INDEX TO VOLUME Xll. 



Parsncp, aiinlysia of, 2'28 



Peas, etirlyniid late planted, 2128 



I'cni as a manure, 231 



Plow deep, 235 



Pustiiraiie, Luxuriant, 252 



Pfpparation for Winter, 259 



Poi:iU)es, select sound for seed, — 259 



Pot;itoes, sulisoiling for,... 259 



Potato iMalady, - 278 



Plains. Duration of varii'lies of — 273 

 Pcnrs, Uuihering summer and au- 

 tumn,.- - 2G2 



Premium Lists, vagueness of, 2(51 



Pears, Keeping; winter 2G4 



Peaches in Minnesota, 2l34 



Phosphate of Lime, American in 



Kngland, 279 



Production. Over, 280 



Pears, Description of new, 285 



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Roofs, leaky, to remedy, 10 



Reapers, Densmore's self-raking,. 38 



Roup in fowls, remedy for, 88 



Rural hours, 170 



Rock Pigeon and European Quail, 195 

 Reapers, .American, at the World's 



Fair, 220 



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Syphon, to raise water by the, ... 18 



Strawberries, 27, 193, 2U 



Small experiments, 27 



Snapdragon, 40 



Seed Potatoes,.- 40, 13(5 



Squashes, great yield of, 41 



Salt as a Fertilizer, 41 



Suggestions for the N. Y. State Ag. 



Society, 60 



Salt for cattle and sheep, fiG 



Stock in Cayuga county, 70 



Stump INlachine, Stewart's patent, 87 



Scours in calves, remedy for, 87 



Swamp IMuck as a manure, value, 138 

 Sheep, French and Spanish Jlerino, 139 



Stump Machine, a cheap, 141 



Seed Wheat, quantity per acre, 155 



Sorrel, to destroy, '. 159 



Shrubs and Plants, spring flower- 

 ing, notes on, 168 



Salt as a fertilizer and for stock,.. 179 



Sheep the best stock, 191 



Soap, labor-saving, 1!)4 



Sewerage experiment, 233 



Sion House, - 243 



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The New Year, 9 



Timber, proper time for felling, 11, 109 

 Trellises for climbing or twining 



shrubs and plants,.- 2G 



Threshing Oats,- 46, 70, U7 



Tobacco culture, 106, 133 



The Season, 144 



The Cause and the Remedy,. 158, 211 



The Pea Bug,-- 1G2 



Trees, renovating old, ICG 



The Cause — again, 232 



To make an Agricultural Plan val- 

 uable, - 255 



Tobacco in Wisconsin, 257 



The Closing Year 284 



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Under-Draining and Liineing, 129 



Under-Brush, to destroy,. 190 



University for farmers and mechan- 

 ics, - 276 



V 



Vegetation, wonders of.- 29 



Vegetable Poi.son, remedy for, 43 



Virginia, improving lands in, 81 



Vinegar, how to make,. 108 



Vines, how to prevent the bug from 



destroying, 138 



Virginia Lands, 139, 211 



Virginia, Eastern, 250 



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Wire ^yorm, 19,39, 88 



Wintering stock, 43 



Work-Stands, Ladies,-- 50 



Wheat culture in the Gen. Valley, 59 



Wheat raisnig and Wool growing, 87 



Winter, Spring, tScc, a gossip about, 118 



White BelKlower Apple, 119 



Wheat, Summer fallows for, 158 



Weeds among Wlieat, extermina- 

 tion of, 161 



Wheat, the ash of, 162 



Wheat culture in Western N. Y.,. 165 



Wool Growing, a chapter on, 188 



Wire Fence, 191, 210 



Winter Work, 233 



Wayne county, 239 



Wheat, Washing, 280 



Wheat, Improvement of, 232 



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6 



ILLUSTRATIONS. 





DOMESTIC ANIMALS, FOWLS, &C. 



Peacock, - 51 



Guinea Hen - 51 



Spani^ih Fowl, 51 



Sonnerat's Jungle Fowls, 63 



Morgan Horse, Gen'l Gilford, 64 



Fat Galloway Ox, 89 



G.illowav Cow 89 



While Dorking Cock, 93 



White, Dorking Hen, 93 



New Leicester Long Horn Bull,-. 116 



Short Horn Cow, IIG 



Wliite Shanghne Fowls, Dr. Eben 



Wight's, - 117 



Short Horn Heifer, Princess 2d,-. ]40 



Rock Pigeon, 195 



European Quail, 195 



IMPI.KME.NTS AND MACHINES. 



Horse Rakes, 17 



Kitchiim's .Mowing Machine, 38 



DeiKmoro's Self-Raking Reaper,.. 38 



Slesvart's Patent Stump Machine,. 87 



Stump M.achine .- 141 



Sflf-."<uslainiiig Fruit Ladder 144 



Ganlen Implements for Ladies, 146 



Improved Hay Fork, 165 



Norwegian H irmw, 212 



Croskill's Patfut Clod Crusher,.. 212 



Fowler's Pati-nt Draining apparatus 213 



Patoril Lever Horse Rake, 214 



Patent four wheeled Subsoil Plow, 214 



Howard's Prize Plow, 215 



FARM BUILDINGS. 



Plan of Barn, 42, 135 



Plan of Farm House, -..69, 90, 91, 136 



A Symmetrical Cottage, 68 



Plan of a Barn with manure cellar, 69 

 Perspective view of a Farm Cot- 

 tage,-- 92 



Octagon House 13G 



Plan of a Hay Barn, - 283 



Plan of a Commodious Farm Barn, 283 



MISCEI.LANEOU.S. 



Parasitic Fungi of the Farm, 



10, 11, 44, 45 

 Commencing a Settlement in the 



Wilderness, 20 



First Summer in the Settlement... 21 



Homo Made Furniture, 28 



Ladies' Work Stands, 50 



Poultry House and Yard, 63 



I'nrkenson's Imjjroved Gate 86 



Water Fountains for Poultry, 117 



Wire Fence, 164 



View of the N. Y. State Fair 



Ground, 235 



Sion House, residence of the Duke 



of Northumberland 243 



View of the interior of [''loral Hall. 2G0 

 (harden Scene at Hampton Court, 2G5 



Floriculture of the Toilet, 2GG 



Troy Wheat 282 



Australian Wheat, 282 



HORTICULTURAL. 



Trellises for climbing or twining 



Shrubs and Plants, 26 



American Summer Pearraain apple, 27 



Agave Americana, 29 



Plan of a Small Fruit Garden. 47 



Dutch IMif;none Apple, 49 



llot-Bcd frame, 66 



General Hand Plum, 72 



Great Bigarrcau Cherry, 72 



Petunia Punctata, 75 



Dwarf Lupin, 75 



Beech Tree, 76 



Beurre de Waterloo J'ear, 96 



Blackberry, High Bush,..- 97 



China Aster 93 



White Bellllowcr apple, 119 



Monmouth Pippin, - 120 



Fuchsia, 121 



Calilornia Zauchsneria, - 145 



Double Flowering Crimson Cur- 

 rant 168 



Siberian Thick-Ieaved Saxifrage,. 169 



Holly-Leaved Berberry 1C9 



Flower Garden Walks, 192 



Doyenne D'i'-te Pear, 217 



Bradshtiw Plum, 240 



Beurre GiiVirt IVar, 240 



Holland Pippin Apple, > 241 



Beurre .Milet of ."Vngers Pear 285 



Fondanto du Cornice of Angera 



Pear 258 



