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AMKHTCAN AG-RTCTJT.TURTST. 
[July, 
Contents for July, 1866. 
Arliohnke—Jei'Msnlem....,.S5S 
Bees—Peifi'ClPii<. . .251 
Books for Flume's aii'l Others.206 
Boys ami Girl.-' ('iilumijs—(lo.v to Play Base Ball— 
Awanls for Priza I’lizz 6'—The Sokheis' Doas— 
Earlv I) fvs of a Noieil Gheiiil-t—Geting the Worst 
of II—P'Obierns aial Puzzii s—The Fortiiimie Girl — 
The U foiiiniaie Boy -A Little Boys’ Experiences 
—A Quaker’s A ivice . b lllustrnliiina 263— 64 
■'Imldio!;—Diri'cpions for.5 lUustrations. S 
■ t.ie Co^^s ioiia in Siripping. .. 2-i4 
■'tile—Gill.’for Uo'iiy. Illustrated. Mi 
• itlo—Doeliess Fam'lv of Short-Horns.243 
attio Diio.IiB'S of Thorn la'e. Illustrated. .Mil 
; vt'i .s‘i-ed —Raise A'onr Own. . . 254 
''ooliing I nbbaaa . 2:2 
:-vN.'illi American ... . Illustrated, .ibb 
:'e,;s_5nn,I,-y W.ivs of Boiling . CC2 
Emi:.:ra!ii Siii..iii New Yorkilnrhor. Illustrated 258 
Farm Woik in Jii y .212 
Fio■.^er Gaplen an i L.iwn in July.243 
Fi nn Garden in Jii y .243 
Finii-Ino I a’sing S ze of ... 259 
Gar'en —K loh. a in July . 213 
Get o It of O I Ruts .. 251 
Oo.iiie s—The Si iped Gopher .2 Illustrations. .Mil 
Grapes—Go.d Gr.ipery in July . .. 244 
Gra'-e. for ilie Sontiierii .Siaies ... 2 Illustrations. .25.3 
Gieeti and Iloi-Hoiisi'Sin July. . 244 
Horse St'll—Plan for .3 !Ihistrations. .M52 
Horses Riiichone Described . M Illustrations..2bZ 
Horiieiilinial aii'i Boianii-al Congress ..260 
Insecis an I Plant Fui liUzation.257 
Markei Reports .... 266 
Jlilk—Whai Constitutes Good ?.2.30 
Muskrat Traps;.3 Illustrations. .’253 
Orchard an I Nursery in July.243 
Plants-Collecting and Sliidying.259 
Poiilt-'v—Chie.ken Medicine .2.32 
Pouliry - Coop for Hen and Chickens ...Illustrated 253 
Preserving Fruits—Talk about.261 
Protection from Late and Early Frosts. Illustrated .259 
Bings and Snails. .2 Illustrations. .2bl 
Sun Dials—Use and Ornament... Illustrated. 253 
Turnips—Kind and Culture...254 
Vanilla-Desoription and Use. .Illustrated..2GI 
Violets—Our Naiive... Illustrated. .257 
Walks and Talks on the Farm. No. 31-Draining- 
Letter from John Johnslon—Manuring - Farming 
Without Manure—Killing Red Root—Beans a Good 
Crop—Sawing Wood— Farm Machinery—Trial of 
Implements—Care of Store Hogs—Higli Feeding 
and Higlt Farming.... 247—24S 
Water Cresses—How to Grow..259 
INDEX TO “ BASKET,” OR SIIORTEB ARTICI.ES, 
Adobe House.? . 
.246 
Hogs, Kidiiev Worm... 
.245 
Ag'l Society. Miniiesota.244 
Hollyhocks, Seed . .. 
.246 
Almond, Sweet. 
243 
Horse’s Frog, Paring.. 
..245 
Am. Association Science 214 
Humbug.s, Sundry. 
American Tea Co.. . 
244 
Implement Trial 
.245 
Bees, Wee Swann. 
245 
In.sents on Twigs. 
Birds anil Cherries. 
.246 
Inseets, Poppies for... 
246 
Bone Dust . 
.216 
Insecis, Tobacco__ 
.246 
Book, Architeciure. 
.245 
Lemon Tree. Trouble. 
.246 
Books, Lossiiig’s War. 
■246 
Lily, Persevering.._ 
.246 
Bricks. Sunbiinit. 
.246 
Lillie Corporal. 
.245 
Cabbage. China. . 
.246 
Mad Stone . 
.246 
Carioi.s, Transplanting 
.247 
-Market Gardening_ 
244 
Cattle Di>ease . 
.244 
Jlower Trial . 
.245 
Chestnut Flowers._ 
2:5 
Peache.s, Earlv ....... 
.245 
Churn Dashers. 
.2:6 
Planting. Time for.... 
Gliuriis. Bpatlering. 
245 
Plants Named . 
.246 
Corn for Foihler . 
.247 
Poiiiiocs under Straw. 
.246 
Counsel Darkened. 
.247 
Rats, Slullein for. 
.247 
Cows, Soiling. 
245 
Rats. Sponge for. 
.246 
Ciaiiberrie.s. Upland .. 
.2}6 
Reaper Trial. 
245 
Crop Prospects. 
.215 
Rinderpest . 
.246 
Crops, Mississippi. 
.215 
SeeriMaiie.^ Ar’1 Soc.. 
2!4 
Flour, Freiicli. 
24j 
Sheep Gad Fly. 
245 
Flour Poisoned.. 
.247 
Straw berry Crop. 
.245 
Gladiolus froiii Seed... 
.243 
Siibsodiiig . 
,245 
Grapei Vine Insect 
216 
Tan Bark for Strawb’s 
. 216 
Grape.s and Wine. 
.240 
Tree Queries. 
246 
Ora s. Top-tire.'Siiic:.... 
.246 
Trees. Filling around. 
.246 
(ii'ass. When to Cut. .. 
245 
Trees, Raising . 
.245 
Half Volume.. 
.214 
Triehinaj Article . 
.246 
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AMERICAN AGRICULTURIST. 
NEW YORK. JULY, 1866. 
If lariiiers net what they liope and prny for, we 
shall have hot weatlierthrounhout this month with I 
just mill euougli to keejr tilings vigorously grow¬ 
ing, .and the min will most of it come in showers, 
without wind, at nigiit. A few di'izzly days, coming 
in I’air.s .nt intervals ihronirh tlie month, would be 
most gr.atifying to tho-e wlio wnnt to reset tobacco 
I'iniits, or to plniit out cnhhage.s, hnt wliat we most 
need is hriniif (dear wenllier for linyi g. We cau¬ 
tion onr renders not to over work, and so lose 
an hundred fold more, than th: y gain. Let farmers 
s(-e to it tiint their men and tennis have time to eat 1 
and rest. Give the h.ands trood wages, good food, 
pleasant quarters, and friendly treatment, and exact 
in, return, prompt, active, dilligent labor, and devo¬ 
tion to their employees’ interests. A word to tliose 
wlio have never had the cliartre of farm liaiids ; — 
Take eare that yon know how mncli a man 
slionld do in an hour or day, and never exact too 
much, nor be satisfied with too little. He is a very 
faitlifiil man who will not talte advantau’c of the ; 
ie-iiorance of his employer in tliese particulars. 
Wlien tliere is necessity for lively work, or work 
during hours of rest, the men will alwavs give it 
freely if tliey see tlie need, but a few “spurts” 
gotten np without cause, will do much towards 
spoiling otherwise good hands. 
Hints atoont Work. 
Many of the hints given l ist month are equally 
applicable to this, especially those that have 
reference to bnildinirs, dairy matters, haying, etc. 
Orain Fields may demand attention early in the 
month, particularly if many coarse tveeds are seen 
in them. W'lien iiossiblc, it will pay to go into the 
grain and pull, or cut with a spud, such weeds ns 
dock, mustard, charlock, etc. After the grain heads 
have their development, look out for 
Saving Seed Orain .—Inspect the whole field and 
pick out those parts which are best; pull the 
weeds, and inferior stools of grain. If it it c.an be 
done, a hoe may be used in loosening the surface, 
and drawing earth up to the plants to some extent. 
Clip off also inferior heads, so that a very superior 
stand only is left. Allow these selected portions to 
become dead ripe, at which time cut with a sickle 
or very carefully 3vith a cradle, and handle the 
she.aves so that the grain 3vill not shell out. 
Oats, blown down or lodged from their own 
weight, should be cut .and cured for liay. Wheat 
and barley may sometimes be treated in the same 
way, but they fill better than oats after they lodge, 
not being so leafy. 
Barley .—Cut before fully ripe, .and protect from 
rain in well made stooks. There is a great dif¬ 
ference in price between that well and that I'oorly 
handled in harvesting, .and the gain in the feeding 
quality of the straw will pay over and above for 
: the labor. Eastern farmers, who raise much grain, 
ought to have 
Hay Caps .—Perhaps it will not p.ay to use them 
nt tlie West, but in the Eastern and Middle States 
it will, though we apprehend there have been very 
few made within the last four years. 
Wheat is especially benefited by them, for it is 
best to Bfook up tlie slieaves almost as soon as cut, 
not giving tlie straw a cliance to dry much. Cut 
wheat before it is ripe, wbile the heads are 
just beginning to droop, and the kernels are in the 
dougli. To this end on very large farms it is best 
to have different kinds of wheat ripening one after 
another. Both h.ay and grain 
Slacks arc best built long and narrow. One side I 
being a little higlier than the other, a course of 16- 
foot boards will cover the stack. The boards may 
be nailed together in threes. Such a stack may be 
made 3vith a horse fork, and a simple pair of shears. 
Ilucd Crops. —If we were directing the prepara¬ 
tion of tlie soil for corn, potatoes and other root 
crops, we miglit s.ay that a lack of manure could 
not be made good by snhsequent treatment, but 
ncvcrtlieless wo will say now that it is also true 
that frequent and thorough tillage will do as mncli 
for these crojis.as manure, though in a differeni way. 
It will defend amiinst drouths ; it will let tiie air 
into tlie ear'll, witli moisture, and it will promote 
the disintegration and di'comiiosition, thus afford¬ 
ing the plants a fuller benefit of the manure and 
fertility of the soil. 
Cbm.—At the last hoeing, turnip seed may bo 
sown, and l.oed in. 
1‘otaio Oround. —If dug early for market, set cab¬ 
bages as fast as the ground U cleared. 
Cabbages may also follow field peas if the ground 
is ricii, and if not, a tine, rich compost may be 
plowed in. (Sec Hint last month.) 
Corn Fodder. —Corn, sorglinm, millet, and Hnn- 
garian grass may be sowed lor soiling, or for hay. 
Tobacco —Tlie labor.? in the tobacco field will be 
steady and irksome, Imt a good crop depends upon 
having every spot in tiiu field ocen|>ii d liy a good 
plant as early as the first iveck in July, and tlien 
lioeimg tliorouglily, keeping the gi oiiiid loose and 
open, all tlie weeds down, and tlie worms |iic-ked 
off. Poison tobacco worm inotlis, see basket item. 
Oras.s. —Cut and cure grass whenever it lodges 
hadiy, even llioiigh tlie lest of Ihe field cannot he 
cut. Cut Timothy when just out of lilossom, and 
clover when in fullo.st bloom. All grasses should 
be cut before they are tough and wiry. 
Mowing Machines and Hay Tedders make quick 
w’ork with hay. Cut the grass wlien tlio dew is off, 
and tvitliin half an liour follow wiili tlie tedder and 
repeat the tedding as often as once in half an hour 
until past midday ; then, wlien tlie grass is hottest, 
rake into windrows, and throwing it into cocks let 
it lie till the next day or keep tlie tedder going 
till 2>^ o’clock, and then rake up and get in all cut ! 
before 11. All cut before noon may be gotten in 
in the forenoon of the next dav, if the weather Is | 
good. When you have not these machines, try tlio 
follo3ving plan for 
Curing .Hay.—Stir well as soon as the sun is hot, .1 
and when the grass is well wilted and hot, rake it in¬ 
to loose windrows ; turn these frequently, sliaking 
out 3vet locks until say 3}^ o’clock, then cock up and i 
let these lie a day or two if need be, but employ the i 
first convenient sun-shine after the next day to shako 
the cocks out and warm them through ; then get 
the hay in. This curing in tlie cock is especially [ 
good for clover, but all hay is siveeter for it. It | 
sliould never get dry and parched. If dried slowly, |< 
the juices have a sort of honey like character, and I 
will neither sour, mould, nor ferment in the mow, 
nor will the leaves and heads drop off. 
Turnips.—Sow Cowhorn, or Purple-top Str.ap- i 
leaf, both good sorts. Sow in drills, except on ’ 
ground that cannot be plowed, or among other i 
crops. Usually after the 20lh is early enough. j 
Buckwheat must be sowed before the 20th usu¬ 
ally ; though many take the risk of early frosts, 
which are fatal to the crop, and delay to the last of 
the month. The kernels fill better in the cool 
weatlier later in autumn, if frosts hold off. 2-i 
to 32 quarts of seed per acre is the usual quantity, 
Am'mals of all kinds require the farmer’s attention 
during this as much as any other month ; that is, a 
lack of needed eare is just as injurious. Sec that 
all h.ave pure water—if possible, running water—al¬ 
ways within reach. Cliango pastures often enough, 
so that none shall get very sliort, and provide extra 
feed of corn, grass, oats, etc., cut green and wilted 
before feeding, if there is any failure of pasturage. 
Feed .and water working cattle and horses well, reg¬ 
ularly, and give regular rest. Take care of harness 
or yoke galls, bathing witli cold water and shifting 
the harness, padding it, or the yokes of cattle. See : 
