IV 



INDEX TO VOLUME X. 



J 



Jumping at Conclusions, 255 



Labor cheapest, if well directed,.. 38 



Lambs, rearing, 46, 67 



Lard lamps, - 240 



Leadwort, 193 



Lightning rods, 162 



Lima beans, cultivation of, 102 



Lime, value of, 83, 159 



Limestone soils, 154 



— test for, 1 215 



Locust, seventeen year, in Virginia, 22 



LuCerne, a failure, 18, 42 



Lunar influence, 43, 94, 136 



M 



Manure, new, , 167 



— saving 10 



— peat, muck, lime, plaster, ashes, 19 



— poudrette in France, 23 



— making and preserving, 57 



— saw dust, 162 



— effect on plants, 205 



— application of, 206 



— hemlock and tan, 257 



— experiments with, 264 



Maple, cultivation of, 156 



Maple sugar, 71 



Matrasses, relative cost of, 71, 215 



Meteorology, agricultural, 11 



— variations of climate, 118 



Meteorological observations, 64 



Milk strainers improved, 71 



."-Hiking, 115 



Mold in soils, - 105 



Moore's Rural New-Yorker, 289 



Mowing Machine, Ketchum's, 88 



Munificent bequest, 239 



Mutton, to have fine, 191 



N 



Nemophila. 169 



Niagara Falls, geology of, 116 



North Am. Pom. Convention, 122 



O 



Onondaga Salt,.. .- 237 



Oranges, American, 191 



Orchards, culture of. 170 



Osage Orange for hedges, 75, 210 



Oxen, vs. horses, — 259 



Our country, area and resources,.. 9 

 Oxalis Crenata, 250 



P 



Page's improved mills, 47 



Paint cleansing, 264 



Patent office circular, 238 



Pax ion's Magazine, 122 



Pea bugs, remedy, 34, 87, 16t 



Peach, effect of the cold on, 169 



— culture, 265 



Pear, Le Cure,-. 26 



— the Forelle or Trout, 281 



— Beurre Oris d' Hiver Nouveau,. 287 



P e ar, remarks on, 102; new, rare,. 123 



— Swan's Orange on Quince, 26 



— Summer Bon Chretien, 121 



— tree blight, ..244, 281, 288 



Peat, important discovery, 237 



Phloxes, notice of new sorts, 27 



Plants, geographical distribution of, 92 



— instinct of, 189 



Plaster and clover, 113 



Plow, rotary mould-board, 23 



— side hill, 23 



— history of, 61,85,108, 236 



— Burra'll's Shell Wheel, 254 



Plowing by steam, 96 



— deep and shallow, 202 



Plum culture, 122, 209 244 



Plums, new, 211 



Poison, remedy for, 143 



Pomological reform, 25 



— Convention at Syracuse, 241 



at New York, 265 



Plows, trial of, 257 



Pork trade, 24 



— science of, 36 



Posts, reversed most durable, 119, 210 



Potato disease, - - 117 



Potatoes, smoking for the rot, 191 



Poultry, management of, 23, 47, 69, 191 



— best way to kill, 23 



— feeding hoppers, 45 



— rules for raising, 167 



Pratt Zadoc. memoir of, 13 



Preaching, good subject for, 71 



Premium crops, . - 130, 143 



Profits of fruit, 26 



Pruning, directions for, 73 



Pumps, improved,'. 181 



R 



Raking platform, raking, 88 



Rats, to repel, 113 



Reaping machines, -- 255 



Red Root, 135 



Review, retrospective, 42, 136 



Rice, to dress, 172 



Road Scraper, 47 



Root and bush puller, 16 



S 



Salt as man ure, 95 



Sandwich Islands, letter from, ... 114 



Sausage cutting machine, figure of, 22 



Scare crows, 119 



Season, hints for, -- - 236 



Sheep washing, -- 119 



— marking, 119 



— singular mortality among, 214 



Slug, to destroy, - - - 170 



Snow flakes,.. 41 



Soils absorb odors, 191 



Southern correspondence, 178, 185 



Sowing machine, Seymour's, 164 



Spongecake, -- 264 



DOMESTIC ANIMALS. 



F.arl Spencer's prize short horn, ox... . 44 



A yi hire cow 69, 141 



Chapman's short horn bull. 188 



Horn- Morgan Hunter 189 



Ilolderness Cow 207 



IMPLEMENTS MACHlHESj StC. 



Straw ami b talk cutter, RugglesSiCo.'s, 12 



Hay Cotter, Towers' 39 



Root and bush puller 16 



Collins and Stone's Cheese Press, 19 



Sausage Mincer, 22 



Lact iter 30 



Churns, Kendall's Gault'/J, Ike, 37 



Wheeler's Horse Power 66 



Oeddes Harrow 84 



Mould boards 85 



he 1. bum's Mowing Machine 88 



Rat ing rut form 89 



rlaohine 93 



Side-hill. Subsoil and other Plows 109 



Palmer's Wheat Drill 133 



w i' i pht's c,,rn i ultivator 187 



ur's Drill 164 



Improved Pumps, 181 ; Water Drawer, 165 



Yoke for breaking steers, 185 



Draft of the Plow. 236 



Plow attachments 237 



Steamer for* ooking Km. d for Stock... 282 



RURAL ECONOMY, 



Cheap Cottage 20 



Suburban Cottage, 68 



Dairy House 205 



Ornamental Fountains, 212, 218 



ice House 219 



Klliott' ( uttage 260 



MISCELLANEOUS. 



Figures of stratified rocks 21. 157 



— — snow Hakes 41 



Poultry hppper 45 



i taage Orai 75 



I all- no 



Ram I4u 



i in-- sections of wood magnified,. . .. 171 



of under-draine 229 



Smith's Vertical Gate 288 



IIOHTICUI.TURAX. 



FRUITS. 



Le Cure Pear, 26 



Steers, breaking, 185 



Stock, salting of, 280 



— Cooking food for, 282 

 Straw and stalk cutter, 12, 39, 61 



— burning in the field, 210 



Strawberries, new, 192 



— remarks on, 216 



Striped bug, H9 



Stump machine, cheap, 93 



Subsoil plowing, 208 



T 

 Tea plant in U. States, 47 



— substitute for, 264 



Texas wheat, 83 



Tile for under-drains, 93 



Tillage, philosophy of, 251, 277 



Tomato Culture, 222 



Tomatoes, to preserve, 198 



Top dressing protects from the sun, 36 

 Transplanting on clayey ground,.. 101 



Transplanting peach trees, 27 



Tree planting, 98, 120, 194 



Trees and shrubs, half-hardy 29 



— hardy, 168 



Trees, effect of the winter on, 170 



— remarks on, 195 



— cleaning, 269 



V 



Vegetables, new, 209 



Vegetation in Mississippi, 121 



Vinegar, to make, v.. 167 



Vinery at Clinton Point,description, 267 



W 



Warts and tumors on animals, 240 



Water-proof cloth, silk, &c.,...95, 240 



— ram, described, 140 



— drawer, new, 165 



Weather, unfavorable, 60 



Weeds in Gravel Walks, 171 



Wheat, Mediterranean, 237 



Wheat, new kind, 94 



— harrowing in Spring, Ill 



— at the South,... 165 



— drilling in, 209 



— salt on, 214 



— and chess, 63 



— flies notice of, .21, 283 



— drill, Palmers, 133 



— crop, 180 



Winter, prepare for, . _ 25Q 



Wintering tender plants, 265 



Wire fence, 18, 39, 62, 86 



— inquiries and suggestions, 235 



Wire worm, sulphur for, 23 



Wool, heavy fleeces, 159 



Wool growers, premir.m to, 185 



Wool growing in the South, 82 



in U. States, 129 



large fleeces, 187, 21 1 



and weight of fleece, 211 



in Western Pennsylvania, .. 215 



Bailey Sweet. Clyde Beauty, 51 



Reine Horter el lurry loo 



Mamelonee and Reine Claude Plums,.. '.Ml 



Gravenstein and Hawthoruden Apples, 266 



Forelle or Trout Fear 287 



Beurre (iris d'llivcr Nouveau 287 



TREES, 



Deodar Cedar 145 



Japan < iedar 147 



1-1 \:s IS AM) FLOWERS. 



Phlox Van Houti 27 



Organs of Flowers, 30 ; Koots 99 



Nemophila 179 



Lead Plant 193 



IMPLEMENTS &0. 



Grafting Chisel '. no. 



Flower si. Minis gg 



Pruning Knife ami Shears 7.'! 



Hot-bed 74 



(lard D Fork and Trowel 103 



MISCELI ANEOI S. 



l-'ruit and Seed 53 



i "ii df Seed 78 



Altitudes of Plants 92 



Section of Vinery, 268 



