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AMERICAN AGRICULTURIST. 
[November, 
Contents for November, 1873. 
Ayrshire Cow, Beacon Belle Illustrated. .401 
Bolt, A Lock Nut Illustrated. .418 
Borders, Carpeting Beneath Shrubs 422 
Boys and Girls' Columns— To the Boys and Girls— The 
Doctor's Talks— The Award of Prizes— About Bats 
Illustrated.. 421. 428 
Centennial Horticultural Society 407 
Cheese, Neufchatel 419 
Concord Going Back 423 
Cranberry Crop, Enemies of 422 
Cottage Gardening, Example in 421 
Farm Work in November 402 
Fleetwood Scroll Saw Illustrated . .469 
Flowers, Beiberstein's Mouse-ear Chickweed 111.. 421 
Flower-Garden and Lawn in November 404 
Flowers, Star of Bethlehem Illustrated.. in 
Fruit Garden in November 403 
Goose and its Varieties Illustrated. 419 
Greenhouse :md Window Hants in November 404 
Horse-tail— Mare's-tail 407 
Honses, How to Move 3 Illustrations . . 417 
Household Department — What Shall we have for 
Breakfast ? — Rustic Window Boxes — Home Topics — 
Cleaning Coat-Collars— Feather Beds 3 111. .425, 42C 
Irrigation, Cart for 2 Illustrations.. 416 
Jackass, Poitou , Illustrated . .416 
Kitchen Garden in November 403 
Lmnber, Bois d' Arc for 422 
Market Reports 404 
Money or Skill, Which f 423 
Nebraska State Fair 409 
New York State Fair 409 
Notes from the Pines — Bnildi'ng a Greenhouse — Vallo- 
ta purpurea — New Americau Star Thistle — Fountain 
Plant — Clapp's Favorite Pear — American Potatoes 
' in England— Alchohol for Mealy-bngs— Celosias — 
Celosia Hnttonii— Doable Canna— Trouble with Lil- 
ies— Centaury Plant ..423 
Oatmeal in Drink 419 
Ogden Farm Papers, No. 45— Agriculture in Holland — 
Reclaiming Land from the Sea— Mr. Sluis's Farm — 
Farm Buildings — Dutch Cattle — StableB — Dutch 
Cheese 410, 411 
Orchard and Nursery in November , 403 
Peach, The Thurber Illustrated.. 424 
Premium Lists 433 — 136 
Sled-Box, Improved Illustrated.. 416 
Snakes, Do they Swallow their Young? 418 
Stable Floors 2 Illustrations.. 415 
Transportation of Grain. 9 IUut! ations. .411 — 113 
Tread-Power, Loading a , .Illustrated. AVI 
Walks and Talks on the Farm, No. 119— Wheat Crop 
—Cattle— Cooking Shelled Corn— Corn 414, 415 
Western New York Fair 409 
Water-Brush for Plants ... , Illustrated.. 428 
Water, Supply of 2 Illustrations. .418 
INDEX TO "BASKET." Oil SHOIITEK ARTICLES. 
Agricultural Children 4071 Jumping Colt 405 
American Institute Fair. .406) Keeping Esrgs 438 
American Mowers and | Keeping Milk Sweet 437 
Reapers 40fi|Land for an Orchard 439 
Am. Submerged Pump. ..403: Late Chickens 407 
BarnBuilding 489 Limestone, Value of De- 
Beacon Belle 4U7 composed 439 
Beet to England 405fMarisard Roof 439 
Beet Sugar 437;Marl;et Garden Qucries..407 
Bench to Farm 40U| Meal or Bran 'i 437 
Best Churn 406|Melou Cucumber 406 
Bone Dust 43S Milk Fever 437 
Bones, Eating 43»,Mill for Corn 437 
Breeding In-and-in 43S | Morgan Horses 43S 
Bremen Ag'l Show 43S Mossy Meadows 407 
Broom Machinery 406'Muck 433 
Buckwheat Straw 405:One Week's Business. ...40o 
Bushels and Gallons 437 Over-ripe Wheat 433 
Bulter and Cheese Ex- [Packing for Ice House. .407 
change 405! Painting and Graining.. 405 
Charcoal for Hogs 43s Paper Stock 407 
China Berries 4olV Paris Green on Trees 437 
Chowchow 437|Patent Agency 406 
Cloudy Side 439 Patent Superphosphate.. 406 
Colony, Locatlonfora 43yjPutron3 of Husbandly ...439 
Color of Durhams 43S;Paving Stables 43V 
Concrete Building 405 [Postage on Plants 406 
Concrete Houses 437iProspects for Prices 405 
Corn, Oats, and Wheat Protection forCattle 438 
for Pigs 439 Pure Guano 407 
Calendar for November. 
Cough in Pig6 406 
Crnde Petroleum 405 
Cucumber Pickles 437 
Curious Egg 437 
Dairy Questions 438 
Rancid Butter 
Rape 438 
Removing Blemish 406 
Ring Bone 438 
Salt as Manure 488 
Damp Cellar 437jSewing Machine Patents438 
Deep Cans 438 
Destroying Lice 437 
Destroying Stamps 438 
Diseased Teats 406 
Drains in Level Land. .. .407 Soiling Crops 
Dressing Sores 438 
Slobbering Horses . ..405 
Suow-Shoes and Canoes.438 
Sod, Getting a 439 
Soft Eggs 437 
Sorghum 437 
Early Eggs 407|SowingWheat 438 
Fairs and Education 405 Steam Pumps 438 
Farming in West Ya 43SJStrawberries under Glaf>s437 
Fine Tomatoes....^ .. ..437 Stnffing Birds 437 
Fleas, Killingen a Dog . . 439 
Goodenough Shoe 40'. 
Grass Named 406 
Grass for Pasture 439 
Grass Seeds 439 
Hand-Mill for Wheat . 
Sundry Humbugs 405 
Switching the Tail 438 
Swivel Plows 407 
Texas Cattle Trade 439 
Tumor on Jaw 43S 
43b, Wants Draining 438 
Hens or Docks 4371 Western Poultry Aesocia- 
Horse, Hi-Conditioned.. .439: tirm 407 
Humbugs, Sundry 405JWr«Rf the Advantage?. .137 
Improving Stock 407,Wil<VFIax 43s 
Jerseyanrt Alderney. . .„43S, Wolf Teeth 437 
Jersey Stock *105' Wool Prospects 406 
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AMERICAN AGRICULTURIST. 
NEW YORK, NOVEMBER, 1873. 
"Many a man wishes he was a farmer about 
these times,'' remarked a distinguished lawyer 
during the recent lin3ncial panic. 
"No doubt about tluit," replied a prominent 
banker. 
Only a few weeks ago one of these men, himself 
a fanner's son, spent some time on our farm, and 
from casual remarks that he made it was evident 
that he congratulated himself that he was not a 
fanner. 
"After all," we observed, "the prosperity of the 
country depends to a great extent on our agricul- 
ture. Bankers and business men will find, sooner 
or later, that anything which hurts the farmer will 
hurt them. It is slow work digging money out of 
the soil, but successful agriculture is the true road 
to national wealth, and we are in great danger of 
overlooking this well-established fact." 
We shall all suffer more or less from the panic. 
But the ultimate effect will be beneficial. It will 
clear the atmosphere. Financial men will realize 
that farmers, who are getting only from ten to 
thirty cents a bushel for corn, can not buy railroad 
bonds. 
As the readers of the American Agriculturist 
know, we have repeatedly predicted the present 
condition of affairs. We regret the loss and suf- 
fering. But it is well that we should all occasion- 
ally touch bottom, and realize whence our wealth 
and strength as a nation are derived. 
Bints about Work. 
Securing the Crops is the most important work of 
the month. Not a day or hour should be lost. 
Potatoes on many farms are still in the ground. 
Make an effort to get them out at once. Nothing 
is to be gained by delay. The days are getting 
shorter and the weather colder and more uncertain. 
See Hints for last month. 
Corn Hushing should be pushed vigorously for- 
ward. When corn is cheap we can often get it 
husked "on shares" more economically than any 
other way. On our own farm we pay five cents fol 
If the com is poor, 
husking a bushel of ears, 
sis cents. 
Poor, Soft Corn will scarcely pay for hu6king. 
If it is dry enough to keep in a stack or barn, bet- 
ter stow it away stalks and all for feeding out in 
winter. In this case it is best to bind the corn 
into sheaves of convenient size to pitch and unload. 
Seed Corn, if not already selected, should be se- 
cured at once. Good sound corn will be scarce in 
many sections nest 6pring. It is best preserved by 
hanging it up in traces. 
Corn Stalks should be drawn in as early as possi- 
ble after the corn is husked. Let them be entirely 
free from esternal moisture. 
Pool drops should be gathered and stowed away 
for winter use. Mangels and other beets should 
be first harvested, as they are most liable to injury 
from frost. 
1'arsnips may be left in the ground all winter 
without injury. 
Fall Plowing should be continued until stopped 
by frost. 
Wheat may 6tUl be top-dressed with manure. 
Many farmers have found benefit from spreading 
straw on the exposed parts of their wheat fields. 
Harrowing Wheat to kill weeds is well worth 
trying. It should be done when the ground is dry 
and on sunny days. It will not hurt the wheat, 
aud while in our own case it did not kill all the 
weeds it certainly destroys a good many of them. 
Surface Drainage should be attended to before 
the ground freezes. 
Underd raining in Winter can be done very econo- 
mically, but it is necessary to prepare for it before- 
hand. 
Weeds and other Rubbish on the sides of stone 
walls and ditches can sometimes be burnt to 
great advantage during dry weather in November. 
The Pushes and Coarse Grass on swamp land may 
be burnt during a high wind. We have greatly 
improved the quality of the grass on such land by 
this treatment. Commence the work in the morn- 
ing so that the fire will be all out before you leave 
it for the night. It is well to burn the grass near 
the fences before setting nre to the main body. 
Have a bunch or two of willows with which to 
beat out the fire if there is danger of the fences 
being burnt. 
Stones can be drawn to advantage in winter; but 
it is necessary to loosen them now and place a 
stone under them to prevent them freezing fast to 
the earth. 
Buildings should be examined and put in repair 
for winter. It is a good time to paint them. 
Implements and Machines that will not be wanted 
until spring should be washed with petroleum and 
stoived away for the winter. Petroleum will pre- 
serve the wood and keep the iron from rusting. 
Manure should be drawn together in a snug pile, 
and not be left scattered about the yards. It wUl 
commence to ferment, and keep on fermenting 
moderately all winter. 
Potato Tops should be drawn to the yards, where 
they will be useful as an absorbent and make 
manure. 
Leaves and Muck may be gathered for bedding and 
manure. Stow them away under cover where they 
can be easily obtained as required. 
Fences should be examined and repaired. A nail 
in time saves nine. 
Cellars should be thoroughly cleaned. See that 
the windows fit snug and that they can be easily 
opened and shut. Bank up for winter if neeeesary. 
Put as few vegetables in the cellar as possible, and 
see that you have the means for perfect ventilation. 
Dry Earth is a capital disinfectant. Pnt a load 
or two of earth in barrels or in one corner of the 
cellar where it can be obtained as wanted in the 
winter. Should your cellar be damp in the spring 
this dry earth will be useful to scatter on the floor. 
Wood for winter should have been cut and piled 
months ago ; but if you have neglected it go to the 
