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INDEX TO VOLUME XXTIT. 



Grapes, cultivation of, 3?0 



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Harness, cleaning and oiling 44 



FTh\ iug, ;i fey/ words on, 90$ 



Hedges 164 



Hens, focunditj of 25 



Hired help on a farm 151 



Hints worth thinking of, 231 



Home-made picture-frames and hang- 

 ing baskets, ". 82 



How much can be raised from a little 

 plot of ground, 26, 61 



— to so w 108 



— mucli seed shall I require for my 

 garden 124 



— to , atcb a horse 881 



— lo I eep a garden clean 815 



Hon 'cultural show in England 26 



— iu ma from foreign journals, 221, 202,285 



;i 1 5 

 Hojriii ulturc at the West, 248 



— in t allfornla, 871 



Honey bees, are they domestic ani- 

 mals? 18 



dorse disease in California, 52 



— B musical, 887 



— how lo catch it, 281 



— starting a baulky 21,306 



Horses and the war, 85 



— cavolry, 16 



— ] '.cccher on last, 206 



— stalls for, Hi 



Hi gs, Berkshire,.. 151 



Hog cholera, the, 272 



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Implement, a useful, 84 



Importation of foreign grain into Eng- 

 land 272 



Inquiries and answers, 37,67, 99, 129, 168 



164, 105, 229. 250 251,824, 856 



Indian corn bread, 63 



cultivation of, 212 



Influence of the moon on vegetation,. 289 



]n-rri outers, spare the 873 



Insects, birds and, 238 



— aloes for 188 



— loss of fruit by in England, 251 



Irrigating meadows 171 



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January No. of the Farmer— Thoughts 



on reading 117 



Jefferson bs a farmer 237 



Johnston, James W. F, 805 



Kindling wood, 32 



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Ladies' dress fashions, 94 



bonnets, some bints about, 224 



Language of. fowls, 367 



Let farmers take courage, 18 



Letter from Samuel Williams, 179 



I/u n calves, 141 



grain, 239 



Loss of lruitby insects in England,... 251 



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Massachusetts hort. society, transac- 

 tions of, 55 



Maple sugar, making, 86 



MANTjRESi 



Ashes, leached 77 



Bones, reducing and applying,;.. 23 



Barn-yard manure, 75 



Bran lis a manure, 146 



Liquid 297 



Mapes and his manures, 884 



Plaster for potatoes, 108 



Pondrette, value of, 171 



U Trng from stable 117 



Refuse pulp from elder mills 240 



Bull lor wheat, 340 



Sawdust as an absorbent, HO 



Band fbr grass land 15 



Buperphosphate lor turnips, llo 



Tillage Is manure 19 



Manure, application .of, 204 



— surface application of, 214 



— SawdUBt as -An inquiry 151 



Manures; Mapes and file 834 



Map . red, the 850 



Mc*'orniiei.'s new reaper In Engli 

 Melons, cucumbers, squashes, dec, how 

 to grow, 151 



Meadows, tOp-d icssing, 



Milking stool for kicking cows, 



Milk-rooms, pure air for, 



Mowing machines for small farms 



trial of, 



Moon, influence on vegetation, 



Musi 



Mules lor the army, breaking iii 



Mulching young fruit on the prairies,. 

 Musical horse, a good story of, 



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News items 821, 884, 877 



Notes from Canada "West.. 23,245,276, 888 



Maine, 24, 53 



— by 8. W., 866 



Now' you look like a gentleman 208 



Novelties at the Q-real Eng. Exhibition, 270 



Nothing to do 278 



New York State fair, 323 



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Oats, advantages of crushing 18 



Odor from boiling ham and cabbage,.. 83 



Old pastures, improving 172 



old apple orchards, trimming 189 



Osage orange hedge a'failure and why, 93 



Orchard culture and its results, 155 



Orchards, cropping 222 



Orchids, a few ol the best, 1S9 



( Isage orange premium hedge, 30 



Pastures, improving old, 172 



Patents remunerative, 1.09 



Parlor gardening, glass cases for, 122 



Tea" and potatoes on the same land 



lor hogs 18, 53 



Peaches in Minnesota, 81 



— in unfavorable climates, 372 



Peach, pruning the 62 



Peach orchards, protection to not al- 

 ways desirable, 352 



— orchards, shelter for, 372 



— bon-rs 1>6 



— leaf, curl of the, 188 



Pear, a large 9u 



— culture in the Northwest, 27 



. — DuChoss <r hiver, 154 



— tree, a prolific, 91 



blight 347 



— trees, strawberries, irrigation lor,... 1S7 

 Pears, thinning 220 



— exterior signs of the quality of, 251 



— what shall we plant? 253 



— are the While and C, ray Doyenne 

 the same variety ? ., 27 



Tigs, vegetable soup for, 42 



w bat is a breed ': 43 



Pig, what shall I do' with my? 58 



-the ." 50 



— how to cut up and cure a, 58 



— prollflcness of, 96 



— York-hire 78 



Plants, preserving during winter, 350 



Plant lice, propagation of, 27 



Planting the large tree of California 



lor timber, 18S 



— strawberries at night 252 



Poultry, a few words on 11 



— In England 16 



— sending- to market 25 



— value or in England 1000 years ago,. 248 



— a machine for fattening, 280 



— yard, mysteries of the, S2 



Potato disease, the, 19, 54 



— sweet, cultivation of, 150 



— disease 144 



— bird, the 2ht 



-bells 246 



Potatoes', digging, again, 75 



— plaster for 108 



— cultivation of, • 1] 6 



— small, 127 



— cutting early and late crops, 138 



— In Ireland cultivation of; 160 



Pomologioal map, 154 



I'oudrette, value of, 1J] 



Points of a Shorthorn cow (poetry,).. 88 



Pumpkins, king of the, 62 



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Rats, how to destroy them, 74 



1,'nts. i.) drive ..way 58 



RECEIPTS— DOMESTIC: 



Apple marmalade, ,.. 819 



63, 



Apple meringue 



— pudding, 



Blackberry syrnp, 



Black currant v. tne, 



Biscuit, soda, 



Boiling vegetables and meats,. . . . 

 Bread, corn, (8) 



— Indian, 



— solt ginger 



Cake, cup, 



— election, 



— fried 



— meat, 



— almond or cocoa nut 



— fruit. 



— flannel, 



Carpets; soiled, 



( latsup, elderberry , 



( berries, how to I oltle, 



Chocolate drops or caramels, 



Cream, stone, 



— ice, pineapple, 



Cucumbers, pickled 



Currant jelly, '. .. 



— wine , 



Eggs, fro/en, , 



— baked, 



Elderberry eatsup 



Fritters, parenap, 



Gooseberry to. I, 



( ireen peas and pork, 



Greens, 



Jam, raspberry, 



Jelly, currant, 



Lace and muslin curtains, 



Lard, how lo try, 



Marmalade, apple, 



Meringue, apple, 



Oysters, parsne] 



Teaches, pickled, 



Peach leather 



Pie, rhubarb or pie-plant, 



Pudding, apple 



— boiled 



— tomato 



-Soyer's, 



I'unii 



Raspberry jam 



— vinegar, 



— wine, 



Raspberries, 



Rennet, 



Renovating black English crape,. 



Rusk 



Sauce, salad 



Sbortcake, strawberry, 



Starching, clear, 



Strawberry shortcake, 



Strawberries, 



Syrup, blackberry 



To ch an silk or satin dresses, 



TO restore black crape veils 



— take out triiit spots 



Tomatoes 955, 



— broiled, 



Turtle bean soup without meat,... 

 with m. al, 



— sou)) from beans, 



Vinegar, raspberry, 



Water ices 



Waffles 



Wine, raspberry, 



— currant, 



— black currant 



Reducing and applying bones, 



Removing manure from stables, 



Record relating lo birds, plants, &c.,.. 

 Refuse pulp from oidet mills as a fer- 

 tilizer for apple trees, 



Root crops, cultivation of, 



Roses 



— moss 



— sing, whale oil soap for, 



Roller, bow to make a farm, 



Rural taste 



Rye for bringing light soil into condi- 

 tion to produce wheat, 



819 



341 



255. 



255 

 819 



12& 

 68 



120 

 819 



63 

 68 

 63 



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841 



374 

 374 

 341 

 819 

 22 I 

 819 

 841 

 255 

 286 

 224 

 224 

 94 

 190 

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841 

 190 

 150 

 286 



255 

 224 

 224 

 128 

 ;uo 

 319 

 843 

 286 

 286 

 190 

 63 

 126 

 258 

 190 

 286 

 255 

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 256 

 155 

 1 26 



224 

 819 

 190 

 190 

 986 

 100 

 224 

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 874 

 94 

 341 

 286 



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819 



319 

 68 

 22 1 

 255 

 374 

 255 

 224 

 255 

 23 

 117 

 180 



240 

 169 

 92 

 28 

 186 

 246 

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Salting cheese and meat 298 



Bait, su phur and bacon for sheep, 368 



Scenes on the prairie 215 



Seed, how to sow 108 



— quantity tor a garden 124 



Sheldon, danns o.. farm and stock,... 268 



Seven hints worth thinking of, 231 



Sheep, ehearing, t,.<. 142 



