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AMERICAN AGRICULTURIST. 
Contents for April, 1864. 
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Animals— Green Food in Spring 112 
Bailey— Notes on Cultivation 107 
Uarometer and Thermometer in February. Illustrated. 104 
Li utter and Cheese— Amount in Milk 110 
Bees— Apiary in April 100 
Beets and Carrots— Raising Early 115 
Books for Farmers and others 101 
Boys and Girls' Columns— A Garden for Every Child 
—A Curious Animal, the Trumpet Rat— Curious Ar- 
rangement of Figures— Problems and Puzzles- 
Strayed away from Home— The Sanitary Commis- 
sion and the Scotch Woman— Eccentric Fowls- 
Habits of Animals— A Remarkable Dog— Two 
Rogues instead of One 4 Illustrations.. 119-1 20 
Bread Making— Notes and Directions 118 
Carrots— Cu titration of Illustrated. . 108 
Cattle— To Keep Flies from 106 
Cauliflower— Directions for Culture 116 
Celery— Turnip-rooted. Illustrated. .116 
Cheese Making— Notes on Ill 
'Cooking Hints— Plain Indian Puddins— Rusk— Corn 
Cake— Fruit Cake— Fancy Crullers 119 
Corn Covering Implements Illustrated. .100 
■Corn Marker— Convenient Home-made- . Illustrated 108 
Cows— Abortion in 106 
Cranberry Culture— Subduing Sedge and Moss 114 
Farm Work, etc., for April 97 
Fences — To Keep Posts from Heaving 107 
Flax Culture— Profits of 110 
Flower Garden and Lawn in April 99 
Flowers — Arrangement of Colors 115 
Flowers, Everlasting— Desirable 115 
Fruit Garden in April 99 
Fruit Trees— Influence of Stocks on Grafts 115 
Furniture— Hints on Buying 118 
Garden— Convenient Implements 2 Illustrations. .112 
Garden— Kitchen in April... 98 
Grape Notes from Missouri 114 
Grape Vines— Directions for Planting Ill 
GrapeVines in the Garden 4 Illustrations. .110 
Grapery, Cold — in April 100 
Green and Hot-Houses in April 100 
Hard Times at " Hard Scrabble " 110 
Herbs— Cultivation of Ill 
House Plans and Building Hints 6 Illustrations . .\0§ 
Household Ornaments— Cigar Box Illustrated. AM 
Lawns — Improvement of 115 
Leeks— Use and Culture Illustrated. .109 
Manures— Tests of Value 107 
Markets — Commercial Notes, Prices, etc 101 
Martynia Pickles Illustrated.. 113 
Newspaper File— Cheap Illustrated. .117 
Notes and Suggestions for April Illustrated.. 97 
Okra— Notes on Raising Illustrated. .116 
Onion Culture— Practical Suggestions. 109 
Orchard and Nursery in April 98 
Peas — Cultivation in the Field 107 
Peas— Desirable Sorts for Garden 116 
Plants— Internal Structure of 4 Illustrations ..117 
Potatoes— Experiments with Large and Small Seed... 106 
Poultry— Diphtheria in Hens 106 
Provisions — What Makes them Spoil 118 
Sea Kale— Cultivation of. Illustrated. .716 
Sheep— Care at Yeaning Time Illustrated.. 112 
Sheep— New Food for 106 
Sheep— Treatment of Bloated 106 
Shrubs— Desirable Sorts 114 
Spinach— How to Cook 119 
Spinach— New Zealand Ill 
Spinach— Notes on Culture ., Ill 
Squash— The Turban Illustrated. .113 
Wagon Wheels— Large and Small Axles. Illustrated. . 108 
Whitewash — In-Door and Out-Door 118 
INDEX TO " BASKET," OR SHORTER ARTICLES. 
About the 100, 
Ag'l Society, N. E 104 
Apples, Dwarf 102 
Auriculas, Sowing 10:i 
Black Currant Beverage 103 
Black Knot in Plums... .102 
Botany for Children 103 
Caper' Tree 102 
Carrot Seed, Cleaning . .103 
Cattle Breeder's Ass'n..l04 
Clover and Grass in la. ..102 
Coffee, " Australian "... .103 
Cold Frames, etc 103 
College, Mich. Ag'l 103 
Colony, Western 103 
Currants, Winter..; 102 
Editor's Picture 104 
Farmer's Oracle 103 
Grape Culturist— New.. .101 
Grape Queries 103 
Grape Vines Injured 10; 
Grapes in Spring 103 
Hedges, Arbor Vitse 102 
Hedges, Evergreen 10'2 
Hen Manure for Corn 102 
Hop Culture 102 
Hops, Wild 102 
Horse-Radish Roots 103 
Horses, Runaway 102 
Horses, Spring-Halt 102 
Horses Wanted 102 
Humbugs, Sundry 101 
Insects, Saleratns for ....103 
Jonquils, Non-Floweringl03 
Manures, Application.. .102 
Manures, Home-made. ..102 
Martynia Pickles 104 
Miehaux', Sylva 104 
Mulberry, Downing's 102 
Mushrooms, Fine.. 
Names Wanted 
Oats a Poor Crop 
Pears, Double Work in 
Plant Mailing Boxes., 
Potato, Origin of 
Potato Planter 
Pols for Plants , 
Pumpkins vs. Squashes. .10: 
Quinces,Imperfect Fruit 102 
Rags Wanted 104 
Root Grafting 102 
Roses, Hybrid Perpetual.183 
Rye Coffee Poisoning. , .103 
Seed Humbugs 103 
Seeds, Testing 103 
Soldiers' Fund , , 104 
Spring Wheat in Iowa.. .104 
Strawberry Notes 103 
Strawberry— Agr'l, when 101 
Tobacco and Onions ...101 
Tomatoes and Borers.. 103 
Transplanting Boxes.. ..103 
Tree Protectors 102 
Trees, Planting 102 
Trees, Transplanting... .102 
Trees, Unhealthy 102 
Vineland Lands 104 
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water and how much wine then remained in the cask ?» 
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