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AMERICAN AGRICULTURIST. 
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HOW CRO PS GRO WT 
A TREATISE OH THE CHEMICAL COMPOSITION, STRUCTURE AND LIFE OF THE PLANT. 
WITH NUMEROUS ILLUSTRATIONS AND TABLES OF ANALYSES. 
BY SAMUEL W. JOHNSON, JI. A., 
PROFESSOR OF AN11TTIOAI, AXII AGRTCtn.TUP.il. CHEMISTRY IN' YALE COLLEGE ; CHEMIST TO THE CONNECTICUT STATE AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY ; 5IEMRER OF THE NATIONAL 
ACADEMY OF SCIENCES. 
This is a volume of nearly 400 
pages, in which Agricultural 
plants, or “Crops,” are considered 
from three distinct, yet closely 
related, stand-points, as indicated 
by the descriptive title. 
The Chemical Compo¬ 
sition of the Plant. 
1st .—The Volatile Part. 
2d.— The Ash —Its Ingredients, 
their Distribution, Variation, 
and Quantities. The Com¬ 
position of the Ash of various 
Farm Crops, with full Tables ; 
and the Functions of the Ash. 
3d .—Composition of the Plant in 
various Stages of Growth , and 
the Relations subsisting 
among the Ingredients. 
Magnified Section of a Leaf. 
Magnified Slice of an Oat Kernel. 
Magnified Section of Barley Boot. 
The Structure of the 
Plant and the Offices of 
its Organs. 
The Primary Elements of Or¬ 
ganic Structure. 
The Vegetative Organs — Root, 
Stem, and Leaf, and their Func¬ 
tions ; and 
The Peproduclive Organs , name¬ 
ly , Flowers and Fruit, and the 
Vitality of Seeds with their In¬ 
fluence on the Plants they pro. 
duce. 
The Life cf the Plant. 
Germination , and the conditions 
most favorable and unfavorable 
to it. 
The Food of the Plant when in 
dependent of the Seed. 
Sap and its Motions , etc., etc. 
The Appendix, which consists of 12 tables exhibiting the Composition of a great number of Plants viewed from many different stand-points, will be found of inestimable 
value to practical agriculturists, students, and theorists. 
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Yankee ' farming: 
By Timothy Btjnkbr, Esq., 
of Hookertown, Ct. 
WITH ILLUSTRATIONS 
B Y^HOPPIN. 
CONTENTS. 
1. —A Stroke of Economy. 
2. —Ornamental Trees. 
3. —Timothy Bunker, Esq. 
4. —View of the Bird Law. 
5. —Guano in the Hill. 
6. —On Moss Bunkers. 
*7.—On Subsoiling. 
8.—Going to the Fair. 
S.— In Tall Clover. 
10. —On Horse Racing. 
11. —At the Farmers’ Club. 
12. —On an Old Saw. 
13. —Book Farming in Hookertown. 
14. —Pasturing Cattle in Roads. 
15. —The Weaker Brethren. 
18.—Curing a Horse Pond. 
17. —Domesticities at Tim Bunker’s. 
18. —Takes a Journey. 
19. —On Farm Roads. 
20. —A New Manure. 
21. —Losing the Premium. 
22. —A New Enterprise. 
23. —Making Tiles. 
24. —The Clergy and Fanning. 
25. —Women Horse Racing. 
26. —Beginning Life. 
27. —An Apology for Tim Bunker. 
28. —On County Fairs. 
29. —At Home again. 
30. —On Raising Boys. 
31. —On Raising Girls. 
32. —A new Case of the Black Art. 
33. —A Letter from Neighbors. 
34. —The Shadtown Parsonage. 
35. —Views of Dress. 
36. —A Rustic Wedding. 
37. —Saving a Sixpence. 
38. —On giving Land a Start. ] 
39. —On giving Boys a Start. 
40. —A Tile in the Head. 
41. —Jake Frink Sold. 
42. —The New York Central Park. 
43. —On Drigation. 
CONTENTS.' 
44. —Feeding with Oil Meal. • 
45. —The Farmers’ Club. 
46. —On Bad Water. 
47. —Cattle Disease. 
4S.—On Seed. 
40.—On Breastworks in War. 
50.—Lightning Rods. 
61.—Buying a Farm. 
52. —Top-dressing and Feeding Aftermath. 
53. —Painting Buildings. 
54. —The Value of Muck. 
55. —Ou Family Horses. 
53.—The Horn-ail. 
57.—A Commentary on Roots. 
5S,—Stealing Fruit and Flowers. 
50.—Tlie-Cost of Pride. 
CO.—Swamps Turning Indian. 
Cl.—Tim Bunker in his Garden. 
02.—On Running Astern. 
03.—On Extravagance. 
C4.—The Farmer’s Old Age. 
C5.—On Sheep Traps. 
03.—Old-Style Housekeeping. 
07.—On Keeping a Wife Comfortable. 
68.—Starting a Sugar Mill. 
GO.—Reasons against Tobacco. 
70. —Trip to Washington. 
71. -—The Sanitary Commission. 
72. —Raid among the Pickle Patches. 
73. —Raid among the Pickle Patches. 
74. —On Striking lie. 
75. —Visit to Titus Oaks, Esq. 
73.—The Pickle Fever in Hookertown. 
77.—On Curing Pickles and Eating them. 
73.—The Cotton Fever and Emigration. 
70.—The Cotton Fever and Emigration, 
50. —The Food Question. 
51. —On Jim Crow. 
82. —The Eight-hour Law. 
83. —Base Ball Clubs. 
84. —The Rise of Real Estate. 
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