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AMERICAN AGRICULTURIST, 
Contents for May, 1860. 
Advertising Information Gratis..154 
Agricultural Society—New-York State, Officers.154 
Artichoke, Jerusalem—Note on.153 
Barn Plans for Premium—Note on.153 
Bean—The Lima. 148 
Bees—Apiary—Directions for May.133 
Bees—Artificial Combs for.154 
Bees—Loss of Young Queens.153 
Birds—Blackbirds not Useful.153 
Birds—Blackbird, Thrush, and Mockingbird.Ill .152 
Blackberry Seed Slow in Vegetating.154 
Boys’ and Girls’ Columns—Editor with his Young 
Readers—How does your Picture look’ —Keep 
Cool—Answers to Problems—New Problems—Il¬ 
lustrated Rebus — A Real “Backbiter” — Song 
Birds, Illustrated—Curious Visitors Expected—A 
Great Loss—Pretty nearly Right—Judging from 
Appearances. .. .2 illustrations. .151, 152 
Bread—Home-made.150 
Broom Corn—More about the Dwarf.138 
Cakes—Apparatus for Ornamenting.Illustrated.. 150 
Calendar of Operations fob the Month .130 
Calves—Teaching them Mischief.154 
Calves—Treatment of Black Leg.154 
Carrots—Great Yield in California.153 
Cattle Disease in Massachusetts. 133 
Cellars—Keep them Clean.138 
Cheese—Apparatus for Making.154 
Clover—Not too Late for.136 
Cooking—Hints and Recipes—Chapter on Kisses.150, 151 
Corn—Cutting off Roots of.154 
Corner—Saving a Waste.149 
Cranberry Culture. .II.142 
Cut Worms—To Destroy.153 
Deaf Mutes—Church for. 154 
Doctor—Familiar Talks by the..IV.150 
Dogs—What shall be-done with them—Laws in R. I..141 
Eggs—How to Keep.154 
Exchanges —Note to.153 
Farfugium Grande—A new Plant.147 
Farm—Work for in May.130 
Flower Bed—How to Shape Ornamental. Illustrated.. 147 
Flower—Freak of. 146 
Flower Garden and Lawn in May.132 
Flower Garden—Planning the.. ..146 
Flowers—Gathering May.Illustrated.. 144 
Flowers—New Annual.147 
Flowers—New Petunias.147 
Flowers—What Kinds to Cultivate.146 
Fountain—Self-Acting.Illustrated.. 149 
Garden—Kitchen and Fruit in AC 7 .131 
Garden—Time for Planting.148 
Gardens—Royal at Kew, Visit to.. II.143 
Glass—Cutting without a Diamond.150 
Gooseberrr—Grafting upon Missouri Currant.145 
Grading Roots.153 
Grape—Massachusetts White. 153 
Grapes—Raising from Seed .153 
Grape Vines—Grafting.145 
Grass—Orchard.Illustrated.. 138 
Grass Plot in the City—Haw made.136 
Green and Hot-Houses in May.132 
Green House Plants—Buist’s Book on.154 
Horses need Air and Light .142 
Humbug—A new one to be looked after.154 
Insects—Antidote for Ants.153 
Insects—Coal Ashes for Peach Borers.153 
Insects—Death on Lice. 141 
Insects—How to Conquer the Red Spider.141 
Inserts—How to Stop the Apple Borer.143 
Inser ts—Microscopic Views.. Ill — The Lady Bird 
( Ci’ccinella Plalicrntra) .9 Illustrations.. 140 
Insects—Specimens named.151 
Insects-Sulphur for Sheep Ticks,.141 
Insects—To Kill Cabbage Lice.153 
Lantern Blinks—Farmers in the Twentieth Century. 139 
Layering Explained. .Illustrated.. 132 
Long Island Lands—A Talk about. 135 
Lilies—Jap m.Illustrated. .148 
Manure—Liquid for the Garden.139 
Manure—Muck—Ashes — Lime.153 
Manure—" Shall I Buy American Guano’”.133 
Manure — “ What Shall I Buy?” .134 
Market Review, Weather Notes, etc .155 
May—S uggestions—The Flower Garden..Illustrated. .129 
Melons —flow to Raise.149 
Milk—Deep or Shallow Vessels for.133 
Milking Once a Day.154 
Money woit—New Variety of.147 
Mount Vernon—Contributions from New-York.154 
Nalls—How to Drive.137 
Onion Hoe—A New one.Illustrated.. 137 
Orchard and Nursery in May.131 
Plowing Deep, and Good Corn.138 
Potato—Peach Blow, Yellow fleshed Variety.154 
Potatoes—Experiment with Manures.138 
Poultry—Apoplexy in Fowls.137 
Poultry—Cure for Gapes in Chickens.137 
Poultry—More Laying Hens.153 
Poultry—The Domestic Turkey.Illustrated .. 137 
Premium List.154 
Queries—Personal from Correspondents.153 
Quilling Frames—Convenient Form.Illustrated.. 149 
Rats—Lynching.153 
Roofing—Sheet Lead for. 153 
Roses Irom Cuttings.147 
Sanfoin-Note on .153 
Seed—Quantity per Acre.139 
Seeds—Raise your own.147 
Sheep Washing and Shearing.136 
Sli rubbery—Planting.145 
Shrubs and Plants—Native for Cultivation.144 
Spices—Pure.154 
> Strawberry—Downer’s Prolific . 153 
Strawberry—May Queen. 153 
Strawberry—New Seedling, The Austin.154 
Sugar Cane Mill—Where Obtained.153 
Swine—Singular Disease of.154 
Tim Bunker’s Letter—How Jake Frink was Sold.136 
Tomatoes — Manner of Training..Illustrated.. 149 
Trees—Grafting the Hickory. .153 
Trees—.More about that Wonderful in Oregon.143 
Trees—Puddling.145 
Trees Set out more Fruit.145 
Trees—Straighten Fruit. 145 
Trees—To prevent Splitting.153 
Trees—Two Curious Evergreens.143 
Vineyard— Best Site for.153 
Winter Cherries from Cuttings.: 154 
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EXTRA PREMIUMS. 
AN EXCELLENT CHANCE TO OBTAIN CHOICE SEEDS FOR 
THIS SPRING, WITHOUT EXPENSE. 
[During the present month, as well as in past years, 
the friends of the Agriculturist, have greatly favored us 
in sending in the names of new subscribers, and we re¬ 
turn them our hearty thanks. We shall hope for the con¬ 
tinuance of these favors. But now that the active labors 
of the field and garden have commenced, and all are mope 
or less occupied, we propose to make at least some re¬ 
turn to those who will at this busy season take a little 
time and trouble, to talk over the merits of the Agricul¬ 
turist with their friends and neighbors. We therefore 
offer the seed Premiums below. The seeds are all pure, 
fresh, and of the best kind. N. E5.—Of course only one 
of these premiums will be paid on the same name, and it 
is necessary that every or.e applying should state w hich 
one of the premiums is desired.] 
Premium 22.—To any person sending in new sub¬ 
scribers at $1 each, for the present volume of the Agri¬ 
culturist, we will present as a premium for each new 
name, 15 parcels of seeds from the list below. If to 
be sent by mail, we will ourselres pay postage to the 
amount of twelve cents. If packages are chosen on which 
the postage exceeds 12 cents for the whole, the recipient 
will need to provide for the excess of postage. IVe will 
give the 15 parcels of seeds and pay 12 cents of the post¬ 
age for each name. N. IS.—If the new names are in 
clubs, new or old, and at club prices, we will give the 15 
parcels of seed for each, but can not afford to pay the post¬ 
age. [The new subscriber can also have the usual 5 par¬ 
cels of seeds, on furnishing the stamped envelopes.] 
SEEDS STILL ON HAND FOR PREMIUM 22. 
[For descriptive notes, see pages 3 and 4 of January 
Agriculturist .] 
Field Seeds. 
2— Improved King Philip Corn—Single, double, or 
triple packages, as may be desired, requiring one, two, or 
three 3-cent stamps. 
3— Stowell’s Sweet Corn—Same packages as No. 2. 
04—Crystal Flint or Hominy Corn—Same as No. 2. 
08 —Long Red Mangold Wurtzet—One 3-cent stamp. 
101 —Improved Long Orange Carrot—i of a 3-cent stamp. 
Vegetable or Garden Seeds. 
8 —Daniel O’Rourke Pea—Packages same as No. 2. 
O — Champion of England Pea—One 3-cent stamp. 
OO—Prince Albert Pea— do. do. 
57—Eugenie Pea— do. do. 
58 —Napoleon Pea— do. do. 
82 —Green Kohl Rabi—One-third of a 3 cent stamp. 
1 3—Enfield Market Cabbage— do. do. 
1 5—Mammoth Cabbage Lettuce— do. do. 
10©—Early Purple Cape Broccoli—do. do. 
95—Hubbard Squash— do. do. 
100-Mainmolh Red Tomato— do. do. 
7 2—Imported Brussels Sprouts— do. do. 
7G — Musk Melon— do. do. 
7 7—Water Melon— do. do. 
103 — Sage— do. do. 
104— Thyme— do. do. 
1 05— Chili Red Pepper— do. do. 
108—Sweet Marjoram— do. do. 
1 7 — Red Strap-Leal Turnip—One-half of a 3-cent stamp. 
7 4—Solid White Celery— do. do. 
75-Green Hurl' d Endive— do. do. 
71 — Long White French Turnip—One 3-cent stamp. 
1 07—Giant Asparagus— do. do. 
Flower, Frtiit, and Oriiasticiital Seeds. 
8 9—Cotton Plant (2 kinds)—One 3-cent, stamp. 
DO — Norway Spruce Seed—One-half of a 3-cent stamp. 
9i — Arbor Vitae Seed— do. do. 
| l 1 —Castor Oil Bean— do. do. 
t 10— New-Rochelle Blackberry—I of a-3cent-stamp. 
On an average Jive or six of the following 27 varieties 
will go under a 3 -cent stamp. 
23—Mignonette. 80- 
27-Extra Cockscomb. 84- 
30— Tassel Flower. 8 5- 
31— Chinese Pink. 87- 
33 — Cypress Vine. 184- 
34— China Asters, mixed. 8 8 5- 
35— German Asters, mixed.S 16- 
38—Sweet William. 8 88 - 
42—Foxglove. 121- 
47—Morning Glory, mixed.122- 
49— Candytuft. 8 23- 
50— Schizanthus. 8 24- 
7 8 Ageratum Mexicanum.i 26- 
-Yellow Hawkweed. 
■African Marigold. 
-Gaillardia, mixed. 
Coreopsis. 
Mixed Petunia. 
■Mix. Dbl. Hollyhocks 
Mourning Bride. 
Bee Larkspur. 
•Trumpet Creeper. 
-M’d Canterbury Bells 
■Gilia nivalis. 
-Whitlavia. 
-Cenlranthus. 
S’remititn 23, — To tiny person now sending a new 
subscriber, we will present a package containing from 
400 to 500 seeds of the New ISocJiello Black* 
berry, with instructions for cultivating. The soed will 
be sent post paid by us. This will be a valuable premi¬ 
um, in localities where it is not practicable to obtain the 
plants. We have obtained a fine supply of pure fresh seed, 
at large cost. Wc tire not aware that Ihere is any other 
pure seed in the country. 
I’remium 24.—To any person now sending in a 
new subscriber we will present a post-paid parcel contain¬ 
ing over 2000 seeds of the No. 140, Dwarf Broom Corn, 
described on page 104, 
Premium 25.—We have a limited supply of seeds 
of some new and promising plants, recently forwarded to 
us by our agents in Europe, These we are putting up in 
papers, and making up parcels containing one paper of 
each kind. One of these parcels will be presented post¬ 
paid to any person now sending in a new subscriber and 
$1. As these seeds are new, we can not of course say 
what may be their value, but some of them will undoubt¬ 
edly prove valuable, and those who get them now, will 
produce the first seed raised in this country. There will 
be in each parcel some of the following seeds: 
127—New Red Turnip Beet. 
1 2 8 — Perfection Cabbage, described, “fine, early, large.” 
129—Waite’s Improved Flat Dutch Cabbage, described 
as “ not so large as the old variety, but more 
adapted for domestic purposes.” 
1 30—Great Eastern Pea. 
131 —Custard Marrow Squash. 
132— Moss Curled Parsley. 
133— Blackstone’s Hybrid Turnip. 
1 34—Shepherd’s Hardy Early Cauliflower. 
135—New Pink Celery. 
1 36—Dwarf Crimson Nasturtium. 
Additional papers of two or three other varieties of new 
seeds will be added to each parcel of the above. We have 
a variety to select from, but not enough of any one kind 
to say what extra sorts will be sent to any individual. 
Premium 2G—For AHiiiteitrs.—By special fa¬ 
vor, and at large expense, we have obtained a small quan¬ 
tity of the seed of three hardy annuals which are now 
creating some interest in England, viz.: No. 137. Clarkia 
pulcherrima ; No 138. Schizanthus grandiflorus oculalus, 
and No. 139. Heliopliila ccerulea stricla. Those who have 
access to the English illustrated Horticultural Magazines 
probably know the beauty of these plants. A small par¬ 
cel of each of these seeds will be presented post-paid to 
the first thirty or forty porsons sending us a new subscriber 
at $1 a year. 
^meman ^gnntlhnst. 
(DISTINCT ENGLISH AND GERMAN EDITIONS.) 
A thorough going, RELIABLE, and PRACTICAL 
Journal, devoted to the different depailments of SOIL 
CULTURE—such as growing field CROPS; orchard 
and garden FRUITS; garden VEGETABLES and 
FLOWERS; trees, plants, and flowers for the 
LAWN or YARD; in-door and out door work around 
the DWELLING; care of DOMESTIC ANIMALS 
<fec &c. 
A full CALENDAR OF OPERATIONS for the season 
is given every month. 
The matter of each number will be prepared main¬ 
ly with reference to the month ofissue, and the paper will 
be promptly and regularly mailed before its date, 
The Editors and Contributors are all practical, 
WORKING MEN. 
The teachings of the Agriculturist are confined to no 
State or Territory, but are adapted to the wants of all sec¬ 
tions of the country—it is, as its name indicates, truly 
American in its character. 
The German edition is of the same size an 1 price 
as the English, and contains all of its reading matter, and 
its numerous illustrative engravings. 
TERMS-IN VARIABLY IN ADVANCE. 
One copy one year.SI PI) 
Six copies one year.5 00 
Ten or more copies one year_SO cents each. 
An extra copy to the person sending 15 or more names, 
at 80 cents each. 
Brin addition to the above rates : Postage to Canada 6 
cents, to England and Fiance 24 cents, to Germany 24 
cents, and to Russia 72 cents per annum 
Delivery in New-York city and Brooklyn, 12 cents a year. 
Postage anywhere in the United States and Territories 
must be paid by the subscriber, and is only six cents a year, 
if paid in advance at the office where received. 
. Subscriptions can begin Jan. 1st, July 1st, or at anv 
other date if specially desired. 
The paper is considered paid for whenever it is sent, 
and will.be promptly discontinued when the time for which 
it is ordered expires. 
All business and other communications should be ad¬ 
dressed to the Editor and Proprietor, 
ORANGE JUDD, No 189 Water st., New York. 
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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 lo the same staiting point. 
The back numbers will of course be sent to added names 
