INDEX 



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Page. 

 Machine, mowing, 69, 224, 280, 338, 374, 381, 

 425, 427 ; advantages of a, 487 ; figures about 

 a mowing, ...... 494 



Maine, Aroostook Cou.nty in, . . . 313 

 Manure, experiments in, 10; mineral, tlieory of, 

 41; saving of, 02; tVu-n tanneries, 100; un- 

 liealtliiness of arliiieiai, 126; bones for, 143; 

 green crops for, 214; for tlie surface, 21.5 ; use 

 and application of, 230 ; li(iuid, 285, 435; fer- 

 mentation of, 306 ; seaweed for, 387 ; best, 



426 ; siiecp, 496 



March, calendar for 105 



Market-day in Essex County, . . 13, 271 



Marsh, salt, icclaiming, .... 107 



Matrimony sans patrimony, .... 391 



Mattress, "wood, 520 



May, calendar for, 201 ; about, ... 488 

 Meadow, a wet, 11; a reclaimed, 27 ; Concord 



River, 260 



Meal, oil, 174; bone, for cows, . , . 374 

 Melon, to get early, 264 ; seeds, to save pure, 278 

 Men, wise, of the east, 27 ; great, who rose from 



the ranks, 102 



Meteorology, agi-iciiltural. .... 575 

 Mill, cast iron grist, 142 ; cider, . . . 472 



Milking, regularity in, 225 



Milk, condensed, 47: sweet, how to kceji, 101 ; 

 room, how to build, 127 ; quality of, 143 ; 

 scalding, 147; and butter, 150; production 

 and sale of, 191 ; selling compared with value 

 of butter, 197 ; il'yi^r, how to cure, 231 ; pure, 

 331 ; its uses, 547 ; skim, .... 572 

 Milk weed, good properties of, . . . 350 

 Minnesota, drought in, ..... 545 

 Mineral matter essential to plants, . . 217 

 Missouri, a trip into, ..... 377 

 Months, weather of the autumn, ... 82 

 Monument, national, at Wasiiington, . . 423 

 Mother, obedience to, 104 ; a word to, . 439 

 Moths, to keep from clothes, . . . 344 

 Mountains, musing among the, 360, 466 ; fertil- 

 ity of, 480, 496 



Muck, and meadowland, 70 ; fi'om Otter Creek, 

 127 ; uses and value of, 137, 233, 370, 423 ; as 

 a top dressing, 150; and ashes, 214, 435; 

 value of, 223 ; substitute for, . . . 351- 

 Mules, in Central America, .... 237 

 Murrain, head, cure for, .... 435 



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Needlework, 248 



New England, ...... 369 



Newspaper, what we find in an English, . 540 

 North Groton, N. II., .... 162, 566 



Norfolk County agricultural fair, . . . 508 

 November, calendar for 489 



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Oak tree, disease in, . . . . . 120 

 Oats, quantity of seed, per acre, 266 ; and clover, 



328 ; for fodder 463 



Observations, useful, ..... 48 



October, calendar for, 441 



Oil, meal, 174 ; springs of, in Pennsylvania, 395 



Okra plant, the, 232, 476 



Onion, in the human ear, 134 ; maggot, 1.50, 174, 



234, 251, 255, 351 



Orchard, sugar, 87, 146; an old, 207; pear, 



drainage of land for, 273 ; pruning the, . 327 



Order is economy, 236 



Ornithology, 112, 422, 449, 492, 510, 533, 556, 570 

 Oxen,' how to drive, 35 ; cost of keeping per 



Ox, tumor on, 258 ; a diseased. 

 Oyster beds, natural, . . 



Page. 

 520 

 147 



Paint, a valuable, 310 



Papers, agricultural, influence of, . 84, 437 



Parsnips and cabbages, 283 



Pasture, reclaiming a, 256 ; land, 463 ; improve- 

 ment of an old, 473 



Peach, in pots, 64 ; mixing with apple trees, 64 ; 

 trees, cultivation of, 278 ; how to get a crop 

 every year, 305 ; the Howell, . . . 353 



Peacock, raising the, 359 



Pear trees, four, history of, 73 ; Beurre Bosc, 

 75; Jaminette, 159; Beurre Kennes, 161; 

 for orchard culture, 189; on the thorn, 232 ; 

 trees, decay in, 271 ; manuring, etc., 459 ; new 

 seedling, 488 ; a Bartlett, .... 520 

 Peas, Canada, 46; cultivation of, 223, 326; 



buggy, 304 ; and beans, old, . . . 404 

 Peat, muck, and manure, . ■ . . 48, 77 



Pliosphorus, source and nature of, . . 496 



riano versus washtub, .... 497, .534 



Picture, rustic 498 



Pine, jiruning the, 76, 119, 210 ; trees, culture of, 



165, 247, 255; thinning out the, 175; about, 421 

 Pig, a large, 31 ; Essex, 232 ; how to raise a, 420 ; 



cinders for, 569 



Pipe, drain, capacity of, 60; for conveying water, 

 136, 150, 166, 184, 189, 193, 230,239,258, 



259, 327, 390, 402, 406, 434 

 Pitchfork, the horse, . . 150, 218, 224, 327 

 Pitcher, silver, presented to a former, . . 110 

 I'lants, new, 308 ; origin of, 407 ; food for, at sur- 

 face of the soil 461 



Plow, the new, 25; ditching with the. 111 ; sub- 

 soil, 143 



Plowing, time and manner of, 148 ; deep, . 478 

 Plum, culture of the, 363 ; Coe's Golden Drop, 428 

 Poison, how to neutralize, .... 508 

 Poles, bean, preserving of, . . . . 231 



Pork, raising of, 162 



Post, inverted, 357; fence, and salt, 465, 539, 



549, 505; fence, 561 



Potato, experiments with the, 21 ; vines black, 

 43, 46 ; blast in, 68 ; from the ball, 71 ; blight 

 and rot, 120, 284; sprouts for planting, 127; 

 cause of rot in, 181, 299, 315, 356, 375, 

 377, 495, 550; seed, 214, 365; on grass land, 

 222, 238 ; new way of raising, 259 ; how to 

 get a great crop of the, 270 ; how to keep, 

 305 ; about the, 418 ; remedy for disease in, 528 

 Poultry, Leghorn, 60; plucking each other, . 189 

 Poverty not so great a curse, . . . 495 



Prairie breaking, in Kansas 89 



Premiums, for monsters, 53; fancy, . 72, 336 



Profit, practical proofs of, in farming, 203 ; and 



cost in farm products, .... 208 

 Progress, advance or retreat, . . . 433 



Pruning, and transplanting apple trees, 95, 186 ; 

 pines, 76, 119, 210; with the thumb and 



finger, 338 



Pump, bow to thaw out a, . . • 167, 215 

 Pumpkins, for cows, 31, 281 ; to preserve, . 564 



Quails, use of. 



499 



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Radish, horse, seed of, . . . . 224, 236 



Railroad, cheap, 491 



Rain, snow, hail, causes of, 332 ; fall, gradual 



diminution of, in England and Scotland, 405, 526 



