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Contents for July, 1870. 
Absorbents 260 
"Among the Savages" Illustrated. .341 
Banks of Streams 5 Illustrations. .256 
Bee Notes— By M. Quinby 249 
Birds— The Ynlturine Guinea-Fowl Illustrated . .253 
Boys and Girls* Columns. — Rambles in China — Chop- 
sticks—Let tile Birds' -nests Alone— A Very Old 
Record— Kite Firing in China— Do Toil Know How- 
to Swim ?— New Puzzles— Answers 4 111. .267-26S 
Can I Succeed as a Market Gardener ? 263 
" Coming Events Cast their Shadows Before "....111. .260 
Curing Hay in the Cock 253 
Earth Sewage — Removal of Waste Water from Coun- 
try Houses 2 Illustrations . .259 
Farm Work in July 242 
Flower Garden and Lawn in July 243 
Fruit Garden in July 243 
Grass-Pond Cranberry Bog 255 
Graen-housc and Window Plants in July 243 
Growing Lettuce in Hot-beds 261 
Grub-in-the-Head in Sheep 4 Illustrations.. .257 
Half-hardy Passion-flowers Illustrated. .264 
"Harrison the Pig" by Lewis F. Allen 258 
Harvesting Barley 249 
Horse Papers for Farmers — No. 6 250 
Household "Department.— A .Telly Bag— About Can- 
Fruit — Sleeping and Eating as related ' 
Health — Current Jelly— Fruit Juice 
tard ! 
How to get Work Done on a Farm 
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AromaticMus- 
7tf?«rfra«?d.. 265-266 
266 
Imported Jerseys .258 
Kitchen Garden in July 243 
Market Reports 244 
Markets near Home 262 
Mules on the Farm 259 
Notes from the Pines — Rhododendrons — Moving a 
large Arbor vita?— Poison Ivy— Honeysuckles 263 
Ogden Farm Papers. — No. 7— Corn in Drills and Hills 
— Rve for Soiling — Jerusalem Artichoke— Butter 
Making 251-232 
Orchard and Nursery in July 233 
Peach Crates Illustrated.. 263 
Perfected Crown Grafting 3 Illustrations. . 263 
poisons and their Antidotes 250 
Pot-layered Strawberries Illustrated. .264 
Repairing Board Fences 259 
Reptiles— Our Common Tortoises or Turtles HI. .255 
Holler Barrow Illustrated . .262 
Scab in Sheep — Cause and Cure 3 Illustrations. .256 
Second Clutches of Turkeys » 259 
Summer Propagation of Shrubs 262 
Superphosphate for Turnips 259 
Titr.s Oaks' Lactometer .Illustrated.. 252 
Tying Materials 2 Illustrations. .SSI 
Variegated Alyssnm Illustrated . .261 
Walks and Talks on the Farm— No. 79— Length of 
Plow Handles — Siclniess of Pigs— Potatoes for Pigs 
— Good Beef and Mutton Wanted — " Winter-kill " in 
Wheat— California Farming— Special Crops — Corn 
Planting 254-255 
Will it Pay to Grow the Tellow Locust » 259 
Worms on Currant Bushes 263 
INDEX TO "BASKET" OR SMALLER ARTICLES. 
Agr'l and Hort. Fairs 247,8310 of Mr. Sheldon's 
An Important Paper 250i Farm 247 
Are You Ashamed of jScat'd Grain on Sfubbles.249 
Your Name? .-..250 Scuppcrnong Grape 247 
A Run-down Ya. Farm.. 247 Seventy-five Popular 
Bioks Acknowledged.. .247; Flowers 247 
Cement Wash..... 349Shall I Sell my Farm 250 
Coaover's Colossal 247!Sparrows 246 
Cooking Corn 246 Spurrey 246 
Cooking Peas in Milk.. . .24H's tacking Hay 247 
Draining 246'Storm and Flood Signals. 244 
Five Thousand a Year. ..247!Snmach 246 
Fruit an 1 Crops in Ga. ..250; Sundry Humbugs 250 
Handy-Book of Husban'y247; Thomas' Smoothing Har- 
How 'to Manage Spring i row 246 
__ Pigs .".. :. 246 Tomatoes 250 
Long Row-sin Garden. . .240 Tomato Book 247 
Mexican Everbearing Transplanting &Wat'ing246 
Strawberrv 250 Trial of Farm Machinerv.246 
Paintings Tree 247 Trouble with Vines.. ....246 
Perkins * House's Lamp247 Trout Breeding 249 
Petroleum for Fence 246 Value of Swamp Muck.. 246 
Plowing with 3 Horses . .24(1 Whitewash. 249 
Preserving Currants 250; Whortleberries 250 
Preserving Strawbcrries.250- Winter & Spring Barlev. 246 
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AMERICAN AGRICULTURIST. 
NEW YORK, JULY, 1870. 
July is the month which impresses farmers most 
"with the desirableness of knowing how to forecast 
the weather by premonitory indications. No doubt 
could one l; discern the face of the sky " with 
anything like accuracy, injury to our grain or grass 
crop would be prevented, which might amount to 
thousands, yes, millions of dollars. The duty of the 
Government in this respect is clear — so far at least 
as to make use of telegraphic communication be- 
tween the points of observation which exist all over 
the country, to convey to the community intelli- 
gence of approaching storms. It is not probable that 
thunder-showers which come urj in an afternoon, 
and clear off before sundown, will be so foretold, 
that we shall not be in danger of getting our-hay 
wet ; but the great storms which do the real damage 
during haying and harvest, will be thus made 
known, and we houethetime may not be far distant. 
ISim* Al>ont Work. 
Field Work for man aud beast from early morn- 
ing until late evening, leaves the farmer little time 
for anything else, so long as the weather remains 
fair. All the hands that can begot may now be em- 
ployed, and it will pay to get oiily good men. 
Worltiiig-Men need to be kept to regular hours of 
labor, eating, and rest, A little relaxation now and 
then is a grand thing too. Suppose all hands 
knock off work an hour or two earlier than usual 
of a Saturday afternoon and go to the brook or 
saw-mill pond for a frolic and a swim — depend 
upon it they will feel better and work better all the 
coming week. Good, satisfactory food is essen- 
tial to having faithful work done. 
Working-Animals should be very regularly fed and 
watered, and never over driven if it can be avoided. — 
Horses must be kept out of drafts, and not watered 
nor fed grass or grain until cool. Oxen when weary 
should have food and rest — be unyoked and allowed 
to lie down if they will. Many oxen will not wil- 
lingly lie down in the yoke. 
Sheep ought, to have access to water, though they 
get along better than any other stock without it. — 
If, however, we have a succession of dry, cloudy 
nights, when no dew falls, they may suffer if not 
watered ; and pains should be taken to drive them 
to water once, daily. The Fly will begin to cause 
them trouble — see article on Grub-in-the-He^id, p 
257. If drouth and the lack of upland pasturage 
force the sheep into the wet grounds, foot-rot may 
appear, and any lameness should be investigated 
and proper remedies employed. Early lambs 
should be weaned, by separating them from the 
ewes, and putting them on good, fine pasture, out 
of hearing of each other's call. Look to the ewes in 
full milk, hurdle them and draw the milk, manipu- 
lating the udders if red and swollen. 
Swine, if in close pens, should have weeds and 
sods, and all the waste litter of the farm to work 
over into manure. Breeding stock ought to have 
the range of a clover patch — or of more extensive 
pasture ground. There is no better place for hogs 
than a well established apple orchard; and a sow 
with pigs ought surely to have good pasturage, be- 
sides the very best feed. Remember, many a sow 
gives more and richer milk than a good eow, and 
must have enough feed to enable her to do it. 
Haying ought to be well under way. It is often 
difficult to know which field to cut next. As a rule, 
cut. clover and orchard grass first; though, if white 
daisies are abundant enough to make up a consid- 
erable portion of the hay, they ought to be cut be- 
fore they come into full blossom. When clover be- 
gins to fail, and timothy gains strength on a piece 
of meadow, the former may be in a measure neg- 
lected, aud it is best to wait until the timothy is in 
full blossom. Meadows in which red-top prevails 
seldom carry clover long— at any rate the two are 
an unfortunate combination. The piece will not be. 
fit to cut until the first growth of clover has died, 
and x new growth appeared, and this makes about 
as poor hay as can be. The second growth of clover 
will make horses slabber in midwinter, and the 
sticks of dead clover of the first growth are worth 
no more than birch brush. If let4tlone on conge- 
nial spots, red-top will drive out almost everything 
else ; and the land will produce a moderate burden 
of fine, excellent hay, which is fit to cut last of all. 
Harvesting Grain.— Make full preparations and 
be ready for a fair day, when the grain is pretty near 
right. When oats are raised to be consumed upon 
the place, it is best to cut them early, while but 
few heads approach ripeness, as they usually ripen 
very uuevenly. This is supposing the straw to be 
fed. Otherwise let the majority of them approach 
ripeness, unless they lodge, in which case cut be- 
fore they get damaged. Exactly the reverse practice 
is best with wheat. If it is to be sold it should be 
cut in the dough state, because a larger quantity of 
fine flour may be made from it than if cut later; 
but if it is to be eaten on the farm, better and 
healthier bread may be made, and a greater weight 
obtained, if it stands until it approaches ripeness. — 
The same is true of rye. Let barley be as nearly 
ripe as it will be safe to have it, to avoid shrinking 
and shelling ; and cut, bind, and shock the same day, 
Preparing Land for Winter Wheat. —Wheat is one 
of our most important crops. The preparation of 
the land is largely this month's work. On Summer 
Fallow. — Till thoroughly to kill weeds, aud make 
the land mellow and moist. Three plowings is the 
best preparation for heavy land. Roll and harrow 
between the plowings; plow immediately before 
sowing, and drill in the seed at once. After this, no 
rolling and little harrowing will be required. On a 
Clover Lay. — Where a crop of clover is plowed un- 
der in June, it is quite common uot to plow the 
land again, but merely to work the surface and 
keep down the weeds by the use of the cultivator 
and harrow. In many cases it is better to plow the 
land again a short time before sowing; but if some 
rich, well rotted manure could be worked into the 
surface with a Shares' harrow, gang-plow or culti- 
vator, it might be better to let the clover sod lie 
undisturbed. After Barley or Oats. — The sheaves 
may be set up in straight rows of shocks five or sis 
rods apart, and the land between them raked clean 
with a steel-toothed rake. The land may then be 
harrowed, and a week or ten days gaiued, at the best 
of all seasons of the year for killing weeds. The 
best farmers plow immediately after the barley 13 
off, and then cultivate and harrow the land thor- 
oughly, and plow again before sowing the wheat. 
