248 .INDEX. 



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Native stock, want of uniformity in, 195,199 



New England farming, . .' 31,33,35,37,73,91,115,143 



Orchards, productive, 106, 149, 151 



Pastures, management of, 106, 209, 211, 213 



Peaches, cultivation of, 153 



Pears, cultivation of, 141, 144, 151, 153 



Pears, varieties of, 152, 153 



Pedigrees, importance of, 183, 184, 186 



Plan of a bam, 95,104,107,109,237 



Profit and loss, 115; 120 



Pruning the grape, 138, 140, 146 



Rogers' hybrids, something about, 133, 135, 136 



Root crops, reports on, 165, 168, 172, 174, 176 



Ruta-bagas, cultivation of, 168, 172, 174 



Schools, the need of agricultural, 3, 5, 7, 13, 67 



Season, character of the, 91,97,102,103 



Seed, selection and preservation of, 162, 164, 181 



Sheep husbandry, increased attention to, ... 37, 40, 58, 100, 211, 213, 216 



Sheep, report on, 206, 208, 209, 215 



Sheep, why not keep more? 37,39,58,60,73,100,211 



Shorthorns, something about, . . . ; 183, 185, 180 



Soils for the grape, 137, 144 



Southdowns, something about, ' . 39, 40, 60, 74, 215 



Special object, have a, 38, 58, 61, 114 



Stock, character of our, 35, 37, 40, 58, 69, 91, 100 



Success, elements of, 2, 42, 74 



Swine, cooking food for, 105 



Sympathy, cultivate domestic, . . . 14, 15, 55 



The Model State, 18, 20, 25, 68, 75 



The Dairy, report on, 217, 220 



Treadwell farm, experiments on the, 124, 125 



Turnip culture, 166, 168, 170 



Vines, pruning and training of, 138, 140, 146 



Wants, some of our, 7, 32, 41, 95, 100 



White chasselas, what of it ? 134, 135 



Wool, production of, ^9, 60, 61, 73, 74, 100, 207 



Worcester and Ayrshire compared, 37, 38 



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