INDEX. 



VII 



71 



199 



334 



520 

 194 

 250 



117 



534 

 299 

 477 



80 



Page, 

 we wash, 221 ; jrrain for, 223, 281, 295, 305, 

 318; and dop:s, 250, 343 ; and oats, 251, 254; 

 with colds, 254 ; prolific, 269 ; shelter for, 

 302 ; buck cliampion, 373 ; wool and mutton, 

 387 ; what breed best, 405 ; great destruction 

 of, by a bear, 510 ; a discussion about, - 530 



Shinglinj^, about, 21 



Shoo uppers, seamless, 481 



Skipping and skimming, ... - 343 

 Skippers, to exterminate, . - - - 345 

 Slab, use of, in seeding land, - - 173, 2C2 



Slave auction, 342 



Sleeping and eating, 



Snow, deep and early, 



Soap, new, for washing clothes, 268 ; how to 



make good, 



Society, Middlesex Agricultural, 91 ; Massachu- 

 setts Horticultural, 98, 160 ; Worcester North, 

 107, 516 ; Essex County, 114, 527 ; American 

 Pomological, 142 ; Worcester Countv, 153, 

 511 ; New York State, 163 ; Norfolk County, 

 212, 512; Rutland County, Vt., 374 ; Plym- 

 outh County, officers of, 514, 520 ; South Mid- 

 dlesex, 523 ; Bristol County, 534 ; North 

 Middlesex, - - - * - - - 535 



Soil, a good, in New England, 26 ; on stirring 

 the, 136 ; it breathes, 406 ; causes of fertility 



in, - - - 



Somerset County, Maine, . - . - 

 Sows, fat, for breeders, - . - . 

 Spider, the red, 28 ; ingenuity of the, 70 ; cul- 

 ture of, 96 ; not dangerous, - . . 

 Squashes, 30 ; male and female, 34 ; and pump- 

 kins, 



Stables and whitewash, .... 



Staggers, blind, remedy for, ... 



Steam, plowing b}', 34 ; apparatus for cooking 



by, 



Steers, large, 209, 373 



Stock in JNIaine, 24 ; soiling, 262; overfeeding 



of, 303, 372; improvement in, - - - 431 

 Stones, use of, on the farm, 302 ; burying, in 



clearing fields, --.--. 335 

 Storms, observations on, . - - . 350 



Stoves, cement for, 25 



Strawberry, culture of the, 99, 431,447; the 



Bunco, 30,432,486,518 



Straw, works of, 35 ; cutters, - - - 126 

 Stumps, extracting, - - . - - - 412 

 Sugar and sugar-making, 21, 45; evaporator, 



new, 160, 275, 560, 561, 562; cane, Chinese, 246 

 Sunburn, to remove, ----- 534 

 Superphosphate, Coe's, 278 ; and wire worms, 372 



Surveys, County, 80 



Swamp, draining a, - - - - - 511 

 Swine, feeding, 10, 113 ; keep clean, 11 ; fatting, 

 69, 402 ; a fine, 223, 253 ; how to manage, 

 348 ; how to make pork, 355 ; salt for, 464, 

 490 ; preparation of food for, 470 ; instinct of, 

 551 ; West Chester, 558 



T 



Table of comparative bulk, - - - . 193 



Taste, rural, 77 ; English, . - - - 380 

 Technolog}', institute of, - . - - 343 

 Terms, our new, and volume, - - 544, 576 

 Territory, Washington, - - - - 175 



Thinking and farming, - - . . 375 



Throat, salt for, 401 



Tiger, trapping a, 376 



Tile, Rowe's patent drain, 181, 182; for an 



aqueduct, 212 



Timber, time for cutting, 51, 75, 87, 116, 127, 



157, 268; and the moon, - 299,382,384,418 



Tints, autumnal, 549 



Tit for Tat, 343 



Toads, trade in, ----- - 424 



Page. 



Toast, cucumber, 536 



Tobacco, extract of, - - - - - 175 



Tomato seed, 175 ; its uses and cultivation, 181 ; 



perfected, 233 ; how to ripen late, - - 477 

 Top-dressing, 80, 110, 135 ; grass lands, 418 ; in 

 autumn, ------- 562 



Trees, moving, 10; an old apple, 38; shade, in 

 pastures, 43 ; succession of forest, 8S ; plant- 

 ing, 157; covering for wounded branches of, 

 276; fruit, insects on, 301; apple, injured, 

 333; the beech, 378 ; fruit, injured, 388; ap- 

 ple, 398 ; fruit, low headed, 553; ornamental, 575 

 Turnips, 246 ; sweet German, 262 ; how to get, 

 304'; English, 370 ; seed, - - - - 533 



Turkey, how to rear, 314 ; disease in the, 463, 486 

 Tyrant, the domestic, - - - . - 524 



Vegetable cutter, 254, 545 ; and animal kingdom, 



relations of the, 531 ; ascent of sap in, - 573 



Ventilation of barns and stables in winter, - 49 



Vermin on cattle, how to kill, - - - 88 



Vermont, crops in, 491 ; State show, 504 ; model 



town in, ------ - 565 



Veterinary surgeon, ----- go 



Vinegar, how to make, - - - - 77 



Vine, grape, transplanting a, - - - 199 

 Vinery, and grafting the grape, - - . 514 

 Vineyard in Cincinnati, - - - . 14 



Virgil on agriculture, - - - - 133, 492 



Voyages, long canoe, ----- 543 



Volume, a new, and new plans, - - - 515 



W 



Wall, stone, vs. wooden fence, - - - 156 



Walrus, hunting the, 501 



Wash, an incombustible, ... 305, 354 

 Washing fluid, a good, - . - - 235 



Washington, the Capitol at, - - - - 396 

 Water, nature from the, 52 ; on stock farms, 132 

 Weevil, the plum, - - - - - 155 



Wells, putridity of water in, 35 ; oil, - - 306 

 Wheat in New Hampshire, 11,37; bushels of, 

 per acre, 15 ; and oats in Reading, Vt., 47 ; a 

 good crop of. 88 ; surplus of, 96 ; in Massa- 

 chusetts, 124; in New England, 142, 214; 

 ought New England farmers to raise, 226 ; 

 culture of, 259, 277, 458, 523 ; premium crops 

 of, 389 ; aphis on, 414; winter, 416; spring, 

 423 ; caution about, 463 ; harvest and worm, 

 471 ; spring and winter, 486; midge, 505; 

 tadpole, 527 ; and ashes, 553 ; crop in Vt., 554 

 Whitewash for stables or outdoor work, 299, 



305, 354, 376 



Whiting, fertilizing properties of, - - 558 



Windmill, anew, - - - - - 316,386 

 Window, grass near the, ... - 10 



Wine, rhubarb, 20 ; press, - . - - 421 

 Willow, machine for peeling, - - - 007 



Winter, review of the, 266 



Wisdom for winter, - - - - - 180 

 Wood, kindling, business, - - - - 107 

 Woodland scenes, - - - 468, 508, 546 



Woodpecker, Iiabits of the, - - - - 38 



Wool, great fleece of, 412 



Woman, hopes of, 56 ; in an agricultural meet- 

 ing, 309 ; and home, - - - - 390 

 Words, dctinition of, and terras, - - - 84 



Work and play, 476 



Worm, tape, remedy for, 287 ; wire and super- 

 phosphate, 372 ; the army, 421 , 429, 449 ; the 

 apple, 455 ; maple, 471 ; the earth, habits of, 483 



Zinc, precaution in using, - - - - 159 



