INDEX. 



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Page 

 preparing seed, 204, 2G7^ profit in raising, 205 ; 

 steep for seed, 244; great crop, 244; and barley, 

 257; for cows, 2C5; experiments in, 2C8; south- 

 ern, 292; and the wire-worm, 292; green, for 

 pudding, 34G; extensive field of, 467; crop in the 

 United States, 535; and hay, best method of 

 getting ........ 576 



Cows, stabling and feeding, in winter, 85; milch, 

 80,259; profitable, 93; garget in, 166; milk and 

 butter, 170 ; carrots for, 173 ; extraordinary, 202 ; 

 green corn for, 265; tails, cutting off, 291 ; sum- 

 mer feed for, 331; milker's assistant, 353; to 

 prevent kicking, 388; abortion in, 399; milch . 552 



Country, our, area of 184 



Cranberry, upland, 38, 109, 244, 509, 528; about 494 



Credit, giving 471 



Crops, great, 23 ; and the weather, 224 ; green, for 

 summer use, 290 ; what is carried off by, 333 ; 

 rotation of, 346; in Massachusetts and Califor- 

 nia, 362, 388; when to be gathered, 407; in 

 Maine, 510; in Concord, Mass. . . 510, 534 



Criticism, a, on the New England Farmer . . 99 



Crow, the 213 



Cucumbers, how to plant, 289; plan for growing, 



311; great yield 431 



Cultivator, reversible tooth 288 



Curculio, the, 134 ; to keep from plums, 210 ; to de- 

 stroy, 234, 315; remedy, for the . . 325, 504 



Currant-bushes 172, 426 



Curiosity reproved ...... 504 



Crystal-palace awards 125 



D. 



Dairy, improvement of . 



Daisy, white .... 



December, calendar for . 



Dogs and pigs 



Drill, the grain 



Drought, in Northern Vermont 



Durham heifers 



Dying 



. 163, 169 



. 100, 409 



. 537 



. 53 



. 257 



396, 437, 459, 463 



. 35 



. 436 



E. 



Eggs, and butter, 48; preservation of, for winter 



use, 69; large, 195, 253; to preserve 

 Egypt, no rain in . 

 Emigrant aid company ...... 



Essex county society ...... 



Evening, winter ....... 



Evergreens, pruning . . . . .329, 



Exercise, proper use of 



Fairs, agricultural, 374, 415; at Exeter, 486, 510; 

 at Providence, 486; Hampden Co., 486, 521; 

 New Hampshire State, 486, 534; Middlesex, 

 South 



Farm, chronicles of a clay, 15; trees on the, 22; 

 products, effects of railroads on, 76; accounts, 

 77; fences, 78; a model, 89; for experiments, 

 111; stick to the, 286; viewing of, 359, 391; 

 entire, 375; Prince Albert's, 430; of Harvey 

 Dodge, 451; a one acre, 529; Wm.F. Porter's, 

 income of, 541 ; State, at Tewksbury 



Farmer, the, 18; club, 43, 59, 110, 145, 190, 205, 

 355; Monthly, for December, 53; for January, 

 60; for February, 107; for March, 230; for April, 

 264; for May, 293; for June, 302; for July, 385; 

 for August, 399; for September, 507; for Octo- 

 ber, 549; for November, 572; for December, 

 537; and the Governor, 58, 94; in public places, 

 60, 133; thrifty and thriftless, 85, 271, 276; the 

 Granite, 126; legislative, 131; arithmetic, 259; 

 shall I bo a, 307; the valley, Connecticut, 323; 

 home of the, 335; tact in selling, 379; theoreti- 

 cal, 408; hint to, 442; why discontented, 445; 



352 

 505 

 250 

 374 

 38 

 363 

 374 



521 



560 



Page 

 wants of the, 491; notice of Monthly, 538; 

 signs of a thrifty ...... 559 



Farming, in New England, 127, 167, 211, 261; by 

 steam, 84, 95; quackery in, 137; shall I engage 

 in, 278; northern, 280; profits of, 287; condu- 

 cive to health, 311 ; what kind of, 357; in Ohio, 

 366; successful, 383; 100 years ago, 412; in 

 Palestine, 418; on poor land, 422; is it profitable, 

 467; specimen of, 476, 500; is it respectable . 541 

 February, calendar for . . . . . .57 



Fence, a new kind of, 192, 290, 387; posts . 304, 327 

 Fever, a remedy for scarlet ..... 423 



Fields, reclaiming old 387, 509 



Firewood, comparative value of . . . .40 

 Flowers, and birds, 271; to crystallize . . . 343 

 Flour, of wheat, bolted and unbolted, 455; fluctua- 

 tions in ........ 4S 



Fly, larva; of the crane 210 



Food, dry, 51; cooked and uncooked, 269; summer, 



for cows and pigs, 331; variety of necessary . 384 

 Fowls, to prevent from scratching .... 467 



Fountains, natural • 353 



Fox, his revenge / . 278 



Friday, the cold of, 1810 . . . . . 68 



6. 



Garden, observations in, 19 ; what it should be, 87, 

 99, 193, 208, 282, 332; work in, 129; irrigation 

 of the, 281; farmer's, 210; weeder, 330; subur- 

 ban, 430; a good, 463; that never fails, 495; of 

 E. W. Bull, Concord, 502; manure for, 509; why 



fruitful 533 



Gentleman, the country 244 



Geological surveys, benefits of ... . 174 

 Girls, make them independent .... 447 

 Grafting, suckers on common plum . . . 641 



Grain, harvesting, 373; proper time for cutting, 



375,389; nutrition in various .... 493 

 Grape, vines, bearing and pruning, 49; the Concord, 

 98, 99, 161, 162, 195, 509, 511; wine, 437; Ca- 

 tawba 535 



Grapes, transplanting and grafting . . . 554 



Grass, seed sower, 159; rye, 195; burden, 196; seed- 

 ing land to, 268; tall, 387; for pastures, 425; 

 sowing in the fall, 449; means. . . . 545 



Gooseberries, mulching ...... 28S 



Guano, 37, 116,542; how to use, 126, 129,195, 216, 

 232, 266, 368, 378,442; factory, 179; correspon- 

 dence about, 279; ituportation of, 501, 512; do- 

 mestic, 533 ; what our country pays for . . 534 



Gutta-percha pipe 388 



Gypsum and ammonia 67, 575 



H. 



Harrow, improved hinge 245 



Hazel, witch 215 



Heat, lasting effects of . . . . . 339, 438 

 Hay, to find value of odd pounds, 259; and hay- 

 making, 301, 350; cutting and securing, 360; 

 cutters, to save children's fingers from . . 462 



Hedges, hemlock 195 



Hoe, horse 115, 240 



Hoeing 299, 356 



Hogs, profit of feeding corn to, 39; fine, 239; fat- 

 tening, 240; killing in Cincinnati . . . 494 



Home, my country 169 



Hominy ........ 464 



Ilomceopathy, veterinary 413 



Hop, roots, 265 ; ubout the ..... 479 

 Horticulture, operations of . . . . . 427 



Horticulturist, the 627 



Horn, to straighten steers, 81 ; shavings . . 219 



Horse, careful use of, 49; swallowing a, 62; frozen 

 or starved, 80; kicking, 106; cruelty to the, 

 126; how to subdue a vicious, 144; carrots for 

 the, 173; shoe, clastic, 210; blind teetii in, 253; 

 foot of the, 304, 324; doctor, the mudern horse, 

 311; instinct in the, 319, 438; radish, 349, 365; 



