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AMERICAN AGRICULTURIST, 
KEEP YOUK EYE OK YOUR NEIGHBORS. 
Take care of them. Don’t let them stir 
without watching. They may do something 
wrong if you do. To be sure, you never 
knew them to do anything very bad, but it 
may be on your account that they have not. 
Perhaps, if it had not been for your kind care 
they might have disgraced themselves and 
families a long time ago. Therefore, don’t 
relax any effort to keep them where they 
ought to be ; never mind your own business, 
that will take care of itself. There is a man 
passing along—there, he is looking over the 
fence into his neighbor's garden—be suspi¬ 
cious of him, perhaps he contemplates steal¬ 
ing something some of these dark nights : 
there is no knowing what queer fancies he 
may have got into his head. If you see any 
symptoms of any one passing outofthe path 
of rectitude, don’t say anything to the erring 
individual about it, but tell every one else 
that you can see, and be particular to see a 
great many. It is a good way to circulate 
such things, and, though it may not benefit 
yourself, or any one else in particular, it 
will be something equally important about 
some one else. Do keep something going— 
silence is adreadfui thing. If, after all your 
watchful care, you can’t see anything out of 
the way in any one, you may be sure it is 
not because they have done anything bad ; 
perhaps, in ah unguarded moment, you lost 
sight of them—throw out hints that they are 
no better than they should be— that you 
should not wonder if people found out what 
they were after a while, and that they may 
not carry their heads so high. Keep it a go¬ 
ing, and some one will take the hint, and be¬ 
gin to help you after a while—then there will 
be music, and everything will work to a 
charm. 
Syli.ogistic Reasoning. —Epimenides says : 
The Cretans are always liars ; now he was 
himself a Cretan ; therefore he lied; there¬ 
fore the Cretans are not liars ; therefore 
Epimenides has not lied ; therefore the Cre¬ 
tans are liars. 
A Michigan paper says : “ The snow in 
this vicinity is two feet deep,” whereupon 
the Somerset Whig remarks : “ That’s 
nothing ; it is two knees deep about here !” 
Well, that’s nothing ; we’ve seen a man 
measuring it his two hips deep, about here, 
and he did’nt near touch bottom.—E d. 
A word of kindness is to the grieving heart 
what a drop of dew is to the drooping leaf, 
renewing its life and recalling its fleeting 
hopes. 
Matrimony should be a stereoscope, in 
which two hearts, though they may slightly 
differ, appear to the observer as one. 
3©“Club Prices. —Occasionally persons 
who have at some former period obtained their paper 
at a club rate, are in the habit of sending their single sub¬ 
scriptions at the former price. Thus, one who sent $5 
for the three names last year, now' sends his own single 
subscription for the two papers, at $1 07, saying, “ This 
is the price I paid last year. One of the old club is dead, 
and the other has moved away.” Clubs must contain the 
full number specified in our terms, and all commence at 
the same time. They may be at different Post-Offices. 
When less than the regular price is sent, we shall here¬ 
after give credit for only a proportional time. 
INDEX. 
April work for females—original.140 
Apples for general cultivation—editorial.152 
Asparagus bed, how to grow.161 
Barley cultivation.155 
Bees—Errors of Am. Ins. Trans.—original.154 
Buck’s County, Pa., corn, wheat and oats in—original. 153 
Burdock and violet.151 
Climate, differences in.150 
Coffee, cost and culture.158 
Dogs and other pets in New-York. 151 
Dyelytra Spectabalis, a new plant—editorial.102 
Evergreen, plant an—editorial.147 
Evergreen Shrubbery—editorial.147 
Flowersin winter—original.102 
Fruit Trees,liintson setting—original.157 
Garden, laying out . 100 
Grasses, questions about—original.153 
Heaves, corn stalks for—original.155 
Hog trade for 1855.104 
Horses, stabling and feeding.155 
Indian's letter—original. 151 
Lambs on trees, fevers, &c.—original .140 
Lice on plants . loo 
Licorice, wilt it grow in New-England ?—original_149 
Mowing machines versus scythes.148 
Neighbors, keep an eye on. 168 
Onions, R. I. statement.150 
Orchards, sowing grain in—editorial..150 
Ox, how to make the most of-original.154 
Pear trees, pruning for standards—original.I5S 
Peat, marsh mud—original.149 
Plums, American in England.158 
Poultry, plucking feathers—original.153 
Pruning fruit trees—original.150 
Quails, spare the—editorial. 149 
Rhubarb, those pies—editorial. 152 
Sheep, hogs—a boy’s letter—editorial.150 
Shrubbery, evergreen and deciduous—editorial.102 
Shade trees, which to select—editorial.148 
Sisters upon the farm—original.103 
Snow, benefits of-original.. 153 
Starch...] 51 
Strawberries—original.]59 
Stump-puller, a novel—original. 153 
Sweeny, is it a disease ?. 155 
Tree convention-editorial.166 
Trees, ornamental—editorial. 14 s 
Trenching, what is 1—editorial.101 
Weather, prices, review—editorial.104 
Wheat, sowing Spring—editorial.152 
Wheat fields, look up the bare spots.152 
Whitewash for barns. 145 
Work for the month—editorial.145 
Yankee...]51 
,8@?“Back Numbers and Back Volumes.— 
We have no more of these to .spare, previous to Vol. XII 
—our entire extra edition up to that time having been 
exhausted. 
Of Vols. XII, XIII and XIV, we have several sets, 
which will be furnished so long as they last, at $1, un¬ 
bound, or $1 50, neatly bound in muslin. 
Of the present Volume, previous to March, we have 
only complete sets from No. 1, (October,) with a few ex¬ 
tra copies of October, November and December, but none 
of January and February—the unexpected number of new 
subscribers beginning with the year having exhausted all 
the copies of those two months, except such as afe kept 
in full sets. 
New subscribers, or those renewing, can begin with the 
Volume in October, or with March or April. 
HOW TO GET THE AGRICULTURIST.-A 
great number of persons are deterred from subscribing for 
a paper they really need or desire, simply because of the 
trouble of sending for it. If you wish the Agriculturist, 
take a piece of paper, large or small, and write simply 
your name, Post-office, County, and State, (as plain as you 
can,) fold the money in it, inclose the whole in an envelop 
—see that it is well fastened with gum, w afers or paste— 
and mail it to the Editor, as directed on the first page. 
Here is a model letter—we print all it contained : 
“ Hartford, Conn., Feb. 12, 1856. 
“ Send American Agriculiurist one year, beginning with 
the February number. 1850, to Geurge W. Jackson, James 
Furman, and Oscar Mumford. at Hartford, Hartford Co., 
Conn. Inclosed are three dollars. O. M.” 
By simply changing the Post-office, names, &c., this 
letter will answer for every subscription—though we are 
always glad to have every one inclose in the same envelop 
sketches of methods of cultivation, experiments, condi- 
ion of crops, &c., in their own neighborhoods. 
Irimrinut ^gnalfwnd. 
FIFTEENTH VOLUME 
A Leading and Standard Agricultural Journal, 
devoted to the development and improvement of every 
department of Soil Culture, and adapted equally to the 
circumstances and wants of those who cultivate small 
plots of ground or large farms. 
It is designed to collect and communicate plain, frao 
tical and reliable information upon the 
Selection of Seeds; the best method of preparing 
the ground for, and cultivating the various Field 
and Garden Crops ; Fruit Growing; Care, Treat¬ 
ment and Improvement of all kinds of Domestic 
Animals; the Construction and Embellishment of 
Farm Buildings; Housing. Preserving, and Mar¬ 
keting the Products of the Farm, Orchard, Garden 
and Dairy ; and to the Domestic or Household 
labors ot the Rural Home. 
The proprietorof the Agriculturist—having been trained 
from childhood to the active labors of a large farm em¬ 
bracing a varied culture, and having devoted a dozen 
years to studying the principles lying at the foundation 
of improved soil culture in schools, in the field, in the 
laboratory, and in travelingforobservation—trusts that he 
will be able to set before the readers of this journal such 
a collection of sound and practical information as will be 
to each a continual source of valuable knowledge. 
Having no connection, directly or indirectly, with any 
other business whatever, and owning and controling the 
columns of this paper, the Editor claims to be entirely 
independent of all influences w hich, under other circum¬ 
stances, might be supposed to modify or govern his opin¬ 
ions or teachings. 
Those gentlemen whose labors have contributed so 
much in years past to the value of the pages of the Agri¬ 
culturist, still feel a lively interest in its continued and 
increased prosperity, and they promise their editorial 
assistance. |7»p The best editorial aid to be found in the 
country will be continually sought for. 
The matter of each number will be prepared with refer¬ 
ence to the month in which it is dated, and will be prompt 
ly and regularly mailed at least one day before the be 
ginning of the month in which it is dated. 
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ORANGE JUDD, 
No. 189 Water-st., 
New-York. 
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