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ing J/itic.r show where engravini/s 
occur. Article* referring directly 
or indirectly to Bees. Cattle, Insect*, 
M<tn ww, Tm. *. Weeds, etc. , trill 
be found indexed under these 
general heads. 
Acorns, V al ue of . . 289 
Acre, ^ize of 165 
Advertisements, Our Responsibil- 
Ity for, 88. 
Advice, No more 205 
Aftermath, Too heavy 9 
Agricultural College, Mich 46 
Agriculture, Conn. State Board of, 
287— French, 139. 
" Always Handy" ""..463 
Animal Oust S7 
Apple Pomace 446 
^,'Pies In Sawdust, 189-^ Northern 
Spy, 184— in N. J., 168. 
Ai'hor Day in Iowa 126 
Artichoke, Green Globe 23 
Asbestos Roofing 126 
Ashes, Value of Wood 366 
Asi, The Poitou, 75— The Wild, * 173 
AsBociat on. Am. Dairymen's, 7-47— 
Michigan Bee. 16"-— North Western 
Dairymen's, 210— Ohio Dairymen's, 
86. 
Axles, Iron or Wooden 208 
E 
Babies, frying 425 
Baby, How to Govern SSG 
Bag-Holders *..S77 
I'.auking House of Fisk & Hatch. 86 
Barley, Cultivation of, 408— in Eng- 
land, 134. 
Birn-Doors, Wooden Hangings for, 
• 339. 
Barn Fastenings, " 377— for Sheep, 
Convenient, '207— PI in, 410— Plan 
for Commodious, • 97— Sheet, 3:6— 
Tard, Plan of, • 130 — Western 
Cattle, ■ 330. 
Baskets. Balloon Hanging *..3G5 
Bath- Houses, Farm *. .22", 
Bathing, A Mother on 300 
Bean, 03— Dreer's Improved Lima, 
• 423-for Feed, 167. 
"Beautiful Moral, butBad Botany," 
209. 
Beef Clubs, 407— from Colorado, 453 
—from Texas, 7. 
Bee Notes— Advice to Beginners, 10 
-49-90-129-170-210-'249-33)-369-410- 
448. 
Bees 248 
Bee-Sting* 103 
Beet, Egyptian .153 
Beets, Transplanting 449 
Bells, Steel Bars lor • .855 
Berrying 30.7 
Birds, Flsh-Hawk, " 291— Hawks, 
How to Catch, 313 — Sparrows, 
" English," G65 — Yellow-Breasted 
Rail, • 471. 
BlacUberries 327 
Blaekherry, The Snyder 120 
Blooming, Premature 417 
Blue-Grass, Kcntucl y 
Boats, Building;, 47— How to Build, 
367. 
Boilers, Urn '-toil - Water for 367 
Bonds, St. Joseph & llenver U.E.2S7 
Boue, Ground, 8— or Plaster, Crush- 
er for, 366. 
Bones, 167 — Grinding, 48— How to 
U»e, 287— Ground, 238. 
Ilone-Dust on New Land, 7— Ship- 
ment of. 407. 
Bone-Mill. Bognrdus' 122 
Book, American Poultry Pedigree. 
328— Another Recipe, 05— Devon 
Herd, 299 -for Parents, A Good, 65 
—Home Cook, 36'-— Jenny June's 
Cooking, 463 — on Diseases of 
tliu liorse, 406— vu llor.es, 127 — 
Poultry, 127 — Rational Horse- 
shoeing, 87. 
Books— American Turf Register and 
Racing Calendar, 128— Carpenter's 
and Builder's Guide, 288— Cookery, 
First Lessons in the Principles of, 
367 — Cyclopaedia, Am., 46— Held, 
Cover, and Trap Shooting, 407- 
Gnrdaning for Profit, 105— Gazet- 
teer of the IT. S. Centennial, 205— 
Gazetteer, Railway, 325— Hender- 
son's Practical Floriculture, 40— 
Herd, 2.79— Horse, 239 — Horticul- 
tural Works, P. T. Quinn's, 125— 
How they Sow Seeds, 288— Hus- 
sey's National Cottage Architec- 
ture, 86— Lily, Choice Species of, 
407— Manual of Geology, 364— New, 
125 — Noticed, 8-18-169 — Orange 
Culture in Fin., 405— Play and 
Profit in my Garden, 126— School- 
master's Trunk, 405 — Songs of 
Grace and Glory. 247 — Western 
Farmer and Stock-Grower, 367— 
Wright's Brahma Fowl, 46. 
Boots, Wet 226 
Botanical Directory 86 
Bots' and Girls' Columns. 
A Acrobats, Mr. Crandall's, 267— 
Apology, An, 228 — Aunt Sue 
goes to the Hippodrome, 347— 
Aunt Sue's Chats, 307 — Aunt 
Sue's Puzzle Box, 27-67-107-147- 
187-218-267-307-317-337- 437-465 — 
B Bears. Performing, * 108— Bird, 
A Strange, * 147— Business, How 
C Done under the Sea, 67— Charity, 
A Beautiful. 227— Comers, New, 
* 308— Cruelty to Auimals, * 388— 
Currant Question, Another, 187 
D —Currants, About" English," 07 
—Doctor's Talks, The, 187— Dog 
Carlos. About the, 405— Dogs, 
F Something About, 343 — Flrc- 
G place, About Old, 227— Games for 
Picnics, 227— Games for a Win- 
ter's Evening, 27— Garden and 
Seeds, • 337— Garden, The Little, 
347— Gleaners, The Little, « 348— 
Goats, 213— Goats, Piece about, 
•63— Gulliver in Brobdingnag, * 
268 — Gunpowder, Something 
H about, 27— Horse-Shoes, About, 
I • 27— Horse Trees, « 427— Imper- 
il sonation. An, "188— Key of the 
L Bastile, * 267— Ladder, Carrying 
M a, 108— Magic Tape, • 227— Mak- 
ing an Acquaintance, * 188 — 
Making Himself at Home, *466— 
Marmots, Wild and Tame, * 428 
O —Match Factory, * 107— Origin 
of an English Word, Curious, 228 
P —Paper, Writing for the, 148— 
Passion, A Strong, 227— Personi- 
fications, * 427 — Pigeon-House 
for Boys, • 307 — Plants, Some 
ii y er y Wondernil," * 147 — Pop- 
ping Corn, 428— Potatoes, What 
Six Pecks did. 307— Prospect, A 
Dubious, " 2a— Pun, A Child's, 
S07— Puzzle, A Neat, 227— Puzzle 
K rictnre, • 428 — Rowing, First 
S Lesson In, * 143 — Secrets, About, 
428 -Society, A Corresponding, 
148— Steamboat, The First, * 108 
— Stone, Beautiful and Curious, 
• 67 — Sunrise, • 223 — Sunrise — 
T BaS-ReUsf, 267 — The Doctor's 
W Talks, 27 — Water Meloncholy 
Accident, • 317 — Writers, Bad, 
267. 
Bread. Prof. Blot Concerning. . . .1 Hi 
Breakfast Question 146 
Breakfast, What shall we have for, 
7-26-145-266. 
Breeding. In-and-in 99. 
Brewers' Grains, Value of 35 
Brick Machine 361-107 
Broom Corn 46 
it i n si i, Home-made # ..S78 
Bucket for Water Wheels V. 96 
Buildings, Concrete 75-* 136 
Bulbs and Seeds, Treatment of Tro- 
pical, 142. 
Bulbs, liuying and Planting 423 
Bushes. Time to Kill 447 
Butcher's Offal 208-3 ;6 
Butter, 52— and Cheese Dairying, 99 
— Coloring, 131— Convention, 287— 
Dairy, '96 — Butter Dairy, Illi- 
nois, 448 — Factory, * 175 — Firkin, 
Patent, 208— for 3 cents a Pound, 
Pure, 108— Fraudulent, 217— from 
Suet, 168— from "Sweet Cream," 
169, 217— Inspection of, 339— Large 
field of, 171— Making in 111., 370— 
Packages, 47 — Packing, 273— Re- 
storing, 813— Statistics, 90— Yield 
of, 332— Working Machinery, 166. 
c 
Cabbage for " Grout," 165— Plants, 
127— Worms, 205. 
Cabbages as a Field Crop, 250— for 
Seed, 168. 
Canal, Steam on the 18 
Canning Tomatoes, Fruits, etc. ..831 
Car Load, What is a 329 
Carpentry, Household V.425 
Carpet, Faded 447 
Carrots, Wild 327 
Case, A Doubtful 283 
Catalogue, George Such's 366 
Catalogues Received, 8-49-SS-129-170 
-209-367-409. 
Cats 35 
Castor Beans and Oil 47 
Castor Oil, Much 5 
Cattle — Ayrshires for Beef, 208 — 
Breeding,371— Bull, Beacon Comet 
8th, * 7-20 — Heavy Shorthorn 
Grade,. * 4 49— Increased Sales of 
Jersey, 172— Yearling Jersey, 207— 
Business in N. Y., 289— Calf, Dysen- 
tery, 366— Feeder, * 57— Herds at 
the West, Fine, 449— How to 
Secure a, 209— Calves, 214— Black- 
leg In, 97— Diarrhea in, 207— Male 
or Heifer, 207— Seven Months', 166 
—Club and its Prizes, Am. Jersey, 
210— Club. Jersey, 331 — Color of 
Skin in, 331— Covered Stalls tor, * 
SG — Cow, A Gorged, S2S— Ayrshire, 
"Old Creamer," * 93 — Bloody 
TJrine in, 313— Cancer in Eye of, 
163— Clipping the Toes of, * 323— 
Diseased Udder, 7"— Good Native, 
6 — Value of a, 7— What may be ex- 
pected of a Jersey, 59— Worms in 
a, 75 — Cows, Abortion in, 172— 
Bloody Milk in, 32S— Buckwheat, 
247— Compared, * 413 — Effect of 
Tomatoes on, 367— Feeding Dairy, 
172 — Feeding Meal to, 219— In- 
formation as to Jersey, 447— Milk 
Fever in, 166— or Heifers, Spaying, 
328— Preventing from Kicking, 212 
—Value of Grade Jersey, 207— 
Death of Duches3 of Oneida, 287 - 
Disease, Aphtha, 407— Garget, SG6— 
Horn-Ail In, 247— of Lungs in, 273 
— Pleuro-Pnenmonia,35 — Dutch or 
Holstein, * 253— Exportation of 
Live, 273— Failure to Breed, 408— 
Food for, 51— for Exhibition and 
Use, 293— Galloway or Polled, 207 
—Guernsey and Jersey, 332— Herd- 
Book, Polled, 20 — Herd, Mr. 
Hand's, 202 — Hereford, 329— Hoi- 
stefn.415— Inflammation of "Hook" 
In, 313— in the South, 329— -Jersey, 
51-251— Jersey and Alderney, 169- 
211— Jersey Crosses, 291— Jersey In 
the Dairy, 169— Jersey Herd, Sab* 
of, 403— Loss of Cud In. 273— Ox, 
Heavy, 75 — Pasturing in Apple 
Orchards * 377 — Sales of, 292 — 
Shorthorn Bulls for Breeders, 367 
—Shorthorns, Mt. Fordham. "332— 
Shorthorn Stock, Sale* of. 249-259 
-3*25— Show, Fat. 414— Soiling. 47— 
Swollen Neck. 6-Tie. A Baft, • 98 
-To Kill Lice on. 166 — Trade, 
Texas, 403— Transportation of, 59 
—Twins, 273. 
Cauliflowers, How to Grow 423 
Celery, Preservation 181 
Cellar and Greenhouse Combined, 
•141. 
Cellar Wall, Frost Disturbing a.. 127 
Cellars, Freezing 54 
Chair, Corner •..345 
Chair, Folding Rural •. .463 
Chairs,CoinfortahleCountry H '305-326 
Chandler's Scraps, Value of 273 
Cheat All Around. 442 
Cheat Once More 273 
Cheese, Edam, * 295— English, 9— 
Factories, Information about, 365 
— Factory at S.outh Bend, Ind., 
328— Factory, How to Start a, * 
137— Press, 408. 
Chemist, A Tasting :91 
Chervil, Tuberous 87 
Children and Condensed Milk, Fat, 
385. 
Chimney, How to Build *. .257 
Chips and Bark, Value of. 48 
Chromos, Varnishing 128 
Chufa or Earth Almond 35 
Cider and Cider Vinegar *..339 
Cider Mills 326 
Cistern, An Underground, * 177— 
Barn, * 17— Capacity of, 6 — Large 
Underground, * 376— Leaky, 328— 
To Purify a, 402. 
Clematis from Seed 209 
Clevis, Three-Horse 4S-1 68-208 
Clod-Crusher, Simple *. .336 
Close Breeding 126 
Closets in the House 1S6 
Clothing, Warm Under 426 
Clothes-Liu e Reel ». .265 
Clover, 95— and Timothy, Sowing, 
247— Effect of, 2SS— Feeding, 51— 
In the South, 3G7. 
Cobs, Small or Large 329 
College, Eastman's Business 327 
College of Veterinary Surgeons.. 365 
Colony, Swiss 2S7 
Compost Heaps 407 
Compost, Heat for a 127 
Concrete Houses.... *..4."iT> 
Concrete Pipe 1G9 
Congress, Three Things to do.... 48 
Congress, Watch 125 
Cook, A Man's Report of a Good 225 
Cooking, Thickening 464 
Corn, 15-54-334 — and Bran, Value of, 
126— Cost of a Crop of, 35— Culture, 
174— Fodder, 414— for Fodder. Cut- 
ting, 328— Growing, 135— Harrow- 
ing, 75— Husking by Machinery, * 
361— Husks, Use of, * 385— In Egypt, 
168— in Nebraska, 248— Kiln-Dry- 
ing, * 17 — Many Ears from One, 
447 — or Cotton, Irrigating, 328 
— Rai-ing, 329— Sanford, 127— Shal- 
low Plowing for, 167— Shelled or 
in the Ear, 247— Shrinkage of, 16S 
—Triumph Sweet, 85. 
Corn-Cobs, Use of. 313 
Corn-Cribs, Cover for *.. 18 
Corn- Ears, Unloading *. .216 
Corn-Husker, Phillip's Spiral. *..S70 
Corn-Marker '..219 
Corn-Stalks and Ears, Grinding 209 
Cornell University 87-823 
Corundum 163 
Cottage, Design for a \. 13 
Cotton, Improvement In Handling, 
289. 
Cotton-Seed, Cooking 8 
Country Fare 186 
Cranberries .19-S7 
Cranberry Marsh, Sand for 273 
Cream, Foaming of 87 
Crops, 254— Curtailing. 273— for Sow- 
ing to Grass, 87— for the South, 
Fodder, 328— for Wet Soil, 313— In 
Iowa. 14— In Kansas. 326— Prospect 
of, 287-14S-Rotatlon of, 174-864— 
Rotation of, in Pa. ,15— Soiling, 52— 
Three in One Year, 224— Two at 
Once. 19— What they Leave in the 
Soil. 18. 
Crossing-Hybridizing ". . 188 
Crows. Turpentine fur .. 207 
Cucumber, Russian Netted..., •..462 
Cucumbers 103 
Cucumbers, Manure lor 87 
Curds, Floating 407 
Currants, Cultivation of 62 
D 
Dairy Business In the West, 128— 
Carbolic Acid iu, 407— Farm, Situ- 
ation of, 365— in Colorado, 408— in 
the Northwest, 248— Items, 248 — 
Statistics, 51, 130. 
Dairying, A Question In 313 
Dairymen's Aes'n, North-west'n.127 
Dandelion, Northern Limit of the 9 
Delay in Replies 127 
11 Dick's Success *' 33 
Dinner Baskets, Children's 26"> 
Ditching 329 
Ditching Machine 209-408 
Dish-Cloth, An Iron 12X 
Dog-Power 127 
Dog, The Shepherd •„ 60 
Dogs. Legislation in Reference to 457 
Dog-Laws, Enforce the 375 
Dollars and Greenbacks 87 
Drag, Smoothing • . .178 
Drain, Safety *.. 58 
Drain-Tiles, Making 215 
Drains, How they Act 2S9 
Drains, Stone 288 
Draining, 14-250-328— a Pond, 330— 
a Sandy Soil, 313—*' Sticky »' Land, 
248. 
Drill, Planet 206 
E 
Ear-Marks for Stock * . .178 
Ear-Mark, Metallic 203 
Earth-Closets • 143 
Ecraseur 169-*417 
Egg, How to Make a Nest 367 
Egg-Inspection. 379 
Eggs all the Year Round, 166— and 
Plants by Express, 126— Double- 
Yolked, 247— Early, 53 — for Pul- 
lets, Selecting, 208— Liming, 367— 
Packing for Hatching. 287— Pre- 
serving. 2S7— Selecting for Pullets, 
S2S— Shipping, 203— To Preserve, 9 
—Vitality of, 2S8. 
Elliott, Removal ofF.R 32*7 
Emasculation, Safe 329 
Emigration to Kansas 48 
Emigration to Virginia 288 
Engines, Small Steam 417 
English "Lock-Out" 246 
*' Esquire " 273 
Evergreen, An Ornamental C2 
Evergreen, Norway Spruce S7 
Evergreens from Seed 222 
Exhibition at New South Wales. .448 
Exhibition in Chill 126 
Experiments Lawes* £ Gilbert's.174 
Exports and Imports 4(6 
F 
Fair iu Burlington Co., N. J., 365— 
in Indian Terr., 447— List, B25-S58— 
Nevada, 447 — New England, 309— 
Notes, State, 2S9— Ohio State, 305 
—St. Louis. 443. 
Fairs, Industrial, 363— State, 409— 
Supplementary List of, 363. 
Fallowing Prairie, Summer 248 
Farewell Words, No 445 
Farm, A California, 378— and Farm- 
ing. Mr. Crozler's, 295— Edward 
Burnett's, ail — E. F. Bowditch's, 
212— Labor for America, English, 5 
—Laying Out a Western, * 139 — 
Renting a Small, 168— Selling the, 
329— Signal, • 417— Students. 888— 
Tools, Hungarian, * 454 — Well 
Tilled, A Little, 98. 
Farmer, Becoming 87 
Farmers, Rankrupt, 273— Education 
of, 371— Health of. 219-Pupil, 9S. 
Farmer's Clubs, 140— Club, Voiinla, 
75— Conventions, 247— Tables, 346. 
Fanning. 11-54-870— in Ireland, Prize, 
379— In North Carolina, i45 — lrt»b/ 
as-sclence in, 175, 
