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AMERICAN AGRICULTURIST 
Contents for March, 1861. 
Ashes—Coal—Use for. 75 
Babydom.86 
Bees—Apiary in March. 67 
Bees—Are Movable Frame Hives Best. 77 
Bees—Starting an Apiary."8 
Bees—Stingless, of Central America..9 Illustrations.. 76-7 
Birds—Blue Jay in the Corn Field.'1 
Blackberry—New-Rochelle—How to Plant.83 
Book on Education—Valuable and Important.86 
Boys’ and Girls’ Columns—Editor with his Young 
Readers—Capital Picture—Amusing Games—Shak¬ 
ing Hands—A Big Dictionary for the Boys and 
Girls—U ncle John’s Study, No. IV—First Ameri¬ 
can Poetry—Smart Reply—Questions for Young 
Philosophers—Problems—Ough.3 Illus . .68-89 
Broom Corn—Dwarf—Experience with.71 
Calendar of Operations for the Month.66 
Canada Letter—Hubbard Squash, etc. 7 1 
Carrots—Value of.80 
Cattle—Large. . 
Cement for Crockery, etc. 01 
Clothing-Change of—A Caution .. . . 86 
Cooking Hints—Hominy Bread, Pies, Cakes, etc.87 
Corn—How Iowa Boys Raised .78 
Draining—Why Beneficial, and Where.4 Illus. .70 
Dream—A Profitable—Paying Interest.... Illustrated ..73 
Editors Humbugged.72 
Farm Work in March. 66 
Flower Garden and Lawn in March.....67 
Furniture—A Man’s Views.85 
Garden—Kitchen and Fruit, in March.66 
Garden Plants—How to Start Early.79 
Gas Lime—Johnson’s Opinion—Experience with.75 
Grape—Grafting the.83 
Grape Vines—Bleeding—To Prevent.84 
Grass Seed—Sow this Month.71 
Green and Hot-Houses, in March.67 
Horses—Spavin—Remarks on.72 
Insects—Apple Borer on Slate Lands.-.83 
Insects—Lice or Scale on Trees.83 
Insects—Potato Bugs, to Destroy.77 
Lime—How to Make Oyster Shell.74 
Mangel Wurzels versus Corn.71 
Manures—Queries and Answers.74 
March—Suggestions—Fickle Men. Illustrated. .65 
Market Review—Weather Notes, etc.91 
Matches—Substitute for. 87 
Orchard and Nursery, in March.66 
Orchard—Eight Reasons for Planting.82 
Poultry Lecture in Few Words.80 
Poultry—Shanghai Creepers. Illustrated. .80 
Pruning—Talk about.82 
Raspberry Cultivation.83 
Rhubarb—Cultivate.,..83 
Silkworm—New Chinese. ..Illustrated. .81 
Stack Stables on the Prairies.71 
Stoves and Pipes—Care of .87 
Subsoiling—Benefit of—Examples.70 
Painting Buildings .72 
Potato Man—Mr. Jones’Experience. .Ill.73 
Tim Bunker on Seed .79 
Trees—Decay of Fruit.82 
Trees—Dwarf—How made by Chinese.81 
Vases and Statuary in Ornamental Grounds. .5 Illus.. 84 
Wheat and Chess Question.78 
Wheat—Giant—For free Distribution. Illustrated. .72 
Wives—The Two,. 87 
INDEX TO “ BASKET” ITEMS. 
Publisher’s Notices. 
iFor other Business Items , see page 92.] 
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