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AMERICAN AGRIC C LTURIST. 
Contents for December, 1881. 
Accounts—Balance now.364: Hominy—Indian.373 
Animals—Insurance on. 362j Horses—Graining Colts..362 
Animals’ Comfort.363|Humbugs in the city_365 
Apples—Keeping.367iHyacinths in Glasses./7L369 
Bag Holder—Old’s.. III.. 362 Insects—Hens vs. Bugs..369 
Bees—Apiary in Dec — 354|Laurel—Transplanting...368 
Bees—Truant; Breeds..36 i Leaves—Copying.. _373 
Lime—Oyster Shell.360 
Biscuit—Drop.37 
Boys’ and Girls’ Depart¬ 
ment—Editor with his 
Voting Readers ; The 
Christmas Tree ; How 
Many Soldiers; Thanks 
to Little Agents—Prob¬ 
lems, etc.374-375 
Boys—Something for_355 
Breadstutls—Sales .358 
Buckwheat Cakes .... 372 
Calendar of Operations..354 
Cattle—Care of Cows . .362 
Cattle—Chewing Bones 359 
Children—Bad Practic.e..372 
Corn Bread—Another...373 
Corn Bread Exhibition at 
this Office—$21 in Pre¬ 
miums Offered.372 
Cuttings -Rose.371 
December—Suggestions, 
Sheep Illustrated. .353 
Drills vs. Hills .360 
Luxuries—Cheap.365 
Market Review.376 
Meadows—Blanketing.. .360 
Moles—Destructive.369 
Orchard and Nursery.. .354 
Pancake—German .373 
Parsneps—How to Cook.372 
Plow—Fowler’s.. ..III ..366 
Pork - Curing Profitable.364 
Potato Disease.361 
Potatoes—Preserving_361 
Potatoes—Seed—French 
Treatment of..361 
Premiums offered..___375 
Pumpkins—King of._369 
Recipes—Baked Corn 
Pudding; Corn Oys¬ 
ters ; Breanfast Buns ; 
Brown Betty.373 
Rock Lifter—Bolles’./H..359 
Roots—How to Feed....361 
Sad Iron—Flat Iron, etc.31 
Farm Work in Dec_354;Seed List for 1862 .355 
Feeding Boxes v. ltacks.363 Seed—Selecting, etc.360 
FlowerGarden andLawn354|Shaving Easy.373 
Fruit Cellar—Improved..367j Sheep—Hint to Breeders.363 
Fruit Gatherer.. .Illus. .367|Sheep—Wanted.363 
Fuel—Hint for Dec.364iSocks—Government Pat- 
Garden—Kitchen etc_354 tern Illustrated. 371 
Goat—Plea for the.B631Soil—Burning the.360 
Grain — Feeding better Sorghum Syrup in Ill.. .354 
than Selling. 364 Telegraph to Pacific. III .358 
Grape Notes.367lTomato Culture .369 
Green and Hot-IIouses 354 Tomatoes—Trellis...369 
Green-Houses for the 
People—No. Ill—Inde¬ 
pendent Green-House 
—Heating—6 Illust.. 370 
Guess Work in Farming.364 
Hard Times. .371 
“ Homestead ” Transfer¬ 
red to Agriculturist.. .358 
Trees and Plants Protec¬ 
tion of . 268 
Trees—Moving Large.. .368 
Trees—V ariegated 
Leaved Maple.368 
Vegetable—New.369 
War Times—Readings in365 
Whitewash for Roofs.... 359 
INDEX TO “BASKET” ITEMS. 
Apples—Illinois_.....357|Orchard—Large Pear...357 
Ashes—Save Coal ... .357 Pears—Bicknell.336 
Bean—ChineseClimbing.356| Pears—Keeping. 356 
Beans—Self Drying.356 
Beef, etc.—Pickle for_357 
Beets—Yield of..356 
Bird Laws of N. Y .357 
Butter—Sweet in Winter357 
Potatoes-Planting inFall 356 
Poultry—A Neighbor’s. .357 
Poultry Book—Best.357 
Poultry—Feed.357 
Rhubarb Seed Free.355 
Cauliflowers—Heading..356 Seeds—No. in a Bushel.356 
Celery between Corn ...357 
Cement Pipes.356 
Corn Silk Medicinal_357 
Dahlias—Retrograding. .357 
Dahlias—Variegated_357 
Fairs—Paying Judges.. .357 
Flax and Cotton.357 
Flowers—Everlasting.. .356 
Flowers—Cactus, Prairie356 
Frost in the Garden.357 
Grapes—Kelley’s Island.357 
Grapes—Second Crop.. .356 
Grass—Orchard. 356 
Humbug in N. II.357 
Hydrangeas not Hardy. .356 
Insects—Slugs on Pears.356 
Insects—Weevil.356 
Lentils . 356 
Seeds—Vitality of.356 
Sheep—Leicester versus 
Bakewell.357 
Sheep—Prolific.357 
Sorrel—To Destroy.356 
Squash Vine—Long.356 
Strawberries in Nov.356 
Strawberries Sex of.357 
Swine—Good Trough...357 
Swine—Prolific Sow....357 
Subscribers—150 Lost.. .355 
Thistles—Taxon.. 356 
Toad—Horned.357 
Trees—Barren Pears_356 
Trees—Best Pears.356 
Trees—Budding Quince . 356 
Trees—Paint Injurious. .356 
.-..iTurnips— Waite’sEclipse356 
Minnesota Crops.357|Washing Mashine—Me- 
Manure—Salt in. 3571 tropolitan .357 
Manure—Wool Waste. . 3571 Whitewashing—Hint on.356 
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Entrance to Savannah, Geo! 
SCALE OF MILES 
It* 30 
* Fort Beauregard. ** Fort Walker. Rough shading on interior of Map indicates Swamps, 
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