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AMERICAN AG RIG , LT UR IS I'. 
[June, 
Contents for June, 1860. 
Advertising Information—Gratis_X.—Envelopes— 
Soldering—Picture, etc.168 
Animals—Skins, Preservation of...185 
Asparagus—Moving a Bed—Splendid Growth.164 
Bees—Apiary—Directions for June. 164 
Bees—Italian—Caution... ... 186 
Birds—The Wren...Illustrated.. 178 
Books—Bright’s Grape Culture... 186 
Books—New American Cyclopaedia...186 
Book—Poultry, Work on.186 
Bouquet-A Summer.Illustrated.. 176 
Boys’ and Girls’ Columns—Editor with his Young 
Readers—Answers to Problems—New Problems— 
Have you seen a Sky Lark ?—About the Picture— 
The New Fashioned Bonnet—Talk About Swim¬ 
ming—The Wonderful Plant—Eyes Open—Plum 
Pudding Story.4 Illustrations.183—185 
Budding—Season for. 186 
Butter—We want Goo 1.175 
Calendar of Operations ?ob the Month ...162. 
Cattle Disease in Massachusi Us. 170 
Cattle—Remedy for Hoven. 185 
Cattle Sale—Important.186 
Cattle—Treatment for Bloody Drine.185 
Cheese Making. 186 
Cheese Press—A new one.. Illustrated.. 169 
Coal Beds—Will They Last?.. .188 
Convention of Vine Growers ......186 
Corn—Plant in June. ....167 
Corn—Preserving Green. 186 
Dahlias—Management of. 176 
Dogs—What Shall be done with them..II—Laws of 
Massachusetts.171 
Edgings for Flower Borders, etc.—Talk at the Gate.. 178 
Editor of this Paper Missing. 1S8 
Exhibitions—Agricultural—List Wanted...186 
Farm—Work in June........162 
Farmer—How to Become One ...174 
Fashionable Life—Scene from.Illustrated.. 184 
Fences—Wire.......185 
Fencing—Bar Post, Joining witli Fence...186 
Five Finger—What is it?.175 
Flowers—Culture of...Illustrated.. 176 
Flowers—Floral Curiosity...178 
Flower Garden and Law n in June ...163 
Flowers—Triloma Uvaria.177 
Garden—Kitchen and Fruit in June. 163 
Grass Cutting—Implements for.2 Illustrations.. 180 
Green and Hot-Houses in June.164 
Hay Caps—Try them . 167 
Hay Crops—Provide against short.167 
Horse—Grooming. 170 
Horses—Remedy for Thread Worms. ..185 
Ice Cream—How to Make. 182 
Implements—Horse Hoe for Stony Lands.186 
Insects—A Caterpillar for a Pet . 173 
Insects and Fruits—Practical Suggestions.2 III.. 165 
Insects—Cabbage Worms—Aniidote Wanted.185 
Insects —Death on Bugs. 166 
Insects—Destroying Cut Worms.166 
Insects—Honeysuckle Aphides. ..185 
Insects—Microscopic Views—The Prolific Lace Wing 
Insects—Moths, Look out for.182 
Insects—Pea Weevil, Scalding....185 
Insects—Sulphur applied to Seeds......185 
Insects—To Repel from Cucumbers.185 
June—Suggestions—The Mystery of Life.161 
Label Trees—Suggestion for Central Park..186 
Lantern Blinks. .XX.. A Grand Experimenter....173 
Letter to Subscribers—Explanation.185 
Locust—The Seventeen Year, in Philadelphia.185 
Manure for Flower Beds. 177 
Manures—Scientific and Practical Talks about. .V... 166 
Market Review, Weatner Notes, etc.187 
Mason and Dixon’s Line—Origin of.186 
Milk—To Test Quality of.*.186 
Mowing—Practical Hints. 174 
Onions—Extirpating Wild.185 
Orchard and Nursery in June... 162 
Orchids—Lycusta Deppii .Illustrated.. 177 
Ornaments—Inexpensive Household. .IV.. Specimens 
of Birds.•.Illustrated.. 181 
Parsneps for Stock.......186 
Parsneps not Poisonous .185 
Pastures—Remedy for Short.175 
Bornological Society—Tune of Meeting of American.. 186 
Pork—Quantity from a Bushel of Corn.185 
Poultry—The Wild Turkey.Illustrated.. 169 
Premiums Still Open. 187 
Recipes—To Settle Coffee—Pork Apple Pie—Cheap 
Sponge Cake—Cookies-A Good Plain Ginger¬ 
bread—To Keep Hams in Summer—Bread Cake— 
Baked Indian Pudding. 183 
Rhubarb—Improving Growth of.185 
Rocking Chair—A Plea for.182 
Root Crops— Hints on.175 
Scales—Progress in Manufacture.186 
Selling Produce—Bargain Making.167 
Sheep Husbandry..1 .Washing and Shearing...170 
Sheep—Treatment for Laurel Poisoning.185 
Shrubs—Weeping Holly.179 
Spelt—Experience in Raising.174 
Strawberries—IIow to Pick.Illustrated.. 181 
Sun D als—Manner of Marking—Mottoes for. .lllust.. 180 
Thinning out Plants. 181 
Timber—Solution for Preserving.166 
Trees—Cembran Pine.179 
Trees—Gas Tar on Fruit.166 
Trees—Evergreens—Don’t Forget them.178 
Trees—Evt rgreens, Native—Juniper.Ill.. 179 
Trees—Locust easily Raised... 186 
Turnips—Long White French. 167 
Vacant Spots — What to Plant in.... ..164 
Vine Growers’ Convention.186 
Whitewash—Humboldt’s Recipe. 186 
Wine—Rhubarb—Recipe for.. 186 
SEED PREMIUMS FOR JUNE. 
Roots ! Roots ! ! Roots ! ! ! 
Fill up the vacant Spots. 
When the regular planting is over, there will be found 
on every farm, and in almost every garden, some vacant 
spots where a few turnip seeds may be scattered, and in¬ 
stead of a crop of weeds, there may be raised a lot of nice 
turnips for the table, as well as for feeding in Fall, Win¬ 
ter, and Spring. We have provided a small extra lot 
of seeds of three of the best kinds of turnips, which we 
now propose to offer as premiums to those who will pro¬ 
cure and forward new subscribers. Viz.: 
(No. 71) Long White French Turnip, as improved 
and grown by J. E. Macomber, Newport Co , R. I. This 
we have found the best table turnip, and the best keeper 
we have ever known. Maybe sown from June 1st, to 
August 1st. (See page 167.) 
(No. 17) Red Strap-Leaf Turnip—a good turnip, and 
the quickest growing kind we have ever raised. It may 
be sown at almost any time from April to August, and 
comes quickly to maturity. 
(No. 6) Ashcroft’s Swedish Turnip—one of the best cf 
the Swede turnips or rutabagas. May be sown from 
June 1st, to July 15th, the earlier now, the better. 
To any person now sending a new subscriber, and $1, 
we will present, when desired, a post-paid parcel con¬ 
taining one-eighth of a pound of tile seed of the above 
turnips. This quantity of seed with careful sowing, will 
suffice for 40 to 50 square rods, and yield from 50 to 200 or 
more bushels of turnips, the amount of crop of course will 
depei.d upon the goodness of the soil, the time of sowing, 
and the Autumn weather. The seed we will send post-paid 
except to the Pacific Coast and Canada. When to go to 
either of those localities, the recipient will need to send 
7 cents extra postage for each half ounce of seed desired. 
(N. B —If new subscribers are sent in as members of old 
or new clubs, and at club prices, the receiver of the pre¬ 
mium will be expected to forward the postage on the 
seed, viz., 12 cents, if the full two ounces are desired.) 
In addition to the above, an extra half ounce will be 
presented to the new subscriber himself, if the usual 
post-paid (3-cent stamp) envelope be provided for sending 
it in. 
jAemlum Notice—Special,—When names are 
sent in on which any premium is desired, the sender 
should always give plainly the number of the premium 
expected. When this is not done, of course our clerks 
can not forward any premium, as they do not know w hat 
to send. This will explain the non-reception of premiums 
in a few cases which have already occurred. 
Mew Premium—Portable Barom¬ 
eter. 
It will be seen by reference to page 187, that our pre¬ 
miums for subscribers obtained for Vol. XIX (1860), are 
still open, so that those who have not yet completed their 
lists can still do so. It will be understood that these 
premiums are limited only to subscribers for the com¬ 
plete volume ; that is, all names obtained at any time 
during the year, for the entire volume of this year, may 
be counted, in making up a list of names for a premium. 
We can not, of course, add together a few names obtat¬ 
tained during different years ...Two half year subscrip¬ 
tions may be counted as one whole year. 
A New Premium (No. 28) is also added this 
month, viz.: Kendall's Aneroid Portable Barometer. 
Upon the strong recommendation of Prof. Silliman, of 
Yale College, we purchased one of these instruments sev¬ 
eral weeks since, and have very frequently compared it 
with a costly standard mercurial barometer at Blunt’s 
establishment. We find it remarkably accurate, and 
from what we have seen of this and other instruments of 
the same kind and manufacture, we are prepared to re¬ 
commend them. The stale of the atmosphere is shown 
by means of springs instead of by the troublesome mercu¬ 
rial column and cup, so that it is easily cyried in any 
position, and is not in danger of getting out of order. A 
barometer indicating approaching changes in the weath¬ 
er, is almost as valuable to the farmer, as lo the mariner, 
and we believe most farmers would find $10 well invest¬ 
ed in purchasing one of those instruments. We shall 
keep an extra instrument or two on hand for premiums, 
and to dispose of to those who can not get them more 
conveniently from dealers 
The Gcnetal Seed, distribution Closed. 
Its Extent and Results—Preparation for next 
Year—Mistakes and Losses. 
The season is so far advanced that we can now close 
up our General Distribution of free seeds to subscribers 
for the present. This is very opportune for us, as the 
large demand has very nearly run out all our immense 
stock of seeds provided for this year—amounting to about 
a quarter of a million packages’. This distribution has in¬ 
volved a great amount of care, labor, and expense, but 
the work has been voluntarily and very cheerfully done, 
and we shall, for the rest of the season, have the satisfac¬ 
tion of knowing that there are all over She continent, 
from Nova Scotia to California, Oregon, and Washington 
Territory, a vast number of plots of good vegetables and 
beautiful flowers growing, that w ould not be in existence 
but for the “Agriculturist Seed Distribution.” And fur¬ 
ther, as most of these seeds are annuals, they will repro¬ 
duce themselves the present year, and be redistributed to 
a multitude of other homesteads during the next season. 
So much for this year. W’e are already preparing for 
next year, as we are raising several varieties ourselves, 
and others are being grown for us ; and we shall also i m- 
port a large stock from Europe for free distribution in ISfil. 
A few mistakes have, perhaps, occurred in putting tip so 
many parcels of so many kinds, though the most vigilant 
care has been exercised to secure all possible accuracy. 
And no doubt there have been some losses in the mails. 
But we trust these have been comparatively very few in 
number. Nothing that could be done to avert such mis¬ 
takes and losses, has been left undone, and whenever ap¬ 
prised of the non-reception of seeds, we have always 
promptly made good the loss. 
Can at any time be increased, hv remitting for each ad¬ 
dition, the price paid by the original members—provided 
the subscriptions all date back to the same starting point. 
The back numbers will, of course, be sent to added names 
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