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AMERICAN AGRICULTURIST. 
Contents for February 1863. 
Adulterations in Spices 54 
Agricultural Depai unt-nt.. 4u 
Apples — Northern Spy *>0 
Burns— Grieap and Convenient Illustrated. .45 
Beans rfnU Teas — How lu Coolt 55 
Bees — Apiary in Feuruary 3$ 
Bonnets— Short Chapter on 2 Illustrations . .53 
Boys and Girls' Coluuius— Editor wiili his Young Head- 
ers—Looking at Grandpa's Watch— A Harmless Muii- 
sler— Cat giving away Iier Kitten— A loung Editor— 
Another i'erlumery Story— Learn to Control tlie 
Voice— The Game uf initials— The Roll of Honor— 
Remarkable Bouquet— Musical Horse— The Enraged 
Musician— Amusing Trial ut Skill— Curious Sentence 
Problems and Puzzles ..3 1 1 lustrations. .50,57 
Breadstufls— Wheal, -etc, for 1862 40 
brine Poisonous— A Caution 40 
Butler— Good from Roots 49 
Cheeses — Union at Oiiskany, N. Y 47 
Conservator j Cheap torCay .Dwellings.. Illustrated 52 
Cooking llmls— Good Breakfast Cakes— Griddle Cakes 
— Coin anU Pumpkin Bread— Saratoga Rolls— Tails 
—Sausages— Superior Pudding— Pepper on Pork— 
Stuffed beef Steak— Suet Pudding— Waffles 55 
Corn Marker— New-Jersey Illustrated. .41 
Cough Medicine for Children ;; 5 
Deu;. to be Avoided. ^0 
Evergreens— To Get Leaders for Illustrated. .49 
Faun ana Household Work in February 33 
Panning for Old Age 49 
Feet— To Prevent Slipping 3 Illustrations. -53 
Feel Warmers— Good -53 
Fiax Cotton 44 
Flax Culture - Notes on 43 
Flower Garden and Lawn. 35 
Flowers— Lilies lor City Gardens 51 
Fruit Grow era' Meetings 51 
Garden— Rotation in 51 
Gardens— City 52 
Garden— Kitchen and Fruit in February 36 
Garden Seeds— Best Vegetable ■ 36" 
Garden Walks for Exercise <r) l 
Gardens— Walls for 52 
Gales — Farm Illustrated. .45 
Grapery and Orchard House 36 
Grape Vines — Caution to Propagators 51 
Green and Hot Houses in February 35 
Grouse—-' The Covey" Illustrated. .48 
Hands — To Prevent Chapped 53 
Hay-Cutting Implement Illustrated. Ait 
Indian's View of Agriculture 41 
Insects— Measure Worm 49 
Jule— American Illustrated. .44 
Lantern Blinks— XXXII.. Visit to Richard Bullion Esq.56 
Live Stuck Trade in New- York in 18u2 58 
Manuring or Mulching 43 
Maple Sugar Making .2 Illustrations ..3 J 
Market Review, Weather Notes, etc 59 
Minnesota Farm Notes— Stacking Com and Straw 43 
Mution Trade of New- York 40 
Oils— Illuminating, or Coal 53 
Orchard and Nursery in February 34 
Parks — Hints on Management 49 
Pastures— Improvement of 42 
Pitcher Plain— California 52 
Plant Stand— Miniature Rustic 52 
Pork— How Much in a Bushel of Corn ? -43 
Potatoes — Brush-harrowing 45 
Potatoes — Interesting facts for "Sprouters" 53 
Poultry— Economy with Hens 43 
Premiums Offered for lfe63 60 
Record— Valuable for Farmers and Others Illust.Al 
Root Cutter— Double Action 2 Illustrations. .41 
Sap Blight — Prevention of . . 51 
Seeds— List for Free Distribution 58 
Seeds— Vitality of 47 
Sheep — Lustre Wooled — Lincolnshires 42 
Sheep— Winter Management 42 
Sorghum Culture— Western Conventions 46 
Sorghum Seed — Inquiries for 46 
Straw Mats— How to Make Illustrated. .49 
Suggestions and Notes for February. Illustrated. .33 
Tim Bunker on Extravagance 54 
Tobacco Culture— $3tl Premium Offered for Essays. .39 
Transplanting — Hint on 52 
Trees for Nurses 50 
Trees in Windy Places 50 
Trees— Norway Maple 50 
Tiees — Peach, Experience with 51 
Trees— Seedling Fruit 50 
Weather— Average Temperature 44 
Winter— Remarkable— Effects on Grain 39 
Wheal— Mulching 41 
Willow— White for Hedges 39 
Wood— Block for Splitting , .45 
INDEX TO "BASKET," OR SHORTER ARTICLES. 
Advertisements--Vineland36 Grapes Grafting 38 
Ag'l College in Penu'a . ..36 J Grapes in Winter 37 
Agriculturist Editor— NewSfi Grass — Quack 37 
Agriculturist Profitable.. .88 Horses — Over-reaching 
Apple, Chenango Slrawb'y38 
Beans— Prolific S8 
Book— Herd, Vol. VI 37 
Bouquet— Vegetable., 37 
Cabbage— Red 38 
Camelina Saliva 38 
Cattle Tramping 38 
C hickory 37 
Clover— Crimson 38 
Cotton from Illinois 37 
Cucumber etc. — Seed. ...37 
Curculio Remedy 38 
Dahlias etc. from Seed.. .37 
Daphne odora 38 
Drills vs. Hills.; 3 
Food— Economical 38 
Humbugs 36 
Hyacinths — Arranging.. . .37 
Insects-Earth Worms... 37 
Insects— Chinch Bugs 38 
Insects— Salt for 38 
Library Ass'n — Ag'l 38 
Mangers Dangerous 37 
Manure for Lawns 37 
Manure— Green 38 
Manure — Loam for 37 
Mignonette— Scent less.... 37 
Nemophila Maculata ... .38 
Peach on Plum Slock 37 
Pear— Monster California. 36 
Pears described 37 
Poultry Wanted 37 
Fruit Gronc is' Meetings. 30 Pumpkin Seeds 37 
Fruit Queries 3s|Rabbits in Nurseries 38 
Fruit Slocks 38 Rice— Northern 37 
Gloxinias and Petunias... 38, Seeds for Name 3d 
Seeds from Washington.. 38iTrees— Clay for 37 
Seeds received 38|Treeson Prairies 3S 
Sheep— Disease in 3s|Trees— Staking 38 
Sorghum Syrup 37 Trees— Diseased Pear... 37 
Squash— Hubbard 3S Truffles— Tuckahoe 38 
Swine— Prolific 37|Wine from Grapes Only.. 37 
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The Hints on the Work of the Month shall be worth 
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We continue the offer of premiums another month. 
[See remarks in italics at head of list on page 60.] We 
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About the Seed Distribution. 
On page 58 we republish the list of seeds, with some 
emendations, and a special note to Canada Subscribers. 
We regret that the Canada postage laws, or rather the 
method of construing them at some of Ihe Offices, is not 
more liberal. Of those sent last year with the U. S. 
postage prepaid here, most went through all right ; but in 
other cases an additional 20 cents an ounce was added at 
some offices on the way or exacted when delivered. To 
thousands of our Canada subscribers some of these seeds 
would be of special value, but U0 cents an ounce is loo 
great a tax. No seeds will be ready for delivery at Ihe 
office or by express until March. They are all put up at 
our country place, and those sent by mail, are mailed 
there. Byourmethodofputtingup.it sometimes hap- 
pens that of two envelopes sent to the same person, one 
may be mailed several days before the other, if they con- 
tain different kinds of seeds. 
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