AMERICAN AGRICULTURIST 
FOR THE 
Farm, Grarden, and. Household. 
“AGRICULTURE IS THE MOST HEALTHFUL, MOST USEFUL, ANO MOST NOISLE EMPLOYMENT OF MAN.”— Washington. 
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VOLUME XXXVII.-No. 9. NEW YORK, SEPTEMBER, 1878. NEW SERIES—No. 380. 
Contents of this Number. 
Among the Farmers, No. 32.—Veterinary Surgeons— 
Effect of Fertilizers—Sludge acid. . 231 
Burn, a Large and Complete.4 Illustrations. .310 
Bee Notes for September .2 Illustrations.. 320 
Boys and Girls.—Young Microscopists—Woolly Aphis 
—P.ant Louse—Ferns—Aunt Sue—Aunt Polly's 
Visit to City—International Sunday School Lessons 
—Washington Monument—Talking at a Distance — 
Tim’s Kit—Native Water Fowl.14 Illustrations. .345-348 
Butter Stamps and Packages.3 Illustrations . .337 
California Succulent. Illustrated.. 341 
Cattle Sheds..4 Illustrations. .337 
Cats vs. Rats and Mice..339 
Celery in Winter. Keeping.342 
Channel Islands, Notes from. Illustrated.. 323 
Cow Milkers... .331 
Dodders as Weeds.339 
Drain. Levelling the Bottom of.4 Illustrations. .338 
Farm Order of t lie Right Ring .. 330 
Farm Work in September..324 
Fertilizer, the Best. 333 
Flemish Milk Wagon. Illustrated. .332 
Flower and Fruit Garden and Lawn. . ..324-325 
Garden Work for September.325 
Gratifying Figures .331 
Hay Carriage, Home-Made.5 Illustrations.. 339 
Hints About Work.324 
Hints and Helps for Farmers. — Temporary Whiffle 
Tree—Barn Closet — Water Pan for Chicks—Stable 
Knke—Saw-buck — Manure-Dumping.(1 lUus.. 336 
Household Department.—Common Weeds Made Use¬ 
ful—Home Topics — Children — Health—Cleansing 
Laces—Decorations—Washing—Notes and Queries. 
Humbug Column.328 
Jersey-Ayrshire, cross-bred cow. Illustrated ..323 
Kitchen and Market Garden.325 
Market Reports.326 
Norfolk Polled Heifer. Illustrated. .333 
Orchard and Nursery in September.324 
Oleomargarine. 332 
Picnics, Harvest Home.329 
Railways of tlie World. 330 
Raw Hide Horse-Shoes. Illustrated. .337 
Saw (Hand), Filing and Setting .6 IIIuStrattons ..336 
Science Applied to Farming, No. 45.—Vine’s Formulas331 
Sheep as Manure Makers. . . . . .336 
Sheltering Vehicles and Machines. 338 
Starry Magnolia. Illustrated ..341 
Strawberry Culture, Successful. 329 
Talks on Farm Crops, No. 19.335 
Village Improvement. 343 
Wa-te Lands, Profitable Use for.... 339 
Water Pipes, Repairing.3 Illustrations. 
Wheat. What Kind.334 
Windmills—How Made.2 Illustrations ..330 
Winter Bouquets, Grasses, etc.342 
INDEX TO “BASKET,” AND OTHER SHORT ARTICTLES. 
Amer. Agri. in Japan_351 Packing Butter.354 
Artichokes for Hogs_ 327 Pasturing Fields.345 
Bat Guano.354 Peaches by Mail.327 
Caponizing.327 Pear Blight. 356 
Colorado Beetle.354 Physicians.353 
Comprehensive Horticul353 Prickley Comfrey.356 
Cucumber Catsup.354 Rain on Acre .322 
Exports and Imports_354 Raising Farmers.353 
Feed Cutter, Useful.344 Rates Reduced.328 
Fern Book.327 Red Cedar from Seed...343 
Fly in Wheat.356 Sandwich Islands.354 
Fruit Growers in Cal_340 Seed Wheats.337 
Garget in Cows.356 Sheep Disease.354 
Grasses Named......356 Signals for Ranges.354 
Grazing Pastures .334 Sowing Wheat.354 
Hessian Fly and Midge..322 Strawberries in Belgium, 
Hoist Wheel.356| III .327 
House Plans .327 Sundry Humbugs.328 
Lamp, the Best...327|Talks on Manures.328 
Lasse)! Seminary.354 Tomato Catsup.354 
Lime. Salt. Ashes.356 Trimming Lamps.327 
Manual of Apiary.327 Turnip Machine, 111 _327 
Manual of Georgia _353jTwcwnty-five ct. Dinner.354 
Mass. Hort. Soci ty.328,H. S. Entom. Com. ..353 
Merino Rams... 327iWatch for Everybody.. .354 
Mistakes about Goats... 354|Winter Greeneries.328 
Nortli Carolina _354 Winter Oats .354 
Our Fair List. 353: Woman Farmer.327 
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