INDEX TO THE ELEVENTH VOLUME. 



Page 

 Academy, Westfield, Mass. . . . 397 



Activity, mental, among farmers, . . 307 



Agricuitureal knowledge, 75, 258, 396 ; progress 



of, tlie basis of human progress, . . 238 

 Agriculture, progressive, 69, 74, 87 ; Boards of, 

 107; the governor's notion of, U7 ; State 

 Board of, 124, 140 ; convention at AVash- 

 ington, 135 ; Maine State Board of, 138, 165 ; 

 scientific, 140; and the militia, 179; in Por- 

 tugal, 219, 326; and North American Re- 

 view, ....... 540 



Air, night, 45, 207 ; pure, .... 344 



Allen, farmer, his farm, . . . 445, 505 

 Alligator, habits of the, .... 355 



Ammonia, ....... 86 



Animal, fattening, 46 ; a luxury for, 92 ; drug- 

 ging, 157; kingdom, grand divisions in, 357 ; 

 instinct of, 401 ; vertebrate, 418; and plants, 

 type, species, variety, . . . 492 



Ape, new kind of, . . . . 113 



Ap])arel, ladies' wearing, . . . . 152 



Api^le, Baldwin, 35, 37 ; crop in Waltham, 71 ; 

 new varieties of, 204; tree, split bark on, 233, 

 311 ; tree, time for pruning the, 245 ; in Mas 

 sachusetts, 261 ; for exportation, 262, 279 ; 

 Minister, 329 ; orchard, 341 ; and apple trees, 

 354 ; tree, philosophy of the, 399 ; and plums, 



459 ; about drying the 542 



April, calendar for, 153 ; suggestions for, . 154 

 Art and science, conservatory of, . . 189 



Artichoke, i92 



Ashes, in the hill, 139; leached, 164; on clay 

 soil, 179; wood, 180; coal, as a manure, 194, 

 237, 245, 277, 394, 404, 432, 557 ; against 

 plaster, 330; as a disinfectant, 412; versus 



lime, 569 



Associations, town, 190 



August, calendar for, 345 ; farm work foi-, . 439 



B 



Barley, and oats, 51 ; African bald, 82 ; foi 

 horses, 203 ; culture of, 465 ; winter. 



Barn, tie-ups, clapboards or battens, 89, 122; 

 management of the, 158, 278; cellar for ma- 

 nure, 283 ; new arrangements for, 283 ; and 

 loam, 319; arrangement in the, 446; how 

 shall I build, 471, 480 ; al)Out a, 499 ; for New 

 England, ..... 522, 



Barrels, iron or metallic, .... 



Bayberry bushes, ... . . 



Beans, for stock, 405 ; great crop of, . 



Beauty, utility, anil refinement, 



Bee, hives, 75, 309 ; criticism on the, 217 ; labor 

 of the, in the liivc, 272; criticism about the, 

 ex])laincd, ...... 



Beef, fattening it on potatoes. 



Beets, CLiltivatio:) of, 282 ; sugar from, 



Bernardston, Mass., Bowers' Institute in. 



558 



538 

 346 

 524 

 498 

 477 



Page. 

 Birds, spare them, 191 ; and boys, 247 ; and fruit, 



388 ; seed eating, 573 



Biennial, and perennial, .... 559 

 Blackberry, Lawton, . 278, 498, 526 



Blood, the river of life, . . . 384 



Book, noticed, Milch Cows and Dairy Farming, 

 and Fruit Culture for the Million, 37 ; farm- 

 ing, 191 ; on American Weeds and Useful 

 Plants, 239; Downing's Landscape Gardening, 

 264 ; a new, on draining, 287 ; against experi- 

 ence, 135 ; Langstroth on the Honey Bee, Life 

 of North American Lisects, and Essays on the 

 Soiling of Cattle, 303, 304 ; the American 

 Home Garden, 306 ; agricultural, 328 ; Farm 

 Drainage, 352 ; Hints to IIorse-Kedpers, Coun- 

 try Life, Wells' Natural Philosophy, Country 

 School House, books in Japan, 361 ; Gray's 

 botanical series, 387 ; College Journal of Med- 

 ical Science, 389 ; Copeland's Countrv Life, 

 449; Campbell's Agriculture, 463; "Wells' 

 I Principles of Chemistry and Science of Com- 

 I mon Things, ..... 566 



I Bone, will sulphuric acid dissolve, 82 ; manure, 

 I 266 ; and boards, cattle and horses eating of, 310 

 I Borer, apple and peach, 50; oil soap to kill the, 



I 356 ; bark, 



I Borrowing and lending, .... 

 I Bots, in horses, certain cure for, . . 355, 

 iBovs, a story for, 199 ; at home, to keep the, 



] 238, 444 ; and birds, 



j Bread, and salt, 180; and milk, law about, . 



! Brick making, ])_v elephants, 



I Bronchitis, simjde remedy for, 



I Brown, Simon, letter from, 456, 459, 461, 



I Buckwheat and clover on sandy land, 90; as 



food, 224 ; and wire worms, 

 iBuckt'liorn, seeds of, for hedge, 

 lBud<lin£c, time for, etc., . ... 



iBuffalorthe, 



jBug, jVIay, or dor, 276; to save vines from a, 

 I 323 ; remedy for striped, 336, 340 ; rose, 340 ; 

 ! swarms of, ...... 



■Buildings, farm, ]dan of, .... 



I Bull, a line native, 233 ; Ayrshire, 

 I Butter, how to make good winter, 91, 122, 151, 

 I 415 ; white sjjecks in, 323, 343, 356, 373, 382, 

 i 391,406,415; how to make good, 426, 436 ; 

 I makiuir, 



576 

 299 



247 



271 



96 



65 



547 



2.53 

 269 

 428 

 507 



470 



433 



434 



302 



47 



314 



230 







Cabbage, how to i-aise, 314 ; stump footed, 383, 407 

 Calf, a stubborn, 232 ; a big, 233 ; raising a, 269 : 



lice on a, 286 ; a good, " . . . . 356 

 Calendar, for Januarv, 9 ; for February, 57 ; for 



March, 105 ; for April, 154 ; for May, 201 ; for 



June, 249 ; for July, 297 ; for August, 345 ; 



for September, 393 ; for October, 441 ; for 



Novcmbe'r, 489 ; for December, 

 Canada, about, 



Canker worms. 



537 

 466 

 161, 269 



