144 INDEX TO ABSTRACT. 



Indian corn, cost and methods of cultivation and yield of, 67, 68, 100, 103. 

 experiments witli commercial fertilizers on, 66, 101. 

 stover, value of, 107. 



Manures, application and value of, 49, 64, 68, 69, 101. 

 Milch cows, management of, 117. 



Miles, George F., address by, on what the farm teaches, 22. 

 Milk, importance of, as a New-England farm product, 42. 

 treament of, for the dairy, 45. 



New-England farming, characteristics of, 28, 36, 42, 44, 



restored, 28, 36. 

 farms splendidly situated as regards markets, 29. 



Oakman, E,. N., report by, on neat-cattle, 112, 117. 



O'Brien, John, statement of, on pear-culture, 86. 



Onions, methods and cost of cultivation and yield of, 109. 



Pastures, improvement of, 43. 

 Pears, best varieties of, 81, 84, 93. 



characteristics of different kinds of, 81, 84, 88, 93. 

 manures adapted to the cultivation of, 76, 77, 85, 91, 92. 

 methods of keeping, 85, 89, 90. 

 soils adapted to the cultivation of, 76, 77, 85, 86. 

 time for picking, 86, 88, 92, 93. 

 required to riioen, 85. 

 Pear-trees, methods of pruning, 78, 83, 86, 87, 91. 



remedies for blight and insects on, 78, 85, 87. 

 standard and dwarf, profits of, compared, 93, 94. 

 utility of transplanting, 76. 

 value of ashes around, 76. 



iron waste around, 78. 

 Ploughing, systems of, 72. 



Potatoes, methods and cost of cultivation and yield of, 108. 

 Poultry, methods of managing, and profits of, 125, 130, 133. 

 Putnam, Ansel W., report by, on ploughing, 72, 73. 



Rend-rock, description and A^alue of, in blasting rocks, 39. 

 Roads, necessity for use of gravel in repair of, 14. 

 Kocks on the farm, how to dispose of, 41. 

 Rodman, Edmund, report by, on poultry, 125, 129. 



Seelye, J. H., address by, on the cause of hard times, 19. 

 Sheep-husbandry, methods of management in, 121. 

 Smith, Edmund, statement of, on use of manures, 70. 

 Stockbridge fertilizer, comparative value of the, 67, 70, 71. 

 Suggestive farm-hints, address on, 7-18. 



Thurlow, T. C, suggestive farm-hints by, 7, 18, 93. 



Tools should be taken care of, 10, 57. 



Trees, utility of planting, for shade and ornament, 11, 63, ST 



Under-draining, utility of, 13, 53. 



Ware, Benjamin P., statements by, 68, 92. 



Wilder, Marshall P., statement of, on pear-culture, 84. 



