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AMERICAN AGRICULTURIST. 
NEW AND VALUABLE WORK. 
HOW CBOPS GROW. 
A TREATISE 
ON THE 
Chemical Composition, Structure, 
and Life of the Plant, 
FOR ALL STUDENTS OF AGRICULTURE. 
WITH NUMEROUS ILLUSTRATIONS AND TABLES 
OF ANALYSES, 
BY 
SAMUEL W. JOHNSON, M. A. 
Professor of Analytical and Agricultural Chem¬ 
istry in Yale College; Chemist to the Conn. 
State Agricultural Society; Member of 
the National Academy of Sciences. 
This is a volume of nearly 400 pages, in which Agri¬ 
cultural Plants, or “Crops,” are considered from three 
distinct, yet closely related, stand-points, as indicated by 
the descriptive title. 
The Chemical Composition of the Plant 
Is discussed in three Chapters. 
1st.— The Volatile Part. 
2d.— The Ash— its Ingredients, their Distribution, Varia¬ 
tion and Quantities. The Composition of the Ash 
of various Farm Crops, with full Tables; and the 
Functions of the Ash. 
3d — Composition of the Plant in various Stages of 
Growth , and the Relations subsisting among the 
Ingredients. 
The Structure of the Plant and the 
Offices of its Organs 
Is the subject of the Second Division, in which are 
discussed 
The Primary Elements of Organic Structure. 
The Vegetative Organs— Root, Stem, and Leaf, and their 
Functions; and 
The Reproductive Organs, viz.. Flowers and Fruit, and 
the Vitality of Seeds with their Influence on the Plants 
they produce. 
The Life of the Plant 
Forms the Third Division, under which are discussed 
the Phenomena of 
Germination, and the conditions most favorable and 
unfavorable to it. 
The Food of the Plant when independent of the Seed. 
Sap and its Motions , etc., etc. 
The Appendix, which consists of 12 Tables exhibiting 
the Composition of a great number of Plants viewed 
from many different stand-points, will he found of ines¬ 
timable value to practical agriculturists, students, and 
theorists. 
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A NEW ROOK. 
THE 
TIi INKER PAPERS, 
OR 
YANKEE FARMING; 
BY 
TIMOTHY BUNKER, Esq., 
OF HOOKERTOWN, conn. 
WITH ILLUSTRATIONS 
BY HOPPIN. 
CONTENTS. 
1. —A Stroke of Economy. 
2 . —Ornamental Trees. 
3. —Timothy Bunker, Esq. 
4. —View of the Bird Law. 
5. —Guano in the Hill. 
6 . —On Moss Bunkers. 
7. —On Snbsoiling. 
8 . —Going to the Fair. 
9. —In Tall Clover. 
10. —On Horse Racing. 
11. —At the Farmer’s Club.. 
12. —On an Old Saw. 
13. —Book Farming in Hook- 
ertown. 
14. —Pasturing Cattle in 
Roads. 
15. —The Weaker Brethren. 
16. —Curing a Horse Pond. 
17. —Domesticities at Tim 
Bunker’s. 
18. —Takes a Journey. 
19. —On Farm Roads. 
20 . —A New Manure. 
21. —Losing the Premium. 
22. —A New Enterprise. 
23. —Making Tiles. 
24. —The Clergy and Farm¬ 
ing. 
25. —Women Horse Racing. 
26. —Beginning Life. 
27. —An Apology for Tim 
Bunker. 
28. —On County Fairs. 
29. —At Home again. 
30. —On Raising Boys. 
31. —On Raising Girl’s.. 
32. —A new Case of the 
Black Art. 
33. —A Letter from Neigh¬ 
bors. 
34. —The Shadtown Parson¬ 
age. 
35. —Views of Dress. 
36. —A Rustic Wedding. 
37. —Saving a Sixpence. 
38. —On giving Land a Start. 
39 . — “ “ Boys a Start. 
40. —A Tile in the Head. 
41. —Jake Frink Sold. 
42. —The New York Central 
Park. 
43. —On Irrigation. 
44. —Feeding with Oil Meal. 
45. —The Farmers’ Club. 
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S4.—' 
-On Bad Water. 
-Cattle Disease. 
■On Seed. 
■On Breastworks in War 
-Lightning Rods. 
■Buying a Farm. 
•Topdressing and Feed¬ 
ing Aftermath. 
■Painting Buildings. 
■The Value of Muck. 
•On Family Horses. 
■The Horn-ail. 
A Commentary on 
Roots. 
Stealing Fruit and 
Flowers. 
■The Cost of Pride. 
■Swamps turning Indian 
■Tim Bunker in his 
Garden. 
■On Running Astern. 
-On Extravagance. 
•The Farmer’s Old Age. 
-On Sheep Traps. 
Old Style Housekeep¬ 
ing. 
-On Keeping a Wife 
Comfortable. 
■Starting a Sugar Mill. 
■Reasons against To¬ 
bacco. 
•Trip to Washington. 
■The Sanitary Commis¬ 
sion. 
Raid among the Pickle 
Patches. 
■Raid among the Pickle 
Patches. 
■On Striking He. 
■Visit to Titus Oaks, Esq 
■The Pickle Fever in 
Hookertown. 
■On Curing Pickles and 
Eating them. 
•The Cotton Fever and 
Emigration. 
-The Cotton Fever and 
Emigration. 
-The Food Question. 
-On Jim Crow. 
-The Eight-hour Law. 
-Base Ball Clubs. 
■The Rise of Real Estate. 
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American Weeds and Useful Plants. . 1 75 
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Bement s Rabbit Fancier. 30 
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Book of Evergreens. (J. Hobpes). 3 00 
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Brack's New Book of Flowers.. 1 75 
Buist’s Flower Garden Directory . 1 50 
Buist’s Family Kitchen Gardener. 1 00 
Chorlton’s Grape-Grower’s Guide. 75 
Cobbett’s American Gardener. 75 
Cole’s (S. W.) American Fruit Book. 75 
Cole’s Veterinarian. 75 
Cotton Culture, (Lyman). 1 50 
Cotton Planter’s Manual (Turner). 1 50 
Country Life, by R. M. Copeland._ 5 00 
Dadd’s (Geo. H.) Modern Horse Doctor. 1 50 
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Downing's Landscape Gardening.. 6 50 
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Eastwood on Cranberry. 75 
Elliott’s Western Fruit Grower’s Guide. 1 50 
Field's (Thomas W.) Pear Culture. 1 25 
Flax Culture. 50 
French’s Farm Drainage. 1 50 
Fuller’s Grape Culturist. . 150 
Fuller’s Small Fruit Culturist. 1 50 
Fuller’s Strawberry Culturist. 20 
Gardening for Profit, by Peter Henderson. 1 50 
Gregory on Squashes.paper.. 30 
Guenon on Milch Cows.. 75 
Harris’ Insects InjurioustoVegetation,clo.,$4.00: extra 6 00 
Herbert's Hints to Housekeepers... 1 75 
Hop Culture. 10 
How Crops Grow, by Prof. S. W. Johnson. 1 50 
Johnston's Agricultural Chemistry. 175 
Johnston's Elements of Agricultural Chemistry. 1 50 
Leuchar’s Howto Build Hot-houses. 1 50 
Miles on the Horse's Foot. 75 
Mohr on the Grape Vine ... 100 
My Vineyard at Lakeview. 1 25 
Norton’s Scientific Agriculture. 75 
Onion Culture . 20 
Our Farm of Four Acres.paper, 30c.. .cloth,. 60 
Pardee on Strawberry Culture. 75 
Peat and Its Uses, by Prof. S. W. Johnson... 1 25 
Pedder's Land Measurer. 60i 
Percheron Horse. 1 00' 
Quinby’s Mysteries of Bee keeping. 1 50' 
Randall’s Sheep Husbandry. 1 oOi 
Randall's Fine Wool Sheep Husbandry. 1 00 
Richardson on the Dog.. . .. paper 30 cents.cloth 60. 
Rivers' Miniature Fruit Garden. 1 00' 
Rural Annual (Harris) 8 Nos., bound, 2 Vols.Each 1 50 
Saunders' Domestic Poultry.paper, 40 c. .bound 75 
Schenck’s Gardener's Text Book.. 75 
Skillful Housewife .. 75 
Stewart's (.John) Stable Book. 1 50 
Thompson’s Food of Animals. 1 00 
Tim Bunker Papers. 1 50 
Tobacco Culture .. . 25 
Warder's Hedges and Evergreens. 1 50 
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Youatt on the Hog.. 1 00 
Youatt on Sheep. 1 00 
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Chemistry of the Farm, (Nichols).. 1 25 
Crack Shot, (Barber)... 2 50 
Carpenter and Joiner, (R. Riddell). . 7 00 
Dead Shot; or Sportsman’s Complete Guide. 2 00 
Downing’s Cottage Residences.. 3 00 
Downing's Fruits and Fruit Trees of America. 3 00 
Downing’s Rural Essays.. 5 00 
Du Breiiil’s Vineyard Culture, (Dr. 'Warder). 2 00 
Farm Talk, (Brackett). . 1 00 
Flint (Charles L.) on Grasses. 2 50 
Flint's Milcli Cows and Dairy Fanning.. 2 50 
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Frank Forester’s Fish ana Fishing, Svo„ 100 eng’s. 5 50 
Frank Forester’s Manual for Young Sportsmen, 8 vo.. 3 00 
Fuller’s Forest Tree Culturist. 1 50 
Geyelin’s Poultry Breeding. 1 25 
Gray’s How Plants Grow. 125 
Gray’s Manual of Botany and Lessons in one Vol. 4 00 
Hatfield’s American House Carpenter. 3 50 
Husmann's Grapes & Wine. 1 50 
Jaques’ Manual of the House.. 1 50 
Jennings on Cattle. . 1 75 
Jennings on Sheep, Swine, and Poultry. 1 75 
Jennings on the Horse and his Diseases. 1 75 
Langstroth on the Honey Bee . 2 00 
Mavhew’s Illustrated Horse Doctor . 3 00 
Mayhew’s Illustrated Horse Management . 3 00 
Mayhew’s Practical Book-Keeping for Farmers. 90 
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Morrell's American Shepherd. 1 75 
My Farm of Edgewood. 1 75 
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Parsons on the Rose. — . 1 50 
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Strong’s Grape Culture... 3 00 
Ten Acres Enough.. . 150 
The Dog; By Dinks, Mayhew, and Hutchinson. 3 00 
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