INDEX 



to keep the, 421, 454 ; seedlin^r^ 479 ; Brack- 

 ett's seedling, 535 



Grass, land, seeding in the spring. 111; timo- 

 thy, in JSoutiiern Ohio, 157 ; seeding land 

 to, 174; Hungarian, 205, 503; cost of cut- 

 ting, 256; manures for, 405; crop of, 415; 

 ho|)pers, habits of, 416 ; beauty of the, - 427 



Guano, American, 152, 215, 217; quantity to 

 be used, 198 



Gypsum, ...--- 14^ 275 



H 



Habitation, lacustrine, . . - . 473 



Hams and sides, how to cure, 36 ; and beef, 47 



Harness, wash for, 283 



Hay, stacks, covering for, 22 ; and corn, shrink- 

 age by drying, 246 ; to measure a ton of, 

 259 ; spreader and turner, 313 ; field, the, 

 368 : and haying, 381 ; caps for, - - 387 

 Healtii, brightens tilings, 279; and vigor, cause 



of, 410; physical, 447 



Hearthstone, musings by the, ... 354 

 Heat, relative, of coke and coal, - - - 236 



Heifer, a fat, 207 



Herd, premiums on, ... - 52, 560 



Hide, raw, 76, 77, 110 



Highway and repairs, 240 



History, natural, study of, 330 ; progress of, 



382; natural, and farmers, - - 403, 446 

 Hives, straw, 60, 303 ; movable, comb, - 108 

 Hoe, horse, Wetherell's, 244 ; a good barn, 



244 ; wheel, 266 



Holbrook, Gov. F., in the chair of state, - 34 



Homestead, the, - 111 



Homes and peo])le, ..... 46I 

 Hominy all the year round, ... 360 



Honey, madness caused by, ... 321 



Hops, culture of, 78, 259 ; crop of, for Mass., 85 

 Horns, shaping steers', .... 90 



Horse, staggers in, 12; fine, 23; glanders in, 

 26; hots in, 81; founder in, 102; hair of 

 the, 147 ; number of, in Vermont, 184; how 

 to cure heaves in the, 195 ; cure of ringbone 

 on the, 207, 244 ; with a cough, 242 ; worms 

 in the, 261 ; a thorough-bred, 273 ; Morrill 

 Draco, 285; to care scratches in, 290; crib- 

 bing of the, 317 ; city, a look at the, 374 ; and 

 sx hat, 435; kicking, to cure, 517 ; to cure a 

 breachy, 522 ; feet, treatment of, 532 ; a puU- 



ing-back, 533, 553 



House, smoke, a cheap and good, 478 ; warm- 

 ing and ventilating a, - - - - 525 

 Hotbed, uses of a, - - - - 65, 392 



Hothouse, 117, 395 



Hungarian grass, .... 205, 308 



Hunting, perils of chamois, ... 261 



Ice, a trot on the, 250 ; berg, bursting of an, 

 259 ; house, a cheap, 338 ; making, by ma- 

 chinery, --..--- 497 

 Illinois, Southern, .... 108, 208 

 Implements, farming, preparations of, 134; 



and machinery. 

 Insects, injurious to vegetation, 112, 357 ; of 



Massachusetts, 410 ; the ladybird, 

 Instinct, animal, - . . - 

 Ireland, as she is, ... 



Irishmen in Ireland and America, 



Iron, new method of meltinj 



sels, - 

 Irriji-ation, 



Japan, presents from, 



178 ; clad ves- 



411 



486 



561 



94 



359 



473 

 401 



123 



January, calendar for, - 

 Jefferson at Monticello, 

 July, about, ... 



June, thoughts suggested by, 



K 



Kangaroo, the, and her pups, 

 Kentucky, natural wonders of, 

 Knowledge, pursuit of, 

 Kohl-rabi, culture of the, 



9 

 229 

 297 

 249 



438 



444 



482 



61, 161 



Labor, uses of, to man, - - - - 141 



Labels, paint for making, .... 349 



Ladder, hook, patent, ... - 257, 390 

 Lakes, great American, .... 490 



Lamb, twin, ...... 284 



Lampas, in horses, ..... 557 



Land, ricli, that brings no crop, 89 : how to en- 

 rich, 93 ; moss on, 120; poor and rich, - 359 



Lawns, about, - 323 



Lawyers, ....... 256 



Leakage, how to stop, .... 93 



Leather, to prevent its soaking water, - - 53 



Leaves, forest, 91 ; white and pitch-pine, 157, 



use of, - - 500 



Leech, culture of, 339 



Legislative agricultural meeting, 86, 98, 115, 



132, 138,''l56, 169, 179, 190, 196, 211, 226, 235 



Lemons, trade in, 40 



Life, human, singular facts in, - - - 20 



Lightning, heat, what is it 1 - - - 407 



Lighthouse, Eddystone, - - - - 171 

 Lime, oyster-shell, 19, 164; Coe's superphos- 

 phate of, 41, 74, 116, 157, 163, 178,220,327; 

 as a fertilizer, 98 ; in agriculture, 424 ; chlo- 

 ride of, to kill insects, .... 468 

 Linen and flax, trade of Ireland in, - - 180 



Lucerne, about, 15 



Luxuries, ancient and modern, - - - 25L: 



M 



Machine, Union mowing, 305 ; mowing, on 

 small farms, 319; Manny's mowing, 372; 

 trial of mowing, 380, 390, 418, 456 ; bread, 



and butter, 429 



Maine, correspondence from, 51 ; geology of, 203, 300 



Mangold and carrots, 242 



Man, a contented, 360; great, tools he worlcs 



with, 451 ; advice to young, - - - 542 

 Manure, to be used in autumn or winter, 79, 

 124, 164; weight of, 178; concentrated, 204, 

 317, 340; exact statements about, wanted, 

 206 ; from poultry, 201, 244 ; marine, 221 ; 

 the best, 256 ; loss of, 370, 377 ; summer, 

 387, 397, 515; how to make, 414, 528; col- 

 lection and preparation of, 426 ; green, 461 ; 

 surface application of, 464, 527 ; supply of, 

 541 ; spreading in autumn, 543 ; and fodder, 



relations of, 546 



March, thoughts suggested by, - - - 105 

 Mares, scarcity of pure Arabian, - - 307 



Market, reports of, 82 ; cattle, for January, 

 104 ; for Februarv, 152 ; for March, 200 ; for 

 April, 248 ; for May, 296 ; for June, 344 ; for 

 July, 392 ; for August, 440 ; for September, 

 488'; for October, 511,536; New York horse, 355. 



Marketing, skill in, 383. 



May, thoughts of the month, - - - 201; 

 Meadows, Sudbury, 69 ; top-dressing of, in au- 

 tumn, 556 



Meat, scientific mode of boiling, - - 423 



Mechanic, American, 223 ; productiveness of 



the, 234 



Mice, ravages of, on trees, - . - - 351 



