INDEX, 
V 
Milking—Apparatus for.313 
“ Clean . 140 
“ Hints on.266 
Milk—Effects of first Milking. 42 
Millet.345 
Millet—Hungarian or Grass.355 
Moles—To Destroy.313 
Moon’s Influence, etc. 65 
Mowing Machines.*. -193 
Mule Race in Virginia.332 
Museles—Take Care of the Young —199 
Mushrooms—Cultivation of.346 
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Neatness—Things not Neat.279 
Nellie’s Troubles—Poultry—Flowers. .215 
Newspaper Discussions.232 
New-Yorlt—Chances for Success in... 121 
Nothing for Sale. 26 
November,—Suggestions—Thanksgiv¬ 
ing .*. .321 
Nurserymen—Frauds and Mistakes.... 51 
Nuts—Stocks for Madeira, etc.121 
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Oaten Cakes—Healthy Food. 54 
Oats—Rust on.165 
“ White Poland Free from Rust. ..313 
October—-Suggestions-Nut-bearing 
Trees.269 
Oil the Doors and Locks. 86 
Onion Culture—Prize Essay.69 
“ Work Announced. 96 
Onions—Experience Wanted—P ri ze 
offered. 3 
“ Growing to Scallions.218 
“ Large.316 
Onion*—New.134 
“ Winter Keeping of. 27 
Orchard and Nursery—C alendar 
for Jan. 2—Feb. 34—March, 66— 
April, 98—May, 130—June, 162— 
July, 194—Aug.226—Sept. 258—Oct. 
290—Nov. 322—December. 354 
Ornament—Neat and Tasteful.117 
-Osage Orange from Cuttings .375 
“ To Propagate.185 
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Paint—Morning Glories for.148 
Pantry— The.161 
Paper—Blotting. 7 
Papering a Room—Hints on.341 
Papers—Are Agricultural Useful.172 
“ Giving them away.348 
Papers—Preserve the Numbers....353 
Park—New-York Central.145 
Pastures -Hints on Management. 265 
“ Treatment of.313 
patent Office — Advisory Board of Agri¬ 
culturists..-. 35 
“ Report for 1857.104 
Peas—Deep Planting and Second Crop. 134 
“ Supports fur.185 
People—a Fast.359 
Pennsylvania Farming.315 
Pitch Fork—Gladdings Horse-power. *.328 
Plants—Geographical Distribution.176 
“ In Houses not Unwholesome..'.. .277 
“ No. per Acre. 36 
“ Originating Varieties . 274 
“ Thinning. 180 
Plow—A Primitive,.*..112 
“ Fawkes’ Steam Locomotive.*. .359 
Plowing Deep and Plowing Shallow.. . 71 
“ When to do it.-.109 
Plums in Oregon .375 
“ Securing from Curculio. .339 
Pomologic.nl Reprut—Where to get_ 27 
Postage—Proposition to Increase. 60 
Potato —Buckeye. 103 
“ Culture-—Unsettled Questions_ 78 
“ Planter Wanted. 90 
“ Prince Albert .346 
“ Rot— Questions about .166 
Potatoes—Experiments with. 359 
“ Liming Land for. 15 
“ Keeping Sweet. 359 
“ Lime on Seed . 15 
“ Marketable Varieties. 70 
“ Seed — Smail and Large.131 
“ Sweet.93-143 
Poultry—Care of Young.141 
“ Dominique Fowls.*..197 
“ Dorkings for Seed. 27 
“ Guinea Fowls a Protection.302 
“ Hamburgh Fowls.*.. 76 
“ Hens — Why not Laying.141 
“ Hints on. .. 77 
“ House for.*..141 
“ How to Fatten.330 
“ Instinct of the Hen.171 
Large Turkeys.171 
“ Profits ol Feeding, etc. 37 
“ Remarkable Hens.267 
“ Second Year’s Experience with.. 77 
“ Silver Spangled Bantams. *. . 37 
“ Wood Duck.*..236 
Premiums—Agricultural—Good ones .. 136 
“ Not properly Distributed.229 
“ ForVol. 19—List of.314 
“ Special of Seeds.128 
“ Special of Seeds—New.160 
Preserving Jars—New Style of_**..213 
11 Green Peas, etc.251 
Professional Pomposity.345 
Pinning Fruit Trees—Best Time for.. .2! 1 
“ Grapevines.*****..337 
Pumpkin Flour.-....154 
Puzzles and Problems—Dogs,** 25- 
Egg Problem. 89 - 121 —Enigma, 345 
—Figure Puzzle,* 313-345—Genea¬ 
logical Puzzle,217-281—Labyrinth,* 
165-371—Locomotive Problem, 89- 
121—Illustrated- Rebuses, 121—153— 
281-313—Riddle, 153-185—S t r i n g 
Puzzles.58-89 
Questions—Indefinite.251-313 
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Rabbits—Prize .*..357 
Railroad Conductors—Hint to. 64 
Railroads—New in Penn, etc.314 
Rain—Signs of.219 
Ranges — Cooking.154 
Raspberries—Heading Back. 27 
“ Dying in Spring.... 185 
Reading—No Time for.170 
Recipes— See last Column of Index— 
Religion—True. GO 
Residence—Preparing Ground for.138 
Rest — Occasional needed.*. .169 
Rhubarb—Directions for Planting.307 
“ Good.282 
Rice—How Grown and Prepared for 
Market.302-335 
Roads—Good.174 
“ Repair the.296 
Roller-Use of.301 
Roofing of Gutta Percha.313 
Root Crops for Stock. 27 
“ Structure—Curiosity. 306-339 
Rose and Geology.274 
“ Bushes Blighted by Insects.218 
Roses— Mildew on.185 
“ Pot Culture of . 160-211 
“ Propagating . 218 
“ Protection for Winter.340 
Row ing against Tide. 27 
Rural Scene. *.. 148 
Rye—Large Yield.7-35 
“ White—Premium offered.232 
§ 
Salsafy—Culture of. .. 90 
Sap—Rise and Fall of.243 
Sawdust in Stables. 357 
School—Sent to. *..369 
Schools — Agriculture in Westfield 
Academy. 27 
“ Farmers’High of Pennsylvania.. 15 
“ Fort Edward Institute. 89 
Seasonable Hints.1.233 
Seasons— Early and Late.135 
Seeds— Agency Declined.154 
“ Degeneration of.236 
“ Field and Garden—Notes on. 3 
“ Flower and Ornamental...11-18 
“ For Pacific Coast.352 
“ Foul— Rogues’Gallery.303 
“ Distribution Closed.128 
“ List for 1859. 28 
“ List for 1860 .348 
“ Meehan’s Catalogue.281 
“ Notes on Culture. 99 
“ Nursing into Life.198 
“ Papers for Putting up**-..'.309 
“ Save Ihe Vegetable.259 
“ Saving Flower . 309 
“ Select Corn this month. 259 
“ Sprouting Locust.121 
“ Starting Early. 51 
“ Time for Sowing Flower.273 
“ Wheat, Rye, etc—Sow ing Good. .172 
“ When will they mix . 251 
“ Where to procure .121 
Selling Out. 272 
September — Suggestions—A u t u m n , 
Fruits, etc. 257 
Sewing Machines —Cheap. 90 
“ Explanation . 64 
“ Gift lo a poor Woman. 28 
Sextant’s Reply to Gasper. 89 
Shade on Soils .243 
Shears— Grape or Pruning. 27 
Sheep—Feeding Lambs — Diseases_153 
“ Flock cheaply Saved. 40 
“ Improved for Texas. 77 
“ Vermin or Scab on.*..109 
“ Winter Management. 6 
Shells— Flowers in Hanging.***.. 117 
Shower— The Passing. *..176 
Shrubbery— Uses of. 179 
Sick Child—The.*.. 88 
Silkworms’ Eggs Wanted.218 
“ for Euiope.316 
Skunk Cabbage—To Kill.218 
Skunks—Worth Catching and Skinning.142 
Sleigh—Putting away for Summer.263 
Smoke-room in Attic.*. .325 
Smoke Room—Attic.375 
Soap—Whale-oil vs. Curculio.146 
Soiling— Advantages of, etc.168 
“ Crops for.185 
Soldering—Practical Instruction. ..**.. 342 
Spoons— Inverted. **..371 
Spring Scene. *.. 80 
Springs for Equalizing Draft. **. .328 
Squash Culture—Hubbard. 134 
“ Hubbard.**.. 73 
“ Kept two years.185 
“ Mammoth Leghorn.327 
“ Varieties, etc. 18 
Stables— Dark Injurious.... . .263 
“ Healthy. . ni 
“Stirred Up’’—Editor Feeling bad.375 
Stitch in Time... 79 
Strawberry—Another White.153 
Strawberries—Dividing Roots. 20 
“ For Everybody.228 
“ How to Raise.115 
“ Large.218 
“ Monthly.346 
“ Preserving.188 
“ Protection in Winter.367 
Straw—Save the.294 
Success—How to Obtain.173 
Sugar from Sorghum—Manufactory de¬ 
scribed.**'. .360 
Sugar Cane—Chinese in Kansas. 5 
“ How Grown and Manufactured, 
.101-131 
“ Evaporator—Cook’s.*..205-346 
“ Grove—Best Conductors for.174 
“ Hints on Making Maple. 36 
“ Orchards—Look after. 81 
Summer House—Design for.*..212 
“ Scene....*..169 
Sun Strokes—Bottling up.203 
Swamps—Use for Umlrained.346 
Swapping—No time for.163 
Sweeping ami Dusting—by Anna Hope.149 
“ by Machinery.**..213 
Swine—Hog Cholera.206 
“ How much will fill a Pig.237 
“ My Neighbor and his Pigs.203 
“ Pork unwholesome Food.207 
“ The Hog Nuisance.270 
T 
Tax—Dodging a .219 
Teeth—Hints about by Anna Hope.311 
Territories—Capabilities of. 39 
Thistles— Canada . .■■■*■ -204 
Tiles— Machinery for Making.*. .325 
Tim Bunker at Home again.167 
“ County Fairs. 70 
“ Dress—Reply to his Neighbors .. .333 
“ Hay Crops—Salt Marsh.261 
“ Jake Frink’s Apology for. 46 
“ Jake Frink’s Wedding.370 
“ Letter from his Neighbors.295 
“ Raising Boys..207 
“ Raising Girls.245 
“ Saving Sixpence—Tile. 4 
“ Shadtown Parsonage and Grand¬ 
son .303 
Time—Waste. 13 
Tomato Raising — Hints on.142 
Transplanting — Easy and Profitable.. .200 
Trees—An Insane Fanner. 330 
“ American Date or Persimmon... .244 
“ Apples—Freaks of. 84 
“ Apples—What to Cultivate.338 
“ Beech.*..301 
“ Belts for Shelter. **.. 5 
“ Borers in Apple Trees.375 
“ Bread Fruit..*.. 85 
“ California Mammoth.*..336 
“ Catalogue of Apple.121 
“ Catalpa or Bean.153 
“ Cedar of Lebanon..*..144 
“ Clearing from Lice, Moss, etc....154 
“ Desirable Evergreens.179 
“ Dwarfs becoming Standard.121 
“ Dwarfs—How far apart . .153 
“ “ Pears—Proper Treatment.306 
“ European Linden.*.. 48 
“ Evergreens—Englishmen’s love 
for. 273 
From Seed.113 
Hints on. 82 
Mistake in Names.306 
Propagation of.179 
Time for Planting.144 
Fountain Pine... *.. 49 
“ “ Hardiness of..185 
Frazer’s Silver Fir .273-365 
Fruit—Hints on Planting.304 
Hardiness of Horse Chestnut.335 
How far apart.313 
How long will they Live.81-112 
Improving Barren. 178-306 
Labels for Fruit.*.. 178 
Magnolia Macrophvlla.*... 48 
M aple Orchards—Preserving.205 
Mistaken Notions about.178 
Norway Spruce for Hedges.!.121 
Oaks profitable for Fruit.153 
Ornamental — Hints to Amateurs. .212 
Partly Buried.375 
Pear—Quince Stocks for .375 
Pear Shoots for Standards.251 
Pears—Profitable.178 
Planting—May Day for.145 
Planting Seeds.345 
Planting Shade.113 
Planting Straight .*..113 
Protection for Winter.337 
Protection from Rabbits.313 
Protect the Roots.366 
Pruning—Time for. 211 
Seedlings—Testing.313 
Taylor’s Protector.251-37 
Torreya Taxifolia .*.. 49 
Transplanting Budded. 121 
Transplanting Pear. 346 
Transplanting—Season for.. .313-337 
Traveler’s.*..116 
Tyler’s Powder a Humbug.211) 
Weeping Juniper.*.. 49 
Weeping Larch—How to Make..273 
White Pine. 50 
Wliy Dwarfed.218 
Wonderful in Oregon .305 
Trees—Woods—Young. 50 
Trellises—Cheap and Pretty.*. .212 
“ Materials for Grape.367 
Trenching Soils.301 
Tun of Hay—Cubic Contents.346 
Turnips—Ashcroft’s Swedish. 89 
“ How to Keep.*..346 
“ Sow ing in August.232 
“ Sowing—Time for.154-200 
“ Transplanting—Large Yield.166 
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Vacant Spots—Fill the.190 
Varieties of Plants—How Originated.. .274 
Vase made of Moss.*..341 
Vegetables for next Spring.276 
“ Garden—Origin of. 17 
Vinegar Plant.247-307 
Vines—Head the Running.243 
w 
Wages — Rate of in New-York.187 
“ Woman’s .182-247 
Wagon Tire—Greasing the.235 
Wash Stand—Convenient Appendage*..368 
Watering trees and Plants.243 
Watermelons—The Liltle Girl's.24 
Water Pipes—Hydraulic Cement. .136-154 
“ Pipes—Lead Poisonous.346 
“ Pump in the House.186 
“ Pure from Sulphur Wells.*..301 
Webster and the Witness. 27 
Weight of Dressed Animals. 7 
Wells and Cisterns—Examining. 5 
Western Farming—Note to Corres¬ 
pondents.. 67 
West—Good Farming at the. 15 
What-Not—The.] 81 
Wheat, Poland—in Oregon....375 
Wheat Sowing— Remedy for Midge ... 259 
“ Sown afler Corn.259 
Whistling. 7 
Whitewash—The Best.118 
“ For Out Doors.136-197 
Willow s— Basket for Fences.134 
Windmills—Information Wanted. 7 
Wine—Domestic. 89 
“ How Sparkling is obtained.340 
Winter Scene.**.. 10-304 
Wood Pile—The. 40 
Work Baskets. 23 
Work—Hours for.373 
Writing — Note to Beginners.340 
Y 
Yale Collpge—Agricultural Lectures..349 
Yankee all round.ISO 
Apple Fritters. 55 
“ Pie, Mock. 55 
“ Preserves.. S7 
Birds’ Nests. 55 
Biscuit— Graham. 150 
" Indian.150 
“ Tea. 55 
Bread—Graham. 1 50 
“ Potato. 54 
“ Rice....150 
Cake—Cocoanut. g 6 
“ Caroline—Cheap—Dei icat e-Lem- 
on— I,emon Cheese—Soda—Sponge34 3 
“ Lemon—Plain—Shrewsbury.150 
CalPs Head—To Turtleize. 23 
Cement lor G’ass. 369 
Codfish— Cooking salt.150 
“ Cutlets. 150 
Corn Bread.343 
“ Cakes.247 
Doughnuts not. Greasy. 55 
Egg Plant — Baked..".. 343 
“ Tea or Coffee.343 
Fastening Knife Handles.. 370 
Fritodella.247 
Gingerbread—Plain.150 
Ginger Snaps. 55 
Glue — Liquid. 150 
Graham Bread. 150 
[lams—Curing and Keeping. 55 
Honey—Tomato.247 
Medical not Published.183 
Mince Meat—Preserving. 55 
Muffins. 55 
Nonsensical Recipes.117 
Oil—Neats Foot. 55 
Pickle — A.247 
Pickling Walnuts. 310 
Pie Cakes. 54 
“ Lemon. 55 
“ Mince—Hints on. 55 
“ “ Mock.iso 
“ Crust—Plain.150 
Potato Bread. 54 
Potatoes—Sweet from Irish.343 
Pudding—Bread.150 
“ Boiled. 87 
“ English Plum. 343 
“ Old Fashioned. 279 
Rusk—Ilome-made. 86 
Samp—To Prepare.27£ 
Snowball Custard. 55 
Squash—To Cook.279 
Strawberry Short Cake.215 
Tomato Soup. 215 
