VI 



INDEX. 



Mignonette, as a tree, 



Mildew, sulphur for, - - - - - 

 Milli, yield of, 53; spreading, 317, 362, 390; 

 value of substances for producing, 344 ; ves- 

 sels, how to cleanse, 437 ; from three Ayrshire 

 cows, 451 ; maid, farewell to the, 



Milking, about, 73, 



Miller,"kill the, 



Millennium is coming, . . - . 



Millet, seed of, for hogs and hens, 

 Mind, how to improve the, 478, 529 ; a fettered. 

 Mink, the, an insect catcher, ... 

 Minnesota, statistics of, - - . - 

 Missionary, agricultural, .... 

 Mist, how generated, - . . - . 

 Molasses, fresh maple, - . - . 



Money, continental, 175 ; no, about the house. 

 Morals, domestic, ..... 



Moon, what is in the, - - . - . 

 Moth, how to keep out the, - - - - 

 Mountain, Green, 134 ; in Vermont, - 

 Moving, .-..-.. 

 Muck, value of, 25, 288 ; lasting effects of, on 

 corn crops, 53 ; how to get, 124 ; and how to 

 use, 206; management of, in yards, 318; and 

 ashes, 327, 372; and model farming, 386; 

 minerals in, 451, 466; where to apply, 518; 

 the farmer's mine, 541 ; treatment of. 



263 



368 



561 

 236 

 311 

 328 



39 

 485 

 365 

 507 

 155 

 234 



78 

 372 

 199 

 354 

 335 

 283 

 472 



555 



N 



Nail, nuts, &c., .... 

 Neighbors, pleasant, ... 

 Neuralgia, relief for, . . - 

 Newspapers, influence of, - 

 New Orleans, seventy miles below, 

 November, thoughts about, - 

 Norwegian, homes of the, - 

 Nurserymen, hints for the, - 

 Nut, screwing up the, - - - 



O 



405 

 367 

 562 

 11, 39 

 407 

 489 

 420 

 369 

 92 



Oats, on bruising them, 22 ; quantity per acre, 

 as seed, 164 ; for sheep, 175 ; for horses, 400; 

 wheat, and corn, - . . . . 



Observation and experience, . . - 



October, thoughts suggested by, . - - 



Office, our new, ------ 



Oil, springs, 64, 303 ; Kerosene, 239 ; coal, for 

 bedbugs, 



Onion, early, wanted, 53 ; about weeding the, 

 63 ; raising the, 84 ; seed, scalding, 131 ; how 

 to raise, 279, 389 ; the potato - - 451,469 



Order in evei-ytiiing, 



Orientals, crinoline among, ... 



Orchard, plowing the, 216 ; neglect of the, 

 420 ; keeping cultivated, 443, 547 : hogs in 

 the apple, ...... 



Oxen, as well as horses, 271 ; quantity of food 

 for, 319 ; gravel in, 418 ; bot in, - - 426 



490 



519 



441 



79 



343 



215 

 535 



454 



Paint and painting, ..... 

 Paper, renovating old wall, 75 ; and cloth from 



maize, --..--. 

 Paraftine for lubricating bullets, - - - 

 Parsnips, for cows, 165 ; for cattle, 176 ; worm 



in, - - - 



Pasture, about, 124; late, 424; improving old, 



482 ; management of, . - . . 

 Patent Office, agricultural division of, 30, 92 ; 



seeds from tlie, 131 ; report for 186<, 464, 

 Pea, sowing the, 127; with potatoes, 137, 240; 



buggy, 



Peaches in Minnesota, . - - - 



267 



556 

 331 



263 



521 



553 



174 



64 



Pear, orchard, an hour in, 24 ; culture of the, 

 29 ; tlie Buffum, 33 ; trees and hens, 260 ; 

 effects of winter on the, 293; tree, the Endi- 

 cott, 311 ; tree and slug, 313; thinning the, 

 379 ; ripening tlie, 404 ; tree, blight in, 404; 

 a fine seedling, 563 ; trees, compost for, - 

 Pens, about, ...... 



Perfume, about, -....- 



Petticoat, Eugenie's, - . . - . 

 Phloxes, culture of the, .... 



Pin, about tlie, --..-. 

 Pine, tribes and cultivation of, . - - 

 pipe, lead, bad effects of, 246 ; substitute for, 



289 ; cement, .-.--- 

 Pitcher, song of an old, .... 



Plaster of Paris, - - - - - 14, 



Plant, house, 63, 74; climbing, 188; planting, 

 care in, 268 ; gigantic pitcher, 542 ; winter 



care of tender, 



Pleuro-pneumonia, - - - 58, 93, 154, 

 Plow, is there any substitute for, 20 ; American, 

 70; when shall we? 177; plowing bee, 244; 

 Sutter's gang, 272 ; and plowing, 286 ; plow- 

 ing, benefits of autumn, - - - 418, 

 Plum, the royal Hative, 209; tree, black knot 



on, 412, 415, 437 ; growing, 

 Pork, how to sell fresh, 91 ; how to cure, 459, 

 Post, to prevent being thrown by frost, 38 ; how 

 to set a, ----- - 165, 



Potato, tar on the, 127; seed, 127; on muck 

 land, 184; new seedling, 200; running out 

 of the, 213 ; sweet, culture of the, 237, 266 ; 

 a novel mode of planting, 240; about the, 

 251 ; experiments with tiie, 275 ; cooking the, 

 487 ; rot in the, 490 ; digging the, - 

 Poultry, profit of, 22, 189, 207^, 261, 471 ; sick, 

 22 ; about, 39 ; nests of hens, 90 ; the 

 Brahma, 145; experiments with, 150; tapes 

 in, 168 ; Legiiorn, 195, 233, 261 ; fever, de- 

 cline of, 218; chickens, summer, 277; pure 

 blood, 282, 310; house for, 341 ; house and 

 yard for, 421, 518 ; vermin on, 450 ; keeping 

 on a large scale, 479 ; hens, eating their eggs, 



507 ; dung of, 



Power, horse, . - - - - 

 Prices, high, ----.. 



Prison, clearing a debtor's, - - - - 

 Properties, transmission of, in animals, 

 Proverbs from Poor Richard, . - - 

 Prune, best time to, 217, 245, 298, 327; prun- 

 ing in spring, 360 ; Saint Catherine's, 

 Pump, West's improved, - . . - 

 Pumpkin and apples for cattle, . . - 



567 

 400 

 312 

 342 

 128 

 326 

 38 



446 

 174 

 275 



557 

 520 



532 



519 

 566 



469 



519 



546 

 113 



67 

 346 



438 



88 



437 

 353 

 541 



Quill, how to clarify, 



Q 



R 



370 



Rabbits, how to keep from trees in winter. 

 Rags, woollen, about, - - - - 

 Railroad, 45 ; wonderful discovery about, 



in London, - - . - . 

 Rain, a fine, . . . - - 



Rake, Stoddard's horse, 

 Ram, a novel, . . . . - 

 Ramble in the country, - . - 

 Rat, afraid of powder, 48; trap. 111, 369 ; 



n)ice, 390 ; a novel trap for, - 

 Rebellion, tlie. - . - . - 

 Recipes, domestic, 55, 103, 247, 248, 342, 

 - 391,392,424,439,440, 



Rein, the check, 



Richmond, Va., price current in, 

 Roads, mending of, . - . - 

 Robbery, highway, . . . - 



366; 



and 

 369, 



385, 



4S8, 



11 



546 



401 

 364 

 366 

 557 

 431 



562 

 293 



.535 

 560 

 495 

 324 



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