Agriculture is the most healthy, the most useful , and the most noble employment of man .— "Washington. 
VOL. IX._MEW YORK, JULY, 1850._NO. Vli. 
A. B. Allen & R. L. Allen, Editors. C. M. Saxton &l E. Blanchard, Publishers , 
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Benefit of Guano, R. 
New Way of Raising Pigs ; To Destroy Wild Onions ; ) 
Pasture Lands. j 
The Horses 'of'Siberia ; Cultivate a variety of crops. 
North-Caroliria Farming, R.; Profitable Crop of Corn, ) 
T. Fountain ; Inflammation in the Horse... .j 
Mr. Robinson’s Tour, No. 19.... . 
How Much Lime will an Acre of Land Bear Without 1 
Injury, S.; Easy Method of Drawing Water from a > 
' Deep Well, R.; Wireworms Destroyed by Soda Ash. ) 
To Promote the Success of County Agricultural Socle- ) 
ties; Tile Machines, J. Delafield. 
Summer Pruning ; Cutting and Curing Hay, H.; Adjus- ) 
table Screw Wrenches ; Rotation of Crop3.{ 
Prince Albert’s Plan of Disposing of Town Sewerage- 
Breaking Rocks with Fire, L. C.; Plowing in corn ..for 1 
Manure ; Economical Mode of Draining Land, Linus > 
Cone ; The Fanner’s Home, Luke Derwin.) 
Housing Manure ; To Clean Guano Bags ; Large Daily ) 
Products.i 
Farm of Mr. French ; Cultivation of Peaches on Long ) 
Island, Hawley B. Rogers.f 
Manures—The Food of Plants, No. 3, Levi Baidett- 
Economy; Cows have Power to Hold up Their T- Iilk, II. ) 
B. R.; Irrigation, No. 1.■. S 
Reclaiming Worn-out Lands without Manure ; The Cow ) 
Pea vs. Clover; How Horses Get the colic; Cast-Iron > 
Pig Troughs. ) 
A Chapter on Various Subjects, Agricola; Wire Fences 
Exhausting Properties of Tobacco; Analysis of Copro-1 
lites—Fossil or Mineral Guano—Its Value for Agri-> 
cultural Purposes.... ) 
Review of the May Number of the Agriculturist, Re- ) 
viewer ...A.! 
Michigan Lands, L. C.. .. 
Manures, No. 2; Dwelling Houses of the North and ) 
South Compared; Rough-Haired Ten,ers....' 
Planing Machine; Varieties of the Animal aid Vegetable 1 
Creation; Take Time by the Fore! ck; Hussey’s V 
Mowing Machine... . ;••••••• ) 
Expensive Manuring; New Saw Mill; G ubenies; The ) 
American Black Wolf. . S 
Great Milking Cows ; Carbonate of Ammcaia in the At- ) 
mosphere; Plant Something.x.i 
Ladies’ Department; A Virginia Housewife, Solon; ) 
A Nice Tea Rusk; Tomato Bread; Fish Sauce; s 
Feather Beds; An excellent Relish Sauce; Ice 1 
Cream; To Make Pancakes; Washing Flannel; V 
Bread Pudding.' 
Foreign Agricultural News. 
Editors’ Table... 
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