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AMERICAN AGRICULTURIST. 
[May, 
Contents for May, 1871. 
Bee Notes for May 169 
Boys and Girls' Columns. — Among the Bees— Aunt 
Sue's Pnzzle Box— Rebuses — The Woods in May— 
3 Illustrations. . 1S7-1S8 
Breachy Cattle ITS 
Checker-berry or Wintergreen IHust rated.. ISi 
Dwarf Cornel or Bunch-berry Ulust rated.. 1SI 
Early Cucumbers 1S3 
English Double-farrow Plow 2 Illustrations.. lit 
Farm Work for May 162 
Fence — Cheap Two-rail ITS 
Flower Garden and Lawn i n May 163 
Fruit Garden in May 163 
Greenhouse and Window Plauts in May 163 
Harrow — Home-made 3 Illustrations. .ITT 
Horses— Lord Clyde Illustrated. . 161 
Household— About Baskets — Ilome Topics— Teach. 
Tour Daughters — Ironing Made Easy — Unprincipled 
Neatness— Lunches — Recipes 2 Illustrations.. 185-186 
Kitchen Garden in May 163 
Market Reports 165 
May-flower, or Trailing Arbutus Illustrated. .181 
Mess Pork ITS 
Musk-Ox Illustrated. . 173 
Notes from the Pines— Bulbs— Bulbocodium— Ane- 
mones and Ranunculuses— Cabbage- worm— Cordon 
Apples — Sowing Weeds— Labels 1S3 
Ogden Farm Papers No. IT — Bala ncc-Sheet— Manure 
— Soiling Cows— Increasing Value of Herd — Cow 
Management 1T0-1T1 
Orchard and Nursery in May 163 
Partridge-berry Illustrated. . VSA 
Peas and Potatoes 1S2 
Petroleum— Early Days of the Business... 6 7tftf*\.lT0-lS0 
Poultry— An Egg -Farm Illustrated. . 169 
Poult ry -House and Grapery 5 Illustrations.. 1T6 
Riding ou Horseback. No. 3 4 Illustrations. .1T1-1T2 
Roller and Marker combined Illustrated. 1S2 
Roses for Winter-flowering Illustrated. . 181 
Swedish Dairy Farming ITS 
Sweet Corn and Celery 1S2 
Soaking Seeds 1S3 
Sturgeons and tbeir Products Illustrated. .1T3 
Verbenas— Self-sown 183 
Walks and Talks on the Farm, No. S9— Doings 
on the Farm— Plowing out Stubble— Manure — Get- 
ting out Stones— Market-Days— Corn-Planting. .1T4-175 
HJDEX TO "BASKET," OR SHORTER ARTICLES. 
A< , TicuHnralImplenleuts.l66 , Locality for Gardening.. 168 
Bam Weevil 166 Milk in Slimmer 187 
Boiled Corn for Hogs. . ..168 Milk-Rooms 165 
Bones for Hens 166 Mr. Judd's Residence 165 
Bouehton Wheat 168 Night-Soil 167 
Brushing Peas 16T Norway Oats 168 
Buying Manure 167, Onion 166 
Charcoal for Earth-clos- Osiers 16T 
ets 166 Peas 166 
Chester Whites 16T Pear-tree in Garden 167 
Chinese Yam IGSIPeruviau Gnano or Pou- 
Colic in Piss 16S drette 166 
Corn Husking lGSIPlan of Hog-pen ItiT 
Cotton-Seed vs. Plaster . . 16T ( Plants for Rock-work. . . 16T 
Conant's Binder 165 Plowing under Clover. . .167 
Cranberry Lands 16S Pomegranate 167 
Cnrrv-coinbs and Brushe=166 \ Poultfv Manure 167 
Dairy Cows 163 1 Raisins 168 
Earth under Buildings... 163 Raising Turkeys 166 
Fall Fallowing 167 Rye and Abortion 168 
Farmer or Carpenter 156 Schools for Toting Ladiesl66 
Fattening Chickens 167 Smut in Wheat 168 
Fish Breeding 163 [Sows Eating their Youngl67 
Gang-Plows and Perche- Steam-engines for Farmsl66 
rons 16S Sundry Humbugs 166 
Gas-Lime lf»S| Swamp-mud Ashes 168 
Hedge under Trees 166 Tame Deer 167 
Hoop-Poles 166 Tea as an Ornamental 
Importation of Poultry.. 16S| Shrub 167 
Interested Recommen'da- Thornless Honey Locust. 166 
tions. . 168 Timothy in Penusylvanial68 
Jersev or Alderney 167 [Trophv Tomato.. . 168 
Kerry Cows '. 168 Veg etables and Fruits... 167 
Large Duck's Ei'g 167 Where to Locate 16S 
Luge Begs " l«S. Windmills 167 
Old Slalcetl Lime.- 1 B. F. S." can get 
some lime that has been exposed to the weather for six 
months, and a?ks if h is worth the drawing to spread on 
the laud for manure? — Certainly it is. Probably not 
more than half the lime has been converted back into 
carbonate of lime : the remaining half is just as good as 
fregh-slaked lime, and even the carbonate is valuable for 
manure. Pnt it on at the rate of 2 bushels of the slaked 
lime to a square rod, and work it into the soil. 
Cure for Hog Cholera.— "J. B. C M " of 
Kentucky, gives the Agriculturist " an almost infallible 
cuee for Hog Cholera," viz. : One part slaked lime to 
three parts soft-soap. " My hogs," he says, " were affect- 
ed with cholera, and I used it by smearing it on the corn 
or mixing in their feed, and it cured in every instance, 
almost. My neighbor refused for a leng time to use it, 
on account of its simplicity, and lost seven hogs to my 
•ne. It is not a lew remedy, however, by any means." 
Calendar for May. 
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4 53 7 
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4 43 7 11 
1 41 7 12 
4 40 7 13 
4S9 7 14 
4 38 7 IS 
4 37 7 16 
4 36 7 17 . 
4 3". 7 11 sets 
4 34 7 19| 8 35 
4 33 7 20; 9 SO 
4 33 7 31 10 33 
4 31 7 32 11 10 
4 31 7 23 11 53 
4 30 7 24 morn 
4 397 25 29 
•4 39 7 26 1 S 
4 33 7 2; 1 33 
4 27 7 28 
4 27 7 38 
4 26729 
3 32 
1 3 50 
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3 rises 
4 8 7 
5 9 21 
6 10 3S 
7 11 12 
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1 17 
1 53 
2 21 
2 4^ 
9 10 
... 35 
3 59 
4 25 
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Philadelphia, 
yew Jersey, 
Perm., Ohio. 
Indiana, and 
Illinois. 
Washington, 
Maryland, 
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4 5S 
4 56 
4 55 
4 54 
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4 44 
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4 41 
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4 39 
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7 Oj 8 4 
7 1 9 20 
7 2 10 S3 
7 3 11 31 
7 4 morn 
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1 49 
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3 10 
3 35 
4 1 
4 38 
14 sets 
7 15 S 30 
7 16 9 34 
7 17 10 17 
7 IS 11 4 
7 19 11 47 
7 20 mora 
7 20 25 
7 21 59 
7 82 
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5 1 6 53' 
5 6 51 
4 59 6 55 
4 78 6 56 
4 57 6 57 
4 55 6 58 
4 54 6 59 
4 53 7 
4 52 7 1 
4 51 7 2 
4 507 2 
4 49 7 3 
4 49 7 4 
4 48 7 5 
4 47 7 6 
4 46 7 
4 45 7 
4 44 7 
4 43 7 
4 437 
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1 58 
2 36 
2 56 
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4 407 
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PHASES OF THE MOOX. 
BOSTON. X. TORS. WASn"X. : CHA'STOS CHICAGO. 
Full 
3d Quart.. . 
New Moon 
1st Qnart. 
d. n. >r. it. it. n. 31. St. M. n. m. 
4 6 16 ev. 6 4 ev. 5 52 ev. 5 40 ev. 5 10 ev. 
11 9 39 m. 9 27 m. 9 15 m. 9 3 m. 8 33 m. 
19 6 1 111. 5 49 m. 5 37 m. 1 5 25 m. 4 55 m. 
27 Slim. 8 6 m. ; 7 54 m 1 7 42 m 7 13 m. 
AMERICAS AGRICULTURIST. 
NEW YORK, MAT, 1871. 
May is always a capricious month ; fine weather 
alternates -with drenching rains, and not unfre- 
quently the snow-flake flies, and " "Winter lingers 
in the lap of May; 1 ' bnt the diligent farmer is 
not thereby discouraged, but patiently toils ou, im- 
proving every moment, until all the appointments 
of his farm are in perfect order, and the labor of 
planting and sowing is at last done, and well done. 
Always do what is most urgent and most import- 
ant. Early rising, aud punctuality in every thing, 
is now most necessary to success. 
Hints altont Work. 
Beef Cattle. — Roots may be employed as a relish, 
with the usual dry feed. Curry and brush off 
every day; give an hour or two of exercise in some 
dry, pleasant yard. Bring them to green feed by 
degrees, increasing the rations of meal daily as the 
warm weather advances. 
Beets. — Those who raise stock, should now put 
in their field-crop of beets. Select a piece of 
ground where the soil is deep and rich— not less 
than one-fourth of an acre — an acre would be bet- 
ter. For good land, from fifteen to twenty two- 
horse wagon-loads of barn-yard manure to the 
acre will do. Break up and harrow the land well. 
Throw the surface into narrow ridges by back-fur- 
rowing — from two to two and one-half feet apart. 
Rake off the tops of the ridges, and sow on them 
with the seed-drill, from the 1st to the loth of 
May, from tive to sis pounds of good seed to the 
acre. Expect from 20 to 25 tons of roots in a good 
season, when the crop is well taken care of. 
Buildings. — Take away the earth or other bank- 
ing from the lower beams and wood-work of farm- 
buildings. Wherever foundations have settled, level 
them up. Examine barn and stable floors, and 
where there is a defective plank, replace it. Gen- 
eral repairing and refitting continued this month. 
Birds.— In many of the States, laws are in force 
for the protection of birds. Where such is not the 
case, each farmer should take upon himself the 
office of their defense. Most birds are his friends. 
Bones. — It is not practicable for farmers to grind 
bones themselves. Where a bone-mill is accessible, 
sell the bones and buy the ground material. The 
best way to treat bones on the farm is to break 
them as fine as practicable, and mix them with good 
ashes. The whole being kept moist, not so wet as 
to leach, the bones will after some time crumble. 
Calves. — The remarks of last month upon calves, 
both for rearing and fattening, are applicable to this. 
Carrots. — Sow a broad space to the Long Orange, 
or White Belgiau carrot, as soon as the ground be- 
comes warm and dry. Distance between-the rows, 
from sixteen to twenty inches. Test your seeds. 
Sow two pounds good seed to the acre. Yield, 
with good attention and a good season, three hun- 
dred bushels of the smaller kinds, and four hun- 
dred and fifty of the White Belgian per acre. Ex- 
tra cultivation has produced one thousand bushels 
of the latter per acre. 
Corn. — Devote to this, the greatest of our farm 
crops, all the ground that can be spared — old mossy 
pasture-laud — meadows choked up with daisy or 
wild grass, or where the grass-seed has not taken 
well. Manure heavily ; plow deep. After the 
ground is prepared, mark out green sward with a 
light plow or marker; plow land with a subsoil 
plow. Plant same day. Choose a variety of seed 
sure to ripen. Soak in warm water ; stir in a little 
pine or coal-tar when swelled, and roll in plaster 
before planting. 
Coics. — The remarks in regard to the feeding of 
beeves, will apply equally to cows, except that the 
quantity of meal per head need not be increased as 
the warm weather advances. Accustom them to 
green feed, by degrees. Look closely after those 
that are calving, aud guard against constipated 
bowels and swelled udders by remedies heretofore 
recommended. If the calf sneks, strip out the 
milk left. Milk clean, and as fast as possible. 
Brains. — Inspect underdrains all over the farm 
when it is rainy weather, and see that the water 
from above does not throw out the tiles, and fill the 
inside with obstructions. Clear away the outlets, 
so that the water can have a free passage. Open 
all the ditches in your grain fields, so that the 
springing crop may not be water-killed. 
Grain Fields. — Early this month scatter over the 
fields put down to grain, such fertilizers as plaster, 
ashes, guano, etc. Common house-ashes are more 
easily obtained by farmers at a distance from large 
cities. Leached ashes may be obtained if there be 
an ashery in the immediate neighborhood. 
Bbrses. — See that harnesses fit well ; sr-onge and 
rub off the shoulders, feet, and legs of laboring 
horses, and blanket them only after severe exercise. 
Machines and Tools. — Find out what you need for 
the coming season ; order them promptly-, so that 
there need be no delay when they are required. 
Mowers, particularly, should be ordered at once, as 
early grass will be ready to cut next month. 
Manure. — Neither sell nor waste any manure, and 
take every opportunity of increasing the stock on 
hand. It is like money in bank. Make a tank for 
liquid manure, and start a compost-heap wherever 
convenient to do so. 
Meadows. — Xcver pasture your mowing ground 
at this season. Buy hay in preference. The same 
fertilizers may be applied to meadows as are rec- 
ommended above for grain fields. Liquid manure 
is the best application for irrigated meadows, and 
is equally good for any other kind of hay land. 
Peas aud Oats. — This, as a forage or soiling crop, 
will he ready before corn. Plow in the peas, and 
give the oats a light harrowing. Sow the first part 
of the month. 
Potatoes. — Plant early, and let what manure you 
use be spread equally over the surface. Plant good 
full-grown seed. 
Poultry. — As soon as the gardens are planted, 
place the poultry where they will not trouble 
them, and where they can have plenty of air, wa- 
ter, and exercise. Young chickens may be allowed 
to run in the garden, if the hens arc cooped near 
by. Geese, dncks, and hens should be set early; 
turkeys not so soon, by two or three weeks. 
Pumpkins. — Where corn is not planted too thick- 
ly, and the land is underdrained and well manured. 
