I :iSr D E X . 



'■ .^- ^PAGI. . i 



Hahneman'i Medical College 79 



Horse rake, revolving 115 



History of the steel plow 181 



Hogg, pens of 155 



Hand book , 156 



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INSECTS. 



The Hessian Fly 8,4,53,53 



-Chinch bug, how to check its ravages. . .7 



Remarks of Wm, Walsh on 2(; 



The Curculio, huw to destroy 42 



Collections of 43 



Winter effect on 53 



Peach borer 79 



The Curculio, time lor 114 



The borer 115 



The bark louse 125,156 



fnSiana State Fair 156 



Indiana Farmer 166 



Ice houses 6 



Illinois Natural Historical Society, Meeting 

 of 125 



Illinois Central Railroad Lands 203 



Indian Weapons 169 



Iron Amalgam Bells 191 



Important discovery in camphene 67 



Illino's State Journal 63 



Indian bean 40 



Indianapolis 102,104 



Insane Asylum 104 



January 1 



Johnson, n. P. letter of 2 



Japan apule-pie melon 40 



June S5 



July V'l 



Johns, J)r. H. C. wisdom of 116 



Johns, Mrs. N. C. essay on rural life ISo 



Joseph's corn 40 



Jones, K. K. letter of 47 



Jones, K. K. letter of 1S4 



Kennicott, Dr 176 



KIrtland, D. J. P. letter of 8,41 



Kerosene oil 115 



Locust, varieties of and culture 5 



Locust, Black 18 



Linden, Amos 81 



Larch 81 



Love of the beautiful ,. 44 



Lamville Nursery 30,64 



Land roller, cast iron 64,79,114 



Locust seed, how to sprout 65 



Lightning rods 78,95 



Land, how to sell 116,135 



Linin and flax 134 



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March .' 87 



Manures 2<>4 



Minerals at State Fair 170 



Mastodon 1 70 



Melodeons, Prince & Co 191 



Mice and Trees 192 



Magnolia Gloria 8 



Melodeons, Geo. A. Prince & Co 15,78 



Music, value of 84,61,115 



Medals, value of 83 



Milk sickness 8S 



March 44 



Melodeon agency 50 



May 70 



Manufactures, why don't the West 73 



M ixims 94 



Missouri Fruit Grower's Association 95 



Mariah Kstelle, letter of 109 



Married 115 



Melodeons, value of 84,61,115 



Mole drainer 119 



Maryland Agricultural College 156 



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■ November 181 



Nursery, the Columbus (Ohio) 20S 



New York Ledger 7 



Normal University 12 



Nicoll's House 31 



Natural History at the State Pair. 162,163,169 



Natural History Hall 105 



Natural History Society Meeting of 43 



North-Western Parmer 63 



Naperville 93 



No Cattle Show in Massachusetts '.I5 



Niles, work and the big bell 104 



Naturalist, not far 153 



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October 161,177 



O'Rellly'B American Terracultor 208 



Otis, R. C 183 



Out bow S 



Ohio Farmer .■34,63 



Our paper 34 



Ohio Pomological Society .63 



Old Firkin, letter of 75,112 



Oats 46 



Ohio Cultivator 64 



PAOK. 



Our trip 101 



Osage Hedging 50,152 



Seed how to sprout 65 



ORCHARDS. 



Apples for Northern Illinois 80 



Apples for Central Hllnois 80 



Apples for Southern IlMnoii .80 



Form and size of trees 27,80 



Age of trees to plan' 26,80 



Culture of 26,30 



Autumn work In 39 



Setting of 17T 



Site for 11 



Digging holes for trees 11,27 



Protection of 11,20 



Aspect of 20 



Pruning of 20,49.78 



Crops to cultivate In -SO 



Fall planting of trees 11,27 



Proportion of 20,'27 



Setting out '. 66 



In Central Illinois 92 



Ohio Valley Farmer 108 



Ornamental and Market Gardening 123 



Our Canadian Visitors 12S 



Prairies, of the Western States The.— Their 

 Advantages 203 



Prince of Wales, The 209 



Premiums for Crops Awarded by the Indiana 



State Fair 206 



Progi-ess against Fogy dom 1 62 



Plowing Match 167 



Paintings 170 



Premiums, list of at State Fair 171,177 



Potatoes 177 



Potatoes, the Carter 192 



Peach Pits 192 



Powell, W. H. letter o' 8 



Poisinous plants of Ohio 6 



Pragress S 



Pumpkins, large yiehl of 11 



Potatoes, manure for 11 



To keep hogs from routing 42 



The culture of 44 



Sweet, seed of 60,64 



In Adams County 56 



Sweet, plants for sale 64 



Sweet, manual 63 



Culture of y i 



Exptrimeiit with 11-2 



Sweet, late setting 116 



The crop and a market 156 



PLANTS. 



Care of 0,50 



Cultivation of 4;} 



Pears,, disease of 29 



Pratt's Ditcher 79 



Preserves 11 



Peach trees, cutting back 11 



Prairie Fruit Culturist U 



Persimons 18 



Peach Orchards 29 



Prairie Farmer .V) 



Pleuro Pneumonia. .76,76,88,121,115,122,136, 

 1.^)3,156 



Peach trees for sale 154 



Peachful 156 



Post Off.ce change 96,176 



Plums, disease of 29 



Poultry rearing 109 



Political 116,165 



Plantain 164 



Plowboy's of the West 146 



Plow Premium 146 



Q 



QUINCES 12 



Shortlived 42 



Salt for 42 



R 



Rural Annual, The 209 



Rat Terrier 209 



Reading, time for 1 



Rural Alfairs, Annual Register of. 20S 



Rain amount of Id 



Rugg, a. H., letter of 32 



Reaper trial i)roported 32 



Rooms of State Agricultural Society 34 



Rural Annual 63 



Reiiuiescain, poetry '^4 



Rain, amount of in InV,* Ill, 127 



Rye for hogs 1 15 



Railroad fares 11.) 



Railroads iuid half-fares 124 



Rats, remedy for I'iii 



Rat Terriers 208 



RASl'RKKRY, culture of 2S 



Pur])lc cane 29, 79, l.M 



Black cap 29, 130 



Allen '2'.i 



Cattiiwissii 2-5 



B. Fontenoy 2U 



Ohio cranberry 29 



Brinkle's orange 29 



Black cap, culture of 150, l,Vj 



.Jam l.V) 



Lake Superior LV) 



Purple cane, its history 1^3 



Purple Cane ." 209 



Repc>rt on 19S 



Rhubarl), Wyatt's Victoria 1,56 



Rliubarb, Scotch hybrid l.')!) 



Reynolds, J. P. k-t'ter of. lo:i 



PAOB. 



Rye and chess 145 



Roses, monthly 145 



Robbing, S. W. , letter of 126 



Reapers and mowers .^ . .166 



Rain, artificial way of making.. 1S9 



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 i 



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Swine, history of 2, 14 



Sorgum in Iowa 9 



SiJk worms 9 



Stock, wintering of 9 



Sugar cane convention 10 



Seasons 17, 92, 110 



State Fair, when to Ije held 41 



Sewing machine, its value.. 31, 79, 80, 9.'), 115 



Subsoil plow 28, 60, 04 



Silver maple seedlings 44, 50, 64, 184 



Size wins 8 



Silver leaf maple 31 



Silver leaf poplar 31 



Sugar maple 81 



Seed List 208 



Singular Fact 206 



Shade tree.i, list of 31 



Sweet potatoes 85 



SUGAR CANE, Chinese and African 38 



Manufactory at Paua. 38 



Value for stock 39 



Experiments with .39 



Remarks on 60 



Sugar from 135 



Squasli, Hubbard 40, 65 



Squash, Metairie 40 



Sugar cured hams i>5 



South Pass Hort. society 42 



Stetson, E., letter of 43 



Shells, collection of 43 



Sale of stock at Sunmiit farm 79 



Sap sucker 79 



Stump puller 92 



Scarlet fever, a remedy 49 



Springfield nursery 40 



Spring is coming G2 



Sullivant Farm 64 



Scientific Artizan 79 



Swine, to new comers S7 



Shaw, Henry, letter of 92 



STEAM PLOW, Fawkes, 14, 2-3, 84, 50, 64, 

 7S, 30, 95, 1.35. 



Fawkes, what it Is 17 



Waters 33, 95 



Bassett .33 



Subsoiling 108 



State Hort. Society, meeting of 4y 



Sewing Machines and the Royal Family. . .209 

 STATE AG. SOCIETY, 



Meeting of 49 



Rooms of 34 



Preiiuuuis offered on field crops 60 



Premium list 79, 95 



List of ollicers ' 176 



Con.stitution of 19i 



STRAWBERRIES. 



Wilson's Albany 28, 9>i 



Iowa 2n 



Extra red 28 



Longworth's prolific 29 



Ilovey's seedling 2-i 



Burr's new jiine 28 



Prolific bought boy 28 



Hooker ". 28 



Peabody 28 



Culture of ,...28 



Slarketing of 28 



From Dr. Warden SO 



Early Scarlet 96 



Hudson 90 



McAvoy's superior 96 



As a paying crop llo 



Great yield of^,,/<rr7V. 131 



At Chicago,.,.^;. . . . .> .-. 187 



SOUTHERN /LL HORT. BOClETY, 



Meeting-fof H, 79 



Meeting, failure of 94 



And the HI. Cent. Railroad 84 



Exidanation by B. G. Roots 124 



Superior Job Printing 209 



Silver ware for i>remiuius 95 



State fair 9.% 116, 135 



Shelter, value of H, 20, 63, 56, 95 



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Str 



.112 



Smart Boy 11,5 



Season and the crops 180 



School and family readers 135 



St, Louis fair 1.35 



Seed, quantity per acre 7S 



State fair grounds 136, 151 



Septend>cr 141 



State line 141 



Shiftles.s farming 149 



State Horticultural Society 206 



State Agricultural Society 209 



Sorghum Syrup 209 



STATE FAIR at Jacksonville 162 



A glance at-the state fair 162 



Suppressions of exiubitor's names 162 



The buildings 162 



A success 177 



Steam plow, Fawkes 163, 1(» 



Stock at state fair 103 



Swine at state fair 1(!3 



Sheep at state fair 103 



Stock for St. Louis 105 



Sewing machines at state fairs 16.5, 191 



Springfield Zouoze prays 167, 108 



Seed sower, Copeland's ISS 



Seasons, progress of iss 



Subsoil plowing 192 



PAoa. 



Turtle soups 40 



Transactions of the State Agrlculta.al So- 

 ciety 209 



Farmer's Clothes 201 



Town and country 3 



Timber, preservation of ....6 



The Farmer, what It will be 9 



Tulip tree n 31 



Tile, cost of 23 



Trees, western i .34 



Tree peddlers 47 65 



Thomas, Cyrus, letter of .'.52 



Threshers 79 



The Hoosier capital 102 



Timber belts, value of 11, 20, 53, 66 



Timber, growing 55 



Tlie frost of June 4th, '69 TD2 



The late tornado 115, 116 



Tomato pickles 125 



Trip to the Wabash 141 



Talk with the editor 143 



Turner, J. B., social chat with 162 



Textile fabrics at state fair 165 



The railroad r«. the state fair 163 



The big tent ^ 165 



The Grove nurserv 176 



"The Seminary Bdl" 177 



The dying of the month 187 



Tobacco Crop, The 8o2 



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Under draining 33 



United States fair 14 



United States Ag. Society 185 



United States fair 777 



Vetches 41 



'Vines, culture of 71 



Vinegar, how to make 186 



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Winter, value of. 17 



Weather, The 208 



Wheeler, Merick & Co.'s thresher 82 



Work, plans of for the year 1 



WHEAT, transmutation of 34 



Spring 22 



W inter 22 



Chapter on spring wheat 45 



Spring vs. winter 46 



Whiter killmg 68 



Rust and smut in , 183 



l»rilluig of 134 



Winter sowing of 147 



Crop of in Wisconsin 155 



Slunt in seed 165 



Spruig, discussion of at state fair 166 



Fall sown 182 



Wisconan wheat crop 166 



Woods, J. R., letter of 144 



Woodruff, H. D., letters of, 56, 107, 123,183. 



White beans 22 



Wax Flowers , ] n 



Wind, value of 14 



Weather !!84 



WINE, currant, how to make " . 7 



Rhubarb ii 



Blackberry 11. 64,'il5 



Catawba n 



Warden on hedges and evergreens 155 



Warden, Dr. J. A., letter of 88 



Weed hook 43 57 



Woolen factory ,• /141 



Western printing .*.'.' .164 



Wholesale nursery trade 47 



Wisconsin Farmer 50 



Weejiing willows 59 64 



Watts, Thomas, poetry ','. .'.'.'. . .'. 85 



Wilbur, Emery & Co " !!.'!95 



Wire fence !!!*.!! "95 



Wlutewash, durable !.!.'.' .'i]4 



Washington, memoirs of .116, 156 



Wisconsin fruit growers' association. . .125, 156 



Woods, collection of 170 



Watermelons !!!'.!!! !l77 



W^iue, culture of in Ohio .'!!.'!.. .189 



AVaukegan nursery .*.'.' .190 



Woodburu nursery ".'.".'.'. 191 



ENGRAVINGS. 



Cherry dark g 



French uieriuo sheep ! ! ! ! ! 10 



Wheeler's improved patent ........... .82 



Jubilee of Albion "',' "40 



Manny's Reaper .."..'..,..'. . .42 



Bethlehemite apple '.'..!.'!. "47 



Newtown Spitzenburgh .*.'.'.* '. '. '. .47 



Young's cultivator '.!."! !48 



Dunlap's weed hook !!.'!.'!.' .57 



Moline plow .'.'."!!!. 57 



Winesap apple .'.!'..'.'! !59 



Rsiwles Janet :'.','.'.'.'.'.67 



Manny's reaper works .'H 



Hiort horn cow, Adelaide .".!.' !s8 



Fluslunan's new mode of plowing, 8 cuts..ioO 



Red Astrachan apple 151 



Fallowater apple ! .151 



