-Catarpiller...191, 2i 
-enemy, another.. .2 
-renovating an.47, 4( 
— trees cultivation of.i 
-keep mice from.35 
Apples, about winter..: 
— American.; 
— best two dozen kinds. ..i 
— Cork dust for packing. 
— dry saw dust for packing. ........... j 
— for food.3i 
— for Western New York. ' 
— Greening on a sweet stock.; 
— how soon can we get.: 
— in the South.. 
— keeping.7, 3 
— notes on. 
— two good fail (illustrated). 
— varieties worth cultivating.. 
— without cores, or.seeds.3 
Apricot, culture of the. 
Asparagus bed, the...3 
— culture of.1 
— when to cut. 1 
Autumn transplanting.3 
Bean, Lima or Carolina,.87,1 
Birds and Insects...55, 2 
Blackberry, Lawton (illustrated)......... 
— White. .. 
Boqueta, to preserve. . .,..2 
Borers... 2 
Bother of Gardeners........3 
Budding and Grafting.2 
— for Ladies.2 
— Hints on (illustrated) . .. .2 
— My Experience in.3 
Cabbages, beading. 
Canker worms.. .231, 2 
Camellia, New Seedling. 
Celery, culture of.1 
Cherry birds vs. "Wrens.... 
— Currant, the (illustrated).4 
— grafts.1 
— ‘ Look-no-further’... 
— trees, care of. .. 
— Wild red, for Stocks..........1 
Cherries, Dr. Kirtland’s. 
Chip manure.2 
Chinese Floral Exhibition.2 
— vegetables.2 
Classification of Garden Seeds.1 
Clay for Sandy Soils.1 
Climbing plants. 1 
Coffee tree in Maine.. 
Compost, a valuable.1 
Cranberry, the high. 
— vines, Culture of.71, 351, c 
Cucumbers, forcing early. .. 
— g eat yield of.5 
— Melons, &c.1 
Cucumber Seed.i 
Curculio, the.1 
Currants. 1 
— and Raspberries. '■ 
Currant trees. 
— the Cherry (illustrated).• 
Dahlia, Irish.: 
— the (illustrated). ! 
Dahlias, one of Pharaoh's. . .. 
Depth vs. Drouth. 
Dioscorea Japoniea. 
Effects of Cultivation.. 
Egg plant, the. .. 
Elm, the white or pasture.- 
Entomological... 
Extreme cold of February 1855. 
Facts in Horticulture. .. 
Flower pots for rooms. 
Flowers, increasing the size of. 
Frosted plants.. 
Fruit crop, prospects of..191, 
— Cultivation of.. 
— Garden, Hints for. .. 
— growing in Illinois.175, 
— Growers Society of Western New York 
...79, 183, 287, 311, 
— how to grow good... 
— influence of soils on... . 
— preservation and ripening of. 
— stealing, morals of. 
— trees, for a small farm. 
-luck with.. 
-plant. 
Garden and Oarchard... 
— a farmers’... 
— fruits. 
— guano for the.. 
— Mr. Greenleaf .. 
— management of a Clay ............ 
— Seeds .... 
Peaches, are we to lose our.351, 367 
Pear, Beurre d’Anjon.835 
— Easter Beurre (illustrated). 7 
— St. Ghislain (illustrated).295 
— trees, blight m.383, 399, 407 
-cultivation of...... 287 
-dwarf (illstrated).119, 295 
-pyramid.127 
-Shaker, specific for. 15 
— Winter Nelis (illustrated). 62 
Pears dwarfed on their own Stocks.199 
— house ripening...359, 383 
— list for general cultivation. 31 
-of rejected varieties...23 
— notes on.247, 255, 391 
— quince vs. pear stocks.207 
— Winter. 7 
-what stock is best.223, 239 
Perfume of flowers.,,.159 
Pistachio nut... . .175 
Pie plant, the garden. 95 
Plum trees, black knot in_111, 159,183, 199 
-poultry under.318 
-Sucker.143, 191 
— Washington..-.. 7 
Plums, large crop of... 7 
— in Wisconsin. 31 
— three early varieties (illustrated). 23 
Pruning.335 
— thumb 103 
— when the loaves are on.175, 271 
— Valuable hints on... 31 
— Winter. 71 
Quinces and their cultivation. 15 
Raspberry catawissa..247 
— Black. 95 
Removing large tree....Ill 
Rose bugs, to destroy.183 
— tree, Standard climbing (illustrated).... 87 
Scions, cutting and keeping. 79 
Seasonable hints for December.375 
Shrubbery and vines....343 
Squashes and Cabbage.383 
— and pumpkins, gathering.319 
— large yield. 15 
Strawberry bed, the.183, 199 
Strawberries and Cherries..231 
— culture of.231 
— good varieties.263 
— in California.223 
Tamarinds.247 
Tasting Committee, members of.327 
Tomato, about the.207 
Transplanting Evergreens.183 
— forest trees.47 
— large vs. small trees.143 
— trees.399 
Trees from seed. 95 
— training of..!.399 
Trenching Garden Soils.390 
Truffle, the.279 
Vegetable garden winter preparation.375 
Vino bugs.231 
Vineyards in California.215 
Weeds vs. flowers. 383 
| Wisconsin Fruit Show.319 
! Yellow bugs.191 
DOMESTIC ECONOMY. 
— harvesting.28 
— hen manure for. 
— how are groat crops raised. 
— long manure for. 
— planting &c. 
— salt as a manure for. 
— Seed, preparation of. 
— shoching.285, 3C 
— six weeks.. 
— sowing WheM after. 
— topping... 
— weight of.. 
— what it will do. 
— Wyandot.. 
Cottage, a cheap farm (Illustrated)- 
Cows, the Kerry breed (illustrated)... 
— that are Cows...• 
— self-sucking (Ulus.).38 
— wintering..:. 4C 
Cow, another good. 
Crisis, the present... 
Crops in Enrope. 
— in Onondaga Co. 
— in Northern New York. 
— near Lake Ontario... 
Cultivate timely and thoroughly. 
Cut worm, how to head. . 
— ravages of the... 
Dana’s muck manual. 
Daisies, yellow and white. 
— vs. Draing. 
Deep tillage^—good products. 
Decrease of Rural population. 
December and its Duties. 
Discreditable. 
Diminution of the Forest. 
Diseases of Animals. 
Broken Horns, to cure. 
Foul in the Feet.•••••, 
Gails on Horses.H°> H 
Gaps in .Chickens.. 
Garget, cure for.1< 
Hauling in Oxen. 
Hoof-bound Horses. 
Lice on Cattle. 
Maggots in Sheep. 
Poll Evil in Horsea. 
Scratches in Horses. 
Scours in Cattle . 
Sullen Oxen, to move.2^ 
Staggers in Sheep.2’ 
Warts on Cattle. 1 
— Warts on Cow3 teats. 
— on Horses. 
Ditch-digging machine, Pratt’s. 
Does the Bug “ Still Live.”. 
Drains, laying stone and tile (IIlus) .... 
— stone for Ailing. ■ 
— tile.-. 
Draining and its benefits. 
— thought on.. 
— effect of manures. 
— experiment in. 
— hints on. 35 
— low land. . 
— test for the expediency of. 
— thorough. . 
— [see Under Draining.) 
Drouth ana Flooding....."• 
Elements of Soils... 
Error, a serious. 
Fail Piewing.. ..358, 3 
Farm, dimensions of a profitable. 
— Economy, hints on. 
— first premium.... 
— implements. 
-economy in. 
— Sigereon’s model. 
— stock, look to your. 
— true value of a... 
Farms, for Mechanics, small. 
Farmer Makedo’s Excursion. 
—poetry on the. 
Farmers’ Club, our.;. .374, 3 
— Clubs. 
— home, the. 
— hit at the wheel... 
— maxims for. 
— sow liceraily. 
Farming, good and bad, contrasted... 
— English farms and. 
— in Canada West. 
— in Niagara Co.. 
— in Illinois.......f 
— in IS ew Mexico.. 
— Peasant in Germany. 
Fee simple tenure. 
Feed Cutter, Gales’ Eagle. 
Fence, board. 
— cheap door-yard. 
— door-yard improved. 
— Prmdle’s patent hurdle.. 
Fences, about. 
— cost of rail. 
Fencing, cost of..... 
— the farm.213, i 
Fertilizer for Long Island. 
Food, the cheapest. 
Gate, Winegar’s Automatons. 
Gleanings from the Transactions.! 
Gold and Corn... 
Grain Drills, about. 
Grass, Canary. 
— fields, spring seeding.. 
— Kentucky blue.SS 
— Orchard. 
— origin of the Randall. 
— proper time for cutting. 
— red top or herd’s. 
— seed for an acre. 
Grasses, Gov. Wright’s address.: 
Great race against time. 
Grindstonea, about. 
Ground Gats. 
Harness, how to keep in order. 
— oiling. 
Hay and hay making. 
— caps. 
— for cows in summer. 
— making, poetry on-.. 
Haying and harvesting, prepare for., 
Hedges, beech troe for. 
— common thorn for... 
— Osage Orange (Illustrated). 
Hedging in the West. 
Herd Book, the American. 
Hessean Fiy, the. 
-and the Midge... 
Hickory, time of cutting. 
Hoe, how shall we... 
Hog pens, improvement in (Ilius.) .. 
Hops, American. 
— best soil for. 
Horses, French. 
— hay-boxes for. 
— hoof-bound. 
— Monrce Co., for France. 
— sawdust for bedding. 
— scarcity of in Eurooe. 
— small...'.... 
Horse provender. 
— what is wanted in’a..... 
House, a small country (Iliustrated) 
— a chenp farm (Illustrated). 
How we did it..,,. 
Ice Houses, cheap. 
-in the country..,. 
Illinois larmi ng. 
In winter prepare for summer. 
Iowa, prairie aud timber. 
Isothermal lines. 
Italian Cottage (Illustrated). 
— country house (illus.). 
Land and crops in England. 
AGRICULTURAL. 
— show at Bath.158, 182 
-National...86,126 
-premiums awarded.190,198 
— Shropshire Downs. 54 
— Silesian, good fleeces.150 
— South Down Ewe (Illustrated). 85 
-for the West.390 
— to wash. 174 
— wintering.70, 3r9 
Shephard Dog, “ Sweep,” t Illus.).165 
Short-Horn Bull “ Baico,” (Illus.). 45 
-“ Haiton,” (Illus.).341 
— Cow “ Bloom,” (Illus.). 309 
-“Ruby II,” (Illus.).209 
Short-Horns and Devons for the West.222 
— for Canada.126 
— for Ohio.310 
— importation of.302 
Snow, agricultural benefits of...357 
Soap vt. hens and crows.126 
Soil of France...310 
Sods, renovating worn out. 70 
— value of vegetable matter to. 30 
Sorrel and its extirpation.381 
— about. 350, 398 
— to destroy. 358 
Squash, the mammoth of America.382 
Stalls for Horses (Illustrated).3S1 
Standard weight of grains in Canada.262 
Starch, sugar and car bon.294 
State Fair, location of. 46 
Steam plows and cultivators.262 
Steers, breaking...141 
Stewart’s 8table Book.374 
Stock, apples for.102 
— Genesee Valley.286 
— Livingston Co...158 
— item, a... . -.... *.408 
— Ohio... 270 
— sale of Daniel Webster’s.110 
-of Col. Sherwood’s...206 
— sugar beets for...,. 22 
— warm feed for ...... .. 78 
— wintering farm.62,381, 389, 397 
Stone walls vs. rail fences.398 
Straw, farinaceous aliment from. 30 
— use and preservation of..101 
Stumps, a chapter on. 77 
Substitutes for hay. 181 
Sugar beets, raising.254 
Suggestions about State Fairs.363 
Snmmer fallow, substitute for.357 
— fallowing.181 
Superphosphate of lime.166 
Swine, fattening. .318 
— improved Essex.213 
-breeds of.398 
— Yorkshire and Leicester (Illustrated).. ."53 
Tapping maple trees.86,102 
Terrier Dogs.110 
Timothy seed, sowing. .£38, 216 
Timber, the decay of.278 
Time to read, sensible hints.247,393 
“ There I m'ssed it,”..309 
Threshl ig-tioor chit-chat.286, 3 '9 
Turnip fcv,to prevent.214 
Turnip?,’fall. ,. .206, 359 
— keeping in winter...350 
— profitable crop of. 48 
Underdrains, covering..134 413 
— stone.160, 190 
Unaerdraming, a hint on.78, 213 
— subsoiling.110, 11S, 125 
— light wanted.62,158,278 
— stone and tile.102, 156 
— profit of. 206 J 
Use the right kind of a buck,.382 
Variation in prices. 293 
Veterinary Institute, Boston.230 
Virginia, letters from.190, 214 
Wanted ! more labor or less land.317 
War and its effects, the. 21 
Ward’s (11.) Young Black Hawk.382 
Waterin barn-yards....342 
Weeds, noxious.222,246 
— destroy your.278 
Weight of ptodnee. 94 
Weights and measures.230 
Weather, &c , in N. W. Michigan.166 
— crops, and chinch bug in 1U.22 
What ought to be done.125 
— we have eaten. 6 
Wheat, about unripe.234, 262 
— and corn, cost compared.6, 22, 30 
— and chess...222, 254 
— as an article of food.174 
— cost of raising.165 
— crop, average. 384 
-Canadian for ’54. 38 
-prices.237 
—• — prospective prices.345 
-substitute for.-.,. 38 
-the.126,246; 310 
— crops of Ohio and New York.374 
— cultivation of. 85 
— cutting before it is ripe.229, 237, ‘246 
— effects of snow on. 64 
— extraordinary. 336 
— fact about drilling.270 
— flour from sprouted.253, 261 
— growing in Illinois.222 
-— State, is Illinois ?.230 
— harrowing.134 
— Illinois challenge accepted.318 
— Mediteranean vs, White.238 
— Midge, a remedy.222 
-or Weevil.190, 358, 406 
— “Noe,” for distribution.214 
— plaster on.206 
— second growth of.2 0 
— shrunk, for seed.234 
— soil and climate for winter.173 
— sowing.317 
-after corn.270, 294 
— spring, Club and Fife.78,110, 134 
-the Weevil, &c.61, 86 
— sprouted.262 
-good for seed. .278, 406 
— the growing.366 
— threshing and curing.246 
— time of cutting.254 
Whitewash for outhouses.,.. 246 
Whittling Siiingies—“Terra Culture,”.277 
Windmills for farm uses (illustrated). 69 
Who should come West.126, 246 
Winter and its lessons.134 
— suggestions for the.374 
Wintering farm stock.381, 389, 397, 405 
Willow and its uses....253 
— culture.398 
Wire worms, remedies for.102, 133, 374 
Wood lots and their management. £ 
Woodland.16£ 
Wooden Gothic houses.206 
Wool, cashmere...15C 
— growers convention. 174 
'-hints to. . .18? 
j-the future for.117 
' —growing West.27( 
[ Working Cows.356 
> Work for an open winter.40( 
, HORTICULTURAL. 
Agriculture, instruction in.366 
— Insects injurious to. 77 
— Natural Science in.205 
— present and prospective. 6 
— Year Book of.406 
Agricultural College, the.230 
— Fair, American Institute.318 
-Cataraugus Co.294, 318 
-Canada West.334, 342 
-Crzenovia Town.350 
-Chenango Co.318 
-Chautauqua Co.326 
— — Connecticut State.334 
— — Genesee Co.342 
— — I linois State.318, 334 
-Indiana State.162, 262, 342 
— — Jefferson Co...142, 318 
— — Livingston Co.318 
_Monroe Co.278, 310 
-Montgomery Co.318 
-M chigan State. 334 
-New Jersey State.310 
-New Vork State.230, 254, 270, 302. 
. 310, 318, 326 
-and other State.'. .269 
-County and Town for 1855.298,802 
-Ohio State.150, 230, 326 
-Onor daga Co.310 
-Ontario Co.....318 
-Orango Co.... ..326 
—. — Pennsylvania State.342 
-Schuyler Co. 326 
-State for 1855.278,294 
— — Steuben Co..318 
-Tioga Co.1.350 
-United States, Premiums.358, 382 
---Stock.350 
-Vermont State.286, 310 
-Way ne Co... 342 
-Wyoming Co.326 
— Improvement.5. 22 
— School, Michigan.102 
— Societies. State. 93 
-N. Y. County, officers of..102 
— Society, Albany Co. 70 
-Connecticut State.46, 110 
-Coventry Town.110 
-Erie Co.254 
-Essex. (Mass.,) Transactions of.38 
-Franklin Co. 86 
-Genesee Co. 38 
-Herkimer Co.i. 46 
-Henrietta Town.78, 134 
-Ill nois State.102 
-Livingston Co.102 
-Maine State.134 
-Monroe Co.14,134, 142 
-Minnesota. 54 
-National. 86 
-New Vork State.. .22. 46, 61, 69, 94, 142 
--Transactions of..406 
_— Niagara Co.134 
_— New Himpshire, Transactions of.... 38 
_— New Jersey State.54, 734 
_— Ohio Srate. 78 
_— Onondaga Co.54, 142, 264 
--Transactions of. 40 
_— Ontario Co.74,118 
_— Pennsylvania State. 62 
_— Steuben Co. 22 
_— United States.30, 86, 262 
--Show of..360 
_— Vermont State. 30 
_— Wayne Co. 6 
_— Walworth (Wis.) Co.278 
_— Western Virginia... ..142 
— Implements, French.294 
— Journals, old and new.358, 390 
A good Suggestion... 78 
A little Land well tilled.261 
A mellow soil vs. drouth.197 
American triumph, another.294 
Amount of rain.353 
Animals, care of. 45 
— largo. 62 
— portraits, engravings, &c.94, 126 
Apples, save your.309 
— for Stock, Farmers’ Club_;.274 
Are we progressing?. 317 
Ashes en land.245 
— value of leached. 6 
Balloon Frames, cheap building. 93 
Bariey—its history and use3.133 
Bark up vs. Bark down.117, 118 
Barn, a Pennsylvania (Illustrated).365 
— cellars. 38 
— yards, water in....406 
Barometer, a natural.358 
Beef and Pork. 94 
— at one year old.7.141 
Bean culture in Orleans Co. 78 
Beans, French Dwarf.301 
— Legum nous Plants.405 
Beet-root Sugar (Ilius.). 37 
Bees, battle among the.254 
— hiving. 238 
Book Farming.....•.390 
Bones, lastiDg manorial effects of.. 61 
Boy Farmers..*.134 
Brine a poison.. • • -406 
Breeding Cattle.•..350 
— in and-in.270 
— uniformity in..269 
Broom Corn and brooms.270 
-culture of.85, ns 
-yield per acre.126 
Buokwheat.166, 310 
— its history and uses.309, 334 
— on marsh land.181 
Butter and Cheese making.317 
— making premium.I65 
-and preserving.366 
--rules for.230 
— requisites to good. 77 
1 — why it is so dear.3lg 
\By Routine.374 
lCaifSuckier (Illustrated).278 
Calves, new method of raising. 54 
Canada Thistle, to destroy.230 
Cashmere Goats and their wool.78, 246 
Carrot Crop, my. 408 
Cattle, Chillingham Wild (Illus.).117, ng 
— look to your.365 
— markets, the New York.110 
'— Iprizo, howfed.126 
•—slietering. 53 
Cheese and dairy houso (Illustrated).317 
— making.182, 230 
— Stiltou. 38 
Cnurning in winter.374 
Cisterns, building.230, 302 
— to measure.238 
Clover Seed, clean vs. chaff. 6 
-sowing.117, 134 
Cobs vs. Wire Worms.94, 126, 142 
Corn and Cob meal. 13 
— also some other things.197 
— and Wheat, cost compared.6, 22, 30 
— ashes, plaster and salt for.118 
— cost of raising..165 
— crop, a good..366 
— — my second..398 
— culture, Rye, &c. 94 
-of Indian....133 
— Cut and Wire Worms.142 
— different manures for.181 
— field, a large. 286 
— “ Flour,” new variety.22, 78 
— fodder.30, 62, 166 
-and Carrots.149 
— good crop of. 37 
— ground, preparing.|..106 
. 
Manuring, rotauou of crops.JO, 4°, °i 
— spring, for corn and rye."4 
Man us. horse. 
Mares as a farm team.. • • .. ' 5 
Marshes, clearing and re-claiming.WJ 
_ English Fens, re-claiming.. 
Millet, cultivation of. 109 j 126 i 
Mdk fever... 
_its properties and use3.013 
— sickness, cause of.J»8 
—taste of turnips in.406 
Minnesota, climate and crops ... ..... - 6 
— letters from ami about.. .loO, lao, 16o, 1/4 
Mowing machine3, about.j. 4 
-great prizes for.....- -408 
-Monroe Co., trial of.J|4 
-trial of.. 8 
-us. scythes.. ••.^ 
Muck, its manurinal action and value.... .349 
Mules and their morals.- • - ..434 
Mt. Fordham, residence of uol. Morris- ui 
November and its lessons...J7O 
Number of seeds in given weights.-i4 
Oat crop and its uses.'4 
Oats and Rye for feed.J-o 
Ohio Cultivator,..i" 2 
Onondaga salt.| 
Onward, ever cuwara. 
Onions, nutriment of.214 
— raising...2 i 8 
Osage 0raBg8. the ...“i” 
Other side, a look on...... -.3o7 
Our crops, what more can we do. 
Oxen, as a farm team. 38 
— in summer. 498 
Parsnips, raising.‘-36 
Patent Offire Report for ’54.382 
Peppermint fields. 302 
— raising vs. Wheat.366 
Plowing By steam.406 
— deep vs. shallow.I" 
— — vs. drouth..189 
— elephantine. 15° 
—fail.278,358, 373, 374 
— hints on.7.142 
— in clover. 262 
— on the prairies.358 
— subsoil.390 
Piaster and green manure. 62 
— applica.ion and value of.46. 85 
— or gypsum.182, 190 
Pork, a h nt on packing.366 
— proper age of swine for.102, 190 
— cholera.397 
Potato ci op of the U. S. 301 
-the one.406 
— experiment, a. 342 
— Fluke, the....382 
— history and uses of.265 
— Mexican against the world .15S, 181, 278,406 
— new sredling.198 
— rot early digging.301 
-the.......2S6 
— White Mercer...118,134 
Potatoes.174 
— and tkeir culture.149 
— cut aid uncut seed.166 
— importation of. 70 
— on a level surface. 94 
— swee;, to keep.406 
Poultry, Black Sea fowl.262 
— Brai.ma Pootra (Illus.).77, 229 
— cooping fowls.94 
— oamts for feeding.35S 
— crossing fowls .310 
— eggs in winter. 94 
— gtii iea fowls rs. rats.158 
— horse (Illus.).389, 350 
— improved breeds...22, 54 
— Japanese Frizzled fowls.’.133,134 
— native and foreign.293 
— preparing for market.318 
— shew, national.46 
— something about.23S, 406 
— the Ostrich fowl (Iliustrated).357 
— the turkey crop. 14 
—10 fatten.366 
— 'Darkeys, about.190 
— -4 wild (Illustrated).189 
Praty-i farmer, letter from.182 
Premium grain crops.3S6 
— lift, Ohio stock.342 
Prepare for the Census.182 
PiO^nect of the grain market.366 
Rabbits, a chapter on (Illustrated).285 
Rabbit pit, the (Illustrated).301 
Racy andfeeding boxes (Illus.).405 
Resburces of the United States. 86 
Roaitis... ... 389 
— spid road making.101 
Root culture—beets, carrots, &c.133 
Roijition and variety of crops.•.14, 142 
— (jf crops—manuring.30, 46, 61 
Rural Notesfrom the Bay State.398 
— progress indicated.349 
—rtminiseuc.es.229 
RutaBagas. 212 
— — taste of in butter..32e 
Rvf, good product of..2S6 
Sain foin.190 
Satisfied subscribers.398 
Science should be practical.171 
Season, lesson and labors of.107, 24: 
Seed, how much do we waste.12: 
Seeds from the Patent Office.201 
Seeding low land.12f 
— thick and thin.40S 
Selection of a farm.34? 
September, the fall campaign.27' 
Setting upon horseback.39< 
Shade trees, value of. 6 
— value of. 2: 
Sheep, calves with.23: 
— French Merino. > 
Ants, destruction of.223 
Apple jelly, to make good.279 
Apples, Fried..327 
— preserving.295 
— Sweet, Baked.‘.. .359 
Bacon, curing without snioke.335 
Bee sting and toothache—.231 
Beverage, wholesome.223 
Blackboards, how to make.15 
Blacking for shoes.271 
— Silk, to renovate.303 
Boots, Blacking.... 7 
Boots and Shoes, preparation for. 7 
Brass, to clean.199 
Bread and Yeast. Ill 
— Corn.95, 271 
— from sprouted wheat flour.311, 335, 343 
— how to make good. 167 
— real New England. .183 
Butter makers, a hint for.339 
Buttermilk, substitute for.191 
Butter, washing with new milk. 15 
Cake, Cider. 135 
— Corn.239, 255, 303 
— Johnny.231 
— nice Jelly or Sponge. 167 
— Pork. 15 
— Railroad.151, 231 
— Soda.191 
— Sponge.127, 191 
— Sugar.191 
— White. 127 
Candles, cheap and excellent.287 
Carpets, care of.159 
Carpeting, cheap.27S 
Celery.13i 
Chopped hands, paste for.102 
Chickens, one way to cook.279, 375 
; Cockroach, riddance.26i 
! Coffee stains, to remove.261 
— substitute for.401 
to dean. 41 
Cooking, recipes for.71, 9! 
Cotton, red on. 6! 
Currants, preserve-your.241 
Cnstard, a rich baked.17i 
1 Decanters, to clean.29: 
I Dishes, washing .. 3 
Dumplings, egg.141 
Dyeing, art of. .. . 1 
Earache, to cure.47, 9 
Eggs, keeping.. . .127, 36' 
— setting. 401 
Egg plant, to cook...14 
— pome.32' 
Emetic, an.10 
Fleas, bedbugs, &c.27 
Fruit, drying. 33 
— fresh drink from..26 
— in cans—my experience.39 
— one w’ay to dry.31 
— preserving Snmmer.22 
— preservation of.27 
— to bottle.199, 20 
Furniture, about.28 
Furs, keeping in Summer.16 
Game, to preserve.•. 6 
Gingerbread, soft.37 
Grapes, to keep in Winter .38 
Hair, wash for.47, 1( 
Ham, baking. It 
Honey, much from little. f 
— to make... 7 
Household management, a hint on.31 
House-keepers, future. 8 
Husk beds.3£ 
Iron, to prevent from rusting. 1 
Kitchen, the ... 1 
Knives, to remove rust from.IS 
Laces, wash your own....21 
Leather, to render impervious to water.... 
Lemon drops, to make..___...'.. f 
— flavor, cheap. i 
Linen, gloss on.2’ 
— stareh for.3! 
Liniment .......... I 
Macaroni...2 
Mead. % 
Meat, effects of heat on.3' 
— recipe for cooking.3 
— smoked* to preserve.2 
Medical recipe..... 
Milk, to keep from souring.2 
Mosquitoes. 2 
Moths, how to get rid of..1 
, Muffins, Indian... 
1 Mutton, how to keep sweet. 
, 1 Nectar, Hungarian.2 
-Vitality of.71> 151 
— snails .. 343 
— take care of....167,343 
— What can be done in a.87 
— work for February.47 
-for September.295 
-for April. 119 
-for August. ..263 
Gas tar and garden insects. .151 
Good Culture. 311 
Gooseberries and their Culture. ......... 55 
—• mildew on...199 
Grafting, curious device in.237 
— grape vines.143 
— large limbs.135 
— new fact in.... • 175 
— selection of scions.135 
— wax. .119 
Grape beetle, the (illustrated).391 
— Charter Oak.279 
— Concord .HI 
— crop, good. ■••"o2q 
— trcliisses.151 
— vines, pruning.375 
-transplanting.- -127 
Grapes, greedy for.33o, 367 
— ripened in December. 62 
Hadrian and the planter. 79 
Hemlock,^ the.407 
Hints for "Gardens. .255 
Hot-bed, cheap.95,103 
Horticultural Literature.367 
_Soc. of the Valley of the Genesee 62,215, 303 
Hyacinth glass, the (illustrated).399 
Importing vegetables.311 
Japan Lily (illustrated).103 
Japanese Yam, the.135 
Kitchen garden, the...127 
Kohl Rabi.183 
Leaves, the lungs of the Tree.191 
Lemon, a large.159 
Lice on trees.. 103 
Melon bugs, Quassia for.215 
— Guano for the. 39 
— History of the.159 
— vines, bugs on.191 
Melons, boxes for growing.119 
Mulching with shavings.... .. .167 
— fruit trees.- 207, 383 
Mysore Ilexacentre (illustrated).327 
Onions, growing. 47 
Orchard, a fine—how managed.287 
— in the ...343 
— California ..... ,151 
Orchards, hints on.159 
— in Oregon .: .295 
— planting and managing-.,.143 
— profit of...167 
Ornamental grounds for farmers..255 
Peach bo r er, remedy for...31,375 
— trees and tansey_-. 231 
-curl in.. 31 
-setting out.Ill 
-shortening in.87, 13: 
-yellows in.119, 143, 15i 
— worm, remedy for. 9: 
Affinities of plants. 
American Wine. 
Apple, Baldwin. 
— Melon. 
— Orchards, Cost and profit of. 
— Rambo.. 
— Siberian crab (illustrated). . 
— Singular.. 
— Tallman Sweeting. 
— tree borer.. 
