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AMERICAN AGRICULTURIST. 
[May, 
Contents for May, 1871. 
Bee Notes for May._.. 169 
Boys and Girls’ Columns.—Among the Bees—Aunt 
Sue’s Puzzle Bos—Rebuses—The Woods in May— 
.-.3 Illustrations.. 187-188 
Breachy Cattle.178 
Checker-berry or Wintergrean. Illustrated.. 184 
Dwflrf Cornel or Bunch-berry. Illustrated. .181 
Eafly Cucumbers.183 
English Double-furrow Plow.2 Illustrations. .177 
Farm Work for May.162 
Fence—Cheap Two-rail.178 
Flower Garden and Lawn in May.163 
Fruit Garden in May. 163 
Greenhouse and Window Plants in May.163 
Harrow—Home-made.2 Illustrations. .177 
Horses—Lord Clyde. Illustrated. .1 61 
Household—About Baskets — Home Topics—Teach 
Your Daughters—Ironing Made Easy—Unprincipled 
Neatness—Lunches—Recipes_2 Illustrations. .183-186 
Kitchen Garden in May. 163 
Market Reports.163 
May-flower, or Trailing Arbutus .. .Illustrated. .181 
Mess Pork. 118 
Musk-Ox.. Illustrated. .173 
Notes from the Pines—Bulbs—Bui bocodium—Ane¬ 
mones and Ranunculuses—Cabbage-worm—Cordon 
Apples—Sowing Weeds—Labels.1S3 
Ogden Farm Papers No. J7—Balance-Sheet—Manure 
—Soiling Cows—Increasing Value of Herd—Cow 
Management.170-171 
Orchard and Nursery in May.163 
Partridge-berry . Illustrated. .1S4 
Peas and Potatoes. 1S2 
Petroleum—Early Days of the Business... 6 Ulus. .179-180 
Poultry—An Egg-Farm. Illustrated. .169 
Poultry-House and Grapery.5 Illustrations.. 176 
Riding on Horseback, No. 3.4 Illustrations. .171-172 
Roller and Marker combined. Illustrated. .182 
Roses for Winter-flowering. Illustrated.. 181 
Swedish Dairy Farming.178 
Sweet Corn and Celery.182 
Soaking Seeds. 1S3 
Sturgeons and their Products. Illustrated.. 173 
Verbenas—Self-sown.183 
Walks and Talks on the Farm, No. S9 —Doings 
on the Farm—Plowing out Stubble—Manure—Get¬ 
ting out Stones—Market-Days—Corn-Planting. .174-175 
INDEX TO “ BASKET," OR SHORTER ARTICLES. 
Agricultural Implements.lOG 
Barn Weevil.166 
Boiled Corn for Hogs... .168 
Bones for liens.166 
Bough ton Wheat.168 
Brushing Peas.167 
Buying Manure... .167 
Charcoal for Earth-clos¬ 
ets.166 
Chester Whites.167 
Chinese Yam.168 
Colic in Pigs.16S 
Corn Husking.168 
Cotton-Seed vs. Piaster..167 
Conaut’s Binder.165 
Cranberry Lands.168 
Curry-combs and Brusliesl06 
Dairy Cows.108 
Earth under Buildings... 168 
Fall Fallowing.167 
Farmer or Carpenter_156 
Fattening Chickens.167 
Fish Breeding.168 
Gang-Plows and Perche- 
rons. 168 
Gas-Lime.168 
Hedge tinder Trees.166 
Hoop-Poles.166 
Importation of Poultry.. 1GS 
Interested Recommenda¬ 
tions.168 
Jersey or Alderney.167 
Kerry Cows.168 
Large Duck’s Egg.107 
Large Eggs.168 
Locality for Gardening. .168 
Milk in Summer.167 
Milk-Rooms.165 
Mr. Judd’s Residence_165 
Night-Soil.167 
Norway Oats. 168 
Onion.166 
Osiers.167 
Peas..166 
Pear-tree in Garden.167 
Peruvian Guano or Pou- 
drette.166 
Plan of Ilog-pen.167 
Plants for Rock-work... 167 
Plowing under Clover.. .107 
Pomegranate.167 
Poultry Manure. 167 
Raisins. 168 
Raising Turkeys. 166 
Rye and Abortion.16S 
Schools for Young Ladiesl66 
Smut in Wheat.168 
Sows Eating their Yotmgl67 
Steam-engines for Farmsl66 
Sundry Humbugs.166 
Swamp-mud Ashes.168 
Tatne Deer. 167 
Tea as an Ornamental 
Shrub.167 
Thornless Honey Locust.166 
Timothy in PeimsylvauialOS 
Trophy Tomato. 168 
Vegetables and Fruits.. .167 
Where to Locate.168 
Windmills. .. 107 
Sluiced Idine.—“ B. F. S.” can got 
some lime that lias been exposed to the weather for six 
months, and asks if it is worth the drawing to spread on 
the land for manure ?—Certainly it is. Probably not 
more than half the lime lias been converted back into 
carbonate of lime; the remaining half is just as good as 
fresh-slaked lime, and even the carbonate is valuable for 
manure. Put it on at the rate of 2 bushels of the slaked 
lime to a square rod, and work it into the soil. 
Cure for Xffogf Cliolera.. —“J. B. C.,” of 
Kentucky, gives the Agricidturisl “an almost infallible 
cure for Hog Cholera,” viz.: One part slaked lime to 
three parts soft-soap. “ My hogs,” he says, “ were affect¬ 
ed with cholera, and I used it. by smearing it on the corn 
or mixing in their feed, and it cured in every instance, 
almost. My neighbor, refused for a long time to use it, 
on account of its simplicity, and lost seven hogs to my 
one. It is not a new remedy, however, by any means.” 
Calendar for May. 
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A M£RI € A .A' AGRICULTURIST. 
NEW YORK, MAY, 1871. 
May is always a capricious month ; fine weather 
alternates with drenching rains, and not unfre- 
quently the snow-flake flies, and “Winter lingers 
in the lap of May;” but the diligent farmer is 
not thereby discouraged, but patiently toils on, im¬ 
proving every moment, until all the appointments 
of his farm are in perfect order, and the labor of 
planting and sowing is at last done, and well done. 
Always do what is most urgent and most import¬ 
ant. Early rising, and punctuality in every thing, 
is now most necessary to success. 
Mints about Work, 
Beef Cattle .—Roots may be employed as a relish, 
with the usual dry feed. Curry and brush off 
every day; give an hour or two of exercise in some 
dry, pleasant yard. Bring them to green feed by 
degrees, increasing the rations of meal daily as the 
warm weather advances. 
Beets .—'Those who raise stock, should now put 
in their field-crop of beets. Select a piece of 
ground where the soil is deep and rich—not less 
than one-fourth of an acre—an acre would be bet¬ 
ter. For good land, from fifteen to twenty two 
horse wagon-loads of barn-yard manure to the 
acre will do. Break up and harrow the land well, 
Throw the surface into narrow ridges by hack-fur 
rowing—from two to two and one-lmlf feet apart. 
Rake off the tops of the ridges, and sow on them 
witli the seed-drill, from the 1st to the 15th of 
May, from five to six pounds of good seed to the 
acre. Expect from 20 to 25 tons of roots in a good 
season, when the crop is well taken care of. 
Buildings .—Take away the earth or other hank¬ 
ing from the lower beams and wood-work of farm- 
buildings. Wherever foundations have settled, level 
them up. Examine barn and stable floors, and 
where there is a defective plank, replace it. Gen¬ 
eral repairing and refitting continued this month. 
Birds .—In many of the States, laws are in foreo 
for the protection of birds. Where such is not the 
case, each farmer should take upon himself the 
office of their defense. Most birds arc bis friends. 
Bones .—It is not practicable for farmers to grind 
hones themselves. Where a bone-mill is accessible, 
sell the bones and buy the ground material. The 
best way to treat bones on the farm is to break 
them as fine as practicable, and mix them with good 
ashes. The whole being kept moist, not so wet as 
to leaGlt, the bones will after some time crumble 
Calves. —The remarks of last month upon calves 
both for rearing and fattening, are applicable to this 
Carrots. —Sow a broad space to the Long Orange 
or White Belgian carrot, as soon as the ground be 
comes warm and dry. Distance between the rows 
from sixteen to twenty inches. Test your seeds 
Sow two pounds good seed to the acre. Yield 
with good attention and a good season, three bun 
dred bushels of the smaller kinds, and four hun¬ 
dred and fifty of the White Belgian per acre. Ex¬ 
tra cultivation has produced one thousand bushels 
of the latter per acre. 
Corn. —Devote to this, the greatest of our farm 
crops, all the ground that can be spared—old mossy 
pasture-land—meadows choked up with daisy or 
wild grass, or where the grass-seed has not taken 
well. Manure heavily; plow deep. After the- 
ground is prepared, mark out green sward with a 
light plow or marker; plow land with a subsoil 
plow. Plant same day. Choose a variety of seed 
sure to ripen. Soak in warm water; stir in a little 
pine or coal-tar when swelled, and roll in plaster 
before planting. 
Cows. —The remarks in regard to the feeding of 
beeves, will apply equally to cows, except that the 
quantity of meal per head need not be increased as 
the warm weather advances. Accustom them to 
green feed by degrees. Look closely after those 
that are calving, and guard against constipated 
bowels and swelled udders, by remedies heretofore 
recommended. If the calf sucks, strip out the 
milk left. Milk clean, and as fast as possible. 
Drains. —Inspect underdrains all ever the farm 
when it is rainy weather, and see that the water 
from above does not throw out the tiles, and fill the 
inside with obstruct ions. Clear away the outlets, 
so that the water can have a free passage. Open 
all the ditches in your grain fields, so that the 
springing crop may not be water-killed. 
Grain Fields. —Early this month scatter over the 
fields put down to grain, such fertilizers as plaster, 
ashes, guano, etc. Common house-ashes are more 
easily obtained by farmers at a distance from large 
cities. Leached ashes may he obtaiued if there be 
an ashery in the immediate neighborhood. 
Horses. —See that harnesses fit well; sponge and 
rub off the shoulders, feet, and legs of laboring 
horses, and blanket them only after severe sxercise. 
Machines and Tools. —Find out what you raced for 
the coming season ; order them promptly; so that 
there need he no delay when they are required. 
Mowers, particularly, should be ordered at once, as 
early grass will he ready to cut next month. 
Manure. —Neither sell nor waste any manure, and 
take every opportunity of increasing the stock on 
hand. It is like money in bank. Make a tank for 
liquid manure, and start a compost-heap wherever 
convenient to do so. 
Meadows. —Never pasture your mowing ground 
at this season. Buy hay in preference. The same 
fertilizers may be applied to meadows as are rec¬ 
ommended above for grain fields. Liquid manure 
is the best application for irrigated meadows, and 
is equally good for any other kind of hay land. 
Peas and Oats. —This, as a forage or soiling crop, 
will be ready before corn. Plow in the peas, and 
give the oats a light harrowing. Sow the first part 
of the month. 
Potatoes. —Plant early, and let what manure you 
use be spread equally over the surface. Plant good 
full-grown seed. 
Poultry. —As soon as the gardens are planted, 
place the poultry where they will not trouble 
them, and where they can have plenty of air, wa¬ 
ter, and exercise. Young chickens may be allowed 
to run in the garden, if the hens are cooped near 
by. Geese, ducks, and hens sheuld he set early; 
turkeys not so soon, by two or three weeks. 
Bumpkins. —Where corn is not planted too thick¬ 
ly, and the land is underdrained and well manured. 
