INDEX TO VOLUME XX. 



letter from John JohBston, 82 



Lio« on calves, 9^ 



cattle, swine, and calves, Ill 



Lignite to destroy insects 1 87 



Lima beans, cultivation of, 31, 118, 191, 220 

 Lime as manure, value of, 25, 8G7 



— for wheat, . 161 



— in transplanting trees, 2M 



— on apple trees, 1S7 



Linden, the golden-twigged, 218 



LiiiseedTcake for heifers before calving, 808 



— in England, 204 



Live oak, American, 219 



Lixjust, honey 2S2 



Lucerne, 109 



Lupins for enriching the land, 174 



Lupin, the white, 108 



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Madder for pasturage, 208 



Manure, application of, discussion on 

 the...... 382 



— applying to com and potatoes 24 



grass land &i6 



— burning clay gods for, 225 



— burnt clay as use of, 25 



— cheap salt for, 268 



— coal ashes as, 268, 836 



— from well-led animals, value of, . . . 146 



— harowing in, for wheat, 175 



— hen, for corn 299 



— horn shavings as, 83fi 



— keep cattle for their, 46 



— lime as, value of, 2."), 867 



— making and preserving 41, 46, 180 



— mineral phosphate as, 1 69 



— muck as a, 849 



— power of soils to absorb, 233 



— refuse of tanneries as, 800, 866 



— relative value of liquid and solid,.. 96 



— salt as, for wheat, 85 



— shell and other marls as, benefits of, 25 



— value of, 46 



Manures for fruit trees 849 



grasses, 10 



potatoes, 9 



Manuring 382 



Marb, benefit of, and best mode of ap- 

 plying, 25 



Meadow land, paMuring, 148 



Medicago lupulina, 109 



Melon, tJapan apple-pie, 64 



— seeds, a popular loxurv in Cliina, . . 276 

 Melons, raising, '124, 151, 191, 217 



— — without the use of hot-beds, 32 



Mignonette, liie, 350 



Mildew, sulphur for, 185, 28^ 



Milkers, hard, 381 



Milk, heating new,.- 239, 269, 848 



— keeping sweet, 303 



— management of, 808 



— rich — who can beat it ? 37 



Milking in silence, 26S 



Millet for food, 240 



Missouri, climate, soil, fee, of, 2S 



Model and experimental ftirms, 75 



Mowing machines, advantages and dis- 

 advantages of, 17S, 212, 274, 275, 844 



Muck as a manure, 849 



— compositing, 336 



Mulching, 151, 158, 191, 207 



Mules vs. horses for steady labor, 24S 



Murrain in cattle, cure for, . . 114, 148,210 

 MuVic and cheap pianos, 852 



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TSo cattle, no manure ; no manure no 



com, 46 



Notes for the month, horticultural, . 62, 86 



117, 151, 191, 216 

 S. W.'s,.. 50, 81, 146, 175, 209 



244, 310, ,841, 36S 



— from "Down East," 118, 247, 248 



Maine, 179, 269, 309 



Paris, 361 



Pennsylvania, 55 



— on the crops, 258, 287 



— September number of the Gen- 

 esee Farmer, 848 



October jand November num- 

 bers of the Genesee Farmer, 866 



weather,.. 160, 198, 224, 2.5S, 287 



821, 858, 376 

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 Oak, cork,... 152 



— live, American, 219 



•- tooth, leaved Turkey, ii 



Oats, African, 242 



— how thick shall we sow, 107, 831 



— rost on, 207 



— sowing, without plowing, 139 



— thick vs. thin seeding, 331 



— vs. wheat for seeding in, 50 



Oil-cake for cows, 10 



Onion maggot, 225 



Onions, autumn-planted, 238 



Oregon and Washington Territories,. . 76 



Orchards, apple, grafting old, 31 



renovating, 63 



— drainage for, 281 



— plowing old, ». 819 



Osage orange, 97 



hedge, 823 



Oxen, working, best breed for, 206 



Paint, cheap, 181 



Painting houses, 814, 867 



Pasturage, madder for, 203 



Pasture for co ws, is it well to change 



the, 802 



Pasturing early, 150 



— horses, 288 



— meadow land, 14S 



Pea-bug, to destroy the, 865 



Peaches in Illinois, 157 



Peach nursery, growing a, 222 



— trees, gas tar for, 186 



Pear, a fine, 36 



— Beurre Giffard, 281 



— blight, 261, 252, 285 



— Bloodgood, 281 



— Doyenne d'Ete, 280 



— Madeleine, 280 



— orchard, T. G. Yeoman's, 315 



— Osband's Summer, 281 



— seedling, culture of, 849 



— trees, dwarf, pruning, 54 



large, 55 



— underdraining for the, 285 



— Vergalieu, 87 



Pears, culture of, 53, 54, 255 



— dwarf, &4, 819 



correctien, 377 



— for general cultivation, 816 



orchard culture, 53 



— gathering and keeping, 256 



— planting and cul ti vation of, 255 



— new, 120 



— suitable for quince stocks, 61 



— summer, 280 



— winter, ripening, 61 



Peas for feeding to hogs, 107 



— Japan, 207 



Peat, swamj) muck, <fcc., value of, 319 



Pennsvlvania Central Kailroad, 244 



Phoebe-bird, the, 188 



Phygelius capensis — new bedding plant 64 



Pigs, Leicester, 299 



Pine. Austrian or black, 154 



Planting trees, 318 



Plant-lice, 267 



Plaster for general crops, 274, 343 



— not beneficial on wet land, 171 



— on clover, 105, 205 



corn and potatoes, 259 



Plowing, ; 107 



— fall,. 265, 806 



— old orchards, 319 



— in clover — will it exhaust the soil,. . 863 



— vs. spading 245 



Plawing-match, Canadian, 876 



Plows, wheel vs. swing, 110, 867 



Poll-evil, cure for, 870 



Potato disease, H 



— large, 377 



— seed, preserving, 323 



Potatoes and plaster, 138 



— an easy way to cultivate, 116 



— applying manure to, 24 



— cutting, 'for planting, 107 



— experiments on, 9, 111 



— fattening stock on, 863 



— flowering of, 241 



— harrowing, HO 



— hoeing, when wet, 268 



— manures for, 9 



— planting, with com, 150 



— raising under straw, 128 



— seed, from the south, 87 



— sweet, preserving, 184 



— tan bark for, 206 



Poultry, dressing, for market, 85 



— will it pay tojkeep, in large num- 



bers- 90, 814 



Prairie farming in America, 173 



Preserving fruits without sugar, 257 



Principles not products entitled to 



awards, 207 



Progressive ultimates, 16? 



Propagating peach trees, 96 



— house, a beautiful, 87 



Propagation of flow-jring shrubs, 323 



Pruning 216 



— conifers, 255 



— dwarf pear trees, 54 



— the grape, 32, 816 



Pulverizing the soil, advantages of. .. . 864 

 Pumpkins, raisine — their value as food 



for cattle,.... 27, 118 



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Babbits and trees, 156 



Radish seed, old 308 



Karey at the Alhambra, 869 



Easpberrv, black, culture of the, 249 



Eats in the comfield, 206 



— working in the granary, to prevent, 21.> 

 Eeapers, trial of, in Belgium, 95 



RECEIPTS, DOMESTIC: 



Bannock, 65 



Beans, baked, 820 



Beef, comed, 2S6 



Beer, 159, 223 



— spruce, 127 



Biscuit, 192 



— butter, 223 



— cream, 65 



— drop, 65 



— good, 223 



— honey dew, 2S6 



— raised, 65 



— sponge, 223 



Bread, brown, without yeast, 65 



— corn, rich, 320 



— Lowell brown, 65 



— to make good, 820 



Buns, 159 



Cake, common, 320 



fried, excellent, 65 



— fruit, 320 



— Gipsey queen, 286 



— Indian queen, 2S6 



— jelly, 820 



— measure, ' 820 



— salt pork, 1^9 



— Shrewsbury, 820 



— Tunbridge, 320 



Cakes, Indian, 127 



Catsup, tomato, 2S6 



Celery, essence of, 820 



Cheese, to keep from moulding,.. 2'2-? 

 Coffee, 228 



— to brown 127 



Cookits, 65, 3'20 



— corn. 286 



Crackers, to make, 223 



Cmllers 65 



Curds and whey 127 



Currant jelly, red, 193 



Currants, green, to clean, 192 



Custard, almond, 65 



— boiled, 127 



— cold, 192 



— rice, 192 



Dishes, wiping, 22S 



Doughnuts 22.8 



— Connecticut, 127 



— without yeast, 65 



Eggs, to preserve 127, 159 



Essence of cele ry, 820 



Flips, tea, 286 



French loaf, 320 



Fruits, preserving without sugar, . 257 



Hair oil, 127 



Hams, to keep, for summer use,.. 127 



Herbs, to preserve, 228 



Honey, mating, 127, 286 



How to render dresses non-com- 

 bustible, 65 



Ink stains, to remove, 66, 159 



Jelly, red currant, 192 



Liniment, an excellent, 127 



Marmalade, tomato, 192 



Milk toast, 65 



Mince pie, salt beef, 880 



Muffins, 820 



Nuts, ginger, 66 



— brown, ^^ 



Panada, wine, 286 



Pickles, tomato, 286 



Pie, buttermilk, 198 



