INDEX. 



35 

 191 

 372 



438 

 526 



558 

 278 



Page. 

 Grape, rule for pruning the, 63 ; the Delaware, 

 €5, 209, 213; the Concord, 88; a new, 148; 

 vine, transplanting a, 199 ; iiow to keep fresh, 

 430 ; an early, 496 ; seedling, 505 ; the Adi- 

 rondac, ------- 514 



Grass, Hungarian, 29, 75, 187 ; land, reclaim- 

 ing, 87; blue, of Kentucky, 157; seed, sowing 

 ■without a grain crop, 251 ; culture of, 326 ^ and 

 hay making, 338; lands, top-dressing, 418; 

 sowing redtop in the fall, 438 ; seed, - 496 



Grindstone, care of a, ----- 328 



Guano and composts for gardening, 246 ; age of 

 deposits of, ----- - 528 



Guns, red hot, --.-.- 84 



Gunpowder, ------- 423 



Gypsum, 27, 491 



H 



Hacienda, a Mexican, ----- 356 



Hair, preservation of the human, 56; the human, 538 

 Hams and beef, how to salt and preserve, 

 Harrow, Hobart and Spalding's, - - - 

 Harvester, Kirby's American, - - - 

 Hay and root crops, 74 ; and grain, compai-ative 

 value of, 75; and potatoes, 194; caps, 326, 

 341 ; making, 383 ; pressing for market, 438 ; 

 crops of, ------ - 



Health and strength, - - - - - 



Hedges, English, 132; ornamental, 148 ; buck- 

 thorn, ------- 



Hens, is it profitable to keep, . - - 

 Hives, straw, 286 ; about, - . . 335, 348 

 Hoe, a new wheel, 296 ; hoeing, ... 324 

 Hogs. See Swin-e. 



Home, a poof man's, in the country, 373 ; a 

 pleasant, ------ 444^ 541 



Homestead, letter from the, - - 450,474,571 

 Hominy, how to cook, ----- 200 



Hops, crop of, ------ 166 



Horse, feeding of the, 11; points of merit in a 

 farm, 56 ; corns in tlie feet of the, 65 ; cocked 

 knees in, 68 ; sweney in the, 73 ; iiay for a, 

 75 ; ringbone on, 79, 414, 562 ; and his dis- 

 eases, 89, 200; heaves in, 115; feed for the, 

 116; carrots for the, 132; biting, 150; lame- 

 •ness in stifle joint of the, 151 ; taming the, 154, 

 210 ; the foot of a, 175 ; worms in, 138, 213 ; 

 with a broken leg, 199; scratches on, 199, 

 295, 298 ; lampas in, 225, 498 ; ail, 246 ; how 

 to cure a spavined, 253 ; what is legal sound- 

 ness in, 260 ; overloading and overworking, 

 263 ; an old, abused, 264; to prevent interfer- 

 ing in, 269 ; the original Black Hawk, 272 ; a 

 noble, 278 ; to cure colic in a, 278 ; power, 

 for tlu'eshing, 285 ; how to shoe a vicious, 

 298 ; sore eye in, 327 ; tax on a British, 336 ; 

 light and air for, 354 ; shoeing a, 367 ; bought 

 and a lawyer sold, 406; warts on, 411, 457, 

 486 ; to prevent flies from teasing a, 417 ; 

 hoof of, a cracks in, 454 ; administering medi- 

 cine to a, 461; colic in, 463; staggers in, 

 remedy for, 477 ; cure for swellings on, 498 ; 

 abuse of old, 499 ; nicking and docking, 525 ; 

 to hold a iiard headed, 535 ; disease of a, in 

 the throat, 553 ; old, 555; foot of a, 

 Hour, a leisure, ------ 



Housekee])er, labor saving for, - - - 

 Husbandry, Irisii, lesson taught by. 



Hyacinth in glasses, 



568 

 443 

 212 

 270 

 151, 210 



22 



Illinois, crops in, - 

 Implements, agricultural, 21 ; caution in pur- 

 ciiasinsr, 407 



Inappropriate, ------ 



Insects, 20 ; a new, 47 ; on fruit trees, 127; Ce 

 tonian, Indian, ------ 



Island, Prince Edward's, - - - - 



Jars, corks for closing, - 

 Japan trade, prospects in, 



Kale, sea, and asparagus, 



Kitchen, the, 



Kohl rabi, culture of the. 



Page. 

 42 



495 

 551 



474 

 530 



243 

 498 

 112 



Labor, is it degrading, 116 ; make farm fashiona- 

 ble, - - 503 



Ladies, unmarried, ----- 488 



Lake, Great Salt, 529 



Lambs, new disease among, - - 316, 333, 337 



Lamplighters, 368 



Lands, Long Island, 45, 307 ; meadow, to be 

 improved, 75; in Aroostook, 169; in western 

 New York, 438 ; pasture, reclaiming, - 567 

 Lark, intelligence of the, . . - . 501 



Lavender, water of, 391 



Leaves as a manure, ----- 462 



Legislative agricultural meeting, 90, 101, 118, 



f29, 139, 145, 166, 178, 195, 218, 228, 237, 278, 299 

 Lettuce, early, and onions - - - - 429 



Lime, superphosphate of, for apple trees, 30 ; 

 slaked, 47 ; sliell, 81, 93, 173 ; business in, 126; 

 as a manure, 187 ; superphosphate of, 203, 245, 362 

 Line, to walk or drive on a straight, - - 31 



Living, and manners in 1760, - - - 476 

 Literature, agricultural, - - . - 573 

 Lockjaw, novel cure for, . - - - 492 

 London, acres in, - - - - - - 523 



Love, the power of, - - - - - 488 



Louse, the bark, - - 356, 381, 435, 451, 514 



Lucerne, ------- 566 



Lyme, town of, outdone, . - - - 127 

 Lyman, Gen. Theodore, memoir of, - - 234 



M 



Machine, mowing, 21, 94, 98, 198, 224,313,340, 

 352, 359, 364, 372, 375, 389, 411,430, 431, 

 486 ; threshing, 30, 68 ; for wringing clothes, 

 227 ; for smoothing seeded land, 247 ; chafiSng, 

 363 ; for grinding apples, - - - - 465 



Malt coml)S, 80 



Maine, geology of, 330 ; notes from, 484 ; agri- 

 culture of, 542 



Man, body of, a living stove, 15 ; a cautious, 554 



Mangold wurtzel, 245 



Manufactures in Piiiladelphia, - - . 555 

 Manures, iiow to manage, 30 ; in the hill, 93, 94 ; 

 application of, 143 ; for grass land, 160; pul- 

 verization of, 173,226 ; top-dressing, 213, 234 ; 

 evaporation of, 215, 235; concentrated, 252 ; 

 poudrette, 273 ; wasted, 274 ; a special, 389 ; 



from green crops, 494 



Marl, fertilizing value of, - - - - 314 



Marriage, the day after, - . - - 200 

 May, temperature of, for 1861, - - - 334 

 Meadow, a low brook, 188; muck or peat, - 273 

 Meal, cob, 122; corn and cob, 275, 301 ; bean, 

 for pigs, ------- 554 



Meals, how to take our, - - - - 366 



Measures, table of cubic, - . - - 123 

 Meat, to preserve in warm weather, 255 ; masher, 



272; action of salt and saltpetre on, - - 477 

 Meteors, 455 



