INDEX TO VOLUME XXL 



KECEIPTS, DOMESTIC: 



Gingerbread, leather, 1 26 



— very nice, 126 



Grease spots 190 



Glue, .' 19it 



Ink stains, to remove, 351 



Jelly, lemon, 93 



Jumbles, Jackson's, 126 



Mangoes, 816 



Maxim, 126 



Pickle, onion, 376 



— plums, 816 



— ripe tomatoes whole, 816 



Pie, chicken, -351 



— crust, 283 



— dried apple, 351 



— ho w to make apple, 351 



— lemon, 221 



— pumpkin 126 



Potatoes, t)oiling, 351 



— to warm,. 376 



Pudding, batter, 221 



— corn starch, plain, 376 



— pie-plant, 283 



— steam, 221 



Pumpkins, to preserve, 2S3 



Red ants in closets, how to get rid 



of, 351 



Ehubarb, to preserva 287 



Ribbons, to wash, 190 



Rolls, French, 126 



Sausages, 221, 376 



Silk, to clean, 221, 2S3 



Soap, to make hard, 221 



Stoves, blacking, 190 



Tomato preserves, 3')1 



Wine, blackberry, 221 



— currant, 221 



Recreations and arausemenls for farm- 

 ers and their families, 56, 116 



Red-root, to destroy, 225 



Red wood, California, 256 



Ee«ds, cultivation of, 129 



Renovating old apple trees, 153, 188 



— pastures 214 



Khiibarb, profits of, 206 



Rice, upland, 253 



Ringbone, cure for, 22 



Road, a model Macadamized, 840 



Rollers and their uses, lOS, 147 



Rolling snow on wheat fields, 17, 46 



Roses, hybrid perpetual 154 



Rose, spring, of Shanghae, 281 



Rot in sheep, salve for loot, 22 



Ruta bagas, cultivation of, 171 



Rye, 319 



— as a green manure, 96 



— large crop of, 299 



— instead of oats for feeding, would it 



be more profitable to raise ? 51 



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Salsify, vegetable oyster, 151 



Salt and plaster together, Ill 147 



— for lence posts, 300 



milch cows, 44 



working oxen, 309, 366 



Scours on calves, 271 



Scratches, cure for, 241 



Seed, best time for sowing, 151 



— change of, 833 



— corn, 48, 110 



— flax, 184 



— germination of, 153 



Seeding, thick or thin, 146,336 



Shade trees, 83 



Sheep, fattening in winter, 48, 329 



— cheap apparatus for giving salt to,. 205 



— cost of keeping, Ill 



— dogs and bell, 205 



— farms, Texan, 17 



— for wool or mutton, 271 



— good, 273 



profits of keeping, Ill 



— husbandry, 33T 



— in California 366 



— is it desi-able to increase the breed- 



ing of in this State for wool or mut- 

 ton? 335 



— marking, ill, 176, 181 



— raising, profits of, 206 



— salted water for, 45 



— salve for foot-rot in, 22 



— shelter for, in winter, 44 



— washing, plan for, 205 



— water for, 880 



— wool-growing and mutton, 334 



breeds best adapted to, . 384 



Shelter for an early garden plot 315 



Shoeking wheat in the harvest field,.. 245 



Short-horns in California, 206 



Skinless barley, 270 



Soap, recipe for making good hard,.. . 181 



— suds , . 188 



Soil, advantages of pulverizing the, .. 46 



— benefit of keeping the surface mel- 



low, 110 



— crops which enrich the, 267 



Soils, best adapted to corn, 334 



— prairie, deep plowing injurious on, 117 



147 



— proper method of culture of corn on 



different varieties of 834 



— in our climate, adaptation of stand- 



ard and dwarf pear trees to diflfer- 



ent 345 



South-downs, at the New York State 

 Fair, 331 



— vs Leicesters, for crossing with Me- 



rinos, 266 



— Jonas Webb's, 269 



Sowing machine, an unpatented, 305 



— timothy or herds-grass, 84 



— peas in the autumn, 341 



Sows, pork fat for breeders, 52, 144 



Spaying cows 17, 111 



SpringVork, hints on, 73 



Spruce, Norway 187 



Spurry, 267 



Squashes, how to plant — soil required 



for, 151 



— winter, 125 



Stanwick nectarine, 185 



Stephanotis floribunda in fruit, 283 



Stock at the Fair of the Royal Ag. So- 

 ciety, 1S2, 212 



— breeding or raising farm,. . 78, 116, 149 



— how to prevent from being uuruly, 77 



— farm, in Canada, 2i3 



— farms, water on, 271 



— improved, in California, 174 



— value of carrots for, 85 



— wa ler for,, 54 



Strawberries, 89, 217, 818 



— best varieties of for market 248 



— carrying to a di^tant market, 186 



— when and how to plant 217 



Strawberry, Wilson's Albany, 279 



Straw, pea, excellent fodder, 1T7 



— buckwheat, injurious to young pigs, 800 



Streams in pasture land 177 



Subsoi:?, fertility of, 4.t 



Sugar cane, Chinese, 145 



composition of the, 142 



for fodder, 177 



— sorghum 300 



Sulphur for lice on animals, 22 



— for grape mildew, 374 



Surface maimring, 112, 147, 206 



Swine, how to make profitable, 145 



— improving, 206 



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Tares and vetches, best method of cul- 

 tivating and feeding out, 55 



Taste of turnips in butter, 26 



milk, 118 



Tea plant, the,. 800 



Tending a threshing machine, 820 



Thick vs. thin seeding, 146, 836 



of oats, 206 



Thistles, Canada, 246 



Thoughts for the thoughtful, 23 



Timothv on the prairies, 146 



Tire, wide, 178 



Tobacco stalks good manure for pota- 

 toes, 205 



Tomatoes, 123, 125 



— an invaluable article of diet, 124 



— best kinds of, 128 



— for milch cows, 189 



— from cuttings, 283 



Topiary work, 120, 147 



Tree planting clubs, 206 



Trees, best, for a country cemetery,. . . 86 



— evergreen, 187 



— how to prevent woodpeckers from 



injuring, 218 



— locust, 189 



— machine for transplanting, 375 



— proper way to plant, 206 



— seedling, 850 



-r shade, etc., 33 



TurlJey, domestic, peculiar habits, etc., 843 

 Turkeys, fattening, 888 



Turnips, 122 



— covering in winter, ,,[ 246 



— feeding to cows, S(H) 



— Swedish, the cultivation of, 171 



— anbury or club-foot in, 76 



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Udder, inflamed, cure for, 271 



Underdraining, proper depth of, 48 



Vetches and tares, best method of culti- 

 vating, .55 



Vetch or tare 269 



Vermin on cattle or fowls, to kill, 2(i5 



Villas and cottages, new American 



style for, 119 



Villa, suburban, design for a, 301 



Visit to Canandaigua, 243 



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Wagon axle, 



— tires, 54, 



Warls, to remove, 



Water for sheep, 



stock, 



— on stock farms, 



Watering cows, 



— pot, improved, 



Watermelon, strawberry, 



Wax, grafting 129, 



Weather and^he crops, 223, 246, 



in Iowa, 



— in Illinois, 



Maine, 



Mississippi, 



— notes on the,. ... 34, 66, 94, 12T, 159, 



222, 258, 284, 318, 352, 



Web harrow. Smith's, 



Weld or dyer's weed 



Weight of hay for sheep, 



What I have seen, 



Wheat, are there other crops that could 

 be substituted for, that would ena- 

 ble the farmer to secure equal pro- 

 fits, and preserve his land in better 

 condition ? 



— a rough and cloddy surface soil for,. 



— Canadian blue stem, 



— crop, manuring the, 



— culture, a few thoughts on, 



of, 



is it desir.ible for the farmers 



of New York to increase the, 



will it pay ? if nay, what will ?. . . 



— early, how to get, 



— Early May, 



— fields, rolling snow on, 17, 



— from Ihe north or south, 43, 116, 302, 



— in Canada, 



— Kansas, 17, 



— land for, can be made too fine 



— late sown, 



— Mediterranean, 



White, 237, 



— manure for spring, 



— midge, 19, 46, 



— mulching, 



— of the south, 146, 213, 



— shocking, in the harvest field, 



— Soules 



— stacking in the field, 



— top-dressings for, in the spring, . . . 



— what deplh should, be covered, 



— winter, how to prepare the land for, 



sowing early, 



Where's your proof? 



Why young men leave the farm, 



Will it pay" to make pork ? 



Wine, American, 



— cultivation of black currants for, in 



France, 



— making in Transylvania. 



Wines of Italy, 



Winter barley, 



Wintering cattle 



Wood land, 65, 



Woodpeckers, 



— how to prevent from injuring trees,. 

 Wool, increasing the weight of, 



— large fleeces of, 



Worm, how to destroy the currant or 



gooseberry, 



Worm, wire, 



Women and agriculture, • 



Woman's occupation, 



256 

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 271 

 330 



52 

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