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INDEX TO VOLUME XX. 



BBOEirTS, DOMESTIC: 



— ImSlernuL^ 66 



— fWiTbtrrNV 2'i7 



— lomon 127, 159, 2."i7 



— iiiiiok iipiilp 127 



— pumpkin 820 



— sweet potato, 8'.'" 



— Inrnip IM 



— 1 iui-giir 127 



roliilot-s fried, 257 



Prei-ervc?, cilron-melon, 2<C 



Pu.tdinir, l)oUed, 127 



— l-rea;i 192 



— cii»lard, 127 



— <lim.lv 228 



— fruiU boiled 2S6 



— Indian, baked, C5, 320 



boiled, 320 



— polalo, 127 



— puff, 2?C 



— riee • 65, 127, 2SC 



— Puiiderlan<I, 127 



— wliciit, bakeil, 127 



Puffs, Indian meal, 65 



— walnut, 1S2 



IJalitiils and raceotms, to C(X>k,. . . . 65 



<,»uinoc, baked 82' 



8alve, liealinfr 159 



Soap, labor-saving, 2S6 



— making, 286 



Puccouish, to dry corn for, 257 



Tan*., orange, 127 



— rhubard,: 127 



Tea. black, to make, 159 



Tea-cake, a nice, 192 



Toast, Indian 820 



— milk, 65 



To color a very dark blue, 1 59 



black, 159 



on woolen or cotton, 257 



blue, 2SG 



madder red on woolen, 258 



red, 2S6 



scarlet on woolen, 256 



silk a rich brown, 159 



or wool orange, 159 



slate color, 159 



with butu-mut, 159 



cudbear, 159 



Tomato catsup, 2SC 



— marmalade, 192 



— pickles, 2S6 



Vinepar, to make, 159 



Walnut!', picklinj;, 257 



Wliasp, Canadian, 2S6 



"Wiggs, 65 



Wine, parsnep, 127 



Veast, to make, 169 



P.efase of tanneries as manure,. . . 800, 366 



Umgini; the vine, 185, 250 



Kipeniui; seeds, 2s5 



Eoarl-makif.g, 16, 118, 114, 144, 145, 180, 247 



Robin, the American, 190 



Rocky mountains, the, 242 



llfxit-cellars, plans for, 14 



Rfiot crops, grow more, 298 



R'K>ts and bu9hpa,removing, from land, 8li 



— cutting, for stock, 67 



— prejcrving, for winter use, 14, 15 



R'«e Acacia, 874 



Roses, yellow, 222 



Roup in chickens, 270 



Rust on apples, 156 



oats, 2o7 



wheat stalks 81 



Rye 162 



— and lU cultivation, 22 



— for autumn feed, 275 



S 



Salt OS a manure for wheat, 65 



— (or manure 26^ 



Sce<liiig timothy, 83(5 



Seeds, ripening, 285 



Sewing machines, advantages rif, 88 



Shade tre<-s Injurloiu to fruit trees 222 



theep and clover on light soils, 2' 2 



— Cliinew, 88(5 



— coarse-wooied, management of, ... . 19 



— corn vs. b<-ans for, 67 



— Cotiiwold 868, 8*0 



— docs it pay to wash, 139 



— dogs vs., 207 



— do lliey deteriorate in the quality of 



their WfK.l in warm climates T 809 



— fattening In winter, 18 



— line Ts. coarse-wooled,. 19, 20S, 808 



Sheep, flne-wooled, management of,.. 13 



— grazing, 270 



— griibs in the heads of, 140 



— remedies for, 141 



— improvement of, 85,212 



— in Australia 20.1 



— Jonas Webb's South-Downs, 272 



— poiwned by a chemical wash, 188 



— rack, 85 



— their early introduction, 147 



— to cure scab among, 808 



— vs. hops— which are the most profit- 



able to fatten ? 4T 



— which is the most profitable breed 



of, 85, 212, 870 



Sheep-killing dogs, euro for, 240 



Shelter for stock, importance of, 50 



Silicate of lime, 310 



Smut— pickling seed wheat, 23S 



Soil, advantages of pulverizing the,. . . 864 



— and climate of Minnesota, 810 



Soiling cattle, 833 



— cows, 865 



— crops for, in Illinois, . . . • 162 



— horses, 210 



Soils, power of, to absorb moisture, 283 



— sandy, treatment of, 95 



Sorgho injurious as fodder, 803 



Sows— why they destroy their young,. 239 



Spading vs. plowing, 245 



Sl>arrow, the. 190 



Spavin, remedy for, 305 



Spirrea callosa, 1'"'2 



-double-flowering plum-leaved, 152 



— grandiflora, 153 



— lanceolatu, 15.S 



— ulmifolia, 1S3 



Spurry, 108 



Spruce, Douglas, 3*? 



Sieam plow 206 



Stock and grain, high prices for, 241 



— breeding 181, 247 



— care of, in winter, 10 



— cutting hay for, 833 



— fattening on potatoes, 363 



— feeding, 361 



— grade, in New York, 207 



— good, the most profitable 868 



— importance of shelter and nutritious 



food for, 50 



— raising 269 



— sale of imported, 288 



— throughbred becoming more general 297 



— wall pafier eaten by,. 207 



Stock-growing and grain-raisins, 26 



Stone fences, building, 17, 148, 218 



Strawberries, IIS 



— for generaj cullivatiou, 251, 252 



— in the Hawaiian Islands, 281 



— on gravel beds, 281 



the prairies, 158 



Strawberry culture, 216 



Siihsoilinp, no\el Buggestion in, 206 



Suckers on corn — should they be re- 

 moved •? 80 



Sucking cows, remedy for, 148 



Sugarcane, Chinese, 50, 81, 181 



in Canada West, 114 



Sulphur and lime for gooseberries, 117 



— f. r mildew 185, 285 



Sumac, poison, to destroy, 179 



Summer-fallows for wheat, 170 



Swallows and martins, 189 



Sweet potatoes, preserving, 1S4 



T 



Tan bark for potatoes, 206 



Temperature of the earth, 863 



Thick vs. thin seeding, 248 



of oats, 831 



Thinning fruit 216 



Timothy, and the best time for cntting, 176 



— large 821, 8.36 



— Boeding. 836 



Tobacco filanls, raising, 27, 87, 118 



TiKiIs, horticultural, US 



Transplanting trees, lime in, 2.54 



Tree-planting, 818 



Trees and tree-planting, American, ... 157 



— for avenues, 56 



the prairies, 87 



— protecting newly planted, 8.51 



Turnii>-fly, the, 178 



Turtdp seed, Titality of, 2'i7 



Turnips 259 



— cultivation of, 178, 209 



— sprouting in warm cellars, to prevent 10 



— storing and feeding, 278, 8-18 



V 



Underdraining , 347 



— atid manuring at the west, 84 



— pcoiiomieallv, 184 



— for tlie grape • 323 



pear, 285 



— horse-shoe vs, sole tiles for, 209 



— importance of, 150 



— water meadows, 240 



V 



Vegetables, early, 9-3, 158 



Vetch or tare, the 109 



Vine-growing in Missouri, 63 



Vine, ringing the, 185, 250 



Vineyards of the Rhine, 60 



W 



Wall paper eaten by stock, 207 



Walnut, American black, 126 



Warnilli of soil gained by deep culti- 

 vation, 207 



Wart-^ cure for, 76, 159 



Waleniielons, raising, 89 



Weather, vtc, in Chautauque Caounty 

 Kew York 841 



— crops, &c^, in Maine, 269, 809, 870 



— (> tree, ts ol'tbe, on fruit trees 249 



— in Illinois 85-5, 876 



— notes on the,... 160, 198, 224, 258, 287 



321, 858, 876 



Weed law, 240 



Weeds, in the gardon, 240, 215, 843 



— k»ep down the, 151 



— tlieir importance, 240 275 



— to destroy, 275 



Wheat as food for cattle, 76 



— Bouahton, 237 



— broadcasting vs. drilling, 844 



— crop inEnglahd, 86 



John JohnsUin's, 306 



— cultivation of, 284, 802 



— Davton 287 



— drilling, 205, 286, 248 



— early Connor, 299 



— earlv Japan, 8C0 



— early Noe,. ...•••• 800 



— varieties of, 207, 237 299 



— extraordinary yiehl of, 288 



— farm becoming a farm of all work,. 273 



848 



— farms for dairy purposes, 21 



— gambling 341 



— Golden Drop 287 



— growing on light soils, 203 



— harrow ing in manure for, 175 



— harvesting, 201 



in Australia, 202 



— Hill : 241 



— hoeing in the spring, 44 



— in California, 336 



Vermont, 87 



— Japan 241 



-^ lime for, 161 



— Lambert and Orlean, 242 



— May, 287 



— plant, the — its origin, culture, &c.„. 829 



— rust on, 81, 141 



— salt as a manure for, 85 



— scarifying pea or barley stubble for 347 



— seed, from the north, 306 



south, 43 



pickling 288 



— Soule's and Blue-stem, 67 



— sowing 24S 



— Snmmer-falNiws for 170 



— thick or thiu seeding 248 



— Tuscan, 800 



— vs. oats for seeding in 60 



— whcB to cut, 301 



Wheat-midge, ins-ect which destroys 



the, ....' 143 



— the insect on mulleins and in clover 



heads not the 809, S66 



— todeslrov the, 386 



White lupin", the Iu8 



Why do we oil our boots, shoes, and 



harnesses 1 210 



Wild flowers of Kngland, 220 



— plum as a stock, 222 



Willows, niiirsh, to subdue, 96 



Winter cherry, the, 156 



Wire-worms tind buckwheat, 206 



— destruction of, 97 



Wood, Kyanizing 206 



Wofidpecker, spotted, 190 



Wren, the, 188 



