Agriculture is the most healthy , the most usef ul, and the most noble employment of man .— Washington. 
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CONTENTS OF JUNE NUMBER. 
Manures—the Food of Plants, No. 2., Levi Bartlett; But- \ 
lernut Sugar, F. B. II. S 
Agricultural Geology, No. 3. 
Sundry Items, W.; Cultivation of Fruit in Long Island, ) 
Hawley B. Rogers.j 
Silk Cocoons ; English and American Husbandry, Egrec 
Cultivation of Timber, C. ; Wisconsin Farming, S. S. 
Experiments in Agriculture, Coke . 
Thermometer Churn; Cultivation of Potatoes, C. S—... 
Value of Seaweed as a Fertiliser ; Well Wheel ; Manures, ) 
No. 1. i 
Poultry Raising, No. 2, T. B. Miner. 
Underdraining Clay Soils and such Others as are Natu- ( 
rally Moist, or Retentive qf Water.i 
Gapes in Chickens, C. . 
Value and Durability of Peruvian Guano; Profitable Dogs, J 
Bob Bluff... i 
Experiments with Ruta Bagas, Valentine Hallock; Ag- ) 
riculture in New Hampshire, P.j 
The English Race Horse, Rous ; Wasting Manures. 
New and Highly-Improved Iron HorsePower; Overlimed ) 
Lands. J 
The Princess Tribe of Shorthorns. 
New Wheat-Dibbling Roller; Large-Sized Wrought-Iron ) 
Plows. \ 
Mr. Robinson’s Tour, No. 18... 
Cheap Farming Lands in Virginia, S.; Deep Plowing... 
The Coconut of Ceylon; A Scrap of Agricultural History, ) 
E. A. Atherton ; To Make Rhubarb Jam ; A New > 
Clover for the South ; To Cure Chilblains.) 
Review of the April Number of the Agriculturist, Review- > 
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Quantity of Ammonia in Bones ; Thunder Storms ; Glass 1 
Milk Pans ; Composition of Guano ; Effects of Cli- > 
mate on the Change of Seeds.) 
The Woodchuck; The Subsoil; Spaying Heifers and ) 
Milch Cows. \ 
Animal and Vegetable Manures, Con Amore. 
Ladies’ Department: Yaupon Tea, Solon. 
Remarks on Diet, Amanda. . 
Foreign Agricultural News.. . 
Editors’ Table. . 
Review of the Markets. . 
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