INDEX TO VOLUME XVI. 



Katsand mice, to destroy, 173 



— effectual method for destroying, 18 



Reapiug machines, 259 



-at the Paris exhibition,... 308 



Recipe for cementing broken china, 227 



cooking asparagus, __ 157 



beets 157 



butter beans, 157 



cuourabers, 168 



English peas, 158 



hominy, 64 



Irish potatoes, -..i.- 158 



salsify or Tegetable oyster, 158 



snap beans, 157 



spinage, 158 



squash, 158 



curing foot rot in sheep, 61 



gaUs in horses,-. '50 



rheumatism, 220 



ringbone, 61 



warts on cattle, 53 



— wa5p stings, 292 



keeping cider sweel^ 116 



making alum whey, 96 



apple jam, 158 



Bologna sausages, 158 



bread from gromi wheat 324 



cranberry and rice jelly, 64 



currant jelly, 33 



furniture polish, 15S 



grape wine, 96 



lemon syrup for a cough, 56 



minute pudding, .,_ 96 



mock duck, 96 



real English plum pudding,... 64 



whiskey plums, 96 



winter cake, 60 



preserving quinces, 96 



removing paint from a coat, 96 



stains upon cotton or linen, . . . 227 



foul smeUs 292 



washing silver, 227 



Ked root, _' 183 



Rheumatism, cure for,.,.. 220 



Ringbone, cure for, 61 



Root crops, culture of,.._; .7"^ 275 



Roses, collections o^ 151 



— hardy, 150 



Rub softly, 130 



Rural cemeteries, 221 



— education, 191 



Rye grass, Italian, advantages o^ 81, 93 



Sawdust, advantages o^ ■_ 132 



Season, prospects, &c., '_ 159 



— the, 228, 257 



Seats for the garden, 256 



Seed drill, " 143 



— harvester, J 140 



Seeding of lands to grass, 82 



in autumn, 281 



Seeds, fruit, when to sow, 133 



— field, quantity required per acre, 119 



— garden, quantity required to produce 



a certain number of plants, 119 



— how to prove and prepare for plant- 

 ing, 208 



Seeds, saving, , 

 Shade tree, a n 



_. 253 

 .. 88 



— and dogs— important decision, 51 



— blindness in, causes of and remedies 

 for, 161 



— foot-rot in, remedy for, 51 



— French merino, superiority of, 16 



— from Vermont to Virginia,.. 35 



— husbandry, Canadian, 143 



— iu Connecticut,,. 117 



— raiding and wheat-gromng, compara- 

 tive profits of, 14 



— show, national, 160 



Shell-marl, analysis of, 52 



Shelter, trees for,... 56 



Shoeing horses, 349 



Silver, washing, 227 



Smut in wheat, to prevent, 213 



Societies, agricultural, 116 



Soil, alarming deterioration of the, 121 



Soils, chemistry of, _ 11 



— power of dilTerent, to retain water,.. 35 



— pulverization of, 25 



— study of, 174 



Stains upon cotton or linen, to remove, 227 



Starch, 338 



Statistics, agricultural, 25 



Steam engine, new rotary, _ 98 



Stock, experiments in feeding, 98 



— improving, 177 



principles of, 201, 233, 265, 297, 329, 361 



— rape cake for feeding, _ 19 



— sale of Kentucky, 26 



— science of wintering,. 9 



Strawberries, 125, 248 



— far general cultivation, 58 



— new varieties which promise well,,. 58 



Strawberry culture, 154 



Straw stacks, ventilating, 258 



Stump puller, _ 281 



Sugar, maple, making, 42 



Sulphur, value of, 24 



hou 



283 



Swamp muck, value of in composts,. 

 Sweet corn, Stowell, 357 



— gum tree, 253 



— potatoes, culture of, 85 



Tenant labor,... 



Tents for agricultural fairs, ; 



"The old woman," 



Theory and practice in wheat culture,.. '. 



The two farmer boys, _ ; 



Thistles and weeds, to destroy, : 



Thoughts and feelings, . 



Timber, cutting for fuel, 



— ■ preserving, . ; 



— raising, 



Tomatoes, early, , 



Tree planting, __32, 124, ; 



Trees, commemorative, ; 



— for protection, 



-plant, : 



— preservation of, : 



— seeds, &c., hints to purchaaera o^,.. ! 



Trees, shade, .,. 88 



— treatment of, after planting,... 187 



Turkeys, fattening, 25 



Turnip culture, 207, 237 



ofthe, 23 



Vegetable physiology, 138, 283 



Vegetables, .'_ 226 



— and their cookery, 157 



Ventilating hay and straw stacks, 258 



Vines, to keep bugs from, 181 



w. 



Wardian cases, 255 



Warts on cattle, to cure, 53 



Wasp stings, cure for,. 292 



Water, hard andsoft, _. 53 



— pipes, 290 



— power of different soils to retain, 35 



— pure— filtering apparatus, 244 



Weather, not^a on the, 88, 



Weeds and thistles, to destroy, _, 



— injuridus to the wheat crop, _ 



— usefulnpss of mowing, 



Wells, freedom from danger in descend- 



What shall I study, 



What shall our boys study, ; 



Wheat, a semi-tropical plant, . : 



— culture, theory and practice in, ; 



— depth to sow,. ."_. : 



— grass, i:c.,... _. ; 



— growing, and sheep raising, compar- 

 ative profits of, 



in Iowa, __. : 



in the southern part of Western 



New York, ; 



— grown— wet harvest, ; 



— head fly and Hessian fly, '. 



— to prevent smut in, ; 



Whiskey plums, 



Whitlavia grandiflora, [ ] 



Willow peeling machine, ; 



Willows, how to cut, ] 



Wind-mill, Halladay's, ,'„ ] 



— Vermont, J 



Wine, grape, . 



Winter, _ j 



— cake, 



Wintering live stock, Bcience o^.T I 



Wire fences, _ ng^ l 



Women, a few words to, 



Woodland, mismanagement ofj 2 



— save your, 



Worms, apple, to destroy, 



— cabbage, to destroy, 



— peach, to destroy, 



Yeaat fungi and ropy bread, 64 



Yuccas as hardy ornamental plants,... 284 



