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Contents for January 1858. 
About that Paper..... 28 
Apple Trees—Planting, Culture &c. 18 
Apple Trees—Trouble among, in Delaware. 20 
Baskets—of Willows. 22 
Bees—Number in a swarm. 73 
Bees—The Apiarv in January. 3 
Bee Hive—Wonders of, No. VII—Mode of Reproduc¬ 
tion described.Three Illustrations.. 9 
Boys and Gilds Department—Curious Question—Slug¬ 
gard—Indian Arrows—About that Paper—A good 
Answer—Problems.Eight Illustrations... 27-28 
Boys on the Farm. jo 
Busn and Root Puller.Illustrated.. 13 
Candle Wicks—Suggestions on. 23 
Calendar of Work for the Month. 2 
Cattle—Sheltering in Winter. 27 
Cattle—The Alderny Cow... 14 
Cattle—A Dairy Manual wanted. 14 
Cattle—Valuable Articles in Preparation. 8 
Cherry—Winter xir Ground.—......... v . 21 
Cider—Making and Keeping. 22 
Cooking—Notes on—Pickling Sweet Apples—Pump¬ 
kin Preserves—Cooking Cabbages and Turnips— 
Suet Pudding, cheap and good—Loaf Cake—Soda 
Cake, and Cream Cake. 26 
Corn Stealer in a Trap. 7 
Cut Worm—Where does it come from ?. 7 
Dahlias—Blooming first year from Seed. 22 
Eggs—Selling by Weight...n 
Farm—Calendar for. g 
Farmer’s Clubs—Further talk on.]o 
Farming—Luck in. 13 
Fence Posts—Setting.. 
Fodder, Coarse—To be looked after... 14 
Flower Garden and Lawn—Calendar for. 2 
Flower Seeds for Distribution. .SevenIllustrations. .20-21 
Fruit stealing—Remarks on.23 
Fruit Trees—Baik Louse on—Note from A. O. Moore.22 
Fruit Trees—Important Articles on.20 
Fruit Trees—Suggestions on Pruning.FourIilus..24 
Fruit Trees and the Lawyer.. 
Fruit Trees—Winter Protection of.]g 
Garden, Kitchen and Fruit Calendar. 2 
Gas making and Candle Wicks.•. 05 
Gooseberry—Downing’s new Seedling.23 
Grape Vines, Wild—Grafting. 19 
Green House and Conservatory—Calendar. 3 
Gypsum as a manure. 5 
Hedges—Trimming. 27 
Hogs—What Feeding does for Pigs.. 
Honey—Marketing in Glass Boxes. 7 
Horses—Galls on.113 
Hot Houses—Calendar.] " j ’ ’ ' 3 
Ice Room—A cheap one." g 
Imfe—Sorghum—Darkee’s Letter.' ' ’ ’ 8 
Indian Arrow Heads.Illustrated 28 
January, 1858.‘‘ ~j 
Leather, Refuse—Value as a Manure.' .... 
Lime, Gas—Value, &c.!!!!!!!!!!! ]5 
Magazine—Atlantic Monthly.!!!!!!!!' 27 
Manure from Roads.'' ..g 
Maple Sugar Making. 5 
Marketing Beans—Instructive Story.!.".'. 55 
Milk can be concentrated.[ ’ jq 
Milk, Churning while new.. 
Onions—Keeping. 27 
Orchard and Nursery Calendar.. . . ” 2 
Orchard—Important Articles.! ’ . . . . . . '17 
Patent Office Report. 1856—A Look into.. g 
Pear—Flemish Beauty.... Illustration !.20 
Pennsylvania Farm School, Acknowledgments.. 27 
Potato Culture—Experience in.. . 12 
Poultry—Disease at Rock Island, Ill. .jn 
Poultry—Plea for Shanghais.Illustrated ’*11 
Poultry—Story of the Ship and the Guinea-Hens. 15 
Poultry—Will it Pay ?. jg 
Poultry—The Best Goslings. !! .!l 2 
Problems—Answersto. gg 
Problems—New. ' ' gg 
Pumpkins, Bitter—Notes on. . 
Root. Puller . .Illustrated 13 
SEED DISTRIBUTION FOR 1858. 29 
Seeds—Notes on those to be Distributed.’ ' *g 
Sewing Machines—Three Months’ Experience.!!! 25 
Stable—Sawdust for. ."J. 
Shade Trees in Pastures..!!! ' 
Snow Drifts, by Fences—To Prevent. . .J 3 
Southern Vegetation—Date Tree—Live Oak—Palmet¬ 
to, two varieties—Sago Plant—Spanish Bayonet- 
Yellow Jasmine.Eight Illustrations 16-17 
The Times—Cogitations of an Old Farmer. 3 
Tim Bunker on a NewManure...g 
Trees—Planting Large Ones.! "19 
Trees—Native and Foreign. !!!.33 
Tooth Washes. ’g '7 
Turnips—Easily raised and profitable.] ‘ ‘ 5 
Turnips for Pigs...!.'.’.!. 9 
