IV. 



INDEX. 



Tincture of Musk, 95 

 To Keep Oil Cloths Looking Well, 95 

 To Cleau Soiled Kibbons and Silks, 95 

 To Remove Stains from Kid Gloves, 



95 

 To Allay Temporary Irritation or 



Weakness in the Eye, 95 

 To Cure Habitual Drunkenness, 95 

 Treatment of an Attack of Apoplexy, 



95 

 The Elm-leaf Beetle, 98 

 The Wiley Plow, 103 

 The Coming Industry, 103 

 The Snail and Shell, 10:> 

 The Lumber Trade. 100 

 Thinning Fruit, lOS, 125 

 Tomatoes, 109 

 The Home, 109 

 To Preserve Carpets, 109 

 To Keep Bread Moist, 109 

 To Tell Good E^gs, 109 

 To Clean Paint, 109 

 To Cure Foot Kot in Sheep, 111 

 The Care of Sheep, 111 

 The Horse's Punishment, 111 

 The Lancaster Farmer and its 



Editor, 113 

 The "Goldsmith," 115 

 The Sugar Beet Question, 115 

 The "Worm Snake," 116 

 The Heliothus Armigera, 116 

 The Gortyna Nitela, 117 

 The Deadly Houej Bee, 117, 138 

 The Deadly Fluke Worm, 117, 139 

 The Carp and its Culture, US 

 The Destruction of Game Food, 119 

 The Pennsylvania Census, 120 

 The English Sparrow, 120 



The Early Richmond Cherry, 125 



The Tomato, 135 



Things That Pay, 125 



To Prevent Sneezing, 126 



To Drive Ants Away, 126 



To .Meud Broken Crockery, 126 



The Messina Quail, 127 



To Break up a Broody Hen, 128 



Trifles , 129 



The Bi-Centennial of Pennsylvania, 



131 

 The Flee-Beetle, 133 

 Tobacco Culture — Reasons for Top 



Plowing, 135 

 The Crops—The Outlook Over the 



Country, 136 

 The Principles of Pruning 



167 

 137 



136, 

 The Largest Tree in the World, 

 Thorough Preparation for Wheat, 



140 

 The Apple Crop this Year, 141 

 Tree Pruning, 141 

 The Useful Sunflower, 141 

 To Cook Turnips, 143 

 To Bleach, 143 

 To Make Good Stock, 143 

 The Long-Stinged Ichneumon, 146 

 The Wheat cr5p for 1880, 1881, 150 

 The Wheat Crop, 153 

 The Willows at St. Helena, 153 

 Tobacco, 1.53 

 The Peach, 1.57 



The White Willow as a Hedge, 157 

 The Original Seekel Pear Tree, 158 

 The New way of Preserving, 158 

 To Keep Apples in Winter, 158 

 The Ideal Sandwich, 1.58 

 The Yorkshire Swine, 160 



Trade at Home, 161 

 he Silk Worm, 169 

 The Crop and Cornfodder, 173 

 To Keep Fresh Meat Sweet, 174 

 To Tell Good Eggs, 174 

 To Broil Tomamatoes, 174 

 To Pickle Red Cabbage, 175 

 To Fry Oysters, 175 

 Training a Heifer to Milk, 176 

 Thanks, 177 

 The Catalpa, 181 

 Tobacco Stems vs. Fruit Trees, 181 

 To Test Eggs, 181 

 The Proper Care of Live Stock and 

 Poultry in Cold Weather, 184 

 The Demand for one Wheat, 184 

 The Wheat Crop of 1880, 1S9 

 To Bake Fish, 190 

 To Cure Hams, 190 

 To Cure Beef and Pork, 191 

 To Keep Meat Fresh, 191 

 Unlucky Fruit Growers, 14 

 Use Onions, 94 

 Use of Guano for Grape Phylloxera, 



117 

 Uses for Old Cans, 126 

 Uncle Sam's Crops, 138 

 Use for CofTee Grounds, 142 

 Under Tribute, 145 

 Uses of Manure, 172 

 Useful Hints, 174 

 Ventilation of Bedrooms, 30 

 Ventilating Stables, 30 

 Ventilation of Sleeping Rooms, 43 

 Veal Pie, 63 



Value of Butter Package, 73 

 Veal Curvy, 110 

 Vegetable Curry, 126 



Veal Cheese, 143 



Winter Walks About the Premises, 13 



Why Belgian Farming Pays, 13 



Wearing Flannel, 14 



White Mountain Cake, 14 



Western National Fair, 17 



What Fertilizers Shall we Use, 23, 37 



Wonders of Broom Corn, 29 j 



What to Put in the Garden, 46 ! 



What Every House Needs, 62 



What Shall We Raise? 71 



Watering in a Dry Time, 78 



Worcestershire Sauce, 78 | 



Washing of Hillsides, 93 i 



Wash for Inflamed Eyesj 95 



Water Beetle, 98 



What a Western Man Knows About 



It, 93 

 Water Filter, 109 

 Wash for Fruit Trees, 125, 141 

 Washing Fluid, 126 

 Water and Food for Horses, 137 

 Winter Calves, 143 

 Watering Plants in Pots, 151 

 Woodcock, 1.58 

 Winter Care of Stock, 159 

 Warmed-over Biscuit, 174 

 Wolf Teeth in Horses, 176 

 Weeds, 189 



When to Transplant, 189 

 Wash to Cleanse the Hair and Scalp, 



190 

 Yeast Dumplings, 14 

 Yellow Root, HI 



Teast from Grape Leaves, 126, 143 

 Yeast from Peas, 126 

 Young Chickens and Insects, 192 



