INDEX 



Page. 

 Mangold wurtzel, . . 179, 180, 185, 218, 237 



Maple, the, 521 



Manure, fresh, use of, 23, 60, 67 ; application of, 

 84 ; composting and exposing, 86 ; animal, 

 95; barn cellar, vs. out-of-doors, 100; when 

 and how to use, 115; prize essay on, 119 ; on 

 sowed crops, 139 ; spontaneous combustion in, 

 150; preservation of, 150, 155 ; how to, when 

 seeding to grass, 165; on dry, gravelly land, 

 165: about, 174; useful, 191 ; bone, 266; hen, 

 387 ; coal ashes as a, 394, 404, 424, 426 ; top 

 dressing with, 451, 475 ; horn piths for, 460; 

 guano, as a, 491 ; on the surface, . 514, 518 



March, calendar for, 105 ; farm work for, . 106 



Market-day, at South Danvers, 288; at North 

 Andover, 313 ; at Sutton's mdls. 



Marl, is it a fertilizer "? 



Massachusetts, bounty of, 359 ; western, season 

 and crops in, 



May, calendar for, 



Meadow, Concord Eiver, Mass., meeting about at 

 Sudbury, 178, 207, 222; draining a, 268; pre- 

 paring them for cranberries. 



Meat, effect of heat upon, .... 



Melons, forcing, 189 ; how improved, . 



Mill, portable iron grist, .... 



Milk, business, the, 34; cows for, 71 ; adulter- 

 ated, 79 ; before the calf, 81 ; stand, and but- 

 ter-worker, 88; statement about, 114; price 

 and measurement of, 137; petition to legisla- 

 ture about, 138; affected witii flavor of wild 

 onion and leeks, 140 ; price and measure, 179 ; 

 bloody, 192; trade in, 224; and bread, laws 

 about^ 271 ; law regulating sale of, 271, 315 ; 

 sour, in Greece, 322 ; obstructed, 323; cost and 

 price of, 348; pan, self-ventilating, 353; law 

 in relation to sale of, 380 ; that does not yield 

 butter, and how to make it, 442 ; illegal trade 

 in, 463 ; substitute for, for pigs and calves. 



Milking, clean, importance of. 



Millet, on raising, .... 



Militia, and agriculture. 



Mole, star-nosed, .... 



Moon, influence of, on temperature, 380 



Months, spring, weather of, in 1859, 



Montreal, visit to, .... 



Mower, tlie best, 



Mowing, machine wanted, 11 ; manner of, . 



Muck, experience with, 11 ; bed, and its future 

 prospects, 43 ; compost, 233, 520 ; value of, 

 252, 350 ; guano, 



Mutton, 



325 

 567 



375 

 201 



313 

 539 

 346 

 258 



550 



336, 424 



340 



179 



458 



494, 526 



359 



459 461 



366 



415 



498 

 61 



N 



Nails, cut, how introduced. 



New Hampshire, Ilillsboro' County, crops in, 



470 ; Rockingham county fair. 

 New Jersey, pines of, 







324 



511 

 255 



Oats, and barley, 51 ; Australian, 55 ; will they 

 turn to barley, 66; and potatoes, 208; turned 

 to rye, 232 ; "lodging of, 318 ; and corn, 402 



October, calendar for, .... 441 



Onion, excellent crop of, 59, 185 ; maggot in, 

 199, 244, 247, 342, 343, 365 ; growing, 268 ; 

 peeling the, 306; guano for, 314, 376; blight 

 in, 347 ; and turnip crops, 354 ; fly, 384, 407; 



the, 488, 551 



Orchard, a young, how to treat, 198, 292 ; apple, 

 341, 372, 374; a young, non-bearing, 398, 

 422, 455, 551; pear, extensive, . . 568 



Orleans County, Vermont, climate of, . 84 



Ornithology, 62; golden eagle, 72, 213; wrens, 300 

 Oxen, how I buy, keep, and sell, 280 ; working, 

 how to train, 351 ; fine, .... 567 



Partridge, Henry, death of, ... 282 



Paint, adulteration of, .... 424 



Pasture, experiments with a, 37 ; land, feeding 



off, 332 



Papers, new, agricultural, .... 501 

 Peach, Van Zandt's superb, 17; crop of the, 440 ; 



knot on, . .... 517, 533 



Pear, seeds of the, 82; varieties of, 130; M. P. 

 Wilder on the, 184; Flemish Beauty, 192; 

 new English, 236 ; blight in the, 223; orchard 

 culture of the, 241 ; trees, 257, 279 ; Doyenne, 

 279 ; tree, decay of, 304 ; dwarf, supporting, 

 389; moth, 392"; Tyson, ... 298 



Peas, in potatoes, to prevent rot, . . 140 



Phosphate, action of, .... . 436 

 Phosphorus, a sand, ..... 364 

 Pickles, how to make, 427, 459, 469 ; recipes for 



making, 440 ; about, 451 ; two years old, 451 



Pig, a good, 218; and girls, . ... 242 

 Pine, white, seed of, 218; time to sow seed of, 

 233 ; of New Jersey, 235 ; transplanting the, 

 315, 340, 341,398; and hemlock, 372; Scotch, 529 

 Pipe, water, through lead, 217 ; wooden, . 513 

 Planting, effects of deep, .... 414 

 Plants must have food, 39; sleeping, 166; in 

 rooms, 246; how they grow, 270; without' 

 leaves, 315; transplanting. 

 Plaster, in the liiil, .".... 

 Plowman, a simple, ..... 

 Plow, steam, 160; Universal, 192; Universal on 

 stony land, 194, 286, 311 ; plowman, a new, 

 325; Holbrook's Universal, 



Plowing, fall, 



Plum, on the peach, 217; trees, warts on, 253; 

 and apples, ..... 459, 



Pollen, uses of, 



Poppies, against bugs, ..... 

 Pork, proi)er use of, as food, 60; and scrofula, 



64 ; barrel and garden, .... 

 Post, inverted, 98 ; time to cut, . 499, .524, 550 

 Potato, disease in, 36, 45, 55, 64 ; origin of tlie 

 Carter, 64; from seed, 100; rot, remedy for, 

 121, 232; culture of the, 128; crop of'lS58, 

 139, 157; the Harrison, 105; about, 173; 

 from the seed, 182, 191 ; J. & J. T. Dunsmoor's 

 crop of, 188; and oats, 208 ; St. Helena, 222 ; 

 California, 233 ; seeding, 237 ; plant pure, 

 259 ; changing seed of the, 269 ; sweet, 276 ; 

 long red, 278 ; experiment with, 292 ; rot in 

 the, 293, 315, 396; how to raise the, 331; 

 blight in, 340; sprouting, 363 ; theory, about 



bugs in, 398 ; tine, 



Potash, and coal ashes, 36 ; about, 

 Poultry, profit from. 

 Premiums, awarded in 1858, 

 Primaries, progression of, 

 Products, farm, how to reckon cost of. 

 Progress, agricultural, 52 ; spirit of, 

 Pruning, what is the best season for, 216, 219, 

 258,^414; tap root, 258, 419; summer, 262, 



391 ; about, 33S 



Pump, Jeffries' patent ball valve, . . 36 



Pumpkin, against squash, 199, 218, 524; seed, 



363 

 139 

 359 



574 

 553 



533 

 458 

 291 



405 



498 

 364 

 266, 278 

 340 

 410 

 562 

 341 



539, 



prolific. 



Q 



Quince, bushes, 291 ; orange, 

 E 



232, 246 



470 



U 



at the 



Radish, 



Rain, philosophy of, 98; per acre, 112 



west, ......•• 35a 



Rake, horse, and hav tedder, . • • 335 

 Ram, hydraulic, . " . 202, 208, 277, 511, 558 



