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[June, 
team—to our mess wagon at that—got beyond all 
control, and went on a full jump for several miles 
after the horses, before fatigue brought it to terms. 
The droves of wild horses disappeared as strange¬ 
ly as they came, and when the line of march was 
resumed, all hands were willing to admit that 
there were wild horses, but tbat it was not a good 
plan to hunt them with a train of mule-teams. 
Contents for June, 1878. 
Among the Farmers, No. 29.—Auction Stock Sales— 
Harnessing a Yearling—Clover Freezing Out—Till¬ 
age—Disk Harrows.214 
Barn, An Orange Co. Daily.3 Illustration. .218 
Bee Notes for June.209 
Beet Sugar... —218 
Boys and Girls’ Columns.—Young Microscopists Club 
—Leaf Galls—lien Lice—Red-Spider—Fly’s-foot— 
Bce’s-tongue—Bee's-eye—Mounting Objects; Aunt 
Sue’s Puzzle Box ; Doctor’s Correspondence—About 
the Telephone — Some Very Curious Birds...20 
Illustrations . 225-228 
Cattle. Norfolk Polled . Illustrated.. 213 
Cow Milking Machines . Illustrated. .210 
Driving Belts on Machinery.220 
English Milk Farm. 216 
Farm Work in June. 202 
Feed-Cook—A Simple One . Illustrated. .217 
Flower Garden and Lawn in June.204 
Flowers—Greig’s Tulip.. Illustrated. .221 
Calendar for June. 
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PHASES OF THE MOON. 
Flowers—The Iberian Iris. Illustrated.. 220-222 
Flowers—The Netted Iris. Illustrated ..221 
Foot-Power Saws and Sawing_6 Illustrations. .217-218 
Fruit Garden in June....203 
Garden Thieves... .223 
Gate, Useful and Unpatented.2 Illustrations ..219 
Greenhouse and Window Plants in June.204 
Hay Crop and Gathering It.5 Illustrations ..210 
Hens and Ducks in Fruit-Yards. .. .219 
Hints and Helps for Farmers.—Grain Bins—Hauling 
Manure—Staking Fences—Brush Harrows 8 111.. 216 
Horses—American Roadsters. Illustrated. .213 
Horses, Catching Wild, with Lasso. Illustrated ..201 
Household Department.—Home Topics.—Flavors— 
Keeping Meat—Drawing Lessons—Family Circu¬ 
lars—Scalloped Veal — Raised Doughnuts—Ginger- 
Snaps ; A Screen at the House; A Warning to Every 
Housekeeper; Household Recipes.. 2 111. .22-1-225 
Houses. Five Contiguous.5 Illustrations.. 211-212 
Injection Nozzle. Illustrated. .217 
Kitchen and Market Garden in June.203-204 
Leashed Ashes—Their Value.219 
Market Reports.204 
Milk-IIouse for Winter and Summer..2 Illustrations ..218 
Notes From the Pines.—Blackberries—Sea Kale—Dan¬ 
delion— Moss Pinks — Iberian Iris — Thunberg’s 
Spiraea—Double Flowering Fruit Trees—Fruiting of 
Wistaria. 222-223 
One Grape Vine. . Illustrated. .222 
Orchard and Nursery in June. Illustrated 203 
Ponds Suited for Black Bass. 220 
Pork-packing at the West.... 218 
Road Scrapers. Illustrated.. 218 
Science Applied to Farming, No. 42.—A Lesson in 
Chemistry. 210-211 
Stable for a Small Place. 2 Illustrations. .217 
Talks on Farm Crops, No. 16.—Cultivation of Ruta- 
Bagas.215 
Use of Agricultural Papers.219 
INDEX TO “BASKET,” 
Adamant Plow.207 
Advertising Agencies.. .206 
Alfalfa in N. Brunswick.234 
Am. Berkshire Record...207 
Am. Pom. Society.206 
Artesian Wells.235 
Burning Marl.234 
Cocoa and Chocolate....205 
Castrating and Spaying. .233 
Chain Pump, Repairing.235 
Changes which Bring 
Strength.205 
Cheap Watches .206 
Cheese Factory in N. J..235 
Concrete for Cellars.235 
Congressmen. 207 
Cooley System .208 
Corn-Fodder.233 
Corn Harvester.234 
Cortlandt Board of Trade.207 
Cotton-seed Oil.207 
Cutting Feed.235 
Death of George Grant. . 207 
Dodge Hay Press.233 
Ducks.208 
Feeding Cattle.234 
Feeding Cows.208 
Frost.206 
Gapes in Chickens.233 
Gas Lime.234 
German Farmers.234 
Good Appointment.206 
Grass for Winter.208 
Hogs Eating Coal.235 
Hollow Tail.2134 
Hone—What is it?.208 
Hoove. 234 
How Many Calves.2134 
Hydraulic Ram.235 
Index to N. A. Plants.. .209 
Irish Juniper.208 
Kidney v\ orms.208 
Last Call.206 
Leveling Fields.207 
on SIIOIITEK ARTICLES. 
Manuring.235 
Miles of Paint. .206 
Milk and Butter.207 
Mushrooms.208 
Nuts and Nubbins.235 
Oil Meal, etc.233 
Oil Paintings.234 
Ophthalmia in Horses.. .234 
Paris Green.. .206-208 
Penn. Corn.235 
Plants of N. A. 209 
Plowing Under Crops. ..215 
Polish Fowls .. . 20S 
Pond Sediment.235 
Potato-Beetle .209 
Poultry Literature.209 
Prices of Short-horns_234 
Prof. Henry’s Death... .206 
Selling Bones.208 
Siphon.234 
Soot in the Garden.233 
Southern Cotton Mau’f’e 207 
Spaying Sows.235 
Splitting Knotty Logs...235 
Straw. To Rot.235 
Sulphate of Copper for 
Cattle.235 
Sundry Humbugs.207 
Swine, Pigs, and Pork..208 
Teasel Handles.234 
Toe and Heel.207 
Tomatoes and Cancers..208 
Tree, Rose.208 
Tribune Press.206 
Tumors on Legs.234 
Umbrella in Agricnlture.206 
Very Strange.234 
Veterinary Obstetrics...207 
Waltham Watches.207 
Water for Cattle.234 
Wild Rose Bushes.. .234 
Winchester Arms Co_206 
Wood to tlie Acre.233 
Yellow Strawberry.234 
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AMERICAN AGRICULTURIST. 
NEW YORK, JUNE, 1878. 
Mints Foi- Work. 
[The Hints and Suggestions in these columns are 
never copied from previous years, hut are freshly pre¬ 
pared for every paper , from the latest experience and 
observations, by practical men in each department.'] 
Corn .—The present season is, in the country 
generally, probably the earliest on record Much 
corn was planted earlier than usual, and it is 
necessary to give extra attention to cultivation. 
Weeds grow rapidly in such a wet season as this, 
and should be kept down by frequent working. The 
forward season may cause growth of stalk at the ex¬ 
pense of the ear. As a remedy remove the suckers 
from the root. A handful of superphosphate of 
lime applied about the hill now, will help the earing. 
Haying .—There will be little hay cut in July this 
year, unless it is a second crop. Even at the North 
much has been cut already, and we must hasten to 
secure the rest before it is over-ripe. The grass and 
clover being very succulent,will need careful drying. 
Curing in the cock will greatly improve the quality. 
Curing in the Cock, will require two or three days’ 
time. The grass or clover cut in the forenoon may 
he raked up before evening and thrown into win- 
rows. These may he left until the afternoon of the 
next day, when they may he thrown into tall cocks, 
containing about 300 or 400 lbs., and left one day 
and night to 6weat. In this condition the hay fer¬ 
ments and heats, and the excess of moisture is 
driven off. This process ripens the hay, and im¬ 
proves it very much. After this curing, and a little 
airing, there is no danger of the hay heating in the 
mow or stack. To keep the cocks dry, 
Hay Caps will be useful. These are made of a 
square of heavy sheeting (2 yards), with a strong 
cord on the edges, and having an eyelet hole at each 
corner. These are placed over the cocks, and tied 
down at each corner to pegs driven into the hay. 
They will turn a steady rain of 24 hours’ duration, 
and keep the hay dry. These were described in 
an illustrated article in the American Agriculturist 
for June, 1876. 
Fodder Crops .—A variety of these is better than 
any single one. Animals love variety, and a change 
of food is healthful and increases the appetite. Be¬ 
sides a number of well-tried fodder crops, we have 
some promising new sorts. Of the old ones, oats 
and peas, field corn, the large kinds of sweet corn,, 
millet, Hungarian grass, and various root crops, 
furnish a large choice. Of the 
New Fodder Crops, Pearl millet, Golden millet, 
Southern Cow-peas, and the large mangels, promise 
to be worth a trial. The two varieties of millet men¬ 
tioned have yielded immensely, and as a crop foi 
green or dry fodder, and for cleaning the soil, as 
well as for plowing under for manure, the Southern 
Cow-pea has been tried successfully. This pea is 
to be sown now, as soon as may be. 
Boots. —Ruta-bagas and white turnips may be 
sown this month; of the latter, White Norfolk and 
“ Cow’s-horn ” can he grown and pulled for fall 
feed in time to be followed by fall grain. 
Waste Places may be utilized by plowing and sow¬ 
ing them to some late crop. Every acre and square 
rod should be made useful in some way, every 
farm has spots of this kind that could be made 
profitable, instead of remaining a nursery of weeds. 
Cows are now in full fiush of milk. As June but¬ 
ter is chosen for packing for winter use, care should 
be taken to preserve it from all imperfections. This- 
care will be repaid by the better quality. Pure 
water, good feed, and clean management of the 
milk and cream, are needed to make the best butter. 
Cellars are made damp by inconsiderate methods 
of ventilation. When a cellar is ventilated in the 
middle of the day, in an attempt to make it dry, the 
opposite effect is produced. The hot air is highly 
charged with moisture ; cellar walls and floor are 
much cooler than the outside atmosphere, and 
when air is admitted in the day, moisture is depo¬ 
sited as dew on the floor' and walls, to the disap¬ 
pointment of the owner. Cellars should therefore 
be ventilated at night, and kept closely shut up 
and dark in the day time, especially in hot weather. 
Horses. —Fly-time has come, and unless some pre¬ 
cautions are taken to rid the horses of their tor¬ 
mentors, they can not do a full complement of 
work. We find Buchan’s carbolic soap, made into 
soap-suds with hot water, and sponged over the 
legs and shoulders, and left to dry on the skin, a 
very good preventive. Cleanliness and darkness in 
the stables, will contribute, greatly to the comfort 
of the horses at this season. 
Sheep .—The ewes and wethers should be tagged 
and kept free from filth. Many sheep are lost for 
want of this precaution, by becoming fly-blown. 
When the maggots have once gained a hold upon ai 
sheep, there is no help for the poor animal; a hor¬ 
rible death—being literally eaten alive by the mag¬ 
gots—is its fate. This can be easily avoided by care. 
Lambs .—Early lambs will now need some extra 
feed. A “lamb-creep,” such a6 wa6 described iu 
the American Agriculturist, for April, 1874, will be 
found useful in supplying the means for feeding 
the young animals separately from the older ones. 
To wean lambs easily, turn them into a field, with, 
a few dry ewes, out of sight of their mothers. The 
mothers will need close watching, le6t their udders- 
suffer from retention of the milk. Copious milk¬ 
ers should be relieved of the milk every morning. 
Dipping Sheep and Lambs .—At this season, it will 
be advisable to dip the lambs at least, if not the 
sheep as well, to rid them of the hateful ticks. A 
very safe aud effective dip is Buchan’s Cresylie 
Sheep Dip, which not only kills the ticks, but cures 
and prevents scab, and greatly helps to prevent the 
fly-maggot above referred to. 
Poultry .—Young chicks should be pushed ahead 
as fast as possible. If possible, a good ran should 
be given them. They will do much good in the 
garden, if the hens can be kept out. A light net¬ 
ting, for separating chicks, dividing runs, or protect¬ 
ing the garden, will be found useful. Mr. H. H. 
Stoddard, Editor of the “Poultry World,” Hart¬ 
ford, Conn., has provided means for supplying this 
want, and informs us that nets of any length and 
width can be made to order, at very reasonable 
prices. Those who have so frequently inquired 
about this kind of nets, will take notice of this. 
To use these Nets, plant a few stakes, and run a 
wire from one end to the other of the row, at the 
top, and another at the bottom; then stretch the 
net, and tie here aud there to the wires with twine. 
