IV 
INDEX. 
wold, 167— Cotswolds, Shearing, 
* 180— Cotswold 99. South-Down, 
248— Country, East Tennessee as 
a, 47— Diseases— Catarrh in, 437— 
Grub In the Head, 329— East In- 
dian and Gibraltar. * 413— Fleeces, 
Heavy, 369 — Footrot in, 215 — 
Grinding Grain for, 9— How to 
Dress,* 172— How to Preserve, 409 
—in Large Flocks, Long-Wooled, 
205 — Lambs, 375 — Cotswold-Me- 
rlno, 251— Feeding, * 56— in Lin- 
colnshire, S70-ln England, 208— 
Maggots in, 3*13— Merino, 175— Ne- 
crctti, " 1 — Price of Cotswold, 
417 — Prolific Ewes. 9 — Rams, 
Young, SCO-Rack for Field Use, 
* 176 - Sca"b in, 127 — Skins for 
Whip-Lashes, To Tan, 8— Stretch- 
es in, 2i>7— Washing and Shearing, 
* 110— Weight of Cotswold, 205— 
Winter Feeding of, » 416. 
Shingle, What 19 a S23 
Shoeing Unruly Animals, Rack for, 
* 139. 
Signal' Service, TJ. S 126 
Sleds, Lock for "..416 
Snow 10 
Soap, Carbolic Acid In 289 
Soap-Scraps 285 
Society, Ncwburgh Bay Hort., 437— 
N.Y. State Poultry, S26. 
Socks, New Heels in old V.463 
Sod, Heavy. What It will Do..'.. 16 
Sods, Composting (2) . .455 
Soil, Calcareoua 286 
Soils, Analysis of, 6— Analyzing..l28 
Soiling, 371— To Prepare for .407 
Soot, its Value as Manure 179 
Sorghum Bagasse, Value of .286 
Sowing Board 432 
Spring, Failure of a. S27— Late.. 212 
Spurry 126 
Squash, Petrified 246 
Squashes, Turban *. .104 
Squlllas or Mantis Crabs *. . 53 
Stable Floor, Best 47 
Stables, Slatted Floors for 212 
Stamps, No more 405 
Stanchions and Stalls •. .137 
Starch Factories, 437— Potato, 233. 
Steam Cultivation, 219— Engine, 87 
—Plows and Tackle, 273. 
Stock Breeders' Convention, 405— 
Care of, 94— Cost of Poor, 90— 
Cooking Food for, 99— How to 
Improve, 19— Improvement of, 55 
— Improved, 251— Improving Com- 
mon, 85— Purchasing Improved, 
165— Raising, 174— Raising Fancy, 
273-Ralslng In the West, 827- 
Roots for, 829— What Breed of, 
167— Which Is the best, 86— Win- 
tering, 135— Young, 392. 
Stone, Power for one Run of 367 
St ove-Cloths 146 
Strainer, Blum's Mushroom 405 
Strawberries, 827 - 409 - 422 — Bed, 
Grubs in, 370— How Many to the 
Acre, 183— How to Use, 226— in 
Missouri, 144 — Mexican Ever-bear- 
ing, 48— on Bushes, 233— Queries 
about, 9-Set in July, 285. 
Straw-Matting, To Wash 426 
Straw Feeding Bearded, 283— for 
Beddiug, 457— Pea and Oat, 94— 
to the Acre, Amount of Barley, 
214. 
Streams, Protecting Banks of. - .. 57 
Stump-Puller, Simple *. .336 
Stumps, Blasting, 437— Burning, 233 
—How to Pull. * 176. 
Subsollfrom Utah 8 
Subsoillng 206 
Sub-Tropical, a Bit of the *. . 24 
Sugar-Beets for Cattle, 53— Beet, 
Improved, 89 — Beet-Root in New 
Jersey, 249. 
Suspenders * . . 65 
Swine— Berkshire and Essex, 129— 
Breeding from a Young Sow, 46 — 
Pigs, Cooking Food for, 179— Dis- 
ease in Pigs, 452— Essex, 55 — or 
Berkshire, 129— Hogs,Buving Food 
for, 87 — Kidney- Worms In, 80- 
207-233— Measurt-mcnt of Poland- 
China, 129— Kinging, 206-lls— Tem- 
perature for Scalding, 43— Worms 
in, 7— Neapolitan, *253— I'ijr, Good 
Chester White, 206— Good Little, 
219— How to Ring a. "297— That 
has Fits, 2^6— What Ails the, 200— 
What to do with a Scabby, 48— 
Pigs-Arscnic for, 888— Best Food 
for Young, 447— Chester White, 
217— Chinese. "413— China White, 
285— Food for Thorough-bred, 9— 
for Family Pork. 287— Keeping on 
Hotel Refuse, 413— of First Litter, 
5— on Clover, 248— Shoats. Fatten- 
ing, 412 — Sow, a Prolific, 367— 
Sows, Food for, 94— Suffolk, 47— 
Yorkshire, "87, 
Syrup from Cane 285 
T 
Table Etiquette .106 
Tallow-Scraps. How to Use 247 
Tanner, WnnMto be a G 
Tanner's Refuse, Value of 97 
Tannine 326 
Tannins Buckskins 328 
Teams, Uneven Pulling of, *:3&-2:-J3 
-♦29?. 
Ten Acres, How to'raake Pav.. . .447 
Tents, Materials for .370 
Thanksgiving dav, How to Keep, 
4iG. 
Th'^ "World" Agriculturally Con- 
sidered, 47. 
Thistles, Canada 12S-24S 
Tile-Machine Wanted 6 
Tiles — Cement Pipes and, *417 — 
Where Procured, 125. 
Tillage, Thorough 414 
Tim Hunker on Underselling the 
Butcher, 290. 
Tin-Ware 346 
Toads, Shall we Kill \>6S 
Tobacco, 7— Culture, Harvest, *372 
—Stems, 1C6. 
Tomatoes 343 
Tomato, Trophv 86 
Tools — Grinding, 323 — Pose-Hole 
Digger, 46. 
Top-Dressing 334 
Toughening and Coddling 464 
Toys, Cutting Paper "..26 
TreePlantiTis, 27i— Plantimz, Hints 
about, 143 — Smoke, or Venetian 
Sumac, * 349. 
Trees— and Rabbits, 6— A6h-leaved 
Maple, or Box-Elder, 125— Catalpas 
and Magnolias, ST— Cherry, Holly- 
leaved, * 221— Encalvptus,7— Ever- 
greens, S7 — Fruit, 1JG-2S9 — Hop- 
Tree, * r,4— Mpasuring Hight of, * 
461— Night-Soil for Fruit, 289--Paw- 
lonia, 8o— Poplars, Lombard y, 325- 
366 — Qniuceand Pear, 247 — Red 
Maple, 263-Seeds of Forest, 247. 
Trial Thinse 183 
Turnips, Danger of Choking by, 829 
—Grow, 257. 
u 
Underdrawing. 15 
Underdrain, Water Running into 
an, 332. 
'* United States Bank'g Assoc". . 5 
University oi Mississippi 437 
V 
Varieties. How Improved 61 
Vegetable Gardening in June 233 
Vegetable Plants for the South.. .303 
Vegetation In the *'Pine Barrens," 
* 462. 
Ventriloqnism 326 
Venus's Flower-Basket *.. 53 
Vermin in Nests, Sulphur to Kill. 130 
Veterinary Education 245 
Veterinary Surgeons, N. Y. College 
of, 444. 
Vinegar, To Make Rapidly *..S76 
Vinegar Eels 446 
Vineland 123 
Vinery, Ground 416 
Vim-yards, Bluffton, Mo 415 
Vintage, California 445 
Visitors, 385-412— Hints to, 265. 
w 
Wazon, Buck-Board •. .297 
Walks and Talks on the Farm— No, 
97, 14— No. 98, 54-No. 99, 94— No. 
100, 133-No. 101, 174— No. 102, 211- 
No. 103, 254-No. 104, 294-No. 105, 
334-No. 106, 374— No. 107, 41!-No. 
108, 452. 
Walnuts, 246-Perslan, 406. 
Waring's Premium f or 1S72 329 
Warren Cooking-Pot *. .225 
Washing, 185— by Dog-Power, 306- 
Machlnes, 46. 
Watches, Cheap, 45— How they are 
Made, 169. 
Water, Have you Pure, 453— Pure, 
SS5— Pure, to Keep Cistern, 246— 
Raising, 288. 
Weather Indicator, 326— Records of 
the, 405. 
Weed, Garden and Lawn, 289— Iron, 
286-To Destroy Milk, 286. 
Weeds, 174-295-334-115— iu Iowa, 209 
—Plowing Under, S26 — White 
Daisy, 8. 
Well, Depth of an Artesian, 86— 
Drive, 246— Dry, 447— To Remove 
Foul Air from, 205. 
Wells, Artesian • . .97-167 
West, Shall he go? 85 
West Point 1 15 
Western Interests 128 
"What Ails the Bees' Legs? "."..264 
What Is the Matter? 437 
What we Sleep on 47 
Wheat, 254-335-415— after Oats, 328- 
and Chess, 48— Colorado, 326— 
Drilling, 323— for Illinois, Winter, 
9— from Nebraska, S2S— Harrow- 
ing, 215— Harrowing and Drilling, 
294— Harrowing In Spring, 85— 
Hints about, 839— In Mass., Win- 
ter, 367— Michigan, 294— Western 
New York, 294— Lime for, 9— Mar- 
ket, 273— or Oat-Chaff, 437— Plow- 
ing Twice for, 409— Region, Great, 
449— Sections, Spring, 126— Smut 
In, 327— Smntty, 445— Sowing Clo- 
ver-Seed en, 48— Spring, 127-375— 
Tonzelle, 128— Varieties of, £32— 
Winter, 54-374. 
White-Mustard Seed 206 
Who we Are and What we Do. . .410 
Wife, A Young S46 
Willow Poles for Rafters 407 
Windmills for Farm-Work. ..'..177 
Windmill Wanted 209 
Window-Garden for Cold Country- 
Houses, 22. 
Wind-Power on the Farm 211 
Winter In the North-west, 1C8-K111- 
lng, Causes of. 263. 
Wire— Fence, 285 — for Pocs and 
Stitches, 325— Ware, White, ' 155 
—Work, White, 447. 
Wool-Box, A Good, • 179 — Spin- 
ning, 206— Washing, 205. 
Work, Farmer's 452 
Work— Hints about, Jan., 2-Feb., 
42-March,82-April,l?2-May,162 
—June, 202-Julv, 242— August. 232 
—Sept., 322— Oct., S62— Nov., 402— 
Dec, 442. 
Yeast Powders. 
Recipes. 
Berries, Drying 266 
Bread— Graham, 186— Making, 185. 
Breadstnffs, Breakfast 346 
Buckwheat Cakes 185 
Cake, Indian 266 
Chicken Stuffing 426 
Corn Bread, 20— Drying, 266-Frlt- 
ters, 3S5. 
Cream— Cake, SIC— Devonshire, 464 
—Gravy, 106. 
Crumpets 66 
Cucumber Catsup 329 
Egg-Plants, Cooking. 106-306 
Fish— To Boil, SS6— Baked Fresh. 
SS6. 
Fritters 366 
Ham and other Omelets 346 
Hams, Keeping. 226 
Ice-Cream, Strawberry 226 
Joint Jelly. 305 
Martynias, To Pickle 346 
Okra, Preserving 325 
Peaches. Pickling .369 
Pickle, Chopped 426 
Pickles, 209-3:6— Whiskey, 325. 
Pie, Orange 226 
Poultry, Roasting Old 66 
Pudding, Cocoanut 226 
Rve Bread, 816— Gems. 310— Graham. 
'316— Light Cakes, 346— Rolls, 346. 
Salt-Fish Dinners, Preparing 306 
Samp or Hominv 106 
Scalded Bread..". 106 
Shortcake, Strawberry 226 
Squirrel Stews 426 
Sweet-Breads 66 
Turkey, Cooking on Old 306 
WmX TO EILILIDOTEMF WM M ¥©1L1LJME MUMY-dME, 
A 
"A Dream of lairy-Lami" 100 
Apple- Worm Trap, Wier's 142 
Artesian Well, Section of. #7 
B 
Banks of Streams, Protecting (2), 57 
Barn Plan (3) . .454 
Barn-Stairs 455 
Basket, Barn 57 
Baskets and Willows (11) . .337 
Bats, North American 100 
Bed Strnw 225 
Beef, Hanging a (2).. 339 
Beet, Freak of a 384 
Beets, Transplanting 134 
Bibs (2).. 285 
Bird-House (3) 1S7 
Birds — Belted Kingfisher, 333 — 
Cuckoo, Black-billed, 220-Golden- 
wlnged Woodpecker, 13— Larks, 
Meadow, 211— Snow, 27. 
Boat, Making a Lap-Streak. .(3) . .877 
Breaking up of the Ice 121 
Brick-Making (2), 56-(3) 1S6. 
Bridge, Wooden 136 
" Bringing the Ostricli into the 
Menagerie," 338. 
Buckwheat, Harvesting 297 
Budding (9) . .313 
Buildings— Stable. Farm (4), 97-98— 
Western Cattle Barn, 176. 
Bull, To Ring a. (2) . .218 
Butter Molds (2), 454— and Stamps 
(2), 146. 
c 
Cabbage Plants (2), 224— Bedt for 
Wintering, 22. 
-Cane-FlLii:r, Prrpnrlns C4J..XG0 
Caponizing (2>.. 99 
Cat, Tailless Manx 387 
Cattle — Bulls, Two Jersey, 401 — 
Dutch, 1G1 — Galloway Polled, 173 
—Glamorgan, 253 — Longhorned, 
213— Polled, Norfolk and Suffolk 
Red, 213— Prize Devon, 41— Short- 
horn Prize, S21— Stanchions (1), 
137. 
Cesspool, To Empty a (2). .376 
Chopping and Choppers (3) . .463 
Churn, Californlan 217 
Churning by Weight-Power 97 
Cistern. Filter for, 95— for Liquid 
Manure, 252. 
Concrete Buildings 96 
Cookinc-Eot. Waxren - - .QK 
Corn-Cutter (2).. 385 
Corn, Freaks of (2).. 384 
Creamery (3).. 57 
Cutting-Board, Convenient 26 
D 
Dam and Waste-Gate (2)..S77 
" Defender of the Herd " 227 
Dog-Cart, Montreal 16 
Drain Level, 5S— Log, Boring a, 296 
Drains, Stone ($>.. 57 
Dresses, Children's 26 
Dust-Pan 186 
E 
"Eagles and Teal " 68 
F 
Farm-House, Cheap (4), 212— Mill, 
296— Sea-Side, 201. 
Fence, Prairie 90 
Flour-Box (2), 225-New (2), 105. 
Flowers (See Plants)— Beds, Plan 
of, 23— Bee-Balm, 881— Browallia, 
Tall, 341— Chinese Primroses, 144— 
Fuchsia, " Elm City," 184— Garden 
Plans, 141— Polygonum, Oriental, 
421— Primrose, New, 224 — Soap- 
wort, 331— Sweet-Peas, 341— Thnn- 
bergia. Great-flowered, 104. 
Fox, Trapping the 451 
Fruit, Drying (4) . .299 
Fruits. Apple, Mathews, 1S4— Apple, 
Mexico (2), 459 — Cherry, Dye- 
house (2), 63— Pear, Muskingum 
(2), 421— Pear, Plnneo (2), 462- 
Pear. Ouinn. &t — Plum, Baud or 
Beach, 424. 
c 
Gate, Farm, 96-252 — Hinge, 139 — 
Southern Park, 858. 
Greenhouse, Cheap 62 
Greenhouse Furnace and Flue.. .881 
H 
Harness, Mending ..(3).. 257 
Hay Barrack, 139— Cock and Stack 
(5), 216— Loading (1), 217— Press 
(4), 257. 
Hog-Trough, Improved 06 
norse, Arabian Stallion "Sap- 
phire," 361 — Disease, Scenes In 
N. T., 458-Powcr, 296— Shocking, 
336— To Fasten a, 217. 
Horses, Rack for Shoeing, 140— 
Muzzle lor Crib-biting (2), 376. 
Houses, Building Concrete. .(5). .298 
" How Came he to Pull her 
Nose " 148. 
I 
Ice-Boats GO 
Ice, Tools for Cutting (3).. 17 
Implements, Butter Utensils (3), 
171 — Carpet-Stretcher, 1S6 — Cul- 
tivator, Adjustable, 217— for Cul- 
tivating Corn (3), 178— Harrow, 171 
— Harrow, Thomas's, 89 — Hay- 
Knife, 336— Mole-Trap, 169— Wow. 
Subsoil, 216— Plows, Shovel and 
Mole, 193— Rake-Cultivator, 252— 
Roller, Home-made, 219— Saws (41, 
92. 
Insects, Apple Maggot-Fly.. (2).. 264 
Insects' Eggs In Grape Canes (7) , 302 
J 
Jumper 16 
K 
Knot, Halter 58 
L 
Lactometer (2) . .378 
Lambs, Feeding (2).. 56 
Lawn-Sprinkler (2). .342 
Level, A Farm 418 
Little Mischief and her Doll 2G7 
M 
Machine, Sewing 8S 
Machines, Corn-Planter 453 
Machines, Koot-Cutter 1C 
Manger for Stables, Movable 4C6 
Manure, Management of.. ..(2). .177 
Meadows, Irrigating, (2). .137 
Milk-Tester 455 
o 
"Out for a Bath" 228 
Ox-Cart Body, Fastening Down an, 
336. 
P 
Papering a Room <3) .145 
Petrified Squash 347 
Phosphates, Quarrying S. C. (3) . . 20 
Picture, Boys' 1CS 
Picture, Girls' 103 
Pig. Ringing a ...297 
Pipes and Tile, Cement (3) . .417 
Plants (See also Flowers) — Ama- 
ranth, Willow-leaved, 61— Arum- 
leaved Peperomla, 21— Balloon- 
Vine, 101— Califoraia Forage (3), 
18— Gentian, Karrow-leaved, 462— 
Golden Club, 261— Green Dragon, 
300— Horned Poppies, CI— Indian 
Turnip, 261— Ivies, 181 — Lupins, 
Many-leaved, S00— Lyon's Turtle- 
head, 421— Maiden-hair Rue-Ane- 
mone, 459— Matrimony Vine, 101— 
Milkwort, Yellow, 462— Sensitive 
Briar, 21 — Spatlum, 221 — Sub- 
Tropical Group of, 24— Variegated 
Grape-Vine, 181— Viscid Mallow, 
21 — Water-Violet, 304 — White 
Lady'e-Sllpper, 141 — Wild Tarn, 
141. 
Plate- Warmer 105 
Post-Hole Diggers (2) . .177 
P®tash-Making (4) . .340 
Potato-Muddler 186 
Potato-Rot, Fungus of the.. (S). .423 
Poultry, Asiatic Fowls,293— Chicken 
Houses (2). 92— Ducks, Mandarin, 
133— House (3), 52— Houses (4), 11- 
12-(2), 132- Sending to Exhibi- 
tions (7), 50— Silver-Spangled Po- 
land Fowls, 133— Varieties, Ply- 
mouth Rock Fowls, 13 — White 
Dorkings, 333. 
Q 
Quadrupeds, Wart-Hog 173 
Quilting Frame, Support for..65-1S6 
R 
Rabbits and Snares (3) . . 63 
Rats and Mice, Trapping. .. .(3). .265 
Refrigerator, Home-made... (2). .345 
Rocks, Blasting (3) . 17 
Roots, Raising (8) . .256 
S 
Scraper, Pot, Pan, and Kettle 146 
" Sea-Beans " (2) . . 21 
Sea-Beans, Eutada 104 
Seats for ex-Babies, High... (2).. 464 
Sea-TJrcMn 317 
Sewing-Machlne Aecessories(5).. 25 
" Shadows on the Wall " 428 
Sheep, African, 293— E. Indian and 
Gibraltar, 413— Fences (2), 416- 
How to Dress, 172— Negrettl, 1— 
Rack, Portable, 176 — Shearing 
Cotewolds, 18) — Washing and 
Shearing (.'), 140. 
Shrubs— Cherry, Hollj-leavcd.... 221 
Sleds, Lock for i ; i 
Sods (21, 16— Composting (2), 455. 
Squashes, Turban 104 
Squillas or Mantis Crabs 53 
Step-Ladder, a Safe : 45 
Stocking, Heeling n 461 
Stump-Puller, 336— Pulling, 176. 
S nspenders (2) . . 6f 
Swine, Neapolitan. 253— Pigs, Chi- 
nese, 413— Yorkshire Boar and 
Sow, 8'. 
T 
" Teaching Tip to Read " 2» 
Teams, Uneven Pulling of ISO 
" The Little D: ill-Master " 261 
"TheLittlc Fisherman " 308 
"The Modern Tantalus" 330 
" Tho Unwelcome Visitor " 348 
Tobacco-Culture (5).. 373 
" Tommy's Trouble A Triumph" 466 
Toys, Paper (3).. 26 
Trapping and Furs, Something 
about (5).. 93 
Tree, Smoke 844 
Trees — Hop-Tree, 61 — Measuring 
Bight of, 461. 
Trying to Find tho Key-Hole (3) .107 
Turkey, Thanksgiving 41« 
Turnip-Fly, Destroying the. (2).. 256 
V 
Venus's Mower-Basket 5S 
Vlnerar-Making, Quick 376 
W 
Wagon, Buck-Board .297 
Wattle Shelters ... 59 
Well-Curb 59 
What Alis the Bees' Legs?.. .11).. 264 
What is It ? 3 17-427 
Whiffletrees, Single and Double 
(21..29S. 
Whistle-Makers 188 
Windmills for Farm-Work 17, 
Wires, Tightening Fence 57 
Wire-Ware, White (4) . .425 
Wonderment 267 
Wool-Box 17» 
