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AMERICAN AGRICULTURIST. 
Contents foi February, 1864. 
Animals—Important Fact in Breeding.42 
Animals—Producing Either Sex at Will.35 
Apples for Illinois . 50 
Apples—Grafting Winter on Early Stocks.....49 
Barrels—Tai nted.54 
Bath for Children . 54 
Beef—Expensive Fattening.42 
Beef Pickle—Another .54 
Bees—Apiarv in January. 34 
Bow Pin for'Ox-yokes—Improved. Illustrated.. .44 
Boys and Girls’ Columns.—A Talk about the Snow— 
As Good as a Puzzle—Problems and Puzzles—A 
Careless Printer—Happy Little Chicks—Who Wants 
to be Rich ?—Singular Tradition—Rosa Bonheur and 
her Pictures—Lord Melville and his Pet Ram—A 
Little Farming Talk—Kissing a Sunbeam—Sheri¬ 
dan’s Wit.6 Illustrations.. 55, 56 
Buckwheat Pancakes—Improved.54 
Calves—Hints on Raising.42 
Catalogues—Nursery and Seed.....50 
Cattle—Pleuro Pneumonia in.47 
Cattle—Where are the Best?.47 
Coffee—How to Make Good.53 
Cooking Hints, etc.—Liebig's Soup—Soup from Mince 
Pie Meat—To Fiidsh a Baked Potato—Baked Squash 
Scalded Cream—Snow-ball Cake—Sponge Cake— 
Home-made Candy—To Remove Rust Stains.55 
Cows—Profit of Keeping Poor.44 
Customs, Various—Forks versus Knives.54 
Editors—Notice to Agricultural.25 
Eggs—Four Cents Apiece.47 
Farm Help—Emigrants for.35 
Farm—Productive in Iowa.43 
Farm Work, etc. for February. ....33 
Flax Culture - Profit of.42 
Flower Garden and Lawn in February.34 
Flowers—A Pietty Twiner, Ipomea. IUustrated. .52 
Frame—Rusic for Carte de Visites. Illustrated. .53 
Fruit Garden in February..34 
Fruit Growers’ Meetings—Notes from.35 
Garden—Kitchen in February.34 
Grapes in Northumberland Co., Pa.50 
Grapes—Wine in Mo.—Norton’s Virginia.50 
Grasshopper—A Mammoth - .47 
Green and Hot-Houses in February.34 
Handkerchief—Pattern for Marking.. —53 
Help—Look out for Early.47 
Hogs—Notes on Various Kinds...... 3 Illustrations . .41 
Horse-Breaking—Is Rarey’s Plan a Failure?.43 
Horse Stables—Improvement in.3 Illustrations. .44 
Horticultural Society, III. State—Meeting.50 
Live Stock Trade, 1863.40 
Malady—Distressing.54 
Manure of Different Classes of Animals.46 
Manure from House—How to Save.46 
Manure—Uses of Sea-Weed.45 
Manures—Fermentation of.....46 
Maple Sugar Making, .—.. Illustrated ..43 
Markets—Review of Breadstuffs.40 
Meat, Smoked—How to Cure.54 
Notes and Suggestions—Pisciculture. Illustrated ..33 
Onions—A Talk about.4 Illustrated. .52 
Onions—Note on Cultivation .45 
Orchard and Nursery in February.34 
Paints and Varnishes—Notes on.54 
Plants—Easy Propagation from Cuttings.49 
Plants—Internal Structure of.4 Illustrations. .48 
Potatoes More Profitable than Tobacco.44 
Prices Current N. Y. Markets ...40 
Quince Stocks—Raising for Pear Trees.49 
Sheep—Shelter needed for. Illustrated. .48 
Skins—How to Dress with Fur on.43 
Trees—Forest from Seed -Evergreens.51 
Trees—Native Broad-Leaved Evergreens.51 
Wagon Wheels—Best Form Or. .47 
Water Gaps—How to Make. .5 Illustrations. .45 
INDEX TO “ BASKET,” OR SHORTER ARTICLES. 
Acre, Productive.38|Maps, War.37 
Agriculturist Mail burned36 Milk, Shrinking.38 
Agriculturist —South.36 Millet, Hungarian.38 
Apples for Ohio.37 Orchard, Renovating.37 
Bags, Gunny......39 Osage Orange Seed.37 
Barley, Good.38!Plant for Shade.37 
Bee Sting—Remedy. 37|Plants Named.37 
Bees in Houses.38 Plaster near Salt Water.. 38 
Book on Green-Houses.. .37 Poultry, Brahma Pootra.,37 
Books—What to Buy ....36 Poultry, Dominique.39 
Broom Corn, Dwarf’.38 Purchasing Agency.39 
Canada Seed Postage-36 Quails and Chinch Bug...39 
Cattle Breeders’ C-onv’n. .38 Rats—Riddance of...37 
Cheese Convention.36 Roofs, Leaky.39 
Cider, Keeping Sweet_38 Saffron, Cultivation.39 
Cockroaches.39 School, Good.38 
Coffee Imitations.39 Seed Distribution.. .36 
College Lands, Ag’l..38 Sheep Ticks, Remedy-38 
College, Penn Ag’l.38 Strawberry, Agricul't... .38 
Colonizing the South.. ..38|Strawberry, Wizard.39 
Compost, Book on.37iStump Machines.38 
Conservatory, Heating... .39 Temperature Alarm.39 
Corn, Protecting..SUlThistles, Canada.37 
Cotton in Missouri.38iTim Bunker’s Health.36 
Currant Borer.39 Transplanting Boxes_38 
Disasters, R. R. etc.37 Tree Protector, New.37 
Tree, Purple Fringe....39 
Trees from Nurseries....38 
Trees, Heeling in.37 
Trees, Ice on.38 
Trees, Maple Seed.38 
Trees, Sprouting -33 
Trees, Whitewashing_39 
Tuberoses.37 
Turkeys, Feeding.36 
Turnips, Large.39 
Vineland Lands.38 
Wagon Queries.38 
Walnuts, Shucking.39 
Western N. Y. Trouble . .36 
Willow—White...36 
Wine, Black Currant....37 
Wine Plant Humbug....37 
Wine, Sambuci.....37 
Woolgrowers in N. T .38 
Wringers, 590 Presented, 39 
Farmers’ Club,Skaneatel’s37 
Flowers, Alyssum etc... .39 
Flowers for Children-37 
Grape Queries.36-38' 
Grass, Rye.38 
Hedge, Hardy.37 
Hedges, Hawthorn.39 
Hog—largest.36 
Horses, Bad klabit.38 
Horses. Worms in.36 
Humbugs—Sundry.36 
Implement, New.39 
Lamps without Chimneys.37 
Land Leases South.36 
Laurestinus.39 
Lentils. 39 
Letters Unanswered.3< 
Lime and Sorrel.. — 3' 
Lime, Hydraulic ..39 
Lucerne. 
jjgr We respectfully solicit the kind efforts of all 
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exceeded. Will the reader favor us with one of 
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Special Notice to Advertisers. 
It will be seen that the terms (given in the usual place) 
are slightly advanced, but they are still lower than those 
of any other journal—considering the large circulation, 
the select character of those admitted, the good style of 
printing, and the length of time each number is before the 
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printer to estimate the cost of getting up 80,000 to 100,000 
cards or handbills of the same size as his advertisement. 
He will find it to cost nearly double our rates, to say 
nothing of the fact that the cards are here stereotyped— 
fastened into the paper —and distributed, not at random, 
but only one to each reading family. We shall certainly 
print 80,000 copies of every number this year, for subscri¬ 
bers, and probably 100,000 :r more before ceasing to send 
out the first numbers of the volume. As before stated, 
we want none but good advertisements, and require refer¬ 
ence as to integrity and reliability, from advertisers un¬ 
known to us personally or by reputation. We reserve 
the right to leave out any and all advertisements not 
desired for any cause. 
N. B. We run four Steam Cylinder Presses (one for 
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etc., well, we can oRly perfect 6000 to 7000 copies a day ; 
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About tbe Advertisements — Suggestions 
to Our Readers. 
I. It is often asked, “ How can the Agriculturist be 
afforded so cheaply at the present time ?” Answer —The 
greatly increased subscription, involving only the extra 
cost of paper, press-work, and printing, helps out in part; 
and the rest is done by admitting More advertisements 
and at higher rates. As more than enough are almost al¬ 
ways offered, the only question is, how much space shall 
we give to this department ? Even if the advertisements 
were not valuable to the reader, none would complain at 
the increased room they occasionally occupy, when we 
tell them that during 1863 we expended upon the paper all 
the money received from subscribers, and some thousands 
of dollars more of advertising receipts. As we now pay 
$2.00 per ream more for printing paper than the average 
cost during last year, we must give up more space to ad¬ 
vertisements, and condense more into the reading pages. 
II. SSnt the Advertising pages are valua¬ 
ble to the readers, especially when sifted as ours 
are. We do not say that every article admitted is want 
ed by all our readers, nor that every thing advertised is in 
all cases worth the price asked—of that the reader must 
judge—but we aim to admit no adveitiser who will not 
do just what he offers to do, and we mean to shut out all 
deceptive or worthless things. We have refused a dollar 
a line for many medicines, etc., which are admitted into 
the religious press generally, but which we would advise 
a friend not to buy or use. We hazard nothing in saying 
that no equal numbers of cards of so good and reliable 
parties, were ever thrown together in a single copy of 
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can be bought. In this respect the advertising columns 
are like a good “ Variety Store” brought to each man’s 
door. This leisure winter month is a good time to 
look out for trees in advance, plants, seeds (now sent 
cheaply by mail), and for implements, etc. 
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name in the letter, where the advertisements were seen. 
This, we are frequently assured, is especially pleasing to 
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