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VOLUME XXXVII.—No. 7. 
NEW YORK, JURY, 1878. 
NEW SERIES—No. 378. 
Contents of this Number. 
Calendar for this Month. 
American Agriculturist Experimental Farm — Ulus.. 251 
Among the Farmers, No. 30.—Conn. River Meadows- 
Reclaimed Swamps—Disk Harrows—Shorthorn Cat¬ 
tle-Clean Roadsides—Cutting Brush- Lumber-yard.254 
Barracks for Straw or Fodder .2 Illustrations.. 25S 
Bee Notes for July. . 2 Illustrations ..240 
Butter-coolers...3 Illustrations ..264 
Boys and Girls.—Doctor’s Correspondence; Telephone; 
Pigeons; Aunt Sue; Microscopist’s .Club; More 
About Birds, etc....9 Illustrations . .265-268 
Cattle. Lean, for Europe..255 
■Canada Violet. Illustrated.. 261 
Canker-worm, Fighting too Late. 262 
■Canning Fruits and Vegetables.256 
Cheese or Butter Most Profitable..258 
■Chickens. Coops for; Marking.5 Illustrations . .258 
Dairy. Neatness in. 2 Illustrations. .257 
Drilling Grain .2 Illustrations . .249 
Elm, The Thick-leaved. 262 
Farm Work in July.243 
Flower and Fruit Garden and Lawn in Juiy . .. 244-245 
Feed-Racks for Yards .or Field.2 Illustrations . .257 
. Fences, Porlable.2 Illustrations. .259 
Fertilizer, Effect of on Grape.—260 
■Greenhouse and Window Plants in July.245 
Hints and Helps for Farmers.—Barn Ladders — Stone 
Gatherer—Clevis— Spring Latch — Gate Posts..9 III. .256 
Household Department. — Home Topics. — Morphine- 
Children’s Eyes—Lemons — Lye and Soap; Queries ; 
Butter-coolei s ; Recipes.6 Illustrations. .263-265 
Humbug Column... . ..247 
Trligation in Colorado. . ..260 
•Jamabuki, New Japanese Shrub . .Illustrated ..261 
Kitchen and Market Garden..244 
Market Reports...245 
Medical Matters, About . 249 
Notes From the Pines. — Grape-Vines—Injury to Straw¬ 
berries—The Duncan; Virginia Fringe-Tree; 
RamanasRose--Two-colored Rose; Bud Variation.262 
■Oleander Poisonous, The... . .262 
Orchard and Nursery in July..244 
Paris Exposition.24S 
Poultry Yards. Netting for. Illustrated ..259 
Pear Culture, Dwarf. 262 
Talks About Manures — A New Book.248 
Talks on Farm Crops, No. 17.255 
Timber, Sawing. Illustrated ..260 
Rainfall in the West, Increase of. 260 
Root-pruning Tillage.259 
Science Applied to Farming, No. 43.—Some Experi¬ 
ments with Fertilizers in Sand.. Illustrated. .250 
Secretary of Agriculture. 251 
Sheep Pen. Portable..2 Illustrations. .257 
Sandwich Islands, Agriculture of.. . 3 Illustrations . .253 
Summer Cottage, costing §150....... 6 Illustrations. .Hoi 
Suspension Bridge, A Cheap . 2 Illustrations. .259 
Winter Greeneries at Home ; New Book .248 
Wool and Mutton .. . . . 255 
INDEX TO “BASKET,” AND OTHER SHORT ARTICLES. 
Alsike Clover .273 Manure-making.246 
Architectural Designs. .274 Mass. Exp. Station.252 
Artesian Wells.275|Milk from Heifer.274 
Bean Weevils.246 Milking-tubes.242 
Broken Wind.273 Native Flowers & Ferns.246 
Bullet in a Horse.275 N. Y. Hort. Society.246 
Business Notices_241-242 Nitrate of Soda....242 
Cancer Doctors.242 Nil s and Nubbins.275 
Castor Pomace.274 Oats and Peas.274 
Chicken Cholera.274 Oil-stoves.247 
Clover at the South.274 Oxen. Working. 249 
Conn. Ex’t Station.242 Patent Fences.273 
Corn. Sanford. 275 Peanut-oil . 242 
Cotton-seed, Feeding_273 Pens at Paris.274 
Cultivators.274 Pigs Don't Eat.273 
Cutting Wheat.246 Prices of Thoroughbreds.275 
Death of Sheep.273 Rats and Harness.274 
Deatli of W. C. Bryant.. .275 Rats, to Rid a Bam of.. .275 
Devon Herd Book.274 Red Durhams .274 
Entom. Commission.246 Red Water in Calf.274 
Estimating Weights.246 Rye and Corn.274 
Farming in Cal.247 Rye for Pasture.274 
Feathers, Drop.273 Sheep Poisoning.246 
Feed or Breed.. .246 Sheep Ticks....274 
Foot-Rot in Sheep.242 Show-Bills for Fairs.275 
Foul Slicath.274 
Grass in Woodland.275 
Grain Receipts & Sales..242 
Harris' Insects.242 
Harvesting Peas.247 
Hay-tedders.274 
Heaves in Horses.274 
Hoisting Wagon Body.. .274Tumor on Cow 
Hungarian Grass.275 Tumor on Horse 
Soil Analysis.246 
Southern" Levees...274 
Sportsmen, To.274 
Sugar Beets.274 
Swine Record.Yorkshire 274 
Tanner's Refuse.274 
Tobacco Stems.247 
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Indigestion in Sheep_274 Turnip Sowing.274 
Large Butter Yield.217 Value of Eggs.274 
Leprosy in Poultry.247 Value of Potash.274 
Lime, when to Use.242 Veterinary Education_246 
Malformed Udder .247 Wheat in'Austratia.275 
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