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CONTENTS OF MAY NUMBER. 
The Traveller, No. 2, Solon Robinson ; The Best Rotation ) ns 
i.) Crops, No. 2, A. Beatty. J ia!? 
Osage Orange Sprouts for Wa' king Sticks; Salt Bitterns ) ,n Q 
as a Manure, V. W. S > ldy 
Ruta-Baga or Swee lish Turnips 140 
Sowing Indian Corn for Soiling 141 
Qualities of Lime and its Comparative Value for Agricul- ) j^, 
tural Purposes, No. 2 5 
Sowing Broom Corn ; The Wykoff Farm, A. Sherman ; 1 
A Valuable Southern Grass ; Season for Felling Res- > 143 
inous Trees ) 
The Air-Svphon Ventilator ; Discoveiy of the Cause of > -w. 
Yellows in the Peach Tree, M. H. Morris J 
Decayed Grain Injurious to Stock, N. M. C. ; Patent-Wire \ ,„ 
Railing; Merino Sheep in Virginia, N. II. Andrews. . j 
Profits of Fanning ; Imported Shorthorns, Samuel D. ) j^g 
Martin S 
Trial between Two and Three-Horse Plows ; Sheep Shear- ) 
ing and Sacking Wool; Management of Animals.. jf 147 
Mr. Robinson's Tour, No. 17 148 
Home-Made Guano, S. ; Manures — The Food of Plants,) , i( . 
No. 1, Levi Bartlett S J 
Imported Shorthorns— Reply to Dr. Martin, A. Stevens. . 150 
Manure for Turnips 151 
Treatment of Male Breeders ; Improved Seed Sower ; ) j 52 
Composition of Sprats ; Soaking Com in Saltpetre, B. S 
The Turkey 153 
Thick and Thin Seeding, A. S. ; Experiments with Root j ,,-, 
Crops, Stephen E. Gray ; Milking Cows S 
Farm Fences, Lewis F. Allen 155 
Curious Circumstance in Breeding Fowls, Azel Downes ; V 
Railway or Endless-Chain Horse Power, Threshing, V 155 
Sawing and Cutting Machines, &c, S. Edwards Todd ) 
Review of the March Number of the Agriculturist, Re- / 15 g 
viewer S 
The Great Horned Owl 160 
The American Jerboa, or Deer Mouse ; Planting Indian > -.g. 
Com, R. L. C. ; Trimming the Ears of a Horse S 
Trial of Plows, B. P. Johnson; Weight of an Acre of) 
Sweet Potatoes, A.; Improvement in Apple Orch-V 162 
ards, A Subscriber ) 
Ladies' Department : Preserving Butter without Salt;) 
Elderberry Pies, H. ; Irish Wav of Boiling Potatoes ; J lfi . 
New Mode of Making Coffee ; To Make Cold Cream ; ) 
To Make Batter Fritters S 
Foreign Agricultural News 364 
Editors' Table 165 
Review of the Market 156 
