INDEX, 
III 
— Knox's Experience, 368 
— Notes on,19-155— For New- 
ly Married, 1.3 — In Spring, 143 
— lona and Isr;iellii. 6-lo-o9 
S3T — Isabella, 143 — Keeping, 
302— Notes on, 19-283-311- 
346-379— Rogeis' Hybrids 85 
Grass -- China. 3S — Grama, 
270— Kentucky Blue, 115— 
Named, 71— O. chard, 114-514 
— R. I. Bent, 4.5— Seed, Cov- 
ering, 142 — Seeding down to, 
162— Seeding with iMillet. 205 
— Top Dressing, 17S — Des- 
cribed, 4*45— Red Top, Or- 
cliard. Kentucky Blue, 5 * 79 
— Sweet Scented Vernal, Vel- 
vet or Meadow Soft ...3*. .115 
Gravel Wall Houses. ..41-78-175 
Greasing Griddles, etc 54 
Greeley Prizes 236 
Gree.v .tND Hot Houses. 
Calendar for Jan., 2— Feb., 
S4— .March. 67— April, 103— 
Mav,140-June,171— July, 203 
— .\ug., 235— Sept., 267— Oct., 
299— Nov., 330— Dec 362 
Grecn«Houses 2*. 314 
Greens— Spring 73 
Ground Hemlock *..345 
Groundsel — Common *. .220 
Gro.vth — Unseasonable 375 
Gun Cleaner — Simple 11 
H 
Hair C'rimpers 173 
Harness — Rats Gnawing.. . . 37-70 
Hams— Keeping 158 
Harvest Prospects 269 
Harvest Time *..24" 
Hay Caps— Wooden 278 
Hay — Carrying by Hand,*244 — 
CIiaffing,'270 — Curing Exper- 
imeids, 211— Drawing with 
Rope. * 212— Embargo on, 42 
— Fork Attachment, 'i * 212— 
Folk, Horse. * 177— Fork, 
Hutchinson's, *244 — Pitching 
into Window, 178— Rigging, 
Wagon. * 212 — Selling or 
Feeding, 4- Slacker, Horse, 
* 4-177 — Stacks, Building 
Round, * 27G— Stacks, Lean- 
ing, 277 — .Timothy in Iowa. -5 
Hearth Rug— Home-made. .. .222 
Hedges — Barberry, 6 — Ever- 
, green, hi — In New Jersey, 37 
.Making Close 183 
Herb — L'Estrason 106 
Hoed Crops -Cultivating 210 
Hoes -Scuffle 178 
Hoes — SJiarpening 114 
Hog Disease in Virginia 302 
Hogs -Best Breed, 112— Killed 
by Beau Pods, 336— Lice on, 
174— Poisoned bv Salt, 36— 
Slaughtering, 2'3'37— Slaugh- 
tering at West, 12 — Turjiips 
for, C6-I74— Weakly Pigs. 4— 
Wintering 370 
HoUylincks— Keeping 303 
Honeysuckle— Trumpet *. .49 
Hook for Buckets *..72 
Huop Skirts — Use for 7-39 
Hops— Prize Essay 2*. 73 
Horse Beok, 5— Diseased, 141 
— Hitching to Rope, 177 — 
Power Defiired, 21u— Radish, 
Grinding, 6— $37,500 70 
Horses at Pasture, 147— Baulky 
270 — Breaking Colts, 10— 
Carrots for,6— Ch'k Reins,211 
Draught, *184— Driving with 
Oxen, 44 — Feeding Young 
Colts, 366— Fitting Collars, 
270— For Heavy Work, 1S3 — 
Glaildered,69- Glanders, De- 
tecting, * 309- Glanders, Pi e- 
valent, 2J9-36i— Halter for 
Pulling, ISl— Heaves, Rem- 
edy, 302 — Scratches, 174— 
Slabbering, Z^o — Spavins, 
141— Tethering 333- Vicious*2$0 
Hort. Exhibition Am. Ins., 334 
Register, 237— Soc. Mass..S34 
— Soc Penn.,333— Soc. Wor- 
cester 334 
Horticulture and Matrimony. .13 
Hot-bed— Double 39 
House— Ciieap 5*. .41 
Housekeeping— Beginning 53 
HoMseliold Notes 64 
ilouses — Cheap, Convenient, 
4 » 177— Small aad Cheap, 
4* 7S— Suggestions about So 
Humbugs— Advertising. 106 — 
Benelil Ass'n,2CG — Circulars, 
7 — College, 7 — Dr. Andiews, 
103 — Earth Glasses, 143— 
Farms in Iowa. 106— Gipsey's 
Charms, lu6 — Honey Recipe, 
S04—Horlicuitural,2;7— How- 
ard .Xss'n. 106— Kosmos, 3lH 
—Lightning Rod. 7— Mar^& 
Co., 106— Medical, 173-335— 
17 Merchants' Exchange, 238 
Jlicroscope, '200— " Oleiiaiit 
Gas," 7— Peddl£r,37— Proph- 
ylactical Star, 303 —Quack 
Doctors, 7 — Quack Medicine, 
367- Rev. E. \Vilson, 307— 
Wine Plant, 33C—Sundry. .. 
37-14US3 
Hyacinths— Propagating .53 
Hyacinths- Ro"t Pruning 239 
Husk Tearing Machine 37 
I 
Ice Cream Freezer 141 
Ice H(mses — Construction. ...270 
Ice — Removing 8 
Ice-Size of Blocks 8 
Implements — Farm, Cheaper .36 
Implements — Price 141 
Indiana .\griculture 277 
Information Wanted S 
Ink — Preventing Moulding.. .335 
Insects- Bean Maggots, 37 — 
Benzine for, 188— Book, 335 
— Borer,173 — Canker Worms 
238-2 * 366 — Caterpillars, 271 
— Curciilio Remedy, 271 — 
Currant Worm. 141-237-303— 
Entomological Journal, 333— 
Experience with, IS— Hair 
Worm, -272- Killing, 271— 
Killing Ants,22-191-238— Lice 
on Stock. 142- On Melons, 39 
—Potato Beetle, 2 * 239— 
Poultry Lice, 334-335— Quas- 
sia for Ants, 335— Quel ies. 271 
—Red Locust, 335 — Stings, 
Cure, 2.38- Soap-Waste for, 
205— Striped Bug, 155-173— 
Tent Caterpillars. 72— Thfips 
or Fritters, 237 — Unseasona- 
ble.143— Upon Insects 271 
Inspector General 335 
Invalids— Suggestions to 22 
Iron — Galvanized 175 
Itching— Relieving 54 
lyy- German *. .52 
J 
Jack Screws, Uses *..37i 
K. 
Kale— How to Coolc 37 
Kerosene Burner 173 
Knox's Farm and Festival . 37S 
Kyanizing 38 
I. 
Label— Bliss's *..6 
Labor Saving, etc 343 
Labor— Skilled for Farm ...144 
Laborers— Supplying 175 
Lamp Chimney — Best 22 
Land Advertisements 5-107 
Lands on Atlantic Coast luo 
Larkspur — New 4 
Lavender — Garden *..S13 
Law — Taxing Bird-killers .... 143 
Lawns — Making 122 
Layering 187 
Library— Farmers' 5 
Lightning Rods 190-205 
Lilacs Blooming Twice 336 
Lilies— 20,000, "303— Jacobean. 
* 156— New Japanese, *153-281 
Lime — Burning 3S 
Lime for Whitewash 66 
Live Oak in Iowa 233 
Locating— Where ? 5 
Locust Suckers 205 
Locust — Yellow for Timber. .142 
Lumber — Quantity from Log. .11 
m 
Machine — " Manufacturing "..3S 
Magazine— Horticulturist 6 
Magaziiie-'New 107 
i\Iagnolia — Cliinese *. .86 
Mangoes Defined 143 
Manure — .\shes for Potatoes, 36 
— Barley Sprouts ,174 — Bone- 
dust for Wheat. 334— Coal 
Aslies, 174— Coarse. Applying. 
70- Compost, 3'i-334 — Flax 
Sliives,etc.,3S— For Gardens. 
106— For House Plants. 3.34— 
For Onions, 71— Gas Lime, 
Caution. otjO — Green Clo- 
ver, 70 — Green Crops for.*244 
Hair for, 270— How to Pitch, 
*149— Increasing, 306— Keep- 
ing, 270— Leather Scraps, 70 
Liquid, 2tl4 — .Management. 182 
—Marl for Fruit Trees 367 
—Ma. Is. 334- .\1 uck and Lime, 
206 — Phosphatic, -238- In- 
ciea^ing, 3116 — Guano. 204 — 
Plaster, 142-204- Pump for 
Liquid, 2*213 — Salt and Lime, 
334— Sawdust, 3.f4— Slaugh- 
ter House, 4- Soot. 302-Tan 
Bark, eic, 366. -Tank and 
Cesspool, * 245 — Top-dres- 
stng. 39— Use of Bones, '204 
—Wasted 334 
Maple Sugar >•.. 13-40-69 
Maple— White *..15j 
Maps— Lloyd & Go's 141 
Maps — JMountine 1.57 
Market Farm-Englisll 81 
Market Reports. Jan., 3— 
Feb., 34— Mar^. 06- April, 
104— May, 162-June, 194— 
July, 220— Aug., 251— Sept., 
263— Oct.,001-304-Nov., %A 
Dec._ 363 
Marl Described 7-334 
Meadows— Pasturing HI 
Meadows— Renovating ^7Q 
Meals for ■Variety 88 
Jleat, etc- Tainted 124 
Meat— Preserving 72-143 
Medicines — Quack 367 
Melons— Training ... 205 
Milk — Condensed, 22 — Cooling, 
239— Promoting Flow 243 
Missouri Land Co 204 
Mistakes in Tasle IS" 
]\Ioistiire in .\ir Needed 21 
Movements of Plants *. .380 
Moles — Castor Beans 71 
.Money for Soldiers 72-173 
Mortar — Sand Required 7 
Mowers— Trial of 333 
Mowing Machine Knives 211 ] 
Mucilage and Ink 335 , 
Mulching and Shading 166 j 
Mushroom Culture '206 ; 
Music— Good 141 ' 
]\Iusical Instruments 365 
Mutton for the .Million 369 
N 
Names — Pronunciation, etc. .271 
Newspaper Box ■* .8 
Newspaper — Newton's 72 
Newspapers — 40.000,000 143 
Oats— Bad Management 77 
Oats in Succession 70 
Oil, Gummed— Remedy 7 
O. Judd <V: Co 301 
Olives and Oil *..317 
Onions— Culture, 71-143— De- 
fective, 143— Good Crop, fi— 
Manure for. 71 — Peeling, 22- 
68— Where to Grow 143 
Orchard and Nursery. Cal- 
endar for Jan., I— Feb., I'4 — 
.Alarch, 66— April, 102— Mav, 
138— June, 170— Julv, 202— 
Aug., 234— Sept.. 266— Oct.. 
298— Nov.. 330- Dec 362 
Orchard— Pioneer 48 
Oreharil- Treatment 39 
Organ— E~ley's Cottage 365 
Osage Orange Seed 303 
Oxen — Management of. .... . .147 
Oxen -Profitable Teams 308 
Pajoiiies — Cultivation 156 
Pa^onies — Removing 7 
Painting Old Wood V^'ork ...317 
Pansy— Cultivation 7-284 
Pansies and Violets 38 
Papaw Bark for Tying '205 
Paper— High Price of 3;i4 
Papering Walls 123 
Park Row and Park Place... 106 
Park with Five .\cres 374 
Patent Rights 335 
Patterson & Bros 7 
PeaBiush 39-71 
Peach- Hale's Early, 239- On 
Willow, 71— Orchard, Crop 
for, 37 — Spring Budding, 174 
Tree Layers, 39— Trees, In- 
jured, 38— Trees in Cold Cli- 
mates. 18 — Trees, Spring 
Bud.Jing 37 
Pear Culture Profitable. 314— 
Stocks, Quince. 143— Tree 
Blight. 2.0-Trees. Barren, 
6 — Trees, Doctoring, 85— 
Trees, Double Working, 218 
Trees. Exposure 38 
Pears on Thorn 71 
Pears— Sheldon .50 
Peas — Harvesting,243 — Named. 
38-Soaking 71 
Peat for Fuel 183 
Perennials — Herbaceous.. 117-282 
Perfumes — How made 190 
Periwinkle— Common *. . 157 
Persinmion Seed 205 
Peiroleuiii -Vdveitisements. .5-69 
Photographs- Animal 141 
Photographs of Lincoln 20'> 
Pianos- Sleinw ay's 333 
Pickles— How to Make 253 
Pigeons fin the Farm 270 
Planting Deep ami Shallow.. 148 
Plants— Care of Housa. 21-349 
—For Shade, 203— Mixing. 
174 — Named, 7-71-173-2iir.- 
239-271-356 
Plaster and Bone Dust 70 
Plow Beams Length of, 210 
— Draight of, 14.5— Hutchin- 
son's, 2* 245— Right or Lett 
Hand, 339— Subsoil *. . 181 
Plows— Care of Sleel S67 
Plow ing— Best Soil at Top.*. .242 
Plowing iu Green Crops. * 244 
—Notion about, 38 — Sv\ard 
Ground, 4*145— Wet Ground, 
»..341 
P. O. Money Orders 4-236-367 
Pomological Society. Ohio ..065 
Potatoes- Boiling, 38- Bulk- 
ley's, 38-70 — Ciizco, 38 — 
Dropping.* 148- Eiirlv Shaw, 
141 — E.xhibition, 3C5 — E.x- 
perimenis, 70-375 — Fluke, 
6-70— Good Yield. 238— How- 
to Cook, 22-How to Dig.307 
— How to Plant. 116— Large 
or Small. 38— Notes on, 0* 44 
—Productive, 6 -z Selecting 
Seed, 280- Size of Seed. «148 
—Tan Bark for, 155— Under 
Straw 11-342 
Poudrette— Curious Mixture. .205 
Poultry — Bantams. * 216— 
Black Spanish. "4-309— Bones 
for, 117— Book. Saunders .215 
Earlv Chickens,4— Fountain, 
♦ 174- French, ♦ 216— Hen- 
neries, Light, 4 — House for 
Prairies, 36 — Large Indian, 
*241— Lice. 334-335— Market- 
ing Directions. 365 — Preco- 
cious. 302— Raising Chickens, 
113— Report, 142-302- Show- 
Barnuin's. 141-206 — Sickly.. 366 
Practical Farmer Dead 144 
Piemiums for 1865. .2-.?4-104-172 
Premiuins for 1S66. ..300-331-363 
Preserving Fruit 206 
Prim 1 use— Cliinese 143 
Productive Plot 38 
Propagating Case 7 
Protecting Plants 365 
Prunes — Smoky 54 
Pulley— Uses * . . 373 
Pump'ing Water 335 
Pumps— Best Kind 143 
Purcnasing -Agency 5 
Putty—Making i-;4 
Putty— Softening 124 
Questions— Difficult 143 
Questions-Sundry 367 
Quinces — Fine 367 
Quinces on Clay Soil 36 
R 
Rabbits and Trees 6 
Radish— Chinese 84 
Radish Culture 303 
Rags - Sell them 107 
Railwav .\ccidents 5 
Rake Teeth— Form of. ....*. .210 
Rake-The Buck *..213 
Rats— Economy of 10 
Rats Gnawing 'Harness 37-70 
Receipts not Given 364 
Recipes— Bachelor's Opinion.. 54 
Record of a Year 17 
Refrigerator — " Polar" 144 
Report — Resources of N. Y 8 
Rhododendrons — Noies on. ..220 
Rhubarb for Medicine S7 
Road Scraper *. 45 
Roads — Repairing 11 
Roofing Cement — ^Coal Tar ...4 
Roofs -Leaky. .. . 367 
Root Cutter ■*..77 
Root Pruning 336 
Roots— Burying, * 342— Use of 
Surface, 19 — value for Feed.. 6 
Ropes— Splicing 4*. .'275 
Ropes— Tying Knots 6*..3U5 
Roses — Buchanan's New, 143 — 
Sport of. * 2-'0— Hinis on. 81 
— Manelli Stock, 143— Moss, 
* 284-Reraonlant 33 
Rural Embellishments *..217 
Rustic Garden Ornaments 4*.. 20 
Rustic Seat *..217 
Rust — Removing 367 
Rusting- Preventing..S8-106-'255 
Rye — Sowing Late 371 
S 
Salting Stock and Hay 240 
Sand Box Tree *..16S 
Sandy Land.. Improving 204 
Sanitary Commission 253-335 
Sap Spouis 173 
Saiisaije Meat— Keeping — 88 
Sawing with Horse Power. .3S-71 
Saws- How to File 4*. .14 
Scales for the Farm 205 
Scrap Books for Soldiers 8 
Scythe Sharpening. 270 
Scythes- Correct Form 336 
Srel— Big Name 106 
Seed Time *..152 
Seeds — Evergreen, etc., 5 — 
Garden, Raising, 117 — Get- 
ting Eal ly.75 — None for Sale, 
3 — Number per oz., 71 — 
Starling Ea|-|y 121 
Selling— Best Time f..r S66 
Shade Trees— Size of 37 
Sh.ading aii.l Mulching 186 
Shaving Easy 22 
Sheep — .\ra. Sleiino * 75— And 
Fences, 106- At N. Y'. Fair, 
335-^Beans for, 112— Bleed- 
er's Fair. 141— (bare in Win- 
ter, 9— DiarrluBM, 334— Dip- 
ping Compound, 142— Dog 
Laws. 42— Early Lambs. 75- 
366-Graining. 153— Hoof Rot, 
'242— How to Shear. * 180— 
Lauiel Poisoning.* 249-300— 
M.inagemeiit, 334 — Mania, 43 
—Old lor Wool. 14-2— Owning 
Lam.'js. 142— Profitable, 4'2- 
143 — Prolific. 70 — Pulling 
their Wool, 142— Racks. Fod- 
depng. S*, 369-^Seleclion for 
Breeding. 370 — Slieariiig. 
C.inandaigua, 269— SJiearing 
Hints, • ISO— Shears, Grind- 
ing, 'ISO — Show, 173— 
Stretches, 142— Washinc, 147 
—Weight of, 339 — Winter 
Feeding 337 
Shelter— Expensive 46 
Shingles — Fire Proof 175 
Shingles—How to Lay 235 
Shoe Siring Tags 54 
Shoes — Wooden *. .350 
Shovels— How to Use *..340 
Shrub— Daphne mezereum*..119 
Shrub-Exochorda Grandiflora*2l' 
Shrubbery in Spring *..119 
Silk Worm— Aiianthus Td 
Silk Worms in France 2Sb 
Sink— Convenient *. .53 
Sleigh Ride— Family *..4S 
Slippers — German 22 
Smoke House — Good S36 
Smoke Hotise In-door 47 
Snow Tools 3*. 372 
Soap— Hard 88-335 
Soap Making '222 
Socks-Cheap *..1'23 
Soda. Saleratus, etc 124 
Soda Wash for Trees 253 
Soil— Best on Surface, * 242— 
Pulverizing, 151 — Renovating 
Sterile 148-302 
Solanum — Climbing *. .-380 
SoMering Iron 124 
Soldiers' Claims 236 
Sorghum Ass'n Ohio.s — Candy, 
39 — Convention, Wis., S6-- 
Culture. 37— Early Kind; .303 
- For Green Fodder. 240 — 
In China. 106— In .Mass..48— 
In New York. 4 — Machinei \ . 
Good, 237— Planting, 106— 
"Treatment 279 
Sorrel— Red 39 
Southern Region— Fine S6S 
Sparrows — European *. .209 
Spots on Furniture 63 
Spring House — Prairie 239 
Squash — Custard Marrow2*..3I7 
Squashes — Large, 367 — Mixing, 
205-367— Prolific, 6-143— Y'd- 
koliama 82 
S. S. Lesson Books 8 
S. S. Paper, Good 72 
Stable Brush Broom *..341 
Stable Fork— Wooden *..369 
Stain— Claret Wine 4 
Slains- Removing 124-206 
Stanchions vs. Chains .366 
Sleam Engine— Glass 107 
Steel Trap— How to Set 23S 
Siockinus— Double Heeling. .15< 
Stoves— Best 22 
Staves— Gas 223 
Straw— Chafling 270 
Strawberries — Culture, 284 — 
First, 173— For New Jersey. 
3S-In England, '237-Notes oil. 
121-219-262- Premiuin,36-144 
— Pieserving. 173-191— Show 
144-172-232- Propagation, 3S 
— Queries, 6-237 — Runners. 
336— In New York, 222— Tri- 
bune 71 
Stump Machine— Cheap...*. .114 
Subscriber— Smallest 7 
Subscription— First 8 
Subscription Letter— Form.. .365 
Subsoil Plow *181 
Subsoiling Wet Ground 181 
Sugar from Corn 44 
Slimmer Fallows 211 
Superphosphate — Plowing in.. 70 
Sweet Potato Cii 1 lure. . ..144-154 
Sweet Polatoes— Starting.... 107 
Sw ill Barrel— Portable *. .80 
Swill— Fermented 239 
Tanning Fur Skins 191 
Tapioca ♦..381 
Tea— Tal,'ng intiie Country. .21 
Teachers Agencies 72 
Tile Macoi es 366 
Tim Biiiikei on Pickles. 46-SO- 
176--285— " Sl.iking He" 116 
— Visit to T. Oakes 150 
Timber Felling •..372 
Toad Flax *..252 
Tobacco Culture, 173— Prepar- 
ing for, 151— Seed Beds — 107 
Tomato— Libel on. 318 -New 
Varieties. 82— Seed, Saving, 
237-271— Til.ieu, 336— Train- 
ing 154 
Tools— Hanging up 39 
Toiich-me not— Jewel Weed*. 217 
Trailing .iibutus «..377 
Tree Digger- Harkness, • 119- 
SO'2— L.abels. Tin, 39-Pcd- 
dlers Taxed,269— Protectors, 
205 
Trees — Bark-bound, 6— Fel- 
ling, Problems, * '240- From 
Layers, 39— Injured by Hor- 
ses. 3-5—Lard and Tobacco 
on, 302— Medicated, 0— Upon 
Prairies ., 86 
Trumpet Honeysuckle.*.. 49-!.)3 
Tuoerose — Cultivation.. .3*.. 378 
Tucker, L. D- Professor... ..303 
Turkeys— Faiteninij... 3C6-S3S 
Turnip Seed per -\cie 203 
Turnips — Augiisl. 241— For 
Horses', 366-On Heavy Soils, 
etc., 209— White Fiench — 33.-> 
Tuipeuiine-Pilcli Pine.v. ..U& 
