INDEX. 



Page. 

 Garget, to cure .... 247, 276, 336, 470 



Gas, lime . • 63, 226 



Glass, American, plate 303 



Goldfish and trout 388 



Goose 385 



Gooseberries, 551 ; Houghton's seedling . . . 423 

 Grape, the Concord, li, 70, 150; the Diana, 62; 

 pruning the, 144; vine, plant a, 252; to prevent, 

 from bleeding, 327; and wine, 373; vine of the, 

 423; a fine, 501; how to eat .... 523 



Grubs, in corn 372 



Gum, Alusquite 75 



Grafting, large limbs, 263 ; and pruning fruit-trees, 



264 : young trees 555 



Grain, crops, 35; cutting of, 390; high prices of 



flour and 478 



Granite State, light from 360 



Grass, witch or piper, 12, 48; couch, 103; cock's- 

 foot or orchard, 180; rye and lucerne, 231; to 

 get poor lands into, 321; cutting of . . . 380 



Grasshopper-traps 497 



Gravel walls, .... 226, 281, 335, 526 



Ground, about the house, 146; culture of stony, 



261; nuts 302 



Guano, talk about, 22; more about, 25; use of, 126, 

 154, 182, 216; and super-phosphate, 168, 218; 

 an experiment with, 180; a word in sei^on 

 about, 149; per acre, 149; and muck, 246; and 

 other things, 255; with rye straw, 186; home- 

 made, 230; for a single year, 291, 387; and 

 bones, 294, 333, 352; experiments with . . 452 



H. 



Hail-storm 418 



Hay, salt, 27; cotton, and cider press. Fay's, 440; 



maker, 337; for cows in summer, 374; caps . 389 



Harvest, 343; corn 478 



Hedge, hemlock, 500, 512; an evergreen . . 571 



Page. 



Jaw, wolf on 504 



Jelly, to make good 536 



Journal, the Veterinary 502 



Knife, new budding 

 Kobe Rabi, notice of 



274 

 551 



Health 311 



Hemlock, peeling, 267; hedges .... 600 

 Hens, profits of, 84, 191; the boys and the, . . 247 



Highway, work on 382 



Hoe, the wheel 199, 241 



Hoeing in dry weather 252, 377 



Hog, a fine 231, 280 



Holdfast, what will cure 182 



Home, in the country, 35; for all .... 61 

 Hops, 551; culture of .... 117,290,528 

 Horns, young cattle, 103; shaping . . . 304 



Horse, training for the saddle, 64; training a balky, 

 240; -Morgan, 209; Sherman Morgan, 304; Ara- 

 bian Iniauin, 330; to prevent hots in, 335; train- 

 ing for saddle, 350; and rats in Paris, 363; 

 docking, 365; remedy for chafes and galls on, 

 389, 408; power, 418; biles on, 418; to make 

 carry his tail straight, 437; provender for, 443; 

 inquiries about, 444; short chapter on, 461 ; ex- 

 pense of keeping, 488; feeding and tending, 

 505; wind-sucking by, 519; a plea for the, 523; 



trotting 534 



House, ice, 29; concrete, 103; grounds about, 146; 

 stone, 415; paint for, 420; design for a small 



Labor, 20; serf, in Poland, 94; good pay for a lit- 

 tle, 112; in state alms-houses, 114; and luxury, 

 209; the price of, 361; design and usefulness of, 

 413; and form wages, 437, 454; saving machi- 

 nery, 400, 449; a view of 443 



Land, reclaiming swamp, 191; low, 267; hard and 

 stony, 279; how to manage stubble, 282; mow- 

 ing, grazing 551 



Landmarks, ancient ...... 64 



Language of animals ...... 467 



Lawns, mowing ....... 180 



Leaves, use of, 302; power to absorb beat, 337, 435; 



for litter 539 



Legislature, agricultural meetings of the, 88, 98, 115, 124, 

 138, 150, 162, 172, 183, 194, 210, 227 

 Letter, from the homestead, 396, 462; from H. F. 



French, 166,322; from Prof. Nash . . .265 



Lexington, farmers' club 617 



Lice, on cattle, 189, 470; plant .... 418 

 Lime, gas, 53, 63, 387; muriate of, 245, 512; will 

 destroy sorrel, 422 ; and canker-worms, 458; 

 chloride of home-made ..... 395 

 Lunar influences .... 123, 135, 304, 398 

 Locust, trees, 253; insect, 362; seventeen-year, 388, 470 



Love-letter, floral 498 



Lumbering ........ 275 



farm 



Ice-house 29 



Implements, French garden, 25; agricultural . 30 



Improvement, room for, 375; ours an age of . 449,459 



Incident, beautiful 104 



Indigestion, causes of 



Insects on apple-trees, 389 ; of commerce 



Iowa, farming in, 140; prices and weather in, 225; 



items about 377 Mills, grinding 



M. 



Machine, for chopping brush, 93 ; mowing, 104, 320 ; 

 Manny's improved mowing and reaping, 225 ; 

 Wheeler's washing, 353; for hoeing . . . 369 



Machinery, labor-saving 400, 449 



Madder, culture of 305 



Maggot, to destroy the onion 373 



Manure, frost as a, 55; for the garden, 149; how to 

 apply, 232; muscle-bed for, 181; waste of, 220; 

 fruit-trees in early spring, 252; specific, 270, 

 339; how much do we use on an acre, 254, 437; 

 long and short, 253 ; with blacksmith's cinders, 

 352; special, for fruit-trees, 357; gas-water for, 

 387; chip, 387; salt as a, 435, 455; peat for, 

 404, 500; charcoal as a, 571; granite dust a rich 



land 572 



Manuring, 24, 352; with blacksmith's cinders, 352; 



a fact in •• . . . 459 



Marlboro', Massachusetts ..... 348 

 Market, London vegetable, 19; a glance at Wash- 

 ington City, 92; the greatest grain, in the world 206 

 Matter, organic and inorganic ..... 34 



Meadow-land, reclaiming 351 



Meal, corn and cob, 108; and flour, preserving, 



203; oat, and the intellect . . . .630 



Meanness docs not pay . . . . . .363 



Meat, effects of heat upon ..... 472 



Mechanic, what he can do on a farm, 214; city, and 



country farmers ...... 213 



Medford, history of . . . . . .328 



Medley, a 14 



Meetings, legislative agricultural, 88, 98, 115, 125, 13S, 

 150, 162, 172, 183, 194, 210, 227 



Melon apple 456 



576 Messenger, lilack-hawk ...... 257 



653 ! Mid(lle.-;ex, South, Agricultural Society, 609; County 



I cattle show ....... 514 



416 



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