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Oatfi, and millet, 283 ; fine crop of . . 501 

 Octoher, — the atmosphere , , . . 441 



Oil, fish 408 



Onions, and cabbages, 44, 133 ; how to raise, 152, 

 168, 181, 216, 253, 286, 292, 296, 302, 326, 

 371'; smut on, 359, 516 ; maggot in, 362, 415 ; 

 disease in, 365 ; beds, 415 ; crop . . 453 

 Old things, recollections of . . • • 528 

 Opinions, and progress .... 53 



Orchard, in the snow, 149 ; young on the site of 

 an old, 218; culture of the, 229; about the 

 230 ; a young, 304 ; a splendid . . 558 



Ornithology 309 



Overseers, duty of 409 



Oxen, a fine pair of, 114, 198 ; and horses, com- 

 parative speed of 366 



Paint, a new, 282 ; a good, 358 ; pearl gray, 

 house, 358 ; what is best, 366 ; for sap tubs 473 



Paper, wall, to clean 248 



Parsnips 218 



Peach, and plum trees, 72 ; what is the best late 391 

 Pear, about, 74; cuttings, 118; of the pear, 

 planting, 205 ; on quince stock, 260, 372 ; gold- 

 en beurre of Bilboa, 273 ; on mountain ash, 

 299; dwarf, 357, 498 ; Andrews, 385; two crops 

 in a year, 420 ; and grapes, 447 ; blight . 

 Peas, 132 ; and beans, fiittening properties of, 

 209, 283, 428 ; Dan O'Rourke, &c. . 



Peai-1 fishing 



Peppermint, manufacture of . . 218, 410 



Perseverance, example of ... • 320 

 Pies, and pic crust, 110; and pie making . 150 



Pickles, how to make 501 



Picture, how to clean, 46, 78, 96 ; is this any 

 one's ....... 



Pigs, black teeth in, 47, 96 ; kept in the cellar 



Pigeon, flight of, from arctic regions . 



Pipes, cement water, 24, 111, 218; to melt ice 



in, 115, 149; obstruction in water 

 Plants, culture of, 265 ; select their food, 278, 



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Pulverizer, wanted 370 



Pump, frozen, 96; about, 177; a good . 336 



Pumpkins, and coi-n, 47 ; cultivation of, 160; 

 story of a 428 ; and squashes . . . 472 



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Quince, 319 ; pears on the 



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467 

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541 



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425 



167 



Rabbits .... 



Rake, horse .... 



Raspberries, 264 ; perpetual 



Rats, in commerce 



Read, right way to 



Reading, position in 



Recipes, to take stains out of linen, 104 ; to 



wrinkles out of silk scarfs, 104, 200, 248; 



mestic . 344, 392, 440, 488, 



Report, patent office, 82, 93, 120 ; agricultur 

 Rhubarb, seedling .... 



River, Concord ..... 



Rollers for moving buildings 



Roof, a sound shingle .... 



Roots, harvesting, 199 ; culture of 



Roses, in winter, 46 ; insects on bushes, 519 ; 



Rust, removing and preventing 



Ruta baga ...... 



Rye, on sandy loam, 479 ; fine crop of 



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266 



533 



251 



558 



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al 373 



264 



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574 



536 



300, 313 



wall 536 



415 



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Salad, early 415 



Salt, and lime, 318 ; for plum trees, 365, 366 ; 

 for killing insects, 415, 421 ; barrels for pre- 

 serving apples 447 



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418, 439, 453 



Salutations 

 Sausage, making, 96 ; stufFer 

 Sawdust . . . . 

 Scarlatina . . . . 

 Scientific men, value of 

 School, East Indian 

 Scratches, on horses 



