INDEX TO VOLUME XXI. 



Crops, best, for an old orcharJ sod,. . . 96 



— in Europe, 304 



— in Ireland 1W2 



— notes on the, in England, 319 



— which enrich I he soil, 267 



Cucumbers and bugs, 176 



melons, 151 



— desirable varieties of, 125 



Cucumber, large, 2ol 



— striped bu^:, HIS 



Cultivation of flowers, 87 



Curculi.) r medy, the, 157 



Cure for ringbone, 22 



Currants,..! 89; 813 



— best varieties for market and family 



use, ". 250 



— cultivation of l)laclj:, for wine in 



France, 372 



Cut and crushed food for horses, 43 



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Dahlias, 283, 333 



Dairies, a day among the, 265 



— and dairying, 274 



Dairy, a p*-ofitable, 211 



Dairying on grain farms, 297 



— vs. grain growing,. 304 



Daisy, ox-eye, how'to get rid of, 224 



Day in a pear orchard 311 



Discussions at the N. T. Stale Fair,.. . 334 



Disease, idleness a cause of, 316 



Dogs and bell sheep 205 



Donkeys, Dickens on, 3CS 



Dorking fowl, the, 75 



Draining machine, mole, 180 



Drains, air, 179 



— mole, 75 



Draught-bars, or whiffletrees, 76 



Duck, musk, something about the ... . 806 



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Education, the importance of a good, 



to farmers, ■ 26 



Eggs, hens eating their, 174 



— insect on the leaves of apple trees,. 123 



— of domestic fowls, how to detect the 



sex of. 149 



Egg plant 151 



long p irple 125 



Elm, weeping mountain, 32 



English plows and plowing, 207 



Evergreens, 187 



Eyes, remedy for film on the, of horses 



and cattle, 205 



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Fam, apple trees around the, 59 



— buildings suitable to a large, S2 



a small, 83 



— house, design for a complete, 242 



and stable, 272 



a small, 175 



and barn, 25 



— stock, breeding and rearing 7S, 116 



in Canada, 244 



— visits, 033 



— James O. Sheldon's, 284 



— John Johnston's, 2'i4 



— Joseph Wright's, 238 



— John Walton's — a story, 369 



— Mr. Torr's, England, 241 



— Thomas Crisp's. England, 240 



— why young men leave the, 77 



Farmer, every, should have his own 



workshop HI 



Farmers and thir families, recreations 

 and aniusemenisfor, 56, 116 



— clubs 44 



— good prospects for the, .' .' . . . . .... . . 277 



— must raise more roots,. 178 



— should produce their own fertilizers, 178 



— the importance of a good education 



'»' ••• 26 



— value of marsh muck to light land.. 114 



Farming in Minn, sola, 804 



Missouri, 45 



Farms, dairying on grain, " 297 



— 'arge " ; ; . ; 45 



or small, which are the most pro- 



fl'able ? PTgl 



— Texan sheep 17 



— water on stock, oyj 



Fast people ][[ 26 



latten hogs early, 3iO 



Fattening hogs, 3 ,7 



best method of raising and, 52 



Fattening sheep in winter, 48, 



— turkeys, 



— poultry 



Feeding beiins to milch cows, 



— bees in spring, 



— cattle and swine, would it be profit- 



ahle to raise sweet apples for ? 



Fence posts, salt for, 



setting 26, 



with the top down, 



Fences, board, 



Fennyreck, 



Fig, the, 



Fir, Smith's spruce 



Flax, soil best adapted to, 



Floors, sparred, for cattle, 



Flowers, camphor for, 



— cultivation of, 



— ornament for drieii, 



— preservation of cut, 



Fodder, Chinese sugarcane for, 



— scarcity of, 



Food, cattle disease caused by imma- 

 ture, 



— for cattle, cooking, 



— value of manure from dilTerent 



kinds of, 



— what amount of, is .required by a 



hard-wor>iing man? 



Fowls, t>est breeds of, 



food for laying 80, 



— how to attain desired points of ex- 



cellence in, 



— game, 



— lice on, 



— their importance, management, etc, 



— to kill vermin on, 



frosts, corn not injured by late spring. 

 Fruit, best, for market purposes,. . . 59, 



— culture in the Ohio valley, 



prospects of. 



— Growers' Society of Western New 



York 611, 248, 



— growing in northern Canada, 



— trees, etc., best protective of, 



grain among, 



labels for, 



lime for, 



in Michigan 



the vicinity of barn yards 



neglect of the 



profits of. 



what is the proper age for plant- 



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Fuchsia, the mode of planting and 



training 



Fuel, comparative value of different 



kinds of, 



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Garden, Horace Williams, 284 



— Uie flower, 151 



Garden ng, experimental, 125, 156 



— plat, shelter tor an early, 815 



— work in the, 151 



Germination of seeds, 153 



Gherkin, West Indi.i, 125 



Glass pans for milk, 206 



Goats, Cashmere, in Kentucky, 271 



value of, 17 



Gooseberries, 250 



Gooseberry bush, large 145 



— worm 185 



Grafting grape vines 63, 37.5 



— seedling apple stocks, 129 



— wax, 219 



how to make, and to cut and prune 



scions, 129 



Grape, culture and iliseases of the, 314 



— mildew in France, 8I2 



— the Delaware, 152, 81 1 



Diana, 312 



Hartford Prolific 311 



Logan,. 811 



Massachusetts White, ^9 



E-ebecca, 32, 311 



To Kalon, 312 



— vine, barren 3.54 



— vines, bones for, 121, 147 



Grapes 61, 89, 314 



— a few words on, 311 



— guano for 374 



— how to keep, 151 



— in California, Sifl 



— which among the new varieties of, 



have proved to be adapted to our 

 climate ? 343 



Grass and irrigation 366 



— how shall we stock tl^e ground with, 27T 



— Hungarian, injurious to horses, 77 



experiments with, 378 



— land, fall feeding beneficial to, 174 



— plat, cheap and speedy way to set a, 155 



— sowing timothy or herds, 84 



— the meadow soft, 129 



Greens, 190 



Grinding corn too fine, 246, 870 



Guano, one application of, sufficient,.. 77 



— for grapes, £74 



— when introduced into England, 4-3 



Guano-, nitrates in phosphatic 263 



Gypsum, 228 



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Hams, Westphalian, how to cure, 15 



Harrow, Smith's web, 16 



Hawthorn, the, !•! 



Hay for sheep, weight of, 310 



— how much, will keep a horse, 77 



the Shakers unload, 3 



— making 215 



— marsh, will it pay to secure it? 76 



— substitutes for £3 



Heaves, cure for, in horses 47 



Heavy rain storm in Ohin, 179 



Hedges, English hawthorn, 29 



— osage orange, 45 



Heifers, oil-cake for, 1(9 



— precocious, 279 



Heliotropes and their culture, 30 



Hemp in Minnesota, 388 



Hens eating their eggs, 174 



— feeding, in winter" 17 



Hibiscus rosa sinensis, 122 



Hints on butter making, 17S 



spring work, 73 



— to housewives. 33 



Hogs, black, not subject to mange,. ... 271 



— Chester county white, 204, 218 



— fattening, 807 



best method of raising and, 52 



e;irly, ,<51() 



— good, 53 



— peas for, 138 



Horse, how mui h hay will keep a, 7T 



— hunting, British reiim;.n, 21 



— 1 )ngevily of the, 145 



— h how, Sprijiglield 293 



Horseman, how to become a good 274 



Horses beds, sand for, " 271 



— breeds of, 367 



— broken winded, 8'2ri 



— cut and crushed food f ,r 43 



— -CtTre for heaves in 47 



— food for 44 



— Hungarian grass injurious to, 77 



— Morgan 96 



— remedy for the eyes of, 205 



— slobbering in, 271 



— to remove, from a building on fire,. 271 



— walking, 26, IIS 



Horticultural Society, Gen. Valley, 91, 247 

 Massachusetts, Transactions of 



the, for 1859, 89 



Horticulture, scattered notes on, 878 



— the horrors of, 875 



Housekeepers, young 190 



Houses, color of^winter aspect, 90 



How deep shoidd we plow ? 86, 177 



— to make extra braj:chts grow on 



pear trees, 90 



Hunting wild bees, 57 



Hybrid perpetual roses, 154 



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Ice-houses 883 



Idleness a cause of disease, 316 



Impioved stock in California,. 174 



Inflamed udder, remedy for,.. 271 



Infiuence of agricultural papers, 15 



Injury to apple trees at the west, 62 



Insect eggs on the leaves of apple trees, 123 



Inquiries and answers, 67. 95, 128, I60, 193 



234. 255, 286, 319, 354 879 



Irrigation, grass and, 336 



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John Johnston, testimonial to, 45 



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Kohl-rabi 140 



Knot-killer, 48 



