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AMERICAN AGRICULTURIST. 
Contents for June, 1859. 
Advertisers prices should be given.176 
Ashes. Coal—Uses of.193 
Asparagus—Large—How raised.- .185 
Bank-note—Journey of a.185 
Beans, Luna—Substitute for Poles.166 
Bees—Apiary in June.163 
Bees—Bene Plant for.185 
Bees—Hunting Wild.166 
Bees—Keeping New Swarms in the Hive.166 
“Better Times ” close at hand.168 
Birds—Robins Useful.Illustrated. .177 
Birds—Sap-suckers not Injurious.185 
Books—American Weeds and Useful Plants—Farm 
Drainage—Langstroth’s Hive and Honey Bee— 
Insects of North America—Mothers and Infants 
—Mrs. Crowen’s Cookery—Musical Guest_186 
Boys’ and Girls’ Columns—Grandmother and the lit¬ 
tle Girls—Keeping Rooms in Order—Grandmother 
and child (illustrated)—Editor with his Voting 
Readers—Boys Wanting to Live in the City—Keep¬ 
ing Pets—About Bugs—Problems—A Labyrinth (il¬ 
lustrated)—“ Come this Way, Father,” (poetry)— 
183, 184,185 
Bread—My First Loaf.182 
Broom Corn Seed—Cleaning.186 
Calendar of Operations for June.162 
California, Oregon and Wash. Ter. Subscribers.188 
Cattle-Breeding In-and-in, (by Cattle Breeder,) III... 164 
Cattle—Cut Feed for.171 
Cattle—Grubs in the Backs of.185 
Chimneys—How to Cure Smoky.3 Illustrations.. 173 
Corn—Cost of a Bushel.173 
Corn—Howto Hoe.173 
Corn—111 Luck in Growing.172 
Corn—Not too late to Plant.165 
Crockery—About. 181 
Crop Reports Wanted.188 
Dairy..No. VI—Prize Article—Butter Making.186 
Door Blocks.186 
Dresses for Traveling (by Anna Hope).183 
Egg Hatching Machines.170 
Exhibitions, Agricultural—Reports Wanted.192 
Experiments—Try..167 
Farm—Enlarging without Buying Land.172 
Farmer—How to Become one.165 
Farmers—Better Times for.168 
Farm—Work for June.162 
Fence Posts—How to make Durable.174 
Fencing—Prize Article No. V.—Rail Fences.174 
Flower Garden and Lawn in June.163 
Flower Garden—How to Improve.180 
Flowers—Bedding Plants.180 
Flowers—Chrysanthemums.181 
Fountains for Gardens and Lawns.Illustrated.. ISO 
Fruits, American—Past and Present, No. IV—Quince.178 
Fruit Trees—Barren—To Obtain Fruit from.178 
Fruit Trees—Pear Trees Profitable.178 
Gardens for Farmers.177 
Garden—Kitchen and Fruit in June.162 
German Edition—A Word for.188 
Gram—Securing Good Seed.172 
Green and Hot House—Calendar for June.163 
Hav Caps—Provide.165 
Hedge Plants for the South.175 
Hired Men—Treatment of.169 
Horse-Racing at Fairs—Ohio Society on.171 
Humbug—A.186 
Implements—Parson & Houston’s Horse Rake.. .III.. 172 
Insects—Ants Destroyed by Fire Crackers.181 
Insects—Bark Lice—When Hatched.185 
Insects —Black Knot on Plum.177 
Insects—Grubs in Cattle.185 
Insects—Look out for the.187 
June—S uggestions fertile Month, Roses.. Illustrated.. 161 
Labels on Fruit Trees.Illustrated.. 178 
Layering Explained.Illustrated.. 163 
Manure—Does Guano Exhaust the Soil.185 
Marketing Garden Truck, Berries, Fruits, etc.165 
Market Review.187 
Melon Vines—Trimming. 185 
Oats—Rust on.185 
Orchard and Nursery—Operations for June.16-2 
Osage Orange—How to Propagate.185 
Pantry—The.181 
Papers—Are Agricultural useful ! ...172 
Peas—Supports for.185 
Premium Lists—Old to close, New to begin.188 
Plants—Geographical Distribution of. j7b 
Plants—Thinning.180 
Potato Rot—Questions about.166 
Poultry—Instinct of the Hen.171 
Poultry—Large Turkeys.171 
Pump in the House.186 
Raspberry Vines dying in Spring.185 
Reading—No Time for.170 
Recipes—Medical not Published.183 
Rest—Occasional needed.169 
Roads—Good.174 
Roses in Pots.180 
Roses—Mildew on.185 
Seed, Wheat, Rye, etc.—Sowing Good.172 
Shower—The Passing. .Illustrated.. 176 
Shrubbery—Uses of.179 
Soiling—Advantages of etc.168 
Soiling—Crops for.185 
Squashes—Kept two Years.185 
Strawberries—Preserving. .188 
Success—How to obtain .173 
Sugar Grove—Best conductors for.174 
Summer Scene.Illustrated.. 169 
Swapping—No time for... .163 
Tim Bunker at Home again.]67 
Trees—Desirable Evergreens.179 
Trees—Hardiness of Fountain Pine.185 
Tices—Mistaken Notions about insects.178 
Trees—Propagation of Evergreens.179 
Turnips—Transplanting—Large Yield of.] 6 R 
Wages—Rates of, in New-York City.J87 
Wages—Woman’s.. 
Water—Pump in the House.. 
What-Not—The...18J 
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