CONTENTS.


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Political Economy of the Apple[1]
A few Flowers easily raised[16]
Flower-Farming[21]
A Letter from the Farm[25]
The Cost of Flowers[28]
Haying[31]
The Value of Robins[34]
Sounds of Trees[39]
Unveiled Nonsense[43]
Natural Order of Flowers[46]
Roses[49]
Chestnuts[51]
Green Peas[55]
Hens[58]
Farming[60]
Gardening under Difficulties[63]
Corn[66]
Dandelions[69]
How to beautify Homes[72]
Birch and Aspen[75]
Autumn[78]
Plant Trees![81]
Farewell to "Summer Rest"[84]
Preliminary[87]
Our Creed[88]
Almanac for the Year[89]
Educated Farmers[98]
An Acre of Words about Aker[101]
Farmer's Library[105]
Nine Mistakes[107]
Agricultural Societies[108]
Shiftless Tricks[111]
Electro Culture[114]
Single-Crop Farming[117]
Improved Breeds of Hogs and Cattle[119]
Absorbent Qualities of Flour[122]
Portrait of an Anti-Book Farmer[124]
Good Breeds of Cows[128]
Cutting and curing Grass[131]
Country and City[133]
Lime upon Wheat[134]
Culture of Hops[136]
White Clover[138]
Plowing Corn[139]
Clean out your Cellars[142]
When is Haying over?[144]
Laying down Land to Grass[145]
Theory of Manure[149]
Fodder for Cattle[151]
The Science of Bad Butter[153]
Cincinnati, the Queen City[157]
Care of Animals in Winter[161], [243]
Winter Nights for Reading[163]
Feathers[163]
Nail up your Bugs[165]
Ashes and their Use[168]
Hard Times[170]
Gypsum[171]
Acclimating a Plow[171]
Scour your Plows bright[173]
Plow till it is Dry and plow till it is Wet[174]
Stirring the Soil[175]
Subsoil Plowing[176]
Fire-Blight and Winter Killing[177]
Winter Talk[179]
"Shut your Mouth"[181]
Spring Work on the Farm[182]
Spring Work in the Garden[185], [292]
Fall Work in the Garden[190]
Guarding Cherry-trees from Cold[191]
Shade Trees[192], [252]
A Plea for Health and Floriculture[195]
Keeping Young Pigs in Winter[198]
Sweet Potatoes[199]
Management of Bottom Lands[199]
Cultivation of Wheat[202]
Pleasures of Horticulture[214]
Practical Use of Leaves[215]
Spring Work for Public-spirited Men[218]
Farmers and Farm Scenes in the West[220]
Ornamental Shrubs[224]
Gooseberries[227]
Pulling off Potato Blossoms[229]
Blading and topping Corn[230]
Maple-Sugar[231]
Lettuce[237]
Geological Definitions[238]
Draining Wet Lands[240]
O dear! shall we ever be done Lying?[242]
Deep Planting[245]
Corn and Millet for Fodder[245]
Seed Saving[246]
Rhubarb[248], [286]
Peas[250]
Hot-beds[253]
Original Recipes[254]
Cooking Vegetables[256]
Farmers, take a Hint[260]
Mixing Paint and laying it on[262]
Garden Weeds[267]
Lucerne[269]
Family Government[270]
List of Flowers, Seeds, and Fruits[271]
Garden Seeds[274]
Farmers' Gardens[277]
Early Days of Spring[279]
Parlor Flowers[280]
A Salt Recipe[281]
Culture of Celery[282]
Sun-flower Seed[290]
Rich and Poor Land[294]
Getting ready for Winter[295]
Esculent Vegetables[297]
Field Root Crops[303]
Cultivation of Fruit-trees[304]
A List of Choice Fruits[316]
The Nursery Business[319]
The Breeding of Fruits[322]
Pruning Orchards[327]
Slitting the Bark of Trees[330]
Downing's Fruits of America[332]
Letter from A. J. Downing[339]
Attention to Orchards[344]
Wine and Horticulture[346]
Do Varieties of Fruit run out?[349]
Strawberries[353], [359], [364]
Raspberries, Gooseberries, Currants[364]
Spring Work in the Orchard[367]
Grapes and Grape Vines[372], [373]
Autumnal Management of Fruit-trees[374]
Pears grafted upon the Apple Stock[376]
Seedlings from Budded Peaches[378]
Care of Peach-trees[381]
Renovating Peach-trees[382]
An Apologue or Apple-logue[384]
Select List of Apples[385]
Origin of some Varieties of Fruit[401]
The Quince[403]
Cutting and keeping Grafts[404]
Frost Blight[405]
Seedling Fruits[407]
Time for Pruning[410]
Plums and their Enemies[413]
Root Grafting[417]
Blight and Insects[419]
Apples for Hogs[424]
The Flower Garden[425]
Preparation of Seed for Sowing[429]
Sowing Flower Seeds—Transplanting[431]
Parlor Plants and Flowers in Winter[432]
Protecting Plants in Winter[439]
To preserve Dahlia Roots[440]
Hedges[441]
Watering Trees, etc.[443]
Labels for Trees[444]
Transplanting Evergreens[445]
Flowers, Ladies, and Angels[446]
Horticultural Curiosities[447]
The Corn Crop[451]
Potato Crop[460]
Potting Garden Plants for Winter Use[468]
Mary Howitt's Use of Flowers[469]
What are Flowers good for?[470]
The Blight in the Pear-tree[471]
Progress of Horticulture in Indiana[489]
Browne's Poultry Yard[495]
Close of the Year[497]