(CONTENT § ©IF ¥(D)1LIUME T1HI MTY~(0)ME, 
t^T The stars (*) in the follow- 
ing Index shoiv where engravings 
occur. Articles referring directly 
or indirectly to Bees, Cattle, Insects, 
Manures, Trees, Weeds, etc., will 
be found indexed under these 
general heads. 
A 
Acre, An 847 
Advertisements worth Heading. .369 
Advertising. Art of G 
•' After tiie Great Snow-Storm " *JJ1 
Agricultural College, Kansas.... 240 
Agricultural Items, 813— Labor, 43? 
— Schools, 445— Paper Wanted,437. 
Agriculture — Colonial, 51— Depart- 
ment or. 2;i9, 848-English, 249- 
N. H Board of, 205. 
Alfalfa 369 
Almond upon Peacli 6 
Animals— Moles. 2S5— Neglect of, in 
Autumn. S30— Staffing, 48. 
Apple— and Pears on Wet Lands, 4S 
— Baldwin, its Origin. 303 — on 
Quince, 437 — Seed, 409 — Trees, 
Bush !».nd Cordon, 313— Roses on, 
8(4. 
Apple-Worm Trap, Thomas Wler's, 
•412— Traps, 223. 
Arboretum, Arnold 333 
Arkansas Moving 233 
Artichoke, Jerusalem 126-251-419 
Ashes— and Hen-Manure, 236— Coal, 
46— from Bark, 205— of Hemlock- 
Bark", 5— Pine-Wood, ST— Substi- 
tute for Wood, 329— Wanted, 127— 
When to Spread, 83— Wood, 167. 
Asparagus-Bed 2-15 
" Axiom." An 866 
Babies troubled with Constipation, 
S06. 
Bacon without Skippers 6 
Barley — Crop, Good, 9— How to 
Boil, 248. 
Barn-Stairs "..455 
Barrels, Rain- Water 346 
Basket— Barn. »57— Our, 124. 
Baskets and Willows V.S37 
Bats. Our Native - . . .*. .99-100 
Bean Straw 447 
Beans, 45-3^0— Castor, 325— Crop of, 
166— Culture of, 165-1. ima, SG6— 
Maximum Crop of, 209— Raising, 
11— What we Know about, 218— 
with Sunflowers. 285. 
Bee Notes, 9-1S-89-130-1G9-210-249- 
289-367-419. 
Beef-and Butter. 2S6— How to Kill 
and Hang. '339. 
Bees, Management and Culture of, 
247. 
Beet, Lane's. 245 
Beets— and Uuta-Bagns, Transplant- 
ing, 1S4— and Turnips. Transplant- 
ing, 223— Egyptian, 3G6-Freak of, 
•384— Transplanting, 292— What to 
Raise, 128. 
Berkshires 127 
Bermuda, Exhibition in 8 
** Best and Largest of any other 
Variety," 5. 
Bets 3J7 
Birds - Belted Kingfisher, *333 — 
Cuckoos, American, •219 — Golden- 
Winged Woodpecker, »1S— Larks, 
Meadow, *250. 
Blackberries as a Substitute, 406— 
White. 406. 
Bliss & Son Want to Know 8!) 
Boats, Lap -tnak " . .816 
Bob-Sleds, 46— Look for, 246. 
Bonds. Rail road 366 
Bone-lllack, Value of, 287— Dust for 
Meadow, 407— Flour, Test for, 233. 
Bones, 283— Crushing, 446— How to 
Use, 249 — Soda for Decomposing, 
209— To Dissc:ve, !3>-To Dissolve 
Ground, 85— and Cooking, Cost of, 
106 -Hen-Manure and Ashes, 125— 
Steamed and Roiled, 243. 
Book— Cook, 247— Farm-Gardening 
and See** Raising, 127 — Jersey 
Herd, 325- Vol. II, 409. 
Books-Barry's Fruit-Garden, 89- 
125 — " Bell's History of Short- 
horns," 5 — Bridgeuian's Garden- 
er's Ass't, 407— Cyclopedia, Farm, 
367— Directory, a Novel, 405— Ele- 
mentary Drawing-Book, 208— for 
Mothers, 425 -German Almanac, 
405—" History of United States," 5 
— "lloosier School-Master," 5 — 
Latin Grammar for Beginners, 5— 
Noticed, 49— Poultry, 48— Practical 
Trout Culture, 869— Received, 446 
—Report of the Dpt. of Agricul- 
ture, 447— School Geographies, S — 
" School-Houses," 5 — " The Sey- 
mours," 5. 
Borrowing 2S7 
Boys, Barefoot S05 
Bots and Girls' Columns. 
A Ant and a Green Worm, 347— 
Aunt Sue's Puzzle-Box, *27- 
*07-«lO7- , i47-*lS7-227-*207-*iO7 
-*347--3s;- *427 -465— Autumn 
B Leaves, 3S7— Bath, Out for a, 
•233— Birds, Snow, "27— Boys 
and Girls' Bird-House, *1S7— 
D Pictures, *10S-187— Do as I Do, 
307— Doctor has a Word to Say, 
E 307— Eagles and Teal, "67— 
F Fourth of July, -263— Game of 
G Succotash, 27— Games, Some- 
thing about, 27— Going A-Fish- 
H ing, *30S— How Came he to 
Pull her Nose? *14S — How 
I Minnie Washes Dishes. 28— In- 
dian Relics, the Doctor Talks 
about, 465— Insect Friends and 
Enemies, *227— Isle of Man, 
J 337— Jenny's Dream, *I66 — 
L Learn, What shall we, 147— 
Little Mischief and her Doll. 
M "267-Map Prizes, 67-88-107-One 
O Less— One More, SS7— Parlor 
P Magic, Tricks of, "67— Pic- 
tures, Boys and Girls', 210 — 
Picture Prizes, 227 — Stories, 
About those, 147 — Prizes, 
about our, 267— Doctor's Talk 
about, 247— The Doctor's, 266— 
R Rebuses, Something about, 
S 117— Sca-Urchins, "847— Shad- 
ows, Making, *428 — Skates, 
What I Know about, 427 — 
V Squash, Petrified, 347— Visitor, 
W the Unwelcome, *34S— What is 
it? " 847— Whistle-Makers, 188 
— Winter? Are you Ready 
for, 417— Wonderment, *2G7. 
Brackets 422 
Brick Building, Stairs for, 209— Mak- 
ing, '55-56-0136. 
Bricks. Efflorescence, 166 — To a 
Cubic Foot. Number of, 366. 
Bridge, Wooden .». .136 
Broom-Corn 165 
Buckskin, To Tan for Mittens. ..126 
Buckskins, Tanning 24? 
Buckwheat Fallow, 166— Harvesting, 
*297— on Summer-Fallows, 20". 
Budding, 325— Propagation by, *543. 
Buffalo Bnll-Calf, 166— Bulls, 2S7- 
Crosses, 283. 
Buildings— Barn for Mixed Farm- 
ing, '454— Concrete, 167-286— How 
to make Concrete, ■95-96— Stable, 
Farm, "97-93. 
Bulbs 1S3 
Ball— How to Ring a, "218— Shall he 
Buy or Ilii-o r,, 387. 
Bushel, What is a .327 
Bustles, Hoops, etc 330 
Butter — Coloring, 171 — "Gilt- 
Edged," 90-170— Making, 11-332- 
Mr. Sargent's, 45— Molds, "454— 
Molds and Stamps, *146 — Packing, 
209— Prices of, 209— Regarding, 407 
-Utcn-ils, 171 — Well-Flavored, 
367- White Spicks in, 248— Why it 
don't Come, 209-210— Worker, 283. 
Cabbage, Club-Root in, 45— Plants, 
Cold-Frame, «224-262-327 - Win- 
tering, *22— after Potatoes, 46— for 
Fattening, 8",— Gas-Lime for, S65— 
Keeping through Winter, S70. 
Calf, How to raise 1 
Calves, Disease in 179 
Camellias 246 
"Cancer Plant," 9— The Latest 
Cure, 45. 
Cane, Fiber from * . .259 
Cans for Creaming, Deep 127 
Caponlzing *..98 
Carbolic Acid 215-233 
Carrots and Fursnips, 369— Feeding, 
87. 
Casl .mere Goats' Wool 283 
Cast ings 246 
Castor Pomace 164 
Catalogue, Australian, 36G — Bush- 
berg, 829. 
Cattle Barren, Arc Twin, 87— Barn, 
Western, *176-Best Beef, 87-Bull, 
Imperfection lu a, 827— Bulls, Two 
Jersey, *411— Why Thorough-bred 
arc Vicious, 418— Calves, How to 
Manage. -146 — Club, American 
Jersey, 205— New Rules of Jersey, 
138-407— Corn-stalks for, 94— Cow, 
Another Jersey, 289— A Good, CC6 
—Good Common, 209— Good Na- 
tive, 2S5— Leaking Milk, 406— Spay- 
ing, 126— Sheds, Gutters in, 206- 
Story of a Good, 98 — To Dry 
a, 407 — Cows, Abortion in, 
829-112 — Brcachy, 329 — Drying 
up, 47 — Feeding, 91 — Feeding 
Dairy, 334 — Hard-Milking, 280- 
Horn, To Remove a, 326— Large 
vs. Small, 216— Large or Small, 450 
—Milk-Mirror in, 99— Saltpeter 
for, 167— Stripping, 287— Summer 
Feed for, 369— Teats, Warts on, 
286 — Tim Bunker on Self -suck- 
ing, * 449 — Wintering, 457 - 
Alderney Breed of, 250 — Ayr- 
shire, 131-247— Brittany, 167— De- 
von, 166 — Prize, *41 — Durham 
Grade aa Milkers. 12; — Glamor- 
gan, *253— Holstein, *169 — Jersey, 
127-371-325— and Scale of Points, 
330-372-for Butter, 139— Jerseys 
for Butter, 367— in Nova Scotia, 
172-Long-horned andPolled,*213— 
Shorthorns, Prize, *330— Diseases, 
Black-Leg, 47— Cure for Mange, 5 
—Dry Murrain, 8— Foul in the 
Foot, 47— Garget, 233— Grubs in, 
47— Grubs in Back of, 207— Haw or 
Hooks, 246 -Hollow -Horn, 127- 
128— Heave, Remedy for, 5 — Dis- 
ease in, 48-87-328 — In England, 
409 — Diseases— Inflammation of 
Brain, 6— Mad-Itch, 85— Warbles, 
85-285 — Exportation of Short- 
horn, 219 — Extra Value of 
Choice, 409— Heifer Coming in, 
How to Feed, 86-How to Fat, 47 
Precocious, 5— Heifers, Spaying, 
328— Jerseys, Visit to Mr. Maek- 
le's, 210— Lice on, 20G— Licks, 8— 
Loss of, 370 — Milk-Mirror, 328— 
Polled, "173-Prlceof, 10— Shelter, 
Wattle, *59— Show at Boston, Pro- 
posed, 128— Boston, 329— Steaming 
Food for, 19— Twin, 167— Warts 
on, 6— Wood-Eating, 126. 
Celery 247 
Cement, Hydraulic 209 
Cesspool, How to Empty a, "376— To 
Clean a, 208. 
Chairs for Invalids 325 
Charcoal-Dust, 165— Value of 48 
Cheese, How to Make 208 
l Cherry, Holly-Leaved, 28S — Maha- 
leb, 406-247. 
Chestnut, Grafting the 142 
Chinese Yam, 8-125— for Stock. ..'.25 
Chopping and Choppers ".AGS 
Christmas-Tree Rosettes 447 
Chromo, What is n 410 
Chufas 248 
Churn, Callfomian, *217— Crank, S6G 
—How t o, 128— The Best, 3— Which 
is the Best, 7. 
Churning by Means of a Weight, 
* 96— New Method of, 867. 
Cider, Artificial, 287— How to Keep 
Sweet, 409-4-17. 
Clons. Grafting 48 
Cistern, Filter for, *96— Leaky... 326 
Cisterns 370 
Citron 48 
Clevis for 3-Horse Evener 89 
Climbers, Wild Tarn *..141 
Clothes, Boiling 66 
Clothing for Cold Weather, Under, 
425-Littie Girls, 65. 
Clover, 254-S35-374 — Alsike, 160 — 
Amongst Corn, 287— Best on Poor 
Lands, 8 — Curing, 85-256 — Cut- 
ting, 233 — How to get Early, 
445 — How to get into a Poor 
Field, 47— Hullcr, Price of, 365— 
in Virginia, 280 — on Timothy, 
Sowing, 325— Seed, 205-285— Seed- 
ing in the Fall, 327— Seed Straw, 
What to do with, 125. 
Cog-Wheels, Greasing 327 
Cold-Frames, Thawing and Freez- 
ing, 423. 
Coleseed Crop 95 
College, Georgia State 284 
j College, Michigan Agricultural. .445 
Colleges, Agricultural 325 
Colorado S7-127-233 
Coloring, Domestic 305 
Colts, Feed for 120 
Columbines 233 
Compost, Clark's, 166-215— Heaps, 
233— Soil for, 366. 
Composting 285 
Concrete Builder, Practical, 406— 
Buildings, 207. 
Congress, Now for 406 
" Contrary to Nature " 254 
Convention, National Swine Breed- 
ers', 830. 
Conversing Well 105 
Corn, 453— at the North, Dent, 0— 
Branching, 87— Chester Co. Mam- 
moth, 287— Cultivating, 294— Cul- 
ture, 295— Curious, 289- Cutter. 
* 385— Cultivating, 95— Cultivation 
of Fodder,218— with Clover.Seed- 
ing Down, 87— Drilling, 414— Feed- 
ing, 831— Fodder, 127 - Fodder, 
Curing, 51— Fodder, Saving, 336— 
To Cut, 236— Freak in, 7— Green, 
335— Hoeing, 295— Husking, 14— 
Husking and Cribbing, 370— Hy- 
brid, 218— Implements for Culti- 
vating, « 178— In Drills, 207— the 
Crib, Measuring, 249— the South, 
Cultivation of, 83 — Judson's 
Branching, 7— and Egyptian, 21S— 
Mammoth Chester Co., 206— Meal, 
Cooking, 367 — Measuring, 248 — 
Moore's Concord, 343— New, 126— 
Planting Fodder, 176— Raising, 95 
I — Sanford, 216— Something about, 
I * 383-Sowing Wheat in, 208. 
: Corn-Stalks, 445— How to Feed, 209 
j — Suckering, Sweet, '289 — To 
! Measure in the Crib, 128- Will it 
; Pay to liaise, 366. 
' Cotton-seed Meal 166 
I "Crabs" 5 
Cranberries, 125— on Hills 126 
Cranberry Culture, 86— Prospects 
of, 223. 
1 Cream, To Warm for Churning.. 246 
Creamery, Cheap Deep-Can...*.. 57 
Cribbing, Cure for 160 
Crop, Green Manuring, 248— Soiling, 
1 209. 
Crops in Southern Ohio, 325— of Il- 
linois, 366— Poor Yield of, 306— 
Rotation of, 371-107-Yield of, 323. 
Crossing and Hybridizing 181 
Cultivator with Adjustable Wing, 
* 217. 
i Cundurango 5 
j Curb tor Digging Welle through 
Quicksand, * 59. 
Cutting Board ♦.. 26 
Cutt ings, Inverted 125 
Dairy 292 
Dams and Ponds * . .376 
Dangerous Practice ICC 
Date Seed 409 
" Death in the Pot " 109 
Deodorizer, Patent 9 
Department of Agriculture Report, 
49-130. 
Dictionary, Technological 289 
Dietetic Habits 335 
Discovery, An Old 405 
Diseases, Fits or Megrims 167 
Docks, How to lull 278 
Dog-Cart, A Farmer's, * 15—" Law," 
54. 
Dogs, 452— Best Breed of, 826— Sheep- 
killing, 370. 
Drainage of Swamps 214 
Draining. 252-294-374— Cost of, 8— 
Timbered Swamp-Land, 866. 
Drain Land, Borrowing Money to, 45 
—Level, * 5S-Tile, or Stone? 168 
—or Rouud Stones, 6— Price of, 85 
—Wanted, 249— What Lands will it 
Pay to, 258. 
Drains, Boring Wooden, * 296— Fall 
Work on, 306— -Making Stone, • 57. 
Dresses, Children's V 26 
Drills, Making 422 
Drouth J54 
Dye, A Permanent Red, 8— Green, 
209. 
E 
Earth-Closet. Goux's Pi.tt.it, lilfc— 
System, Moule's, o38— Closets, ioV. 
Editorial Correspondence CI8 
Egg-Plants 128 
Eggs, Queer 7 
Elements. Defense against the.... 23 
Engines, "Road and Farm 4C6 
English Persistence 406 
Engravings and Lithographs, Steel, 
405. 
Entomological Department ol Agri- 
culture, 367. 
Esparcettc 126 
Eternal Corn ... 445 
Evergreen-Tree^ from the Woods 4lC 
Evergreens, 222— Broad-leaved, 1^-2 
—Coniferous, 1S2— Screens, Will 
they Protect Fruit Trees? 182 — 
Tew, Golden, 1S2. 
Exposition, Vienna 406 
Eyes, Sometliine about 845 
F 
Fair List, 353— Cotton States Assoc., 
4J5-Xew England, 363 — N. J. 
State, 4C5— New York State, 437— 
Penn. State, 249 - State and 
County, 324. 
Fairs in August 245 
Fallow, Summer, 414— What is it? 
319, 
Fallowing, Fall 295 
Fallows, 329-332— Summer 407 
Family Criticism 25 
Farm, a Six-Acre, 167— Buying a, 
213 — Gardening, Good Rotation 
for, 202— How to Get a, 203— Pro- 
duce, Price of, 453— Sea-Side, " 201 
—Shall lie, 329-Six-A;rc, 329. 
Farms In England, Value of, 273— of 
a Thousand Acres, 246. 
Farmer, A Despondent 407 
Farmers, Look out, 89— Clubs, 407— 
Daughters, 105— Wants to be a, 
280. 
Farming,375 — and Crops, Steam, 409 
—Can It Pay such Taxes ? 59— City 
Boys that Want to Learn, 129— 
Does it Pay? 134— First Principles 
of, 292— on Ten Acres, 437— on the 
Eastern Shore, Md., 273— Profita- 
ble, 5— Profits of, 453— Western, 
209. 
Fashions 166 
Feed, Cooking, 2S0— Steaming, 206- 
233— with Hot Water, 10— Value of, 
207. 
Feet, Warm 463 
Fence. Another Patent, 437— Cost of 
Wire, 166— Posts, Living, 206— 
Prairie, * 90— Road, 875— Wire, 
445- Wires, Tighteners for, • £6. 
Fertilizer, Clover as a, 249— Grafton 
Mineral, 48— Salt-Cakc as a, 288. 
Field, Deeply-Plowed 293 
Firc-Extkiguishcr. Babcock .289 
Fish and Sheep Nets, 320— Commis- 
sioners' Report, Ct., CG7— Scrap or 
Guano, 419 - Shad-Hatching In 
1872,370— Shad in Mississippi, 456— 
Skinning Sun, 464— Small Artifi- 
cial Ponds for, 418— Spawn of 
Trout and other, 127 - Striped 
Bass, "450. 
