INDEX TO VOLUME XXIII. 



Sheep husban Iry in [owa 271 



— size of, 828 



— salt, sulphur and bacon fur, 868 



— keep them at home, 864 



Shorthorns in France 2jJ 



Singing at the plow, 13 



Small garden, what can be raised-from, 26 

 Smooth surface for corn and a rough 



surface for wheal 818 



Southern gam tree, the, 238 



Sorghum syrup, 51,82? 



— business, the 287 



— when to planl Ill 



Soeie'v, Fruit Growers' Western New 



York 56, 349 



Soluble food for stock, 10 



Soldiers must have sound feet 2S8 



SPIlilT OF THE AC PRESS: 



An agricultural missionary, 15 



American plows, 15 



American milking machine, 889 



A large' turnip Id 



An American apple in Europe,. .. 44 



Agriculture in 1!)00 45 



A fortune iron) a sheep, 40 



Application of manure, llli 



A thousand plow patents, llo 



A cross between the South Down 



ami Long Woo 170 



A hen covered up all winter, 177 



A trot on the ice, 177 



A great cabbage story, 209 



A story of a chicken 209 



Agriculture in the West, 243 



Asparagus beetle, 243 



Beans Irora one seed, 44 



Buying horses for the French cav- 

 alry 46 



Barn- yard manure, IS 



Bran as a manure 144 



Bad seed and the mangel wurzel 



crop 144 



Buckwheat, 17G 



Bees and ashes, 170 



Big calves, lambs, pigs, &c, 177 



Cider lor dying purposes 10 



Corn and eol> meal for poultry,.. . 16 

 Carrots for horses better than 



medicine, 45 



Clover and grasses enrich the soil, 45 

 Cutting off the tops to prevent po- 

 tato rot, 77 



Corn cobs, 1 44 



Cheese per cow, 170 



Cheapest way to raise turnips,.... 869 



Cold water for burns, 177 



< lover hay for cows 257 



California wheat at the Great In- 



ternation Exhibition 208 



Cheap summer feed for hogs, 209 



Cabbages every year, 77 



Draught horses in the West, Ill 



Don't lie af aid of seed, 144 



Does it pay to feed hogs ? 809 



Drilling corn, ". 10 



Depth of grass roots, 170 



Effects of vegetables upon differ- 

 ent animals, 144 



Fall plowing for corn, 309 



Fattening poultry, 840 



— swine, 340 



Fat cow, 75 



Farmers seldom fail, Ill 



Facts about apple trees, 817 



F errets, 45 



Flax Ill 



Food forcaged seed-eating birds,. 44 



Get your seed for spring 44 



Good hogs, 44 



Grafting the tomato on the potato, 45 



Galled shoulders on horses, 144 



How to cure kicking horses and 



runaways, 44 



— to preserve potatoes at sea 40 



— - to raise pumpkins 176 



— to prove the vitality of eggs,. .. 177 

 Hogs packed in the West llo 



— in Chicago, 177 



Hog cholera, 144 



Horse radish for cattle, 110 



Horses will be wanted, 176 



Horsebacks, 209 



Half Leicester and Merino sheep,. 14 



Hessian fly, 44 



Harnessiug arrangement, 77 



Hungarian grass, 20S 



Improved horse-stalls, Ill 



Is ihehog agraizer? Ill 



Increased price of stock, 317 



Kindness to animals, .; 15 



Lambs tor the tin teller, 15 



— killed by swallowing wool, 170 



Large hog, , Do 



Lice "ii cat! e Ill 



Loss of cattle in California, Ill 



Leached ashes, 77 



Large heifer 40 



— egg 46 



Los* oi weight in sailing pork,... 817 



Magnitude 'f the egg trade. 209 



.Milk and butter from Ayrshires,.. 243 



Manuring for wheat, 243 



Mi it ami fruit Irees 45 



Morgan horse for England, 177 



Melons 144 



Mixing varieties of corn, 340 



Now is the time to buy fruit trees,- 111 



Oats shoulo. be sown thick, 177 



Oilcake vs. oats and barley, 40 



Over-fattened show cattle, :U7 



Potatoes two years old, 10 



Pork, price of, 10 



Poultry, 248 



Plant beans 170 



Prolilieness of sows, 70 



Prolific seeds, 40 



Preserving game, 40 



— plants during winter, 340 



Prince Albert on agricultural pa- 

 pers, 40 



Questions for farmers no 



Babbit breeding in France, 14 



Relative valueoffood lor milch 



cows, 209 



Raising turkeys, 210 



Rat-killing association 177 



Bed and white clover for bees, .... 177 



Salt for wheat 840 



Sand on grass lands, 15 



Small pigs 16 



Spring wheat in Maine 248 



Sheep eating each other's wool,... 176 



Shall we all raise wool, 309 



Soaking seed corn, 170 



Scours in lambs 177 



Squashes for milch cows, 144 



Superphosphate of lime lor tur- 

 nips, 110 



Save the manure, 110 



Setting hens,.. 110 



Sawdust as a manurial absorbent, 110 

 Sandy soils can be stirred too 



much, Ill 



Sowing peas 77 



Sorrel and other weeds, 78 



Sorghum syrup 46 



Tanning skins, 209 



Take care of your harness, 44 



The potato disease, 144 



— lessons of th'e war, 840 



— chinch bug :tud deep plowing,. 44 



— Osage Orange as a hedge plant 



in England 46 



— crop of m i|ne sugar, 16 



— sex of eggs. 20S 



— potato crop in Scotland, 15 



To kill lice oil -took, 206 



— prevent horses kicking in har- 



ness, 340 



— make sow - own their young. . . 177 



— remove stumps, 840 



— stop bleedoig, 45 



Top-dressing meadows, 243 



grass hoids iu the spring,... . 78 



Topping corn, or cutting it by the 



ground, 317 



Tight barns, 14 



Turnip fly, 243 



Transporting bees, 176 



Unruly cattle, 176 



Underd raining, 77, 1 i 1 



Varnishing cheese, 177 



Value of food for cattle, 369 



Ventilating stables, 15 



"Washing sheep, 176 



Weight of prize grain in Ireland,. 46 



Wheat in Minnesota, 16 



— and corn doe# not pay in the 



West, 16 



Warts on cattle, 77 



Why do we pickle seed wheat to 



prevent smut ? 144 



" What branch of agriculture will 



pay ?". Ill 



Worth of poultry in Britain 1000 



years ago, .,243 



Water-proof boot-soles, lit 



When to plant sorghum, Ill 



Yorkshire pigs, 7s 



Spur-pruning of fruit trees, 80 



Squash bugs, aloes for, 253 



Strawberry convention, 91 



— cultivation of, 157 



— culture in Illinois 253 



Straw for fodder, value of, 101 



— ashamed to bring it to the city, 3G6 



Strawberries, irrigation for, 1*7 



— planting at night, 252 



Sugar cane at the West 54 



Swallows, importance of 169 



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Tallow tree, the, 872 



Test of the value of manure, 58 



The farmer is king, 49 



The hog cholera, 275 



Tillage means manure 19 



Tools for farmers, mechanical, 88 



To drive away rats, 53 



Tobacco at :he North, cultivation of,.. 21 

 Tomatoes, 189 



— mulch the, -. 222 



Tomato, beaUhfulness of the 270 



Top-dressing meadows — Sowing 



wheat, 246 



Trees scrubbing and washing, 31 



— low-headed 154 



Tree peddlers— Look out for them,.. . 194 



Tree planting, 371 



Transplanting bearing grape vines in 



summer, 314 



Tubs tor tiees, ornamental, 1S8 



Turnip crops in Canada, premium,... 54 

 Turnips do not injure the land, 309 



— hoe the 215 



Turkeys, raising 210 



V and V 



Underdraining, Lord Palmerston on,. 109 



Uselul implement, a, 84 



Utilizing subterranean fires, a method 



of, 90 



Utility of small birds, 240 



Value of manure, test of the, 58 



Verbenas— Shall we have to give up? 189 

 Value of farms, 354 



W 



War and th<> harvest in America, 22 



Walks and talks in the garden, 152. 183 

 219, 247, 282, 810, 346 



Water garden 353 



Weather, a talk about the, 48 



— notes on the, 34, 66, 96, 128, 160, lsl 



220, 257, 288, 322, 355, 379 

 What the ladies wear, 32 



— it costs to send corn from New York 



to Liverpool, 54 



Wheat, how much do we eat? 13 



— iu Monroe county, cultivation of,. . . 48 



— spring cultivation of, 107 



— crop in England, 138 



— pedigree, 173, 278 



— sowing, 26 



— depth oi sowing, 271 



— manuring, 276, 243 



— seed, 279 



— what variety shall I sow? 289 



— wire worms in, 299 



— salt for, 341) 



— rough surface for, 213 



— spring in Maine, 243 



— pickling seed for smut, 144 



— sowing, 246 



— in Western New York,., 862 



When to sell wool, .' 279 



Whore England gets her timber, 74 



Why wool increases iu « eight by keep- 

 ing 322 



— does she kick the milk over, 588 



— cattle chew bones, IS 



While and Gray Doyenne Pear in 



France — Are they the same variety ?. 27 



W blows, cultivation and use of, 85 



Wine, strawberry, 186 



— making, 275, 299 



— native, in the army,. 221 



Women, American, 126 



Wool, a great clip of, 379 



— for the army, consumption of, 200 



— when to sell, 279 



— does it increase in weight by keep- 

 ing ? 322 



