INDEX TO VOLUME XVIII. 



AsrricaltTiral Fairs, benefit of,. .163, 181, 214 



— jouinals, Frv'Ucli, . ^ » 63 



'— papers, aud tUc duty of farmers to 



write for them, v 4S 



iiilliK-tice of, 8d, 119, 180 



— quackery, ^ 2ul 



a fa!-iner's opinion of, v 246 



— reiidiug, .^^.'^ u... 47, 7-6 



— Society, Fair of the Roval, 267 



N. V. State, J\ir of the, 333 



'-^ Winter Meeting, 97 



United Strtttss, 3-t, 66, 322 



Agriculture, a few thoughts on, , 3t>9 



— a glance at Virginia, -v.- 241 



— facts in, ^^ 17 



— have we made auy progress in, du- 



riri'.' tlie present year r^-v ^-.. 361 



— in Virjrinia, v.. 340 



— in Western N. Y., a"? described by an 



intelligent Scotch farmer, w....^»- 342 



^- its ad vantages, 20 



— Ohio State^Board of,...v 35 



Ammonia In green-houses, 251 



Amusements, Western, 225 



Anecdote. Bake^velVs, 279 



Angle wortKs, to kill, 3:^3 



Animals in winter, ..'., 374 



— look to your, , 25 



— rules in" fattening, ^, 369 



— teaching, , .. 247 



Apple, pink-fieshed,..^ -.. 131 



— the Ortley, 318 



— tree borer and bark-louse, 160 



caterpillar, 162, 265 



— worm, a new, , 61 



— trees 139 



dwarf, 133, 139 



re-grafting old, 58, 75 



Apples, baked, sweet, 16 



— cultivation of, , 155 



— lime barrels for preserving, ..., ,. 221 



-^ peaches, plum and otherfruit, drying, 89 



Aibor Yit<e, American, ICl, 187 



ATtichokes as a field crop, . 16 



— cultivation of, -.-. , ..117 



Asparagus andxhubarb, .. 95 



Balsam Fir trees, 15 



Barlev, -. 270 



— cultivation of, ....105, 138, 142 



— fall plowing for, ^. ..». 165 



— soaking in nitre water, 165 



— winter, 48, 99 



Bean fodder,.. . 171 



Bejins as a field crop, wl8, 117 



— cultivation o^..., ..51, 142, 144, 184 



— for stock, 43 



— in Uilln or diills, 165, 183 



— large vs. small, 115, 139 



^- prolitable varieties of, 184 



— white, an acre and a half of, 182 



Beef, quality of, 260 



Bees, 1.^0 



— management of; 146, 176 



Beet leaves, 96 



Beets and carrots, ! 211 



.— and coro-fodder as a second crop,... 206 



— fnr milch COWS, 17, 43 



Birds — again, 189 



— Cherry, 163 



— spare the, 66 



— their usefulness, 125, 139 



Blackberry plants, hones on, 378 



Blackberries, prolific Lawton, 260 



Black knot — hogs vs. curculio, 161 



Bone spavin, 184 



Bones, _ 374 



Bound volumes of the Genesee Farmer, 66 



Borers, vine-bugs, sulphur on corn, &e., 141 



Broom com, cultivation of, ...145, 175 



in Ohio, 175 



Buckwheat, cultivation of, 202 



Bushel, the number of pounds in a,... 44 



Business affairs, good management of,. 341 



—-mind your, 342 



Blotter, cheesy,..,,..... 66 



Butter from prairie hay, .... 301 



— laving down for winter, 341 



— making,...^ 86, 177, 210 



in Massachusetts, 263 



profits of, W..V .. 65 



tea rules to be observed in,... 110, MS 



— New York premium, 281 



— ■ preserving... 301 



Cabbage By, lettuce for, 111 



— for stock, . . 196 



Cabbages, manure for, 381 



Calves, drink for, 178 



— lice on, .^ 131 



— on the Ynanagetnent of, . 305, 306 



— rearing, 1S2, 369 



— wintermg, .- 47 



Carrots, 107 



— cultivation of, .....Ill, 138 



— don't thin, 183 



— harvesting, .... .. 206 



— on the same ground every year, 195 



— premium crop of, .. .. 235 



Cattle, be kind to thy, 182 



— cost of raising, . . 13 



— cure for vfarts on, .. 66 



— Devon vs. Durham, , 117 



— disease in Oiiio, ^ 245 



in the feet of, ... 50 



— Durham, for California, 133 



— hoven in,. 38, 118 



' — quarter-ill in, 54 



— Show, Smilhfield Chib, 51 



— the British breeds of, 329 



Cedar, white, 101 



Celeriac, or turnip-rooted celery, 254 



Chalk burning, 37 



Cheese factory, a great, 130 



— making, ..".... 151, 177 



in a small dairy, 142 



— to destroy mites in, 373 



Chess and cockle, 275 



— does wheat turn to, 290, 322 



— will rye tarn to,. ^ 303 



Chinese sugar cane, 17,37, 75, 108 



experiments with, 48, 140, 341 



-^ in Canada, 374 



mola-sses from, 227 



Churning in winter, 366 



Cineraria, the, 29 



Citv or country residence most desira- 



■ We, 91 



Clover and grass, cutting and curing for 

 fodder, 203 



— for soiling purpose.s, 73 



— raising in Massachusetts, 118 



— seed, '. 12 



sowing, ,, , 78 



— sod, manuring, for potatoes, cjru, fie, 73 



Clubs, farmers', 276 



Cook, learn to, .. 289 



Corn crop, a boy's, '-81 



— cultivation of, .82, 114, 117, 139 



in Indiana, 184 



in Kentucky, 118 



in Maine, .. 119 



— deep plowing for, 179 



— fill plowing for, ,., 16 



— for fodder, 270 



— good culture of, 369 



— green, an excellent way to prepare 



for winter use, . .. 258 



— hoeing, in dry weather, . 176 



— late planted, 206 



— management of for feeding cattle, .. 340 



— planter, foot,... 133 



— plowing land for, . . 45 



— seed, 16, 51 



selecting, . 184 



— sound, 245, 276 



— the season for, . 270 



— too much seed, 13 



— topping vs. cutting up, .... 339 



Cottages, designs for, 66 



Cow, a good,.. 133 



CowB and butter making, ,, 19 



Cows, feeding, 131 



for butter, 181 



Country house, English, 346 



Crops in Seneca county, 338 



— rotation of, 171 



Crow scarers, 171 



Cucumber vines, to protect from bugs,. 323 

 Curculio, lime and sulphur for the, 323 



— remedy for the, 352 



— the plum, 218, 286 



Currant bush worm; 162, 191 



Currants, cultivation of, 161 



Curves, a simple instrument for laying 



out, 60 



Dahlia, my first, 163, 171 



Dahlias, 80 



Dairy, a good, , 14 



Dead furrows and headlands, 16 



December, hints for, 374 



Devon bull Puritan, 54 



Draining ponds, excavate in flat fields,. 206 



— without tiles, 278 



Drouth, on the best means of escaping 



injury from, 308 



Dioscorea Batatas, the, 291 



Dwarf trees of China, 221 



Earth or angle worm, 161 



Edge tools, sharpening, 18 



Egg plant, cultivating the, 254 



Ergot, cause of foul in the feet, 77 



Essays for the Genesee Farmer, 308 



— prize, 323 



Eugenia Ugni, 30 



Evergreens, six hardy, 186 



— transplanting early in autumn, 288 



Ewes and lambs, 132, 139 



Exhibition, Provincial, of C. W., 334 



Experience, another chapter from, 60 



Fact, an interesting, 66 



Facts, a few for the Genesee Farmer,.. 77 

 Farm acco unts, 213 



— laborer, cheap, 368 



Farmers, brief remarks addressed to, . . . 20 



— Cluhs, 22 



— Debating Societies, 367 



— gardens, management of, .^ 156 



— how much education, and whatKind, 



do they need? 311 



— why do so few write for agricultural 



papers? 312 



— wives should be educated, 314 



Fi,r,u house, 256 



design for,.. .". 216 



— a brick, 248 



hints on building a, 181 



— h ouses in Michigan, 115 



— life, how can farmers render it at- 



tractive to their sons, 309 



how to make it attractive, 33, 89 



-^ keep an account with your, 23 



— stock, scarcity of, 239 



Farming ascience, . 215 



— going up, 277 



— high profits of, 139 



— operations,advantages of forethought 



in, 152, 177, 274 



advantages of system in, 153, 212 



— ten essentials to good, 268 



— tools, how to keep clean and bright, 275 



— why considered a degrading vocation, 310 



Fat, composition of, 79 



Fence, cheap, —.—..„....... 63 



board, ,.,....„..,.,... fiS 



— on heavy ground, .....,, . 180 



Fences, 74 



— ballding, 101 



— a few words about, 214 



Fencing a farm, best metliod, S6 



Figs, drying, 19T 



Flat fields, excavate draining ponds in, . 206 



Flowers, cultivation of, 16S, 193, 254 



^forest, 1S»3 



— for spring growing,...,,..,.,,,,,,, 135 



