INDEX. 679 



Apple, pear, and grape, article on, &c. 

 Grapes — 



Clinton 128 



Concord 128 



Delaware 129 



Isabella 129 



Lydia 129 



IMaxatawny 129 



Norton's Virginia 130 



^ Eebecca 130 



Eogers's Hybrid, No. 15 130 



Arnold, Mr., remarks on breeds of cows 409 



Asses and mules in United States in 1850 and 1860 189 



Ass, use of in this country 183 



Atmosphere, evaporating powers of, in England and America 488 



Auriculas 37(3 



Ayrshire cattle, characteristics of, article on, by Sauford Howard 193 



Ayrshire coavs, annual returns from 196 



"Dunlap stock," remarks on 194 



Importations, when made 194 



Importers of Ayrshires 197, 198 



Origin of Ayrshires, evidence of. 195 



Points indicating superior quality 195 



Properties important in dairy stock 196 



Treatment of calves iu Scotland 197 



Azaleas 373 



B. 



Bacon, prices of at New York, and exports 613 



Barns, their location, &.c 335 



Barley, prices of at Chicago 617 



Bats, their nature and habits 266 



Beavers 269 



Bears 268 



Bees, Hymcnoptcra 275 



Bee, Italian, description of 535 



Bee culture, profits and importance of 544 



Beeswax and honey, production of - 545 



Beef, prices of at New York and Chicago 613,614,617 



Beets, sugar, cultivation of 99 



Beetles 274, and 565, 560, 507, 568, 569, 575, 576, 577, 578, 579 



Birds, importance of protecting 276 



of prey 278 



Blackbirds 284, 304 



Blue jay 305 



Bluebird 295 



Bobolink, reedbird 303 



Bollman, Lewis, report on agricultural statistics 579 



Borers 566,575,576 



Borden, patent method of preserving milk 389 



Bossert, F., article on wine 156 



Boyle, Dr., experiments in India 514, 515 



Bradford, L. J. — Article on Culture and Management of Tobacco 87 



Article on Hemp Culture 91 



Breeding in and in 166 



Brown, Simon — Article on Farmers' Gardens 337 



Bugs 275 



Buprestis 566 



Butcher bird 299 



Butter, Devonshire, method of making 389 



Prices of at New York in 1863, and exports 613 



Buzzards 278 



C. 



Cactus 371 , 372 



Calla, Ethiopian 370 



Calves, Ayrshire, treatment of in Scotland 197 



California, meteorology of - C26-676 



Crops in 1863 593-599, GOO 



Camellia japonica 368,369 



