INDEX. 



Horses, Balky, a cure for ... 236 



Blankoting 5G9 



Breaking of Halter-pulling . 548 



Biting y7, 220 



Bots in 33, 414, 437 



Breeding in Vermont ... 158 

 Chafing, to prevent .... 99 



Canadian, old 40 



Cholic, curu for 387 



Colt, a good 507 



a windy 130 



Castrating a 248 



Gnawing Cribs, &c. . . . 171 



Halter-breaking 385 



King Bone on 389 



Wormy and unwell . . . 232 



Cough in a . . * 78 



Cribbing 116, 508 



Durability of 310 



Feed for working 437 



Feet injured by standing on 



a hard Floor 477 



Flies on Prairies 438 



Galls, Salve for 570 



Glanders communicated to 



men 147, 356, 507 



Grain-Killed 41 



Grey-Eagle 404 



Hoofs, Dry and Hard . . . 520 



Humors in a 174 



Knee-knocking, Shoeing . . 330 

 Lang, T. S., Sale by Mr. . . 32o 



in Maine 221 



manure about Trees .... 130 

 Mares for Breeding .... 500 

 Morgan, Vermont . • . . . 317 



Nail in mouth 532 



Norman Stallions 147 



Paralysis, iuterestmg Case 53 

 76 70 



Percheron 179, 264. 339 



Points of the 452 



Racing at the West .... 221 



in England 27 



Ringbone on 380 



Salve for galls on 570 



Saw-dust for bedding . . . 301 



Scratches in 38, 55, 78. 79, 97, 193 



276, 279, 372 



Shoeing faulty 330, 331 



Shoulder, Bunch on ... . 519 



Slabbers in 145, 174 



Spavins and Splints .... 553 



Stable Floors 99 



Stall-kicking 136 



tender mouth in 379 



Training ... 476 



Vermont, breeding in . . . 158 



Walking 41 



Warts on 40, 436, 557 



Windgalls 503 



Working, feed for 437 



Worms in 235, 275 



Potatoes for 387 



Yellow Water 390 



Horsemen on their Dignity . . 532 

 Horse-tail or Colts-tail . . . 43S, 555 



Hot-beds 44S 



as a Fruit-dryer 416 



Hours of Labor on the Farm . . 523 



House, a damp 478 



Banking 404 



Cellars, Banking 54 



Cleaning 343 



Mouse-proof 328 



Humbugs 192 



Humus — Lime 208 



Husbandry, Elliott's Essays on . 333 

 Hydraulic Cement 324 



ILLINOIS, Farming in . ... 127 



1 Butter in 570 



Implements, Amherst Trial . . 471 

 India Wheat Straw poisonous to 



Pigs 316 



Insect a New 383 



Ashes for 3J1 



Life 476 



on Plants 483 



Intellect, Cultivation of .... 371 



Iowa Fair, sales of Stock at . . 99 



Irrigation in Utah 416 



in Winter 116 



JANUARY 1, 1869 13 



»' Garden in 16 



Japanese Wheat 210 



Jay and Crow 371 



Johnson, John 356 



June, a Short Talk about . . . 2.53 



Garden in 257 



July, work in 301 



Garden in 302 



Jersey cow 165 



KENTUCKY, Ag'l. Fairs in . 33 

 Lexington Farmers' Club . 570 

 Labor Question in 566 



LABOR and Government . . 454 



cost of hired 424 



Hours of on Farm . . .456, 523 



Question of 462 



in Kentucky 566 



Land, improving Worn .... 25 



Larch for Rafters 173 



Lard for Intestinal Worms ... 87 



Lawns, how to make 386 



Laziness, Mental 462 



Letter from the Farm 15 



Lettuce 210 



and Cabbage 173 



Lice on Cattle 291 



on Fruit Trees 217 



Lime, see Manure. 



Location, Choice of 473 



Lyndon, Vt 246 



Ladies and Youth's Dep't. 

 Acquaintance, a rare Door- 

 step 251 



Baby's Drawer 489 



Boston, Ride to 59 



Bottles, to cut off Neck . . 498 



Boys, to the 60 



Children and their Sayings . 106 



Loss of 108 



Training the 491 



Clock, a Laughable .... 396 



Clothing, Cleaning Woolen . 108 



Coon Hunt 395 



Doves, Ministry of 491 



Draft for Feet and Lungs of 



Children 520 



Drawing-room Furniture . 107 



Dress, Desire of 251 



Foot, proper Size of Lady's 252 



Goose, a little 58 



Labor, Woman's 2.32 



Marriage 491 



More Haste, Less Speed . . 153 



Old Maids 156 



Pigeons, Feeding the . ... 59 



Postmasters, Women . . . 2.52 



Sampson, an Insect .... 60 



Seeing is Deceiving .... 60 



Silk, Gloss on 155 



Somebody Loves Me .... 490 



Story, tell me a 203 



To-morrow - . . 491 



Toothache 158 



Trout, Cat and Fox .... 203 



Truth, only the 252 



Watching One's Self . ... 396 



Wife, the Widower's ... 490 



MACOMBER. S. E., Market 

 arden of .357 



Maine Ag. College 454 



Agricultural matters in . . 234 

 Agricultural Societies, offi- 



cei's of 115 



Androscoggin County . . 115 

 Kennebec County .... 115 

 Penobscot County .... 115 



Waldo County 146 



Anson, town of ...... 191 



Crops in 433 



Maine Board of Agriculture, An- 

 nual Meeting 151 



Fairfield, notice of 151 



Newport 73 



Season in 144 



WeightofHay in 128 



Maitland, R. L.,Farmof . ... 359 

 Maple Sugar, Discussion on . . 195 



Syrup, Preserving 230 



March 109 



Garden in 112 



Mare's-tail, or Horse-tail, &c. 501, 502 



515, 517 



Market, Cattle at Wilmington . 67 



preparing vegetables lor . . 350 



Marl, Bed of 38 



Lime 17 



Martin, Habits of the Purple . . 479 

 Massachusetts Agricultural Col- 

 lege 114, 235, 521 



Agricultural Societies, Berk- 

 shire County 139 



Essex County 164 



Hampden County .... 81 



Hampshire &c 64 



M iddlesex County .... 64 



Milford 236 



Norfolk County 273 



Worcester County .... 98 



Agriculture in 150 



Lexington, Farming in, . . 560 



May-day in June 206 



May. Garden in 209 



What does it Mean .... 205 



Manure, Application of . 75, 161, 431 



447 



Bone for 22, 63 



Composts 80, 183 



Cistern for Liquid 431 



effects of 18 



Fall 19, 519 



Fish for . , 92 



for Muck Land 217 



for Orchards, 427 



from a cow 401 



Geoffrey Pit 424 



Hen 239, 293 



Hen, Ashes and Plaster . . 218 



Home-made 560 



Lime, air-slaked 293 



as a Top-dressing .... 145 



damaged for . ■ 477 



Humus with 208 



iu Crops 46 



Muck and Salt 573 



Muck Land, Manure for . . 217 

 management of . . 54, 192, 530 

 use of Salt Meadow . . . 234 

 use of with other Materials 513 



value of 478 



Plaster and Superphosphate 554 

 Prof. Vine's Complete . 311, 312 

 Salt, Muck and Lime ... 573 

 Shavings of Ash Wood for . 169 



. Sod for 545 



Sources of 403 



Summering 247 



Superphosphate . . . . 22, 239 



of Lime 140, 146, 190, 193, 194 



239, 291, 342, 554 



Sward Land 142 



Tanks, Brick and Cement . 292 



use of 215 



Meadows, Feeding 398, 498 



how to have good 400 



Muck 555 



Seeding 498 



in Fall 527 



Meal for Cows and Pigs .... 554 



Meat, high price of 545 



Melons, &c 238, 303, 551 



Mice, Ashes and Sand to prevent 



gnawing trees 279 



Field 342 



in Orchards 260 



Michigan, Agricultural College 14 

 188, 197, 207 



Corn in 235 



Season, Prices, &c. in . . 130, 194 

 Milestones and Guideboai'ds . . 572 

 MUk Producers' Convention . . 188 



