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occur. Articles referring directly 
or/ndirec'ly fo Bees. Cattle, fiueeti, 
ATanur'tv. 7'/vy,?, 1TW'</.v, etc., UfiU 
be found indexed under these 
general heads. 
Accomplishments 345 
Acre, Number of Feet in an 446 
Advertisements, About Editorial, 
24S— Ch-ap, 5-Keliable, 5— Where 
Seen, 8. 
Advertising— Another Good Me- 
dium, in. 
Air-Line Railroad 47 
Alfalia 2S7 
"Answer through the Paper "...126 
Antelope Hunting on the Plains. 60 
Apple-Pa: ings. Dried 46 1 
Apples— Cordon, 183— Orchard, 291 
Apple-Trees, Non-Bearing 366 
Asbestos Hoofing .- . 1 26 
Ashes, 174— Leached and Unleach- 
ed,S22— Lime and Guano, "When to 
Apply, 417— Time to Apply, 407— 
Willi Hones, J6— For Wheat, 406. 
Auctions 447 
Axles, Oiling 457 
B 
Balance Sheet 170 
Balsam— Pears and Apples *.,462 
Barley vs. Oats for Food 136 
Basin, Draining a 367 
Baskets *. .185 
Beans— Asparagus, 38!— Lima. 383. 
Beef, Buffalo . 42-S6 
Beet, Egyptian 303 
Beet-Leaves, Sour-Keep for 319 
Bells upon Slieep 201 
Bee Notes, 10— 16&— 345— 288-337— 369 
408-117. 
Birds— American Magpie, »53-Auk, 
The Great, "258— Cow- Bunting, « 
451— Owl, How to Catch, 98— 
Snowy and others, '140— Robin, 
Whal to do with the. 223. 
Bird Dogs, Training 
Black Bear, Trapping the 
Black Walnuts 
Blocks, To Prevent Splitting. . 
Boats. Cost of 
Boat, How to Build a •..39'. 
Bones, a Great Waste, 379— Dust, 
134— Urease from, 446— Mills, '417 
— Utilizing, 457. 
Bonnets, Sun 185 
Books, Agricultural, 447— Agricul- 
tural Annual for 1871, 129— Archi- 
tecture, New Work on, 406— Ayr- 
shire Herd-Book, 409-"BickneU , 8 
Village Bui'der," Supplement to, 
445 -Children's, 463 — Botanical 
Works, Cray's. !27-Caltle Club, 
Register of Am. Jersey, 838— Com- 
missioner of Agriculture, Report 
of, 8— Common-Sense in the House- 
hold, 3.'5 - Forest Trees, New 
Workon,446-Guide to N.T.City, 
Traveler's, 109-Horse and Horse- 
manship of V. S.and British Prov- 
inces, 126— Money In the Garden, 
126— My Summer In a Garden, 7— 
The First Book of Botany, 246- 
The Practical Poultry-Keeper, 90. 
Boot-Jacks, Fashions in.. • 145 
Bottle, Dosing . V,- 
. 6 
,. 94 
.122 
.32H 
.327 
Bots and Girls' Columns. 
About Donkeys, 10? — About 
Walking, 37 - A Cheap Ele- 
phant.S*-An tcicle.27— A New 
Greeting, 27 - Aunt 
. Su-'< Puzzle -Bo.*, -27 - '67 - 
' •107-M7- M8?-«227-«267-»30T- 
V47--:;Si-'lr-M66- Bears, the 
Doctor Talks about, »427-8— 
Bees, Among tire. 187— Christ- 
mas Presents. '465 -Chnrns 
and Bottles, 3S7 -Farmer or 
Doctor, 307 - Fishing, 227-. 
G Garden, Let us have a. 147- - 
H Gulls, a Trick of, '46(3 — Have a 
I Solid Foundation, 108 -icicle 
Prizes, 103-147-148 -Indians, 
the Doctor Talks about, 466— 
J Insects as Musicians, 307— Just 
M Hatched. '223 — Making Mud- 
N Pics, '313— Note from " Carle- 
P ton," 147 — Proposition from 
R the Doctor, 463— Hats, Ingenu- 
ity of, '267— Red River Trains, 
S 313-Setling Traps,'267-Street- 
Shows in London, 127— Sum- 
T mer and Winter, 3SS--Teinpt- 
ing Good Nature, '308 — The 
April Shower, "148— The First 
Smoke, "38— Tobacco, a Speech 
V for Boys, 348-Visi: to Mount 
W Vesuvius, 66— Waiting for a 
Bite. '26s— What I Saw from 
the City of York. 37— Winter 
in the Country, 88- -Woods in 
May, the, "JS3. 
Brick-Clay 40; 
Bricks and Leather 446 
Bridal Gifts 25 
Brooms for Stables '..29.S 
Brush, to Subdue *.. 58 
Buckwheat. 20S — Plowing Under, 
408— Thrashing, 887. 
Buildings — Barn, Mr. Sargent's, 
•455-156 — Barns, Tight and Well 
Ventilated, :31— Barn- Yards, Pav- 
ing, '416— New Cattle-Shed at Og- 
den Farm, *17— Plan for House, 
No. 28, '88. 
Bushes, to Kill Dew-Berry 326 
Butter— Coloring, 51-251 — Experi- 
menting with, 251 — and Feed, 
Prices of, 410— from Devonshire 
Cream, 218-How much Salt in, 8— 
How to make Good, 217— Making, 
146-287 --Making in Winter, 59— 
Packing and Preserving. 365 — ' 
Price of, 418 -Soft, 328. 
Buttons 464 
By Express or by Post,. 345 
Cabbages— Early, and Cauliflowers, 
etc., 209— and Onions, 409— Wake- 
Held, for Seed, 343. 
Cactuses, Hardy 303 
Cactuses in Winter i<]\ 
Canning, Questions about 306 
Carrots and Onions on Saudy Land 
887. 
Carrots, Planting, 251 — Wild, 365 
Carvers, Hints to in 
Catalogues 355 
Cats, Curing 417 
Cattle— and Hogs in 111., 207— Best 
Breed, 206-Breachy, 178— Careful 
Selection of, 171 -- Ealing Dry 
Earth, 364- -Feeding, 171-Grow- 
ing, 448— Hereford, «4I3— Holstein, 
•401 — Jersey or Alderney, 167— 
Shorthorns, 29S-Shortborns, High 
Price, 328— Soiling, 171— Soiling in 
111., 17 — Thoroughbred. High 
Price, 176— Tying, 171 -Value of 
Bran for, 95-H ater In Winter, 90 
—Built— Color of, 250— Jersey, 
" Wad 1 use ti . " '201- Calves— Don't 
Sell the Best, 298-Foui- at a Birth, 
248 — Hide Bound. 285— Mother's 
Milk for, 338— Raising lor Milkers, 
879- Wintering Young, 181— Cowl 
—Brittany, " Bessie," »299-Card- 
ing, 175 — Cost of Keeping, 11— 
Drying up, 456— Feeding Milch, 
JOS— Food before Calving, 82- 
Hard-Milking. 286-321— How much 
Land to Keep, 44;— Kerry, ills- 
Leaking Milk, 282— Milk for In- 
fants, 10 i -Milk- Mlrro- in, 809- 
Mllk- Mirror in Jerscv, it, - 
Plantation, 288-Prevenling Hold- 
ing up Milk, 3"i -Selection of 
Dairy, 163-to make Milk in 
Winter, 47— Beffai-QooH Jer- I 
sey Grade. 4; — " Thrift," .171 -. < 
When to Dry, 6-0«)i-Trial of I 
Working, «411 -Working, '337- I 
Steers - Breaking in Yo-:ng. 885. 
Cattle, Diseases of, 131— Abortion 
in Cows, 136— Foot, and Mouth Dis- 
eise, 9-351— Foul iu the Foot, 
257— Grubs, 129— Milk Fever, 130 
206. 
Cellar Floors, Water-tight 6 
Cellar, Musty 33*; 
Cesspool, Cottage without a, '52, 
128. 
Chairs, High 463 
Chairs, Novel '..463 
Charcoal for Earth-Closets 165 
Cheap Money 47 
Cheese-Making 329 
Cheesc-rress *..25S 
Chemistry on the Farm 94 
Children's Shoulder-straps 305 
Cider and Cider-Presses 40t 
Cions, Cutting 286-366 
City Guests in the Country 265 
Clover, 217— Bringing in, 137— Hay, 
Curing. 134— Management of, 219— 
for Dairy Purposes, 207— for Hog 
Pasture, 7— for Plowing Under, 
333— Means of Fertility, 335— on 
Poor Soil, 254— Seed, H„w to 
Clean, 107— Seeding to, 374— Sow- 
ing, 367 — Value of, 129 — With 
Corn, 325. 
Coal 433 
Coal- Ashes for Earth-Closets .137 
Commission Merchants 23 
Composts 2OS 
Compost Heap, Turning a * 97 
Compost o!' Muck, Lime, ete 367 
Composting Muck, Ashes, and Cot- 
ton Seed. 408. 
Congress and Horticulture 22 
Consulting Agriculturist 126 
Corn, 287 -Chester Co. Mammoth, 
248-Judson's Branching, 461— 
Moore's Concord, 160— Red, 247— 
Cultivating, 209-326 -- Cribs and 
Grain-Bins, *33s -How Much Can a 
Man Husk, 59-168 -Husks, 327— 
Fine, 367— Fodder, 169-206— Cur- 
ing, 219-283— Feeding Fodder, 287 I 
—Green. 316— Growing, 131— Eat- 
ing Green, 306-Harvestiug, '331 ! 
— Plantiug Question, 175— and Po 
tat ocs, Rolling Land for, 147— Rais 
ins Unprofitable, 51 — Stalks. 
Burning, 46. 
Copper- Wire, Mending with. ..* 416 
Drying Fruit, Corn, etc 345 
Dyking Swamp Land 5j 
Earth from under Old Houses... 168 
Earth System, Progress of 189 
Edging, a Silver-Gray 261 
Egg-Beaters *. .425 
Egg-Plants, 381— Experience with, 
460. 
Engineering, Civil ....408 
Eumelan, Pronunciation of 366 
Experience, Telling One's 460 
411 
57 
for Forage, 
459 
Cotton Seed .. 
Cotton-Seed Mea!.... 
Cotton-Wood Bark 
Gathering, »340. 
Covering. Early... . 
Cranberry Bogs. Depth of Cover 
ing, 63— Where to Look for, 263— 
Lands, 163. 
Cream-Cooling Apparatus. . . .». .216 
Criticisms 33-, 
Crops— Clean Culture, 335— Fodder, 
865— in Virginia, 281— Kansas, S-^ 
and Prices, 40S-416-Secured, S71— 
that will Stand Drouth, 89— Three 
in one Season, 101. 
Cross Children, Treatment of 315 
Crows. Hoodwinking .'*. ^453 
Cucumbers, Early 133. 
Cultivating by sieam 4-7 
Cultivation, Thorough '39.1 
Currant and Gooseberry Trees. .311 
Curry-combs. 255— and Brushes, 166 
—and Cards, 407. 
Dairymen's Convention.... 
Daisy, Oxeye 
L^angerous Light 
Daughters, Teach your.!.! 
Deer, Tame 
Dishes. Washing 
Ditching, Is it Farm Work 
Docks an 1 Elders. 
Docks, How to Kill 
Doctor, Good Advice from 
Don I ! 
Dough, Turning four ^885 
Drains, 175-Sha!low, Belter than 
None, 90. 
Drainage in Scotland 299 
Dry Earth in Veterinary Surgery. 
408 
8 
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....167 
146-226 
46 
...3V, 
....211 
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Fairs, List of, 253-251— Louisiana, 126 
—Jersey, 208— New Englaud, 865— 
Oxford, Pa.. 287. 
Fallowing. Fall 14-167 
Fa! 1 Planting of Hardy Plan's. . .343 
Farm Experience, 370-Hclp, Pay 
for, 453— Improvements, Profit- 
able, 369-Kansas, Worn-Out, 326- 
Laborers in Winter, Work for, 453 
— Run-Down, R. I., 128. 
Farmer, a Good 453 
Farmer or Carpenter 166 
Farmers' Clubs .'.'..285 
Farmers, Hard Times for 367 
Farming— Does it Pay? 208-Eng. 
lish,175— High, 91 -on West Coast 
of Mexico, J 17 -Swedish Dairy, 
178. 
Fences, 379-Cheap Two-rail, 178- 
I'ortable, 137-" 337-W 7 ire, 247-325- 
407— Wire and Board, 327. 
Fertilizer, Shade 886 
Fertilizers, Mineral '! .218 
Fire In Chicago 409 
Fires in Michigan and Wisconsin J09 
Fish— Alewife, * 291— Bass, Fresh- 
Water, 133— Breeding, Will it Pay ? 
168— Pickerel Shooting. » 133- 
Sturgeons and their Products, » 
173. 
Fish-Pond, Making a 419 
F1 » ;!!'.!"367 
Florist, How to Become a 423 
Florists and Nurserymen's Black- 
List, 63. 
Florist, Wants to be a 163 
Flower Garden and Lawn in Jau., 
4-Feb., 43-March, 83-Aprll, 124 
—May, 163— June, 203-July, 211- 
Aug., 28!-Sept„ 321— Oct., 364- 
Nov„ 40-1— Dec, 443. 
Flower Seeds, Collecting 262 
Flowers— Abutilon striatum, 365— 
Anemones and Ranunculuses, 183, 
* 421-Antirrhinmrj, 143— Azalea 
Iudica, 112-Banksian Rose, 144— 
Bulbocodium, 183— Bulbs, Hardy, 
* 381 -Cauna Iudica, 143— Carna- 
tions for Winter Flowering, 262 - 
Christmas Rose, 461— Climbers, 
Annual, 184 -Coba?a scandens, 143 
— Colcus, 143— Crimson and White 
Mignonette, 459 - - Dianthus, 143— 
Dicentra speclabllis alba, 262— 
Double Zinnias, 143— Dwarf Cor- 
nel, * 181— Garland Flower, 262— 
Fraxlnella, « 804 - - Geranium, 
Double, 446— Geraniums, Keep- 
ing, 461— Lantana, 113 — Lilac- 
flowered Fuchsia, • 21— Lobelias, 
143 — Myrsiphyllum, 113 — Pansy, 
143 — Pasqite Flower, 261— Per- 
forate-leaved Sclndapsus, • 101— 
Petunias, 143— Rises, Winter 
Flowering, '181— Salvia splendens, 
much Required, 128 -steaming 
92-869. 
Fruit Growing about Leavenworth 
422. 
Fruit, Large Collections of, 883- 
Fenrs in Orchard Culture, 583— 
Selling by Weight, 461. 
Fruit-Trees In Gardens 208 
Fruit Garden, Jan..3-Feb., 43- 
March, 83-Aprll, 123-May, 163- 
June, 203— July, 243— Aug., 283— 
Sept., 323-Oct., 363-Nov., 403- 
Dec, 443. 
Fumigator for Plants and Poultry 
Garden-Drainage for, 328-How to 
have a Good, • 102-Preparing 
Land for, 89— Trenching a, 406. 
Gardene-s, Be Just to 888 
Gardening in Iowa 222 
Garget and Bitter Cream. . . ...... m 
Gas-Lime 409 
Gate, Farm " " "« 
Gate Post6 •_ 336 
Glades of the Alleghanies. ....... .7 
Glycerine 337 
Graft, Prolific ^ . .246 
Gram-Rolling Spring, 446-Thrasb 
Early, 259. 
Grand Enterprises, One of the 5 
Grapes S02-S82 
Grape Culture, Hints on 63 
Grape Cuttings in Clay Soil 148 
Grapes In Virginia, 122— Mildew on, 
303— Native. 409— Sending. 409— 
Tendrils, 303-Training, 303-Va- 
rieties of, 302. 
Grape-vine, the, 113 -Pinching the 
846. 
Grass — Blue, 216- Buffalo,' 261 
Cocoa oi-Nut, 246-Coucb or Quack 
419— for Mountain Land In N. J., 
325-How to get Land kilo, 2S7 
—Hungarian and Corn Fodder, 47 
—in Summer Fallow, 826— Job's 
Tears, *21 -June or Blue,365— Seed 
Sowing, 251-SeedIng In the Fall, 
247-Full Meadow Oat, • 104- Tim- 
othy to Pennsylvania, 168-Tlm- 
othyon Stubble, 326. 
Grassing a Terrace or Bank 103 
Grater, a Revolving, « 225-Mlstake 
about, 366. 
Graters * . .385 
Grazing, Winter 415 
Greenhouse, a Cheap, • 801- • 341— 
Building, a, 28, -and Hot-house 
Plants from Seed, 142— Plants. 
Specimen,' 884— and Window 
Plants in Jau. S— Feb. 43— March 
83-Aprll, 124- May, 163-.Iune, 203 
-July,244— Angust,2fU-Sept. 334- 
Oct., 364-Now, 401 -Dec, 443. 
Grindstone Frame and Trough '.256 
Grouud Ivy and Red Root 414 
Guano , 247 
Gypsum , tj 
H 
14S -,:~ Sn ™' BTO! ' 3 - ' 484 - s I ,lr *» Hearth and Home, Fiction." 
callos-i, 303- Trailing Arbutus, • 
181— Trllliums, ' 341— Tuberose, a 
New, 303— Variegated Crown Im- 
perial, • 221-Verbenas. 143-Ver- 
benas, Self-sown, 1S3- Violets, 446 
—Yellow Asphodel, « 303 -Yucca 
nlamentosa, 19— Zonal Geraniums 
143. 
Fly-Brush, Patent S46 
Fodder -How to use Corn, 373- 
1 Steaming and Cutting, 139. 
Foliage. Autumn Colors of. 123 
I Food-A Baby's First, 133 -How 
Habits to Cultivate In Sons 9 
Hams, to Preserve from Flies... .365 
Harness, Care of 283 
Harrowing for Different Effects..298 
Hay— Curing. 247— Curing Clover. 
247— Price of, 447-Substltutes for, 
259-Timothy, 247--tu Cure Lu- 
cern, 367. 
Hay-Rack for Farm Wagon... .*. .217 
445 
Hedge, How to Make a, 46'.— Under 
Trees, 166. 
Hedging, Successful 352 
Help Wanted 86 
" Hickory Farm " Adornments .. 62 
Hide. How to Strips 456 
Hive, How to Make a Simple 139 
Hog Pen, Plan for 167 
Home Doctoring 66 
Home Topics, 185-225-265-805-345- 
SS6-463. 
Homes in Kansas 127 
Hoop Poles 166-207 
