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INDEX. 



Rankin, Adama, Farm of . . . 236 



RaspbciTies, Mulching 221 



Rats, to exterminate 144 



in Grain 220 



Poison for. dangerous . . . 391 



Residence, a Village 100 



Reciprocity 131, 170, 190 



Reciprocity and Combing Wools 



40, 70 

 Rhode Island Farming . . .357, 430 



Richardson, Stephen 507 



Riddle, pretty near a 219 



Riding, Art of 239 



Road-making 378 



Roller 223, 2S1 



a poor Man's 417 



Roofs, Covering for a flat . . . 276 



Roots for Stock 302, 420 



Rose Bugs on Grapes . . . 276, 236 



BugTrap 372 



Rules, Buyers' • 69 



Rye 282 



SALT for Grubs 16 

 for Stock 400 



Salting Ilay for Stock 425 



Samson, an Insect 60 



Sanborn Hill, N. H 199 



Sandy Loam Land 2:53 



Sanford, Me 412 



Sausage Making 34 



Saw, Cross-cut 63 



Sawdust for Bedding 233 



Schoolmates, Old 347 



Science, Smattering of 322 



Scorpion, the Southern .... 647 



Scions, Failure of 76 



Season, Peculiarity of the ... 15 



Seats, Rustic 370 



Seed-Sower, a home-made . . . 482 



Seeding Land 167 



preparing Land for .... 219 



with Fodder Corn 390 



Sight Seeing is Deceiving ... 60 



September 397 



Garden in 403 



Sexes of animals at will . . 207, 263 



Sheep, Bedding for 431 



breeding for Mutton .... 499 

 Cotswold . . 45, 75, 79, 263, 461 



Crossing Breeds 29 



Decrease of in Michigan . . 221 

 Diseases of . . . 88, 89, 259, 271 

 Farmers, Mistakes of . . . 139 



Fattening 52 



Fattening in Winter .... 418 



Fleeces, large 415 



Foot Rot 277 



improving Farm by . . 245, 376 



in November 495 



in Vermont 55 



Lamb and Wool Raising . . 571 



born with Mark 19 



Laurel Poison 368, 574 



Leicester 45 



Loss of . . 363, 339, 386, 387, 391 



Maggots on 20 



■ Medisine 512 



Merino and Cotswold cross 36, 79 



571 



and Coarse Wools . 56, 95, 507 



wool from 438 



Naturally Marked 76 



on the Farm 94 



Oxford Down 54 



Paper Skin, or bloodless dis- 

 ease 280 



preparing for Winter . . . 568 

 Reaction of trade in .... 121 



Roots in Feeling 420 



Rot or other disease in . . . 234 



Sacrilice of 28 



Scab in 172, 199 



selling for Cows 191 



Silesiau 29 



Soutlidowns 182 



Summer Care of 41 



Swelled Neck 315 



Tape-worms in 204 



Shingles, to make durable . . . 532 



Shingles, White-washing .... 229 

 Shrubs for the Door-yard ... 37 



Silk in California 221 



Sleds, how to make .... 132, 665 



Small Fruits 23 



Small Potato premiums .... 57 



Snow, red 494 



Soap Suds 243 



Sod, value of 545 



Soda Ash, Sediment of for Ma- 

 nure 369 



Soil, preparation of the .... 160 



Analysis of 243 



Soldier, a Crippled 574 



Soot as a top-dressing for grass 



Land 127 



Sorrel 405 



use of 434 



Sparrow, English 236, 328 



Spiders' Maternal Affection . . 101 

 Spongioles, are they roots ? . . 355 



Squash 403 



Stables, Fire-proof 242 



Stars, November Shooting ... 65 

 Steam-Plough, California . . . 428 



in England 220 



Transportation ..*... 558 



Sterility is Laid 311 



Stock, a Principle in Breeding . 231 



Breeding 31, 181 



Care of 263 



in Winter .... 133, 216, 495 



Fancy 270 



influenced by soil 665 



Mr. Hubbard's 138 



Pampered 552 



Prices of 15 



Sales of Shorthorn 46, 68, 128, 188 

 273, 570 



Salt for 400 



Strawberry, Cultivation of . . . 240 



Notes on the 166 



Sto we Vt., Farming in 292 



Stump Machine 236 



Subsoil of Western Land . . . 609 



Sugar, Beet 267 



amount from one tree . . . 372 



maple. Hints on 243 



Making .... 171, 227, 248, 293 



Sap-day of Maple 218 



Sap-holders and Buckets . 200 

 Sap Spout, Post's Eureka . 144 

 Season, foretelling the . . . 530 

 Sediment of Maple .... 218 

 Tapping Maple Trees . . 276 372 

 Maple Trees from Seed . . 19 

 Superposphates, S'e Munures. 



Suncook Valley, N. H 49 



Sunflowers, healthful .... 67, 486 



Value of 368 



Swamp Pyrus 37 



Swine, Bishop Breed 233 



Cure for lame 235 



disease in 170, 259, 324 



diseased 275, 276, 530 



Essex 216 



Experiment with Pigs . . . 248 



feeding in October 447 



Hogs in orchards 233 



in Cellars 482 



Kerosene fed to 245 



Meal for 554 



Poisoned by Rhubarb Leaves 328 

 Purple Spots on ... . 482, 531 



Raising 481 



treatment of sick .... 506, 607 



TAP Root of Trees .... 274, 438 

 Tea in Tennessee 274 



Te.am, how to Unhitch 576 



Things, new, Cracking up 247, 293 

 234 



Tile for Draining 3.30 



Tunber, cutting for Durability . 119 



Time to cut .... 63, 323, 331 



Tobacco, cultivation of . . . 329, 368 



Curing 506 



Tomatoes . . . 210. 258, 303, 403, 438 



Support and Mulch . . . 438 



Top-dressing Orasa Land . 280, 623 



Trees, Ashes for Fruit . . 75, 76, 79 

 as Wind-breaks ...... 457 



Girdled by Mice 75 



Horse manure and Ashes for 130 



how they gel food 261 



in a Mill-stone 89 



Rooting Limbs 97 



setting Forest 279 



to keeja Mice from 76 



Transplanting 340 



Trifolium Procumbens . . . 529 



Trichina 415 



Tumor, Ovarian .' . 230 



Turf value of 401 



Turnips . . . . 303, 349 



Sweet Russian 279 



Uterus, inverted 331 



T7ERM0NT Agricultural Col- 



V lege 124 



Caledonia County 145 



Chittenden County .... 130 



Cranberi-ies in 35 



Duxbury 415 



Farming in 450 



Letter from . • 469 



Orleans 36 



' Springfield Farmer's Club . 174 



State Society 117 



Washington County .... 176 



Season in 39, 671 



Westminster Farmers' Club 167 



195 



Windsor County .... 139, 147 



Windham County 212 



Village, our quiet 421 



Vinegar factory 402 



WAGES of Washington's 

 Steward 446 



Wagons, Greasing 486 



Wasp, Mud-dauber 627 



Watch-chains 512 



Water Pipe, cement 553 



Weeds, seeding 403 



Wells, Iron Pipe 38 



an old under the Prairies . 20 

 Westminster, Vt, Farmers' Club 121 



Wheat 88, 282 



and Fast Horse raising . . . 385 



Arnautka 280 



ashes for 413 



brining 482 



Can we grow? 41, 165 



Can we raise ? 183 



Can we raise in New Eng- 

 land 223 



Clean Seed 288 



Clover for 525 



Cockle in 671 



Convention in New England 125 

 Culture .... 47, 178. 510, 649 

 for Southern New England 437 



Golden Sheaf 554 



good Yield 200, 263 



in Canada 143 



in Charaplaiu Valley .... 173 



in England 570 



in Lexington 560 



in Maine . . 188, 189, 235, 412 



and Vermont 369 



in Michigan . 504 



in New England 170 



Japanese 210 



largest crop in Massachu- 

 setts 525 



Manure for 514 



Matters 225 



on hard, rocky land .... 232 

 Ploughing in Manure . . . 525 

 Raising on Sod Ground 514, 625 



Rust in 670 



Salt for 346 



Saving Seed 550 



Smut in 234, 309, 671 



sowing winter 350 



turned to Chess . . 523, 553, 571 



Varieties 482, 604, 610 



Whitewash, to make . . 343, 344, 482 



