INDEX TO VOLUME XX. 



i olS.RoBe, 874 



icconits, farm, keeping, 386 



^.ddrfss of the Hon. John A. Dix at 



tie N. T. State Fair S6S 



^drife to farmers, 205, 215 



igrimltural chemistry, boys should 



(tudy 832, 86T 



- dscussions, 29T, 332 



- aid mechanical fair at'St. Louis, . . . 83S 



- ftir of the American Institute, 388 



Ontario county, N. T., 841 



--Provincial (0. W.), 839 



- p State, Illinois, 889 



- I Michigan, 840 



- I New Jersey, 840 



-I New York, 837 



Ohio, 340 



-| Pennsylvania 838 



-4 Vermont, 840 



-i— United States, 887 



-1 science, some points in, 233 



■^ society, liow to ruin an, 241 



- — N. Y. State, fairs of the, beneficial 



to the localities in which held, 297 



jgricuJture, American, Lord Napief 

 on, 20S 



- and horticulture, progress of^ 47 



- as a profession 11 



- general importance of, 4S 



-in Ohio, 172 



- necessity for making it a science,. . . 276 



- of the Ehineland, 61 



- Ecientiflc and practical, 277 



loes to destroy bugs, 191 



Jpaeas in Australia, Ill, 803 



.merican black walnut, 126 



- elm, 847 



-farmers — are they intelligent?.. 73, 142 



- live oak 219 



- trees and tree-planters, 157 



.nimals, best doctor for, 112 



- brine poisonous to, 803 



- fatting, charcoal for, 808 



- importance of comfort to, 10 



- kindness to 47, 21 1 



- training or breaking, 211 



nts, to kill, ■. .. 129, 159 



phides, 267 



-pple orchards, grafting old, 31 



renovating old, 63 



-stocks, '. . GS 



-tree borer, 95, 162, 192, 307 



-trees, destruction of, 2S5, 343 



grafting, 225 



large, 55 



lime on, 187 



on high land, 819 



planting and cultivation of, 255 



shoots on, 226 



useful insect on, 254 



ipples 120 



- cultivation of, 52, 53, 54, 255 



- gathering and keeping, 255 



- most prufltable varieties of, for an 



orchard, 52, 129 



- rust on, 125 



Lshes, coal, as manure, 268, 336 



- leached, value of, 146 



-sh, European flowering, 253 



Lustrallau items, 242 



lustrian or black pine, 154 



Sark-louse 107 866 



Jarley, cultivation of, .... 22, 82, 106, 298 



- vs. corn in Western New York, .... 23 



- when to cut, 201 



-winter, 22, 68 



Jam-owl, the, 1S8 



}am, side-hill, for cattle, &c 12 



Bams, plans for, 180 



Bam-yards, constructing, 88 



Barrels for fruit, 819 



Beans, English, 808 



— Lima, cultivation of, . . 81, 113, 191, 220 



— on a sandy knoU, 150 



Bee-house, ornamental, 813 



Bee-moth, the, 172 



Bees, feeding, 806 



— in California, 241 



— Italian, 865 



— management of, 29, 113, 115 



Bird's-foot trefoil, 109 



Birds, management of, in the house, . . 83 



— spare the, 865 



— their usefulness, 128, 188, 268 



Blackberries, 119 



Blackberry, the New Kochelle, 849 



Blackbird, the, 188 



Black-knot, 87, 93 



Black-leg in cattle 148, 210 



Black-tonsrue, 865 



Blue-jay, the, 191 



Book for emigrants, 68 



Books, new, 97, 130, 195, 226, 260, 289, 824 



356, 878 

 Boys, study agricultural chemistry, 332, 367 



Broad-making, 35 



Breaking animals, 211 



Breeding cows, 344 



— fowls, 836 



— stock, 181, 247, 344 



Brine poisonous to animals, 308 



Broom com in Illinois, 336 



Buckwheat and wire-worms, 206 



— cultivation of, 188 



Bugs on vines, specific for, 222 



Burning clay sods for manure, ; . . 225 



— land 161 



— the prairies, 303 



Bustard, the great, 116 



Butter-making, 85, 114 



Butternut tree, the, 846 



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Cabbages for milch cows, 205 



— transplanting, 216 



Calves, lice on, 97 



— rearing and management of, 84, 142, IfiO 



184, 214, 247 

 Canary and other birds, management 



of, in the house, 33 



Canary seed, raising, 194 



Canker-worm, '. 129 



Carrots for feeding poultry, 269 



Cat-bird, the, 189 



Cattle at the west, facilities for growing, 115 



— black-leg in, 148 



— breeds of, in England, 112 



— Devonshire, 49 



— fattening in winter, 82 



— hovcn in, 204 



— improved breeds of, do not deterio- 



rate in this country, 297 



— keep, for their manure, 46 



— Kerry, 864 



— killed from eating corn-stalks chewed 



by hogs, 47 



— prize — judges should be firm,.. 271, 843 



— remedies for diseases among, ISO 



— soiling 833 



— tying up, 204, 865 



— wheat as food for, 76 



— yards, management of, 344 



Cedar or cherry-bird, the, 1S9 



Cedar tree, the red, 348 



Celery, transplanting, 216 



Cement for cisterns, 181 



roofs, 174 



Changing seed, 241 



Charcoal for fatting animals, 808 



Cheese-making from a small dairy,. . . . 



Cherry, the winter, 



Chick-a-dee, the, 



Chickens, roup in, 



Chinch-bug, the, 



Chufa or earth-almond, 



Cider and cider-making, 



Clay, burnt, use of, as manure, 



— sods, burning, for manure, 



Clover and sheep on light soils, 



— hay, feeding, 



— on winter wheat, 



— plaster on, 105, 



— red, perpetuating, .' 



— seed, depth for sowing, 



out all winter, 



raising, harvesting, and cleaning, 



saving, 



— will plowing in, exhaust the soil?. . 



Coal ashes as a fertilizer, 263, 



Cold grapery, a cheap, • . . . 



Colt, a remarkable, 



Colts, best feed for, 



Composting swamp muck, 



Condition powders, 



Conifers, pruning, 



Contraction of the feet of horses — cause 



and remedy, 



Cork oa k, the, 



Corn, applying manure to, 



— as food for the million,, 



— cultivating too much, 



— cultivation of, 137, 



— distance for planting, 



— fed to hogs — can it be made to pay 



cast of Ohio ? 



— fodder, 81, 



— for export 45, 



farm stock, 



the west, 



— hen manure for, . . 



— hints on harvesting, 266, 



— husking, 



— June planted, 



— planting potatoes with, 



— plaster on, 



— plowing land in the fall for, 



— suckcring, 30, 



— stalks— cutting, curing, and feeding. 

 for milch cows, 



— unripe, for seed, 



— vs. barley in Western New York,.. 



beans for sheep 



rye as food for hogs, 



Cornfield, rats in the, 



Corns, cure for 



Cottage, suburban, design for a.. . 



Country house, design for a, 



— residence, a, 



design for a, 149, 



Cows — hard milkers, 



— improving the breed of, 



— kicking, 



— milch, corn stalks for, 



feeding and management of, 



— oil-cnke for, 



— soiling, 



— sucking, cure for, 14S, 



Creeper, the, 



Crops for soiling in Illinois 



— notes on the 258, 269, 287, 



— which enrich the soil, 1< 8, 



Cucumbers, raising, 124, 1.M, 



Cultivator and horse-hoe — what is the 



difference between them ? 



Curculio, remedies for the, 51, 93, 



Currants, 



— and '.heir cultivation, 



Cutting hay for stock, 



Cuttings, to insert, 



Cypress, a variety of, grown In France, 



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 204 

 222 

 301 



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 225 

 202 



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 209 

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 836 

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 370 

 836 

 129 

 256 



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 152 

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 45 

 263 

 181 

 290 



28 

 299 



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 146 



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 299 

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 298 

 209 

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 259 

 299 

 113 



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 369 

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 206 

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