INDEX. 



Easpberry, Ohio, everbearing, . . 341, 518 

 Reaper, Ketchum's, ..... 436 

 Recipes, domestic, 56, 104, 200, 248, 296, 392, 440, 488 

 Reports, agricultural, 301, 312 ; compared, . 549 

 Ringbone, treatment of, ... . 228 

 Robin, the, his title to immunity questioned, 34 ; 

 and worms, 268; tlie, 269, 332 ; American, 

 461, 506; plea for, .... 517,552 

 Rock, demolishing, 180: lifter, BoUe's patent, 



320, 382 ; blasting, 443 



Roller, use ot, on dry land, .... 165 



Roofing, materials for 43, 88, 123 



Root, crops, 20, 29, 35, 54, 64, 118, 323 ; cannot 

 grow without leaves, 59 ; and stock, 64 ; rais- 

 ing and feeding, 66 ; for stock, 79, 286, 388 ; 

 comparative value of, 91 ; and hay, . . 226 

 Rose, insects on, ...... 120 



Ruta Baga, and corn crops, 318, 338; value 



of, 340, 365 



Rye, green, effects of, on cows, . . . 306 



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Sand, potash and phosphorus, 364 ; on muck 

 lands, ....... 



Salt, a chemical compound, beds of, 94 ; as a 

 manure, 192; for the dairy. 



Sap, true, of trees, 



Saw-dust, as a fertilizer, . . . 550, 



Scare-crows, ...... 



School, State Reform, 



Scientific, conclusions, 119 ; facts for the, 



Scions, importing, ..... 



Season, review of the, 15, 51, 216, 231, 269, 275, 

 337, .347, 565 ; in Western Massachusetts, 375 ; 

 in New Hampshire, 375 ; in Vermont, 



Seed, fowl meadow grass, 48 ; per acre, 75 ; 

 steeps for, 257 ; thick and thin sowing of, 264; 

 fowl meadow and blue-joint, 426 ; tall and 

 meadow fescue, 426 ; galiier ripe. 



Sheep, gross and net weight of, 1 1 ; fine, 37 ; 

 watering in winter, 49 ; iambs, and wool, 55 ; 

 care of, 65 ; value of to the American farmer, 

 68; South Downs, 71, 90; most profitable 

 breed of, 160 ; ticks on, 246 ; shearing of, 299, 

 355 ; Prussian, 342 ; remedy for ])oisoned, 344, 

 427 ; profitable, 352 ; biick, South Down, 

 worms in, 356 ; blackfaced, mountain, 472; in 

 Texas, 478 ; destruction of bj"- dogs. 



Shows, town agricultural, .... 



Sifters, or screens, Adams' patent wire, 



Sleigh, steam, 98 ; runners, shape of, . 



Soap, oil, for borers, 356, 453 ; soft into hard, 



523, 



Society, Worcester Agricultural, 70, 397, 527 ; 

 county, and tlie State bounty, 81; Clieshirc 

 County, N. H., meeting of at Winchester, 97, 

 at Marlborough, 131, at Walpolc, 149, at 

 Keene, 196, at Marlow, 196; the Massaclui- 

 setts, 116, 122, 348, 352 ; Mass. Horticultural, 

 546; countv, 102, 156; Essex County, trans- 

 actions of," 103, 312, 382, 525; Plymouth 

 County, lis, 425; Hillsborough Coimty, N. 

 H., oflicers of, 131; Norfolk County, 146, 257 ; 

 Hampden County, 152 ; town, countv, and 

 state, 106, 212; "Rutland Count)% Vtf, 222; 

 Windham County, Vt., 2C2; Middlesex County, 

 324, 518 ; Middlesex Soutli, 328 ; 512 ; Frank- 

 lin, 351 ; Worcester North, 364, 527; Housa- 

 tonic, 408 ; delegates to county, 414 ; Middle- 

 sex North, 434, 512 ; Barnstable Countv, 446 ; 

 New York State, 478 ; Ham]ishire, Franklin, 

 and Hampden, 492; East Franklin, 512; 

 Pennsylvania, 512; St. Louis, 512; Massa- 

 chusetts school of agriculture, 512 ; Merri- 

 mack County, N. H., 



Soil, clay, an amendment for, 316; analysis of 



426 



272 

 262 

 567 

 356 

 530 

 549 

 510 



.375 



518 



503 

 190 

 158 

 112 



574 



527 



the, 424 ; preparation of for crops, 435 ; deep- 

 ening the, ...... 



Soiling, of cattle, ..... 



Sorrel, ....... 



Sows, why they destroy their young, . 



Splints, on horses, ..... 



Sfjuash, marrow, and Scotch drumhead, 51 ; 

 Hubbard, 113, 175,308; seeds, 



Stable, light in, 40 ; floors of horse, 90 ; cows in 

 at night, 234 ; cow, well-arranged, . 



Staggers, blind, in horses, .... 



Stalks, corn, 78, 87 ; cutting corn, 



Starch, sugar, potato, .... 



State farm, ....... 



Steam, warming a]iparatus for dwellings, 



Stock, and tools, 20; Avrshire, 151; native and 

 foreign, 188, 240; feeding, 217,233; to kill 

 lice on young, 278 ; improvement in raising, 



Stomach, is it merely a condenser ? 



Strawberry, the, 347 ; selection of, 388 ; the Cut- 

 ter, . " 



Subsoiler, the little, ..... 



Sugar, 157; maple, 191, 315; acid maple sap, 

 218; from beets, 



Swine, experiment in fattening, 149 ; Chester 

 Count}-, Pcnn., sow, 161; large, 



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571 

 302 

 290 

 414 

 1G4 



174 



516 

 246 

 403 

 157 

 240 

 400 



278 

 556 



463 

 353 



314 



529 



268 

 333 

 507 

 275 

 103 

 319 

 139 



465, 495 

 .531 



236, 290 

 164 



Tan, bark, use of, 



Tar, as a disinfectant, .... 



Thanksgiving-day, at the Sandwich Islands, 



Things I don't like to see, .... 



Thistle, to destroy the Canada, 



Tillage, deep, 83 ; thorough, 



Tiles, number per acre, .... 



Timber, old, discovered in the ocean. 



Toads, cast their skins. 



Tobacco, against useful crops. 



Tomato, ..... 



Toji dressing, .... 



Tiansplanting, 174, 258 ; a new implement for, 366 



Tree, to prevent sap flowing in, 51; fruit, on road 

 side, 97 ; fruit, effects of grafting, 122 ; plum, 

 salting, 135; apple, pruning, 170, 177, 216, 

 245, 258, 327, 354; apple, 174, 277, 454, 484 ; 

 premium for forest, on farms, 177, 246; graft- 

 ing and pruning fruit, 219; split bark on ap- 

 ple, 233 ; ages of, 240 ; fruitless, 245 ; shade, 

 246 ; fruit, 252, 263 ; fruit, limited duration 

 of, 253 ; pear, 257, 304, 363, 518 ; apple, tar- 

 ring the, 259 ; ringing the, 262 ; setting fruit, 

 269, 536, 574 ; lice 'on, 278 ; seedling, 280, 

 574; grass under, 298; pear, decay of, 304 ; 

 apple, cracking of, 311; plum, 315; bcaut}^ 

 in, 318 ; pruning and raising apple, 327, 354 ; 

 a]>ple and pear, 363 ; apple, cause of loss of, 

 371; effects of cold on apple, 380 ; fruit, effect 

 of weather on, 386 ; apple, philosophy of", 399 ; 

 tap root of, 419 ; ancient, 429 ; winter-killing 

 of, 451 ; ])car, protection of, 518; trans|ilant- 

 ing, 536, 574 ; pojilar, an examjile of what 

 nature will effect when assisted by art. 



Trout, propagation of by art, 



Turnip, as food for stock, 49 ; long white French, 

 71; are they a profitable crop, 157, 189, 211; 

 crop, 285, "289, 379; among corn, 298, 305 ; 

 and onion crop, 354 ; French, culture of the. 



Turkeys, a crop of, 36, 180 ; and pills, 75 ; about 

 fitttening. 574 ; bronze, large, . 



Type, species, variety, .... 



Tyson pear, the, 



551 

 562 



365 



576 

 492 

 298 



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United States Agricultural Fair, at Richmond, 

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