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INDEX TO VOLUME VII 
Poultry— Curassow, . 217 
Exhibition of, at Boston,.. 54, 377, 405 
Eggs from choice,... 155 
Fine,. 61 
Fine Game,.. 91, 155 
Imported from Spain,. 346 
Lice on,. 313 
Management of,. 56 
Prices of, in London,. 232 
Profits of,... 83, 250 
To make Lay in Winter,. 106 
To prevent Hens Setting,.180 
To prevent Scratching,. 218 
Preserves and Jellies, to make,. 247 
Prices Current, 62, 92, 124, 156, 186, 218, 
251, 283, 316, 34s 
Products of Labor and Capital,.. 84 
Protecting Plants and Shrubs.. 367 
Provisions, American in England,. 398 
Provisions, American in England,.398 
Prunes, Albany,. 91 
Pruning, origin of, ••••. 333 
— the Peach,. 107,171 
Prussia, Agriculture of,. 72 
Pumpkins. Growth of.. 147 
— Raising,. 1S1 
R. 
Railroads for Plantations. 
— and Market Gardens,. 
Rains, heavy,.-. 
— in Summer of 1850,. 
Ram’s Head in Wool Grower,.. 
Raspberries, Everbearing,. 
— Great Product of,.... 
— Red Antwerp,. 
— Select lists of, .., 
Rats, to destroy,..... 
— to decoy,. 
Reaper, McCormick’s,. 
Reclaiming Sandy Lands,.. 
— Wet Lands,. 
— Worn-out Lands,. 
Rensselaer Institute,.. 
Rhode Island State Fair,. 
— — Farming in,. 
Ring-bone, to cure. 
Root Grafting,.. 
— — Large Stocks,. 
Roots, Wide Extension of,. 
Rose Cuttings,.. 
Roses, Michigan or Prairie,. 
— to Winter Bourbon,. 
Rotation of Crops, Principles of, 
— — in Virginia,. 
— — Sugeslion about,. 
Royal Agricultural Society,. 
Rural Architecture, ... 
Russia, Agriculture of,.. 
Ruta Baga—see Turneps. 
Rye, Premium Crops,.. 
.... 148 
.... 332 
.... 281 
.... 400 
.... 314 
.... 47 
... 315 
.... 270 
, 45, 366 
121, 1S2 
.... 250 
308, 313 
, 58, 153 
.... 134 
162, 375 
.... 61 
.... 280 
.... 245 
106, 212 
140, 143 
.... 108 
.... Ill 
.... 174 
.... 301 
... 302 
. 86 
119, 246 
.... 135 
.... 345 
.... 305 
. 71 
. 78, 116 
s. 
Salt, quantity yet on hand,. 186 
Sap in Plants, motion of,. 166 
Sandy Soils, improvement of,. 58, 153 
Sausages, to make and preserve,. 105 
Saxony, Agriculture of,. 72 
Schoc 1 House, design for,.396 
Schools, Common, to improve,. 42 
— Agricultural,. 249, 315, 324 
— of Applied Chemistry,.381 
— Reading Books for,... 259 
Science as applicable to Agriculture,.. 280 
— Relations of to Agriculture,. 136 
Scraper, Cast Iron Dirt, . 183 
gcytlie Snaths, how to repair, . 276 
Season and Crops, ..2S1 
Seeding Lands to Grass,... 79 
— — with Buckwheat,.153 
Seeds, on Steeping,. 339 
Separators, Pitt’s,. 185 
SHEEP—At New-York State Fair,... 338 
Cheviot,. 48 
Comparative merits of,.242 
Sheep —Fat,.123 
Folding, in Summer,. 404 
French Merinos,. 281 
Long-W ooled,.. 282 
Loss in Importing,. . 155 
New Hampshire,. 374 
Protection for,. 49 
Profitable,... 92, 346 
Ram’s Head in Wool Grower,.... 314 
Rot in, .361 
Saxon, Premium for,. 51 
— Imported,. 60, 91 
Sales of,. 153 
Time to turn to grass,. 181 
Thibet,. 249 
Vermont,. 371 
Varieties of the Merino,. 101 
Washing,. 91 
Husbandry, remarks on,.116 
— Amount invested in,. 291 
— m Washington county,.293 
Shrubs, twenty-five hardy,. 142 
Silk Culture in Austria, . 199 
Smithfield Cattle Show,. 123 
Smithsonian Institution, doings of,..... 37 
Snapdragon, increase of,. 313 
Snow-bird, the While. 79 
Soap-suds, for the Grape,. 206 
Soil, should be often stirred. 333 
Sorrel, to destroy. 259 
Spain, Agriculture of,. 73 
— Abolition of Bull-fights in,. 79 
Spiders, sagacity and strength of,. 347 
Squashes, great crop of,. 173 
Steam, Power of,. 309 
Stock, advantages of raising good,. 283 
Stones, to remove by sinking,.. 41 
Stoves, Air-tight, Explosion of,. 248 
Straw, should not be burnt,. 113 
Strawberries, Black Prince,.271 
— Culture at Cincinnati,. 86 
— Culture of,. 172, 238 
— Beds, tiles for,. 79 
— Grown on quarter-acre,. 142 
— Length of Roots of,... 333 
— Productive,. 141 
— Select lists of,. 45 
— Time for Tranplanting,. 270 
— The Best Kinds,. 393 
Studies for the Farmer,. 100 
Stump Machines,. 79,214 
Succory. Culture of,. 243 
Sugar, Maple, to make,.... 106, 121 
— White, how made,. 119 
Sugar Beets, Premium Crop,.. ... 186 
Supports for Climbers,. 43, 171 
Sweden, Agriculture of,. 71 
SWINE—At New-York State Fair,... 338 
Berkshires, scarce,. 79 
Cure for Kidney-worm in,. 380 
Fattening, best mode of,. 321 
Heavy,. 250 
Imported from Spain,. 346 
in Steuben county,. 249 
Middlesex,. 61, 381 
Raising, in Ohio,. 259 
Sale of Mr. Stickney’s. 381, 405 
Suffolk,. 61, 185, 381 
T. 
Tan-bark, for Manure,. 121 
Thibet, Table Land of,. 243 
Threshing Machines, Emery’s, 95, 272, 286, 
312 
_ _ Wheeler’s,. 122, 220 
— — and Feed Mill,. 352 
Tiles for Strawberry-beds,. 79 
— for Draining, . 81, 346 
Timber for Plank Roads,. 119 
— Best time for cutting,. 244 
Timothy Seed, how to sow,. 119 
Tobacco, Culture of,. 244 
Transmutation, Controversy about, 103, 184, 
1S5, 217, 275, 282 
Transplanting Trees,. 87 
— in June,. 367 
Transplanting —Evergreens,.......... 395 
— Peach Trees,. 140 
— Requisites for,. 139 
— with balls of Earth,. 143 
Trees, best for Sea Coast,. 46 
— Luck with, .. 333 
— Old Forest, ...333 
— on Planting, ... 87 
— Planting in Streets, .. 139 
Trial of Plows, Report on,............ 324 
Turneps, Culture of,... 52 
— Premium Crops,. 78 
— to Store for Winter use,. 366 
Turning Stock to Grass,. 181 
V. 
Verbenas, to protect in Winter, 
Vegetable Cutter, Avery’s ..... 
— — Halleck’s,. 
Vermin on Cattle, to destroy,... 
Vermont, Premium Crops in, .. 
— Live Slock of,. 
Victoria Regia,. 
Village Door-yards, to plant,... 
Virgilea lulea,. 
Virginia, Farming in, .. 
— Letter to Young Man in, 
-r- Northern Farmers in, ... 
— Things in,. 
w. 
Washington County Ag. Society,. .... 373 
iciA 
Water Pipes, Glass,. 124 
— Lime Pipes,. 311 
— — Inquiry about,. 246 
Wayne County Ag. Society,.121, 390 
— — Agriculture of,. 363,390 
— — Fine Fruits in,. 390 
Weeds should be destroyed,. 257 
Westchester County Ag. Society.376 
WHEAT—Culture of,. 195,275, 312 
Changed to Oats,.. 185 
Crop in Ohio,. 359 
Drills for,. 79 
Early Cutting,. 278 
Etrurian,. 281 
Grains in a Bushel. 273 
Harrowing in Spring,. 185 
Large Crop of,. 330, 398, 403 
Large Field of,. 330 
Midge in,. 315 
Premium Crops,.78, 116, 186 
Spring, Cultivation of,. 120 
— Black Sea,. 121 
— Turkey, . 123 
Seed of, from Morocco,... 61 
Sown in Drills,. 273, 298, 379 
Seed of, should be selected,. 275 
Thick and Thin Seeding,.343 
Wheel Rake for Grain-binders,. 273 
Wind Mill. Centrifugal,. 79 
— — Mr. Morton’s,. 153 
Winter, Preparations for, . 397 
Wire Fences, 47, 84, 144, 145, 278, 359, 
380 
— — Strength of,. 244 
Wire-worm, to destroy, .. 370 
Wisconsin as a Farming State,... 277, 340 
Wood, Green versus Dry,. 117 
WOOL—Coarse,. 175 
Clip of 1850,. 282 
Duties on,. 291, 370, 391 
Good Product of,. 309 
Growers, Protection to, . 391 
Imported into United States,. 291 
Prices of, 62, 92, 124, 156, 186, 218, 250, 
283, 316, 347 
Samples from Kentucky,. 123 
— of Imported,. .. 314 
Wringing Clothes, Substitute for,. 153 
Y. 
Yale College, Ag. School in,. 381 
Yellow Bird,. 315 
Young Men, Advice to,. 174 
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