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York, containing 32 pages, royal octavo. 
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CONTENTS OF MAY NUMBER. 
To Correspondents ; Jerusalem Artichoke; \ 
Culture of Cabbages t. 
Dead Animals ; A Lesson on Plowing. 138 
Bush Puller ; Dutton Corn ; Nurseries of Messrs. { 
Hovey & Co. {. 
Paring Plow; American Agricultural Association. 140 
Manure.•*. 141 
Diseases of Poultry, H. T. Lloyd \ tAC> 
Salt as a Fertilizer, C. N. Bement ).". 
Southern Crops and Culture, No. 2, M. W. Philips. 143 
Manures and Cultivation, R. L. Pell l AAA 
Fences, T. J. 
Gardening, No. 3, L. T. Talbot. 145 
Planting a Variety of Crops, T. ( i , 7 
Analysis of Clover and its Management, E. N. Horsford * * * 
Rocky Mountain Sheep, Nathl. Sawyer and J. H. Lyman... 149 
Culture of Late Potatoes, Archibald Jayne. 150 
Steeping Seeds, T. I . 151 
Making Cheese, A Subscriber $. 
Improved Eagle Cotton Gin ) . i™ 
Benefit of Guano, J. W. Bowers ). 
Sorting Wool, American Shepherd. 153 
Lessons from Experience, Joseph H. Jenne ). 
Water for Calves, T. $. 
Overseers at the South, Wm. Murdock ^ ... 155 
Diseases of Animals and Sheep Husbandry, A. Stone $ 
The Potato Disease, Wm. Partridge. 157 
Agriculture in North Carolina, T. Pollok Burguyn >.jgg 
To destroy the Bee Moth f 
A Review of the March No. of the Agriculturist, Reviewer... 159 
To keep Fresh Meat in Summer, Q,. E. D. 160 
Ladies’ Department : To the Girls.. . .. 161 
To keep Verdigris from Brass Vessels ; Knitting. m2 
Boys’ Department : Rumpless Fowl ; ).;. 1(33 
Spring Work ; Experiments $. 
Foreign Agricultural News. 
Editor’s Table. 
Review of the Market. *■“* 
