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INDEX. 



Page 

 blinds on the, 367; vs. mules, 374; manage- 

 ment of the, 403; bots in the, 422; lampas in 

 the, 424, 520; docking, useless and barbarous, 

 555; known by his ears ..... 558 



Houses, iron 370 



Humus . . . . . . . .31 



Husbandry, chapter on . . • . 377, 404, 482 

 Hybridizing 250 



I. 



Ice-house 400, 419, 531 



Implements, farm, 174, 432, 528; in Illinois . . 243 

 Indian mode of storing winter supplies, 312; Mo- 



quis, the . , 470 



Innoculation, eEFects of 233 



Inquiry and observation 546 



Insects, habits of, 300; slimy slug, 314; destruc- 

 tive to peaches, 399; cetonia inda . . . 457 

 Interest, compound ...... 134 



Iron houses 370 



January, calendar for . 

 Jones, Ellen, a story 

 June, Monthly Farmer for 



Lampas in horses 



Land, poor, made rich without manure, 73 ; exhaust- 

 ed, 83; poor, advantages of living on, 306; grav- 

 elly, 531; grass, grass-seed . . . . 



Leather, water-proof ,..•.. 



Legislative agricultural society, 91,100, 119, 131, 

 _ 136, 139, 146, 164, 181, 187, 204, 214, 221 



Lice on hens 



Life, tenacity of ...... . 



Light, use and influence of 



Lightning, rods, 320, 356, 397, 405, 444, 454, 481; 

 not humbugs, 500; a man killed by . 



Lime, oyster shell and stone, 20; slacking, 32; su- 

 perphosphate of, 46, 106, 216; oyster shell, 128, 

 320; muriate of, 196; and ashes with muck, 228; 

 benefits from, 298; and meadow mud, 303; and 

 ashes, 322; phosphate of, 528; from gas-works 



Locust, yellow, 48, 205, 479, 482; tree-borer . 



Longevity, average of 



Lye, salt 



M. 



Machines, mowing, 98, 509; prepare land for, 223; 

 reaping, 149; sewing, 235; influence of, on civili- 

 zation, 338; in farming 



Man, which is the happiest 



Manures, preparation and application of, 14, 20, 

 387,474; Chinese, 45, 109; solid and liquid, 168, 

 178; classification of, 207; potash as a, 240; hen, 

 253, 547; specific, 270; save the, 275, 289; cost 

 of, 337; almost equal to guano, 379; covered and 

 uncovered, 390; perfect .... 



March, Monthly Farmer for . 



Market, taking fruit to 



Maryland, cattle show ..... 



May, calendar for, 201 ; Monthly Farmer for, 293 ; 

 the poor man's . ....... 



Meadow, sowing to grass, 120; mud, 195; mud and 

 lime, 303; muck, how to use, 406; reclaiming a 



Meal, cooked and uncooked . . . . . 



Meat, new system of preserving .... 



Meats, and vegetables . . . . 



Mechanics, vegetable, 175; country and city, 185, 

 241,471; city, and farmers . . . . 



Medicines, quack . . . 



Melons, squashes, cucumbers, how to plant . 



9 

 310 



302 



424 



568 

 00 



220 

 437 

 185 

 416 



512 



500 

 448 

 504 

 560 



415 

 462 



574 



230 



453 



25 



319 



431 



187 

 548 

 473 



552 

 338 

 289 



Men, agricultural, distinguished, death of, 398; 



young, hints to 483 



Mills, cider 573 



Milk, and butter, 41; four quarts for a pound of 



butter, 50; measure and weight of, 09; weed, 



98; statement about, 347; ideas about, 365; 



cows shedding, 406; high price of, 508>; 550; 



solidified ........ 555 



Mississippi, winter in, 336; a trip up the . . 505 



Muck, 195; how to use 406 



Mules vs. horses 374 



Muskets and spades 276 



N. 



Nature, beauties of 563 



New England, glory and renown of . . .40 

 Nova Scotia, agriculture of . . . . . 478 

 November, Monthly Farmer for . . . .572 



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Oak pruner 351 



Oats, Kentucky 466 



October, Monthly Farmer for .... 549 



Ohio, farming in 366, 434 



Onion, tar water for maggot in, 28, 532; culture of, 

 190, 289; and carrots, 220; maggot in, 329; the 



potato, 330; how to save the .... 527 



Orchards, pruning of 157 



Oswego, mills and business of .... 453 



Ox, finest in the world ...... 54 



Oxen, large, 270; working . . . ... 486 



Oxygen, effects of, in germination . . . .331 



Oyster, Maryland trade in 144 



Paints, zinc, 71; painting, 364; of soap, white-lead, 



and oil . 550 



Paper, new material for, 185; value of agricultural 497 

 Pasture, different grasses for, 425 ; old . . .531 

 Peach, trees, to preserve, 305 ; insects destructive to 



the, 399; failure of the, 399; seedling . . 509 

 Pear, 17; the Dix, 64; vegetable, 114; tree, culti- 

 vation of, 283 ; the Beurre Bosc, 337; fine . 511 

 Pea, and turnips, 137; pods, alcohol from, 383; 



early 560 



Picture, a beautiful ...... 413 



Pine, sugar of the Oregon, 384; woods pasture and 



southern cows ....... 390 



Pipe, gutta-percha . . . . . .388 



Plants, chemistry of, 138; roots of, 238; protector 

 for, 254; new, 326; splendid, 353; maturity of, 

 354; the butterfly, 394; poisoned, 407; matur- 

 ing 497, 540 



Plaster, new use of, 183; how to apply . . 330 

 Plow, double, 30, 47, 51, 115; comparison of, 41; 

 steel, double, 177, 178, 312; and plowing, 258; 

 a good ........ 547 



Plowing, fall, 30, 572; deep, 162; deep, and plant- 

 ing ......... 576 



Plums, to keep eurculio from, 210; trees, warts on, 

 239; and cherries, to dry, 330; English wheat, 



469; trees 431 



Points are pins 26 



Pomace apple 389 



Pond, a runaway 452 



Posts, to preserve 250, 304 



Poudrette 126, 244 



Potash as a fertilizer ...... 240 



Potato, disease in, 100, 154, 231, 259; cut, for 

 planting, 250; planting small, 275; ashes on, 

 369; fall planting, 469; origin of, 532; sweet, 



195, 293, 437 

 Poultry, management of, 47; house, a model 113; 



and eggs, 253, 265; food for . . .389 



Premiums, of Franklin County, 96; on farms, 99; 

 Middlesex County, 523 ; at fairs . . . 557 



