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AMERICAN AGRICULTURIST, 
Contents for July, 1863. 
For June, Jisiy, and August Only. 
Bargain-Hunting Poor Economy . 214 
Barometer as a Weather Indicator.. .2 Illustrations. .205 
Bees—Apiary in July. 196 
Boys and Girls’ Columns—The Self-Important Grass¬ 
hopper—Ponto and the Mink—A Church-going Dog 
—The Devoted Sparrow—Boys’ and Girls’ Garden, 
No. 4—Puzzles and Problems—Frightening Herself 
to Sleep.7 11lustrations. .216-217 
Buckwheat versus Summer Fallow.203 
Cheese-Making—Notes on .206 
Clover—Shall it be Plowed Under ?..203 
Cooking Hints, etc.—Graham Bread—Chicken Pud¬ 
ding-Baked Apple Pudding—Pound Cake and 
Fruit Cake—Frosting—Use for Broken Cakes— 
Sponge Cake—Currant Jelly—Rhubarb Wine— 
Sweet Pickled Tomatoes—Prepared Glue—Starch¬ 
ing Bosoms and Collars .215 
Corn Meal—Parched for Food.215 
Cows - Kicking—To Prevent.207 
Crop Prospects. 200 
Dahlias Training.211 
Drying Fruit and Vegetables.213 
Exhibitions—Agricultural—Improvement Needed-206 
Farm Work in July...193 
Ferns—American—Collection of-3 Illustrations . .208 
Flax Spinning—Old-Fashioned Musical Instrurn’t.//Z.213 
Flower Garden and Lawn in July.195 
Flowers—Double—How Produced ..212 
Flowers—Fine Old Plant—Thrift. Illustrated ..212 
Fruit—Introduction into England.210 
Garden—Fruit in July.195 
Garden—Kitchen, in July. _.194 
Garden—Raking Beneficial..212 
Gate—Balance. Illustrated. .205 
Grape Leaves—Thinning.209 
Grape Vines—Girdling. .209 
Grape Vines—Grafting.209 
Grape Vines—Layering..209 
Green and Hot Houses in July.— 194 
Harvest Field—Suggestions for. Illustrated. .201 
Ilay Field—Steam in .202 
Haying Time—Hints for. 202 
Hedges—Summer Pruning..210 
Homestead Law—Working of.. 207 
Humbugs—Wheat Crop—Heirs—Transmutation.207 
Insects—Asparagus Beetle . Illustrated ..212 
Insect—Striped Bug a Night Worker. 212 
Labels on Fruit Trees. .210 
Manure Making in Summer.202 
Market Review. 217 
Milk—Testing Quality.2 Illustrations ..204 
Milking Apparatus—Colvin’s. 206 
Millet Seed Injurious to Horses.. 200 
Newspaper Swindle—Am. Farmer & Mechanic.207 
Orchard and Nursery in July.194 
Orchards—Treatment of..210 
Pumpkin Exhibition at Agriculturist Office.196 
Rats—How to Trap.214 
Rock Work—Ornamental.208 
Scythes—How to Sharpen.202 
Seeds—Garden—Saving.211 
Sheep as Fertilizers .203 
Slops—Kitchen—Value of.211 
Strawberry Exhibition at Agriculturist Office.196 
Strawberries—Discussion at Fruit Grower's Meeting.211 
Sugar from Unripe Sorghum.204 
Suggestions and Notes for July. Illustrated 193 
Tanning Skins of Animals.2u3 
Tea—How to Draw .215 
Thinning out Vegetables, etc.209 
Tillage Reasons for. 200 
Tim Bunker on Keeping a Wife Comfortable. ......213 
Tomatoes—How to Preserve .215 
Trees—Fruit—Summer Treatment . 210 
Vegetables Hints on Cooking. 214 
Vegetables—Prepared—for Soldiers.213 
Walks—Gravel on Hill Sides..209 
Weeds—Talks About—II.3 Illustrations.. 204 
Wistaria—Chinese.210 
INDEX TO “BASKET,” OR SHORTER ARTICLES. 
Accounts—Farm .198jHorses, Ringbone..197 
Apples Kept in Sand-199.Horses, Scratches.197 
Apples, Summer Queen.198| Horses, Warts .197 
Ashes, Keeping.1991 Insects, Bean Weevil... 197 
Bee Hives, Non Swarm’gl97 Insects, Bottling.197 
Bees, Mignonette for-197|lnsects, Potato Bug.197 
Bees, Repelling Ants... 197|Insects, Scale on Trees 197 
Bird, Mischievous .197|Insecls, Wire Worms...197 
Books, Stenographic .... 199, Ladies, Thanks to.199 
Brooklyn Hort'l Ass’n... 199 Lemon Tree. 193 
Brooms, Home-Made... 199, Manure Heap, Making. 197 
Cabbage Puller.198]Manure, Pond Mud .... 197 
Camellias. .198 Manuring with Brains.. 193 
Cattle, Red Durham.... 1971 Money, Mow to Make . .199 
Chess Question.— .19/ Pantarchy,Headquartersl99 
Chrysanthemums.19S Plants for Name .198 
Clover, White...1991 Plow, The Peeler.198 
Crocus, Planting. .19S|Plowing, Frequent.199 
Dentistry.199 Poultry,Gapes in Chicks.197 
Disinfectants.. 1971 Poultry, Scratching.198 
Doctors, Advertising.... 199]Premiums.196 
Dogs, Proof Against.... 197 Seeds, Soaking.198 
Editor Absent.196!Sevving Machine.199 
Entomologist, N. J.196.Sheep, Insuring.197 
Farm House Plans.196|Sheep, Scab Remedy.... 197 
Fig Trees .199 Sheep Ticks, Remedy... 197 
Flax Dressing Machine. 199jSorgho Mills.196 
Floors, Sparred.197 Spike, How to Draw_198 
Fruit Books .198>Stacks for Shelter.198 
Fruit Drying Apparatus. 198|Strawberries, Mulching..198 
Fruit, Watering. .199 Stumps, Acid for.199 
Gloves, Chapped Hands. l9SlSweel Potato Tops.197 
Goats, Value of.197(Tomatoes in Pots .199 
Grass with Buckwheat 198|Trees, Mulching Peach 198 
Grape Vines Barren.196 Trees, Peach, Curl .. ..198 
Harness, To Repel Rats 1971 Trees, Peach, Natural.. 198 
Hedges, Cutting.198|Trees, Pruning.195 
Hemp Brake.lQSjTurnips, Best for Winterl99 
Honey for Market.199:Whitewash, Out Door..197 
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