INDEX. 



489 



PAGE. 



Plum trees, blacx gum in 297 



Poisoned wounds 276 



Poling hops 337 



Political parties 349 



Poll evil 226 



Poppies, fomentation of. 249 



syrup of. 264 



Poik and beans 149 



cured for the English market. . 324 



price of. 383 



cutting up 418 



choice of 471 



Portable soup 447 



Postage, rates of. 396 



Post boring machine 92 



Posts, machine for boring 89 



ditch and embankment 90 



Potatoes 41 



Potatoe yeast 164 



starch 163 



Potted beef 451 



Poultices, common 262 



cold and sedative 250 



to hasten suppuration.... 250 



for ulcers 254 



linseed 250 



malt. 



255 



strong beer 255 



yeast 255 



charcoal 25 



Pound cake 145 



Powder, Dover's 203 



purgative 258 



Seidlitz 268 



Powers granted in the Constitution.. 345 

 Prairie farm-house, perspective view 



of 63 



ground plan of. . 64 



Prairie farming 23 



land, quality of. "~ 



breaking 399 



farm, cost of a 405 



grooving timber on the 30" 



Prawns and shrimps, choice of. 473 



Preemption and naturalization laws 35( 



rights 351 



act to grant 352 



claimants, affidavit re- 

 quired of 3f>.' 



Preparation of soil for madder 31" 



Preparing souse 15f 



green corn for winter use. lt">( 



Preservation of crops 45 



of milk 454 



composition 385 



Preserving bread moist 163 



butter 452 



157 



452 



445 



MOB. 



Preserving hams from flies 164 



meat 446 



roots, fruits and vegeta- 

 bles 454 



Preventing calves from sucking IdO 



smut in wheat 387 



Price of clearing land 17 



Price of fruit trees 285 



pork 383 



wheat in Europe 385 



Product of broomcorn 380 



madder 321 



Proportion of woodland 33 



Prospects of sheep raising in the west 215 

 Provisions cured for the English mar- 

 ket 323 



Proximity to market 11 



Pruning trees 293 



Public lands 348 



Pudding, light flour 474 



bread 475 



arrowroot 475 



for invalides 474 



Puff paste 131 



Pulse of cattle 202 



Pumpkin pies.. 



13d 



Punctured wounds 274 



Purchasing land _ 9 



Purgative powder 



Purging clyster 



horses 



257 



229 



Purifying water 437 



Purity of flour 124 



Putrid sore throat, gargle for 260 



Quality of wild land 



12 



prairie land 13 



Quantity of broomcorn 380 



nutritive matter in ani- 

 mal food... 408 



nutritive matter in vege- 

 table food 409 



meal in different grains. 407 



Quick biscuit 128 



Quickness in milking 106 



Quince trees, borer in 305 



marmnlade 460 



cabbages. 



fruits and vegetables by 

 means of syrup.. . . 459 



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Rabbits, choice of 479 



Railfence 93 



cheap 98 



Rails sharpened 90 



Raising corn for sugar 364 



domestic animals 43 



Raspberry jam 466 



Rates of postage 396 



Raw tomato 160 



Rearing calves 181 



