Agriculture is the most healthy, the most useful, and the most noble employment of mam — Washington. 
VOL. X. 
NEW YORK, NOVEMBER 1851 
NO. XL 
A. B. Allen &. R. L. Allen, Editors. 
C. M. Saxton, Publisher. 
Solon 
Robinson, Assistant Editor. 
PROSPECTUS OF 
THE PLOW, 
CONTENTS OF NOVEMBER NUMBER. 
A. MONTHLY CHRONICLE OF RURAL AFFAIRS, 
(Successor to the American Agriculturist.) 
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being issued in advance. 
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country or city. Office hours, 12 to 3 o’clock, P. M. 
A. B. ALLEN and R. L. ALLEN, late Editors of the Ameri¬ 
can Agriculturist, will be regular contributors to the Plow; 
also, Professor Norton, Dr. Antisel, L. F. Allen, and others, late 
correspondents of the Agriculturist. 
Reminiscences of California, L. T. Talbot.. 330 
Country Houses on the Hudson River; The Maguev of ( 0 „i 
Mexico, W. R. Prince... ( 
Farming in Missouri. 322 
Important to Western Farmers. 333 
New Jersey Horticultural Show; Flax Cotton ;• Character ) ool 
of Boys. ( 
The Traveller, No 8 . 335 
Pliipp’s Improved Patent Wire Fence. 336 
North Carolina Grape Culture; Alderney Cows; New { 00 - 
Trees, Shrubs, and Plants...... \ dd/ 
American Plow in France, Pichat; Cure for Founder, B. ) oon 
Webster...$ 
Cultivate Fruit. 340 
Wheat in Georgia; Color of Cochin China Fowls.. 341 
Cow Milkers—Churns.. 342 
Something about Trees ; A Great Milker and Butter Cow 343 
A Devon Cow; Grain and Stock, in Missouri. 344 
Rural Architecture. 345 
Value of Poultry Manure ; How to Save Poultry Manure.. 346 
Pork—Bacon—Ham,—No. 8 . 347 
Review of October Number of the Agriculturist, Reviewer 449 
Stone Walls—Turnips—Housing Cattle—Dishing Cow ) 
Yards,J. W. Pillsbury. ‘ dSl 
Cattle Show and Fair of the American Institute ; National ) ok. 
Plowing Match. \ 
Cattle Show and Fair of the New York State Agricultural ) 
Society for 1853 ; Dogs for Draught.( 
Ladies’ Department: Lady Exhibitors at the American ) 
Institute; Hints for Housekeepers; A Cheap, Healthy \ 
Delicious Sweet Meat; To Fatten Poultry ; Charity; ( 
Washing Compound; Flannel Cakes ; The High Laws J 
Foreign Agricultural News. 355 
Editors’Table. .. 356 
