INDEX 



sion on, 137 ; blight upon, 160 ; the nutrition in 

 various kinds, 359 ; new specimens of, 3G7. 



Grain mill, 75. 



Grapes, medicinal quality of, 246 ; our country well 

 adapted to, 319 ; new seedling, 359 ; brandy from, 



394. 

 Grape-vines, to stop bleeding, 191 ; summer prunmg, 



250 ; Diana, 304 ; culture of, soap-suds for, 305 ; 



largest in the United States, 350. 

 Grasses, discussion on, 106. , , • . 



Grass, mildew or insects on, 206 ; when should it be 



cut, 208 ; vegetable nutriment in, 215 ; sowmg 



seed, 266 ; good crops of, in Maine, 282. 

 lands, improvement of, 28, 266; advantages 



of re-seeding, 243 ; native and wild, 361. 

 Gravel walk, covering for, 288. 

 Greyhound, peculiar properties of, 403. 

 Grindstones on anti-friction rollers, 203. 

 Grist-mill, new, for horse-power, 267. 



H. 



Ham, prize, 391. • n,n 



Hay, treatment of, 224 ; packing, 235 ; curing, 240 ; 

 great yield of, 240. 



caps, 225. 



Health. — To keep the feet warm, 19 ; bathing and 

 washing, 34 ; hints on diet, 50 ; how to dislodge 

 a fish-bone from the throat, cure for quinsy, Eng- 

 lish ladies, insanity from novel reading, 66 ; med- 

 ical uses of salt, 83 ; remedy for asthma, how to 

 preserve health, 99 ; hints to the bald-headed, 

 dandelion coffee, 114; down upon calomel, 130; 

 causes of diseases of children, 146 ; rise and dis- 

 appearance of diseases, 162 ; individual odor, bath- 

 ing, 178 ; importance of diet, 194 ; no excuse, 211 ; 

 asthma, good for the headache, 227 ; importance 

 of flannel, 243 ; to stop a fit of coughing, love of 

 water, 259 ; a plea for cold water, 274 ; the bath, 

 hints for the season, 290 ; uses of the black cur- 

 rant, 307 ; deafness, cure for hydrophobia, 322 ; 

 exercise, fresh air, sore throat, 339 ; importance of 

 fresh air, 340 ; frauds in vinegar, 354 ; pepper, 

 371; feather beds, 379; sea-sickness, 385; treat- 

 ment of scarlet fever, 395 ; corns on the toes, 398. 

 Heat, radiation and conduction of, 220. _ 

 Hedges, (see Fences,) evergreen, 63 ; of pine, 346. 

 Homestead, exemption, 103; beautifying, 403. 

 Horses, remedv for pole evil, 27 ; for wind sucker, 

 55 ; longevity, poisoned, 64 ; medicines for, 97 : 

 diseases of, 105; to subdue a vicious, 118; treat- 

 ment of, 215; the English race, 245; medicines 

 for 246; noble one, 254; inflammation of ths 

 lungs, 262 ; report on colts, 271 ; to make follow 

 you, 286; Morgan hunter, 299; training, ^03 ; 

 ventilation of stables, 309 ; economical food tor, 

 310 ; cure for glanders, 342 ; advantages "f veter- 

 inary science, 361 ; cure for the bcUovsed, 372; 

 various uses of their carcasses, 383 ; shoeing, 390 ; 

 description of shoes, 398 ; remedy for brittle feet, 

 407 ; carrots for, 412 ; gait of, 415. 

 Horse-power, new, 267. 



Horse rake, independent, 27- ,.,-... 



Horticultural societies, Massachusetts, its exhibition, 

 240 ; remarks on its exhibitions, 299 ; annual ex- 

 hibition of, 313 ; New Bedford, 378. 



exhibitions, 297 ; Worcester, 321. 



Hydraulic ram, improved, 225. 



I. 



Ice, utility of, 377. 



houses for farmers, 412. 



Implements, get the best, 117. 



Industry, 150. . «. . „ 



Insects, saw-flv of the raspberry, 33 ; apple- worm, 



230 ; ravages of, 231 ; gwcral remarks on, 262 ; 



remarks on, 349 ; general remarks on, 306 ; can- 



kc•^-^vorms, 401. 



Irresolution, evils of, 87. 

 Irrigation, improvement by, 276. 



J. 



Johnston, Professor, remarks on his labors, 369. 



K. 



Kettles, for boiling feed, mode of sotting, 350. 

 Knitting, rapid, 87. 



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Labor, commended, 118 ; a necessity and duty, 148 ; 



dignity of, 244 ; is honorable, 399. 

 Lakes, pumping dry, 350. 

 Lands, to improve wet, 25 ; watering, 266 ; on Long 



Island, 347 ; reclaiming, 295 ; improvement of 



worn-out, 404. 

 Lard, to render fluid, 412. 

 Late crops, 185. 

 Life, golden rules of, 375. 

 Lightning, 357. 



rods, 199 



Lime, singular fact, 10 ; value of, in agriculture, 23T ; 



carbonate of, 381. 

 Little things, importance of, 405. 



M. 



Mahogany, 158. 

 Man and the soil, 47. 



Manures, muscle bods, 12 ; urine of animals, 40 ; 

 bones and acids, 54 ; experiments on, 78 ; use and 

 value of night soil, 79 ; charcoal for plants, 80 ; 

 soot, 81 ; importance of, 86 ; saving, 87 ; bone 

 dust, 117; Bommer, 127; effects of charcoal on 

 flowers, 128 ; bones as, 133 ; leached ashes, 163 ; 

 durability of bone, 167 ; bone, its state and price. 

 169 ; a new, 182; salt for, 186, 308 ; ashes, val- 

 uable, 223 ; green crops, 223 ; analysis of fertil- 

 izers, 231 ; neglected, by Trof. Norton, 259 ; re- 

 marks on, 260 ; sea muck, 273 ; green vegetable. 

 278 ; various materials for, 287 ; housing of, 295 ; 

 hints about, 319; an agent to decompose old tan. 

 321 ; peat, 325 ; muck, 331 ; compon yards, 334 ; 

 leaves as, 343 ; have a large dunghill, 364 ; pre- 

 paring bones, 367 ; coal ashes, 387 ; modes of 

 saving, 394. 

 Manuring, 32. 

 Maple sugar, 26 ; cheap evaporation, 51 ; on making, 



94. 

 Marl, analysis of, 231. 

 Matter, divisibility, 247- 

 Means adapted to ends, 407. 

 Mechanics' fair, exhibition of, 313. 

 Mechaxicvl Dei-aktment. — Thoughts on mechan- 

 ics, 19 ; glass varnish, new razor, 20 ; invention 

 for casting iron pipes, 35 ; machine for dressing 

 stone, zincographic printing, artificial mahogany, 

 36; purifying feathers, cast-iron furniture, 61; 

 inventive genius of the age, 67 ; manufacture of 

 parchment, ventilating bricks, 83 ; difi-crenco be- 

 tween iron and steel, substitute paint varnish, 9.> . 

 asphaltum for coloring wood- work, 115 ; singular 

 uses of gutta percha, 131 ; superior red ink, repul- 

 sions, steel and water, useful hints, 147 ; acoustic 

 apparatus to enable the deaf to hear in churcl., 

 fire-arms differently charged, mahogany stain. 

 163 ; the Ohio indestructible mineral paint, blue 

 writing ink, 179; the hydro-electric I'K^t 196; 

 lithography, iron houses, renuukablc nx^^-hanical 

 talent, 21l"; how axes are made, charcoa melted, 

 new uses for granite. 227 ; sun-driod brickhmi.sc. 

 gla«« water pipe.-.. 2*3; dycm; woods 2 .!> . U 



