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CULTIVATOR ALMANAC, 
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THE UNITED STATES, 
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ADAPTED FOR GENERAL USE THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY. 
CONTENTS. 
ECLIPSES—Rising, Setting, and Phenomena of Planets—Notes 
to the Reader. 
Equinoxes and Solstices—Table of the Solar System—T.de Ta¬ 
ble—Equation of Time—Characters, &c.—Lima Beans and 
Melons—White-wash. 
Calendar for January—Agricultural Papers. 
Calendar for February—Heating Apparatus for Dwellings .... 
Calendar for March—Smith’s Patent Corn-Sheller—Domestic 1 
and Rural Hints.J 
Calendar for April—Protection from Winter Winds, Ac. 
Calendar for May—Wheeler’s Corn-Stalk Cutter—"Weekly Rou- ) 
tine of House-work—Fried Potatoes. j 
Calendar for June—Michigan Sod and Sub-Soil Plow—Sel cting I 
a Wife—Hydraulic Ram.j 
Calendar for July—Grain Drill ... 
Calendar for August—Laying out Kitchen Gardens—Grafting 1 
GrapeVines—Relief of Choked Cattle.| 
Calendar for September—Domestic Fowls in Winter—Sheep) 
Poisoned by Peach Leaves—Remedy for Plum Knots.) 
Calendar for October—Pulverization of the Soil—Number of) 
Seeds in Given Weights—Cherry Slug. .j 
Ca endar for November—Toads in Gardens—Fattening Swine ) 
on Apples. J 
Calendar for December—Agricultural Publications—Salt as Food 
for Plants.... 
A Snug Country Residence—Philosopher’s Slone. 
The Old and New Plows—Black-Faced Scotch Sheep. 
Construction of Cold Vineries.... 
Pyramidal Pear Trees—Labor and Its Pay. 
The Babirussa—The English Cart Horse—Gooseberries and 
Currants—Feeding Stock... 
Cross-Cut Sawing by Horse-Power—Early Peas—An Invading 
Army—Plow Straight.. 
The Cultivation of Flowers—Fair Dealing—Sowing Grass Seed 
The Victoria Regia—Grafting Tool, Ac ... 
Fancy Lop-Eared Rabbits—The Geranium, Ac. 
McCormick’s Reaper—Village Door Yards. 
Supports for Climbing Plants, Ac. . 
Stewart’s Patent Stump Machine—Water Ram. 
Design for a Small Villa.—Pine Apple Cheese—Washing Fluid . 
Jardm des Plantes at Paris. 
Wheeler’s Combined Thresher and Winnower—Curing Prize , 
Hams—Cream Cheese. ..i 
Labor Saving Machines and Implements—Use of Kind Words— ‘ 
Don’t Fret. Ac... 
ILLUSTRATIONS. 
Franklin Coal Burner .. 5 
Smith’s Patent Corn-Sheller. 6 
Tree Planting in Yards. 7 
Wheeler’s Corn-Stalk Cutter. 8 
Michigan Sod and Sub-Soil Plow. 9 
Grain'Drill. 10 
Laying out Gardens. 11 
Design for a Country House. 16 
Old and New Plows. 17 
Black-Faced Scotch Sheep. 17 
Vineries... 
Pyramidal Pear Trees... 
The Babirussa. 
The English Draft-Horse 
Sawing by Horse-Power 
Box for Early Peas. 
Vase of Flowers. 
Victoria Regia. 
Grafting Tool. 
Group of Rabbits.. 
The Geranium.. 
McCormick’s Reaper .... 
Village Door Yards. 
Supports for Plants...... 
Stewart’s Stump Puller.. 
Water Rams. 
Design for a Vil’a. 
Jardin des Plantes. 
Thresher and Winnower 
Emery’s Horse-Power .. 
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ALBANY, N. Y.: 
PUBLISHED BY LUTHER TUCKER, 
AT THE OFFICE OF 
The Cultivator and The Horticulturist. 
