INDEX. 



Society, Ilillsboro', Co., N. 11., 16 ; U. S. Ap., 

 39, 109, 228, 327, 476, 485 ; Worcester North, 

 71; Essex, 73; N. Y. State, 60; officers of 

 175; pomological, Amei'ican . . .195 



South, notes from the 173 



Soil, garden, 70 ; night, fras lime . . 187,307 

 Sparrow, song, 320 ; and the bee . . . 403 



Spider, red, on roses 247 



Sports, country 536 



Squash, .53 ; winter, 200; Hubbard . 281, 346, 486 

 Squirrel, striped, 84, 214, 241, 327 ; navigation 371 



Starch, corn 274 



Stock, butter, 36 ; feeding, 69 ; fancy, 93 ; on 

 raising, 132; improvement of, 235; native, 

 and milk, 247 ; in U. S., 327 ; care of, 402 ; 

 vegetables cooked for, 437 ; native, 285, 288 ; 

 management of, 498 ; keep more . . . 563 



Stump-puller, a new 497 



Straw, how to use 231 



Strawberry, the, 389, 398, 406 ; set out in Aug. 



or May' 437,479 



Stoves, air-tight 146 



Subsoiling vs. draining 222 



Sugar 476 



Summer-house, a small, 132 ; plan for a cheap 169 

 Sunflower, 180; seed for oil . . . .230 

 Swallow, clift', 330 ; barn, 404, 428 ; republican, 

 450, brumal retreat of, 470 ; vs. flies, 4S3 ; de- 

 parture of, 507 ; family .... 542 



Sweet potato, slips 132 



Swine, fine, Essex, 40, 53 ; carrots for, 91 ; fine, 

 92; large, 247; profits of fattening, 315; 

 feed for ....... 321 



Symmcs' Hole 365 



Telescope, Ross' . . ... . .431 



Thinking and breathing 475 



Thistles, Canada, to destroy . . . .131 

 Thompson, Zadock, biography of . . . 377 



Thrush, the wood 545 



Thursday, three in one week . . . .142 



Ticks, how to kill 215, 552 



Timber, time to cut, 130; powderpost in . .311 

 Toads, how they shed their skins ... 46 



Tobacco, opinion of it 405 



Tomato and onion, 285 ; and pickles . . 498 



Tools, the farmer's 212 



Transactions, Miussachusetts .... 379 



Travel, incidents of 554 



Trcadwell, John G. . • . . . . 432 

 Trees, apple, profits of, 12; pears, several ex- 

 cellent, 15, 55, 141, 167, 285, 511; fruit, 

 and mice, 25, 280 ; a new wash for, 26 ; a 

 singular, 47 ; fruit, how to get, 54 ; milk, 

 bread and butter, 77 ; pruning, 83, 438 ; ap- 

 ple, 102, 113, 142, 4.33; from seed, 113; 

 planting fruit, for others, 121; apple, 142; 

 of America, 14'J; peach, 167; tall, 167; on 

 an acre, 180; snow-bound fruit, 187; wliite- 

 washing, 200 ; fruit and shade, 266 ; gir- 

 dled, 247, 289 ; lectures on their relations to 

 the atmosphere, 299 ; plum, treatment of, 

 319, 367 ; love for, 350 ; salt on, 390 ; apple, 

 inquiries about, 4.33; shade, on roadside, 

 264 ; training and pruning, 265 ; sucker 

 plum, 282; will gas kill, 282; pear and 

 tomato, 285 ; purchasing fruit, 292 ; and 



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hedges, 295; fruit, 482; labels for fruit, 500; 



too many shade, 507 ; pear, pruning . .511 

 Trotting courses on fair grounds . . . 477 

 Turnijis, are they good for sheep, 124; culture 



of 290 



U. 



Universe, wonders of the 179 



Urate 69 



Urine 242 



Ventilation 122 



Vermin, to destroy 552 



Vermont, Orleans Co., 160; crops in, 390, 437 ; 



things in, 444 ; State Fair, 482 ; letter from 550 



Veterinary Journal 148 



Vine, grape, grafting the, 215; hop, 325; a 

 profitable, 395 ; barren grape, 398 ; how to 



protect a grapo 511 



Vinegar, animal 272 



W. 



Walnut, the 448 



Water, to house and barn ..... 551 



War with England 337 



Warm, how the body keeps .... 524 

 Washington City, letters from . . . 357, 363 



Waste, powder-mill 102 



Water, curiosities of, 64; clay, 101 ; pipes, 248; 



cistern, 258, 287 ; effect of hard, on animals 485 

 Weather, the 122; record of for January, 198; 



and its signs 469 



Weeds in paved paths 455 



Wells, artesian, 437 : about digging, 453; open 



or covered ------- 528 



West, and cast 567 



Wheat, and other things, nutriment in, 38 ; rais- 

 ing, 102, 107 ; sprouted, 102 ; how to prepare 

 for sowing, 131; and rj-e crops, 215; sum- 

 mer, 279; large crop of, 326; culture of in 

 Maine, 337 ; winter-killed, 243 ; on Potomac 

 lands, 347; white flint, 438; machine for 



hulling 509 



Whitewash - - . - - - - 135 

 Wife, influence of, 379 ; a good - - - 440 

 Willow, establishment at Waterbury, 11; cul- 

 ture of the, 75; light wanted about, 121, 



130; fences 189 



Wine, native grape, 494 ; elderberry - - 511 



Winter, fi\rm work for, 82, 158; in Vermont, 



1.59; of 1855-6 .... 263,248,314 



. 260 

 . 341 

 . 362 

 . 356 

 . 487 

 415 



Wisconsin, De Soto in 

 Woman, influence of 

 Women of I'eru 

 Wood, mea,suring, 184; green 

 Wool, 38 ; potatoes, and cheese 

 Wolves and wild horses 

 Worcester, north, cattle show, 



at .... 



Worm, canker . 



02 ; cattle show 



y. 



Yard, front, trees in 



514 

 330, 368 



142 



