Agriculture is the most healthy, the most useful, and the most noble employment of man .— Washington. 
VOL. X- NEW YORK, MAY, 1851._NO. V. 
A. B. Allen & R. L. Allen, Editors. C. M. Saxton & E. Blanchard, Publishers. 
Solon Robinson, Assistant Editor. 
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CONTENTS OF MAY NUMBER. 
The Tea Plant—Comparison of Labor in China and the ) -.-o 
United States, etc., Junius Smith. .j 1,30 
Guano—its Great Merits as a Fertiliser. 139 
Southern Cattle, I)**; Cultivation of Corn, S R. Gray; ? 
Cultivation of the Ruta Baga, Valentine S. Hallock... j 
Corn and Apples^ W ; California Farming, T. A. S. 141 
Pork—Bacon—Ham, No. 2. . 142 
On the Assimilation of Nitrogen from the Air by Plants, \ ^ 
and on the Influence of Ammonia in Vegetation. S 
Swamp Draining of Southern Lands; McCullum’s Dough f 
Mixer and Biscuit Machine; Experiments Among > 144 
Farmers.— ) 
Prices of Draining Tile ; Hints in Regard to the Preserva-1 
tion of Purity of Breeds, and the Improvement of Stock, > 145. 
C. FI. Cleaveland........ ) 
Good and Bad Effects of Salt on Animals__ 146 
The Traveller, No. 5, Solon Robinson__ ____ 147 
Fattening Cattle, W. W. B.; Fowl Breeding, R. Linsley.149 
Improved Breeds of Cattle, Octogenaro__ 150 
Shorthorn Cattle—the Imported Bull Exeter; Howto? . r , 
Make a Happy Home ;c What Seed Will You Plant... ( 10i 
Shorthorn Bull Splendor, John R. Page.... 152 
Plows and Plowing, F. Holbrook... 153 
Qualities of American Produce... 
Review of the March Number of the Agriculturist, Review- ) 
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Cucumbers; The Most Effectual Way to Preserve Apples 
Notes From a Kitchen Gardener’s Memorandum Book, ) 
No. 4.J 
Ladies’ Department: English Women. 
Foreign Agricultural News... 
Editors’ Table. 
Review of the Markets. 
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