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INDEX. 
tallty among, 129 — Losing their 
Appetite, 446 — Pig — A Good, 
446 -About Little, 327 — Berk- 
shire, " 220— Berkshire vs. Ches- 
ter White, 171— Colic in, 168— Cook- 
ing Food for, 171— Feeders, a Ques- 
tion for, 97— for Fresh Pork, 
Raising, 249— Grade Essex, 6— How 
to Raise Young, 446— Large vs. 
Small, 339— Losing their Tails, 57 
— Magie, 415— Oil Cake for, 7— Pre- 
mium, 135-Raising by Hand, 2S7— 
Scours in, 46— Piggery, Descrip- 
tion of, 11— Pig-pens, Mr. Cro- 
zler's • 216. 
T 
Tanning Cat-Skies 248 
Tea-Plants 143 
Things Handy 409 
Tile-Draining, Important Device 
in, 18. 
Timber Lands in Illinois, 825 
Timber, Preservation of. 89 
Tim Bunker on raying Crops.. ..289 
Tim Bunker on Selling Land 130 
Tomato, "Early Shipping," 460— 
Training and Pruning, *222— Tro- 
phy, 3S2— Trophy Premium, 168-4J5 
— Watering, 207-Wine,2S6. 
Towel for Each 106 
Transplanting Carrots and Parsnips, 
51. 
' 7 *rap, an Unpatented *..265 
M*ap3 f°r Muskrat and Bear.." 137 
-/•atment of Husbands 425-426 
Trees— Cedars, 440— Cembilan Pine, 
*141— Cordon Peach, 23— European 
Larch, 400— Evergreens, 303— Ever- 
greens from Seed, 42 J— Evergreens, 
Pruning, 303 — Honey Locust, 
ThornU'SR, 166— Kcelreutcria Pani- 
culata, 343— Larch from Seed, 80— 
Magnolia graudlflora Seed, 142— 
Sorrel, 31 J— Transplanting Hick- 
ory, 447-Planting in Illinois, 207— 
in Hot Weather, Young, 262— on 
the Prairies,'*'— Washiug,246— Yew, 
the Golden, 262. 
Turkeys— Breeding, 215— Large, 215 
—liaising, 16'j. 
Turnips # and Cahbages : Will they 
Mix? 245-Feeding In Kansas, 8- 
Topping and Tailing, 419. 
u 
Underclothing for Winter 164 
V 
Vegetables and Fruits 22-167 
Vegetables-Edible Polymuia, 23— 
New and Old, 91— Parsnips, 461— 
Selling by Weight, 461— Spinach, 
23— Spinach, Green, 146. 
Vegetable Slicer and Grater .*.. 05 
Viuegar— Sage's 206 
Virginia Land on Shares 9 
w 
Wages, High 7 
Wagon, Dumping # . .376 
Wagon with Low Body 369 
Walks and Talks— No. S5, 14— No. 
86, 51— No. 87, 94— No. 88, 131— No. 
89, 171— No. 90, 214— No. 91,254— No. 
9J, 294-No. 93, 834-No. 91, 374-No. 
91, 411-No. 96, 453. 
Warrener, What is it? 25 
Washing Dishes. 265 
Wash from Roads 285 
Watering the Herd *..8O0 
Water, Pure 245 
Water Rams *. 415-416 
Water, the Scarcity of 47 
Weather, the 382 
Weather, Protection for Wet 185 
Weeds, 23-295 — as a Green Crop.. 18 
Plowed Under, 407— Sowing, 183. 
Wells, Artesian. 447 
Wet Meadow, What to do with a. . . 
218 
Wheat— And Chess, 285— and Clover, 
407— Boughton, 168— Culture, 19- 
371-Diehl, S54-For Name, 407- 
" Golden Chaff May," 365— Grass 
In, 407— How much Seed per Acre, 
95-335— Muck for, 367 — Pickling 
Seed, 338 — Price of. in Corn 80 
Tears Ago, 129— Putting in, 339— 
Seed, 256-407— Smut In, 108-216— 
Winter, Best Variety, 326. 
"Where to Locate" 243 
Whiffletree Yoke 6 
White Mustard Experiment 452 
Wile for a Youug Farmer 63 
■Windmills 47-167 
Wool-Hearing Animals "..289 
Wool-Growing 334 
Word to the "Farmer" 129 
Work, Hints about, Jan., 2— Feb., 42 
—March, 82— Apr., 128— May, 162- 
June, 202— July, 242— Aug., 282— 
Sept., 322-Oct., 362— Nov., 402— 
Dec, 442. 
Working Capital of $200 per Acre,329 
Work-Shop, The Farmer's 218 
Worn-out Stock 284 
Wrong, a Grievous 248 
Y 
Yale Scientific School, Present to 8 
Yam, Chinese 168 
Yokes, Ox "..455 
Youug Farmer 406 
Recipes. 
Apple Dumpling and Sauce 26 
Apples, Preserved, 26 — Sour Baked, 
26— Sweet Baked, 26-Use of, 25. 
Biscuits S85 
Bread, Corn 26-226 
Bread, Graham 26 
Bread, Sweet 316 
Buckwheat Cakes 146 
Cake, Moreton Farm 106 
Cherries, To Bottle 326 
Cucumbers, Fried 266 
Cucumbers, Laying Down 306 
Currants, Green, To Bottle 226 
Domestic Recipes 26 
Driuk, Summer 226 
Duck, Roast 26 
Fruit, Canning, Pickling and Using, 
306. 
Fruit, Hints on Canning 226 
Gooseberries, Green, To Bottle. .226 
Goose, Christmas 464 
Goose, Roast jn 
Graham Gems its 
Grape Jelly SS6 
Ham, How to Boil 146 
Head-Cheese. How to Make 146 
Oysters, Scalloped 461 
Oysters, Stewed Tender 26 
Pickles, 7— Hints on Making, 316— 
Peach, 306— Plums, 306— Tomato, 
426. 
Pie— Apple, 26— Carrot, 426— Chick- 
en, 426— Crust, 26— Green Grape, 
386— Peach, 306— Plum, 306— Pump. 
kin, 426— Squash, 386. 
Plums, To Bottle SO* 
Pudding-Apple, 26-Carrle's, 226— 
Rice, 186— Sweet, 186. 
Rabbit, to Skin and Stew a 26 
Raspberries, to Bottle 226 
Rhubarb, to Bottle 226 
Sauces and Garnishes 464 
Sauce, Apple 26 
Soup— Green-Pea, 266— Tomato, 266 
Strawberries, to Bottle 226 
Sturgeon, to Cook 461 
Tomato Preserve 466 
TomatoeB, Scalloped 266 
Tripe, How to Cook 65 
Vinegar— Red Raspberry 226 
WVMK TO llLILUOTIfWI[(OK M TOLIMie OTMPY. 
B 
Barn, Mr. Sargent's (3) . .455-450 
Earrow, Barn 266 
Baskets <3) . .185 
Birds— American Magpie, 53— Auk, 
Great, 253 — Cow-Cunting, 451— 
Crows. Hoodwinking, 457— Gulls 
Dropping Clams, 466 — Owls (3), 
140— Sea-Dove, 253 — Woodcocks' 
Feeding Ground, 241. 
Bits (3) . .212 
Boat, How to Build (0)..297 
Bone-Mill 417 
Boot-Jacks (5).. 145 
Bottle, Dosing 216 
Bridges, Hustle 301 
Brooms, Stable (3). 298 
c 
••Castles in the Air" 138 
Cattle— Brittany, '.'93— Holsteln, 401 
— Hereford Bull, " Comptou Lad," 
413— Hereford Cow, " Verbena," 
413 — Jersey Bull, "Wachusett," 
201 — Canadian Method of Shoe- 
ing, 337— Frame for Shoeing, S37 — 
Trial of Working, 441. 
Cattle Shed, Plan of. (2). . 17 
Chair, Novel (2).. 463 
Cbeese-Press, Home-made 258 
Christmas Presents (5) . . 465 
Compost Heap, Turning 97 
Corn-Binder 330 
Corn-Cribs. 338 
Cottage ut Newport, U. 1 53 
Cottage without a Cesspool. (4).. 52 
Cream-Cooling Apparatus 216 
D 
Dry Earth, Loadin- 257-258 
E 
Egg-Beaters (7) . .425-426 
Eg»TeBtcr 449 
F 
Teed-Rack, Bevel ving 455 
* feeding the Sparrows"..,,.,.. 68 
Fence, Portable (2) . .137-337 
Fertilizers, Analyzing Mineral (4), 
218-219. 
Fish, Sturgeons 173 
Fish, Alewife 293 
Flowers(seealso Plants and Shrubs) 
— Banksian Rose, 144— Anemones 
and Ranunculuses (2), 424— Snow- 
Drops <2), 424 — Tulips (3), 331— 
Variegated Crown Imperial, 221— 
Fraxinella, 304 — Lilac-flowered 
Fuchsia, 24 — Loosestrifes, 344 — 
Pasque Flower, 261— Trailing Ar- 
butus, 181-Trilliums, 314— Wild 
Pink, 264-Yellow Asphodel, 304— 
Fumigator.2%. 
c 
Gall, Pinc-Cone OaV 24 
Gate-Posts 336 
" Gathering Cotton-Wood Bark," 
S40. 
Grain, Treading out, in Egypt... 13 
Grain-Bins 333 
Grass— Buffalo, 201— Job's Tears, 21 
-Tall Meadow Oat, 101. 
Grater, a Revolving 225 
Greenhouse Plans (6), 61— (5) 301— 
(5) 313. 
Grindstone Frame 256 
H 
Hay-Rack (2) . .217 
Hitching-Rlng 136 
Hogs, Dressing 454 
Horse— Apron for, 250— Bauchcr's 
Treatment of Boring, 411— Clydes- 
dale Stallion, "Lord Clyde," 161 
—How to Shoe, (4), 296— Learning 
to Mount n (3), 252— Thorough- 
bred Stallion "Lexington," 321. 
Horseback, Riding (4) . .172 
Horses' Teeth (7).. 96 
nousePlan (7).. 88 
" Hunting the Antelope on the 
Plains," 60. 
Husking Pin 299 
I 
Icc-HoUBe 417-418 
Implemont«-Caut Hook, 2*7— Clod- 
Crusher, 97— Cultivator and Weect- 
er, 462— Fruit-Tree Digger, 208 — 
Garden-Marker, 103— Harrow (3), 
177— Horse-Powers (3), 136— Horse 
Shovel, 257— Paver's Tool, 416— 
Plow, English Double Furrow 
(2), 177— Plow, Steam, 458— Pound- 
er, 416— Roller and Marker, 183— 
Scraper (2), 217 — 258—13)450- 
Stone Boat, 257— Stump-Puller, 
338-Tussock-Cutter, 256. 
Insects— Flesh-Fly, 213 — Leojjard- 
Moth (2), 459— Rhinoceros Beetle, 
24. 
Ironing Board 265 
"Just Hatched " 227 
K 
Knife, "Multum in Parvo"..(2)..123 
L 
Ladder, Orchard 276 
Lamp, German Student (2).. 65 
Lime-Kilns (3) . .336 
Liquid Manure, Apparatus for 
Spreading (3), 377. 
Ml 
" Making Mnd-Ples" .' 849 
Milk-Room, Shelves In 418 
N 
Nutmeg Graters (6). .885 
o 
Odometer 297 
Ox-Shoes S3S 
Ox-Yokes (2).. 455 
P 
Patching and Darning (6) . .105 
Petroleum Scenes (6) 180 
"Pickerel Shooting" 133 
Pigs, Berkshires 220 
Pig-Poos, Mr. Croiler's (3) . .216 
Pile-Driver (2).. 875 
PlantsCsee also Flowers and Shrubs) 
—Agave Virginica, 421 — Arrow- 
Head, 264 — Balsam Pear, 403 — 
Bunch Berry, 181— Canada Snake- 
Root, 224— Cassia Cliamsecrista, 
421— Dwarf Cornel, 181— Checker- 
berry, 184— Myrslphyllum (2), 141 
—Partridge Berry. 184— Perforate- 
Leave* Scindapsus, 101— How to 
Grow (6), 61 — Specimen Green- 
House (3), 381— Spiranthes cernua, 
424— Two-Leaved Solomon's Seal, 
264. 
Posts— Portable Clothes Drying (4), 
225. 
Poultry— Agriculturist Prize (2), 
100-Bramabs, Light, 100-372-Butf 
CocMns,100-253— '.' Dubbed " White 
Leghorns, 371— Ducks, Mongrel, 
133-Houdans, 100-Half- Breeds, 
for Sitters, 872— Silver-Gray Dor- 
kings, 100— Snow- White Barnyard, 
373— White and Partridge Cochins, 
41— White Leghorns, 372— Houses 
(6), 176— 292— (4) 331-332 (3) 412— 
419 — 155— Yard Conveniences (6), 
16— (6) 56— Feeding Boxes (3), 412 
—Yard and Fence "(2), 332. 
Pumps for Liquid Manure (3) ... .339 
Quadrupeds—" Bears In Central 
Park," 427-Black Bear, 93-Musk 
Ox, 173-Muskrat, 93. 
R 
Raisin Seeder 425 
Rats, Ingenuity of 267 
Rat-Trap 265 
"Reprisals " 380 
Riding on Horseback (2), 12, (4),172 
Beads and Bridges <2), 219— (2) 339 
Roads In Qnlddletown (6) . . 330 
Road, Section of. 450 
Rock- Work (5) . . 103 
Rese-House, Plan of 182 
s 
Saddle* and Stirrups (41 . .152 
" Sailing «f an Emigrant Ship ".. 30 
" Salting the Sheep " 361 
Sap Spouts (2).. 49 
Sea- Weed, Gathering (2) . .333 
Sheep — Fat - Rumped. 213 — South 
Down, 121— Hurdle, 418-Shed, 
Pen, and Rack, 454. 
Shingle-Making (6) . .420 
Shrubs— See also Plants and Flow- 
ers—Clustered Leucothoe, 224— 
Dwarf .Juuc Berry, 144— Japan 
Globe Flower (2), 64 New Jap- 
anese Euonymus, 101— Rhodora 
Canadensis, 221— Scotch Broom< 
341— Southern Bush Honeysuckle, 
341— Variegated Rose of Sharon, 
21. 
Skins, Curing Small (2) . .137 
Sleds, Home-Made 454 
Smoke-House and Oven 455 
Snow-Plow 454 
Spinning-Wheel, Improved 305 
Straw-Cutter, Egyptian 13 
"Summer and Winter" 388 
T 
" Tempting Good Naturo" .308 
" The April Shower " 148 
"The Faithful Guard" 1 
"The First Smoke" 28 
"The Patriarch of the Herd ".... 81 
"The Rubbing Post " 20» 
" The Woods In May " 188 
Traps (2).. 137 
Trees — See Shrubs— Cerabrlan Pine, 
141— Pear, Japan, 463 — Quince, 
Chinese, 459. 
Tomato Pruning .222 
Tools— Sec Implements. 
Vegetable Slicer and Grater.. 
65 
w 
Wagon, Dumping (3) . .375 
Wagon, Stone-Cutters' Dray.. ..257 
" Watting for a Bite " 268 
Warrener (3).. 25 
Water-Rarus (2). .416 
" Watering the Herd" ..300 
Wire, Coil of Copper (5) . .«•« 
" Wool-bearing Animals" Ml 
