V 



INDEX. 



Ahflcess. 448. 



Acorn, the, 410. 



Airy nothings. 331. 



Amaryllis, the, 411. 



Ambrosia, 332. 



Animals, siclt, charcoal for, 165. 



Ankles, weak, 460. 



Ant«, several ways to destroy, 486. 



Apiary, mice in the, 340, 



Apples, thawing frozen, 276; 



spiced. 305; 



pickled, 315; 



rice and, 325; 



steamed, 325; 



Btewed, 326; 



to keep. 491. 

 Apple, the coddling moth and other 

 enemies of the, 116; 



charlotte, 316, 333; 



souffle, 316; 



dumplings, 317; 



snow, 334. 

 Apple trees, grafting, 107; 



8ug<<>-3tion regarding, 118; 



bark lice on, 123. 

 Ashes, an erperiment with, 77; 



t)ones and combining, 80. 

 Asparagus, 86; 



as a lawn plant, 100; 



culture, new ideas m, 102; 



to cook. 294: 



Willi I'L'srs. 204; 



pickleil, 30.3. 

 Asthma, 447. 



Autumn leaves, preserving, 396. 

 Axle grease, 272. 

 Bachelor's buttons, 338. 

 Bag for knitting work, 374. 

 Bag holders, 25:i. 

 Baking powder, home made, 512. 

 Baldness, 438. 

 Banana.-?, fried, 317. 

 Barn, an octagonal, construction of, 15; 



plan for a, 16; 



a complete stock. 19; 



a convenient, 20; 



cellar, cheap. 21; 



an old, how improved, 22; 



doors, hanging on rollen?, 24. 

 Barometer, a handy and cheap, 496. 

 Baskets, hanging, imitation coral, 349; 

 -'. cheap and pretty, 383; 

 i\v to make, 408; 

 ork. 3-52, 375; 



banging. 355; 



ornamental scrap bag or, 356; 



for fruit, 358; 



ianci'' cATd, 3$0; 



Ba.sket, toilet or work, 3M; 



baby, .378; 



rustic hanging, 390. 

 Bath, a vapor, 459. 

 Bay rum, 467. 



Bean poles, substitute for, 102. 

 Beans and other climbers, poles for, 96; 



haricot. 298; 



Lima, with cream, 300. 

 fiedbugs, to exterminate, 495. 

 Bed covering, a very cheap, 490. 

 Bedding, leaves for, 168. 

 Beds, the t^est kind of, 491; 



airing feather, 529. 

 Bee farming in Australia, 234; 



will keeping pay. 237; 



hive, an unpatented, 238; 



keepers, voung, advice to, 339. 

 Beef, potted, 283; 



rolls, 284; 



boiled corn, 285; 



frizzled, 290; 



spiced, 290; 



the tjest known receipt for corning, 

 498; 



tough, to make tender, 611. 

 Beefsteak, French, 283; 



a delicious, 287; 



to improve, 529. 

 Beer, ginger, 345; 



white spruce, 345; 



table, .346; 



root, :i46; 



nice lemon, 346. 

 Bees, wintering, 232; 



the culture of buckwheat for, 237. 

 Beets, 95; 



sugar, soil for, 99; 



sugar, culture of, 102; 



baked, 297. 

 Biliousness, 445. 

 Birds, what accomplish, 267. 

 Biscuits, German cream, 309; 



graham, 309; 



rice, 310; 



block. 310; 



ginger, 310; 



tea, 311. 

 Biscuit, squash, 309; 



oatmeal, 309; 



glaze. 344. 

 Blackberry and whortleberry, the, 134. 

 Blacking,'waterproof, 509; 



excellent paste, 517. 

 Black leg, 169. 



Black walnut, to polisli, SOL 

 Blanc mange, 333; 



corn starch, 333^ 



