INDEX 



Census, facts from the, 

 Charcoal as a fertilizer, 

 Character, test of, 

 Cheese, Goslien, . 

 Chicory, or succory, 

 Cliill)iaius, cure for. 



Page. 

 436 

 31 

 411 

 509 

 215 

 100, 127 



Children, a l)attalion of, 93 ; the country for, 



401 ; rcarinj,' of, 536 ; finding fault with, 488 



China, af^riculturc in, .... 27 



Chinaman, Jolin, as an agriculturist, . . 13 



Cholera, 499 



Cliurn dash, improvement in, . . . 208 

 Cider, how to jjrcscrve, 551 ; making in Conn., 559 



Cistern, water, 499 



Clay land, 223 



Cleanliness, 248 



Climate, our changing, .... 576 



Clover, value of, 203 ; as a fertilizer, 255 ; and 

 oats, 328 ; seed, in the fall, 463 ; northern and 



southern, 479 



Cloth, black, sewing on, .... 296 

 Club, Concord farmer's, 23, 261 ; farmer's, no- 

 tice to, 30, 49 ; at North Heading, 60; farmer's, 

 subjects for discussion at a, 62; at Franklin, 

 139; and agricultural fairs, 140; Groton 



farmer's, 226 



Coal beds, will they last? .... 295 

 Coffee, how to make good, . . . 190, 244 

 Colt, about, 100; wart on a, 101 ; to kill lice on 

 a, 127, 175 ; splint on a, 150 ; on a hard floor, 



175 ; growth of a, 520 



Compost, alkaline, 462 



Corn, and other crops, 64, 66 ; large ears of, 91 ; 

 for fodder, 231 ; transplanting, 245 ; and jiota- 

 tocs, cost of raising, 274 ; and buckwheat, 

 375; Indian, how to preserve, 375; wind 

 power for grinding, 391 ; fields, southern and 

 northern, 379 ; the sound of growing, 431 ; 

 muck and wire worms in, 435; and squashes, 

 452; after ruta bagas, 471; suckers among, 

 472 ; stooking, 475 ; Egyptian, 524, 540, 549, 

 563 ; fields, plowing in the fall, 526 ; value of, 

 561; Egyptian, 574; and cotton, . . 575 



Correspondents, to, 180 



Cow, what one can do, 38, 96 ; loss and gain in, 

 43; suckling a lamb, 48; points of a, 51 ; 

 profits of, 60 ; turning to grass, and cost of 

 keeping, 63 ; feeding, 88 ; clover hay for, 166 ; 

 experiments in feeding roots to a, 171 ; how a 

 Jerseyman treats his, 251 ; and her cud, 265; 

 paying of a, 275, 359 ; dysentery in, 287 ; good 

 milch, 304 ; stripping to'prevent sucking, 327 ; 

 a sick, 375; sucks herself, . . . 406 



Cranberry, culture of the, 76, 77, 139, 167, 174, 

 214, 282, 478 ; book about the, . 354, 365 



Cream, bitter, 223 



Cress, water, how to grow, 118; garden, . 263 

 Crop, on black loam, 69; in olden times, 177; 

 modes of getting, 222 ; corn, exact cost of a, 

 226; of 1860, 395; in Conn., 406; in Ver- 

 mont, 426. 451, 463 ; in Iowa, 448; and sea- 

 son, 475 ; in Minnesota, 487 ; in New Hamp- 

 shire, 487 ; rotation in, .... 518 

 Crow, the, 311 ; a plea for the, . , . 523 

 (.'uctimbcr, to get early, .... 264 



Cud, loss of the, ...... 404 



Culture, hill and flat, 385 



Curculio, the 290, 418 



Currant bushes, transplanting, 231 ; bush, as a 

 tree, 256 ; cherry, 277 



Dairy, profits of the, 218,284; temperature of 



the, 288 



Daisy, oK-eyc, 401 



Dates, important, 447 



Daugliter, a farmer's, on farming, 503 ; a farm- 

 er's, and wife, 515 



December, calendar for, .... 537 

 Dow, honey, ...... 482 



Doctors, rough, 79 



Dogs, and sheep, 89 ; to prevent going mad, 



284; an excellent use for, ... . 414 



Drainage, French's farm, 14 ; about, 19, 29, 31 ; 

 tools for, 46 ; pipe for, 60 ; in Ohio, 70, 79, 

 111, 151 ; distance for, 175 ; machine for oi)en- 

 ing drains, 232 ; advantages of, 258 ; of a muck 

 swamp, 266 ; of a pear orchard, 273, 302, 346; 

 advantages of, 546 ; tile for, . . . 549 

 Dress, non-inflaniniable fabrics, . . . 248 

 Dust, saw, as a fertilizer, ... 85, 135 



Dwellings, warming our, .... 277 



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Ear, human, onion in, .... 208 



Earth, central beat of the, .... 516 

 Education, agricultural, 121, 154, 173, 409, 428 



Eggs, vitality of, destroyed on railroads, . 90 



I'ilm tree, a large one, .... 421 



Engrafting, 213 



Entomology, ...... 463 



Estimates, "false, 299 



Evenings, winter, employment for, and stormy 



days, 29 



Eyes, care of, in horses and cattle, . . 166 

 Exhibition, agricultural, 521, 525; a sensible 



movement at an, 528 ; at Needham, . 530 



Experiments by members of farmer's clubs, 218 



Fair, Rutland County, Vt., 479 ; mechanics', at 

 Bostoii, 507,516; perversion of agricultural, 546 

 addresses at, ..... . 559 



Fairbanks, Gov., address of, . . . . 558 



Farm, of nine and a half acres, 69, 114; prob- 

 lem about a, 117; record, 268; rented, ma- 

 nure on, 277 ; products and prices of, 278 ; 

 benefit of a, 327 ; neatness on the, 336 ; hints 

 and facts about the, 354, 389, 500, 530 ; and 

 figures, 403 ; machinery, 405 ; small, advan- 

 tages of, 438 ; topics of the, 482 ; work for the 

 autumn, 483 ; a profitable, 492 ; a day on 

 two, 514 ; a profitable grass, 546 ; houses and 

 equijiments, ...... 576 



Farmer, nothing but a, 134 ; English, 136 ; New 

 England, review of the, 158, 182, 210, 263, 

 306, 313, 415, 460, 500, 564 ; to the readers of 

 the New England, 453 ; wife and daughters of 

 the, 471 ; a poor, f;icts for, 480 ; marrying a, 

 485 ; home of the, and children, . . 309 

 Farming, is it profitable ? 12, 15, 18, 22, 24, 34, 53, 

 64, 68, 74, 86, 90, 95, 108, 122, 135, 139, 148, 

 149, 186,^211, 225, 256, 315, 332,353,360, 

 387, 389, 406, 484 ; changes in, since Revolu- 

 tionary War, 39 ; fancy, 72 ; in Claremont, 

 New Hampshire, 131; profits of dairy, 139; 

 advice about, 185; the true object of, 206; 

 seventy years' experience in, 207 ; in Vermont, 

 283; a good example in, 326; indoors, 361, 

 466 ; systematic, 373 ; division of labor in, 

 396 ; operations in Essex County, 405 ; and 

 bootmaking, 424 ; as a vocation, 425 ; and wo- 

 men, 447 



February, calendar for, .... 57 



Felon, sure remedy for a, . . . . 561 

 Fencing, about, l'6 ; farm, 190, 254,301; rail, 

 how to lay it up, 326, 456 ; self-fastening, 

 hook-and-eye, portable, 512 ; in Ohio, . 551 

 Fertilizers, ai'tiliciai, . . . 242, 258, 284 

 Figure, human, proportions of, . . . 91 



