INDEX TO VOLUME VIII. 



Hydraulics for farmers, 182, 206, 229, 

 254, 27« 



I 

 Icehouse, description of, &c.,..- 26 



Ink, to make black, 217 



Insect blight, 218 



Insects, 286 



Ireland, starving in, 64 



Irrigation, 203 



Items from S. W. of Seneca, 216 



J 



July, hints for, 153 



June, hints for, 141 



— horticultural hints for, &c., 144 



L 



Laboratory conversations , 14 



Land, clearing, 86, 232 



Layers, propagation by, 169 



Lime, action of on soils, 180 



— in planting trees, 275 



— mania, 226 



M 

 Manure, how should it be applied, 249 



— bone dust as a, 65, 111 



— how to use straw as, 217 



— saving and application of, 280 



— sheep, removing, 280 



March, hints for, 61 



— horticultural liints for, 71 



May, hints for, 116 



Meat, salting of, 265 



Meteorological observations, 68 



Milk — its production and properties 82 



— bloody, &c., 283 



Michigan, farming and life in, 112, 158, 



234 



— wheat crop of, 235 



Muck and Lime 37 



N 



New settlements vs. old, 234 



November, horticultural hints for, 267 



O 



Oats, transmutation of, 137 



October, hints for, 228 



Onions, sowing in the fall, 257 



Orchards 147 



Oxen, to prevent hauling apart,.. 217 



P 

 Peaches, 52, 243 



— growing from seed, 146 



Peach grub, 100 



Pear, Beurre d' Amalis, 51 



— Gray Doyenne, 26 



— Golden Beurre of Biiboa, 269 



— Bichard's Beurre, 268 



— Swan's Orange, 52 



— St. Ghislain, 99 



— the Urbaniste, 145 



— the Washington, 287 



— new, 75 



Pear tree blight, 122 



Pears, the three best, 25 



— quince stocks for, 98 



— grafting on the thorn, 51, 100 



— winter, ripening of, 246 



Pea nuts, raising of, 196 



Peas, to grow free from bugs, 137 



Pigs, large, 155 



Plaster on new land, 91 



Pleasure grounds, public, &c.,-.- 27 



Plow, Eagle C, 137 



Plowing deep, 181, 211 



Population, true law of, 133 



Pork, experiment in making, 192 



Potatoes, culture of, 107 



Potato rot, .... 63, 84, 108, 227, 250 

 Poultry, managements, profits, &c. 



of, (with 5 engravings,) 43 



— income from, 284 



Plum, the cherry, 197 



— tree graft, growth of, 121 



cufculio, &c., 71 



salt for, 204, 270 



Pruning, 120, 170 



Q 



Quince, culture of, 75 



— grafting on the thorn, 100 



R 

 Reaper, Mr. McCormick's patent, 140 

 261 



Rice, northern, 275 



Rural life, romance of, 158 



S 

 Science and agriculture, 36 



— with practice, 242 



Seasons, forwardness of, 168 



Sea Kale, culture of, 197 



Seeding Timothy after barley, . . . 205 



Seneca county, letter from, 17 



September, hints for, 201 



Sheep, broad or fat- tailed, 69 



— improvement offrom home stock 160 



— Merino, 190 



— Spanish Merino; 21 



— Saxon and Merino,... 66, 110, 215 



— browse for, 284 



— scab in, to cure, 157 



Slobbers in horses, 216, 257 



Soils, analysis of,.. 12, 154, 203 



— study of, 129, 225 



Sorrell, destroying, 89, 113 



Strawberries, 220 



Straw cutter, Stevens' spiral, 260 



Stercology — a new term,.. 189 



Steers, breaking, 37 



Stock, shelters for, 65 



— salt and ashes for, 166 



— water for in winter, 41 



Stonewall, 113 



Stove, Race's self-regulating, 261 



Sugar, maple,-.. 60 



Swine, fattening— steaming appa- 

 ratus, 251 



T 



Threshers, life preserver for, . 266 



Tillage, deep and thorough, 181 



Timothy, blightin, 206 



Trees, plant more, 181 



— transplanting, 245 



Turkies, wild, 61 



V 

 Vegetables, distribution of inorgan- 

 ic matter in, 132 



Vermont farming, 228 



W 



Wagon shel vins, 228 



Wheat culture, experiments in,... 234 



— crops increased by ammoniacal 

 manures, 250 



— early sowing of, - 191 



— mutability of,... 162 



— plowing only once for, 205 



— preparation of seed , 229 



— soaking seed, 211 



— top dressing, 42 



— to prevent smut in, 256 



— winterkilled, 136, 213 



Wire worm, 261 



Wistaria, the Chinese, 171 



Woodpeckers, 75, 123 



INDEX TO ILLUSTRATIONS. 



AGRICULTURAL. 



Bees — 3 figures, 15 



Buckwheat, 17 



Compound stomach of ruminants, . 34 



Hops— 2 figures, 59 



Farm Buildings, &c. — 

 Italian Cottage, elevation and 



plans of, 92 



Pennsylvania Barn, 4 figures, . . 188 



Hall at Wyoming 193 



Ice house 27 



Section of hen house — feeder — 

 fountain — improved nests, ... 44 

 Domestic Animals — 

 Morgan horse " Black Hawk,". 164 

 Mr. Vail's Durham cow "Lady 



Barrington 3d," 212 



Spanish Merino Sheep, 20 



Gen. Harmon's Merino Buck 



" King of Vermont," 236 



Broad or fat tailed Sheep, 69 



Fowls, Ostrich, 43 



— Cochin China, 165 



Implements, &c. 



Pennock's patent Grain Drill,.. 93 



McCormick's patent Va. Reaper, 140 



Van Brocklin's patent Clevis, . . 161 



Holcomb's Hemp and Flax Gin, 209 



Stevens' spiral Straw Cutter, .. 260 



Race's self-reg'ng parlor Stove, . 261 



Birkinbine's Hydraulic Ram, ... 183 



Whitehurst's 



Montgolfier's 



Benson's 



Stroud's 



Ellsworth's 



Syphon 



Experimental 



do. ... 184 



do. (2 fig.) 207 



do. ... 230 



do. (3 fig.) 231 



do. ... 255 



do. ... 278 



do. ... 279 



HORTICULTURAL. 



Apple, Benoni, 244 



— Canada Reinette, 99 



Apple, Early Joe 73 



— Golden Reinette, 73 



— Red Astrachan, 219 



— Summer Queen, 244 



Currant, May's Victoria, 289 



— double crimson, 219 



Pear, Gray Doyenne, 26 



— Beurre d' Amalis, 51 



— Golden Beurre of Biiboa, 269 



— St. Ghislain, 99 



— Urbaniste, 145 



— Washington, 287 



Cherry, Wendell's Mottled Bigar- 



reau 286 



The Cherry Plum 197 



Hot bed, figure of, 48 



Pruning— 6 figures, 120 



Kephart's Fruit and Vegetable Pre- 

 server, 148 



Layer of a Carnation, 169 



Layer of a Petunia, 169 



