INDEX TO THE THIRTEENTH VOLUME. 



Afford it, I cannot, 452 



Agricultural mass meetings, 60 ; literature, 573 



Agriculture, State Board of, 61, 99; at New 

 riaven, 83 ; and mechanics, 291 ; is king, 319 ; 

 New Hampshire Journal of, 385 ; Virgil on, 



133, 492 ; in Slaino, 542 



Air, in a crowded room, 107 ; fresh for children, 400 



Alps, wedding on tlic, 152 



Ammonia, charcoal, gypsum, - - . 27 



Animals, becoming parents too early, 52G ; and 



bees, 567 



Ants, ten mile army of, - - - - 395 

 A])]iles, for milch cows, 13 ; packing in leaves, 

 32; comjjosition of, 38, 67; roasting, 152; 

 sweet, 174; a new seedling, 198; what kind 

 to set, 247 ; red Astrachan, 257 ; choice, 266 ; 

 Eoxbury russctt, 268 ; v/hat kind to plant, 

 298 ; barrel, ventilation of, 455 ; grinder, 465 ; 

 sweet, use of, ----- - 545 



Arch, how to build, 276 



Ash, soda, ------- 47 



Ashes, for corn, 93; not a stimulant, 160; 

 leached, and stable manure, 268 ; relative value 

 of leached and unleached, 326 ; and lime for 

 corn and wheat, 326 ; leached, - - - 495 



Aster, the, 248 



Audience, a new, ------ los 



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Balm, 321 



Bamboo, the, 354 



Bark, tan, 47 



Barley, winter, - . - - 433,456,511 



Barn, and stable, in winter, 49 ; and manure, 



445 ; the corn, 525 



Barometer, rules for observing the, 16, 395, 51S 



Beans and oats, 254 ; meal, for pigs, - - 534 



Beaver, a, in London, 443 



Beautiful, the, 559 



Beds, importance of wholesome, - - - 357 

 Bee, wintering the, 84, 136; do frogs eat the, 

 87; annoyance by the, 99; about the, 121 ; 

 how to handle the, 190; Italian queen, 243; 

 hives, straw, 252 ; hives and culture of the, 

 254; effect of chloroform on, 307, 413 ; har- 

 vests, 442 ; wild, hunting in Australia, - 446 

 Beef and ham, how to salt and preserve, 35 ; 



preparing it for driving, - . - - 83 



Beer, mortality from drinking, 409 ; California, 



seed, 430 



Beetles, muscular powers of some, - - 333 

 Bird, power of wing in a, 14 ; of New England, 

 22, 60, 76, 110, 170, 290, 331, 377, 478, 

 539, 569; pica for the, 285, 310; patri- 

 otic, 330; the thrushes, 412, 427, 454, 466 ; a 

 rare, ....... 553 



Blackberries and raspberries, 

 Blacksmith, a word for the. 

 Bone, converted into superphosphate, 73 

 how to manage, 121, 145 ; for hens, 239 

 solving, 251, 401 ; nsc of, as a fertilizer, 

 dust, for beans, - . . . 



Books, new, on principles of breeding, 

 Boots, how to save, - . . . 

 Borer, a prolific, 88 ; glue for the. 

 Boy, about a, 377; a good, 392; exchan 

 417 ; for the, 487, 488; who is a polite, 

 the iiocket of a. 

 Breeding, principles of, 317 ; blood in. 

 Brine, i^oisonous qualities of. 

 Brown, Simon, letter from, - - - 

 Brusli, how to clear land of, 



Buckwlieat, 



Buckthorn, for hedges, ... 



Bugs, about, 199 ; anew, . . - 

 Building, designs for, - - • - 

 Bull, Durham, ----- 



Bushes, ...... 



Business, mind your, - - - - 



Butter, how to work, 79 ; worker, Smith's, 

 errors and requisites in making, 



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Cabbage, Marblehead, drumhead, 192 ; clubbing, 

 to prevent, 225 ; salt for, 308 ; ashes for, 313 ; 

 for fodder, 384, 421, 496 ; lice on, remedy for, 498 

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

 105 ; April, 153 ; JNIay, 201 ; June, 249 ; July, 

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

 441 ; November, 489 ; December, - - 537 

 Calico, in love with, ----- 440 

 Calves, raising, 98 ; hay tea for, 213 ; a large, 



213; wintering, '--.-- 437 



Camel, in California, 47J2 ; as beasts of burden, 490 



Canada, climate of, 33 



Capital, use of, 382 



Carbon, source of, to the plant, - - - 353 

 Carcass, dead, wliat to do Avith a, - - 94 



Carrots, value of, 44 ; how they affect horses, 



132,246; culture of the, - - - - 262 

 Cart, horse, 88, 151 ; body, a new, - - 548 



Catarrh, cure for the, 462 



Caterpillars, 335 ; in the garden, - - - 554 

 Cattle, remedy for choked, 17, 29, 68, 188, 199, 

 223 ; foul foot in, 68, 188 ; commissioners, 75 ; 

 to kill vermin on, 88 ; disease in, 88, 92, 103 ; 

 soiling, 103 ; running at large, 109 ; market re- 

 ports of, 134; digestion of food in, 162 ; best 

 for Massachusetts, 187 ; bedding of, &c., 331 ; 

 chewing bones, 383, 556 ; show, in Concord, 

 502; a fine pair of, ----- 548 

 Charcoal, 27 ; burning of, - - - - 122 

 Cherry blossoms, blighted, - - - - 318 

 Cheese, a large, 21; pineapple, 44; Berkshire, 286 



