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AMERICAN AGRICULTURIST. 
'^OCTOBER, 
Contents for October, 1873. 
American Pomologieal Society 309 
Bag Holder and Lifter 3 Illustrations. . 372 
Barreling Press 2 Illustrations. 384 
Boys and Girls' Department— The Early Bird— A Blind 
Spot in your Eye— Aunt Sue's Puzzle-Box— Grape- 
Gatherers 1 1llustrations.. Z&l, 3SS 
Bulbs in House Culture 383 
Cattle Sale, Duchess 398 
Cheese, Auvergne 3 Illustrations. . 37G 
Corn Fodder, Stacking Illustrated. . 377 
Cranberry Culture, Requisites of .. 382 
l>uck, Good Points in a Rouen 375 
Pair List I 393 
Farm Work in October 362 
Flower-Garden and Lawn fur October 364 
Fruit, Cracking by Rain 381 
Fruit Garden for October 363 
Good Cross in Sheep— Cotswolds aud South-Downs... 375 
Grain -Farming, Decline in the East 378 
Greek Valerian Illustrated. .381 
Green Fodder, How to Preserve 378 
Greenhouse and Window Plants for October 304 
Household — Convenient Clothes Horse— Home Topics 
— Children's Work — Cooking Cauliflower— Recipes. 
Illustrated . .WZ, 3SG 
Hunting Deer 2 Must 'rations.. 373 
Japan Creeper Illustrated.. 3S3 
Joseph Arch Illustrated . .370 
Kitchen Garden for October 3G3 
Kyanizing Plant Labels 3S2 
Market Report 304 
Mountain Home in Colorado 374 
Ogdeu Farm Papers, No. 44— Crops— Top-Dressing — 
Draining— Corn— Help 371,372 
Orchard and Nursery for October 303 
Packing and Marketing Produce 3S2 
Prize Farming, English 379 
Root Houses, now to Build 3 Illustrations. .37G 
Roots, Preserving in Heaps 2 Illustrations.. 377 
Salt-Marsh Centaury Illustrated.. 381 
Salt Marshes, Reclaiming 377 
Stacking with the Horse-Fork Illustrated. . 372 
Stock Raising at the West 5 Illustrations.. 379 
Variegated Plants 383 
Walks and Talks on the Farm, No. 118— Oats— Oats 
ftad Pom — Hay OroD— SuuerDhoanhate — Timothy 
Grass 374 
Wheat, Top-Dressing 37S 
Window-Gardening, Preparing for 3S3 
Wire, How to Wrap with 2 Illustrations. .376 
INDEX TO "BASKET," OIt SHORTER ARTICLES. 
Agricultural College, Ala.366 ;Horse, The Perfect 307 
Agriculturist inTasmania365 Humbugs, Sundry 39S 
Apples, Trouble with 306 Ice-House, Packing for. .365 
Artesian Wells 307 Land Sales 367 
Bolt Nuisance 369|Laughiug Plant 866 
Caterpillars, Burning 366iLetters, 'Anonymous 365 
Cats Killing Cliickeus...367|Mennonitc3 .367 
Chickens, Roup in 367iMilk, Cooling 367 
Chimneys, Decay of 365,Mi)k to a Pound ofChcese309 
China Pigs SBBjMorning Glory, Golden. 306 
Cholera, Chicken 300 Nasal Gleet 367 
Colt, Diarrhoea in a 866,Norlhem Pacific R.R 367 
Co-operative Store 867 Peas, Buggy 306 
Com and Hay 306 Peas, Harvesting 306 
Correction 305 Pipes, Water 366 
Cow, Marks of a Jersey. 305 Plantains in Lawns 305 
Cows, Linseed Oil-cake. .867IPlow Deep ? Shall we... 307 
Crops on Swamp Land. ,.367|Potatoes, Old and New. .366 
Dairy, Building a 3G6|Poudrette, Making 367 
Death of Elias Durand...S65 Poultry, Scaly Legs in.. .306 
Calendar for October. 
Deep-Can System 36' 
Diseased Apple-Leaves. .365 
Earning his Breakfast 365 
Eggs, Impregnation of.. .366 
Progeny of Half-Breeds.. 367 
Roofing, Largest Manu- 
factory of Patent 305 
Roofs, Fire proofs... . ..306 
Fair, New England 367JSt. Joseph "and Denver 
Farcy and Catarrh 367j City R.R. Bonds 367 
Farm Labor 366. Secretary, New 369 
Farm, Size for a Good.. .360 Sheep Dip 367 
Fowls, Leg Weakness In. 367 Soda or Potash 366 
Gardening 305 Sparrows, English 367 
Grass. A Bad Catch of.. .367|Stnmp Extractors. 366 
Gratifying Results .S69!8uperpb.osp'le for Wheat. 366 
Hen-Manure on Wheat. . 867 Tan-Bark on Land 366 
norse, Cough in a 366, Window Gardening 365 
Advice a.s to Stock. — " J. W. H.," who 
dates his letter Glasgow only (there are eight Glasgows 
in the U. S.), asks advice as to procuring etock for his 
farm of three hundred acres, and requests us to write 
him. Doubtless he would gently intimate that we were 
neglectful of his requests, but now he sees how it is. 
Not knowing his locality it is impossible to say what 
sort of stock he should select, as nothing is of greater 
importance than to choose tho stock with reference to 
the peculiarities of the locality. Where a large sura 
is to be spent in this manner, the greatest Btndy and 
caution should be exercised to prevent mistakes and con- 
sequent loss and disappointment. Herefords are excellent 
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AMERICAN AGRICULTURIST. 
NEW YORK, OCTOBER, 1S73. 
at all times, but it is emphatically so 011 the farm 
in October. The days are getting shorter. Work 
is very pressing. Night comes before we expect it. 
We should use all the light there is, and must be 
up bright aud early in the morning. We shall have 
time to rest by and by. An hour's work in October 
will often accomplish twice as much as in Novem- 
ber. We must avail ourselves of every fair day to 
get in the crops. A farmer, however, should rarely 
be so absorbed in the work on hand as to forget 
that which is to come. We urge an intense ac- 
tivity and energetic promptness in regard to what- 
ever needs to be done now, for this reason, among 
others, that the farmer who is ahead of his work 
or fully abreast of it will be able to avail himself of 
every opportunity that may occur to do anything 
that will facilitate his operations in future. There 
is much work which the men and teams might do 
in winter if we only maUe preparations for it before 
the ground is frozen, such as ditching, hauling 
muck, drawing stones, etc. 
Hints about Work. 
Rye may be sown the early part of the month — 
the earlier the better. 
Winter Wheat may still be 60wn as far north as 
Philadelphia. The farther south the later, as a 
rule, may winter wheat be sowu. 
Wfieal may be harrowed in the fall, whenever the 
land is dry, with much benefit. We use a Thomas's 
harrow for this purpose. The object is to kill 
small weeds, aud the work should be done as soon 
as the weed-seeds commence to germinate — say in 
two weeks after the wheat is sown. Go over the 
field two or three times. 
If Grass-seed is Sown with the Wlteat the harrowing 
must be dispensed with. 
Rolling Wheat in the fall is sometimes beneficial, 
but as a rule we prefer to let the surface of the land 
be somewhat cloddy. The frosts of winter will 
mellow aud break down the clods. In the meau- 
I time the clods afford some protection to the wheat 
plants. 
Top-dressing Wheat is still in order. Spread the 
manure evenly aud lightly on the surface. It will 
uot smother the plants. Manure so used is often 
very beneficial. 
Finish Cutting Up Corn. — Our own plan is to 
take five rows. Make the stook on the third hill 
of the center row, as shown in the annexed 
diagram : 
***** Cut the hills A and B, and 
***** place the stalks round the 
*4 *B *(Q* * standing hill at C, where the 
***** stook is to be. Then cut up the 
* * * * * other hills, and place the stalks, 
one or two hills at a time, in a neat blouk at (7. 
When done, bind the stook with two coru-stalk 
bands at top. Be careful to save the leaves, as they 
are the best part of the fodder. 
Husking Corn. — Where this is done with a ma- 
chine the corn should be bound into sheaves of a 
convenient size to pitch and load on a wagon. If 
the corn is very dry it may be mowed away in the 
barn and hu6ked in winter; but if it i6 at all damp 
or green it will mold and spoil. 
Husking by Hand in the Fkld will be the general 
practice until our mnchiues are brought nearer to 
perfection. Commence as early as the husks are 
dry enough to strip off easily. Husking in the 
cold, stormy weather of November is unpleasant 
and unprofitable work. 
D'H a '"C/ Potatoes will some day be done by machin- 
ery ; but at present the work will most be done by 
hand. A plow will help, but the ground must be 
gone over with hooks. Any other plan leaves 
more potatoes in the land than will pay for the 
digging. 
In Pitting Potatoes, cover the heaps with a layer 
of straw and then a thin layer of earth. This will 
do for the present. Then before winter sets in put 
another layer of straw all over the heap and cover 
carefully with earth. This 6econd layer of straw, 
i^oMino: dead air, will resist the severest frost. 
// Potatoes Bring a Fair Pi-ice it is usually better 
to draw them to market directly from the field. 
Have a double box on the wagon, and if the roads 
are good two horses can easily draw 50 bushels. 
Small Potatoes 6liould be kept until spring. They 
are worth far more for 6tock then than at this sea- 
sou when green food of all kinds is plenty. 
Corn-Stalks when properly cured make excellent 
fodder. Take pains when husking to make the 
bundles of stalks into good stooks that will with- 
stand a severe rain-storm. If any stooks blow 
down or get out of shape go over the field after 
the storm and reset the stooks. Hasten the curing 
as much as possible, and draw in the moment the 
stalks are in fit condition. Sap in the stalks i6 not 
half as injurious as external dampness. 
Stacks of Stalks should be made small, with a very 
high roof. Keep the middle very full and solid so 
that the stalks shall settle most towards the out- 
side and thus throw off the rain. 
Mangel-Wurzel and sugar-beets Bhould be gather- 
ed early. They are much more liable to injury 
from frost than turnips. 
Mangel Leaves are apt to scour animals, and 
should be fed only in moderate quantities. It is 
well to let them wilt a day or two before feeding. 
Fall Plowing should be pushed forward whenever 
a man and team can be spared. Put on three 
horses abreast and make thorough work. 
Weeds thai have Cone to Seed should be mown 
when wet, so that the seed will not be so liable to 
shell out. Throw into heaps and burn when dry. 
Dry Earth is very useful to scatter on the floor 
of the hen-house, pig-pens, etc. Get in a store for 
winter use and put in under cover where it can be 
easily obtained as required. 
Implements and Machines that will not be required 
until next spring should be taken apart if neces- 
sary and stowed away. Be careful to lose none oi 
the bolts or nutj. 
