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INDEX TO VOL. XIV. 
Accident, singulai . anc i f r „al 
Acquaintance, sh> Q r t 
Activity not alvva y S ei n'gy 
Address, a good 
Adversity, benefits of 
Advice, good 
Age, beautiful o i 
“ the snow ( 
Agricultural add L- 
“ artic’c 
74 
76 
228 
146 
315 
235 
42 
140 
162 
83 
“ and Hort. Soc. Tompkins Co. 290 
“ “ “ Westchester Co. 194 
association, South-western 169 
“ buildings 344 
censuses . . . 165 
“ enthusiasts 210 
“ exhibition, Illinois State 290 
“ “ Litchfield Co. 290 
“ exhibitions 392 
“ implements 387 
“ shows for 1855 261,293,326,372 
“ Societies, objects of 43 
“ Society, Alabama State 377 
“ “ Bristol Co., Mass. 3 
“ 4i California State 265 
“ “ Connecticut State 66 
“ “ Clarke Co., Ohio 233 
“ “ Delaware Co., Pa. 233 
“ “ Dutchess Co., N. Y. 265 
“ “ Exhibition, N. J. 98,184 
“ “ Fairfield Co., Conn. 377 
“ “ Jamesburg, N. J. 249 
“ “ Mercer Co., N. J. 249 
“ Monmouth Co., N. J. 186 
“ “ Montgomery Co., Pa. 249 
“ “ National 393 
“ “ New-London Co. 89' 
“ “ New-York State 217 
“ “ Oakland Co., Mich. 233 
■“ “ Ontario Co. 89 
“ “ Philadelphia, Pa. 233 
“ “ Putnam Co., N. Y. 232 
“ “ Rensselaer Co. 184 
. " i{ United States 24 
“ “ Virginia State 232 
“ Surveys ... 82 
Agriculture, experiments in 249 
“ in Massachusetts 184 
“ Massachusetts Board of 4 
“ of ancient Egypt 264 
Alfalfa 85,137,209 
Allen, Mr. Samuel, death of . 42 
Allen’s mowing machine 346 
Alps,the 11 
Aluminium .... 139 
American Herd Book 344 
“ skill, great triumph of 304 
Anecdote from the seat of war . 260 
“ of Sydney Smith 235 
“ with a moral 260 
Animals, cruelty to in the Crimea . 405 
’ "swer to inquiries 40 
“ wise 219 
Ant trap . . . .152 
Ants, battle of the 299 
“ red 52 
Anxious, too . . .314 
Aphides, origin of 23 
Apple borer . . . 231,279,375 
“ parers 374 
Argument * 332 
Atlantic ocean, basin of the 119 
Atmosphere the reservoir of food 277 
Auctions in Holland 162 
August, hints for 237 
Baby, the first 
Bank of England 
348 
187 
Baltimore American Farmer on guano 296 
Balsams, growing 343 
Banker and the Prince . . 219 
Barley, Napaul or Hindoo 291 
Baskets 329 
Bates, the late Thomas, of England 68 
Bathing, two thousand ladies 365 
Battlefield, feelings on the 236 
Beans, a new way to raise . . 346 
“ cultivation of 129 
“ turtle-soup 130 
Beauty, a mirror of . . .76 
Bed, three in a 380 
Beef coming down 347 
Bene plant, the . . . 340 
Bees 117 
“ battle among 282 
“ profits of . .35 
Bee-sting and tooth-ache 248 
Behindhand, a year 201 
Best, get the 371 
“ thing out 44 
Bible and science 314 
Bigamy, a new case ... 74 
Bill, long-dated 186 
Bird-fanciers, for 290 
Birds, cultivate the society of . 118 
“ don’t shoot the 325 
“ education of young 359 
“ nest .... 233 
“ pulling corn 169 
“ spare the 68 
“ usefulness of . . . 197 
“ valuable 135 
“ vs. weevil 312 
Blackberries . 340 
Blackberry, New-Hochelle 262,328 
“ the new 358 
Black-foot or hoof-ail . . 105- 
Black-knot 168 
Boblink 310 
Bones, dissolving . . .40 
“ using 312 
Book farming 52 
“ notices . 57,89,121,165,313 
Books, agricultural 361 
“ for the garden 104 
Boston ahead * 362 
“ vs. Providence 171 
Boyhood days 51 
Boys, caution to . .313 
Brains 283 
Brambles, keep out of the 219 
Bread and beggars ... 28 
Breadstulfs from California 248 
“ in the interior 27 
Breeding animals . .19 
Bricks, wetting 260 
British character 139 
Broadway, scene in . . , 28 
Brocoli 359 
Broom corn, cultivation of • 212 
Buckwheat .... 260 
Buds and grafts, packing 310 
Burying-grounds 329 
Busy, be always . . .219 
Butter and cheese making 209,225,241 
“ Creole 387 
“ from green rye feed . . 185 
“ taste in 185 
Buttermilk, substitute for 169 
By and by . . .28 
Byron and Peel 28 
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Cabbages for cows . . . 185 
Calf-pens 201 
Calico, effect of 59 
California .... 218 
“ wheat in 59 
Calves and sheep 209 
Camels for the westerns plains . 93 
Camphor for strychnine 301 
Canker-worm 282 
Capillary attraction of the soil 58 
Carnations 182 
Carpet-bag, a hungry 140 
Carrots, culture of 180 
“ as a field crop 17 
Cars, waiting for the 10 
Cash and credit .154 
Cat, a remarkable 347 
Caterpillar, salt for the gooseberry 403 
Cattle and shade trees ' 26 
“ Birthday—Illustrated . 6 
“ blanketing 218 
“ calves, to divest of vermin 387 
“ cow, prolific . . 394 
“ Devon for sale 200 
“ Durham vs. all other kinds 114 
“ dying ... 27 
“ feeding, the art of 196 
“ great sale of 42 
“ how prize are fed . . 51 
“ important to owners of 339 
“ importation of 200,404 
“ Mr. Miller’s sale of . 169 
“ “ Tanqueray’s sale of 169 
“ New-Jersey 58 
“ sale of in England 137 
“ “ of Short Horns 185 
“ Short Horns as milkers 216 
“ “ - . 322 
“ tethering 406 
“ turning out stock early 10 
Cauliflowers 137 
Caw, caw, caw . . . 200 
Celestial flowers at the Capital 182 
Cellars, looking into the 152 
Census returns, &c. . . 306 
Cereus, night-blooming 333 
Chain pump, doubling 201 
Chapin, anecdote of . 28 
Changes 317 
Characteristic u 
Character, moral . . , 395 
Chased man 123 
Chemistry, &c. 
Uherry currants 
“ the wild 
Cheese making, hints on 
“ Stilton 
Chickorv, culture of 
9,25,41,56,72 
280,328 
311 
273,289,305 
259 
341 
Children’s dresses and philosophy 364 
Chimney, the philosophy of 338 
China, tallow-tree of 199 
Chinese, leaves from a note-book on 202 
Chrisanthemums . . 183 
Churn, Mrs. Strongatham’s 355 
Cider mill, Hickok’s 376 
Cincinnati, notes on . . 342 
Cineraria, the 214 
“ treatment of 182 
Circulars by mail . . . 296 
Clay as a manure 232 
Clergyman, flogging a 300 
Climates alike comfortable . . 187 
Climbers 22 
Clothing, miles of 155 
Clover, in . . . 297 
Coal 257 
Cochineal 218 
Collar business . . . 362 
College, a State Agricultural 50 
Collisions at sea 141 
Colts, bad effects of grass on . 36 
Comical 108 
Common things 135 
Condor, California . . . 390 
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