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AFRICAN GUANO. 
For sale, a superior article of African Guano, just received 
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02.50 per 100 lbs. This Guano has been analyzed by Mr. J. E. 
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CONTENTS OF JULY NUMBER. 
Substitutes for a Short Hay Crop. 
Why does not Hay cause the Production of more Milk 1 > 
Propagation of Plants and Trees by Leaves j * * 
Agricultural Chemistry and Geology, No. 1 ( 
Southdown Sheep; How Plants Receive their Carbon J ’ '* * 
Dorking Fowls.. 
Stables, No. 2; Preparation for the Hard-working Season... 
New York Farmers’ Club... 
American Ag. Association; Farm of Dr. Pool. 
Roup in Fowls ; Turnips ; How to Manage a Stud Horse .. 
Agriculture in Scotland, No. 9, John P. Norton { 
Wool Raising in the United States, R. L. Allen J. 
Hired Laborers, S. 
Experiments with Fish, Poudrette, and Ashes, H. C. Sanford 
In and In Breeding, Inquirer, and L. F. Allen. 
Hovey’s Straw Cutter, Win. Hovey. 
Spring Pigs more Profitable than Store Pigs, W. ) 
A Log Loader, V. H. Hallock j ”*• 
To Make Fruit Trees Thrifty, R. L. Colt ) 
Fences, L. D. Clift >.. 
Geddes Harrow, Geo. Geddes ) 
Trees for Shade and Ornament, C. C. Savage. 
Rosa Rubifolia, or Prairie Rose, W. R. Prince ) ^ 
Marling i. 
Bone Manure, R. M. Bailey ) 
Farming in New Jersey, E. >. 
Western Calendar for July, A. Ileatty ) 
Ladies’ Department: What Women may Do . 
Never Failing Recipes for Soap; Preserving Fruit Fresh.... 
Boys’ Department: The Toad; Breeding Poultry ; ) 
Cure for Fever Burden ) 
The Muscovy Duck... 
Foreign Agricultural News. 
Editor's Table. 
Review of the Market. ....... 
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