INDEX TO YOLUME XVI. 



Feeding; of horses, . 



Fences and hedges, 1 



— wire, 115, 1 



Field seeds, quantity requu-ed per acre, 1 



Filtering apparatus, 2 



Flowers, 2 



— culture of, 89, 1 



— spring, 2 



Flower seeds, saving, _ 2 



Food consumed by an elephant, 2 



— for chickens, 2 



Foot-rot in sheep, remedy for, 



Forest treea, raising, _ 



Fowls, 1 



Fruit, 5 



— culture of, _ 



— eflfects of drainage on, 2 



— growers, important to, 



— grow more, 5 



Society of Western New York,... 3 



— in Illinois and Wisconsha, 



— seeds, when to sow, 1 



— trade, foreign, of New York, 1 



Fruits, preservation of, 1 



— recommended by tlie Am. Pom. Soc, 

 Champlain Valley Hort. Soc'y, £ 



G. 



Galls from the harness or saddle, reme- 



Gardenin^, hints on, 1 



Garden, liquid manure for the, 



— luxuries of the, 2 



— memoranda, . . 1 



— seats, 2 



— seeds, quantity requu-ed to produce a 

 certain number of plants, 1 



Gardens, botanical, 2 



Garget can be cured, 



— cured, ] 



. Geese, treatment of,... _, 2 



Genesee Farmer for 1856, 2 



Geoloizy as connected with, agriculture, 1 



Geraniums, culture o^ 2 



Goat, the Angora, 1 



GoosebeiTies, mildew on, 



Gophers, how to catch, 1 



— remedy for, 1 



Graftmg, 



Grafta, apple, keeping,... 3 



Grain and grass seed harvester, 1 



Grape, Canadian Chief, ._ 1 



— culture, American,... 1 



— vines, bearing and pruning, 



Grapes for general cultivation in open 



under glass, 



Grasses of Oregon, 3 



Grass, Fowl-meadow, 1 



— Italian Rye — culture and advantages 



of. — .,:8i, 



— Meadow Fox-tail, 2 



— Orchard, _ _. l 



— Rough-stalked Meadow, 3 



— Round-panicled Cock's-foot, 3 



— seeding of lands to, 



— Sweet-scented Vernal, _ 3 



— wheat, &c., 1 



Grasshoppers, turning to good account^ 3 

 Greenhouse plants, summer treatment 



of, 1 



Guano, 1 



— and barnyard manure, comparative 



. value of, 333, 3 



— and its substitutes, _ 1 



— as a preventive in yellow fever, 3 



— frauds in, 2 



— more, I. ".'.'." 3 



Gutta percha, 2 



Gypsum as a fertilizer, ."...'80, 



H. 

 Hard times, 



Hawthorn, value of for ornament, &c., 2 



Hay caps, __ i 



— fork, improved,... __ 1 



— stacks, ventilating,.. 2 



Health, audits preservation, 2 



Hedges, _ 2 



— and fences, ] 



— Osage orange, 



Hemp seed, importing from Europe,. .. 



Herd Book, 52, 1 



Hessian fly and wheat-head Qy, 275 



Hints for April, 131 



— for housewives, 158, 226 



— for November, 350 



— on gardening, 151 



— to purchasers of trees, seeds, &c.,... 221 



Hogs, 259 



Hollow horn in cattle, 162 



Hominy, to cook, 64 



Hops — cultivation, curing, and drying, 120 



Hop trade in Wisconsin, 26 



Horae, anatomy of the, 297, 329 



— distemper, cause and treatment of,.. 21 



— musculer system of the, 48 



— points of excellence in the, 329 



— provender, ._ 323 



— shoes and shoeing, _ 349 



Horses, big-head in, treatment of, 277 



— feedmg, 83 



— in Maine, _. 117 



— old, 35 



Horticultural discussions, 314 



— quackery, 249 



— Society, Genesee Valley, 93 



■ exhibition, 323 



Horticulture in Illinois and Wisconsin, 27 



— progress of, 373 



Horticulturist, the, ^... 322 



House plants, _ 255 



Hjacinth, 377 



I. 



Ice-houses, keeping ice, &c,, 341 



Implements, American, in France, 308 



Improvement of worn out land, 132 



Inarching plum and pear trees, 163 



Insects, to preserve meat from, 209 



Italian Rye-grass — culture and advan- 

 tages, 81, 98 



Ivy as a parlor plant, 287 



J. 

 Jelly, cranberry and rice, 64 



— currant 33 



Johnston, Prof., death of, 355 



K 



Kitchen, economy in the, 33 



L 



Labor, economy in, 63 



— tenant, 44 



Lawes, J. B., vs. Liebig, 238, 267 



Lawns, 243 



Leather scrapings as manure, 380 



Leaves, analysis o^ 23 



— for compost, 22 



Lectures, agricultural, 114 



Lee, Prof., 177 



Lemon syrup for a cough, 96 



Letter from ChiH, South America, 142 



— — Jay Co., Ind., _.. 52 



Minnesota, 80 



Oak HiU, 129 



Oregon, 374 



Pennsylvania,. 115 



Virginia, 83 



Lettuce, to keep, 140 



Lice on cattle, to destroy, 80, 139 



Liquidambar styraciflua, _. 253 



Liquid manure, apphcation of, 137 



converted into mil k, _. 172 



for the garden, _. 95 



M. 

 Magnolias, 317 



Manure, barnyard, and guano, compara- 

 tive value 0^ 333, 355 



— bones as, 46 



— cellars, 115 



— for meadow land, 67 



— leather scrapings a^, 380 



— liquid, application of^ 137 



converted into milk, 172 



for the garden, 95 



— saving and applying, 162 



— true value of, 108 



Manures, 152 



— frauds in, _ 241 



Maple sugar, making, 42 



Marling 175 



Meat, to preserve from insects, 209 



— what it loses by cooking, 219 



Mildew 



Milk sickness, .' 228 



Millet, and its culture, Ill, 181' 



Minute pudding, _ 96 



Mock duck,... 96 



Mowing'machine, Russell's, 182 



— machines at the Paris exhibition,... 308 



Muck, value of, in composts, 209 



Mysore hexacentre, 153 



N. 



Narcissus, __ 377 



Nature, a touch of, 227 



Nectarines for general cultivation, 58 



Notes by S. W., 303, 340, 367 



— of travel, 289 



Oil, olive vs. lard, 86 



Onions, hints on raising, 2C8 



Orchard culture, 31, 187 



— where shall I plant my, 75 



Orchards of apple trees, planting, 125 



Osage Orange hedges, 89 



P. 

 Pansies in pots, 93 



Parsnip, Guernsey,. 291 



Pea bug, remedy for, 178, 243 



— Japan, 47 



— Southern field, culture and value of 

 the, 169 



Peas, sowing in circles, 186 



Peaches for general cultivation, 53 



Peach worm, remedy for, 94 



Pear blight, 314 



— Easter Beurre, 30 



Pears, culture of, in Northern Indiana, 251 



— for cultivation on quince stock, 58 



general cultivation, 58 



— new varieties which promise well,.. 58 



— ripening of, _ 282 



Plants and flowers, culture of, 155 



— cells and circulation of, 138 



— greenhouse, summer treatment of,,. 192 



— house, 255 



— study of, 172 



Plaster of Paris as a fertilizer, 80, 85 



— Vienna,.. 228 



Plowing land __ 372 



Plum trees, black knot on, 61 



planting near water a remedy for 



the curculio, 60 



Plums for general cultivation^ 58 



— new varieties which promise well, . . 58 

 Pomological convention at Burlington, 



Iowa, 352 



— Society of Western New York, 87 



Pork and corn, 2S1 



Potatoes, early, to raise in the garden,. 256 



— large and small, for seed, 25, 114 



— large yield of, 



— sweet, culture of, 



— to keep from rotting in pits and cel- 

 lars, 274* 



Potato planter,.... lAai 



— rot, 30a 



Poultry Association, Northampton Co., 



Pi.,: 



11! 



Premium barn, L. F. Allen's, 344 



Preservation of fruits, 12J 



trees, __. 19' 



Prices of flour for twenty years, 29: 



Protection, treea for, & 



Provisions, prices of, 5i 



Pruning, _ 59, 9* 



Pudding, minute, 9' 



— real English plum, 6* 



Pulverization of soils, 2J 



Pumpkins, large yield of, 



a 



Quinces, to preserve, &| 



Rabbits, fancy, 32! 



Bain — evaporation and filtration,. 27 • 



Rape 371 



— cake for feeding animals, . 1 



Raspberries for general cultivation, 6 



— new varieties which promise well,.. 5 1 



Raspberry, the, ... 5 



Rat-proof cellars, 3' 



