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VOL. IX. NEW YORK, 
JANUARY, 1850. NO. 1. 
A. B. Allen & R. L. Allen, Editors. 
C. M Saxton, Publisher, 121 Fulton Street. 
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CONTENTS OF JANUARY NUMBER. 
To Our Readers ; A Good Temper Essential to Breeding ) ,q 
Animals J 
Sausage Cutter ; Our Present Volume ; Wetting Bricks. ... 11 
Advantages of Draining and Subsoil Plowing, No. 1 12 
Sweet Indian Meal, Hominy or Samp ; Shipping Indian ) ,, 
Corn to Europe > 
Dog Distemper — Potato Rot, Henry L. Smith ; Experiments ) ■. » 
with Potatoes ; Wisconsin Farming, Wisconsin Farmer. > ^ 
Cheap Land near New York ; Economical Mode of Feeding ) 
Stock J 15 
Benefit of Subsoil Plowing for Corn, Samuel Allen ; Clod ) , c 
Crusher ; Razors and Edge Tools ; J 
The Water Spaniel; Swamp Muck or Peat, as a Fertilizer. 17 
Dwarf Peare ; Animals should be always kept in a Thriving ) jg 
Condition ) 
Connecticut Farming, A Connecticut Farmer 19 
Plowing the Plain Lands on Long Island ; An Experiment "J 
with Hogs ; Com from the Sandy Plains of Long Island ; | 
Great Amount of Indian Corn Fodder grown hi Eng- j- 20 
land ; South Oregon Corn, A. G. Moore ; To take the I 
Frost out of Roots • J 
Cattle Tie : Massachusetts Swamp Draining, An Old Bay ) c,. 
State Farmer J 
Georgia Farming, B. V. I. ; The Growing Wheat Crop ; ) 
Save your Manure; Wire Fences; Importation of> 23 
Saxony Sheep ; 
Poultry and Eggs 24 
Turkeys in Tennessee, E. G. Yancey ; Gratifying Premiums ; } 9; 
An Italian Villa i 
What does it Cost to Grow an Acre of Potatoes ; Cedar 1 
Brush Fence ; Keep your Stables Clean ; Consumption > 26 
Of Cotton in the United States , ) 
Mr. Robinson's Tour, No. 13, Solon Robinson 27 
Small os. Large Calves, S, P. Chapman ; CiBtems for Houses ) <jg 
and Cattle Yards { 
Plaster Casts of Animals, J. B. D. ; Improved Stock at the ) n n 
South i " 
Novel Method of Grafting, A. B. Lawrence ; How to Shoe 1 
a Vicious Horse ; Sale of Shorthorn Cattle in Ohio, E. > 31 
Carpenter ; Late Sowed Wheat ) 
The Spanish Fowl 32 
Pruning : Guano on Wheat 33 
Ladies' Department. — Chamber Bird3, No. 3 34 
To Cure Burns ; New Form of Flower Pots ; Beef Tea 35 
Foreign Agricultural News 36 
Editors' Table 37 
Review of the Market. , 38 
