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AMERICAN AGRICULTURIST, 
Contents for October, 1858. 
American Pomological Society Meeting....314 
Apples..... r ...316 
Apples—Drying... 310 
Auriculas, Verbenas, &c. .316 
Basket, Our. 315 
Bees—Apiary in October. 291 
Bees—Changing to new hives.......291 
Bees—Do they dwarf in old hives.Illustrated. .298 
Birds—Literary Robin. ...314 
Birds—White Robins. 303 
Books—Gray’s Botany and New Am. Encyclopaedia. .312 
Boy not afraid of a dog......Illustrated. .313 
Boys and Girls Own Columns....2 Illustrations. .313 
Bread—Cream of Tartar, Soda, etc. ....310 
Buckwheat—Threshing.‘.. .. ..294 
Butter—Making good. 311 
Butter—October.....294 
Calendar of Operations for October...290 
Cattle Show deception in Great Britain.302 
Colts, Calves and Lambs—Look after.292 
Corn—Grinding for stock.316 
Corn—Egyptian. 316 
Corn—King Philip, in Michigan.....299 
Corn—Shocking implements..........2 Illustrations. .299 
Corn—Unloading......... 315 
Crop —Trusting to a single .... 296 
Draining—Hollow brick for...Illustrated..292 
Editors Convention—Agricultural. 291 
exhibitions—Agricultural versus Shows.296 
Farm—Is it a Debtor 1...298 
Farm—Operations on for October. 290 
Fertile Country_.302 
Flower Garden and Lawn—Calendar......291 
Flowers—Culture of Ixias and Sparaxis...305 
Flowers at Trinity Church.Illustrated. .304 
Fruits—Official Catalogue of the Amer. Po. Society.. .314 
Fruit Planting . 305 
Fruit Shelves and Boxes. , .......307 
Garden—Kitchen and Fruit in October...291 
Gardeners—Our best. ....307 
Grapes—Preservation in Winter. 39', 
Grapes—Vines, injured by Sulphur. 300 
G rapes—Hybridizing.. 345 
Grass —Hungarian. 294 
Grasshoppers in Cataraugus Co., N. Y.. .........315 
Green and Hot House Calendar.........201 
Hams—Good Pickle for........311 
Health—Twelve rules for. 310 
Horse—Management of. 392 
House—Plan of. .....Illustrated..297 
Houses—Ash and Smoke, fire-proof. .207 
Indoor Work. .309 
Insects—Plea for Flies and Spiders.311 
Lantern Blinks.. IV— Farm of Slothful...303 
Letters—Anonymous.315 
Lime on Seed Potatoes.......298 
Loudon, Mrs.—Death of. 312 
Manures—Commercial Value of Muck. .292 
Masticator, or Tooth helper.. ...Illustrated. .309 
Meadows and Pastures—Care of new Seeded.........294 
Microscopes at Last........313 
Millet.... 315 
Mushrooms—Maggots in.... 307 
October—Suggestions for Month.289 
Orchard and Nursery—Calendar for October.290 
Pasture—Fall. 294 
Pears—Gathering... 307 
Plows—Land-Side Cutter ojected to...... 299 
Potatoes—Lime on Seed.. 296 
Potatoes in Iowa... ........315 
Poultry— Gapes in Chickens... 303 
Poultry Yard—Look to in October........292 
Press—Convenient Kitchen...... Illustrated ..310 
Questions—A string of... ..315 
Rural G ossip...... Illustrated.. 308 
Shuttle-Cock and Battle-door described..Illustrated..313 
Starch—Chapter on.. Illustrated. .312 
Strawberries—Felton’s Great Seedling......307 
Strawberries killed by watering. 307 
Stump Puller—“ Everybody’s,”.....Illustrated. .295 
Stump Puller.. 315 
Sulphur dangerous for Vine Mildew.....306 
Swine—Breeds of.......9 Illustrations .300 
Swine—Fattening Hogs. 300 
Table—Hints on Setting out, deportment, &C..III ...309 
Tim Bunker.-on the Clergy.......... 
Tree—Set out a Shade........... 
Trees—Best time for Transplanting.. 
Trees-Growth of Young forest... 
Trees-Land for, and Culture of Fruit. 
Trees— Planting, Staking and Moving. 
Uncle Frank’s Chat with Boys and Girls..I 
v'ermillion Co., Ill............ 
Washington’s Tomb and Homestead... 
Weather Review,^Markets, &c. ... 
Wheat—Fife, in Wisconsin.... 
Words—Kind...• ••• .•••■ 
295 
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