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AMERICAN AGRICULTURIST. 
Contents for May 1859. 
SPECIAL SEEL PREMIUMS. 
SPLENDID NEW PREMIUM-No- XII. 
American Agriculturist at the South.154 
Apples—King of Tompkins Co.154 
Apples Rotting on Trees.146 
Bees—Apiary in May.131 
Bees—Giving them a Hint.153 
Bees—Hiving from Chimney or Hollow Trees.135 
Bees—Movements when about to Swarm.135 
Bee Moths—Killing.154 
Birds—Value of, Protecting.Illustrated.. 119 
Blackberries—Training.147 
Blacking —Water-prool not good for the feet.149 
Boys and Girl’s Columns—Uncle Frank’s Page; 
Flowers and Fruit ; People running to Vines; 
Being one’s self; Stand from under; Mocking Bird, 
Illustrated; Little Anna’s Quarrel ; Otrr Little 
Bird, Poetry; Learning to Sew, Illustrated—Edi¬ 
tor witti his Young Readers: Twenty Fears ago; 
Boy wtio Loves to Whistle ; Boy trying to equal a 
Monkey; Boy who tries to equal a Bull-Dog; Fa¬ 
ther, steer straight to me ; Lorenzo Dow on Bad 
Thoughts; Problems—illustrated Rebus; Aunt 
Sue’s jNote, etc.151 & 153 
Buildings—Dwelling House and Plan_Illustrated.. 137 
Books—Sargent’s edition of Downing's Landscape 
Gardening; New American Cyclopaedia; Ameri¬ 
can Home Garden; Atlantic Monthly ; Bible Print¬ 
ed as it should be ; Our Musical Friend; Wrecks 
and Rescues; Home Whispers; Bertram Noel..154 
Buckwheat—Great Yield of.153 
Bushel Measure—Capacity, etc.136 
Cabbages—Club-footed.143 
Calendar of Operations.130—131 
Camels—The Government.140 
Cattle—Ayreshires and Herefords.154 
Cattle—Cows Slinking their Calves.133 
Cattle—Feeding for Spring Work.135 
Carrots—New mode of Preparing Ground.134 
Cattle—In-and-in Breeding—By C. M. Clay..II.132 
Cattle—in-and-in Breeding—By Buckeye.138 
Churns—Patent.153 
Coffee made from Carrots.153 
Corn—King Philip—Great Yield of.153 
Corn—Testing Seed before Planting.136 
Curculio— Whale-Oil Soap and Lime for.146 
Currant Bushes—Caps over.153 
Dahlia Culture—Experience in.148 
Dairy—No. V—Prize Article, Butter Working.139 
Drouth—Preventing Effects of.154 
Fanners—Better Prospects for.136 
Farm—Work for May.130 
i’eet—Water-proof Blacking injurious to.149 
Flowers—Cultivation and Love of.154 
Flower Garden and Lawn in May.131 
Flowers—Morning Glories for Paint.148 
Fruits, American—Past and Present—Plum, Cherry.. 146 
Fruit—Seeming large specimens...149 
Fruit Yard—Register of the.153 
Garden—Kitchen and Fruit in May.130 
Geraniums—Hanging up.153 
Gooseberries—Mildew on, to prevent.153 
Grape Growing—Failures in.147 
Grape Vines—Hints on Planting.147 
Green and Hot-House—Calendar for May.131 
Guano—Do not Buy.134 
Hogs—Tall Pork raising.154 
Honey—Artificial. 154 
Horticultural Societies—Town. 145 
Housework—Monotony of, Relieved.149 
Indoor Work.149 
Insects—Caterpillars on Trees, destroying—Cutworm 
on Cabbages—Peach Tree Borer, when Eggs are 
Deposited. Whale-Oil Soap for.153 
Kohl ltabi—When to Cook.153 
Maiketing Garden Truck, etc. 133 
Manure—Corn Cobs for. .154 
Manures—Substitute lor Peat and Sawdust.154 
Maryland Crop and Fruit prospects.135 
May Day—Suggestions for the Month—Birds—Illus.. i-19 
May Day for Tree Planting. 145 
Melons, Cucumbers, etc—Directions for Raising.143 
Milking Clean.MU 
Onions—The New.134 
Orchard and Nursery—Operations for May.130 
Paint—Morning Glories for.148 
Park, New-York Central—Land Scape Gardening.. .145 
Peas—Deep planting and a Second Crop.134 
Potato Raising—Small and Large Seed.134 
Potatoes—Raising Sweet. 143 
Poultr>—Care of Young.Ml 
Poultry House.Illustiated.. 141 
Poultry—Those Hens—Why not Laying.Ml 
Premiums—Agricultural—Good ones.136 
Pumpkin Flour.154 
Ranges—Goosing." ".154 
Recipes—Bread Pudding : Cakes, Lemon, Plain, and 
Shrewsbury : Codfish Cutlets and Cooking salt Cod¬ 
fish : Ginger Bread: Graham Biscuits or Bread: 
Indian Biscuits : Liquid Glue : 
Pie-crust, plain : Rice Bread.150 
R e b us .Illustrated.. 153 
Residence, Country—Preparing the ground for.138 
Rural Scene.Illustrated.. 146 
Seasons—Early and late—The Present.135 
Seeds—Agency for.154 
Sheep—Feeding Young Lambs—Diseases.153 
Skunks worth Catching and Skinning.142 
Soap—Whale Oil vs. Curculio.146 
Squash and Pumpkin Culture—Hubbard Squash.134 
Strawberry—Another White. 153 
Sugar Cane. .II—How Grown and Manufactured —131 
Sweeping and Dusting—Directions for.M9 
Tomato Raising—Hints on.142 
Tree Planting—May Day for.145 
Trees—Catalpa or Beau—Dwarfs, How far apart— 
Oaks profitable for Fruit.153 
Trees—Cedar of Lebanon.Illustrated.. 144 
Trees—Best lime lor Tiansplanting Evergreens.144 
Trees—Clearing from Lice, Moss, etc.154 
Turnips—When to Sow.154 
Water Pipes of Hydraulic Cement.136 — 154 
Whitewash for Out-doors.136 
Willows, Basket—for Fem es.134 
As a recompense for time and trouble in procuring and 
forwarding subscribers at this period, we offer the follow¬ 
ing Seed Premiums, which will come just in season. 
HSF 3 Of course only one of the different Premiums offer¬ 
ed will be given for the same new subscriber obtained. 
Tursitp Seed Premium.— To any person send¬ 
ing in a new subscriber after May 1st, we will present 
two ounces of very choice urnip Seed , which will be 
enough for 20 to 50 square rods, according to the care used 
in sowing. The package may consist entirely of the 
Long White French Turnip— the best turnip we have ever 
known either for cooking or feeding. Or if preferred, the 
package may consist of one-half Long White French, 
and f ounce each of three very choice new varieties 
marked in the list below, Nos. 68, 69 & 70. N. B.—The 
package will be sent post-paid where the full subscription 
price ($1 a year) is received. If the new subscribers be 
in clubs, or additions to former clubs, and at club prices, 
the recipient of this premium will need to send the 12 
cents required for postage on the seed. 
PltEJUtTM XI.—Any person procuring and for¬ 
warding (after April 1st) new subscribers to the Agricul¬ 
turist for Vol. 18,and $1 for each) may select from the list of 
seeds below as many packages as will go under four 3-cent 
postage stamps for each new name and we will send the 
seeds post-paid by ourselves. N. BE.—If the new subscri- 
ers are taken at club rates, either as additions to old clubs, 
oi in new clubs, the receiver of the premium will need 
to send the 12 cents postage to be paid on each premium 
package. (We only pay the postage when the full price 
is paid.) 
It will be seen that from 4 to 20 parcels of seed may be 
chosen for each new name— according to the kind desired. 
Of the flower seeds about 5 packages of seed will go un¬ 
der one stamp. [Up In addition to the premium parcel, 
given to the procurer of a name, the new subscriber will 
himself be entitled to select three to five parcels by send¬ 
ing prepared, pre-paid envelopes as noted above. Sever¬ 
al of the seeds in the following list are particularly choice 
or rare, and on this account could not be offered in our 
General Distribution. We shall probably have enough to 
meet all the demands made for this special premium 
Field Seeds. 
1— White Sugar Beet—Single or double packages, as 
desired, requiring one or two 3-cent postage stamps. 
2— King Philip Corn—Single, double, or triple pack¬ 
ages, as desired, requiring one, two, or three 3 cent 
stamps. 
3— Stowell’s Sweet Corn —Same packages as No. 1. 
4— White Poland Oats—Same packages as No. 2. 
5— Chinese Sugar Cane—Any subscriber may select 
any amount, from half an ounce up to a full pound of this, 
by providing for the transportation try mail, or express, or 
otherwise. If to go by mail, a 3-cent stamp is required 
for each half ounce. 
G—Ashcroft’s Swedish Turnip—Half of 3-cent stamp. 
GS—Purple-top Scotch, or Bullock Turnip— do. 
GO—Grecn-top Scotch, or Bnliock Turnip— do. 
70—Waite’s London purple-top Swede Turnip— do. 
03—Hungarian Grass—One or two 3-cent stamps. 
94—Crystal Flint or Hominy Corn—One 3-cent stamp. 
Vegetable or Garden Seeds. 
S—Daniel O’Rourke Pea—Packages same as No. 1. 
O—Champion of England Pea— One 3-cent stamp. 
9G—Champion of Scotland Pea— do. 
57— Eugenie Pea— do. 
58— Napoleon Pea— do. 
50—King of the Marrow Pea— do. 
GO —Blue Sickle Pea— do. 
12— Green Kohl Rabi— One-third of a 3-cent stamp. 
1 5 — Mammoth Cabbage Lettuce— do do. 
1G—Long Orange Carrot— do do do. 
G7—Intermediate Carrot—very fine flavor do. 
1 7—Red Strap-Leaf Turnip—One-half of a3-centstamp. 
1 0—Round Spinach— do do 
20—Salsafy— do do 
22—Boston Marrow Squash— do do 
05—Hubbard Squash— do do 
2 I—Winter Cherry— One-third of a 3-cent stamp. 
55—White Globe Onion— do do 
7 2—Imported Brussels Sprouts— do 
7 3—Egg Plants, (mixed)— do do 
74 —Solid White Celery— do do 
7 5—Green Curled Endive— do do 
7G—Musk Melon— do do 
77—Water Melon— do do 
02 —Okra— do do 
G3—London Particular Long Scarlet Radish— do 
G4—Extra Red Round Turnip Radish— do 
G5—Waite’s Large Cabbage Savoy— do 
GG—Extra London Curled Parsley— do 
Flower and Ornamental Seeds. 
89—Cotton Plant (2 kinds)—One 3 centstamp. 
On an average, about five of the following 24 varieties 
wilt go under a 3-cent postage stamp. 
23—Mignonette. 47—Morning Glory, mixed. 
25—Mixed Nasturtiums. 49—Candy Tuft. 
27 —Extra Cockscomb. 50—Schizanthus. 
28—Dwf. Rocket Larkspur.51—Phlox Drummondii. 
20—Double Balsams,mix’d.78—Ageraturn Mexicanum. 
31— Chinese Pink. 79—Germ. 19-weeks Slock. 
32— Porltilaocas, mixed 80-Yellow Hawkweed. 
38—Sweet William. 84—African Marigold. 
40— Escholtzia Califomica.SG—Euphorbia, mixed. 
41— Elegant Clarkia. 87—Coreopsis. 
42— Foxglove. 88—Globe Amaranth. 
We are happy to announce that, by an arrangement 
just made with the publishers, we are able to offer as 
Premium No. 12, a complete set of that magnificent work, 
now in course of publication, the 
NEW AMERICAN ENCYCLOPEDIA. 
This work will consist of at least fifteen large volumes, 
containing 770 pages each. (See notice of work on page 
154.) To any person sending 130 new subscribers to the 
American Agriculturist, at the lowest club price, 80 cents 
per year, (or 100 subscribers at $1 per year) a complete 
set of the volumes of this work, will be presented. The 
Publishers price is $45. 
Five volumes are ready, and the ten or more volumes 
to be issued will be furnished as fast as published. This 
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