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thus: The four stars, •••• following the 
word Aquariums, indicates that there are four 
engravings in the article under that head 
A. 
Absorbents for Odors...• ° * • * 44 ® 
Agricultural Medals and Premiums.44.312 
- Shows vs. Horse-racing .. .247 
Society, 0. S. 44 
- NY-State..213 
*• Journals, What Doing...-244 
Almonds, Apricots... 187 
American Institute Exhibition. .213-207-286 
Angle Worms.. 164 
Ants among Flowers... 140 
Apples and Salt Junk. .. 116 
• • Iluhbardston Nonsuch-*..291 
In Maine.. 164 
•• Reemng— Rotting...174—267 
List of Hardy..... 164 
Salt Barrels for. 212 
■■ S licet..‘-••■ 23fl 
Substitutes. 4 ® 4 
; : .256-7 
.204 
. 39 
. 30 
Described ... 
Aquariums 
Arbor V it* .— 
Artichoke, Jerusalem 
Ashes ot Hard Coal... 
ol Tan Bark—Analysis.250 
Asparagus—Chapters on Culture. .18—159 
Cooking...•. 19 
Dish ot Early. 52 
Asparagus, Giant. 91 
Treat yourself to It.263 
Articles Id Amer. Agr.—Writers of.... 44 
Austrian Agricultural Statistics.254 
BS. 
I tarn Numbers Supplied.2)3 
(lasers’ Dozen”—Offer . 269 
Barberry Bushes. 94 
Bailey, Beardless. 44 
(Malt) Sprouts for Cows.53-81-91 
Barn, One to a Farm—Changing, &C..242 
Basil, Its Value and Culture.... 62 
Beans, How to start Limas..11* 
• ■ ■ Poles, Cutting—Cheap, &c.. 2—140 
Talk about. 292 
Varieties.— 3® 
You Don’t Know. 6 
Bees, Ad Observing Hive.......249 
" On Care of, 01 the Apiary—March 
62 i May,99 •, June, 123; July, 147; 
Sept., 195; Oct., 219 ; Dec., 275 
-• Artificial Swarming...-..129-155 
~ Culture, Talks about.....82-106 
-• Hives, Cheaply Constructed...-. 6 
— — Covering for.....164 
— -• Wonders of—154 ; 177 *— 
201 *—225 J J | J { ..285 
•• In Winter.....—..235 
~ Moth*™.™..™™. 164 
•• Number L» a Swarm...285 
Queens*, Drones*, W orkers*.... 249 
— Transporting—.................140 
Berry Plants from Seeds.......116 
Beets, Varieties and Culture.. 86 
Birds and Weevils...—. .. .154 
Blackberry, New Rochelle—..*..207 
named.264 
— •• and Native.231 
• • " in Winter..289 
Bones, How to Dissolve...............227 
•• In the Manure Heap. ..250 
Books, Aborieultural Works..1.. .235 
Listofgood...21,186 
Book Notices akd Reviews—A ma¬ 
teur’s Guide and Flower Garden Di¬ 
rectory, 43-140—Short-Horn Herd- 
Book, 106-165—Langstroth on Bees, 
141—Porter’s Chemistry 141—Chi¬ 
nese Sugar Cane, 43—Climatology, 
267—Devon Herd-Book, 141—Fish 
Culture, 165—Fruit and Fruit Trees 
of America, 207—Flint on Grasses, 
116—Green-House Book, 145—Hot 
Houses, 141, 212—Hooper’s Western 
Fruit Rook, 105—Iowa and Minneso¬ 
ta, 43—McMahon’s Gardener, 267— 
Niagara to Quebec, 141—Nursery 
Books, 212—Webster’s Dictionary, 
165—Rural Poetry of English Lan¬ 
guage, 43. 
Borers..... 94 — 444 
Botany.... 43 
Boys and Girls—Problems, 138,**—163, 
#* —186—211, *•»*«»*•*******—234, 
#••—268,****** ; 297. 
Boys, Reading for... 91 
Boy Fanner... 3. 
Bridle, Story for Boys and Girls.211 
Broom Com Culture..57 
Brussel’s Sprouts...140 
Buckwheat Cultivation.......152 
Budding.— 15-161 .*•**•-170-187 
Bugs on Squashes........139 
Buildings, Farm.211 
Bulbous Flowers. 99—267 
Bulbous Flowers for Autumn.....230 
Bums, Best thing for. 295 
Bushel, Weights in Different States, 127 
—140—236. 
C. 
Cabbages, Turnips, on Waste Ground. 175 
Plants, How to Set--162 
Patch.113 
•• Wintering.15—262 
Calendar of Operations for Jan., 3— 
Feb., 27—March, 51—April, 73—May, 
98—June, 122—July, 146—Aug., 170— 
Sept., 194—Oct., 218—Nov., 242- 
Dec., 274. 
Calves, Spare the.73—133 
•• Wintering. 279 
Canada Subscribers, Note to.117 
Candle Making... 138 
Carrots ns a Field Crop.102 
Cattle, Breeds Described and Com¬ 
pared....... 76 
Cows, Ayrshire.235 
— Cows Spayed_59—90—129—140 
Disease in Ohio.. ...179 
Double Duke....*..128 
Duke ol Cambridge.*..106 
Feeding Racks..--*..281 
Great Sale of Short Homs.. ....92 
Improved Stock for California 92 
Keeping, A relic ol Barbarism. 36 
Keeping in Whiter... 2 
Lice on....... 43 
Murrain in Europe.116 
Sterile.. 235 
Summer feed for......... 128—196 
Cauliflower, Value and Cultivation.... 85 
Cedar, White.204 
Celery—Keeping in Winter.183—262 
Cellar up stairs. ..236 
Chaff, Saving... .. 35 
Chapin, Jno. R., Residence of.*. 80 
Cheese, The Cheddar.....155 
Cherry, Ground or Winter... .91—114—235 
-- Wild Black.212 
Chestnuts and Walnuts, Planting.164 
Chimneys Smoky..........244 
Chinese Potato—Frozen—in Europe. ..115 
Chinese Sugar Cane, How Promising. 269 
•• •• Reports on.. 269—269 
Cider Mill and Press, Keystone.. 227—280 
Cider Pumice...... 92 
Clover Seed..... 103 
Clothes-dryer ....*. .294 
Coffee, How to Make..SI—116 
— of Sweet Corn.™.....140 
Cold, Effect on riariis and Trees.. 83 
Cold Frames, How to make . 219 
Colts, Breaking and Breeding.... 128—164 
•' Wintering.279 
Concert, A Free...226 
Cooking, Chapters on.210—265 
Food for Farm Use..* 32 
Meats..233 
Country Dwellings__...,116—201 
Country. Living in... 107—137 
Com, An Agricultural Song... 23-1 
Cultivation of R 1’., Darling and 
StoweU’s. 80 
Darling’s Outdone...235 
Dourah—Flour.00—116 
Drying Green.......170—236 
Early and Late Planting 139—165 
For Fodder.116—128—164—196 
Hints on Culture..105 
Ilusker, Holmes’.* 253 
•• Terkins’.198 
King Philip_9—56—116—212—235 
Is the Seed Selected 1.. .198 
Largest yield on record.283 
Oregon. 36 
Plant Sweet. .136 
Shocking Implement.*.224 
Smut.139 
Sweet.43—56—92—139 
Starch.236 
Tall in Illinois.235 
Topping—Suckers.187 
Wyandott, &c. 90 
Correspondents not all answered. 3 
Notes to ..43—68—90— 
115—139—163—186—211—234, 
Cotton—$10 a pound for... 36 
Cranberries.....9—212 
• • Flowing..... .204 
•• Propagation by Cuttings....._130 
Upland. 31 
Crescent, Origin of....281 
Crops, The Prospects.....175—211 
■ • Rotation in. 91 
When to Gather......150 
Cucumber Bugs...115—164 
Cureulio... 211 
Currants as a Market Crop.184 
Culture, Varieties, &o . 40 
Pruning, <bc..*.112 
Cutter, For Vegetables and Roots_» 284 
Cuttings of Grapes, &c....295 
S>. 
Dahlias—change in Color. 44 
•• Culture, Good Varieties, Ac.115 
Raising from Seed...288 
Debt for the Farm, In.284 
Deutzia Gracilis......263 
Dibbling.*. .291 
Dielytra Spectabilis.136—164 
Digger, Mapes & Co’s. 140 
Dioscorea batatas .12—92—115 
Ditching.193 
Dogs and Shcc.p.177 
Dogs—Rat Terriers.248 
■ ■ Bull Terrier.*. .277 
Dra.ning, Munn’s Book.212 
•• Example of profit.285 
Geology Valuable in. 125 
In Summer.173 
•• 1 eeded on What Soils.125 
— Plain Reasons for...54—97— 
101-125—149. 
Profits of Draining Shown... 101 
Soils,How arrangedfor.*****149 
•• Soils Most Needing.125 
Tools for ..199—***221 
Drains, Examination needed in April. 78 
Sheep, Bog, Wood. **********221 
~ Stone, Tile. .**********.2-21—2-15 
Dram Tiles in Sand.186—246 
— Manufacturers Wanted_140 
Drainer, Suggestions of a Practical... .240 
Drawings and Sketches Wanted...234 
Dwelling, rian for a Cheap.*. 33 
JR. 
Editor’s Basket. 139 
Notes, Crop Prospects, &C....166 
*• Absence. 162 
Eggs Cheaply Obtained. 11 
■ ■ of Glass for Nests.....233 
•• Pickling....164—233 
■* Salt for Packing. 44 
Poor—Testing. 8 
Egypt, Illinois.. ..187 
England, Season in.277 
Envelopes for Seeds.68*— 92 
Epitaph, Curious and Instructive-.264 
Evergreens at the North.112 
*• Chapters on the Best.108 
Douglass Fir.*.108 
Planting.234 
Plant them in May.109 
•• Raising from Seed... 13 
~ Shrubs...109 
Trimming. 91 
Exhibitions, Agr. for 1857.. 123—162— 
188—197—216—247. 
Notices of...213 
Fancy Head Wanted. 44 
Farm Conveniences.131 
Farm, Division of labor. 34 
Farm Surroundings—The Horse, 29— 
The Cattle, 70—Sheep, 100— Pigs, 124 
— Poultry, Ac., 148*—196—220. 
Farm, Villages, waste places around...131 
Fanners’ Boys —Poetry. 42 
Clubs. 44—91 
Clubs, How to get up.279 
Questions to Discuss..280 
-■ Gardens.,™S4— 88 
Girls, Rhyme. 234 
Improved Tools, Arc™.-™..163 
Sons, Education of......212 
Farming East and West... 92—212 
Fanning, Chief Aim in..........172 
Does it pay 1 ................ 188 
Flowers for....*89—137 
Headwork in...151 
•• Talk on Orderly...283 
Fences, Chapter on. 4 
••• How to Make_............. 43 
Wire—Information asked.228 
Files of Papers—Keep Perfect... 45 
Fish Culture in Connecticut.......204 
Flax Seed, Large yield. 235 
Flies, The Pest of.233—266 
Fly and Ant Trap, A Simple.249 
Flowers—Culture of Annuals. 16—113—162 
Annuals for Winter.269 
Crocus. *— Daffodil. *.290 
Permanent qualities of.116 
Pit ,A Cheap.79— 91 
Polyanthus.*—Tulip. ».290 
Seeds for Ladies.. 236 
Flowering Bulbs...267 
Forests, Preservation of.32—49 
Forges, Queen’s Portable. 92 
Fruit Garden on the Farm. 88 
Fruit, Cheap.235 
Getting New Varieties.187 
Grower’s Convention, W. N. Y.259 
Preserving in Cans and Jars.63—185 
Small—Fail Planting.235 
Summer Gathering and Ripening.206 
Fruits commended by Am. Pom. Soc.. 17 
Furniture—Selecting, Arranging, &c.. .265 
G. 
Gang Plow, Hildreth’s. *.176 
Gas Tar.151 
Garden, A good Fall Job in.263 
•• Clear up in Autumn.263 
A Mechanic’s Half Acre....*. 14 
• • Farmer’s. 84 
Kitchen—A word for. 50—232 
of a Clergyman....13— 90 
Value of a small. 42 
Vegetables... 98—111 
Weeds in.291 
Gardening in August.183 
Geology Useful lo Farmers.125—162 
Gooseberry—Chapters on.114 
Grafting.15—65—90—98—116 
Grain Stacking..*..180 
Grape Culture bv Wm. Chorlton: 
No. 1. General Remarks. 19 
No 2, Varieties—Graperies.*** 4i 
No. 3. Forcing, Retarding, <tc....*** 64 
No. 4. Vineyard, Uut-door Culture,. 89 
No. 5 In and Out-door Culture.110 
No. 6 Training, Propagating, &C...135 
No. 7 Directions for June, <Scc...159 
No. 8 Result in Forcing House, &C..182 
No. 9 •' Cold Grapery.200 
No. 10 Preserving Fruit.233 
No. 11 Treatment in November.250 
No. 12. • December.288 
Grape Culture at the North.....235 
Fall Pruning...*******20(1 
Grafting. 180 
Grapes, Hardy new.212 
As House Plants.288 
Mildew on.198 
Naming. 104 
Native.140—158 
One Acre of. 90 
Preservation of Fresh..-.181— 232 
Profits—V arieties.288 
Raising Fruit vs. Hunting it -183 
Rebecca, Delaware, Clinton, 
Underhill’s.....**..201 
Rot...-.212 
Southern... 91 
Under Glass. 43 
vs. Dwarf Pears.— 109 
Grape Vines Improved, Support for....205 
Grass Fields, A Job in.... 105 
•• Herd’s Raising. 91 
• • Italian, Hungarian... ...™235—207 
•• Lands, Renovating.....™.™.. 67 
— Seed for Hay.. 92 
Seeding Land to. 97 
•• Great Blessing to Agriculture...179 
• • Wild Pepper................212 
Grasshopper Ravages. 226 
Gravel IIills..............193 
Guano, Columbian.227—278 
Gum Arabic. 39 
Gypsum. 90 
IL 
Hall’s Sayings, One of....264 
Hard Times—Hard Times...269 
Harrow and Clod Cutter.*.197 
Hawthorn’s from Seed. 91 
Hay Caps.146—152—236 
Hay—Pressing for Market.*.153 
Hedges, Buckthorn, Locust.213 
Hedge Fences,...164 
• Management of.133 
Plants Suitable for.103 
Hitching Rod....* 202 
Hog Cholera...235—280 
Hogs, Lice on.130 
•• Fatten Early. 274 
— (Pigs on the Farm).124 
