INDEX. 
Ill 
Horses— Colts, Management of, 208 
—Colt, Weak Knees, 367— ApronB 
for, *256— Hone Spavin, 206— Bots 
In, 250— Broken-Winded, 247— Colic 
In, 247-Fast-Walklng, 2-17— Eye, 
Labels 183 
Lactometer, A 2S7 
Ladder, Fruit *..295 
Film on, 7— Feeding according to Lamp, German Student's. 
.65 
Night-Gowns 386 
Night-Soll 167 
Notes from the Pines, 23-183-261-302 
843-382-460. 
Notice— Special 885 
Lauds— For Market and Fruit Gar- 
dens, 163— In Iowa, 129— Seeding, 
211— To Restore "Worn-out, 408- 
Wbere to Locate, 168. 
Layering, Summer 263 
Leaves 367 
Lettuce for Nest Spring S44 ' 
Leveling Instrument, Cheap ....126 j 
Life Insurance Companies 405 
Landscape Gar- 
Work, 207— Galls on, 455— Glan- 
ders, 407— Grease for Galls on, 455 
—Hitching a,* 136— in Summer, 255 
Interfering, 367— Percheron, 163- 
Pin Worms in, 7— Prevailing Dis- 
ease among, 245— Slobbering, 407 
Sprain of Back Sinews, 447— Stal- 
lion Clydesdale, * 161— Stallion 
Lexington, Thorough-bred * 321- 
Stallion Thorough-bred, 290— Sur- 
feit, 407— Teeth, * 96— that will not 
Lead, 285— Three Abreast on a 
"Mowing Machine, 89— Warts, 206 
Horse-shoe, how to Replace.. * — 296 
Hortl. Memoranda from Tennessee, 
142. 
Hot-bed covered with Muslin — 245 
Household Department, 25-65-105- 
145-185-225-265-S05-345-385-125-463. 
House and Barn from Plana In Ag- 
riculturist, 46. 
Housekeeper, Letter from, SS5-426- 
464. 
Housekeeping, System in 25 ( Lucern in California 415 | 
House-Plants 22 Lunches., 
How a Monarch Dies 262 
Humbugs, Silver-Plating Peddlers. 5 
Humbugs, Sundry, 5-45-86-127 166- 
206-245-235-357-365-405-446. 
"Hybrid " between a Rabbit and a 
■Cat, 208. 
Oatmeal Gruel 845 
Oats— Norway, 168-325— Plowing in 
for Manure, 81— With Wheat,. .418 
Obituary Notice— Sanford Howard, 
126. 
Ogden Farm Papers, No. 13, 11— No. 
14,50-No. 15, 91 -No. 16, 130— No. 
17, 170-No. 18, 20'J-No. 19. 251- 
No 20. 290-No. 2-1, 370-No. 22, 410 
! —No. 23, 447. 
98' Onions 33 
Onion Sets 166 
Orchard and Nursery for Jan., 3— 
Feb., 43-March, 83— April, 123— 
May, 163— June, 203- July, 243— 
Aug., 283— Sept.. 323 -Oct., 363— 
Nov., 403— Dec, 443. 
Slaked, 162— in Corn Stubble, 247 - i orchard, A Neglected, 286-Apple 
on Oat Stubble,287-vs. Ashes, 237 | and Pear, 409— Pasturing, 135— Re- 
. Looking Ahead -375 i cord, 143. 
! " Love Powders," 406 ! Osage Orange, 366, 446— Seed, 143. 
1 Lucern 408 ! Osiers 167 
Ox, Musk 173 
P 
Lightning as a 
dener, 461. 
Like Begets Like 
Lima Beans, Field Culture of. . . .221 
Lime and Lime Kilns, * 335— and 
Sand In Mortar, Proportion of, 
417— Best Time to Haul, 446— for 
Fruil -trees and Land, 407— Gas, 
168— in a Compost Heap, 82— Old 
M 
Ice, Economy in 266 
Ice, How to Store 92 
Ice-Houses. Ventilation of 407 
Ice-House with Cool Room,* 417-118 
Immigrant. Colorado . 413 
Implements— Care of, 457— Essen- 
tial, 223 -How to'Introduce, 166— , 
Barn- Barrow for Fodder, * 256-- : 
Clod Crusher, Cheap. » 97— Corn- 
Husking Machine, 128-207-287— 
Cultivator, Comstock's Hand, 127 
—Cultivator, Useful Hand, • 461— ' 
Harrow, * 177— A Triangular, 202 
—Shares vs. Nishwltz, 47 -Tho- I 
mas's Smoothing, 131-287-444- ! 
Horse-powers, * 136 - Husking ! 
Pin, A, * 299 — Liquid Manure ! 
Spreader, * 377 — Pile Driver, I 
Simple, * 376— Plow, Double Fur- 
row, 207— English Double Furrow, I 
* 177— Gang, 168-247— Snow, * 454 ' 
—Swivel for Level Land, 6--What I 
is best Subsoil ? 46— Plowing by ; 
Steam, * 457-458— Potato-Digger, ! 
Horse, 327— Roller and Marker, I 
Combined, * 182 -Scraper, A, * 217 j 
—Stone Moving, * 257— Tussocks, 
Cutting, * 256. 
Insects— Ants, to Destroy, 328— Bark ! 
Louse, 208— Bugs and Bugologists, 
383— Bugs, Cucumber, 246 — Cab- j 
bage Maggot and Caterpillar. 503 
— Caboage Pest, 223 - Cabbage 
Pest, Southern, 409 - Cabbage j 
Worm, 183 Curculio, Plum, 883- 
Currant Worm, 203 — Currant 
Worms, 203-287 -Currant Worms, 
Tansy for, 243— Fleas, 286— Gas ' 
Lime for, 825— Gigantic Rhinoce- ' 
ros Beetle, * 21 -Grain Moth, 248 
—Grapes, Insects on, 303 — Great i 
White Leopard-Moth,* 459— Green : 
Fly on the Quince, 287— Meat-Flies 
and Fly-Blows, * 213— Mosquitoes, ' 
Heading off, 306 --Peach Borer,' 
F.emedy for, 141-203— Potato Bugs, ' 
207-245-246— Red Spider, 262— Rose 
Slugs and Green Fly, 126— Slugs, ! 
Green, 366— Sweet - Potato Bug, 
245 — Vine Insects, 382 -Weevil, 
Barn, 166. 
Inventors, Something to Consider, 
22. 
Ironing Board, An *. .265 
Ironing Made Easy 186 
Irrigate, When and Where 98 
K 
Kansas, Letter from 378 
Keeping Accounts 59 
Kindergarten 185-305 
Kitchen Garden, Jan., 3— Feb., 43- 
March, 83-April, 123— May, 163— 
June, 203-July, 243-Aug., 283- 
Sept., 523-Oct„ 363-Nov., 403- 
Dec., 443. 
^nee-Breecbes 345 
Madder 87 
Managing a Farm 11 
Mangels, Sowing 126-211 
Manure, 57-373— and Bran, 452— and 
Labor, More, and Less Land. 381— 
Apple Pomace, 326— on a Steep 
Hill, 404— Barn-yard, Management 
of, 18— Bone, 325— Buying. 167 - 
Composting of, 15 Corn-stalks 
for, 54— Cotton Seed vs. Plaster, 
167— Escape of Ammonia in, 171— 
for Chinch-Bugs in Wheat. 325— 
Gathering Sea-Weed for, * 333 — 
Heaps, Plaster in, 46— in Illinois, 
215— Lime for, 326- Night Soil, 167 
—on Wheat Stubble, 15— Peat or 
Turf as, 407— Peruvian Guano, 
Lasting, 20— Guano or Poudrette, 
166 - Poultry, 167 — Pumps for 
Liquid, * 339— Relative Value of, . 
367-Rich, 170— Salt Fish as, 247— 
Sawdust, Boue Meal, and Ashest 
326 — Secret, 6— Spreading from 
Cart, 18 Swamp Mud Ashes, 
16S— Value of, 452 Value of Sea- 
Weed for, 366— What to Mix with, 
123— Worth of, 71. 
Manuring Cheap Lands 247 
Maple Sugar Hem, 87— Making. .* 49 
Maps, Lloyds' 
Pails, Painted 36: 
Parsley, Dried 426 
' Parsnips 461 
! Pasturing M sulows, or Young Clo- 
I ver, 289. 
| Patching and Darning Exhibition, 
j 8-9-87 -*105. 
Peaches 306 
I Peach— A New Early 245 
1 Peanuts— Harvesting 287 
j Pears Cracking 407 
Pear— Japan, * 463— Sheldon, 460— 
I Tree. Big, 338 — Trees in a Gar- 
I den, 167— Winter, 461. 
1 Peas, 166-303 — Brushing, 167-208- 
; Harvesting, S27— On Sod Land, 207 
—For Green Manure 247 
JPeat 446 
! Peat for Fuel 57 
j Peddlers— How to Head off.. 8 
I Periodicals American Agricultu- 
rist, or Hearth and Home. 126— 
American Journal of Science, 
Mon.. 47— Chicago, 409 -Poultry 
Paper, New, 248—'' Prairie Far- 
mer." 4'>7 ~" The Southern Far- 
mer," 246. 
Peter Henderson & Co 248 
Petroleum— Early Days of the Busi- 
ness, ' IT'J. 
Pheasants and Poultry" 
Poultry, Catarrh In, 47— Chicken 
Cholera, 'iw — Chicken Coop, 
Folding. "455— Chickens. Fatten- [ 
ing, 167— Chickens, Gapes in, j 
126— Duck's Egg, Large, 167- ! 
Egg, Curious Peahen's, 866— Eggs, 
Large, 168-207-109— Keeping, 565— 
Preserving, 46-406 - Spurious tor 
I Hatching, 207 - Egg Farm, *169- 
i * 209-* 237-* 291-* 331-* V.2-' 448 — 
| Fowls, Canker of Head and Mouth 
I in, 126— Caponizing, 7-Diseased, 
I 207— Dark Brahma. 207— for Ex- 
hibition, 445— for Town Dwellers, 
! 364— Light Brahma, 248— Poisoned j 
■ by Lead, 6 -Winning the Agricul- 
; lurisl Prize-Cups, *99— Batching, J 
' Artlflcial,248— Hens, Bones for,166 
—To Prevent Sitting, 325— Large i 
Establishment, 46— Poultry Clubs, 
Exhibition, N. E, 126— Delaware | 
State Society, 7— Disease in, 369— ! 
House and Grapery combined, * 175 
—Hybrids among Domestics, *133 
—Importation of, 16S— Lice on, 366 
-107— New Variety of Bufl'Cocliins. 
253— Raising on a Large Scale, 7— ' 
Poultry 1'ard— Appliances, *16- 
•56. 
Practical Studies for a Young ' 
Woman, 305. 
Primitive Agriculture *.. 13 j 
Products of Washington Ter — 444 | 
Prof. Agassiz Wants Carcasses.. 8 
Pump for Deep Wells 45 
Pump, New Lift and force 445 
Pump, Power of a Suction 409 
Pumpkin Seeds for Cows 8 
Putty and Paint. 28S 
Put Water on the Stove 9 
Questions, Many 166 
Quince, Chinese *..459 
Market 
T) ay9 175 | Phosphate, South Carolina 
in the Rural 
Market-Gardenini 
Districts, 142. 
Market Reports— Jan., 4— Feb., 44— 
March, 85— April, 124— May, 165— 
June, 203— July, 244— August, 234— 
Sept., 324— Oct., 364-Nov., 404— 
Dec., 444. 
Marl, Green Sand 287 
Marsh Lands, Improvement of ..247 
Meal, How Much Oil 447 
Meat, How to Choose 145 
Mechanical Engineering in Yale. ( 
Men, Hiring by the Month 46 
Messrs. B. Fox & Co 207 
Mice on Fruit-Trees 47 
Milk, Bloody, 207-248— Can, Iron- 
Clad, 126 - Holding Back, 367— 
Pans, Cleansing, 327— Pans, Deep, 
410— Rooms, 129-165 - Setting for 
Pigeons, Sterile Fan-Tali 
Pig Question, The 
Pine-Cone Oak-Gail 
Plants— The Arrow-Head, 
Arundo Donax. 343 - 
Snakeroot, * 221— Checkerberry, * 
181— Golden Rod. 365 Ironweed, 
367— Ladies' Tresses * 424 - Mal- 
lows—Low, 408— Milkweed, How 
to Kill, SSI— Nettle, Great, 109— 
Partridge-berry, * 184— Partridge- 
Pea, * 421 - Two-leaved Solo- 
mon's Seal. * 261 — Virginian 
Agave, * 421 -Wild Pink. * 264 
Rabbits and Young Trees 46 
Railroads and Farmers 128 
Railroad, Northern Pacific 447 
Raisins 168 
Raisins, American. 246 
Raisin-Seeder ♦. .425 
Hams, Hydraulic 445 
Raspberries 126 
Raspberries, Mulching 409 
Rats and Mice, How to get rid of, 46 
Recommendations. Interested. . ..16^ 
Red Root among Wheat 254 
Rennet. Saving 325 
Reprisals *..380 
Residence, M;. Jndd's .165 
Rhubarb, Forcing 21 
Riding on Horseback, No. 1,"11- 
No. 3, 131-No. 8, 171— No. 4, 211 - 
No. 5, 252-No. 6, 370-No. 7, 411. 
P.oads and Bridges, Country, *249- 
299 j *829-449-450. 
..*.. 24 ; Roads in Qulddlctown, How they 
» 264— ; make. -'530. 
Canada Rocks, Burying 58 
Rockwoik and Alpine Plants.*. .103 
Hockwork, Plants for 167 
Roofing Works, Extensive.- . . 323 
Root Crops, 259— Crops for Western 
Dairies, 209 - Planting, 211— Pre- 
serving, 417. 
Rotation, System of 295 
Rubbing Post. V.260 
Rustic Bridges *..301 
Winter, State of, 461 -And Flow- I Rye and Abortion in Cows, 168— 
ers, How Grown, * 61— And Seeds I Bye. Double Head of, 207— for 
by Mail, 423— For a Small Green- ] Soiling, 251. 
houBe, 421-422-For Winter, 344- ! 
Named, 126-409. S 
Cream. 290-Settlng in Summer, ! Plaster, 287-How Much per Acre, . Ssdd]e M „ lca n 20' 
167- Temperature of SpringHouse ! 90-On Potatoes, 246 -- Purity of, 
for, 327-Weight of a Quart, 456. 
Mills, Bone 206 
Minerals and Fossils 7 , 
Mink Breeding 7 j 
Missouri Farm, How to Manage. .369 i 
Modern Cooking, Brown Bread.. 26 j 
Moon, Influence on the Weather. 18 
Muck, Getting Out 214 
Mud, Salt Marsh, as a Fertilizer. .296 
Mulching 223 
Mules for Farm Work 16 
Murder 366 
Muskrat, Trapping the... *.. 93 ] pork' Mess..!... 1' 
Pork, Sweet 327 
i Salad Dressing 346 
207-On Wneat, 21,. | S(lUds , (m , Salad Dre3sing 266 
Playthings for; Children..^. ...... 366 gaU mi Mllck 3 -j 7 
! Plowing, Benefits of Fall, 875— 
Corn 'Stubiile in Fall, 419— Sod 
Land for Corn, 447— Under Clover 
| vs. Feeding it Off, iff? -Oat Stub- 
ble, 114. 
I Plums— Black-Knot 7 
j Pocket- Knife— Mullum inParvn, * 
Po .en 287 
I Pomegranate 167 
Poppy Culture 285 
Mustard Seed -Harvesting 135 
Mutton, How to have Good, 138— 
to get Rid of Woolly Taste in, 
446— Woolly Taste in, 367. 
N 
Names and Numbers 262 
Neatness, Unprincipled ....186 
Newspaper Club Agencies 87 
New United States Loan 136 
Posts, Locust for 216 
Posts, Portable Clothes-Drying, * 
225. 
Potatoes and Corn, How to Unload, 
46 Culture of, 134— for Cattle, 211 
—Grafting, 21 -Growing to Tops, 
21 7 -"Late Rose," 460— on New 
Ground, 247— on Sod, 836—" Peer- 
less," 407-460. 
Salting the Sheep *..370 
Salt Marsh, Reclaimed 133 
Sandy Uplands in N. W. Indiana, 
288. 
Santa Claus, Hints for 463 
Sassafras Bushes, to Kill 40; 
Sawdivst 408 
Scales. Fairbanks' Patent 2-16 
Schools for Young Ladies 166 
Science in Farming 378 
Scolymus 23-286 
Season, Early 210 
Seeds— Corn for Soiling Crops, 46— 
Drilling, 325— Grain for France, 85 
— Hlgh-Priccd, 207-How long will 
they Keep, 2S7— of Evergreens, 142 
—of Hard Maple, 409— Samples of, 
136-Soaking, 183— Sowing in Dry 
Weather, 263— Sowing too Early, 
222 — Squash, 7— Trees, etc, for 
Spring, 87. 
Seed Store, New 8» 
Seedsmen, Advice to.... 408 
Severe Winters if 
Sewage S6U 
ShalllSendmyBoytoCollegc... 9 
Sheep— Imported South-Downs at 
Central Park, * 121— Clipping Into 
Shape, 326— Cure for Rot, 827— 
Dogs Killing, 446—Fat-Tatled, • 
213 — Foot-rot In, 295— Good Re- 
turns from a Small Flock, 441— 
Hurdles, * 418— on a Poor Farm, 
250- -Pasturing on Wheat, 124— 
Pens and Racks, * 453-454 — 
Poisoning, 407 — Scab in, 286— 
Thorough-bred Negrettl, 409 — 
Winter Care of, 457— Wintering, 
414— Lambs— Early for Market, 339 
—for the Butcher, 87— Grade Cots- 
wold, 214— Inflammation of Lunga 
In, 129— Cotswold-Merlno, 453— 
Docking, 287— Four at a Birth, 286 
Shells, Fastening upon Wood — 366 
Shingles, Making Cut * 419-420 
Shirts, Making 464 
Shows, Traveling 246 
Shrubs— Clustered Leucothoe,*224— 
Dwarf June Berry, *144— Japan 
Globe Flower, *64— New Japanese 
Euonymus, "101 -Protection for 
Half-Hardy, 64— Rhodora Cana- 
densis, "221— Scotch Broom *341— 
Southern Bush Honeysuckle,*341— 
Tea as a Shrub, 167— Variegated 
Rose of Sharon, 21 — Wiegela, 
White, 262. 
Skimmed Milk and Corn-Meal, Rel- 
ative Value of, 286. 
Skins, Curing Small *..137 
Slaughtering nogs *. .454 
Sleds, Home-Made *. .454 
Smoke-Housc, Fly-proof 326 
Smoke-Houee and Oven * . .455 
Smoked Meats 126 
Societies— Agricultural oT Col., 207 
—American Pomologlca), 245— 
and Fairs, Agricultural, 2-19— Bee- 
Keepers* Association, North-east, 
365— New York.State Agricultural, 
Annual Meeting of, 85— Pomolog- 
ical American, 86. 
Soda ami Saleratus, Use of 145 
Soil, a Deep, Loose 256 
Soil, Alkaline, of Colorado 91 
I Soiling 371 
i Soiling Cattle 58 
I "Some Pumpkins " 409 
I Sorrel and Mustard, to Extermln- 
j ate, 367. 
I Sorrel, How to Get Rid of 327 
i Specialties of Eastern Farming. 99 
Spinning- Wheel, Improved. . .*. .305 
Squash, Large 7 
Stamps, Old Postage 409 
Steam-Engiues for Farm Use — 166 
Steain-Engine, Little 45 
Steam Power for the Farm 50 
Steaming Food 414 
Stacks, Building and Thatching.. 89 
Stock-Amount of, 371 -Breeding, 
244 -For an Ordinary Farmer, 
Best, 446— How to get Thorough- 
bred, 259—1 mproved, 203- Running 
at Large, 408— Shelter for, 418— 
Testing Medicines for, 243— Thor- 
ough-bred, 271-291-375— Value of 
Thorough-bred, 92— What Kind, 
46 - Weighing, 337 - Wintering 
Breeding, U -Growers' Associa- 
tion, 285. 
Stocks, "Hardy" Pear 224 
Stones, Removing 118 
Straw, Use of 14 
Strawberry Questions 286 
Strawberry Show at Elizabeth, N. 
J., 209. 
Strawberries for next Spring. . . .262 
Stump Puller 328-* 333 
Stumps. To Pull 446 
Subtropical 343 
Sumach 246 
Summer Fallow, Properly Managed, 
419. 
Sunday Headaches 345 
Superphosphate on Meadow Lands, 
247. 
Swamps, Reclaiming 377 
Sweet Corn 3*3 
Sweet Corn and Celery on the same 
Ground, 182. 
Sweet Potato Plant, Startlng,14t-223 
Swine-Best Breed of, 54— Essex, 
131334— and Horn Dust, S69— 
Boiled Corn for, 16S-Chcster 
Whiles, 167-288 — Cooking Corn 
for, 298— Cure for Cholera, 162— 
Fattening, 326— Feeding, 15-Uow 
to Fatten, ISJ-Show, Chicago, 
415— Snlmen In, 446-Sows Eating 
their Yoona, X87-S26— Great !Ia»« 
359 
