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THE CULTIVATOR 
Jan. 
Contents of tins Number. 
Sketch of Mr. Webster’s Farming operations, by F. Hol- ) 
brook,.J 
To Improve the Soil and the Mind—Order and System in > 
Farming, by Agricola, . ) 
Agriculture and the Agriculturist, by H. C. W.,. 
Ticks on Sheep—Hoof-ail in Cattle—Diseases of Swine—Dis-1 
eases of the Horse,.j 
History of the different Species of the Ox,. 
Notices of New Publications—American Plows,. 
Different Varieties of Indian Corn,. 
Origin of the Domestic Fowl,. 
Profits of Hens—Large Poultry, . 
Description of the Eight Cherries recommended by the New) 
York Pomological Convention,.j 
Selecting varieties of Fruit—Preserving Grafts,. 
Management of House Plants—Prices of Fine Fruit—Early 1 
Lettuce,.j 
The Early Tiliotson Peach—Seasonable Hints—Orchards of) 
New-Hampshire, by W. L. Eaton, . .j 
Plan of a Small Farm House, by F. J. Scott,. 
Plan of a Working-woman’s Cottage, by A Farmer’s Wife, 
A Sheep-barn—Sausage Cutter—An Acrostic—Economy of) 
Labor—Analysis of Soils..J 
Culture of Cotton, by T. J. Summer—C ulture of Potatoes in 1 
Kentucky, by H P. Byram,....... ) 
Progress of Agriculture in Ohio, by D. E. Gardner—N or- ) 
them Corn in Mississippi, by Dr. Philips,. ..j 
Culture of the Sun-flower, by C. E. G.—Effect of Drainage,) 
by H. Sheldon—D eep and Subsoil Plowing, Wm. Todd, j 
Comparative Value of Crops, by J. W. Proctor—F arming) 
and Fishing on Long-Island, by H. V. Tuthill,.) 
Experiments with Muck, by H. Keeler—C ulture of the Po-j 
tato, by M. B—Mount Airy Ag. Institute—Wild Lands of | 
Rat-Proof Granary, by A Young Farmer—B enefit of Ex- ) 
ample, by O. W. Edson—J udicious Improvement,./ 
Domestic Economy—New-York State Ag. Society,. 
Monthly Notices—To Correspondents, &c.,... 
Answers to Inquiries, &c.,. 
ILLUSTRATIONS. 
Perspective View of House, 
First Floor of Farm House, 
Second Floor of do., 
Working-woman’s Cottage, 
Second Floor of do.,. 
Two-story Sheep-barn,. 
Sausage Cutter,. 
European Bison,. 
American Bison,. 
Musk Ox,. 
African Buffalo. 
Javanese Jungle Fowl, ... 
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Sonnerat’s Jungle Fowl... 
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Eight Cherries,. 
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whom we are already under so many obligations for their an¬ 
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Jan 1 —lm* Long Green, Md. 
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