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ing Index show wtiere engravings 
occur, and the prefixed figures the 
number in the article. Articles re- 
ferring directly or indirectly to Bees, 
Cattle, Insects, Manures, Trees, 
Weeds, etc., iciU be found indexed 
under these general heads. 
A 
Abattoirs at Communipaw.. .* 3-9 
About Evergreens 43S 
Advertisements, Three Notes 
about, 46. 
-<Etna, The 418 
Aftermath, Cropping the 12 
Agricultural College, Field for, 323 
—College, Mass, 240— Penn, 881 
—Which, 173. 
Agricultural Depahtmext, 
Work in, 2-42-S2-I 22-166-200- 
242-273-314-350-394-434. 
Agricultural Editors of Daily 
Papers, 211— Societies, Town 
ami Local, 220— Society, Officers 
N. Y., 86. 
Agriculture, Commissioner of, 8 
—Department of, 52-129-35(1-39!) 
—Mich. Board, 2 ill— Professor- 
ship of, 131. 
Animals in Central Par!;. 24S— 
Fresh Earth for Stabled, 89— 
Loss by Disease in U. S., 232 — 
Medicating, 202— Named, 183— 
Prevention of Diseases in, 212 
Antelope, Domesticating the. 24T 
Apiarian Progress 18 
Apple Melon 443 
Apples, Duchess of Oldeuhurgh, 
453— How Described, 4* 22 — In 
Illinois, 319— Queer, 1311—" Rus- 
sian Crab," 83— for the Southern 
Slates 4* 414— Western Beauty, 
413. 
Apple-Tress Dying 355 
Applc-Pie as It Should Be 418 
Apple Pomace 212 
Apple Stocks from Cuttings. ...04 
Aquarium 245-439 
Artist's Pets, The *..l 
Ash Bins 15 
Ashes, Leached 247 
Ash Receptacles SS 
Asparagus and Roots 2S3 
Aut limn Leaves * . . 356 
B 
Back Volumes Supplied 45 
Bad for Mr. Knox 127 
Badger, The American * . . 251 
11 Baggage Smashers" 6 
Balances, Spring 354 
Barley. Cultivation of, 90-137— 
Harvcsling.219-249— Spriug,403. 
Barns, Building at the West, 2* 326 
— Cellars free from Posts, 2* 255 
— Dispense with Big Beam 
in, * 18 — Floors, Truss-Beams 
over Wide, 4* 182— Framing for 
Wide Floors, * 52— Tight, 172. 
Barn-Yards, 2* 323— In Summer, 
140— Plowing, 212. 
Barrels, Tainted 7-47 
Beans and Corn, 35S— Field, 182— 
for a Name, 50 — Harvesting 
Field, 286-320— Lima, 139-225^ 
820— More About. 217. 
"Bedding Plants," Treatment of, 
200. 
Bels— Apiary in Jan., 3— Feb., 50 
—Mar., S9— April, 132— May, 173 
—Tune, 210— July, 217— Aug., 
285. 
Bees, Swarming, Natural or Arti- 
ficial • 285. 
Bee -feeder, Excellent and Un- 
patented, * 173. 
BeeljHalf-Buffalo 9 
Beets, Sugar 131 
Birch Bark Pots 47 
Birds' Eggs— Collecting. 218 
Blackberry, Kittatinny, 7— Prun- 
ing the, * 320— Wilson's, 333 
Blackberries and Raspberries *298 
Black Knot 130 
Bine Jay Indicted 130 
Bluffton Wiue Company 127 
Boat for Fresh Water Ponds.. 248 
Bone-Mill 90-245-321-35S 
Bones and Wood Ashes 412 
Bones, Grinding 131 
Books. — Agricultural Work, 
Standard, S6— Agriculture, Ele- 
ments of, 355— 2d. Ann. Rep. 
Sec. Conn. Board, 321— Report 
of Dcp't, 48 — Of Mass., Report, 
1S67-S-245— N. Y. State Trans., 
1S60, SO — Book to Make a Far- 
mer, 439— Butterflies of North 
America. 218— Catalogues, 127- 
128-210-357— Allen's Catalogue, 
120— Dairymen's Ass'n., Report 
of Am., 211— Darwin's Varia- 
tions of Animals and Plants, 
120-128-173-211-2-13-353 — Dick- 
ens' Works, 49 — Evergreens, 
Hoopcs', 127-211-24-1— Fisheries, 
Report of Me. Commission, 171 
—Fuller in German, 284— Gar- 
dening for Profit, 46— For the 
South, 318-440— Grape Book, A 
California, 7 — Grape Vine. Milli- 
on, 172— Herd Book, Am. Devon, 
247— Am. Short-horn, S9-Ayr- 
shire, 132 — Henderson's New 
Work, 433 — Horse Book. 9 — 
How Crops Grow, 354 — Hunter 
n«d Trapper,440 — Insects, Guide 
to Study of, 2S4-101— Harris', 
40— Of 111., Noxious, 213— Mule, 
Treatise on the, 9— Patent Of- 
fice Reports, 47 — Stud-book. 
Wallace's Am., 9,-do., The Am., 
401— The Crack Shot, 357— Tim 
Banker Papers, The. 354— Tree 
and Shrub Book, 443— Work on 
the Hors.-. -1 13. 
Borrowing Capital to Drain . . .212 
Botany, Farmers' Club on, 320— 
How to Study, 130. 
Bouquets, Winter *..372 
Bovine Family, Tile Yak. . . .*. .53 
Box-Edging 13 
Box, Raising from Cuttings... 63 
Boxes for Protection 371 
Brewers' Grains 441 
Boys' and Girls' Columns. 
A Agricultural Jokes, 420— A 
Happy New Year, 27 — Anec- 
dote of General Jackson, 302 
— Answers to Problems and 
Puzzles. 27-07-107-149-191-220 
-265 - 301 - 337 - 375 - 419-459— 
Arithmetical Curiosity, 375 — 
Arithmetic, Practical Ques- 
tions in, 419 — Avarice Out- 
B witted, 1-19 — Be Courteous, 
265— Bees, Curious Work of, 
420— Best Thing to Give. 388 
— Eoys. A Picture for. 459— 
Broadcast on the Waters. 67— 
Bubbles, Blowing, *400 — 
C Caught in the Act, »10S — 
Charitable Do?, Another, 230 
—Children's Talk, 150-Child's 
Idea, 302— Chin Fever, The, 
101— Comical Command, 150 — 
Conundrum, 03— Convulsions, 
Fearful, 419— Critic Confound- 
ed, 230— Curiosities at the 
D Museum, *301 — Disobliging 
Clerk, The, 375— Display of 
•Learning, 192— Dog Story, A, 
150—" Dm' I Wake I he Baby," 
*302-Dust, A Handful of, 459 
E Earthquakes. About, 107— En- 
velopes, The Invention of, 
V 338— Fan, A Curious, • 107— 
Filial Love Rewarded, 302— 
Fish.A Queer, *149 — Forging, 
Difficulties in, 27— Fourth of 
July, The, 265— Fruit, Eating 
G Green, 103— Gambling, Curi- 
ous, 337— Great Noise in the 
Barn, A, »192— Great Structure, 
337— Great Work, A, 27 — 
" Grecian Bend," Origin of 
H the, »419— Honest Miner, An, 
I 375— India Rubber Shoes, 229 
— Insect. New, 301 — Insurance 
J Policies, 192 — Jewelry, About 
L Wearing, 150— Laughing, Dif- 
ferent Ways of, *459— "Little 
M by Little," 337— Match Girl, 
The Tired, *68— Monk Out- 
witted, 375— Month, What Is 
a? 149 — Moon, A Look at 
the, 27— Moon, The New, 230 
— Musical Instrument, A YVou- 
N derful. 140— Natural Mistake, 
O A, 229— Orphans, The, *333— 
P '■ Out Too Soon," *266— Pecu- 
liar Taste, 200— Pet Bird, The, 
*370— •' Philosopher's Stone," 
The. 375— Picture Gallery, A 
Private, 337— Pious Thieves. 
375— Pleasant Picture, A. 829 
— Pleasant Recollections, 301 
— Policemen, Our New, 301 — 
Poor Taste, 192— Popgun, A 
New, *107— Potatoes a Great 
Luxury, 101 — Precision in 
Business, 420 — Premiums for 
Boys and Girls, 400— Presence 
of Mind, 229— Presidents, Our, 
459— Printers' Mistakes, 107— 
Promise Kept, The. 230— Puz- 
zles, etc.. 27-07-107-149-191- 
229-265- 301-337-375-410-159 - 
Puzzle, Comical Action. 149— 
Puzzle for the Eye. «119— 
Q Quite a Difference, 338— Rail- 
R way Incident, A, 07 — Rest- 
less Blue-bottle Fly, The, 191 
—Revolution in Spain, The, 
419—" Rich as Croesus." 338— 
Robinson Crusoe's Island. 375 
S —Seeing the Chips Fly. 63— 
Sheep. Habits of, 67—" Si: up, 
Ponto!" 'ISO— Snake Story, 
383 — Sparse Woods, 239 — 
Splendid Team, A, • 230— 
Spots on the Sun. 460— Squir- 
rel Hunt, A.419— Stone's Talk. 
A, 265— Suggestive Biography, 
419— Sunbeam, Only a Little, 
192— Sun Tower Engine, A. 
T 419—" Sunstroke," 337—" The 
Old Oaken Bucket." 338— 
Tommy's Troubles. 191— Too 
Well Acquainted, 10S— Toy, 
An Amusing, •459—Tumble- 
U bugs, 67 — Unexpected An- 
swers, 370— Unexpected Col- 
W lision, An. •4211— Wanted— A 
Boy with Ten Points, 229— 
Ways of Getting a Living, 
•229 - *265- *301-*337 — What 
Little Folks Can Do. 67— What 
It Cost, 192— What Is a Tear ? 
200— What the Clock Said, 27 
—Who First Lived in Amer- 
ica ? 229— Why Do We Culti- 
vate Plants? 107— Work or 
Starve. 27. 
Brace of Failures, A 282 
Breed from the Best 400 
Broom-corn 55-90 
Buckwheat for Manure and 
Grain, 219 
Budding— A Word About 261 
Buffalo — Domestication audCross- 
ing, 2* 13 
Bugs— Let Them Beware 319 
Bulbs— Hardy 370 
Burdock Patches 402 
Business Notices, Read 126 
Butter, Make More, 411— More 
and Less Cheese, 247— Source of 
Income, 220 
c 
Cabbages, Club Root In, *297— 
A Good Word for. 330— As a 
Field Crop, 182— Lime for, S9— 
Slugs On, 248— Trouble with,211 
Canada Thistles, 4S-131-2S5— In 
the West, 293— Quaker Practice, 
• 219— To Kill, 321. 
Cannot Tell 46 
Cattle— Alderney, Grade, 212— 
Ayrshires, 2* 405 — Bulls, Jersey, 
at Westchester Co. Fair 401— 
Keeping Good, 247— Calves, Cof- 
fee for Scours in, 90 — Treatment 
or, 402— Triplets, 48-129— What 
to Raise, 214 — Channel Island, 
* 53-2* 135-215— Cooking Pump- 
kins for, 402 — Cows, Abortion 
Among, 2S0— Breachy, 402-441— 
At Calving Time, 131-171— Corn 
Meal for Milch, 174— Feeding at 
Night, 325— Halter for, Danish, 
•364- Kicking, 131 — Feeding 
Milch, 4S-132— Raising instead 
of Buying, 95— Self-Milking, • 
128-214— Soiling, 253— Warts on 
Teats, 245— Fattening in Win- 
ter, 402— Kerry, * 241-252— Male 
Breeding Animals, 44S — More 
Wanted, 59-Native, 1S1-212— 
Oxen, Collar and Hames for. 10 
—Buttons on Horns, 441— Cattle 
Diseases, 439 — Preventive of 
Lice on, 12S-21S— Salt for, 208- 
232— Selecting for Fattening, 359 
— Short-horns, Improved, 94 — 
Steaming Feed for, 322-385-439 
—Tethering ill Grazing, * 327— 
Value of Grade. 404. 
Carpet Warp. Coloring 355-401 
Castor Oil Beau 140 
Cat Bird, The *205 
Cat Phenomenon 247 
Cellar, An Above-ground, 59 -An 
On 1 -door, 360 — Walls and 
Floors, Material for, 89. 
Cement Pipe Drains 442 
Change of Address 170 
Cheese— Factories, Cost of, 83— 
English View, 212— vs. Butter 
Supply, 58— Flavor and Firm- 
ness of Texture, 97. 
Cherries, Culture and Varieties, 
61— Trees, Knots on Cherry. 130 
Chimney Tops 172 
Churns. 8— Butter Working... 7 
Ciller Making .359 
Cisterns. Foul 442 
Clay, Substitute for Muck 212 
Clear the Water Courses 10 
Climbing Plants. Supports for»224 
Clothes on Fire, To Put Out. . .190 
Clover, Alsikc. 400— Arrange to 
Sow More, 323— Gone Crazy, 
355— Many-leaved, 282— Turning 
in for Wheat, 353— West of 
the Miss., 131 
Coal and Peat Ashes, 8— Ashes, 
9, — Hods or Buckets, Economy 
in, 418— Sifter, Home-made, 26 
Coal Tar, 355— On Cloth, 247 
Cob Meal 89 
Colorado, Notes from 321 
Comfort for Housekeepers with- 
out Help, 20 
Composts— (See Manure.) 
Cooking Table, A Convenient. 147 
Cool Box, Making 22S 
Copperas in the Garden 355 
Cornell University, The 86 
Corn— Crop, The, 176— Cutting by 
the Roots, 35S— Dried Sweet, 
319— Drilling vs. Hill Planting, 
132— Early, Late Planted. 399— 
Flat Culture for, 212— Grinding 
on the Cob.307-141— Implements 
forCutling Up, 4*, 365— In Drills 
for Fodder, 240 — Raising at 
the East, 171— Selection of Seed, 
400— Cobs, Quantity of, 282— 
Crib, A Kansas. *57— Simple 
and Good, *138— Fodder, Curing 
and Use of. 363— nouse, Another 
Kansas, »255 — Husks, Market 
Price, 129 
Cotton Culture, 47— Seed Cake 
and Oil, 246— Seed Meal for 
Feeding, 217 — do., For Hogs and 
Horses, 357 
Cover for Agriculturist 47 
Crab Apple Leaves, Trouble 
with, 355 
Cranberries, Fine 7 
Cranberry Culture 87 
Cranberry Queries 130-443 
Crandall's Building Blocks 355 
Cream Skimmer for Deep Ves- 
sels, • 321 
Criticism 6 
Crooked Lake Gone 213 
Crops— now to Get Big, 129— In 
a Young Orchard, 2S2— In New 
York and Great Britain, Aver- 
age, 219— Prospects and Prices, 
317— Rotation of, 57— Rotation 
of in Pa., 140— What Spring ? 401 
Crossing the Atlantic 8 
Croquet Arena 170 
Croquet— The Game of . . . . 4* . . 147 
Cucumbers as a Farm Crop 250 
Cultivator— Harrow-toothed. . . 254 
Culture— Deep and Shallow.. .407 
Curiosity — " Mineral " 130 
Currants and theirEnemies.. .185 
Cuttings— Callusing 369 
Catlings— Planting 2*. . 88 
D 
Dairy-maids 2S0 
Dairying at the South 322 
Dairying, Possibilities in 293 
Dairymen's Association, Am. ..45 
Dark Ages si ill in England. .. .131 
Death— Dr. Dana 210 
Death on Humbugs 44:i 
Death— R. A. Alexander 48 
Deportment at Table 25 
Dislillation,Brewing,&Maltingl29 
Dog Law in Tennessee 7 
Dogs in Tennessee 131 
Do Farmers Eat Enough ? 201 
Do Yon belong to the Pom. Soc.261 
Do you Want to Know ? 87 
Drag-saws— Cross-cut 8*. . 58 
Drains— Glazed Tile for Ontlcts2S0 
Drains— Stone vs. Tile 441 
Draining— Tile, 129 — Thorough, 
Deep Tillage, 305— Tools for, in 
Winter, 16. 
Duck Shooting 6*. . 361 
E 
Earthworms in Flower Pots. .130 
Economy in Food 65 
Editorial Jottings in Europe.. 10 
Egg Plant, Black Pekin 354 
Egga Fresh Eight Years. S3— Pack- 
ing and Keeping. 183 — Preserv- 
ing. 128— Raising, Profits. 214— 
Selling by Weight, 247— Soft- 
Shelled. 51 
Egg-stand— A Wire *..227 
F.iLditv. not Eight 127 
Elm Wood— Its Uses 47 
Enterprise— Novel and Useful 128 
Entomologist— Mo. State 2S4 
Erratum 49 
Essays on Localities 7 
Exhibitions— Preparing for.. .223 
Express Charges 442 
F 
Fan-mill— Fixed Foothold for2*97 
Fan-mill— How to Steady 132 
Farm Help— Good 357 
Farm— H. W. Beecher's 10 
Farmers' Club— Am. Ins. . 411 
Farmers' Clubs 358 
Farmers' Clubs— Libraries for.2S3 
Farmers' Fruit Clubs 8 
Farmers' Good Co-operative En- 
terprise, 353. 
