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AMERICAN AGRICULTURIST. 
Contents for September, 1860. 
Barometer—Hay Crop saved by. ...261 
Bees—Absconding.268 
Bees—Apiary in September...259 
Bees—Italian—Improving by Breeding—Stingless_261 
Bees—Progressive.26' 
Bells—Farm.Illustrated. .261 
Boys’ and Girls’ Columns—Editor with his Young 
Readers—Be yourself—Answers to Problems— 
New Problems—Uncle Peter’s Story—“Make the 
Best of it”—Iron worth more than Gold—Work¬ 
ing for a Penny a Day—An Unexpected Hug_ 
.3 Illustrations..279, 280 
Broom Corn—Dwarf—How to Harvest ...265 
Calendar of Operations for the Month .258 
California—Mammoth Vegetation of.273 
Corn—Hearing it Grow. 273 
Corn Stalks—Cutting.264 
Cows—Pumpkin Seeds Injurious to..271 
Crops for I860—Good Prospects for Farmers .260 
Curtains—Window, etc.277 
Dogs—Hydrophobia and Dog-o-phobia.. .Illustrated. .264 
Dogs—Right on the Dog Question—Wisconsin Law 
Approved.271 
Draining—Talk on.:.266 
Exhibitions—Agricultural in I860—Times and Places 
of holding.263 
Facts that Bear Repeating—Sources of Nourishment— 
Cold and Warm Soils.272 
Fair—World’s, in 1862.264 
Fairs—Go to the.260 
Farm House Porch.Illustrated. .272 
Farm Work in September.258 
Farms—Small versus Large.273 
Flower Garden and Lawn in September....259 
Flowers—Carnations from Seed. ..281 
Flowers—Hibiscus described.281 
Flowers—Marvel of Peru.281 
Flowers—New and Valuable Plants.276 
Flowers—Roses Failing.:.281 
Flowers—Sport of a Rose . 276 
Flowers—Tree Mignonette.276 
Fruit Culture—Progress in..Illustrated. .257 
Fruit—Implement for Picking .Illustrated. .265 
Garden-Kitchen and Fruit—in September.258 
Gooseberry Exhibition at faterson—Large Fruit ....275 
Grapes—Northern Muscadine.281 
Grapes—Wine for Kansas.281 
Grass—Blue for Pasture ..281 
Green and Hot-Houses in September.259 
Harris—Pass him along . 264 
Harrow—Russell’s Flexible. Illustrated. .265 
Horseback Riding—Hints on .271 
Horses—Shoeing.271 
Hyacinths and Tulips—Transplanting.281 
Insects—Apple Borer—Follow him up.274 
Insects—Flies—To Keep from Wounds. 269 
Insects—Microscopic Views.. .V.—Golden eyed Fly 
of the Apple Blight.5 Illustrations. .268 
Insects—New on Rye .281 
Insects—Rose Bugs on Grape Vines.281 
Insects—What a Time I had with the Bugs.278 
Kohl Rabi, Brussels Sprouts, etc..281 
Ladder—Convenient for Gathering Fruit_IUustr.,265 
Lantern Blinks. .XXI.—How to Get Cheap Hay_266 
Manure—Sawdust for.281 
Market Review, Weather Notes, etc.283 
Moles—We give them up—Remedy w anted.274 
Mulberries—Seedling.281 
Nasturtiums at the South.281 
Orchard and Nursery in September.258 
Pears—Beurre Giflard. 281 
Pears—Beurre Superfin.Illustrated. .276 
Pencil Drawings—How to Fix .278 
Pneumonia of Horses—Analogy with Cattle Disease 269 
Pomological Society—American—Eighth Session —275 
Potatoes—Are they Wholesome Food!.279 
Preaching under the “Third Head” .281 
Premiums for Boys and Girls.281 
Premiums for 1861 . 282 
Quiet Woman—How She Conquered.278 
Rail Road Managers—Hint to.264 
Seed—Cleaning Carrot.281 
September, Suggestions—Progress in Fiuit Culture 257 
Sheep Husbandry..IV.—Winter Treatment .270 
Silk — To Restore Luster to. 279 
Squash—A “Whopper”.281 
Swine—Experiment in Feeding. 281 
Swine—Hints on Fattening.269 
Tim Bunker on Irrigation and Invisible Toll Gates 267 
Trees — Ash — Superstitions about.275 
Trees Inverted .275 
Trees—Norway Spruces Dying in Winter.281 
Vineyard—Planting .281 
Wardian Cases, Parlor Conservatories - 5 IUustrs. .277 
Wiieut— Hints on Sowing . 262 
Wheal—Shall we Sow? . 262 
1861 . 
TWENTIETH VOLUME. 
A WORD WITH ALL OUR SUBSCRIBERS. 
The first volume of the American. Agriculturist was 
published in 1842: It will this year go out of its 
“teens” and enter upon its T weutietli Year, 
When actors upon the stage have served their patrons 
acceptably during a certain number of nights, we be¬ 
lieve it is customary to give them a “benefit.” The 
Agriculturist having been upon its stage for nineteen 
years, will it not be agreeable to give it a Special “ Ben 
efit” for its twentieth volume? 
Our ambition, for some time past, has been to see this 
journal a constant visitor to 100,000 Families. We at 
first intended to aim for this a year ago, but on second 
thought, in consideration of the depressed financial con¬ 
dition of the country, we concluded to defer the effort un¬ 
til better times. Those better times are now at hand ; 
and we want to ask all our present readers to lend us a 
helping hand in our enterprise, for this once. jOSTIf each 
of our present subscribers will barely send us one new 
name, our longed for object will be at once fully accom¬ 
plished. We have a confidence that this will be done. 
We have no other expectation than to labor as long as 
we live for the instruction and entertainment of our 
readers, and we hope fully to repay any effort they may 
make to extend the circulation of this journal. 
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N. SS. A11 names furnished by canvassers for premi¬ 
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WEsy we <lo it. 
We make the above liberal offer because every new 
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will, we trust, like them so well, as to use his influence 
in getting other new subscribers to the next volume. 
Again : the extra numbers are a sort of premium or 
special inducement to those not accustomed to read an 
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seen that if you get 20 or more subscribers (new and old) 
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M<BiiiaRM‘rs of CBcbRis 
Need not necessarily all be in the same town, or receive 
ill their papers at lhe same office. We can divide a pack¬ 
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Frciiiitiins. 
On page 282 we have offered a large number of premU 
urns, on a more liberal scale than ever before. See the 
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During two years past, we have given out over sixteen 
hundred valuable premiums, and with perhaps an excep¬ 
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The question is very frequently asked: How can 
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Our circulation is fully as large as that of at least twenty 
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