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INDEX. 



Blankets, to wash, 473. 



Bleeding, to stop, 427. 



Blindness, how produced, 150. 



Blister, blood, 458. 



Blood, the, to purify, 452. 



Blueflsh, baked, 292. 



Blue grass and timothy, 57. 



Bluing, 477. 



Boils, 456. 



Bonnet, a straw, to bleach, 507. 



Boots, rubber, mending, 494; 



and shoes, polish for, 511; 



kid, to renovate the top of, 517; 



black kid, to restore the color of, 530. 

 Bots, 147. 

 Bouquet, a, to keep fresh, 410; 



de la Reine, 470. 

 Bouquets, arranging, 405. 

 Bow, the Hungarian, 377. 

 Bowls, wooden, to prevent from crack- 

 ing, 528. 

 Box, handkerchief, 366; 



glove, and cover, 370. 

 Braid trimming, feather edged, 379. 

 Bran, straw and, 173; 



feeding with meal, 173. 

 Brass or copper, several ways to clean 



and polish, 485. 

 Bread, graham, to make, 307; 



to keep moist, 307; 



rice, 307; 



Southern batter or egg, 307; 



Indian, 307, 310; 



brown, 308; 



cheese cakes, 308; 



dyspepsia, 309; 



good brown, 309; 



steamed brown, 310; 



old maid, 310; 



Improving, 310; 



cottage, 311. 

 Bread making, 514; 



eight points in, 306; 

 Breakfast, a nice dish for, 280; 



dish, 280; 



potato cakes for, 280; 



dish, a cheap, 280. 

 Breath, offensive, 426; 



the, to sweeten, 467. 

 Breeding males, selecting, 154. 

 Bright's disease, 441. 

 Britannia metal, to clean, 501. 

 Brittle feet, 151. 

 Bronchitis, 448. 

 Broom, a, the use of, 498. 

 Brown Betty, 317. 

 Bug-catcher, a handy, 47. 

 Bugs, gas tar as a remedy for, 97. 



on vines, to destroy, 98; 



water, positive cure for, 521. 

 Bulbs, manure for, 407. 

 Bull, ringing a, 155. 

 Bunions, 450 



Burdocks, remedy for, 275. 

 Burns and scalds, 424. 

 Butter, how to make good, 223; 



to keep, 226; 



wrappers, waterproof, 226; 



rancid, to restore, 226; 



making, French, 227; 



Butter, preparing for market, 228; 



keeping for winter use; 228; 



making, first principles in, 229; 



borax for salting, 230; 



don't flavor too much, 230; 



to color, 230; 



firm without ice, 231; 



orange, 332; 



peach, 313, 333; 



Havana, 333; 



scotch, 347; ■ 



to purify, 517; 



to improve and preserve, 523; 

 Butter- worker, an improved, 227. 

 Cabbage, fertilizer for 94; 



club root in, 99; 



lille, 297; 



baked, 297; 



unpleasant odor from, 521. 

 Cabbages, early, how to grow, 93; 



novel method of growing, 94; 



red, to pickle, 305. 

 Caked udder, 170. 

 Cake johnny, 310; 



bon-ton wedding, 334; 



snow jelly, 334; 



rich coifee, 335; 



marble, 335; 



lemon, 335; 



watermelon, 335; 



frosting for, 336; 



cocoanut, 336; 



apple, 336; 



angel, 336; 



a useful, 336; 



Dolly Varden, 336; 

 . almond, 337; 



raised raisin, 337; 



strawberry or red, 337; 



farmer's fruit, 337; 



ice cream, 337; 



rice, 337: 



pineapple, 337; 



banana, 338; 



bread, 338; 



block, 338; 



layer, filling for, 338; 



huckleberry, 339; 



Boston, 339; 



queen's, 339; 



cream, 339; 



Mrs. Crabtree's, 339; 



loaf seed, 340; 



Adelaide, 340; 



fruit cream, 340; 



tea, 340; 



Christmas, 340; 



molasses sponge, 34«; 



corn, 341; 



fruit, 341, 342; 



jelly, to roll, 341; 



mother's tea, 341; 



choice fig, 341; 



currant, 341; 



layer, 341; 



hickory nut, 341; 



molasses, 342; 



sponge, 342; 



clove, 342; 



feather, 342; 



