VI 



TABLE OF CONTENTS. 



Crops expenses and profits 



of different 298 



Cucumbers, cultivation and 



profits of 186 



Currying rows 117 



Cattle, eeiebratcd 41 



to weigli live 132 



Durham 135 



on good 278 



sheds, utility of. . . 353 



■ feeding 355 



cleaning neat .... 188 



Calves, best mode of fatten- 

 ing 184 



Columbian Horticultural 



Society 166 



Columbiana, celebrated 



heifer 41 



Corn, on gathering 69 



large yield of 105 



effects of lime on . . . 202 



cultivation of. . . .235, 320 



drill, a new 234 



and seed planter .... 252 



broom 259,267 



planting corn 289 



preparing the ground 



for 289 



after culture of 289 



—— corn-cob meal 304 



look well to your . . . 334 



Cow, a good cow 241 



Cows vs. horses 252 



extraordinary 301 



Deed, without a name, a. . 222 

 Dialogues between a father 



and son 26, 182,271, 343,363 



Diet 156 



Discovery and invention. . 132 



Divining rod, on the 332 



Distillation of grain 198 



Domestic animals kindly, 



treat 119 



economy 339 



Draining 226,363 



Dry rubbing 66 



Drill, an improved 120 



The Dairy.— Milk 237 



Cream — cream-cheese.... 237 



Butter— curd 237 



Good butter — large yield. . 241 

 On the management of the 



242, 274, 306, 335 



Plan of a milk house 276 



Clieese, inoculation of . . . . 288 



Butter dairy 288 



Dairy husbandry 300 



— — produce and expenses 300 

 Salting butter 335 



Earth and Roils 202 



tilling the 226 



Ed ucation,analogy between 

 medical and agricultural 194 



Economy 101,291 



and convenience . . 160 



Economy, domestic 339 



Eggs and poultry 131 



to preserve 154 



of chalk, nest 164 



remarks on 261 



nest 262 



Electrical conductors 346 



Enquiries 164 



Essex county, Massachu- 

 setts, agriculture of . . . . 358 

 Example, influence of . . . . 133 

 Experiments 219 



Farmers' Work 60 



for October 69 



(hints for April). . 262 



April and May. . . 289 



July 334 



August 372 



Farm of B. V. French, Esq. 



visit to the 179 



Farm Implements 68 



Rasp for cutting roots .... 68 



An improved drill 120 



The barrow-hoc 122 



Frouty and Mears' cast-iron 



plough 163 



A new corn drill 234 



Corn and seed planter .... 252 

 Hussey's reaping machine. 282 



Straw cutters 324 



Farm buildings 56, 224 



houses 352 



Fallowing, on 271 



Fascination, power of. ... . 370 

 Fence, on making a stone. 51 



thorn 92,176 



live 121 



Feeding stock 159, 194 



Female influence 349 



Feeding shelves for worms 60 



Fodder, securing of 70 



Food for plants S7 



Fire insurance 42, 71 



remarks on ... . 43 



Flax— &c 195, 200 



Forecast 193 



Farmer, the provident .... 28 



improvident 28 



duties performed by 



a good 85 



Farmers' song 53 



frock or bleuse ... 63 



creed, the 143 



important to 152 



hints to 167 



Farm, plan of a 51 



subdividing a 84 



FarrTis, value of birds on. . 341 



Fruit, premature 37 



Fruit-trees 35 



and other trees, choice 206 



Family government 37 



Fragments.. 101, 132, 159, 213 

 257,291 



Gap, in chickens 208 



Girls, advice to 257 



Grain, on the distillation of 198 



Grass, on orchard 36, 150 



Grass-seeds, on sowing... 116 

 153, 247, 290 



observations on. 212 



in a buishel, num- 

 ber of 212 



Grass-lands, on top dressing 21 



weeding 192 



Grass and grass-seeds .... 77 

 Grass-lands, top-dressing. . 373 

 Grasshoppers, destruction 



of 97 



Green crops 95 



Garden, necessary to farm . 24 



the kitchen . . 221, 321 



a well-planned. . .. 343 



Garden seeds in the fall, 



planting .... 135 



vegetables, direc- 

 tions for planting 245 



Grafting and inoculating. . 214 



Grafting wax 263 



Grapes 144 



Grape-vine, on the 374 



Green's straw-cutter 324 



Grub-worm, the 286 



Hoof ail, remarks on the. . 161 



Habit 159 



Hams, on curing 61 



Hands vs. the head 64 



Hay, vegetables and corn, 



value of 340 



Hay-making 363 



Hog,theBedfordorWoburn 25 



Hogs, on fattening 61 



preparation of food for 86 



fattening 151 



Horticultural schools 225 



Horse, expense of keeping a 151 



cost of an idle 226 



observations on the. . 367 



Horse vs. the ox 354 



Horse hay-rake 226 



Horses and oxen for teams 305 

 from being teased 



by flics 332 



Husbandry dairy 300 



Ice-house, construction of. 5 i 



remarks on 55 



and ice-houses 69 



Ice-houses 101,116,119 



can be made and 



filled by every farmer . . 204 



Improvement 134, 316 



Industry crowned with suc- 

 cess 116 



ancient law for pro- 

 moting 285 



Instruction, influence of 



early 133 



Insurance, reply to observer 



on 99 



of farm buildings.. 112 



Indolence 133 



Insects vs. birds 138, 187 



