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AMERICAN AGRICULTURIST. 
[No\ E11UEE, 
A "Baker's Dozen," 
(13 Months' Subscription for the price of 12). 
Every 3few Subscriber to Vie American Agri- 
culturist for 1S70, whose subscription, comes to 
hand during November, will receive the pester for De- 
cember without cliiirge, if the name be 
marked mew when sent in Take Notice, that this 
ojfer extends to All I\ew Sidjscribers, whether 
coming singly, or in Premium Club:-, or otherwise. 
Contents for November, 1369. 
Australian Glory Pea 420 
Bee Items 400 
Birds— The Wild Figeon Must reded. . 410 
Boston Market Celery Illustrated.. 430 
Boys' and GirlsTolumus — The Doctor's Talks— About 
Making a Fin* — Gophers — Learn to Observe — Cu- 
rious Japanese Box— A Short Cut for Home— In-door 
Games— New Puzzles— Answers to Problems and 
Puzzles Illustrations. .4*3-424 
Bulls in Harness Slllustrcdions. 412 
Cattle in the Road 411 
Cool Cottage Attics Illustrated, .413 
Coupling for Double Harrows 2 Illustrations . 412 
Curculio 42Q 
Earth Closets in Country Houses 2 Illustrations. .414 
Farm "Work fur November . . 00S 
Flowers — American Bleeding Heart lllustrat d ' . 117 
Flowers— Climbing Hemp-weed Illustrated. U7 
Flower Garden and Lawn in November 399 
Flowers — Japan Anemone Illustrated. . 41S 
Fruit Garden in November 399 
Grape Items Illustrated. US 
Grape Vine Tendrils— A Sport Ill ust rated. .419 
Green-house and Window Plants in November 399 
Hawk Nuisance 2 Illustrations. . ll.'J 
Household Department— Whittling for Buyri— Handy 
Kitchen Implement — Cruet Stopper Fast — Sonr 
Cream, Sour Milk, and Butter-milk— Cream of Tail ar 
—The Table— Order and Ornament— Baby Clothes- 
How to Cook Dried Beef— Various Ways of Prepar- 
ing Cabbage — Hints on Cooking, etc... 2 Illus.. .421 -422 
Ice-houses— Cheap 115 
Is the Largest the Best? 115 
Kitchen Garden in November S > 
Lilies— Brown's Lily and Others Illustrated. .410 
Market Reports 402 
Notes from "The Pines." No. G— Loss of Thyme- 
Raising Sage — Cow Cabbage — Melons — Summer 
Greens 11 8 
Orchard and Nurservin November 399 
Potato— A Singular Freak Illustrated. .410 
Premiums 400 
Propa^tin-? by Root Cuttings Illustrated. ,4,s 
Protecting Trees in Winter 2 Illustrations . . 419 
Pruning Chisel Illustrated.. 408 
Storing Roots fir Winter 2 Illustrations. -314 
Swine— Sows L-itin<r their Piers 409 
Swine— Their equalities and Our Needs 2 lllus.. .409 
Tieing Rafters Illustrated. 413 
Timber for tlio Prairies 403 
Tim Bunker on Cape Cod Cranberries 407 
Towing Salt Hay Illustrated . .307 
Two-horse Cultivator Wanted 415 
Walks and Talks on the Farm. No. 71— Plows— Steel 
Teeth for Harrows — Hand Potato Digger — Thrash- 
ing Machines— Plowing' Under Clover— Ditchinc — 
Graes on Road-sides— Weeds 410-41 1 
1 INDEX TO "BASKET" OR SHORTER ARTICLES. 
Abronias 400 Kent uekv Strawberry. . . ,403 
Ag'l Chemical Analysis. .403 Letters, "Private, etc -102 
Am. Pomological Soc... 405;Mass. Hort. Society 405 
Apple Butter 4041" Mexican" Strawberry. .405 
Australia, What they say. 405. Names 404 
Bresce's Potatoes 401} N. J. State Fair 405 
Bulls in the Street 406lNo Advice to Sell 401 
Cabbages, Saucrkrout.. .105 Obituary 105 
California State Fair -10!>,Our Young Folks 404 
Cauliflower Seed 404PeriH. Hort. Soc tOS 
Cheering Reports 403 Petroleum on Wheels. . 103 
Chickens, Precocious 40;3|Plaining-milI Shavings. .400 
Dealers in Implements.. .104 Planting Walnuts. ..... .406 
Death of R. L. Allen 404jPoiuts of Light Brahma-. 109 
Downing'sFrnit^ 405 1 Potatoes by Mail 404 
Dwarfing"* Fruits 403 Poultry Show 405 
Facts for Advertisers . . .402 Pratt 1 8 Astral Oil 406 
Farmers' Club 400 Premium Bull 403 
Fattening Poult rv 403] Queen's Co. Ag'l. Soc 400 
Fertilizing Sand-banvnsMor. Resources of South in 
Fowl, B?st Stock 406 Fields 404 
Grape Trellises 404, Salt for Fowls 40 1 
Grimes's Golden Apple.. 405 Scuppcrnong Grape 404 
Hedge Questions 406 Setting Trees 400 
Hens with Soft Eggs 404 Southerner'slmpressione LOO 
Horse-radish 404 Special Premium 403 
Houses Wanted 406 Sundry Hinnbuss 103 
Huckleberry Culture 40o,The. Christian Union. . ..404 
Humbug Explanations.. 402 Weather and Crop -103 
nydrophobiain Caule.,.400 Wcc?hawken Grapes.. ' 
Kansas at Pomol. Soc. ...400 White Grub in Pa.. V) 
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AMERICAN AGRICULTURIST. 
NEW YOKK, NOVEMBER, 1869. 
While the farmer is garnering the lust of the 
products of the soil, and is making preparation for 
a season of comparative rest from severe labor and 
pri ising cares, all nature is preparing for its long 
winter's nap. The protection of the dead plants 
and forest leaves keeps life in many a delicate root. 
The buds of the forest trees are encased in many a 
fold of downy wrappers. Insects lay their eggs, 
which arc to be hatched by the spring sun, and 
thcu die ; or they enclose themselves in mummy 
cases, and, hiddeu away in nooks and corners under 
the leans or the soil, they wait for the touch of 
spring. Sqnirrels lay away their stores of nuts and 
grain, and other animals lay on stores of fat, upon 
which to draw for warmth and sustenance during 
the gold weather. It is natural for any kind of 
stock to go into winter quarters fat. If we take 
the hint, we shall learn that, as a rule, animals are 
most easily fattened in the autumn, and that if we 
would winter our stock easily, we must get them 
in prime order at the season of the year. 
"We rejoice in abundant harvests, and in good 
prices for most kinds of farm produce. Full gar- 
ners and sleek cattle should suggest our obligation., 
to the All-giver, and prompt us to share His bounty 
with those less favored. Thanksgiving Day is a 
sort of Harvest Home festival, in its commemora- 
tion of the harvest. Let us heartily enjoy it, with 
all its happy memories and pleasant associations. 
Hints About Work. 
Buildings. — Every thing ought to be put in order 
for cold weather. Earth may be banked up against 
the foundations of cellars. Stables may be boarded 
up on the inside, and the space filled with straw or 
leaves. Tighten the weather-boarding where it is 
loose. Set glass where panes are broken, and look 
to leaks around chimneys, holes in the roof, etc. 
Beeves should be withdrawn from the pastures, and 
put in their regular winter quarters. They will 
bear pushing now to the utmost. 
Cows. — Feed succulent, milk-producing food, and 
be sure that the milkers do not dry off the cows to 
save themselves the trouble of milking. Keep the 
stables very clean, aud feed liberally if there are 
fears of their Blinking their calves, and until snow- 
covers the ground give them some pasturage. After 
this give them a clod of earth occasionally to mum- 
ble. Add a handful of bone meal to their daily 
feed, of which rye bran, or wheat bran should form 
a part ; feed pumpkins without seeds while they last 
Young Cattle. — Keep them in open yards with 
plenty to eat, aud with deep, warm sheds, in which 
they will be secure from the effects of Etorms. 
Sheep.— Wo provide for April lambs this month, 
and both rams aud ewes should be in good condi- 
tion. Feed roots cut up, oil-meal, or grain-meal of 
some kind, and give the rams oats, in addition. 
Those who feed sheep usually calculate to have the 
grain which they consume add simply its own value 
to the sheep, while all the profit they look for and 
the pay for care aud labor is in the manure which 
they make; to this end the yards aud sheds are 
constructed, an abundant supply of litter is pro- 
vided, and everything tends to make the manure 
pile grow. In a less degree, the same is true of 
other fattening stock, the manure from which is al- 
ways the richest. 
Horses. — If possible, have the stable so arranged 
as to be more easily kept clean than neglected. 
Young horses ought to be stabled, and as carefully 
groomed as older ones. The horses future is in a 
great measure decided by his first winter. Noth- 
ing will compensate for neglect. Old horses, 
especially those which have been hardworked, may 
have the range of a piece of woodland or brush 
pasture until snow comes, and will do well, if the 
grass and bushes have not been gnawed down too 
close by sheep and other horses. Horses do well, 
at least early in the season, on corn stalks, and will 
often eat them cleaner than cows. If cut too short, 
they will give the horses sore mouths. 
Swine. — Fatten upon boiled potatoes and meal. 
or boiled corn, or in some way cook all the feed of 
fattening swine. Breeding sows that have got 
their full growth need not be fed much grain. 
Grain of all kinds should not be left in the sheaf 
or stook, but corn should be husked and wheat 
thrashed and stored in rat-proof granaries as soon 
as possible. Market at fair prices rather than hold. 
Corn. — It is time now to have all the corn husked 
and stored in airy cribs. Stack the stalks near the 
barns, or better, store in the barn or under cover, 
if there is room, as they retain flavor longer. 
Cabbages, if not marketable at remunerative 
prices, make excellent milk-producing fodder. Put 
them in the barn cellar or in trenches for winter 
use. All decayed leaves must be stripped off and 
given to the hogs, or the milk will taste. 
Soots. — Before storing, expose them in small 
heaps for several days, to "sweat" off their super- 
abundant moisture. Top them without cutting 
the flesh, and store them clean as possible. 
Pbtatoes iu pits in the open ground must have 
free ventilation at first, whieh should be reduced 
as the weather grows colder, and just before the 
ground freezes up solid, the heaps must have their 
la?t coat of earth, and not before. 
Fall Plowing. — Do as much plowing as possible, 
particularly of land likely to lie long wet in the 
spring. If plowed it will be fit to work earlier. 
Manure. — Be sure to lay iu plenty of muck, 
swamp grass, leaves, and other litter, to work into 
the manure during the winter. Spread or turn the 
heaps, to prevent heating, or keep hogs upon the 
manure. Manure in cellars ferments nearly as read- 
ily in winter as in summer ; hence it is necessary 
either to tread it, so that air shall have little aeceE , 
or to work it over frequently, (both of which opera- 
tions are imperfectly done by hogs), or to mix it 
with large quantities of soil or of inert vegetable 
matter. The last alternative is probably most de- 
sirable, the more so as it does not interfere with 
the improvement of the mass by the other proc- 
esses. Leaves from the forest, gathered aud stored 
dry, dry muck, 6wamp hay. straw, etc.,— one or all 
are easily procurable on most farms, even as latejis 
this, and the value of the manure made maybe 
increased in proportion to the enlarged bulk. 
Draining may be pushed on so long as the ground 
