INDEX 



Forest trees, i)laiitiiig, .5 ; impmtinir, 19 ; raising, 100 ; 

 cultivation of, 130; on raisina, 139. 



Fowls, (see Poultry,) barnyard, language of, 56 ; 

 convention of breeders, 385 ; exhibition of, 378, 

 386. 



Frugality. 387. 



Fruit, remarks on, 9; cultivation of, 20; preparing 

 seeds of, 33 ; is that on the graft affected by the 

 stock ■ 36, 131 ; difficulties in growing, 68 ; discus- 

 sion on, 119 ; to keep birds from, 137 ; wliat fine, 

 has sprung from, 207 ; pros])oct lor fruit, 209, 226 ; 

 general remarks on. 215 ; effects of unripe and dis- 

 eased, on health, 275 ; fallen, 315. 



Fruit conventions, 161, 193, 370. 



garden, 292 ; of A. Lackey, Jr.. 305. 



. trees, (see Grivfting,) training in Russia, 58 ; 



8i)ring budding, 68 ; destructive insect, 87 ; prun- 

 ing stone, 106 ; importance of, and tlicir culture, 

 118: discussion on, 119; covering the soil about, 

 160; appearance of, 161; by road sides, 169; 

 cleaning the bark, 170; budding, 249; manage- 

 ment of, in the nursery, 292 ; by the road side, 

 298 ; to destroy borers, 310; manure for, 107. 



Fuel in Paris, 312. 



O. 



Garden, utility of, 116, 149. 



Gardening, landscape, 308. 



Gates, vertical, 371 ; fann, 403. 



Grist mills, portable, 99. 



Gooseberry, importance and culture of, 153. 



Grafting, great advantages of, 97 ; gutta percha for, 

 131 ; on doing your own, 133 ; composition for, 326. 



Grain, cradle, 243 ; weevil in, 350. 



— and grass farming, 101. 



Grapes, native, 15; pruning vines, 17; potash food 

 for, 31 ; Isabella, 57 ; grafting, 83 ; grafting vines, 

 116 : management of, 122 ; to prevent vines bleed- 

 ing, 133, 150 ; soap-suds for, 274 ; native, 320, 335, 

 336, 352, 362, 368 ; culture, 339 ; Isabella, 352, 

 368 ; rot in, 360 ; Diana, 367 ; Catawba, 368 ; 

 ringing the vine to promote bearing, 370 ; prun- 

 ing and training, 377 ; cultivation of, 383 ; varieties 

 of Colonel Chase, 407. 



Grasses, lucerne, 39 ; sowing seed in March, 82 ; 

 grass farming, 101 ; ribbon, muskeet, grama, buf- 

 falo, 227 ; witch, 259 ; tall, 272 ; sowing seed, 289 ; 

 vases and baskets of, 318, to destroy witch, 402. 



Green crops. See Maniire. 



H. 



Hawks, to catch, 91. 



Hay, saving clover, 211 ; salting, 211 ; how to dispose 

 of the surplus, 213 ; caps for, 241. 



Hay rake, revolving, 179 ; remarks on, 229. 



Haying, 229. 



H^EALTH, general remarks on the subject, for croup, 

 13 ; to prevent cold feet, slippery elm, 14 ; bathing 

 in winter, for lockjaw, for asthma, for a burn, 29 ; 

 exercise in the open air, useful to rheumatic inva- 

 lids, remedy for burns and scalds, sore throat, 45 ; 

 good advice, children, Gl ; importance of preserv- 

 ing, exposure to the air, to cure warts and corns, 

 77 ; health of children, cure for white swellings 

 and felons, 93 ; wet feet, 108 ; to cure a cold, ampu- 

 tation without pain, 125 ; remedy for a cough, 140 ; 

 cure for rheumatism, 141 ; water as a beverage, 

 exposure to the air, 157 ; antidote to poisons, 168 ; 

 the headache, dressing wounds, 173 ; ventilation, 

 189 ; law of health, injury from bleeding, 205 ; to 

 preserve health, 221 ; cleanliness preventive of 

 cholera, 237 ; evil consequences of smoking, 253 ; 

 pure water the best drink, expanding the chest, 

 exercise, 209 ; effect of unripe and diseased fruit, 

 275 ; influence of cutting the hair, groaning and 

 crying, 285; dysentery, 300, 317; bathing, 316; 

 ihe tomato, burying alive, the hair, 333 ; poison 



cheese, 338 ; honey, ripe fruit and dysentery, 348 ; 

 offei'ts of stoves upon health, 365 ; vaccination 

 oftentimes no vaccination, 380 ; expanding the 

 chest, force of imagination, artificial leech, 397 ; 

 the evil of late hours, 106. 



Hedges. O aj^c orange for, 82 ; too tender, 143, 226 ; 

 hemlock lor, 323. 



Hemp, Chinese, 271. 



Hens. See Poultry. 



Home, A\kat makes a perfect, 219. 



Honev dew, remarks on, 230. 



Horses, Black Hawk, 19 ; management of, 24 ; choos- 

 ing, 40; the eye of, 40; breeding, 55; cure for 

 heaves in, 62 ; blind bridles for, 62 ; galls on, 64 ; 

 sagacity in, 104 ; plank floors for, 105 ; urine for 

 cough. 115 ; cli!>ping, 142 ; cure for scratches 142; 

 Lady Messenger, 164 ; Morgan Messenger, 166, 

 197 ; effects of food and climate on, 163 ; stiff dis- 

 order in, 175; to train to the harness, 187; clilo- 

 roform for lockjaw, 191 ; cure for glanders, 207 ; 

 propagation of disease in, windgalls in, cure for 

 bone spavin, 218 ; for sore shoulders, 235 ; take 

 care of, 259 ; diseases in, 264 ; longevity of, 266 ; 

 mortality among, 272 ; one killed by bees, 272 ; 

 purchase of, 293 ; molested by flies, 296 ; glanders 

 in, and in man, identical, 307; Morgan, 314: 

 breaking a colt, 314; to cure stifle, 315; cutting 

 out haws, 319 ; to make sure-footed, 346 ; treat- 

 ment of open knee-joint, 350 ; shoeing, 351 ; the 

 Arabian, 355 ; diarrhoea in colts, 358 ; points of, 

 370 ; to subdue a vicio-us, 370 ; known by their 

 ears, 376 ; influenza in, 395 ; their utility and man- 

 agement, 399. 



Horse power, Wheeler's, 291. 



— radish, cultivation of, 347. 



Horticultural Convention, North-West, 224. 



Horticultural societies, Mass., 16 ; doings of, 42 ; ex- 

 hibition of, 208 ; annual exhibition of, 321 ; annual 

 show of Worcester, 322. 

 exhibition, 353, 356. 



Horticulture, its happy influence, 126, 219. 

 Hot bed, to make, 107, 121. 



houses, management of, 143. 



Houses, color of, 222 ; of unburnt brick, 246. 



How to get rich, 198. 



Hybridization and fecundation of plants, 170. 



I. 



Idleness, 158. 



Industrj', and harmony of labor, 43. 



Insects, their power and effects, 10 ; aphis on trees, 

 47 ; remarks on, 70 ; power of, 234 ; to destroy, 

 239 ; destroyed by toads, 260 ; on potatoes, 260 ; 

 music of, 295. 



Ice machine, 48. 



Inventions, new, 143. 



Implements, prepare, 81. 



Improvement, the spirit of, 375. 



Iron, amount of labor on, 363. 



JL. 



Labor, importance of, 151 ; is honorable, 169 ; suc- 

 cessful application of, 244 ; importance of well- 

 directed, 318 ; well applied, is profitable, 374. 



Lactometer, 115. 



Lands, wet. 111 ; low, improvement of, 118; clear- 

 ing, 197 ; hills against level, 318. 



IjCaves, practical use of, 270. 



Libraries for agricultural societies, 228. 



Lice on animals, remedy for, 299. 



Lime, (see Manure,) tests for good, 275. 



Man, greatness of, 271. 



Manures, and their application, 6 ; on saying, 7 ; 



