INDEX. 
Honev, Artificial.1*'4 
Amount made by a Swaim.285 
■■ Crop of 1857 ...X.-212 
Glass Boxes for.* • .286 
Substitute for. 35 
Homesteads, Two-.*.. **.60 
Home, Tlie Rural. fO 
Hop Culture, Chapter on. 1 '*> 
New Method of Staking 204 
Tree.*-232 
(Ptelea trifoliata). .261 
Horse-racing. Agr. Press Upon........ 20 
Horse-racing .~H—281 
Horses.'•••29 
Accommodation for.244 
Black Hawk.*. 9 
Best Form of.250 
Best for Farm. 29 
Fistula and Poll Evil. 7 
Gifford Morgan, Jr.*.156 
Lone Star.*• 81 
Mane, How Made to Grow . 91 
Watering while Warm.249 
Horticultural Soc. ofN. Y.213 
Hot-Bed Covering. -140 
How to Prepare.63*—116 
Houses, Color for Country.201 
Housekeeping in the Country.. 107—137 
—209-233. 
•• Rooms, Furniture, &C..265 
House-slops, How to Dispose of.157 
Husking Machines.198*—*253 
Ice-Houses—Cheap room, &c. .**.43—251 
Ice—Thawing Pumps, &o. 33 
Illinois, Farmer’s Experience.253 
Farming, Notes on,.252—277 
Imphee, What is it?.142 
African, A failure..276 
Implements Convenient.**'**■ 87 
Trial of.142 
Permanent Improveinents.241 
Inarching Explained.*.184 
In-Door Work.265 — 294 
Insects and Fruit_3—134—135 — 170—241 
injurious to Vegetation 68—158—226 
Iowa, Lady’s Notes and Queries.292 
K. 
Kohl-Rabi Described... 
-.140—*..209 
Ii. 
Lambs—Dead on Trees. 60 
Wintering.279 
Lamps, Gas.236 
Lands in Wisconsin.187 
Layering explained.**.184 
Leaves and Saw-dust.235 
Lessons in Life.31—131—283 
Lettuce—Varieties and Culture. 87 
For Winter use.183 
Licorice Roots.••. 90 
Lightning—Balls on Cattle’s Horns —164 
Locust, The Honey.234 
Long-Island Gardeners and Farmers..253 
Lost Numbers—Send for them. 68 
Lupin polyphille.187 
M. 
Mailing Plants. 295 
Maine Items.235 
Manures, Ashes for. 2 
At the West—Mildew, &c... 106 
Barn-Yard Scrapings.202 
•• vs.Concentrated. 127 
Blacksmith’s Scrapings.186 
•• Bommers?. 92 
•• Canal Sediments.140 
No. 1 . Are Minerals Essential 5 
No. 2. How do Plants Grow.. 28 
No. 3. What kinds are Best.. 52 
No 4. Time—Mode of Using. 77 
Columbian Guano.227 — 278 
Concentrated vs. Guano.179 
Fermenting, to kill seeds— 91 
For Long Island.235 
Guano, Lupine, Chip.115 
Home-made Fertilizers.154 
•• House-slops.157 
Improvement of Poor Land.. 44 
•• Leaves.33—212 
Liebig’s Last Letter.224 
Manufactory of Special-*. 12 
Marls of New Jersey.7— 92 
Night Soil an Absorbent for.. 92 
Oceanic. 17 9 
Oyster-shells. 33 
•• Plaster and Ammonia.. 103—126 
Plaster applied to Clover-103 
Poor—Pay for uncollectabie. 37 
Potato Vines for .173 
Poudrette overhauled.. 10—295 
Poultry.212—115 
Sand for. 140 
•• Sheds.26—173 
Martynia described.140 
Matting around Fruit Trees. .140 
Medal of U. S. Agr. Society....*.174 
Miami County, O., Crops in..........235 
Mice around Trees.91*—219—267 
Michigan Agr. College.142 
Agr. Sooiety.—..213 
Mignonette — Note on Culture.165 
Mildewon Gooseberries. 90 
on Grapes.198 
Milk Cellars.•••• 43 
Milking by Machinery.......12—92 
Milkmen of L. I., Rambles Among.130 
Millet, and Grass-seed for Soils... .139—212 
Moles, Useful, &o.122 
Moon’s Influence. 212 
Money, Western_i .236—272 
Mowers and Reapers at Syracuse. 174 
Mowing Machines, Hints on Using_163 
Mustard Culture. 78 
Muck.92—186—198—172 
Muck—Carting Directly.to Fields .250 
Digging in Winter.*..282 
Experience w ith.282 
Mushrooms—Directions for Culture.. .262 
And Toadstools.**..290 
N. 
Norris, Geo. P. Residence of.*. 56 
Notices of Agriculturist.44 
«. 
Oats, White Poland—Culture.80 
Okra . 212 
One-dollar Recipe for Easy Work.44 
Onion Culture, Hints on.. . .57—91—97 
Keeping.235 
•• Wild.187 
Winter. 183—235 
Orchard Trimming. 2 
Old, Improving.288 
Ornaments for Gardens.********. .229 
Osage Orange. 91 
•• Editor’s unfavorable reports. 185 
•• Plea for—Details of culture.254 
•• Companies in Law.255 
Two Items.140 
Ox-yokes, Hints on. 58 
Oyster-plant,or Salsify.2—31—99—164—212 
I*. 
Parsley—Value and Culture. 74 
Parsneps—Cultivation. 86 
Pea Brush—Cut in Winter. 2 
Peas—Choice Garden Varieties.263 
Peas for Market, Best Varieties of. 44 
• Garden Culture. 62 
•• The Japan. 10 
Peaches, Cultivation of.66— 79 
•• Stones, Keeping and Planting 13 
Pears, Dwarf.44—88*—109 
• • W inter-killed.287 
on Thorn. 91 
The Virgalieu. 68 
Pear Trees—Beurre Diel.*.205 
Bark Louse on.*. 287 
Sickly.88—44—187 
Penn. Agricultural Journal.236 
•• Farm School...189 
•• Farm, visit to.281 
•• Matters.189 
State Agr. Society.213 
Petunias, Double-flowei ed.*. 264 
Physalis, or Ground Cherry. 91 
Pickling and Making Vinegar.187 
Pictures, The two.**. 60 
Pinching Trees and Shrubs.*.160 
Plans for 1857. 2 
Plants, Over feeding of. 59 
Plow, Subsoil. 164 
” Gang.■.*.176 
Plowing Deep.172 
Plowing Pointed Lands...227 
Plum Trees, Black Knots on.160 
Poetry—Garland of Wild Flowers.268 
Who Stole Birds’ Nests.268 
Poison Antidotes.295 
Hour's Struggle with.293 
Pork Market—A Bearish Movement.., 176 
Postage on Agriculturist.188 
Potatoes, Chinese. 12 
Digger.236 
Early.60—267—291 
• • Editor’s Trial with 6 Varieties.102 
Field Culture. 82 
Keeping in Dark.278 
Planting. 91 
More Wanted, &c.139—140 
• Rot—Raising from Seed.235—291 
Sweet, Keeping Seed.274 
Poultry—Chickens vs. Insects. ..175 
Fowls in Winter. 3—274 
Gapes in Chickens.91-152-164-235 
•• Geese, Ducks and Pigeons_220 
Guinea Hens, &c.248 
House for..281 
Killing, Dressing, Marketing.246 
Sending to Market. 31 
Spanish and Dorking.116 
Turkeys, Chapters on.196 
Why don’t the Hens lay.156 
Yard. 73 
Prairie Fences. 140 
Premiums, Agr. Journals for. 4 
Large Seed. 92 
Preserves and Preserving_63—185—217 
Production, Increasing.116 
Pruning, Time for.27—112 
When, How,&c.63*—*160 
Pumpkins, Some .68—129 
SI. 
Race Course at Fair Grounds,.26—247 
Rainy Day Rambles.11—65—130—203 
Rape Culture.139—162—187 
Raspberries.208—231 
Allen’s.208 
Bagley’s Everbearing.235 
Kecipcs—See Last Column of Index. 
Rice, Wild. 91 
Roads on the Farm.286 
Rocks, Bouldeis, Getting rid of... .150—194 
Roofs, Leaky. 186 
Roller for the Farm.*.132 
Roses in Pots.*. 16 
•• Soil for. 44-293 
Root Crops, Chapter on.1U0 
Rhubarb, Grower’s Experience. 67 
How to Cultivate—Forcing. 17-74 
Linnaeus. 232 
Rural Art Associations.109 
• Surroundings—No. 1. The Horse 29 
No. 2. Cattle. 76 
No. 3. Sheep.100 
No. 4. Pigs.124 
No. 5. Poultry.148 
No. 6 . Turkeys.196 
No. 7. Poultry .220 
No. 8 . Poultry, Dogs.248 
Ruta Bagas, Extra.164 
Rye, White.187—235 
S. 
Salt Marshes—Treatment of..284 
Sausage and Hash Cutter.*.294 
Stuffer.*.294 
Saving, What the country is.274 
Saw-dust.235—267 
School—The Winter. 
Scions, Cutting. 64 
Seeds, Acknowledgment of.162 
Seed Distribution. .8—40—56—92—116 
117—269-'<'o. . 
Envelopes—How Prepared.. .*. 68 
Get Early—Prove them. 61 
Losses by Mail.117 
Reliable. 91 
- Saving of...170 
Sugar-Cane abundant. 92 
Vegetation.228 
What is Desired.188 
Senna Plant.*.290 
Sewing Machines.161—223 
Sheep—Varieties described.160 
Origin of French Merino.*. 58 
Goes’Merino Buck.*.58 
Teeswater.140 
Washing and Shearing.... 121 —122 
Shrubs—Desirable Hardy Kinds.133 
Tender, Winter Care.287 
Shrubbery, Planting. 88 
Sink Drains in Winter. 9 
Snakes, A Plea for.151 
Soils—Mechanical Preparation. 53 
Poor—Renovating. 79 
Soot—Save for Manure.242 
Sorrel, Killing. 90 
Spice-box, convenient.*.294 
Spinach Cultivation.209 
Stable Floors—Keeping clean.279 
Stereotyping described.163 
Stormy Days’ Work. 9 
Strawberries Planted in October.230 
•• British Queen.*. 84 
Chapters No. 1. Varieties 12 
• • No. 2. Sexual Character.40 
•• No. 3. Kinds of Blossoms. **. 61 
■ No. 4. Two Modes of Culture 84 
.. No. 5. Varieties Described... 112 
•• No. 6. Hints for June, &c_136 
• No. 7. Further Hints, &c.183 
•• No. 8. How to Grow.208 
•• No. 9. 7 Points of Excelence..259 
Ilyurydizing.235 
Peabody’s. 44—186 
Small Plot—Yield.. .211—234 
String. To run a. 202 
Sty, ^Esthetics of. 32 
Sugars, Dear. 104 
Sugar-cane, Chinese—Culture .80—186 
—187—235—207. 
•• Final Notes on . .276 
Mills.... 166—200*—224—287 
Seed Thresher..267 
Early varieiy.289 
Economising. 59 
Fifty-eight Reports.296 
Sugar-Cane Syrup-making..131-187-200-224 
•• Reports—Prospects.237—269 
•• In France and Virginia.91—235 
•• Humorous Cut.*. 36 
vs. Acidity of Temper. 43 
Sugar from Watermelon & Beets.235—247 
Superphosphates.212 
T. 
Tan-bark Ashes—Analysis, &c.250 
“ The Times ”—What of Them ?. 248 
Growing Better...278 
Thirty. two Quarto Pages !!!....269 
Thtstles, Canada.175 
Thorns, Planting.234 
Tim Bunker, Esq., on an Old Saw. 81 
onDioscoreas. 33 
on Mixed Papers. 33 
on Book Farming.107 
on Road Pastures.156 
on the Weaker Brethren. 180 
on a Journey.....255 
• • 011 Farm Roads.286 
Time—Want of..283 
Telling Tales. 43 
Toads, Good Word for.150 
Tobacco Growing, Chapter on. 54 
Tomato—Value—Culture.102—136 
Preserving and Drying. 187—266 
Wine. 236 
Tools andEarts, Housing.132 
Examine. 2 
• • House, Farmer Williams’. 203 
Lard and Resin for.228 
Toothache Remedy.43 — 116 
Towel Bars. *.294 
Trees—Avenues of Shade.289 
• • American Weeping Willow *.290 
Digging Holes, &c.. 19—231*—258 
Examine in August.169 
From Cuttings.292 
Frozen in Moving.44—258 
Judas, Cucumber <fc Tulip.234-258 
Labels. 3 
M oss on.229 
Planting and Grafting_ 65—295 
Planting in hard-pan.258 
Planting Ornamental. 67—218 
Pruning. 42 
Reb'ottoming a Pear.*.205 
Root Grafting.212 
Spring and Fall Planting.295 
Tar around.295 
To Prevent Horses Gnawing. .'202 
•• The Mesquite.231 
Trenching described.***. 85 
Turnip Crop, Provide for.126—146 
•• Culture.153-174—194-202 
Can be Sown in September_194 
How to get cheap. 8 
New Varieties.292 
Type, Use of small.142 
V. 
Vegetables—Forcing—Mulching .. 84—157 
•• Nctxition.140 
Thinning.157 
Verbenas—Good Varieties. 16 
Vetches and Vernal Grass.212 
Vines—Hardy—Ornamental.181 
Vineyards, Trenching for...163 
IV. 
Walls—To Prevent Dampness.204 
Walnuts, Planting.234 
Water Elevator, Avre’s.*.104 
Watermelons, Green,Orange.Bradford.262 
Wasps, To Destroy.251 
Weather' Weather?.132 
Weeds a Blessing.179 
Economy in killing.185 
West, Editor’s Visit to the.185 
Western Homes—Good Advice.115 
Wheat Fields, Another Job in.104 
Wheat, Hints on Sowing.197 
Insects—Red Weevil.164—212 
Seed. 173 
Soil in Missouri.212 
The Winter. 81 
Where is New-England.267 
White Pine.68— 92 
Whortleberries.212 
Willows—Culture of. 90—*289 
Wine—See Recipes.236 
Winter, Look out for.247 
Of 1856-7. 90 
Winter Scene..* 279 
Winter Evenings, work for.297 
Wire Worm.180 
Wisconsin Lands. 187 
Woodlands. 68 
Wood substitutes. 50 
Work for the Months.. 1—25—49—73— 
97—121—145—169—193—217—241—273 
If. 
Yale College—Agr. and Sci. School_189 
Itccipes. 
Apple Bread, 35—Apple Butter.236 
Apples Baked.]38 
Dried IIow' to Cook. 59 
Dumplings.266 
Beans, Lima—Salting Down.266 
Beets—Baking. .295 
Bread, Apple 35—Indian.116 
Making, &c., 21—Potato. 79 
Cakes, Simple Fruit . 79 
Cookies.138 
Doughnuts.138 
Excellent.138 
•• Fritters.266 
Ginger-bread.210 
Ginger-snaps.138 
Green Coni. 210 
Johnny.21,0 
Indian Breakfast.210 
Pancakes.266 
• • Sally Lunds.138 
Sponge.138—210 
Superior.138 
Candle-making.138 
Catsup of Green Tomatoes.266 
Cauliflower, Cooking.266 
Cheese, Cheddar.155 
Citron, For Cake.210 
Coffee-Making.31—116 
Corn Samp.«.236 
Dyeing Bright and Lasting Y’ellow.266 
Hams, Pickling and Keeping.210—266 
Honey, Artificial.164 
Molasses, Boiling. 7 
Pies, Dried Apple.116 
•• Lemon and Mince.138 
•• Mince without Apples. 7 
Pickling Raw and Cooked Cabbage.. .266 
Cucumbers, Tomatoes, &C...187 
Tomatoes and Peaches.236 
Pickle for Beef and 1 ork.116 
•• Knickerbocker and No. 2.8—266 
for Eggs.164 
Preserves and Preserving-cans, &C....185 
Puddings, Baked Corn. 91 
Batter, 138—English.210 
• • Bread and Butter.138 
Pumpkins, Drying.206 
Salsify or Oyster-plant, Cooking_2—31 
Soaps.107—138—236 
Soup—Mock Turtle ..140 
Squashes, Cooking.236 
Starch—Home-made from Corn.266 
Succotash, Cooking. 67 
Vinegar.187—266 
Watermelons, Preserving—Sugar.210 
Wines, Currant 187—Grape.236 
• ■ Parsnepllfi—Tomato,.... _236 
Wool, Scouring Merino.267 
Yeast, Ready made.266 
