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AMERICAN AGRICULTURIST 
Contents for September, 1863. 
Apologies—Unnecessary.2<8 
Bees—Apiary in Seoteinber.259 
Bees—Industry of Italian. 269 
Bees—Questions to Keepers of Italians.269 
Beet Sugar—Important Experiments.270 
Boys ami Girls’ Columns—Introducing the Pets— 
Young Animals—Curious Traits—An Eccentric 
Physician — Boys and Girls’Garden, No. VI—But¬ 
ton-hole Scissors—Puzzles & Problems. .9 III. ..230-281 
Cemeteries, Country—Good Hints.... 271 
clothes Lines—Wire..279 
Cooking Hints, etc.—Green Corn Pudding—Cooking 
Peas—Blackberry Flummery—To Preserve Toma¬ 
toes—Plum Catsup—Cottage Pudding and Sauce- 
Economy Cakes—Cream of Tartar Cake—Puff 
Cake—Valuable Recipes—The Apple Pie Melon..279 
Corn—Cutting up by the Grftund .269 
Crop Prospects ..264 
Crops—Report from Ag’l Department at Washington.264 
Dampness in Walls — Prevention.279 
Editor’s Western Jaunt. .270 
Exhibition—Agricultural—Hints on.270 
Exhibition—Horticultural at Am. Institute.274 
Exhibition Tables at Agriculturist Office.259 
Exhibitions—Agricultural, State and County in 1863..282 
Fair—International at Hamburg . 266 
Farm—Large in Illinois.-.263 
Farm Work for September.257 
Flannels—How to Wash.....278 
Flower Garden and Lawn in September.259 
Flowers—Abutilon Striatum . Illustrated.. 276 
Flowers—Fuchsias in Winter.275 
Flowers—Prepare for Spring.275 
Flowers—Protection for Fall.275 
Fruit Garden in September.259 
Garden—Kitchen, in September.258 
Grape Exhibition, Great American . 260 
Grape Vines—Grafting . Illustrated. .276 
Grape Vines—Laterals on.276 
Grapes — Yeddo—from Japan .274 
Green and Hot Houses in September.259 
Hams—Good Way to Keep.279 
Homes- How to Obtain under the Homestead Law.. .263 
Honey—Poor Yield. 269 
Horses—Treatment for Swelled Legs.266 
House, Farm—Plans for.2 Illustrations. .265 
Household—Small Leaks.277 
Humbugs—Various.271 
Insects—Experience with Scale Lice.273 
Insects—Repelling from Dried Fruit.279 
Insects—Turpentine for Moths .279 
Laborers—Farm—Hints About.268 
Lawns—Management of New.274 
Leaf Impressions—How to Take.278 
Manure—Value of Phosphates for Wheat and Turnips.269 
Market Review, Weather Notes, etc.282 
Marrying a Gardener.279 
Orchard and Nursery in September. 258 
Potatoes—How to Raise Cheaply .266 
Premiums.for Obtaining Subscribers for 1864.281 
Rocking-Chair Power. Illustrated. .277 
Rotation or Change of Crops.266 
Seed—Hint on Saving .275 
Sorghum Sugar—A Bit of History.270 
Stock—Animals Wanted in Kansas.266 
Strawberry, “Agriculturist”—Important Explanations.259 
Strawberry Item.274 
Strawberries—Notes on—Mulching.274 
Strawberries—Starting in Pots.275 
Suggestions and Notes for September.. Illustrated. .257 
Tea Substitute— Ceanotlius Americanus. Illustrated. .265 
Tim Bunker on Old Style House-Keeping.277 
Tobacco—Practical Notes on Cultivation . 267 
Trees and Shrubs—Half Hardy.273 
Trees — Neglected Native — Liquidambar..7//!tstrated..273 
Trees—Ornamental Beeches -2 Illustrations. .272 
Trees—'Tall—The Douglass Fir.272 
Vines for Window Screens.275 
Weeds—Talks About. . IV.3 Illustrations. .268 
Wringers—A Word About.279 
INDEX TO “BASKET,” Oil SHORTER ARTICLES. 
Apple Trees in Illinois.262 
Bee Book.262 
Barometer. .260 
Birds, Preserving.261 
Blackberries.262 
Brakes in Pastures.262 
Coboea Scandens.201 
Corn Blossoms.260 
Correspondents, Note..288 
Crops, etc., in Indiana..262 
Dahlias Changing.262 
Daisy, Yellow.261 
Dictionary, Ure’s.260 
Eggs, Sex of..261 
Fair, Am. Institute.261 
Figs, Preserving.261 
Flax, Minnesota.262 
Flower Book.260 
Fruit-Growers’ Meet’gs.200 
Fruit Notes.260 
Gladiolus, Fine.260 
Grape Vine Premiums..248 
Grapes, Keeping.261 
Horse-Radish.261 
Horses, Slobbering.262 
Ice House, Room in....262 
Insects Described.262 
Insects on Wheat.262 
Insects, Sending. 262 
Kerosene on Trees.261 
Lemon Buds .262 
Letters, Short.288 
iice, Destroying.262 
Mailing Strawberries ...260 
Marble Dust Manure_262 
Muck Defined.261 
Mushrooms..261 
Notice, Good.260 
Pears Rotting.262 
Plants, Hardiness of... .261 
Plants Named.262 
Plows, Gang.261 
Poison Vine. 260 
Postage.288 
Railroads—Long Bars..261 
Raspberries, Treatment 261 
Receipts—Subscription.260 
Rose, Non-blooming_262 
Sheep Hook..200 
Specimen Numbers_2S8 
Squash, Hubbard.261 
Stock, Mich. Ag. Col...262 
Strawberries, Fuller’s ..262 
Strawberries, Hybrids .261 
Strawberries, Mulching.261 
Strawberry Seed.200 
Thistles, Canada .261 
Tobacco Manufacture . .261 
Tree Peddlers.261 
Trees and Worms.261 
Wheat, Lambert..262 
Wheat, Mummy.261 
[ Wheat Show.261 
I Wine-Making.262 
I Wistaria.261 
1 Wringer—New Use.260 
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A Special Bounty 
To 
“NEW RECRUITS” 
We want a large number of new readers to see, and get 
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those who do so wilt generally bring along other new 
readers to begin with the next volume. As a special 
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Every new name arriving on and after September 
1st, will be at once entered on our books to the end of 
1864, and receive not only volume 23 complete, but also 
the remaining numbers published this year—all for 
a single year's subscription, if the name is distinctly 
stated io be a new one, as noted below,*)—Thus : 
1 New Subscribers for 1864, received during Septem¬ 
ber, will get the paper for October , November , and 
December, of this year, free. 
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To Wm. I®-. and Many Olliers.— 
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