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INDEX. 



Poplin, Irish 640 



Pofee, Garget, Phytolacca decan- 



dra 575 



Indian — Verattiim viride . 575 



Pork. Bad 19 



Decline in Price 571 



from a Bushel of Corn . . . 671 

 Making in Massachusetts . 658 

 Kiiising at the West .... 668 



Treating Old 6d6 



Potaoh from Wool 60 



Potatoes 64, 243, 314, 352 



Beetle 581 



Colorado Bug 312, 337, 530, 533 



Early 214, 33v( 



for Stock 23, 237 



Raising 219, 249 



Seed 41 



Sprouting 240 



Storing 572 



Sweet 64 



tha Foot 621 



Three lined Leaf Beetle . . 392 

 Poultry, Asiatic Fowls .... 46 



Bran for 649 



Breeds 30 



Buffliigton's Yearly State- 

 ment 199 



Cholera 136 



Diseases 172, 311 



Ducks Die Young .... 585 

 Eggs, Difference in ... . 379 

 from Thirty Hens in Three 



and a Half Months . . 287 

 to Get Plenty of . . • 364, 555 



in one Hen 297 



Preserving 50 



Price in Chicago 279 



Sex of 330 



Value of 311 



Expense and Income . . . 199 



Fat Meat for 320 



GapcS 585 



Geese Sick and Dying . . . 119 



Goose Story 519 



House for 31, 512 



Lice 117 



Management and Care 31, 258 

 Massachusetts Association . 208 

 New Places for .... 19, 94 



on a Large Scale 642 



Pip 118 



Profits 31 



Sitting, how to Prevent 163, 203 



Sore Head 327 



■Tonics or Condiments for . 580 

 Practical Suggestions, by W. D. 



Brown 135 



Prairies, Waterless 216 



Pratt, Jarvls, Farm of 127 



Prices, Decline in 323 



Pump Legs, Bass-wood for i . 630 



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L^I^CE Japonica 25 



RABBIT Breeding . . . 152, 163 

 Racing at Fairs 219 



Radishes 64, 243, 2ti3 



Ragweed, Dwarf 504 



Railroads and Agriculture ... bo 



Rain, Amount ol Fall 391 



Rats banished bv Goats .... 330 



nore in Hianstead, Can. . . 376 



Respiration, Diseases Aflecting 5b8 



Rev. John Cotton 631 



Rhubarb 242, 314 



Ring, who wore the First . . . 107 

 Ringing, &c., to Hasten Bearing 575 



Roads, Farm 633 



in old Times 109 



Trees on 41 



Rocks, Rtmoving 546 



Rote, Bridal 191 



Bushes, Uld 600 



liush, Oldest Known . . . 572 

 Roots, CultivaliLg and Keeping 27 



CiAFFORD, N. B., Farmof. • 188 



O Sage 243 



Salsify 64, 652 



or Oyster Plant 243 



Sandwich Island Farming . S06 

 Salt, Use of— See Cattle 147, 170, C54 



Scarlet Bouvardia J31 



Schools, our Winter 45 



Science, Industrial 868 



Seed. Importance of Good . . . 2i7 

 Depth for Planting .... 210 



Seeding I^and 217 



with Corn Fodder 278 



without Manure 249 



Thick and Thin 207 



without Grain 217 



Seeds, Kaising 567 



Selection, Natural 617 



September, Garden in 541 



Thoughts for 397 



Sheep and Mutton 329 



Brush Destroyed by ... . 129 

 Coarse and Fine Wools, 



Crossing 557 665 



Coarse Wool in Large 



Flocks 44, 50 



Coarst Wool in Michigan . 385 



Cotswold 529 



and Merino .... 256, 565 

 Feeding in England ... 91 

 Diseases Caused by Beards 



of Grain 397 



Ewes, Fall Treatment of 



Breeding 627 



Food aU'ects Wool .... 241 



Foot-rot 177, 630 



Herders in California . . . 6!i7 



Husbandry 184 



in Iowa 236 



Keep up the Standard ... 36 

 Interest in Sheep Raisiag . 241 

 Lamb, when does it become 



a Sheep ? 672 



Lambs from 23 Sheep ... 200 

 Lamb Skins for Cloaks ■ . 154 



Leicester, Prolific 2s(7- 



Mutton and Wool 175 



Dressing 304 



Productive 543 



Pulling Wool 140 



Raising and Fattening ... 177 



in Maine 261 



Rheumatism in 19 



Shearing 253, 311 



Spring Care of Sheep and 



Lambs 298 



Watering 558 



Shingles for Roofs 59'ii 



Sphinx quinqutmuLvIaixi.s • . . 516 

 Sliori-horn — See Cuttle. 



Herdhook 197 



Shovel Making and Generalship 387 



Silk in California 50 



Skin, Cleanse the 580 



Effects of closing Pores . . 680 

 Skuiik Skins, Deodorizing . . . 654 

 Snow Protection to Land . . . 119 



So; p, Making 275 



Souii Lake 635 



Soiling 832 



Soils, Analysis of 385, 602 



Classification of 365 



Mixing Garden 279 



Restoring Exhausted . 544, 582 



Sorrel 367 



South Carolina, Ag'l Society . . 92 

 South, Yankees Invited to . . . 225 



tipaiiish Fly 581 



Sparrow, English 379, 6.32 



bpinach 64, 243, 352, 542 



Spireas Ibl 



ppring. Early 233 



Siiuash 64, 243, 352, 642 



Borer . . • t 507 



Seed G roving 567 



Stable Ventilali^ii 689 



Steam Cultivation in England . 215 



Machinery on the Farm . . 153 



Sticks, Sharp in Muck ... 21, 70 



Stock Comiiig to Barn 16 



Stock, Grass-fed 26 



Stock, Potatoes for 23, 237 



Sales of 267 



Steaming Food lor 17 



Supply of Water for ... 88 



Surface Water for 20 



Winter Care of 61 



Strawberries . 49, 24fi, 263, 314, 552 



Mulching 598 



Soil for' .576 



Time for Transplanting . . 576 



Wilson's 553 



Worm 213 



Stump Puller 191 



Stumps, to Prevent Suckering . 342 

 Subsoil for Top-dressing .... 816 

 Subeoiling, Doesit I'ay ? . . . . 144 

 Sugar Beet, in California . . . 644 



in Wisconsin .526 



Maple in N. H 297 



in Vermont 259, 290 



Large Crop of 215 



Sumac 559 



Sunapee Lake 587 



Swamp Land, Value of ... . 554 



Swedes in Maine 140, 203 



Sweet Flag Root 543 



Swine, Age to have Pigs .... S30 



Breeds of 57 



Chester County 57 



Cholera, Cooked Foot' for . 279 



Soap for 250 



Cooked and Uncooked Food 160 



Cost of Raising 354 



Dressing 662 



Essex 57 



Experiments in Feeding . . 160 



Exposition 581, 610 



Fast of a 112 



Food, Cooking .... 160, 264 

 Killing, Hints about .... 130 

 Lung, Kidney or Liver Dis- 

 ease 93 



Mackay 57 



Pigs from one Sow .... 290 

 Jefi'erson County . . 60, 518 



Lame 517 



Profitable 72 



Shelter 49 



Scouring 279 



to Make a Sow own Pigs not 



her own 104 



Porkers, Heavy .... 199, 200 



Raising 144 



Slaughtering a Fierce . . . 606 



Suffolk 57 



Sow, sick 320 



Water, Loss from want of . 577 



Worms in Lungs 103 



Won't Eat, and Acts Queer 40 



TARTAPEAN Honeysuckle . 191 

 Thistles, How 1 killed the 



Cimiula 604 



Throat Diseases 558 



Tin Sap Buckets 172 



Tobacco Crop 88 



in Massachusetts 41 



in Wisconsin 617 



Market 71 



Sales 180 



Sorting 71 



Tomatoes 64. 243, 203, 314. 352, 542 

 552 



Plants 165 



Raising Early 283 



Salt for 201 



Worms 6'i8 



Towel Costumes 039 



Town Fairs 623 



Transplanting Plants 362 



Trees by Roadside 40, 78 



Cultivation of . . . 67,113,221 

 Disease and Enemies of . . 221 

 Forest growing in Iowa . . 819 



Rotation of 269 



Growth of Forest . . . 201, 266 



Number to Acre 572 



Premiums on Growth . . . 189 



Raising from Seeds .... 285 



; Fruit 287 



