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AMERICA]^ AG-RIOULTURIST 
[October, 
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Contents of this Number. 
A Bay Oft'.”. llludraled.. 401 
Adobes as a Building Material. i llhwtralions.. 411 
Among tile Farmers.418 
Animal Ailments.414 
Animals, Feeding and Care of Farm.. .4 J/lusiraUons.. 405 
Apples, Stored inPits.405 
Barn, A Florida. 2 lilusi/’ations.. 410 
Bee Notes for October.2 lllustraliona.. 403 
Bit, Wooden, for Cow. 419 
"Boole Farmers.”. 406 
Boys’ and Girls’ Columns : 
Caught in tlie Battle. Illustrated.. 420 
What are Shrimpy?. Illustrated.. 427 
Reims Puzzle. Illustrated.. 427 
Transposition Rebus. Illustrated.. 427 
Do You Know my Boarders ?. 427 
Tlie Doctor's Talks . 2Illustrations.. 428 
A Dakota Boy’s Letter to his Friend. .Illustrated.. 4-8 
Bnllts, Fall or Holland. 423 
Cattle, Holland—A Good Record. 411 
Chicken Cholera, Prevent.406 
Coach, Tlie Stage, In New York City.. .Illustrated.. 408 
Colts—Ilitits About Breaking..404 
Cottonwood-Beetle, Tlie Streaked_2 Illustrations.. 406 
Crop-Feeding, Recent Experiments in. 419 
Crops, Whatsliall we Gather First?.416 
Daikon, Japanese Winter Radish_3 Illustrations.. 412 
Derrick, xV Convenient. 409 
Dog, Our.•. Illustrated.. 416 
Farm, Beautifying the. Illustrated.. 406 
Farm Work for October . Illustrated.. 402 
Farms and Gardens in New York City.2 Ulus.. 417 
Features of this Niimber. 402 
Frogs, How, Help h’armers. 405 
Fruit House, Dryness in the. 406 
j'rtiitfiiluess and xlbtindance. Illustrated.. 415 
Fruit—Ripening and Decay...*.423 
Oad Fly, Tlie Ox. 2 Illustrations. 420 
Garden, Flower, and Lawn. 403 
Garden, Market and Kitchen. 403 
Garden, The Fruit. 403 
Gate, .4. combined Hinge End Sliding. 2 Ulus.. 410 
Grapes, A New Method of Preserving.3 Ulus.. 421 
Grass, A Rare, Useful and Ornamental..i/fiwfo’atoC. 420 
Greenhouse and Window Plants.403 
Hand Carl, xV. 412 
Horses, the Fastest Trotting. Illustrated.. 404 
Household. 
Curtains for Stained Glass Window.. .Illustrated.. 424 
Table Etiquette. 424 
A Table Jardiniere. Illustrated.. 424 
A New Pholograph Receiver. Illustrated. 424 
IIow to make Good Pickles.424 
Our Sleeping Rooms.425 
A Corner Medicine Cabinet. Illustrated.. 425 
Slioe-Case,and Bag for Soiled \A\\a\\.2 Illustrations. 425 
Have more Salads—Their Heallhfulness.425 
Insecticides, Our Most Valuable. 421 
Jay-Eye See. Illustration. .ADA 
l.abels, Look to. Now. 419 
Law for Farmers—Hiring Farm Help. 419 
Leaf-Rollers of the Apple. Illustrated.. 418 
Live Stock Notes for October.402 
JHangers forCatlle. Illustrated.. 420 
Musliroom Growing. 420 
Notes from tlie Pines. Illustrated.. 422 
October. 402 
” On the Road”.•.2 Illustrations.. 429 
Onion Seed, Raising.410 
Orchard and Nursery. 403 
Feat-Moss, A New Use for. 405 
Pen, A Movable Pasture. Illustrated,.. 410 
Pen, Swine Feeding, for Corn. lllustra'ed.. 416 
Pigeon Breeding—Jacobins and Faiitails_2 Ulus.. 414 
Pine, DeLuncey’s. Illustrated.. 423 
Plants, Wintering, in Cellars. 421 
Plum, An Entirely New. ILustrated.. 412 
Poppy, A New and Brilliant. Illustrated.. 422 
Koad-Building, Good and Bad.3 Illustrations. 419 
Salt and xVshes for Swine. Illustrated.. 416 
Sheep, Characteristic Heads of. 2 Illustrations.. 409 
Sheep, Management of, in Winter. 409 
Sheep, Shropshire and Hampshire-down.420 
Testing, Proper, of Butter Cows. 410 
Tree Trunks, Protecting from the Sun.421 
Tule Lands and their Cultivation. 412 
Walks and Talks on the Farm. 407 
Water, Is Cold, Injurious to Plants?. 421 
Winds, Northwest, Kill the Peaches. 410 
For Editorial C’orrespoiideiit e, lliimlnig; 
exposure.^, boolc reviews, business an- 
noiiiicemeiils, and otlier matters oT spe¬ 
cial interest, see llic last pages of tliis 
number of the -Imerican .V<!:rieulturist. 
October. 
Season of mist and mellow fruitfulness 1 
Close bosom friend of the maturing sun ; 
Conspiring with him how to load and bless 
With fruit the vines that round the thatch eaves run; 
To bend with apples the moss’d cottage trees. 
And fill all fruit with ripeness to the core. Keats. 
Renew Now. 
Do not wait, please, until the end of the year be¬ 
fore renewing your subscription, but forward your 
name for 1885, on receiving this number. 
A Day OIF. 
,4. spirited engraving on the previous page sug¬ 
gests October and a favorite rural pastime. 
Bounteous Harvests. 
The engraving on page 415 typifies the ripeness 
and abundance of the season ; the in-gathering 
of the “ fruits of the earth,” proves this to be 
almost without exception a year of plenty and 
fruitfulners. 
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over four thousand subscribers have written us 
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Features of this Number. 
Joseph Harris, besides his instructive Walks and 
Talks, has a timely article on “ Sheep in Winter,” 
and Gathering Crops_D. D. T. Moore, long edi¬ 
tor of “Rural New Yorker,” writes on Agricul¬ 
tural Fairs as Educators_Adobes, the cheapest 
building material of the Far West, are described by 
J. L. Townsend, of Utah... .Remarkable milk and 
butter records of Holland Cows are given by Dud¬ 
ley Miller_The ailments of numerous Farm Ani¬ 
mals are prescribed for by Professor D. D. Slade, of 
Harvard University. Col. M. C. 4Veld tells what 
he saw “ x4mong the Farmers,” and writes on 
Milk-fever, Sheep, Breaking Colts, etc. Beautify¬ 
ing the Farm is treated by Elias A. Long. David 
W. Judd continues his notes of travel in the Far 
4Vest. Dr. Byron D. Halsted writes about “ Our 
Dog” (with portrait),Experiments in Crop Feeding, 
The Cottonwood Beetle and other insects. The 
Ripening and Decay of Fruit is treated by Doctor 
George Thurber, who describes an Entirely New 
Plum, Japanese Radishes, and has numerous other 
horticultural articles. Legal points in Hiring 
Farm Help are made plain by H. A. Haigh. House¬ 
keepers will find full directions for making pickles 
by -Aunt Hattie. Ethel Stone gives hints on Table 
Etiquette, and useful and ornamental articles are 
illustrated. The Boys and Girls have an illustrated 
story, the Doetor’s Talks, a Dakota Boy’s Letter, 
Puzzles, etc. All interested in the trotting feats of 
Jay-Eye-See, will be glad to see a portrait of this 
horse. The full page and other illustrations are exe¬ 
cuted by such artists as Forbes, Bennett, Scranton. 
We hope the town, county, district. State, and 
other fairs, have attracted the merited attention of 
farmers everywhere. Many of these exhibitions 
are held this month, and there is still time to cast 
in the sickle of personal attendance, and reap a 
large harvest of new and valuable ideas. lYinter 
wheat may be sown up to the middle of the month. 
Where the soil is deep, rich, and mellow, late sow¬ 
ing may be better than early, as the plants thus 
escape the ravages of the Hessian fly. October 
sown wheat may be much benefited by an appli¬ 
cation of a quick-acting commercial fertilizer, 
which will stimulate the young plants to a rapid 
growth. Two hundred pounds per acre of either 
sulphate of ammonia or nitrate of soda may greatly 
increase the crop. 
Where there is a market for husks, the ears of 
corn may be picked from the stalks and husked in 
the barn, otherwise it is better to husk the corn in 
the field. If the seed ears have not been selected, 
do this important work now. Leave a few of the 
husks on the seed ears, by which they can be 
braided and hung up in bunches in a dry place out 
of the reach of vermin. After husking, bind the 
stalks in bundles, and set these in large shoeks. 
If this work is properly done, the fodder may stand 
in the field until winter, and be drawn to the bam 
as desired. As soon as frosts are expected, the 
beets must be harvested ; next secure the carrots, 
and follow with the turnips. Roots keep well 
while stored in pits, if frost does not reach them, 
and there is sufficient ventilation provided. 
Potatoes should have been harvested before now. 
Gather and burn the tops if Paris green has been 
used upon them. A general cleaning up around 
the barns and out-buildings should be made before 
winter sets in. Keep the teams at work with the 
plows, hauling swamp-muck, etc. In short, do 
whatever work that will aid in the coming spring 
with its pressing labors. 
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LIVE STOCK NOTES. 
Keep the horses in the stables at night. The sea¬ 
son is now too far advanced for night-pasturing. A 
cold storm might do exposed horses much harm. 
When unavoidably drenched, rub the horses 
thoroughly and blanket them. Oil the harnesses 
and keep them clean. The pasture supply of food 
for cows is now falling off, and green food must be 
added. The vegetable garden and the root field 
should furnish wholesome food. It is, however, 
not wise to feed any waste rubbish to the milch 
cows. Young stock should be kept in a thriving 
condition ; their future value largely depends upon 
a vigorous, early growth. Early lambs to those who 
have the facilities for raising them are always 
profitable. Weed out the poor ewes, and prepare 
them for the shambles. Use only pure-blood f-ams. 
Plan now for lambs to come in March. Brood sows 
should be in good condition. Bear in mind that it 
pays best to fatten and dispose of the hogs before 
the coldest winter weather comes. Push them now 
for the early market. Fowls need warm winter 
quarters provided for them with abundance of 
wholesome food and pure water. They do not 
bear erowding closely together in large numbers- 
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