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AMERICAN AGRICULTURIST 
Contents for January, 1865. 
Barn-Barrow and Feed Box.2 Illustrations..12 
Sai n—Plan of an Illinois. Illustrated. .\2 
Bees—Apiary in January. 
Bonnets, elc., Short Chapter on.3 Illustrations. .21 
Books in Farmers’ Families.•••• 
Boys and Girls’ Columns—“A Happy New Year — 
About Keeping the Mouth Shut—Probiems and Poz¬ 
zies—Taking Carlo’s Portrait—Something About 
Making Pictures—The Small Loaf of Bread—A few 
Words to Skaters—Underground Railroads—A Shap 
Customer—Boys and Girls in Business—Was he 
Tipsy?—God’s Organ. b Illustrations. .23, ’24,’25 
BuffW-East Indian. Illustrated 9 
Cattle of Southern Asia. Illustrated 9 
Cone-Bearing Plants from Cuttings.18 
Editors and Dealers-Their Relations..... •••••■• •• 2 
Evergreens—Hardy ; Austrian and Dwarf Pines,2 Ulus. 1- 
Exhibilion Tables ni American Agriculturist Office... 3 
Farm Work in January.” f.i 
Farmer Folks in War Time . Illustrated. .\b 
Fertilization—Agency of Vt’indsand Insects.15 
Flower Garden and Lawn in January. 2 
Flowers—Cannas in Groups. 20 
Flowers for Working Men. „ 
Flowers—Pretty Native Annual. Illustrated. .I'd 
Fruit Garden in January...f 
Fruit Trees as Dwarf Pyramids, etc., 3 Illustrations..u 
Fruit Trees—What to Plant,. 14 
Fruits—Naming New.19 
Garden—Kitchen in January. 2 
Gr.ape Controversy. ” 
Grapes—Iona and Israella—Answer to H. P. Byram.. .15 
Grapes—Notes on... I.. .19 
Green and Hot-Houses in January. 2 
Gun Cleaner—Novel and Simple . 11 
Hogs—Western Mode of Slaughtering and Cutting up, 12 
Horses—How to Break a Colt. 10 
Horticulture and Matrimony............13 
Insects—Experience With...18 
Lumber—Measurement of Saw Logs.II 
Maple Sugar—Suggestions on Making.13 
Market Review, elc.3 
Moisture in Air Important.21 
Milk, Beef, and Labor.. .1.10 
Notes and Suggestions for January. Illustrated., i 
Orchard and Nursery in January. I 
Owl—Snowy, or Harfang. Illustrated. .13 
Plants, House in Winter. 21 
Premiums Offered for 1865. 2 
Peach Trees in Cold Climates.18 
Potato Cooking—Christopher Crowfield's Suggestions. .22 
Potatoes Grown Under Straw.11 
Practical Odds and Ends for Household.22 
Pulmonary Invalids—Suggestions To. 22 
Rats —Economy of Keeping.. 10 
Reel;>i;s—Farmers’ Fruit Cake—Sauer Kraut..23 
Recordof a Year .17 
Roads—How to Repair.11 
Roots—Use of Surface....19 
Rustic Ornaments for Gardens, etc., ..4 Illustrations. .20 
Sanitary and Christian Commission Contributions __25 
Saws, and How to File Them,....-4 Illustrations..li 
Sheep—Care of in Winter. 9 
Shrub—Eioc/rorda Grandijlora . Illustrated. .20 
Slippers—German, for the House.22 
Tea—Taking in The Countiw.21 
Veterinary College in New York.14 
Weeds—Plants Out of Place..13 
Wheelbarrow for Boys.11 
INDEX TO " BASKET,” OB SHOBTEB ARTICLES. 
Agenev, Bad.5 
Agricultural Report,’63. ./ 
Apple Tree, Prolific.6 
Apples for Iowa.6 
A.sparagus Bunches.6 
Asphodel Described.7 
Beans, Baked.6 
Bees, Italian, Results. . .4 
Beet, Large ....6 
Blackberry, Cut-Leaved...7 
Book, Colton Manual.5 
Buckwheat, Wild..-.6 
Camellias, Treatment.7 
Canada Thistles ... 6 
Carrots for Horses.6 
Cheese Makers’ Asso’n.5 
Cheese, Wintering.4 
Chickens, Early Layers...4 
Claret Wine Stain.4 
Coal Tar and Roofing.4 
College, Ag'l., Mass.7 
College, Ag’l., Pa....7 
Concrete Posts.....7 
Conundrum, Original.5 
Corn Fodder in Minn.4 
Cows, Feeding for Milk...4 
Cows, Warty Teats.4 
Cranberries, Upland.6 
Death of Horticulturist....4 
Dictionary, Best.8 
Evergreen Seeds.5 
Farm, Locating.5 
Farmers’ M.anual.5 
Fowls, Black Spanish.4 
Garden, Profitable.6 
Gladiolus. Seedling.. 7 
Government Ag’l Editor. .5 
Grain Shrinking.7 
Hay, Selling or Feeding...4 
Hay, Timothy in Iowa....5 
Hedges, Barbery.6 
Hedges, White Willow...6 
Henneries, Light For.4 
Hoop Skirts, Old.7 
Horse Book, Best.5 
Hor.se Forks for Slacking, 4 
Horse Radish. Grinding...6 
Horticulturist.0 
Hum t rig Circulars.7 
ilumO'-.g College.7 
Humbug Doctors .7 
Humbug, Gas Man.7 
Humbug, Lightning Rod..7 
Ice on Door-steps.8 
Ice, Size of Blocks.8 
Information Wanted, etc., 8 
Land Advertisements.5 
Larkspur, New.4 
Leaves, Large Beech.6 
Legislative Document..... 8 
Library, Farmer’s.5 
Marl, Treatment...7 
Mortar, Good.7 
Museum, Barnum’s...5 
Newspaper Box.8 
Offal for Manure.4 
Oil, Gummed .7 
Onions, Good Crop........6 
Pansies Indoors.7 
Pear Trees, Barren.fi 
Petroleum Companies.... 5 
Pig, Happy.5 
Pigs, Remedy for Weak..4 
Plants Named.7 
P. O. Money Orders.4 
Pceonies, Removing.7 
Potatoes, Fluke .6 
Potatoes, Prolific.6 
Propagating Case.7 
Rabbits and Trees.6 
Rabbits, Keeping.5 
Railway Accidents.5 
Roots for Feeding.6 
Scrap Books for Soldiers..8 
Sorghum Ass’n, Ohio.5 
iSorghum in Orange Co_4 
Squashes, Prolific.6 
S. S. Lesson Book.8 
Stakes, etc.. Coal Tar for.5 
Strawberry Queries .6 
Subscriber, Smallest.7 
Subscription, First.8 
Terms of Subscription....4 
Tree Labels, Bliss’.6 
Trees, Bark Bound. .6 
Trees, Medicating.6 
Water for Cooking .8 
Weather Strips, Torrey’s.4 
Weed. New.6 
Weeds, American, etc... .7 
Wind Power, Saving.7 
Wistaria, Fruit .4 
GJ- 12. E E T I IN GJ-! 
Now is a time for mutual congratulations, and nowhere 
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had its serious drawbacks, its struggles against advancing 
prices after contracts for a year at a fixed rate had been 
entered into with such a multitude of readers, and this 
too amid the calls of duty to the field of strife, and the 
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