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INDEX. 



Vine, climbing, 127; grape and manure, - 539 

 Vinegar, in twenty-four hours, 121 ; simple rec- 

 ipes for making, . - . . 404, 504 

 Volcaao, what it cau do, - - - - 542 



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War, and the farmer, 49, 55 ; about the, 324 ; 

 lessons of the, ------ 452 



Wart, cure for, 125, 293; to destroy a, on a 



cow's teat, - - - 220, 221, 233, 244 



Washington, a Yankee city, - - - 50 



Waste not, want not, 90 



Water, pipes, aqueduct, 181 ; lime, effects of, 

 317 ; don't drink too much, - - - 383 



Wax, bees', pure, 270 



Weatlier, tlie, 38 ; and crops, in Vermont, 137 ; 

 influence of, upon Northern soldiers, - 322 



Weeder, carrot, 242 



Weeds, how to kill, 414 



Wedges rebounding, ----- 98 



Weights and measures, - - - - 13 



Wheat, experiments with, 50; versus corn 

 bread, 77; spring, 102; bran as a fertilizer, 

 114,264; cultivation of, 182; seed, 187; poi- 

 soned, for destroying rats and mice, 194; 

 spring, lime for, 220 ; when to sow, 223 ; for 

 horses, 244 ; fertility of, 330 ; in Ohio, 370 ; 

 crop, 394 ; winter, 430, 448, 456 ; fine, 447 ; 

 insects on, 453, 472 ; and corn and oats, - 490 



Whippletree, a new, ----- 520 

 Wliitewashing, extraordinarj', 299 ; and varn- 

 ish, 543 



Wife, the farmer's, 404 ; words for the, - 486 



Willow, the, 40 



Window, lessons from my, - - - - 327 

 Winter, prepare for, ----- 549 

 Wood, time to cut, ----- 445 

 Woodchucks, -.-.-. 459 

 Wool, sales of, 53; growing, 145, 162, 285; 

 fine, 158; remedy for slieep pulling, 243; 

 prices of, 327, 477; large fleeces of, 373; 

 grower's convention, - . - 433^ 493 



Women, the, of a nation, 280 ; unmarried, 247, 



295 ; costume for, 487 



Words, heart, 477 



World, the, how to be fed, - - - - 291 

 Worm, the armv, 79, 149 ; ring, remedy for, 

 103, 121, 208; the wire, 180, 306; on the 

 cranberry vine, 222; in horses, 261 ; the pars- 

 nip, 263; benefit of the angle, 352; canker, 

 373, 420 ; the elm-tree, - - - - 428 

 Work, farm, 41 ; jilanning and preparing, 106, 

 214 ; do your own, 397 ; fall, - - - 533 



Yeast, how to make, 261 ; substitute for, - 524 

 Youth, department, ----- 55 



ILLU STRATIONS 



Synopsis of the Seasons, - . - - 30 



The Patriotic Farmer's Musings, - - 50 



At Twilight, 76 



The Winter Time, 101 



Winter, 120 



The Grass, 126 



Wool Growing, 145 



Little Chrildren ------ 151 



A Night Storm - - - - - - 173 



A Spring Song, 192 



New England, 225 



Old Age, 265 



A Plowing Song, 309 



Love and the Rose, ----- 322 



The Farmer's Hymn, 325 



The Honey Bee's Song, - . - - 335 



The May Queen, 343 



The O'Lincoln Family, - - . - 365 



At the Last, - ' 371 



Can Fai-ming be made Profitable, - - 406 



Little Kindnesses, ----- 413 



A Woodland Song 424 



Elegy on Poor Charley, . - - - 435 



On a Wedding-Day, 439 



Harvests, 466 



Autumn, ---.--. 471 



Rain on the Roof, 480 



October, 516 



The Voice of Autumn, - - - - 504 



The Vintage, ------ 544 



Grammar in Rhyme, 548 



Hunters, ---..-. 566 



POETRY. 



A Country Residence, . - - 



Ornamental Pear-Trees, - - - 

 Vaudine's Seedling Plum, - - - 

 Steaming or Boiling Food for Stock, - 

 Culture of the Turnip Crop, 

 Smith's Improved Farm Fence, - 

 Design for a Suburban Residence, 

 Dana's Transparent White Currants, - 

 A New Propagating Case, - - - 

 Cook's Sugar Evaporator, - . - 



Initial Letter, 



The Culture of the Parsnip, 

 The Royal Hative Plum, - 

 Wetherell's Horse Hoe, - . - 



17 I Highways and their Repairs, - - 240, 241 



33 Sutter's" Gang Plow, 272 



48 The Union Mowing Machine, - . - 305 



80 Design for a Country or Village Home, 320, 321 



96 Open Air Grape Culture, - - - 336, 337 



113, 193 West's Improved Pump, . - - - 353 



128, 129 Revolving Wheel Rake, - - - . 40O 



144 A Greenhouse Eimine, - - - - 417 



148 Steel Amalgam Bulls, - - - - 417 



160 Explanation of terms used in describing Fruits, 



168 448, 449 



176,177 Sheep Barn and Feeding Racks, - - 481 



209 The only Ladv Bird injurious to Vlgetation, 486 



224 The Apple-Trec Borer, ... - 530 



