INDEX. 
in 
Farms In the East., Abandoned, 408 
—Prize, 865— Renting Dairy, 3.".. 
Farm- House, A Convenient ".'17 
Fashions lor Women 464 
Feather-Beds, Atrocity ot 265 
Feathers, Renovating old 66 
Feed, Consumption of, 217 — for 
Early Spring 247— Scalding, ius— 
Steaming, is. 
Feed-Barrow 87-208 
Fence for Poultry-Yard, Portable, * 
97— Portable, * 217 — Posts, Im- 
proving, 47 — Rat-Proof, * 419 — 
Tightener for Wire, * 337. 
Ferns, Moon wort V.-161 
Fertilizer, A new, 125— Bromophyte, 
127— Salt as a, 369. 
Fertilizers, S69 — Artificial, 46— Ef- 
fects of Chemical, 367 — Home- 
made, 446— in Gardening, Concen- 
trated, 382— Manufacture of, 35— 
upon Oats, 7. 
Fields, Improving Southern 128 
Filing the Agriculturist 447 
Fish, 62— Bass, To Stock Ponds with 
Black, 373— Gold, 87— Grayling, ■ 
333-361— in small Ponds, 58— Mack- 
erel, and How tliev are Caught, " 
220— Spawn, onr Supply of Salmon, 
178— Trout in Hard Water, 407. 
Flax 169,287 
Flouring Mill * inn 
Flower Auctions, N. Y 41)9 
Flower-Garden and Lawn. Jan., 3 ; 
Feb.. 44; March, 84; April, 184; 
May, 161; June. 804; July, 214; 
Aug., 284; Sept., 324; Oct., 363; 
Nov.. 404- Dec, 443. 
Flowers— (See Plants.) — Abntilon, 
Bonle de Neise, * 421— Acanthus, 
Broad-leaved, *31l— Camellia with 
two Centers, 85 — Uruinmond's 
Phlox,*14I— Easter, 168— European 
Daisy, 262— Fancy Beds of, 3S2— 
Liliutn Auratutn, Monstrous, 327— 
Lily of the Valley, Forcing, * 384— 
Lihdley's Buddleya, •424— Othon- 
n a. Correction, 5 — Preserving, SOS- 
SIS - 383 - 424 - 460 — Primula Ja- 
poniea." 224— Star-Thistle, Amer- 
ican, 169-* 381. 
Fodder, Preserving Green 409 
Food, Cooking for Hogs 452 
Food for Nursing Mothers 146 
Food for Stock, Cooking (52 
Food, Steamed, and Rumination.313 
Forest Fires 273 
Forestry Memorial 47 
Freight, on Grain, Low 3J9 
Fruit 254 
Fruit-Garden, Jan.,3; Feb., 43; 
March, 81; April, 123; Mav, 163; 
June, 203; .July, 243; Aug., 283; 
Sept., 323; Oct., 363; Nov.. 403; 
Dec., 443. 
Fruit.'Growing in Utah, 63— House, 
Frost-Proof, 208— near Chicago. 0— 
Prospect-*, Western, 209— Samples, 
Sending, 364. 
Fruit-Trees, Stocks for 222 
Fruits and vegetables 288 
Frying Pan, That. 306 
Furniture, Useful • 425 
Furnace for Wood 238 
Garden Questions. . 328 
Garden, Mistakes and Successes in 
1873,223. 
Gardener, A Competent 405 
Gardener and Florist, Can one he 
hoth, 223. 
Gate, Slide 167 
Goats for Milk 75 
Goats, Wool-hearing 207 
Good Living 2'j"> 
Grain Binders, 329— Drills, 8— New 
Market for, 408 — in New York, 
Grading, 25^. 
Granges, State 5 
Grape Scissors «. .24s 
Grape, Taylor or Bullit 1; 
Grapery, Cold • 22 
Grapes 422 
Grapes, Mr. liicketts' Hybrid 461 
Grapes, More New.... 460 
Grape- vine, Bucs on iG5 
Grape-Vines Run Wild 35 
Gr:i«s, Darnel, 75 — for Pasture, 9— 
Guano for, 408— in Spring, Sowing 
Ki — Italian Rye, 48— Kentucky 
Blue, 171-Mixed, 99- Permanent. 
823— Region of Kentucky, Blue, 87 
Grass Eeed, Sowing ..... .117 
Grasses, Ornamental 383 
Grasshoppers in Minnesota 285 
Grasshoppers, Sufferers by 442 
Gregory's Specialties 7 
Greenhouse and Window Plants 
Jan., 3; Feb., 44 ; March, 84 ; April, 
124; May, 161; June, 204; July, 
244; Aug., 281; Sept., 321 : Oct., 
363; Nov., 404; Dec, 413. 
Greenhouse Base-burner Boilers. 302 
Greenhouses, Heating by a Flue*422 
Gridirons an d Steaks 26 
Grubber, The •..176 
Gypsum in Virginia. 288 
Guano or Plaster, Sowing, 836— Pe- 
ruvian. 209— Recent Discovery of. 
218. 
Guttu Percha and Caoutchouc, Sol- 
vents for, 6. 
H 
Halter, How to Make '..418 
Hands, Care of 26 
Hard Times 472 
Harrow. A Cultivating. 168— A Now 
* 217— A Perfect, 407 — How to 
Make a, 9— Square, • 5S— Thomas', 
175. 
Harrowing Question SIS 
Harvest Home CVb-brution. ... 329 
Harvest Home Festivals 6 
Uay,Baling,208—Balingfor Market, 
20t— clover, 874— Crop, 884— Fork, 
the Best, lift- Making, 88$— Meas- 
ure ior, 55— Old, aOB— PresB. Im- 
proved, 86. 
Uuylutf 251 
Hearth and Home, Sale of 245 
Hedge, 87— for N. J., 364 — Itows, 
Breaking. 248-328. 
Hedgers, Professional S67 
Hickory, Grafting Hie, 85 
Holding on 247 
Homes and How to Make them. .464 
Homesteader, A Kansas 47 
Homesteader in Minnesota 7 
Homestead, How to Get a 7 
Homesteads 206 
Home Tonics, 25-65-146-186-225-265- 
305-345-385^125-463. 
Honey, Candied 106 
" Hooks or Haws" 87 
Hops, Spent, as Manure 166 
Horse, A Cribbing, 288— A Rough- 
coated, ir»!)— Balking, Cure tor, 167 
Breast - Strap, or Collar, 2n8 — 
Clothing, * 454 — Contraction of 
Hoof in, 127-207— Crib - biter. 
Muzzle for, 169 — Curb, Cure 
for. 8 — Disease, Big Head, 207— 
Epizootic and its Results, 8 — 
Heaves, 35— Scratches, 75— Flatu- 
lence in, 287— Goldsmith's Maid, 
365— Indigestion in the, 7— Noise in 
Abdomen of, 408 — Power, 208 — 
Remedy for Looseness in a, 205— 
Rolling, 446— Stables, Windows in, 
378— Stock, Great Sale of, 207— 
Swelling of the Legs. 7— Talk, 168 
— Wait on Breast of, 313— White 
Spots on a. 6. 
Horses, Bots in, 166— Colt. A Lame, 
288 — Diarrhea in a, 273 — for 
-Jumping, 75— Colts, Half-bred, 408 
— How to Feed, 128— Hanging 
Rack. 48— Hitching, 168— Lampas 
in, 166— Lolling of the Tongue, * 
252— Mare and Mule Foal.Poitou, 
• 173— Mare, Lump upon a, 326— 
Mares, Old Brood, 248 — Morgan 
Abdallah, * 53 — Percheron and 
Norman, 9— Ponv, The Shetland, « 
93— Sale of Thoroughbred, 246— 
Spasmodic Colic in, 313— "Split 
Hoof " in, 247— Thorough-Pin, 247 
—Three Abreast, 207 — Value of 
Arab Blood in, 98— Various Breeds 
of, " 420. 
Horse-Pad, Wheeler's Anti - Snow- 
Balling, 47. 
Horse-Power, How to Load *. .135 
Horse-Powers, Railway 287 
Horse-Shoeing, Instruction in... 8 
Horse-Trongh, Improved .*.. 57 
Horticultural Exhibition, Interna- 
tional, * 4j8— Exhibition of Lyons, 
France, 165— Humbugs, 128— Soc, 
Mass., 447— Soc. Newburgh Bay, 
165 — Stealing, 61 — Transactions, 
Mass., 126— Works, Hibberd's, 246. 
Horticulture and Hail, 287— in New 
Zealand, 61— is a War with In- 
sects, 302— Pupils in, 86. 
Horticulturists, Death of. 273 
Hot-Beds, Profits from 49 
Hound, Badger *. .431 
House, Carriage and Pigeon..*.. 251 
House. Sod •..179 
Household Department, 25-65-105- 
145-185-225-265-305-345-385-125-463. 
Household Exercise 345 
Houses, Spring *..S80 
Humbugs, Sundry, 5-45-S5-125-165- 
205-245-285-S26-8f5-405-445. 
Hurdles, Arrangement of, * 299— for 
Sheep. 447— How to Make, * 177— 
Iron, 326. 
Ice Ponds, Temporary Dam for.*416 
Ice-House and Cool-Chamber.*. .376 
Ice-Houses and Milk-Rooms 326 
Implements, Castings for, 406— Cut- 
ter, Gale's <opper-Strip, 8— Horse- 
Rake, Ithaca, 7— Plows, Sulky, 9. 
Imports and Exports * . .273 
Information Wanted 35 
Insects, Apple-Tree Borer, 261— Co- 
lorado Potato Beetle in N. J.. 327 
— Curculio, Remedy for, 169— Cut- 
worm Trap, * 223— Grain Weevils, 
2S7— Hessian Flv, 334 — Lice, to 
Destrov, 167— Onion Grub, 327 — 
on oak, * 314— on Roses, 128— Pea 
Bug, 287— Peach Borers, 248— Pea 
Weevil, IB2— Weevils in Barns, 35 
—Wood Lice, 247. 
Instruments, Two Useful *.. 17 
Iron- Ware, Cleaning New 226 
Iron Work, Blacking 106 
Irrigation by Flooding 9 
Journals Noticed. 
K 
Kitchen Garden— Jjin.. 3; Feb., J3- 
March, S3; April, 188: Miv, 183; 
Juni>. 503; July, 248: hue., 888: 
Sr-pt., SM; Oct., 303; Nov.. in:'.; 
Pec. 448. 
Bailie, Corn '..US 
L 
Laborers 52 
Ladder, How to Carry a 17 
Lamps, Hnnizlng 226 
Lamps, Kerosene 106 
Lamp, The Broken 226 
Landscape Gardener 126 
Land?, Burlington Mo. R. R., 75— 
Cleaning Stubble, 290— Cure of Al 
kali, 258— In Eastern Virginia, 288- 
408 — in Iowa, 408— In Iowa. 
Government, 447 — In Nebras- 
ka. IMS — Nebraska and Minne- 
sota, 126— Kerlamation of, 408— 
Bales, 47— Virginia, 8. 
Lard Oil 47 
Lard-Oil Press v. 177 
Laundress, A Careful. 106 
Laundry. About a •.. 25 
Lawn Management, Prize Essays 
on, 165. 
Lawn-Mower, Excelsior 206 
Lawn-Mower, Guinea 87 
Leather and Tanners* Fleshings, 75 
— How Tanned, * 139 — Scraps, 
Value of, 47. 
Leaves, Gathering 365-M16 
Leaves, Value of 313 
Leek 103 
Letters 94 
Lettuce 103 
Library, Catalogue of a Fine 5 
Libraiy, Garden 5 
Lime, Burning Shells to Make, * 57— 
Spreading. 327— Spreading in Win- 
ter, 35 — Using, 369. 
Loans, Procuring 3 9 
Lucern L2S-16S-247 
IM 
Machine, Ditching, 322— Knitting, 8 
—New Threshing, 86. 
Machinery, Broom 8 
Mackerel, Salt 226 
Magazine, American Garden 406 
Magazine, Gardener's Monthly, 46- 
127-206. 
Magnolia or Not 364 
Malt Dust 87 
" Mamma Come and See" 345 
Manure, 94 - 172 - 215 - 334 - 374 -City 
Street, 287— Compi >st imr,366— Crop 
for Green, 247— for Clay Soils. 247 
—For Potatoes, 453 — Fresh or 
Decomposed, 87— Making Rich, 95 
—Management of, 7— Preserva- 
tion of, 407— Rich, 453— Sal Soda 
for, 247— Saving, 87. 
Manures upon Poor Land, Arti- 
ficial, 167. 
Market Report, Jan., 4, Feb., 44; 
March, 84; April, 124; May, 164; 
June, 204; July, 244; Aug., 284; 
Sept., 324; Oct., 363 Nov., 404; 
Dec., 444. 
Meadow, To Improve a Rough.. 366 
Meadows, Top-dressing 328 
Meal, Cotton-seed Cake, 17— Feed- 
ing Wet or Dry, 208— Oil, 75. 
Meals, Cotton and Flax Seed 9 
Mean. What we Call 46 
Meat in Summer, Preserving 168 
Meat, Slow Killing of 167 
Meats, Shipping Dressed 246 
Meat-House, Fumigation of 208 
Medical Matters, Concerning 106 
Melons 103 
Mennonites 273 
Milk Cellars, Underground, 247 — 
Churning at the South, 371-Con- 
densed, 463— Curdy, 167 — Dishes, 
Washing, 226— Removing Turnip- 
flavor from, 167— Temperature for 
Setting, 48— Varieties of, * 138. 
Milking Machines 242 
Mill, A Shetland Grist. * 180— Bone, 
9— in Ireland, Primitive, *201— The 
Howard, 126. 
Mr. Judd's Health 85 
Mistress and Maid 146 
Moles 168 
Money 55 
Morality, Question of 8 
Mucilage 87 
Muck, 330— Getting out Swamp, * 
255 — on Sandy Soils, 9— Use of 
Swamp, 169. 
Mule with a Colt 287 
Mules, Breeding 207 
Multum in Parvo 75 
Mushrooms 6-35-248 
Mustard, How to Kill Wild 291 
N 
Nameless People 285 
Night Soil, Utilizing 128 
Notes from the Pines, 23-62-102-182- 
302-382-122. 
Noyelties 102 
Nut and Bolt Co., Lock 287 
o 
Oats and Peas 134 
Oats, How many Bundles to an 
Acre, 127, 
Obituary, Agassiz, L., *50— Bloomer, 
H. G., 405 — Borden, Gail, 47 — 
Dreer.H A., 45— Eaton, Calvin, 85 
—Gould, John Staunton, 325— Mas- 
ters, William, 447— Olm, Mr., 286- 
Slack, Dr. J. H., 365— Stephens, 
Henry, 826. 
Odd Things 23 
Office, Our Western 8 
Ogden Farm Papers, No. 47, 11 ; No. 
48,50; No. 49, 90; No. 50, 120; No. 
51, 171; No. 52, 210; No. 53, 250; No. 
54, 291 ; No. 55, 331 ; No. 56,370 ; No. 
57,410; No. 58, 449. 
Oil Cake for Cattle 135 
Oleo Margarine 75 
Onion Grub 288 
Onions Sown In Fall .341 
Onions, Wild 813 
Oranges from Seed 122 
Orchard and Nursery, .Ian., 3 ; 
Feb., 43; March, a3; April, 123; 
May, 163; June, 203; July, 243; 
Aug., 283; Sept., 323; Oct., 363; 
Nov., 403; Dec, 443. 
Orchard, An Old, 134— Crops for an, 
75— Planting, and Vinegar, 9. 
Ox-Bow, How to Bend V.297 
Ox-Shoe, Machine-made *. .296 
Ox-Yoke, Improved * . .256 
Oyster Shells, How to Burn 9 
Paint, Averill Chemical 125 
Palnt-Boxes. The Little 65 
Pamphlets, Florida Settler 35 
Papers, Christian Advocate, 447- 
English Farmer, 85- Florida Agri- 
culturist, 47— Methodist, 447— Poi- 
son in Green Wall. 426— Practical 
Farmer, 286— The Tobacco Leaf, 
216. 
Paper Hangings • . .185 
Parental Infallibility 345 
Paris Green 209-326-447 
Parrots 288 
Parrots, Treatment of 329 
Pasture, Improving a Cold Clay. 313 
Pastures, Natural 252 
Pastures, Poisonous 35 
Patent Department 369 
Patents 89 
Patents and Our Patent Depart- 
ment 290 
Patented Articles 127 
Patrons of Husbandry, 9-47-88-125- 
246-287. 
Patrons of Industry 47 
Pear Trees 87 
Pears 6 
Peach, Early Beatrice, 87 — Pros- 
pects, 169— Purple-leaved, 23 
Peaches, Australian Dwarfs, 23 — 
Delaware, 246— Ornamental, 23— 
Pyramidal, 23. 
Pea, Japan * 63-169-205 
Peas, 102-167— and Oats, 7— Bugs in, 
87. 
Peat, Ammonia In 289 
Petroleum 95-135-334-865 
Petroleum for Priming 129 
Phosphate, Patent 166 
Phosphates, South Carolina 40S 
Pickles 248-262 
Pigeons 408 
Pigeon Show *..171 
Pigs and Pork, As to 2 7 
"Pi?" What is 248 
Pipes for Drains and Irrigating. . 75 
Plant, A Fine Basket, * 384— Hoya 
or Wax, * 23 — Named, 447 — 
Trouble, 168— Vanilla, * 183. 
Plants, American Wistaria, 302 — 
Amorphophallus, * 181— Butterflv- 
Weed. * 101— by Express or Mail, 
23— Camellias, 87— Canada Burnet, 
* 101-Coral RootB, * 424— Double 
Geraniums, 87— Echeverlas, Prop- 
agating, 63 — Everlasting Pea, * 
459 — Exotic Aquatic, 62 — Fern, 
A Climbing, * 104 — Ferns and 
Fern Collecting, 263— Florida Air, 
* 343— Forced, 143-182— for Winter, 
Preparing, 383— from Seed, Flor- 
ists', 23 -Fungus on Hollyhock, * 
342 — Hibiscus, Manlhot, * 304 — 
Hollyhock Disease, 287 — Indian 
Strawberry, * 184 — Indian To- 
bacco, * 21— in Rooms, Are they 
Unhealthy, 106-Long Moss, * 261 
—Mallows, 175— Mignonette, Im- 
proved, 222 — Milkweed, Four- 
leaved, * 264— Named, 9 — New 
White Pansy, * 459 — Packing, 
23— Packing Living, 102— Pale Co- 
1 ydalis, * 183— Pearly Everlasting, 
* 381— Pelargoniums, Seedling, 23 
— Polargoniums, Winter-Bloom- 
ing, 62— Peristrophe, 126— PhloxeB, 
Perennial, 326 - 883 — Primrose, 
Double Chinese, 63— Primrose, 
Japanese, 12A-ls2-304-Prlmula m- 
volucrata, 182— Received by Mail. 
How to Treat, 459— Red Root, 294— 
Rock Tunica, * 144— Rose-Grow- 
ing, 342 — Rose Mallows, * 421 — 
Rosea by Mail. 86— Roses, How to 
Propagate from Cuttings, 262— Se- 
dum snectabile, 888— Sending by 
Mail, 165— Southern Pitcher, r 2\— 
Special Fertilizers for Particular, 
63— Spiraea, palmata, * 341— Suc- 
culents as Decorative, * 22l-*S01— 
Sunflowers, 326— The Clematis, 142 
—Unhealthy, 460 — Verbena, The 
Garden, * bl— Vervain, Blue, * 64 
— Wistaria, 326-364 — Yucca, or 
Bear-Grass, 143. 
Plaster, Agricultural, 167 — for 
Market Gardens, 167— Nova Sco- 
tia, 47— Preparation of, 408— Price 
and Value of ,313— Time to Use, 169 
Plow Beams, Wrought Iron, 867— 
Draining, 864— Mole, 208— Mole or 
Drain, 168— Scotch, 208— Swivel, 
* 212-408. 
Plows, An Improvement In, * 132— 
Draft Irons for. * 257— To Keep 
free from Rust, 329. 
Plowing 11-374 
Plowing Sod *. . 81 
Poetry 128 
Pollen in the Atmosphere 9 
Ponds, Artificial .287 
Population and Industries of Kan- 
sas. 209. 
Porch, Rustic ». .462 
Pork, Buried, 165 — in California, 
Raising, 169— Smoking, 35. 
Portrait, J ohnston, John * .130 
Portrait, Judd, Orange *. .12 
Postal Cards, Use of 45 
Posts, Preserving 127-287 
Potato Blight and Rot, Remedy for, 
168-Bug in the West, 290— Diet, 
385 — Disease, 75 — Planter, 47 — 
Premiums, Liberal, 47— Rot, 35- 
289— Prizes, Bliss's, 135. 
Potatoes, 55, 102— American In Eng- 
land, 19— Manure for, 47— New and 
Old, 209— Production of, 206— Two 
New, * 92— Warmed Over, 464 — 
Yield -<f Two, 866. 
Potash in CompoBt 406 
Poultry and Market Gardening, 
4-18 — BantamB, Seabrlght, 86 — 
Brahmas, Pure Light, 167 — Buff 
Cochins, 75 — Chickens, Care of 
Young, * 179— Cholera, 208— Choi- 
era, Cause. 207— Lice on, 168-447— 
Naked Brahma, 7— Nests for, 167— 
Cramming, 299 — Disease, Hard 
Crops and Vertigo, 9— Disease in 
Fowl's Legs, 75— Ducks as Layers, 
Pckin, 418— Improved Pekin, 58-* 
333-Ra!sing, 218 — Some Wild, " 
213— Farming, * 216-for Kggs, 247 
—for New lork Market, 447 — 
— for Profit, 75 — Fowls, Cross- 
bred, 166 — Fowls, Sick, 447 — 
Protrusion of Rectum In, 313 — 
Roup in, 408 — Geese. China, 169 
— Geese, Sevastopol, 288 — Goose, 
How to Recognize, 329— Hennery 
Wanted, 168— Hen-Lice, Remedies 
for, 377— Hens, How to Manage 
Setting, 219— Web-Footed, 87- 
Why they do not Lay, 209— House 
for Young Chicks, 167 — House, 
Portable, ■ 379 - Houses, 9— Self. 
I supplying Feed-box for. •454— Tar 
j Paper for, 208— Underground, 206 
—or Stock Dealers, 287— Preparing 
for Market, 204 — Preparing for 
Market in France, 419 — Pullets 
White Leghorn, 247— Raising, 207 
—Societies, Am. Game Fowls, 330 
—Turkeys, Bronze, 9 — Turkeys, 
Loss of Weight in Dressing, 59— 
Turkeys' Eggs. Impregnation, 167 
—upon a large Scale, 7— Yard.Care 
of, 167. 
Power, Sweep or Tread 407 
Prairie, Breaking 127 
Propagation, Saucer 144 
Protection, Need for 258 
Pump, A Greenhouse 182 
Pump, Submerged 326 
Punch for a Bull's Nose *.. 99 
Purdy's Chromo 127 
Quadrupeds, Antelope, Beisa.V .373 
Quadrupeds, Little Chief Hare.*. 13 
Rabbits : 26 
Railroad Decision. Wisconsin.. ..286 
Rape and Vetches, or Tares 273 
Raspberries, New 327 
Rather*Mixed 329 
Rat-Trap, Permanent * . .300 
Removal of B. K. BlisB & Sons. ..2 16 
Replies, Delayed 405 
Reports of Societies 8 
Reports, Valuable 246 
Rhubarb and Tomato Wine. 248— 
Forcing. 168— Great Yield, 423. 
Rising, Early 226 
Roads and Road-Making •..259 
Roads in Winter • 401 
Road-Dust 335 
Robin, New Trick of the 103 
Roller. A Cement •..387 
Roof, Stopping LeakB in 328 
Roofs. Patching Old 169 
Roofing, Asbestos, 405— Canvass, 407 
—Material, 48. 
Root-Cellar, Roof for 208 
Root-Crops, Yield of 287 
R' lot-House, How to Make a 248 
Root-Pulper *. .218 
Rural Home, American 6 
Ruta-bagas, After 169 
Rye for Winter Pasture. 288— How 
to Feed, 9— or Wheat, 362— Seed, 
326. 
s 
Salsify 407 
Salt as a Fertilizer, 408— for Stock, 
Use of, 95— How to Feed, 209 — 
Marshes, Reclaiming, 378— Muck 
for Grass, 9— Pure, 406. 
Sawdust as a Mulch 205 
Saw, Protection for a Circular *. 57 
Scales, Farm 206 
Seed. Change of 7 
Seeding, Thick and Thin 335 
Seeds, Agricultural Department. 47 
Sheaves, Binders for *. 252 
Sheep. 21 5-255-371 -115-and Horses. 
Book on, 288— and Lambs, Food 
for. 167— as a Cleansing Crop, 258— 
Best Breed of, 288— Business, 95— ' 
Catarrh in, 167— Cotswold Merino, 
365— Cotswolds, 6 — Cotswolds or 
Leicesters, 207— Deterioration of, 
406— Farm, Colorado, 287— Farm- 
ing in Texas, 75— Fence, 407- Foot 
and Mouth Disease in, 75 — for 
Ohio, Best, 313-for South Caro- 
lina, 168— in New Mexico, 7 — fu 
South Carolina, 48— in the Orchard, 
167 — Keeping for Health, 207 — 
Lambs, Disease among, 248— Ear- 
ly. 214 — Fattening Grade, 175 — 
Sllcsian Merino, 415— Spring, Man- 
agement of, * 133— Weighing, 294 
—Merino, 208— Merino Ram, Value 
of, 288— Native Breeds of, 419— Na- 
tive Races of, 19— Nets, 217 — New 
Method of Hurdling, * 55 — on 
Shares, 48— Oxford Down, * 133— 
Pasturing, 407— Prevention of Ca- 
tarrh in, 7— Raising in Virginia, 
418— Rams, Value of Merino, 366— 
Rape for, 289-Remedy for Foot- 
rot in, 207— Rack, * 5S— Scab, Din- 
ping for, 207— Scab, Duration of, 
167 — Scab in, 169 — Shropshire 
Down, * 53— The BeBt, 208— Tick, 
169— vs. Goats, 9— with a Propen- 
sity, 313. 
Shingles, Black Ash 165 
Shingles, Petroleum for 8 
Shoes, Cable Screw Wire 205 
Shovel and Tongs, Support for..* 65 
Shrub, A California, * 144 — Olive. 
Fragrant, * 101— Yellow Root, *264. 
Shrubs, Andromeda, Free-Flower- 
ing * 301— Carpeting Beneath, S82 
— Eleagnus parvlfloruB, 127— Flow- 
ering, 303— Heath, 883— Hydrangea, 
326— Hvdrangea paniculatagraudi- 
flora, 423. 
Sickness, Does it Pay ? 3R5 
Skill, Value of 91 
Skunks How to Kill 219 
Slaughtering Time, Aids at ..*..418 
Sleds, How to Bnild * if, 
Snow-Plow How to Build V.412 
Soap and Glue Refuse 128 
Society for Encouragement of 
Home Industry, E. T. t 288— Michi- 
gan State Pomologlcal, 6— Virginia 
State Agricultural, 326. 
Soil, Frequent Working of 6 
Soiling Crops, 247— Green Clover 
for.212-Millet,167. 
Sorghum 1G8 
Sour Fodder-Making *..297 
Sowing Down New Land 446 
Spelt 206 
Spinning Wheel, New 48 
Spring, To Raise a 328 
Squash 108 
Stable Floors, 168-288— A Prairie, * 
256 -Celled, 417-for a Colt, 40H- 
Horse and Cow, 169 — Tan-Bark 
for, 287, 
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