

INDEX TO THE FOURTH VOLUME. 



A. 



Page 

 . 292 

 . 112 

 11 

 . 541 

 343, 474 



Accidents, how to render assistance in 



Acknowledgments . 



Acre, how to measure an 



Address, Mr. French's . 



Aged, respect for the 



Agricultural meetings at the State House, 



67, 91, 113, 138, 145, 168, 187, 193, 210, 217, 227 

 Agricultural bureau, 26 ; lectures, 110 ; statis 

 tics, 117; productions, table of, 367; pro 



gress, 367 ; colleges 475 



Agriculture, practical, 41 ; its origin and dig- 

 nity, 70; Mass. Board of, 88, 125, 130, 327, 

 407; National Society, 117; as an occupa- 

 tion, 289 ; board of, in Maine, 340 ; in Ger- 

 many, 392 ; State Board of, 423, 472 ; Ha- 

 waiian, 452 ; in France .... 470 

 Akierney or Jersey cattle . . . .415 



Alumina 254 



Animals, period of gestation in, 26 ; wintering 

 domestic, 84, 94 ; races and varieties of, 172, 

 179 ; tricks of, 323 ; domestic, addition to 

 the stock of, 444 ; why are they fat . . 484 

 Ants and Aphides ..... 351, 401 

 Answers, a string of, 286 (see page 275) 



Aphides and Ants 351, 401 



Apple crop, 12 ; for stock, 28 ; minister and 

 aunt Hannah, 34, 37 ; Siberian crab and 

 stocks, 45, 106 ; selection of, 74, 75 ; tree, 

 history of, 74 ; grafting Siberian crab, 106; 

 Baldwin and Danvers sweet, 111; tree 

 planted by Peregrine White, 113 ; late keep- 

 ing, 157 ; trees, lice on, 168 ; man, what he 

 said, 174 ; Danvers winter sweet, 176, 217 ; 

 Woodpecker and Baldwin, 190, 191 ; best 

 varieties, 193 ; grafting, 203 ; Northern Spy, 

 216, 470 ; the Mother, 317 ; trees, what kills 

 the, 325; a selection of six varieties, 241; 

 rapid growth of, 258 ; a new, 329 ; summer 

 rose, 355, 402 ; trees, can the bearing-year 

 be changed, 448 ; striped sweeting . . 451 



Ashes, coal 341 



Asparagus, 231 ; how to cut, 281 ; is it a ma- 

 rine plant 371, 401 



Atmosphere, influence of, on vegetation 368, 428 

 107 



Bee, the honey, 137, 162, 220; why they die 



264 ; sting of, cure for 

 Bees, why die in winter 

 Beets, vinegar from 

 Beetle, the church-yard . 

 Blueberries, white . 

 Bird, a new depredator, 167 ; what is that, 184 



don't kill the, 256 ; preserving, 287 ; how 



to stuff, 349, 350 ; tailor, 363 ; a careless 



observer of, 416; stuffing, 452; bobolink, 



471 ; why do they fly . 

 Book, a rare and interesting . 

 Books, notices of. 182, 201, 284, 340 ; Farmers' 



Guide, 277 ; Essex County Transactions 

 Bone, dissolving in ashes, 288 ; manure, 259, 



262 ; disorder, symptoms, remedy 

 Bobolinks ....... 



Borer, preventive against, 265 ; the apple tree, 



303 ; an experiment with the 

 Bridge, Remington's 

 Broom, corn .... 

 Bugs, dor, again 

 Budding .... 



Bull, Durham, 340 ; Hereford 

 Buds and trees, what kills the 

 Boys, a caution to . 

 Bureau, agricultural 



475 



540 



95 



77 



436 



484 

 543 



280 



300 

 471 



426 

 287 

 545 

 341 

 239 

 403 

 387 

 52 

 26 



Axletrees 



B. 



Ball, electric 



Barley, 344 ; fine 



Barre, Mass 



Barns, stone, 236, 250 ; windows in gable end 



of, 271 ; a model 



Bathing . 



Beans, white, vs. colored, 278 ; won't run this 

 year . 



487 

 438 

 333 



272 

 399 



466 



Caloric ship Ericson 278 



Calf, and colts, 77 ; a large, 203 ; the largest . 278 

 Canker worms . . . . . .155 



Carrots 180, 266, 302, 306 



Carpet, selection of ..... 243 



Cars, ventilated 390, 486 



Capitol, the, at Washington .... 384 



Caterpillar, the orchard, 65, 186, 316, . . 471 



Castor oil for light, 17 ; bean . . 47, 315 

 Cattle, to promote the health of, 22 ; shows, 

 morals at, 96 ; sale of in England, 125 ; 

 feeding, 161 ; how to judge, 179 ; improve- 

 ment in tying up, 209 ; tying up, 257 ; 

 gnawing bones 269 ; Alderney or Jersey, 



415 ; fattening in stalls and sheds . . 428 



Celery, best method of preserving . . . 543 

 Cherry, black tartarean, 33 ; best varieties of 

 the, 194; slug, 280; wild, poisonous to 



cows 477, 479 



Chemistry of nature, 71 ; advantages of a 



knowledge of ..... . 372 



Children, anxiety for 342 



Cheese, an extensive business in making . 344 



Chimneys, 51 ; smoky 136 



Churn, thermometer 339 



Cisterns vs. wells, 258 ; capacity of . . 314 

 Cities, how they exhaust the fertility of the 



land 234 



