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AMERICAN AGRICULTURIST, 
Contents for February, 1865. 
Advertisments and Advei tiseis.40 
Bachelor’s Opinion of Recipes. 
pees—Apiary in February... 
§ees— Italianizing in Box Hives. --.•••••;••. 
Bovs and Girls’ Columns—Something About Dreams— 
If You Love -Me, Lean Hard ”—Colored Men in the 
Array— Sheridan Among his Soldiers-Petroieum ; 
How a Farm was Soid—Problems and Puzzles The 
Fisherman’s Return-The Siam on the Carpet-Fii;e- 
.3 Illustrations. .b5, 50 
side Games. 
Bread—How to Make Good.'.53 
Commercial Notes—Prices Cuiient. . • .^4 
Cooking -Economical . .. ■■■i. 
Corn—Diminutive Variety. wyj 
Curious Vegetable Forms.3 Illustrations 49 
Dog Law—Form of Petition. ■ -4- 
Farmers’ Club—Wapping ... .40 
Flower Garden and Lawn in Febiuaiy ..... .... 
Flower—Tlie Butterfly.... ..c' ' V 
Flowers-Everlasting (Helipterum Sanfordu). Illus..53 
Flowers—Trumpet Honeysuc^kle . Illustrated. 
Fruit and Vegetable-Tlie Dilfereiice.49 
Fruit Garden in February. ^4 
Fruits for Illinois.....,, 
Gardens for the Childrem . 
Garden-Kitchen in February ... ,)y,tralrd 
German Ivy ISenecio Mijcanoides) . Illustrated . 
Goats-What are thev Good For?.....« 
Graftiilg—When is a 'Tree Grafted?.... 
Grapes—Iona and Israella—Explariation .3 
Grass—R. L Bent and Kentucky Blue _. . . . .. . .4S 
Grasses—How to Distinguish Species..4 Illustrations.Ao 
Gravel Wall Houses, Barns, etc .4i 
Green and Hot-Houses in February.^4 
Hay- Embargo by Governtnent.... y.r'rrr A 
fiorses and Oxen-Driving Together. Illustrated, .ii 
Household Notes for Februjiry.“4 
Houlfp7ilns"i7d%"edf.Ss:V^^ 
Hyacinths—Pi op^a^tmg^. . . . . . . . . .^... 3 Yllustrations ..51 
[Business Notices.] 
. Illustrated ..40 
.42 
Implements for VVeeaing....... < 
Livx Stock Trade in Nevv-Vork foi 1864. 
M.aple Sugar Making...... 
Milk, Beef, Labor, No. II... ■. • 
Notes and Suggestions for February. p 
One Acre Eiiough-Sometimes.4i 
Orchard and Nursery in February. .. aa 
I'rchard-How Established by a Pioneer.48 
Pears Slieldon—Hi.stnrical Notes.. . ..;. ■>o 
Potatoes—Notes on Varieties.^ .. ■ . 6 Illustrations . .44 
Practical Odds and Ends for Household.54 
Premiums for Subscribers in .. . ■.. . • ■ • • ■ • ■ 
Recipes —Breakfast Corn Cakes—Good Niitcakes 
F inner’s Cake—Improved Hasty Pudding—Unbolt¬ 
ed Bread—Pickling Hams or Beef-Biiked Carrots— 
Soda Crackers—Parsnip Croquelles—Fish Balls .54-„5 
Road Scraper—Convenient.. Illustrated. .45 
Seeds—Care in Selection Necessary.54 
Sheep Mania—Timely Hints.4S 
Sheep—Profits of ...•.. 
Shelter for Animals—Expensive. .40 
Sink for Kitchen—Convenient. Illustrated .53 
Sleigh Ride—Family. 11 lustrated..43 
siiake Nut.••■2 Illustrations. .4J) 
Sorghum Culture in Massachusetts.4» 
Siumr from Corn—Important Discovery.....« 
Tim Blinker’s Raid Aniong the Pickle Patches.46 
VVntnan_What Palt'ioiic Can Do. • • • 
Yards, Front—Laying Out.4 Illustrations. .50 
INDEX TO “ BASKET.” OB SllOBTEB ARTICLES. 
Agricultural Colleges... .361 Maggots in Beans..37 
Am-’i Cnllene Midi .36 Manures, Compost . 06 
Annies foi Hoos . .36 Manure, FlaxShives. etc.38 
Appiesjoi noos---- n,m,,r,-,lrPssino. -..’59 
Ashes for Potatoes.36 
Asparagus and Asiies.38 
Barley on Light Soil.36 
Bottles, Cleaning .39 
Broom Corn Brush . 08 
Brooms, etc., Hanging up.39 
Bulbs, Late Planting.38 
Caked Bag, Treatment. ..38 
Catalogues Received.3^ 
Cemetery, Woodlawii... .3i 
Chick Pea,Uses.38 
Cions, Keeping.....38 
Clover, Fotir-leavd..39 
Clover with Oats..39 
Coffee, Massachusetts....38 
Cows, Kicking.38 
Cranberries,Upland. 
Currants. Black.3^ 
Eastwood on Cranberry. .3< 
Editorial Quarrels..36 
Falsehood Exposed.36 
Fibre, China Grass.38 
Files. Re-sharpening.38 
Flax and Hop Essays. .. 37 
Frost in Pipes, etc-...38 
Grapes, Best Locality....37 
Harness Buckles, etc-38 
Hedges in New Jersey...37 
Hogs Poisoned. 36 
Hoop Skirt Trellises.39 
Hot Bed, Double.39 
Humbugs.3 
Husk-Tearing Machine..3 
Ice Water Cistern.38 
Implements. Price of.36 
Insects on Vines.39 
Kale, How to Cook. 3T 
Kyanizing.38 
Labels, Tin.39 
Machine, Clod-tearing. .38 
Machine, “Manufac.t’ng”.38 
Manure, Top-dressing. .-.."9 
Maple Tree Layers.39 
Marshall P. Wilder.37 
Orchards, Cultivating ...39 
Pansies, Violets, etc.38 
Peach Orchard Crop.37 
Peach, Spring Budding ..37 
Peach Tree Brush.39 
Peach Tree Layers. 39 
Peach Trees, Injured-38 
Pear Trees, Exposure.. ,38 
Peddler, Generous.37 
Potatoes, Boiling.38 
Potatoes, Bulkley’s.38 
Potatoes, Cuzco. 38 
Potatoes, Small Seed....38 
I’oultry House, Cheap...36 
Productive Ground..38 
Queries, Sundry.36 
Quinces on Clay.36 
Rats and Harness.37 
Rhubarb.37 
Roses, Remontant.38 
Rust, Preventing.38 
Saws, Horse-Power.38 
Sorghum Candy —.. ...39 
Soi ghuniConvention, Wis.36 
Sorghum Culture.37 
Sorrel, Destroying.39 
S. School Lessons.37 
Steers, Breaking—--36 
Strawberry Distribution..37 
Strawberry Propagation.38 
Strawberries for N. J ...38 
Trees, Best to Plant.36 
Tritoma Uvaria.37 
Turnips for Hogs.36 
Vegetables, New.37 
Wasps, Gas Tar for.39 
Water Pipes, Best.39 
Wet Days at Edgewood 37 
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