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AMERICAN AGRICULTURIST 
Contents for February 1863. 
Adulterations in Spices.54 
Agricultural Department.4u 
Apples—Northern Spy ..50 
Barns—Cheap and Convenient. Illustrated. .45 
Beans and Peas—Howto Cook. 55 
Bees—Apiary in February. . 30 
Bonnets—Short Chapter on.2 Illustrations. .53 
Boys and Girls’ Columns—Editor with his Young Read¬ 
ers—Looking at Grandpa’s VVatch—A Harmless Mon¬ 
ster—Cat giving away her Kitten—A Young Editor— 
Another Perfumery Story—Learn to Control the 
Voice—The Game of Initials—The Roll of Honor— 
Remarkable Bouquet—Musical Horse—The Enraged 
Musician—Amusing Trial of Skill—Curious Sentence 
Problems and Puzzles...3 Illustrations.. 50,57 
Bread stuffs—Wheat, etc., for 1S62.40 
Brine Poisonous—A Caution.40 
Butter—Good from Roots.49 
Cheeses—Union at Oriskany, N. Y r ....47 
Conservatory—Cheap for City Dwellings.. Illustrated. 52 
Cooking Hints—Good Breakfast Cakes—Griddle Cakes 
—Corn and Pumpkin Bread—Saratoga Rolls—Tarts 
—Sausages—Superior Pudding—Pepper on Pork— 
Stuffed Beef Steak—Suet Pudding—YVallies .05 
Corn Marker—New-Jersey.— Illustrated. .41 
Cough Medicine for Children.55 
Debt to be Avoided.40 
Evergreens—To Get Leaders for. Illustrated. .49 
Farm and Household Work in February.33 
Farming for Old Age. 49 
Feet—To Prevent Slipping .3 Illustrations.. 53 
Feet Warmers—Good. 53 
Flax Cotton..44 
Flax Culture -Notes on.-43 
Flower Ga/den and Lawn.35 
Flowers—Lilies for City Gardens.51 
Fruit Growers’ Meetings.51 
Garden—Rotation in.51 
Gardens—City . 52 
Garden—Kitchen and Fruit in February.30 
Garden Seeds—Best Vegetable. 36 
Garden Walks for Exercise.51 
Gardens—Wails for.52 
Gates—Farm. Illustrated .. 45 
Grapery and Orchard House. 36 
Grape Vines—Caution to Propagators .51 
Green and Hot Houses in February.35 
Grouse—The Covey ”.. r _._ Illustrated. .48 
Hands—To Prevent Chapped.53 
Hay-Cutting Implement ... . Illustrated. .45 
Indian’s View of Agriculture.. . .41 
Insects—Measure Worm. 49 
Jute—American . Illustrated. .44 
Lantern Blinks—XXXII.. Visit to Richard Bullion Esq.56 
Live Stock Trade in New-Y r ork in 1862.58 
Manuring or Mulching..43 
Maple Sugar Making .. 2 Illustrations . .39 
Market Review, Weather Notes, etc.59 
Minnesota Farm Notes—Stacking Corn and Straw-43 
Mutton Trade of New-York...40 
Oils—Illuminating, or Coal..53 
Orchard and Nursery in February.34 
Parks—Hints on Management. .49 
Pastures—Improvement of.42 
Pitcher Plant—California.52 
Plant Stand—Miniature Rustic.52 
Pork—How Much in a Bushel of Corn ?. 43 
Potatoes—Bfush-harro wing.45 
Potatoes—Interesting facts for “Sprouters”.53 
Poultry—Economy with liens.48 
Premiums Offered for 1863. .:.. . 60 
Record—Valuable for Farmers and Others_ Illust.Ai 
Root Cutter—Double Action.2 Illustrations. .41 
Sap Blight—Prevention of ..51 
Seeds—List for Free Distribution. .58 
Seeds—Vitality of.47 
Sheep—Lustre Wooled—Lincolnshires.42 
Sheep—Winter Management.42 
Sorghum Culture—Western Conventions.46 
Sorghum Seed—Inquiries for.46 
Straw Mats—Howto Make. Illustrated. AS 
Suggestions and Notes for February. Illustrated. .33 
Tim Bunker on Extravagance.54 
Tobacco Culture—$30 Premium Offered for Essays. .39 
Transplanting—Hint on.52 
Trees for Nurses.50 
Trees in Windy Places.50 
Trees—Norway Maple.50 
Trees—Peach, Experience with.51 
Trees—Seedling Fruit. 50 
Weather—Average Temperature.44 
Winter—Remarkable—Effects on Grain.39 
Wheat—Mulching.41 
Willow—White for Hedges.39 
Wood—Block for Splitting..45 
INDEX TO “BASKET,” OR SHORTER ARTICLES. 
Advertisements-Vineland36:Grapes Grafting.... 
Ag’l College in Penn’a— 36,Grapes in Winter.. 
Agriculturist Editor—Nevv36 Grass—Quack 
Agriculturist Profitable":.C8|Horses- Over-reaching.. 
Apple,Chenango Strawb’y38 Huml 
Beans—Prolific.38 
Book—Herd, Vol. VI.37 
Bouquet — Vegetable...... 37 
Cabbage — Red.38 
Camelina Sativa.38 
Cattle Tramping.38 
Chickory..37 
Clover — Crimson.38 
Coiton from Illinois.37 
Cucumber etc. — Seed_37 
Curculio Remedy.36 
Dahlias etc. from Seed. ..37 
Daphne odora.38 
Drills vs. Hills.;.37 
Food—Eaonomical . 38 
Fruit Growers’ Meetings.36 
Fruit Queries.3sjRabbiis in Nurseries, 
Fruit Stocks.38 Rice—Northern 
Gloxinias and Petunias...SS.Secds for Name 
Hyacinths—Arranging.. 
lnsects--Eai th Worms... 
Insects—Chinch Bugs 
Insects—Salt for. 
Library Ass’n—Ag’l.. 
Mangers Dangerous.. 
Manure for Lawns... 
Manure —Green. 
Manure—Loam for... 
Mignonette—Scentless_ 
Nemophila Maculata.... 
Peach on Plum Stock... 
Pear—Monster California. 
Pears described 
Poultry Wanted 
Pumpkin Seeds 
Seeds from Washington..38 
Seeds received.38 
8heep—Disease in.38 
Sorghum Syrup.37 
Squash—II ubbard.38 
Swine—Prolific.37 
Trees—Clay for.37 
Trees on Prairies.3S 
Trees—Staking .38 
Trees—Diseased Pear....37 
Truffles—Tuckahoe.38 
Wine from Grapes Only . .37 
A Thousand Thanks 
To our readers for their substantial expressions of good 
will. Subscribers have come in during the past month 
in far greater numbers than ever before. Owing to the 
greatly increased cost of printing paper, we expected to 
lose some thousands of dollars this year, but it now' be¬ 
gins to look as if our readers would not allow that. One 
name more from each present subscriber w'outd put every¬ 
thing all light—and more. Can we have that name this 
month? Will the reader contribute one name ? There 
is doubtless some neighbor or friend who will be benefit¬ 
ed by perusing the Agriculturist for a year. It costs 
Less Than Two Cents a Week. 
The Engravings are worth over Two Cents a Week. 
The Hints on the Work of the Month shall be worth 
more than Two Cents a Week 
The thousand or more items given in The Basket shall 
be worth more than Two Cents a Week. 
The chapters on Farming, Animals, Implements, 
etc., shall be worth more than Two Cents a Week. 
The information about the Orchard shall be worth 
more than Two Cents a Week. 
Tiie practical hints for the Kitchen and Flower Gardens 
shall be worth more than Two Cents a Week. 
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Good Premiums Still Offered. 
We continue the offer of premiums another month. 
[See remarks in italics at head of list on page 60.] We 
are now sending out many hundreds of these good arti¬ 
cles. A little effort will secure, without cost, valuable 
books, household implements, etc. Lists partly filled 
can be completed, and new premium clubs can still be 
commenced. Who will have a premium this month ? 
IKS* Books have advanced (see list page 61) and will 
advance more if Congress does not take off the duty on 
paper. Now is the time to secure them as premiums, or 
otherwise. 
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Numerous letters containing small sums, are continu¬ 
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twenty per cent, of the whole amount enclosed. It don’t 
pay in these high priced paper times, to send ten copies 
for $8, and then to pay from 50 cents to $1.50 in express 
charges. Small sums come very safely by mail, if 
the letters are properly sealed and directed. Larger 
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collection at considerable outlay of time and expense. 
Can at any time be increased, by remitting for each ad¬ 
dition, the price paid by the original members—provided 
the subscriptions all date back to the same starting point. 
The back numbers will of course be sent to added names. 
About the Seed Distribution. 
On page 58 we republish the list of seeds, with some 
emendations, and a special note to Canada Subscribers. 
We regret that tiie Canada postage laws, or rather the 
method of construing them at some of the Offices, is not 
more liberal. Of those sent last year with the U. S. 
postage prepaid here, most went through all right; hut in 
other cases an additional 20 cents an ounce was added at 
some offices on the way or exacted when delivered. To 
thousands of our Canada subscribers some of these seeds 
would be of special value, but 20 cents an ounce is too 
great a tax.-No seeds will be ready for delivery at the 
.office or by express until March. They are all put up at 
our country place, and those sent by mail, are mailed 
there. By our method of putting up, it sometimes hap¬ 
pens that of two envelopes sent to the same person, one 
may be mailed several days before the other, if they con¬ 
tain different kinds of seeds. 
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from 10 to 30 per cent, according to their distance from 
home, and the known character of the corporations 
issuing them. 
American Agriculturist in German. 
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both tiie English and German Languages. Both Editions 
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the same Articles and Illustrations. Tiie German Edition 
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A thorough—going , RELIABLE, and PRACTICAL 
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and YOUTH, alone worth the cost of the paper. 
A full CALENDAR OF OPERATIONS every month. 
THREE to FOUR HUNDRED, or more, illustrative 
ENGRAVINGS appear in each volume. 
Over TWELVE HUNDRED plain, practical, in¬ 
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The Editors are all practical WORKING MEN. 
The teachings of the Agriculturist are conjined to no 
State or Territory , hut are adapted to the wants of all sec¬ 
tions of the country—it is. as its name indicates, for the 
whole American Continent. 
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