INDEX. 
Jenny Lind and her baby, - - 231 
Jew, A match for - 326 
Jobs, Dreaded - - - 321 
Journal of a farmer’s wife, 71, 86 , 103, 119 
“ of agriculture, - - 233 
Judges, One of the - - - 359 
Judgment, Erroneous - - 391 
K 
Kindness in little things, - - 170 
Kind words, Use them, » - 203 
Kings of the soil, (Poetry,) - - 54 
Knapp, Elder 407 
Knife sharpener, Stinson’s - - 185 
L 
Laboring man, - 397 
Lady, The model - - - 150 
Ladies, Hints to - - - 23 
“ Intelligent - - - 327 
“ with soles, - - - 215 
Landlord, A nice - - - 283 
Landscape Gardening, - - 100 
Law, Requisites for going to - 151 
Lead in hair mixtures, salves, &c., - 360 
Leaves, Save those dead, - - 149 
Lemon pies, (Correction of error,) - 167 
Lice on cows, - - - 184 
Life, Average duration of - - 199 
Light for animals, - - - 397 
Lima beans and squashes, - - 4 
Lime on potato sets, - - 121 
“ Super phosphate of - - 248 
Lime-stone in Tennessee, - - 170 
Little straw hat, (Poetry,) - - 166 
Living, The cost of 395 
Loaf-cake, Cheap - - - 167 
Locomotive, Wild race of - - 311 
Lord’s prayer, (Poetiy,) - - 374 
Love, Acts of - - - 311 
“ Law of - - - 118 
Low origin, Proof of - - 299 
M 
Magazine, Harper’s - - - 200 
“ National - - 152, 185, 264 
“ Putnam’s - - - 216, 281 
“ Knickerbocker - - 389 
“ Eclectic - 345 
Maidens in search of a mate, - 278 
Mails, Irregularity of - - 21 , 40 
Main chance, Having an eye to - 150 
Maine Farmer, - - - - 184 
Make your mark, (Poetry,) - - 262 
Making it equal, - - - 343 
Man, what is he, - - - 311 
Manure drainings, - - - 145 
“ gatherer, - - - 396 
“ making, Foreign patent - - 298 
“ experiments with special - 1, 329 
Marriages, Early - - - 326 
Mass. Board of Agr. Sec. Report, 408 
Matrimony, Useful hints on - 311 
Medicine, Abuse of - - - 119 
Memoranda should be kept, - 232 
Milk for manufacturers, - - 346 
Mill, The old grist (Poetry,) - - 22 
Minnie Myrtle, Octagenarian to 408 
Minds, all sorts of - - - 263 
Missouri, - - - 9 
Molasses to be boiled, - - 9 
Monarchs, Young - - - 195 
Monkey, Lady Napier and the - 266 
Morris stock, - 120 
Mother, Our - - - 326 
Mouse, Musical 22 
Mules vs. Horses, - - - 395 
N 
Names coming in, - - - 248 
“ of things different in different locali¬ 
ties, ----- 133 
Nash’s letters, - - 17, 49, 65, 369 
Nash, Prof., return from Europe - 200 
Native American, Intense - - 262 
Nature, Walk with (Poetry,) - - 390 
Needle cushion, - - - 230 
New grounds, Preparation of - - 131 
Newspaper, A - - - 299 
New Year, The - - - 264 
“ “ Invocation to (Poetry,) - 246 
“ “ Presents, - - - 248 
New York, Documentary history of 137 
“ ‘‘ State Agricultural Society, List of 
premiums, - - 52 
Niagara Falls, Frankenstein’s panorama of 152 
Nitrate of soda, - - 49, 153, 161 
“ “ “ Experiments with - 162 
Noses, Note on - - - 150 
“ Use of - - - - 103 
Notice, - - - - 16 
Not so poor as I look, - - ' - 150 
Novel idea, - - - - 163 
0 
Oat flour, - - - - 212 
Odors, Theory of - - - 364 
Ohio, Wealth and progress of - - 212 
One of ’em, - - - 101 
“ only, ... - 358 
Onions, ... - 40 
Orator, An Illinois - - - 389 
Orchards, How to lay out and plant 386 
“ Winter work in - - 337 
Oregon, Fruits in - - - 374 
Ourselves and our friends, - - 232 
Out-doors at Idle-wild, - - 277 
Overpaid, - - - - 262 
Owe no man any thing, - - 259 
Owl for a fowl, - - - 9 
Ox, A large one ... 234 
“ and wolf-race, - - - 74 
Oxen in Massachusetts, - - 201 
Oysters, Planting in northern water - 197 
P 
Paddle your own canoe, - - 230 
Palmer worm, - - - - 148 
Panorama of route to California, - 152 
Paper, Show to your neighbor - 232 
Parents, Solicitude of - - 266 
Parlor, - - - 215 
Partington, Mrs., Mistake of - 231 
Partner, Non-silent - - - 316 
“ wanted, - - - 310 
Passing away, - - - - 315 
Patent claims, Agricultural 138, 153, 155, 
170,182, 201,282, 314,347, 363, 379, 
396,405 
“ Foreign - - - - 217 
“ for new farm implements - 101 
“ Office report for 1852-3, - 312 
Pathetic, - - - - 364 
Peace breaking in America, - - 359 
Peach orchard, A large - - 89 
Peaches, Great profit of - - 357 
Pear, A large - - - 305 
“ Tree, A large - - - 395 
“ cultivation, ... 241 
Pears on quinces, - - - 360 
Peddler’s bargain, - - - 118 
Pennsylvania Agricultural Society, - 168 
“ Farm Journal, - - 169 
People’s Journal, - - - 169 
Personality an awful gift, - - 315 
Pie-plant in salt water, - - 4 
Pigeon roost, - - - 363 
Pig literature, (Poetry,) - - 102 
Pigs and cherries, A temperance sermon, 215 
“ China, - - - - 328 
Planter’s dying consolation from a Negro, 170 
Plow for prairies, - - 277 
“ How to speed - - 170 
“ The doom of - - - 19 
Poetiy, Splendid - - - 135 
Politeness, - - - ‘ - 311 
“ Domestic - - - 359 
Pomological dream, - - - 178 
“ Realities, - - 241 
Pony, What constitutes a - - 105 
Popular fallacies, - - - 129 
Pork Establishment, A heavy 403 
Poultry Concert at the Museum, - 393 
“ exhibition of, in Albany, - 233 
“ fattening, ... 395 
“ Great convocation of - 34 
“ High price for - - - 361 
“ National exhibition of 280, 297, 312 
“ On keeping in towns, - 261 
“ Raising, 394 
“ Society of N. Y. State, officers of 361 
“ Show, 169 
“ “ Amusing description of 394 
Poultry show at Birmingham, 324 
“ “ National - - 361, 376 
“ “ “ Premiums of awarded at 378 
“ “ of Royal Agricultural Society 153 
Post-office yarn, 326 
Potato, Cultivation of the Sweet 401 
Potato onion, - - - - 4 
“ planter, A new 250 
“ Rot - - - 139, 186, 233 
Potatoes, 362 
“ A large one, - - - 169 
“ French prize for essay on 169 
“ Great yield of - - 169 
“ Hinesburgh manufactory of imper¬ 
ishable ... - 234 
“ in frozen ground, - 249, 276 
“ in London, 169 
“ Love-sick, - - - 4 
“ Sweet, Propagation by vine-cutting 264 
Prairie, Solitary ride on ' - 342 
Prescription, A strong one, 151 
Presents, Valuable - - - 391 
President’s message, 216 
Press, Value of - - - 230 
Pretty good, 282 
Prices rising, - - - - 199 
Prizes, 216 
“ Our cash - - - 232 
Proverbs, The book of 198 
Prudishness, - 151 
Punch and his American pippins, 330 
“ How to hoax, - - 327 
Pun, Double 338 
Q 
Quandaries, 407 
Query ----- 376 
Queens County, 89 
R 
Rabbits, Madagascar 
Racks for feeding, 
Radish, A large 
Railroad, Agricultural - 
“ Erie 
“ receipts, 
“ Southward 
“ to New-IIaven, 
Rams, Selection for breeding, 
Reading, 
Reaper, Trial of 
Reaping machines, 
Redbreast, (Poetry,) 
Red Root, by Prof. J. F. W. Johnson, 
Relic of a past age, 
Remember friends at a distance, 
‘ ‘ the son, brother, &c., 
Rescue grass, 
Responsibility, Awful 
Retort, - 
Reporters, Sad fate of two 
Rhubarb, 
Rice crops of N. C., 
Riding, Prize for 
Rives, Hon. W. C., Speech at Saratoga, 
Robin, Death of (Poetry) 
Room, Enough 
Rolling stone gathers no moss, 
Root crops, 
Root crops for soiling, 
Rural axioms, 
104 
213 
39 
381 
169, 185 
104 
168 
152 
132 
209 
153 
380 
294 
7 
277 
264 
248 
106 
407 
299 
407 
161, 177 
73 
118 
56 
198 
375 
407 
405 
33 
53 
Recipes. 
Rancid Butter, 
Apple Sago, 
“ sauce with cider, 
Apples baked, 
Beans, Boston baked - 
Beef-steak, stuffed and beaked 
Bees wax, To try out - - - 
Blancmange of Arrowroot, 
“ “ rye flour, 
Boots and Shoes, Water proof 
Bread, Science and practice of 
“ how to make good - 
Buttermilk pop, 
Cabbages &c., to be salted when boiled, 
Cake, A tea 
Cakes, Buckwheat - 
184 
55 
184 
55 
183 
199 
23 
39 
39 
90 
22 
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39 
73 
406 
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