IV 



INDEX. 



D 



Dahlia, hints about the, 307 



Dairies in Maine, 122; American and Scotch 



compared, 302 



Dariinjrton, Dr. William, death of, . . .189 



Date, the, as bread, 254 



Days, luckr . .• ^^ 



Developmeat of resources the parent of civili- 

 zation, 281 



Dictionary, farm, 356 



Disease, obscure sources of, ... • 222 

 Draining, . . 52, 186, 267, 270, 334, 379 

 Dog, guns, and rods, 114; fidelity of a, 143; 

 save the, 186 ; law in Vermont about the, . 222 



E 



Eagle, old in the nest, 



Education, physical, 44 ; agricultural. 



Egg plant, - . . , . 



Electricity for plants, , 



Elm, dignity of the. 



22 

 56 



181 

 38 



380 



F 



Fair, farmers', 177; Vermont State, 298, 348, 354 

 Farm, the, as a manufactory, 255 ; shall I buy a, 285 

 Farmer, and the war, 65 ; profession of the, 

 106 ; wife of, overtaxed, 141, 153; our north- 

 ern, 144 ; New England, for April, notes upon 

 the, 186; frauds on the, 277; vs. mechanics, 

 286 ; women, 287 ; one-horse, 308, 311 ; walks 

 and talks with Essex county, 345 ; the work- 

 ing, and the Illinois, 352 ; the, a manufacturer, 

 381 ; why discontented, .... 386 



Farming, profits of, 17 ; Beecher's book on, 47 ; 

 book, 119 ; in New Mexico, 275; in Florida, 



282 ; by steam, 304 



Feet, warm, in cold weather, 38 ; take care of 



the, . . 52, 157 



Felon, remedy for a, 155 



Fence, Smith's patent, 33 ; on railroad, . 98,190 

 Field, battle, how nature covers up a, . . 346 

 Flax, barley, wheat, 28 ; culture of, 42, 62, 81, 



126, 171 



Flesh as food, 211 



Floor, echoing, 152; painted, . . . .347 



Flour, how to select, 296 



Flowers, how to preserve in form and color, 280 ; 



on the table, 3U6 ; a growing love for, . . 375 

 Fly, Hessian, the, ...... 312 



Fodder, save the, 93 ; increase the, . . .102 

 Food, cooked and uncooked, .... 208 



Forest, a Brazilian, ..... 306 



French' economy in the, 21 ; Judge 11. F. 69, 109 

 Frost in tiie tropics, 356 ; and drought in Illi- 

 nois, 380 



Fruit, year of, 1 9 ; keeping through the \vintcr, 

 34. 128 ; culture and profits of, 170, 274 ; how 

 to keep, .302 ; crop of, 314 



G 



Garden, work in the, 

 Gardening, woman's, 

 Girls, healthy. 

 Glanders in the horse. 

 Glue for ready use, 

 Gooseberry bushes, how to prune. 

 Grain, production of. 

 Grafting and wax for. 

 Grape, culture of the, 14, 85, 112 ; a 

 diseases, 20 ; a new, 38 ; and peai 



a cure for 

 Sj 46 ; new 



173 



61 



75 

 225 



30 

 141 



18 

 186 



varieties of the, 275 ; culture, wines, and wine 

 making, 309, 317, 336, 349 ; Rogers' Hybrid, 

 and others, 356 ; for the million, 356 ; trellis 



for the 372 



Grass, Hungarian, 57, 96, 97, 107, 158, 311, 

 316 : foul meadow, 180; best time for cutting, 

 243 ; land, top-dressing, 294, 378 ; millet, 311 ; 

 blue, in Kentucky, 314 ; crop, importance of 

 the, 341 ; a large crop of, .... 345 



Grennell, James S 19 



Guano, adulterated, 220 



H 



Ham, how to preserve, 238 



Hands, chapped, cure for, 66, 218; and feet, 



how to cure blisters on, . . . .95 



Harness, how to take care of, . . . .110 

 Hay, harvesting, cost of, 303 ; field, thonghts in 

 the, 305 ; salting of, . . . 339, 351, 389 



Haymaker, city, 288 



Hai-vest, the, 377 



Health, vinegar, wood fires, cooking, 50 ; in hot 



weather how to preserve, . . . .310 

 Hedge, as a shelter, 171 ; what kind is best, . 180 

 Heifers, time for them to come in, . . , 138 



Herring, use of the, 22 



Hills, letter from the, 366 



Holdfost, in cattle, 379 



Home after business hours, 22 ; love of, . . 382 

 Hong Kong, China, . . . . .11 



Ho nev, large deposit of, . . . . .31 

 Hop, crop of the, for 1862, .... 

 Horse, and man, compared, 10; to cure crib-biting 

 in the, 21 ; grooming and feeding the, 54 ; in- 

 telligence of the, 63 ; the army, 74 ; film on 

 the eye of a, 95 ; dry meal for the, 120, 152 ; 

 a sick, 180; poll-evil in the, 195 ; shoeing the, 

 205 ; a lame, 2§7 ; ring-bone on the, 248 ; 

 founder in the, 269 ; medicine for the, 273 ; 

 heaves m, 280 ; number of the lost in battle, 

 287 ; warts on the, 289 ; sand-crack on foot 

 of the, 336 ; a roaring, 353 ; northern and 

 Eouthera compared, 355 ; scratches in, . . 391 

 Horse-hoe, or rotary spader, .... 272 

 Horticultural notes, . . . 290, 338, 366 



House, farm, and outbuildings, 274 ; school, . 289 



Husk, corn, paper from, 202 



Hydropathy in veterinary practice, . . . 385 



Icelandic " skier," 183 



Idc, Timothy, death of, . . ^ . . .219 

 Insanity, decrease of, during the war, . . 295 



Itch, barn 152 



Ivy, cure for poison by, 255, 305 ; caution about 

 use of, 335 



Japanese, oddities of the. 



Kerosene oil, in a fluid lamp, . 

 Ivitchen, hints from the, . 

 Kohl-rabi, culture and uses of, . 



205 



. 38 



. 378 

 . 225 



Z>abels for fruit-trees. 



147 



