INDEX ^0 VOLUME XVIIL 



— winter, for rooms, 31 



Fly on clierries, _.. '^^ 



Fodaer, scarcity of, at the West, 277 



Foul in the feet,... 77, 109 



Fowls, barn-yarcl,on the management of, S(j6 



— improve your stock of, 343 



Fruit culture desirable, ■--- -7 



— drj'ing, 13-j •^-"1 



— gathering and ripening, ^8S 



— Growers' Soc. of Western X. Y., 36 



meeting of, 92, 315 



— growing in Oregon, : 127 



— is the culture of, on a more extended 



scale, desirable, 87 



— old varieties of, wearing out, 224 



— thinning of, 29 



— trees, is it desirable to plant, in the 



highways, 313, 376 



rabbits, &c., 187 



tar on, . 61 



— varieties of, for the West, 352 



Fruits, preserving, without sugar, 21S 



Fuel for summer, 74 



Fuschia, ihe monstrous, 30 



Garden,' a farmer's, 171 



— an Ohio farmer's, l')3 



— in my new. — No. 1, 223 



r^-No.2, .- 2.:.2 



No. 3, 285 



No. 4, -...- .- 349 



— my new, 12S 



— is it proper for ladies to assist in the, 314 



— seed should be sown in drills, 123 



— seeds, sowing, — 124 



— the, .... 31 



Gardens, compost for, 3"6 



— why do farmers generally neglect 



their, SS, 187, 19" 



Gardening at the North Pole, 255 



— ladies should do their own, 256 



Garget, cure for the,' 1C5 



Genesee Farmer, the, (poetry,) 381 



Goat, ewe Cashmere, -- 25 



Gooseberries, grafting, .- 191 



Gooseberry mildew, cure for, 28 



Grape:ie.s, cold,. ..96, 133 



Grape.'!, culture of, in the open air,.2S4, SiO 

 Grass, ^ 270 



— country, blessings of a, 206 



—r timothy, seeding to, 367 



Green-house.s, glass for, 30 



Guano aiid concentrated manures, 110 



— in England, ; 132 



— {iho.-<phates in, 130 



Hail storms in England, 323 



Hay, corn-stalks, &c., cutting,... 150 



■Headlands, productiveness of, 50 



Head-ruj^s for cattle, 51 



Hedges,^ 134 



-r- osage orange, 66, 127 



— sweet briar, 109 



Hens, how can they be made to forsake 



their lazy habits, 312 



Herd Book, Devon, 194 



Hint.a good, 67 



Home.^tead, the, 226 



Hoeing, oljects of, 242 



Hog cholera, cure for, 132 



Hogs, feeding, 65 



Horse, Arabian, pedigree of, 21 



Hor.se charm, the, 235 



— dis('a.>es of the, 372 



— ilistemper, 68, 78 



— Fh ing.Mo.rgan.. 120 



— G- jiLTiaGifford, Jr., 304 



— .Ja>tin Morgan, 23 



— power, American, in England, 259 



— Kii-hardson on the, 15 



— wiM, how to bind,... 249 



■Hoises:, blond, 75 



.— bois or belly-ache in, 78 



i — : coUc in, , 78 



I— cyvij; .Ion powders for, 53 



.— diu-'wii;:, 49, 75 



-Fjvive/i, IS 



— m:iua;:ement of, 80 



— o;-aldV-.r.t for galls on, 374 



— or : .S;.;e in farm labor, ■ 150 



— Uuiinent for bruises on, 78 



— ].. .. -ylUn, 



— !■■::■ '■.:e3 on, , 



— F. ;. lialtin, 



119 



78 



4:5 



— -.: i -Mr,..; 1)9 



— V ,. . m.iuageraent of, 364 



Hor.li.u.t. iral Exhibitions, women on 



committees at, 289 



Horticultural operations for Jaauarj', . . 28 



February, 59 



Starch, 05 



April, 124 



May, - 159 



June, 188 



July, 221 



August, 251 



September, 283 



October 319 



November, 349 



December, 376 



Horticulture in Oregon, 192 



Horticulturists, rjuestions for, 60, 75 



Hot-beds, .'. --- 382 



— management of, 124 



House, farm-,.. 1^1 



Hoven in cattle, 226 



Influence, home, - 225 



— the wife's, 2-25 



Inquiries and Answers, 37, 67, 101, 133, 166 



■ 196, 229, 260. 292, S24, 356, S81 

 Items suggested by the December No.,. 35 



Janu.Hry No., 43 



February No., — 75 



March No., 109 



April No., 138 



■ Jlay No., 171 



June No., 205 



July No., 238 



August No., 289 



September No., 299* 



October No., ...., 335 



November No., 365 



Kane, Dr., death c^ 109 



Labor, price of in England and Ameiica, 130 



Lady equestrianism, 142, 156, 157, 245 



Land, be.st method of seeding it to tim- 

 othy and herd's grass, 305 



— bow nature imparts fertility to, 236 



— the tiller of his own, 25 



Land.s, working, in the fall, 259 



Landscape gardening, specimen of 



American. 28 



Letters from the South-west, 139 



Lice on anything, to kill, 105 



Lima beans, 75 



a plea for, 76 



Lime on beans, 79 



Linden, European, 93 



Location, as it affects temperature and 



vegetation, 282 



Locust seed, sowing, 133 



— tree, yellow, 27 



— trees from seed, 15 



Machine, how it may be easier for it to 



work than to do nothing, 279 



M.ad itch in cattle, 101 



Mangel wurzel, cultivation of, 113 



sowing in the fall, 195 



Manure, appljing and leaving upon the 



surface, 243 



— artificial, frauds in,... 74, 109 



— barn-yard, 9, 43 



management of, --I'i", 171, 181 



— drawing out, 73 



— heaps, muriatic acid in, 130 



— leached ashes as a, 149, 171 



— lime .as a, 87, 131, 272 



— other than barn-yard, most economi- 

 cal mode of obtaining, 1-17 



— Peruvian guano as a, 184 



— plowing in green corn for, 3113 



— salt as a, 150 



— shade as a, 43 



— still and still slop, 17 



— swampmuck as a, 181 



— question, the, 301 



— unleached ashes as a, 149, 183 



— value of, for potatoes, 183 



Manures, concentrated and guano, 110 



— liquid 130 



— speci.ai, 221 



Marl, hi.story of, as a fertilizer, 79 



Marsh and its products, 45, 75 



May-beetle, the, 239 



Meadowsi, clean, 247 



.Meat, consumption of, 65 



— hjw much corn or hay is required to 

 produce a pound of, 271 



— to make it fresh and sweet, 54 



Melons, growing, 162 



Mice and fruit trees, 30 



— to prevent girdling by, 28 



Milking, should ladies do the, 90-, 109, 20?' 



276 



— wh«> should do the, 164 



Millet, cultivation of, 18.5 



Monroe County Farmers' Club,., 36- 



M<>sse.% 251 



Mowing machines, economy ot, 227 



Mulching, _ ..- 21^ 



Mushroom culture,... — 3iO 



National we.alth, , 333 



Newspaper statistics, fallacy of, 260 



Notes for t.!ie month, bv S. W., 17, 53, 7* 

 109, 139, 171, 206, 238j 270, 299, S36, 3S6 



— liomljidiana, 230 



Minnesota, 278 



Oats, cBlfkation of, 107, 138, 145- 



Onions, cultivation of, 84, 182, 320 



— hen »>.iaure for, J.. — 1S& 



— raising, ^, , 4!> 



— to raise large, 192 



Orchard grass, 1 32' 



Orchards, improving old apple, 26* 



— location of, — 9*5 



— planting, — 377' 



Ornamental tree, the h^rse chesiuuta.s 



arr, . 



22»' 



Osage orange seed, — 331 



Owls, spare the, '92' 



— to catch, - 101 



Paint, cheap,. „ _ l^"' 



Parsley, to dry. fur winter use, 378 



Parsneps as a field crop, -- 171 



— sowing in the fall, HC' 



Patent Office P*port, - - 4-3 



Peas, Japan, 20, 140, 260- 



Peach, cultivation of the,. ..154, 162 



— trees, gum in, 382 



the result of care in setting out,. 377 



Peaches, — 27 



— raising in Massachusetts, 351 



Pear roots, l-?ngth of — Correction, 347 



— ruht, and cracking of the,.. 61 



Pears, dwarf, cultivation of, 121 



— grafting on white thorn, 287 



— select, on quince stock?,.. 57 



Peas, be.st soil for, 128 



— cul'ivation of, 31, 154, 163, 184 



— forw.arding early, 95 



— should be sown early, 161 



— to kill bugs in,.. 117 



Petunias, a Mst of good,. 192 



Pigeons, domestic, 337 



Pigs, Cheslsr White,... _ 131 



Pig-sty, convenient, 270 



Planting early, 140 



— prepare for, next spring, 347 



— summer and autumn, 253 



Plants, protecting, from cold, 375 



— starting, earl^, 192' 



Plaster for clover, 109 



Correction, 76' 



— sowing, 74 



Plowing, 74 



— and harrowing land, 78 



— deep, 180 



— fall and spring, 16, iS 



to kill Canada thistles, 131 



— for spring wheat, 47 



— objects of, 115 



— subsoil, 153i 171 



— without headlands, 184 



Plums, American 352 



— and the curcuUo 171 



— cultivation of,. 155, 162 



Poll evil, 18S 



Potato disease, 67 



— rot, 322' 



— substitute for the, 21 



Potatoes, ...75, 1C9, 270 



— cultivation of, 46, 79, 83, 114, 183 



iu Iowa, 140 



in Ohio, 178 



in Washington Territory, 131 



without hand-hoe, 47 



— digging and preservmg,. 278 



— large and small, 15 



yield of, 21 



— mulching, with strav,', 15 



— on clover sod . 4G 



— planting, in the fall, 99, 195 



— sprouting, 195 



Poultry, feed for, 44 



— house, Browne's, 208 



Prairie fam5, management of, 84, 1-il, 179 



[ — hay and white hutter, 233' 



