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INDEX. 



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Peach Borer 354 



Pears 263 



Varieties 263 



Blight 263 



Transplanting 264 



Dwarf varieties 265 



Peas 309 



Pea-weevil 328 



Pedigree of Race-horse 473 



Pedigree seed-corn 149 



Peppers 310 



Percheron Horse, so-called ...482, 485 



Perennial Rye-grass 122 



Pests, Farm (see Injurious In- 

 sects) 316 



Pickles 303 



Pig- pens (see Swine) 966 



Pivot-hinged gate 418 



Plant-bug, tarnished 331 



Planting an Orchard 258 



Setting the trees 259 



Pruning 260 



Cultivation 260 



Planting young trees 256 



Plant-lice 357, 350 



Platform for fence-building 407 



Plow for corn 157 



Plums 266 



Varieties 267 



Polled Cattle 749 



Ponies 531 



Shetland 531 



Mustang and Indian 531 



Pop-corn 301 



Portable fences 47 



Portable shelter 429 



Post and board fence 40 



Plans for making 40 



Post-holder 405 



Posts, Live fence 39 



Poultry : Chickens 



Is poultry-keeping profitable?.. 1041 



Poultry on the farm 1042 



Poultry: Chickens 



Poultry-keeping for women 1043 



Poultry-keeping for boys and 



girls 1044 



Number of fowls for a farm 1044 



Capital needed 1 044 



Location of poultry farms 1045 



Poultry houses 1045 



Plans for poultry houses 1048 



Inside fixtures 1052 



Yards and fences 1055 



Open roosting-shed for young 



chickens 1056 



Movable poultry-fence 1057 



Best breeds of fowls 1059 



Hamburgs 1060 



Leghorns 1061 



Houdans, La Fleche, Black 



Spanish 1062 



' Polish 1064 



Bramahs 1064 



Cochins 1065 



Langshans 1066 



Plymouth Rocks 1069 



Dominiques 1 069 



Wyandottes 1069 



Dorkings 1069 



Improve the common fowl 1072 



Choice of a cock 1072 



Eggs, or market poultry 1073 



Management of Laying Hens.. 1073 



Food and drink 1074 



Gravel, oyster-shells, etc 1075 



Best market for eggs 1076 



Best prices for eggs 1076 



Packing eggs 1077 



Preserving eggs 1078 



Spring chickens 1080 



Eggs for hatching 1081 



Nests and Sitting Hens 1082 



Egg testers and testing 1083 



Artificial incubation 1084 



Eclipse Incubator 1 085- 



