IIIE CULTIVATOR. 
Contents of this oSTuxri'ber’. 
Tlie Farm. 
Timothj r —Spring and Summer Seeding,..297 
Management of Manures,. 298 
Culture of Broom Corn, by M.,.. 299 
A Cheap Western Fence, by John Doy,...*. 800 
Composition and Value of Barley,...300 
Culture of Chicory, by F. A. Nauts,.302 
The Indian Rice, by Prof. Kennedy,.303 
Farm Roller, Seed Sower and Horse Pitchfork, by 
X. Y. Z.,. 304 
Gathering the Hop Crop, by Hop Grower,.. 305 
Wheat and Chess,. 306 
Draining Prevents Heaving Out,.306 
Third Springfield Horse Show,. 308 
How to Clean Seed Wheat, by John Johnston,.310 
Wetherell’s Horse Hoe, ..310 
Experiment in Draining,. 311 
Timothy—Autumn Seeding,.311 
Mammoth Red Clover, by L. Bartlett,.311 
Allen’s Potato Digging Plow, .. 313 
Barn Door, by Wm. Kenney,. 313 
Next Year’s Cornfield,.314 
Fanning on the Onondaga Shales, by Geo. Geddes,. 315 
Exhibitions of State Societies,. 316 
Farm Cisterns,.316 
Early Winter Wheat, by L. Bartlett,.317 
Inquiries and Answers,.318 
Bainbridge Town Fair by J. J.,.320 
Grain Stubble,.321 
Notes for the Month,.322 
The Grazier. 
Cure for Bots in Horses, by Bullitt,. 301 
Fattening Hogs, and their Manure, by W. J. Pettbe, 302 
Milch Cows—the Value of Blood,..307 
Tar a Preventive of Hog Cholera, by II. Keeler,_307 
Sheep at the West, by D. A. A. Nichols, ..309 
Bloody Murrain, b)-J. Wadsworth,.310 
Treatment of a Sick Cow, by S.,. 313 
Tlie Poultry-Yard. 
Gapes in Chickens, by C. F. Morton,. 305 
Tiie Horticulturist. 
Transplanting Small Trees,.301 
The Apple Borer,.304 
Muscat Catawba Grape, by B. T. Ward,.304 
Items in Grape Culture, by A. D. G.,. 307 
Session of Am. Pomological Society,. 309 
Newman’s Thornless Blackberry,.312 
Market Pears,... 312 
Prince Englebert Plum,.. 312 
Domestic Economy. 
How to Dry Sweet Corn, by J.,. 305 
Management of Scarlet Fever,.312 
Green Tomatoes, for Pies, byE. S., .. 317 
Recipe for Rhubarb Wine,.321 
Rural Architecture. 
Design for a School House,. 313 
Illustrations. 
Cheap Fence, (5 figs.).. 300 
Gapes in Chickens. 305 
Allen’s Potato Digger,.. 312 
Prince Englebert Plum, 312 
School House, (3 figs.).. 313 
Barn Door,.313 
Newman’s Thornless Blackberry,.312 
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THE ILLUSTRATED ANNUAL 
Register of Rural Affairs 
F O R 1 8 5 9. 
Nearly One Hundred and Fifty Engravings I 
Abstract of Contents. 
I. FARM MANAGEMENT—Mr. Thomas’ Prize Essay 
—Re-written and Amplified, with Eighteen Engravings. 
1. Different ways of Farming Contrasted. 
2. The Importance of Order. 
3. The Capital Required. 
4. Live Stock and Implements. 
5. Size of Farms and Laying them Out. 
6. Fences, Gates, Implements, &c. 
7. Soils and their Management—Manures, Rotation of 
Crops, Order of Operations. 
II. COUNTRY DWELLINGS—with Twenty-five En¬ 
gravings. 
1. Design and Plans of a Brick Farm House. 
2. Design and Plans of a Small Octagon House. 
3. Two Designs, with Plans, of Small Houses. 
4. Design and Plans of an Irregular Country House. 
5. Design and Plans of a Square Built Country House. 
6. Design and Plans of a Brick Villa with Tower. 
III. FURNITURE AND RURAL STRUCTURES OF 
IRON. Thirty-two Engravings. 
1. Ornamental Seats for Out and In-Doors. 
2. Ornamental Furniture and Vases. 
3. Wire Fences and Mode of Construction. 
IV. UNDER-DRAINING—A very Complete and Elab¬ 
orate Article—with Twenty-eight Engravings. 
1. Advantages and General Principles. 
2. Laying Out Drains to render them most Efficient. 
3. Laying Out Drains on Irregular Surfaces. 
4. Partial Drainage—Size of Bore—Leveling. 
5. Depth and Distance—Mode of Cutting—Cost. 
6. Stone and Brush Drains. 
V. CULTURE AND VARIETIES OF THE PEAR— 
with Twelve Engravings. 
1. Profits Yielded under Thorough and Skillful Culture. 
2. How to Make them Thrive. 
3. The best of the Old Sorts. 
4. New Varieties—with Complete Descriptions and En¬ 
gravings of the more Prominent. 
VI. OTHER FRUITS—With Eight Engravings. 
1. The Best Varieties of the Peach for a Succession. 
2. Best Sorts of Plums in Order of Ripening. 
3. Strawberries—Transplanting. 
4. Three New Staminate Sorts of Strawberries. 
5. Hardy Fruits at the West—Contributed by a reliable 
Western Cultivator. 
6. Renovating Old Trees. 
VII. RURAL ECONOMY-Three Engravings. 
1. Preserving Fresh Fruits. 
2. Keeping Grapes through the Winter. 
3. Raising and Keeping Celery. 
4. Apple Seed Washer. 
5. Protecting Young Fruits. 
VIII. LISTS OF NURSERIES- With Seven Engra¬ 
vings. 
1. Capital Required. 
2. Lists of Nurseries in the United States, with Concise 
Descriptions. 
3. Principal Nurseries in Europe. 
IX. THE VERBENA. 
1. A Chapter by Dexter Snow, with one Engraving. 
X. MANAGEMENT OF POULTRY-Six Engra¬ 
vings. 
1. General Considerations. 
2. Plans of Poultry Houses, Coops and Feeding Troughs. 
3. Fattening Fowls. 
XI. RURAL MISCELLANY— Four Engravings. 
1. Workshops and Stormy Days. 
2. Street Trees. 
3. Hildreth’s Gang Plow. 
4. A Cheap Horse Power. 
5. Cutting Grafts. 
6. Miscellaneous Hints. 
For Beauty of Illustrations, (total 144,) Variety and 
Value of Contents, it will be conceded that No. 5 of the 
Register is unsurpassed by either of its predecessors. 
The Publishers desire to suggest that it offers peculiar in¬ 
ducements, from its cheapness and usefulness, for circu¬ 
lation. either gratuitously or otherwise, by Agricultural 
and Horticultural Societies, Nurserymen, Dealers in 
seeds and Implements, and all interested in the Progress 
and Improvement of the Farmer. 
Address all orders or inquiries for the Terms at whole¬ 
sale to LUTHER TUCKER & SON, 
Cultivator Office, Albany, N. Y. 
S UPERIOR DWARF PEAR TREES— 
Grown on the best stocks in the best manner, and of 
well tested varieties, at prices that cannot fail to meet with 
favor. Also a desirable stock of 
Fruit and Ornamental Trees. 
Dwarf Pear Trees in bearing, can be seen till the fruit 
shall be gathered. T. G. YEOM ANS, 
Walworth Nuseries, Wayne Co., N. Y. 
Sept. 23—w4mlt. 
THE GARDEN: 
A Pocket Manual of Practical Horticulture, 
For Sale at this Office. 
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