The national era. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1847-1860, 1856-05-22
THE AMERICAN AGRICULTURIST,
[ Established in MAY, 1872.

very large Monthly each number containing "a double
ino mot octavol pages printed on beautiful paper and
forming a neat and valuable volume preserve as a
standard work OF reference
Tie dtiT Of each n,'n6sr Is PrpOT,d rith direct Trrnc,
10 ne tcoTk Of The month IA urhieh 4 appears
The articles written in a plain familiar instructive
sye' and are adapted to the Understandings we'll a.
the teeSSfisS of the Of cutvators In this
spect The Agrieu!f'eriss stands UNEQUALLED
or ho.e US So bavs nE By vsOaar Theorists
Fertilizers Plants, Seeds. TO sebut by ndsnendsrt
n'eingent Working Men, who KNOW what they write
ABOUT as hey give from month month the plain com
nonsense instructive details of their own actual eSn
Renee, and thai Of their neighbors.
The Editor Is himself a practical man. brought IN IN
ne labors OF large farm embracing a varied culture
and now resides in the country To these have add
ed the advantages of thorough study of the science OF
soil culture years of practice the ANALYSIS of soils ma,
nures &c and extensive travelling Tor The ,nvno -,
observing the methods OF cultivation wide range OF
locality.
lie has access to all the leading agricultural eriIsI
published from which CLEANED whatever i OF prac-
uca value The AHsran AyricitistI Is in this respect
kind Of current Encyclopedia Of agricultural IN
To make the Agricust excel By reason of the intrin
sac value of us pages IS the aim and ambition the Pub
hSher' ana al connected with him EXCELSIOR IS their
motto Each number shall eqaI ITS predecessors
large number of subscribers have been constant read
though the paper is forced upon any one but j.
promptly discontinued when the expires for winch n
subscribers have failed durii he present wear
This shows what those who know the paper think OF A.
Many hundreds nave testified that single HAT oAen
repaid the cost OF the paper for many years
The Publisher has been 10th speak thus freely Of what
etTtst but he has been mpelled TO do so by the on re-
peaed advice of Others who believe that there are thou
sands OF persons who not only need but desire Just such
Journal as this least be- He respectfully .sk
ali interested IN any manner in the cultivation OF tse sol
10 give The AgTien land thsmselves the beaesi OF =
years trial, and then Judge offs merits or lgnrrus
a years subscription costs but ONE DOLLAR A In.
efa patronage and subscription hst already large rem
derS II practicable furssn such journal N r. -,
PRICE, though the paper on which II Is printed alone costs
Nearly dhy practices al articles every month or more Than
I've hundred during ear, scarcely tail 10 repay az
New subscribers begin with the MAY is.,e Or ,
future number. recent large increas, of new rr,I
mas ehurey exhausted the numbers Of previous months
To give some idea OF the range of topics discuss. IN
's !ouhs we append portion only of the cons,nts OF
THE AGRICULTURIST FOR MAY, 1856:
| Work for the Month-four columns
Calendar OF Operations for May. I-JiIn The ELI - 81 .
uas,, IA .he O'rhard Sc rndcs ng the various kn,is
VI WoIA 20 De attended to daring the month. This table
Is very uii complete UGd valuable and none ,orh
many times the wi,oe OF the paper "'
May WORK Tor temales-iiouse cleaning, &c-bv Anna
To ny Sisters upon the Farm No. by Eliza
haekGtrreS-Value Of and how 10 grow the New R9-
Bo6olink-a beautiful rplion-by Washington Irving
CloysrTSow II for manuro-Why. when. how
Sosii-IlTee articles on planning. &c
Cows-NIIlk fever-Rsmedy.
Egg Plant-Value-Iluyv 10 grow
Fruit Trees-se one out-Wiy?
Horses lthree arucles-upcrantr results OF zner,ruerr.
Lambs on Trees and Fenccs-SY6y nm, ,I"r
regrne-N aiGable for posture aud hay Clus,rate,i
machinery IN AgrcpIare-Noyy and then
Melons, SquasNeS. &c-IIov 10 plant
MHiet-i G!tsailon, &c. Oustrliedl
NGstufi!uWs VS. CucumberS-IIovv pr,,vu
Okra-N aiuabe-AlOde OF culture
"op rohucal Arucle-Au aniusil, and instructive H.
- luslraed page OF imported aud .al,,ya .ri,,,st " ~
LOTS IIaIy al The Nesi-SUu,nary Tor I-55
1900 Aii7S ai,i,ieleSl-Olle way get eatly-Exprr-
mehs wIl-tull leFeciions tor GROWING s,y,e, rt,,
tieu'ng good, AT iule cost or trouble
IonsIxhe hnesi OF all handy evergreen Aoyv-
r-'ag planiS--Worhy Of cyesy one, ,it-,t,,. -,
p ueisenpuoi OF cost me!lcd Of cultivation &c
Jumbles, So. ~ MUMMY 'O'
satisfy vegetable oysterl--Vslue, culture
Ssoeu ped9-fow TO prepare.
soup Making Explained
Stone fences-Naluable hnIis on building
Inn Bunker, Esq-Hs history. NC
village BUiders-Sharp hits al,
VS. Eastern farmers gain by going there No
wheat tSpnngl--A Farmers Experiepr, 30
yaneiy of other short articles Tie f,t,,r. np,ohrs
VIII be mere asingy valuable ei1
4r'i'ho-Ohe Dollar year, in advance
,oo okANGE JUDD, Publisher and Proprietor.
' No 1911 Wafer street. New York