INDEX 



Labor, two systems of, 211 



Ladies' Department ; Origin of the Moss Rose, 

 and training the child's body, 135 ; patching 

 and darning, 199 ; the baby walks, 231 ; dress- 

 ing with taste, 231 ; keeping company with 



flowers, . ♦ 263 



Legislative, agricultural meetings, 100, 111, 123, 



152, 158, 164 



Leominster, sketch of, 350 



Letter, an up-country, 315 



Life, how to be fitted for, 140; art of success 



in, • . . . ^ 243 



Lime, its uses and action, 33 ; superphosphate 

 of, ... . . .71, 146, 157 



Linseed, and its oil, 195 



Lithographers, an hour with the, . , .197 



Locust, yellow, 92 



Love, youthful, 307 



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Machinery, among the, 185; farm, 247, 307; 



for binding grjiin, 364 



Manures, 64; top-dressing with, 98, 119; haul- 

 ing out in winter, 120; fermentation of, 148; 

 spreading from the cart, 255 ; preparing and 

 applying, 276 ; quantity and quality of, 278, 

 318; oyster-shelk as a, 349; skill in man- 

 aging, 357; importance of, 377 ; covering of, 381 

 Mare, in foal, ....... 368 



Market, cattle, report of, for December, 40 ; for 

 January, 72 ; for February, 104 ; for March, 

 136; for April, 168; for May, 200; for June, 

 232; for July, 264; for August, 296; for 

 September, 328 ; for October, 360 ; for No- 

 vember, 392 ; going to, .... 238 



Marsh, salt, 121 



Martynia, or unicorn plant, . . . .181 



Meadow, an old hassock, reclaimed, 293 ; a 

 puzzling one, . . . . . .321 



Men and horses compared, 10 ; mar^'els of, . 379 

 Meteorology, record of, for January, 133 ; for 

 February, 157; for March, 194;' for April, 

 299 ; for May, 231 ; for July, 267 ; for Au- 

 gust, . 263 



Microscopic writing, 272 



Milk for butter, 38 ; boiling, why it foams, 60 ; 

 how to keep sweet, 86; business, 119; low 



price of, 121, 161 



Milking, patience in, 225 



Millet, culture of, 71,311 



Jlill, portable, 345 



Mole, ground, and gopher, .... 367 

 Jlountains, Green, among the, .... 175 



Muck, 66, 146 



Muffins, com, how to make, . . . .91 



Mulching, 173 



Mushrooms, how to cultivate, . . . .117 



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Xails, why called <en/3€nny, &e. • . .181 



Nashua, cattle show at, 330 



New England, sketches of, . . . • . 354 

 Newspaper controversy, 64 ; and books, errors in, 77 

 Nile, supposed discovery of source of, . . 255 

 Notes of the season, 183 ; horticultural, 290, 



338, 366 



Nuts, cultivation of, 75 



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OflBce, Patent, brief history of 



. 266 



Oil, coal, 312 



Onion, the best to sow, 113 ; and an ox, 13l| 



152; maggot in the, 180 



Opinion, diversity of, .... . 146 

 Orchard, tilling the, 26, 89 ; apple, 86 ; old ap- 

 pie, 39; planting an, 112, 171: no faith in 

 an, 113 ; the, should be drained, 128; reclaim- 

 ing an old, ....,., 146 

 Oxen, shoeing of, 205 ; trained, « , .388 



Paring and burning land, .... 364 



Pasture, how to renovate an old, . « 207, 253 

 Peach, pickles of the, 299 ; borer, . .312, 356 

 Pear, origin and improvement of the, 78 ; dw£uf, 

 122; best for Massachusetts, 127; a late, 



187; seedling, 333, 369 



Pennies, how saved, . . . , .175 



People, young, what they should know, . . 64 



Pickles, about, 321 



Pine, white, about pruning the, . . . 379 



Pitchfork, horse, 171 



Plants, how to water, 257 ; how they absorb 



moisture, 296 



Plaster, beds of, in Michigan, .... 255 



Pleuro pneumonia, 74 



Plow, the Holbrook, 121 ; and side-hill, 121 ; 



about the, 338 



Plowing, cross, 36, 59, 205 ; depth of, 257 ; 



about, 338 



Plum and curculio, 353 



Pomological Society, American, . . s. 89 



Post, how to preserve, 235 



Potato, how to boil the, 91 ; sweet, culture of 

 the, 99, 172; for planting, 171; disease in, 



174, 243, 268, 301 



Poudrcttc, use of, . . . . . . 147 



Poultry, disease among, 83 ; profits of, 91, 110, 

 111, 212, 140; Brahma Pootra, 158; chick- 

 ens, how to feed, 239; incident about, 270; 

 food for fattening, . • . . .313 



Pox, small, how to prevent pitting, . . . 301 

 Premiums at cattle shows, .... 389 



Produce, preparation of, for market, . . .87 



Producer, non, 269 



Providence, city of, 241 



Pump, a good one, 126 ; "West's improved, 344 ; 



Wood's, 356, 363 



Pumpkin, growth of, 322 



Punctuality, 58, 219 



Putty and paint, solvent for old, . . .32 



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Quince borer, . 

 Quittor, in horse's foot. 



Rake, horse, 



Rain, 



Railroad, Fitchburg, 94 ; of Massachusetts, 

 Raspbcny, culture of the, . . . . 

 Rat, stories about the, 2^0 ; in the drain, . 

 Recipes, domestic, 72, 91, 120, 135, 156, 231, 



295,299,321,327, 



Ringbone, on the horse's foot, 



Road, making a, 



Roots, for sheep , .• ^*®' 



Rye. seeding with, in summer, 204 ; cultivation 

 * "of, 27G ; how to raise, 



350 

 257 



188 

 227 

 138 



les 

 374 



353 



248 



68 



171 



391 



