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INDEX. 



Page. 



Cheshire County, N. H., crops in, - - 549 

 Chickens, hatching of, 235 



Children, what grateful for, 152; finding fault 



with, 191 ; how the English bring thcra up, 200 

 Chimney, how to right a leaning, - - - HI 



China, facts about, 91 



Cholera, hog, 161 



Churn, the air pressure, - - - 72, 165, 187 

 Cider, how to prevent acidity in, - - - 23 



City and country, 78 



Cisterns and filterers, 59 ; how to build a, 446, 467 

 Climate, facts in relation to, 50, 138, 355, 363, 



370, 403, 419 



Clothes, machine for wringing, - . - 227 

 Clover, crimson, 25, 79, 172; sweet, - - 212 

 Club, farmers', Framingham, 10 ; Concord,18; 

 Caledonia County, Vt., .... 491 



Colt, vermin on, - 246 



Compost, .--..-. 484 

 Confidence, in war times, - - - - 308 

 Copperas, as a deodorizer, - - - - 243 



Correspondents, to, 208 



Corn, hardening unripe, 14 ; King Philip, 24, 66, 

 88 ; Egyptian, 30, 67 ; and cob meal, 31, 214, 

 226,425'; curing, 55, 81, 109 ; 12 and 8-rowed, 

 193, 247, 256; eastern, prolific, 215; large or 

 small, 232,269 ; a good story about, 255 ; crops, 

 265, 268, 294, 307, 316, 337, 381 ; and specific 

 manures, 411 ; in the ear, 424; on old and 

 new land, 438; dried sweet, 442 ; save your 

 seed, 468, 495 ; topping, 496 ; and cotton, 

 which is king, 517 ; husking and sorting, 532 ; 



broom, 554 



Cow, holding up her milk, 30 ; poor milkers 

 dry up, 37 ; cutting of teats of the, 40 ; 

 winter feeding of milch, 205 ; soiling the, 

 254, 568 ; fowl for, after calving, 279 ; bells 

 for, 281; choice of dairy, 309; bunch on 

 the teat of a, 327, 341 ; stopped teat of a, 363 ; 

 hard milking, 372; to bring milk from a 

 closed teat on a, 405; cramp in a, 412, 457 ; 

 product of, 487 ; and her food, - - - 554 

 Cranberry, culture of, in New Jersey, 63 ; up- 

 land, 150, 507; culture, 172, 232, 258,266; 

 meadow, snow on, and transplanting, 251, 405, 495 

 Cream, how to raise in hot weather, - - 384 

 Crop, to help out winter fodder, 94 ; in New 

 Hampshire, 362, 372, 412, 554 ; in Illinois and 

 New England, 384; and season, 398; precise 

 statements of wanted, about, 407 ; when to 

 gather, 457 ; in the west, 465 ; in Pennsylva- 

 nia, 535 ; in Carroll County, N. H., - '- 554 

 Crow, the, 312 ; killing the, - - - - 437 

 Cucumbers, to preserve ripe, - - . 477 

 Curculio, wash for, 275 ; and borer, 276 ; and 



black knot, 524 



Currant, black, 377 ; bushes, ... 421 



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Dew, effects of, on rot and mildew in the grape, 

 216,424 



Discoveries, modern, ..... 492 

 Diptlieria, how to treat, .... 82 



Disappointment is discipline, ... 485 

 Ditching with a plow, - - . . . 333 

 Dogs and poverty, 185, 298 ; at large, 212, 213 ; 

 and sheep, 250, 303,314,322,360,443,447, 

 453, 460, 553 ; prairie, 437 ; beware of, 488 ; 

 a nuisance, 496; jealousy of a, . - - 512 

 Draining, under, 156, 183, 231, 395, 540 ; ad- 

 vantages of, 261 ; land before and after, 342 ; 

 docs it improve land by leaching, - - 409 

 Drought, the riches of a, .... 417 

 Dwelling and clotliing, .... 51G 



Dyspepsia, one cause of, - - - - 213 



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 Earth, central heat of the, 58; the - - 344 

 Eating and sleeping, 71 ; frequency and times of, 494 



Economy, rural, • 347 



Eggs, and sheep, 295 ; why do hens eat their, 



366; sex in, 422 



Electricity and crops, .... - 94 



Elephant, memory of an, - - - - 508 

 Experiment, a curious, .... 344 



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Failure, as well as success, .... 477 

 Fair, agricultural, 17 ; address at the Sagahadoc, 

 73 ; other places, 427, 428 ; at Plingham, 510 ; 

 at Worcester, 511 ; unfair, ... 565 

 Fanny Fern, on sons-in-law, ... 391 



Farm, new survey of a, 55 ; sheltered, 59, 189; 

 employments on the, influences of the, 186; 

 advertising a, 223 ; in Connecticut River Val- 

 ley, 225 ; products of a small, 234 ; journal 

 and field book of the, 236 ; a run out, 268 ; 

 life, opportunities, and drawbacks of, 300 ; 

 work, 327 ; large fruit on a, 385 ; a premium, 

 422 ; enrich and beautify the, - - - 570 

 Farmer, New York, 32 ; the, 56 ; enemies of the, 

 70; talks with the, 217; and the war, 280; 

 importance of little things to the, 310 ; me- 

 chanic and the, 315,328; education of the, 

 334; hints to the, ... - 371,373 

 Farming, profits of, 32, 205, 239, 282, 311, 329 ; 

 how to make money by, 38 ; uncertainties in, 

 65 ; for the masses, 158 ; inquiries concerning, 

 190; scientific and moral view of, 310; re- 

 quires thought and system, 315 ; thefoundation 

 of all other employments, 323 ; skill in, 350; 

 success in, 351 ; progress in, as an art, 357 ; 

 as a profession, 360 ; dairj', ... 433 

 Fence, materials for, 156 ; and pastures, - 274 

 Fertilizers, 40, 138; atmospheric, 132, 223, 234 



Fever, typhoid, disinfectant for, ... 551 

 Fish, as an article of diet, .... 368 

 Flax, culture of, 13 ; cotton vs. King Cotton, 98, 

 163, 508; in Canada, 426; cotton, - - 529 



Flour, barley, 124 



Flowers, culture of, 248 ; wild, 262 ; how the 

 Japanese restore faded, 391 ; flies on, 392 ; 

 perfume of, 535 ; growth of, - - - 564 

 Flowing lands without consent, - 20, 63, 91, 162 

 Fly, how the, holds on, 52 ; how to destroy the, 422 

 Food, a sensible way to get more, 325 ; cheap, 472 

 Forest, leaves of the, . - - . - 544 



Force of fiilling bodies, 193 



Fowls. Sec Poultry. 



Frogs, 31 ; and snails, trade in, - - - 328 



Fruit, English, 25 ; culture of, 54 ; on farms, 



258 ; house, a cold, 559 



Fungi, rapid growth in, .... 512 

 Furs, on beautiful women, .... 56 



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Garden, for health, 340, 458 ; fruit, shelter for, 473 



Gardener, monthly, 83 



Garget, 113,114,480 



Garret, the old, 371 



Gas, carbonic acid, ..... 426 



Geese, Bremen, 199 



Glanders, cure for, 430 



Glass, turning and boring, 271 ; how to cut with 



a piece of iron, - 425 



Gloves and mittens, buckskin, ... 545 

 Gossypium, arboreum, ..... 538 



Grandmothers, our, 43, 72 



Grain, cereal, 12 ; crops, 320 ; cultivation of, 506 ; 



material for covering stacks of, - - 553 



