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INDEX TO THE FIFTH VOLUME. 



A. 



Acre, two, what can be raised on, 16 ; how to 

 lay off an, 462, 529 ; and a quarter, product 

 of . . . 



Accounts, farm 



Africa, newspapers from 



Aged, kindness to the 



Agriculture, Mass. State Board of, 19, 51, 91, 

 116, 2S4 ; a chemical art, 45 ; German, 304 ; 

 Hawaiian, 307, 313; in New Hampshire, 

 367 ; in France, 388 ; wants of, 394 ; national 



Agricultural, meetings at the State House, 59, 

 97, 122, 140, 146, 163, 171, 188, 193, 217, 

 230, 236; exhibitions for, 1853, 149; mass 

 meeting at Concord, 149, 178 ; at Rocking- 

 ham county, N. H., 183 ; education 



Page 



552 



229 



75 



150 



656 



219 



Page 



Alders 358, 384 



Almanac, the Old Farmers' 



Alum • 



Ammonia ....... 



Analyses, of oyster and clam shells, 229 ; of 

 muck and marsh mud .... 



Anger, folly of ..... . 



Animals, susceptibility of, to atmospheric 

 changes, 23 ; wild, domestication of, 39 ; 

 cruelty to, 314, 478 ; kindness to 



Ants and aphides 



Apple, Hunt russet, 17, 29 ; new source for 

 good, 22 ; as food for stock, 36, 41 ; sops in 

 wine, 44 ; Northern Spy, 51, 80, 225 ; Min- 

 ister, President, Mother, Jewett's Fine Red, 

 or Nod Head, Red Cheek, 90; crab, 113, 

 158 ; a new, 148 ; ijreserving, 182 ; summer 

 and autumn, 304 ; Mayflower, 314 ; insect 

 destructive to the, 383 ; what sweet are 

 best for stock, 421 ; northern, 442 ; russets 



Architecture, rural 



Arctic regions, vegetation of . 



Ashes, 310, 340; of peat, as a manure, 423; 

 of anthracite coal ..... 



Atmosphere, uses of, 277 ; action of, on the 

 roots of plants, 311 ; its effects upon animal 

 life 



August, appearances of 



652 



85 



406 



455 

 294 



485 

 269 



523 

 99 

 89 



499 



462 

 345 



Axe-making 433 



B. 



Barn, 78 ; cellars 373 



Barnstable County Society, officers of . .75 



Beans, error in growing 773 



Bees, honey, the food of the, 27 ; experiment 

 ■with, 62, 65 ; how to feed, 160 ; look at 

 them, 220 ; and honey, 294 ; moth, protec- 

 tion against, 341, 401 ; and hive, 405 ; 

 keeping, practical, 431 ; at war . . . 475 



478 



407 



Birds, and insects, 42 ; convention, 67 ; vocal 

 machinery of, 92 ; of New England, 78, 113, 

 221, 291, 299, 442, 565; the Pewee, 190; 

 spare the, 275, 475 ; migration of 

 Book of reference, a valuable, 10 ; agricul- 

 tural, 196 ; a rare and pleasant, 357 ; a queer 



old, 397 ; unworthy 



Bones, bone-dust, 25 ; burning, 93 ; for ma- 

 nure, 174; dissolving, 274; and sulphuric 



acid 551 



Borer, peach, plastered up, 95 ; history of the, 

 128; the currant, 268; variety of, 308; 



mountain 454, 544 



Bread, how to toast ..... 197 



Brunswick, New 216 



B udder, an hour with 396 



Budding and grafting .... 222, 412 



Buckwheat 304 



Bugs, rose 353 



Butter, 72; making, 360, 363 ; milk and . 409 

 Bull, Ayrshire ...... 417 



Burns, how to cure 575 



Cabinet, the farmers 261 



Calendar, for January, 9 ; February, 57 ; 

 March, 105 ; April, 153 ; May, 201 ; June, 

 249; July, 297; August, 345; September, 

 394 ; October, 442 ; November, 490 ; Dec. 537 

 California, vegetation of ... 20, 654 



Canada, debt of, and average crops, per acre, 

 21 ; West, season in . . . . . 475 



Capitol, improvement at the .... 458 



Cart, one-horse farm tilt . . . .561 



Carrots, great yield of, 11; for horses, 141; 



against English hay, 183 ; value of . . 277 

 Catalpa, a new ...... 462 



Cattle, remedy for choked, 145, 212 ; beef, 

 272 ; live and dead weight of, 309 ; doctor- 

 ing, 363 ; communication of ideas among, 

 387 ; market at Manchester, N. H. 436 ; 

 gnawing bones ...... 484 



Cedar and spruce, to propagate . . . 575 

 Celery, on raising, 60, 148, 159 ; earthing up 425 



Cement, a good 571 



Charcoal 321 



Chemistry, how can it benefit the farmer, 205 ; 

 agricultural, 447 ; what it may do for agri- 

 culture 452 



Chelmsford Association, officers of the . . 39 



Chemist, state , 333 



Cherries, fine ....... 368 



Cheese, an aged ...... 562 



Cliina, a residence in, 381 ; schools in, 479 ; 

 animals of 485 



