IV 
INDEX. 
Reliable. 90 — Caladium, 350 — 
Landrctbs' Garden, 199-Look oat 
for Your, ill-Plants and Imple- 
ments. 4S-Saving of Garden, 33.'— 
Vitality of. 87. 
Srli an Acre of Land 411 
Semi Your Name 311 
Sens., at the Karaius' Club 399 
Sexes— Proportion of '.'Is 
, Breeding— Determination of. 
92. 
Shad Hatching— Facts In.. 
" Shakers"..." 
Sheep Shears— American 
.ISO 
rci- "lul 
'liii.'uio. 
:fPJ 
n, 33. 
The Gold- 
Silk ■ allure in California 414 
Sk'ltihg I'T Girl 65 
Sleigh Bench— The Arch ".. 49 
Slieer-A French «.. S8 
Soap f'irn 2". .331 
Soap i .king in Family 88 
Sod feme Query S7 
Sod Fences— ih. ir lailitv 2* 218 
Soil— Frost Improving 400 
Sorghum — Cull i ration of 140-3.18 
Son 
-ii.-fu 
.212 
South— Desirable FarinlngTer... 9-; 
Southern Item— A 213 
Sparrows— English 402 
S] ial Hi-quest SO-440 
Spiny Clotbur *.. 56 
Springs— Increasing Flow of. 442 
Sprinkler— A Watering Pot...'. .281 
S. | mi-lies- Keeping 363 
Slav on the Farm 211 
Slant for a Hand Microscope, 2" 297 
Slock— Milking for the South. 
Stock— ninod.'il among Small Fann- 
ers, 402— Growing Interest in 
Blooded. 4119— Sale of Imported, 9 
— Wiuteriug on the Prairies, 1* 15 
59-CatChlng and Holding. • 286- 
Chcster White. 90-214 — Cooket 
Food for. 400— Feeding, Expert 
ment, 171— Cholera, Tar for. 7- 
Jealousy in Fattening, * .91 -It 
the Orchard, 333— Prouile Sow. 24' 
—Suffolk. 249 — For Fattening 
When to Shut up, 285. 
;„.(,, rru . 'Uilit.-nn'o AM 
Tan- 
Tea Pot- tore 49 
Ten Millions Save 1 440 
Ten Thousand Dollars' Worth of 
Engravings. 318. 
Tli'il'iilng wilh straw 2'. .ISO 
Thills lor Horse-hoes and Cultiva- 
tors. 285. 
Thrashing Machines— Advantage of 
283. 
Thrashing— Timely Hints on 285 
Thunder and Lightning 
....216 
Tidv-A 148-3' 3.71 
Tile Drains— obstruction in .3.17 
Tiles for Hoofs 441 
Tiling.' during Growth of Plant. .203 
Timber Culture— The Pine 93 
Timber— When to Cut 286 
Tim Hunker on Ileal Estate in the 
White Oaks and 1 looker town, 350— 
On being " Sound on the Goose." 
366— On Farmers Getting Hull, 19 
—On the Hay Tedder. 451. 
Timothy Dying out 90 
d Shelters 213 
intoes — 23-130-232-320-3.16 — In 
40— Keves' and Others. 90. 
Tomato Trcllis-Ah.i'.lier 
Tools-Care of 
Tools— Horn. 'made 
Too Much Help in Plav... 
Top-dressing after Mo 
-Ho 
-Na 
r to Mend a. 
! Of. 
3.16— Aw 
of. 174— Catalpa Ka'inpferi. 103— 
Cedar, the lied. Ill — Chestnut 
greens. Moving. 130— Transplant. 
ing. 188— Pruning. 23.1— liaising 
from Seed, 91 — What to Plant, 187 
—Girdled, -IS— Invigoi'.ators, 174— 
Ko'li'.-uteria. • -116-Malicrove. 2" 
101— Maple, Propagating the. 139— 
Silver leaved, 13n-Movuig, 49— 
Mul. 'king Apple, 173— Hoot-grafted 
49-87— Shad" in Pastures. 246— 
Si. vuees. Hemlocks, and Firs. :;- 
226— Sugar Maples Die. 283— Sweet 
183— For S. Wisconsin. 139. 
Tree Boxes 
Trees— Do Martins In.in 
Sheep or Hogs*.. 139. 
frout Fishing, » 277-P 
214— Spawn, 215. 
Tubes in an Oltl Log. 
S19 
Turkey-Origin of tin 
Domestic. 59 
Turkey-Wild 
«..S49 
Turnips amoi g < or 
. 2S1 — More 
Wanted, 1 Wl te 
French, 134. 
Two Won .. i - ■■' i ..■ - 
,ge 319 
Tying Mat. -I'll 
130 
Tyrolese Larch 
-441 
Unanswered Letters 2S1 
Variety at the Table— Two Bills of 
Fare. 14S. 
Varieties and Variation 8»..176 
Vegetables-Forcing, 49— -Mixing of, 
Verbenas from Seed 4 1 
Vinegar- Making 367 
Volunteer Mother 442 
w 
Walks-Patented, and Other Pat- 
ents. 319. 
Warming Dwellings-Hints on... 106 
Watch-To Take 'Care of a 14S 
W .iier-Bringing inlo Houses, etc., 
139-1- or Man' and Beast by the 
Hoadside, 366 — Soft ill Cement 
CM. e ns. ss-Turiiing Hard. 413. 
Weather and Crops...'. 9-16-381 
IV ling lb. ok- A 3*.. 325 
V, eVdmgaiid Thinning 233 
W is, 111— Seeding with, 859. 
Wells— Digging in Sand and Quick- 
sand. 4*," 96— Foul Water in, 826— 
Going into, 286— Inspecting. 413. 
What Missouri Wants 3.17-443 
What's In a Name 7 
What to Grow and How to Grow it, 
130. 
Wheat— A Buckeye. Boy on, 290— 
Crop, The. 2.51— Cultivating. 212— 
Culture at the South. 1.1— Culture, 
Experiments in, 407 — Drilling, 
283 — In England, 4.11 — In 
England and America. 249— Lime 
for, 321-352 — Premiums. Mich., 
357— Prizes, The .1 mid. 87-381-399— 
In the Seaboard States, 332 — 
Spring. S9- -Thrashing, ns Drawn 
from Field, 38.1-vs. Chess, 89— 
What Variety to Sow, S22. 
Wheels-Greasing Cart Wagon.. 212 
Whetstone Hold. rand Guard 2'. , is 
Whillletrees— Perfectly Safe. .2*. .391 
Whitewash 137-219 
Wild Pigeon Kills Insects 217 
Willow Peeler 248-282 
Winter Fallows 3.19 
Wood Ashes— Best L r se for 9 
Wooden Cards 48 
Woo.lehueks-To Kill 14.' 
"Wood Hangings" SS 
Woodland-Clearing 419 
Woodward's He.'. OI HoilicnllurcMO 
Wool— llleach'g on Tunned I'.-ltsllil 
Wool— Whit ening on Sheep Skills.:;,:. 
w,.rk from Measure 7 
Workshop— A 9 
Worms in Pots 355 
Recipes 
Artichokes— pickled -118 
Baked Begins 264 
Barrels— Cleansing Tainted -PS 
Bay-leaves 4,18 
Bread 20-264 
Bread— live and Indian 26 
Breakfast Pulls 453 
Bunus or Polls 26 
Cake— Drop. 14S— FarniVr's Fruit, 
148— Ice Cream. 1 48— Jelly, 148. 
Chestnuts— A Dish of 458 
Codfish Balls 264 
Corn Griddle Cakes 66 
Crab Apples— Prescn ing 336 
Crumpets 116-228 
....247 
.....300 
Lemon Pie 263 
Mnlllns. no-Cream, 6.5— Tea 264 
Pickled Ovsters 458 
Pickles— About . 417 
Pop Overs 66 
Potato Cakes 66 
Pudding — Baked Indian, 309— I'.rnt- 
tleboro. 264 — Corn Starch, 457— 
Pico, 157. 
Haspherrv Vinegar 228 
Haspberries— Bottling 228 
Hll.bons-To Cleanse 228 
bosk with Fggs 06 
P.Ming Metals Prevented 148 
Salads— Dressing for 190 
Sally Lnnn 247 
:age Meat— Keeping 4.18 
Stoves-To Prevent from Busting. 66 
Tomatoes next Winter 335 
Toast-How to Make 417 
Tripe— To Clean.. 
nroix to 
A 
Abattoirs at Communipaw 330 
-i£tna— The 418 
Apples — Aromatic Carolina, 415 — 
Chestatee, 415— Duchess of Olden- 
ourg, (2) 453— Elarkee. 415— Julien, 
415— Sections of Fruit and Flow- 
er, (4) 22. 
Artist's Pets— The 1 
Autumn Leaves 356 
B 
Badger— The American 211 
Barns at the West, (2) 326-Section 
of, (2) 18-255— Truss-bent, 52— Truss 
Beams for, (4) 182. 
Barn-Yards (2 1 . .823 
Bee-feeder 113 
Begonias (2 1 . .259 
Blackberry— Pruning the 320 
Blackberries and Haspberries.... 298 
Blind Piper— The 229 
Blowing Bubbles 460 
c 
Cabbage— Club-rooted 297 
Card Hack 227 
Cat-Bird 205 
Cattle— Ayrshire Cow "DollySrd," 
405— Ayrshire Cow " Flora," 405— 
Cows, Self-milking, 214— Guernsey 
Cow "Cottie," 135 — Group of Im- 
proved Short-horns, 93— Half Buf- 
falo Cow, 13— Halter for Cattle, 
864— Jersey Bull "Jupiter," 53— 
Jersey Cow "Diana," 215 — Jersey 
Cow "Ebony," 135— Jersey Heifer 
"Hocy," 215— Kerry Cattle, 241— 
Quarter Breed Heifer, IS. 
"Caught in the Act" 103 
Clam— The (2).. 335 
Corn Crib, 133— A Kansas,57— Anoth- 
er Kansas, 255. 
Corn— Implements for Cutting up, 
(4) 365. 
Crab— Edible (2).. 299 
Cream Skimmer 321 
Crochet Basket 263 
Croquet— Game of. (4) . .147 
Curiosities at the Museum 301 
Cuttings— Planting (2) . .83 
D 
" Don't Wake the Baby " 802 
Drag-Saws— Cross-cut (3).. 58 
Duck-Musk 445 
Duck-Shooting (6) . .361 
STOMTira 
TOILOTHE fWEOTY-SOTEE.0 
E 
Egg Stand-A Wire . . 227 
F 
Fan-A Cnrious 107 
Fan-mill-Fixcd Foothold for. (2) 97 
Fences Across Streams (2). .254 
Fence— A Granite 52 
Fish Oil and Guano Factory, (4) 452 
Flowers— Akebia quiuatft, 334— Am- 
aranths, (3) 331 — Bell-flowers, 
Group of, 185— Cleome splnosa, 39.1 
— Coreopsis verticillata.ioi— Fuch- 
sia, Brilliant, Small-leaved, 369— 
Heart-leaved Mannettia, 456 — 
Hydrangea paniculata grandl- 
flora, 143 — Japanese Knotweed, 
101— Lophospermum erubescens, 
61 — Maurandia Barclayana, 61— 
Mignonette, 24 — Monkey Flower, 
223— Monkshood; Chinese, 456— 
Silphium laciiiiatum, 295— Starry 
Scabious, 372— Tricyrtls pilosa, 188 
—Virgin's Bower, 413. 
Flower Stand (3) . ,373 
Foot Rest— A 417 
Foot Warmers (2) 8— (3) 25 
Frame— Drying 336 
Frames— Picture, (5) 25-105— Pine 
Twig, 65— Straw, 190-457-Thread, 
189. 
Fruits— Mai-formed 298 
Fruits— Picking and Marketing.. 221 
Fungus on Fruit Trees (2) . .454 
Gate— New Carriage 260 
Gate— SI iding 52 
Geese— Wild 445 
Gherkin— The Prickly-fruited.. . .143 
Giraffe— The, Mending a Broken 
Jaw, (3) 176. 
Goats— Cashmere or Angora... 60-81 
Grapes— Scuppernong 413 
Grape Vine— Illustrations of Prun- 
ing, (2) 103-(3) 114— (3) 186-(4) 
225-200— (3) 896— CS) 332. 
Grape Vine— The Node 63 
Grape Vine— Shoot ofthe Vine... 63 
Great Noise iu the Barn— A 192 
" Grecian Bend "—Origin of 419 
Grindstone for Mowing Machine 
Knives. 214. 
Guard Against Splitting (2). .2S0 
Harrow— A Wooden-toothed 450 
Hickory Nuts (8). .443 
nogs-Catching and Holding. . . .2.86 
Hogs— Jealousy as a Tonic in Fat- 
tening. 291. 
Holidays at Home and Abroad.. 28 
Hop Picking 813 
Horses— Check for Crlbbers, (2) 139 
— Percheron, 121— Percheron Mare 
" Alene," 287— Percheron Stallion, 
893— Percheron Stallion " Her- 
cules," 2S7— Sales in N. Y. City, (9) 
253— Three Horses Abreast, 365— 
Trotting Horse "Dexter," SOS— 
Wolf-Teeth in, 218. 
Insects— Bark Louse, The, 131— Cank- 
er Worms, Protector against, (2) 
49— Grape Curculio, 221— Grubs. 
(2) 141— Moths, 189— Oak Scale 
Louse, 223 — Wistaria. An Enemy 
to the. (2) 371— Wheel-bugs, (3) 416 
Ivy— Variegated 21 
J 
Jerusalem Artichoke— The 87 
L 
Ladder— Fruit Gatherers' 320 
Lance-bead Hoe 326 
Land— Instrument for Measuring, 
444. 
Lap Robe 25 
"Last Shot— The" 184 
Laughing— Different Ways of,(3) 4.19 
Letter Box 105 
Lespedeza striata 57 
Lever— A Handy 97 
Lobster 263 
Logs— Device for Loading Heavy, 12 
Logs— Va. Way of Loading Heavy, 
(2) 864. 
M 
Manure— Shelter for f3). .408 
Martin and Squirrel— The Surprise, 
294. 
Match-box— A 105 
Michigan Plow— The 133 
Microscope Stand (2) . .297 
Mistletoe — American 21 
Mole Trap 333-316 
Moving Leaf. 372 
Muck— Getting out (3). .409 
Mule Team— A Southern 41 
Mussel— The (2) . .157 
N 
Napkins-Folding <6)..45S 
Newspaper Holder 227 
Olive Branch 133 
Orchard— Laying out (3 1 . .112 
Orphans— The 338 
"Out too Soon" 206 
P 
Parasitic Plants— The Dodders, (2) 
414. 
Pashas' Standard 43 
Pear— Mount Vernon 23 
Pear— Pratt 413 
Peccary— The Texas 2.11 
Pen Wi per 117 
Pet Bird— The 376 
Pharaoh's Horses 222 
Pickerel— The Common (2) . .100 
Pigeons— Group of Fancy ... .142-483 
Pigeon9— Skulls of (4) . .177 
Pinnated Grouse, or Prairie Chick- 
ens, 412. 
Plants— Starting in the House, (2) 
104. 
Plans— American Farm-house, (2) 17 
Plum— The Miner 143 
Popgun— A New 107 
Post Hole Borers 12 
Potato Cuttings (2). .454 
Poultry— Asiatic, Cochins, (3) 323— 
Black Spanish and Hamburg, (2) 
177— Chicken Coop, Pure Water, 
176— Chickens. Pure Water for, 
254-HeadlessRooster,(3)418-Hens' 
Nests, (2) 219 — House, (2) 408— 
House and Y'ard, Sutumer, 181. 
Q 
Quahog— The (2) . .373 
Queer Fish— A 149 
Quince — Rea's Seedling 145 
Hacks for Carting Leaves... (2).. 450 
Rib-grass 134 
Road— Section of 16 
Roll Pan— French 25 
Roman Farm-yard Scene— A 165 
Root Crops— Thinning. (2) 283 
s 
Saw-holding Vise 181 
Scallops (2).. 417 
Scanners for Root Crops 254 
Shed— Straw for Stock 16 
Shrubs— Callicarpa Americana, 298 — 
Colutea arborescens, 202 — For- 
sythia viridtssima, 262— Leather- 
leaf, W6— Spice-bush, 64. 
"Sit up, Ponto" ISO 
Sleigh Bench— The Arch 49 
Sliccr— A French 88 
Soap Cups (2).. 835 
Sod Fence (2).. 218 
Splendid Team— A 230 
Spiny Clotbur— The 56 
Sprinkler— A Watering-pot 284 
Sprinkling Jet for Hose Pipe 87 
Slacking Hay (2).. 290 
Stone-boats (21 . .418 
Strawberries— Forcing (2) . .370 
Straw— Thatching with (2).. ISO 
Support for Climbers 224 
Tethering Diagram 327 
"Test Your Lungs, Sir "? 265 
Thistle Puller, Mubbctt's 219 
Tidy— Neat and Durable .... (2) . .374 
TiredMatch Girl— The 68 
Tools— Home-made (4) . ISO 
Toy— An Amusing..; 459 
Trace— Mending the 291 
Trees— Crotchcd, Treatment of, 1S7 
— Kcelreuteria, 416— Mangrove (2) 
104— Spruces, Firs, and Hemlocks 
(3) 226-Sweet Gum. 1S8. 
Trellis, Handy Garden 172 
Trellis, Tomato. 284 
Trout Fishing 277 
" Try Y'our Strength, Sir ?" 337 
"Try Your Weight, Sir?" 301 
Turf Beetle 872 
u 
Unexpected Collision— An 120 
v 
View of Chincha Islands and Guano 
Beds (4) 20. 
w 
Wagon Jack— The 2.10 
Wells— Digging in Sand and Quick- 
sand (4) 90. 
Wall of Heavy Stones 327 
Watering and Feeding Trough.. .139 
Weeding Hook— A (2).. 225 
Whetstone Holder and Guard (2) 43 
Whiffle tree Boot 219 
Whiflletrees— Perfectly Safe (2).. 291 
Work Stand (2).. 227 
Wild Boar and Yorkshire Hog (2)177 
Wild Turkeys 349 
Y 
Yak of Thibet, The 03 
