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AMERICAN AGRICULTURIST 
Contents for August 1859. 
Advertisements—Information Gratis. .II.231 
August—S uggestions for the Month.225 
Bee-IIives—Simple Contrivances for Weighing.230 
Bees—Apiary in August.227 
Bees—Driving from Honey Boxes.231 
Bees—Fertilization of Queens.230 
Bees—Information Wanted.251 
Bees—Swarming two Consecutive Days—“Hum” of. .231 
Birds—Sap Suckers again.251 
Boys’ and'Girls’ Columns—Bird’s eye view of Northern 
Italy— Illustrated —Editor with his Young Readers 
— Lesson in Geography—Notes on the present 
War—Pronouncing the War Names—Somebody 
else in the Editor’s Chair—A Vision, an Insect 
Concert—Why the Birds Sing—The well chosen 
Nesting Place— Illustrated —About Faces—Grand¬ 
mother with the Little Girls (Fidgets)—Abbrevia¬ 
tions.248-249-250-251 
Budding—Cause of Failure .251 
Calendar of Operations for August.226 
Cattle-Breeding In-and-in (by Cattle Breeder).237 
Cattle—Feeding Suckling Calves.237 
Oiover—“ Hop,” or Yellow.251 
Cockroach Trap. . Illustrated ..245 
College—N. Y. State Agr.—Laying Corner Stone_252 
Correspondents—Note to.251 
Cotton—How Grown and Prepared for Market. .11.. .239 
Crops—Reports on...252 
Dairy—Prize Articles. .No. VIII—Cheese Making... .238 
Daisy—Ox-eye.233 
Dogs—Sheep-Killing.230 
Drains—Stone.227 
Dress—Suggestions about, by Anna Hope.240 
Farm—Work for in August.226 
Fencing—Prize Article.. No. VI.234 
Flower Garden and Lawn in August.227 
Flow ers in a School Yard.229 
Flowers—Perennial.244 
Flowers—Preserving Cut. Illustrated. .244 
Fly-Traps—One of the. Illustrated. .245 
Franking Privilege—The.225 
Fruit—Colored Plates of.251 
Fruit—Preparing for Market.228 
Fruit Stealing—An Excellent Cure.241 
Fruit Stealing—Melon Party.243 
Fruits in Glass Bottles . 244 
Garden—Kitchen and Fruit in August.226 
Gateway—A Tasteful...229 
Girls—Tim Bunker on Raising.245 
Grapes—Root Grafting.251 
Grass Cutter—Italian (Exercise for Females).. Illus. .233 
Green and Hot Houses in August.227 
Greenland—Horticulture in.242 
Hedge and Fence Rows—Clear up.229 
Hedges—Honey Locust for.251 
Hedges-Osier Willow for.239 
Hedges—Preserving Evergreen.251 
Homestead—A Mechanic's.228 
Horses—Pedigree of.237 
Humbugs—Impositions on Farmers.232 
Insects—Become Acquainted with.241 
Insects—Injurious to Wheat.4 Illustrations. .240 
Insects on Pomegranate—Destroying.231 
Insects—Taytor’s Tree Protector.251 
Insects—Tomatoes Injured by Worms.251 
Insects—Shooting the Army Worm.251 
Iowa Correspondence .233 
Landscape Gardening—Talk about. 242 
Lantern Blinks_X—A Scientific Farmer.235 
Manure—Bone Dust for Strawberries.251 
Manure—Home-made.232 
Manure—Weeds for.232 
Manure—What are Bone Sawings.251 
Manure—Spoiled Meat for.251 
Map of Northern Italy. Illustrated. .248 
Market—N. Y. City- How supplied with Meat, II.. .230 
Market Review and Weather Notes.252 
Newspaper Discussions.■.232 
Orchard and Nursery in August.226 
Poultry—Wood Duck. Illustratcd-'2S6 
Premiums, Agricultural—Not properly Distributed-229 
Preserving Green Peas and other Vegetables.251 
Recipes—Corn Cake; Rough and Ready Cake; 
Spoiige Cake; Fritodella; Tomato Honey; A 
Pickle.247 
Rye, White—Premium Offered.232 
Sap—Rise and Fall of.243 
Seasonable Hints.233 
.Seed—Degeneration of.....236 
Seeds—When will they Mix.251 
Shade on Soils .'.343 
Strawberries for Everybody.228 
Swine—How much will Fill a Pig.237 
Tim Bunker on Raising Girls. 245 
Trees—American Date or Persimmon.244 
Trees—Pear Shoots not Good for Standards.251 
Trees—Taylor’s Protector.251 
Turnips—Sow in August.232 
Vinegar Plant.247 
Vines—Head the Running.243 
Wagon Tire—Greasing the.-235 
Watering Trees and Plants.243 
Wheat Insects.4 Illustrations. .240 
Woman’s Wages.247 
ftofes. 
Fifty Cents a Line of Space. 
WHEELER & WILSON’S 
SEWING MACHINES. 
“ None are better adapted to Family use.” 
American Agriculturist, l)ec , 1858. 
Office No. 505 Broadway, New-York. 
SEND FOR A CIRCULAR. 
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 ta 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¬ 
ing 100 per day. They vary in price, from $50 to $100, 
and the highest priced ones sell best. In thsir business 
there is over $500,000 invested, and they keep 400 men 
regularly employed manufacturing machines. The sys¬ 
tem pursued is the same as that adopted in the manufac¬ 
ture of arms, every piece is made to a guage, and conse¬ 
quently, the parts of any machine may be transposed with 
those of another machine of the same size ; or should an 
accident occur, the broken part can be immediately re¬ 
placed on application at the office. 
There is not an establishment in this country where 
stitching of any kind is required in which the Sewing Ma¬ 
chine is not employed, and there are few private families, 
in which it is not an acknowledged article of furniture. 
We state this much in regard to the excellent machine, 
upon our own responsibility. 
CIKOVEBS <& BASiEIi’S 
CELEBRATED NOISELESS 
FAMILY SEWING MACHINES, 
New Styles at Kedstced JPs'ices. 
No. 495 Broadway, New-York ; No. 18 Summer st., 
Boston ; No. 730 Chestnut st., Philadelphia ; No. 1S1 Bal¬ 
timore st., Baltimore ; No. 58 West Fourth st., Cincin¬ 
nati. Agencies in all the principal cities and towns in the 
United States. 
“Wheeler & Wilson’s, Singer’s, and Grover & Baker’s 
Machines all work under Howe’s patent, and are, so far, 
the best machines made. * * For our own family use 
we became fully satisfied that Grover Baker's is the best, 
and we accordingly purchased it.” 
American Agriculturist. 
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by JOJ5N E5. SAKUIl', Agent, 
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The cheapest and most powerful fertilizer yet brought 
into use. Imported from the “South Pacific,” by 
Wm. II. Webb, cf New-York. Having been successfully 
tested by eminent Chemists and leading Agriculturists, it 
is pronounced superior to any other Guano or fertilizer 
yet imported or manufactured. By the use of it the soil 
is permanently enriched, while the immediate result is 
seen in greatly increased crops. 
For full particulars, with certificates of farmers, ana¬ 
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ment, and will have immediate attention. 
'JTIS.C Plow, Loam and Anvil, or Ameri¬ 
can Fanner’s Magazine. 
This periodical edited latterly by Prof. Nash, has been 
discontinued. By an arrangement with Prof. Nash, the 
American Agriculturist will be sent to the subscribers to 
that journal for the full time of their unexpired subscription, 
without charge to them. Persons now subscribers to both 
journals will have the time due on the American Farm 
er’s Magazine added to that already paid for to the Agri¬ 
culturist. We trust they may find the Agriculturist wor¬ 
thy of their future patronage. 
MINTON’S ENCAUSTIC TILES, 
FOR FLOORS OF CHURCHES, 
PILISFIC 51A ILLS, 
CONSERVATORIES, DINING ROOMS AND HEARTHS IN DWELL 
INGS. 
Being very hard and strong, as well as ornamental, 
they have been used extensively in the Capitol extension 
at Washington, and in many of the best houses in ali 
parts of the country. 
ALSO, 
GARNKIRK CHIMNEY TORS, 
suited to every style of architecture, and recommended 
in Downing's work on Country Houses, and by architects 
generally. Also, VITRIFIED DRAIN PIPE, of all 
sizes, from 2 to 18 inches in. diameter, for conducting wa¬ 
ter. For sale by MILLER & COATES, 
No. 279 Pearl-st., New-York. 
VERY VALUABLE SEED PREMIUM- 
THE LONG WHITE FRENCH TURNIP. 
Both from our own experience, and from the numerous 
reports of subscribers who tiied 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 ami 
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 tho 
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, ready-directed envelope be forwarded. (If a 
new subscriber be an addition to a club, at club price, the 
receiver of the premium will need to spnd 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 additional 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. 
filter it arc ^gnntlhtrbf. 
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CULTURE—such as growing field CROPS; orchard 
and garden FRUITS; garden VEGETABLES and 
FLOWERS; trees, plants, and flowers for the 
LAWN or YARD; in-door and out door work around 
the DWELLING; care of DOMESTIC ANIMALS 
&c. &c. 
The teachings of the Agriculturist are confined to no 
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as the English, and contains all of its reading matter, and 
its numerous illustrative engravings. 
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ORANGE JUDD, 
No. 189 Water st , New-York. 
