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AMERICAN AGRICULTURIST. 
[October, 
Contents for October, 1873. 
Calendar for October. 
American Pomological Society.369 
Bag Holder and Lifter. 3 Illustrations. .372 
Barreling Press.2 Illustrations. 384 
Boys and Girls’ Department—The Early Bird—A Blind 
Spot in your Eye—Aunt Sne’s Puzzle-Box—Grape- 
Gatherers. 7 Illustrations.. 387, 38S 
Bulbs in House Culture.383 
Cattle Sale, Duchess.398 
Cheese, Auvergne. 3 Illustrations. .376' 
Corn Fodder, Stacking. Illustrated. .377 
Cranberry Culture, Requisites of.382 
Duck, Good Points iu a Rouen.375 
Fair List.;.398 
Farm Work iu October.362 
Flower-Garden and Lawn for October.364 
Fruit, Cracking by Rain.381 
Fruit Garden for October.363 
Good Cross in Sheep—Cotswolds and South-Downs. ..375 
Grain-Farming, Decline in the East..378 
Greek Valerian. . Illustrated.. 3S1 
Green Fodder, How to Preserve.378 
Greenhouse and Window Plants for October.364 
Household—Convenient Clothes Horse—Home Topics 
—Children’s Work—Cooking Cauliflower—Recipes. 
Illustrated.. 385, 3S6 
Hunting Deer.2 Illustrations.. 373 
Japan Creeper. Illustrated. .383 
Joseph Arch. Illustrated. .370 
Kitchen Garden for October.363 
Kyanizing Plant Labels.382 
Market Report.364 
Mountain Home in Colorado.374 
Ogden Farm Papers, No. 44—Crops—Top-Dressing— 
Draining—Corn—Help . 371, 372 
Orchard and Nursery for October.363 
Packing and Marketing Produce. 382 
Prize Farming, English.379 
Root Houses, How to Build.3 Illustrations. .376 
Roots, Preserving in Heaps.2 Illustrations. .377 
Salt-Marsh Centaury.. Illustrated . .381 
Salt Marshes, Reclaiming.377 
Stacking with the Horse-Fork. Illustrated. .372 
Stock Raising at the West.5 Illustrations. .379 
Variegated Plants.383 
Walks and Talks on the Farm, No. 118—Oats—Oats 
and Peas—Hay Crop—Superphosphate — Timothy 
Grass. 374 
Wheat, Top-Dressing.378 
Window-Gardening, Preparing for.3S3 
Wire, How to Wrap with.2 Illustrations. .376 
INDEX TO “BASKET,” 
Agricultural College, Ala.366 
Agriculturist inTasmania365 
Apples, Trouble with_366 
Artesian Wells.367 
Bolt Nuisance.369 
Caterpillars, Burning... .366 
Cats Killing Chickens.. .367 
Chickens, Roup in.367 
Chimneys, Decay of.365 
China Pigs.366 
Cholera, Chicken.366 
Colt, Diarrhoea in a.366 
Co-operative Store.367 
Corn and Hay. 366 
Correction.365 
Cow, Marks of a Jersey.365 
Cows, Linseed Oil-cake..367 
Crops on Swamp Land.. .367 
Dairy, Building a.366 
Death of Elias Durand...365 
Deep-Can System.367 
Diseased Apple-Leaves. .365 
Earning his Breakfast_365 
Eggs. Impregnation of...366 
Fair, New England .367 
Farcy and Catarrh.367 
Farm Labor.366 
Farm, Size for a Good.. .366 
Fowls, Leg Weakness in.367 
Gardening.365 
Grass. A Bad Catch of.. .367 
Gratifying Results.369 
Hen-Manure on IV heat.. 367 
Horse, Cough in a .366 
on SHORTER ARTICI.ES. 
Horse, The Perfect.367 
Humbugs, Sundry.... ..398 
Ice-House, Packing for. .365 
Land Sales.367 
Laughing Plant.366 
Letters, Anonymous.365 
Mennonites.367 
Milk, Cooling.367' 
Milk to a Pound of Cheese369 
Morning Glory, Golden. 366 
Nasal Gleet.367 
Northern Pacific R.R_367 
Peas, Buggy.366 
Peas, Harvesting.366 
Pipes, Water.366 
Plantains in Lawns.365 
Plow Deep ? Shall we.. .367 
Potatoes, Old and New. .366 
Poudrette, Making.367 
Poultry, Scaly Legs in.. .366 
Progeny of Half-Breeds..367 
Roofing, Largest Manu¬ 
factory of Patent .365 
Roofs, Fire proof.366 
St. Joseph and Denver 
City R.R. Bonds.367 
Secretary, New.369 
Sheep Dip.367 
Soda or Potash.366 
Sparrows, English.367 
Slump Extractors.366 
Stiperphosp’te for Whcat.366 
Tan-Bark on Land.366 
Window Gardening.365 
Advice sis to Stodc.—“ J. W. H.,” who 
dates his letter Glasgow only (there are eight Glasgows 
in the U. S.), asks advice as to procuring stock for his 
farm of three hundred acres, and requests us to write 
him. Doubtless he would gently intimate that we were 
neglectful of his requests, but now he secs how it is. 
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sort of stock he should select, as nothing is of greater 
importance than to choose the stock with reference to 
the peculiarities of the locality. Where a large sum 
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AMERICAN AGRICULTURIST. 
NEW YORK. OCTOBER, 1873. 
“ Early to bed and early to rise ” is a good rule 
at all times, but it is emphatically so on the farm 
in October. The days are getting shorter. Work 
is very pressing. Night comes before we expect it. 
We should use all the light there is, and must be 
up bright and early in the morning. We shall have 
time to rest by and bj 7 . An hour’s work in October 
will often accomplish twice as much as in Novem¬ 
ber. AVe must avail ourselves of every fair day to 
get in the crops. A farmer, however, should rarely 
be so absorbed in the work on hand as to forget 
that which is to come. AVe urge an intense ac¬ 
tivity and energetic promptness iu regard to what¬ 
ever needs to be done now, for this reason, among 
others, that the farmer who is ahead of his work 
or fully abreast of it will be able to avail himself of 
every opportunity that may occur to do anything 
that will facilitate his operations in future. There 
is much work which the men and teams might do 
in winter if we only mafde preparations for it before 
the ground is frozen, such as ditching, hauling 
muck, drawing stones, etc. 
Hints sil»o«ct Work. 
Rye may be sown the early part of the month— 
the earlier the better. 
Winter Wheat may still be sown as far north as 
Philadelphia. The farther south the later, as a 
rule, may winter wheat be sown. 
Wheat may be harrowed in the fall, whenever the 
land is dry 7 , witli much benefit. AVe use a Thomas’s 
harrow for this purpose. The object is to kill 
small weeds, and the work should be done as soon 
as the weed-seeds commence to germinate—say in 
two weeks after the wheat is sown. Go over the 
field two or three times. 
If Grass-seed is Sown with the Wheat the harrowing 
must be dispensed with. 
Rolling Wheat in the fall is sometimes beneficial, 
hut as a rule we prefer to let the surface of the land 
be somewhat cloddy. The frosts of winter will 
mellow and break down the clods. In the mean- 
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time the clods afford some protection to the wheaL 
plants. 
Top-dressing Wheat is still in order. Spread the 
manure evenly and lightly oil the surface. It will 
not smother the plants. Manure so used is often 
very beneficial. 
Finish Cutting Up Corn. —Our own plan is to 
take five rows. Make the stook on the third hill 
of the center row, as shown iu the annexed 
diagram : 
* * * * * Gut the hills A and B, and 
* » * * * place the stalks round the 
standing hill at C , where the 
stook is to be. Then cut up the 
* * * * * other hills, and place the stalks, 
one or two hills at a time, in a neat stook at C. 
When done, bind the stook with two corn-stalk 
bands at top. Be careful to save the leaves, as they 
are the best part of the fodder. 
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Husking Corn. —Where this is done with a ma¬ 
chine the corn should be bound into sheaves of a 
convenient size to pitch and load on a wagon. If 
the corn is very dry it may he mowed away in the 
barn and husked in winter; but if it is at all damp 
or green it will mold and spoil. 
Iluslcing by Hand in the Field will be the general 
practice until our machines are brought nearer to 
perfection. Commence as early as the husks are 
dry enough to strip off easily. Husking in the 
cold, stormy weather of November is unpleasant 
and unprofitable work. 
Digging Potatoes will some day be done by machin¬ 
ery ; hut at present the work will most be done by 
hand. A plow will help, but the ground must be 
gone over with hooks. Any other plan leaves 
more potatoes in the land than will pay for the 
digging. 
In Pitting Potatoes , cover the heaps with a layer 
of straw and then a thin layer of earth. This will 
do for the present. Then before winter sets in put 
another layer of straw all over the heap and cover 
carefully with earth. This second layer of straw, 
holding dead air, will resist the severest frost. 
If Potatoes Bring a Pair Price it is usually better 
to draw them to market directly from the field. 
Have a double box on the wagon, and if the roads 
are good two horses can easily draw 50 bushels. 
Small Potatoes should be kept until spring. They 
are worth far more for stock then than at this sea¬ 
son when green food of all kinds is plenty. 
Corn-Stalks when properly cured make excellent 
fodder. Take pains when husking to make the 
bundles of stalks into good stooks that will with¬ 
stand a severe rain-storm. If any stooks blow 
down or get out of 6hape go over the field after 
the storm and reset the stooks. Hasten the curing 
as much as possible, and draw iu the moment the 
stalks are in fit condition. Sap in the stalks is not 
half as injurious as external dampness. 
Stacks of Stalks should he made small, with a very 
high roof. Keep the middle very full and solid so 
that the stalks shall settle most towards the out¬ 
side and thus throw off the rain. 
Mangel-Wurzel and sugar-beets should be gather¬ 
ed early. They are much more liable to injury 
from frost than turnips. 
Mangel Leaves are apt to scour animals, and 
should be fed only iu moderate quantities. It is 
well to let them wilt a day or two before feeding. 
Fall Plowing should be pushed forward whenever 
a man and team can be spared. Put on three 
horses abreast and make thorough work. 
Weeds that have Gone to Seed should be mown 
when wet, so that the seed will not be so liable to 
shell out. Throw into heaps and burn when dry. 
Dry Earth is very useful to scatter on the floor 
of the hen-house, pig-pens, etc. Get in a store for 
winter use and put in under cover where it can be 
easily obtained as required. 
Implements and Machines that will not be required 
until next spring should be taken apart if neces¬ 
sary and stowed away. Be careful to lose none of 
the holts or uuti. 
