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AMERICAN AGRICULTURIST. 
Contents for September, 1859, 
Advertisements—Information Gratis. ..Ill.26-1 
Advertisements—Note on.282 
Agricultural Paper—New one Wanted in New-York.282 
Animals—Early fattening of.2G3 
Apples—Drying and Preserving.277 
Apple Parer—A good One. Illustrated ..277 
Autumn—The Last Load. Illustrated. .272 
Bees—Apiary in September.259 
Bees—Breeding in Winter. 263 
Bees—Consecutive Swarms—Impregnation of Queens.203 
Bees-Driving from Honey Boxes.263 
B.es—Rapid ?warming of.263 
Blackberry — New-Rochelle hardy.282 
Blackberries—The New-Rochelle Profitable.27G 
Boys’ and Girls’ Columns—Picture by Punch—Edi¬ 
tor with his Young Readers—Useless Things— 
The Good Done by one Little Fly—Leaving Home 
— Building Castles — Answers to Problems— 
New Problems— Illustrated Rebus —Grandmother 
with the Little Girls—Chance—Insect Life—A 
Mouse in Liquor.280-281 
Calendar of Operations for the Month.258 
Campaign for 1800. 291 
Cancers—A Talk about.277' 
Capers—What they are.281 
Cattle and Sheep—Sales of.282 
Churns—Patent.282 
Corn—Good Way to Shock.282 
Corn—Select Seed this Month.259 
Cattle—Comforts for. 267 
Cotton—How Grown and Prepared for Market.. III. .261 
Dairy—Prize Articles-No. IX—Cheese Making.266 
Debt—Not necessarily an Evil.270 
Eye vs. Mouth—To Nellie.279 
Exhibilions-Agricultural-Time and places of holding.260 
Fallows—Winter.262 
Farm—Work for September.258 
Figs, Northern. 281 
Flowers—Dielytra or Diclvtra—Dicentra.274 
Flower Garden and Lawn in September. .259 
Flowers—Native Honeysuckle . 281 
Flowers—The Lantana—How to Manage.273 
Flowers—The Rose and Geology.274 
Flow ers—The Verbena—History of.273 
Flowers—Times for Sowing Seeds.273 
Fruits—Small—Number of Plants and Cost per Acre.275 
Garden—Kitchen and Fruit in September.258 
Green and Hot-IIouses in September. 259 
Gooseberries—Show at Paterson, N. J. . .. . .275 
Hooped Skirts-Steel Preferable.282 
Housekeepers—Schools Proposed for.279 
Insects—Injurious to Wheat—The “ Midge”-I1.2 III. .269 
Insects—Matthews’s Curculio Remedy.274 
Insects—Moths—To get rid of.278 
Insects—The Currant Moth.269 
Insects—Walnut Moth or Butterfly_3 Illustrations —268 
Insects—Wheat “Midge”—Remedy for.259 
Lantern Blinks XI—The Infatuation of much Land.. 270 
Lawsuits—Folly of. Illustrated. .265 
Manures—Application of.262 
Market—N. Y. City—IIow supplied with meat—III..267 
Market Review, Weather Notes, etc.282 
Matches—Light—by Anna Hope.278 
Michigan—Its Advantages for new Settlers.271 
Milking—Hints on.266 
Neatness—Things not Neat.279 
Orchard and Nursery in September.258 
Pastures—Hints on their Management.265 
Plants in Houses not Unwholesome.277 
Plants—Originating Varieties in.274 
Poultry—Remarkable Hens.267 
Recipes—An old fashioned Pudding—To Prepare Soup 
—To Cook Summer Squash.279 
Rhubarb—Good.282 
Rose and Geology. .274 
Seeds—Meehan’s Catalogue of Tree and Shrub.281 
Seeds—Save the Vegetable.259 
Seed—Select Corn this Month.259 
Seeds—Time for Sowing Flower.273 
Seeds—Reports on, Wanted.282 
Selling out.272 
September—S uggestions for the Month.257 
Sleigh—Putting away for Summer.263 
Stables—Dark, injurious.263 
Swine—The Hog Nuisance.270 
Tim Bunker's Hay Crop—Reclaiming Salt Marsh_261 
Trees—Evergreens—Englishmen’s love for.273 
Trees—Frazer’s Silver Fir. 273 
Trees—Weeping Larch—How to Make.273 
Varieties of Plants—How Originated.274 
Vegetables for next Spring.276 
Wheat Sowing—Remedy for the Midge.259 
Wheat Sown after Corn without Plowing.259 
CAMPAIGN 
OF 
I 860 . 
3F 1 X iS ■3? Q- XX 3NT . 
[Preliminary.— Another great Presidential Campaign 
will largely engross the attention of many Politicians, and 
of a few other people, during the year I860. The Publisher 
of the American Agriculturist intends to keep an eye out, 
and at the proper time vote as he thinks best for the 
country, and lie advises every one else to do the same. 
But the Agriculturist will have nothing to do with com¬ 
mon politics. It will seek to promote the greatest good 
of the greatest number. It is a candidate on its own hook 
for an Election by the people. During the year 1S59 it re¬ 
ceived the direct vote of about./i fty thousand, and the in¬ 
direct vote (approval) of nearly or quite half a million of 
readers, who have elected it as 
THE PEOPLE’S INSTRUCTOR, 
THE PEOPLE’S GUARDIAN, 
THE HUMBUG'S ENEMY. 
While nearly all the other successful candidates for po¬ 
pular favor have met with constant rebukes, and accusa¬ 
tions of malfeasance in office, it is believed that the Agri¬ 
culturist. has fulfilled all its promises made before election. 
(The mail depredators have abstracted or lost occasional 
parcels of papers, seeds, etc., but so far as these have 
been heard from, they have been replaced by the publish¬ 
er at his own cost.) 
The Agriculturist is determined to be ahead of all com¬ 
petitors, Presidential oy other, and it now early enters the 
field for reelection in 1 8 GO. and has determined to merit 
at least 
100,000 DIRECT VOTES, 
AND TO GET THEM BY FAIR MEANS. 
Platform. — It is customary for candidates to go be¬ 
fore the people at every election with a new platform (or 
promises). But such platforms usually are of so frail a 
nature, that they only serve for the candidate to stand 
upon before election—they always get upset during the 
bustle of election, and the successful candidate usually 
stands upon a fence, or wherever he choses after elec¬ 
tion. The Agriculturist lias but one plank in its platform, 
which is firmly imbedded in the soil, and can not be up¬ 
set. The only promise it has to make for the future, is, 
that what it has been in the past, it will be in the future, 
only, a good deal more so. The Agriculturist aims to be 
A thorough going, RELIABLE, and PRACTICAL 
Journal, devoted to the different departments of SOIL 
CULTURE—such as growing field CROPS: orchard 
and garden FRUITS; garden VEGETABLES and 
FLOWERS: trees, plants, and floweiis for the 
LAWN or YARD; in-door and out door work around 
the DWELLING; care of DOMESTIC ANIMALS 
Ac Ac. 
The teachings of the Agriculturist are, confined to no 
State or Territory, but are adapted to the wants of all sec¬ 
tions of the country— it is, as its name indicates, truly 
American in its character. 
Private Platlonii. — In the Agriculturist private 
port-folio it is written down : 
To furnish the largest and best possible paper for the 
least money. 
To collect the greatest possible amount of hints and sug¬ 
gestions from every available source, and scatter 
them among the people. 
To adorn its pages with new, beautiful, and instructive 
engravings in large number. 
To adapt its pages to the entertainment and instruction 
of every member of llie Rural Household. 
To keep out of its pages all deceptive notices and ad*er- 
tisements. 
To stand between its readers, and Shams and Humbugs. 
Ac., Ac., Ac., Ac., Ac., Ac., Ac., Ac. 
In short, to earnestly and honestly endeavor to improve 
its readers in pocket, in knowledge, in refinement, in com¬ 
fort, and in happiness. 
A STRIKE FOIi VOTES. 
As an inducement to new voters, and as a reward to old 
ones who will help make known the claims of the Agricul¬ 
turist, the Publisher proposes to devote its surplus income 
to valuable premiums,etc. These will consist of extra cop¬ 
ies to new subscribers, (first gun, in September) ; of a large 
list of liberal premiums to those who make up clubs of 
new names, (second gun, for October); and a large free 
distribution of good seeds to all new and old subscribers, 
(third gun, for November). 
First Gun. — Every new subscriber for 1860 (vol. 
XIX.), received after Sept. 1st, will be furnished free of 
charge, with the remaining numbers of this year, thus: 
New subscribers for 1860, received from Sept. 1 to Sept. 
30, will be furnished with the Oct., Nov., and Dec. num¬ 
bers of this year free. 
Everv new subscriber for I960, received from Oct. 1st 
to Oct. 31st, will be supplied with tho Nov. and Dee. 
numbers free. 
Every new subscriber for I860, received from Nov. 1st 
to Nov. 30th, will be supplied with Dec. number free. 
Exception. New names from the Pacific Coast, and 
other remote points, will be furnished with these extra 
numbers, though arriving later than the dates named. 
N. 15. These extra numbers are offered to all new 
names, whether received at single subscription rates, or 
as members of clubs, or from voluntary agents or 
canvassers, or from Agricultural or Horticultural So¬ 
cieties, on premium lists. 
IV. 55. All names furnished by canvassers for premi¬ 
ums wTl count in their lists, and also be entitled to the 
extra copies offered above. 
N. B5. Those preparing to obtain lists for premiums , 
can begin their work at once, as all names for I860 will be 
counted in their lists , whenever received. 
IV. 55. Specimen copies and Show-bills forwarded 
free to those desiring them. 
gusmess 
Cy Fifty Cents a Line of Space. 
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OPSEND FOR A CIRCULAR.,^ 
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American Agriculturist, Dec , 1858. 
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its numerous illustrative engravings. 
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