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AMERICAN AGRICULTURIST, 
Contents for March 1863. 
Coffee— Adulterations in—Teslmg for.87 
Apples— Dwarf—For Gardens and Yards.82 
Barn-Yard for Saving Manure. Illustrated. 76 
Bees—Apiary in March—Sundry Suggestions..68 
Boys and Girls’ Columns—Editor with his Young Read- 
ers—A Mouse’s Dream—An Ingenious Boot Black- 
Robbed Advantageous!)—A Thoughtless Boy Pun¬ 
ished— 1 The Boy’s Reproof—An Unfortunate Mimic- 
Wooden Flowers and Real Ones—Amusing Trial of 
Skill—A Subscriber every Minute—The Game of 
Rhyming Definitions—The Portrait Bouquet Explain¬ 
ed—Puzzles and Problems.5 Illustrations. .88-89 
Butler—Why it Does not Come.86 
Cabbage Puller. Illustrated. .77 
Cattle—One Cow to an Acre.76 
Census—Agricultural Statistics...72 
Chicory. Illustrated. .Si 
Cistern—Improved Filtering. Illustrated. .73 
Clothes-Wringer—A Good Tiling..86 
Clothing—Night, for Children..87 
Comforters—Washing.86 
Cooking Hints—Good way to Cook Eggs—Pate de Veau 
—-Ginger Snaps—Hominy Pudding.86 
Corn Marker—Pennsylvanian.77 
Cotton Growing in Illinois.74 
Dairy—Statistics of Zadoc Pratt’s Farm.77 
Drying Clothes—Air in Rooms.85 
Exhibition—International at Hamburg.71 
Farm—Buying—Hints on.74 
Farm Work for March. 65 
Fence for Flooded Localities. Illustrated ..73 
Flax Culture—Notes on. .II.2 Illustrations. .76 
Flower Garden and Lawn in March.67 
Flowers—New Petunias. Illustrated. .80 
Fruit Garden in March.67 
Fruit Growers’ Meetings—Notes from.82 
Garden—Kitchen in March.66 
Gardening—Large Returns.83 
Grapes—Impositions in..80 
Grapes—What to Plant.83 
Green and Hot Houses in March.67 
Greens—Suitable Plants for.84 
Handkerchiefs—Patterns for Chain-Stitched.. Illusl ..85 
Horses—Hints on Feeding. 78 
Horses—Scratches in. 78 
Irrigation—Benefits of... 73 
Manure—“ Fining ”.73 
Market Review, Weather Notes, etc.90 
Mulberry—Downing's Everbearing. SO 
Nutmegs—Description. Illustrated.. 85 
Orchard and Nursery in March..66 
Pear—Great Californian. Illustrated. .81 
Pears—^Dwarf. . .82 
Pies—Number in a Year.87 
Potatoes Mixing in the Hill .75 
Poultry—Profits of Keeping .r. 75 
Premiums Offered for 1863 .89 
Propagating Case—Convenient. Illustrated. . 84 
Pruning Hints. Illustrated. .82 
Roads—Cost of Rough .73 
Salsify or ‘-Vegetable Oyster”.84 
Seeds—Causes of Failure .75 
Sheep—A Word for Merinos.79 
Sheep—Introduction of Merinos.79 
Sheep Raising in Ohio.79 
Soap—Hard—How to Make.87 
Soap—Soft—-How to Make.87 
Stock—Blooded—Prospects for.78 
Sugar—Beet, in Ohio .75 
Sugar—Two Kinds—Evaporators.74 
Suggestions and Notes for March- Illustrated. .65 
Swine—Economy in Wintering.79 
Tim Bunker on the Farmer’s Old Age.86 
Tobacco Culture—Work on.71 
Tobacco—Preparation of Seed Beds.83 
Trees—Belts on Prairies.76 
Trees—Peach—Severe Treatment.81 
Wagon Jack—Improved.. Illustrated .77 
Willow—White—For Hedges.7.77 
Wool—Is it Best to make Contracts?.71 
Woolens—To Prevent Shrinking.86 
Feast or Scalded Emptyings. 87 
INDEX TO “BASKET,” O-It SHORTER ARTICLES. 
Grapes for Australia.70|Volumes—Back .68 
Grape A'ine for Everybody!® Water in Lead Pipes.69 
Grape Vines—Pruning.. ,70| Water Lime. .70 
Grass—Specimens..701 Wheat—Old Seed.70 
HOrses— Sweeney.7ljWinter—Mild in Indiana.69 
Insects—Cut AVorrns.70|Wool Grower.69 
Insects—Grain Aphis,_70|Yankee—Origin of.69 
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GOO!) ! 
First-rate Vines, well rooted, of the two sorts now 
conceded to be among the best, if not the very best 
general culture throughout the country. They 
■will he sent by mail, safely packed, and post-paid, 
on terms that will put it in the power of almost 
EYERYBODY, 
now a subscriber, to secure for their homesteads 
one, three, five, ten, or more vines of each sort. (See 
terms below.) Those wanting large supplies 
for vineyard culture or otherwise, will of course 
consult the advertising pages; we have none to 
sell. Our aim is to enable those wanting a few 
vines as a beginning, to get them without much 
trouble, and with no expense. We have had spe¬ 
cially grown and selected a very choice stock of 
vines, which we now propose to distribute only 
AlS premiums 
to those securing subscribers to the American Agri¬ 
culturist, on and after March 1st, on the terms 
named below, which can not be varied from. Sure¬ 
ly any one can readily secure two or more subscri¬ 
bers for a paper like tlie Agriculturist, which is still 
supplied at the low price of $1 a year, notwith¬ 
standing the great advance in cost of printing 
paper, etc.—Our vines are of the two best sorts, viz.: 
X> elarware 1 Concord. 
Tlie Bclaware is almost universally con¬ 
ceded to he the best flavored grape for eating and 
for wine making. Taking into account all its good 
qualities, it is placed highest on the list in many 
parts of the country. The scarcity and high price 
of the vines have prevented their general diffusion. 
(Less than three years ago we paid $3 each for our 
Advertisements — Good.. .68|Insects — Harris on.71 
Almanac—National.71 [Insects — Peach Borer_70 
Balsam Poplar.69 Insects—Squash Worms..70 
Basket for Fruit.69|Insects — Worms at Roots.70 
Bee-IIives—Best.71 Insects—Wheat.70 
Sees in a Chimney.7olLinen—Home-made .69 
Books—Advancing.681 Letters—Unanswered_68 
Books on Evergreens... .70 Millet—When to Sow_70 
Books—Short Horn Herd.69 Onion Culture.69 
Bridal Rose. .TOlOnions—Paying Crop_70 
Brinckle, Dr.—Death of. .71 Osage Orange Seed__ .70 
Brooms—Corn. 70 Paper from Straw.70 
Cattle—Horn Ail. .69|Papers not Received.68 
Center Co., Pa.70 Pears—Good Dwarfs.69 
Chick Pea . 69 Peas—Three Crops.70 
Chickens—Hatching.69|P. O. Department.71 
Chicory.7o| Postage on Agriculturist.68 
Chinese Yam.69 Postage Stamps—Million.69 
Chrysanthemum on Rose.70|Premiums Continued.63 
Corn for Fuel . 70 Pumpkins — Bitler.69 
Correspondents—Note to.68lSalt for Fruit Trees.70 
Cotton in Utah.70|Sap-Spouts — Fitting.69 
Cotton — New Substitute.70lSeed Distribution.68 
Colton Samples.TOISeed Envelopes,Directing68 
Cow — Profitable.. 71 Seeds — Flower.70 
Cranberries. .70 Sew’g Machine,Demoresf.71 
Crib-Biting.TllSociety, Conn. State Ag’1.71 
Currants—Best.69 Society—N. Y. State Ag’1.71 
Draining . .To!Soldiers — Address ot.69 
Drink for Summer .7ft|Squash — Hubbard.70 
Employment of Women. 69 Strawberries—Covering.. 69 
Erysipelas.. Off Superphosphate, Lister’s.70 
Exhibitions — Proposed.. 68|Sweet Potatoes in Iowa. .69 
Farm for Sale.71 Tan for Ilol-Beds.69 
Flowering Shrubs.70iThorburn. Grant—Death 71 
Fruit Catalogue.7l|Tobaccojn Maine.69 
Gardens in Orchards! _ *o]Tree Monuments.71 
first stock of vines, and very small ones at that.) 
The Concord is a very early grape, adapting 
it to cultivation much further north titan the Isa¬ 
bella and most others. It is exceedingly product¬ 
ive and vigorous, and thrives even under neglect. 
It has been thoroughly tested, East and West, and 
though not, in the opinion of many, equal in flavor 
to the Delaware, it is pronounced very good by all. 
For general, careless culture, under all circum¬ 
stances, wc place the Concord first on the list. 
Many others put the Delaware far before it. (See 
report of the Fruit Growers’ Meeting, on pages 
82-3.) Our advice therefore is, that all who can 
do so should get one or more vines of each variety, 
and multiply the kind that proves to be best suited 
to their individual locations, soils, aud preferences. 
Our successful experience in packing and send¬ 
ing out 40,000 Strawberry plants by mail, with not 
half a dozen cases of failure, has established the 
practicability of sending grape vines in the same 
manner, with scarcely a fear of loss. Wc therefore 
offerto send these Grape Vines outlie following 
Conditions On and after March 1st (not be¬ 
fore), to those sending Subscribers to the American 
Agriculturist for Volume XXII. (1863) at One Dollar 
each, we will forward, securely packed and post-paid: 
For Two Subscribers at SI each, 1 Vine 
For Five Subscribers at $1 each, it Vines 
For Eig-lit Subscribers at $1 each, 5 Vines 
For Tost Subscribers at SI each, 8 Vines 
For Fifteess Subscribers at $1 each, 15 Vines 
And for over fifteen subscribers, one vine for each 
name. We specially request that the names of any 
chib for the vines be all sent at the same time. 
J3F’ Those sending for premium vines can make 
their own choice; if for one vine, which kind; if for 
two or more, what number of each, and give in full the 
Post Office address to which they are to be sent. 
N. TS.—1. The above premiums are only for subscribers 
sent in on or after March 1st, anil will only continue open 
so long as our supply lasts, as it is impossible to add to 
our present good stock. Probably tlie supply will hold 
out through the month of March, and perhaps through 
pan of April, but not certainly. 
2. These premiums are special.; no other premiums of 
any kind will be paid on names sent for these vines. 
3. The mailing of the vines will commence on or he 
fore March 15th, if the season admit, and continue until 
tlie middle of April or laler, according to the locality to 
which they are to be sent. To all who apply early 
enough, a Circular Letter will be sent out about a week 
in advance, stating tlie time tlie plants will be mailed 
to them. The Circular will also give directions for the 
treatment of tlie vines, with hints on culture, etc. The 
plants going furthest South, will of course bo sent 
first, and those furthest North file latest; but every ap¬ 
plication will be entered in order, as soon as it comes to 
hand, so that no one will be unsupplied, who applies be¬ 
fore the entire stock of vines is exhausted. 
It will of course he a pleasure, as well as for our in¬ 
terest in the future, to have every vine a good one, put 
up carefully and in the best manner, and to have it re¬ 
ceive such care and attenlion as to make it give enlire 
satisfaction. As staled above, we have within a year 
past mailed 40,000 strawberry plants, and have "not 
heard of Half a dozen cases of failure or dissatisfaction. 
We hope for equally good success witli the Grape Vines. 
ffS* Special to Subscribers in Canada, 
and on the Pacific Coast.— There will be con¬ 
siderable risk in sending vines to Hie Pacific Coast after 
April 1st. The practice of some of the Postmasters in 
the Canadas and other British Provinces, of charging 20 
cents an ounce, after the United Slates postage is pre¬ 
paid, will prohibit sending these vines (here, except when 
they can be sent to a United States Post-Office near tlie 
Line, or be sent by express. When eight or more are sent 
together, they can frequently go by express. We do not 
advise planting tlie Delaware in New-Bntnswick, Nova 
Scotia, Lower Canada, or in Upper Canada, except south 
of Lake Ontario. The Concord will often thrive further 
North; and in favorable locations, the Delaware also. 
For tl«e Farm, Garden, aud Household. 
A thorough-going, RELIABLE, and PRACTICAL 
Journal, devoted to tlie different departments of SOIL 
CULTURE—such as growing field CHOPS ; orchard 
and GARDEN FRUITS; garden VEGETABLES and 
FLOWERS ; trees, plants, and flowers for tlie 
LAWN or YARD; care of DOMESTIC ANIMALS, 
etc., and to HOUSEHOLD LABORS, with an interesting, 
instructive department for CHILDREN and YOUTH. 
The Editors are all practical WORKING MEN. 
The teachings of the Agriculturist are confined to no 
State or Territory, hut are adapted to all sections of the 
country—it is for the whole America n Continent. 
A German edition is published, of the same size 
and price as tlie English, and containing all of its reading 
mailer, and its numerous illpstralive engravings. 
TERMS-INVARIABLY IN ADVANCE, 
(For either the English or German Edition.) 
One copy, one year.$i no 
Six copies, one year. 5 00 
Ten or more copies one year.80 cents each. 
EjFj'Add to Hie above rates: Postage lo Canada, 6 cents; 
to England and France, 24 cents ; In Germany, 36 cents. 
Postage anywhere in the United Slates and Territories 
must be paid by the subscriber, and is only six cents o. 
year, if paid in advance at the office where it is received. 
All business and oilier communications should be ad¬ 
dressed to the Ediior and Proprietor, 
ORANGE JUDD, 41 Park-Row, NewYork City. 
