INDEX TO VOLUME XIX. 



Shelter for pardcns 32 



orchards, 96, ]27, 190 



on the prairies, l'^9 



stock, 11, 216, 841, 843, 868 



— trees for 90 



on the prairies, 22 



Shows for srod wheat, 249 



Shnilw fur tlic lawn, 122 



Biliprian lurloy, 131 



Silver llr, the 157 



Societies, debating, farmers', 15 



— horticultural, and fruit growers, 98 



Sod crop 56, 81 



Soil about Milwaukee, 8ll8 



— a coarse silicious fertile, 808 



— analyses, 44, 65, 147 



and Dr. Lee, 77 



— best, for apple orchards, 61 



the clierry, 64 



peach, 64 



pear, 63 



— improvement of the — proposition for 



a prize essay, 154 



— poor, must be manured, 241 



— purverizing a heavy clay, 24, 51 



— stirrius; the, 184 



and tiirnina; manure, 208 



Soils, light and heavy compared,.. . 80, 112 

 Sowing grass seed in the fall, 148, 174, 813 

 Sows killing their young, to prevent. . . 307 



Special manures, . " 170 



Stack covers, 110 



Stacking and feeding out straw, 216, 238 277 



Staggers in cattle, 143 



Stalls for cows, £4 



Steers, breaking 25 



Stock, cheapest winter food for, 369 



— cutting and steaming food for, 215 



— foddering \ 53, 78, 118 



— for a hundred acre farm, 213 



— salting 117, 14.3 



— stables for, 118, 149 



— substitute for hay in feeding, 216 



— wintering, 340 



— winter shelter for, 841 



Stone fences, 28, 51, 151 



Stones, removing small, 218 



Strawberries, \ 163 



— cultivation of, 253 



— for general cultivation, ] 253 



Striped bugs to protect cucumbers from 



the, 2C8 



Sugar cane, Chinese, in France, 351 



Sugar cane, Chinese, in Iowa, 56 



— maple yield of 274 



Suggested items,. 15, 50, 76, 112, 14^^, 173 



"'' 205, 237, 273 



— inferences, 812 



Summer fallowing an old sod for wheat 180 

 Superphosphate of lime as a manure, S4, 113 



Sweeney, cure for, 243 



Sweet potatoes, cultivation of, 28, 107, 183 



208 



Teasing annimals at fairs, 312 



Ten hour system, should farmers adopt 



the,.... 217 



Terra-cnlturo, 69 



The good sells the bad, 175, 206 



Thick and thin sowing, 809 



Thoughts by the wayside, 147 



Timber, to make durable 158 



— when to cut, 27, 59 



Timothy, seeding to, 57 



— when to cut, ISO 



Tires, to keep tight 211 



Tomatoes, cultivation of. 91, 92, 189 



— keeping for winter, 823 



Tomato-rack, 117 



Tools and implements for a hundred 



acre farm 241 



Transplanting evergreens, ... 31, 144, 2S6 



— fruit trees,"best season for, 317 



— trees, 221 



care in, 15 



cause of failure in, 88, 187, 285 



depth for, 849 



small, 319 



Tree, decayed, remedy for a, 88 



Trees by the roadside, planting, 30 



— destruction of, in winter, 95 



— for shelter — the white poplar, 96 



on the prairies, 22 



— fruit, manure for, 17 



Truffle, the, 192 



Turf, how to lay in dry weather, 852 



Turnip, Rhode Island, White French,. . 174 

 Turnips, harrowing, 209 



Underdraining 9, 41, 50, 76, 146 



Useful and ornamental, 2S4 



Vinegar, manufacture of, . 



W 



^asps, how to kill, SS^ 



Watermelons, cultivation of, ^ 



Weather in Northern Illinois, 6^^ 



Weeping or drooping trees, 28^ 



— boj)h6ra, 28l 



Wells, Artesian, 5^ 



What shall we plant, 7^ 



Wheat after wheat, 28'^ 



— and corn in Ohio, 268 



— crops in Lower Canada, 267 



— cultivation of, 265 



— culture in America, a Scotchman's 



views on, 266 



Upper Canada, 266 



Wheatland, 23S 



— harrowing, in the spring, 108 



— Illinois Mav or June, 260 



— Mexican spring, 888 



— midge — a suggestion, 271 



— new Mediterranean, 279 



— on the prairies, 269 



— poison, 305 



— salt as a manure for, 235 



— seed, shows for, 249 



— sowing, early in the fall, 26T 



— thick and thin sowing, 809 



— thin seeding and hoeing, 243 



— top-dressing at the time of sowing,. . 271 



— turning to chess, 57, 101, 162 



— — yellow in spring, 176 



— winter, in New Hampshire, 271 



— worm, another, 176 



Wheatland, a day in, 236 



Whiffle-trees, three-horse, 49, 76 



White poplar or abele tree, 96 



Willow for hedges, lOO 



Winter evenings, how shall we spend 



our, \^^ 50 



Wintering calves and colts, 864 



— pigs, 842 



— stock, 340 



Wire for grape trellises, 191 



Woman's best friend 878 



Woodland, management of, 87 



Woodpecker, the, 65, 05 



Wool growing 364 



— high prices of, 339 



Y 



Young men, Judge Buel's appeal to. . 250 



INDEX TO ILLUSTRATIONS. 



DOMESTIC ANIMALS. 



Alpaca, the,, 150 



Ewes, .South-Down, group of, 14 



Ox, Galloway, 832 



Ram, South-Down, "Frank," ....'. 14 



" Master Fnrdham," 274 



Rams, Spanish Merino, group of, a36 



Sow and pigs of the large breed, 387 



Wether, Shropshire-Down, 76 



BIKD8. 



Pigeon, wild, 58 



Quail, California, .''', 81 



IMPLEMENTS, 



Barn-door fastener, IS 



Harrow. Geddes, 182 



— Scotch or square, (2 fl<»8.), 182 



Horse-hoe, Wethcrell's,!". 806 



Potato-digger, Le Couteur's, . "" 306 



Whiffle-trees, three-horse, (2 flgs.), . . 49 



FARM AND OTHEK BUILDINGS. 



Bam, a Western New York, with 



ground plan IIS 



Cottage, a small, with ground plan,. . . 16 

 Farm-house, design for, with plans, . . . 344 



plans for, 184, 1S5 



• octagon, with plans, 185 



Ice-house, 345 



PLANTS AND TREES. 



Ash, European, weeping, 281 



Fir, silver, 168 



Flax 108 



Hyacinth 849 



Maple, Norway 35 



Poplar, white, or abele tree, 97 



Sainfoid, 75 



Sophora, weeping, 281 



Sweet potato, 108 



Wheat and barley, roots, 270 



MISCELLANEOUS. 



Cattle stalls, John Johnston's, 306 



Cutting up meat, 5 figs, illustrating, 12, 13 

 Drainage, 10 figures illustrating. . . 41 — 44 



Feeding box, 306 



Ferret, the, 50 



Garden, plan for laying out a, 255 



Gooseberry mildew, 284 



— saw-fly 223 



Hedge, a badly trained, 65 



• — properly trained, 65 



Hot-bed, 66 



Ornament for dried flowers, 318 



Plant-cover, 287 



Rack, fodder, corn-stalk, 117 



Racks for feeding cattle, 182 



Seeep tick or louse, 13 



Stone fence, section of, 151 



Trough for feeding hogs, 117 



Truflle, the, 192 



Wheat midge, 271 



