INDEX, 



199 ; Hereford and others, 250 ; the Syrian, 255 ; 

 Hevclord, 258; Devon, 279. Improvements in, 

 282: I'eediiii?, 298; Hungarian, 3G1 ; hoven in, 

 371 ; from the British provinces, 383. 

 Cattle markets, Brighton, 47 ; Palkirk, 217. 

 Cattle shows, remarks on. 212; of the New York 

 Stat;' Society, 257, 340; shows and fairs, 289; 

 Worcester, 321 ; Norfolk, Essex, 337 ; Bristol. 353 ; 

 Middlesex, 338; at Northampton, 354; Sullivan, 

 N. H.. 382. 

 Canlifiower, 201. 

 Cedar. .Tapau, 25. 

 Celery, liquid manure for, 149. 

 Cellars, security of, 18. 

 Characteristics of the age, 218. 

 Cheese, of Ohio, 34. 

 Chemical comt)ination3, 152. 

 Chemistry iti relation to agriculture, 278. 

 Cherry, the honey heart tree, 265. 

 Chestnuts, how to plant, 127. 

 Churn, thermometer, 227. 

 Cisterns for houses, 283. 

 Clay, remarks on, 283. 

 Clay soils, improvement of, 237. 

 Close, of the volume, 401 ; of the year, 401. 

 Clover, preparation of seed, 143. 

 Congratulatory, 1. 



Corn, Indian, analysis of, 18 ; qualities, 49 ; to pre- 

 serve from wire worms, 98 ; different yields of dif- 

 ferent kiiuls, 115 ; selling on the cob, 123 ; for fod- 

 der, 150, 193, 403 ; cultivation of, 180, 197 ; ex- 

 ports of, 243 ; Button, 3G8. 

 Cottages, general remarks on, 217, 276, 281. 

 Cottage architecture, 308. 

 Country, the, favorable to local attachments, 148 ; 



our, 288 ; life in the, 288, 

 Cows, their utility, 3 ; bone disorder in, 18, 341, 

 389 ; care of, 51"; exportation of, 142; bloody milk 

 in, 190 ; profits of one, 211 ; worked as oxen, 224 ; 

 to dry, 239 ; a plea for, 34',) ; amount of produce 

 from, 372. See Cattle, and Animals. 

 Cranberries, in gardens, 22 ; culture of, 164 ; rake for 

 gathering, 307 ; cultivation of, 383 ; on highlands, 

 402. 

 Credit, on giving, 323. 



Crops, the, 243; in New England, 274; how much 

 do they obtain from the air, 349 ; mineral matter 

 for, 363. 

 Curculio. See Plums. 



Currant, cultivation of, 68 ; black, uses of, 128. 

 Cultivation, pleasures of, 295. 

 Cut worm, to prevent its ravages, 175. 



D. 



Dew, remarks on, 251. 



Discoveries, microscope, 299 ; new in agriculture, 

 395. 



Ditches, blind, 235. 



Ditching, 2 ; discvission on, 131. 



Do well what you attempt, 294. 



Dog power, 160. 



Dogs, cure for distemper in, 217 ; sagacity of a grey- 

 hcjund and pointer, 298 ; number of, in United 

 States, 347. 



DoMKSTic Df.partment. — Important station of 

 woman, wives of working men, farmer's daughter, 

 pork, cheese, to cure hams cheaply, cooking cran- 

 berries, 12; smoking hams, to purify honey, 

 cleansing silk, training of children, 13 ; on good 

 management, home education of daughters, boil- 

 ing water, flour bolted and unbolted, 28 ; preserva- 

 tion of honey, to make yeast, rich buckwheat 

 cakes, pickling cabbages, bean soup, effects of 

 habit on the infant mind, 44 ; aid children in their 

 Btudies, wheaten grits, or cracked wheat, common 



sausage meat, to make and fine coffee, to extract 

 grease from clothes, easy way of cleaning the hands, 

 for dyers and colorers, 60 ; system, order, regularity, 

 indulge the curiosity of children, toast and water, 

 prcnaration of coffee, making yeast, 76 ; pure air 

 for "bread, education of farmers' daughters, 92 ; care 

 of preserves, &c., education of the young for agri- 

 cultural pursuits, egg cream, 108 ; mother's influ- 

 ence, to make good coffee, griddle cakes of unbolted 

 wheat, to take mildew out of linen, 124 ; fruits, 

 female culture, to make cream cheese, 140; do- 

 mestic happiness, vinegar, to take ink out of linen, 

 fifty years ago, 105 ; short chapter on bread mak- 

 ing', to stew celerv, 172 ; sugar for jirescrving butter, 

 scfence in the kitchen, 188 ; female education, 

 amusements, keeping lemons fresh, 204 ; making 

 and preserving butter, layering, 220 ; reward of in- 

 dustrv, currants and their products, currant jelly, 

 and wine, 236 ; mothers, keeping lemons fresh, 

 soapstono griddles, to strengthen vinegar, 252 ; boil- 

 ing rice, a mouther's voice, cottage potato pudding, 

 bread and 15htter, 268 ; domestic education, new 

 mode of preserving butter, improved method of 

 preserving milk, peeling potatoes, 284 ; female 

 tact, boiling potatoes, 300 ; plain advice to country 

 girls, lady architects, soda coffee, 332 ; eftccts of 

 cosmetics on the skin, shrinking flaiinel,^ 364 ; 

 to purify river or any other muddy water, 365 ; do- 

 mestic endearments, learn to cook well, substitute 

 for tea, 348 ; a gem, to sweeten bread without sugar, 

 Indian flapjacks, 380; chemistry tV.r girls, to keep 

 a stove as bright as a coach body by two applica- 

 tions a year, 396 ; education, 406 ; apple custard, 

 406. 

 Draining, pipes for, 25 ; marshes, &c., 1l ; thorough, 

 74 ; discussion on, 131 ; by tiles, 354 ; remarks on, 

 392. 

 Drought, notice of, 272. 



Educated labor, 71. 



Education, practical, 234. 



Eels, taming, 202. 



Enjoyment, animal, 110. 



Enterprise, American, 248. 



Esculent, new, 87. 



Ether, effects of on plants, 47. 



Experiments, should be thorough, 4 ; utility of, 404. 



F. 



Facts, curious, 162. 



Fan mill, 67. ^ __ 



Farm, improvement of, 23 ; model, 138 ; great, 187. 



Farmer, the, 34 ; American, 78 ; poor, signs of, 94 ; 

 sons of, 165; respectability of their profession, 

 179 ; of Mount Vernon, 258 ; every man one, 330 ; 

 the true, 340 ; clubs and meetings of, 344. 



Farming, what constitutes good, 155 ; Penobscot, 

 187; "to make it profitable, 200; general remarks 

 on, 325 ; good, 357 ; it will triumph, 372. 



Fattening food, 155. 



Feeding plants, 203. 



Fences, of wire, 52 ; improved, 239 ; remarks on, 

 381. 



Fence posts, 290 ; setting, 304 ; preparing, 393. 



Fish, domestic ponds. 166 ; to keep alive, 192. 



Flat, new variety, 137; on growing, 167. 



Floral show, 240. 



Flour barrels, extensive manufactory of, 232. 



Flowers, hints to lovers of, 63 ; causes of variety in 

 colors, 248 ; emblematic properties of, 284 ; di- 

 vision of, into annuals, &c., 386. 



Fodder, cutting, 31, 75. 



Forests, their proper places, &c., 404. 



