INDEX 



Page. 

 Vcf^ctable, 215 ; improvement of the, . . 202 

 Velvet, diima<^ed, to restore, . . , 296 



Vermin, to kill on fowls, or cattle, 214; in the 



])Oultry house, 405 ; on cattle, . . 435 

 Vermont, droiitli in, 408 ; crops iu eastern, . 516 

 Vine, j::rape, cause oC barren, . . 331, 478 

 Virginia, letter from western, ... 36 



Volume, a new, 576 



W 



Walls and ceilings, deadening, , . . 412 

 "Warts, on cattle, 143 ; how to cure, . . 151 

 "Washing thud, recipe for, .... 151 

 Washington as an agriculturist, ... 55 

 Watci-, wliat makes it bad, 467 ; rain, not ab- 

 sorbed by leaves, 563 



Weather of 1859, 108 



AVclls, self-acting, 76, 90; artesian, 79, 428; pu- 

 trid water in, 491 



Wens, cure for, 69, 406 



Weed, sea, for wadding, 46 ; abundance of, 58 ; 



sea, uses of, 138; weeding time, . . 353 

 Wheat, washing seed, 165; crops of, in New 

 Hampshire, 234; growth of, 256 ; crop, 365 ; 

 culture of, 386, 426 ; winter, 431, 449, 451 ; 



spring and winter, 480, 504 ; crop in Maine, 

 487 ; beardless, 498 ; crop of, in the country, 

 502 ; sj)ring, a good cro]), 520 ; crop, impor- 

 tance of the, 554; in AVarwiek, Mass., . 572 

 Wheels, to keep tires tight on, . . . 330 

 Whitewash and whitewashing, . . . 268 



Wife, 344 



Will, a remarkable, ..... 401 



Willow, weeping, 265 ; culture of the, . 384, 544 

 Wine, effects of, upon the habits of a people, 



173; rhubarb, 255, 392, 435 ; elderberry, 536 



Wire and hoops, ...... 274 



Wood, i)h()t()graphing on, 55 ; (ires in the, . 244 

 Wool, season of 1860, 378; fine at the south, 

 414 ; trade in Michigan, .... 431 



Women, and farming, 21 ; swimming for, 103; 

 their employment changed, 296 ; good, never 

 grow old, 488 ; courage of, 536 ; and hard 



work, 572 



Workshop, . 45 



Worms, pin, cure for, 46 ; cut, 365 ; silk, galvan- 

 izinir, 523 



Year, close of the, ..... 573 



ILLUSTRATIONS 



J. M. Fawke's Steam Plowing Machine, . 17 



The Canada Tiiistle 28 



Design for a Small Farmhouse and Barn, . 32 



Initial Letter, 13 41 



A Pair of Crested Ducks, .... 49 



The Beurrc Bosc Pear, .... 65 

 liesidcnce of C. Chamberlain, Esq., Foxcroft, 



Maine, 80 



Initial Letter, A, 88 



Durham Heifer — Jubilee of Albion, . . 97 



Tall Crowfoot, or Buttercups, . . . 112 



Tiie White Spruce Fir, . . . . 121 



A New American Style for Cottages and Villas, 128 



Initial Letter, A, 137 



Four of the Grasses — Red Top, Orchard Grass, 



White Clover, Red Clover, . . 144, 145 



Bcuire Kcnnes Pear, 161 



Wetherslield Seed Sower, . , . . 168 



Design for a Complete Farmhouse, . . 176 

 Meadow Fescue, Meadow Foxtail, June and 



Herds Grass 192, 193 



Cutter's Seedling Strawberry, . . . 209 



The Chiccorv, or Succory Plant, . . . 216 



The Wood Duck, 224 



Initial Letter, T, 233 



A Suburban Residence, . . . 240, 241 



Sawyer's Improved Cultivator, . . . 257 

 The' Katy-did, and Pigeon Tremex, . 265,266 



Design for a Suburban Villa, 



Bradley's Revolving Horse Rake, 



The Striped Porter Apple, . 



The Common Milkweed, 



Durham Bull — Chicago Duke, 



Blossoms of Grape-Vines, 



The Dragon Fly, and Thistle Buttei-fly< 



The Howell Pear, . . . ' 



A Complete Farmhouse anrV Stable, 



Froth-Hoppers, or Frog-Hoppers, 



The European Silver Fir, 



The Wild Carrot, 



The Ox-Eyc Daisy, 



Apples — Western, Bethlehemite, Bullock 



pin, ..... 

 Design for a Tudor Cottage, 

 The Guinea Hen, . 

 Initial Letter, T, . 

 The Common, or Smooth Sumach, 

 A Group of Apricots, . 

 Bates' Stump and Rock Lifter, 

 Garden Chamomile, 

 Self-fastening l^ortable Fence, 

 The Dracut Amber Grape, . 

 The Fi izzlcd Fowl, 

 Remedy for Choked Cattle, . 

 A Suburban Residence, 



368, 



l's Pip- 

 408. 



272 

 281 

 288 

 305 

 320 

 331 

 337 

 353 

 369 

 374 

 385 

 400 

 401 



409 

 416 

 432 

 436 

 448 

 464 

 481 

 497 

 512 

 529 

 545 

 552 

 560 



POETRY, 



The Country Child, 



America's Noblemen, . 



Live Bravely, 



Jemmy's Wooing, 



The Winters, 



A Winter Sunset, 



Little Willie and the Apple, 



Sounds of Industry, 



Will Wood of theFarm, 



The Old Farmhouse, 



Sjiring, . . . . 



The Bird that Sung in May, 



A SpritiLT Rain, 



The OJd Farmhouse, . 



Spring, . . . . 



A Good-Night, 



31 

 35 



44 



55 



79 



91 



103 



119 



190 



236 



202 



274 



289 



302 



328 



344 



Every Man a King, , 



The She])lierd's Sabbath Song, 



Our Farmers, 



The Idyl of a Western Wife, 



On finding a Dead Young Bird 



field, 



Hymn of the Harvesters, 



The Faniilv, 



The Old Barn, 



Tiic Old Grist Mill, 



A Harvest Song, 



The Old Yankee Farmer, 



To Ikittic, .... 



The Indian Summer, . 



Pr()j)hecies of the Season, 



in the Corn- 



356 

 360 

 376 

 404 



414 

 418 

 433 

 468 

 476 

 502 

 506 

 524 

 533 

 565 



