INDEX. 



Page 

 491 



563 



Groton, JIass., festival at . 



Guano, home made, 29, 299 ; fish, 88, 258, 335 ; 

 brief history of, 174 ; for com, 199 ; and muck, 

 199 ; and plaster, 231 ; experiments with, 235 ; 

 trade, 259; effects of home made, 413; how 

 and when to apply it .... 



H. 



Habits 394 



Hammer, the 349 



Hampshire Cattle Show 569 



Haras, how to euro 33, 288 



Hancock, N. II., notice of .... 445 



Han-is, Dr., his cabinet 576 



Hay, equivalents of various plants to, 257 ; im- 

 portance of, 297 ; salting, 298, 354, 414; caps 

 for, 351, 375, 425 ; to ascertain weight of by 



measure, 430 ; time 435 



Havana, shopping in 344 



Health 434 



Heat and cold 572 



Heaves, liow to euro 280 



Hedge, thorn 327 



Hogs, meal or corn for fattening . . . 528 

 Home, for the people, 80 ; beautify your, 351 ; 



how to secure peace at 506 



Honey, ponds of . . . . . .13 



Horn," distemper, cure for 258 



Hop-raising 463 



Horse, sagacity of the, 20 ; shoes, and how to 

 put them on, 23 ; slioeing and overreaching, 

 40 ; carrots for a, 49, 199, 309 ; distemper in, 

 84 ; how to make draw, 92 ; influenza in, 99 ; 

 doctoring a sick, 106; racing at shows, 133, 

 215, 229, 264 ; with the heaves, 146 ; ill-using 

 the, 207 ; how to keep a, 216 ; a knowing, 

 240 ; witliout hay, 241 ; Gifford Morgan, 334, 

 359, 396, 448 ; cough in, 339 ; corns on feet 

 of a, 359 ; Swedisli, 394 ; Morrill, 398, 439 ; 

 ■wild, and wolves, 415; instinct of, 423; dis- 

 ease among, 443, 455 ; and cattle, stabling, 

 516; carrots for, 551; the Morrill, 558; 

 Ethan Allen, 559, 560; to tell age of, 562 ; at 

 cattle shows, 563, 565, 568; too well fed, 565; 

 and carrots, 566 ; clothing, under, for winter, 



558; colic in the 571 



Hot-bed, how to raako 79 



Hotel life in N. Y. 392 



House, how to keep warm in the winter, 44 ; in 

 the country, 66; a small summer, 132, 169; 

 log, 334 ; to paint an old , . . , 482 



Howes, Tredcriclc 79 



lloliday, the farmer's 553 



I. 



Ice-house 101 



Illinois, crops in . . . . • . 439 



Imagination, power of 275 



Implements sold in IJoston .... 281 



Improvement, means of 46 



Ink, how to make 505 



Inorganic matter, 105 ; and organic . .213 



Irrigation 201 



Iron, mountains of 468 



Iowa, matters in 138 



Isles, British, rural economy of, 117, 123, 159, 

 164, 177, 186, 194, 205,238,252,2.58, 276, 



302, 322, 361, 381, 426, 458 



Island Eock 256 



Islands, Hawaiian 560 



Ivy, poison, 53 ; on wet land, 54 ; how to man- 

 age ' , . 292 



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475 



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22 



504 



249 



576 

 497 



Jail, old Concord .... 

 January, calendar for 

 Johnston, J. F. W., death of . 

 Journals, agricultural, preservation of 

 June, and its work .... 



K. 



Knives, to clean with case 

 Kohl rabi, or German cabbage 



L. 



Labor, dignity of, 517 ; make it agreeable, 523; 



less, or land, more 539 



Lambs, to prevent being poisoned . . . 280 

 Lamps, cheap oil, for kitchen . . . .63 

 Land, sandy, how to treat, 199 ; value of, 352 ; 



gravelling meadow, 462 ; let the poor go . 523 

 Latchet, how much dcijcnds on the . . . 356 



Lawns 337 



Legislattire, Ag. meeting of the, 118, 125; re- 

 marks on, 128, 139, 162, 171, 182, 190, 203, 



209, 219, 243 



Leisure, the young man's 547 



Letter, a wide awake, 108 ; from tlie editor, 357, 



363, 445, 468, 530, 534 

 Leominster, cattle show at . . . .510 



Life, rural, impressions of early, 100; increased 



duration of 543 



Lily, garden 248 



Lime, superphosphate as a fertilizer, 31, 212, 

 262; gray and white, 132; on land well 

 manured, 257 ; muriate of, 272, 572 ; on wheat 279 



Locust, yellow 486 



Lucerne 437 



Luxuries, cheap, 337 ; cost of .... 516 



M. 



Machine, mowing, 124; stump, 230; advantage 



of simple, 306 ; washing . . . 487, 523 

 Mackerel, curious habits of ... . 251 



Madder 409 



Maggot, onion, remedy for ... - 34 

 Manure, special, 35 ; sheds for, 41 ; liquid, 65, 

 101, 106, 156, 159, 230,304; mixing, 131; 

 fish for, 167; how to apply, 2.33, 242, 254, 

 258; doubts about, 269 ; hen, 280 ; granite as. 

 a, 349 ; bone for turni]is, 363 ; concentrated, 

 396 ; how to save and make, 406 ; sawdust as 

 a, 482 ; chip, for mulching trees, 482 ; and its 



uses, 515; hog 558 



IManuring in hill 541 



Marl)lc, Vermont 143 



Matches, friction 358 



Matrimony and money 264 



Matter, organic and inorganic .... 105 

 Meadow, cranberry, 167; manure for, 258; bog, 



reclaiming 421, 494 



Meal, corn, and flour 311 



Meat, effect of heat on 330 



Metlicine, giving ...... 454 



Melon, how to raise .... 151,262 



Men, on the Pacific, 301 ; young, 502 ; complex 



beings 513 



Meteorology 213 



Middlesex-, North, cattle show, 509 ; county 



show 519 



Milk (Milking), art of, 39, 47; and butter, .54; 

 measure of, 148, 197, 207, 216; and native 

 stock 247 



