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AMERICAN AGRICULTURIST. 
Contents for August, 1864. 
Animals— Comfort for Illustrated. .240 
Battle Field— Notes from Illustrated. .231 
Bee*;. .Apiary in August 227 
Books— Notice about Price 256 
Boys and Girls' Cnlumns— Thoughts for Hot 
Weal her— The Boys of New York City IH. — 
Habits of the Lion— Puzzles and Problems— Stand- 
ing for a Portrait— A Mother's Hand— The Value 
of Good Manners 3 Illustrations.. 241— 248 
Bre;t< I and Yeast 247 
Budding— Directions for 2 Illustrations . .223 
Cattle— Pulmonary Murrain among 239 
Cheese-Making in Small Dairies 235 
Chester Co. Hogs— Origin of 239 
Children— Two Ways of Governing 245 
Climber — Native (Celastrus scandens). . .Illustrated. .244 
Colors— Influence on Complexion 246 
Cooking Hints— Marble Cake— Pop-Corn Pudding— 
To Cook Cabbage 247 
Coi.ling Off Illustrated. .240 
Cow— Kicking; Woman's Experience with 235 
Crystallizing Grasses. Flowers, etc 246 
Crop Prospects 231 
Domeslics— Management of . . ,245 
Ducks— Rouen Illustrated . . 233 
Ducks— Varieties of Domestic Illustrated..2ZZ 
Dyeing— Good Recipes. 246 
Exhibition Tallies at Agriculturist Office .227 
Exhibitions— Agricultural in 1S64 228 
Exhibitions— Sending Articles to 256 
Farm Work for August 225 
Flower Garden and Lawn In August 227 
Fruit Garden in August 227 
Garden— Kitchen in August 226 
Gale Shutter— Simple and Good Illustrated. .233 
Grapery— Cold, in August 227 
Grass— "Rescue" ; A New French Hobby 234 
Green- and Hot-Houses in August 227 
Harrow— Efficient Illustrated .238 
Hay Press— The "Beater" Illustrated. .236 
Ho-:s— Origin of Chester Co. Whiles 239 
Hop Raising in New York 238 
House— Conveniences in 246 
Household Hints for August 245 
Humbugs— Sundry— J. H. Tuttle 231 
Insects— Grub in the Head of Sheep 239 
Insects— The Onion Maggot ..239 
Irrigation— Notes on 2 Illustrations .. 236 
Leather wood or Wicopy Illustrated ..243 
Letters from Virginia by Mr. Jadd. . Illustrated.. 23Q— 231 
Manure from Lead Animals 234 
Manure— Nothing to Waste 240 
Map of Vicinity of Petersburg, Va 232 
Market— Report of N. Y. Live Stock 228 
Market Review 250 
Notes and Suggestions for August Illustrated . .225 
Orchard and Nursery in August --- 226 
Peaches Improved by Thinning 243 
Petunia as a Pot Plant 243 
Politeness— Note on 245 
''Resurrection" Plants 2 Illustrations . . 241 
Sanitary Fund Subscriptions 249 
Seal— "Locomotive" Illustrated. .237 
Sheep Husbandry on the Prairies 233 
Shpep— Grub in the Head 239 
Soldiers— Care of Sick and Wounded 231 
Stables— Dirt Floors for 235 
Strawberry Plants— Producing Illustrated. .242 
Strawberries— Notes on 2 Illustrations. .241 
Tobacco Culture 237 
TuUle and other Humbugs 231 
Vegetable Boiler-New Illustrated.. 245 
Wasons and Wagon Wheels— Improved 234 
Weeds— Carpel Weed and Purslane. 2 Illustrations. .244 
INDEX TO " BASKET," OR SHORTER ARTICLES. 
Acorns, Planting.. 229 
Aeration of S..ils 2''9 
Aeiicuit'I Exhibitions. ..2'8 
AMeniev Cows 229 
Ants on "Pear Tie^s. ...230 
At-hns f... Peach Trees 2J9 
Asparagus bvds 230 
Ba-lt-y. Beardless 229 
Basil. Sv\eet 230 
Bo.»k on Breeding .229 
Bulbs. Treatment of.. ..230 
Carrol Seed. Cleaning.. 2.'9 
Chii-ken's Windpipe 229 
Coffee Mixtures 230 
Cooking in Summer 230 
Cranberry Tree 230 
Currant Borers.- 230 
Currant Worm 230 
Diouih. Lessons from. .228 
Fence Posis 229 
Fish Manure -....229 
Fruit Book ... .230 
Gazania Splendens .230 
Grapes, Prupagating 230 
Horse Breaking 229 
Horse Stable Floors... 223 
Howard Association ...2*0 
Insects Named 230 
Milk Condensed 229 
Onion Grub 230 
Patent Leather 230 
Pea Bu«s . .229 
Peach on Plum Slock. .229 
Peach Tree. XJnfruitfu!.230 
Peach Trees, Pruning .229 
Plants Named 230 
Ro>es Propagating 230 
Sorghum Seed 229 
Sorghum Sugar 2-29 
Sorrel and Sour Soil 229 
Smut In Onions 230 
Strawberry Disiribution.228 
Tot>acco Curing 22,9 
To"barc«> Worm Moth... .2 ^9 
Turnips and Carrots 228 
Vprbena Montana 230 
Water, Wholesome 230 
Water, Signs of 230 
Distribution of Strawberry Plants— When 
to Begin. 
A terrible drouth is prevailing here; the ground has 
hardly been wet an inch deep in two months. Mr. Olm is 
doing all he can by watering, etc., to push forward the 
strawberry plants, but fears he cannot possil ly begin the 
distribution of them before the last Monday in August at 
the earliest. Probably the first 5000 of last year's appli- 
cants will get their plants early in September, and the 
rest as fast as possible, immediately after, in the order 
the applications are on the books. See page 242 for some 
directions on treating the plants. Of course each one 
will take all possible care to have the plants well set 
and cared for as soon as he receives them. 
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The Agriculturist Strawberry on Sale- 
Explanation. 
It will be seen that plants of this strawberry are adver- 
tised for sale, in this month's paper and elsewhere. It 
was the wish and original intention of the Proprietor, 
that no plants should be sold, but that they should belong 
exclusively, at first, to the "Agriculturist family." Some 
plants, however, were sold by Mr. Boyden before Mr. 
Judd attempted to secure them. All of these lie bought 
up, except one single plant, which could not be had at any 
price, but the owner, Mr. Carpenter, generously promised 
to withhold it from the public until our distribution com- 
menced. This one plant has been carefully cultivated 
and multiplied during the year, and its product, and this 
only, is now offered. If others offer plants of the same 
variety the present summer, they must be obtained from 
one of these sources or be spurious ones. 
Mr. Judd's plants were placed under the care of his 
skillful gardener, Mr. Olm, who has earnestly watched 
over them almost night and day for a- twelvemonth. 
As a stimulus to continued extra exertion, on the part 
of Mr. Olm, and as the plants are to go into market, and 
also because many are begging the privilege of getting 
more plants than they are entitled to by subscription, we 
have written to Mr. Judd, and obtained his consent to the 
following plan : 
Mr. Olm is to push forward the work, and at the earliest 
moment supply a good, strong plant to every actual old 
or new subscriber fortius year, who has applied or may 
apply for them on the previous terms, (viz., the year's 
subscription, and 5 cents extra for postage on the plants.) 
This will first be carefully attended to. After this is done, 
the plants remaining will be sold to those first applying 
for them, at the following rates : 
For one good, strong plant,' 75 cents. 
For two ««-■"« . $1 20 
For six " " " 3 00 
For twelve ""'.!!? - - 5 00 
For one hundred " " - - 25 00 
Sent post- paid when so desired. 
An interest in the sale will be |given to Mr. Olm, who 
will thus be rewarded for his past exertions, and stimu- 
lated to the utmost care and effort to get all subscribers 
well supplied at an early date. 
The severe hail storm in June, the hardest ever known 
here within our memory, badly injured the fruit, and cut 
the plants somewhat, yet they are very vigorous, and 
not one was lost during the winter, though part of them 
were entirely unprotected. There is now every prospect 
that there will be enough to supply all our subscribers by 
the middle or before the close of September. We shall be 
gratified at this. Anything realized from sales will go to- 
wards helping out the great expense incurred in the pur- 
chase, care, and distribution, and in meeting the great 
advance in cost of printing paper, etc. 
{p^Orders accompanied by money will be filled on the 
above terms in rotation. It will doubtless be practicable 
to meet every person's requisition in time to get them 
well started this year. Of the great value of this new 
variety something was said in ihe July No., page 1W. 
No more Club-rate Subscrip- 
tions at Present. 
Owing to the enormous advance In all materials, we 
must suspend Club-rate Subscriptions, for the time 
being. Until further notice new subscriptions or 
renewals will be received at the regular full price of $1 
a year.— Probably the price will have to be advanced 
soon. Where less^ than $1 is sent, a proportionate part 
of a year will be credited. 
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Special to Advertisers. 
The terms of advertising are necessarily advanced a 
little, (See pages 249 and 250). A much less space must 
be devoted to business hereafter, which will make those 
advertisements inserted all the more valuable. The 
terms are still very low; Thus: more copies of the 
Agriculturist are sent to actual subscribers, than of all 
other similar journals in this country ; yet to insert five 
lines in the Agriculturist cost $5 (and less by the column) , 
while the same space in the rest of the agricultural press 
costs from $15 to $20. Note also, that only reliable 
advertisements from reliable parties, aie Inserted in this 
journal, and its readers know this fact, and value and 
patronize the advertisers. Note also : This paper 
is always kept a month, frequently for years, and thus 
the advertisements are before the readers a long time :— 
N. B.— 1. "First come, first served," is IL? rule; and 
—2nd, when the space is full, the gate Is shut 
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Agricultural Exhibitions. 
Our readers will confer a favor by sending to this office 
notices of the times ami places of holding the various 
State and County Agricultural Exhibitions this year, and 
if possible giving the name of the secretary of the socie- 
ty, or the active business man, who should be addressed 
for information about the society or the fair. We desire 
for the general benefit, to make the list complete? 
Books of all Kinds— Notice. 
The great fluctuations in the value of legal tender cur- 
rency, and in the price of book stock of all kinds, render 
it necessary for publishers to make frequent changes In 
the price of books. The list prices for one month Is 
therefore no guide for subsequent months, and it will save 
both us and book purchasers much annoyance if they will 
consult the list of the month in which they send orders. 
Back Volumes «fc Numbers Supplied. 
"We have complete sets of Vols. 16. 17, 18, 19. 20. 21,22, both 
unbound, and bound in neat covers with jrilr lettered backs. 
Prices at the office: bound $1,50, unbound §1,00 each. 
Back Volumes are sent prepaid by mail, {they ca?i not 
go unpaid,) if bound, $2.00 each ; ifmibnund; $1.24 each. 
Single numbers of any of the above Volumes, 10 cents each. 
Binding.— Sets sent to the office will be bound up neatly 
(In our regular style of binding) for 50 cents a volume. 
Prepared Covers— Covers for binding, neatly made, with 
title, etc., gilt upon the back, ready for the Insertion of the 
sheets by any bookbinder, can be furnished for Vols. 16. to 22 
Inclusive, at 35 cents per cover. Covers can not go by mail 
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and garden FRUITS; garden VEGETABLES and 
FLOWERS; trees, plants, ami flowers for the 
LAWN or YARD; care of DOMESTIC ANIMALS, 
etc., and to HOUSEHOLD LABORS, with an interesting, 
instructive department for CHILDREN and YOUTH. 
The Editors are all practical WORKING MEN. 
The teachings of the Agriculturist are confined to no 
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