

INDEX TO THE SIXTH VOLUME. 



Abortion in cows 



Acknowledgments ....... 



Address, Mr. Russell's, 17; Mr. Greeley's, 52; Mr. 

 Proctor's, 82; Mr. Coming's, 116; Mr. King's, 



Advice, good 



Agriculture, and the President's message, 52; na- 

 tional, 74: ; literature of, 8G; improvement in, 89; 

 Mass. State Board of, 97, 260, 495; south, 108; 

 Maine State Board of, 112; adapted to man, 113 ; 

 statistics of, in Fi-ance, 114; statistics of, 133; 

 spirit of, 171; in Mass., 183; review of, 212; in 

 Nova Scotia, 27C; in Egypt, 362; fairs, 374; in 

 schools, 382; its essentials, 394; exhibition of, in 

 England, 395; and the professions, 444; instruc- 

 tion in, 451; Hawaiian, 524; what Boston has 

 done for 



Aims, our, are too low 



Alms-house, State, at Tewksbury, 455, 474,493, 507, 



Animals, introduction of domestic, 310; feeding, 3 48, 

 371, 389, life, 397, 409, 419; playfulness of, 

 464 ; feeding of 



Ants, red 389, 



Apples, 16; and other fruit, 176; best, 254; storing 

 them in sawdust, 280; gathering, 431; summer 

 rose, 433 ; the early strawberry, 433 ; trees, about, 

 458; Orne's early, 469; for cows, 485; sweet, 

 492; large, 509; a new, 513; in San Francisco 



Apricots, rust on ...... . 



April, Monthly Farmer for 



Ashes, coal, 48; house, 180, 195; and lime with 

 muck, 228; will they dissolve bones, 246; and 

 lime, 322; coal, a remedy for bugs, 364; on pota- 

 toes, 369; and sawdust, 384; leached . 467, 



Atmosphere, and its effects upon animal life . 



August, Monthly Farmer for 



B. 



Bachelors, badly treated 



Bagg, Richard, Jr., life of . 



Barley and corn .... 



Bathing 



Beautiful and the useful . 



Bear, story of a . 



Beef, good, 266; high price of 



Bees, death of, in winter, 21 ; culture 

 160,325 



Beets, early June .... 



Birds of New England, 35, 142, 251; and flowers, 

 271 ; and their songs 



BIa/3kberry .... 



Blossoms in September 



Book, for the farmer, 99; Elliot's new fruit, 

 lessons in chemistry, culture of the grape, 

 landscape gardening, bee culture, 263 ; farming 

 a. swamp, 307; the modern horse-doctor , 



Bones, cheap experiment in decomposing, 186 

 save the, 216; meal ... 



Borer, locust-tree, 448; apple-tree 



Boston in 1774 



Bots in horses 



Boy, on the farm, 308; planting a . . . 366 



Brake, the pasture 98 



Bread-making 197, 342' 



Brick-making, machine for 387 



Buckwheat 526 



Budding, time for 411, 414 



Buds, tying down . 466 



Bugology vs. squashology ..... 207 

 Builders, facts for . . . . . . . 446 



Bushes, destruction of 432 



Butter, and milk, 41; and eggs, 48; pound of, to a 

 gallon of milk, 50, 509; products in Berkshire, 

 58; and cheese, 72; why don't it come, 138, 160, 

 168, 210, 330; fine samples of, 149; rancid, 203, 

 292; making, successful, 220; good yield of, 264, 

 298; packing of, 347 ; making and preserving, 382, 389 



of, 76 



128, 



Cabbage, setting out 



551 Calendar, for January, 9; February, 57; March, 

 438 105; April, 153; May, 201; June, 249; July, 

 297; August, 345; September, 393; October, 

 441; November, 489; December 



Calves, rearing, 118; gnawing wood 



Camel, about the .... 

 527 : Canada, climate of 



431 1 Carrot, 108; vs. corn, 174; and onions, 220; Mapes 

 264 i on the culture of . . . 



Cataract, a lofty .... 



Caterpillars ..... 



Cattle, tying up, 74; fat, 80; holdfast 

 555 New England, 245; why eat horse-ma 

 70 hay over, 312; show, national, 3' 

 399 Fitchburg, 483 ; at Leominster, 498 

 532; salt for, 547; show, U.S. 



Cellars, barn .... 



Cetonia, Inda 



Charity .... 



526 Charcoal, its alimentary character 

 254 i Cheese and butter, 72; as a digester 

 257 I Chemistry, and farming 

 427 1 Cherries and plums, to dry 

 475 I Chess, or cheat 

 460 Chestnut, the 

 285 I Chimney, smokeless, 134; salt your 



Chinese, for farmers or gardeners 

 347 Chip dirt .... 

 219 Churn, Tyler's 



in, 195; of 



nure, 278; 



, 518; at 



warts on. 



first 

 234; 



299; 



431 

 547 

 534 



311 



388 

 534 

 553 

 422 



145 



190, 205; 



Cider, refining, 99; and tobacco, 113; mills,417, 480, 57 



Clay, burnt .... 



Clothing, effects of, on human skin 



Clover, seed, sowing 



Club, Concord farmers, 43, 59, 110, 

 farmers' .... 



Colt, how to take height of . 



Cork 



Congress, pay of members of . 



Corn, measuring, 102; weight and measure of, 115; 

 cobs and grinding, 122; fine crop of, 133; in the 

 crib, 138; where does it all go, 159; vs. carrots, 

 174; soakfed for horses, 180; old colony, 196; 



269 



537 

 387 

 106 

 358 



401, 485 

 . 367 

 . 335 



564 



. 20 



457, 485 



. 398 



. 46 



. 376 



. 421 



. 330 



. 424 



. 19 



. 416 



. 368 



. 467 



. 531 



545 

 309 

 210 



355 



289 

 304 

 490 



