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ing Index show where engravings 
occur. Articles referring directly 
or indirectly to Bees^ Cattle, Infects, 
Mof'incs, Trees, Weeds, etc.^ will 
be found indexed under these 
general heads. 
A 
Acetic Acid 3S3 
"Adversity." *.. 37 
Advertisers, Facts for 402 
Advertisers, hints to 1G2 
Advertisements, About 42 
Advice. None to Sell 404 
Advice, Unsafe 45 
A Few Dollars 7 
Ag'! Colleges 203 
Ag'l College. Mass 7 
Agricultnral Editors 325 
Agriculture Lmprovem't in Ky.284 
Agriculturist in German 7 
Almonds 244 
Amendment. Accepted (i 
Am. Fruit Preserving Powder.,245 
Among the Salt Meadows..*. .336 
Amusements for children 222 
Animals, Diseases of 10 
Animals. Marsupials. 329 
Animal Parasites, Destroying, 
•133. 
Annuals, Autumn Sown 370 
Annual. Am. Hort 444 
Annuals for 18(10. 0— The Register 
of Rural Affairs, 121. 
Apiary— See Bcl j Items. 
Apple Blossoms iu Jan lfiT) 
Apples for Canada 21 
Apples from Cuttings 283 
Apple Trees, Edging of....*.. 20 
Apple Growing on a Grape- Vine, 
380— Grimes' Golden, 403 — 
Crab, 20— Lawvrr, *59— Stark, 
8-82-*99-lC3 — Surprise, 339— 
Utter. 443— Zimmerman, *59. 
Apple Butter 404 
Apricots Kit 
Ashes and Potashes 413 
Ashes. Coal. 106 — Leached or Un- 
leached, 283. 
Asparagus 204-300 
Asphalt or Concrete Flooring.. 9 
Associations— See Societies. 
Australia, What they Say in... 405 
B 
Baby Clothes 423 
Bacon, Curing for the English 
Market, 46. 
Bags for Shoes and Slippers.*. .181 
Barberries, 445 — and Blight, 163. 
Bar for Setting Hurdles ...*.. 325 
Barlcv. 85-371 — Can the U. S. 
Raise Its Own? 14 — Half of 
Farm to, 164 — Importations of 
25.00(1 Bushels. 44— John John- 
ston on. S90— Soil for. 12(S--To 
Clean, 361— vs. Corn, 2S3— Win- 
ter, 3S8. 
Barn at Ogden Farm. . . .*36S-*374 
Barn-yards, Use and Abuse of.. 207 
Baskets. Home-made Fancy.*.. 459 
Beans. Raisins S7-13S-2S5 
Bean. California. 163— Dwarf Wax, 
:r,s— Lima, 217-386— Wax, 164— 
Windsor, 165. 
Bee Items— Answers to G. W. C, 
24li — Apiary in November, 401 — 
in December, 445 — Starting an, 
126— Bad Luck with Bees, 47— 
Bees Do Not Swarm, 47 — Bee 
Plants. 86— Robbers. 407— Mal- 
ady. 126-167-417— Clover. Al- 
Fike, 407 — Sending Honey to 
Market); 286— Mow to Feed, 407 
— Impurities Cross-bod Drones, 
407— Is it PVusUm IC Buy Bees? 
407— Italian and Black Bees, 167 
Loss of Bees, s6— operations 
in June, 207— Progeny of Ita- 
lians. 407 — Artificial 'Queens, 
46-* 86— Queries Answered, 386 
— Straight Combs. 167— Swarms 
Going to the Woods, 246— The 
Main Thin-. 216. 
Beet. Roast, J 01— Baked vs. Roast, 
262. 
Beet Sugar 203-386 
Beets. 138— Ornamental, 458. 
Bermuda 322-386 
Bills of Fare for Autumn— .. . 381 
Birds — Blue Bird, *249— Crows, 
84.5— Crows, What Use for? *173 
— Domesticating Woodcock and 
Snipe. 124 — European Sparrows, 
*49— Green Heron, *2S9— Heron, 
•136 — Hawk Nuisance, *418— 
Least Bittern. *2S!) — Pigeon 
Hawk. *249— Pigeon, Wild. * lie. 
— Otir Small Herons. 289— Spar- 
rows. Are they Useful? 168— 
Wild Tnrkeys. 12-171— Wrens 
of the U. S., *129. 
Bird-nouses *..100-*2S4 
Blackberries. 330-38S— New Ro- 
chelle in 111.. 285— White. 1G4. 
Black-caps — See Raspberries. 
Bloodroot 244 
Board of Agriculture, Mass 7 
Boat, How to Build *..291 
Bones, What to Do With 206 
Boys on the Farm 330 
Book Farmers, Warning to. . . 335 
Books. 205 — Allen's Am. Farm, 
121 — American Woman's Home, 
2S2— Brack's Book of Flowers, 
123 — Caldwell's Agricultural 
Analysis, 322-403— The Comet, 
282 — Devon Herd. 44 — Down- 
ing's Fruit and Fruit Trees of 
America, 405 — Farming by 
Inches. 243 — Fishing in Ameri- 
can Waters, 203 — Five Acres 
Too Much, 241— Gardening for 
Profit, 123-165 — Good. 123— 
Gray's School and Field Botany, 
83— The Green-honse a.s a Win- 
ter Garden, 443— Guide to the 
Study of Insects, 162— Herbert's 
Hints to Ilorsekeepers. SS6— 
How Crops Glow. 87-242— Land 
and Fresh-water Shells of North 
America. 205 -V Art r/e Grefer, 
178 — Life of Audnbon, 282— 
Manual of Fig Culture. 163— 
The Market Assistant, 163— Mv 
Ten-Rod Farm. 163— Parsons oh 
tke Rose, S3-162— Pear Culture 
for Profit. 326— Practical Flori- 
culture. 82-123— Principles and 
Practice of Architecture. 243— 
Resources of Southern Fields 
and Forests. 404 — Sewage Sys- 
tem. 322 — Sights and Sensations 
in France, etc, 283— Stonehenge 
on the Horse. 245 — The New 
West, 245— Thomas' Farm Im- 
plements, 162-254— Three Sea- 
sons in European Vineyards, 285 
— Uncle John's Flower Gather- 
er. 282— Varieties of the Grape, 
163— "Ville's New System," 242 
— A Winter in Florida, 413— 
Woodward's National Architect, 
S3— Wright's Poultry, 244-362.. 
Boots and Shoes, Boxes for. . .102 
Bottling Fruit 221 
Boys' and Girls' Columns. 
A "A Bird in the Hand," 63— 
Accommodating Goats. 264 — 
Agricultural Advice. 25 — A 
Happy New Year, 25 — "Alia 
Settin'," 64 — Appearances 
Against nim. 223— Asking the 
Blessing, *64— "A Stitch in 
B Time Saves Nine," 63 — Bear 
Stories. 183 — Box. Curious 
Japanese, *423 — Canary Birds, 
Care of, 143 — Covetousness, 
*1S4— Curious Philosophy, 64 
D —Dealing with Thieves, 143 — 
Defective Stone, 143 — Defi- 
ance, *3S4— Del. and Sc. 384— 
Difficult Language, 1 14— Doc- 
tor's Talks — About Making a 
Fire, *343-3S3-42.3-461— Don't 
Lose the R's, 224 — Dream, 
E Curious, 104— East India Giant 
Story, 144 — Eight Acres of 
F Music, 26 — Frank Fairfax's 
G Flower Bed, 63— Games, In- 
door, 424 — Game, Pleasing 
Home, 103— Genuine Ghost, 
A, 184— Good Places for Boys, 
H 23— Gophers, 423 — Horticul- 
tural Doll, *343— How to Get 
I a Farm, 343 — Improvement 
Circle, The. 103— Interior Gar- 
dening, 263 — " I Want My 
J Own Umbrella," 1S3 — Jolly 
L Companions. *304 — Learn 
Something Thoroughly, 263 — 
Learn to Observe. 423— Little 
Mischief. *344 — I.obsler at 
M Home, The. 25 — Magicians 1 
Tricks. *461— Making Collec- 
tions, 461—" Many a Slip Be- 
tween the Cup and the Lip," 
♦224 — Mr. Crandall's Dream, 
N * 162 — Naval Accounts. 63— 
New-Comer. The. 144— Noah's 
Animals, How Ma.le, *223— 
O One Secret of "Good Luck." 
1S3— Only a Pebble. 381— Pic- 
ture Storv. *103-*143-*1S3— 
P Powerful Whistle. 25— Prairie 
Life for Invalid Girls. 223— 
P Premiums, Bots at the Fair, 
25— P's that it Pays to Possess, 
143 — Problems and Puzzles. 25- 
63-103-143-183-223-263-303-343 
K -383-403-461 — Ready Wit. 183 
— Itope-tieingLadder Trick. 263 
S — School Girl's Composition, 
A. 183— Short Cut for Home, 
*42t — Six-Legged Teacher, 
*303 — Spelling Test, 143 — 
Stick to the Plow and Plane, 
223— Superstitions of Miners. 
T 64 — Table, A Costly, 104 — 
Take your Choice. *264— The 
Old Man of the Mountain, 303 
—The One that Watches the 
Sheep Will Win the Wool. 383 
— Too much Medicine. 144 — 
U Treacherous Friend. *25 — Un- 
seen Danger, *104 — Use for 
V the Fire-Fly, 143— Very Com- 
W mon Talk. 63— Ways of Get- 
ting a Living. *343«3S3— The 
Way to Do It. 264— Whirli- 
gig, A, *461 — Whiskey vs. 
Brains. 103— World not Fin- 
T ished, The, 103— Young Puns- 
ter, 25. 
Bracket for Garden *..179 
Bread. Aunt ITattie on. 102 — 
Brown. 284— Making, 23-62-142- 
400— Sour. To Use. 3S2. 
Bridges. Farm *.. 52 
Briers. To Kill 205 
Broom-Corn. Cultivation 126 
Buckwheat for Milch Cows, 9 — 
Seed. 243. 
Buds out or Place 217 
Building— Cheap Shelter 98 
Bulbs, 362-House Treatment of, 
453 — Planting, 377 — Spring 
Flowering. 139. 
Bulls— See Cattle. 
Bushel — Of Lime or Corn 45 
Busy Day's Work with Recipes.2fil 
Button-hole Bouquets. .. .*..2SS 
Butter. Bitter, 445— California. 386 
— Coloring in Winter. 452 — 
Good and Bad. 128 — Making. 
How to Get a High Price, 207— 
Making in Kv.. 284— Market, 12S 
—Powders. 246. 
By Return Mail 2S4 
c 
Cabbages, 386-405 — And Cauli- 
flower, Forwarding, 46 — Club- 
foot in, 285— Plants. Protecting, 
323— To Prepare. 422. 
California noise Market, A.. *256 
Canary Seed 163 
Cancer Nonsense S 
Cant-hook lor Stones *..200 
Carrots— How to Raise 174 
Carts— Horse for Farm Work *292 
Carts vs. Wagons 166 
Cask Horse-barrow *. .450 
Castle Garden Labor Exchange, 
246-2S6. 
Catalogue— Bnshberg. 362 
Cattle— A vrshire,*S9— ChenpShcU 
ter for, '93— In the Road, 411— 
Lice on. 242 — Photographs of. 
241— Soiling. 214— Soiling at the 
West. mS-Bullx— - Aleck Cris- 
tie,"*S9— Handling a. *374— Har- 
ness for, 241-2S2-*412-145— In 
the Street, 406 — Premium takes 
a Premium, 403— Scrub and 
Grade a Nuisance. 15— Taming, 
166 — Working, 208 — Calves — 
Precocious, 121 — Raising with- 
out Milk, 167— Smallest. 242— 
Summering Young. 251 — Coirs — 
Abortion in. 322— "All the Fat 
Goes into the Pail," 43— Ayr- 
shires as Milkers, 166 — Best 
Breed for Milk. 243— Buckwheat 
for, 9— Card the. 12— Casting the 
Withers. 2*5— Drooling. 204— 
Give richer Milk when fat. 43 — 
Good for Poor Men. 134— Great 
Milkers for Dairies. 92— Is it 
well to feed own Milk? 125 — Jer- 
sey, " Duchess," * 56 — Jersey, 
"Fancy," (6) 437— To prevent 
Kicking, 306— Leaky Teats in, 
203 — Management in Winter, 15 
—Milk Fever. 43— Perfection in 
Milch, 56 — Potatoes for, 45 — 
Prolapsus Uteri in. 206— Self- 
Milkers. * 242-393— Sick. 171 — 
Skin Diseases of. 119— Stabling 
with Horses. 87— Thin. 299— O.r, 
The Great White, SI— Steers, 
Fattening. 200. 
Celery, Boston Market *..420 
Cellars. Dry *..253 
Cement. Good 443 
Chalk Wagoner. The *..157 
Cheering Reports 403 
Cheese Making vs. Butter Mak- 
ing, 45. 
Cheese, 8100 Premium 445 
Cherry Trees. Destroying., 282— 
Stocks for, 326— Trouble with, 
165. 
Chestnut as an Ornamental Tree. 
*340. 
Children's Dress 302 
Chinese Yam 2.83 
A Chip of the Old Block 221 
Cions, Cut Early. 8— Cutting and 
Preserving. *456. 
Citron and Citron Melon 341 
Cistern, Trouble with 206 
Clay Soil, Management of. . ... 91 
Clover, 87— and' Lime Theory in 
Practice. 10 — How it Benefits 
Land. 55— Plowine Under, 410— 
Self-Sown, 87 — Value in Manure, 
91— White, 135-2S4— with Peas, 
242. 
Clover Seed. Harvesting 286 
Clover. Sowing 95 
Clubs — See Societies. 
Coal-tar on Shingles 243 
Coal-tar Water 385 
Coat Collars, Cleaning 3S2 
Cochineal and its Uses... .*.. 23 
Cold-Frames 59 
Col. Harris, A Word to 214 
Composts — See Manures. 
Concrete Walls as Fences 212 
Conundrum 124 
Corn. 171 — Cribs and Granaries, 
*133— Crib, Davis'. 443— Cultiva- 
tion in Iowa. 167 -Early Field. 
44 — Feeding. 212 — Fodder. To 
Save. 334 — Grinding on the 
Cobs. 87— Hybrid, not Perma- 
nent. 245— vs. Oats, Wheat. 86— 
Ohio Crop, 131-210— Popping. 
142-222-302— Sheller, 362— Smut- 
ty. * 252 — Saving for Green 
Fodder. 255— Sweet. 204— What 
is a Bushel ? 285— Yield ki Iowa. 
324— Corn Salad, 379. 
Correspondents. To 6 
Cornell University 7-123 
Cotton-seed, 1 06-^1 eal. 166. 
Cow-Cabbage 41S 
Cows— See Cattle. 
Cream of Tartar 421 
Crops, Nutritive Value of. 106-339 
and Weather. 245-281-403. 
Cruet Stopper, Fast 421 
Cuba 322 
Cucumbers 13S 
Cultivation. Thorough 295 
Cultivator. Two-horse Wanted. 415 
Currants. 219 — Brown Spots on, 
323 — "Dr. Brete.", *45S — Old 
Bushes, 96. 
Cutting Food by Power 4S 
Dandelion Leaves 1S2 
Death in the House 6 
Deaths— Affleck. Tlios., 42— Allen. 
E. L.. 404 — Baumann. Eugene 
A., 405— Bement, Caleb N., 45— 
Crapo. Henry IL. 322— Headley, 
Sam'l P., 325— Johnson, Col. B. 
P., 163 — Judd. Willie. 123 — 
Norton, John T., 2S4 — Pardee. 
E. C... 82— Thompson, Eobt., 405 
Veitch. .las.. 405. 
Deaths, Terrible 444 
Dept. or Agriculture.... 43-S3-243 
Dewberry Briers 443 
Diamond, Supposed 284 
Disinfecting Powders and Deo- 
dorizers. 206. 
" Dispensation of Providence". 295 
Dissolving. Solution 62 
Dogs, Cure for Egg-eating, 285- 
388— Sheep-killing, 85. 
Doors for Manure Cellars.. .2. .212 
Draining. 17-171-211-290-388— Cut- 
ting Ditches, 410— Details of 
Work. *374— a Garden. 203— 
Idea. New. 124 — Improved Tiles. 
• 95 — Large Swamps, 334 — 
Law, 449— Mo'e Plow, 200— In 
Quicksand. 246— Syphons for, 
•458 — by Wells. 295 — What 
Lands? 135— without Outlets, 
324, 
Drains. 130 — Conduits nnd Dig- 
gers. 292— Filling, "333— Low 
Does Water Get in? 205— Near 
a Hedge, 325— Outlets of, 172— 
Roots in. 325— ami Trees, 165— 
Wooden, 132-*294. 
Draughts or Cold Air 321 
Dried Beer, To Cook 422 
Drouth vs. Rain. .. 324 
Dry Earth as a Deodorizer 288 
Drying nouses 10 
Dry Time S00 
Ducks— See Ponltrv. 
Duck-Ponds, Outlets for 215 
Dyeing Tan Color 23 
E 
Earth-Closets, 7— for Cows and 
Horses, 173— in Country Hi >uscs, 
*414. 
Eclipse and the Corn Crop. 125 — 
of Hie Sun. KB. 
Editorial— Col. Waring R 
Editorial Correspondence. — Mr. 
Judd's Notes from the Wesl,S87. 
Edgings. Garden 
Eggs— Buying for Hatching, 125 — 
Keeping. 61— Soft-shelled. 83. 
Egg Plant, Black Pekin 338 
Ella's Ivv 312 
English Walnuts 214 
Engravings, About 2 I 
Evener, Three-horse *..134 
Evergreens in Pots, 60 — Named, 
245. 
Exhibition of Textile Fabrics. 2S1 
Exhibitions — See Fairs. 
F 
Fairs. The 241-361 
Fair. California State. 406— Cattle 
Show at Altona, 241— Industrial, 
in Cal., 239— List of, 280-282-320- 
360— N. J. Stale. 405 — N. Y. 
State. 44-205-388 — Ohio State, 
245— St. Petersburg!] Horticul- 
tural Congress, 303 — Stare. A 
Suggestion, 284 — Poultry Show, 
405. 
Fallowing. Fall. 291-338-149 — 
What Do You Mean by it? III. 
Family Festival 101 
Farm, Don't. Sell Your, by the 
Bushel. 453 — An Experimental. 
7— Help. To Get nnd Keen. 363 
— Implements. 250-*2.54 — One 
Man on a 200-acre, 362— Order 
on, 450— Records. 330 — Hun- 
down, No Manure. 205 — Wages 
Must Come Down. 444— Want- 
ed, 3S6— Why Don't the Boys 
Stay on ? 372. 
Farm Work for January. 2 — Feb- 
ruary. 38— March. 78-^April, US 
—May. 158— June. 198— July, 288 
—August, 278— September, 818 
—October, 358— November, 
— December. 438. 
Farms. Raising lhe Price of. .. 86 
Farms — Small vs. Large 9-50 
Farmers and their Hired Men. 213 
—Clubs. Articles lor. 244— Club, 
The. 406— Rural N. Y. on. 128— 
Hard Times for. 4 18— "Laving on 
their Oars." 283— Need Pluck, 
449— Wire. An Overworked. 881 
Farming -Faith in, 52 — Learning 
from Books. 164— Profits or. 90 
— Southerner's Impression or 
Northern, 403— Vegetable iu S. 
C, 368. 
Frailer Dusters *..341 
Feather Fashions *..3S1 
Fencing 251 
Fence Making. 325 — New and 
Excellent. * 374 — Or I! 
Portable. 171— Portable, * 253— 
Interior, 51. 
Fertilizers— See Manures. 
Figs— Fresh 20 
Fish— Basking Shark. *129— Ham- 
mer-beaded Shark. *2S9— Pond, 
216— Ruddy Bass, * 216— Tropi- 
cal *296. 
Floors— Sweeping 302 
Flower Garden axu Lawn — 
Jan.. 3— Feb.. 39— March, 79— 
April, 120— May, "159— Tune, 199 
— Till v. 239— Aug. .279— Sept.. 319 
—Oct.. 359— Nov. .399— Dec. 139. 
Flower Pots. Glazing 165 
Flower Trade, The 63 
