Agriculture is the mos 
yst useful, and the most noble employment of man. — "Washington. 
VOL. IX. 
NEW YORK, JULY, 1850. 
NO. VII. 
A. B. Allen & R. L. Allen, Editors. 
C. M. Saxton & E. Blanchard, Publishers, 
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CONTENTS OF JULY NUMBER. 
Benefit of Guano, R 20U 
New Way of Raising Pigs ; To Destroy Wild Onions ; } n^.. 
Pasture Lands » ( 
The Horses of Siberia ; Cultivate a variety of crops 20 1 
North-Carolina Fanning, R. ; Profitable Crop of Corn, } on - 
T. Fountain ; Inflammation in the Horse i 
Mr. Robinson's Tour, No. 19 2013 
How Much Lime will an Awe of Land Bear Without 1 
Injury, S, ; Easy Method of Drawing Water from a > 207 
Deep Well, R. ; Wireworrns Destroyed by Soda Ash. ) 
To Promote the Success of County Agricultural Socie- ) ^^ 
ties ; Tile Machines, J. Delafield S *"° 
Summer Pruning; Cutting and Curing Hay, H. ; Adjus- * gog 
table Screw Wrenches ; Rotation of Crops S 
Prince Albert's Plan of Disposing of Town Sewerage 210 
Breaking Rocks with Fire, L. C; Plowing in corn for ) 
Manure ; Economical Mode of Draining Land, Linus > 211 
Cone ; The Farmer's Home, Luke Derwin ) 
Housing Manure; To Clean Guano Bags ; Large Dairy { 2]2 
Products S 
Farm of Mr. French ; Cultivation of Peaches on Long ) Q ^ 
Island, Hawley B. Rogers J 
Manures— The Food of Plants, No. 3, Levi Bartlett 214 
Economy; Cows have Power to Hold up Their Milk, H. ) 2 16 
B. R. ; Irrigation, No. 1 i 
Reclaiming Worn-out Lands without Manure; The Cow V 
Pea via Clover ; How Horses Get the colic ; Cast-iron V 218 . 
Pig Troughs > 
A Chapter on Various Subjects, Agricola ; Wire Fences 219 
Exhausting Properties of Tobacco; Analysis of Copro- 1 
lites— Fossil or Mineral Guano— Its Value for Agri- V 220 
cultural Purposes ) 
Review of the May Number of the Agriculturist, Re- ) ^ 
viewer $ 
Michigan Lands, L. C 222 
Manures, No. 2; Dwelling Houses of the North and ) ^ 
South Compared ; Rough-Haired Terriers \ 
Planing Machine ; Varieties of the Animal and Vegetable 1 
Creation ; Take Time by the Forelock ; Hussey's V 224 
Mowing Machine ) 
Expensive Manuring; New Saw Mill; Cranberries; The > ^ 
American Black Wolf. S 
Great Milking Cows ; ^Carbonate of Ammonia in the At- \ o.v; 
mosphere ; Plant Something ^ 
Ladies' Department; A Virginia Housewife, Solon; ) 
A Nice Tea Rusk ; Tomato Bread ; Fish Sauce ; \ 
Feather Beds; An excellent Relish Sauce; Ice 1 32l 
Cream ; To Make Pancakes ; Washing Flannel ; V 
Bread Pudding * 
Foreign Agricultural News •"£ 
Editors' Table 229 
Review of the Markets... ■ aD 
