tnDEX. 



539 



Marmalade, peach, 31ii. 

 Martiu boxes, 263. 

 Matches, discolorationa from, 497. 

 Mats, table, 372; 



star, 377; 



neat, 378. 

 Matting, cleaning, 626; 



straw, 530. 

 Mattress, a, to revive, 528. 

 Measles, 413. 

 Meat, recipe for cnring, 267; 



how to make tender, 288; 



fresh, how to keep, 508. 

 Meats, to cure, 503. 

 Melon culture, hints on. 92; 



and squash culture, experimentsin, 92; 



worm, the, 95. 

 Menstruation, painful, anodyne for, 



455. 

 Milking, apparatus for, 221. 

 Milk-setting, sofgestions in. 229. 

 Milk, taste of turnips in, 168; 



the first, 169; 



cooler, 223; 



bitter, 230; 



hot, as a stimulant, 460; 



to keep. 527. 

 Mink, skunk, etc.. trapping the, 260. 

 Mirrors, finger marks on, 530. 

 Mixture, a valuable, 98. 

 Mosquito remedy, 499. 

 Moth patches, 468. 

 Moths, protection against, 485; 



in carpets, 515. 

 Mouse-holes, to stop, 630. 

 Mucilage, 507. 

 Muck, experience with, 70. 

 Mutllns. hominy, 277; 



corn, 277; 



breakfast. 277; 



buttermilk, 277. 

 Mulching, advantages of, 135. 

 Mumps, 443. 

 Mushroom culture. 8.3. 

 Mushrooms, stewed, 297. 

 Mustard, French, 303. 

 Mutton cutlets in the Portnguese way, 



286; 

 I scrambled, 289. 

 Nails, the, 469; 



driving into hard wood, 273. 

 Neck, stiff. 459; 

 , enlarged, 460. 

 Nen-ousness, 415. 

 Nests, how should be made, 220; 



of sawdust, 220. 

 Nettle rash, 445. 

 Neuralgia, 422. 

 Nipples, sore. 455. 

 Nose bleed. 438. ^ 



Oil cloths, how to clean. 511; 

 Oil. coal, important use of, 270. 

 Oleomargarine, how to detect, 231. 

 Omelet. 279; 



a veal, 288; 



oyster. 290; 



tomato and onion, 299; 



cauliflower, 301. 

 Onion gr^^hig, 90. 

 Ooions, 4|lw method of raising, 91; 



Onions, bending down, 101 • 



baked, 296; 



scalloped, 299; 



pickled, 304. 

 Orange peel, candied, 348w 

 Oranges, compote of, 331; 



cold, 344. 

 Orchard, management. 111; 



how to renew an, 112; 



ants in the, 124; 



cultivating the. 125. 

 Ornament, parlor, 362, 406. 

 Ottoman. 364. 

 Over-reaching, 153. 

 Oxen, care of, 173. 

 Oyster patty, 292; 



toast, 293; 



macaroni, 293; 



loaf, 294, 

 Oysters, spiced, 291; 



fried, 291; 



broiled, 291; 



pickled, 293, 305. 

 Pail, a wooden, to take the woody tast< 



out of, 6-24. 

 Paint, for farmers. 274; 



for one cent a pound, 275; 



to remove from a wall. 520; 



volatile soap for removing, 627. 

 Pancakes, French, 278; 



egg, 278 ; 



cream, 278; 



to make batter, 278. 

 Pansy, how to grow the. 407. 

 Paper, uses of, 506; 



to take grease from, 518. 

 Parsley, 94. 

 Partridge, roast, 288. 

 F'artrldges, bread sauce for, 288. 

 Paste, almond, 469; 



a good. 499; 



for cleaning knives, 513; 



for removing grease from silk, 618. 

 Pastry, magic, 322; 



to ice, 323. 

 Pasture lands, improving, 56. 

 Peaches, spiced, 314; 



and plums, pickled, 315; 



with rice, 330. 

 Peach trees, pruning, 106; 



diseased. 118; 



borer, the, 118. 

 Pear culture, jwints on. 109; 



blight and peach yellows, 115; 



blight, protection asniiust. 117; 



trees, to preserve from blight, 125. 

 Pears, what shall I grow. IM; 



hints on marketing, 124; 



apples and, hints on gathering, 125. 

 Peas, green, to preserve for winter uaa 



519. 

 Pens, to improve, 517; 



steel, to preserve, 527. 

 Pen wiper, 357. 

 Perspiration, odor from, 457. 

 Pests, insect, to destroy, 506. 

 Piano, finger marks oii a, 530. 

 Pickle, egg. 301. 

 Pickles, fine cucumber, 301; 



sweet cucumber, 30i; 



