VII 



INDEX, 



Robin and crows, . . . • - 

 Komans, wealth of old, - - . - 

 Roof, moss on the, - . - - - 

 Root cutter and cleaner, 147, 242 ; cost of a, 

 Room, dark, uniicaltliy, . - . . 

 Rose, cuttings, simple method of striking, 25 ; 

 pruning a climbing, 21G; a chapter on the, 



231 ; salt for, 



Eye, crop, great, 131, 244 ; its power to bring a 

 "light soil into a condition to produce wheat, 



S 



Saint Johnswort for farmers, - - 135, 



Salt and saltpetre, action of, on meat, 64 ; and 

 its offices, ..--.- 



Sap, on the circuhition of the, - - . 



Sawdust, as a fertilizer, 71; red oak, 165; for 

 bedding, 221, 



School, agricultural, - - - - - 



Scenery, Alpine, 136 ; winter, - - . 



Scientific pursuits, how to enter upon, 



Sea, the bed of the, - . . - . 



Season, and crops, 58, 82, 314, 394, 415, 480, 

 496; hints for the, 102; in Vermont, 329; in 

 Illinois, 401 ; being in, - 



Seeil, pui-e, 43 ; spring sown grass, 77 ; too 

 much, 85 ; foul, 119 ; exchange of, 136 ; soak- 

 ing the, 183; how it germinates, 202; quan- 

 tity and quality of, 228 ; seeding with fowl 

 meadow, 261, 271, 533; grass, for wet laud, 

 479 ; of fruit, how to manage, - - - 



Sliad, habits of the, ' 



Sliadc, poverty of, - - - - - 



Shakers, a day with the, - . . - 



Shee|), rye for, 35 ; fat, 64, 74 ; skins, to dress 

 with wool on, 97 ; sales from, 101 ; questions 

 about, 112 ; barns and feeding racks, plans of, 

 131, 481; turnips for, 150; oats for, 175; 

 sales of, 214; barley for, 282 ; and lambs, and 

 twin lambs, 329; three Spanish merinos, 372; 

 and wool, 463 ; breeding of, 477 ; about. 



Shingles, about, 26; whitewashing the. 



Shrubbery, transplanting, - - - - 



Silk, how to wash, - . . - . 



Sister, be kind to your, .... 



Skin, on tanning, - . . 284, 285, 



Skunk, how to catch a, 316 ; a w^ord for the, 

 373 ; about the, 



Skylark jirenching a sermon, ... 



Sleep, intlueuce of, 341 ; for invalids, - 



Slug, on pear-trees, - . . . . 



Snow, storm, 62; the, 144; blockade, 187; 

 water, ....... 



Soap, factories, waste of, 194 ; for making hard 

 and soft, ....... 



Society, Essex County, 22, 42, 78, 525 ; United 

 States Agricultural, 59; Vermont State, 95, 

 202 ; Massachusetts Horticultural, 95, 534 ; 

 Hingham Agiicultural, 95, 184; Franklin 

 County, 95 ; Hampshire, 95 ; Berkshire, 95 ; 

 American Pomological, 100, 356 ; American, 

 101 ; Worcester, North, 120 ; Rutland Countv, 

 Vt., 120; Caledonia County, Vt., 131 ; Mid- 

 dlesex, 140, 493 ; Hampshire, Franklin, and 

 Hampden, 190; Rhode Island, 287; New 

 York State, 307 ; Worcester, 478 ; Middle- 

 sex South, 504 ; Brooklyn, N. Y., Horticul- 

 tural, 504; State bounty to agricultural, 519, 



Soil, temperature of the, 466 ; materials com- 

 posing the, 



Sorrel, al)out, ...... 



Siiinning jenny, idea of the, ... 



Sponge, how it is gathered, .... 



Squash, in pots, 117; versus pumpkin, 202; 

 among potatoes, 232 ; winter, 531 ; how to 

 raise the, ....... 



Squirrel, the gray, . . . _ . 



269 

 81 

 204 

 164 

 437 



367 



408 



206 



555 

 281 



259 

 107 

 1.50 

 395 

 447 



548 



534 

 413 

 121 

 349 



513 

 377 

 160 

 470 

 296 

 290 



501 

 452 

 464 

 313 



265 



385 



544 



517 

 241 

 427 

 394 



.539 

 515 



Stable, improvement in, 15 ; bedding and plas- 

 ter in, 157 



Stains, how to remove, .... 199 



Steer, how to train, 62 ; matching the horns, 90 ; 

 a sick, ....... 266 



Stereoscope, principles of the, ... 343 

 Stock, premiums on, 42; winter care of, 83; 

 breeds of, 147 ; pure water for, 467; care of, 

 in November, ...... 543 



Strawberry, notice of the, - - . 117, 262 



Stream, the dry, 438 



Style, the power of, - ... - 322 

 Sugar, maple, crop of, 22 ; making, 39 ; an im- 

 portant article of diet, 88 ; for the million, and 

 making, 155, 160; from beets, 162, 185, 194; 



Northern, 470 



Sunlight, influence of, .... 470 

 Swine, water for fattening, 10, 125 ; working, 

 31, 254 ; a wooden sow, 44 ; how to raise, 52 ; 

 fine, 115, 124, 125, 207; unmannerly, 112 ; 

 and salt, 149; white Chester County, 210; 

 cheap summer feed for, 283; how we caught 

 a, 282 ; ashes for, 545 ; cure for thumps in, 560 

 Symj)athy, 67 



Tadpole, the wheat, ..... 12 



Tan bark, as a manure, .... 335 



Taste, good, ...... 300 



Tea, about, 31 ; brands and their meaning, . 383 

 Teeth, no upper front in neat cattle, 75 ; our, 

 care of, ------ - 442 



Telegraph, the army, - - - - - 112 



Thanksgiving day, ..... 28 



Theory and practice, ..... 522 



Thirst, effects of, 306 ; worse than hunger, - 469 

 Thistle, money paid for the, 319 ; Canada, legis- 

 lation about, ...... 480 



Tide, the, 334 



Tiger killed by baboons, .... 45 



Timber, time "to cut, .... 298, 445 



Time, matches with, .... - 443 



Tin, antiquity of, ..... 405 



Tomato, grafting the, on the potato, 81 ; culture 

 of the, 117, 127, .539 ; about starting the, 189 ; 

 mulch the, 368 ; as food, - - - - 409 



Tools, to prevent rusting, 98; and workshop, 268 

 Travelling now and then, - - . . 250 

 Trees, to keep rabbits from in winter, 11 ; about, 

 54, 73; apple, injured, 100; scraping, 149, 

 310; fruit, and snow, 155; freak of a dwarf 

 pear, 189 ; ]3roper time to prune fruit, 217, 

 245 ; how the Chinese make dwarf, 227 ; fruit, 

 look out for the, 234, 245 ; and mice, 239, 255, 

 313, 506; pear, and hens, 260 ; plum, 293, 

 360; pear, the Endicott, 311 ; cutting back 

 newly transplanted, 369 ; and small birds, 

 412 ; forest, of America, 453 ; apple, bearing 

 the odd years, 518 ; the Linden, 545 ; upright, 547 

 Trout factory in Connecticut, . . . 454 

 Turnip crop, culture of the, 96,254; seed, sweet 

 German, ....... 310 



Twins, a pair of, - .... 415^ 454 



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Umbrella, the. 



159 



Veal pie, 295 



Vegetables, comparative nourishment in, - 398 



in Norway, rapid growth of, ... 359 

 Vermont, wmter in, 89 ; weather in, 189, 207 ; 



state fair at, 483 



Vessel, iron-clad, Nahant, - - . - 472 



Vesuvius, eruption of Mount, ... 104 



