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AMERICAN AGRICULTURIST. 
Contents for January, 1884. 
Agriculture—Necessity of Developing.13 
Air and Ocean—Interesting Items.13 
flai Dinetrical Record for November. Illustrated.. « 
Be(f—Dry Salting.23 
Bjts—Apiary in January.. 3 
£e<s—Experience in Artificial Swarming.11 
arjs and Girls’ Columns—A Happy Nevv-Year—The 
SI is li roc ms and Umbrella—The Deceptive Knot— 
A i Amusing Toy—About Gold-Leaf—Puzzles and 
Problems—The Christmas Pie—A Generous Boy— 
Tlie Beggar Bo.v and the Flowers—Pleasant Work- 
Obtaining New Pruits—Game of Proverbs—The New 
Premium..7 Illustrations. .‘33-25 
Boys—Implements for. Wanted .11 
Bread—Cheaper to Buy than Make .22 
Bread—Why so much Poor?.22 
Cabbage, Brussels Sprouts, etc .3 Illustrations .13 
Cattle—Herd Records—Breeders’ Associations .17 
Cheese-Making—Manufactories and Associations. ...15 
Chloroform—Administering to Animals.17 
Corn Cribs—How to Ventilate.3 
Cranberry Meadows—-Sand not Beneficial.19 
Cross-Fertilization.19 
Dress,Elevator—Mine Demorest’s. Illustrated.. .21 
Dress—Notes on Styles the Present Winter..........21 
Farm Work, etc., for January. 1 
Fruit—Do Varieties Degenerate?.19 
Fruit Growers’ Meetings—Notes from. 3 
Fruit—Neglected Native, The Papaw- Illustrated ..20 
Fruit-Trees—Open Heads Desirable.19 
Fuel—Preparing and Using.17 
Garden—Flower, Fruit and Kitchen,’in January . 2 
Grafting Seedling Stocks.3 Illustrations. .20 
Grape Culture—Queries and Notes.18 
Grape Rot—Cause of.18 
Grape-Vines—Reasons tor Training.18 
Grapes—Are They Deteriorating? .19 
Grapes—Best Sort' for Wine.19 
Ham and Eggs—How to Get the Eggs.22 
Highway Boi Jers—Improving.12 
Homestead—Get and Keep.21 
Horses—Va. <e ot Thoroughbreds. Illustrated .1(1 
Ice-Houses— Fi'ding.— 8 
Insects—Cureujo Repelled by Water.18 
Iowa—Notes on (.hops, etc.11 
Lamps for Coal Oi:—Improvement in_ Illustrated. .21 
Lime—Curious and Useful Notes.14 
Lung Protector—Improvement on. 21 
Manure—Treatment of Night Soil.10 
Market Review—Notes on .8-26 
Measurement of Grain-Bins.—11 
Muck and Leaf Mould.10 
New-York State—Assessed Value.10 
Notes and Suggestions for January. Illustrated.. 1 
Orchard and Nursery in January. 2 
Painting Houses—Best Time for.17 
Pies—Cheap Crust for Pumpkin.23 
Plant, Wonderful —Welwitschia mirabilis .21 
Plaster—Its Action as a Fertilizer.10 
Potting Plants—Soils for.19 
Poultry—Experience with Leghorn Fowls.9 
Prairie—Notes on Breaking .11 
Premiums for 1864.25 
Pudding—Farmers’.23 
Sausage Meat—How to Make and Keep.23 
Seed—Portulacea. Illustrated. .19 
Seeds—Reasons of Failure. 19 
Sheep Farming in South America.:.14 
Sheep—Notes on Chinese.17 
Snow-Plow—A Convenient Implement.14 
Soda Better than Saleratus.22 
Stews —How to Prepare .23 
Straw Shelters, Stables, Ropes, etc.. .5 Illustrations.. 9 
Tea—New Jersey, Analysis of Leaves .13 
Tools for the Workshop.. 3 
Watei in Barn and Stock Yards. 8 
Wheat in Pennsylvania—The Boughton.11 
Wheat—Sowing the Fife in Autumn—Experiments... II 
W eat—Spring Sown in January. 3 
Willow, White—More Notes on. Illustrated.. 12 
Wolf—The Prairie. Illustrated.. 9 
Wool—State of the Market... 8 
INDEX TO “BASKET,” on SHORTER ARTICLES. 
Advertisers, Notice to.._4jHorses, Cantering.7 
Advertising Pages...4 Horses, Cribbing.7 
Advertising Profitable... ..6|Humbugs, Medical....6 
Apples, Crab.....7|Humbug Mining Co’s.7 
Apples on Crab Stock .. .5 Humbug Sewing Machine..6 
Apples, Seedling.7|Humbug, Willis & Co .6 
Apple, The Utter . . .4|Humbug’Newspapers.4 
Barrels, Cleansing.5 Index, Cost of.G 
Bees, Foul Brood.6|Lentils, Growing .4 
3ooks on Propagation.... GIManure, New Patent.7 
Books on Stock.7 Money, Investing.4 
Borer,Peach.6|Money by Express.32 
Botanical Journals.5 Milk, Richness of.5 
Butter, Large Yield..5 Milkweed Fibre.5 
Canadian Seed Postage_4iMuck, Preparation of.5 
Cattle, Choking .VlOnion Culture.6 
Chemistry, Youmans’.4 Onion, Large.4 
Cisterns above Ground_4'Paint for Houses.5 
Cow, Tonic for.TlPaints, Cheap.5 
Cream, Scalded .6|Patents, Investing in .6 
Dairying Unhealthy.5! Pears, Best Sorts.5 
Drain Tile Ends.6 Plants, frozen.6 
Drain Tiles, Best _5 Plow, Ditching. 5 
Farm at Edge wood ..._6! Pruning Maple.6 
Fencing Sheepfolds.71 Plums, Nebraska.5 
Fertilizer, Patent.7 Pumpkin, Large.4 
Fowls, Chittagong.6|Pumpkins for Cows.7 
Fruit Lists.TIRail-Road, New.4 
Fruits for Central Ill_7|Raisins from Grapes.4 
Gardening Books.7 Roofs, Leaky...5 
Grape, Adirondac.4|Roses, Pruning.5 
Grape Queries.7 Sewing Machines, Cheap. .7 
Grape Trellis, Movable-filSeed Items .4 
Grapes, Creveling.7 ( Sheep for Fine Wool.5 
Grapes, Hartford Prolific.,fi Sheep for Mutton...5 
Hedges. Hawthorn.7lSheep, IIoof-Rot .6 
Hens. Bones for .7|Sheep. Hoove in .7 
worse. Bad Hahii .j'ouila f„. Fruit:. .4 
Squashes, Large Yield_51 Trees for Prairies.5 
S. S. Medal .tlTrees, Girdled.G 
S. S. Question-Books.4iTrees, Grafting .6 
Stones, Burying . ,5|Trees, Scale Remedy_5 
Strawberry Information.5-32|Trees, Tarred Paper for.. 5 
Strawberry, Russell’s..... .0 Trees, Warts on.6 
Sugar in Soghum Bagasse. 51 Wagon Question.4 
Thistles, Canada ..51 Water Gap.6 
Tobacco Growing .7 Wheat, Sprouted.6 
Tomato, Fejee .61 Wool Growers’ Conv’n_G 
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The Strawberry-Plant Distribution—Ex¬ 
planations to New Subscribers. 
Many thousands of new subscribers arc now arriving, 
and sundry questions are asked by them, concerning the 
plants to be distributed. We therefore explain in this first 
number of the Volume : Last Summer a remarkable new 
strawberry plant was first brought to notice, by the aged 
Seih Boyden, the noted inventor of Patent Leather, Mal¬ 
leable Iron, etc. It attracted great attention, from its 
wonderful size, its' apparent productiveness, its good fla¬ 
vor, and beautiful scarlet color extending to the center. 
Within half an hour of its first being seen, the Publisher 
of the Agriculturist conceived the plan of securing all 
the plants, (but few in number,) and multiplying them 
for general free distribution among his subscribers for 
1864. A high price was at once paid for the plants, and 
much labor and expense have been, and are being devoted 
to their care and culture. Leading, experienced cultiva¬ 
tors, who came in afterwards, were so impressed with 
the appearance and promise of the new plants, that they 
offered large sums for the monopoly and sale of them 
but the orignial design of the Publisher has been ad¬ 
hered to, though he could sell out the plants to-day for 
enough to buy a good farm. 
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or club rates) which barely covers the postage and oil¬ 
cloth when they are to be sent by mail. Having dis¬ 
tributed over 50,000 other strawberry plants, to all parts 
of the country, through the mail, and with very rare fail¬ 
ures, we doubt not that these will go safely in the same way. 
Over an acre of ground is now planted with them, and 
it would have heen thoroughly covered with runners but 
for the unprecedented drouth last Autumn. As it is, we 
shall at least have several tens of thousands of plants to 
distribute the coming Summer, and we expect to supply 
every applicant on our books this year, in time to get the 
plants well started before the season closes. The distri¬ 
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cannot get plants enough this year for the last applicants 
coming in they will be supplied in order, the next 
Spring. All applicants now on our books, and many 
thousands more, will certainly receive the plants this 
year, Providential casualties only excepted. 
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