturate the ground, which gives off dangerous 
vapors under the influence of the sun's warmth. 
Fevers of various kinds and other diseases attack 
old and young. To clean until all danger is re- 
moved, should be the first work of spring. The 
cellar under the house must not be overlooked. 
Keep the Fed Dry. — A farmer should be provided 
with waterproof boots and overcoat, in which to 
work about drains, ditches, and wet barn-yards. 
There are several kinds of rubber clothing, but 
that which is not subject to crack is the best. 
That made by Z. B, Heywood, 321 Broadway, New 
York, is of this character, and a farmer in any part 
of the counti'y ma}' procure these goods by express, 
by writing for them and remitting the cost. 
Hired Men. — Every farmer must decide for him- 
self if it is better for him to hire help and culti- 
vate more hand, or cultivate less land and do with- 
out help. But it is cheaper to pay for help than to 
let work get behindhand, or to leave necessary 
work undone. The best help is the cheapest. A 
married laborer is as a rule the steadiest. Besides, 
he need not be boarded in the house, to the serious 
inconvenience of the family, and the destruction of 
domestic privacy. Farmers who hire constant help, 
should provide a dwelling for the men, where they 
may be boarded by one of themselves. Farm 
laborers should bep.aid every week orevery month ; 
these short settlements prevent mistakes and dis- 
putes. Cash purchases more than credit. 
Drains must be examined, lest they become 
choked and water remain upon the crops. Stag- 
nant water is injurious not only to all vegetation, 
liut to stubble land, but much benefit may be 
gained liy turning the spring wash from roads on 
to meadows or pastures, and causing it to sijread 
as much as possible. 
Toji-dressinr/ meadows or fall grain, will be found 
useful. Spread the manure evenly upon the snow, 
if any remains, and go over it with a Thomas Harrow, 
or the brush harrow described in another jjlace, as 
soon as the ground is dry enough. 
Hoads and AUlis, — Surface water should not bo 
allowed to remain upon roads or paths, or in ruts. 
Let it off, and fill up the holes or ruts with di-y 
carih or gravel fr in a bank. A dry road will stand 
many times as much wear as one that is wet and 
mudily. Paths should be made dry, or ]iUiiiks laid 
down for w.alks over soft ground, ^\^lcn wet 
ground gets puddled, it takes a long time to dry. 
Grms and Clover Seed may be sown upon the 
last snow with great ease and regularity. Each 
strip may be sown exactly, without missing or over- 
lapping, as the seed can be readily seen upon the 
surface. The seed wUl not be injured, as it will 
not vegetate until the ground becomes warm. 
Poddcr Crops. — A good supply of green fodder 
never comes amiss. Cows at pa.=!ture will always 
cat a meal of fresh-cut green fodder, and it helps 
the milk pail. An acre or two of fall plowed 
ground should be liberally top-dressed with ma- 
nure, and sown early with oats and peas, or barley 
and vetches. The ground must bo made rich, 21 
bushels of oats or barley, and 1! of petis or vetches, 
should be sown. 
Earhj Jhiilurintj is a mistake. The stock is made 
dissatisfied, and lose their appetite for dry food. 
Trampling is very injurious to the soft «oil, which 
