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AMERICAN AGR1CULT r i! 1ST. 
[OCTOBER, 
Contents for October, 1872. 
Amaranths a3 Ornamental Plants 3S3 
Animals, Neglect of. in Autumn Illustrated. .380 
Arabian Stallion Sapphire Illustrated. 361 
Arhor.»tnm, The Arnold 383 
Beet. Fivakof Illustrated . .3«4 
Boats. Lap-Streak 3 Illustration*. .376. 377 
Boy? an'l Girls' Columns— One Less, One Mor*> — The 
Isle of Man— Autumn Leaves — Aunt Sue's Puzzle- 
Box— Trouble with a V,\z Bird. 4 Illustrations.. 3gl, 3SS 
Cabbages. Ke.-nin;! through Winter .370 
Cesspool, now to Empty" 2 Illustrations. .376 
Cisterns 370 
Corn, Ilapkins and Cribbing 370 
Com, Something about 9 /'lustrations.. 3S3. 3S4 
Dams and Ponds 5 Illustrations. . 377. 378 
Editorial Correspondence 378, 379 
E j£:s. Hatching 375 
Farm Work in October 363 
Fences. Road 373 
Flower Garden and Lawn in October. 30) 
Flowers, Bee-Balm Illustrated. . 3S1 
Flowers. The Soapwort Illustrated . .3S1 
Fruit Garden in October 363 
Garden Exneriencc 
Grass Lands. Fall Treatment of 370 
Greenhonse and Window Plants in October 364 
Greenhonse, Furnace and Flue Iilustra: 
Horses. Muzzle, for Crib-biting 2 fflwtral&ms. 376 
norticnltnral Journals . .. ... 383 
Hoitsclioll Department— Green Corn— Corn Cntter— 
Corn Fritters — Home Tonics — Visitors — Dietetic 
Ha'iits— Modes of Cookin* Fish—Baking Fresh Fish 
—BoilinLj Fish— Bustle=. Hoops, ctc..9 Must. .385, 386 
Jersey Cattle Mid Scale of Points 372 
Kitchen Garden in October. 363 
Lactometer 2 Illustrations . .S7S 
Milk. Chnraing Whole 379 
Milk, How it gets Spoiled 379 
Ogden Farm Papers, No. 3-1 — Deep-Can System— Jer- 
- ■ a Of I .371. 37'3 
Onions, Larze_ 370 
Orchard and Nnrserv in October 363 
Shad Hatching in 1S72 370 
Sheep-killing Dotrs 
Tobacco Cultnrc. The Harvest. . . .5 111 372, 373 
Vinetrar, How to Make Cider. Rapidly Bins/rated. 376 
Walks and Talks on the Farm. No. 106— Draining 
—Labor— Winter WhCTt— Clover— Spring Wheat- 
Peaches — Fannintr — Lambs — Meat in England.. 374, "75 
Window-Gardening in London— Cottage Gardens 331 
IN-DEX TO " BA-K'ir. " or. SHOBTBR ATtTICtES. 
Alfalfa 360 Hops... 305 
Baldwin Apple 365 Horse, Diseases of the... 365 
Bee Notes 367 Horse, Ill-mannered . 
Beets. E^vntia:] 366 Horticulture. Pr.it'. of 366 
Bommer's Method of Hak- Bow High Prices Come. 370 
in ? Manure 366 HmoonffS, Snndry 365 
Bricks. How Many to a Jerseys for Bntter 367 
Cubic Foot 366 Keep your Courage Up. .366 
Bntter. Well-flavored. . . .367 Lambs in Lincolnshire. .370 
Cabbages.Gas Lime i'.:>r..'j'"'5 Manures, Artificial 367 
Lima Benns366 
wet - Hints to Manu- 
' ICto r.- . 1 36fl 
...370 Mnck. Salt-Meadow. 
MativeIndnstry.Protect'n369 
Churnini, New Method. .367 Osace Orange Plants. : 
Clover-Hullcr. Price or. . .366 Peach-boring Beetle. 
Corn-meal. Cooked...... 3G7 Peaches. Pichlinir 
Corn, Will it pay toRaise"66 Pelargonium, D'ble White 
Cow. A Good 3:6 Zonal 367 
Cows. Summer Feed for..369 Piirs for Packing 
Drains. Fall W. irk on . . . .306 Plants Named 
Draining timber. I Swamp Plums. Rotting. 
Land 7 366 Posts. Ailanthus- r - 
Duchess. Another, Gem and the Potato- 
Entom. Department, Dcp. Bug 
of Agr., Yindicattonof36 
Fair. New England 363 Potatoes Sn England .. 
Farm and HonsehUdHelpSCC Power !' t1 Run ofSt )n 
Farm Cyclopedia 367 Qnestion in Proportio 
Fish Com. of ck, Report.367 Railroad Bonds 365 
Fleeces. Ecavy 369 Rams, Yonug 369 
F ; -Cutter 367 Roller, Use the 369 
F!-ititGr'w'rs"Ass.,Potom366 Roses. Pegging Down ..367 
Frnit in England 367. Sawdust for Bedding 366 
Free Lands in Iowa 365 Sawdust for Mnlch 367 
Greenhouses 367 SeeilincrDownintheFal] 366 
Grnbs in Strawberry Bed 370 Sifter, Mazic 369 
nail Insurance 365 s,,il for Compost 366 
Hav. C-ittiNL". in Wet Sow, Prolific 367 
Weather. 367 Steam Plows 365 
neelintr-In 367 Tents. Materials for.. . .370 
Hens. Bgg-eating 367 Tront-Cnlrnre. Practical. .309 
Hive, Lan^stroth's. . ..366'Wheat, Wintur, iuMass..367 
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AMERICAN AGRUFLTrRIST. 
NEW YORK, OCTOBER, 1-: 
On onr own .farm we nstially find October the 
busiest month in the year. There is not only more 
actual work to be done, lint it is of a character that 
requires close personal supervision. A farmer needs 
to rise early, lay good plans, work himself, and 
make others work, lie mast look to [he details, 
and see that every hoe, potato-book, corn-cnttcr, 
basket, shovel, spade, fork, rake, scythe, chain, 
rope, ladder, plow, coulter, plow-point, harrow, 
cultivator, cart, wagon, wheelbarrow, crow-bar, 
hammer, nail, bolt, monkey-wrench, and anger is 
not only in good order, but is in its proper place 
where it can be fonnd at any moment. Many an 
hour of valuable time, both of men and horses, is 
lost for want of system, order, and forethought. 
The success of a farmer to a considerable extent 
depends on close attention to these little matters 
of detail. He may hire a man that can husk as 
much corn or dig as many potatoes a day as he can. 
but wc have never yet found a man who wonld 
mend a thing as soon as it was broken, keep every- 
thing in its place, or leave of his own accord unim- 
portant work that he liked to do, and go at import- 
ant work that he did not like to do. 
Farmers should not only attend the Agricultural 
Fairs themselves, but allow their men to go too. 
We know from experience that nothing so effec- 
tually disarms them of prejudice. We like to see 
a farmer and his boys and his hired men looking at 
improved stock and examining new implements. 
Ton will find it useful to take the addresses of ex.- 
hibitors of good stock or of implements that you 
may sometime wish to purchase. All seusible 
manufacturers have circulars describing their 
machines; take one of them to read when you 
get home. It is a great mistake to confine your 
attention to new things. It is better to look after 
the improvements that may have been made in old 
implements and machines. Do not overlook the 
fruit, vegetable, grain, and dairy departments. A 
good Agricultural Fair is a grand means of improve- 
ment, but it is quite an art to know how to examine 
the articles to the best advantage. 60 at it sys- 
tematically. Finish one department before you go 
to another. Do not te in a hurry on the one hand, 
or stop to loiter on the other. Do not waste your 
time and energy in finding fault with the officers. 
' If you are not an exhibitor, look at the articles on 
exhibition, and see if you have nothing at home 
that would have taken a prize — and make up your 
mind to exhibit uext year. 
Hint*, about Work. 
Cuttiurj up (font.— Unless it is intended to husk 
the com from the standing rows, the work of cut- 
ting and stooking, if not already concluded, should 
be finished as early as possible. 
Hutting. — In our own case we find it far cheaper 
to have corn husked by the bushel than by the day. 
We usually pay from four to six cents a bushel of 
ears, depending on the quality of the corn. Last 
year we paid six cents. This year the corn is so 
much larger and better ripened that the busker 
can make more at five cents than he could last year 
at six cents. We say "be," but in point of fact 
this work is often done by women, or by a man 
who has a wife and children to help him. It is 
often with us cheaper to have it husked on shares. 
A correspondent of the. Agriculturist in Wisconsin 
5] .Iks of paying one third the crop for husking. 
We often get the work done for one seventh or 
one eighth. That is to say, the busker takes one 
bushel and leaves us seven. When corn is cheap 
it is generally better to have it husked on shares. 
See that the corn is husked clean, and that the 
stalks are tied up properly. 
Cribbing Com. — If the corn is sound, dry, and 
hard, it may be kept in a large crib, but if Eome- 
what soft it will be necessary to take some pains 
to keep it from molding. The narrower tiie crib 
the better, and it is well to make some chimneys, 
in the corn with boards. Soft corn should be 
spread out on a floor where it will dry, and be 
turned occasionally. Feed it out at once. It is 
better for cows and cattle than for fattening pigs 
Oarn-StaUa. — Hay is likely to be scarce and high. 
Wheat-straw is with us of poor quality, and w 
shall need all onr corn-stalks for fodder. Their 
value for fodder depends a gnat deal on how thev 
are cured. Make the stooks upright and compact, 
so that they will shed the rain. Draw in as soon as 
they are cured, for at this season I he weal her is very 
uncertain. A little sap in the stalks is far less in- 
jurious than external moisture. Half the stalks in 
the country are seriously damaged by careless, 
harvesting. 
Potatoes. — Dig as soon as they are ripe. Fine 
weather is important, and there is nothing to be 
gained and everything to lose by delay. Unless 
you have every convenience for keeping, it is 
usually best to sell as last as you dig them — draw- 
ing them from the field to market. 
Small Tttaioes are of far more value as food in the 
early spring than in the fall. They pay well for 
keeping, either in a barn-ce'.lar or in pits. 
Pits fir Potatoes should be made on dry soil and 
where there is no danger of water standing in the 
spring. Our own plan is to make a deep dead- 
furrow with a plow, and then throw out the soil 
on each side so as to make the bottom of the pit 
about three feet w)de. Cover the potatoes with 
four or five inches of straw, and theu throw on a 
light coat of soil, about sufficient to cover the 
straw, leavingsome ventilators at top. Jostbef 
winter sets in, put on another coat of straw thai cover 
it with earth. This second coat of straw holds 
dead air between two layers of earth, and will kec;. 
out the severest frost. 
Potato-Tops are well worth drawing to the yard to 
absorb the liquid manure. Allowing them to re- 
main scattered over ihe field until spring is a very 
slovenly practice. 
Weeds and Rubbish are best got rid of by setting 
fire to them. They burn better now than iu the 
spring. Be careful that the lire does not spread 
to fences or the woods or mucky land. 
Fall Plowing.— Unless the soil is very candy am' 
