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INDEX. 
Ventilators, Hay and Grain,..*.. 459 
Veterinary College, AinL'rican...249 
VeterlQary Practice HW 
Vines at ihe Windiiws 228 
Vines for France, American 73 
Vine for Shade, A Pretty 429 
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Waeon, How to Build a Good Farm, 
303. 
Wagon Sprlnes. Torsion 209 
Wagons and Wagon manufacture, 
335. 
Wagon-Box, Place for '..343 
Wagon-Jack 75 
Walks and Talks Correspondence, 
im4-159-198-239-278-8ie-SB8-S98-438- 
478. 
Walks and Talks on the Farm — 
No. 133, 14; No. IW, 51; No. 135,94; 
No. 136,1361 No. 137, HH; No. 138, 
218 ; Nu. 139, 268 ; No. 140, 298 ; No. 
141,338; No. 142, 378; No. 143,448; 
No. 144,458. 
Wjuls, lo Keniove. . 171 
U'jxsliing, Can it be Made Kasy ..30y 
Wiish-Tubs, Stationary "..468 
Wastes 261 
Wiiterand Ice 19 
Water. Kflccts of Imnnre. 398 
Water Pi;>e8 74 
Wjiter, To Draw from a Spring • 97 
Water Tron^h tor Slieep '..SIS 
WatfT Trough for Stahles * . .340 
Weatlier, Drv 25K 
Wt'ddin L's. Tin 267 
Weeds.. 298 
Wi-eds. Charlock 8 
Weigh. Measure, and Count 303 
Well. Impure 279 
West, Going 73 
" Wliiit'a in a Name" 2.n0 
Wdatiatiie Most Proflt:ible 223 
Whciit, 218-253— And Flour. Exports 
of, 3il— And liye, Crossiug. 2o8— 
Clawson, 438— Condition of Win- 
ter, 2i0— Ciop in ICngliUUl, 449— 
Diehl, 318— Feeding lo Horses, i>39 
—Flour, Cold Air Attrition, 4(t;^— 
Nortli-westerii Spring, 7— Kunniug 
lo St: aw. 477— --owing, 25ii— Sow- 
Jng on Good Land. 398- Summer- 
Fallowing for, 250— vs. Bran, lU— 
White. :i58— Winter & Spring, 467. 
Wheels for !• arm Wanons 439 
Whitewashes. Out-door 157 
Wlio Write for the American Agri- 
Citltnrist, 7. 
Will it Pay? 46 
Willows. Osier 9H 
Windmills 170 
Windmills for Irrigation 279 
Wind-Power 419 
Winter, Cold 136 
Winter Feed, Procuring 3f0 
Wire for Mending Harness 371 
Woimm ol ihu Improving Kind 187 
Wood Sawing by Horse-power.*. 181 
Wool, Combing ir.9-2:i9 
Work, Fall 14 
Work, Hints aiiout. Jan., 2; Feb., 
42 ; March, 8J j April. 122 : M ay, 166 ; 
.June, 2i'r. ; July, 246; Aug., 286: 
Sept., ;Jl!6; (Jet.. 366; Nov., 40ii ; 
Dec, 146. 
Workshop, Hints for the •..301 
Wrenches, liolt • . . 301 
Recipes. 
BacoD, To Prepare 7 
llarley and Onion Stew 26 
Breakfast List 147 
Cubbage, How to Eat and Cook! 65 
Cake, Corn-!5iHrcli 389 
Celery, Cooking !!!!i04 
Cooking some Things W£ Like..!389 
Corn Fritters yyy 
Gems. White.... !!!!!!!! 64 
Graham Fluur !!!' 26 
Hams, Virginia \ ',i 
Ice Cream 267 
Mince Meat 3(i9 
Minced .Meat ■^•'8 
Oat .Meal 309 
Oat-meal Mush made into Bread, 26 
Pies, Materials for 388 
Pressed Beef, Improved 389 
Puddings, Queen of 389 
Kolls, While 147 
Ho.val iJish'-Dcim Pedro "....•..428 
Sausage Meat, Keeping 2ti7 
Tomato Catsup 398 
mmx TO fliLiLogiri^Af i[(D)Mg m ¥®Linm ^MaiRf y-ifiohjh^o 
Air In Stables, Pure (5) . .ail 
Apple, Basset (2) . . 101 
Apple. Mystic (2) . . U 
Asbestos (2).. 296 
Atomizer (2).. 102 
Atmt Sue's Chats. ..HI) . .189-cll) 471 
B 
Baby-Jumper (2)..»18 
Ball-COTerlng (2).. 27 
Bark-Cross, Ornamented 270 
Barn, Dairy (4) . .110 
Barnyard 41 
Barrack, or Shed for Straw.. i2). .381 
Basket. Frying 146 
Basket, Michigan Peach .2). .424 
Bee Hive Frame 1 4) . . 52 
Belt, How to Lace a (3). .138 
Birds, Feeding in Winter, 68— Quail, 
Arizona, 142— Redstart, American, 
2»7-W8ter Turkey, 257. 
Blacksmith Shop, Farm (3).^180 
Bladder for Giving Injections... .421 
" Bobbing for Eels •' 285 
Bolt, How to Make a (6) . .256 
Box, Marketing 55 
Bulb, Quamash 305 
Butterfly Scales 148 
Cans, Use for i2)..104 
Card Basket, Kow to Make a. (4) .391 
Carpet-Stretcher 146 
Cart for Liquid Manure 182 
Carts, Tumbler (2) . . 53 
Castor Beans, Sled for Harvest.. 301 
Catch-All, How to Make (3) . .105 
Cattle, Breton, 93— Calves, Pens for, 
(4) 182-Cow and Calf.lOth Duchess 
of Geneva, (2) 337— Cow, "Pales- 
tine " Jersey, 405— Cow, " Victoria 
VIctris," 13— Jerseys, A Pair of, 
135— Shorthorn Prize, 135— To Pre- 
Tcnt Cows Sucking Themselves, 
(2)420. 
Chain, How to Mend (2). .420 
Chair, Homemade (2) . .229 
Cheese-Making, Ensllsh (10 1 . .339 
"Christmas Morning" 68 
Cistern, Rock (2). .422 
Clamp, A Useful 181 
Clamp for Harness 182 
Clevis Key 2C1 
Coffee, Something About... .(5i.. 268 
Conservatory Chapel 3-14 
Cork Pullers (2) . .309 
Corn Crib, Improved ail 
Corn-Busker, New 412 
D 
Dairy, Pennsylvania (4) . .172 
Dish-Swab »»7 
Dog, Esqoimaux 297 
" Dom P> dro " (2) . .428 
Donkey, Mechanical 470 
Draining Hollows 18 
Drain, Board 438 
Drain, House (2).. 295 
Drains, Cleaning, (6) 420— Flushing, 
(4) 221 — Log, (2) 223 -Making 
Wooden, (2) 97. 
Engine, Portable Steam. 264 
Engraving, Tint 310 
Engravings, How They arc Made, 
(5) 231. 
Evergreen, California Nutmeg... 185 
Evergreens, Florida Torreya 264 
" Evidences of Guilt *' 272 
F 
Factories, Remington (6).. 88 
Feed Troughs, Horse (2) . .ai2 
Feed Cooker, Cheap (2) . .139 
Fence, Bank and Wire, 220— Poles, 
Cutting, (3) 96 — Portable, 420- 
Posts, To Raise, 380. 
Fences, Cheap (4i.. 95 
Flowers, Bellwort, Large-Flowered, 
265— Canna, Native, 21— Lobelia, 
Double Bedding, 185-March, (8) 
106— Standing Cypress, 101— Ver- 
bena, Hardy, 425. 
Fluke, Liver (6).. 379 
Fodder, Storing Green (G). 222 
Fruit Cans, Uses for Old. ... (9) . . 25 
Garden Helps (2).. 187 
Gate, A Sliding 140 
" Gathering Spruce Gum" 384 
"Geese and the Spitji" 150 
Granaries and Grain Bins. ..(6). .260 
Grass. Barn-Tard 461 
Grass, Broom Sedge 464 
Greenhouse and Extension 23 
Grinding Tools, Frame for..(3)..S10 
Grindstone, To Hong 17 
" Grouse, or Partridge Shooting," 
365. 
H 
Halter for Choked Cow 461 
Hammer and Chisel (2) . .301 
Hand-Glasses (3i. .143 
Harness for a Bull i3)..300 
Harrow, Making a Brush 98 
" Having a Good Time " (2; . .352 
Hay, Baling for Market (5i . .137 
Hllchlng Strap 182 
Hoist- Wheel 02 
Homes, Adornment of Rural. (2). 100 
Hoop Poles and Hoops (5).. 16 
Horse, Cold Water Dressing for, 
(2) n. 
Horse " Flodden " 177 
Horses, Colts, Breaking, i2) 18a— 
Foot, (4) 48 — Stallion "Night- 
shade," 165, 
Hoof, To Cure Split (6) . .421 
House and Cellar for Storing Brew- 
ers' Grains, 221. 
House Plan, 5)88— (6) 128-(6) 172- 
(5i253-l5i 292— (4) 333— (4) SB— (4) 
415-(6l 453. 
House, Portable Summer 3M 
Household Conveniences t5) . .347 
Hydra, How it Lives (2; . .390 
I 
Ice Box, Home-Made 228 
Ice, Cuttingin Shallow Ponds.(2i. 57 
Ice Harvest 1 
Ice-House, How to Build and Fill, 
(3) 460. 
Insects, Beetles, Click, aiO-Buffalo 
Gnat, (21 262— Cabbage Bug, Har- 
lequin, 306 — Colorado Potato Bug, 
304— Lady Bug.Larva? ,294— Locusts 
and Grasshoppers. (2) 261—" Pota- 
to " Bugs, Pan for, 294— Some Cu- 
rious, (2j 192— Weevils, Pea and 
Bean, I8G. 
Irrigating, Plans for (4) . .375 
K 
Knee-Cap 26 
KnlfeCleaner 308 
L 
Ladders, Extension (3) . .296 
Ladders for House and Barn.'3).S41 
Land, Clearing by Blasting. . (2) . . 17 
*' Largest L:md Tortoise " 432 
Lathe, Hnme-Made 97 
" Learning to Sew" 28 
Lime Kilns, Permanent (5).. 56 
" Lunch Time In the Field '* 245 
M 
Magic (5).. 66 
Manure, Piling (2). 419 
Manure Tank, Liquid (2) . .336 
Manure-Pit, Italian 18 
Marker, Garden 99 
Markers, Field (2).. 134 
Mat, Dairy (5) . . 64 
Match-Scraper 27 
Milk, Apparatus for Warming. ..180 
Milk Shelves In theKitchen.i2i..lGS 
Mills, To Steady Portable.. ..i5)..3S2 
" More Frightened than Hurt, "..312 
Muzzle for Horses 261 
N 
Nonsense, a Bit of 65 
Nut, New Lock 220 
Nuts (S)..239 
o 
Ox-Toke (3). .414 
P 
Patchwork, Flying Goose... (3).. M 
Pigeon, Baldbead 177 
Pig-Trough, Improved [2i.. 97 
Pin-Cushion 27 
Pin-Cusliion, Vest (7) . .471 
Pit for Mangels 438 
'■Plankir" 22 
Plant, (See Flowers,* Chinese Saxi- 
frage, 1 2i ,2 -'4— Papyrus, inO- Rocky 
Mt. Bramble, 305— Tanning, 234. 
Plants— Blue Stokesia, 385— Cuphea, 
Hyssop-leaved,21— German or Par- 
lor Ivy, 465-Ga!the, 61- Oxalis, 
(4), 61— Rose, Cherokee, 465— Rose 
of Japan, Ramanas. 345 — Thick- 
Leaved, 225— Tuberous-Rooted Be- 
gonias. 184 — Turkey's Beard, ai5 — 
" White Sage," 57. 
Plow, Double Furrow, 12— Double 
Furrow Scotch, 20-SubsoiI, 22— 
Plows, Shoes for (2) . .180 
Pokes, Animal 6) . .381 
Polishing Iron 188 
" Poor Kobln Red-Breast" 472 
Portrait, M. Quinby 376 
Pot-Cover. Rustic 264 
Poultry— Chicken Coops from Bar- 
rels, (2), 139— Chicken Coops, (4), 
300-Ducks, Wild. (4i. 417-Duck- 
Winged Game, 457 — House and 
Nest, (3), 134— Leghorns, Brown, 
4.57— Buyer, the, 445— Keeping as a 
Business, (2l,3S0. 
Puzzle Pietore 65-147-189-349 
Puzzle Pictures (S) . .105 
R 
Rag-Tying Machine (2). .228 
Rail Holder 423 
Ralls, Splitting i2)..301 
Railroad Train in America, First. 469 
Regatta, Boys' 105 
Rlflo-Shootlng, Curiosities of ill)455 
Roads, Snow-Plow for Breaking. .52 
Road-Grader '2).. 97 
Rock, the Sphinx 469 
Rollers, Field (4).. 96 
Root Scraper 19 
Roots, Pit for Storing (3) . .421 
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Sail Boats 138 
Saw-Gauge 461 
Sheep— Beacon Downs, 217— Cross- 
Bred, (2i. 377-Dlppiiig, 221-2,59- 
How to Catch, (3', S80-Pen for 
Ewes, 182--Ram,Flne Southdown, 
13— Shed, (51,57— Shelters, (3i,'219 
—To Prevent Jumping, 421. 
Shingling Gauge (2) . .261 
Shrubs-" Clnqne-foll, Shrubby. .385 
Slop- Jar, Place for 146 
Smoke-House (4l . .462 
Smoke-House and Oven ( 8 1 . . 388 
Snipe Shooting 81 
Soap liubblea 67-107 
Soap Bubble Toy 27 
Sock, Over 25 
Soup-Bunch, Cliarleston 184 
Sour-Krout. Howto Make. ..iSf.. 468 
Speaking Tube Call 25 
Squash, Butman 48 
Squashes, Strange 108 
Stables, Horse (3).. 18 
Stables, Ventilating Trap for 460 
Stacking Stage 301 
Stakes, Sett ing 1 2 1 . .227 
Statuette-Stand i,. .471 
Steam Engines, Agricultural, 224 
Steam in the Kitchen 147 
Stone-Boats (3) . .128 
Stove, Concealing a 188 
Stove Polish, Box for 128 
Straw Mats, Frame lor, 186— Straw- 
Mats, Making, (7)|144. 
Sunflower Girl 232 
Swim, Learning to (2) . . 350 
Swine— Hogs, Ringing, (41 220— Mid- 
dlesex Sow, 217. 
Table, Adjustable, (2) 104— Ironing, 
(2i 308— Made from a Box, 101. 
Tar Boiler 461 
The Broken Arm and the Tame 
Crows 232 
The Cow Doctor 205 
The Homesteader 121 
"The Long Saturday Afternoon"192 
The Train Blacksmith 325 
Thrashing Machine, Evener for.. 299 
"Tired Little Robbie " 150 
Tomato Trellis 144 
Trap for Rats 189 
Tree, Blue-Gum, 101— Kum Quat, 24. 
Trees— Beech In Flower, 26&— Palm, 
India, 143— Yellow Wood. 424. 
V 
"Valentine's Morning" 68 
Vat, Scalding (2 1 . .461 
Ventilators, Hay and Grain. (6). .459 
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Wagon-Box, Place for 344 
Wash-Tubs, Stationary 1 3) . .468 
Water, To Draw from a Spring, 97 
—Trough for Sheep, ai3-Trough 
for StabIi-8, 310. 
" Wlio's .Vfrald?" 429 
Windmill. Paper 1 2 1 . .270 
Wrenches. Bolt 3). .301 
Wood, Sawing by Horse- Power, 
(3) 181. 
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"Toung Indians on the Move "..393 
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" zip Learning hU First Trick ".108 
