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AMERICAN AGRICULTURIST. 
Contents for June, 1861. 
Aloe—American, on Exhibition ... Illustrated.. 181 
Apples—Reports on for different Localities.—Valuable 
Summary. .177 
Aquarium—Salt Water—Management of. Illust..181 
13 aby—The Sin that Killed it...183 
Bag—Howto Tie....... .... 171 
Bees—Apiary in June....164 
Boy’s and Girls’Department—Editor with his Young 
Readers—About the Picture—A Noble Boy—About 
Names—Days of the Week—Type Setting—Amus¬ 
ing Mistakes — The “ Star - Spangled Banner ” 
Words and Music. The Cunning Will—Problems. 
Illustrated.. 184-5 
Cabbage Tree—Wonderful. ..179 
Cabbages—Hints on Raising..... 179 
Calendar of Operations for the Month.. ...162 
Calves—Feed for Weaned.. .173 
Cattle—Graining Young—Root Feeding.173 
Cattle—Horn Ail not a Disease.. 173 
Climbing Plants—Adorning Rough Places. .ISO 
Clover—Curing—An Old Notion.......171 
Clover Seed—Saving . 171 
Coffee—Hints on Choosing and Preparing,. .182 
Cooking Directions, etc. — Mutton Hams—Corned 
Beef Hash—Browned Hash—Cherry Pudding— 
Corn Bread—Dough Cake — Dutch Pancake— 
Measure Loaf Cake—Lard Candles. ... 183 
Corn—Sow for Feeding.......170 
Crowbar—Use the .175 
Draining—How to Drain.6 Illustrations . 169 
Draining—Mole Plow. ...168 
Egg Plants—Raising and Cooking....180 
Exhibition Tables... 187 
Farm Work in June.....162 
File for Papers—New and Convenient.....188 
Flax Competing with Cotton. 170 
Flower Garden and Lawn in June..163 
Flower—God seen in the. .175 
Flowers—Passion Flower . Illustrated.. 180 
Garden—Kitchen and Fruit in June...163 
Green and Hot Houses in June...164 
Hedges—Osage Orange. 177 
Home Questions for the Household.....182 
House—Rustic Summer.. Illustrated. .172 
Humbug—Agricultural at Washington.189 
Illinois Lands—Answer to Inquiries.172 
Insects—Wheat Midge—Disappearance of.171 
June—Suggestions—Dairying and Pastures .Illustr.. 161 
Latin Quotations Explained. 186 
Literature—Poisonous Stuff.183 
Manure—Bone—Home-made.168 
Manure—Dead Animals for.....168 
Manuring with the Hoe...172 
Market Review—Weather Notes, etc. 187 
Massachusetts Agricultural Reports for 1860.165 
Millet for Fodder... 170 
Moles—Do they Eat Peas. ...173 
Mowers and Reapers.. 172 
Oil Cloths—How to Choose and Preserve..... 182 
Orchard and Nursery in June —....162 
Plowing by Steam. ...174 
Plow—How to Scour. 172 
Pomological Societies—Defence of. 175 
Potato Rot—Three Proposed “ Sure Remedies”.168 
Raspberry and Blackberry Shoots.180 
Seed—Sowing Soaked.. ....171 
Sleep—How much is needed...183 
Strawberry Beds—Slugs in...179 
Sugar Making—Important Discovery....174 
Swine—Cheap Feed for. 173 
Swine—To Free from Vermin .. 173 
Thin the Plants..179 
Topiary Work in Gardening.. .5 Illustrations.. 176 
Trees and Vines—Dry Rot in Living.179 
Trees—Evergreens—"Desirable Sorts. 178 
Trees—Evergreens—How to Transplant..178 
Trees—Evergreen—Sowing Seeds.. 175 
Trees—Pine Lumbering—Lesson from History... 174 
War and The Farmers—Important Suggestions.167 
Weak Plants—Replacing.180 
Wheat and Chess—Experiment Proposed....171 
Wheat Fields—Weed the...171 
Wheat—Premium, etc.. ...3 Illustrations. .188 
Wheat—Transplanting. 171 
INDEX TO “BASKET” ITEMS. 
Apples for Minnesota... 166 
Books for Farmers....... 166 
Cattle—Lice on. ............. 166 
Ctiurning—Novel Mode of.. 166 
Corn Planter—Cheap.... . .165 
Corn—Remedy for Birds—Selecting Seed.......___ 165 
Corn Stalks for Milch Cows.......165 
Cotton in Utah Territory...165 
Currant—The Cherry... 166 
Exhibition—N. Y. State Agricultural Society....165 
Flowers—The Green Rose.....166 
Grapes—Hardiness of—The Delaware—Stakes for. ...166 
Grass for Prairies—Red Top—When to cut.165 
Hogs—Chester County.... . ...166 
Horse—A Large. 166 
Horses—Administering Medicine to—Ring Bone.166 
Horses and Cattle—Warts on.166 
House Plan—Mr. Bishop’s Premium awarded.165 
Insects—Onion Maggot Preventive. 166 
Letters for “ John Smith”...... 165 
Manure—Cider Pommace—Gas Liquor.165 
Manure—Tan Bark for—Plaster, Amount of per Acre.I66 
Milking Machines...] 66 
Nursery Catalogues—Bridgeman’s . 166 
Oats on a Wheat Head ....165 
Potatoes Mixing in the Hill............166 
Poultry—Cholera in Hens. .. 166 
Quinces in March.... ...166 
Roofs—Composition for—Roman Cement—Leaky. ..166 
Sheep and Dogs in Massachusetts.166 
Sheep—Feeding in Winter...166 
Strawberries in Hills—Great Yield.. 166 
Sugar Cane—Chinese—Forwarding Growth of.165 
Thistles—Canada. 166 
Trees—Plum—Beach or Sand for Stocks ..166 
Whale Oil Soap........ 166 
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