INDEX 



Plaster, use of 275, 276 



of Paris, does it pay? ... 313 



old, and Lime 561 



Plougliina, Autumn 576 



Plouglis and I'loughing at Paris 



Exposition 393 



Steam, Aristocracy of . . . 421 



Plums, Washington 517 



Raising, with Curculio . . . 349 

 Poetry, — 



A Day in Autumn 539 



A Man-of-War in the Acorn 480 



Birds and Flowers 402 



By the Seaside 582 



Contentment 44 



Darning Socks 54 



Farmers' Girls 182 



Time 577 



Husking 579 



Hymn for the Farmer. . . 120 



Indian Corn 512 



Indian Summer 500 



July 350 



La-e, Our 222 



Old Winter is Coming ... 96 



Put lip the Bars 546 



Seasons 240 



Snow Birds 145 



Sugar Making 323 



Summer 463 



Idleness 391 



The Farmer Feedeth all . . 532 



The Fire on ihe Hearth. . 521 



The Golden Grain 363 



Two Little Pairs of Boots . 450 



Tobacco 613 



Up in the Barn 343 



What We Will Do ... . 47i 



Winter 41,166 



Morning 147 



Old is Coming 96 



Poison of the Cobra 499 



Poisoning, P.iiut 45 



Pollen, i^ubftitute for . . . 470, 471 



Pomological Society 509 



Pond, a singular, in Wilming- 

 ton, Mass 84 



Poor Man on a Poor Farm . . . 230 



Pork and Beff Curing 42 



Crop in Indiana 43 



Curing Hams in Beef Pickle 86 



Dairy 20S 



David Buttrick's 37 



Pounds of, for a bushel of 



Corn 95 



Shrinking, to Prevent ... 63 

 Potato Field, Mr. vs. Mr. Green 



Grocer 560 



Potatoes, amount of Seed . 174, 331 



Apples and Drought .... 580 



Best Early 165 



Bug, the Colorado .... 213 



Crop, good 24V 



Compost for, or Muck . . . 164 

 Cultivation of . 145, 229, 277, 309 



Experiments with new . . . 553 



on Long Island 276 



Raising 3.31 



in Vermont 306, 310 



Seed for . . . 174,260,331,5.39 



Sorting 53 



Poultry, Account with 374 



and Plus, Profit of 116 



at Paris Exposition .... 410 



Biddi( s, a Plea for ... . 173 



ai d Girls 218 



Brahma Co^k 181 



Care of. Winter 11 



Cott of Keeping 52 



Crev.--CcBur 411 



Diseased 274 



Dogs, &c 512 



Goslings, Twin 3.34 



Hens eating Eggs 230 



High Prices, protected by 



Dogs 83 



Jersey Blue Fowls .... 44 



Kept on a large Scale ... 52 



La Fleche 411 



Lame Fowl 107 



Large Establishment for . . 267 



Plea for Progress 258 



Poultry, Plea Answered .... 211 



Product 46 



Selling 440 



Produce, Farm, Price of ... . 359 

 Provost Marshal General's Re- 

 port 51 



Pruning Apple Trees 33 



Pump and Sprinkler 358 



Pumpkins and Squashes, to keep 46 



QUAILS and Grouse 229 

 Quince, culture and varieties 

 of 562 



RADISH, Long-tailed .... 564 

 Kake, Warner's Sulky Re- 

 volving 224 



Rat, the 189 



Coal Tar for the 379 



Training cats for 563 



Reading for Winter Evenings . 42 

 Reaper, Factory, Wood's . . . 525 



Rennet, Preparing 252 



Rent of Land in England ... 138 

 Rheumatism, Cure for ... 95, 526 

 Rhode Island, Officers of Soc. E. 



D. 1 188 



Richardson, Ebenezer, Farm of 321 

 Ringing Fruit Tree .... 299, 309 



Robin, the 221 



Roots 256 



Carrot Crop, large 52 



Raising 308 



on Grass Farms 377 



Ruta Baga Crop, Vt. . . . 46 



Storing 69 



Rotation of Crops . . 190, 280, 508 



in England 190 



Rye for Cattle Feed 498 



Crop of 432 



for Fattening 77 



Scattering on Oat land . . . 417 



Straw for Paper 430 



Winter Crop 407 



SALT and Lime for Hay . . 515 

 Sand Beneficial on Clay Soil 496 

 Sandy Soil improved by Clay . 469 



Sawdust, uses of 205 



School House, Plan of a ... . 320 



State Reform 119 



Schools, Winter 91 



Science, Consolation from . . . 229 

 Scraper, Cast Iron, Horse or Ox 333 



Screw, to start a 378 



Sea, Chemistry of the 192 



Seeds, Changing . . 181, 220, 2.35, 306 



Gathering 358 



Potatoes, amount of ... . 309 



Quantity for acre 30.3 



Saving 645 



Seeding down Land 139 



September, Meteorology for . . 19 



Suggestions for 405 



Work for 406 



Shall I Sell my Little Farm . . 22 



Sheep, a sick 000 



Beans for 138 



Browse 1(6 



Bucks, age of 46 



Use and Misuse of ... . 180 



Catarrh 273 



Coal Tar for Maggots in . . 411 

 Coarse and Fine Wool . . 280 

 Cushing iS Boynton's Flock 68 



Dana's Labels 74 



Diseases, Discussion on . . 349 



Docking Lambs 335 



Fall Management of . . 14, 185 



Feeding 11 



Foot Rot 472 



How to Manage 163 



Hungarian Hay for .... 467 



Inverted Wombs 237 



Improve Pastures 265 



Lambs, care of 278 



Disease among 329 



Disowning 228 



Docking 290,335 



Sheep, Goitre, loss by 173 



Healthy 334 



Killing Ticks on .... 890 



Management of 290 



Raising 207, 330 



Triple 32 



Warming Chilled .... 271 



Weaning and Pasturing . 290 



Merino, for Mutton .... 54 



Prices of 241 



New Hampshire Flock . . . 215 



Potatoes for 318 



Productive Leicester ... 54 



Prolific 334, 468 



Pulling Wool 273 



Remedy for biting Wool . 85 

 Space for Winter Quarters . 117 



Swelled Head in 333 



Sheared, the 399 



Shearing 468 



in Maine 380 



in Vermont 316 



Shoeing 334 



Tar and Sulphur for Grub 



Fly 319 



Tegs, care of 39 



Ticks 273, 279 



Vermont 178 



Winter Feed and Care of. 136 

 Shingles, Fire Proof Wash for . 435 



to lay Sawed 261 



Short Horns, Prices of 241 



Sickness, causes of 49 



Silk Manufacture in Massachu- 

 setts 255 



Slate, Plastic 140 



Snakes 316 



Snow, Burials under 57 



Drifts in Trees and Shrub- 

 bery 185 



Soap, an excellent 237 



Suds 334 



Societies, Mass., Worcester . . 24 

 Vermont, for Improvement 



of Horses 527 



Pomological 509 



Soils, Cultivated, capacity of. 108 

 Deepening, for Garden . . 263 

 Dry, as an Absorbent . . . 260 



Lime for 528 



Pulverizing, Implement for 95 



Running out 474 



Worn out 359 



Soiling, Butter from 49 



and Pasturing 565 



Milch Cows 238 



Vetches for 343 



Sorghum, raising in Connecticut 389 

 Sows destroying young .... 274 



Old for Breeding 212 



Spavin, Bog or Blood ... 84, 116 



Bone 84 



Cure for 95, 130 



Spinet, the 584 



Spruce, the White Fir 573 



Squash Bug's Eggs 469 



Squashes and Pumpkins, keep- 

 ing 46 



Compost for 214 



Two years old 497 



and Watermelons 126 



Squirrels, Ground, inCalifornia 499 



Stanchions 231 



and Stables 164 



Stifles, cure for 515 



Stock, care of Winter 12 



Durham, in Vermont . . . 577 



Cost of Raising 291 



Feeding 503 



How often shall it be fed . 505 



Mr. Hubbard's 107 



Improved, in Canada . . . 307 

 Improvement of . 284, 288, 463 

 Neat, Improvement of . . . 388 



Personal care of 550 



Stabling in Vermont .... 95 



Tact in Fecduig 572 



too much 65 



Wintering 12 



Stones on cultivated Lands . . 482 



Stoves and Furnaces 651 



Straw and Hoot Cutters .... 527 



