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INDEX TO VOL. XI. 
A 
Accepted, .... 295 
Account?, keeping farm - - 322 
Acknowledgments, addresses, reports, &c., 37G 
Agave Americana, - - - 292 
Age, An elastic 11 
Ages of animals, - - - 250 
Agriculture and science, - - 81 
“ How shall we advance interests 
of? - - - 81 
“ Johnston’s Elements of - 72 
“ Liberality of Provincial govern¬ 
ments to - 249 
Agricultural education, - - 264 
“ instruction in Europe, 19 
“ lectures in Yale College, - 200 
“ paper, Cost of - 232 
“ products, Price of - 129 
“ shows, - - 89 
Agricultural Societies, Connecticut State 344 
“ “ Montgomery County, 
Ohio, - - 329 
“ “ N. Y. State, 305,312, 353 
“ “ Somerset Co., N. J., 329 
“ “ United States’ 345 
292 
73, 89 
- 97,112 
358 
294 
117 
51 
151 
277 
195, 
Aloe, Americah 
American Institute Fair, - 
“ “ Cattle Show, 
Anecdote with a lesson, 
Angel over the right shoulder, 
Animal physiology, 
Animals in California, - 
Answer, A good one, 
Apples in Western New-York, 
Apple trees, Management of, S5, 98, 131 
■ 226, 260 
Apple tree, A great 
Apple-paring machine, 
Apple speculators, - 
Apple thief, Punishment of 
Asparagus, Forcing 
“ French ... 
Australia, Wool and gold in 
Autobiography of a Pot-rose, 114, 
Autumn, (Poetry,) - 
“ Voice of (Poetry,) 
Autumnal flowers, (Poetry,) 
“ forests, 
Azaleas, Management of 
Azaleas, Forcing 
377 
314 
137 
341 
147 
146 
84 
134 
151 
135 
118 
166 
346 
402 
B 
Baby show in Georgia, - - 377 
“ “ Massachusetts, - 377 
Baby, Taking care of - - - 109 
Baby’s complaint, - - - 247 
Babylon, Fertility of the Plains of - 362 
Bachelor’s reply, - - - 150 
Bachelor wanted, - 391 
Back numbers supplied, - - 40, 184 
Bacon, To make good, - - - 196 
Bad, Not 407 
Bag, What came out of a 405 
Barking at the moon, - - 230 
Barley, Astonishing yield of - - 394 
Barley crop of N. Y. State, - 293 
Bathing-house, People’s - - 362 
Beautiful, 407 
Bed and boai'd, - - - 279 
Bed covering, - - - - 311 
Bees and fruit, - 11 
“ at war, - - - - 5 
“ Chloroform for - - 11, 184 
“ Securing wild - - 233, 395 
“ To guard from moths, - 2, 380 
“ Stings of - - - - 315 
Bee-hives, - 277 
“ Premium for best, - - 266 
Bee-keeping, Mysteries of - - 137 
Bermuda, Loss of crops in - - 216 
Birds, Protection of - - 5 
Black-wart vs. curculio, - - 4 
Blackberry, Lawton’s - - 363 
Blessings unequally distributed, - 326 
Blood spavin, - - - 392 
Blow on head of nail, - - 102 
Boarding, Philosophy of - - 282 
Bone Felon, - - - 264, 296 
Books, review of - - - 274 
Boots and shoes in Massachusetts, - 346 
Boquet, Winter (Poetry,) - - . 358 
Boys, A word to - - - 281 
“ Story of 358 
“ Two of the ... 249 
Bravery, Great - - - 375 
Bread, New description of - - 396 
"Breadstuffs and Provisions, - 362 
Brief notes on a homely text, 259, 275, 360 
Bride, Advice to - - 167 
Broccoli, Ne plus ultra - - 164 
Brood mares, choice of - - 164 
Burns, How to cure - - 296 
Business, How to prosper in - - 359 
Butter, Coloring - - 200, 249, 346 
Butter-making in winter, - 151, 309 
Butter, Price and waste, - - 249 
185, 
Cabbage cultivation, 193, 201,209,225, 257, 273 
California, 
California agriculture, 
“ farmer, - 
“ wonders, 
Canadian agriculture, 
Canada thistles, 
Canary bird show, - 
Candy, poisoned by color, 
Car etiquette, 
Carrigan moss, - «- 
Cattle, Devons in S. C., 
“ Fat, at Crystal Palace, - 
“ “ Points for Judging, 
“ imported to Kentucky, 
“ Lean, how selected, 
“ Large and small 
“ shows and fairs, 
“ Shows, Grand National, 
“ “ Smithfield Club, 
“ Sales, Earl Ducie’s 
“ “ of Short-horns in England, 
“ “ J. W. Miller’s - 
“ Soiling --- - 
“ watered in yards, 
“ weighed alive by measuring, 
Caudle’s love, 
Cause and effect, 
Charcoal and Plaster, 
Charge, A serious, 
Charley Grabb, 
Chemistry of common life, 
Chemical analysis, - 
Chestnut trees, 
Chicken story, 
Chilblains, Ointment for 
Childhood’s Griefs, (Poetry,) - 
Children’s Sayings, 
“ Side-table, - 
Children of 1853, - 
Child is dead, - - 
“ Lines to a - 
“ The only, 
China Asters, 
“ Animals in 
Chinese bill of fare, 
Chinese Note-book, Leaves from 
Cleanliness, 
Clergymen, 
Clift, Rev. Wm. 
Clover seed experiments, - 
Coal ashes, - - - 
Coal, Amount of in U. S., 
Cobbler, let him stick to his last, 
College, Agricultural - 
Comfortable, Not yet 
Conductor’s joke, 
Congress remembering agriculture, 
Connecticut, Tobaceo in 
Consumption in Philadelphia, - 
Coppers, Counterfeit 
Copying without credit, 
395 
201 
394 
187 
363 
377 
312 
151 
262 
55 
137 
250 
227 
233 
' 371 
19 
17 
249 
249, 260 
20, 32 
56 
53 
33 
298 
19 
170 
283 
11 
329 
21 
331 
84 
137 
201 
391 
198 
311, 358 
389 
375 
263 
182 
299 
57 
106 
299 
403 
39 
327 
104 
389 
4, 89 
362 
275 
89 
343 
231 
377 
316 
201 
106 
216 
234, 
Corn sowing for fodder, 404 
Corn, Experiments in raising - 330 
“ Good - - - - 245 
“ Great - - 21, 130, 169, 245 
“ Harvester, - - - 298 
“ What makes it grow, - 68 
Cornstalk-cutter, - - - 298 
Correspondents, notes and answers to, 8,21,73, 
90, 107, 139, 155, 168, 216, 292, 328 
Correspondence, our 
Cotswold lambs, 
Cotton crop, 
“ experiments with fertilizers, 
“ Guano on - 
“ in Algeria, 
“ in India, - - - 
Country life beyond city reach, 
“ “ in old time, 
Cow, A good - 
“ Esterville 3d, (cut) 
“ Imported Alderney 
Cranberries, 
Crazy people, - 
Credit, Error in - 
“ to whom credit is due, 
Crib biting, - 
Crops, comparative value for cows, 
“ Cycle of good and bad 
“ Large or large farms 
“ Maximum 
Crowns and agriculture, 
Crystal Palace, 
Currants, How saved 
Cultivation, Gratuitous 
Cut feed, 
Cuts, How to cure 
Correspondents. 
“ A, - 
“ A. H., 
“ A. L. S., ■ 
“ Allen, L. F. 
“ “ James S. 
“ Bedford, 
“ Briggs, J. W. 
“ Brokaw, P. S. 
“ Collins, S. A. 
“ Comings, Rev. A. J. 
“ Countryman, 
“ Elihu Cross, 
“ D. D. I)., 
“ Dutchess Co., 
“ E. A., 
“ Farmer of Virginia, 
“ F. C. R., 
“ Friend to Improvements, 
344 
89 
153 
298 
104 
314 
133 
218 
341 
281 
331 
200 
297 
166 
280 
184 
20 
339 
339 
74 
385 
281 
20 
234 
362 
308 
296 
G., 
G. M. J., 
Gray, S. R. 
G. W. Iv., 
II. A. D., 
Harris, Thaddeus Wm. 
Hattie Homespun, 
Houghton, Dr. J. S. 
II. Y., 
J. II. D., 
J. M. J., 
Johnston, Thos. 
Justice, 
J. W. D., 
King, Wm. S. 
L. D. M., M. D., - 
Lewis, S. G. 
Lover of good Butter, 
Meldahl, E. 
213 
406 
73 
51 
280 
329 
249 
- 186, 276 
121 
376 
259, 275, 360 
403 
116 
330 
73 
281 
73 
381 
129, 162, 178, 241 
201 
396 
297 
68 
148 
278 
33, 151, 309 
328 
51, 155, 181 
73 
248 
116 
133 
376 
296 
360 
346 
345 
Minnie Myrtle, 342, 358, 374, 393, 406 
Nash, Prof. J. A. 
N’Importe, 
Page, J. R. 
Peters, Richard 
Phillips, M. W. 
Porter, Wm. F. 
" J. A. 
Quinby, M. 
Randall, Henry S. 
17, 49, 65, 369 
66 
5 
328 
293 
339 
345 
266, 380, 395 
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