VI 



INDEX 



color pine to imitate black walnut, to make white- 

 wash that will not rub off, 2lo, 398 ; the using of 

 paint, 290 ; electric telegraph across the Atlantic, 

 process of engraving on ivory, 307 ; healthful 

 buildings, 3'22 ; the uses of iron in buildings, 338 ; 

 iron coated with ghiss, 355 ; coating with copper, 

 water-proof ])aint, 371 ; to render lard fluid, 412. 



Meetings, (see Agricultural meetings,) conversational, 

 45. 



Milk, composition of, 165; effects of food on, 381. 



, virtues of, 295. 



Milking machines, 282. 



Milkmaid's ear-guard, 102. 



Millet, remarks on, 206, 223. 



Moles, to destroy, 224 ; utility of, 283. 



Mules, valuable, 65. 



N. 



Native ornamental shrubs, 125. 

 Natural history, curious facts, 213. 

 Nature, study of, 152. 

 New Hampshire, agriculture in, 272. 

 New Year, 9. 



O. 



Ohio agriculture, report on, 257. 

 Onions, long on the same land, 86. 

 Over cropping, 324. 

 Ox-yoke, self-adjusting, 59. 



P. 



Paint, mine of, 383. 



Pastures, enrichment of, 215. 



Parsnip, valuable, 79 ; fattening properties of, 239. 



Peaches, Tarbell, 129 ; Wales Velvctine, Hale's Me- 

 locoton, 327 ; early peach, Cheney, 328 ; Purdy, 

 Penniman, 343 ; variety of seedlings, Pratt, 344 ; 

 fine, 346. 



Peach crop, failure of, 339. 



trees, grafting, 64 ; to protect from the borer, 



164 ; to prevent the borer, 222 ; gum from, 236 ; 

 curl in the leaf, 284, 316. 



Pears, profit of, 10 ; on shad-bush, 75, 159 ; list of 

 choice, 122 ; Oswego Beurre, 149 ; cultivating 

 dwarfs, 177 ; St. Ghistlain, 209 ; quince stock for, 

 2i8 ; remarks on failure in, 269 ; Kousellette de 

 Hatif, Manning's Elizabeth, 312; from J. L. Lov- 

 ering, Udall's seedling, 328 ; Cushing and Han- 

 ners, 330 ; St. Michael, or White Doyenne, 360 ; 

 Compte de Lamy, 376. 



Physical influence of habit, 263. 



Plough, Bartlett's double, 54 ; hill-side, 107 ; an 

 attachment for turning under green crops, 246 ; 

 construction of, 315 ; great improvement in mod- 

 ern, 317. 



Ploughing, plain lands, 17 ; deep, recommended, 117 ; 

 benefits of deep, 134; subsoil, 179. 



Plank roads, the durability and decay of, 341. 



Plant the best, 148. 



Plants, native, 12, 60, 95, 109, 141 ; origin of A'arious, 

 70; food of, 253, 411 ; in pots, 289 ; curious facts 

 in relation to, 298 ; principle of, propagated by 

 cuttings, names of, 382 ; injured by high culture, 

 389. 



Plums, Coe's Golden Drop, 17 ; list described, 60 ; 

 Lucumb's Nonsuch, 81 ; to make trees bear, 154; 

 Smith's Orleans, 160 ; Cloth of Gold, so called, 

 168 ; remarks on curculio, 197, 222, 265 ; remarks 

 on, 269 ; to protect, 278 ; Jefferson, 289 ; Peach, 

 Prince's Yellow Gage, 296 ; McLaughUn, 300 ; 

 various kinds, 312; on raising, 317 ; St. Cathar- 

 ine, McLaughlin, Penobscot, 327 ; Washington, 

 328 ; Lombard, 353 ; cultiue of, curculio, 389. 



Posts, more durable inverted, 68 ; charring the buts, 

 148 ; charring and setting, 183 ; setting, 189. 



Pomegranate, culture of, 207. 



Pomological convention, 73. 



Congress, 253. 



Potatoes, large quantity from one, 11 ; mode of cul- 

 ture, 77 ; facts in raising, 96 ; cultivation of, 101, 

 108, 140; porous soil for, 166 ; insects on, 204 ; a 

 new disease, 236 ; curl in, 285 ; raising among 

 corn, 302; steaming of, 310; substitutes for, 362; 

 raising from the ball, 367 ; mode of culture, 406. 



• sweet, 113. 



Potato fly, 207. 



rot, theory on, 53 ; in Iowa, 55 ; remedy for, 



68 ; not caused by insects, 136 ; remarks on, 158 ; 

 cause ascribed to insects, 310 ; very severe this 

 season, 312, 327; early digging a preventive, 396. 



Powder, 398. 



Provisions, preservation of, 279. 



Publications, noticed, 23, 24, 40, 55, 72, 88, 104, 120, 

 136, 152, 168, 184, 200, 216, 232, 248, 264, 280, 

 295, 343, 359, 375, 408. 



Pumpkin, preservation of, 330. 



Purpose, steadiness of, 368. 



Pruning, time lor, 282. 



knife and chisel, 273. 



Quinces, early bearing for the north, 205. 



R. 



Raspberries, Knevette's Giant, 264. 

 Rats, to catch, 199 ; to destroy, 288. 

 Red cedar, durability of, 48. 

 Rich men of New York, 27-9. 

 Roads, charcoal for, 240. 

 Rocks, breaking, by fire, 190. 

 Rollers, field and garden, 103 ; utility of, 164. 

 Root culture, 129; harvesting, 320; time for se- 

 curing, 362. 

 Rose cuttings, 273. 



Ruminants, how they chew the cud, 414. 

 Rye, remarks on, 374. 



S. 



Sarsaparilla, preparation of, 128. 



Sausage-stuffer, 395. 



Sausage or mincing machine, 379. 



Scientific agriculture, elements of, 187. 



memoranda, 358. 



Schoolmasters, hints to, 399. 



Scythes, remarks on, 219. 



Season, no«;es of, 94, 191 ; and the crops, 263. 

 I Seeds, wide diffusion of, 26 ; long vitality, 39 ; depth 

 of covering, 153. 



Seed-sower, 139. 



Sheep, house lambs, 45 ; fine mutton, 81 ; manage- 

 ment of, 156 ; temporary sheds in pastures for, 

 219; most profitable breed, 229; Cheviot, 251; 

 management of, 202 ; Saxony and Merino, 277 ; 

 forty good, 279 ;, recognition of voice between the 

 ewe and the lam"b, 326; remedies for scours, 410. 



Shepherdia, remarks on, 1£7. 



Shepherd's dog, 391. 



Shrubs, native, 12, 60, 95, 100, 141. 



Skill and industry, the result of, 325. 



Smart-weed, virtues of, 235. 



Soap, substitute for, 365. 



Soil, experiment in making, 28. 



Soils, nature of, 47 ; naked, 115 ; nature of different, _ 

 133 ; and earths, nature and offices of, 173 ; selec- 

 tion for analysis, 195 ; analysis of, 231 ; composi- 

 tion of, 293 ; mechanical improvement in, 388. 



