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(^~ The stars (•) in the foUow- 
inj liicUx slujiv where eiigiuvinr/s 
occur. Articles referring direcUij 
or iiidiveclly to (JaiUe, Inseclf. 
Manures. Trees, Weeds, etc.. wilt 
be found indexed wider these 
general heads. 
A 
Acid, Salicylic 139 
Acids, Need of loa 
AdvcrtiBemcnts, Trustwortl»y...l69 
Advcrliaemeuls, Uiifnrtunatc....l26 
Advertisers. Hiuts to 369 
Agriealtural College 249 
Agricultural Dealers 158 
AKricuUural Journals in General, 
412. 
Agriculture, Southern 15 
Air in Stables, Pure •..341 
Apple. Basset, * 100— Mystic, • 23— 
Northern Spy, 418. 
Appjes, 136 — Northern Spy, 114— 
Shipping to England, 9. 
Asbestos, What is *..296 
Aehes 127 
Ashes, Value of Wood 279 
Asparagus, Varieties of 75 
Association, 111. State Farmers*. 239 
Association, N. Y. Dalrymens'. . . 8 
Atomizer in Horticulture '..102 
B 
Baby Carrlagi-, 268 -Clothes, 387. 
Baby Jumper *. .348 
Bargains and Sales 74 
Barley, 87-ns-218-and Wheat, 14— 
Canada, 318-Crop, Value of, 303— 
for Horses, 75. 
Barn, Dairy, * 140— Floor for Base- 
ment, 169— Model. !>39-Plan, 171. 
Barn-yard •.. 41 
Barrack, or .^hed for Straw...*. .381 
Baths of Bertrick 414 
Beans, Field 141 
Beans, Potatoes, and Wheat 159 
Bed Covering 8 
Bee Notes '..375^38-451 
Bee-Hive Frame •.. 52 
Bee-Hive, Voices from. ...10-*52-132- 
176-« 214^ 
Beet, Egyptian 306 
Belt, How to Lace a •..138 
Bible Quotation 74 
Billof Fare, A Week's 26 
Birds, Arizona Quail, 141— Redstart, 
American, • ::97— Robins, What do 
They Eat, 346-Ruft'ed Grouse, • 
371 — Snipe Shooting. 81 — Spar, 
rows, 199 -Water Turkey, • 257. 
Blackberries In Indiana in 1874... 59 
Blackberry, Hoosac Thornless... 86 
Blackberry, Snyder 127 
Bladder for Giving Injections. •.>121 
Blood, How to Dse 278 
Blood, Purifying the 103 
Boats. Sail *. .138 
Boldu 7 
Bolt, How to Make a •..256 
Bone-Dust for Clover 479 
Bone Mill, 75— Bogardus' 169 
Bones, and How to Use Them.... 198 
Bones, Grinding 477 
Book, Ayrshire Record, 290-329- 
Dally Record, 126— on Farming, 
12i-on the Horse, 169-439 -The 
Schoolmaster's Trunk, 187. 
Books, .\merlcan Architecture, 330 
— Bommer a Method of Making 
Manure, 331 - Cliemlstry, Ton- 
man's Xew, ISO-Construction of 
Mill Dams, 250 - Cranberry Cul- 
ture, 210-Dep. of Agr'l Rep. for 
1873,8— Downtng's Landscape Gar- 
dening', 'W? -Emerson's Trees and 
Shrube of .Mass., 451-GardeTilnK 
foj Ploasnre. 409 — Inscots, Glo. 
ver's. ia6-Manual for Rifle Prac- 
tice, 410-More, 330-New Eemc- 
Ujes. 331— Noticed, 251 — on Dis- 
eases of Horses and Cattle, 8— on 
Farming, 28a— Popular Music, 238 - 
Riley's Report, ■ 261 — Sunday- 
School Lessons, 279 — Thomas' 
Fruit Culturlst, 478— Upon Fish 
Culture, 238— Upon Poultry, 411 - 
Vignes Aniericalnes, 8 — Lakey's 
Village and Country Houses, 169— 
Wasted Half Hours, 7- Wooden 
and Brick liulldiugs, 126— Zoologj , 
First Work of, 411. 
Botanical luatructlou at Harvard, 9. 
Botanic Garden, I'.diu burgh 7 
Boys' and Girls' Columns. 
A Afternoon. The Long Saturday, 
* 192— Air, Something About, 
149— Alarm, The, 148— Answers 
to Correspondents, •251-270-»390 
—April, 147— Apples, How Jamie 
Carried a Barrel of, 106 — Arbor, 
That Little, '231- "Astonished." 
113 — August, 810 — Aunt Sue 
goes to a Spelling-match, 270— 
Aunt Sue's Cliats, 27-105-148- 
•189-230-"i70-351-*391 - 431 - 471 - 
Aunt Sue's Puzzle Box, 27-66- 
107-149-191-2.30-'271-3Il-351-391-470 
B —Ball Covering. 27— Bantam and 
Brahma, * 430— Beetles and other 
Insects, • 310— Bible Notes, Cu- 
rious, 191 — Biggest Land Tor- 
toise, • 432 - Birds, Winter, • 
6S— I'oy asks Questions, 67 — 
Some Fine Things for, 469- 
Brightening all it Can. 4.30 — 
Butterflies, Have they Feath- 
C ers, * 147 -Canary, Keeping a, 
430— Cat. An Intelligent, 811- 
Cat, A Wonderful, 271 — Cats, 
More About, 891 — Christmas 
Morning,* 68— CotTee, Something 
About, * 269 -College, Should 
D Boys go to, 107— December, 469 
—Doctor's Talks, *190-*229-*430- 
Dog Story, A True, 191— Donkey, 
E Jlechanlcal, * 470-Easter, 192- 
Engravlngs, How they are Made, 
*'231-»3I0-" Evidences of Guilt," 
r * 272-rice Question, S50-Fish, 
Saved by a. 271— Flowers, A Look 
G at Some March,* 106— Geese and 
the Spitz, ' 150—" Green Boys," 
H 66— Hat, A Fortune Made by a, 
311— Havlnga Good Time, * 351— 
How we Grow, 65— Hydra, and 
I how It Lives, * 390 -Impudence 
Rebuked, 470 — Insects, Some 
J Strange, * 191— June, 231- July, 
L 271-Lead in Pencils, Kind of, 
M 191— Magic and Magicians, * 66— 
May and May Day, 191— Metals, 
Value of, 190 -More Frightened 
N than Hurt,* 312— Nests and Eggs, 
271— Night before Christmas, 471 
—Nonsense. A Bit of. * 65— No- 
O vember, 4S0 — October, 890 — 
P Paper. What is Foolscap, 230- 
Papyrus, What Is, 349 — Plants, 
Drylng.231— Ponto.the Trapper's 
Dog,352 -Passenger Train, First, 
* 469-Poor Robin Red-breast, • 
472— Puzzle, Aviary. • 147-Puz- 
zle Picture, * 65-" 105-* 319-* 890 
—Puzzle Pictures, Answers to. 
148-Pyxldanthera and Dogs, 148 
R —Rabbits, 310— Regatta on Ice, ' 
S 105— Sea Salt, Why Is, Sll-Serv- 
Ice Berry. What Is, 108— Septem- 
ber, S49— Sew, Learning to, * 28— 
Soap-Bnhbles, '27 - '67 - 107 - 
Sphinx Rock. * 469 — Squashes, 
Some Strange, * 108— Sunflower, 
• 230 — Swim, Can You. 271 — 
Swim, How I Learned to, • 3.50- 
T The 4th. 270— The Tame Crows, 
" 832-Trled Little Robbie, • 119 
V —Valentine's Mnrnlng, * 67 — 
W What do you Call your Father? 
Y 390—"^ onng Indians on the Move, 
Z • 392 — Zip Learning his First 
Trick, • 108, 
Bran, Value of for Manure 278 
Bread Pan Cover 188 
Breaking Roads In the Snow..*. . 52 
Breed, Failure to 290 
Brewers' Grains, Storing *..221 
Briars, To Destroy 75 
Breeding, In-and-in 19 
Buckwheat for Manure 114 
Buddiuij the Hickory 187 
Bulb, Quamasli Flower and. ..*..305 
Bulbs, Hyacinths 159-233 
Bulbs, Tuberoses 371 
Bussey Institute, Bulletin of the. 7 
Butter, 91-216-aud Beef, Stock for, 
326— Egg, and Fruit, Preserving, 
450 — and Egg Association, 157 — 
Cheese, and Egg Trade, S90— For- 
eign Trade In, 73— Herd, How to 
Improve, 462— How Some is Made, 
462- Package, Metallic, * 127- 
Packages, Small, 342-Pail, Metal- 
lic, 113— Buy, Where to, 86. 
c 
Cabbages, Gas Lime for 158 
Cake, No 187 
Canal, Suez 199 
Cans, Another Use for Old, *25-*104 
-122. 
Carpets, Something About Rag* .227 
Carpet-Stretcher *. .146 
Cart, Tumbler •. .53-197 
Castor Beans, Culture of, 237— 
Harvesting, • 300. 
Catalogue, a Fine Illustrated, 371— 
Book and History, 47— Such 's, 410. 
Catalogues, 47-86-329 — Illustrated, 
127-Recelved, 8-113 - 133 - 197 - 251- 
S99-412. 
Cats, Poisoned 291 
Cattle— at the International, 817— 
Ayrshlres and Alderneys, Color 
of, 170-Bran or Oats for, 87-Bre- 
ton, * 93— Bull, How to Work.* 
299— Bull, to Ring a, 210— Calves, 
Four at a Birth, 199— Pens for, * 
182— Scours in, 277— Treatment of, 
158— Cow and Calf. 10th Duchess 
of Geneva, * 337-A Prolific. 411- 
Career of Prize, 409— Doctor, * 205 
Feeding a F.imily, 12— Inflamma- 
tion of Udder in.449-Keeplng,.109 
— Inversion of Uterus in, 419— 
"Palestine," Jersey, * 405— To 
Cure a Choked,* 461— "Victoria 
Vlctrlx," * 13- What to do with a 
Poor, 487— Cows, Best, 277— Cook- 
ing Food for, 11— Feeding Meal 
Alone to Dairy, 463— Jersey, 25G— 
Salt Pork for, 199— To Pi event 
Sucking, * 420— Depraved Appe- 
tite of, 289— Diseases, Catarrh In 
a Cow, 87— Cow Pox, 397— Foot and 
Mouth In, 376- Hollow-Horn and 
Murrain, 479— Guernsey Herd, Sale 
of, 409— Heavy Weights In, 46- 
Heifer, Good Shorthorn, 331— In- 
flammation of Udder in 319- Jer- 
sey. 91-130-Jerscy Cow, 215— Jer- 
seys for Cheese, 170— Jerseys, Pair 
of Notable Young, * lS5-Pcdl- 
grees of, 479— Short-Horns for a 
Cal. Dairy, 477-for the Dairy, 
262— Largo Purchase of, 8— Prize, 
* 133— Sales of, 2.'»-27S-290— Sale in 
Great Britain, 422-Sale In Ken- 
tucky, 47S-Short-Horn Stalislics, 
87— Steer, End of the Texas, 463— 
Steers, Fattening, 478— Stray, 170. 
Celery, Hollow, 371-Rottingof..l02 
Central Park 210 
Chain, How to Mend *..I20 
Chair, Home-Made *. .'229 
Changes and Improvements 45 
Checkers 309 
Cheerfulness 3(7 
Cheese, Adulteration of, 170-and 
Butter,01eo-Margftrlne, 294— Com- 
petition, 157-rream, 290— Facto. 
Ties in 111., 277-Maklng. English, 
" S.'Sl-Oleo-Margarine, 428-Sklm, 
Chess and Wheat 8 
Cliildhocd In City and Country. ..427 
Children, Don't Touch the, 189— to 
Protect the Purity of, 268. 
Children's Feet ■-'■27 
Churns 174 
Cistern, Capacity of, 397-in Sandy 
Soil, 246— Rock, * 4a2-Size of, '237. 
Cisterns 182 
Clamp, a Useful '..181 
Cleaning Up 376 
Clevis Key *..261 
Climates, Dry 279 
Clothes, Baby's Winter, 26— Chil- 
dren's Winter, 468. 
Clothing, Ordering 448 
Clover, 178-259-338— for Hogs, 94-'278 
—Hay, Curing, 239— Hay for Pigs, 
239— Loss of, 358-Sod for a Market 
Gardener. 331— Sowing in July, 290 
—When to Plow Under, 398. 
Coffee, a New Species 8 
Colleges, Agricultural 8 
Compost Heap, How to Make 279 
Congressional Imposition 130 
Conservatory Chapel at Utica.*. .348 
Convenience, a Great 86 
Convention of Short-Horn Breeders, 
277 — Short-Horn, 7 — Wisconsin, 
State Agricultural, 73. 
Cork Puller... *..309 
Corn, 258-and Cob Meal, 438— Cobs, 
Composition of, 114— Crib, Im- 
jiroved, * 341— Crib, Support for, 
479— Crop, Good, 318 — Crusher, 
158— Dropper. 45 1— Egyptian, 158- 
Feedlng Smutty, 460— Fertilizers 
for, 171-for Green Manure, 238— 
from Egypt, 22S-for Soiling, 279- 
Fresh Muck for, 478— Green Ma- 
nure for, 198— Husking by Machi- 
nery, 410-Orlgin of Indian, 209- 
Plowing for, 158-Stubble, What 
to Sow on, 198— Suckers on, 331— 
Thinnlng,177— Triumph and Excel- 
sior, 386— vs. Clover for Pigs, 114— 
Wyandotte, 291. 
Corn-Fodder, Curing, 383— Cutting, 
378-In the South, 367. 
Corn-Husker, New *. .412 
Correspondents, Hints to 448 
Cotton-Crop, Estimate of 73 
Cotton Seed as aFcnilizer 49 
Cotton-Seed-Cake, Value of 337 
Cranberries on Trees "238 
Crop, Proposed Soiling. 330 — To 
Plow under 289 
Crops, 418-Catch, 423-Cost of, 94- 
Fodder, S19-Largc, 218— Value of 
for Manure, 132. 
Crow, Another Use for the 290 
Cultivator, Harrow-toothed 23 
Cultivator Shield 23 
Cuttings in Summer 307 
Dairies, Western 343 
Dairymen's Convention, American, 
114— Vermont, 115. 
Dairy at Centennial Exposition. .329 
Dairy, Pennsylvania *. .172 
Day's Work, What Isa 71 
Deep-Can System 131-256 
Deep Milk Cans 215 
Despondent Sister 428 
Destitution in Nebraska & Kansas.S 
Disli Washing 267 
Dishes, about Washing, *3I7— Wash- 
ing, 388. 
Dog, Esquimaux, '297— NulBance,n2 
Dogs, Shepherd 397 
Donkey Show, English 2.59 
Drainage, House, *294— Swamp, 295. 
Draining, a Swamp. 335- Hollows, 
•I8-With Boards. *438. 
Drains, Bottom for Swamp, 326— 
Cleaning, *420-FlU8lilng of, *221- 
Log, •22.3— Making Wooden, "97- 
Time to Dig, 479. 
Dress Reform 3119 
DrIH, Machine Rock, 127- -Turnip, 
479. 
Drouth 298 
Drugs, Where they come from . . 73 
Dry Earth in Stables 11 
Dje. Black 309 
Dykeliig 215 ' 
Dynamite for Clearing Land 383 
Dyspeptics 46 
E 
Early Rising 54 
Economize, Trying to 349 
Ecraseur 127 
Education among Farmers '259 
Ellis. Jolin. not an Am. Botanist 74 
Engines, Agricultural Steam. .•..223 
Engineer, How to become a Loco- 
motive 238 
Enterprises, Outside 5 
Etiquette, Some Questions In 101 
Evergreens, (see Trees), California 
Nutmeg, *184— Golden Arbor Vi- 
ta;. 466— Hemlock,*3W-Plne, Long 
leaved, 466— Pines, Southern, 466— 
Retinlspora, 307— Torreya, Flori- 
da, *264-427— Torreya, Pilgrimage, 
266. 
Exhibition In Java 7 
Experiment Stations, 49— InCon.332 
Factories, Remington •.. 88 
Fairs for 1875, 329-Illlnols State, 409 
-List, S58-39II -New England, 370— 
New York Slate. 411-October, 370 
—Southern, 478. 
Fallow, Summer 14-218 
Family^Circular 4CT 
Farm Accounts, Keeping 197 
Farm Blacksmith Shop *. .179 
Farm, Buying a, 238-318— Labor, 15— 
Why Boys do not stay on the, 302. 
Farm-House, Drainage 131 
Farmer, Wants to be a 131 
Farmers' Convention, Conn 49 
Farmers' Families, SS7— And Sports- 
men, 82— Extravagance of. 458— 
Work too Hard. 458. 
Farming, Good, 136-298^18 — In Il- 
linois, High, 368— In Mass.. 54— 
Nothing Sure in, 335— Trials of, 398 
—Wants to Learn, 438— Western, 
239. 
Feed, Effect of 208 
Feeding and Fodder 437 
Feeding In Confinement, 75 — Injudi- 
cious, 319 — Judiciously, 114. 
Feed-Cooker, Cheap and Handy ^139 
Feed-Cutter, Best 87 
Fence, How to Make a Pole. *96— 
Not worth Stealing, *220-Porta- 
ble, *420— Posts, Preservative for, 
290-Posts, Preserving, 166-171— 
Posts, To Raise, *380-Cheap, '95 
—The Cheapest, 279— Upon a Dike, 
478-Wire and Picket, 289. 
Fences, Patent 211 
Fertilizers. Artificial, 55— Bone- 
Dust, 399-For Fall Sowing, 290- 
" Patent Pliosphate," 411— Quanti- 
ty per Acre. 479. 
Fires, Kindling 64 
Fish, Eels, Bobbing for, '285- Seine, 
290. 
Flattering if not Fair 5 
Flax, How to Grow 169 
Fleeces. Angora 74 
Floods in the West 329 
Floor. Foundation for Clay, 289- 
To Paint a Kitchen, 289. 
Floors, Cement or Plank 317 
Florida, Good News from 8 
Flower-Garden 386 
Flower-Gardeu and Lawn. .Ian.. 4 ; 
Feb.. 41; March. 85; April. 124; 
Jlav, 167 June, 207; July, '247; 
Aug., 28: Sept., 328; Oct., 868; 
Nov.. 407 ; Dee., 447. 
Flower-Garden and no Manure.. 114 
Flowers, (see Plants', Bellwort, 
Large-Flowered, •26.5- Canna, Na- 
tive, "21— Dahlia, a Twin, 871--Lo. 
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