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AMERICAN AGRICULTURIST. 
Contents for November. 1864. 
Agriculture—Dignity of.“ 
Architecture—Western Rural. Illustrated. .31- 
Asses and Their Progeny. Illustrated.. 316 
Bees—Apiary in November. 306 
Biscuit—Directions for Making Light.° 23 
Boys’ and Girls’ Department—The Family Umbrella 
—The Toad and lire Wounded Soldier—About Sig¬ 
natures—Hint about Spelling—Capital Experiment^ 
—Problems and Puzzles.11 / llustrations.. 321—322 
Bread—More Good Directions. 323 
Buckwheat Straw. 315 
Cattle—Hornless, How Made . 31 ^ 
Clethra—Alder-leaved, or Sweet Pepper Bush. Ulus. .317 
Cooking Hints—Plum Pudding—Sponge Griddle Cake 
—Recipes Wanted—Substitute for Wicking.320 
Crab Apple as a Lawn Tree. 318 
Dwellings—Primitive. Illustrated.. 312 
Fair, New York State. 337 
Fair, Pennsylvania State. 33 ' 
Farm Work in November. 333 
Flax and Flax Machines . .. Illustrated.. 313 
Flower Garden and Lawn in November.306 
Fruit Garden in November. 306 
Garden—Kitchen in November. 303 
Gate—New and Convenient. Illustrated.. 312 
Geraniums—Hint on Keeping.318 
Grape Culture—Notes on.315 
Grapery—Cold, in November.306 
Green and Hot-Houses in November.306 
Heeling-in—Methods and Advantages. 3l~ 
Household Notes for November.319 
Implement—Fruit Growers’ Hoe. Illustrated. .318 
Ladies—An Invitation to. 313 
Meat—Novel Way to Freshen. 319 
Market Report and Commercial Notes.300 
Melodeon—Harmonium—Cabinet Organ.320 
Names of Plants—Foreign, etc.317 
Neat’s Foot Oil—How Prepared.316 
Notes and Suggestions for November- Illustrated. .305 
Nurseries at Rochester.307 
Orchard and Nursery in November.306 
Osage Orange—How to Propagate. 312 
Parsley—IIuw to Keep in Winter.....318 
Pears, Sheldon—A General Favorite ...Illustrated.. 319 
Salt and other Minerals in Food.319 
Sanitary Fund, Further Contributions Acknowledged.S07 
School Houses—New Plan.2 Illustrations. .313 
Thatching—Practical Hints.314 
Tim Bunker on the Sanitary Commission, etc.314 
Trees—Weeping Willows.2 Illustrations.. 318 
Tritoma Uvaria—Garden Ornament. Illustrated. .317 
Vegetable Slicer—Convenient. Illustrated. .320 
Walks made oi Coal or Gas Tar.318 
Wicking—Substitute for.320 
BASKET,” on SHORTER ARTICL 
Agricultural Companies, 
Ashes for Grass,. 
Apple-butter Stirrer, III. 
Baby Tender. 
Bean for Name. 
Bees Italian. 
Blackberry Crop. 
Books, Ag’l Scarce. 
Bran Mash. 
Cabbages don’t Head.... 
Cabbages, Wintering — 
Cancers, Incurable. 
Castor Oil Beans. 
Cattle, Sale of.. 
Ceratochloa. 
Cheeses, kept in winter.. 
Chicory.. 
Cider, making good. 
Cow milking herself 111.. 
Ducks. Do they pay?.. 
Editpr Drafted. 
Fanning a “Profession” 
Farming on 10 acres — 
Flowers, double. 
Foundations of History. 
Fruit prizes, Greeley... 
Fruit Society, E. Pa.... 
Garget, bloody.. 
Gas Lime for Manure... 
Grape notes and queries. 
Grapes; Thorns. 
Grape vines, removing.. 
Grass for a Lawn. 
Hen, eccentric. 
Honeysuckles. 
Horses, Blinders on. 
Humbug, N. Y . 
Humbug, Photographic. 
308iHumbugs, Sundry.: 
309 Insect on Strawberries..! 
311jlnsects, Barn Weevils...! 
310 Insects, Canker Worm ! 
310 Insects to be Named, III.'. 
309iLady Exhibitors at fairs.! 
311 Lice on Cattle.! 
308| Linseed—Flaxseed.! 
3081 Lottery Schemes.! 
308 Mails to Utah, etc.! 
310IMatches.! 
3101 Moss for Bulbs, etc.! 
311 Muskegon Co. Mich.! 
310|Orchards, injured, grain.! 
310 Peaches, early.! 
310 Peanut culture.! 
309|Pear, Onondaga.! 
SOSjPears, many on a stem..! 
308 Pears, very large.! 
311] Peat for Fuel.1 
,309|Pickles. sweet.! 
309 Plants, named.! 
Sio! Plants, winter protection.! 
311|Plow in fall to kill grubs..! 
310 P. O. Money Orders.1 
3111 Poetry and "Essays.! 
308|Potaloes, Sweet.! 
309 Poultry-house Fountain..! 
,309|Soldier’s Packages.: 
3t0jSquashes, Did’nt know..! 
310 Stammering, treatment..: 
308lStocks, Grape. Thorn_ 
3081 Strawberry planting — 
Thorn Seeds. 
Humbug, Whiskers.. 
30S|Tomato sauce (green). 
311 Tripe, How prepared.. 
3U| Veterinary. 
311' Willow, White. 
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Wliat BSooSss ?— Answers by letter can not 
be given to the many who inquire what books we recom¬ 
mend on this and that subject. In the list on page 326, 
the number of stars indicate our opinion of comparative 
value. The American Farmers’ Cyclopedia contains a 
great variety of topics. American Weeds and Useful 
Plants is a valuable work for those who will study it—as 
every one should. Barry’s Fruit Garden is excellent. 
Bridgeman’s works are good. Fuller's Grape Culturist 
is the best work on the subject, and so is Herbert’s Hints 
to Horsekeepers. Langstroth’s and Quinby’s Bee books 
differ a good deal in the kind of information given, but 
both are good, and both should be owned and read by all 
who keep bees—and more persons should keep them. 
The National Almanac is a valuable work for reference 
and statistical figures. Dadd’s large Illustrated work on 
the Horse, with colored plates, is a fine volume. Timer's 
Agriculture is well worth studying. Youatt & Martin 
on the Dorse is a standard book. Many other starren 
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