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AMERICAN AGRICULTURIST. 
I'NOV EMBEK, 
Contents for November, 1866. 
-Above Half Right" 403 
Alkalies ami Acids 403 
American In.'^tilule Show - 415 
Annuals— j4 7rterjca« As^iculturist 390 
Asters— Native 3'J9 
Bayberry or Wax llyrlle Illustrated.. 399 
Bees — Apiary in N-neriiber 3S-1 
Bees— Imperfections of Forced Queens 393 
Boys and Girls' Columns— Premiums for Boys and 
Girls— Checkers or Draughts— Debt not Easily Paid 
— Dog Stories— Itniiracticabie Inventions- Problems 
and Puzzles— Stranger in the Family—" Lift a Lit- 
tle ''— Plenty ofOysters— About Snakes— The Flual- 
ing Grindslone ,. 4 f//wi(ra^(o»s ..403— 10(» 
C.ittle— Stall Fastening Vluslnilid. .395 
Drain Tile Maliuf;icture 5 llhtstratiinis . .3'.ll 
Extra Numbers Offered , 390 
Farm Work in November 382 
Ferlillzalion by Insects 3 ! 1/ ustrations ..iOO 
Five Points Mission House Illustrated. .393 
Flower Garden and Lawn in November 3S3 
Fruit Garden in November 383 
Fruits— Naming New 401 
Garden— K I tclien in November 363 
Grai>e Scissoia ItlustrateiL .401 
Grapes at Hammondsport ^401 
Green and Hot-Houses in November 3S4 
Hedges— Osage Oiange and Barberry 402 
Market Rf ports 41 j 
Mnsquash or Muskrat Illustrated.. 3^1 
Orchard and Nursery in November 383 
Pears— The Bron.l Illustrated. . 401 
Poor People in New York 397 
Poultry— Chicken Ailments 393 
Poultry-Coop for Fattening Illustrated.. Z93 
Pouliry— Fattening 390 
Premiums for Obtaining Subscribers... 384 
Prizes— $1,250 for Treatises 390 
Prize— $100 for Housekeeping 390 
Recipes— Moravian Recipes— Stock Yeast— First Yeast 
— Bread — Chtistmas Cakes — Snow Fritleis — 
Thanksghing Pudding — .Molasses Cake — ^olt 
Ginger Cake— Cheap Cake Frosting- Drop Cakes- 
Bread Gridille Cakes 404 
Roses- M.irechal Niel Illustrated.. iffi 
Sheep-Breeding— Talk on 39J 
Siieep— Ram " Golden Fleece " . Illustrated. . 381 
Skunks Destroying Bees 39J 
Soap, Frauds in, etc 403 
Spelt or Spelt Wheat 2 IlluslralioHs..39i 
Stock and Graft 399 
Trees— Young in Winter 390 
Wood-SnlittitiK by Horse Power .. .3 Illustrations ..395 
Woodnhuck— Descriiilion Illu.^trated. .391 
Walks and Talks on the Farjn. No. D5 — Prices of 
Wlieat and Barley— The Potato Crop— Clover and 
Superphosphate — Tools Left in the Field— Soft 
Corn — Sand in Manure — Leakv Cows — Making 
Farming Pay — Management of Swine — Capital 
Wanted . 
INDE.X TO " BASKET," I 
.\dvertisem>>nts, Note. .386 
Answering Queries 3S9 
Ants Expelled 387 
Asters. Fine 388 
B. America Subscribers. 386 
Bean. Giant Wax 38S 
Boots. Grease for 387 
Brooms, Care of 367 
Buller Making 387 
Cabbages, Large 366 
Calves, Rearing. 390 
Cattle Food 389 
Chapped Hands, Salve.. 387 
Charles Reade 389 
Coffee, Keeping 387 
Corn Bread 387 
Corn, Tall 337 
Correspondents, Note.. .386 
Crediting .Articles 389 
DIamonu Cut Diamond. .366 
Donalion Parties 38G 
Evening Post. N. \ 380 
Fall Grounds, Queens Co390 
Fairs, Addresses 389 
Fairs, Notices 390 
Fan Mills .389 
Farmers' Chibs 387 
Fattening Steeis , 338 
Flour, Unbolted. 387 
Fruit Houses , 387 
Gladiolus, Fine 338 
Grape Queries S'^S 
Grape Grower's C<mv'n.3S6 
■ ~ ■ .367 
.338 
.337 
.390 
.387 
.339 
.387 
339 
383 
Gymn.isium, Parlor, 
iibllyhocks. Burying .. 
Hops in Michigan 
Horses. Farcy 
Hotcli Potch 
How it Works 
Hulling Corn 
Humt>ugs, Sundry 
Husbands, Pictures 
Ink Recipes 38* 
Insects. Pa[>€r 3S6 
Internal Revenue 338 
Irrigation '.', 390 
396-397 
SHORTER ARTICLES. 
Lard and Resin 337 
.Manure and Corn 387 
Manure, .Ashes 387 
Manure, Bommer's 386 
Manure, Coal .-Vshes 337 
.Han n re. Marl 366 
.Maternal Instinct 390 
.Meteors Coming 339 
.Mill Stone, Mending ...383 
.Moon Noliims 390 
Nails, .\nnealing 383 
Offer. Unwarranted 388 
Our Young Folks 336 
Paint, Coal Tar 368 
Pennyroyal 3911 
Photogiaph Papei o>-9 
Pigs Born with I'eelir ..387 
Plants Named 386 
Plants, Propagating 388 
Poetry not Wanted 369 
Postmasters, Note 366 
Pon Itry Disease 337 
Press, ChaniDiou 380 
Riuiish GrovUh 390 
Renewals, Send Now. . .386 
Roads, Country 388 
Root Cutters 389 
Salsify, I^nruly 363 
Shoes. Toes of 388 
Soda Crackers 367 
Sour Clout StS 
Squnsh. Mammoth ;:9^ 
stove Hook 300 
Stravi berry, Agriculluri5t388 
Stravvlierry Runners 383 
Strawberries, Iowa, ...333 
Swins, Prolific 366 
Teams. Good 300 
Time Tables. 386 
Tobacco, Preparing 3'JO 
Tomato CronI 367 
Useful Everywhere 389 
Verljcna, Introduction ..338 
Washing Easily 387 
W;i(cr. Indications . ..383 
Wrlrifrer RoUors .3S7 
AMERICAN AGRICULTURIST. 
X£\V-TORK, NOVEMBER, lse6. 
There is .a noi'tbern army marcbini; BoutUward 
with power. The winds arc its scouts, ami .Tack 
Fro&t 13 on the piclcet line. Its sklrraibbcrs ai'c in 
the forests of Maine ; they fill the Adirondacs, and 
eUirt the chain of great lakes. Some daring eoin- 
pauits have pushed far in advance of their reserves 
into the prairies and the valleys of the West. Be- 
hind them comes the stand army iu its maixh to 
the sea, leaving uo gixen thing behind it, save the 
cedars and pines with which it seems to fraternize. 
But we have weapons and resources, which will 
enable us to sustain the sie,;;'e. Then, too, we have 
one great ally, but for whose partial withdrawal, to 
attend to business farther South, we should not ex- 
perience the pi'esent attack. This ally is the Suu, 
who fights foi- us by day, but leaves us to take care 
of ourselves by night. Our resoui-ces are wood 
and coal, and peat, good shelter and the abundant 
corn. The first nippings of the frost should have 
set us to finishing up farm work, and making ready 
for winter. When we cast our eyes over the hints 
for November given in previous years, we feel the 
need of ten times the space we have to make sug- 
gestions upon every important stibjeet, but with so 
little space as we have we must be somewhat gen- 
eral in our hints. First, however, a word about 
lirmaneiit Impromments. — Multitudes of farmers 
and their families are satisfied with their present 
home.s, but many others want to move. They are 
looking West or South, and are re.idy to take a 
good ofl'er and clear out. The result of this is, that 
they do not half take care of the farms they are on, 
and if they sell at all, they will not get half the 
piiee they might. We say then, wherever you are, 
make the surroundings as attractive as pos.~ible. 
Make permanent improvements, good buildings, 
good fences, walls, etc., lay iiudcrdraius, reclaim 
swamps, and in short, work as if you were going 
to live in olie place all your life, and your children 
after you. So you will have the comfort, as you go 
along, of seeing evei'y thing improviu;;-, and such 
investments are safe and usually pay a good interest, 
if not annually, they certainly increase the value of 
the farm. But do not let auy worlc upon the farm 
nor the material welfare of youi'self and family 
lead to the neglect of the moral and iulelleelual. 
The C'oiiiiimn Sehoul should have the solicitous 
cue and attention of every citizen, no matter what 
his profession, or how light his family respousibili- 
ties. Statistics bear us ottt iu s.aying that the 
poorest schools and the least attention toeducatiou 
exist among the most pui'ely agricultural districts; 
and it is also true that iu more populous sections 
farmers, as a class, arc not the ones to forward 
etlbrts for better and more thorough schools. The 
great safe-guard of our liberties is universal intel- 
ligence. A good public school is a security to auy 
community against petty thieving, stack burning, 
orchard robbiug, and a tbousaird other annoyances 
from bad boys and bad men, which can hardly be over- 
estimated. The eoutainiuation of one's children by 
ignorance, which is almost always vicious and the 
cause of poverty, should be provided against by 
securing the very best school houses and the best 
teachers for all the childixni of the community. 
This is every man's and every woman's business, 
and a duty for which an account must be reudcrcd 
as much tis for the heartless neglect of the huugry 
and naked. It is not necessary at this season to 
direct attention to 
The Tbor, for wc liavc them always with us. It 
is much pleasautcr of a winter night to think of 
those who h.ive been aud are warmed and fed by 
our unostentatious charities, th.au of those to whom 
it may ha\e been said, " depart in peace, be ye 
warmed aud filled (by somebody else)." This month 
occurs the usual season of Thanksgiving, which, 
formi'i-ly observed by only a few of the older States, 
has now become a Natioual festival. — May this 
be among the many causes for thankfulness of our 
readora aud of ourselves, that as God has prospered 
ija, Ootl'ii I'^'-T p'^y'i Bhured his bouuty by piir Jjaijds, 
Hints about Work. 
To those of our readers who read the October 
Hints we have little to say under the heads of 
Jluihliiiys, Cellurx and Ice Houses, that will not seeui 
repetitious. In short, put all iu perfect order for 
cold weather, so far as repairing, cleaning, white- 
washing and painting go. There is one important 
subject which might well have been dwelt upon 
last month, namely 
Cklenis. — Old ones should be cleaned out if thoy 
get low during Indian Summer weather, when we 
often have little rain for some weeks, aud tUcj 
should be protected from the action of frost. 
Clean caves troughs, jiipes aud conductors of 
leaves and rubbish, and make every thiug ready for 
winter. New cisterns may be set at this time, and 
wheie running water cannot be secured cither at 
the house or stock-yard, capacious cisterns certain- 
ly should be. It is very easy to make a cistern in 
any soil in which a pit may be cut down with ]ier- 
pendicular sides. All that is necessary is to by 
on a good even coating of cement directly upon the 
sides .and bottom of the pit, which luay be about H 
or 10 feet in diameter. Lay a flatish boulder on the 
bottom in the middle to stand upon, .and near it 
make a depression into which all sediment may be 
made to How, to be pumped or dipped out. Such a 
cistern maybe covered with plank and 3 feetof soil, 
or by a dome or jug-shaped top, all below the sur- 
face and below frost. To construct this,make a frame 
of boards going from a center-post to the sides, aud 
form the top with a smooth surface of hemispherical 
form by filling in wit)i pieces of wood, and finish- 
ing off with clay or soil sprinkled and smoothed otT. 
On this lay a coat of cement mortar, and a grouting 
of stones 6 inches thick. A half-barrel tub should 
be set in the dome iu the middle, or a little to one 
side, for a " man-hole." Water enough falls upon 
ordinary farm buildings fo" all the stock that they 
can cover. After all, cisterns are a poor substitute 
for running water brought to the barn in pipes. 
Ifurse.". — In November we expect to get all our 
stock into the barus, and should take good care of 
them. There are no animals, however,that with plen- 
ty to eat will bear the cold so well as horses — full- 
grown horses. "Weathering" stuuts colts shock- 
ingly. We have no doubt of the truth of the statc- 
lucut, that' farmers in Vermont frequently winter 
their horses in the open meadows with barely a 
shed to run uudei', giving them a little hay or straw 
only during ice storms, when they cannot paw 
down through a foot or two of snow and get at the 
grass and clover aftermath, which was left for 
them. Tliey arc said to grow fat upon such treat- 
ment. Nothing is worse for horses than too much 
blanketing aud fender caic. Keep them clean — 
they can't be too well groomed — but let them have 
fresh air and cold air, plenty of it, but not iu di'aughls 
through windows, floor cracks, etc. When they are 
sweaty, rub them and blanket them until dry, aud for 
an hour or two after they ai-e cool. After grooming, 
a linen cover m.ay be put on to keep the coat dow u. 
Cote ought to be accustomed to being handled 
very young, aud may be kept iu stalls or loose 
boxes. Never use the whip, but try the efficacy of a 
little sugar instead. (It will pay even at 16e. per 
]JOund.) Any young horse is much easier coaxed 
than \vhipped, aud ptiuishment is rarely necessary. 
Beeves should be pushed forward iu fitteniug as 
fast as possible. Be careful not to over-feed, but 
judiciously iuci'case and vary the feed so as to 
secure always good appetite and digestion. Water 
regularly ; keep s.alt always before them ; feed 
ground or cooked grain ; never let them wori-y for 
a meal, but be ready as soou as the time comes ; 
alao never prepare their food before tlictu, making 
them wait half an hour, restless and thrashing 
about, but prepare for the next meal while they are 
eating. See that cattle are fed uniformly the same 
amount of grain, roots, oilcake, etc., daily, or in- 
crease with regularity. Variety aud occasional 
changes of feed are well, and most ccouomicni. 
Cows. — As the quantity of milk deci-cascs, its rich- 
ness iu butter may be made to iucrease by proj->er 
feeding, »Hd H |s worlh ^vhilo t» take advantage of 
