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INDEX, 



Pork, profits of raising, 304; how to make 

 thin rind ...... 



Posts, inverted ..... 



Poisons, remedy for .... 



Poisonous vessels ...... 



Potato (see Potato Rot), boiling, 56 ; mashed^ 

 64 ; planting of, 68 ; loss of, 69 ; new seed- 

 ling, 117; planting small, 153; new method 

 of planting, 164; proper depth of planting, 

 213; remarks upon the, 243; peach blow, 

 250; digging, 298 ; prize, 301; crops, 317; 

 northern, 320, 351; reproduction of, 351; 

 its proofs of vegetation, 368 ; digging, 374 ; 

 new seed for . . . . "^ . 



Potato Rot (see Potato), 44, 60 ; reward for 



remedy of, 122, 130, 144, 154, 157, 162, 173, 



210, 229, 236, 253, 259, 275, 287, 291, 300, 



308, 322, 335, 339, 350, 



Poultry, profits of, 30 ; houses, 13 ; roup in, 

 181; profitable, 240; exhibition of, 352 i 

 domestic 



Press, domestic 



Prune, the German 



Providence, was it . 



Pride, false, a bane of society . . . . 



Pruning, proper time for . . . . 



Pumps, stone, 263 ; wooden . . . . 



Puddings, sweet potato 



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403 

 192 

 194 

 135 



414 



383 



388 



93 



70 



87 



40 



389 



283 



360 



361 



Q. 



Quassia, a substitute for tobacco in gardens . 186 

 Questions, agricultural ... 77, 99, 107 



Quince, propagation of, 117 ; disease in bushes 304 



R. 



Rake, horse, Delano's,117 ; which are best, 258, 292 

 Railroad alarms, Smith's .... 87 



Razor strops 150 



Recipes, household .... 376, 408 



Report, patent office 203 



Rocks, blasting 231 



Root crops 138 



Rye, flour, 203 ; multicole . . . .276 



S. 



Sand hills, cultivation of . . . .174 



Sarsaparilla, syrup ...... 152 



Sausages, making . . . . . .171 



Schools, State agricultural, 101 ; agricultural, 



172, 367 

 Seeds, plant the best, 74 ; preparation of .127 



Season of 1851 379 



September, work for 301 



Sheep, new Leicester, 11 ; fattening of, 12 ; 

 selection of, for breeding, 50 ; merino, 210; 

 fat in France, 241 ; merinocs of France . 245 

 Shows, cattle, Essex county, 330 ; Middlesex, 

 331 ; Norfolk, 332 ; Vermont, State, 333 ; 

 Bristol county, 346 ; Hampshire and Hamp- 

 den, 346 ; New Hampshire, State, 348 ; N. 

 Y. State, 352 ; at Amherst .... 372 

 Shrubs and trees, cultivation of, 46 ; half 



hardy 398 



Sick, food and drinks for the . . . .199 

 Sight, restoring the . • . . . 230 



Smut in wheat ...... 21 



Soap, whale oil , 201 



Soils, capacity of, for absorbing fertilizing mat- 

 ter, 30; night, its value, 128; management 

 of, 143, 198 ; weight of, 122 ; philosophy of 306 

 Sorrel, experiments with . . . .341 



Soups ..... 



Spring work .... 



Squash, custard, 59, 101 ; acorn 



Starch, manufacture 



Stew, cold, excellent 



Stock (see Cattle, Cows, Horses), sale of, near 

 Providence, 170 ; good and good keeping, 

 179 ; water for, 233 ; dairj', 245 ; Ayrshire 



Strawberries, floral condition of, 193 ; varieties, 

 235 ; time for setting, 236 ; Jenney's seed- 

 ling, 241 ; the Willey, 253 ; native, 258 ; 



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 148 

 366 

 165 

 40 



246 



succession of, 266 ; Newland's 

 Straw, preservation and use of 

 Study and labor, 210 ; no time for 

 Stump machine, Stewart's patent 

 Subsoiling for orchards . 

 Swans, white .... 

 Swimming stockings 

 Swine, feeding and fattening . 

 Syphon, to raise water by 



T. 



274, 316, 336 

 . 320 

 . 338 

 43, 202, 289 

 . 93 

 . 81 

 59 

 . 317 

 . 37 



Tapioca 400 



Temper, a sweet ...... 24 



Tea, coloring green, 184 ; how to make a good 

 cup ........ 264 



Thunder and lightning ..... 190 



Thanksgiving ....... 394 



Thistles, Canada . . . . . .175 



Timber, proper time for felling, 19 ; preserving 

 works ........ 86 



Time, waste of ..... . 344 



Tomatoes, mulching ..... 236 



Tobacco dust, to kill insects .... 149 



Transactions of N. Y. State Agricult. Society 354 

 Trees and shrubs, cultivation of native, 46, 

 85, 115, 132; beautiful flowering, 54; set- 

 ting of fruit, 122; transplanting, 112 ; lean- 

 ing of, 156; pruning, 157; manage well, 

 158; peach, 159; cleansing bark of, 159; 

 forest, 163; insects on, 165; coal tar on, 

 171 ; mammoth, 171 ; pruning stone fruit, 

 182; peach, 190; apple, 195; how cattle 

 kill, 197 ; peach, 205 ; tap root of, 227 ; 

 renovating old apple, 242 ; time of blossom- 

 ing, 243 ; to protect from mice, 252 ; doc- 

 toring a, 254 ; moving a pear, 282 ; fruit, 

 292 ; new worm, 293 ; pear, disease in, 304 ; 

 growth of a, 340; fate of young apple, 346; 

 mice gnawing, 350 ; fall transplanting, 370 ; 

 coal tar on apple, 386 ; protect fruit, 387 ; 

 an old settler, 387 ; remarks upon apple, 

 396 ; to make young pear trees bear . • 400 

 Turtle, mock 56 



V. 



Varnish, black, for coaches and iron work, 71 ; 



fire 391 



Vegetables, thawing frozen, 10 ; vitality of, 



237 ; texture and fluids .... 326 



Vegetation, history of . . , . . 399 



Ventilation of dwellings . . . 151, 411 

 Vermont, State agricultural society, 234 ; State 



show 333 



Vinegar, how to make, 244 ; adulterations of 359 



Volume third, close of . . . . . 409 



W. 



Walnut leaves in disease .... 196 



Ware, flint enamel . . . . . .103 



Water, pipes for, 20; constituent and solvent, 

 271 ; for irrigation, 32; to raise by syphon 37 



