Agriculture is the most healthy, the most useful, and the most noble employment of man .— Washington. 
VOL, X. _ NEW YORK, AUGUST, 1851 . NO. VS1L 
A. B. Allen & R. L. Allen, Editors. C. M. Saxton, Publisher. 
Solon Robinson, Assistant Editor. 
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CONTENTS OF AUGUST NUMBER. 
The Traveller, No. 6 , Solon Robinson, . 234 
Pork—Bacon—Ham, No. 5,. 235 
Goths and Vandals vs. Shade Trees, Solon. 237 
Experiments with Fresh and Compost Manures, B. R. } 
Gray; Chemistry of Milk, No. 2, E. Emmons . 
Liquid Manures. 239 
Fattening Animals in Confinement, W. B. W . 242 
New Importation of Merino Sheep, George Campbell . 243 
Philosophy of Eating; Amount of Foreign Flax Consumed 1 g44 . 
in the London Trade.{ 
Mr. Morris’ Second Annual Sale *of Improved Stock; ) 045 
Grasshoppers Unfit Food for Laying Hens; Plowing. . \ 
Salt, Urine, and Lime ; Remarks on the Pedigree of the ) 9Ar 
Arabian Horse... $ 
Sale of Mr. Vail’s Stock. . 247 
Wool Growing in Virginia—A Remedy Against Dogs ; ) 
Shorthorn Bull Earl of Seaham. \ 
Economical Manure Sheds; A Sheep Shearing Festival.. 250 
Review of the June Number of the Agriculturist, Reviewer 251 
Strawberries, Solon ; Hemp Cotton ; Names of Plants.... 253 
Horticultural Department: Mulching; Orchard Cat-) ,,,, 
erpillars; Cranberries; Keep Your Fruit Trees > «rr 
Straight; The Blackberry Culture; Asparagus.) 
Ladies’ Department: Economical Use of Nutmegs; > 
The Virtues of Sage; Method of Making Toast Water ; > 
Gravies; To Bake Apples; To Take out Stains From ) 256 
Woollens : To Take Mildew out of Linen ; To Prevent ) 
Perspiration of the Hands; Currant Wine .. ! 
American Implements at the World’s Fair . 257 
Excursion to Lakeland ; Improved Cows and Suffolk Pigs 25§ 
Foreign Agricultural News . 239 
Editors’Table . 260 
Review of Market . 2(R 
