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THE CULTIVATOR 
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Contents of this Number. 
THE FARM. 
Announcement for 1855,.;.329 
Economy of Manures,.... .. 331 
Securing Corn Fodder,.,.331 
Discordant Views—Subsoil Plowing,... 332 
A Durable Fence—To Kill Liveforever,.332 
Mediterranean Wheat, by F. D. C ..... 333 
Rensselaer Co. Fair,.334 
Vose’s Patent Ox Yok©,. 334 
Influence of Ammonia on Vegetatiou,. 335 
Guano and Stable Manures, by C. B. Calvert,.337 
Albany Co. Fair,. 337 
Lime on Meadows—Millet—Peat Ashes,. 339 
Experiments in Wheat Culture—Thorough Tillage,.... 341 
Cheap Ice-House—Large and Small Potatoes,. 341 
Effects of the Drouth, by W. H. Brewer,. 342 
Slate for Roofing Purposes, by R. Merchant,.342 
Plaster of Paris as a Fixing Agent, by W. H. Brewer, 344 
The State Fair at New-Yorlc,_ ". . 346 
Treatment, Value and Application of Manures,. 349 
Sundry Hints for the Season....... 352 
Connecticut State Fair,. 353 
Notes for the Month,. 355 
A Cheap and Substantial Fence,.. X... 356 
County Fairs—Cob Crushers,. 350 
THE grazier. 
The Yorkshire Cow,. 333 
Cheap Food for Pigs,... .... 333 
Portuguese Pig,.. 344 
The Shanghais, by Martin Burrell,... 351 
Gapes in Chickens—Setting Hens,... 351 
Live and Dead Weight of Turkeys,. 354 
THE HORTICULTURIST. 
Black Knot on Plum Trees, by F. D. C.,... t .338 
Prices of Pears—Hedges,. 339 
Notices of New Fruits,..........340 
Plan of a Kitchen Garden,. 343 
American Pomological Society,. 343 
Ohio Pomological Society,. 343 
The Concord Grape—A New Pear,..345 
THE HOUSEWIFE. 
Cure for Wasp Stings,. 351 
A Valuable Liniment, by C. G.,.351 
ILLUSTRATIONS. 
Yorkshire Cow, . 333 I Vose’s Patent Ox Yoke,. 334 
Kitchen Garden,. 343 | Portuguese Pig,. 344 
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To be issued on the 1st of December next , 
THE ILLUSTRATED 
Animal I£egl§ter of Rural Affairs 
AND 
CULTIVATOR ALMANAC for 1855, 
ILLUSTRATED WITH 
More than One Hundred Engravings. 
In one 12 mo. vol. , 144 pp.,—price 25 cents. 
HE SUBJECTS TREATED IN THIS VOLUME, 
embrace— 
I. CALENDAR PAGES for the year 1855, calculated for 
the meridians of Boston, New-York, Baltimore and San 
Francisco. 
II. COUNTRY DAVELLINGS—including Designs for a 
Symmetrical Farm-House—an Italian Country House— a 
Cheap Farm-House—Working-men’s Cottages, and Direc¬ 
tions for Improving old Houses—with Ten Engravings. 
III. IMPROVING AND PLANTING GROUNDS— 
Flower Gardens—Geometric and Natural Planting—Form 
of Trees—Supports for Climbers—the whole illustrated with 
Twenty-one Engravings. 
IV. THE CULTURE OF FRUIT—Preparation of the 
Soil—Draining—Distances and Laying out the Ground— 
Transplanting—Its Proper Season—After Management—Cul¬ 
tivation of the Soil—Pruning—Grafting—Budding—Diseases 
and Enemies of Fruits—List of the Best Sorts. This depart¬ 
ment is illustrated by Forty Figures. 
Y. FARM BUILDINGS—Plan of Barn and Stables—Of 
Piggery—Of Poultry House—Of Ashery and Smoke House 
—Construction of Cisterns.—with Eleven Illustrations. 
VI. FARM IMPLEMENTS, Ac.—Mowers and Reap¬ 
ers—Machines to Pulverize the Soil—AVind Mills—Stump 
Machines—Feeding. Troughs—Painting Implements—with 
Nineteen Illustrations. 
VII. IMPROVEMENT IN ANIMALS—Cattle—Horses 
Sheep—Swine—Terms denoting External Parts of Animals 
—Heaves in Horses—with Seventeen Illustrations. 
VIII. FARAI ECONOMY—Improved Farm Management 
—Rotation of Crops—Laying out Farms, with Three Il¬ 
lustrations—How Young Farmers may Practice Econo¬ 
my—Pl^i.s Laid in Winter—Construction of Lightning Rods 
— Frui' Drying. 
IX. MISCELLANEOUS MATTERS —Embracing a 
great variety of valuable Hints and Suggestions for the 
Farmer, Gardener and Housekeeper. 
Recapitulation of Illustrations. 
Country Dwellings—Engravings,... 11 
Improving and Planting Grounds,. 21 
Culture of Fruit,. 40 
Farm Buildings,. 11 
Farm Implements, .. 19 
Improvement, in Animals, .. 17 
Laying out Farms,. 3 
Total Engravings,.122 
It will be seen from this abstract of the contents of the 
Illustrated Annual Register, that it has been prepared with 
special regard to the wants of our rural population, and we 
hazard little in saying that it will afford more valuable infor¬ 
mation on several of the subjects of which it treats, than has 
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and the Culture of Fruit, have been prepared by Mr. J. J. 
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