AMERICAN AGRICULTURIST 
TABLE OF CONTENTS. 
Ahead Going i Poetry). k . 282 
Barn Destroyed, a valuable.276 
Book Binding.277 
Bright Side, Look on the.279 
Boys, Thoughts for.2/9 
Boys, Give them a chance.279 
Cattle, Imported Devon.280 
Cattle Show, Smithfield Club.274 
Chemistry for Boys and Girls.281 
Cheese, Parmesian . 283 
Cheesy.262 
China, on the Plants of.279 
Difference, Personal . 283 
Dog, a smart. 283 
Economise . 283 
Extravagance in Traveling.270 
Fuchsia, The.278 
Flour and Meal, Preserving— . 277 
Guano, Does it exhaust land.274 
Hay caps . 280 
Insanity, Plea of . 282 
Libraries, Farmers, . 282 
Maine Farmer, To the.280 
Maine Law case . 282 
Manuscript, Value of . 283 
Matters, Sundry . 274 
Mapes, Mr . 280 
Mimulus, The . 278 
Mules on City Railroads . 280 
Potato, Degeneracy of the . 274 
Practice, Details of .‘. 276 
Poultry Show, National.280 
Prolific.283 
Push along.279 
Rifle, what is a Minie . 283 
State, the way to build.275 
Tobacco and the Extravagance of Women.275 
Tulip Root, (Poetry) . 278 
Year, the New . 276 
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