(D)3F KDLOME TWENTY-flHEEE. 
jgp The stars (*) in the follow- 
ing Index show where engravings 
occur, and the prefixed Jigures, the 
■number in the article. Articles re- 
ferring directly or indirectly to 
Bees, Cattle, Insects, Manures, 
Trees, Weeds, etc., will be found 
indexed under these general heads. 
A 
Acorns;— Planting 229-263 
Acre — Productive 3S 
Advertisements— Variety Store 68 
Advertisers— Special Notel28-331 
Agriculture -Developing 13 
" Dignity of 319 
Agriculturist at tlte South, 36 — 
Experience in Getting Clubs, 
143— Good Returns tor, 134— 
Notice, Value of 193— Subscri- 
bers, 100,000, 334— Terms Ad- 
vanced 32S-334 
Air and Ocean — Hems 13 
Animals at N. Y Central Park, 
71— Com fort of, 240 -Food for 
Fattening, 337 — Producing Ei- 
ther Sex 35 
Apple Battler Stirrer *..309 
" Juice — Borden's Condensed 78 
Apples— American Golden Pip- 
pin,* 145 — Crab as a Lawn 
Tree, 31S— Crab, Defective, 7 
—Dwarf, 102— Fall Pippin in 
Illinois, 167— For Illinois, 50 
— For Ohio, 37 — For Wiscon- 
sin, 261— Grafting on Crab, 5 
■Hardy fur North and West, 
332— In Iowa, ISO— In Vir- 
ginia, 286— Seedling, 7— Utter, 
4— What to Plant, 71— Win- 
ter for Western N. Y„ 69— 
Winter on Early Slocks, 49— 
Wormv 332 
Ashes— Coal for Grass Lands. 308 
Asparagus Bed— Renovating, 
230— Field Culture, 74-Va- 
rieties 167 
Asses and their Progeny *..316 
Avaricious Man 77 
Babv Tenders— Brown's 311-S*347 
Bag" String— New * 130 
Bags— Gunny Described 39 
Bai lev-Beardless, 135 — 229 — 
Cultivation, 107— For Horses, 
261— Glood Crop, 38— Ilalian.166 
Bain— See Under Buildings — 
Bams— Making Comfortable.. .291 
Barometer— Record for Novem- 
ber,* 6— Dec* 40- Jan.,* 72— 
Feb.,* 101— March,* 136 — 
April *. .108 
Barrels— Cleansing 5-54 
Basil— Sweet 230 
Baskets— Hanging for Plants.. 270 
Bathing for Children ..54 
Beans Described, 135-197 — Dried 
Green, 271— Field Culture, 138 
— Planting too Deep, 13G — 
Profitable 70 
Beef— How to Cure 54 
" Pickle for 71 
Beehive— Maine Stale, *. .201 
" New Home-made -.**.. 139 
" Straw Protection . . 333 
Bees— Artificial Swarming, 11— 
Distinguishing Italian, 166 — 
Foul Brood, 6— In Houses, 38- 
165-334— Italian. 310— Pears for 
71— Stings— Treatment of, 37 
— Transporting, 68 
Bees — Calendar for Jan., 3 — 
Feb., 31— March. 67— April, 
100— Mav, 132— June, 163— 
July, 195— Aug., 227— Sept., 
258— Oct., 283— Nov., 306— 
Dec 330 
Beets— Early 115 
" See under Roots 
Birds — American Wood Duck*265 
" Boxes and Houses 3*.. 76 
" Blue Jay Useful 175 
" Sap Sucker Injurious . .* . 77 
Black Knot in Plum Trees. 102 
167-198 
Blackberries— Kittatinny.. .*. .293 
" \ anient" Crop 309 
'dlnal— Cured by Water Ball) .258 
B16b»K)t *..180 
Boils, Bunions&nd Carbuncles. 150 
Bonds— U. S.. (33— 133-134-165- 
: 259-284 
Bones— Comminuting 135 
Books— Agricultural Scarce, 311 
Agriculture of Mass., 165 — 
— Barry's Fruit Garden, 7— 
Botanical, ,193— Breeding, 229 
UOonrJosJj ""— Elihu Bur- 
rits's, 107 — Entomological, tgs 
Farm of Four Acres, 331 — 
— Farm at Edgewood, 6 — 
Farm Stock, 7 — Foundations 
of History, 311— Fruits, Down- 
ing's.iOS — Fuller's Grape Cui- 
lurisl. 6S7-IOI — Greeley's Am. 
Convict, 334— Green Iluuse, 
37— Hints to Riflemen, 165 — 
Horticultural, 262— Mayhew's 
Horse Management. 165 — 
Michaux Sylva, 104— National 
Almanac, 1864-165 — Patient's 
and Physician's Aid, 168 — 
Prices Advanced, 136 — Propa- 
gating Plants, 0— Solon Rob- 
inson's " Facts for Farm- 
ers," 199— S. S. Question, 4-69- 
165-199-263-333— S. School 
Singing, 334 — "Ten Acres 
Enough, " 134-103— Tucker's 
Annual Register, 334— Todd's 
Manual, 69— Watson's Home 
Garden, 7— Wax Flowers and 
Skeleton Leaves, 199— Wa- 
ter's Am. Grape Culture, 286 
— Youmans' Chemistry 4 
Botanical Journal 5 
Botany for Children 103 
Bouquets— How Made. .. .3*. .210 
Box Mailing for Plants, 6S-101- 
134-*198-284 
Boys' and Girls' Columns : 
Air, Fresh Needed, 298— An- 
swer, Amusing, 273 — Noble, 
216— Answers to Puzzles, etc., 
23-55-87-119-151-183-215-247- 
274-296-322-349— Beggar and 
Flowers, 24— Birds in Battle, 
273— Boys of N. Y. Citv, 164- 
216-247 — Child Astray,* 120 
—Returned Home, *162 .Chil- 
dren Happy,* 56- Tired,* 216— 
Christmas Pie,* 24— Debt and 
Credit Account, S8— Decem- 
ber, Thoughts. 349— Display, 
Too Much, 297— Dog, Re- 
markable, 120- Experiment, 
" Can't," 322— Farming Talk, 
Manures, 56— Figures, Cu- 
rious Arrangement, 119 — Fish, 
Resurrection, 2* — 297 — For- 
tunes of War, 350— Fowls, 
Eccentric. 120— Fruits, Ob- 
taining New, 24 — Game, 
Double Acrostics, 150 — "Olla 
Podrida," 8S — Proverbs, 24— 
Garden.-Children's, 119— Gen- 
erous Boy, 24 — Geographical 
Acrostic, 274 — Question, 151- 
247-298— Ghost, How to See, 
297— Gift. Boy's to Soldiers, 
273 — Givingby Boys and Girls, 
350— Glass Staining,274— Gold 
Leaf, 23 — Great Men and 
Boys, 183 — "Happy New, 
Year." 23 — Hen, Curious 
Freak, 298 — " Home Sweet 
Home." in Camp.* 88— Hot 
Weather, Thoughts for, 247— 
Imagination, Power of, 274— 
Insects and Birds, 183— Judge, 
Ingenious, 120 — = July 4th, 
Thoughts for, 215— Kissing a 
■ilSunbeam. 56— Knot, Decep- 
tive,* 23— Knowing How and 
Trving, 87— Letter, Travels 
of* 298— Lion, Habits of, 247 
Little Things, Importance, 350 
— Lord Melville and Ram, 56 
—Manners. Good, 248— May- 
nard the Hero, 273— Mistake, 
U. S. Bonds, 215— Mother's 
Hand, 248— Mushrooms and 
Umbrella,* 23— Mutton. Mys- 
terious, 152 — Names, Deriva- 
tion, 152 — Neatness. Value, 
151— Noble Man, 88— Non- 
sense, Comical, 322 — Par- 
rot in Court, 152 — Portrait, 
Standing for * 24S— Printer's 
Mistake, 55— Problem, Math- 
ematical, 23-55-S7-293— Prov- 
erbs,* 86-* 119-* 183-* 215-* 
247* 322— Puzzle, Acrostic.,215 
Card Cutting, 322— Curious 
Word, 55— Dinner, 151, Dot,* 
119 — Figure* 322 — Geneal- 
ogical, 55— Grammatical, 183 
Mathematical, 349 -Pictures, 
3* 87— Transposed Poetry, 298 
—Word, 274— Rat, Trumpet, 
119— Questions, Historical, 
349 — Rebus, * 23 - 2 * 55- 
*87-*119- *1S3- *215- *247- 
*274-*29S-*349— Relic, Valued, 
215— Retort, Witty. 215— Rich- 
es, Who Wants? 56— Rogues, 
Two, 120— Rosa Bonheur, 56 
— Sanitary Commission and 
Scotch Woman, 120 — Sensitive 
Plant. *319 — Sentinel, Weal- 
thy, 298 — Sheridan's Wit, 56 
— Shingle Boat, 87 — Shower, 
Children Caught,* 184— Signa- 
tures, Curious 6*-322— Slavec 
and Shark, 152— Snow.Wiiite- 
ness Explained, 2*-55— Soldier 
Boy's Dream, 216 — Soldiers 
Sleeping, 183. .Spelling Hint, 
322 — Steps. First and Last, 
*350— Puzzling, 55— Toad and 
the Soldier, 321— Toy, Amus- 
ing,* 23— Tradition, Singular, 
56— Truant Detected,* 273 — 
Umbrella, Family,* 321— Un- 
punctual, Hint for, 184- Walk 
111 the Country,* 216— Wash 
ington's Blessing 215 
Boys— Plea for 11 
Bran Mash for Animals 308 
Bread— Buying vs. M aking, 22 — 
Making, 71— S6-U8— 150-181 
-1S2 — 213-247-271-320— Why 
Poor? 22 
Breeding Either Sex at Will .. 42 
Broom Corn— Dwarf 33-138 
" Corn Seed— Dwarf. 333 
" Varieties and Cultivation. .138 
Buckwheat — Cultivation 206 
" Straw 315 
Budding— Directions 5*.. 228 
Buildings— Barn Plans. 5* 172 
Barns, Preparing, Winter, 326 
— Corn Cribs, Good Plan*335 
—Country Houses. Hints, 292 
—Dwellings, Hints on, 2* 204 
— Dwelling House Plans, 0* 
105 — Improved Horse Stanle, 
4* 44— Locati ng D welling, 205, 
— Penn'a " Double Decked" 
Barn, 5* 73— Plan for Piggery, 
135— Poultry Houses, Good 3* 
335 — Sheep Barn Wanted, 
197 — Smoke HouseConvenient 
*339-Soiling Shed, D.G.Mitch- 
ell's. 2*141— Western Settlers' 
Architecture *..312 
Bulbs by Mail 263 
" See under Flowers. 
Bulls- Working 266 
Butter in Winter 150 
" Large Yield 5 
C 
Cabbage Seed Raising 333 
Cabbages— Heading Late,* 308 
Manner of Growth. 3* 13— 
Manure for, 165 — Prolecting 
from Worms. 167 — Trans- 
planting, 136-Wintering....308 
Caclus— Plural of 134 
California Crops 166 
" Gardening 263 
Calves— See under Cattle 
Cancers Incurable 310 
Candy for Children 349 
"Caper Tree" 102 
Card from Mr. Jndd 284 
Carpenter, Josiah, Letter 58 
Carriage— Family, Wanted — 79 
Carrot Seed— Cleansing, 103- 
167-229 
Carrots — See under Roots 
Castor Oil— Manufacture 310 
Catalogues, etc.. Received, 134 
— Seed and Nursery, 50 — 
Thorburn's, 37— Vick's 68 
Catsup— How to Make 295 
Cattle— Alderney Cow Juno,* 
208— Aldernev or Jersey, 208 
—229— At Pasture, 288-Bloat 
Cured by Water Bath, 258— 
Breeders' Associations, 17-104 
— Breeders' Convention, 33 — 
Bulls should be Worked,266— 
Choking Relieved, 7 — "Cool 
ing Off,"* 240— Cost of Fatten- 
ing, 41— Cure for Kicking, 
166 — Cows, Abortion, 106 — 
Bloody Garget, 308— Caked 
Bag, 69— Diminutive of Brit- 
tany, 340— Feeding in Drouth, 
200— Good Milker. 197— Kick- 
ing and Woman, 235— Milking 
Herself,* 262-* 308— Profita- 
ble, 135— Poor, Profitable, 44 
— Quality of, 176— Shrinking 
Milk, 38— Fall Feed for, 288 
—Cattle Herd Records, 17— 
Homeless, 314 — Iloven Reme- 
dy, 197 — How to Choose a 
Cow, 142— Lice on, 207-285- 
30S— Loss in California, 166— 
Loss of Appetite, 7— Mammoth 
at Sanitary Fair,*176— Milking 
Sore Teats, 166— Oxen in 
Horse Powers, 171— Photo- 
graphs of, 197— "Pride of Liv- 
ingston" 175-*176— Pride of 
Livingston Sold, 198— Pleuro 
Pneumonia47-70-76-135-239-264 
— Raising Calves, 42— Repel- 
ling Flies, 106- Sale of Short- 
horns, 311— Sales of Blooded 
in England, 134 — Shelter- 
ing saves Fodder, 336 — Soiling 
Cows, 69-2* 141— Which are 
Best 47 — Y r oking by the 
Head 3*.. 80 
Cauliflower— Cultivation 116 
Cauliflower Seed 263 
Celery— Tu mip Rooted ....*.. 116 
Cement Hydraulic— See Lime.. 
Charcoal as a Deodorizer 290 
Cheese Factory in Mass., 71— 
Making, Associated, 15 — 
Notes, 111— In Small Way, 
235-294— In Winter, 86-150- 
310 
Chess or Cheat ,...*.. 264 
Chicory — Bad Success with. 333 
" Preparing 310 
Children. .Two Ways of Gov- 
erning 245 
Chives or Gives *..180 
Chloroform for Animals 17 
Cider— How to Make Good, 309 
—Keeping Sweet, 39— Mills, 
Power 78 
Cisterns Above Ground 4 
" Barn, Convenient 333 
" Brick 333 
Climbers — Japanese Honey- 
suckle* 269— Native, Celas- 
trus scandens,* 244 — Desira- 
ble 146 
Clover on Winter Grain 73 
Coffee — " Australian, " 103 — 
Mixtures and Substitutes. 230 
— Rve, Poisonous. 103— Sub- 
stitutes Misnamed, 39 — To 
Make Good 53 
Cold Frames, Pils, etc.. ..103-286 
Cole-Slaw— Spelling, etc ....136 
Collars, Lace— How to Wash. 271 
College — Ag'l.. Kansas, 79 — 
Ag'l., Penn'a., 38 — Lands, 
Ag'l., 38- Maine, Ag'l., 71— 
Michigan Agricultural, 103-334 
— Massachusetts, Ag'l 71 
Colonization of Soutli 38 
Colony— Western 103 
Colors— Influence on Complex- 
ion 246 
Companies— Ag'l., Caution.. . .308 
Concrete or Gravel Wall 333 
Conservatory Heating 39 
Convention— Cattle Breeders', 
38— Cheese Dairymen 36— N. 
Y. Wool Growers, 263— Ohio 
Wool Growers, 79 — Plow- 
Makers, 79— Wool Growers. 6 
Cooking Apparatus for Vegeta- 
bles *..245 
Coral Tree *..269 
Corn and Pork, 70— Covering 
Implement,* 109— Crop Profit- 
able, 135— Corn Crib— Good 
plan of, *335— Drying Sweet, 
263— For Feeding outl74-Hen 
Manure For, 102— Late Plant- 
ing, 174 — Marker, Home- 
made, *10S — Plowing too 
deep for. 333— Price of, 8— 
Seed, How to save. 342— 
stalks for Fodder, 142— 
Stubble, Composting, 333— 
Sweet, Varieties, etc.. 147— 
Varieties Described, 7* 137 — 
Ventilating Cribs, 3— When 
to Plant 138 
Cotlon in Missouri. 38— North- 
ern Grown, 74— Peruvian.. . 79 
Cows — See under Cattle 
Crab Apple as a Lawn Tree. ..318 
Cranberry Culture, 114— Mea- 
dows, Sand on, 19— Preparing 
Ground, 198— Tree (Vibur- 
num Opulus),' 212 — Tree, 
Fruit 230 
Crops — Prospects, 231-260 — 
Good from one Acre, 38 — Over 
the Country 287 
Crows— Repelling 39 
Crystallizing Grasses, etc. 246 
Currants— Are they Berries, 286 
— Best Kinds. 267 — Unripe 
Falling. 230— Winter 102 
Customs Various 54 
Cuttings— Striking 286 
Cypress —Deciduous 147 
Daisy— Exterminating 166 
" White for Hav 261 
Deatli of Dr. Pugh 205 
" OfE.G.Faile 165 
Delaware— Emigration to ....25fi 
Diarrhoea Remedy ..262 
Diseases, Infectious— Important 
Remedy Proposed 264 
Ditching Plow 5 
Dogs and Sheep 134 
Domestics— Management of. ..245 
Drain Pipe Wanted 197 
Draining — Aerating Soil. 229— 
Best Tiles. 5— Ends of Tiles, 6 
Peat Lands,70— Size of Tiles 5 
Drains — Removing Obstruc- 
tions *..262 
Dress Elevator — Demorest's,* 
21 — Notes on Spring, 85— Win- 
ter 21 
Drouth — Lessons from 228 
Ducks — American Wood.. .*. .265 
Ducks — See undei Poultry 
Dwelling — Best Location 205 
Diving Kiln Wanted 332 
Dyeing Butternut Color, 297— 
Hints upon. 213 — Recipes for, 
246— With Purslane . .150 
B 
Editor Absent 263 
" Drafted 311 
Editors— Notice to 35 
Edging— Box 148 
" Dwarf Flag 197 
" For Flower Beds 198 
Education of Housekeepers. . .150 
Eggs— Four Cents Apiece, 47 — 
How to Keep, 135— In Win- 
ter 22—166 
Elk — American *..144 
Emigration Societies Wanted.. 75 
Endive — Description and Cul- 
ture 178 
Evergreens — See Trees, also 
Shrubs 
Exhibitions — Agricultural,' At- 
tending, 228 -Ag'l. in 1864, 
22S-259-287 — Ag'l., N. Y. 
State, 199-307 — Ag'l.. New 
England, 287— Ag'l, Penn, 307 
—Brooklyn Horticultural So- 
ciety, 197— Grapes and Wine, 
263— Montreal Hort. Society, 
262— Tables at Agriculturist 
Office, 67-196-227-287 — 
World's in New Zealand. . . .207 
F 
Farm— Productive 43 
Farm— Work for Jan., 1— Feb., 
33 — March, 65 — April, 97 — 
May, 129— June, 161— July, 193 
—Aug., 225— Sept., 257-Oct., 
281— Nov.. 305— Dec. ..*».. .329 
Farmers' Club— Benefits of, 338 
Constitution, 2S7 — Skanea- 
teles S7 
Farming a Profession 309 
Fences— Bus, Handy,* 109 — 
Costly, 199— Dear Property, 70 
Expensive Boards, 70— For 
Prairie Lands, 143 — For 
Sheepfold, 7— Osier Willow, 
198— Posts,Cedarvs.Oak,229— 
Posts, Concrete Setting,* 285 
Posts, Setting 107 
Ferns— Cultivation 269 
Fertilization— Effects of Cross 
19-146 
Figs— Growth and Flower.*. .295 
Filters— Materials for 71 
Flax and Flax Machines.* 313- - 
Brake-r-Sanford & Mallory,* 
313— Cotton Manufacture, 70 
—Culture, Profits, 42-110— 
Yield per Acre , 70 
Floor for Stables .. . 229 
Floors— Earth for Stables . . . .235 
Flower Garden and Lawn — 
Calendar for Jan., 2 -Feb., 34 
March, 66— April. 99— May, 
132— June, 163- July, 190— 
Aug., 227— Sept., 258— Oct., 
282— Nov., 306 -Dec 330 
Flowers —Arrangement, 115 — 
Best Annuals, 147— Bouquets, 
2* 210-Brompl'n Stocks.Keep- 
lng, 334— Bulbs Treatment, 230 
—Cactus, for Bedding, 211— 
Caclus, Treatment of, 198— 
Dahlias and Gladio'.us, 198 — 
Double, Degenerating, 310— 
Double, How Formed, 5* 177 
Everlasting, 115-Fine Aza- 
leas, 134'— Floral Philippic, 
267-For R. I. CliiIdren,37-202 
— Fuchsias, Non-Blooming, 
147-Gazaniu Splendens, 230 
Geraniums, Wintering, 318 
Green Rose, not new *340 
— Hollyhock, 267 — Honey- 
suckles, Japanese,* 269 — 
Honeysuckles. Propagating, 
309— Japan Lilies, 71 — Jon- 
quils Non-flowering, 103 — 
Laurcstinus, 39 — Meadow 
Saffron. Ornamental,* 313 — 
New in 1801, 83 — Pan- 
sies, Fine, 197— Petunia as a 
Pot Plant, 243— Preserving 
in Sand, ISO — Rose Bush, 
Sleep, 180— Roses, Pruning 
Remontant, 5 — Rose, Fine 
Seedling, 197— Roses, Hybitd 
Perpetual, 103— Sowing Auri- 
culas, 103— Star Ipomea,* 52- 
69— Sweet Alyssum, etc., 39— 
Treatment of Tuberose, 37- 
147— Triioma Uvaria,* 317— 
" Verbena Montana," etc. . .230 
Fodder— Dry Valuable 170 
•' Cutting, Soaking, etc.. ..337 
Food— Green for Slock 112 
" For Fattening Animals 337 
Forks vs. Knives 34 
Fringe Tree— Purple 39 
" Virginia *. .179 
Frozen Limbs— Treatment. . . . 80 
Fruit Garden— Calendar for 
Jan., 2— Feb.. 34-March, 66 
—April. 99— May, 131-June, 
163— July, 1115- Aug., 227— 
Sept., 258-Ocl., 282— Nov., 
306— Dec 330 
Fruit Box— Cheap, 146— Crop 
at West, 83— Drying, Sugges- 
tions on, 272 — Early Dropping, 
102— Forced Peaches, etc., 
197— For Central Illinois. 7- 
GrowersMeetings, 3-35-57-1 64 
—Jars, Bakers', 167 — Degen- 
erating, 19 — Growers' Imple- 
ment,* 318 — Lists of, 7 — Pick- 
er.Home-made, 270-331— More 
Wanted, 71— Notes from Con- 
necticut, 35 — Notes from 
Iowa, 71— Preserving, Best - 
Way, 181— Small. Planting, 
286 — Soil for Small. 4— 
Stocks Affecting Grafts, lift — 
Stocks, Seeds for, 332— Trees 
Destroyed bv Cold 16- 
Fuel— Preparing and Burning 17 
Furniture, Cheap, Caution.. .118 
