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AMERICAN AGRICULTURIST. 
Contents for March. 1864. 
Agricultural Society—New-York State.72 
Asparagus—Field Culture .‘5 
Barn-Pennsylvania Double-Decked. .5 Illustrations.. <3 
Barometer and Thermometer in Jan. Illustrated. ,T2 
llees—Apiary in March.... .•■67 
BirJ Boxes and Houses.3 Illustrations..<6 
Birds—Sap-Sucker Injurious. Illustrated. .77 
Boxes for Mailing Plants Wanted.68 
Boys’ an.l Girls’ Columns—He Knew IIovv, and Did ills 
Uest—Tlic Shingle-Boat—Puzzles and Problems— 
“Home, Sweet Home”—Curious Debt and Credit 
Account—A Noble Business Man—“ Olla Podrida ” 
Amusement.5 Illustrations. .87, 88 
Carriage. Family—Wanted.79 
Caltle—Pleuro-Pneumonia in Massachusetts.76 
Cattle—Yoking by the Head.3 Illustrations ..80 
Cheese—Making in Winter.S6 
Cider—Power Mills, Borden’s Concentrated. 
Clover Sown on Winter Grain.‘3 
College—Kansas Agricultural. 
Cooking Hints, etc.—Wholesome Bread—Pickled Oy¬ 
sters—Sweet-Apple Pudding -Cheap Rice Pudding 
—Pudding Hint—Sweet-Apple Pie—Griddle Cakes— 
Soft Ginger Cake—Scalded Cream.86—S7 
Cotton-Growing by Northerners.74 
Colton—Peruvian.‘» 
Dress for Spring—Notes on.. 
Emigration Societies Wanted.75 
Exhibition Tables at Agriculturist Office.67 
Farm Work, etc., for March .. ..65 
Flower Garden and Lawn in March. 66 
Flowers—New, Offered this Spring.83 
Frozen Limbs—How to Treat. 86 
Fruit Crop at the West.83 
Fruit Garden in March......66 
Fruit Growers’ Meetings—Notes from.67 
Garden—Kitchen in March.66 
Garden—Plan for Vegetable. Illustrated. .S3 
Gopher—Notes on. . Illustrated .77 
Grafting—Plain Directions.8 Illustrations. .81 
Grape Culture—Notes and Queries .82 
Grapes—Growing from Cuttings.2 Illustrations ..81 
Grass Land—Seeding with Spring Grain.73 
Green and Hot Houses in March.66 
Hot-Bed for the Family Garden. Illustrated ..82 
Human Bodv—Power of. 86 
Laborers—IIow to get from Europe.72 
Manuring Fruit Trees—Valuable Experience.83 
Market Review—Price Current.89 
Mattresses—Corn Husk. 81 
Moths—How to Repel.85 
Notes and Suggestions for the Month. Illustrated. .65 
Old Ways—Slicking to ; Striking illustration.78 
Orchard and Nursery in March.66 
Photographic Union—Villainous Scheme. .65 
Plants—Internal Structure of.5 Illustrations ..81 
Plowing—Spring.74 
Plow-Makers’ Convention.<9 
Potatoes—Starting Early.75 
Poultry—Value of. 78 
Prairie-Breaking—Opinion of an Old Pioneer.74 
Quince Trees - Management of.82 
Raspberries—Black Cao.85 
Sat itr -y Commission—A Noble Work.72 
Sheep -Treatment of Yeaning Ewes.80 
Tim Bunker’s Trip to Washington.85 
Totmcco—Improved Method ot Hanging. .Illustrated. .76 
Vegetable, Now—Tuberous Chervil.83 
Wheat, Spring-Sowing.75 
Wool-Growers Convention in Ohio.79 
Yards, Front—Clearing Up.85 
INDEX TO “ BASKET,” On SHORTER ARTICLES. 
Adv’t— Variety Store.63 Horses—High Priced.... 70 
Ag'l Society, Conn.71 Jlumbug Doctors.68 
Ag'l Society, Maine.7lillumbugs—A Request-69 
Ag*i Society, N. J...71:Humbug, New.G9 
Ag’l Society, Ohio. 7l!IIuinbugs—Sundry.68 
Ag’l Society, Penn.71 jlnvestment—Good.G8 
Ag’l Society, U. S.71 (Knitting Machine.68 
Ag'l Soc., York, (N. B.) .71 Lemonade—Portable.71 
Air.er. Agr. in German—68 Lilies—Japan.71 
Animals at Central Park,.71 Lottery Humbug.69 
Apples—Best Sorts.TljLucerne at the North_69 
Apples for Western N.Y..69 Manure Cisterns.70 
-.70 
Beans Wanted 
Beef Pickle . 
llees—Carrying ... 
Boards—Costly.... 
Book—Farmers’ Manual..o» 
Book, Grape—Fuller’s...68 
Book—S. School.69 
Bread—Good...71 
Cheese Factory.7! 
College—Maine Ag’l.71 
College—Mass. Ag'l.71 
Corn and Pork.70 
Cows-Caked Bag...69 
Cows—Soiling Profitable..69 
Draining Peat Lands, 
Fences Undesirable. 
Flax-Cotton.70 
Flax—Yield per Acre. 
Flowers—“Star Ipomea”.6t 
Filtering Materials, 
Fruit Notes—Iowa.71 
Fruit Wanted.71 
Fruit Tree Wash.G! 
Gapes in Chickens.7! 
Qaidens— Liming.7 
Grass Seed wilh Grain.. .71 
Gyrsum—Sowing.71 
Hobson’s Choice.68 
Horses—Bots in.69 Tobacco Fertilizer, 
Horses—Scratches.69 Washing Machines 
Houses—Dead in Army. ..70|Wheat, Mulching.. 
Manure—Dead Animals .. 70 
Manure—Saving Liquid..70 
Milk Stool—New.68 
Mule Raising.70 
Jnion Book. . .68 
Jrchard—Crop for.71 
Pastures, Manuring.70 
Pea Weevil.68 
Pears for Bees .71 
Pears in Western N. Y.. .71 
Pigs and Gunpowder. ...70 
Pleuro-Pneumonia.70 
Plows—Steel.... ..70 
Pork—Packing.70 
Portrait Wanted.68 
Poultry—Best.70 
Prairie Breaking.70 
Reaper Trade.70 
“ Sambuct Wine”.69 
Sanitary Com.—Hogs.68 
Seeds by Mail.69 
Seeds—Vitality.71 
Sorghum Seed, Sprouting.70 
Sorghum Syrup, N. J.70 
Subsoiling—Use of..69 
Timothy on Medium Soil.70 
Timothy Seed per Ac re... 69 
Tobacco Book ..68 
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