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AMERICAN AGRICULTURIST 
Contents for October, 1859. 
Adveitisements—Information Gratis. .IV.296 
Animals—Prescriptions for Diseased.313 
Apple Gathering.Illustrated. .304 
Architecture—New Style of.2 Illustrations. .297 
Asparagus-How to Make a Bed.307 
Barley — Will it Turn to Oats. 313 
Beams, Lima—Preserving for Winter Use.310 
Bees—Apiary in October.291 
Bees—Consecutive Swarms of. 295 
Bees—Natural and Artificial Queens.294 
Berberries—Cultivation of.313 
Blackberry—New-Rochelle—Seed for Distribution_307 
Boys’ and Girls’ Columns—The First Effort, Illustra¬ 
ted—Editor yvith his Young Readers—“Old Patch” 
—Walking on the Tight Rope—The Unkind 
Word—About that Picture, and Pockets—More 
about Faces, 2 Illustrations—Answers to Prob¬ 
lems—New Puzzle.4 Illustrations . .312 
Boys—Give them a Chance.303 
Brakes—To Eradicate . .313 
Brush—Kindling.313 
Cabbages—To Make them Head.313 
Calendar of Operations foe the Month.290 
Carbon Oil.314 
Cattle—Breeding In-and-in. .by C. M. Clay..Ill.292 
Census of 1860—Prepare for.299 
Cider—How to Preserve.—.310 
Cold Frames.313 
Crops—Reports on....315 
Cucumber—Bedfordshire.307 
Dairy—Prize Article—No. XX. .Conclusion.293 
“ Egypt”—The Bright Side of—Prospects of So. Ill.. .299 
Etiquette—A Point of Decided—Letter from Aunt Sue 311 
Exhibitions—Benefits of Attending.299 
Exhibitions, Agricultural—Time and Places of.291 
Farm—Work for in September.290 
Fencing—Prize Article, No. VII.8 Illustrations.. 300 
Filberts—Cultivation of...313 
Floors of Cement for a Dairy.313 
Flower Garden and Lawn in October.291 
Flower—The Cardinal.313 
Flowers, Bulbous—Hyacinths and Tulips.Illust. .308 
Flowers-Keeping Verbenas and Geraniums in Winter.309 
Flowers—Preserving for Winter.308 
Flowers—The Verbena a Native.307 
Fruit in Glass Bottles —An Improvement—Illust. .309 
Garden—Kitchen and Fruit in October.290 
Gate ways— Ornamental.301 
Glue—Spalding’s Prepared.314 
Grain—M arketing.295 
Grapes — The Concord at the South—Hartford, etc-306 
Green and Hot-Houses in October.291 
Guinea Fowls a Protection to the Poultry Yard.302 
Horses—Proper Age for Gelding.313 
Ice Houses—How Made.313 
Insects—To Protect Fruit from Ants.313 
Lantern Blinks—XII—An Emigrant Farmer.298 
Laying out Grounds-Suggestions for.2 Illustrations. .305 
Lightning—Protection from.313 
Magazines and Fashions.311 
Manure—Charcoal Dust for.313 
Manure—Sulphuric Acid—Phosphatic Guano.294 
Market Review—Weather Notes, etc.314 
Melon, The Apple Pie—How to Use.310 
Milking—Apparatus for.313 
Moles—To Destroy.313 
Oats—White Poland free from Rust.313 
October—S uggesiions for the Month.289 
Orchard and Nurseryin October.290 
Pasture Land—Treatment of.313 
Pennsylvania Farming.314 
Premiums for Volume 19—List of.314 
Questions—Indefinite Again.313 
Railroads—New Route in Penn, and to the West_314 
Recipes—To Pickle Walnuts, etc.—Tomato Wine...310 
Rhubarb—Directions for Planting.307 
Rice—How Grown and Prepared for Market. 1.302 
Roads—Repair the .200 
Roller—Use of the.301 
Hoofing of Gutta Percha.313 
Root Structure. Physiological Curiosity.303 
Seeds—Foul—Rogues’ Gallery.309 
Seeds—Papers for Putting up!.2 Illustrations. .309 
Seeds—Saving Flower. 309 
Straw—Save Ihe .294 
Teeth—(lints about, by Anna Hope..311 
Tim Bunker—Letter to, from his Neighbors.295 
Tim Bunker on the Shadtown Parsonage—and a 
Grandson. 303 
Trees—llow far apart .313 
Trees — Plant now.304 
Trees—Proper Treatment of Dwarf Pears.306 
Trees—Protect the Roots of.306 
Trees—Season for Transplanting.313 
Trees, Seedling', Testing.313 
Trees—That Wonderful in Oregon.305 
Trees—To Improve Barren.30 q 
Trees To Protect from Rabbits.313 
Trenching Soils.301 
Vinegar Plant.307 
Water—Getting pure from Sulphur Wells.Illust.. 301 
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to have the number doubled this year, for although no 
profit is derived the first year from new subscribers when 
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turist is extended, and sufficient remuneration will come 
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“ What Is the Circulation of the 
American Agriculturist?” 
The number of subscribers has constantly gone upward 
from the day we first obtained full proprietorship until the 
present lime, so that it is now greater than ever before. 
Some interest has been manifested to know what is the 
Inna fide circulation, and efforts have been made in some 
quarters to depreciate the amount. We propose to set 
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Steam Press Rooms, 16 & 18 Jacob-st., 
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This is to certify that, by request of the proprietor, Mr. 
O. Judd, I have this day examined my books, and find 
that during the past twelve months, I have printed of reg¬ 
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of 500 sheets each (1,083,000). or an average of 1 80 1-2 
Reams per month. As each copy contains two sheets 
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Iiuiiilresl and twenty-five ( 45,1 25 ) perfect 
copies per month JOHN A. GRAY. 
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ber, 1859. J. O. IIarger, Commissioner of Deeds 
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ihe American Agriculturist during the past year, and our 
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with the above statement of Mr. Gray. 
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Note.—[T o give a fair showing of the past, business of 
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whole year, arid not that of the present or any past single 
issue It. would be an easy matter to make out a much 
larger show by getting up an extra edition for some ad¬ 
vertiser, and publishing the circulation of one number 
only Thus, owing to our increased circulation, and to 
the demand from “baker’s dozen” subscribers, etc., we 
shall print not less than 75.000 to 80,000 of our very next 
number (Nov.), but tho'e figures would riot’ give a fair 
exhibit of ihe past regular business. Judging from the 
last, and from present indications, we confidently calcu- 
ate upon a regular edition hereafter of 70,000 to 80,000, 
and anticipate even more. 
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it w ould be policy for every journal having a respectable 
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actual business. Especially would we be glad to see 
this done by ihe Agricultural press, whose circulution and 
influence is not properly appreciated. 
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