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INDEX TO VOLUME XX. 



Dahlia roots, prcsiTvlng 819 



Dairy, clu'tBi'-iniikiiid from a small. . . JM 



— niHtiuecnicnt in Scollninl 804 



— piirposcs, wliont lurms for, '21 



Decoptioii ill prsolioo, 2"21 



Devonshlr.- calllc 49 



Dijipliii: alioiil fruit Irios 222 



])ist-ii,ssi,.iis, aprioultural 297, 882 



Di^hlh-ry-slop fatted beef and mutton, 14(5 

 Do);;*, (ihro|>-killing, cure fur 240 



— vs slitt'p, 2(17 



Doi?-lrap9 241 



Doini'stic animals, kimlnesti to, 47 



Draiimp; for nrolinrils, 2S1 



Drainio); wet lands, 248 



Drains, open, 48 



v». ooTered, .SiJft 



Drilliiiff wheat, 21)5, 286. 2^ 



and other grains, udvunlages and 



dba<lranta>{es of, 20, 21 



DroDsical lajd 247 



DueK8 aud llieir niaiiagemeni 242 



— yount: — should they bo allowed to 



go lio water ? 814 



K 



Eggs in winifr, how can hena beat be 

 kept »o as to procure, 81, 181 



— large 2.')9 



Esg, small, 161 



Elm, Ameriean 847 



Encroide bartonioidos 221 



European Fluwering Agh, 258 



Kvergreon need 226 



Experiments on grasses, with artiflcial 



fertilizers, 10 



potatoes, with artif 'I fertilizers, 9, 111 



F 



Fall plowing 265, 



Farm accounUs, keei>ing 



— wheat, becoming a farm of all work, 



— book, plan for a 30, 



— house, deKigii for a 



in the rural gothic style, 149, 



— labor — BiHke it fashionable, 



Farmers, advice to 20r), 



— Ameriean, intelligence of, 7.S, 



— sociality II mong 



Farmer's best friemls, the, 



— creed, 



Farmers' clu!), how to get up a, 



Farmer, the American, 279, 



Farming compared with other Toca- 



tions, 11, 



— experimental, 



— Increasing necessity tor making it a 



science, .... 



— in England and France, 



— scientific am) practical 



Farms and farming in Western Vir- 

 ginia, 



— model and experimental, 



Feeding bees, 



— fiirm stiK'k 



— hnwies, 



— latlk cows 



Feed the land and il will feed you, . . . 

 Fence, porUible, 



— posts, 



Fences, rail vs. board, 



— stone, constniction of. 17, 148, 



Flower g.nrden in the formal style, de- 

 sign for 



Work in the, 



Flowering of potatoes, 



— shrubs, propaguiion of, 



Fodder, com for, 81, 



— sorgho Injurious as 



Force pump 



Forest trees, destruction of, 311, 



Forget-me-Jiol, the, 



Founder 



Fowl breading .' 



— disease • 



Freiehls from Ijike Michigan, 



Fronts, effects ot the 2&t, 



on the grape 



— In Chaiitaiique county, N. Y., 



Frml. barrel" for, 



— culture in Illinois 



Massechusetia 



errata 



— dryine. honse for 



— from Indiana, 



— give away your 



806 

 8.S6 

 278 



86 

 21.5 

 1.8:3 

 246 

 21.5 

 142 



12 

 I'.'S 

 276 



843 



12 

 76 



276 

 240 

 377 



218 



75 

 306 

 361 

 11.5 

 8l»4 

 214 



17 



16 

 213 



282 

 217 

 241 

 828 

 299 

 8ii3 

 288 

 8i'>6 

 220 

 ««5 

 886 

 46 

 209 

 2,58 

 2.51 

 24.5 i 

 819 

 838 I 

 2«4 I 

 821 

 194 

 8,58 I 

 2S1 I 



Fruit Growers' Society of Western New- 

 York, 61, 260, 816, 849 



— growing in Missouri, 62 



— stealing, to prevent, 254 



— trade, 821 



— trees, etc., deception among dealers 



in, 221 



digging about, 222 



efu^cts of the wea,ther on 249 



mun.-igemcnt of newly planted, . . 192 



manures for, 349 



propagating 874 



Fruits, preserving the color ot, 194 



G 



Oapes in chickens, 113, 212 



Gardener, docs it pay to hire a, 1.58 



Garden, fall work in the, 84,5 



— .seat, 851 



— trash, 2' 2 



Garget, remedy for, 310 



Gas tar for insects 221 



peach trees, 186 



trellises, 284 



Geese and their management, 884 



Geranium, home of the, 851 



German stocks, 284 



(toldfinoh, the American 191 



Gooseberries, sulphur .ind lime for, .. . 187 



Gooseberry saw-tiy. the, 187 



Grafting ajiple trees, 225 



— budding, &c 68 



— old apple orchards, 31 



— the peach on the cherry, 67 



Grain-drills, advantages and disadvan- 

 tages of, 20, 21 



Grain-raising and stock-growing, 26 



Granary, to prevent rats, Ac, working 



in the, 218 



Grapo, effects of frost upon the, 251 



— sulphur for mildew on the, 185 



— summer pnining of the, 816 



— the Catawba, 845 



in Iowa, 823 



Concord, 123 



Delaware, 123 



for general cultivation, 373 



Diana, 123 



F.lizabeth 372 



Golden Clinton 123 



King, 123 



Logan, 123 



Northern Muscadine, 123 



Rebecca, 123 



To Kalon 123 



Union Village, 128 



— vine, a handsome 854 



grafting the 124 



hriw long will it live, 194 



pruning the, — when and how,. . . 82 



ringing the, 185, 250 



— vines — underdraining — tiaining, ... 323 



GeAI'R, ViNRVARU Cui.TURK OF TlIE : 



Soil, situation, and exposure, 68 



Preparation of the ground, 59 



Laying out the vineyard, 90 



Propagation of the vines, 90 



Planting, 92 



Treatment of the vines the 8d year, 121 



3d year 121 



4th year 122 



What varieties to plant 128 



Trellis-training of the Isabella,... 155 



Grapery, cold, a cheap, 921 



Grapes 119 



— best varieties of, for general cultiva- 



tion 54, 816 



— cultivation of, 63 



— early ripening, 68 



— exotic 163 



— in Krie Co., Pa. 872 



Grass, cutting bv machinery, 178, 212, 271 



275, 843, 844 



— land, applying manure to, 8.S6 



— land improves the soil 86 



improving permanent, 26 



management of, 279 



top-dre»sing for, 128 



— timothy, best lime to cut,. 1T6, 277, 848 

 Grasses and clovers, 129 



— cultivation of, 888 



— manures for 10 



(•ras»-growir.eaj>d stock-railing,. 269, 848 



Grssshopper feed, 268 



Grasshoppers, an insect that destroys,. 269 



Grazing sheep 870 



Oreen-house, plan of a, 89 



Guano islands, Ml 



H 



Hard milkers, 



Harrow for covering seed, 



Harrowing in manure, 



— jiotatoes, 



Harvesting com, 266, 



— grain in Australia, 



Hay, a few words on, 



— best time to cut grass for,. 176, 277, 



— cutting, for stock, 



— measuring, 



— seed for hogs, 



save your, 



Heaves in horses, 288, 308, 



Hedge, buckthorn, 85£, 



— plant, a new, 



Heilges and soreens, ornamental, 



Hemp and its cultivation, 



Hens, best food and treatment for, 



— keeping, Uy produce eggs in winter, 



— shoeing, 



— to prevent, from sitting, 



HerliMceous plimKi, 



Highways, how should we improve 



our,... 16, 113, 114, 144, 145, 180, 



Hints on harvesting, 



oorn, 266, 



spring work 



Hoeing potatoes when wet, 



— wheat in the spring, 



Hi >g-cholera, 907, 



Hog, history of the, 



Hogs, cooking food for, 



— fattening 81, 



— fed on acorns 



— large vs. sinal', for feeding, 



— live and dead weight of, 



— management of, 



— will it pay to feed com to, 



Hollow horn 



Honey locust, the, 



Hops and th&ir cultivation, 



Horn shavings as manure, 836, 



Horse fair, Waterloo, JJ. Y., 



Horses, best, to breed from, 



— biting their cribs, to prevent 



— contraction of the feet of, — cause 



and remedy, 



— feeding 



— pastuing, 



— soiling 



— to prevent sore shoulders in, 



— train, to walk, 



— vs. mules, 



— wintering, 



Horse's age, how to know a 



Horse-shoe vs. sole tile for underdrain- 

 ing 



Horses' legs, washing 



Horse-taming — Mr. Karey 



Horticultural notes... 62, 86, 117, 151, 



— Societv, Massachusetts Transactions 



of the, for 1858 ; 



Horticulture, cultivate a taste for, 



Hot-bed, how to make a, 



House for drying (ruit, 



— small. 'design for a, 



Hoven in cattle, 



How to make a baulky horse pull, 



Hungarian grass Ill, 240, 311, 



Husbandry, poor 



881 



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 175 

 110 

 348 

 202 

 146 

 848 

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 20S 

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 871 



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808 

 88 

 74 



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365 

 288 

 79 

 866 

 244 

 870 

 289 



211 

 115 

 238 

 210 

 269 

 131 

 248 

 2« 

 865 



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 110 

 S69 



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86 

 194 

 8T0 

 204 

 268 

 866 



60 



Impatiens Jerdonite 125 



locrustations on steam boilers, to re- 

 move, 96 



Inquiries and answer^ 87. 67. 95, 12?, 161 

 194, 225. 259, 288, S28, 8,55, 870, 878 



Insect, a useful, on plum and apple 

 trees 254 



— on mulleins and in clover heads not 



the wheat-midge, 809, 866 



— which destroys the whent-midge, . . . 143 

 Insects, aloes to destroy, 191 



— lignite to destroy, liT 



K 



Kidney-worms in &wine, 308 



King-bird, the, 190 



Kohl-rabi 855 



Kyaniiing wood, 806 



L abels, permanent 299 



Lands, clearing, fl-om roots and bushes, 80 



I^andi, renovating worn out, 49 



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