THE NEW ENGLAND FARMER; A MONTHLY JOURNAL, DEVOTED TO AGRICULTURE, HORTICULTURE, AND THEIR KINDRED ARTS AND SCIENCES; AND ILLUSTRATED WITH NUMEROUS BEAUTIFUL ENGRAVINGS. THE PRIME PRINCIPLES OF AGRICULTURE. 1. The soil ought to be kept dry; or, in other words, free from all superfluous moisture. 2. The soil ought to be kept clean; or, in other words, free from noxious weeds. 3. The soil ought to be kept rich; or, in other words, every particle of enriching material which can be SIMON BROWN, EDITOR. VOLUME XIV. BOSTON: PUBLISHED BY NOURSE, EATON & TOLMAN, 100 WASHINGTON STREET. 1862. 28 Address, by L. H. Tucker, Agriculture, manual of, 18, 35, 83, 109; hints 369 helping to build their nests, 380; king, and - 455 92 Bone, cattle gnawing, 31; preparation of, 140; Bread and butter machine, 165 333 264 429 500, 517 Animals, salt for, 31; protecting from storms, Ant, dwelling of the, Apple, new method of keeping, 16; Baldwin, 304; the Flanders, 478; superior kinds of, Butter worker, a new, 460 561 296 419 563 C 541 April, calendar for, 153 Ashes, of vegetables, 62; as a fertilizer, 98; Atmosphere, influence of, on soil, 267 Calendar for January, 9; for February, 57; for Cart body, a new, B Carpets, manufacture of, 537 265 76 370 148 Case, a new propagating, Cattle, hoven in, 19; to stop vomiting in, 78; 501, 531 562 Barometer, the, 233, 289; is it weatherwise? 318, 363; a natural, 462 Character is capital, 21 Bean, meal, for pigs, 76; white, culture of, Bees, at war, 37; culture of, 288; and king- Bethel, Maine, 539 Cistern water, 111, 526 Bird, 73; protect the, 218; of New England, Clay, a fertilizer, 207; for drain tile, 326 Clergymen in war times, Climate, 556 73 |