INDEX. 



Page 

 419,480; clover,381; salting.SSl; crop, false 

 estimate of, 402 ; cocks, 457 ; inakei-, 472 ; 

 measurement of ... 502, 525, 534 



Hedges, about, 47, 120, 133, 160; buck thorn 

 for . . .... 219, 261 



Heifer, a nice one, 47; a promising, 49 ; JNIr. Shel- 

 don's 74 



Help, female 247, 360 



Hens, how to make lay, 46 ; and cows, 148 ; and 

 eggs, 182; warm in winter, 197; house furni- 

 ture, 198 ; house, a model, 260; story of, 418 : 

 and eggs ...*.... 521 



Hoe, wlieel, and horse 168 



Hoeing, philosophy of . . . . 372, 402 



Home, beautify your 302 



Hops, picking of 482 



Horn, ail, 227, 418, 424, 452, 453, 501 ; hollow 470 

 Horse, at shows, 18, 30, 54, 67; how to feed 

 young, 19; in the stable, 22 ; causes of colic 

 in, 30 ; the young Morrill, 62 ; work on, 95 ; 

 disease among, 109, 115; in the snow, 131 ; 

 riding the, 143 ; skeleton of Black Hawk, 1 75 ; 

 how to be used, 181 ; stifle, 182, 281 ; ears of, 

 184; fast, 202; Flora Temple, 203 ; with stifle 

 joint out, 210, 234 ; about the, 213 ; disease in, 

 217; brain of, 232; distemper, 235; North 

 Star, 244 ; Eddy's stall for the, 248 ; the Mor- 

 rill, 2G0, 267 ; hoof lost, 282 ; Black Hawk 

 Morgan, jr., 314; powei-, 315; training a 

 balky, 337 ; and oxen, comparative s]ieed of, 

 366 ;" kind treatment to the, 369 ; sire of Ethan 

 Allen, 379 ; scratches on, 418, 439; lameness 

 from contracted heels, 420; drenching, 437; 

 how to stop a jumping, 439 ; racing, 446,469; 

 foundering, 451 ; be kind to the . . 453 



Horticultural literature .... 486 



House, walk about, 214 ; dampness in brick 259 



Larch, cones of the English .... 391 



Lard, and wine press 425 



Laundry, the chemist in the . . . . 542 

 Lead, poisoning with .... 41,401 



Leather, chamoLs, how made, 47, 95, 328 ; water 



proof mixture for 207 



Legislative agricultural society, 117, 126, 137, 



146, 164, 171, 186, 194, 210, 221, 229, 230, 



245, 252, 269, 276, 294 

 Lightning, singular effect of ... 26 



Lime, muriate of, 60, 81, 103, 238, 256,265 ; use 



of, 235 ; for manure, 261 ; and salt, 318, 319 ; 



for preserving apples, .... 512 



Louse, the bark 261 



Lunar, influences, 303 ; lunacy . . . 12 • 



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Ice, and milk house 163 



Illinois, State transactions, 71 ; as a farming 



country, 198; crops in .... 517 



Implements, farm 41, 52 



Improvement, mental and moral . . . 1 1 



India rubber, wonders of ... . 28 



Industry, home 318 



Iowa, things in, 63, 342 ; prices in . . 513 



Insects, new work on, 214 ; natural enemies of, 



429 ; destruction, 551 



Iron, sulphate of 318 



Insurance companies .... 155, 157 



January, — the uses of snow ... 9 



June, — the grasses and cereal grains . . 249 

 July, — the value of rocks, 297 ; frost in . 389 



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Killed, winter 390 



Kohl-rabi, or turnip-rooted cabbage, 505 ; green 505 



Labor, free and slave, 16; of the jaws, 72; in 

 California ....... 236 



Land, public, 69 ; too much, 148 ; skill vs. poor, 

 150; moist, specific for, 240; sheltering, 268; 

 fertile, without manure, 291 ; western specula- 

 tion in, 304 ; sandy 335 



Machine, Swift's lawn grass, 1 6 ; for planting 

 and cultivating, 114; a new washing, 119, 293 ; 

 mowing, 155, 293 ; seed sower, 315 ; mowing, 

 336 ; for sifting and sorting beans, 359 ; trial 



of mowing 389, 390 



Maine, crops in, 391 ; notes from . . 395 



Man, what he costs, 103 ; aptitude in, 248 ; made 

 for other business, 254 ; yearly food of one, 

 324; good to make of, 489; of old times, 

 529 ; young for the farm . . . . 546 

 Manure, 134 ; and crops, 162 ; top dressing, 167 ; 

 bone, 198; horse, 217; hen, 217; muck and 

 lime, 218; leather shavings, 218; imposition 

 in, 227, 260 ; lime for, 261 ; blood, 294, 307, 

 380; leaf, 319; turning in green crops, 356 ; 

 guano and super-phosphate, 365; fresh, 408; 

 does it evaporate, 427 ; at the west, 517 ; waste 



of 526 



March, — moral effects of our climate . . 105 

 Massachusetts, industry of, 136; crops in west- 

 ern, 395 ; State show .... 553 



Meadow, Sudbury 271 



^leal, or hay 359 



Medals, and awards .... 390 



Melon, Christiana 319 



Meteorology, 149 ; intelligence in . . 500 



Milk, produce, 29, 160; "bitter, 77; cost of rais- 

 ing, 145, 236, 296; skimmed for cows, 149; 

 and ice house, 163 ; obstructed, 227 ; adulter- 

 ated, 281 ; measurement of, 308 ; ])oor, cause 

 of, 340 ; of spayed cows, 354 ; cows and but- 

 ter .. ". .... 471 

 Mill, horse power grist .... 574 

 Millet, Egyptian, 164, 234, 479; and oats, 283; 



for pasture 296 



Moon, surface . . . . . . 11 



Jloth, bee 366 



Mower, trial of, 389 ; reaper and, at Syracuse, 



406, 420 ; Allen's .... 428, 472 

 Mowing lots, feeding of .... 341 

 Muck, meadow .... 330, 435, 506 



Murrain, in cattle .... 236, 280 



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Nature, curious resemblances in . . . 323 

 New England, old customs in . . . 113 

 New Hampshire, and Virginia, 21 ; State shows 547 

 New publications ; Register of rural affairs. Old 

 farmer's almanac, Morgan horses. Voices of the 



heart 64 



Newspaper, influence of ... . 64 



November, 489 



Nova Scotia, matters in ... . 55 



Nursery, how to manage ... 79, 151 



Nut, ground 507 



