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ing Index show w/iere engi'avings 
occur. Articles referring directly 
or indirectly to Cattle, Insects, 
Manures, Trees, Weeds, etc., iviU 
be found indexed under these 
getwal heads. 
Agricnltural Congress. Natlonal,325 
—Experiment Stations. -19 —Ex- 
periment Station, New^ Conn., 32S 
—Fairs. Gambling at. 194 — Pro- 
dace, Export of, '^Sl— Society, N. 
J. State. 87— Society, N.Y. State, 86 
Agriculture, Connecticut 49 
Agriculture, How it Is Encouraged, 
Air Compresaora S94 
Air, Lot us Moisten 473 
Alfalfa la Colorado, To make a 
Pasture of. 289 
Alfalfa in Tcsas 243 
Alpacas, A Flock of *.. 41 
Among the Farmers,ll-54-94-134-174 
-2I4-254-294-334-S74-422-4G2 
Among the Youngsters 145 
Animal Portraiture , 98 
Animals, Feeding Large or Small, 
427— Treatment of Fracture In, 394 
— With Broken Legs, How to 
Treat, 339 
Anniversary of the Death of Lln- 
nxus. 89 
Answering by Numbers 54 
Anthony Waterer 154 
Apples, Bitter Rot In 75 
Apples on Paradise Stock 143 
Apple-Pomace, Fertilizing Value20S 
Apple- Wine 14 
Arboretum, Arnold 332 
Army and Kavy Journal 416 
Arnold Arboretum 457 
Art with Scissors *.. 64 
Artichoke, Brazilian 235 
Artichoke, Jerusalem. . . .8-19-90-142 
Asbestos, Uses of 7 
Ashes and Salt, How to Apply, 73— 
As Fertilizers, 369 — For Apple 
Trees, 163— Leached and Unleach- 
ed, Value of, 329~Use of, 433— 
Wood, 89 
Ash-SIf ter. Simple » . .433 
Axe, Post-hole * . .464 
Axes, How they are Made *.. 16 
B 
Babies Cry, Letting 261 
Baby, Tending 26i 
Bargains 482 
Barley. Beardless, 289— Export of, 
194— New Trade Kegulatlans, 468- 
Spring and Fall, 46— Spring and 
Winter, 2M 
Barn, A Famous Stone, 214— Basket, 
* 46i— Echo Farm, * 878 — For 
Twcnty-flve Cows, Dairy, » 175— 
Hay, l-,'2— Leaks in a, 427 — Plan, * 
2o7 — Flan of a Dairy, * 425— Plan 
of Dakota, * 139— Yards, Clean 
Out the, 395 
Bathing 184 
Bean for a Name, 367— Harvesting 
Machine, S13-393 — Meal, How to 
Use, 395 
Bed Comforters, Repairing 305 
Bee Notes — Jan., *9 ; Feb., 49; 
March. "90: April,'130 ; May, n69; 
Jnne, 235; July, •249; Aug., 289; 
Sept., 329; Oct., 395; Nov., 417; 
Dec, 483 
Bee Trees in the Woods, To ftnd.273 
Beef and Mutton, Export of 391 
Beef, Salting S4 
Berry Seaspn, Pt (ipalRiHon for.*,173 
Better Times have Come...'. 370 
"Big Head" 315 
Binding of Papers and Magazines, 
Home, 265 
Birds of the Southern United States 
•121 
Bit for Self-Suck'ng Animal3.129-394 
Blackberries, Profit la 1 . .288 
ilastins Logs .457 
Blood, Disease of *he 315 
Blue-Grass not a Curse 314 
Blue .lay, Steller *..3S3 
Blundering from European Prac- 
tice, 4.% 
Boats, FktEottom^a(..\.V.\.... S-J 
Boat for six persons. .418 
Boat House, How to Build 4..*.. 424 
Boats with Smooth sides 314 
Bone Dust, How it is Made, 35— Pure 
Ground, 413— Eeductlou with Acid 
or Soda, 314 
Bones for Fertilizer 233 
Book, American Mechanical Dic- 
tionary, 7— Aryahirc nerd Book, 
Scotch, 355— Botanical Hand, 35— 
Clydesdale Stud, ;M8— of House- 
hold Management and Cookery, 43 
—on Irrigation, 128- on Potato 
Pests 129— On Steam and Steam 
Elk.ucs, 217 
Books, Complete American Trap- 
per, 7-CuUivated Plants. Their 
Propagation, 263— Diseases of Do- 
mestic Poultry, 46— Educational 
and School, 35— Forest and Stream 
Hand-book for Eiflemen, 8— 
Fragariculture, 48 — Grape Cul- 
ture, 7— Home Building, 168— Illus- 
trated Annual Register, 48— Land 
and Game Birds of New England, 
16S-Llliput Land, 483— On Sheep, 
7— Polled Galloway Herd, S5o — 
Popular Health Almanac, 47 — 
Popular Scientiflc, 85 — Practi- 
cal .Botany, 7 — New Practical 
Window Gardener, 263 . — Sani- 
tary Condition of Dwellings. 367 
— Sorento and Inlaid Work, 46— 
Swine Husbandry, 216-286-327— The 
Farm Yard Club of Jotham, 7— 
The Lord's Land, 47— The Micro- 
scope, 414— Veterinary Obstetrics; 
8— Woodward's Drawing Studies 
and Alphabets, 287— Learning the 
Use of, 103 
Boots, India Rubber 455 
Botanic Garden and Arnold Arbo- 
retum, 43 
Botany, Japanese 75 
Bouquets, Fashions in ^. .3 
Boys' and CinLs' Colxjmss. 
A Adventures of a Basket, Dog, 
and Three Naughty Boys, '3S6 
—Amusement for Boys, *106— 
Ant Lions, *186 — Aunt Sue's 
Chats, •26-67-»107-«147-*18r-22S 
-•267-* 306-* 346-« 3S5-435-* 475— 
Aunt Sue's Puzzle-Box, 26-67- 
106-146-186-226-267- 307 - 347-387- 
B 434-174 — Bird Houses that a 
Boy Can Make, *147— Bird, The 
Pet, •2;8-Birds, Feeding the, 
107— Birds, Long-Legged, MS— 
C Birds, My Pet, 187— Cute but 
Naughty, 345- Cuttle Fish, •105 
D —Doctor's Correspondence, • 
66-'105-«145-«185-« 227-'265- *305 
-•316 -*386 -*434 -'473 — Dragon 
Flies, Something About,^435— 
E Drawing Machine, "eS- Earth 
F Stars, •266— Fruit, Akee, •265— 
Fun for Winter Evenings, *65 
G —Going to the Reservation, 
H *26S— How Zyp was Deceived 
by the Mirror • 303 — How 
Things are Done in other 
Countries, •27.-*67-»148-»S07- 
K •388-Kalldescope, *1S5 — Lap- 
L land and the Laps, *27— Little 
Alice Tending her Flowers. 
M •476— Marbles, Indoor Games 
N of, •25 — Metric System of 
Weights and Measures, 4IM- 
P 475-Pig, A Mechanical, *475— 
Pius Here and Tliere, •226— 
Plants, Resurrection, *145— 
Puzzle Picture, * 433 — Puz- 
zling Puzzle, 'I87-'267— Euna- 
K ways. The Little, •J35-Spring 
S Day in the Country, * 1S7 — 
Story of the Boot Black, • 226 
— Story of Three Little Boys 
and their Big Snow Bali,'107— 
T Toad, Surinam, •366 
Bread Making 30-1 
Breeders Instincts. True 15 
Breeders, Management of Slow.. 289 
Breeding Brains 251 
Breeding, Yale Lectures on 254 
Breeds, Standards for Pure 96 
Brine, Preparing 442 
Broom, Taking Care of 145 
Bruised Leg, Treatment of a 327 
Brnsh, Cutting 89 
Buckwheat Bran for Cows 443 
Buckwheat, Harvesting 355 
Building and Staking Stone Walls, 
• 256 
Buildings, Filling m 169 
Buildings, Remodelling Old..*,. 17 
Bulbs, Superb, or Turk's Cap Lily, 
313 
Bulletin of the Bussey Institute. 128 
Bulletin of Wool Manufacture... 85 
Burns and Scalds 315 
Butter, ArtlCcial Coloring of, 288— 
Coloring, 153— Counterfeit, 154— 
Factory, 414— Factory Dairy, 214— 
In Hot Climates, Keeping, 315— In 
Winter, Making, 134 — Keeping, 
394— Making, Hardin Method of, 
2S5— Package, Improved, • 216 — 
Putting Down, 236 — Questions 
About, 203 -Stock for, 55— Tubs, 
B^ — White Specks in, 415 
Buying of Peddlers 383 
o 
Cabbage Family 457 
Cabbage Seed, Farmers Swindled 
in, 366. 
Cabbage Worm, Hot Water for.. 86 
Canker Worm Guard, Another.. 83 j 
Canker Worm, Now 83 
Canning Corn 1S2 
Canning Factory 419 
Caponizing 191 
Caps for Hay and Grain 314 
Carbonic Acid 456 
Carraway 395 
Care of Baby's Mother 234 
Carrier Pigeons on Police Force 18 
Carrots for Stock 40 
Catalogue, Bliss & Son's Potato. 83 
Catalogues Received, 75-90-154-195- 
283-442 
Catch to Hold a Door '..ITS 
Cats and Moles S73 
Cattle— Ayrshire, * 13 — Ayrshire 
Breeder's Association, 86 — Ayr- 
Bhire Cow, Ruby, • 881 -Beef, • 173 
—Black Quarter in, 169-Bull, Can- 
cerous Growth in a, 315— Bull, In- 
fertile, 191-Calf, Sick, 89— Calf 
which has the " Scours," 252 — 
Calves Nose, Color of, 193— Calves, 
to Prevent Sucking, 208— Cows, 
Abortion Among, 326— Cow, A 
Good, 395— A Good Jersey, 259— 
Another Good but Nameless Cow. 
194— Artificial Switch for a, S2S— 
Barreu, 74 — Consumptive, 481 — 
For the Dairy, Shorthorn, 378 
— Jersey. 51 — Jockeying, 374 — 
Killed by a Piece of Wire, 153 
—Leaking Milk, 207— JIarks of a 
Good Milk, * 5S-Mllk Mirrors in, 
331 — Produce of a Grade -Jersey 
415— Record of a Jersey Cow in 
Cal., 46— The Doings of a Name- 
less, 274 — To Prevent Sucking 
Herself, 1G3— Treatment of Selt- 
Sueking, 3C7--Cows, Best Butter. 
193— Cure for Garget in, 394- 
Dressing for Sore Teats on, 354— 
In Slost Country Barn-yards, 422 
—Peculiarities of Jersey. 242— To 
Keep Plies from, 335— To Man- 
age Stubborn, 193— Treatment of 
Kicking, • 465— Wonderful, 154— 
Disease in England, 86— Diseases 
of, 231— Drenching Horns for, * 
211— Echo Farm Herd of Jerseys, 
♦ lOo-Estimating Weight of, 482 
—Garget in, 243 — Garget, Treat- 
ment of, 218— GuernEcys, 463 — 
Guernsej-s or Jerseys, 74— Heifer, 
How to Lead an Unbroken, 94 
—Heifer, Tumor in a, 89 — Here- 
ford Breed of, • 421 — Holstein, 
193 — Impaction of the Rumen, 
895— In Colorado, 67— Jersey Cow 
"Union," Grade, 409 — Jerseys 
or Shorthorns, 33— Maturity of 
Beef, 216-Polled Angus, 314-Poll- 
cd. Breeds of, 191 — Rearing and 
Feeding, 248 — Ringworm in. 271 
—Shorthorn Breeders, Convention 
of, 287- Shorthorn Milkers, 87— 
Shorthorns, Prices of, 195-" Snow 
Hill Durhams," 329— Stanchions, * 
876— Swelling of Udder, 483— The 
Blanketed or Sheeted Breed, * 449 
—Warbles in, 233 
Cattle and Sheep in Colorado. . , ,355 
Cattle Club, Monthly Bulletin of 
Jersey, 322 
Cattle Market, 60th St., N. T 371 
Cattle Men, Some Western 443 
Cauliflowers 183 
Celery, How to Keep in Wlnter..470 
Cellar Walls, Draining ». .297 
Cement, Concrete for Buildings, S15 
— For Drain Tile, 813 — How to 
Mix, * 29G 
Cemetery, Forest Hill 431 
Centennial Awards 394 
Cesspool, Ventilator for *..136 
Chairs for the Sick and Well, Com- 
fortable, • 3,S5 
Charcoal, Burned Bones 315 
Cheese Factories 46 
Chestnut Timber, Time to Cut... 274 
Chestnuts, Preserving 442 
Children's Shoes 114 
Children's Under- Waists ». .221 
Chuf as 169 
Churning by Water-Power ♦. .137 
Churning, Temperature for 39.1 
Cider Making and Cider Presses *260 
Cisterns, Building, -.89- DlEBcullyin 
Making a, 234— For Storing Rain- 
water, * 379 
Citadelle 433 
Citric Acid 351 
City's Filth ....,294 
Cleanliness and Light 224 
Clod-Breaker, A Useful •. .176 
Closet in lee-Housc *.. 58 
Clothing 329 
Clover, Alsike, 191— Not exactly a, 
811- Seeding to, 193 
Clover Seed on Snow, Sowing, 74— 
Regarding, 315- To Hull, 75 
Clovers 314 
Cofi'ee, Preparation of 431 
Commissioner of Agriculture, New, 
299 
Compost of Fish, Plaster, and 
Earth 213 
Concrete, Strength of, 191— Walls, 
Size of, 814 
Co-operation Among Farmers... 131 
Corn After Buckwheat, 231— Bran. 
V.aluc of, 47 — Crib and Gran- 
aiy, ♦ 46S — Crib, Rustic, * 50— 
Crib and Shelling Eoom. E;it- 
Froof, • 253 — Economy in Cut- 
ting, 891 — Evergreen, 463 — 
Fall Plowing lor, 415 — Fod- 
der, lO-Curing of, » 309- Foolish 
Statement About Preserving, 273 
—Preserving, 2&^— Stor.nge of, 373— 
Hulled, 24— Busker, * 3C8-ln Can- 
ada, 274— in Drills, 73— in Drills, 
Treatment of, 537— on Fall Plow- 
ing, 195 — Marker for Uneven 
Ground, • 130— Planters, 83— Plant- 
ing in Drills, 8e-2,"9— Plowing Sod 
for, 136— Seieel ing Seed, 351— Shci- 
ler. Dimensions of a IIome-Made. 
393 — Sheller, IIome-Madc, " 296- 
405-St,aIks, Feeding, 55 
Cornci'Cupboard •..145 
Cotton Seed, Feeding, 354— for a 
Fertilizer, 315-IIullcr, Nen;, • 177 
Cow in South Carolina, a Good , 34 
Cow-Peas, Southern 423 
Cow Pox 481 
Cradle for Drawing a Boat •, ,377 
Crane, Cheap Portable », 250 
Cieain, Foaming of the 47 
Cribbing and Worms 73 
Crop for a Poor Still' Soil 3:8 
Crops, Early and Late 4G3 
Crops in Georgia 5 
Crops, When to Scl 1 346 
Cross-Cut Saw, ScLliug a • 250 
Cubic Feet in a Ton of Hay 46 
Currants and Gooseberries in Kan- 
sas, 80 
Cnstoiu, a Very ITnjust 417 
Cutter, Copper-Strip 367 
Cut- Worms 299 
Cut-Worms, Work of the 303 
Dairy, Echo I'arm, • 299— Farm.i, 
Fertility or, 191 — House, Depth 
of a, );i— Stock for, 86- Interest, 
Leg.ai Protection of the 213- 
Shows, 55 
Deep Cans 2.52 
Deep Can Setting 191-391 
Department of Agriculture 2r.S 
Dinners, 15 Cent 473 
Directory, Trow's New York City, 
314 
Ditcher and Excavator, Ran- 
dolph's, 93 
Ditching Plow, Randolph's 393 
Dogs in New York, Exhibllion of, • 
200 
Dog for a Guard, Shepherd's, SOS- 
Kennels. * '-6— Power for Churns, 
813— Shepherd's, 2H — Protection 
Against. 151 — Shepherd's, S3 — 
Training Shepherd, SIS 
Door foraPiggcry, Swinging. •.,216 
Doors. Fastcnlngfor Swinging.*, 424 
Doors, Sclf-Closini ♦,,137 
Drain from a Ccss|iool. • 467- House, 
• 3;i— How to Make a Stone, 2-18- 
or Pipe, How to Clean a ChoKcd, 
• 2^9 
Drains, Surface jrs 
Drains of Log and Brush ♦. 466 
Drainage, Land 331 
Draining 51-333 
Di'aining a Marsli by Pumidng. . 35 
Drains.Kitchcn Pump and ■ llicr* .53 
Dress, Fitnessin. 233— Kitchen, 433 — 
Simplicity and Health in, 381 
Dressing According to Station. ..324 
mill for Turnips and Beets , . 46 
Drill, Planet "..l.OS 
Drouth, Benefits of the 14 
Drying Fruit and Fruit Dryers*. CSS 
Duck Pond, ArtificLil •, , 96 
E 
Ear-IMngs, Poisoning by 395 
Enrth-Closet System 51 
Eave TrouKhs, Making •., 53 
Education, Early ri3 
Educ.-^tion, Technical 195 
Effect of a Southern Slope on Land, 
l.-,3 
Eirccts of Early Laying, Hatching, 
71 
Egs Food. Tmperiiil 89-127 
Eggs, Artificial Hatching ol', 27J— 
Case for Carrying, * 4?4— How 
Long Can They be Kept, S7— How 
Tlicy are Preserved. 287— How to 
Preserve, 153 — Preservation of, 
274— Production and Disposal of. 
421— to Pack Safely, 74-Way8 of 
Usinir Them. 1J3 
Emigration to the South 413 
Engines at Syracuse, Trial of Agri- 
cultural 414 
Enj^ines. Some Useful Farm..*.. 3S0 
English Laborer's Day's Work. ..895 
Essays on Gardening 129 
Evencr, Three-Horse lO'j 
Evener, a Three-Horse *.. Tift 
Evergreens In Pots 89 
Exports, Our 4Jij 
F 
F.iir, Florida State, 74-Ll8t, 355— 
>'ew York State, 416— St. Louis, 
351- Texas St;ae, 314 
Fairs. 416— Autumn, 203— Evils of 
Agricultural, 18— Go to the, 320— 
ttic Farmer's School, 331 
Fallowing, Fall 2S9 
Fanning; Mill for Cleaning Grain. 3 JT 
Farm, Borrowing to Buy a. 414— 
Building^!, Insurance of. 298— En- 
gines, 314— Fretting for a, 313 — 
Management, Prize, 130— Produce, 
Large Sliipnitnls of, 413— Iloads, 
How to Improve, * 406— Village 
Question, '^51 
Farmers' Clubs, 4T— Losses In one 
Year, 289 — Should be Business 
Men. 4G3- What They Must Do, 3C!) 
Farming:, a Woman's Success at, 391 
^in Colorado, SO— Matters, Sun- 
dr}-, 154-I95-Rei:ion at the West, 
Fine, 247— Without Manure, C04— 
Farms, Cheap 104 
Farms, Division of 18 
Feeding for Ccef 333 
Fence, a Bar, * 176— Bolted, * 16— 
Guage, * 98- of Timber and Wire, 
• 133— Post, Axe," 297— Po.=ts, Driv- 
ing, • 9G— Posts, Shaping and Bor- 
ing, ♦ 97 
Fences and Gates "..461 
Fencing Straw Stacks *.. 57 
Fertilizer, Castor Pomace as a,237— 
Cotton Seed as a, 11— Wheat Bran 
as a, 303 
Fertilizers, Artificial, 165— Basis of 
Values of, S.*)— Be Careful of Arti- 
flcial,3I5— Experimenting with, 8— 
Farm Experiments with, 131— for 
Mangels. lO.'i— for Nova Scotia. S93 
—for Wheat, 194— Importing Nitro- 
genous, 11— Special, 35-37— What 
to Use for, 91 
Ficltl, How to Improve a Worn 
Out, 3.')4 
Filter for Water "..SOJ 
Fish Breeding. Eequiremeuts or..S:>7 
Fish Culture Profitable 85 
Fish Dam, Screen for •..464 
Fistula, Cure of. 274 
Fistula in Ano ....481 
Fistula on the Jaw 73 
