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INDEX TO VOLUME IX. 



Farming becoming respectable, - . - 20 



— good management,-.- 82, 123, 132 



— productive, essentials of, 179 



— on Long Island, 19fi 



— in New England, - 275 



— in Rhode Island, 123 



— in Seneca county, x\. Y., 1C9, 201, 



— in Ihe South, 16.3, 1S9, 21:5 



— in Tennessee, 225 



— true principles of, 295 



Fence, improved mode »f making, 45 



— iron wire, to make, 55, 76, 108, 132, 



244 



Filtering apparatus, Gilbert's, 2ti5 



Flour at Detroit, 133 



Flowering shrub, neiv, 113 



Flow ers of Mexico, 59 



— construction of, 197 



Fodder racks, how to make, 19 



— nutrition of green and dry, 38 



Fruit culture, remarks on, 33 



— garden, instructions, 109 



— Growers, National Convention 



of, 234, 278 



— list of N. Y. State Ag. Soc.,... 57 



— protection from insects, 158 



— trees, summer management of, . 158 

 Fruit and Fruit trees, cel'd edition, 61 



G 



Garden, management of, - 134 



Gardens in Rochester 161 



Genesee Farmer for Ag. Soc's.,.. 24 

 Geology — Glaciers of Switzerlaad, 292 



Glass milk pans, 107 



Glue, improved preparation, 275 



Gooseberry grafted on yellow cur- 

 rant,.. _ 234 



(jlrain, rule for measuring, 82 



Grape, cultivation of, 282 



— in Texas, 259 



Grass lands, plowing, .-. 132 



Grasses, remarks on, 40 



— in the South 214 



Guano on corn, 132 



H 



Hams, curing, 151 



Hard times, 265 



Hedges and hedge plants, 112, 124, 157 



— hemlock for, 184 



Hemp-break, 82 



Hens, bones for, 169 



— nest eggs, 132 



— to make lay perpetually, 221 



— profits of, 127 



— salt not good for, 125 



Hessian fly,.... 143, 196, 288 



Hints on various subjects, 119 



Horse carts, improvement in, 275 



— collar, india rubber, 54 



— curing co'ic and scratches, 173 



— cure for founder, 55 



— English cart, 13 



— Mo.-gan, 83, 108 



— Norman, Hovvland's, 128 



— power, its meaning, 19 



— rake, spring-tooth, 105 



— terms explained,.. 13 



Horses, number in England, 181 



— swapping 107 



Horticultural hints for iVIarch, 84 



for August, 206 



for November, 278 



— humbugs, 282 



— improvement urged, 28 



— news, exhibitions, &c., 162, 



209, 210 



— Society, Buffalo, 84 



Genesee Valley. 89, 137, 162, 210 



Horticulture in Alabama, 161 



— remarks on, 182 



Household drudges, 212 



Housewifery, good, 139 



Hussey's reaping machine 176 



Indelible ink, 



Indian rye bread, 



Insects, facts, 



— to manage, 



Irrigation, — 55, 



January, hints for, 



J uly , hints for, 



— sowing wheat in, ^ 



K 



Keeping farm accounts, 



Kentucky, improvement in, 



Knickerbocker Magazine, notice of 



L 



Lead pipes, poisonous, . . 



Lightning rods, 



Lilies, new Japan, . 



propagation and treatment 



Locust, appearance of, 129, 



Locust seed, to manage, 



Lucerne, 



Lunar influence, 179, 



M 

 Manure fermenting in the soil, 10, 



— muck, 80, 



— - preservation of, 



— quantity produced by different 

 crops, 



— sinking and rising of,.. 20, 76, 



Manures, special, 124, 



Maple sugar, 55, 



— trees, 



March, hints for, 



May, hints for, _ 



Meat, curing for hot climates, 



Meteorological observations in 



England and United States,.. 

 Micliigan, mint oil produced in,... 



— plaster, Grand River, 



— wheat crop of, 



— wool trade of, 



Mildew on plants, 



Milking, rules for, 



.\lilk maids and musicians,.. 115, 



reply to, 



fllineral paint, new,.. 



Mock cream, 



Moles, to elude,.- 



Moon, atmosphere of, 



Mountain ash, to raise, 



Mutton bacon, 



JV 



Nails for shingling, 



Natural history, facts in, — 



O 



Orchard, profit of, 



Organic nature, balance of, 



Osage orange for hedges, 



P 



Parsneps for hogs, 



Pay your debts, , 



Peach trees, management of, . 



mildew on, 



to prevent, 



Peaches, early, 



— Early Tillotson, 34 



— to preserve, 



Pear blight, remarks on, 



— Louisa Bonne of Jersey, 



— Onondaga, or Swan's Orange,. 



— Osband's Summer, 



— Oswego Beurre, 



— Paquency, . 



— Petre, 



— on quince stocks, 



— Stevens', 



— seedlings, how to raise, 



Peat charcoal, value of, . .» 



Pennsylvania Cultivator, notice cf 



Piggery, plan of, 



Pine apples grown by steam, 



Pine, Chili, - 



Pines and evergreens, to raise,. . . 



Plants, food of, - 95 



— useful, origin of, - . 223 



— constituents of,.. --- 239 



Plaster, time of sowing, 145 



Pleuro-pneumonia, --- 193 



Plowing, directions for, 226 



— fall and winter, 54 



Plums, two new varieties,. 232 



Poisons, antidotes for, 45 



Pomological Convention at Buffalo 254 



at New York, 278 



Pomology, rules of, 32, 56, 114 



Population, theory of, 66 



Pork, shrinking of,.-. 11, 41, 74, 106 



— trade of the west, 253 



Potash from mountain rocks, 271 



Potato cheese, 283 



— rot, aflects new seedlings, 15 



early planting for,. 54, 148, 215 



Klotsch's theory, - 120 



remedy, .-.- 83, 253 



secret remedy, . -- 12 



Potatoes, ashes for, -_- - 39 



Poultry, rearing, . " 156, 174 



— diseases, - 175 



R 



Rain in the Southern States, 213 



Rat trap, 147 



Rats and mice, lo destroy, ...148, 297 



Red root, essay on,.. -- 46 



Road making, a manual of, 228 



Root crops, management of, _ 143 



measuring, - . - 123 



Rose, Fleur blanche, - 233 



— Parson's book on, 186 



Roses, hybridizing, - 85 



S 

 Salt for plum trees, experiments,.. 232 



Scientific notices, 38 



Season in Jefferson county, 173 



— at Rochester, 42 



Seasons, comparison of. 172 



— remarks on, — -- 291 



Shade trees, important fact, 277 



Sheep feeding, experiments with,. 70 



— Iceland, 73 



— management of Merino, 18 



— marking, 122 



-pox,...- 12 



— Saxon, history of, -.. 17,. 48 



— winter management of, 49 



Shoes, composition for, 54 



Silver fir, - 159 



Soils, color of,.. .- 122 



— improvement of, remarks, 141 



Soldering, how done, 276 



Souse, - - - 90 



Southern agriculture and customs, 37 



Sowing thick and thin, 39 



Steel and sheet iron, to weld, 276 



Stock raising at the west, - 275 



in the mountains,... - 286 



Store pay, - . - 265 



Stove, protean, 205 



Strawberries, amount raised, 183 



— 25 sorts described, 207 



— management of, 160, 185 



Strawberry, Burr's New Pine, 184, 232 



Straw bonnets and smart girls, 83 



Straw cutter, Densmore's, 241 



Subsoil plowing,.. 191 



Sugar beet, large, 44 



Sweet potatoes, 268 



Swine, breeds of, 51 



— experiments in fattening, 274 



— kidney worms in, 245 



— salt for, 127 



— swill cookery, 276 



Switzerland, the glaciers of, 292 



T 



Tea, analysis of, 36 



Thermometer churn, 69, 107 



Thrasher and horse-power, Wheel- 

 er's, 277 



