INDEX TO THE TWELFTH VOLUME. 



Page. 

 Acre, product of an, 42 ; nine and a half, . 114 

 Address, Dr. Loring's, 82 ; Mr. Gregory's, Essex 



County, ' . . 162 



Advice, good, ...... 96 



Agriculture, Mass. State Board of, 37, 129; in 

 Tuscany, 48 ; profits of, 86 ; Maine State Board 

 of, 142; at Yale, 163; increasing interest in, 

 312; scliools of, 341 ; view of, in Ohio, . 406 

 Allen, Farmer, lioniestead of, . . . 348 

 Americans, health of, . . . . . 323 



Ammonia, ....... 386 



Animals, dosing, 44 ; food consumed by, 300 ; 



fattening, 4.56 ; doctoring domestic, . 457 



Anonymous communications, . . . 127 

 Apple, orchard, how to set, 78; worms in the, 

 164, 184, 248; trees, pruning, 186, 247,324; 

 trees, diseased, 234 ; another recommendation 

 for the, 347 ; for feeding to stock, 403 ; barrel, 

 ventilation of, 539 ; as food, 542, 552 ; baked, 

 553 ; Vermont, 572 ; for cows, . . 572 



April, calendar for, 153 ; work for, . . 194 

 Apricots, a group of, .... . 464 



Ashes, coal, 143, 365 ; and muck, 214 ; as a ma- 

 nure, 239 ; wood, 365 



Asparagus, 256, 561 



August, calendar for, 345 



Axe to grind, 339 ; is ground, . . . 365 



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Barley, 504 ; a good yield of, . . . 549 

 Bark, tan, for potatoes, 294 ; tanners, . 446 



Barometer, a fiirmer's, 159, 232,427,457; and 



its uses, 470 



Barn, warming the, and cooking food, 23 ; cellar, 

 82 ; tight, and sick cattle, 262, 287 ; the old, 



468 ; iiill-side, 472 



Barley, varieties of, .... . 569 

 Beans, how they climb the poles, . . . 571 

 Bear, tame, old Marco, .... 440 



Bee, about the, 84; feeding the, 127, 142, 168, 

 277, 324; purchasing stocks, 210; new, 251 ; 

 keepers, caution to, 255, 264 ; catching, 349 ; 

 a morning with the, 382 ; Italian, 433 ; sting- 

 less, 448 ; and matliematicians, 479 ; and cats, 

 ' 512; natural life of the honey, . . . 548 

 Beer, corn, . . . . ' . . 287, 378 

 Birds, winter residence of, 112 ; of New England, 

 422, 449, 492, 510, 533, 536 ; sea, where do 

 they slake their thirst, 457 ; the whip-poor-will, 

 486 ; of New England, .... 570 

 Black leg, remedy for, .... 231 



Blackberry, Lawton, 45, 66, 94, 147, 230; bushes, 276 

 Bcu:ly, the human, ..... 544 



Books : The Free Speaker, 35 ; Dadd, on Dis- 

 eases of Cattle, 40 ; Grasses and Forage Plants, 

 55 ; Smithsonian Report, 55 ; Agricultural Ad- 

 dress at Greene County, N. Y., 55; American 

 Stock Journal, 118 ; Historical Account of Ad- 



dison County, Vt., 160 ; Milch Cows and Dairy 

 Farming, 336 ; The Young Farmer's Manual, 

 352 ; The Homestead, 3.54; Knowledge against 

 Practice, 372 ; Natural History, etc., . 420 



Boots and harness, oil for, . . . . 511 

 Bone meal for cows, ..... 374 

 Borer, wash for apple tree, 277 ; remedy for the, 

 295 ; how to stop the, . . '. . 375 



Boundary, curious, 148 



Boy, education of the, 70 ; department of the, 



101 ; a little, and the baby, . . . 440 

 Brain, softening of the, .... 434 



Bread, stale, and what it is, ... 56 



Brick, one wrong, 363 



Brine poisonous to animals, . . . 11 



Brov.n, Simon, letters from, 376, 453, 514, 535 



Buildings, farm, necessary, ... 52 



Buckwheat, corn after, 351 ; and corn, . 375 



Buttercup, or tall crowfoot, . . . 112 



Butter, in winter, 45, 73, 76, 77, 86, 100, 113, 

 160; coloring matter for, 118, 147, 213, 224; 

 and milk, comparative value of, 120, 146, 150, 

 151; how to cut in cold Aveather, 177; and 



churns, 325, 446 



Butternut tree, 460, 478 



Cabbage, club-footed, 93, 141, 189; large drnm- 

 head, 189 ; how to raise large, 225, 283 ; calcu- 

 lation about, 291 ; and grubs, 350, 472 ; cul- 

 ture of the, 506 ; keeping through the winter, 548 

 Calf, a fine, 127 ; a large, .... 573 

 Cakes, the poor man's, .... 31 



Calendar, for January, 9 ; February, 57 ; March, 

 105; April, 153; May, 201 ; June, 249; Jul}% 

 297; August, 345; September, 393; October, 

 441 ; November, 489 ; December, . . 537 

 Camomile, curious effect of, . . 343, 497 



Camp, lumbermen's, . . . . . 188 

 Camphor and mosquitoes, .... 439 

 Carrot, crop, 16; for hogs, 151; soil for, 214, 283 



the wild, 400, 423 



Cap, hay, 351 



Carriage, patent, a ride on, . . . 543 



Cat, wonderful instinct of, 356; and bees, 512; 



free from headache, ..... 538 

 Cattle, cure for wens on, 69; feeding, 71,310; 

 to kill vermin on, 175; fiital disease among, 

 and preventives, 101, 142, 189, 198, 232, 239, 

 241, 242, 267, 277, 289, 292, 307, 318,321, 

 329, 331, 342, 352, 357, 358, 385,408,412, 

 420,426, 472, 484; horn ail in, 118; a fine 

 pair of, 223 ; foot ail, or foul foot in, 231 ; 

 cure for black leg in, 231 ; garget in, 189, 203, 

 231 ; to cure ringworm in, 256, 327 ; destroyer 

 of, 326; in winter, 351 ; native, 405 ; hornless, 

 431 ; Jerseys and Ayrshires, 444, remedy for 

 choked, 552 ; how to relieve choked, 572, 573 



Cellar, barn, 82 



Celibacv, alarming increase of, . . . 344 



