INDEX. 
Ill 
Flowers — (See also Plants and 
Shrubs.)— Abronias,406— ii&wWton 
Thompkoiii, ■ 140 — JEgnpodium 
Podugraria variegata, 4oi— Alpine 
Rock-cress,* 1ST— American Bleed- 
ing H'*:»rt. ' -117— Anemone Jnrta- 
nica. * 417— ArabU atpiiia, ■ 1ST— 
Aspernta odorata, * 297—Astilb6 
Juponica, • 97— Australian Glory 
P*a, ' 837 — Blazing Star, * 317 — 
Bleeding Heart, • 97— Bulbocodi- 
um venium, *139— Calystegia pu- 
bescens, 457— Canuas, * 57-3 &— 
Clirysaiithemums, 258-33S— Clhtn- 
thtM Dampierl, * 337 — CoridaHs 
A'oMIis, * 97— Cyclamen, Persian, 
* 137— Dicentra eximta, * 417— X>i- 
centra spectaMUs, * 97— Early 
Wild,* (80 — Gladiolus, Budding 
from Base. * JIT— Improvement in, 
•ISO— Hydraneea, Rose and White, 
* 217 — Japan Anemone, • 417— Ja- 
pan Astilhe, * 97 — Liatris pychr 
HOXtftcftyit, " 377— stiit:<ttZ: * 377— 
aguarrosit. * 377— Lilies, Brown's 
and otlters, * 419— Finely Grown, 
3:;— Prop i nation. *58— Varieties of 
UO—lJlium Brownii, "420— Chai- 
certfmicum, '140— Linum prrenne, 
* 97— Marigolds, ■ SSO—Mtcanta 
scanden-\,* 417— Missouri Evening 
Piimn.se, • 97— Moss Pink, * 19- 
Narcissuses, • 380— Noble Fumi- 
tory, * 97— (E»oihera Missouri- 
ensis,* ffl—Qxalis oiolacea, * 180— 
Roses, About. 163— Climbing, 047 
— S.i2c, tlie Bracted, * 257— Salvia 
inrotucrata, * 257 — Solomon's 
Seals, ■ 297 - Trailing Arbutus, 
203— Verbenas, Trouble with, 323 
—Violet Wood Sorrel, • ISO. 
Fodder Cutting at Ogden Farm. 92 
Food — Steaming for Cattle and 
Swine, 291. 
Foreign Help 123 
Fountain Basin— Lining 165 
Framing a Picture 301 
Frail at Alton, 111., 13S— California, 
361— Dwarfing, 405— Florida, 7. 
Fel-it Garden— Jan., 3— Feb., 39— 
.March, 79— April, 119— May,159— 
June, 199— Julv, 239— Aug., 379— 
Sept.. 319— Oct., 359— Nov., S99— 
Dec, 439. 
Fruit Grower (Paper) 43S 
Fruit in Washington Co.. Ill 4-13 
Fruit Jars— Bad Luck with 302 
Fruit Preserving Powder 283 
Fur-bearing Animals— Breeding. 124 
Furs and Moths 182 
Gardening with 'nit a Garden. . .103 
Garden— Laving Out 378 
Gardens — working Crops in 379 
Garget aud other Swellings.. 164-216 
Garlic 164 
Gas lime 205 
Gas Liquor 205 
Geraniums and Pelargoniums... 220 
Gherkin— Prickiy-fruired *..455 
Glanders in Human Subject 44 
Going to Market *.. 96 
Goose— To lioast 61 
Grafting— The Art of, • 173— New 
Method ot, * 188— Stone- traits, 90. 
Grain — Damp Weighs More than 
Dry, 3SS— Growing in the Shock, 
3-£. 
Graham Meal 234-S86 
Grapes, 163— Catawba Buried, 443— 
Cuttings, 215-45S— Diseases of the, 
163— At Hammomlsport, N. V.. 246 
—Items, * 418 — Manuring, 165— 
Packing and Preserving, 378 — 
Prospects, 323 — Queries, 233 — 
Roger's Hybrids Named, 121 — 
Scuppernong, 8-31-4,4-445— Seed- 
ling, i02— Tendrils,* 419— Trellises, 
* 179-404 - Circular, * ITS — You- 
mau's, 164 — Weehawken, 404 — 
Vines. Have You Any? 456— Vine, 
Unfruitful, 323. 
Grass, 242— Herds', Ttmothv. 164— 
Named, 3S6— On the Road-sides 411, 
—Rich, 52— Tame for Minn., 326. 
Grass Lands— Seeding 44 
GUEKX-HOUSE AND Wiviuv.v 
Plants— Jan. ,3— Feb. ,39— March, 
79— April. 120— Mav. 160— June. 200 
—Julv. 239— Aug- 279— Sept.. 319— 
Oct., 300— Nov., 399— Dec, 439. 
Green-bouse— Heating a 283 
Green-houses on House Tops 82 
Greens All the Year 413 
Greens — German *..SS9 
Grindstone— Hanging a 166 
Grindstone Run by the Foot 286 
Ground-pea 135 
Guano— See Manures. 
Guessing at the Weight 
Guide Boards 
Gun— A Remarkable Little 
Guu Barrels— To Prevent Rusting 205 
Gypsum, 125— On Clover, 125. 
.376 
.277 
7 
H 
Hams— Curing 24-262-160 
Harrows, 245 — Coupling for Double, 
* 412— A Fallow-ground, • 2>3— 
Home-made* 172— Improving, 370. 
Hav— Crop in Conn., 324— Curing of, 
291— Make Hay, 243— Moistening 
Chopped, 162. 
Hav Scales— Farm 452 
Hay Seed 371 
Hedging 245 
Hedge— A Low, 165— Barberry for, 
50— Gophers and. 443— How to Set, 
* 298— In Kausas, 165 — Osage 
Orange, 4 13— Planting on Prairies, 
99 "-1 7S— Questions, 406. 
Hen*— See Poultry. 
Herd Records— Pi ivate 294 
Heronry *..136 
Hickory Nnts— Are they Seeds?.3S6 
High Farming 54-251 
Hitching Ring— Portable *..173 
Hog-;— Sec Swine. 
Hoop-poles— Cutting 9 
Horses— Blanketing,90— Carrots for, 
9— "Caseins M. Clav. Jr " * 317— 
Colic in, 47— And Cows in Same 
Stable, 121— Cribbing, *374— Farm, 
51— Fat, 167-290— Lame, 170— Man- 
agement of Colts, 01— Percheron, 
206— Safety Reins for, v 092 — Sick, 
330— Steaming Food for, 91. 
Horseradish »,. 257-404 
Horticultural Patents, 211— Protec- 
tion, 121— Skirmishing, 379. 
Horticulture Encouraged ia Boston, 
123. 
Hot-beds— Management of 99 
House Cleaning— Hints on 142 
Household Department— 23-61-101- 
141-181-221—261-301-841-381-421-459. 
Household Economy 24 
Household Management Ill 
Housekeeper— Moral Courage in.342 
Housekeeping— A Talk with Girls 
About, 301. 
House Building Questions, 125— 
Cool Cottage Attics, *413— Farm, 
•451— Gravel Walk or Concrete, 
204 — More Beautiful, S2S — Perma- 
nent Foundations, * 253—" Tie- 
ing" Rafters, *4i3— Wanted, 406— 
Verv Complete Country, * 84. 
Huckleberry Culture 406 
Huckleberry Seed 413 
Humbugs— 6-4a-Sa-l2l-162-302-341-281 
-832-362-403. 
Humbug Ads. In Ag'l Papers 414 
Humbugs at Work 438 
Humbug— Explanations 402 
Husk Mats 262 
Hydraulic Rams 125 
Hydrophobia in Cattle 4WJ 
Ice Harvesting 
Ice Houses— Cheap 
"I Haven't a Foot of Land." 
Implements— Fix Up the 
Implements— New. 
'..447 
...415 
...122 
.... 16 
.....410 
....124 
.... 87 
. ..379 
Inarching— Natural.. . . 
Indian Farmer 
Insecticide— A New.... 
Insect Extinguisher 7 
Insects and Flowers * 181 
Insects— Aphis on Honeysuckles, 
168-203— Asparagus Beetle, 244— 
Cabbage Caterpillars, 121— Cank- 
er Worm, 823— Colorado Potato 
Beetle, 285— Curculio, 124— Currant 
Borer, 82— Currant worm, 45— Cut 
"Worms. 203-243— Grubs with Fun- 
gi, 203— Imitative. 329— Mantis, * 
329— Moths, 182— Oyster-Shell Hark 
Louse, 28V- Plants Growing Upon, 
* 220— Potato-flies, 244— Uose Bug, 
243— Scale Lice. 219— Scale Louse 
from N. C, 203— 10-Spotted Galer- 
uca, 33S — Walking-L-if, * 379— 
"Walking Stick, * 329— White Grub 
in Pa., 404— On Vines, 165-203— 
Walsh's, B. D , Letter, 163. 
Iii the Flower Garden 97 
In the Lumber Regions. .. ..*.. u 
Iona Island 121 
Iron and Pear Trees 243 
Irrigation 125 
Irrigation in Winter S6 
Is the Largest the Best? 415 
Kansas and Crops . 383 
Kansas at the Pomological Soc.406 
Kerosene Murders 42 
Kitcheu Garden— Jan., 3— Feb., 39— 
Mar., 79— Anr., 129— May, * 159— 
June, 199 — Inly, 230— Aug., 279— 
Sept., 319— Oct., 359— Nov., 399— 
Dec, 439. 
Kitchen Implement— Handy..*. .421 
Knox's Seed Store 7 
Labor and Wages, 331— On Farms, 
49— Price of, 12— Wiiite for the 
South. 8. 
Ladders for General Use * . 14 
Ladder— How to Make 215 
Lamp Brackets *..222 
Lamps— Care of. * . .341 
Lamp-shade— A Perforated...*. .182 
Lamp Wicks 203 
Lamb 101 
Lambs— Chilled 130 
Land— Cheap Florida, 86— For Set- 
tlers, 86— Price of Farming, 8. 
Landscape Gardening, * 259-260-885 
Lasso— the Use of *.. 18 
Lavender 165 
Lawns 259-3=3 
Leaf Beet *. . 22 
Leaves— Browned . 20 
Letters— No more Anonymous. 82— 
Not Answered, 281— Personal.. 4' i2 
Lightning Rods 244 
Linn — Burning (See Manures). ..104 
Logging 204 
Lost the Road *..277 
Lumber 16 
Lumbering 11 
Males— Death to Half-bred 326 
Males— Thorough-bred 131 
Manna Seed 443 
Manures and Fertilizers — Best 
Way to Store, 53— Eommer Meth- 
od. 32 — From Cattle Cars, 125— 
Chip, 204 — Concentrated, 165 — 
For Corn and Potatoes, 104 — 
Compost Heap«, 164 — Distribut- 
ing Liquid, * 92 — Commercial, 
326— In Conn.. 2S2 — In Maine, 
282— For Garden, 285 — For Po- 
tatoes, 124 — Fish Guano, 164 — 
Guano, Machine for Sowing, 164 
— Peruvian. 91 — Burning out 
Land, 233— Value of W. & T., 12 
—On Wheat, 290— Or Plaster as 
Manure. 215 — Hen, 9-4.-) — Lime, 
How Much to the Acre. 205 — 
How to Use, 206— On Sandv Soil, 
32-,_Or Gvpsum? 242 —-Liquid, 
125-204 —Palmers " Leaven " 82 
— Plaster as, 215— On Clay Land, 
171- — Poudrei te with Dry Earth, 
24i — New Use for Old Thrash- 
ing Machines. 242— Saving 453— 
Sea Weeds. 9 — Spreading, 325— 
Superphosphate vs. Peruvian 
Guauo, 205— For Wheat, 86. 
Maple Sugar 202-325 
Market Reports, Jan., 5— Feb.. 41— 
March, SI— April. 121 — May, 161 
—June, 201 — -Tilly, 240— Aug.. 230 
—Sept., 321— Oct., 360— Nov., 401 
—Dec., 442. 
Marks and Numbers 380 
Marriages and Deaths 231 
Maryl ind 284 
Meat for Children . ....102 
Meat Roasting 101 
Melons 164-418 
Men's and Women's Work 261 
"Men Folks." Words to 459 
Mexican Cattle Driver *.. IS 
Milk Coolers *l&5-*293 
Milk in Hot Weather, 293— Rack 
*53 — The First, 2S4 — To Keep 
Sweet, 325. 
Milking Machines 246-443 
Milking— Trouble in 242 
Minks:... 388 
Missisquoi Water and Powders, .201 
Mrs. Lilly M. Spencer's Pic.lures.24l 
Mole Trans *..2I7 
Moon Signs 8 
M oon Again 2&4 
Mowers— The Buckeye, 243— Trial 
of. 204— Knives, Grinding * 172. 
Mowing Hill Sides 330 
Mowing Lauds, Pasturing 7-0 
Muck 125-204 
Mulching 253 
Mule Market 44 
Muller— The R. I *..173 
Mushrooms 45 
Music 123 
Mutton Chops 301 
N 
Names 562-904 
Nets lor Grain - ..335 
XoTes from " The Pinns." Nn. 1. 
218— So. a, 2.i8— No. 3. 298 — No. 4, 
333— No.s.STS— So. 6,418— No.7, J57. 
Nursery Sale 3 '3 
Kumiegs iu Cal 204 
Q 
Oats— Cutting, 373 — Norway S3-382 
—Or Corn, 206— Upon Head of 
Wheat. 333. 
Cgden Farm — Past Present and 
Future. 94. 
Oil-Cake— Adulterated 124 
Oils— Explosive K 
Oil— Pratt's Astral 406 
Oils— Safe and Unsafe 131 
Okra 138-11)3 
Onions — Raising *. .13 > 
Orchard and Nursery — .Jan., 3- 
Fen., 39— March, 79— April, 119— 
May, ISO— June, 199— July, 289— 
Aui;., 279 — Sept.. 319 — Oct., 869— 
Nov.. 300— D"r„ -l:;o. 
Orchard— Crop for 16S 
Ornament— A Li vine- *..I01 
Osase Orange, 21 — In Iowa, 336 — 
Seed, 133. 
Oyster Shells around Trees 45 
P 
Packing and Shipping Vegetables 07 
Painting a Barn 124 
Papers— A gricultural 204 
Papers— See Periodicals. 
Parsnips. 182— Wijd, 164. 
I'ast and Present *. .100 
Pasruring Mowing Lands 286 
Pastures, How to Make Good. 248— 
Increasing. 125 — To Keep in Good 
Condition, 331 — Mixed Stock in, 9 
—Salt and Water in, 206. 
Peace Festival at Boston 231 
Peaches— Canned,244— Hale's Earlv, 
Sfil _ Orchard, 165 — Stones, 100— 
Tree, Diseased. 3S6— Tar on, 443— 
Van Bureu's Golden Dwarf, 122. 
Peanut 135 
Pears— Adam's, * 457— Blight, in Mo., 
247— Buchanan,16">— Cordon Train- 
in got',*45 6— DucbessedeBordeaux, 
105— Iron for, 243— Large Seckels, 
443— Tea, * 457— Do not Bear, S— 
Keeping Winter, 379 —Trouble 
with Trees, 362. 
Peas — Buggy, 242 — Canadian, 45 — 
• Car.ning'Green, 244— Field, 8-124— 
Instead of Corn, 125— Little Gem, 
290— Seed, 283. 
Peat— Experiment with 335 
Pecan does not. Bear 3S6 
Pennvroval. 244 
Periodicals^-Am. Entomologist, 243 
— Beecher's Sermons, 324— Chemi- 
cal News, 124— Christian Union. 404 
—Church Union, 245— Grape Cul- 
turist, 82 — Horticultural. 82 — Hor- 
ticulturist, 8— N. T. Tribune, 82— 
Our Young Folks. 45-121-281-404— 
Prairie Farmer, 223— Putnam on 
Illustrations, S — Reconstructed 
Farmer. 2H-244. 
" Personal Knowledge." 212 
Petroleum as Paint 863 
Petroleum on Wheels 370 
Pickerel Fishing *. .237 
Pickle Crop. 330— Question. The,3S2. 
Pictures—" Dandelion Time."... 322 
Pigeon Houses *. .213 
Pigs— See Swine. 
Pincushion— Ornamental *. 141 
Pine Forest— Products of. . . . .*. .369 
Pine Leaves or Straw 3-167 
Plan for a Small Place *.. 60 
Plan for a Suburban Place. . . .*. .200 
Planting— Fall 323-386 
-Planting Out." 259 
Planting— Preparing for 310 
Plants— Sec also Flowers & 
—Anemone thalictroides, " 180— 
Cactuses, Native,* 22— Carta ■•nins 
tinctnria. * 217— Century Plant, 
Flowering of, 245 — California 
Plants, 44— Climbing Hemp 
* 417— Coleuses, New, t4— Cranes- 
bill, * 220— "Fire Cracker." 244— 
Geranium maculatitm, 220 — Grow- 
ing upon Insects,* ::i — House, 
1E9 — lvv, * 109 — Ivv does not 
Cling, 836 — Indian Pipe, * 337— 
Keeping, 3SG— Lawn, 333— Mono- 
tropa Uniflora, * 333— Mvrsipbvl- 
lnm asparagoides, * 455 — Named, 
241-32 -362 — Native Countries of, 
203— Opuntias. * 22 — Poke-weed, 
457 — Uiie Anemone, * l«0— Safflow- 
er or "Saffron,"* 217— Saxifrage, 
Creeping, 4"S — Soft-wooded as 
Standards, 45S — Taking up for 
Winter, 379— Vail isneria spiralis, 11 
297— Woodruff, * 297. 
Plaster— Does it Lose by Keeping? 
43. 
Plowing — Deep. Gradually, 10 — 
Heavy Land. 205— Lines over tlie 
Shoulders, 130— Under Crops. 211- 
314— With Single Line, 210-214-332 
—With Three Horses Abreast, * 
S3S. 
Plows— Right and Loft-hand, 324— 
Steel. 211-290-330-335-445— Trial at 
Utica. ."in. 
Plums, 203— The Wild Goose, 323. 
Ponds— Locating Trout 153 
Pork— Cutting rip and Salting... 61 
Pork— To Roast 61 
Potashes. 325 
Potatoes, 12-67-138— Balls 9— lire- 
see's New, 406 — Bv Mail, 404 — 
Climax, 83— Cultivation in N. C„ 
20?>— Digging. 375— After Digging, 
288— Earlv Mohawk, 363— Early 
Pose, 7-SKR— Early Rose in Eng., 
123— Fertilizer for. 121— Growers' 
Convention, 124— How to Raise a 
Crop, 87 — Injured by Wire Worms, 
87— Manured with Leaves, 205 — 
Mixing, 164 — Neshanuock or 
Meshannock, 203-2S2— New Grow- 
ing on Old, 244— On Drained Land, 
206_On Spring-turned Sod, 43— 
Prize Essays. 123-241— Price of, 203 
— Queries, 203 — Raising from Seed, 
37S— Rot in, 86— Singular Freak of, 
* 419— Testing, 44— To Boil, 182— 
To Keep for Seed, 362— Tops and 
no Tubers. 243— Upon Sod, 202— 
Boiled for Milch Cows, 45. 
Ponltrv Number, A 162 
Poultrv, Raiding for Market, 9-705— 
Dnckx— Aylesbury, * 209— Plata, 
2S3— Profitable, 209— Raising, 43— 
Rouen, * 209 — Weight of," 204 — 
Fbwls.— Change of Stock, 325 — 
Creve Coeur. * 176— Dark Brahma, 
•177— Ecg Ealing. 124-337— Exhi- 
bition Coops for, * 333— Fattening 
and Marketing. 403— Gapes, 124— 
HoudanS, * 177-787— Houses, 203-* 
332— House at Ogden Farm, 134— 
Row many Chicks for oue Hen. 9 
—How to make Hens lav, 9— Im- 
E roving Common, 53 — In-and-in 
reeding, 125— La Fleche. * 176— 
Leghorn, * SO— Nest-egg, Saving, 
362— Nests, Secret. 206— Our Pre- 
mium, SI— Penn. Soc.'s Show, 44— 
Points of a Good Fowl, 17— Points 
of Light Brabmas,403— Precocious 
Lavers, 100— Salt for, -104— Sending 
to "Rockv Mountains, 124 — Silver- 
spangled Ham burgs, * 49— Show, 
the Great, 44-174— Smart in Vt:. 167 
—Soft Eggs, Cure for, 404— Stray 
Grains for, 9— The Bet Stock, 400 
—The "Hen Fever." 124— Verv 
Useful, 175— What Ails the, 166— 
What to keep, 284— Turkey*.— 
Destroyed by Fox, 43 — Do they 
Pav ? 172. 
Prickly Pear *.. 22-174 
Prizes, Awarding at Fairs, 95 
Premium's— Jan., 4 — Feb., 40— Mar., 
80— April. 130— Mav, 160— June, 200 
—July, 240— Oct., 364— Nov., 400— 
Dec, 410. 
Premium— Mowing Machine, 200— 
Poultry, 123 — Special, Eumelan, 
403-444— The, 361. 
Produce— To Farmers on Selling.326 
Professor of Agriculture 12 
Progressive Horticulture 21 
Propagation by Root Cuttings". 418 
Propagation— bummer *. .257 
Property in Plants 20 
Pruning— Chisel for, *40S— Machine. 
362— Whv and How, * 57. 
Pumpkin Seeds 8 
Pumpkin Spinach 164 
Pure Water from Foul Wells 2S2 
Q 
Questions— Asking 445 
Questions Worth Considering.... 17 
Quinces, 59-165— From Cuttings, 2S3 
—Spotted, 45. 
Radish— Rat-tailed 339 
Radish— Wild Improved *..139 
Rafters— Tieing *..413 
Rail-road— Pacific Complete 202 
Rail-road— Unusual Regularity.. 85 
Rails— To make durable 9 
Hake— Use the 254 
Raplianus Cauda t us 339 
Rascally Seedsmen '044 
Raspberries— Black, 244 — Bottled, 
302— In Ga., 284— Management of 
Black Cap, 299— The Naomi, 203— 
Training of, * 219. 
Rats— Poisoned 164 
Recipes— Indetiniteness in 103 
Refuse Glue 203 
Refuse of Rendering Vats 124 
Remedies 245 
Renovating a Poor Field. .. SO 
Report— Commissioner of Agricul- 
ture, 7— Conn. Board Of Agricul- 
ture, 325 — Geological Survey of 
N. J., 163— Insects of Mo., 123— N. 
V. Central Park, 323— Trial of 
Plows at Utica,7-!S. 
Resources of the Country 206 
Rhode Island Muller *..173 
Roads and Road Making 247-287-*S26 
Road — Farm 164 
Rocfc-work— A Bit of 179 
Roofing Material 12 i 
Roots— Feeding Mangel Wnrzels 9 
Roofs— Storing for Winter . *..414 
Ri is' - hi Winter 157 
Rose- Layering.. "..299 
Rotation of Crops— 9J-9I-25GV2 - 
For Kv., 171— For the West. 14— 
In Virginia, 206— New Wanted in 
Md., 205. 
Rustic Flower Stand. *23— Jardinet, 
* 141— Pottery, * 259-260. 
Ruts-baga, 255 
Rye— A Problem 233 
Sage 244 
Sage and Thyme 1C3 
Salads 182 
Salt— For Stock. * 93— Hay, Towing, 
* 397— Muck, 83, 206. 
Sand Barrens— Fertilizing 406 
Sap Snouts .386 
Sassafras, 388— And Saw-brier, 125— 
Shoots Troublesome, 241. 
Saner Kraut 405 
Saw-dust and Ashes 85 
Scolymus 133 
Scrap-cake 9 
Scripture Quotations 372 
Sea-weed— To Use 9 
Seeds— Adulteration of, 19— Apple 
and Pear. 58— Flower, Saving, 299 
—Intermixture of, 248. 
Seed so wer— Cahoon's . 330 
Seed-Stock— Selecting. 298 
Sell when you can get a good Price, 
43. 
Sensible .204 
Servants— Management of 459 
Shad Fishing .,*.. 77 
Shavings— Planing Mill 406 
Shingles— Coal Tar on 243 
Shingles— Whitewashing 243 
Sheep and Plantain. S— Change of 
Pasture, * 117— Cotswolds, The 
Maple Shade Flock. * 357-443— 
Experiments in Feeding Cot- wold 
-Merino. 208— Hurdling on Green 
Crops. " 333— The Best Breed? 745 
—To make a Ewe own her Lamb. 
Ifiii— Washing, 174. 
Shrubs— See also Flowers— Akebi a 
quinata, * 19— Black Al ers, 45"— 
Calvcauthus. 283— Clustered T_ u- 
cotiioe, * 3 7— Deerberrv. * 800— 
Gathering Wild, 379— Grecian Silk, 
* 3no— Leccothoe racemosa, 3:'.7 * 
Lilac Blooming in Autumn, 458— 
Periploca Graeca, * 300— Jitnis girt- 
bra, * 137— Sumachs, Native, - 137 
—Trumpet Creeper, 379— Vaccini- 
urn Stomineum, * 300. 
Pick Animals— Treatment of. 255 
Skiff— A Farmers *.. 93 
Sleds— Farm, for Winter and Sum- 
mer, * 212. 
Small Fruits.... ... 165 
Small Fruit— Seeds of 283 
Smut tv Corn * 252-279 
Soap Making 181-261 
Roan — Economy in 23 
Societies— Alton, 111., Hort., 2S4— 
Am, for Advancement of Science, 
244 — American Dai r 1 . men's Ass., 
206— Jersey Cattle Club, 43— Am. 
Pomological. 42-87-243-323-lOn— 
Cincinnati Hort., 82-3S5 — Conn. 
State Poultrv, 443— Geneva. N. V., 
Hort.. 285— Management of Ag'l., 
255— Mass. Hort.. 405— Ohio Grape 
Growers' Ass., 24.1— N. E. Agricul- 
tural. 200— N. Y. State Poultry. 7- 
322-445— N. W. Hedge Plant Grow- 
ers' Ass„ 203— N. V. Fruit Grow- 
ers' Club, 82— Norfolk Co., fMass.) 
Ag'l, 167— Penn. Hort, .405— Queens 
Co. Ag'l, 406— Vermont Dairy- 
men's Ass'n, 445. 
Soils and Trees. 124— Compression 
by Stirring, 9-87— Light vs. Heavy, 
87. 
Solderin g *. . 62 
Soups— About 24 
Sour Cream and Milk 421 
Southern Pomologists 123 
Sowing— Deep 164 
Spinach— Cooking 342 
Spinach— Winter 339 
Spongiole— Have we Among us?212 
Sprouts * 339 
Stables— Cow. Floors for 324 
Stables— Wisconsin Cattle *.. 54 
Stakes— Growing 20 
Starch Mills 124 
Steam on the Farm 3.0 
Steam Piow 882 
Steam Plowing in N. J 282 
Stone Wall— Cost of 371 
Stock— Care of, 291— Dairy for 111., 
2(14— Don't Keep too Much, 16— 
Needs Good Land, 43— In Ohio, 
375— Kate per Acre, 170— Salt for, 
*93, 
Strawberries, 139— At. Mt. Pulaski, 
111., 23'%-Charles Downing, 2S-t- 
323— Golden Queen, 323— In New 
Jersey, 285— In Pots, 25S— Ken- 
tucky, 405 — Mexican Everbear- 
Ing, 241-405— M niching, 293— Pick- 
ing and Packing for Market. 163 
—President: Wilder. 207— Slats for, 
244— Varieties of, 293. 
Straw— Selling 164 
Stumps — Hotting by Chemical 
Means. 388. 
Snbsoiling 43 
Sugar hi La 124 
Suicide 443 
Summer-fallowing, 131-171-21 l—t or 
Spring Barley, 250— For Wheat. 53. 
Sundry Humbugs— See Humbugs. 
Sweet Potatoes 121-744 
Swine— Berkshire. * 169— Breeds and 
Breeding. 169— ChetCcr Co. White, 
• 369— Chester Whites vs. York- 
shire, 375— Eating Hen Dung, 3:5— 
Essex.* 169— Essex vs. Berkshire, 
37-".— Experience with Fancy. 131— 
Experiments in Fecdins,12— Feed- 
ing, 448^459— Grinding and Cook- 
in- Food for. 71(1— Hog Cholera. 
Cure for, 166-206— Hog Troughs.* 
450 — Jefferson Co., - i 69— Pig Dis- 
position, 90— Pigs in Russia, 7— 
Pig Lot at Soutb,324— Plgfcatftre, 
15— Raising of. 291— Sefton. 47-254— 
Sefton, In-smd-in-nrrvilmg. '>7— 
Si ffolk, " 63 Sows Eating Pigs, 
409 — Their QnalHies and Our 
S eeds, 409— '1 liorongbbiCfi, 170— 
Wheat or Corn for. 443— Wild of 
Em-one, * 409 — Yorkshire Sow, 
" Parian Duchess," * 409. 
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