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THE CULTIVATOR 
Dec. 
Contents of this Number. 
THE FARM. 
A Word More to our Subscribers,.361 
Calamities Changed to Blessings,. 363 
Does Manuring Always Pay?. 364 
The Great Hay Crop in Scotland,. 365 
Damp Houses, by G. E. H ,. 366 
Cattle Show at Northampton, by E. N. N.,. 367 
The Peculiar Property of Wheat, .... 368 
Stowell Evergreen Corn—Fence Posts,. 368 
On the Practical Value of the Analyses of Plutas, by S. 
W. Johnson, . 369 
Frauds in Manures,. 371 
To Destroy Liveforever, by S. D. Goodwin, . 371 
Farming in California,. .. 372 
Seedling Potato, by Dr. H. Wendell,. 376 
Carrots and Deep Plowing, by C. Smith,. 376 
Answers to Inquiries,. 377 
Mediterranean Wheat, Selection of Seed, Ac., by C. W., 377 
Notes for the Month,... 379 
THE GRAZIER. 
Sheep and Pigs for the South,. 368 
A Suffolk Pig, by J. M. Sherwood,. 372 
The Health and Comfort of Horses Sacrificed,. 372 
Yellow Legged Dorkings,. 376 
THE HORTICULTURIST. 
Cross’ Patent Grape Frame,.. 373 
The New Curculio Remedy,. 373 
Foliage Destroyed by Grasshoppers,. . 374 
Garden Walks,. 374 
Facts from The Horticulturist, . 374 
Massachusetts Hort. Society,. 376 
THE HOUSEWIFE. 
How to Fry Apples, by Non Eihcurus, .375 
How to Make Corn Husk Beds,. 375 
Trying out Lard,. 375 
Economy in Washing,.. 375 
Cure for Bone Felons,. 375 
ILLUSTRATIONS. 
A Suffolk Pig,. 372 
Cross’Patent Grape Frame,. 373 
PROSPEC TUS FOR 1855. 
THE LITTLE PILGRIM: 
A MONTHLY JOURNAL FOR GIRLS AND BOYS. 
EDITED BY 
GRACE GREENWOOD A LEANDER K. LIPPINCOTT 
Illustrations by DEVEREUX and others. 
r pFIE Second Volume of this popular periodical will begin 
JL on first of Januaiy, 1855. Among the contributors will be 
found some of the most famous writers of both England 
and America; such as Henry W. Longfellow, Martin 
F. Tupprr, Mary Howitt, Miss Pardoe, Mrs Newton 
Crosland, J. G. Whittier, Henry Giles, Bayard Tay¬ 
lor, James T. Fields, Mrs. L. H. Sigourney. Mrs Anna 
Cora Ritchie,(Mrs. Mowatt,) Anna II Phillips, (Helen 
Irving.) Mrs. Francis D. Gage, and many others ; all of 
whom will furnish original articles Grace Greenwood 
will write almost exclusively for The Little Pilgrim. 
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for Four Dollars—payable invariably in advance. 
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A few hundred copies of Volume First can still be sup¬ 
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LEANDER K LIPPINCOTT, 
Nov. 23—w4tmlt. 66 South Third St, Philadelphia. 
TO HOP GROWERS. 
T HE most useful Newspaper which the hop growers of 
this country can take, is the Freeman’s Journal, pub¬ 
lished at Cooperstown, Otsego County—a county which pro¬ 
duces more hops than any other four in the State. The Jour¬ 
nal pays particular attention to the growth and condition of the 
crop in this country and Europe and the foreign and domes¬ 
tic markets. It is also an excellent family Newspaper—giv¬ 
ing more reading matter than any other country paper in the 
Union. Its circulation among hop growers is already very 
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THE ILLUSTRATED 
Annual Register 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. 
T 
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 DWELLINGS—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. 
V 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, &c.—Mowers and Reap¬ 
ers—Machines to Pulverize the Soil—Wind 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. FARM ECONOMY—Improved Farm Management 
—Rotation of Crops—Laying out Farms, with Three Il¬ 
lustrations —How Young Farmers may Praclice Econo¬ 
my—Plans 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,. H 
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 
ever before been presented at so small a cost. The chapters 
on Country Dwellings—Improving and Planting Grounds, 
and the Culture of Fruit, have been prepared by Mr. J. J. 
Thomas, with his usual taste and ability, expressly for this 
work, and are each well worth more than its cost. 
This number of the Annual Register is intended as the 
first of a series, to be issued annually at or near the close of 
each year. Filled .as they will be mainly with matter of per¬ 
manent interest, they will form a series which no man, hav¬ 
ing a farm or garden, or hopes of future retirement to rural 
scenes, should be without. 
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