Life, tenacity of

437
185

Paints, zinc, 71; painting, 364; of soap, white-lead,

Light, use and influence of

Lightning, rods, 320, 356, 397, 405, 444, 454, 481;
not humbugs, 506; a man killed by
Lime, oyster shell and stone, 26; slacking, 32; su-
perphosphate of, 46, 166, 216; oyster shell, 128,
320; muriate of, 196; and ashes with muck, 228;
benefits from, 298; and meadow mud, 303; and
ashes, 322; phosphate of, 528; from gas-works
Locust, yellow, 48, 265, 479, 482; tree-borer.
Longevity, average of
Lye, salt

416

512

560

448

504

.

560

Pine, sugar of the Oregon, 384; woods pasture and
southern cows

390

Pipe, gutta-percha

388

M.

Machines, mowing, 98, 509; prepare land for, 223;
reaping, 149; sewing, 235; influence of, on civili-
zation, 338; in farming

Man, which is the happiest
Manures, preparation and application of, 14, 20,
387, 474; Chinese, 45, 109; solid and liquid, 168,
178; classification of, 207; potash as a, 240; hen,
253, 547; specific, 270; save the, 275, 289; cost
of, 337; almost equal to guano, 379; covered and
uncovered, 390; perfect

March, Monthly Farmer for

Market, taking fruit to.

Maryland, cattle show

Plants, chemistry of, 138; roots of, 238; protector
for, 254; new, 326; splendid, 353; maturity of,
354; the butterfly, 394; poisoned, 407; matur-
ing.

497, 540

Plaster, new use of, 183; how to apply
Plow, double, 30, 47, 51, 115; comparison of, 41;
steel, double, 177, 178, 312; and plowing, 258;
a good
Plowing, fall, 30, 572; deep, 162; deep, and plant-
ing
Plums, to keep curculio from, 210; trees, warts on,
239; and cherries, to dry, 330; English wheat,
469; trees
230 Points are pins
453 Pomace apple

574

25 Pond, a runaway
Posts, to preserve

319 Poudrette

Potash as a fertilizer

431

26

389

452

250, 304
126, 244

240

187

.

431 Potato, disease in, 100, 154, 231, 259; cut, for
planting, 250; planting small, 275; ashes on,
369; fall planting, 469; origin of, 532; sweet,
195, 293, 437
Poultry, management of, 47; house, a model 13;
and eggs, 253, 265; food for

389

Medicines, quack

Melons, squashes, cucumbers, how to plant

338 Premiums, of Franklin County, 96; on farms, 99;
289 Middlesex County, 523; at fairs

557

lime, 303; muck, how to use, 406; reclaiming a
Meal, cooked and uncooked

Meat, new system of preserving

Mechanics, vegetable, 175; country and city, 185,

Science, democracy of
Scions, cutting

112

Trees, on farms, 22, 352; tall vs. low-limbed, 23;
autumn transplanting of fruit-trees, 29, 39, 238,
368; plum, salting of, 38; wash for, 38, 307;
trimming, 38; planting, 39; peach, 97, 173;
shade and fruit, 187; extraordinary, 209; natu-
ral beauty of ornamental, 237, 314, 416; plum,
warts on, 239; fruit, what kinds to plant, 242;
a barren pea, 244; washing and scraping, 303;
finest, for timber, 309; protection for, in winter,
326; H. W. Beecher on, 450; manuring, 454;
the locust, 479; the yew, 480; removing large,
511; barking a, 531; forest-trees, how to start,
532; fruit, cuttings of, 542; forest, 563; sowing
seeds for

Tripoli, or Bergmeal

433

338

314

Underdraining

Sheep, husbandry, 13; colds in, 14; polled, 24; im-
prove the farm, 176; profits of, 186, 389; South-
down, 198, 339, 465; care in feeding, 246; salt
and ashes for, 278; signs of health in, 320;
French merino buck, 321; scab or itch in
Silk, culture of
Slug, slimy
Society, officers of Windham County, Vt., 18; Ver-
mont State Agricultural, 63, 354, 443; Worces-
ter County, 71; U. S. Agricultural, 87, 178;
Franklin County, 90; Connecticut State, 90;
legislative, at State House, 91, 100, 119, 131,
136, 139, 146, 164, 181, 187, 204, 214, 226;
Hampshire County, 95, 112; Framingham, 97;
New York State, 130; officers of Worcester
County, 160; Middlesex County, 216, 221, 277,
519; Hampshire, Franklin and Hampden, 224;
American Pomological, 238, 484, 513; Norfolk
County, 245; Essex County, 365; Bristol County,
411; New Hampshire State, 535; Cheshire Coun-
ty, N. H.
Soils, on renovating, 206; do they lose manure by
leaching, 267; classification of, 277; mixing,
305; influence of, on color of flowers, 352; sha-
vings, horn, for, 219; mulching with wood, 351;
the, 380; analysis of, 406; improved by shade,
499; corrective of

Spades, and muskets

Spider, nest of

Squashes, how to plant, 289; marrow, 330, 471;

old

Stock, too much, 15; Durham, 35; wintering, 37;
feeding, 75, 143, 184; high prices for, 267; ex-
periments in, 268; salt for
Stoves.

Urine, waste of
Useful and beautiful

U.

V.

Vegetables and meats, English

Vegetation, history of, 44; state of, at the close of
May

568

118

150

11

474

473

351

Veterinary school of Alfort

50

503

27, 41

325
294