IV. 



INDEX. 



Threshing Ducks, 80 



The Beloetoma Grandis 81 



The Law of Newspapers, 82 



Tobacco Culture in Pennsylvania, 87 



The Evidences of Success, 88 



The Future of American Farming, 92 



The Wheat Crop of 1879, 92 



Treatment of Trees, 9 J, 



To Boil Potatoes, 94 



To make Puff Paste, 94 



Turkish Soup, 94 



Trussed Fowls, 95 



Terrapin, 95 



To Break up Sitting Hens, 9f> 



The Elm tree Borer, 98 



The English Sparrow, 98 



The Moon's Influence, 102 



The Crops of the Country, 103 



The Use of the Feet in Planting, 103 



Thomissns celer, 107 



The Best Yeast Known, 109 



To Make Good Cottage Cheese, 110 



Tapioca Pudding, 110 



To Cook Pumpkins, 110 



Tarragon Vinegar, 110 



The Value of Sheep, 110 



The Dominique Fowl, 111 



The New Departure, 113 



The Tobacco Fly, 114 



The Black Bass, 119 



The Common Elder, 132 



The Best Time to Cut Wheat, 125 



To Keep Potatoes from Rotting, 126 



To Preserve Cut Flowers, 126 



To Expel Foul Air from Wells, 126 



To Cure Hams, 190 



To Stain Wood, 126 



To Keep Seeds from Mice, 126 



Tomato Stew, 126 



To Make Butter Pure in Flavor 



To Wash Stockings, 126 



The Sheep Range, 127 



The Mad Itch in Cattle, 127 



The MIgatory Quail, 127 



The Cutlock for Hogs, 137 



The Sun, 137 



The Snake Worm, 141 



The Cabbage Worm, 140 



Toads, 141 



Treatment of Wornout Meadow 



The Blackberry, 143 



The Quince, 143 



Tapioca Cream, 143 



The Harvest White Honey, 14 



The Weather, 145 



Thanks, 145 



The jrepatica, 147 



Tobacco, 151 



The Cattle Disease, 153 



To Kill Sorrel, &c , 150 



To Prepare a Strawberry Bed . 



To Polish Steel, 158 



To Destroy Aphids, 



To Remove Rust from Steel, 1 

 I To Pickle Fruit, 158 



Tomato Soup, 1 and 2, 158 



The Wild Cattle of Britain, 15 

 ! The Cattle Belt, 159 

 ! To Tell a Horse's Age, 159 

 j The Cold Snap, 163 



The Poultry Show, 163 

 I The New York Leaf Market, 



I To Clean Wall Paper, 175 



Tobacco Culture in Lancaster Co., 117 

 I Turkeys, 127 



Uranine, 4 



Unhorning Calves, 191 



Use of Lime, 61 

 i Uncovering Protected Plants, 63 



Use Plenty of Paint, 77 



Uradine Fungus, 83 



Utilizing Night Soil, 125 

 . Vermin on Poultry, 15 



Velvet Cake, 78 



Vermin, 96 

 I Value of Earth Worms, lOS 

 1 Varieties of Wheat, lOS 

 , Valuable Hints to Farmers, 131 



Valuable Advice, 136 



Vegetable Fruit, 144 



Vi.sit to Herman Strecker, 163 



Write for Thk Farmer, 1 

 ' Water for Farmers, 13 

 ! Window Boxes, 14 



Winter Treatment of Poultry, 15 

 ! Warwick Farmers' Club, 3S, 44, 59, 

 I 123 



^ Winter Peaches, 30 

 I Window Plants, 30 

 ] What is Castile Soap, 31 



Waterproof Boots, 31 



Wafers, 31 



Winter Management of Sheep, 31 



Weaning Calves, 31 

 I What Stock Needs, 31 



What and How to Feed, 48 



What Becomes of the Birds, 67 



Wants to Know, 69 



Where Tomatoes were First Eaten, 77 



Whitewash, 77 



White Fruit-Cake, 78 



Worms in Hogs, 79 



What Breed Shall I Keep? 



What I Know About Roup, 79 



Wonders Will Never Cease, 82 



Wonderful Feats with Bees, 191 



Waste in N. E. Farming, 92 



Wood Ashes for Peach Trees, 93 



Welcome Guest Pudding, 94 



Watering Horses, 95 



White Shrips in Graperies, 108 



Ways to Use Stale Bread, 110 



Walnut Catsup, 110 



White Grub-Worm, 115 



Wheat Fields, 189 



Wool Manufacturers and Sheep Hus- 

 bandry, 181 



Whisky— Revenue Lists of the States, 

 185 



Washing Fowls, 185 



Wheat and Oats, 189 



Weeds and Hay Fever, i24 



Waffles, 126 



White Duck Laying Black Eggs, 128- 



Whole Acres of Perfume, 153 



Western Farms Much Favored, 186. 



What a Farm Deed Includes, 169 



When to Sell, 170 



Welsh Rare Bit, 175 



Winter Care of Fowls, 176 



Whole Wheat for Fowls, 176 



Young Fowls, 160 



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