INDEX, 



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seed, 165 ; on planting different parts of tubers, 

 179 ; large or small for seed, 181, 198 ; on hilling, 

 214 ; exhaust the soil, 230 ; Graylock variety, 231 ; 

 saving, 242 ; rust in, 297 ; experiments on, 311 ; a 

 nice patch, 324 ; experiments with various kinds 

 of manure, 379 ; from the British pi'ovinces, 383 ; 

 fine variety, Irish, 384 ; early kinds, 400 ; Riley, 

 408. 



Potato rot, 3, 21, 154, 191, 307, 370, 405. 



Practical, getting more, 195. 



Premises, keep them clean, 305. 



Premiums, best mode of offering, 102. 



Prices for agricultural treatises, 201. 



Progress, spirit of, 243 ; rapidity of, 367. 



Promptness important, 161. 



Pruning, facts in, 112 ; summer, 226. 



Poultry, importance of, 4 ; Cochin China fowl, 26 ; 

 Dorking hens, 35 ; new duck, 78 ; advice in, 104 ; 

 large, 128; Poland fowls, 147; rules for raising, 

 167; raising turkeys, 170; advice in, 192; profits 

 of hens, 196 ; an affectionate gobbler, 287 ; remarks 

 on hens, 309, 356 ; hen lice, 311 ; straw hens' nests, 

 372 ; the Canadian goose, 375 ; exhibition of, 378, 

 385 ; feeding, 082. 



Publications, notices of, 15, 16, 32, 43, 64, 79, 97, 98, 

 114, 130, 146, 177, 178, 208, 224, 240, 256, 288, 336, 

 352, 368, 400. 



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Queries for scientific men, 152. 



Quince, apple, 329 ; a fine seedling, 352 ; Mayflower 

 368. 



B. 



Railroads, of wood, 47; advantages of, 379, in agri- 

 culture, 394. 



Rails, last of, 50. 



Railway, property, depreciation of in England, 248 ; 

 portable, 306. 



Rainy days, industry on, 296. 



Raspberries, cultivation, 143 ; soil for, 144 ; saw-fly 

 that infests, 164 ; theirimportance, 233; saleof, 402. 



Rats, fondness for oil of anise seed, 11. 



Reclaimed land, 215. 



Redbreast, the, 332. 



Roller, utility of, 51 ; uses of, on grass lands, 345. 



Roses, perpetual, 127; soap-suds for, 274 ; to destroy 

 aphis on, 295. 



Root culture imjiortant, 162. 



Roots, put them in, 223. 



Rural life, 221. 



Rye, cultivation of, 22 ; without manure, 180. 



S. 



Sainton, taming, 202. 



Salt, purity of different kinds, 144 ; for destroying 

 vermin and weeds, 346 ; in agriculture, 394. 



Salt marsh, improvement of, 165. 



Sandy jjlaius, to improve, 200. 



Saw-mill, the first, 178. 



Schools, neatness in, 287. 



Science, in agriculture, 2, 18 ; power of, 15 ; pleas- 

 ures in the pursuit of, 266. 



Scions, preserving, 31 ; collecting, 33. 



Season, the, 376 ; and its fruits, 388. 



Seeds, collecting, 33 ; of fruit trees, preparing, 33 ; 

 preparation and planting apple, 137 ; diffusion of, 

 339 ; preserving, 344. 



Seed sower, imjKovcd, 147. 



Sentiment, a noble, 226. 



September, work in, 299. 



Shad bush, 162. 



Sheep, care of, 51 ; evergreens for, 81 ; Merino, 83 ; 

 feeding and fattening, 87 ; grubs in their heads, 

 91 ; in its various forms, 104 ; age of, deteriorates 



wool, 123; washing and shearing, 182; how to 

 catch, 180 ; general remarks on, 202 ; to preserve 

 lambs from vermin, 233; the best Mcrinoea, 282 ; 

 on producing black, 319 ; sheltering, 347 ; excre- 

 tory duct of, 360. 



Soiling, 222. 



Soil, barren, 91; culture of, noble and useful, 117; 

 absorbs odors, 168 ; origin and diversity of, 266 ; 

 analysis of, 292, 389 ; nature of, 367 ; preparatioa 

 of, for seeds, 393. 



Something to think of, 298. 



Snow, warmth in, 10. 



Speed of various things, 15. 



Spontaneous combustion, 46. 



Squash, vegetable marrow, 168 ; autumnal marrow, 

 185; to protect vines, 219. 



Stables, keep clean, 27 ; management of, 152. 



Stirring the earth, 209. 



Stock, (see Animals, Cattle, &c.,) cooking food for, 

 11; improvement of, 63; care of, 86; roots for, 

 88 ; salting, 287. 



Stock breeders, proposition to, 391. 



Straw for bonnets, 208. 



Strawberry, Black Prince, 83 ; remarks on, 89 ; New- 

 land's, 242, 354 ; importance of, 244 ; best varie- 

 ties, 258. 



Strength, muscular, 319. 



Striped bugs, to destroy, 175. 



Stumps, to remove, 381. 



Sugar, maple, 17, 73, 408. 



Swine, discussion on, 50, 84 ; sulphur and charcoal 

 for, 95; Berkshire, 96 ; facts about, 127; fatten- 

 ing, 175 ; for swelling in the throat, 248 ; acorns 

 as food for, 235 ; remarks on breeds, 342 ; value of 

 Berkshire, 402 ; management of, 407. 



T. 



Tea, growing, in the United States, 46, 141. 



Thrasher and separator, 291. 



Tillage, deep, 69, 136. 



Timber, time for felling, 142 ; preservation of, 245 ; 

 cause of decay in, 330. 



Time, economy of, 240. 



Toads, utility "of, 260. 



Tool chest, 169. 



Trees, longevity of, 27 ; transplanting, 52, 132 ; sin- 

 gular, in New Zealand, 62 ; beauties of, 95 ; culti- 

 vation of, 151 ; ornamental, 222 ; signs of vigor, 

 maturity and decay, 261 ; advantages of, 298 ; 

 transplanting, 338, 381 ; planting, 363. 



Trouble, to shake off, 206. 



Turnip, cabbage, 194. 



Turnip seed, preparing, 208. 



V. 



Vegetables, to improve, 142 ; to enlarge, 143. 



Vegetable cutter, 339. 



Vermont farming, 96. 



Veterinary practice, hydropathy in, 184. 



Vintage, in France, 128. 



Volume first, close of, 401. 



Wagons and carts, 359. 



Water, in the atmosphere, 93. 



West, the wealth of, 255. 



Wheat, to improve the crop, 10 ; Kloss Blue Stem, 

 11, 320 ; to clean, 80 ; affected by manure, 82 ; 

 growing in Maine, 94 ; rolling, 109 ; preparation 

 of seed, 113; Texas, 142; on harvesting, 242; 

 culture and varieties, 275 ; the midge, 278 ; smut 

 in, 306 ; experiments in raising winter, 327 ; rust 

 and the weather, 350 ; crop in Texas, 370 ; Blue 

 Stem or Banner, 390. 



