IV 
INDEX. 
Stacks 385 
Stack-Bottom, How to Make. .•.. 415 
Steam on the Canals 246-* 2519 
Steam on the Farm *..212 
Steamer, 255-for Feed, 208-Port- 
able Food, " 416. 
Stock, Blood-Diseases in,2T3— Breed- 
ing, 52— in Winter, Watering, 50— 
Most Profitable, 207— Sales, For- 
eign, 457. 
Stones, To get Rid of 208 
Store, Cooperative 75 
Stove, Blacking the, 26— Hearths, 26 
-Vapor, 47. 
Straw, Shucks, and Cobs, To Dis- 
pose of 328 
Strawberries, 123-803— New Varie- 
ties of, SO:)— Tan-Bark for, 35. 
Strawberry, Agriculturist 64 
Sugar from Beets 828 
Sugar-Making Machinery 82 
Superphosphate, 287 — Charleston, 
328-Applicatlon of, 826. 
Swamp, Reclaiming a 169 
Swamp, The Outlet of a *. .298 
Sweet Home 105 
Sweet Potatoes, 328— for Feed, 328— 
Plants, Hardened, 89. 
Swindling by Mail 249-290 
Swine, Essex or Berkshire. 369— Hog- 
Choiera, 47-207— Crop, 448 -Cough- 
ing and Wheezing, 169— Feed for 
Store, 407 -Poland-China. 167-206- 
247-Salt for, 99— Pigs, 215-254-375- 
414-115— and Aeorns, 289 — Cross- 
Bred. 169— Dying, 135— Epilepsy in, 
313-Feed for, 167 — Hurdles for, 
289— Pasturing, 174 — Sore EyeB in, 
407— Pig-Pen, Cooking Room for, 
* 16-Sows, Age of Breeding, 369. 
Swine-Breeder's Convention 168 
Syringe, Injection 35 
T 
Tallow Scraps 127 
Tether, A Safe »..376 
" The Combat," *. .241 
Thresher, Straw-Preserving 208 
Tile-Drains 289 
Tiles 287 
Tiles, Kilns for Burning *..338 
Timber Act, New, 208— Culture Act, 
219-S' lling, 175-Time to Cut, 447 
—To Make Durable, 447. 
Tobacco, California, 299 — Cultiva- 
tion of, 139— in the Conn. Valley, 
33S. 
Toea, Eight on one Foot 407 
Tomato, $100 for a, 23— Grape, 6— 
Plants. Raising, 103. 
Tomatoes, 103 — Dying, 209— Expe- 
rience with, 143. 
Tongs, Timber *. . 18 
Trap, Rat or Mink *..S37 
Tree, Blue Gum 92 
Trees, Blight on, 287— from Seed, 
Forest, 89 — Larch, Scotch. 6*— 
Method of Climbing, * 417-Plant- 
ing in Nebraska, 329— Planting up- 
on Highways, 129 — Poplar, The 
Weening, 181. 
Trouble, Here is 382 
Turnips, Late Crop of 209 
u 
Underdralning 169 
Underdrains 94 
University, Cornell 87-325 
V 
VIck's Chromo 126 
Visits, Night 226 
w 
Wages 55 
Wagon-Jack, Handy '..336 
Wagon-Seat, An Easy *. .172 
Wagon-Spring, Easy *..450 
Waists, small. 306 
W T alks and Talks on the Farm — 
No. 121, 14;No.122j 54; No. 123,94: 
No. 124,134; No. 125, 174; No. 126, 
214 ; No. 127, 254 ; No. 128, 294 ; No. 
129,334; No. 130, 374; No, 181,414; 
No. 132, 452. 
Walks in a Lawn 85 
Wall-Pockets and Holders. ...... 105 
Washings .Large and Small 266 
Washing, What Shall be Done with 
the. 25. 
Waste from Wool-scouring Vats.167 
Water ,50— for Stock, *336-in House 
and Barn, Flowing, * 371— Pipes 
and Siphons, * 298 — Stored for 
Irrigation, * 412— Trough forBarn 
lards, '377. 
WateringvPot, New French...*.. 24 
Weeds, Killing. 6 
Weed Named 326 
Weigh and Measure Everything 326 
Wells 208 
West, Going, 48— What Part of the, 
289— When and How to Go, 215. 
What is the Matter? 426 
What Bhall we Have for Breakfast, 
66-105. 
Whipple- Trees, Three-Horse..*.. 99 
Whitewash, Permanent 87 
Wheat, 14-175-334-115 — and Guano 
Drill, 327 — and Young Timothy, 
Harrowing, 7 — Ashes for Top- 
Dressing,^— Bone-Dust for, 828— 
Chili Club, 15-Clean Seed, 248— 
Clover Sod for, 7— Culture, 219— 
Drill Sowing, 378— Fine Head of 
Spring, 47 — from Oregon, 869 — 
Growing in Kentucky, 168 — Grow- 
ing in Minn., 166— Harrowing, 48- 
123-294— Leaf-Mold for, 367-Llme 
upon, 326— on Corn Stubble, 328— 
Plaster on, 35-127-369— Rust on, 447 
—Salt upon, 407-Seed, 328— Straw, 
255 — Superphosphate on, 369 — 
Thrashing, 335-Varieties of, 289- 
White, 94— without Manure, 375. 
Weed in California, Dangerous.*450 
Windmill, 75— Water, 292 — What 
came of a, 87. 
Willows 87 
Willow, White 827 
Woman's Congress, A Word from 26 
Wood Lands, Desirable 82 
Wood, Preserving 867 
Wool 46 
Woolen Mill Refuse 47 
Woolen Waste and Guano, Value 
of, 218. 
Wool Waste for Manure 286 
Work, Fall 453 
Work, Hints about, Jan., 2; Feb., 
42 ; March. 83 ; April, 122 ; May, 162 ; 
June, 202; July, 242; Aug., 2S2 ; 
Sept., 322; Oct., 862; Nov., 402; 
Dec, 442. 
Y 
Yeast, Use of Dry 464 
Young & Elliott 206 
Your Name 127 
Recipes. 
Apple Pies for Lunches 306 
Breakfast, A Netherlond 106 
Cake, Chocolate, 186— Corn-Starch, 
186— Making, 66 — Paradise, 106— 
Sponge, 305-386. 
Cakes, Cream 386 
Cakes, Tea 226 
Catsup 305-386 
Cracker Dessert 226 
Crackers, Bread 306 
Cream Coke, French 2&> 
Custard, Lemon *!w> 
Doughnuts 2|j 
Dumplings, Baked Apple ;•' o 
Hams, Pickle for Sugar-Cured... 8 
ink 226 
Jonny Cake with Eggs 106 
Pudding. Baked Indian, 26^-Plum, 
26— Quick, 26— Sago, 26— Sauce, 266. 
Puddings 305-386 
Soups 426 
Wants to Suit George 226 
Yeast 146 
IMMEX TO ILMJOT ]MTOD)N§ W TOLOTE TOlICTY-f M1IE1E. 
A 
" A Dubious Prospect" 28 
'-* Always Handy." 463 
An Impersonation 188 
Ass, The Wild 173 
B 
Bag-Holders (2) . .377 
Barn Fastenings, (4) 377— for Sheep, 
(4) 297— Plan for a Commodious, 
(6) 97— Western Cattle, (2) 337- 
Yard, Plan of, (2) 186. 
Barn-Doors, Wooden Hangings for, 
(2) 339. 
Baskets, Hanging 365 
Bath-Houses, Farm (4) . .225 
Beans, Dreer's Improved 423 
Bears, Performing 108 
Bees, Track of Moth- Worm 249 
Bells, Steel-Bars for 255 
Bird, A Strange 147 
Birds, Osprey or Fish-Hawk 281 
Birds, Yellow-breasted Rail 451 
Brush, Home-made 378 
Building, Concrete (2) . .136 
Buildings, Carriage and Pigeon- 
House, (3) 251. 
Butter Dairy (4). . 96 
Butter Factory (4) . .176 
c 
Carpentry, Household (3) . .425 
Cattle, Ayrshire and Native, (2) 413 
— Bull, Beacon Comet 8th, 20 — 
Bulls, Irish, (2) 293— Calf-Feeder, 
57 — Covered Stalls for, (3) 56— 
Cow, Ayrshire, " Old Creamer," 
93— Cow, Harness for a, 377— Dutch 
or Holsteln, (2) 252— Heavy Short- 
born Grade, 441— Ox- Yoke, (2) 
256— Shorthorns, Mount Fordham, 
321-Tie, Safe, 99. 
Cellar and Greenhouse Combined, 
141. 
Chair, Corner (2) . .845 
Chair, Folding Rural 463 
Chairs, Comfortable Country,(2) 305 
Cheese, Edam (5) . .296 
Cheese Factory (12) . .137 
Chimney, How to Build 257 
Cider-Making (5) . .340 
Cistern, Underground 177-376 
Clod-Crusher. A Simple 336 
Clothes-Line Reel (8) . .261 
Corn-HuskB. Use of (5).. 385 
Corn-Cribs, Cover for (2) . . 18 
Corn-Ears, Unloading (3) . .216 
Corn, Kiln Drying 17 
Corn-Knife 845 
Corn-Marker 219 
Cottage, Design for a. (3).. 13 
" Cruelty to Animals " 388 
Cucumber, Russian Netted 462 
D 
Dog, Shepherd 60 
Drag, A Smoothing 178 
D rain , Safety 58 
Drain* Tile Machine (2) . .216 
Ear-Marks for Stock (3) . .178 
Earth-Closets (4) . .145 
Ecraseur 417 
"Familiarity on Short Acquaint- 
ance." 466 
Farm, Plan for Laying out 139 
Farm-Signal 417 
Farm Toole, Hungarian (2) . .454 
Farm-House, A Convenient (3).. 217 
Feed Box, Self-Supplying. . . (2) . .454 
Fence, A Portable, 217— for Poultry 
Yard, Portable, (3) 97— Rat-Proof, 
(2) 419. 
Ferns, Moon wort 462 
Fish, The Grayling 333 
Flouring Mill i4>..100 
Flowers, Abutilon— Boule de Neige, 
421— Acanthus, Broad-leaved, 341 
— American Star-Thistle, 381 — 
Drummond's Phlox, 141 — Hibis- 
cus, Manlhot, 304 — Lily of the 
Valley, (2» 384— Lindley's Budd- 
leya, 42-1— Primula Japonica, 224— 
Spircea, palmata, 341. 
Furniture, Useful Piece of.. (2). .435 
Goats (7).. 68 
Grain, Binders for Sheaves of. (4). 251 
Grapery, Cold 22 
Grape Scissors 248 
Greenhouses, Heating by a Flue. 422 
Grubber, The < 3 , . .176 
Gulliver In Brobdingnag 268 
H 
Halter, How to Make 418 
Harrow, A New 217 
Harrow, Square 58 
Hook for Side-Boards 218 
Horse Clothing 454 
Horse-Trees 427 
Horses, Lolling of the Tongue, (2) 
251— Mare and Mule Foal, Poitou, 
173— Morgan Abdallah, 53— Pony, 
The Shetland, 93— Various Breeds 
of, 420. 
Horse-Power, How to Load. (3 ) . .136 
Horse-Shoes. About (2).. 27 
Horse-Trough 57 
Horticultural Buildings (8). .458 
Hound, Badger 451 
House, Sod (2).. 180 
Houses, Concrete (15) . .455 
Houses, Spring (3).. 380 
Hurdles, Arrangement of 299 
Hurdles, How to Make (2) . .177 
Hybridizing (3).. 188 
I 
lce-HouseandCool-Cbamber.(3).S76 
Ice-Pond, Temporary Dam for.. 416 
Insects, Enemies of the Oak. (5) .844 
Instruments, Two Useful.. ..(2j.. 17 
Irrigation, Water Stored for 412 
K 
Key of the Bastile 267 
Kiln for Burning Tiles (3). .338 
L 
Lard-Oil Press 177 
Laundry, About a (5 1 . . 25 
Leather, How Tanned (7) . .189 
Leaves, Gathering 416 
Lime, Burning Shells to Make. . . 57 
M 
Mackerel-Fishing 220 
Magic Tape (2).. 237 
" Making an Acquaintance " 188 
Marmots, Tame and Wild. ..(*)). .438 
Match Factory (4) . .107 
Milk, Varieties of (3). .138 
Mill, A Shetland Grist 180 
Mill in Ireland, Primitive 201 
Muck. Getting out Swamp. . (S). .256 
N 
" New Comers in the Poultry Yard," 
Ox-Bow, How to Bend 297 
Ox-Shoe, Maehine-made 296 
Paper-Hanginga (5) . .185 
Pea, Japan 64 
Personifications i2 . .427 
Pigeons 161 
Pigeon-House for Boys (2 1. .307 
Plants, An Enormous Arad, 181 — 
Butterfly - Weed, 101 — Canada 
Burnet, 104— Coral Roots, 421 — 
Corydalis, Pale, 184 — Ecbeverias, 
(3) 221 — Everlasting Pea, 459 — 
Fern, A Climbing, 104 — Fine 
Basket, 384 — Florida Air, 344 — 
Fungus on Hollyhocks, 342 — In- 
dian Strawberry, 184— Lobelia in- 
flata, 21 — Long Moss, 261 — Milk- 
Weed, Four-leaved, 264 — New 
White Pansy, -159 — Pearly Ever- 
lasting. 381 — Rock Tunica, 144 
—Rose Mallows, 421 — Sarracenia 
Drummondii, 21 — Some " Very 
Wonderful," (3) 147 — Succulent, 
(4) 301— Vanilla, 184— Vervain, The 
Blue, 64 — Verbena, Garden, 61— 
Wax, 24. 
Plowing Sod 81 
Plows, An Improvement in, (2) 132— 
Draft Irons f or, ( 2) 257— Swivel,212 
Porch, A Rustic 462 
Portraits, Agassiz, 41 — Johnston, 
John, 121— Judd, Orange, 1. 
Potatoes, Two New (2).. 92 
Poultry, Chickens, Care of Young. 
(81 179— Ducks, Imperial Pekin,333 
— Ducks, Some Wild, (4) 213 — 
House, 216 — House, Portable, iS> 
379. 
Pump for Watering Stock 836 
Punch for a Bull's Nose 99 
Puzzle Picture 428 
Quadrupeds, Antelope, Beisa 373 
Quadrupeds, Little Chief Hare... IS 
Rat-Trap, Permanent 12) . .300 
Refraction, Double (2) . . 67 
Roads and Road-Making. ... (3) . .260 
Roads In Winter 401 
Roller, A Cement i3 1 . .337 
Root-Pulper 218 
Rowing, First Lesson in 148 
s 
Saw, Protection for a Circular.. 57 
Seed- Bags i3,..SS7 
Sheep Hurdles, 56 — Lamb-Creep, 
English, 133— Oxford Down, 133— 
Shropshire Down, 53. 
Sheep-Rack 58 
Shovel and Tongs Support. .U;.. 65 
Shrub, A California, 144 — Andro- 
meda, Free-Flowering, 301— Olive, 
Fragrant, 101— Yellow Root , 264. 
Siphons and Water-Pipes 298 
Slaughtering Time. Aids at.. (6).. 418 
Sleds, How to Build (7) . . 16 
Snow-Plow, How to Build 412 
Sour-Fodder Making in Hungary .297 
Stable, Prairie (4) . .256 
Stack-Bottom, How to Make 415 
Steam Canal Boat 300 
Steam on the Farm (2) . .212 
Steamer, Portable Food 416 
Steamboat, The First 108 
Sunrise 228 
Swamp-Drain, Outlet of 298 
Swine, Boiler for CookingFood for, 
17. 
Swine, Feed-Barrow for 16 
Tether, A Safe 376 
■'The Combat" 241 
" The Little Gleaners " Si- 
Tile, An Old Dutch 227 
Timber Tongs 18 
Trap, Cut-Worm 228 
Trap, Mink or Rat i3i..8S7 
Trees, Method of Climbing. ,.2i.. 417 
w 
Wagon-Jack, A Handy |2) . .836 
Wagon-Seat, An Erxsy (2>..1?2 
Wagon-Spring, Easy (2). .450 
Wall-Pockets and Holders. .(Si. .105 
Water, Flowing, (8) 372— Trough for 
Barn- Yard, 3,7— Wbeels, Bucket 
for, (2)97. 
Watering Pot, New French 24 
Watermelons, Bringing Home... 347 
Weed in California, Dangerous. .450 
Whlpple-Trees, Three-Horse 99 
Wire Fence, Tightener f or, , , , , , 387 
