INDEX TO YOL. XII 
630, s'Ti 
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1 
e 
Absorbing power of Charcoal, Peat, &c., 290 
“ “ Soils, . . 138 
Accident, not fatal 219 
Accounts, true account of . . 203 
Acknowledgments 8, 24, 153 
Acorns, value of . .21 
Acre, square rods in an 360 
Advance, we must . . 140 
Advertisements, notices of 360, 376 
Advertising and not advertising a farm 276 
Agriculture and the Professions 345 
Agricultural experiments . . 66 
“ Society, Benton Co., Min. 201 
Aim high .... 218 
Air, subterranean, essential to vegetation 264 
Algeria, cotton in . . . 43 
Ambitious 187 
America as a field for gardeners 103, 119 
America, young ... 12 
Am. Agriculturist 392 
“ “ credentials of . 309 
“ “ English proclivities 312 
“ “ review of the . 274 
“ “ subscriber’s opinion of the 137 
American Institute, report of, for 1852 195 
American text book . . 392 
Ammonia—nitrogen 243 
Ammonia, will plaster prevent its escaping ? 225 
Anchored fast . . . .91 
Anecdote, whip me quick 219 
“ of a gate, &c. . . 123 
Animals, healthy color of 360 
“ perverse, subduing . . 277 
Answer, witness and the barrister 140 
“ a good . . . 372 
Aphis, to destroy the Green 327 
“ remedy for the Scaly . 231 
Apples, late keeping 70 
“ Russet . . . 102 
“ storing in sawdust 102 
“ Western 55 
April fools .... 171 
Appropriations, liberal for N. Y. Ag. Soc. 245 
Architecture, villa . . . 296 
Arkansas, cattle fields of 309 
Arrow-root crop in Natal . . 21 
Asparagus beds 198 
“ raising giant 
Ass, an .... 395 
Asses, selling 267 
Atheism, folly of (Poetry) . . 294 
Auctioneer in California 283 
Australia, sheep farming in . . 274 
Axiom, fallacy of an old 91 
E 
Baby, a model 
“ show, a great 
“ “ in Canada 
Babies, large lot of 
Bachelors, no place for 
Back numbers 
314 
329 
187 
378 
247 
88 to 168 
Bees, to head fugitive 346 
Beet, sugar ... 1 
Beets, large early 214 
“ one way to raise beets . . 88 
Belgium, agriculture in 325 
Benny, little ... 59 
Bible, beautiful apostrophe to 346 
Birds, multiplying the smaller ones about 
our dwellings . . 134 
“ protect the little 121 
“ to keep from destroying seeds 70 
Blackberries, in New-Rochelle. 403 
“ rich man buying . 391 
Blackberry, the New-Rochelle 321, 343 
360 
147 
9 
135 
314 
376 
392 
217 
217 
851 
87 
28 
281 
311 
24 
135 
295 
139 
139 
122 
394 
234 
73 
171 
392 
27 
330 
310 
170 
310 
139 
73 
90 
234 
58 
203 
310 
406 
347 
220 
275 
405 
168 
252 
139 
j 395 
122 
42 
Ball, not a fancy 
220 
Bank presidents wanted 
236 
Barn cellars 
120 
Barn-yard buildings 
114 
Bathing, advantages of salt-water 
391 
Beans a profitable crop 
73 
Bearing-reins, uselessness of 
371 
Bedford Farmer Club 
182 
Bee-keeping, a review . 
17 
Bees beneficial to fruit trees 
149 
“ fighting 
69 
“ highway robbers 
277 
“ something about 
290 
Bone-dust vs. guano 
Bone question, a woman on the 
Bones, can they be dissolved in ashes ? 
Bones in the garden 
Bonnets, Punch on 
Books read before noticed 
“ notices of 
“ review of, farm implements . 
“ “ Hawaiian Ag. Soc. Trans. 
“ “ Myrtle Wreath 
Borer, how to get rid of the 
Boston and New-England 
how to get to 
Botanical science 
Bound volumes 
Boquet, an imperial 
beautiful wild flower 
Boy, a cute 
“ a good 
“ a noble 
“ a smart .... 
“ a cruel 
“ Boy from down East,” Editor to the 
Boy, my little 
“ or young man wanted 
“ sensible 
“ the squirrel, or the honest 
“ the strawberry 
“ who kept his purpose 
“ who liked his seat 
Boys and girls, how they are reared 
“ a spring job for 
“ a word to little 
Boy’s Letter 
“ “ about his troubles 
“ “ another 
“ “ Delaware 
“ out after night-fall 
Brains vs. money 
“ location of the 
Bran, value of wheat 
Bread in Paris 
Bread, the new humbug 
Breaking up of Court, disgraceful 
Breed, the pure 
Breeding animals, at this season, take good 
care of .... 73 
Breeding, in-and-in 373 
Bricks, substitute for common . 12 
Broom corn 180, 212 
Brothers .... 235 
Buckalew, farm of Jas. 401 
Buckwheat 242 
Buds, advantage of taking off flower-buds 
early . . . 278 
Bugs on the melon, cure for 263 
Buildings, iron 108 
Bull vs. locomotive . . 235 
“ the old black 186 
Bulls and mares in Buenos Ayres 120 
Burlington Vt,, farming about . 241 
“ “ horticulture around 229 
105 
293 
21 
251 
363 
261 
121 
196 
244 
231 
!, 85 
20 
267 
339 
152 
299 
51 
167 
162 
345 
Business, getting into 
how to commence 
Buyers and sellers 
C 
Cabbages &c., setting out 
California, cheap produce in 
Indian farming in 
poetry 
Calling, at the head of his 
Calves, rearing 
Calves, remedy for scouring in 
Camel company, American 
in America, domestication of the 
Camphor vs. bugs 
Canada thistles 
Canada thistles, different varieties of 
Canary birds—our sanctum 
Canaries 
Candles, lamps &c., interesting facts about 
Cannon’s mouth, thoughts at a 
Capons, directions for making 
Capsicum plant (pepper) 
Carrot, culture of the field 
Cattaraugus county show 
Catterpillar and green flies on gooseberries 343 
Cattle, demand for . . .185 
“ export of British, what the English 
say? . . • 210 
“ for breachy 200 
“ for California . . 140,187 
“ fence-throwing 228 
“ hints to stock growers . 262 
“ Iloven in 66, 114 
“ how shall Short-horns be improved,1,35 
“ importation into Ohio . . 325 
“ “ of European 34 
“ “ of Short-horns . 169 
“ Improved for sale 40 
“ injury received in coming to market 178 
“ large sale of Short-horns . 264 
“ Miller’s sale of improved 169,249 
“ more Short-horns coming . 121 
moving 245 
sale of Clinton county imported 388 
Short-horns, fine shoulders, 220,225 
“ great sale of . 232 
“ sale of improved 284 
“ the blind leading the 
blind . 193 
“ show, great French 113 
“ “ national . . . 345 
“ stanchions for 69 
“ train, an immense . . 318 
“ transportation of beef 245 
Cayuga county show . . . 345 
Celery cultivation 185 
“ the best . . 7 
Chaldea, the plains of 286 
Charley, epitaph on . .128 
Cheat, Chess, &c. 226 
Cheese and cider, false coloring of . 196 
“ making 195 
Chemistry of common life . . 393 
Chester county, Pa., agricultural show 377 
Child, any body’s 10 
“ in the clover-field . . 362 
Children’s limbs, barbarity of exposing 28 
Children, discouraging . . . 344 
“ side-table 11, 346 
“ training . . 10,347,363 
Chili, agriculture in 345 
Chinese and Yankee . . . 395 
“ note book, leaves from my 115 
Chloroform counteracted . . 121 
Chloformed horse 149 
Cholera, bright side of . . . 332 
