06 
AMERICAN AGRICULTURIST. 
Contents for March, 1860. 
Accounts—Farm, Howto Keep.'2 
Advertisements—A Good Class of. 91 
Advertisements—Bogus Land, etc.91 
Advertising Information—Gratis—IX—Seeds, Quacks.70 
Agave Yuccaefolia.Illustrated. .84 
Agricultural Lectures at Yale College...96 
Animal*—Mode of Suspending Slaughtered_Illus.. .75 
Apples—King of Tompkins Co.82 
Asparagus—How to Obtain early.83 
Bee-Keepers—Caution to... .70 
Bees—Apiary in March.67 
Bees—Method of Transporting.Illustrated. .76 
Books—Flower Garden Directory.91 
Boys’ and Girls’ Columns—Editor with his Young 
Readers—A Telling Illustration—The Lucky 
Branch—What do you Think of Yourself I—How 
a Man got Scared—A Boy seeing a Strange Sight— 
Common Errors in Speaking, by Anna Hope—An¬ 
swers to Problems—New Problems_7 Iilus. .88-89 
Broccoli—A new Variety.Illustrated. .77 
Brooms—Home-made again.Illustrated. .74 
Brushes—New Mode of Making.2 Illustrations.. 66 
Buildings—A Farm House.3 Illustrations.. 73 
Buildings—Plans of Barns. 91 
Cabbage Family—The. 77 
Cabbage—Wonderful Yield of.77 
Calendar of Operations for the Month . 66 
Cattle—Treatment of Breeding Heifers.. 69 
Charcoal—Burning in Kilns .75 
Cockroaches—Freezing them out.86 
Doctor—Familiar Talks by the-III.87 
Farm—Work for in March.66 
Fences—Hints on Building Wire.71 
Fire—Escaping from Burning Houses.86 
Flowers from the Prairies..84 
Flower Garden and Lawn in March.67 
Foxglove (Digitalis)— Medicinal Properties of..84 
Frost—Suggestions for Protection from.75 
Frost Work—A Phenomenon.Illustrated. .72 
Fruit—How long do Varieties last?.82 
Garden—Kitchen and Fruit in March .66 
Gardening in Old Times.85 
Gooseberry—Hints on Culture.83 
Grafting—Instructions for Beginners..2 Illustrations..82 
Graperies—Dr. Grant’s not Destroyed.67 
Grapes—American, two Centuries ago.83 
Grapes—Delaware—Correction.91 
Grapes—The Mania for New Varieties.83 
Grass Lands in Spring.66 
Green and Ilot-Houses in March.69 
Hungarian Millet for Horses and Cows.77 
Insects—Microscopic Views—I—The Rose Louse.8 III. 80 
Insects—Wash for Fruit Trees.81 
Lamp and Match box Combined.Illustrated.. 86 
Lantern Blinks—XVII—Market Days.-.74 
Leather Preservative—Brower’s.91 
Letter from Abroad, by S. B. Parsons .79 
Manures—Scientific and Practical Talks about.. .III.. 68 
March —Odd Hints for.70 
M arch, Suggestions—Extravagance.65 
Market Review, Weather Notes, etc.90 
Mountains of California.96 
Mouse and Rat Trap—A good and Cheap. .Illustrated.. 86 
Music-Influence of in the Family. 85 
Orchard and Nursery in March.66 
Ornaments—Inexpensive Household—It—Cone Bask¬ 
ets, etc.2 Illustrations. .85 
Poisons—Keeping them Safe.87 
Potatoes—How to Raise Early.73 
Poultry—Chinese Geese.Illustrated.. 76 
Poultry —How to Raise Turkeys. 76 
Premium Lists still Open.89 
Premiums—Seed, Valuable.96 
Recipes—Almond Cake—Ginger Cake—Ginger Nuts— 
Spice Nuts—Delicate Cake—Jackson Snaps—Do¬ 
mestic Cake—Tea Cake—Spanish Biscuit—Lemon 
Pie—Delicious Corn Bread.87 
Rhubarb-How to Obtain early.83 
Seeds Distributed in 1860.90 
Seeds—Duration of Vitality in.69 
Seed Trade-New feature in.96 
Shawl Pin—Home-made.Illustrated.. 86 
Sheep—Protection from Dogs.75 
Sorghum—Notes on Planting.78 
Spikenard Berries for Cooking. 85 
Tun Bunker—Jotham Sparrowgrass with a Tile in his 
head. . 
Tobacco—How Grown and Prepared for Market—II.. 78 
Trees—Preserving from Rabbits.82 
Trees. Vines, etc —Not Grown for Sale.67 
Trees- Wild Pear Stocks..82 
Types -Errors of the.89 
Water for Pasture'-Horizontal Wells.72 
Agriculture at Yale College. 
The Lectures and Discussions at Yale College are in 
progress as we close up this number. We at first intend¬ 
ed to give a pretlv full report, but it would be useless 
to attempt this, as will be seen when we state that the 
daily exercises consist of a discussion from 9 to 11 o’clock 
A. M.; a lecture of an hour or more at 11 ; a lecture at 
2i P. M.; another at 31, and a meeting for discussion in 
the evening. The lectures are mostly given by leading 
practical men in the various departments of farming, 
fruit culture, stock raising, etc. We consider this the 
most important gathering ever assembled in our country, 
so far as general agriculture and its cognate pursuits are 
concerned. The enterprise when first proposed, struck us 
as a noble one, and it is proving quite as successful as its 
originators and promoters could have hoped. Its influ¬ 
ence will tell upon the future. We could wish that there 
were a thousand times as many farmers present to par¬ 
ticipate in its advantages. We doubt not this will be a 
permanent Institution at Yale College, and also the pre¬ 
cursor of others of a similar character. Though our 
readers do not get a formal report, they will derive at 
least some advantages in the suggestions appearing from 
time to time in various articles in this journal. 
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VALUABLE SEE® PREMIUMS. 
FOR THE MONTH OF MARCH. 
In procuring our seeds for distribution this year, we 
provided an extra quantity, to be offered in special Pre¬ 
miums, as a remuneration to those who will, during this 
month (March,) assist in extending the circulation of the 
Agriculturist. Thus; 
After March 1st, any one sending the name of a new 
subscriber for the present Volume, may select from our 
general list of Seeds (on page 90) an assortment of 
Fifteen Packages, for his or her own use, in ad¬ 
dition to the usual four or five packages for the sub¬ 
scriber. 
The seeds may be called ^r at our office, or they will 
be forwarded by mail, if the amount of postage be fur¬ 
nished, as indicated against each kind (on page 90.) 
(Large lots may sometimes be sent cheaper by express.) 
This premium is offered for each new subscriber sent 
at the published rates, w hether single names at $1 each, 
or at, club prices for additions to clubs already formed, 
or for members of new clubs. (Of course, these seed 
premiums are not given where the other premiums (page 
89) are paid. 
Here is a good opportunity for any one to get a fine lot 
of Seeds at barely the cost of carriage, by mail or other¬ 
wise. Each new name will secure fifteen parcels. A 
club of six (for $5) will secure ninety parcels; a club of 
ten (for $8) 150 parcels (two or more of each kind); a 
club of fifteen (for $12) 225 parcels, and an extra copy; 
and so on for higher numbers. 
These seeds are fresh, and of pure quality. The flower 
seed parcels and some others, each contain enough for a 
small plot. The heavier kinds, such as corn and peas, 
are made as large as they can go under letter postage. 
Each kind is put in'o a separate paper seed-bag, duly 
labeled and numbered. 
Whether this premium will be offered beyond the 
present month (March), will depend upon how our stock 
of seed holds out. Many of the seeds were imported 
dneot from Europe, and we cannot get a second lot in lime 
for this season’s planting. We will reserve a small sup¬ 
ply, at least, for those at a great distance, who cannot get 
this paper in time to secure and send in names before the 
close of March. 
N. ES.—As a few of the varieties, that chance to be 
most called for, may run short, those applying for seeds 
will do well to prepare one list of such as they most de¬ 
sire, and also add a few numbers marked “ 2i.d list,'' to 
be selected from, in case any of those on the first list 
happen to run out. 
, N. EE.—In making out a seed list, use only the num- 
lurs (p 90), and omit the name of the seed. 
N. BE.— Remember to provide for the postage when the 
seeds are to go by mail. 
A New Feature in the Seed Trade. 
The difficulty of procuring good seeds in remote sec¬ 
tions of the country, is in a fair way to be obviated, by the 
plan now adopted by dealers, of offering select lists of 
seeds to be sent by mail. Our readers will find, in our ad¬ 
vertising columns, several announcements of this kind by 
reliable seed dealers. This ralher interferes with the ex¬ 
tensive system of seed distribution and premiums, adopt¬ 
ed by ns, several years since, but we are not sorry. Noth¬ 
ing pleases us more than to see a wide diffusion of plants 
and flowers. But aside from the pleasure, what we lose 
by competition, we shall gain in the end, by the increased 
attention and taste developed for plants, and a consequent 
larger demand for agricultural reading. We also heart¬ 
ily welcome our dignified cotemporaries, who, with but 
one or two exceptions, have even at a late day commenced 
scattering seeds and plants broadcast among their sub¬ 
scribers. Now that they join us in the good work, we 
cheerfully overlook the hints of “catch-penny,” etc 
thrown out in certain quarters, when our first active ef¬ 
forts towards a wide distribution of seeds were made. 
“ Ail’s well, that ends well.” 
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To the Mountains of California. 
The Steamer that carries this number to the Pacific 
Coast, takes out a Wheeler & Wilson Sewing Machine 
for Scott Valley, Siskiyou County, California, which lies 
about 300 miles north of San Francisco, near the boundary 
of Oregon. This machine is sent by the Publisher of the 
Agriculturist as a premium loa Lady, who, by showing a 
single copy of the paper, has, since Dec. I, obtained the 
requisite number of names, and had, at the date of her 
letter (Jan. 10,) started a second.list for the Cyclopaedia 
premium, which she soon expected to secure. She says, 
the premiums are less a stimulus, than a desire to show 
that this region is not, as some think, “ inhabited by sa¬ 
vages and wild beasts, dwelling in holes in the moun¬ 
tains,” which the map makers have sprinkled so 
profusely over that part of the country. It will cer¬ 
tainly startle many Eastern people to learn that 
in a single locality in those far off regions there are hun¬ 
dreds of enterprising farmers w ho subscribe for and read 
the Agriculturist. So far we believe Siskiyou County i« 
our banner county on the Pacific Coast. 
Can at any time be increased, by remitting for each ad¬ 
dition, the price paid by the original members—provided 
the subscriptions all date back to the same staiting point. 
The back numbers will of course be sent, toadded names. 
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LAWN or A'ARD; in-door and out door work around 
the DWELLING ; care of DOMESTIC ANIMALS 
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OF 1 The matter of each number will be prepared main¬ 
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A full CALEND AR OI* OPERATIONS for the season 
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FOUR to FIVE hundred or more, Illustrative EN¬ 
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Over SIX HUNDRED plain, practical, instructive 
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The Editors and Contributors are all practical, 
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The teachings of the Agriculturist are confined to no 
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