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AMERICAN AGRICULTURIST. 
Contents for December, 1863,, 
Earley—Nepatil..3621 Houses, Prairie. 
.361 
Barrels, Cleansing.373 Humbugs—Snnclry^’etc..368 
Beef, Howto Keep .... .3741 Ice-Houses, Hints.362 
Birds, Stomachs of..366 Insec.ts, Borers.372 
Boys’ and Girls’ Columns 
—To Young Readers— 
Origin of Words—Puz¬ 
zles—The Astonished 
Boy, Self-Control—A 
“Merry Christmas”— 
Amusing Remarks of 
Children, A Thick Fog 
—A Quizzer Rebuked-— 
Reading his own death. 
Miser Rebuked—What 
a Word may do—New 
(Labels, Fruit Tree.370 
[Laborers in England....363 
(Leaves for Manure.371 
Market Review, etc.378 
Moles, New Remedy...364 
|Monev. -Laying Up.370 
[Pear Tree Hedges. 372 
Pear Trees, Manuring.. 370 
Plants, House, Care of. .371 
Plants. How lo Fumigate371 
Pork, Pickling.374 
I Potato Without Vines.*..364 
Premium.3*. .375-377 Potatoes, Goodrich’s_366 
Cabbage — Growth ..3*. .365 Potatoes, Sweet.366 
Cattle, Sait Regularly. .363 
Climate and Vegetation. .367 
Clothes-Line, Wire. 374 
Clothes-Sprinkler-*■..373 
Cranberries, Upland_371 
December Work.353-4-5 
Dress for Garden.374 
Economy in Household. .373 
Exhibition Tables.355 
Fires, Starting.374 
Flowers, Spring.371 
Prairie Land, Breaking.. 363 
Premium List for 1864. .377 
Pump, West’s Improved.375 
Pumpkin Show..355 
Sheep, Fattening.365 
Sleigh Riding.*..368 
Sorrel, to Eradicate.. ....363 
Squash, Yokohama..2*.. 373 
Stables for Horses.. 364 
Straw, Value for Feed. ..360 
Sugar, Northern.360 
Food, Appropriate. 374 Suggestions for Month..355 
Fruit Growers’Meetings.360 Tea, New Jersev 2*..369 
Fruits for East. Pa.370|Tidy Pattern...’..*..373 
Garden, Preparing.370,Tlrri Bunker, Tobacco.. .366 
Grain, Fertilization _367 Toast Holder...*..373 
Grapes, Clinton, Origin. ,370[Trees, Basswood,_*. .372 
Grapes, How to Keep .. 370|Tiirnips and Milk.363 
Grapes, Mildew and Rot.369 Washing Machines.375 
Grapes, Varieties.369|Wi!low Fences.*..362 
House, Medium Sized.4'*.3611 Wool Factories in Am. .365 
INDEX TO “ BASKET,” OR SHORTER ARTICLES. 
Address. P. O. not Given.359(Hum'oug, Philadelphia. .359 
Ants and Bees...,. 35 S ( Humbug, Sew’g Machine359 
Ashes of Leaves .358|Humbug, Wine Plant...359 
Barrels, Cleansing.359|Hurnbugs, Sundry.356 
Beef, Curing.359 Insect on Grape.357 
Bee-Hives, Straw.357|lnsect Powder.357 
Books—Sundry..356 Lightning Rods.357 
Blackberries,Productive 357 Lupin, Yellow.357 
Borer Remedy. .359)Manure, Seaweed.358 
Caper Tree.359j Manure, Tan Bark.359 
Chemistry, Popular.358 Meat, Preserving.359 
Chloride of Lime. 3571 Milk, Testing.358 
Children’s Aid Society..356|Money, Sending, Hints..356 
Corn, Union ..35S Nurserymen, Good_358 
Cranberries from Seed..3571 Oil Stains. ..359 
Crop, Good ..358 Osage Orange Seed.357 
Cures, Unreliable.357>Osage Orange Wanted..356 
Dogs in Ohio.35S|Paint, Cheap .357 
Ear Doctors .359|Pears in Illinois...358 
Eggs, Sex of. 359(Pears Penn..358 
Exhibition in Oregon... 359IPears, Planting Dwarf. .357 
Farm, Buying. 357]Pears, Three Crops.357 
Fish, etc., on Dry Land.359|Plants Named.357 
Flax Seed, White..358 Plow, Cylinder .357 
Fruits in Shade ...-357|Potato, Seedling.359 
Fruits, Names of.357j Potato, Slugs on.359 
Grapery, Cold.359 Potatoes and Yam.357 
Grapes, Catawba.359[Report, Ag’l Dep’t.356 
Grapes, Desirable.339 Scrub Oak Land .358 
Grapes, Isabella. 358 Sheep Raising Book_356 
Grapes on Walls.357 Sheep Washes . 357 
Grass,- K nlucky Blue. .358 Society, III. Hort.356 
Hair, Removing .3571S . S. Question Book_356 
Hay, Weightin Mow ... 359iThorns from Seed.357 
Hedges, Hawthorn.359!Tobacco Cultivation_358 
Hens, Prolific.35S'Trees, Desirable.358 
Hickory, Grafting .357 Trees, Propagating.358 
Hoop Iron, Convenient 358[Trees, Queries.358 
Humbug Mining Co _359 Wine Defined..357 
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