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AMERICAN AGRICULTURIST. 
Contents for December, 1863. 
■ — -» — 
Barter — Nepaui 362|Houses, Prairie 86J 
Barrels, Cleansing 373 Humbugs— Sundry, etc..36S 
Ileef, How to Keep 374|lce-Houses. Hinls 362 
Birds, Stomachs of. SCO Insects, Borers 372 
Hoys' and Gil Is 1 Columns 
— To Young Readers — 
Origin of Words— Puz- 
zles — The Astonished 
Bny. Self-Control— A 
"Merry Christmas"— 
Amusing Remarks of 
■Children, A Thick Fog 
— A Quizzer Rebuked — 
Reading his own death. 
Miser Rebuked — What 
a Word may do — New 
Premium 3» .375-?/ 
.365 
Cabbage — Growth..?* 
Cattle, Salt Regularly.. 363 
Climate and Vegetation. .367 
Clothes-Line, Wire 374 
Clothes-Sprinkler *..3 
Cranberries, Upland — 371 
December Work 353-1- 
Dress for Garden 374 
Economy in Household. .373 
Exhibition Tables 355 
Fires, Starting 374 
Flowers, Spring 371 
Food, Appropriate 374 
Labels, Fruit Tree 370 
ILahorers in England 363 
Leaves for Manure 371 
Market Review, etc 378 
Moles, New- Remedy.. .364 
Money. Laying Up 370 
Pear "Tree Hedges.. .. 372 
Pear Trees, Manuring. . 370 
Plants, House, Care of. .371 
Plants. How to Fumigate371 
Pork, Pickling 374 
Potato Without Vines.*.. 364 
Potaloes, Goodrich's 366 
Potatoes. Sweet 366 
Prairie Land, Breaking. .363 
Premium List forlt-64. .377 
Pump, West's Improved. 375 
Pumpkin Show 355 
Sheep, Fattening 365 
i Slei K h Riding *..368 
I Sorrel, to Eradicate 363 
! Squash, Yokohama..2*. .373 
i Stables for Horses. ..*. .364 
I Straw, Value for Feed. ..360 
Sugar, Northern 360 
I.Suggestions for Month. .355 
Fruit Growers'Meetings.360 Tea, New Jersey.... V-.. 869 
Fruits for East. Pa 370|Tidy Pattern...' *. 373 
Garden. Preparing 370,Tim Bunker, Tobacco.. .366 
Grain, Fertilization 367 Toast Holder *..373 
Grapes, Clinton, Origin. ,370| Trees, Basswond, *..3T2 
Grapes, How to Keep . 370|Tnrnips and Milk 363 
Grapes, Mildew and Rot. 369 Washing Machines 375 
Grapes, Varieties 369|Willow Fences *..362 
House, Medium Sized.4*.361| Wool Factories in Am. .365 
INDEX TO "BASKET." Oil SHORTER ARTICLES. 
Address, P. O. not Given.3591 Humbug, Philadelphia. . 359 
Ants and Bees .. 35s Humbug, Sew'g Machine359 
Ashes of Leaves 36S|Humbug, Wine Plant. . .359 
Barrels, Cleansing 359| Humbugs, Sundry 3-i6 
Beef, Curing 359 Insect on Grape 357 
Bee-Hives, Straw 357! Insect Powder 357 
Books— Su ndry 356, Lightning Rods 357 
Blackberries. Productive 357 Lupin, Yellow 357 
Borer Remedy. 359, Manure, Seaweed 358 
Caper Tree 359) Manure, Tan Bark 359 
Chemistry, Popular 358 Meat, Preserving 359 
Chloride of Lime 357lMilk, Testing 358 
Children's Aid Society. .3561 Money, Sending, Hints. .356 
Corn, Union 35s Nurserymen, Good 358 
Cranberries from Seed.. 35T| Oil Stains 359 
Crop, Good 358 Osage Orange Seed 357 
Cures, Unreliable 357iOsage Orange Wanted.. 356 
Dogs in Ohio 3»sl Paint, Cheap 357 
Ear Doctors 3591 Pears in Illinois 358 
Eggs, Sex of 359 Pears Penn 358 
Exhibition in Oregon... 359iPears, Planting Dwarf .357 
Farm, Buying 357iPears, Three Crops 357 
Fish, etc., on Dry Lnnd.359JPIanls Named 357 
358 Plow, Cylinder 
Flax Seed, While.. 
.357 
Fruits in Shade 
Fruits, Names of 
Grapery, Cold 359 
Grapes, Catawba 359 
Grapes, Desirable 359 
Grape*, Isabella 358 
Grapes on Walls 357 
Snwa, Iv mucky Blue.. 358 
Hail-, Removing 35' 
.357 
Potato, Seedling 359 
Potato, Slugs on 359 
Potatoes anil Yam 357 
Report. Ag'l Dep't 356 
Scrub Oak Land 358 
Sheep Raising Book 356 
Sheep Washes 357 
Society, III. Hort 356 
,S. S. Question Book 356 
Hay, Weight in Mow .. 35!IJThorns from Seed 357 
Hedges, Hawthorn 359!Tobacco Cultivation 358 
Hens, Prolific 35S;Trees, Desirable 358 
Hickory, Grafting 357 Trees, Propagating 358 
Hoop Iron, Convenient 358!Trees, Queries 358 
Humbug Mining Co ....359 Wine Defined 357 
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