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AMERICAN AGRICULTURIST. 
Contents for July, 1859. 
Amateurs—Hints for—Trees and Lawns.-212 
Advertisements—Information Gratis—Humbugs.192 
Agricultural Society of N. Y. State—Officers of.206 
Bee6 and Tin Pans.........203 
Briers—Exterminating. 204 
Bank Bills Dangerous. 219 
Bees—Apiary in July . ...195 
Bee-K eepers—A. Question for.....219 
Books—American Short Horn Herd Book—Milch 
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American Agriculturist, Dec., 1858. 
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Cows and Dairy Farming—Herbert’s Hints to Horse 
Keepers.........219 
Boys and Girl’s Columns—The Cut Finger Illustrated 
Editor wilh his young Readers—Busy-How Work¬ 
ing makes one strong—It will come out—Poor 
Trav—The faithful Chick-hen—The “Fourth”— 
Independence—Death of Uncle Frank—Problems 
— Answers—Genealogical Puzzle—Sharp Corres¬ 
pondence about Rebus 37—Let me kiss him tor his 
Mother—Grandmother with the Little Girls.216 
Buckwheat—Sow a Patch. 200 
Cai.endar op Operations for July.194 
Cattle—Feed for Cows.....218 
Canle —Unproved Stock in Greene Co.....218 
Cattle—Pixy 2d an t Foruham.Illustrated. .201 
Cement—Hydraulic—Try before Buying.218 
C'o ik Bonks—A reliabl one Wanted.215 
Collage Door—Illustrated.208 
Cotlon—How Grown and Prepared for Market..I 195 
Crops— Prospect ol the.....200 
Ciops-Reports on . 220 
Cro»s— A Word for........196 
Cut Finger-The.....Illustrated..216 
Cypress Vine—rile.218 
Dairy—No. VII —Prize Article, Cheese Making.201 
Dog—What is i he Best for the Farm...218 
Exhibitions anil Fairs—Agricullural ..... .21 6 
Eyes— Animals’— To Remove Film from.....218 
Faim—Work for July ....194 
Feet- SIiftp ng in Haying Time...206 
Fences - Put up ihe Bars.........218 
Fencing— Kims on...19o 
Flower Garden and Lawn in July...194 
Flowers—Dielytra or Diclylra?...211 
Flowers— Wild, from Minnesota.218 
Frost— Effects of. Last Montli. 200 
Frost—Freaks of... 197 
Fruit - Heallhlulness of.....214 
Fniit Stealers—How to Cure... 209 
Fruits- Best Mode of Preserving.2 Illustrations. .213 
Garden—Kitchen and Fruit,m July..194 
Gooseberries—Large. 218 
Gooseberries— Mildew on.218 
Grain and Grass—Cutting before Ripe.205 
Grapes—Standard of Excellence in. 209 
Grape V.ne—Summer Pruning.209 
Grape Vine Worms—Look after...209 
Grass—S ■wing with Buck wheat. .218 
Green and Hot-House - Calendar for July.195 
Hay-mows —Cement floors lor.218 
Hay—Stacking in the Field. .218 
Hedges—To Preserve from Mice.199 
Horses—Can Heaves be cured.218 
Horses—Longevity of.218 
11 nmimg Ad vert'Sements.198 
Indoor Work . 213 
Ice Cream-How to make—Masser’s Freezer-III..215 
Insects— Caterpillars on Trees.218 
In.-ects—Grape Vine... 209 
Inser ts—Look alier Ihe Borers .210 
Insects—Is Tyler’s Powder a Humbug?.210 
Insects on Wheat—Request .for specimens, etc.200 
Insects—Rose Bushes blighted by.218 
Inser ts—To Rep-1 from Young Plants.218 
July—S uggestions for the Month—Mowing Machines. 193 
Lantern Blinks—No. IX-A Practical Farmer.202 
Manme—i harnber Slops for. 21 9 
Market Review, Weather Notes, etc.219 
Manure—American Guano.199 
Maikots—New-York City- How Supplied wilh Meat. .196 
Muscles—Take Care of the Young.... 199 
Nellie’s Troubles—Poultry— Flowers.215 
Onions—W by do they Gi ow to Scallions...218 
Orchard and Nursery—Operations lor July.194 
Poultry—The Dominique Fowl.Illustrated.. 197 
Preserving Jars—New Slyl-eof..2 Illustrations. .213 
Prune Fuut Tiees now.211 
Rose Bushes Blighted by Insects.218 
Roses—Pot Culture of.211 
Roses—P ropagating.218 
Rain—Signs of. 219 
Sorrel for ferlilizing the Soil.218 
Seeds—Nursing into Life.PJ8 
Silkworm Eggs Wanted.218 
Skunk Cabbage—To Kill..218 
Strawberries—Large. 218 
Strawberry Short-cake—Recipe tor .215 
Sugar Evaporalor-Cook’s.Illustrated.. .295 
Sun Strokes— Bottling up .2o3 
Summer House—Design for.Illustrated. .212 
Sweeping by Machinery.2 Illustrations. .213 
Swine—Hog Cholera.206 
Swi e—My Neighbor and his Pigs.203 
Swine—Polk Knifing and it- Use for Food.207 
Tomato Soup—Recipe.215 
Trees—Is Tyler's Powder a Humbug?... 210 
Trees—Ornamental —Hints for Amateurs.212 
Tin es - Preserving Maple Orchards.. ..205 
Tree-—Prune Finn, now. 211 
Trees.. Why they are Dwarfed.218 
Transplanting— Easy, Safe, ami Profitable.200 
Turnips—Sow them now. 200 
Trellises—Simple, Cheap, and Pretty_Illustrated. .212 
Tax—Dodging a.219 
Thistles, Canada.illustrated. .204 
Tim Bunker on Raising Boys.207 
Trees—Maple Orchards—Shall they be Preserved_205 
Vacant Spots—Fill the.. . .196 
Whitewashes for Out Doors—Two more.197 
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SEWING MACHINES. 
The Scientific American says : We are having a great 
many inquiries for Sewing Machines from various parts 
of the country, and as we cannot conveniently reply to 
them all by mail, we have thought it proper to state our 
opinion in regard to them in this public manner. We 
have used Wilson’s patent, manufactured by the Wheeler 
& Wilson Manufacturing Company, No. 505 Broadway, 
and we can say in regard to it, that it is without a rival. 
It is simple, not easily put out of order when in proper 
hands, and in point of effectiveness and finish, no other 
machine stands ahead of it. 
This Company has made and sold, during the last three 
months, 4,700 machines, and are now producing and sell¬ 
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and the highest priced ones sell best. In their business 
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There is not an establishment in this country where 
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“ Wheeler & Wilson’s, Singer’s, and Grover & Baker’s 
Machines all work under Howe’s patent, and are, so far, 
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we became fully satisjied that Grover <$- Baker's is the best , 
and we accordingly purchased it." 
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NEW AMERICAN ENCYCLOPEDIA. 
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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 
THE LONG WHITE FRENCH TURNIP. 
Both from our own experience, and from the numerous 
reports of subscribers who tried it last season, we have 
abundant reason for believing that the Long White French 
Turnip, as improved and cultivated by the Society of 
Friends, at Portsmouth, R. I., is the very 'best' Turnip 
grown in this country, either for table use or for'feeding. 
We have ourselves proved, by two years’ trial, that they 
will keep late into the following Summer, in excellent 
condition. They are a solid turnip, and cook sweet and 
tender, being free from stringiness, or rank taste.We 
have secured all the seed we could obtain, to offer it as 
premiums for new subscribers to the Agriculturist _. 
To any person taking the trouble, at this season, to pro¬ 
cure new subscribers, and forward the names and the 
subscription price ($1.), we will cheerfully send .post-paid, 
a package containing two ounces of this seed for each 
name—and also a half ounce for the new subscriber, if a 
pre-paid, readv-directed envelope be forwarded. (If a 
new subscriber be an addition lo a club, at club price, the 
receiver of the premium will need to send an additional 
twelve cents to cover the postage on his premium pack¬ 
age ; also, when the seed is to be sent to Canada or to 
the Pacific coast, seven cents extra will be required for 
each half ounce, to meet the addi'ional postage.) 
Two ounces of seed, with careful planting, will suffice 
for forty or fifty square rods. It may be sown from the 
middle of June to the first week in August. 
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Agricultural Exhibitions for 1S59. 
Partial lists of the time and place of holding State and 
County Exhibitions have been received, but as it is desi¬ 
rable to make the statement as complete as possible, 
publication is deferred until the August number. Will 
the Officers of Agricultural Associations from whom we 
have not heard, do us the favor to forward the informa¬ 
tion needed immediately. If a paper containing the an¬ 
nouncement is sent, please mark the notice plainly, that 
it may not be overlooked. 
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LAWN or YARD; in-door and out door work around 
the DWELLING; care of DOMESTIC ANIMALS 
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