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VOLUME XXIV—No. 9. 
NEW-YORK, SEPTEMBER, 1865. 
NEW SERIES—No. 224. 
Entered according to act of Congress in the year 1864, by 
Orange Judd, in the Cieric’s Office of the District Court of 
the Onited States for the Southern District of New-York. 
5^ Other Journals are invited to copy desirable articles 
■freely, i/'eacli article be credited to Amencan Agriculturist. 
Contents for September, 1865. 
Apiaiy in September.267 
Blackberry—The Kittatinny.284 
Boys and Girls’ Columns—About Getting a Fire— 
Truthfulness of a Hero—A Noble Example—Prob¬ 
lems and Puzzles—The Prisoner and Her Pets— 
The Judge’s Experiment, or Examining Evidence 
—The Inventor of the Stocking Frame—Rogues 
Outwitted—The Race.4 Illustrations.. 287-288 
Breeding—In-and-in.-.279 
Buckwheat—Hints on Harvesting.275 
Bees—Burying... Illustrated. .Hlb 
Capers—About. Illustrated. .285 
Carving—How to do it well.286 
Cattle Disease—The Russian Murrain. 267 
Cheese Exhibition at N. Y. State Fair. ...267 
Cold Grapery in September. 267 
Corn Fodder—Cutting and Curing..278 
Corn—Preserving Green.286 
Corn—Wyandot Methods of Drying.286 
Currants—Varieties and Culture.3 Illustrations. 
Doors—Self Shutting.286 
Editorial Correspondence ... .. Illustrated. .212 
Fairs—Hints about.274 
Fairs—National, Slate and County.268 
Feed—Cutting for Farm Stock.274 
Flowers—Herbaceous Perennials...282 
Flowers—Preserving in Natural Form.286 
Flower Garden and Lawn in September.266 
Fruit Garden in September.266 
Gazania splendens. 285 
Grapes and Grape Culture—Notes on.......283 
Hay Caps—A new suggestion for.-.278 
Horse—What makes him vicious, . Illustrated. 280 
Garden-Kitchen in September.266 
Lily—New Japanese. Lilium Auratum,,Illustrated. .281 
Moss Roses. Illustrated..28i 
Market Report and Commercial Notes.268 
Notes and suggestions for September.265 
Orchard and Nursery in September.—.266 
Pansy—Cultivation of. 284 
Potatoes—When to select seed.280 
Recipes—Steam-cooked Bread—Chili Sauce—Green 
Corn Pudding...-..287 
Reclaiming Waste Ground....274 
Sorghum—A word about.279 
Splicing—How to splice a rope and an eye...4 Ulus..21b 
Stacks—Building Round, (illustrated).276 
Stacks—Why they Lean.277 
Strawberries—Notes on Culture.....284 
Tirn Bunker on Curing and Eating pickles.285 
Weed—Bladder Campion, Silene injlata.Illustrated. .211 
Weed—HorseNettles —Solanum Carolinense..Ulus.. .283 
■Wells—Drying, Stoning, and Cuibing,3 Ulustralions.213 
Wheat—Advantages of Drilling.278 
Wheat—Why it Winter Kills.278 
Wheat—Preparations of Soil for Winter.379 
■Windows—Substitute for Glass in.286 
Yeast—Something about..287 
INDEX TO “basket,” OR SHORTER ARTICLES. 
About Names .271 
American Institute Fair.270 
Analytical Chemist.271 
Apple Blossom, Double.271 
Ashes for Fruit Trees.. .271 
Baulky Horse, Managing270 
Barn Plan Premiums ...269 
Book Pietniutns.269 
Catalogues, etc., Rec’d. .271 
Caterpillar Question-271 
Cattle. Russian Plague..270 
Cider Vinegar.271 
Cranberry Culture.271 
Curculio Remedy.271 
Ditching Machines .270 
Domestic Intelligence...269 
Eggs, Storing.270 
Fallows.270 
Garden Edgings..271 
Grama Grass.270 
Grape Trellises,Hill Side271 
Glanders, Caution.269 
Hair, Value as Manure..270 
Harvests, etc.269 
Hay and Straw, ChafEng.270 
Horse Collars.270 
Ice Houses.270 
Insects, Killing.271 
Insects upon Insects....271 
Insect Queries ..271 
Lime on Wheat Soils.. .270 
List of Fairs.269 
Manure, Keeping.270 
Meadows, Renovating...270 
Osier Willows.269 
Pigeons on the Farm.... 270 
Plants named.271 
Poultry Book, New.269 
Premiums, Subscribers..269 
Scythe Sharpening.270 
Sheep, Weight of Fleeces269 
Strawberry Plants.269 
Subscription Terms.... .269 
'Toadstools, Great Year,271 
Tomato Seeds, Saving. .271 
Tree Pedler-s Hard on. .269 
Washing Machine,Doty’s269 
Wheat, Smut in.270 
Who Reads Ad’s.269 
Wistaria.271 
Notes and Suggestions for the Month. 
The month of September is one of very 
varied labors. We sow for next year’s crops, 
and we reap the harvests of the present season. 
We are anxious lest frost shall pinch too soon, 
and dread too great heat and drouth, lest our 
root crops and pasturage shall suffer. September 
seals the fate of the corn crop which is, next 
to hay, the most important of the products of 
the soil. A dry autumn is looked forward to by 
many; perhaps it will come, if so, it will offer 
peculiar facilities for draining, getting out 
swamp muck, and doing many other things, 
which we could not do if it were wet. 
Apples. —When animals are excluded from 
the orchard, those apples that fall this month 
should be dried, made into cider for vinegar, or 
cooked for fattening swine. In the warm 
weather of September, fruit will dry rapidly. 
It will therefore require less care than in Oc¬ 
tober, but the apples are not so solid and good. 
Agricultural Fairs. —Make plans not only to 
attend a fair or two, but to contribute some 
articles of utility or skill, that will add to the 
interest of the occasion. Discourage horse-racing. 
Beans. —Pull early beans as soon as the pods 
appear well matured. They should not be al¬ 
lowed to stand until they are dead ripe, and the 
leaves dry. Spread them on the barn floor, or 
on loose boards under shelter. They will cure 
in such places better than if piled in the field. 
Beets. —Pull up all weeds among them, and 
throw them around the plants for a mulching. 
Thin out the small ones for table use. Those 
that are to remain for winter’s use, should be ten 
inches apart. They will occupy all the ground. 
Bones. —Save hones of all kinds for fertilizing 
the soil. Instead of allowing them to disfigure 
the yard, or way-side, order every one to be 
thrown into a large box, or hogshead in the 
back yard, beyond the reach of dogs. Every 
family can collect several dollar’s worth yearly. 
Carrots. —This is the month for carrots to grow. 
Run a subsoil plow twice between the rows, or 
spade the ground and dress them for the last 
time. Let no other green thing but carrot tops 
be seen. If the ground is not already rich 
enough, apply liquid manure, or fine manure 
of some kind, worked in between the drills. 
Calves and Colts, unless they are too young, 
should he entirely separated this month from 
their dams. If grass is short, they should be 
fed green corn stalks cut fine, or fine hay, wet¬ 
ted up with aC little meal daily, and should have 
a constant supply of fresh wtrter. 
Cows. —Read about cows in Calendar for 
August. Those that will come in shortly, and 
are already in good flesh, should be kept in 
rather poor pasture. Let farrow cows, de¬ 
signed for beef next winter, be dried off at 
once, but kill no more cows than can be helped. 
Draining. —Every rod of good under drain 
will in one or two seasons pay the expense of 
making it, by rendering the soil more productive. 
Where ditches are already dug, let them be fil¬ 
led before heavy fall rains come on and cave in 
the sides. There is no better time in all the year 
than September to drain beds of muck and peat. 
Debts. —Pay up every financial indebtedness 
as soon as returns for crops have been received, 
and do not forget the large amounts due to your 
soil for the abundant crops of the present season. 
If the soil cannot make a sight draft for ser¬ 
vices rendered, it will perceptibly withhold 
payment, until all such dues are canceled. 
Fodder. —Save every thing that will make feed 
for animals next winter. Mow all fence nooks 
and cure for hay. Some farmers are glad to 
dispose of their straw, if an}’- one will remove it 
free of charge. When farmers are thrashing 
grain is the time to procure a good supply. 
Grass Seed. —There is no better time to sow 
new or old land with grass seed, than September. 
If the ground is not in good heart, give it a thin 
top dressing, which should be harrowed in, 
and then sow the seed without harrowing. 
Granaries. —While they are empty, give them 
thorough cleaning. Sweep out the spider webs, 
and whitewash over head, and wash the floor 
with strong soap suds, or not too strong ley, to 
kill all insects concealed in the cracks. 
Horses. —When not at work, keep in a cool 
stable during the day, rather than let them be 
tormented by flies in the field. Peed three 
times in 24 hours, no more than they eat clean. 
Haying and Stacks. —Read about stacks in 
the present number, and as haying is finished, 
see that every stack is securely topped off 
Hogs.—Keep fattening swine in comfortably 
close quarters. Feed well and regularly with 
ground grain and cooked feed. Give a few 
handfuls of powdered charcoal, dampened, and 
sprinkled .with meal. It is an excellent tonic. 
Keep the hogs and their pens clean, change their 
bedding as it becomes dirty. Where unground 
and uncooked corn is to be fed, begin as soon 
as it glazes, it is then more digestible. 
Implements.—'When not in use, keep washed 
clean, the bright surfaces oiled and housed. 
Irrigation. —Prepare channels while the 
ground is dry for carrying the wash of uplands 
and highways upon meadows and pastures. 
Lay out plats for irrigation at will, where water 
may be turned on, and good drainage secured. 
