Agriculture is the most healthy, the most useful, and the most noble employment of man. — Washington. 
VOL. IX. NEW YORK, 
JUNE, 1850. NO. VI. 
A. B. Allen & R. L. Allen, Editors. 
C. M. Saxton & E. Blanchard, Publishers. 
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CONTENTS OF JUNE NUMBER. 
Manures— the Food of Plants, No. 2., Levi Bartlett ; But- \ 17n 
lernut Sugar, F. B. H 4 " u 
Agricultural Geology, No. 3 171 
Sundry Items, W. ; Cultivation of Fruit in Long Island, 1 j-n 
Hawley B. Rogers $ 
Silk Cocoons ; English and American Husbandry, Bgrec 171! 
Cultivation of Timber, C. ; Wisconsin Farming, S. S 174 
Experiments in Agriculture, Coke 175 
Thermometer Chum ; Cultivation of Potatoes, C. S 176 
Value of Seaweed as a Fertiliser ; Well Wheel ; Manures, ) 17 - 
No.l 4 
Poultry Raising, No. 2. T. B. Miner 178 
Underdraining Clay Soils and such Others as are Natu- ) j.g 
rally Moist, or Retentive of Water 4 
Gapes in Chickens, C - ISO 
Value and Durabilitv of Peruvian Guano ; Profitable Dogs, ) ,„, 
Bob BlufT ; 4 
Experiments with Ruta Bagas, Valentine Hallock ; Ag- ) ^ 
riculture in New Hampshire, P 4 
The English Race Horse, Rous ; Wasting Manures 183 
New and Highly-Improved Iron Horse Power ; Overtimed ) -^ 
Lands 4 
The Princess Tribe of Shorthorns 185 
New Wheat-Dibbling Roller ; Large-Sized Wrought-Iron } 1Rfi 
Plows i 
Mr. Robinson's Tour, No. 18 187 
Cheap Fanning Lands in Virginia, S. ; Deep Plowing. . . 188 
The Coconut of Ceylon; A Scrap of Agricultural History, ) 
E. A. Atherton ; To Make Rhubarb Jam ; A New V 189 
Clover for the South ; To Cure Chilblains ) 
Review of the April Number of the Agriculturist, Review- ) j^ 
er 4 
Quantity of Ammonia in Bones ; Thunder Storms ; Glass 1 
Milk Pans ; Composition of Guano ; Effects of Cli- V 192 
mate on the Change of Seeds ) 
The Woodchuck : The Subsoil ; Spaying Heifers and } lg3 
Milch Cows •. i 
Animal and Vegetable Manures, Con Amore 194 
Ladies' Department : Vaupon Tea, Solon 194 
Remarks on Diet, Amanda *- 195 
Foreign Agricultural News 196 
Editors' Table - 19" 
Review of the Markets - 198 
