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INDEX. 



Flga, tomato, to malce, 346. 



Fires, kerosene, 521. 



Fish culture for the farm, 269; 



croquettes, 293. 

 Pits, 450. 



Ptennels, whitening yellow, 478. 

 Flannel, to wash, 474. 

 Flapjacks, lemon, 278, 323. 

 Flat-irons, rusty, to clean, 482. 

 Fleas, to exterminate, 512. 

 Flies, remedy for, 505; 



to get rid of 524. 

 Floors, stain for, 506; 



filling for cracks in, 510; 



wooden, cleaning, 516; 



to color walnut tint, 517. 

 Flour, care of, 522. 

 Flowers, fresh-blown, in winter, 404; 



essence from, 467; 



cut to preserve, 513; 



withered, to revive, 524. 

 Fodder, will it pay to steam, 174. 

 Food, proportions of, 172. 

 Founder, 147. 

 Fowl, cure for scaly legs in, 219; 



hashed, 287; 



to dress cold, 288; 



a, how to dress properly, 497. 

 Fowls, feeding hoppers for, 208; 



a grain-chest for, 213; 



gapes in, 218. 

 Fractures, to ascertain, 457. 

 Frames, shell, to make, 514; 



gilt, to cleanse, 618. 

 Freckles, 461. 

 Fritters, hominy, 279; 



apple, 315; 



delicious, 318; 



cream, 319; 



orange, 320; 



lemon, 323; 



pineapple, 324; 



raspberry, 326; 



rice, 325. 

 Frosting, gelatine, 337. 

 Fruit gatherer, a Belgian, 112; 



cellars, 113; 



thinning, 113, 



growers, maxims for, 115; 



growers, suggestions to, 118; 



growing jottings, 119; 



preserving, 123, 525; 



pests, 125; 



canning, 495; 



stains, 496; 



jars, to prevent breaking, 499; 



extracts, etc., to make, 502; 



bottling, 509; 



cans, to determine if air tight, 509; 



jars, fastening, 515; 



jars, to render air tight, 519. 

 Fruits, drying, 522. 

 j»ruit tree culture, 113; 



errors in, 112. 

 Fruit trees, the l)est time to prune, 104; 



roots of. 111; 



how to fertilize. 111; 



manure for, 114; 



insects injurious to, 116; 



girdling, 121; 



Fruit trees, iron for, 125. 

 Fuchsias, 395; 



among roses, 409. 

 Furniture, marble top, how to clean, 

 497; 



to remove bniises from, 523; 



walnut, for oiling, 523. 

 Furs, to clean, 492; 



to keep in winter, 511; 



to dye, 516. 

 Game, to remove flshy taste from, 287. 

 Garden, a good, how to make, 83; 



hot water on the, 97; 



coal ash walks for the, 99; 



crops, rotation of, 82; 



house, rustic, 268. 

 Gardens, small, seeds for, 100. 

 Garments, white knitted, to clean, 523; 



linen, to whiten, 524. 

 Gate, always ready, 30; 



a good farm, 31; 



a cheap, 32. 

 Gates, some fancy, 32. 

 Geese, to fatten, 220. 

 Gems, graham, 308; 



oatmeal, 309; 



corn, 310. 

 Geranium, golden-leaved horseshoe, 



393. 

 Geraniums, to keep through the winter, 

 403; 



scarlet, to preserve through the win- 

 ter, 407; 



steam baths for, 411 ; 



cut back the, 411. 

 Gilding without a battery, 503. 

 Gingerbread, muster, old-fashioned, 



338. 

 Glasses, hints about, 445. 

 Glass, frosting, 507; 



to bore holes in, 508; 



how to cut, 510; 



mending, 515; 



to clean. 522; 



to remove putty from, 524; 



ground, to imitate, 530. 

 Glassware, preserving, 497. 

 Gloves, to clean, 503; 



kid, to clean, 505; 



kid, to restore, 519. 

 Glue which will unite even polished 

 steel, 604; 



marine, 510; 



liquid, 519. 

 Gold, artificial, 491; 



to clean, 528. 

 Gooselterries and currants, 134. 

 Gout, 454. 

 Grafting wax, 108. 

 Grain chest, mice in the, 276. 

 Graining, to wash, 499. 

 Grapes, keeping, 127; 



keeping in cellars, 127; 



keeping in winter, 128; 



hardy, culture of, 129. 

 Grape, the, how to prune, 128. 

 Grape vines, winter care of, 127; 



bleeding, 129. 

 Grasses, crystallizing, 410. 

 Qr&vel walks, weeds on, 102. 



