Volume 6. 



51 » %n 



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SAN JOSE, CAL., APF^IL, 1875. 



Single Copies, 

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TABLE OF CONTENTS. 



Page 13, Editorial.— A Fine Herd of Short-borne. 

 Fair Tactics. 



** 76, Editorial Noteg. 



•* 77, Poetry. — Only a Farmer's Daughter. 

 Under tbe Daisies. "What is His Creed? 

 I've Been Thinking. Souls, Not St.ition8. 

 Wishing and Having. Why? Do Some- 

 thing. 



** 78, Editorial.— How to Keep Up a Good 

 Flow of Milk. Villainous Laud Trans- 

 actions. Loss of Moisture froiu the Suil. 



•• 79, Editorial,— A San Jose Prune Orchard. 

 How They Like thu Agkicultdiust. 



•• 80, EditoriaL— Fattening Beef Cattle for 

 M^irket. Correspondence. —The Cul- 

 tivation of the Olive in California (by l>r. 

 John D. Scott), 



*• 81, Correspondence (continued) . — Curi- 

 ous Epitaphs (by Elisa E.Anthony). 



** 83, Household Reading;.— A Farmer's 

 Wiful'll Be. Chats V ith Farmers' Wives 

 and Dau^'hters (by Jewell). Hints on 

 Training Children. 



•• 83, Stock Breeder,— Utility Above Fancy 

 in Breeding. 



•* 84, Stock Breeder (continued). — Higb- 

 Priced Stock. English Short-Horn Sales 

 for 1875. Miscellaneous. — Dust for 

 the Animals, Flax Culture. 



•* 85, Poultry Yard.— The Kind of Fowls to 

 Keep. Selection of Turkeys for Breeding. 

 The BestPoultry for (ieueralUae. Ducks. 

 Crossing Breeds. 



•• 86, Porcine. — More Hogs and Less Wheat. 

 Improvement in Breeding Swiue. The 

 Berltshsre Pig. Dressing Black Hogs. 

 Money in Hogs. Etc. 



•• 87, SUeep and Goats,— What Breed is 



Best? The Merino. Salt and Charcoal 

 fur Sheep. Helhiuks Sheep Pay Best. 

 A Comparison of Sheep. Breeding Sheep. 



•• 88, Apiary.— The Inmates of the Hive. 

 Shade fur Bees. Bees, Wa&pg and (irapes. 

 Etc. 



*• 8y, Dairy. — Treatment of Heifers. More 

 Abuut Cheese. To Purify Dairy Utensils. 

 Boys end Girls.— Mud Pies. What 

 the Baby Saw in the Glass. Bad Boys 

 Make Bad Men. To Boys and Young Men. 

 About So. 



" 90, Woman's Progress. — Bnsiness Suit- 

 able for Woman. What Women Have 

 Gnined. Sensible Fashions fur Women. 

 A Novel Experiment in Houee-keeinng. 

 Anti-Corset Society. 



•' 91, Hygienic— Milk as a Diet. Washing 

 the Inside of the Body. What Alcohnl 

 Will Do. Sound Common Sense. Wet 

 and Dry Bathing. Etc, 



** 93, Educational. — Before and After 

 Schoul. Do Farmers Read Enough ? For 

 the Boys. Diversity of Gifts. Live adn 

 Dead Weight of Cattlo. Etc. 



-Coming Stock Sales. Etc. 



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