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INDEX TO VOLUME XVIIJ, 
1^* * TAc stars 0 ) asterisks (*) in the fol¬ 
lowing Index indicate Where engravings 
ccur, and the number of them. Articles 
referring directly or indirectly to Bees, Cat¬ 
tle, Fruits, Insects, Manures, Trees, tfc., 
will be found under these general heads. 
A 
Acre—Number of Hills, Trees, etc., in. 36 
Advertisers’ Prices should be given_186 
Advertising Information Gratis—No. I 
Employment, Consumption, Hun¬ 
ter’s Secret, etc.198 
“ No. II, Consumptives, Addresses, 
Commercial Agents.231 
“ No. Ill, Young Folks’ Advocate, 
Puzzle.*. .264 
“ No. IV, Sewing Machines, Good 
News, Honey, Rheumatism.296 
“ No. V, Roback,* Tea Growing, 
Recipes, Ventriloquism, Fishes, etc.326 
“ No. VI, Horse Dealers—Lotteries 365 
Advertisements—Read them. 89 
Agricultural Department at Washing¬ 
ton.103 
Agricultural Paper—New one Wanted 
in New-York.282 
Agricultural Society of N. Y. State— 
Officers of...206 
Agricultural Society—United States... 35 
Air—Compressed as a Motive Power...332 
Almanac for 1859. 32 
Aloe—American or Century Plant. .*.. 17 
American Agriculturist at the South.. .154 
“ Circulation of.320 
“ What it has accomplished.102 
Animals—Care of in Winter.364 
“ Early Fattening of.263 
“ Hunting Mink etc. 47 
“ Kindness vs. Whip and Spur.333 
“ Look after the Farm Slock.75 
“ Mode of Suspending Slaughter¬ 
ed.** * ..332 
“ Prescriptions for Diseased.313 
“ Profit of Protecting. 16 
“ Variety of Food.361 
“ Water the Stock .357 
Ants—Driving from Houses. 90 
Apple Parer—Turn Table.*..277 
Apples—Baker.*.. 84 
“ Drying and Preserving..277 
“ Dwarf. 50 
“ Falling before Ripe.339 
“ For Cows. 42 
“ Gathering.*..304 
“ King of Tompkins Co. 154 
“ Rotting on Trees .146 
“ What Seeds to Plant.339 
“ What Varieties to Cultivate.338 
April—Suggestions—Planting Trees ... 97 
Aquariums—Price of. 27 
Arbor—Summer House Grape. *.. 365 
Architecture—New Style of.**..297 
Ashes—Coal—Uses of.173 
Asparagus—How to Make a Bed.307 
“ Large—How Raised.185 
August—Suggestions—Discontent.225 
Autumn—The Last Load.*..272 
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Bank Bills—Dangerous...219 
Bank Note—Journey of a.185 
Barley—Will it Turn to Oats.313 
Basket—Improved Fruit.*. .359 
Basket Item worth $15 . 89 
Beans—Lima—Preserving for Winter 
use. 310 
“ Lima—Substitute for Poles.166 
Bee-Hives—Simple Contrivance for 
Weighing.230 
Bee Keepers—A Question for.219 
Bees and Tin Pans.203-331 
“ Apiary, January, 3—February, 35 
—March, 67—April, 99—May, 131— 
June, 163—July, 195—August, 227— 
September, 259—October, 291—No¬ 
vember, 323—December.355 
“ Bene Plant for.185 
“ Breeding in Winter.263 
“ Consecutive Swarms of..263-295 
“ Driving from Honey Boxes. .231-263 
“ Giving them a Hint.153 
“ Habits of the Queen.375 
“ Hiving from Chimney or Hollow 
Trees.135 
“ Honey Boxes.*.. 14 
“ Hunting.121-166 
“ Impregnation of Queens.230-263 
“ Information Wanted.251 
“ Italian, etc.346—375 
“ Keeping New swarms in the Hive.166 
“ Killing Moths.154 
“ Mistakes about.37-109 
“ Movements when aboutto swarm.135 
“ Natural and Artificial Queens.294 
“ Rapid Swarming of.231-263 
“ Winter management of. 90 
Berberries—Cultivation of.313 
Belter Times close at hand.168 
Birds—Mocking.*..151 
“ Pigeon Hawk and Woodcock.... 47 
“ Robins Useful.*..177 
“ Sap Sucker.185-251 
“ Value of—Protecting.*..129 
“ White Breasted Nut Hatch_*. .333 
Blackberries—New-Rochelle.276-282 
“ From Seed. 339 
“ Seed for Distribution.307 
“ Training.147 
Blacking—Water-proof Injurious.149 
Bones—Gather them—Dissolving. 14 
“ Dissolved with Ashes. 27 
Bonnet—How to Choose and Wear_369 
Bookshelves in the Kitchen. 23 
Books—American Herd Book, 219— 
American Home Garden, 154— 
American Weeds and Useful Plant3 
186—Atlantic Monthly, 154—Ber¬ 
tram Noel, 155—Bible Printed as it 
• 
should be, 154—Farm Drainage, 186 
—Herbert’s Hints to Horse Keep¬ 
ers, 219—Home Whispers, 155—In¬ 
sects of North America, 186—Lang- 
stroth’s Hive and Honey Bee, 186— 
Milch Cows and Dairy Farming, 219 
—Downing’s Landscape Gardening, 
154—Mothers and Infants, 186—M rs. 
Crowen’s Cookery, 186—Musical 
Guest, 186—New American Cyclo¬ 
paedia, 154,346—Our Musical Friend 
154—Ricord’s Roman History, 155— 
Wrecks and Rescues,155; Johnson 
on Peat, Muck, and manures. ..375 
Books Supplied. 60 
‘ Publishers of Agricultural.375 
Boys’ and Girls’ own Columns : 
January —Uncle Frank’s Chat with the 
Boys and Girls, Old Father Janua¬ 
ry;* Horned Frog,* etc., Grand¬ 
mother,* New-Year, Sweeping 
Clean, Editor and Young Readers; 
Sunday School Festival; About 
Problems.**..24-25 
F ebrua'y —Uncle Frank’s Chat;*Com- 
positions; Boy doing his own Think- 
• ing ;* Whip Behind ; Grandmother 
with the Little Girls*; Neatness, 
Washing Dishes, etc.; Editor with 
his Young Readers ; Merry Christ¬ 
mas and Happy New-Year; Trap¬ 
ping Birds ;* The Best Girl; 
Eclipse, Vote of Thanks, etc.; New 
Problems.**..56-57-58 
March —Uncle Frank on Lake Supe¬ 
rior, The first Oath; Aunt Sue’s 
Letter on a New Play ; Wrong End 
Foremost by “M.”; The Editor’s 
talk about the Picture of a Sick 
Child ;* Being Cornered; Long 
Days; Problems;* etc.87-88-89 
April— Grandmother and the Little 
Girls* ; Note from Mary ; Uncle 
Frank’s Letter from St. Augustine ; 
Kites and how to make them ;***** 
The Horned Frog* ; Illustrated Re¬ 
bus ; Answers to Problems ;**** 
.119-120-121 
May— Uncle Frank’s Page ; Flowers 
and Fruit; People running to Vines ; 
Being one's self; Stand from un¬ 
der ; Mocking Bird* ; Little Anna’s 
Quarrel; Our Little Bird, Poetry; 
Learning to Sew* ; Editor with his 
Young Readers; Twenty Years 
ahead ; Boy who Loves to Whistle ; 
Boy trying to equal a Monkey ; Boy 
who tries to equal a Bull-Dog; ‘Fa¬ 
ther, steer straight to me’; Lorenzo 
Dow on Bad Thoughts ; Problems ; 
Illustrated Rebus; Aunt Sue’s 
Note, etc.151-152-153 
June —Grandmother and the little 
Girls ;* Keeping Rooms in Order ; 
Grandmother and child;* Editor 
with his Young Readers; Boys 
Wanting to Live in the City ; Keep¬ 
ing Pets ; About Bugs ; Problems ; 
A Labyrinth ;* “Come this Way, 
Father,” (poetry).183-184-185 
July— The Cut Finger ;* Editor with 
his Young Readers ; Busy ; How- 
Working makes one strong; It will 
come out; Poor Tray ; The faithful 
Chick-hen : The “Fourth”; Inde¬ 
pendence ; Death of Uncle Frank ; 
Problems; Answers; Genealogi¬ 
cal Puzzle ; Sharp Correspondence 
about Rebus 37 ;* Let me kiss him 
for his Mother ; Grandmother with 
the Little Girls ;* Bad habits-. .216-217 
August—Bird’s eye view of Northern 
Italy ;* Editor with his young Read¬ 
ers ; Lesson in Geography ; Notes 
on the present War; Pronouncing 
the War Names ; Somebody else in 
the Editor’s Chair; A Vision, an In¬ 
sect Concert; Why the Birds Sing; 
The well chosen Nesting Place ;* 
About Faces ; Grandmother with 
the Little Girls* (Fidgets) ; Abbre¬ 
viations.248-249-250-251 
September —Picture by Punch ; Editor 
with his Young Readers; Useless 
Things ; The Good Done by one 
Little Fly ; Leaving Home ; Build¬ 
ing Castles; Answers to Problems ; 
Illustrated Rebus ; Grandmother 
with the Little Girls :* Dress; 
Chance; Insect Life; A Mouse in 
Liquor.280-281 
October —The First Effort ;* Editor 
with his Young Readers; “Old 
Patch ”; Walking on the Tight 
Rope; The Unkind Word; About 
that Picture, and Pockets ; More 
about Faces ;** Answers to Prob¬ 
lems ; New Puzzle,*.313-314 
November— Editor with his Young 
Readers ; Stingy Folks ; Saving 
Money; Savings Bank;* The Crows 
and The Dog;* Hen and Pig ; The 
Cat and Squirrel ; The Cat and the 
Horse; Gathering Chestnuts;* An 
Adventure; What Imagination will 
do ; More Scared than Hurt; About 
the Problems ;** Illustrated Rebus 
Agricultural Enigma; Grandmoth¬ 
er,*.344, 345 
December —Labyrinth ;* Editor with 
his Young Readers; One Brick 
Wrong; “Room up Stairs”; Toad 
Undressing; “Old Jim”; Young 
Nurses ;* $5 per Day ; Showers.371-372 
Boys—Give them a Chance.303 
“ Tim Bunker on Raising.207 
“ What shall be done with.358 
Brakes—To Eradicate.313 
Bread—My First Loaf.182 
“ Soda in.85-119 
Briers—Killing.90-204 
Broom Corn Seed—Cleaning.186 
Brush—Kindling.313 
Buckwheat—Culture of.. 47 
“ Great yield of.153 
“ Sow a Patch.200 
Budding—Cause of Failure.251 
Buildings—House of S. B. Parsons**44-45 
“ House of Associate Editor of Ag¬ 
riculturist. .'**.'. 137 
“ New Style of Architecture.. .**..297 
Bulb Pots for Crocuses, etc..********.. 21 
Bulbs—By Mail. 27 
Burning Fluid—Making. 27 
Bushel—Cubic Contents.136 
Butter—That Western Grease.107 
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Cabbage Tree. *.. 6? 
Cabbages—Club-footed.143 
“ To make them Head.313 
“ Wintering . .T.358 
Calendar op Work for Jan., 2—Feb., 
34—March, 66—April, 98-May, 130 
June, 162—July, 194—Aug., 226— 
Sept., 258—Oct., 290—Nov., 322— 
Dec.354 
California, Oregon, and Washington 
Territory Subscribers.188 
Camels—The Government.140 
Campaign for I860.287 
Cancers—A Talk about.277 
Capers—What they are.281 
Capital Required for Farming.346 
Carbon Oil.314 
Carrots—Culture of..103 
“ New mode of preparing Ground.. 134 
Cattle—Ayr Shires and Herefords.154 
“ Bedding for.324 
“ Breeding In-and-in, Bakewell, 
Price, etc.,by Cattle Breeder.No. 1. 10 
“ “ Reply to Cattle Breeder, by C. 
M. Clay, No. I. 43 
“ “ Analogy, etc., by Cattle Breed¬ 
er, No. II. 75 
“ “ Stud Book, etc., by C. M. Clay, 
No. II.132 
“ “ The Bates Stock—Buckeye 
and Cattle Breeder.138 
“ « The Collings, etc., by Cattle 
Breeder.No III.164 
“ “ Pedigree of Horses, by Cattle 
Breeder.No. IV.237 
“ “ General Review, by C. M. 
Clay, No. Ill.292 
“ “ Examples, etc.,** by Cattle 
Breeder, No. V.323 
“ Amd Sheep—Sales of.282 
“ Comfort for..267 
“ Cows Slinking their Calves.138 
“ Cut feed for.171 
“ Dealing with Refraclory Cow’s.. .106 
“ Feeding Suckling Calves..,., —237 
'•< Grubs in the Backs of.185 
“ Improved in GreeneCo.,N. Y.,218 
