INDEX TO VOLUME XV. 



A. 



Agricultural changes at the West, 14 



— climatology,. 392 



— education, 18 



— Fair iu Hamilton, C. \V., 162 



of Monroe Countv, 3o4 



— — of New York State, 188, 290, 321, 349 

 of Virginia, 321 



— Implement Association, 48 



— improvement ef Ireland, 217 



— improvements, ._ 121 



— meteorology, 41 



— princess, _ 2S8 



— firngresa of tlie South 26 



— prospects of the United Slates, 9 



— qualities of Nebraska 213 



— Report of the Patent Otnce tbr 1853, 332 



— Schools, remarks on, 9G 



— science, the prnmotiou of, 37 



— Soc. of Essex Co. (Mass.), trans, of,. 171 



of N. Y. State, officers for 1854,.. 98 



transactions of. 75 



of Marvland. memorial ot; 206 



of the Cnited States, .... 34, 291 



of Wisconsin, transactions of, 127 



— State Fairs for 1854 260 



Agriculture and other improvements iu 



Chili, 238 



— as a profession, 161 



— experiments in hy Slv. Vlechi, 216 



— its claims upon Congress, 38 



— its essentials and non-essentials, 297 



Araori.;an fiimprs in Palestine, 242 



— inventors i'l P^ngland, 16 



— Pom:ilo<,nfal Society, 159 



A nndil post'aister..." 161 



Ancient agriculturists, 121 



An upward tendencv in land 97 



Apple. King (Tompkins county), 59 



— Northern Spy 129 



— orchards, remarks on, 254 



— worm, how to destroy,... 319 



Apples, bitter rot in, ...". 228 



— chea)) and efficient mode of .saving,. 31^ 



— diseased, _ 2S7 



— for cider, gathering and preserva- 

 tion of, 94 



— seedless, 124, 156 



— seedling, 123 



April, hints for, 105, 126 



Ashes, bones and oyster-shells, 195 



— for manure, ". 30G 



Atkins' Automaton, or Self- raking 



Reaper and Mower, 27 



August, hints for, 233 



B. 



B'^ar'ng-rein on the uselessness of, 309 



B^'a-is not an exhausting crop, 211 



B-ddin< plants, 122 



Bes moth, ...' 68 



B 'et root brandy, 193 



Blackberry, New Rochelle... 157, 287 



Botanical gardens of the Royal .igi-icul- 

 tur il Soc, England, experiments in,.. 209 



Brea\a few words about, 225 



Brick ttle, 150 



Bmd raares, on the choice of, 16 



Buckwheat as a fertilizer, 162 



B'lshel and acre, 121 



Batti>r and cheese, exports o^ 355 



— Sireat productof, 1.50 



— land, remarks on, 2S9 



— making, prize essay on, 15.3, 1S4 



Butterfly plant, 352 



Carriage-house and stable, design for, . . 241 

 Cashmere goata, propagation of in the 



United States,. 2.59 



Cattle, advantages of for f;trm labor, 57 



— and sheep, red-water in, 268 



— Ayrshire, 215 



— European, 149 



— European, importation of,.. 87,126, 139 



— fit, the points forjudging, 44 



— feeders in Ohio, ._ 250 



— feeding in England, proUtableuess of, S4 



— foul in-the foot in, 243 



— from Te.xas, 258 



— gain of weight in feeding, 247 



— Holdernes.s, 214 



— how to relieve when choked, 227 



— how to remove lice on, 68 



— imported, 214 



— murrain in, 2o5 



— sale of in Ohio, , 347 



— sheds, _ C7 



— Short-horn, 142, 214 



Celery, cultivation of, 58 



iJhanging population, 217 



Charcoal as a fertilizer, 163 



Cherry on the Mahaleb stock, 28 



Cheese, cheap mode of pressing, 160 



— making, 257, 277 



— weighing over 500 jiounds each, 120 



Chimney swallow.s, 116 



Churches, designs for, 249 



Clearing lands, 150 



Clematis azurea, 252 



Clover hay, the curing ot;__ 144, 218 



Coffee, reasons why it is not well made, 108 

 Corn bread, _ 243 



— culture, 76, 147 



— manuiing for, 127 



— meal, kiln-driel, 335 



— st.alks, machine for cutting, 226 



— Stowtdl,... ' 2.50 



Cotton (lin, remarks on, 110 



County Agricultural Fairs, . 2;50 



Cows, garget in, 119 



— good, pi( iduct of, 84 



— high-priced, 83 



— milch, how to choose 82 



— milk, proxim.ate analysis of, 380 



— product of the milk and butttr of 14 

 Ayrshires, 194 



— sore teats, remedy for, 355 



— spa^-ing of, 249 



— improved native, 1.39 



Cranberry, cultivation of, 129, 140 



Crops in California, 282 



— in Seneca county, N. Y., 275 



— speculations on _ ,303 



— when they should be gathered, 345 



Curculio, rem.arks on, 155 



Currants, how to pre.serve, _ 352 



— London, 2S7 



Cut-worm, remedy for, 206 



D, 



Dairies in Newcastle county. Pel., 354 



Dairy husbandrv 72 



December, hints for, 362, 379 



Decline of prices in California. 355 



Destructive worm, an account of its 



ravages, .._ _ 124 



Distillery slops, 42, 50, 113, 116 



Divining rods, 66 



Dometic animals, introduction of into 



the United States, 23 



Drainage, the importance of, 94 



Drill culture, advantige of, 194 



Drouth and crops in Knox Co., Ind., ... 290 

 -^good tilhig . a preventive of, 115 



— its action on plants, 307 



Duties of a farmer's wife in olden time, 225 



K 



Elliott's Fruit Book, review of, 283 



Entomology, I94 



Evergreen and deciduous trees from 

 seed, hardy climbing roses, &c., 129 



Experiments upon the properties of the 

 Water of Salt Lake for preserving 

 meats, 226 



Eitraordinary result, 377 



F. 



Farmers and farming in Canada, 97 



— College in Ohio, 64 



— study your profession, 149 



Karmaig in California, 113 



— in Illinois, 182 



in Indiana, 114 



— in Long Island, 337 



— in Middlesex county, Mass., 237 



— in Oregon, 148, 368 



— in Pa!estin(- 152 



— in the Peninsula of Maryland, 320 



■ — iu the Sandwich Islands, 239 



— laud in Kentucky, value of, 290 



— n ear Liverpool 210 



Farm, experimetal and model, 290 



— in Sileria, description of, 57 



— manigement, 302 



Fences, cheap paint for, 292 



Filtered rain water, 97 



Finger- and toe in root crops, 337 



Fire-kindler.s, 347 



Fi.-ewood, shelterfor, 36 



Fish, artificial breeding of, 117 



— a-sa fertilizer, 227 



Flax culture, 51, 22'? 



in Ohio, 179 



— Rocky Jlountain, 178 



Flower seeds, the saving of, 319 



Fruit and fruit tree culture, 31 



— gaiherii;g, 314 



— rai.sing in California, 224 



— trade, lemarks on,. 349 



— trees, ciilical rt marks on the culti- 

 vation of 187 



— culture of, 190 



how to treat when barren, 319 



stocks for, 68 



time for buying, 352 



— and vegetables, keeping of, 32 



ripening of, 32 



— foreign, 68 



— gathering and presciTation of, 315 



G. 

 Gardening, importance of water in, SO 



— operations, 155 



Gates vs. bars, 194 



Gooseberries, cheap and excellent ma- 

 nure for. 377 



— mildew on, 159, 220 



— remarks on 122 



Grape frame, Cro.ss' patent, 373 



— mildew, to remedy, 3,3 



— profits of a vine, 94 



Grapes as an article of food, ." 224 



Grass, a most v.alvable kind, '86 



— seed, mi-xture and sowing o^ 235 



Grasshopper food, 25 



