1869 .] 
AMERICAN AG-RIOULTUPJST, 
[April. 
THE TIM BUI OR HAUERS 
oi?, yy.tvke'e farming. 
By Timothy Bunker, Esq., 
WITH ILLUSTRATIONS 
CONTENTS. 
1. —A Stroke of Economy. 
2. —Ornamental Trees. 
—Timothy Bunker, Esq. 
-View of the Bird Law. 
-Guano in the Hill. 
-On Moss Blinkers. 
-On Subsoiling. 
-Going to the Fair. 
-In Tall Clover. 
-On Horse Racing. 
-At the Farmers’ Club. 
-On an Old Saw. 
-Book Farming in Hookertown. 
-Pasturing Cattle in Roads. 
-The Weaker Brethren. 
-Curing a Horse Pond. 
-Domesticities at Tim Bunker’s. 
-Takes a Journey. 
-On Farm Roads. 
-A New Manure. 
-Losing the Premium. 
-A New Enterprise. 
-Making Tiles. 
-The Clergy and Farming. 
-Women Horse Racing. 
-Beginning Life. 
-An Apology for Tim Bunker. 
-On County Fairs. 
-At Home again. 
•Oil Raising Boys. 
-On Raising Girls. 
-A new Case of the Black Art. 
-A Letter from Neighbors. 
-The Shadtown Parsonage. 
-Views of Dress. 
-A Rustic Wedding. 
Saving a Sixpence. 
•On giving Land a Start. 
■On giving Boys a Start. 
■A Tile in the Head. 
Jake Frink Sold. 
•Tlie New York Central Park. 
■On Irrigation. 
of Hookertown, Ct. 
BY HOPPII. 
CONTENTS,. 
44. —Feeding with Oil Meal. 
45. —The Farmers’ Club. 
40.—On Bad Water. 
4T.—Cattle Disease. 
48. — On Seed. 
49. —On Breastworks in War. 
50. —Lightning Rods. 
51. — Buying a Farm. 
52. —Top-dressing and Feeding Aftermath. 
53. —Painting Buildings. 
54. —The Value of Muck. 
55. —On Family Horses. 
56. —The Horn-ail. 
57. —A Commentary on Roots. 
5S. — Stealing Fruit and Flowers. 
59. —The Cost of Pride. 
60. —Swamps Turning Indian. 
61. —Tim Bunker in his Garden. 
62. —On Running Astern. 
63. —On Extravagance. 
64. —The Farmer’s Old Age. 
65. —Oil Sheep Traps. 
66. —Old - Style Housekeeping. 
67. — On Keeping a Wife Comfortable. 
68. — Starting a Sugar Mill. 
69. —Reasons against Tobacco. 
70. —Trip to Washington. 
71. —The Sanitary Commission. 
72. —Raid among the Pickle Patches. 
73. —Raid among the Pickle Patches'. 
74. —On Striking lie. 
75. — Visit to Titus Oaks, Esq. 
76. —The Pickle Fever in Hookertown. 
77. —On Curing Pickles and Eating them. 
78. —The Cotton Fever and Emigration. 
79. —The Cotton Fever and Emigration. 
50. —The Food Question. 
51. —On Jim Crow. 
82. —The Eight-hour Law. 
83. —Base Ball Clubs. 
84. —The Rise of Real Estate. 
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HO AY C R OPS GROW” 
A TREATISE OR THE CHEMICAL COMPOSITION STRUCTURE AND LIFE OF THE PLANT. 
WITH NUMEROUS ILLUSTRATIONS AND TABLES OF ANALYSES. 
BY SAMl’ES. W. .fOSSYSOY, M. A., 
PROFESSOR OF ANALYTICAL AND AGRICULTURAL CHEMISTRY IN YALE COLLEGE; CHEMIST TO TUB CONNECTICUT STATE AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY; MEMBER OF T1IE NATIONAL 
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The Chemical Compo¬ 
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1st.— The Volatile Part. 
2d,— The Ash — Its Ingredients, 
their Distribution, Variation, 
and Quantities. The Com¬ 
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Farm Crops, with full Tables ; 
and the Functions of the Ash. 
3d .—Composition of the Plant in 
various Stages of Growth , and fl 
the Relations subsisting 
among the Ingredients. 
Magnified Section of a Leaf. 
The Appendix, which consists of 12 tables exhibiting 
value to practical agriculturists, students, and theorists. 
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Magnified Slice of an Oat Kernel. 
The Structure of the 
Plant and the Offices of 
its Organs. 
The Primary Elements of Or¬ 
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The Vegetative Oi'gans — Root, 
Stem, and Leaf, and their Func¬ 
tions ; and 
The Pejnrjductice Organs, name¬ 
ly, Flowers and Fruit, aud the 
Vitality of Seeds with their In¬ 
fluence on the Plants they pro¬ 
duce. 
The Life of the Plant. 
Germination, and the conditions 
most favorable and unfavorable 
to it. 
The Food of the Plant when in¬ 
dependent of the Seed. 
Sap and its Motions, etc., etc. 
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Magnified Section of Barley Root. 
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