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TO THE SEVENTEENTH VOLUME OF THE NEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



A<idre5» before Concord Agricultural Society, 113 ; of 

 llunry Stevcin biifori- Caledonia Agnculuirnl Socie- 

 ty, I'J;!; of Josiah T. Marshall, 201; of Leonard 

 VVilhinirton at Topsfit-ld, UW; Hon. Lester Filley at 

 PittsfiBKl, 305; of H. VV. Uishop Berkshire Agricul- 

 tural Society, 321); C.il. C. S. Kentucky Agricultural 

 Society, 315; Rev. H. Colman, 273— 3til. 



Account current willi a pig, 35. 



Advice lo parents, 1!*5, 



Alpine Mulberry, 157. 



Agricola and answer to, 317. 



Agricultural education, 25. 



Agriculiural school at Templemoyle, 3fi. 



Agricultural meetings at llio Stale House, 231, 254,270, 

 27d, 28C, 294, 302, 318, 342, 350. 



Agriculiural geology, 25H, 262. 



Agricultural statistics, 325,333. 



Agrii ullural inte.ligence, I'JO, StJG. 



Agriculiural improvemenU, 78, 86, 94, 110. 



Airrirullural Hocietics, cattle shows, &c , by H, C, 134, 

 ll2, 150, 15'', 166, 174. 



Agricullur^il fair and show at Berkshire, 137, 14u. 



Agricultural, SHddlesex, Society's reports, 15li. 



Agricultural, Worcester, .Society's report, 101. 



Agriculiural, Essex, Society s address, by H. C , 361. 



Agricultural, Massachusetts, Society's Premiums, 134. 



Agricultural, Massanhuse'.ls, Exhibition, butter and 

 chee.se, 182. 



Agricultiiial, .Massachusetts, Society's report on vcge- 

 laliles and grain ciops, 26"'. 



A"riciiliiual, Massacliusettfl, Society's report on farms, 



290. 



A"ricultural,. Massachusetts, Society's report on inven- 

 tions, 322. 



Aericultnral convention at Albany, 324. 



Agriculture in Long Island, 47; in Maine, 65 



Agriculture, cxpenmenlal, 70. 



Agricii'turu of Dunili-ieshire, 122. 



Ai'riculture, what have the States done to encourage it, 



Agriculture, practicability and means of improTing, ISO. 



Agriculture, practical elements of.284. 



Agriculture, Siatr patronM^e of, 262. 



Agriculture in Canada, 3ri7 



Agriculture, board of, minoritv report, 300. 



Agriculture and the clergy, 414. 



American Agriculture, opinions abrfiad on, 19 



Ancients on agriculture, opinions of, 19. 



Arlifiiial showers. 208. 



Apple Molasses, 197. 



Apples, preserving through winter, 112. 



Always behind hand, 176 



Arhoretiiim, Loudon's review of, 266. 



Ashe.-), 2.59, 349. 



Ashes, lime, iVc. 321. 



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Barre, rural Icslival at, 126 



Bees, longevity, 51. 



Bees, cure of the sting, 51 



Becsjdescripliiui of, 189; multiplying swarms of, 333. 



Berk-hire Agrii ultural Society's cattle show, 137, 143. 



Bear storv, boy taken by one, 184. 



ISennett, Mr N. S., answers to .Massachusetts .•\gricultii- 



ral Society, 357. 

 Beet su;iar, important iniprovemiints in iMaking, 221 ; 



by II. C.,230. 

 Beet sugar, in France, 192,293. 

 Better days coming, 308. 

 Beiirre C.ipiauuiont and Fro'lorick d'VVurtemburg Pear, 



121. 

 Birds 'in fnrms, 404. 

 Biler Kit, 176. 

 Binn's, .Mr, remarks at Ajricullural Society's i\lecting, 



Lancisier, Ki.g., .385, 393. 

 Bloody Murrain, 283. 

 Bone manure, 98, 233. 



Books on agriculture, for schools, 12. 



Book farming, 123. 



Botanir; Conservatory, exhibition of roses at the, 411. 



Bots in horses, 82. 



Bowditch, Dr Nathaniel, 24. 



Bohan Upas. 180. 



Boston Cultivator, noticed, 200,222. 



Board ot Agriculture, minority report of, 301. 



Bounty on silk, 3U2. 



British Queen steamer, 403. 



British corn market, 169. 



Bridgwater cattle show, 128. 



Bridgewaler, list of premiums proposed by, '394. 



Blown, Mr S. H., statement, 347. 



Budding, inoculation or, 409. 



Butter, making of, 29 ; inukingand salting, 201. 



Buffalo berry, 62. 



Bulbous roots, cultivation of, 131. 



Bush cow, 200. 



Cattle show, Worcester County committee of arrange- 

 ments notice, 82 , at Concord, 110 ; at Bridgewaler, 

 129; at Plymouth, 117; at Worcester, 118; at Pitts- 

 field, 122; Northampton, 120; at Patu.xet, 340 



Cattle, Devonshire, 42; ni.irks of good, 6} ; choked, 

 how to relieve, 325; feed fcr, 93. 



Calves, wintering of, 251. 



Canada, agriculture in, 387. 



Capons, 30. 



Capiaumontpear, by Hon. J. Lowell, 81, 85. 



Cabbage nnilasses, 211. 



Cabhaiie cultivation of, 315. 



Cauliflower, cultivation of, 252. 



Carrot crop. John .'Vlnorhead's account of, 285. 



Chilblains, cure of, 195. 



Chittendon, Mrs, and her workmen, 248. 



Cheever's letters, 328. 



Charcoal for diseased lungs in bogs, 122. 



Cide', preventing from becoming sour, 43. 



Chiggeit, W., on miinuies, 1 



(^lay soils, best means of improving, 196. 



Clergymen, their influence, 405. 



Close of the year, 20(1. 



CIcse of the Seventeenth Volume, 414. 



Clover hay, curing of, 22. 



Conversalion between two emigrants, 35. 



Cooper, Sir Aslley, 72 



Ctdman's, II. C , aildress, Worcester Society, 273. 



Coluian s, H. C, address before Essex Agricultural So- 

 ciety. 361. 



Conventiiin, agriculiural, at New York, 349. 



Corn, great product in Montreal, 310 ; sample of early, 

 69; account of early, 85; large yield from a kernel, 

 99; disease of,21 ; sowing broad cast, 53 ; experiment 

 in harvesting, 179; crop of. by B. Slack, 278. 



Corn stalk fodder, 26G 



Cow, a Durham, 403 ; a good, 405-. 



Cows, disease in, 18 ; working, 390. 



Crops in Pennsylvania. 340. 



Onelly to Animal , 149. 



Crow and Wire Worms, 317. 



Cuttings, 404 



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Dalilias, preservation of, 245; culture of, in France, 



2.'<2. 

 Dana, S L., on ashes, liine,&c,, 321. 

 Dairy stock G2 

 Darbv and the ram, 192. 

 Dearborn, H. A. S., on the culture of Tropical plants, 



5; flowers, fruits, .Vc ,9 ; on Van^Mons' experiment, 



226, reply to J. Herrick fin forest trees, 265 ; ou J. 



H. Mey, letter to Captain Hunt, 297; on diseases on 



silk worms, 316. 

 Decomposition or putrefaction of vegetables, 13. 

 Deaf, dumb, and blind, 2ti0. 

 Dennis Silk Manual, notice of, 350. 



Diet, plain, 3,')o. 



Disputed territory in Maine, 293. 

 Dictionary of agricultural terras, 243, 263, 275. 

 Diseased hogs, 122. 



Diseases in horses, 44; among animals, 83; of Decem- 

 ber, 224. 

 Domestic economy, items, 243. 

 Doctoring trees, 266. 

 Draining, eft'ects of thorough, 403. 

 Drainages, sewer, 402. 

 Drink (or warm weather, 30. 

 Dry rot, 4. 

 Dress for fanners, 13. 



Duties performed by a good farmer, 100, 224. 

 Durham cuttle, 192. 

 Duration, probable, of human life, 408. 



Eastern railroad, 405. 



Education, necessitv of, 2 ; new system of, 58 ; self, 

 205 ; of farmers, 409. 



Electricity, power of, 70. 



Election week, 3c'2. 



Ellsworth, H. L , on sugar beet, 221. 



Encourage one another, 205. 



English, Irish, and Scotch, 312. 



Eggs and pouliiy, 196. 



Ebsex Agricultural Society's report on crops, .379 ; oi» 

 mulberry trees, 377 ; on manure, 363, 370 ; on reclaim- 

 ed me.idows, 347, 348. 



Errors, 310. 



E.taiuple, good, in clergymen and men of influence and 

 taste, 405. 



Extravagance in the United States, 104. 



Experimental agriculture, 70. 



Experiment in maniiriii!; turnips, 115; planting potatoes, 

 195; on manures, 363, 370. 



Exiiibiliun of fruit and flowers, Massachusetts Horticul- 

 ral Society's annual, 105, 107. 



Famine in India, 88. 



Farming tools, care of, 245. 



Faro.ers' work for Julv, 413. 



Farms, size of, 46 ; subdividing it, 162 ; profit of, 397 



Farmers' garden, 3; employment, 43. 



Farming, 170. 



Fanners, education of, 409. 



Farmer, a king, 171. 



Farms, pn'oiiiims on, 306, 331, 339, 356, 357. 



Farrier, the pocket, 416. 



Fat mutton. 411. 



Feeding milch cows, 412. 



Fertilitv of lands, means of increasing of, 89. 



FinanceB of Maine, 277. 



Flowers, fruits and trees, by H. A. S., 9. 



Flowers, propeities of, 244. 



Flour, to test good, 229. 



Fleischmann s memorial, 233. 



Flax seed meal, 34. 



Flemish Husbandry, 74, 172, 177. 



Forest tiees. bints on pruning, 45; review of Loudon'i 



work 011,206. 

 Frozen ground, 325. 



French, B. V., I'U-q., visit to his farm by J. B. 109. 

 Frenc-h, Moses, statement on cultivation of crops, 379. 

 Fruit trees, protected from spring fros-is, 412. 

 Frying pork, 413. 



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Garden, farmer's. 3. 



(Jeol.igy of Massachusetts, .58, 69, 84, 92, 100. 



Goodrich, Levi, statement of farm. 300. 



Good wili', 256. 



Gooseberries large ones, 163. 



(irain Worm, essay on. 41, 49, 73, 161 ; curing of, 57. 



Grain fly, to destroy, 68. 



