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AMERICAN AGRICULTURIST. 
Contents for May, 1861. 
Apples—Painted—Novel Deception... 14S 
Apples—Reports on Best for different Localities .....143 
Aquarium—Fresh Water—Management of.150 
Bees—Apiary in May ...I® 3 
Bovs’ and Girls’ Columns—Editor with his A oung 
Readers—“ Happy as a King”—“ X Didn’t Think” 
—Speak Gently—Amusing Dog Lawsuit—The Ar¬ 
madillo—A Knowing Dog—Look before you Run 
—Rocking Babies to Sleep—A little Girl Out-Ar¬ 
gues the Editor—Uncle John’s Study ..No. V.— 
Philosophy of the Magic Plate—Problems—The 
Simple Secret, etc., etc.3 Illustrations.. 152-154 
Butter—Keeping Sweet...-.I 38 
Butter Making—Experiment in.-.138 
Calendar of Operations for the Month. ---130 
Carrots—Value of....13® 
Corn—Seed—Detecting Frozen. ...I 38 
Dairy—Profitable... • • ■ . i3 ® 
Draining—How to Drain.2 Illustrations.. 137 
Draining Questions... .... .... 
Drains—Pipe for House Slops ...137 
Farm—Laying out—Economy in Fencing .....Illust.. 139 
Farm Work in May .. . .130 
Firkin—Convenient Way of Hooping.... 151 
Flower Garden and Lawn in May. 132 
Flower Garden—An Impromptu. Illustrated. .147 
Flowers-Herbaceous Perennials—Value and Cultiva¬ 
tion of.I 4 ® 
Flowers—Perennials—What to Cultivate.......146 
Garden—Kitchen and Fruit in May... ..131 
Gardens for Health. 147 
Girl—Hiring a . ... 
Grain—Raise one Bushel More. 136 
Grape Culture—A Hint in—Layering .. ... 146 
Green and Hot Houses in May..... -. 133 
Horses—Cost of Keeping. ..... .........141 
Horses—Engraving from Painting by Landseer.144 
Horses—Galls on. . _ 141 
Insects—Microscopic Views—Pigeon Tremex—Pimpla 
Vividus . ....9 Illustrations. .140 
Insects—Troublesome House..150 
Lantern Blinks.. XXVII—Diogenes Redivivus Visits 
a Contented Farmer’s Wife. 149 
Lawn—Perfecting the.-. .5 Illustrations.. 148 
Letter from Pod Auger.... 145 
M anuring—High, Pays ..... 136 
May—Suggestions—Poultry Raising. Illustrated.. 129 
Orchard and Nursery in May.131 
Paint—A Cheap ..... 136 
Pear—Doyenne d’Ete. . Illustrated.. 146 
Pear—New Winter—Duchesse D’Hiver.145 
Plaster of Paris—Practical Suggestions.. 137 
Plows—Draught of—Experiments—The Cylindrical 
Plow. 136 
Pork—How to Cook .151 
Potatoes—How to Raise Cheaply.. .139 
Poultry Raising—Experience in—Black Spanish.. 142 
Poultry—Turkeys—How to Raise. 142 
Recipes — Puff Omelet—Steamed Eggs—Apple Pie 
Dumpling—Palatable Castor Oil.151 
Seeds—Hints on Sowing Garden. 149 
Sheep—Foot Root—Treatment of. .141 
Squash Seeds—How to Keep Pure. ...149 
Stables—Sparred Floors for. 141 
Strawberries—Managing. 149 
Swine—Pigs more Profitable than Calves. ... .142 
Swine—The Family Pig — .141 
Tool—The Best for Tillage.139 
Transplanting—Directions for. Illustrated.. 149 
Trees—Dwarf Apples—Best Sorts.145 
Tsees—Planting—May Day Festival.. 145 
Trees—Suggestions about Dwarf Pears.145 
Trees—Too Old to Plant..... 146 
Washing Table—Convenient.. . 151 
Weeds—A Thousand at one Pull.......138 
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