Agriculture is the most healthy , the most useful, and the most noble employment of man .— Washington. 
VOL X„_N EW Y O RK, DECEMB ER 1851. NO. XII. 
A. B. Allen & R. L. Allen, Editors. C. M. Saxton, Publisher. 
Solon Robinson, Assistant Editor. 
prospectus or 
THE PLOW, 
| A MONTHLY CHRONICLE OF RURAL AFFAIRS, 
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CONTENTS OF DECEMBER NUMBER. 
To Our Readers ; Villa of Mr. Sargent.362 
The Subscription to The Plow.. .363 
New-York Market No. 2, Solon Robinson..364 
Effects of Diet and other Matters, M. Burnett.365 
Farmer Snug and Farmer Slack—the Contrast, Augustus.366 
Ohio Farming—Clearing Land, G.; Humbugs and Imposi- ) n~, 
tions of the Day, Vermonter. \ ’ i0 ‘ 
Old Fashioned New-England Farm House, Solon Robinson. 368 
Directions for Cutting Timber in the South, G. S. Capel; ) 
Farming in California.i 
Prices of Wheat and Flower; Winter Management of ) o~. 
Stock, S. Edwards Todd. ‘ afl 
North Carolina Farming, Solon Robinson...373 
Notes From a Kitchen Gardener’s Memorandum Book, ) 
No. 5. < 
Cause of Increased Fertility From Burning Clay.375 
Ohio State Cattle Show, A Visitor...376 
Apples and Other Fruit in Northern Latitudes; Root Prun- { o 77 
Review of the November Number of the Agriculturist, ( 
Michigan, C. F.... 379 
Analysis of Soils, R. Linsley.... 380 
Ladies’ Department : Hints—Gatherings; Walnut Katch- 1 
up; Economy in Fuel; How to Make Nice Candles ;> 381 
To Sweeten Meat and Fish ; To Preserve Biscuit.) 
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