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and the figures the number of them. Ar- 
tiote$ referring directly or indirectly to Bees, 
Cattle, Buildings, Insects, Manures, Trees, 
etc. will be found under these general heads. 
A 
272 
Absence of Mind. 
Accounts—Farm—How to Keep. * 2 
Should be Kept. 8 
Advertising Information Gratis. 154 
No. VII, Recipes. 5 
No. VIII, Recipes......... 38 
No. IX, Seeds, Quacks... 70 
No. X, Envelopes, Solder¬ 
ing, Picture, etc.I 68 
Raising the Wind.104 
Advertisements—A Good Class of. 01 
Bogus Land, etc. 91 
Not Endorsed. 27 
Terms Advanced. .28-348 
Agricultural Lectures at Yale College, 
New-Haven,.50-96-102-374 
Agricultural Literature—What it has 
Done. 3,33 
Agricultural Society of N. Y. State- 
Officers.154 
Agricultural Societies—Notes to Man¬ 
agers. 2b3 
Agriculture—Progress in.235 
Am. Agriculturist—New Office of...2*. .304 
Located for ten Years..313 
Animals—Care of Breeding. 12 
• ■ Cross Breeding.202 
Importation of Blooded.303 
Mode of Suspending Slaugh¬ 
tered.*.. 75 
Number of in-the World—301 
Skins, Preservation of.185 
Young, Breaking. 10 
Apple—Mammoth—Gloria Munii... *.. 308 
Apples—Best in N. Y. Market.. 20 
Frames for Drying.310 
King of Tompkins Co. 82 
Pickled.313 
What Varieties to Plant .1_ 18 
Yellow Bellflower.345 
April —Suggestions— Opening Spring .. 97 
Arctic Vegetation — Summer Jaunt to 
Polar Regions.231 
Arguments—The Best from the Soil ..341 
Artesian Well at Columbus —121-200-340 
Artichoke Jerusalem—Note on. 153 
Asparagus—Cultivation of. 50 
How to Obtain Early . 83 
•• Moving a Bed — Splendid 
Growth.164 
Asses—Spanish—Importation of.303 
Auction—Mock—Beware of.*.. 357 
August — Suggestions— Compensation 
for Short Crops.... .223 
Babies—A Word for—Hints to MotUors .342 
Bags—Marking. '345 
Balsam Apple. 
Banner of Welcome to the Prince of 
Wales. 
.355 
Barometer—Description of Mercurial 
and Aneroid. 7 * 232—233 
For Farmers—Aneroid, etc. 121 
Ilay Crop saved by. 201 
On Washing Day, etc.234 
Price Reduced. 374 
Beans—Harvesting. 307 
Garden, Notes on Varieties... 18 
Bean—The Lima.. 
Beef—Corned—How to Cure and Cook.310 
• • Plenty in New-York. 365 
Bee-IIive—Miner’s. 00 
Bee-Keepers—Caution to. 70 
Bees—Apiary in January, 3—Feb., 35- 
Mar., 67- April, 101- May, 133—June, 
104—July, 195-Aug., 228—Sept., 259 
—Oct., 291—Nov., 323—Dec.354 
B eas—Absconding.268 
•• Artificial Combs for.154 
• • Chloroforming. 0 
Convenience for Feeding.26 
•• Diseased.230 
• • Houses for.346 
• • How to Tame.326 
• • Inaugurafing a Queen.230 
• • Italian.104-186-261 
Loss of Queens.153-229 
Method of Transporting.*.. 76 
•• Profit of Keeping.26 
• • Progressive ......267-326 
•• Robbing a Vineyard.360 
•• Stingless. 261 
•• Swarming without a Queen. 7 
Beet Culture—Hints on.362 
Bells—Farm.*. .261 
Berks Co., Pa., Products—Acknowledg¬ 
ment. 27 
Birds—Blackbird, Thrush, and Mock¬ 
ing Bird.*..152 
•• Blackbirds not Useful.153 
• • Familiar and Useful Notes 
about—American Goldfinch.*. .361 
• ■ Skylarks—Colony of..346 
The Wren.*..121-178 
Blackberry—New-Rochelle.313 
Seed—Howto Plant.313 
Slow hr Vegetating..151 
Bone Mills.218 
Book and Engraving Swindle.357 
Book for Housekeepers —Youman’s 
Household Science . .118 
Book—Age of Horses, 346, 374 — Every- 
bodysLavvyer,346—Agric’lt’IScrap, 346 
— Bees and Bee-keeping,218—Bright's 
Grape Culture, 186—Buist’s Flower 
Garden Directory, 121 —Campbell’s 
Agriculture, 27 — Comprehensive 
Farm Record, 218—Flower Garden 
Directory, 91—Handbook of House¬ 
hold Science,118 — New American Cy¬ 
clopedia, 60,186—Work on Poultry. .186 
Boltles for Wine—Prices of.313 
Bouquet—A Summer.. .' .*..176 
Boys’ and Girls’ Columns : 
January —Miss “Sly Boots ”*— A Hap¬ 
py New Year—Pleasant Remem¬ 
brances—Sad Memories—A Capital 
Trick—Did not know his Best 
Friend—How “ Lew ” was Caught 
—Weighing the Evidence—A Re¬ 
served Man—Fun for the Boys in 
Whiter—Problems.... 3*.. 24-25 
February —Learning to sing—“Chick¬ 
adee,” Song and Music*—Pleasant 
Plays — The Bachelor’s Gifts— 
“ Served him Right”—The Poor be¬ 
come the Rich—Problems, etc.3*. 57-58 
March—A Telling Illustration— 1 The 
Lucky Branch*—What do you 
Think of Yourself?—How a Man 
got Scared—A Boy seeing a Strange 
Sight—Common Errors in Speak¬ 
ing, by Anna Hope—Problems 6*..88-89 
April —About Diogenes—Problems,3* 
—The Frog’s Music Lesson, * — 
Our Pet Frog—The Toad does Un¬ 
dress—A Piece of Gum to Chew—A 
Question iuArithmetic—Which 'was 
Caught?.......119-120 
May —How dees your Picture look?— 
Keep Cool— Problems* — A real 
“Backbiter”—Song Birds*—Wel¬ 
come Guests—Curious Visitors Ex¬ 
pected—A Great Loss—Pretty near¬ 
ly Right—Judging from Appear¬ 
ances. . j .I.... 151-152 
June —Problems, 3*—Have you seen a 
Sky Lark?—About thePic ure—The 
new fashioned Bonnet*—T.dk about 
Swimming—The Wonderful Plant 
—Eyes Open- The Plum Pudding 
Story.183-185 
July —Pounding in a Lesson, a better 
way—Amusing Game—Tlic Benev¬ 
olent Crow*, Cheap Generosity—A 
Great Affliction—The Flamingo'— 
How to Tame Birds, etc—A Fourth 
of July Speecii—A bad Crop to cul¬ 
tivate—Problems 3*.216-217 
August —Mischievous Tom* — A start¬ 
ling Report—Happy Jack—Needed 
Medicine—Beware of the Serpent* 
—Dog afraid of Noise—Language 
of Fowls—Problems.3*.. 248-249 
September —Be Yourself—Problems, 
3*—Uncle Peter’s Story*—“Make 
the best of it”—Iron worth more 
tiian Gold—Working for a Penny a 
Day—An Unexpected Hug . . .279-280 
October —Hazing—Real fun—Prob¬ 
lems*—TheTrial of Patience*—The 
Brave Boy, a Capital Story.311-312 
November — Thanksgiving —A Small 
Man — Problems* — The Knitting 
Lesson* — Don’t Fret — Judge not 
from Appearances—One Drop at a 
Time.3*.343-344 
December —Editor with his Y’oung 
Readers—Dont Cheat Y’ourseif—A 
Safe Property—Too Sharp for Him 
—Spelling Puzzle — Problems* — 
Gathering Christmas Greens*—A- 
bout Christmas—Down in theMouth. 
Uncle John’s Study — Believing 
One’s Eyes — Curious Experiment* 
........371-372 
Bridle—Substitute for.218 
Broccoli — A new variety.tys.• *.. 77 
Broom Corn—Dwarf..., 104-138 
Howto Harvest....,'265 
Brooms—Home-made'.7*. .13-74 
Brushes—New mode of making-2*.. 86 
Budding Oranges and Lemons.249 
Season for... .186 
Buildings—Barn, Carriage House, etc., 
Combined—Form of Specifica¬ 
tions and Contracts.. .4*. .240-241 
•• Barn, plan of..4*. .297 
Barn Plan—Note on.153 
Barn Plan — Premium offer¬ 
ed. 60 
Barn—Premium plans5*204-205 
Country Residence—Home¬ 
stead of the Publisher. .4*. .48-49 
Farm House at AddisonS*.. 73 
•• House—Plans of proposed— 
• • Plan of a cheap, convenient 
House. ,.*..105 
$200 Premium offered for Ele¬ 
vation Pians.2.*..350 
Buckwheat—A AVord for.197 
Burying Grounds—Style of in the 
Country. 36 
Butter—We want good.175 
Butter working—Practical Suggestion..215 
€J 
Cabbage Family— 1 The.*.. 77 
Keeping in Winter...359 
Wonderful yield ol.77 
Cakes—Apparatus for Ornamenting.*. .150 
California—Agricultural Progress of.. .329 
• • Mammoth Vegetation of.,. .273 
Premium among the Moun¬ 
tains . 90 
Calves — Teaching them Mischief.154 
Treatment of Black-Leg.154 
Carrots for Horses. 26 
•• Great yield in California.153 
Castor Oil Plant Ornamental. 19 
Cattle—Alderney — Sale of.313 
•• Breeding—A good Talk on. 9 
•• Choice of, for Feeding.330 
• ■ Comforts for Cows.331 
Concert by Co ..326-374 
Currycombs useful for. 12 
Disease among Cows.249 
in Massachusetts.. 138-170 
Cattle Disease—Treatment of—Lelter, 
on etc. 2 u 0 
■ Fastening in Stalls.3-i5 
■ Food, Economy of..331 
1 ■ ’ Thorley’s—IS it worth the 
price asked ?. .198 
1 Lean Calves unprofitable. 12 
Made Vicious by poor fences. ..110 
Miniature Cows.303 
Pumpkin Seeds injurious to 
Cows. 271 
Remedy for Ilovon.185 
■ Sale—Important.186 
Superior Cows.250 
Treatment of Breeding Heifers. 69 
Treatment for Bloody Urine... 185 
Cauliflower Described.218 
• • How io raise and Cook_246 
Celery—Cultivation of.. 2S8 
Cellars—Keep them Clean.138 
Ventilating.345 
Central America—Jottings, by A. O. 
Moore.3*. .336 
Charcoal—How Prepared for Market.3* 42 
•• Burning in Kilns. 75 
Cheese—Apparatus for making.154 
‘ ‘ Making. 186 
Cheese Press—A new one .*.. 169 
Chess and Wheat—The Old Story..234-345 
" ’• $500 Reward....296-374 
Chicory — Healthfulness of.207 
Chimney—Righting a Leaning_,_312 
•• Take Care of the. ..341 
Chrysanthemums from Seed. 00 
Chufas—Keeping.313 
Cider Making.313-334 
Cisterns—Filtering—Plans of ncw.4*45-346 
Clover for worn out land—Valuable ex- 
perience.*. 
.... 40 
Not too late for. 
•• White. 
Coal Ashes—Save the—An Improved 
Sifter. . 
•• Beds—Will tliey last ?. 
• • Sifter—A Cheap. 
....342 
Cockroaches—Freezing them out. 
.86-118 
Cold Pits and Cellars for Plants... 
.*..338 
Convention of Vine Growers. 
....ISO 
Corn—Cutting off roots of.. 
” Hearing it Grow. 
... 273 
.. improved King Philip. 
• • Plant in June . 
•• Preserving Green. 
’ • Stalks—Cutting. 
Tar on Seed. 
Corner—Saving a waste. 
Correspondents—Note to. 
..26 68 
Cotton Seed—Grinding—Experiment 327 
What shall be done with it?.29{ 
Cranberry Culture—Practical Direc- 
tlons—No. I. ... 
....115 
No. II... 
.... 142 
Cranberries in Illinois... 
Thrown out by Frost. 
....218 
Uoiand. 
Crops for 1860—Good Prospects 
for 
Farmers. 
....260- 
Crow Frightener... 
Currant—Boston Lady. 
Currants—Improved. 
Curtains—Window, eic. 
Dahlias—Management of. 
Dairy—An experienced Butter Maker’s 
Method.... 
Deaf Mutes—Church for. 
154-219 
December — Suggestions- Meditations 
for the Season. 
Doctor—Familiar Talks—No. I_ 
.... 23 
No. II... 
.... 54 
No. III.. 
No. IV.. 
....,150 
Dress—Errors in. 
