. 387 A. Page Page Boy, on the farm, 308; planting a 366 Abortion in cows 399 Brake, the pasture 98 Acknowledgments. 478 Bread-making 197, 342 Address, Mr. Russell's, 17; Mr. Greeley's, 52; Mr. Brick-making, machine for 387 Proctor's, 82; Mr. Coming's, 116; Mr. King's, 148 Buckwheat 526 Advice, good 359 Budding, time for . 411, 414 Agriculture, and the President's message, 52; na- Buds, tying down . 466 tional, 74; literature of, 86; improvement in, 89; Bugology vs. squashology 207 Mass. State Board of, 97, 260, 495; south, 108; Builders, facts for . 446 Maine State Board of, 112; adapted to man, 113; Bushes, destruction of 432 statistics of, in France, 114; statistics of, 133; Butter, and milk, 41; and eggs, 48; pound of, to a spirit of, 171; in Mass., 183; review of, 212; in gallon of milk, 50, 509; products in Berkubire, Nova Scotia, 276; in Egypt, 362; fairs, 374; in 58; and cheese, 72; why don't it come, 138, 160, schools, 382; its essentials, 394; exhibition of, in 168, 210, 330; fine sad les of, 149; rancid, 203, England, 395; and the professions, 444; instruc- 292; making, successful, 220; good yield of, 264, tion in, 451; Hawaiian, 524; what Boston has 298; packing of, 347; making and preserving, 382, 389 done for 569 Aims, our, are too low 361 Alms-house, State, at Tewksbury, 455, 474, 493, 507,521 0. Animals, introduction of domestic, 310; feeding, 348, 371, 389, life, 397, 409, 419; playfulness of, Cabbage, setting out 269 464; feeding of ,551 Calendar, for January, 9; February, 57; March, Ants, red 389, 438 105; April, 153; May, 201; June, 249; July, Apples, 16; and other fruit, 176; best, 254; storing 297; August, 345; September, 393; October, them in sawdust, 280; gathering, 431; summer 441; November, 489; December 537 rose, 433; the early strawberry, 433; trees, about, Calves, rearing, 118; gnawing wood 458; Orne's early, 469; for cows, 485; sweet, Camel, about the 106 492; large, 509; a new, 513; in San Francisco 527 Canada, climate of 358 Apricots, rust on 431 Carrot, 108; vs.corn, 174; and onions, 220; Mapes April, Monthly Farmer for 264 on the culture of 401, 485 Ashes, coal, 48; house, 180, 195; and lime with Cataract, a lofty 367 muck, 228; will they dissolve bones, 246; and Caterpillars 335 lime, 322; coal, a remedy for bugs, 364; on pota- Cattle, tying up, 74; fat, 80; holdfast in, 195; of toes, 369; and sawdust, 384; leached 467, 555 New England, 245; why eat horse-manure, 278; Atmosphere, and its effects upon animal life 70 hay over, 312; show, national, 376, 518; at August, Monthly Farmer for : 399 Fitchburg, 483; at Leominster, 498; warts on, 532; salt for, 647; show, U.S. 564 Cellars, barn. 20 B. Cetonia, Inda 457, 485 Charity 398 Bachelors, badly treated 626 Charcoal, its alimentary character . 46 Bagg, Richard, Jr., life of 254 Cheese and butter, 72; as a digester 376 Barley and corn 257 Chemistry, and farming 421 Bathing 427 Cherries and plums, to dry 330 Beautiful and the useful 475 Chess, or cheat 424 Bear, story of a 460 Chestnut, the 19 Beef, good, 266; bigh price of 285 Chimney, smokeless, 134; salt your Bees, death of, in winter, 21; culture of, 76, 128, Chinese, for farmers or gardeners . 368 160, 325 347 Chip-dirt 467 Beets, early June 219 Churn, Fyler's 531 Birds of New England, 35, 142, 251; and lowers, Cider, refining, 99; and tobacco, 113; mills,4i7, 480, 573 271; and their songs 431 Clay, burnt 545 Blackberry 547 Clothing, effects of, on human skin 309 Blossoms in September 534 Clover, seed, sowing 210 Book, for the farmer, 99; Elliot's new fruit, first Club, Concord farmers, 43, 59, 110, 145, 190, 205; lessons in chemistry, culture of the grape, 234; farmers' 355 landscape gardening, bee culture, 263; farming Colt, how to take height of 289 & swamp, 307; the modern horse-doctor 311 Cork 304 Bones, cheap experiment in decomposing, 186, 299; Congress, pay of members of . 490 save the, 216; meal 388 Corn, measuring, 102; weight and measure of, 115; Borer, loeust-treo, 448; apple-tree 534 cobs and grinding, 122; fine crop of, 133; in the Boston in 1774 553 crib, 138; where does it all go, 159; vs. carrots, Bots in horses 422 174; soaked for horses, 180; old colony, 196; . . . 416 . . . . . . Page Page preparing seed, 204, 267; profit in raising, 205; wants of the, 491; notice of Monthly, 538; steep for seed, 244; great crop, 244; and barley, signs of a thrifty 559 257; for cows, 265; experiments in, 268; south- Farming, in New England, 127, 167, 211, 261; by ern, 292; and the wire-worm, 292; green, for steam, 84, 95; quackery in, 137; shall I engage Ι pudding, 346; extensive field of, 467; crop in the in, 278; northern, 280; profits of, 287; conduUnited States, 535; and hay, best method of cive to health, 311; what kind of, 357; in Ohio, getting 576 366; successful, 383; 100 years ago, 412; in Cows, stabling and feeding, in winter, 85; milch, Palestine, 418; on poor land, 422; is it profitable, 86, 259; profitable, 93; garget in, 166; milk and 467; specimen of, 476, 500; is it respectable 541 butter, 170; carrots for, 173; extraordinary, 202; February, calendar for 57 green corn for, 265; tails, cutting off, 291; eum- Fence, a new kind of, 192, 290, 387; posts 304, 327 mer feed for, 331; milker's assistant, 353; to Fever, a remedy for scarlet 423 prevent kicking, 388; abortion in, 399; milch 552 Fields, reclaiming old 387, 509 Country, our, area of 184 Firewood, comparative value of 40 Cranberry, upland, 38, 109, 244, 509, 528; about 494 Flowers, and birds, 271; to crystallize 343 Credit, giving 471 Flour, of wheat, bolted and unbolted, 455; fluctua. Crops, great, 23 ; and the weather, 224; green, for tions in 48 summer use, 290; what is carried off by, 333; Fly, larvæ of the crane 210 rotation of, 346; in Massachusetts and Califor- Food, dry, 51; cooked and uncooked, 269; summer, nia, 362, 388; when be gathered, 407; in for cows and pigs, 331; variety of necessary 384 Maine, 510; in Concord, Mass. 510, 534 Fowls, to prevent from scratching : 467 Criticism, a, on the New England Farmer 99 Fountains, natural 353 Crow, the 213 Fox, his revenge 278 Cucumbers, how to plant, 289; plan for growing, Friday, the cold of, 1810 68 311; great yield 431 Cultivator, reversible tooth 288 Curculio, the, 134; to keep from plums, 210; to de G. stroy, 234, 315; remedy, for the 325, 504 Currant-bushes 172, 426 Garden, observations in, 19; what it should be, 87, Curiosity reproved 504 99, 193, 208, 282, 332; work in, 129; irrigation Crystal-palace awards 125 of the, 281; farmer's, 210; weeder, 330; subur ban, 430; a good, 463; that never fails, 495; of E. W. Bull, Concord, 502; manure for, 509; why D. fruitful 533 Gentleman, the country 244 Dairy, improvement of 163, 169 Geological surveys, benefits of 174 Daisy, white. 100, 409 Girls, make them independent 447 December, calendar for. 537 Grafting, suckers on common plum 541 Dogs and pigs 53 Grain, barvesting, 373; proper time for cutting, Drill, the grain 257 375, 389; nutrition in various 493 Drought, in Northern Vermont 396, 437, 459, 463 Grape, vines, bearing and pruning, 49; the Concord, Durham heifers 35 98, 99, 161, 162, 196, 509, 511; wine, 437; Ca. Dying · 436 tawba 535 Grapes, transplanting and grafting 554 Grass, seed sower, 159; rye, 195; burden, 196; seed. E. ing land to, 268; tall, 387; for pastures, 425; sowing in the fall, 449; means . 545 Eggs, and butter, 48; preservation of, for winter Gooseberries, mulching • 288 use, 69; large, 195, 253; to preserve 352 Guano, 37, 116,542; how to use, 126, 129, 195, 216, Egypt, no rain in 505 232, 266, 368, 378, 442; factory, 179; corresponEmigrant aid company 250 dence about, 279; importation of, 501, 512; doEssex county society 374 mestic, 533; what our country pays for 534 Evening, winter 38 Gutta-percha pipe 388 Evergreens, pruning 329, 363 Gypsum and ammonia 67, 575 Exercise, proper use of 374 . . . . . . . H. F. Fairs, agricultural, 374, 415; at Exeter, 486, 510; at Providence, 486; Hampden Co., 486, 521; South products, effects of railroads on, 76; accounts, income of, 541; State, at Tewksbury Farmer, the, 18; 'club, 43, 59, 110, 145, 190, 205, 355; Monthly, for December, 53; for January, 60; for February, 107; for March, 230; for April, 264; for May, 293; for June, 302; for July, 385; for August, 399; for September, 507; for Octo. ber, 549; for November, 572; for December, 537; and the Governor, 58, 94; in public places, 66, 133; thrifty and thriftless, 85, 271, 276; the Granite, 126; legislative, 131; arithmetic, 259; shall I be a, 307; the valley, Connecticut, 323; home of the, 335; tact in selling, 379; theoreti. cal, 408; bint to, 442; why discontented, 445; Harrow, improved hinge 245 Hazel, witch 215 Heat, lasting effects of 339, 438 Hay, to find value of odd pounds, 259; and hay. 521 making, 301, 350; cutting and securing, 360; cutters, to save children's fingers from 462 Hedges, hemlock 195 Hoe, korso 115, 240 Hoeing · 299, 356 Hogs, profit of feeding corn to, 39; fine, 239; fattening, 240; killing in Cincinnati 494 560 Home, my country 169 Hominy 464 Homøopathy, veterinary 413 Hop, roots, 265; about the 479 Horticulture, operations of 427 Horticulturist, the 527 Horn, to straighten steers, 81; shavings 219 Horse, careful use of, 49; swallowing a, 62; frozen or starved, 80; kicking, 106; cruelty to the, 126; how to subdue a vicious, 144; carrots for the, 173; shoe, elastic, 210; blind teeth in, 253; foot of the, 304, 324; doctor, the modern horse, 311; instinot in the, 319, 438; radish, 349, 365; . |