IV 



INDEX. 



H. 



Page 

 246 

 246 

 379 

 402 

 206 



Happiness, matrimonial .... 



Harmony, family 



Hay, cubic feet in a ton, 46 ; caps for . 



Haying, improvement .... 



Hedges ...... 



Hen and rat, battle between, 414, *484 ; lime 

 water for ...... 



Highways, a beautiful feature 



Hingham, elms cut down in . 



Hill, manuring in the .... 



HUlsborough County, N. H., Agricultural So 

 ciet3% officers of 



Hive and honey bee ... . 208, 405 



±loc horse, 325 ; the wheel, 353 ; the wheel 

 illustrated 



Home, that is my, 68 ; how to secure and be 

 independent .... 



Honey, taking it, 240 ; and bees *. 



Hopper, Isaac T 



Hops 



Horse, remedy for bots in, 13 ; glanders in, 85 '; 

 and man, 87; cost of keeping, 102; hoe, 

 325; careful use of the, 326; practice of 

 shoeing, 372 ; English, 442 ; exhibition of, 

 at Springfield, 480, 497, 531 ; the Arab, 525 

 national exhibition • . . . 



Horticulturist, the, 64 ; exhibition at Concord 

 361 ; at Lynn ..... 



Hotbed 



House-keeper, thoughts and doings of a . 



Houses, plastered, 232 ; a paint for brick, 244 

 farm ....... 



Housewives, New England . 



Husbandry, difficulties of New England 



Husband, an English woman's opinion of 



86 

 404 

 121 

 176 



39 



401 



568 



294 



532 



91 



Huskii ^ 

 Hydraulic ram 



547 



442 



161 



52 



50 



156 



106 



390 



442, 529 



. 52 



I. 



Island, Melville 572 



Implements, agricultural, 126, 564 ; and ma- 

 chines . . , . . . .271 



Insects _ 262 



Inoculation . . . . , . .412 

 Iron, marbleized 53 



J. 



Johnston, James F. W, notice of his elements, 

 &c 447 



K. 

 King, Wm. S. address at Vermont State fair, 108, 215 



Labor, misapplication of farm . . . .119 



Lake, Wm. G 90 



Lamp, an extraordinary . * . . .53 

 Land, richness of, 58 ; laying to grass, 330, 

 387, 410 ; much labor on little, 384 ; stub- 

 ble, 428; in Maine, 495; meadow, 510; 

 subdivision of ..... . 574 



Leaf, importance of, to the plant . . .351 

 Lectures, winter, 22, 39 ; agricultural . 48, 563 

 Lice, to kill on cattle, 141; on swine, 145; 



on house rores 293 



Libraries, farmers' ...... 167 



Lime, 25, 544; superphosphate of, 76, 148, 265 ; 



shell, 159, 214, 274, 573 ; from gas-works 389, 455 

 Lime-water for hens ..... 86 



Lunar and stellar influence . . . .318 



Lyceum, lectures 16, 34 



M. 



Pag« 



Machines, mowing, 395, 416, 457; for cutting 

 corn in the stalk, 476 ; sewing, 531 ; hay 



and corn-cutter 574 



Machinery 559 



Manua Loa island, eruption in . . . 399 

 Manure, to load by horse power, 125 ; for 

 swamp land, 165, 170; special, 204, 223, 

 268 ; to preserve, 303 ; nature and consti- 

 tuent i^rineiples of, 322 ; will it pay to pur- 

 chase, 421 ; cow, value of, 424 ; table of, 



553; a new 571 



March, calendar for . . . . .105 



Markham's Farewell to Husbandry . . 40 



Martyr, the little .• 630 



Meadow, a prolific ...... 413 



Meal, cob 251 



Measures, household 390 



Mechanics, agricultural ..... 354 



Melon, great yield of, 30 ; to protect . . 341 



Meteorological . . , . . . 4ol 



Mignonette, history and culture of the . . 375 



Mill, saw, the first, 336 ; grist, improvement in 513 



Mildew, to prevent ..... 157 



Millet 157, 203 



Mind, sympathies of, with the body . . 456 



Milk, raising and selling, 27 ; business . . 62 

 Milk, trade, 108 ; trade of, in New York, 166 ; 



and butter 409 



Milkmen and farmers, convention of . 63, 82 



Mole, is he a devourer of vegetables ? . . 362 



Moth, the 361 



Mount Airy Institute 319 



Mowing machines .... 395, 416, 467 

 Muck, 58 ; composting with, 61, 340, 341, 354 ; 



analysis of 455, 500 



Mud, a shower of, 244 ; meadow . . 500, 570 



N. 



Newspapers, influence of, 173 ; benefits of agri- 

 cultural, 213 ; they don't take the, 73 ; 



African 75 



New Hampshire, inventors of, 31 ; officers of 

 State Agricultural Society, 39 ; agriculture 



in 367 



Notes by the way 425 



O. 



in Massa- 



Oats, time for sowing 

 Old fields .... 

 Onion worm, 326, 400 ; crop . 

 Orchards, plowing of, 29, 312, 340 



chusetts .... 

 Order in every thing 

 Ox and horse labor, comparison between, 73, 



282, 287; to feed, 314; education of . 

 Oyster and clam shells, analysis of 



P. 



. 184 



426, 442 



. 461 



340 



333 



229 



425 



Paint, rough for farm use .... 

 Palmer worm, 339, 354, 362, 369, 370, 374, 



383, 405, 408, 436 

 Parsnip, culture and value of . . .367 



Pastures, old, 191 ; neglect of . . . 524 



Patrons, patronage 258 



Patterson, George, his farm . . . .511 



Patching and darning ..... 129 



Pauper farm. State ...... 311 



Pea, fodder, 116 ; and experiment with the . 415 

 Peaches, how to dry, 422 ; curled leaf in, 450 ; 

 the original 525 



