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AMERICAN AGRICULTURIST. 
fJuXY, 
Contents for July, 1866. 
Artichoke— Jeiiisalem 25S 
Bees— Peiffctiiig. 251 
Hooks f(»r Farmers nivl Othe'S 266 
Boysuiiil Gir]>' roluniiis— How to Play Ease Ball — 
Awar-ils for Pi iz'; PM^i!le^— Tlic SolUiris' Dugs- 
Early D;iys of a Nolcd Clieiiii>l— Gelling Ihe W.irst 
of il— Problems aiitl Puzzirs— The Foitinrale Girl — 
The Uiifciriuaaie Boy— A Litile Coys' Experiences 
— A Qnaker's All vici; o lUustraHons . '-'63 — ^fi4 
3'lildliiH — Dirc(^Iions for 5 Illustrations . .2." 8 
Cattle — Cous loni: in Siripping '-o-J 
Cattle- Cure for Unruly Illustrated.. ^'2 
Caltle^DiiolieBs Filmily of Slrorl-IIoins 549 
Cattle -Ducho's nf Thormlale Illustrated.. ^i\ 
Clover Seeil — Raiso Vonr Own -5* 
Clinking Cabbage 2£2 
Cowslln - American inuilrated..2M 
Ej^s—Sundry Ways of Bollln? 262 
Emigrant Siii;. in New Vork Harbor Illustrated .266 
Farm Work In Jniy 2!2 
Flower Garden an I Lawn in Jnly 243 
Fruit Garden in July 243 
Fruit— Increasing Size of 259 
Garden- Kiiclim in July 243 
Get oiu of Old Ruts 231 
Go|)liers— The Sniped Goplier 9 lllustralions..'2i3 
Grapes— Cold Gi-.ipeiy in Jnly 2-14 
Grasses for ilie Soutlieiii Slates 2 Illustrationa. .250 
Green and Hoi-Housts in July 244 
Iliilse-St.ill- Plan fur 3 llhislrations. .5i2 
llorses-UiiiEbiiiie Described 2 Illustrations.. 2^o 
JloriUiuliiiial and Bolanlcul Congress 2G0 
Inseols and Plant Fei lilizalioil 207 
Market Uepiirls 266 
Milk— What Cnnstitutes Good? 250 
Muskrat Traps, ; 3 Illustrations. . 25" 
Orchard an I Nursery in July 'J43 
Plants -Collerdiiig a ml Sinclying 859 
Poultry— Cliioken Medicine 2?,2 
Pouliry-Coop for lien and Chickens ...Illustrated. .i53 
Preserving Frnils— Talk aboul 261 
Pi'OlecIion f|-om Late and Early Frosls. Illustrated.. io9 
Slugs and Snails 2 lllustrafimis ..2bl 
Sun Dials— Use and Ornament Illustrated. 253 
Turnips— Kind and Culture 254 
Vanilla— Description and Use II!ustratrd..ZCl 
Violets— Our Nalive Illuslratcd. .W 
Walks and Talks on the Farm, No. 31 — Draining— 
Letter frnm John Jolinstoii — Maniiiing — Farming 
Wiihiiut Manure— Killing Red Root— Beans a Good 
Crop— Sawing Wood— Farm Machinery— Trial of 
Implements— Care of Stoie Hogit— Higii Feeding 
and High Farming 347— '248 
Water Cresses— How to Grow 259 
INDEX TO " DASliET," OH SlIORTEn AltTlCI.ES. 
Adobe Houses 246 
Ag'l Socipty. Minnesota. 244 
Almond, Sweet •J4S 
Am. Association Science 214 
American Tea Co. . .. 244 
Bees, Wee Swarm 245 
Birds and Cherries 246 
Bone Dust 246 
Book, Architecture 24i 
Books, L'rssiiig's War. 246 
Bricks. Sunburnt 246 
Cabbage. China. 246 
Cariois, Transplanting.. '247 
Caltle Disease 244 
Chestnut Flowers 215 
Churir Dashers 216 
Churns, Spattering 245 
Corn fur Fodder 547 
Counsel Darkened 247 
Cows, Soiling 245 
Cranberries, Upland 540 
Crop Pi'O'^pects 245 
Crops, Mississippi 240 
Flour, Fiencli 245! 
FlOUl" Poisonerl 247 
Gladiolus from Seed, ...245 
Grape Vine Insect ...246 
Grapes and Wine 246 
Gra s, Tup-dre-sing 246 
Grass, Wiren to Cut 545 
Half Volume 2441 
Hogs, Kidney Worm,... 245 
Hollyhocks, Seed 246 
Horse's Frog. Paring 245 
Humbugs, Sundry 244 
Iniplenient 'i'riiil '245 
Insects on Twigs 246 
Inset^ts, Poppies for 246 
InseCIS, Tobacco 246 
Lemon Tree. Trouble... 246 
Lily, Persevering 246 
Little Corporal 245 
Mad Stone 246 
iMarket Gaidening '244 
Mower Trial 245 
Peaches, Early 245 
Planting. Time for 545 
Plants Nainert 246 
Poiaioes under Straw. .246 
Rats. Mullein for '247 
Rats. Sponge fur 846 
Reaper Trial 245 
Rinderpest '246 
Secretaries Ag'lSoo-.. 214 
Sheep Gad Fly '245 
Straw berry Ci op 245 
Subsoiliiig '245 
Tan Bark for Strawb's .546 
Tree Queries 246 
Tii-es. Filling around... '246 
Trees, Raising '245 
Tiichinte Article 246 
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AMERICAN AGRICULTURIST. 
NEW-YORK, JULY, 1866. 
If fanners yet what they liopc and pray for, we 
6li,aU liave hot weather tl)rou'.;huut this month with 
just rain enough to licep things vigoronsly grow- 
in;.;, anil the rain \yiU most of it come in showers, 
without wind, nt niglit. A few drizzly (lays, coming 
in pairs at intervals llirouith the month, would be 
most gratifying to those wlio want to reset tobacco 
plants, or to plant out cabb.iges, but \vhat ve most 
need is bfi^lit clear weather for hayirg. We cau- 
tion out' renders not to over worii, .tud so lose 
an hundred Ibid more than they gain. Let farmers 
sec to It that their men and teams have time to eat 
and rest. Give the hands good wages, good food, 
pleasant qnarter*, and friendly treatment, and exact 
in return, prompt, active, dilligent labor, and devo- 
tion to their employers' interests. A word to those 
who have never had the cliarge of farm hands: — 
Take cnre that you know how inucli a man 
Ehotild do in nn honr or day, and never exact too 
much, nor be satislied with too littie. He is avery 
faithful man who ^vill not take advantage of (he 
itrnoranee of his empioyer in tlieso pnrllcnlar.s. 
When there is necessifij for lively work, or work 
during hours of rest, the men will alw.ays give it 
freely if they see tlie need, but a few "spurts" 
gotten tip without cause, will do much towards 
spoiling otherwisa jjood hands. 
Hints about Work. 
Many of the hints given last month are equally 
applicable to tills, especially those that have 
reference to buildings, dairy matters, haying, etc. 
Grain Fithh may demand attention early in the 
month, i)artieularly if many eonrse weeds arc seen 
in them. Wlicn jiosslble, it will pay to go into the 
grain and pull, or cut with a spud, such weeds as 
dock, mnslard, charlock, etc. After the grain heads 
have their development, look out for 
Saving Seed Grain. — Inspect the whole field and 
pick out those parts which arc best ; jiuU the 
weeds, and inferior stools of grain. If it it can be 
done, a hoe may bo used in loosening the surfiico, 
nnd^drawiug earth up to the jjlants to some extent. 
Clip off also inferior heads, so that a very superior 
stand only is left. Allow these selected portions to 
become dead ripe, at which time cut with a sickle 
or very carefully with a cradle, aud handle the 
sheaves so that the grain will not shell out. 
O'lis, blown down or lodged frotn their own 
■weight, should be cut and cured for hay. Wheat 
and barley m.ay sometimes be treated in the same 
way, but they fill better than oats after they lodge, 
not being so leaf}'. 
Barletj. — Cut before fully ripe, and protect from 
rain iu well made stooks. There is a great dif- 
ference in price between that well and that ])oorly 
handled in harvesting, and the gain in the feeding 
quality of the straw will p.ay over and above for 
the labor. Eastern farmers, who raise much gi'aiu, 
ought to have 
Hay Cap.i. — Perhaps it will not pay to use them 
at the West, but in the Eastern aud Middle States 
it will, though we apprehend tiiere have beeu very 
few made within the last four years. 
Wticat is especially benefited by them, for it is 
best to stock up tlie sheaves almost as soon as cut, 
not giving the straw a chance to dry mueli. Cut 
wheat before it is ripe, while the heads arc 
just beginning to droop, and the kernels are in the 
dough. To this end on very large tivrms it is best 
to have dilTerent kinds of wheat ripeniug one after 
another. Both bay and grain 
gtaok& arc beet buUt long and nai'row. One sido 
being a little higher than the other, a course of 16- 
foot boards will cover the stack. The boards may 
be nailed together in threes. Such a stack may be 
made with a horse fork, and a simple pair of shears. 
Hued Crops. — If we were directing the prepara- 
tion of tiie soil for corn, potatoes and other root 
crops, we miglit say that a 1 lek of manure could 
not be made good by subsequent treatment, but 
uevertlieless we will say now that it is also trtio 
tliat frequent aud thorough tilkago will do as ranch 
for these crops as manure, though in a different way. 
It will defend against drouths ; It will let the air 
into the earili, with moisture, and it will proninta 
the disintegration and decomposition, thus afford- 
ing the plants a fuller benefit of the manure and 
fertility of the soil. 
Coj'ij.— At the last hoeing, turnip seed may bo 
sown, .and hoed in. 
Ihtalo Grumnl—U dug early for market, set cab- 
bages as fast as the ground is cleared. 
Cabbages may also follow field peas if the ground 
is rich,*and if not, a fine rich compost may be 
plowed* in, (See Hint last month.) 
Corn Fodder.— Corn, sorghum, millet, and Hun- 
garian grass may be sowed for soiling, or for hay. 
Tobacco.— Tha labors in the tobacco field will bo 
steady and iiksome, but a good crop depends upon 
having every spot iu the field occupied liyagood 
]ilant as early as the first week in Jnly, and then 
hoeing tlioronghly, keeping the i;'roiind louse and 
ojien, .all the weeds down, and the worms ]iiekod 
off. Poison tobacco worm moths, see basket item. 
Gra.'is. — Cut aud cure grass whenever it lodges 
badly, even though the test of the field cannot be 
cut. Cut Timothy when just out of blossom, and 
clover wlien in fullest bloom. All grasses should 
be cut before they are tough and wiry. 
Mowing Machines and ffiiy Tedders make quick 
work with liay. Cut the grass \vhen the dew is off, 
and within half an hour follow witli the tedder and 
repeat the tedding as often as once in half an hour 
until jiast midday ; then, when the grass is hottest, 
rake into windrows, and throwing it into cocks let 
it lie till the next d.ay ;— or keep the tedder going 
till 33.< o'clock, aud then rake np and get in all cut 
before 11. All cut before noon m.ay be gotten in 
in the forenoon of the next day, if the weather is 
good. When you have uot these machines, try tha 
following plan for 
Curing //ai/.— Stir well as soon as the sun is hot, 
and when the grass is well wilted and hot, rake it in- 
to loose windrows; turn these frequently, shaking 
out wet locks until s.ay SJj o'clock, then cock up and 
let these lie a day or two if need be, but employ the 
first convenient sun-shine .after the next day to shake 
the cocks out and warm them through ; then get 
the hay iu. This curing in the cock is especially 
good for clover, but all hay is sweeter for it. It 
should never get dry aud parched. If dried slowly, 
the juices have a sort of honey-like character, and 
will neither sour, mould, nor ferment in the mow, 
nor will the leaves and heads drop off. 
Turnips. — Sow Cowhorn, or Purple-top Strap- 
leaf, both good sorts. Sow in drills, except ou 
ground that cannot be plowed, or among othetr 
crops. Usually after the '.JOth is early enough. 
Buckwheat must be sowed before the 20th usu- 
ally ; though many take tiie risk of early frosts, 
which are fatal to the crop, aud delay to Ihe last of 
the month. The kernels fill better in the cool 
weatlier later in autumn, if frosts hold ofl'. 24 
to 33 quarts of seed per acre is the usual quantity. 
Animals of all kiuds require the farmer's attention 
during this as much as any other month ; that is, a 
lack of needed care is just as injurious. See that 
all have pure water — if possible, running water — al- 
ways within reach. Change pastures often enough, 
so that none shall get very short, aud provide extra 
feed of corn, grass, oats, etc., cut green and wilted 
before feeding, if there is any failure of p.asturage. 
Feed and water working cattle and horses well, reg- 
ularly, and give regular rest. Take care of liarness 
or yoke galls, b.ithing with cold water and shifting 
tlic Iwraoss, padding it, or the yoUes of caMle. See 
