INDEX 



Middlesex county, 514, 521 ; North Middlesex, 



517; highland 525 



Soils, free acid in, 42 ; chemical analysis of, 402 ; 

 principles and rotation of, 426 ; good for noth- 

 ing 443 



Son, a fiirmer's 133 



Soldier, the old ' . 463 



Sowing, thick and thin . . . . 207 



Spider, and toad 415 



Sprague, Seth, death of ... . 79 

 Squash, the Hubbard, 47, 98, 178, 280 ; borer, 

 98,295; and pumpkin, 313, 472; sweet po- 

 tato 505 



Steaming, apparatus for .... 148 



Stock, management of, 215, 31 1 ; improving, 321 ; 

 Essex county, ...... 461 



Stalks, corn, for horses .... 479 



Stones, sinking, 47 ; vs. manure . . . 506 



Storm, a hail 452 



Stove, and fuel 31 



Straw, pine 260 



Strawljerry, new seedling, 77 ; Brighton pine, 282; 



at Danvers, 427 ; Scott's seedling . . 479 

 Sugar, trade, new feature in, 28 ; cane, 38, 59 ; 

 syrup from, 79; cane seed, 96; maple, 251, 

 282, 283, 352, 390, 410 ; water, 319; estate, an 

 hour on the first ..... 527 

 Super-phosphate, of lime .... 365 

 Swallow, history of, 50 ; white bellied, 103 ; fam- 

 ily, 274, 295, 313, 329 ; story of the, 334, 414 ; 



retreat of 496 



Swine, fine, 114, 149; death of, 115; black 

 tooth in, 115, 130, 210, 286 ; cooking food for, 

 121 ; on stable manure, 131 ; cost of keeping, 

 168; remedy for cholera in, 216, 380 ; loss of 

 by bedding on meadow hay, 218; worms in, 

 259 ; disease among .... 334, 336 

 Syi'up, Chinese sugar cane . . . 484, 520 



Teats, cows, cutting off 

 Teeth .... 

 Ticks, how to destroy . 

 Tile, drain . 

 Toads, in the garden 



523 

 353 

 452 

 95, 198, 443 

 376 



Tomato, dessert, 168; how to pickle . . 526 

 Tools, show your new, 464 ; to save from rusting 560 

 Transactions, county, 156; Hampshire county, 



169; MidiUesex, 1856, 215; Franklin county, 303 

 Trees, apple, for a large orchard, 31 ; culture of 

 forest, 59; by highways and railroads, 66; apple, 

 95, 281 ; of America, 98; re-bottoming a pear, 

 113 ; what is a, 116 ; butternut vs. apple, 131 ; 

 apple and cider, 156 ; winter pruning of, 156 ; 

 apple, on lime stone land, 168 ; iron and coal 

 ashes for peach, 1 80 ; relation of soil and at- 

 mosphere to, 190; forest, cultivation of, 214; 

 value of a single, 214 ; fruit, to keep straight, 

 218, 234; insects on young, 240; plum, 261, 

 304,415; black knot in plum, 266; manur- 

 ing, 267 ; for the street, 268, 436 ; maple, 295 ; 

 trans]ilanting, 314; electric agency of, 325; 

 white washing fruit, 326, 403, 540 ; fruit, 349, 

 469 ; sha<le, around dwellings, 358 ; plum, 

 salt for, 365 ; sulplmr in, 380 ; apple, borer in, 

 387 ; summer care of, 409 ; new white wash, 

 438 ; young, 439 ; keep straight, 470 ; trans- 

 planting walnut and chestnut, 472 ; relation of 

 to the soil, 503 ; fiill set, 506 ; transplanting, 

 hickory and chestnut, 514; Downing's book 

 about, 534 ; inquiry about, 550 ; time to set 

 out, 550 ; whitewashing .... 573 

 Tubs, sap, paint for ... . 283, 473 

 Turkey, story of a, 395 ; wild . . - 465 

 Turnip, crop of, 149 ; seed of Sweedish, 181 ; hen 



Page 

 manure for, 217 ; how to get cheap, 346 ; Eng- 

 lish, 357 ; do they mix .... 378 



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Udder, hard, 148 ; a sore 



357 



Varnish, for rustic garden seats . . . 374 

 Vegetables, to preserve through winter, 43 ; eat- 

 ing 431 



Vermin, how to rid animals and plants of . 473 

 Vermont, State agricultural society, 140 ; season 



and crops in, 427, 501 ; fairs in . . 547 



Vine, cucumber, what killed, 132 ; bugs on the, 



377, 398; cultivation of the ... 506 

 Vinegar ... ... 497 



Virginia, a farm in, 15 ; and New Hampshire 21 



Visitor, a 415 



Vital action, mechanism of . . • . 429 

 Volume, close of ninth . . . . 576 



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Wall, a hint from under the, 43 ; dampness in 

 the ...'.... 424, 473 



Ware, Dresden 400 



War, th&pipe of 544 



Warts, on heifers, 281 ; on plum trees, 318 ; on 

 horses ears, 365 ; on cows teats, 418, 526; to 

 cure on cows, 439 ; on horses and cattle 314, 453 

 Wasp, purple, . . . 525, 549, 550, 574 



Washington, George, mother of . . . 152 

 Watch, and clock, difference in . . . 432 

 Water, pure, 280 ; wheel, at Lawrence . 410 



Weather, cold, 198; records of, . . 370,430 

 Wells, improvement in, 204 ; self-acting, 305 ; 



how to examine 443 



Wens, on cattle, 235, 240 ; cure for . . 260 

 Weed, sea, 341 ; extirpation of, from the surface 



373, 409 

 West, going, 115; and the east, 155; a city of 



the -387 



Whale, fight, singular 66 



Wheat, 91 ; midge, or weavil in, 111 ; composi- 

 tion of, 228 ; for seed, 251 ; Indian, 260 ; crop, 

 448, 525 ; winter, 457, 542 ; crop in Vermont, 

 499, 507; spring, 516; cultivation of . 535 



Who shall decide when doctors disagree . 575 



Wilder, Marshal P 430 



Willow, basket, 36 ; what will kill common, 473 ; 



how to destroy 502 



Windmill, 115; and fan mills, 149; a portable, 



149, 194 

 Wine, home-made, 389 ; and lard press, 425 ; el- 

 derberry ....... 506 



Winter, hints for, 76; touch of, 82; in Canada 



West -343 



Wise, more, than ambitious .... 468 

 Woman, on the farm, 205 ; young, well employed, 



365 ; the reformer of society . . . 573 

 Worcester county, agricultural transactions . 132 

 Workman, hints to, on health ... 37 



Workshop, and stormy days . . . 462 



Wood, growth of, in Massachusetts . . 568 

 Wool, duty on, 173 ; grower, great . . 410 

 Worms, canker, 358, 549 ; cabbage . . 409 



Yeast, to make without, 152 ; a good 



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