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CONTENTS OF SEPTEMBER NUMBER. 
French Mode of Making Apple Butter \ 
Preservation of Apples J. 
Importation of Pure Merino Sheep....266 
Stevens* Patent Fence 1 
Show of the New York State Agricultural Society >. 267 
Symptoms of Diseases in Animals ) 
New York Farmers’ Club—Crow Report.268 
Application of Gypsum or Plaster of Paris; Anderson’s 
Patent Hammer; Preparation of Tornatos; Dande¬ 
lion Coffee ; How to boil Green Corn, &c. 
The Alpaca, No. 4.. 270 
Peruvian Guano on WTieat and Grass ) 
Deterioration of Barn-yard Manure £ ***' * 
To prevent Smut in Wheat; Side-hill Plow i 
Repeal of the British Corn Laws ’ * 
Foreign Cattle, C. N. Bement l 
Southern Agriculture, James S. Peacocke ). 
Removing Stains from Cloth, G. 274 
Management of Honey Bees, No. 3, T. B. Miner... . 275 
Seed-Sowing and Plaster-Spreading Machine, > 
Wm. J. Jones and H. C. Smith .. ^ 
Remedy for Colic in Horses, J. B. M. ) 
New Varieties of Potatoes from Seeds, B. >. 277 
Superior Corn Bread, A Traveller y 
French Bread; How to make Succotash ) 
Mr. Randall’s Merino Sheep, L. v .... 278 
Adulteration of Milk, A Friend to Health and Honesty ) 
Crops in Middle Georgia, Wm. Terrell. 279 
Drovers’ Dogs—Boxer and Rose { OQn 
Domestic Fish-Ponds, No. 4, D’Jay Browne J. 
Practical Facts about Bacon, Solon Robinson.282 
How to destroy the Canada Thistle, An Old 1 
Pennsylvanian Farmer; Imported >.283 
Durham Cattle, George Vail j 
Private Agricultural Schools, A. B. D. 284 
Horticultural Notes, An Amateur Gardener ) qq- 
Reply to Review of March No. Agriculturist, M. W. Philips $ ' 40 ‘ > 
Gardening No. 7, L. T. Talbot. 287 
Wool-growing in Western New York. T. C. Peters ^ 
Feeding Laige Dogs in Town, Walthamstow J. 
Ladies’ Department : What is a Parapetticoat 7 \ gS9 
Boys’ Department : A Chapter on Grasses, No. 2, E. I«. ) * 
Boys be Kind to Domestic Animals, *W*. 290 
Foreign Agricultural News. 291 
Editor’s Table. 292 
Review of the Market. 294 
