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AMERICAN AGRICULTURIST. [February, 
Contents of This Number. 
[Articles marked with a star (*) are illustrated; the fig¬ 
ure with the star indicates the number of illustrations. 1 
Animals, Domestic, Improvement of. 
Apples, Experiments in Crossing. 
Ashes, Leached Wood . 
Barn, A Mule and Cattle. 
Bee Notes. 
Be Ready Early . 
Bermuda Grass . 
.54 
.. ..70 
.58 
2*..58 
.53 
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.... 86 
Boys and Girls Columns. - The Doctor's Talks :— 
Valentines; The Date Palm; A Monkey-shine; The 
Duckling's Development; Is it Right or Wrong? 
Winter Sports and Pastimes ; Edith’s Floral Favor¬ 
ite . 11*..74-77 
Broom Making.68 
Bulbs, The Treatment of.71 
Cabbages, Early, Sprouts or Greens .54 
Cabbages.—Seed in Place, or Transplanting.57 
Cattle, Devon. ...53 
Cattle, Keep the, Under Cover.67 
Cattle Quarantine Established. ..85 
Cheer, Winter.69 
Chemistry of the Farm and Garden.— II .63 
Collards or Coleworts^. 86 
Colorado, Farm Lauds in.55 
Compost-House, A French. *..65 
Cotton Seed-Cake and Meal.67 
Cow, A Jersey. *..63 
Crusher. A Clod..*. .62 
Derricks, Convenient. ..2*..64 
Devons for Beef.*..53 
Drains, House, and Traps.2*..55 
Experiments with Onions and Clover. 62 
Farming, About High.65 
Fence, A Stream.*. .54 
Fences, Barbed Wire.63 
Flowers, Good Old—The Wallflower.*..71 
Flowers, Everlasting—A Novelty.2*..69 
Food, Home Supplies of.60 
Gate, A Cheap Sliding.*..54 
Gate, A Wire.*. .67 
Gatherings, Winter Agricultural .62 
Graft, Every One Can....52 
Grafting Potatoes.80 
Grass, A Pasture—The Sheep’s Fescue. . .*..64 
Gypsum or Plaster.86 
Hot-Beds and Cold Frames.71 
Houghton Farm.*..7$-80 
Household:— A Plush Easel; Old Stocking Legs; 
Fancy Articles; Boxes in the Windows; Ustful 
Notes for the Household; Corner Cupboards; Colds, 
and Diet Treatment; The Uses of Celery; Guitar 
and Pin Case. .. .5*. .72-73 
Humbugs, Sundry.87 
Hamel, Is Sheep, Poisonous?.66 
Lawn, Preparing Ground for.54 
Manufacturing, Large.62 
Maple Tree and its Sugar.*.. 60 
Market, The Customs of the.59 
Market Gardening, Shall we Try?.59 
Nests, Half-Barrels for. *..67 
Orchard and Garden for the Month. 51 
Pear, Kieffer’s Hybrid. 59 
Pears—What to Plant.59 
Pear Culture.70 
Peas, An Early Crop of .52 
Potatoes, Some Very Early.60 
Poultry, Experiments in Keeping.66 
Poultry House. Plan of a.*..67 
Poultry Show, A . .*..56 
Preserving Fence Posts.86 
Proverbs, Seasonable.59 
Pruning, Good and Bad.4*. .70 
Quince Culture.57 
Quince and Grape Cuttings.86 
Roads, How Good Country, Pay.51 
Scraping Trees .60 
Silk-Worms—Their Food.54 
Sorghum and its Prospects. 52 
Stables, Sunlight in—Trap-Doors.55 
Stoppers, Removing Glass.55 
Strawberry Beds—A Substitute for Pots...*..68 
Strawberries, The Alpine.*.. 68 
Tea as an Ornamental Plant . *..69 
Thrush, How to Treat. 58 
Tool, A Convenient Garden .*..62 
Turnips as a Farm Crop.64 
Vetch, The Hairy.*..66 
Vines and Trees, Unproductive.69 
Water Question.54 
Weed Seeds, Sowing... 68 
“What Might Happen.’’.58 
Wire for Dog.*. .62 
Wood-Rack. A. *..60 
Volume 42. 
The Great Agricultural 
Journal of the World. 
The wonderful progress of the American 
Agriculturist during the past twenty years 
of its existence, is well known—how its cir¬ 
culation has at times run up toward One 
Hundred and Fifty Thousand, and how its 
readers have averaged for the whole time 
over One Hundred Thousand; how it has ab¬ 
sorbed twenty-three other newspapers, ex¬ 
tended its circulation through other lands as 
well as our own, (now counting, for exam¬ 
ple, its subscribers in far off Australia by 
the thousand,) and become the recognized 
leading Journal of the world, for the Farm, 
the Garden, and the Household. 
Secret of Success. 
The explanation of the success of the 
paper is to be found in a rigid adherence to 
the following code of principles or rules of 
conduct which the Managers at first laid 
down for themselves and their associates. 
lsf. —To make eiery line reliable. 
2d.—To get the best reading matter at any expense 
of time, labor, and money. 
3 d.—To engage upon the Editorial staff, and as Con¬ 
tributors, the best men anywhere to be found—those of 
practical experience and wide information. 
4th.—To always look after t .e wants and circum¬ 
stances of those struggling with limited means. 
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tisements of quackery, medicines, and unreliable adver¬ 
tisers. (Probably not three other Journals in the whole 
country, admitting advertisements at all, havelaid down 
and persistently and consistently adhered to, as strict 
rules in regard to inserting only good advertisements .) 
5th.—To make the paper known to the whole country, 
and to adapt its pages to all sections. 
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as well as reliable, and use the engraver’s skill wher¬ 
ever it will add to the value of the articles and to the 
pleasure and interest of the readers. 
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been issued in a score of years, and more, that have not 
had exposures of “Sundry Humbugs." There is 
abundant evidence that in this way alone the American 
Agriculturist has saved to its readers, in the aggregate, 
AT LEAST FIVE TIMES AS MANY DOLLARS as they 
(the readers) have ever paid into the subscription fund. 
A merican&gricilturist J18 3. 
Great Strides Forward. 
Beginning with the autumn months of 
1882, the paper has made vast strides in every 
direction. New Type, New Cover, New En¬ 
gravings, New Artists, and fresh accessions 
to the Editorial Corps have made the Ameri¬ 
can Agriculturist far more instructive and 
entertaining even than heretofore. It will 
continue to secure the very best Journalistic 
and Artistic talent to be found. Every num¬ 
ber will be replete with information for all 
classes, and all ages of people, old and young 
alike. 
The Editorial Corps comprises writers 
of large experience, who have a national 
reputation in connection with the paper. 
Besides the constant gatherings from the 
correspondence of our readers in all parts of 
the country, our Stated and Special Contribu¬ 
tors embrace, among others, the following: 
American Agriculturist Contributors. 
Presidents and Professors in Agricultural Colleges. 
Pres'tJoHN Bascom, LL.D.. Wisconsin University. 
“ A. S. Welsh, LL.D., Iowa Agricultural College. 
“ A. Liautard, New York Veterinary College. 
Prof. F. H. Storer, Harvard University Agr. Dep't. 
“ D. D. Slade, do. do. do. 
“ G. C. Caldwell, Cornell University Agr. Dep’t. 
“ J. B. Roberts, do. do. do. 
“ James Law, do. do. Vet. Dep’t. 
Prof. W. J. Beal, Michigan Agricultural College. 
“ A. J. Cook. do do. do. 
“ W. O. Atwater, Wesleyan University. 
“ C. E. Bessev. Iowa State Agricultural College. 
Prof. S. A. Knapp, do. do. do. 
“ E. M. Shelton, Kansas State Agricultural Col. 
“ G. C. Swallow, Agricultural Dep’t Missouri Uni. 
“ C. L. Ingersoll, Prest. Colorado Agr. College. 
J. ]\R McBryde. Tennessee Univer’ty Agr. Dep’t. 
“ N. S. Tovvnshend. Ohio University Agr. Dep't. 
“ W. H. Jordan. Pennsylvania Agricultural Col. 
“ Wm. A. Buckhout. do. do do. 
“ W. A. Henry. Agricultural Dep't Wisconsin Uni. »_ 
“ J. W. Chickering, Washington. D. C. 
C. C. Georgeson, Texas Agricultural College. 
“ W. W. Tracy, Detroit, Michigan. 
“ J. W. Sanborn. Agr Dep t, Hanover, N. H. 
“ J. D. Warfield Maryland Agricultural College. 
Prominent Investigators and Waiters. 
J. B. Lawes. LL.D.. Rotbamsted. England. 
Prof. C. V. Riley, United States Entomologist. 
“ S. A. Forbes, Curator. Illinois Museum. 
Hon. Edward Atkinson, Boston. Mass. 
H. E. Alvord, “Houghton Farm,” New York. 
Hon. Geo. Geddes, New York. 
L. B. Arnold, President National Dairy Association. 
Hon. X. A. Willard, on Da rying. 
Prof. Manly Miles, Author of “ Stock Breeding,” etc.. 
“ Cyrus Thomas, Illinois, U. S. Entomological Com. 
“Timothy Bunker, Esq.,” Hookertown. ConnecticnU 
F. S. Billings, Veterinary Surgeon, Boston, 
D. E. Salmon. do. do. Atlanta, Georgia. 
M. C. Weld, “Among the Farmers.” 
Peter Henderson, " Gardening for Profit.” 
S. B. Parsons, Jr., Flushing. New York. 
R. W. Furnas, Ex-Governor, Nebraska. 
Mr. L. C. Root, Mohawk. N. Y. 
F. D. Coburn, Secretary Kansas Board of Agriculture^ 
H. A. Haigh, LL.B., Michigan, on Farm Law. 
F. D. Curtis, on Swine, etc. 
J. M. Hubbard, Middletown, Connecticut. 
L. D. Snook, Barrington, New York. 
Dr. E. H. Jenkins. Connecticut Experiment Station- 
D. Z. Evans, Jr.. Germantown, Pennsylvania. 
Mr. E. P. Roe, Cornwall-on-Hudson, N. Y. 
Hon. J. S. Newman, State Agr. Dep’t, Atlanta, Ga- 
Mr. W. C. Barry, Rochester. N. Y. 
Waldo F. Brown, Oxford, Ohio. 
Mary Clemmer. 
Mrs. C. A. Runkle, New Jersey. 
Mrs. I. B. Roberts, Fiatbush, New York. 
Miss Agnes Carr. Brooklyn. New York. 
E. H. Leland, Author of “Farm Homes.” 
“Faith Rochester,” Minnesota. 
Mrs. L. A. Beatty, Illinois. 
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