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INDEX 



Coal, how it was made, 407. 



Copper mines in Litchfield, Connecticut, 362. 



Coccus, Linn., 127. 



Congelation, the term of perpetual, 239. 



Corn, Indian, large crop of, 42 ; starch from, 48 ; 

 value of stalks, 102 ; utility of, 117 ; cultivation 

 of, 124, 175; fodder, 125; steeps for seed, 170; 

 for fodder, 177 ; experiments on fodder, 188 ; suck- 

 ering, 101 ; of what is it composed, 222 ; value 

 of oil in, 279; harvesting, 281, 302, 311, 383; 

 starch from, 288 ; to measure in a crib, 400 ; for 

 the world's fair, 413. 



Corn-cracker and cob-crusher, Beal's patent, 363. 



planter, 139. 



sheller, Yankee, 347. 



Cottage, design for, 256. 

 Country life, pleasures of, 232. 

 Cows. (See Cattle.) 



Cranberries, an act regulating the measurement of, 

 298 ; worms in, 348 ; large, 376 ; cultivation of, 

 382. 



Crops, in Somerset county, 325 ; failure in, 349. 



Curculio. (See Plums.) 



Currants, varieties of, 269 ; 'Seedling, 280 ; Black 

 Grape, 296. 



Currant wine, 136. 



D. 



Dairy, profits of, 85 ; produce of a, 90. 



farming, Jefferson county*, N. Y., 401. 



. management, 20, 36, 51. 



women, facts for, 231. 



Ditching, 46. 



Domestic Economy. — Managing domestic affairs, to 

 bake apples, 18 ; maternal influence, to keep silk, 

 34 ; short sermon for parents, preservation of meat 

 by freezing, lemon pies, muffins, 50 ; a correct 

 taste for children, winter succotash, hominy, 66 ; 

 influence of women, 82 ; how to live prettily in 

 the country, 98 ; advice to young ladies, custards 

 without eggs, 114; female education, washing 

 clothes, 130; country girls, to preserve milk, nu- 

 tritious bread, 146 ; a mother's love, jollies for the 

 sick, 162 ; education of farmers' daughters, clean 

 knives, 178; to prevent milk from souring during 

 thunder storms, a mother's voice, 194 ; education 

 of women, 210; training of children, to preserve 

 beefsteak, 226 ; cheese making, why women are 

 unhealthy, 242 ; flowers, milk cellars, 258 ; young 

 females, elderberry, 274 ; swing shelves for cellars, 

 to make tomato preserves, a good cup of tea, 290 ; 

 woman — her wrongs, rights, capacities, and du- 

 ties, boiling potatoes, 306 ; domestic training, rice 

 balls, rice fritters, 322 ; the fate of nations depend- 

 ent on mothers, husk beds, 338 ; letter to country 

 girls, pumpkin pudding, 354 ; female education, 

 women interested in agriculture, 370 ; chicken pot- 

 pie, 385 ; scalding milk, 395 ; picking cucumbers, 

 400 ; to cook the egg plant, 405 ; to toughen new 

 earthen ware, 406 ; make your own candles, 412. 



Draining, cheap, 29 ; deep and shallow, 62, 92 ; and 

 subsoiling, 71; under, with subsoil plough, 96; 

 discussion on, 137 ; warms the soil, 227 ; im- 

 provement by, 276. 



Dwjirf trees, cultivation of, 167- 



Dynamometer, 135. 



E. 



Economy, important, 276. 

 Electricity, 86. 



Eqmnoctial storms, fallacy of, 84. 

 Evergreens, time for transplanting, 132 ; transplant- 

 ing, 160. 

 Exotic plants, acclimatizing, 324. 



F. 



Fabrics, to detect the material of, 391. 



Farm building, 172. 



Farmer not properly estimated, 87 ; commended, 

 113; life of, 215 ; what they ought to know, 225, 

 260 ; clubs recommended, 268 ; daughters of, 284 ; 

 his rights, 287; importance of educating, 311; 

 clubs and associations, 357 ; suggestion for, 373. 



Farming, near large markets, 157 ; economy, 190 ; 

 high, 384 ; scenes of, in the west, 391. 



Fences, (see Posts,) of wire, 16, 118, 326, 397 ; orna- 

 mental iron, 175, 385 ; movable, 191 ; live, 286. 



Fertilit}' of land, how cities e.\haust, 261. 



Flax, efforts to e.vtend, in Ireland, 166. 



Flowers, cultivation of, 126; useful, 200; to pre- 

 serve, 239 ; wild, 254. 



Fodder, value of cornstalks, 102 ; rough, 371. 



Food raised on an acre, 170. 



Fishes, nest-building, 389. 



Forest-trees, planting, 55 ; on raising, 76. 



Forests, advantages of, 224. 



— — — and streams, 369. 



Fowls, winter management of, 9 ; Bankiva breed, 11 ; 

 profit of hens, 14, 46 ; remarks on, 29 ; convention 

 of breeders, 42, 59 ; Dorking, 49 ; Spangled Ham- 

 burgh, 65 ; importance of jjoultry, 76 ; size of, 78 ; 

 N. E. Society for the irnprovcment of, 89 ; to cause 

 to lay in winter, 90; Black Spanish, 91 ; man- 

 agement and profit of. 111 ; Cochin China, 112 ; 

 show of, 128; large, 138; Red Shanghae, 144; 

 White Shanghae, 155, 204 ; Dorking, 176 ; White 

 Shanghae, 177, 190 ; Koyal Cochin China, Sea- 

 bright Bantam, 193; remarks on raising, 229; 

 mania in, 238 ; Sumatra Game, 241 ; sex of eggs, 

 245 ; Shanghae, Palmer's importation, 268 ; early 

 maturity, 318 ; exhibition of, in Fitchburg railroad 

 depot, 328, 337 ; hatching chickens, 337 ; grand 

 exhibition, 360, 363, 378 ; management and profit 

 of, 363 ; domestic, 372 ; Guinea, 374 ; Dixon's 

 China stock, 390; show of, at Amherst, N. II., 

 387 ; exhibition of, at Waterville, Me., 398 ; do- 

 mesticating wild, 414. 



Fruit-Book, American, remarks on, 107- 



Fruits, (see Apples, Pears, &c.,) cultivate good. 111 ; 

 profits of, in Maine, 95 ; native and foreign, 153 ; 

 effects of winter on, 160 ; prospect of, 161 ; thriv- 

 ing, 249 ; fallen, to be disposed of, 273 ; remedy 

 for stealing, 294 ; preserving, 298 ; as food, 348 ; 

 ventilation in collars, 395. 



and fruit-trees, discussion on, 57, 74. 



Fruit-growers, Congress of, tlieir doings, 201, 217. 



trees, setting, 119 ; suckers of, 131 ; southern. 



not hard}', 164; avoid deep planting, 171; low 

 headed, 183; selecting, 206 ; congeniality of stocks 

 and scions, 177 ; early bearing, 247 ; time for 

 budding, 250 ; early bearing affected by scions, 

 252 ; summer management of pyramidal, 254 ; salt 

 proved fatal, 257 ; cleansing the bark, 287 ; mulch- 

 ing, 336. 

 Furnaces, agricultural, 331. 



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Gardens, irrigation of, 414. 



Garden engine, utility of, 187. 



Geology, wonders of, 103. 



Geometry applied to farmers, 47. 



Getting good by doing good, 186. 



Gooseberry, cultivation of, 109 ; mildew on, 205 ; 



remarks on, 238. 

 Grafting, composition for, 160 ; and its application, 



238 ; early bearing from two-year-old scions, 348. 

 Grain crops, effect of the barberry on, 110 ; discus- 



