INDEX TO VOLUME XIX. 



Crops; adaptation of, to soils, 241 



— after buckwheat 112 



— in Canada West 811 



Northern Illinois, 67 



— plant a variety of, 7S 



Cucumbers, 155 



Curculio 234 



— tobacco and the, 191 



— to destroy the, 191 



Cutting up meat in the London market 11 

 Cut-worms and lettuce, 106 



Dahlias, winter care of, 316 



Dandelions, to kill, 290 



Decayed tree, remedy for a, 88 



Devon cattle, 69 



Diseases of the horse, 151, 226, 243 



Ditches caving in sandy land, to pre- 

 vent, 278 



Domestic duties, 93 



— animals, kindness to, 212, 365 



Don't attempt too much, 241 



Drainase, natural and artificial,. . . 41, 76 

 Drain tiles, how does water get into. . . 184 

 Draught of plowing at different depths, 44 



Duties of a farmer's wife, 83 



landlord and tenant, 60 



Dutton corn, 148 



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Egg plant, large purple, 191 



European weeping ash, 2S1 



Evergreen seed, s"owing, 69 



Evergreens, transDlantimr... . 31, 144, 286 



Experiments in feeding cattle, 86 



feeding cooked v"s. raw com, 180 



— on barley, with different manures, 1 69 



corn 138, 174, 205 



hedging with osage orange, 123 



potatoes with artificial fertilizers, 105 



— the Kothamsted, ] 73 



— with salt, ashes, and plaster, 2S9 



Fancied facts 119 



Farm, a hundred acre, buildings and 



fixtures for, 218 



stock for, 213 



tools and implements for,. . 214 



— a Missouri, 247 



— girls ol New Ensrland, 321 



— I)romium of the Empire State, 187 



— prize of Long Island, 201 



— products, variety of, 52 



Fanner, an extensive, 176 



— the life of a, .'."...' 153 



Farmers' clubs, 18, 50 



— daughters, American, 2SS 



— debating societies, 15 



— homes, adorning, 212, 282*, 866 



— wife, what are the duties of a, 33 



— wives and daughters should write 



for the Genesee Farmer, 83 



Farmers, eastern, wanted in Iowa, 312 



— trctful 845 



— how can they elevate their calling,. 60 

 Farm-house, cellar (or a, 219 



— plan of a, 184, 18.5, 344 



Farming as a profession 120, 1.53 



• — economy in, 119 



— in Georgia, I44 



Kentucky, 269 



Michigan, 269 



Texas, 211 



Virginia, 270 



— profits of, 248, 278 



— to make profitable, 248 



Farm-life, how to make, attractive,... 866 

 Fatting cattle in winter, 28, 53, 76 



— hogs in Indiana, 246 



— sheep in winter 52, 59, 85, 245, 250 



Feather beds, making and preserving, 93 

 Feeding calves, 183, 205 



— cattle, experiments in, 86 



in winter, US 



racks for, 1S2 



— hogs .!'.'.'.!!'.'..'! 313 



^ fixtures for, 117 



— out corn-stalks 214,' ogg, ,313 



Fences, rail, cost of, 241, 305 



— stone, 28, 51, 151 



Fencing ISl 



Ferret, the — destroying rats 50 



Fire-wood when to prepare for winter, S3 



112, 17S 

 Fistula in horses, cure for, 243 



Flax, cultivation of, 108 



Fodder, curing corn-tops for, 813 



Foddering stock, 53, 78, 118 



Fodder-rack, 117, 182 



Food, cooking, for animals, 52, ISO 



Foot-evil in horses, 151 



Foot-rot in sheep, 244 



Founder, cure for, 5.5, 243, 245 



Frnit, Committee's Report of the Mass. 

 Ilort. Society, 123 



— consumption of, 95 



— crops, failure of the, 251, 2T3, 280 



— culture 186 



profifs of. 66 



— growers and societies, 98 



Association, Western N. T. .. 61. 2.53 



— how to keep ants off, .' 8,58 



— in New Jersey, 251 



— stealing, 220,287,319 



— trees, best season for transplanting, 317 



*^ caterpillars on 101, 1.59 



cultivate the soil about, 191 



how to prune in autumn, 853 



manure for 17 



— — on the roadside, 349 



planting, 66, 244 



winter protection of, 348 



Fruits and vegetables at Buffalo, 239 



— in France 351 



— small, cultivation of, 372 



— vs. flowers, 2154 



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Garden beds, spading, 2^5 



— laying out a. 2.54 



— memoranda, foreign, 3.50 



— vegetable, the farmers' 121 



Gardening book, Mr. Glasse's, 352 



Gardens, shelter for, .32 



Geese, raising and picking, 214 



Genesee Farmer; ladies, write for the. 193 



value of the, 37 



what is said of the, 63, 258, 376 



who started the, 161 



Geraniums, how to keep, over winter, 3.53 

 Gooseberry and currant caterpillar, . . . 223 



— mildew, 284 



Grafting wax, 290 



— younsT trees, 100 



Grafts from dwarf pear trees, 227 



Grain, best time for cutting 26 



— exports, decrease in, 339 



Grape borders, plants for, 99 



— (latawba, rot of the, 823 



— cultivation of the, 63 



— Growers' Association, ,356 



— mildew and rot of the, 95, 124, 127 



—trellises, wire for 191 



— vines, grafting old, 290 



Grapes l>est adapted to Western New 



York 64 



— cultivation and preservation of, 64 



in theopenaii, 89, 124 



— Isabella, export of, to Canada 369 



preserving through the winter,.. . 323 



— picking and preserving, 317 



— summer pruning, 290 



Grass, couch, look" to the, 179 



— culture, 206 



— four crops of, in one season, 389 



— land, management of permanent, . . 26 



51, 179, 2115, 237 



— or grain, cutting by machinery, 27, 115 



144, 147', IS.3. 210 



— regions, growing wealth of the, 339 



— seeding com fields to 209 



— seed, sowingin the fall,... 148, 174, 813 



— seeds, sow a variety of, 56, 76 



— Timothy, seeding to 75 



— — when to cut, 180 



Grasses, curing, 84 



— two valuable 194 



Ground moles, 120 



Grub in an egg 181 



Guano, application of, 51 



— for onions, 101 



wheat, 290 



— trade, 36 



Guessing, 250 



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Hams, curing, 838 



Harrows and harrowing, 182, 219 



Harvest of 18.58, ,346 



Hay-caps and stack-covers, 110 



Hay, curing 143. 148, 173 



— cutting and curing clover for, 26 



Hay ricks, S4ff" 



— substitute for 21& 



Heaves, cure for, IS 



Hedging with the osage orange, 128' 



Hedge, priveS, 51 



Hedges, are they economical, 35r 



— plants for, 1,56 



and management of,. ST 



— training, 65, 99' 



— willow for; 100 



Herbs, how to save 352! 



Hessian fly, G» 



Hints worth heeding, 370- 



Hoed crops- clean culture, 207, 279 



Hog, a large 52" 



Hogs, Chinese 16.? 



— cooking food for, 834' 



— fattening, in Indiana, 25ff 



— feeding 81» 



fixtures for, IIT 



— large breed of. 33T 



Hollow -horn, remedy for,.... 144, 146, 152 

 Home, how to make attractive, . . ,. 94, 36S 



— personal habits at, 94 



Homos, adorn your, 212, 282, 366 



Hops, cultivation of, 219 



Horse, SB old, i. 54 



— diseases of the 151, 226, 243 



— show, Springfield, SOS' 



— taming 248 



Horses, how to conquer vicious, .. 845 



— stiffened and hoof-bound, 309* 



— vs. oxen, 56 



— V9. mules,. . 215. 24.5. 273, 279", 358, 370- 



— which are the best to wear 88, 149" 



Horticultural hints for the month, 15& 



— notes from Canada, ISS* 



Iowa 224 



Ohio, ; 320' 



— societies, formation of, 160 



— society, Genesee Valley, 180 



■ exhibition, 222^ 



Horticulture — present and future, 371 



Hot-beds, mak ing, 66 



How farmers lose money, 241, 84,> 



Hoven in cattle 24-9 



Husbandry, good, 180 



— mixed, 7S 



— poor, 119, 147. 249, 312 



Hyacinths in glasses, 849" 



lee-houses, construction of, 845, 367 



In<Iia-rubber taps on boots during hay- 

 ing 182 



Inquiries and answers,.... 87, 68, 100, 13J 

 163, 195, 227, 260, 289, 828, 357, 



Laborers' cottages, IG 



Lands, improvement of impoverished, 182 



— of Long Island, those cheap,.. 174, 206 



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Landlord and tenant, 60 



Lawns, 348' 



— shrubs for, 122 



Leather for manure, 55 



Leaves, how to save, 85S 



Letter from John Johnston,. 88.5 



Lettuce, 121 



— and cut-worms 106 



Library, agricultural, advantages of an, 20 



Lice on calves, 116, 147 



Lima beans, 34. 156 



Lime and its chemical changes, 10 



— applied to soils, 863 



Luxuries, cheap, 186 



Mad-itch in cattle, 146,181 



Manure, artificial, applying to corn,... 207 



on barley, 169 



— ■ com, 138 



potatoes, 105 



— ashes as a, 116 



— barn-yard, managemeBt and appli- 



cation of 370 



— chip, 181, 195 



— fermented- composts, 240 



— for fruit trees, 17 



roses, 3T 



— how to make, 113 



— leather as a manure 55 



— liquid, for gardens, how to use, 221 



— mismanagement of. 343 



— plowing in clover for, 174 



— salt as a, for wheat, 235 



