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AMERICAN AGRICULTURIST. 
Contents for May, 1864. 
Apple— American Golden Pippin Illustrated . 145 
Bag String-New .Illustrated. . 139 
Barberry— An Ornamental Shrub ...5 Illustrations. .143 
Barometer and Thermometer in March.. Illustrated . 136 
Beans— Variety and Field Culture .......... ..138 
BeehlTe— New Home-made Illustrated. . 139 
Bees— Apiary in May ■ ]i<: 
Boils, Bunions, etc.— Remedy for j;>« 
Books for Farmers • • ■ • • ■ • - ■ ■ • ■ l6i 
Boys' and Girls' Columns— Value of Neatness— Game 
of Double Acrostics-Problems and Puzzles— Safe 
at Home again -Three ways to be Happy— Some- 
thin" about your Name- A Parrot in Court— I he 
Mysterious Quarter of Mutton— The Slaver and the 
Shaflc 4 Illustrations.. 151— 152 
Bread— Directions for Good 150 
Broom Com— Varieties and Cultivation 13« 
Butter and Cheese in Winter 150 
Cattle in the Highway *■? 
Climbers— Desirable Sorts 1» 
Clubs-Experience in Making up ■.._...._....... lis 
Cooking Hints— Rusks— Soda Biscuit— Rice Pudding 
—Chocolate Custard— Cheap Cake— Sponge Cake- 
Loaf Cake— White Mountain Cake— Scotch Cakes- 
Jelly Cake— Madison Cake— Ginger Snaps-Ginger 
Crackers ■ • • ■ ■■•■,; '. 15u— J 5 * 
Com— Different Varieties Described. . ! Illustrations . .137 
Corn for Fodder 1*2 
Corn— Sweet for the Garden 14 1 
Corn— When to Plant : 138 
Cow— How to Choose J42 
Cows— Soiling on Dairy Farms }« 
Cows— Summer Feeding Shed 2 Illustrations . . 141 
Cypress— Deciduous • ■ i"".ijl 
Elk— American Illustrated . .144 
Dyeing with Purslane IpO 
Farm Work, etc. for May W9 
Fences for Prairie Lands 143 
Flower Garden and Lawn in May 132 
Flowers— What Annuals to Plant ..t 147 
Fruit Box— Cheap and Easily Made 146 
Fruit Garden in May 131 
Fruits— Effects of Cross Fertilization 146 
Fuchsias— Non-Blooming 147 
Garden— Kitchen in May 130 
Grapes— Keeping under Ground 146 
Grapery— Cold in May 132 
Green and Hot-Houses in May 132 
Hop Yard— Collins' Horizontal 3 Illustrations. .140 
Hops— Notes on Cultivation 3 Illustrations .Am 
Horses and Mules— Prospective Demand for 141 
Housekeeper— Views of an Educated 150 
Insect Pests of the Household 149 
Insects— Curculio or Plum Weevil Illustrated. .145 
Irrigation with Sewerage Water 142 
Lambs— How to Designate 139 
Lands— Waste near Cities . . 139 
.Manure— -Home- Made Poudrette 142 
Market Review, Weather Notes, etc 133 
Markets— Hints from for Cultivators 143 
Melons— Culture in New Jersey 146 
Mushrooms— How to Cultivate Illustrated. .145 
Notes and Suggestions for May Illustrated. .129 
Orchard and Nursery in May .130 
Osage Orange from Cuttings 147 
Paint— Removing from Silk and Woolen 149 
Potatoes— Best Sorts for Market 138 
Prairie Breaking— Shallow Plowing Advocated 142 
Provisions— Hints on Keeping 149 
Rustic Seat for the Lawn Illustrated. . 149 
Salads— A Word about <- 150 
Sheep— Washing, and Shearing E ally ] 39 
Stramonium— A Poisonous Weed Illustrated. . 148 
Tuberoses— Treatment of 147 
U. S. 10-40 Bonds 133 
Walks or Paths— How to Make 144 
Wheels— Best Shape for Wagons 143 
"Wines" in the Household 149 
INDEX TO " BASKET," OR SHORTER ARTICLES. 
Azalea, Fine 134 
Barley, Beardless .135 
Beans Covered Deep.. ..136 
Bean for Name 135 
Bones, To Comminute.. 135 
Books on Fruit 136 
Books, Prices of 136 
Broom Corn, Dwarf 132 
Cabbages, Transplanting! 36 
Cactus, Plural of 134 
Catalogues of Plants.. . .134 
Cole-Slaw, How Spelled] 36 
Corn and Cob Meai. ...135 
Corn Crop, Paying 135 
Cows, Profitable... 
Chickens, Gapes in 
Humbugs, Sundry 136 
Hungarian Grass 135 
Items, Condensed 136 
Live Stock Markets 146 
Live Stock Sales 134 
Lucerne or Luzern 135 
Marl Described, etc 135 
Mean Imposition 134 
Osage Orange Hedges.. .136 
Piggery, Plan of 135 
Plant Boxes, Mailing 134 
Plants for Name 134 
Pleuro Pneumonia 135 
Poultry in Bams 135 
..135! Prairie Breaking in 111. .135 
1351 Sanitary Fund, Agricult.136 
Dogs, Shepherd 134] Sheep, Foot Rot 135 
Drawing Instruments.. 134; Sheep kept in Straw 135 
Eggs, Keeping 135 
Errors Corrected 136 
Gold Mines. Beware of.134 
Grape Queries 136 
Grass, Seeding to 134 
Grass Seed for Pasture. .134 
Gypsum on Com 135 
Heil>anum,Hiimill'nC'11.134 
Sheep, Salt for Stretchesl35 
Sheep, Shearing, Scab.. 135 
Sorghum Culture 136 
Squash Beetle 136 
Strawberries from a $1 . . 134 
Swine, Bed for Breedingl35 
Ten Acres enough 134 
U. S. 10-40 Loan. 134 
American Agriculturist. 
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Another Strawberry Show, 
AT THE 
Office of tlie American Agriculturist. 
About the middle of June. 
The Proprietor of the American Agriculturist again 
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To add to the interest and to secure a careful and sys- 
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Tiling's Wanted. — Good Advertisements, 
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day, and though we gave up some room designed for 
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The Arctic Cream Freezer. 
The Arctic is the only freezer that can at all be de- 
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The Kerosene Lamp Heater Co., 
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cost is not one cent to cook a meal. 
Also 
FISH'S NURSING LAMP, 
indispensable in nursery and sick room. 
Illustrated Pamphlet furnished gratis. 
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The Housekeeper's Friend 
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Pyle's Blueing Powder is also the best and most 
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Coe's Superphosphate 
of LIME, PERUVIAN GUANO, PURE BONE 
DUST, PLASTER, &c, in quantities to suit pur- 
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WETHERSFIELD SEED SOWERS, Price $7- 
ALLEN'S MATCHLESS CYLINDER PLOWS, 
all sizes. 
Cultivators, Horse Hoes, Harrows, &c. 
Palmer's Patent Horse Hay Fork, Price 
(including pulleys) $13. 
ALSO 
The largest assortment of other Agricultural and Horti- 
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any where in the city. 
R. H. ALLEN & CO., 
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The Craig Microscope. 
And mounted objects combine instruction with amuse- 
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