larget in cattle, 9 — root fatal to the lioisc, 23 

 late posts, setting of, 89 

 .... ..;i...„ <>■)'{ 



ictory, 123 

 3Ut!,4ia 



■ 6 — on mountain ash, 377 



4 — mode of cutiiiig, 22 — preperva- 

 )m rats, 121 — Spring or Summer, 



Itureof, 331— Isabella, 371 

 irass, seeding down lo, 22— on green sward, U5 — with 

 rye, Gd, 77 — on greensward, by M. Allen, 82— ma- 

 nuring, 100 — time of sowing, ld2 

 rreen crops as manure, 101 

 rub worm and salt, 235, 330, 39o 

 rumbling, 45 

 uano, 122, 2S6, 309 



11. 



lams, curing, 162 



lands, soft, SS 



lard tunes, cause and cure for, 72 



larris on insects, 24(3 — sycamores, 406 



lartford County Agricuiiural Society, 2G5 



larvard University, Agricultural Society in, 374 



larlley on milk, 93 



lay niaUing,G — brinn upon, 237 



leat, man's capacity lo bear, 16 



lemlock for sheep, 210 



lens, how butchered, 109 — management of in cold 

 weather, 105 — hnw to fatten, 185 — lice on, 324 — feed- 

 ing, 330— care of, 389— gapes in, 405 



lerbs, colleciion of, 43 



logs, fittening, 59, 100, 110— kidney worm, 84 — salt 

 for, 123, 211— sick, 237— uncooked food for, 185, 200, 

 356 



lollow hoin, 405 



iop, to growers, 89 



lorse, kept in cellars, 1 — slioeing, 37 — meadow shoe, 70 

 —slavers, by L. Peters, 102, 259, 299-allowanCB of 

 water, 125 — bread for, 152 — foundered, cure for, 169 

 — taming of, 173, 177,409— castor oil kills, 195— cholic 

 in, 233, 375— blinds on, 253— new shoe, 322— blinds 

 lor, 356, 395 — reasoning, 402 



lot-beds, substitute for glazed frames, 309 



iousehold products, 193 



rlow, Joseph, experiment in fattening swine, 261 — ma- 

 nures, 370 



!^ovvard, S., on cattle, 201 



husbandry, antique, 154 



I. 



[can't afford it, 238 

 (oh houses, Ui5 

 mprove all the land,3G9 

 ndian skin dressing, 171 



nsects, production of, 5 — Harris on,24C — destnyer,377 

 rrigation, 61, 225, 347 



lackson, C. T., mineral and concentrated manures, 278, 

 286 — cliemical salts, 379 — on lime, 396 — chemistry of 

 agriculture, 410 



lackson, £.. address, 202 



Jaques, S., on cattle, 262 



Joint stock companies, 357 



K. 



Kenrick, Wm.,on England and France, 244, 252 



Kicking folic, 246 



King, D. 1'., reclaimed meadow, 251 



Labor, nobility of, 24— obligation to, 210--prices of, 230 



Labor-saving implements, 339 



Lard Lamps, 373 



Lardoil,73, 101, 204, 339 



Leailier bu-iness of Danvcrs,60 — comments upon, 100 



Leicester, earl of, his death, 85 



Lime, its mode of application, 140 — in compost, 316 — 



on so.l, byC. T. J. ,396, 385 

 Lincoln, \Vm., report upon swine at Albany, 163 

 Linseed oil (or fattening cattle, 250 

 Lion's Law, 312 

 Liquid manure 125, 373 

 Loam as top dressing, 90 

 Locust, 412 



Lndi Manufacturing Company, 397 

 Lucerne, Win Johnson's, 5, 314, 390 

 i.ying about crops and profits, 190, 208, 292 



INDEX.' 



M. 



Males, altering of, 203 



Manning Roborl, obit, of, 164 



Mangle wurtzol, 324 



Mann, IL, 216 



Muiiuro, at the bottom, 98— manner of applying, 29— 

 heap, 35— Danicll's artificial, 8G—salt as, 45— bone, 

 38, 46, 213, 340— Daniel's by J. E. T., 60— organic, 

 mineral, 66- nitrate of soda,trial with, 78, 332— aslu-s, 

 92, 231, 300— compost, 93— mode of applying, 100— 

 cow dung, 101— salt pctre, 1 13, 259— salt, 103— manu- 

 facture, 117— liquid, 125, .300, 373— lime, 140— carrot, 

 beet, and ru bnga tops, 142— Bommer's, 155, 214, 332 

 — editor's experiments, 156 — leached ashes, 172, 245 

 —anthracite coal ashes, 180 — clover, 205 — poudrette, 

 235,260,306,325 — mineral and concentrated, 278 — 

 menhaden, 285— silicates, 307 — muscles, 309— porta- 

 ble, 314— theory of, 324 — snap suds, 332— application 

 of, 340 — materials for, 355 — J. How's experiment, 370 

 —cultivating without, 371 — tan, 373— by J. Young, 

 378— plaster, wood ashes, saltpetre, salt, sand, by 

 Foote, 386- city, 412 



Mares in foal, 347 



.Massachusetts Horticultural Society, committee of ar- 

 rangements, &c. 27 — annual exhibition, 86, 94, 145 — 

 festival 94, 97, 108- officers of, 139 



Massachusetts Society for Promoting Agriculture, report 

 on farms, 275 — premium list, 337 



iMason's, J , address at Worcester, 129 



Meadow grounds, wet, improvement of, 33, 38, 41, 161, 

 178,217,250 



Meal, cooking of, 89 



Mease, James, on stall feeding, 92 



Mechanics, 179 



Menhaden as manure, 285 



Microscope, 85 



Middlesex County Agricultural Society's report on 

 farms, 161 



Milking, 395 — cows made easy, 410 



Milk, Its characteristics, by H.irtley, 93— affected by air, 

 food, &c., 170 —business of Boston, 326 



Millet, 405 



Molasses, apple, 108 



Moles, destruction of, 85 



Moon, 157 



Morals, problem in, 109 



Morgan, Franklin, premium farm, 281 



Mother's love, 200 



Mountains, effects of, 210 



Muck, 19, 53 — its quality affected by the surrounding 

 uplands, 66, 70— Washington's use of, 178, 316 



Muscles as manure, 309 



N. 

 New England Farmer, notes on, 322 

 New airricultural implement, 382 

 New York Agricultural Society's premium crops, 263 — 



corn, oats, potatoes and ruta bagas, 301 

 Norfolk farmer, lime of sowing grass seed, 182 

 Nose bleeding, 385 

 Nourishment of different vegetables, 316 



O. 



Oats and Peas, 10, 196,301,349 



Obituary of Robert Manning, 1G4 



Odds and ends, 306 



Ohio grape, 177 



Oil, castor, 105 — linseed for fattening cattle, 250, 274 — 



cake 274 ' 



01iver,'ll. K., lecture on bees, 294, 302, 305 

 Onions. 70, 102— profits of the winter, 117— worm, 347 

 Orchards, report on 300 — planting, 385 

 Owls, snow, 216 

 Ox, Syracuse, N. Y, 116— New Jersey, 126— Billings, 



236 

 Oxen diseases in, 147 

 Ox. eyed daisv, 29 

 Oxalic acid, 393, 396 



Parsnips as food for swine, 261 



Pastures, how renovateil, 68 



Peaches, sale of, 75— preservation of tree, 140 — trees, 



401 

 Peaty grounds — see meadow. 

 Pea culture, 269 

 Peas & oats, 10 

 Peters, L., 102,299 

 Pets, 406 



Pigeon manure. 249, 259 

 Plants, sleep of, 1 1 



111 



Plaster, 13, 57— and ashes, 227, 245, 293, 386 

 Phiyfuir, lecture of, 265, 297— on milk, 305, 310 

 Plow.i,wet meadow, 70— trial of, 78 — at Anduver, 118 — 



American Institute, 12C — at Hartford, 133 — Kennebec 



County, 138, 196 

 Plowiu;.', 109— matches, scientific, 193 — Essex county, 



242— remarkable, 209, c.70 

 Plymouth County Agricultural Society, premium list, 



Plum tree and its enemies, 273, 260, 318— curculio, 342 



Poetry — temperiiiiro address, 272 — bubbling spiing, 152 

 Charade, 208— Child's address to his father, 320- cup 

 fiir I'no, 32 — crowded street, 330 — good cow, 248 — 

 Heart to bo let, 216— Harvest Hymn, 126— Hope, 280 

 — Hymn, SO — Law, 248— oh take the maddening bowl 

 away, 288 — man of toil, 8 — maiden's reply, 230 — puz- 

 zle, 208 — .■iimih'S, 24 — song for the season, 264 — tem- 

 perance crew, 168 — lee-totiiller's auKI lang syne, 96 — 

 Time's doings 136 — Washingtonian call, 4ci — watch- 

 word, 192 



Poison, wliitu ash a remedy for, 14— animal, 411 



Pomace, planiing of, 153 



Pork, experiments in fattening, 59 — curing, 173, 339 



Posts, setting, for gates, 89 



Post ofhce law, evasion of, 189 



Potato, sweet, its various uses, 13 — blossoms to be taken 

 off, 14 — harvesting and storing, 102, 109 — culture, 1 14, 

 121, 153 — seedlings, 166— our experiments with, 182, 

 189 — new, 197— great yield,2IO— frozen, 2H—novel 

 propagation, 225, 253, oOl — analysis, 313— steaming, 

 315, 334— Florida, 349, 356,357, 364, 366— bread, 411 



Poudrette, 235, 260, 306, 325, 348, 397 



Poultry yards, 114,212 



Prime facts, 185, 258 



Prices, low, 330 



Produce of five acres, 211 



Prince, J , on linseed oil, 250 



Punctuality in paying fur the paper, Nathan's epistle, 



Publisher's notice, 414 



Putnam, Gen,, his letter, 264 



aueries, 201, 354 



a. 



Radishes, 340 



Rattlesnake, 392 



Reading, winter, 179 



Remedies and Recipes — .\merican plum pudding, 53 — 

 ants, 141— acorn coffee, 209— breath bad, 253— bees' 

 wax, separation of, 35 — barley water, 139— burns, 90, 

 162 — cows cleaning, 121 — butter, rancid restored, 53 

 — bacon, 173 — candle making, 170 — cucumbers, how to 

 cook, 75 — cramp in stomach, 8'3 — cement, fire proof, 

 133 — cholera morbus, 77 — dropsy, cure for, 32 — corns 

 173, 233— consumption, 190 — cancer, cure of, 210 — 

 dropsy, cure for, 32 — dysentery, cure for, 45 — cholic 

 in horses, 233— chokid cattle, 253, 269 — cockroaches, 

 261,355 — coffee, 265 — color, red and yellow, 411 — 

 erysipelas, 292 — fish cooking, 233 — foot rot in sheep, 

 324— flies kept from animals, 35 — founder, cure for, 

 169 — grease from silk, 153 — Indian cake, 133 — ^^jaun- 

 dice, cure for, 29 — kidney worm, 81 — lice on hens, 

 324, 397 — milk, preservation of at sea, 29 — moles, 

 destruction of. 85 — musty grain, 278 — paint without 

 oil or lead, 277 — poison, white ash, 14, 91 — pork and 

 beef curing, 173 — rats kept from grain, 124 — razor 

 strap, 115 — scours in pigs, 81 — calves, 354 — sheep 

 skins with wool on, 251 — shoe blacking, 107 — soap, 

 357 — vermin fmni granaries, 1 1.5 — warts in cattle and 

 horses, 245 — Washington cake, 53 — wheel grease, 109 

 — yeast 29, 354— poison sheep, 277 



Resting place, novel, 200 



Rhode Island Agt. Soc. Prem. list, 346 — premiums of, 

 388,394,403 



Rice, wild, 74 



Rich, Q,. O., results and inquiries, 283 



Richardson, E , premium farm, 282 



Ridae vs, flat drill, 211 



Roller, 253— substitute, 2C9 



Root pruning, 173 



Rotation by J. H. Turner, 17— by Rufiin, 18— Turner, 

 50 



Roots, winter preservation of, 134 — value of, 174, 252, 

 254,257, 333, 350 



Royal Agr. Society of England, 61 



Rust,102— vegetable, 354 



Ruta baga, efi'ects upon after crops, 91 — manure for, 158 

 —by N, C, Bement, 236, 301— analysi.^ 313, 360 



Rye, winter for early spring feed, 25 — time of sowing, 

 37 — bone manure for it, 38— by J. Keely, 67 — with 

 grass seed, 66 — Spring harrowing unfavorable, 88 



