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j(35- The slars (•) m the follow- 
ing Index s/ioio n'/'fe fiisraii- 
,ngs occur, and Ike prefixed figures 
the number in (he arlicle. Arti- 
cles rererrini dirrcllyor indirectly 
to Bern. Cuttle, Insects. Mmiures, 
Trees, Weeds, etc., leill be found 
indexed under these general heads. 
.403 
..05 
.214 
.210 
Above H;ilf Rigtit ■■ 
Achyianlhes Veischatreltii. 
Adipocere 
Adobe Houses 47-i;i5-246 
Adverlisement-Tiibune, C10..5S6 
Adveitiseis-Note 7-12--;i86 
^gents— Agriculturist I'D 
Agi icultuial Department. . .6-4S- 
12S-132-i:i-208. 
Ag'l Reports— Selling. 
Ag'l Society-Conn.. 4&-M:miige- 
ment, 134-Jlinnesota, 244-N. 
Y. Meeting, 50-N. Y. Officers, 
87— Agriculturulist, N. W., 132. 
Agriculturist— Benefits, 339— No- 
tices, ISl-Useful, 38D-Vaina- 
bie, S45 — Success in getting 
Subscribers, 421. 
ARUe Plant ^J>^ 
Ailantlius Injuring Pears 214 
Air- Pure Wanteu 13' 
Alder — European 47 
A Ikalies and Acids 403 
Almond-Hard-sliellcd 245 
Amaryllis— Keeping 8 
Am. Institute Sliow 415 
Angle Worms 313 
Animals— Comfort of '8 
Anmials-Am. AgricuUuiist,-390 
420. 
Annual-Tucl;er's 
Apple Parer— Lightning 
Apples-Snow,87-For F.md, 148 
—In Wisconsin, 47— Picking, * 
345— Surprise, 436. 
Aquatic Planis 
Arrowroot Described.. 
Articlioke— Jerusalem 
Ash— Oak-leaved 
Ashes on Orchards... 
Asparagus-White or Green.. 227 
Asses •■•165 
Asters- Fine 3S8 
Asters— Native 393 
Azaleas— Native * ■ ■ 24 
B 
..422 
..278 
Becs-Bidvvell Bros.' Experience, 
15 - Burying, 358 - Forced 
Queens, 3113-Frarae Hives, 314 
— Invention for Emptying 
Combs, 431— Italian, 54— Italian 
vs. Black. 17S— Italianizing and 
Swarming, 98 — Langstroth's 
Hive Patent Renewed, 423— 
New Book, 47— Perfecting, 251 
— Profitable, 131 — Small 
Swarm, 245. 
Beet Sugar.. ^ 
Bill of Fare 1S9 
Birds and Clierries, 246-Bud-eat- 
i„g, 214— Insects and Fruit, 68— 
Stricken Mallard, * 41. 
Blackberry Queries, 346— Prop- 
agating, 313-347- Root, 214- 
Wilson's, » 360 — Best, 145,— 
Mare's Nest in Vineland, S14— 
Wilson's and Kittatinny, 314. 
Bolts and Screws Wanted ...212 
Bone Flour 136-216 
Bonnets— Queer 294-l'i4 
Books— Andersonviile Dead, 171 
Architecture, 245-Artlmr Mer- 
lon, 45-Baker's Fruit Culture, 
423 — Bee-keeping, 47 — Bom- 
mer's Manure, 421 — Bowies', 
132— Charles ReaJes,389— Corn, 
214— Festival of Song, 422— Fos- 
ter's Grape & CuUure,425-Fruit 
Culture, 277 — Fuller's Forest 
Trees, 423— Garden Flowers, 
211 — Gardening, 8-346-420 — 
Golden Leaves, 422— Glory and 
Shame of England, ;!13— Hall's 
Geography, 422— Horse Doc- 
toring, 48 — Hussman's Grapes 
and Wine, 216— Internal Reve- 
nue, 3SS— Lossing's Civil War, 
215— Luke Darrel, 123— Notices, 
Sundry, 49-100-128-170-210 21-2- 
214-277— Plant Life, 128— Priz- 
es Offered, 344— Profitable, 425 
—Rand's Bulbs,423— Short-liorn 
Herd, 312-S. S. Question, 311- 
420 — Strong's Grape, 210 — 
Todd's 2d Vol., 85 — Victor's 
Stories, 47— Vineyard at Lake- 
view, 170— Woodward's Ruial 
Art, 423. 
Boots— Greasing 9-387 
Borden's Condensed Beef 66 
Bores— Slory for 217 
Botanical Congress 278 
Dottles— Healing 3'28 
Bound Volumes 425 
Catching, 329 — Forgiveness. 
G Grudging, 442 — Game, B.ase 
Ball, 229-262 — Games, How 
Do You Like It? 27-Game 
in the Snow, * 67— Game, Tag 
and Variations, 67 — Gelling 
■Worst of it, 263-Go!d Leaf 
Making, 192 - Grarrdpa's 
Watch, * 108 — Grindstone, 
Floating, 406— Gypsies, 442— 
Heat, Expansion, 108— Holi- 
H 
Plans, 95-97-134-135-180 — Re- 
port on Barn Prize Plans, 60. 
Bulbs— Dutch '. 325 
Duibs— Plar:ting 361 
Butter-Cost of, 4'24-Making. 18- 
291-366-387— Refractory, 278. 
Bag-lioUler ».. 17-319 
Balance Wheel Journals 173 
Bank Bills-Cutting 131 
Barberry for Hedges 213 
Barberry Seeds 421 
Barley— Beardless, 347— Culture, 
80-Drilling, 321-Oood Crop, 
354-Nepaul, 130— Price of, 390. 
Barn— Burning, * 141— Door Fast- 
enings, * 12-98-Filthy Yards, 
354. 
Barometers Useful . ..5-277-345 
Barrel— Contents 9 
Baybefry *..399 
Bean-Giant Wax 368 
Bean— Turtle Soup 210 
Beef, elc—Pickling,3r2— Slaught- 
ering, * 219— Steak— Cooking, 
190. 
Bees. Apiabt. — Calen.lar for 
Jan.. 4-Feb.. 4'i-March, 84- 
April, 125-Mav, 169-June, 208 
—Aug., 276 -Sept., 308— Nov., 
364— Dec. 419. 
Boys AND Girls' Column. 
Alphabet in one Verse, 149— Auc- 
tioneer's Mistake, 276— Auto- 
B graph. Procuring, 329— Base 
Ball.Uulos. a'2Q-afi2 — Itoy Mov- 
ing Ship, 27 — Boy Cutting 
Wood, 441— Boy's Experience, 
229-261 — Boys' Quarrel, * 
296— Brains Best Tools, 108— 
C Cast Iron iManufactures, 27— 
Cat and Guinea Pig. * 406— 
Cats, Alusical, 330— Checkers 
or Draughts, * 26-07-107-148- 
191 - 229 - 295 - 366 - 405 - 441 — 
Chemist, Faraday, 263— Child, 
Runaway, * 150- Children and 
Fairies, ♦ 264— Cholera, Sudden 
Cure, 367— Coat of Arms, 367— 
Crooks, 329— Cure, Sudden, 27 
D —Debt Not Easily Paid, 405— 
Dog. Faithful. * 192— Dog 
Stories. 405— Donkey Picture, 
F 367— Dow, Lorenzo, 328— Fer- 
ryman, Witty, 191 - Flies, 
I day Picture, 27-28— Invention, 
Impromptu, '27 — Inventions 
J Impracticable, 405— Just Re- 
K ward, 67— Kitten, Pet, * 368— 
L Lamb, Pet, » 230-Landed at 
Wrong Place, 150 — Lawsuit 
about Comma, 367- Lawyers' 
Difficulties, 08— Letter, Spicy, 
330— Lift a Little, 40fi-Losses, 
M Small and Great, 107— Mean- 
ness and Courage, 190— Mete- 
ors, 441— Minister, Courage- 
ous, 191-Mistakes, Boy's, 367 
—Mock Auction Shop, * 230— 
Money Not Enough, 330 — 
Monkey, Ingenious, 229— Mot- 
toes, Good, 149— Musical Cats, 
N 330— Negro, Mlsappreliension, 
442— Nicknames, 295 — Num- 
O bers, Unknown, 149-190— Odds 
and Ends, 367— Owl Story, 
295-368— Oysters, recundlty, 
P 408— Pear Tree and Grape 
Vine, 27— Pharaoh's Serpents, 
» 03— Play, Amusing, * 329— 
Plaything, Curious, 150— Pre- 
miums for Children, 405-141— 
Pronouns, Mixing, 295— Puz- 
zles and Problems, 26-67-107- 
149-191-229-263-29.5-329-367-405 
-441— Puzzles, Prizes, 27-107- 
203- Puzzles for Eyes, * 149- 
Q 191-228-230-329- Quaker's Ad- 
vice, 264— Question for Slioe- 
R makers, 368 — Rain, How it 
Falls, 441 — Rain Problems, 
441 — Rich Man, S63 — Right 
S Road, 296— Shot, How Made, 
149— Snakes, 406 — Soldiers' 
Dogs, '263 — Soldiers, Our 
Young, 442— Sport, Catcliing 
Flioe, 329— Sun at the Poles, 
295— Sweet Brier and Neigll- 
T bors, 107 — Temperance Lec- 
ture, 329— Temperance Jlen, 
Witty, 27— Toad, Something 
About, 296-Toy, Amusing, * 
107— Toy, Dancer, 22S— Tiu- 
ant's Revenge, * 68 - • Two 
V Fights and Victory, 295— Uni- 
W formitv. Cause, 230— Watch, 
Motions of, 442- Weeds, How 
Sown, 329— Weights and Meas- 
ures, 30e— ■Whistles, Dird, * 
igi_Writing, Fine, 366. 
Boxes vs. Pots 21 
Bread Kneader Wanted 209 
Bread— Salt Rising 223 
Bridie -Hartman's Safety.. .♦. .83 
Brine-Old 327 
Bristles— Saving 1"1 
Broom Corn 129-178 
Broom Corn Seed for Sheep. ..87 
Broom— Silver's Patent 278 
Brooms— Care of 387 
Budding- Directions * . . 268 
Buffalo Berry ■• . .223 
Buildings— Adobe Houses, 47-135 
—Arranging, 19— Cheap Hous- 
es, * 53— Cow Stables. * 431— 
Improving Old Barns, * -215— 
Piggery, * 97 — Prize Barn 
Cabbage in Independent, 210-277 | 
—Large, 386— Marblehead, 421 
— Queries, 346. 
California Seeds .212 
Camels at the West * . -99 
Canada Thistles ft 314 
Canary Bird Flower 21 
Canary Seed 131 
Cancer— Citric Acid for 131 
Cancer Quacks 278 
Capital Wanted 397^29 
Carrots— Early Horn, 171— For 
Stock, 171— Transplanting, 247 
Carving Roast Beef. ■*■ -66 
Catalogues Received . . .49-87-125 
Cattle— Baron of Oxford, * 121— 
Bloody -Milk, 213— Breeders' As- 
sociation, 87, r27— Breeding. 90 
—Bull Ring, * 13— Caked Bag, 
312— Cow St.ables, * 431— Cows 
for Milk and Butter, 319— Cows 
for Small Dairy, 420-Dark Sta- 
bles for Fattening, 13— Doctor- 
ing, 211 — Duclicaa of Thorndnle. 
241— Duchess Short Horns, 249 
— Fastening, * 395 — Feeding, 
137-3J5-Feeding Grain Profita- 
bly, 14— Feeding in Winter, 279 
Feeding Calves, 130-213— Feed- 
ing Cows, 19-51— Free Martins, 
171— Garget in Cows, 213, 312— 
Grade B\ills, 312— Hay Needed, 
311— Heaves in, 347-123— Herd 
Book, 312— llighhind, • 305— 
Knobs on Horns,* 13-49— Le,ad- 
ing Staff, 139— Leaky Cows, 390 
—Lice, 9— Milking, 254— Plague 
10-48-87-95-132-211 -244 - 430 — 
Entozoa, 2'20— Plague in Ire- 
land, 240— Plague in Great Brit- 
ain, 278— Plague— N. Y. Law, 
220 — Pleuro-pneumonia, 312- 
Pole Ax, * 430— Prepared Food, 
3S9— Prolific Cow, 46— Rearing 
Calves, 390-423 — Restraining 
Unruly, * 252-Sheltering, 99— 
Short-horns for Milk, 90— Soil- 
ing Cows, 172-245— Stripping 
Cows, 10— Warts on, 9— What 
Most Profitable, 358. 
Cauliflower-Cooking.346-Large, 
346 — Raising 46 
Cedar Apples »..289 
Celery— Preserving — 314 
Cellar Above Ground 130 
Cellars— Poisonous 14S 
Centaurea Candidissima 226 
Ciiaff for Packing Ice 120 
Charcoal for M.anure 313 
Charles Reade 389 
Cheese Factory, Col'a Co., N. Y., 
347- Makers' Ass'n, Ohio, 7— 
Makers' Ass'n, American, 48 - 
Association, N. Y., 10-48— Mak- 
ing, 279 
Chemical History— Mapes... 182 
Cherry Pits-Planting 214 
Cherry Tree Flies 313 
Chestnut Flowers 245 
Chestnuts- Planting 421 
Chloride of Lime 130 
Christmas Rose * . . 143 
Clirysanthetnums— Choosing . . 23 
Cliurns-Double Dasher '246 
Churns-Spattering 245 
Cider— Crab ^'J 
Cisterns- Filtering * . .213 
Cisterns— Overflowing ■• . .138 
Clay Lands 1"* 
Clematis— Fine Sorts ... .*..104 
Clothes Lines— Wire 47-421 
Clover Culture, 354-396- Good 
Crop , 90— Rotation, 320— Late 
Sown. 182— Mixing with Straw, 
314— Renewing, 311— Seed, 254 
Swedish, 46. 
Club Mosses - — *..23 
Clubs— Increasing 425 
Clubs»-Locating 425 
Coal Tar tor Timber, 133— On 
Walls, 173— Paint, 388. 
Coffee— Keeping and Settling. 397 
Colfce- Retaining Aroma 105 
Cold Frames— Management... 90 
Colleges— Agricultural 1" 
Columbine— Fine *..3'20 
Convention— Grape Growers'. 388 
Corn and Manure— Prices, 387— 
Cobs-Value, 10— Cost of, 175— 
Drying Sweet, 34" — Feeding 
Out, 19— Field Culture, 176— 
Fodder-Curing, 321-428-Fod- 
ilei- _ Cutting, 247 — Fodder- 
Value, 46— How to Feed, 388— 
Hulling, 387— Japanese, ■• 101- 
312— Large Yield, 7— Manuring, 
176— Markers, 173— Measuring 
Ears, 214 — Peruvian, * 219— 
Planter, 175— Saving Seed, 3.57 
—Soft, 396— Topping, 321. 
Correspondents— Note 386 
Cotton Planting 91 
Cotton Raising... 133-221-315-432 
Counsel Darkened 247 
Cow Milker 125 
Cowslip— American *. .260 
Cranberries— Fine 423 
Credit for Articles 389 
Crops— Condition 245 
Crops— Too Big 21* 
Crows Killing Lambs 130 
Cranberries— Location 246 
Cullivators '36 
Currants— Cultivation 176 
Currants— Golden 313 
Cuttings in Autumn.. 
Cuttings— Striking... 
....364 
.227-3-24 
Dahlia— Propagating S 
Dairymen's Association. ..132-210 
Death— Charles Hairs, 7— George 
M. Beeler, 129— J. J. Mapes, 49 
—Prof. Porter, 346. 
Deodorizers 214-227-286 
Diamond Cut Diamond 386 
Dikes for M.arshes *..56 
Disinfectants 227 
Ditches— Digging 174 
Ditcliing Plows 212 
Documents Received. 308-345-422 
Dog and Moon 12S 
Dogs— Terriers *..ei 
Donation Parties 38S 
Drain Tiles- Making, - 356-394 - 
Price, 217— vs. Stones, 217— vs. 
Timber, 312. 
Draining 19-215-247-354 
Drawing for Children 148 
Dyeing Scarlet 328 
Dyeing 'Warp 294 
Edging Plant 47 
Education — Agricultur,!!, 11-55- 
98-140-216. 
