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AMERICAN AGRICULTURIST, 
Spmal 
3ST We forward a copy of this number to 
a few of our old subscribers who have neg¬ 
lected to renew. It is always understood 
that we consider every number sent as paid 
for, or free, so that none need take the 
trouble to return them. 
Our thanks are due to our friends for 
their generous lists of new subscribers. We 
trust they will continue their favors, and 
that others will do likewise. We have print¬ 
ed extra copies of this number so as to be 
able, for a time, to supply new subscribers 
from the beginning of the volume. 
The Agriculturist for each month 
will be mailed on the last Thursday of the 
preceding month—in the same wrapper with 
the Times, to those who receive that paper. 
3£gs“ The present number has been got up 
in two weeks—half the time we shall here¬ 
after have to devote to it—so that if possible 
we shall try to make future numbers still more 
valuable. We have, however, a satisfaction 
in thinking, that even twelve such numbers 
as this, filled with so great a variety of arti¬ 
cles collected from a wide field, will form a 
volume worthy of a place in every farmer’s 
library. ^ 
All letters relating to Editorial mat¬ 
ters should be addressed to Mr. Orange 
Judd, (the Conducting Editor). 
Letters inclosing subscriptions and on oth¬ 
er business should be directed to Allen & 
Co., Publishers, and also those referring to 
both departments. Editorial and business 
matters, if in the same letter, should be on 
separate sheets. 
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The Back Volumes of the American Agriculturist, 
neatly bound, can now be supplied from the commence¬ 
ment. These of themselves constitute a beautiful and 
valuable Farmer’s Library, embracing a compendium 
of all the important agricultural articles that have ap- 
peareed during the last thirteen years. First ten volumes, 
new edition, furnished bound for $10. 
Bound volumes XI, XII and XIII (new series), $1 50 per 
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volumes furnished bound for $14 50. 
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nications for the paper. 
Acorns, oil from.15 
Age, an.21 
Agricultural College, Ohio. 3 
Agriculture, right views of. 8 
Althea—Illustrated.13 
American Herd Book. 8 
Animal or plant. 4 
Animals, language of.14 
Apple jelly.10 
Apples and pears, ripening of.... 12 
Autumn work in the fruit yard. 20 
Bargains and trade.11 
Bathing and Swimming.16 
Beets, grafting.20 
Bloody murrain and scours. 4 
Book notices. 8 
Cabbage, early.17 
Cattle, death among.13 
from Texas. 3 
watering.17 
Connecticut State Exhibition. 3 
Corn, broom. 5 
feeding in the ear. 13 
shocking.18 
the Wyandott..... 6 
Cornstalks, stacking.10 
Cotton crop in Mississippi. 6 
Cows, how to prevent kicking.18 
Cranberries, cultivation of.19 
Crow, our. 3 
Curculio, lime and sulphur for.20 
Do something.15 
Editorial notes. 2 
Eggs, testing. 3 
Endorsed, not . 3 
Exchanges, new. 3 
Fair, ladies at the.14 
Farmer, the oldest in the world. 6 
Farmer’s hints on fencing.17 
what Illinois clear.12 
Farm, the great Statesman’s. 7 
Uncle Sam’s.15 
Fruit, one way to dry. 6 
Furniture—Peaches—Washing.10 
Glass stoppers, to loosen.8 
Goats, Maltese.10 
Good investment.18 
Grafting old trees . 20 
Grapes not ripening well. 20 
Grasshopper traps.10 
Hassocks or bogs, removing. 4 
Hoarding and enjoying.21 
Hog population of Cincinnati.11 
Horses, protection from flies. 5 
Horticultural Society of New-York.19 
Brooklyn.19 
Housekeeper the perplexed—Poetry.21 
Housekeepers, hints for...17 
Ice house, a cheap.10 
Idler, the.21 
Lady’s diary of the fourteenth century . 15 
Little things.16 
Mahommed’s dislike to onions . 21 
Meadows, old. 5 
Muck Manual. 8 
Mules vs. Horses . 8 
Musketoes .16 
New route to the west, &c. 1 
October, hints for.19 
Queen’s mews orstables. 5 
Peaches, dried. 10 
“ pickled.10 
Plums, to preserve . 9 
Potatoes, keeping sweet. 9 
Poultry, Brahma Pootras.12 
Prairie investment.12 
Preserving fruits. 9 
Rabbit Fancier. 8 
Review of prices, weather, &c.21 
Robin, a white ... .16 
Seed, saving. 7 
Seeds, vitality of.12 
Sheep, crossing.13 
“ story .21 
Shirt, how to cut.10 
Spade, song of the—Poetry. 6 
Spider, loves of the.14 
Stable book, the. 8 
Sunflower or Helianthus.16 
Thread, value of a pound of linen. 7 
Vinedresser’s Manual. 8 
Watermelon butter.10 
Washing preparation. 9 
Well curb and bucket—Illustrated. 9 
Wheat, sprouted . 4 
Publisher’s Announcement 
FOR THE 
FIFTEENTH VOLUME 
OF THE 
^nunatt 
A Leading, Standard Agricultural Journal. 
1 Pei* Annum—Discount to Clubs. 
The American Agriculturist will enter 
upon its Fifteenth Volume, October 1st, 1855, and be 
promptly issued thereafter on the firgt day of each month, 
making a large double quarto annual volume, printed with 
new and beautiful type, on heavy, extra white magazine 
paper of a superior fine quality 
Its pages will be devoted exclusively to AGRICUL¬ 
TURE, HORTICULTURE, DOMESTIC ARTS, and 
those matters which relate directly to the cultivation of 
the soil. 
It is designed to embrace such subjects as—Selection of 
seeds; the best method of preparing the ground for, and 
cultivating the various field and garden crops ; fruit grow¬ 
ing; care, treatment and improvement of all kinds of do¬ 
mestic animals; the construction and embellishment of 
farm buildings ; housing, preserving, and marketing the 
products of the farm, orchard, garden and dairy ; and to 
the domestic or household labors ol the rural home. 
It will be progressive in its character, having a constant 
watch for all improvements and new developments ; and, 
at the same time, be sufficiently conservative to avoid and 
warn its readers against visionary theories, and the dan¬ 
gerous teachings of those who would create or distort 
scientific theories to subserve their private interests. 
The American Agriculturist will be entirely independ¬ 
ent of all collateral interests. The conducting and con- 
troling Editor, having no connection with any business 
whatever, will take good care that its pages shall be de¬ 
voted only to such matters as relate directly to the inter¬ 
ests of the reader. 
It will continue under the CONTROL and MANAGE¬ 
MENT of Mr. O. Judd, who will be assisted by the 
counsels and contributions of those gentlemen who first 
originated the Agriculturist , and have done much to main¬ 
tain its uniform high character—including Messrs. A. B. 
Allen, Lewis F. Allen, Rev. Wm. Clift, together with 
several able contributors, whose united labors will serve 
to fill its pages with matter eminently serviceable to every 
owner or cultivator of even the smallest plot of ground. 
TERM S : 
One copy one year.$1 00 
Six copies one year . 5 00 
Ten copies one year. 8 00 
Twenty copies one year.15 00 
ADDITIONAL ATTRACTIONS. 
Combination of Agricultural and News Journals. 
In order to furnish all our subscribers who may 
desire with early agricultural intelligence, such as full, 
extended and reliable reports of the sa'es, transactions 
and prices of farm and garden produce, live stock, &c., 
together with full and comprehensive intelligence of a 
general character from all parts of the world, we have 
made arrangements with Messrs. Raymond, Harper & 
Co., to furnish us with an extra edition of the 
NEW-YORK WEEKLY TIMES, 
one of the largest and most comprehensive newspapers 
in the country. The Agricultural Department of the 
Times, together with its full reports of sales and price of 
live stock, farm and garden produce, &c., is prepared ex¬ 
pressly for that paper by Mr. Judd, the Conducting Editor 
of this journal. 
The two papers combined will embrace all that could 
be desired by the cultivator of the soil, wherever he may 
be located. The Monthly American Agriculturist will 
furnish standard articles of a high and practical character, 
adapted to the Month and Season in which they appear, 
and so valuable as to be worth preserving in a convenient 
form; while the Weekly will give the news of the day, 
not only agricultural but in every other departmsnt. The 
matter in the two papers will be different, and generally 
distinct from each other. 
Hereafter we shall mail the American Agriculturist on 
the first of each month, and the Times on Thursday of 
each week, on the following liberal terms,^ which will 
include the cost of both papers: 
One copy of both papers one year.$2 00 
Three copies of both papers one year.... 5 00 
Ten copies of both papers one year.16 00 
Twenty copies of both papers one year.. 30 00 
Back numbers of the Monthly American Agriculturist, 
when on hand, will be supplied at 10 cents per number. 
Back numbers of the Times can not be supplied. 
Specimen copies always sent free. 
All subscriptions or business communications to be ad¬ 
dressed to ALLEN & CO., 
Publishers of American Agriculturist, 
No. 189 Water-st., New York. 
N. B.—Editorial matters to be addressed, 
Editor of American Agriculturist. 
PRINTED BY H. C. REYNOLDS, No. 189 Water-st. 
