Self Sewer— Barnum's *. .203 
Sewing Machines— Cheap 7 
Sheep— Best for Mutton, 5— 
Care at Yeaning,* 112— Care 
in June, 175— Carrots for, 
199— Chinese, 17— Cross for 
Fine, 5— Farming in South 
America, 14— Fish Pomace as 
Food, 106— Foot Rot Cure, 135 
—Grub in the Head, 239-339 
—Heifer for Company, 166— 
Hoof rot, 6 — Hoove, 7— Kept 
on Wheat Straw, 135— Lambs, 
Loss of, 166 — Names for 
Lambs, 139— On the Prairies, 
233— Salt for Stretches, 135 
—Scabies or Scab, 203 — 
Shearing and Washing Early, 
139— Shelter for,* 48— Shelter- 
in Pastures,229— Ticks.Reme- 
dy, 38— Time to Shear, 135— 
Treatment of Bloated, 106- 
Word from Old Raiser, 174— 
Yeaning Ewes . . . .. 80 
Shovel— New Scoop Proposed. 39 
Shrubs— Alder Leaved Clelhra,* 
317— Barberry, 5* 148— Desira- 
ble, 114 — Evergreen, 51 — 
Leatherwood or Wicopy.*243 
—Witch Hazel, Ornamental*346 
Sketches Wanted 286 
Skins— Tanning wilh Fur on . 43 
Smoke House, Convenient.*.. 339 
Snow Plow— How to Make 14 
Society— Agricultural, Conn.,71 
—Maine, 71— New England, 
104 — New Jersey, 71— Ohio, 
71— Pennsylvania, 71— York, 
N. B., 71-72— V. S„ 71— Cat- 
tle Breeders,104— Fruit Grow- 
ers of East Pa., 311— Horti- 
cultural, HI. State, 50— Hor- 
ticultural, 262— Pomological, 
Am. 262-287— Proceedings.. .332 
Soda and Saleratus in Food... 297 
" and Saleratus 22 
Soil— Aeration of, 229— Heavy, 
Deep Working, 236— Improv- 
ing and Keeping Good, 203— 
Trap-rock 198 
Soldiers— Sending Articles to . . 31 1 
" Papers for.. 331 
Sorrel on Limestone Soils ...198 
" See under Weeds 
Sorghum Cane Mills, 286— Cul- 
ture, 136 — In New Jersey, 70 
Seed, Renewing, 229— Seed, 
Sprouting, 70— Sugar, 229— 
Sugar in Bagasse, 5— Syrup 
vs. Sugar 201 
Spinach— Culture, 111— How to 
Cook, 119— New Zealand.... Ill 
Splice for Timber......... *..334 
Sauashes— Hubbards Unripe,310 
—Large Yield, 5— Turban*. 115 
Sciuirrel— Ground or Chip- 
monk vr:,.r-*-- 169 
tables— See under Bmldmgs.. 
I NDEX. 
Stammering— Treatment 311 
Stones— Burying 6 
" Clearing Land from 201 
Stove— Kerosene for Summer. 230 
Straw Rope Twister . . . .*9-*. . 261 
" Shelters, Ropes, etc.. ..5*.. 9 
" Wheat for Sheep 135 
Strawberries — " Agriculturist " 
for Sale, 224 — " Agricultu- 
rist," Notes on, 196 — "Agricul- 
turist" Perfect, 38— "Agricul- 
turist" Sold, 311— And Irriga- 
tion, 211— Beds, Protecting, 
332— Beds, Slate for,* 286 
—Cultivation, 210 — Cultiva- 
tion Recommended, 262 — Dis- 
tribution, 32-2S0-284-304— Ev- 
erbearing,165— For Preserves, 
5— Killed by Kindness, 334 
—Manure for, 165 — 90,000 
Bushels, 304— Notes on, 103- 
2* 241-261— Planting, 38— Pro- 
ducing Plants,* 242 — Report, 
Model, 262— Russell's Prolific, 
6— Seedling, 165— Show An- 
nounced, 160-192— Show at 
Agriculturist Office, 196 — 
Spring vs. Autumn Planting, 
310— Spurious Plants, 280— 
Plants, To Show in Fruit, 167 
— Query, Fruiting Under Glass, 
332 — Transplanting,* 260— 
Wizard of the North 39 
Stump Machines 38 
Subscribers— Western N. Y... 36 
Subsoiling — Use of 69 
Sugar from Box Elder 199 
T 
Tanning Skins with Fur on. . . 43 
Tar, Pitch, Turpentine, etc... .265 
Tea — Consumplion in England 68 
" New Jersey 13 
Temperature Alarm 39 
Thatching— Hints on 314 
Thistles— See under Weeds 
Thorns from Seed 332 
" Haw or White 7 
" Seeds 309 
Tim Bunker on the Sanitary 
Commission 314 
" Trip to Washington 85 
Timber — Preserving 285 
Titles, Land — Preventing Law- 
suits » 261 
Tobacco Cultivation, 171-201- 
237— Cutting and Curing, 262 
— Fertilizer; 69 — Handling in 
West Virginia, 229 — Hanging 
and Curing,* 76— Profitable, 7 
—Worm Moth 229 
Tomatoes-Diseased, 1 97— Fejee, 
6 — Sauce, Green, 310 — Train- 
ing 178 
Tools for Workshop 3 
" Wagons, etc,, Care of 340 
Transplanting Apparatus. .2* . . 178 
Transplanting Boxes 39-103 
Traveling in 1830 and 1864.2*.. 342 
Treading on Toes 262 
Trees— Depth for Planting, 102 
Destruction of in Winter, 167 — 
—Evergreens, 51 — Evergreen, 
Broad Leaved, 51— Evergreen, 
for Prairies, 51— Evergreens 
from Seed, 51— Forest from 
Seed, 50 — From Northern 
Nurseries, 38— Fruit, How to 
Strengthen, 344 -Girdled,6-19S 
Grafting Nut, 6— Heeling-in, 
37— Injured by Ice, 3S— Labels 
for, 167-210— Medicating, 263 
—Manuring Newlv Set, 207— 
Nut-bearing, Transplanting, 
167— Open Heads for Fruit, 19 
—Planting Apparatus,* 285— 
Planting Quincunx,* 285— 
Preventing Sprouting, 38 — 
Protector from Insects, 37-102 
— Pruning Maples, 6— Pui-ple 
Fringe, 39— Raising for Fuel, 
167— Surface Manuring, 83 — 
Tarred Paper for, 5— Trans- 
planting Old, 102— Unhealthy, 
102 — Warts on Cheny, 6 — 
Wash for Fruit, 69— White- 
washing 39 
Tripe— How to Prepare 310 
Tuberoses— Management. ..37-147 
Turkeys— Feeding 36 
Turnips — Large 39 
" See under Roots 
Vacuum Denned 197 
Vane— Neat Design *. . 339 
Vegetable Cooking Apparatus 
*245— New Tuberous Chervil, 
83— Slicer, Convenient 320 
Vegetables — List for Garden, 
100 — -Securing Succession, 207 
—Starting in Pots 101 
Ventilation and Warming. 4*. . 27 
Veterinary Physicians and Sur- 
geons 288 
Vine— Great Growth 332 
Vinegar— Animals in,I67 — Cider, 
333— From Cider, 263— From 
Peaches 263 
Vineland Lands 38-104 
W 
Wagon Questions.... 4-38 
" Wheels 47-143-*108-234 
Walks and Paths 144 
" Coal or Gas Tar 317 
Walnuts — Shucking Apparatus 39 
Washing Machines — Best 71 
Waste — Avoid on Farm 239 
Water for Stock, 8— Gaps, 5* 45 
—Surface Signs,230 — Surface, 
" Making Wholesome 230 
Watering Trees and Plants.... 178 
Weeds— Carpet Weed,* 244— 
Daisy, White, Exterminating, • 
167— In Paths, 198— Mullein, 
Origin of, 333— Parasites on 
Lawns, 198— Pokeweed,* 213 
—Purslane,* 245— Sorrel on 
Sour Soil, 229— Stramonium,* 
148— Thistles, Canada, 5-37— 
Wild Morning Glory 198 
Weigelas— New Varieties 212 
Wells— Excluding Worms ... .333 
Wheat— Boughton and Mediter- 
ranean, 11— Fife Sown in Au- 
tumn. 11— Seed Lost, 263— 
Sowing Spring, 75— Sown in 
January, 3 — Spring Varieties, 
104— Sprouted, 6— Mulching, 
70— Peruvian, 261— Winter. .266 
Wheeler & Wilson's 331 
Wheels— See under Wagon — 
Whitewash Recipes 118 
Wicking Substitute 320 
Willow — Osier Fence, 198 — 
" Osiers for Grape Trellis. . .332 
White for Fences, 36— White, 
Notes on,*12— Distinguishing, 
309— Weeping 2*. .318 
Wine — Best Grapes for, 344 — 
Black Currant, 37-103— Mak- 
ing Suggestions,* 294 — Plant, 
Humbug, 37 — " Sambuci," 37- ~* 
-69— In the Household 149 
Wish— Good Man's 169 
Wives, Consulting 348 
Wolf, Prairie *.. 9 
Woman's Labor in the Field.. 206 
Woodchucks— Snaring 285 
Wool Growers in Nebraska,* 38 
—Large Yield, 166— Market, 8 
—Washing 285 
W r orms — Pumpkins Seeds for 
Tape 167 
Wringers Presented to Sanitary 
Commission 39 
Writing and Toilet Case 165 
Yards, Front— Clearing Up... 85 
Yeast— Good 182 
Recipes. 
Apple Pie, Melon, Cooking. ...182 
" Sauce, Sorghum 215 
Beef— Dry, Salting 23 
" Pickle 54 
Biscuit— Good 215-320 
" Light 310 
" Soda 150 
BreadMaking 71-118-150-181-182 
213-247-271-320 
"Economical 118 
" Wholesome 86 
Buckwheat Cakes 54 
Cabbage, To Cook 24T 
Cake— Cheap,151— Corn,119-273 
—Starch, 183— Dessert, 214— 
Fruit, 119-214— Jelly, 151-215 
Loaf, 151 — Madison,151— Mar- 
ble,247-Number,214-Scalded 
Ginger, 214 — Scotch, 151 — 
Snow Ball, 55— Soft Ginger, 
87— Sponge, 55-151-297— Tea, 
214— White Mountain 151 
Cakes— Griddle 87-320 
" Potato Griddle 215 
Candy— Home -made 55 
Catsup— Cucutnber;297 — Grape, 
295— Tomato 295 
Corn Dodgers — Virginia, 214 — 
Meal Improved,214— To Cook 
Green, 214— Mush 349 
Cream— Scalded 55-87 
Crullers— Corn Meal 214 
" Fancy 119 
Crust for Pumpkin Pies 23 
Currants— Pickled 183 
Custard— Chocolate 151 \ 
Doughnuts 215 
Dyeing, Recipes for 246 
Emptyings— Salt 118 
Float 215 
Ginger Crackers and Snaps... 151 
" Bread 333 
Fritters 183 
Honey— How to Keep 215 
Huckleberry Griddle Cakes.... 215 
Javelle Water 348 
Jelly— Strawberry 182 
Mince Meat— Keeping 297 
Muffins— Cream 183-215 
" Corn Mush .349 
Omelet 297 
Oysters— How to Cook 318 
" Pickled 86 
Pancakes— Buckwheat 54 
Pickles — Martynia.... , 104 
"Sweet 310 
Pie— Cider, 182-Cream, 182-215 
Grape, 286— Sweet Apple, 87 
Vinegar 215 
Potato— Finishing Baked 55 
Preserves — Green Tomato — 310 
Pudding— Baked Indian, 273— 
Baking Long, 87— Blackberry 
and Apple, 273— Cheap Rice, 
87— Farmers', 23— Flake, 297 
—Green Corn, 214— Plain In- 
dian, 119— Pop Corn, 247— 
Rice, 150— Sauce, 183— Sweet 
Apple, 87— Plum 3E0 
Raspberry Short Cake 182 
Rusk 119-150 
Salads— How to Prepare 150 
Salt Rising 297 
Sausage Meat— Preparing 23 
Soup from Mince Pie Meat 55 
" Liebig's 55 
Squash — Baked 55 
Stains— Removing Rust — 55-273 
Stews— How to Make 23 
Wafers— Cinnamon 215 
Yeast 182 
INDEX TO ILLUSTRATIONS IN VOLUME T W E N T Y-T H R E E. 
Apple— Am. Golden Pippin. ...145 
" Butter Stirrer 309 
Aries Vignette.. 65 
Baby Tender— Brown's. . .(8). .347 
Bag String ViV^R 
Barberry < 5, --J* 8 
Barn Plans (5).. 172 
" "Double Decked" (5).. 73 
Barometer Record— Nov., 8— 
Dec, 40— Jan., 72— Feb., 104— 
March, 136— April 168 
Beehive— Home-made 139 
" Torrey's (3).. 201 
Bird— American Wood Duck..26o 
" Boxes and Houses t 3 )--?!} 
" Sap Sucker -j' 
Blackberry, Kittatinny 293 
Bloodroot ■ • ■ ■ • 1™ 
Bouquet Making (3). .210 
Box for Mailing Plants 198 
Brussels Sprouts 13 
Budding— How Performed. (5). 228 
Cabbage Pit ■■••308 
" Structure li)..is 
Cancer ..Vignette.. 161 
Carrot Weeder 1°° 
Catt'.e— Alderney Cow Juno.. 208 
" at Pasture 288 
'■ Cooling off 240 
" Cow Muzzle 262 
" Mammolh Oxen 176 
' Soiling Shed (2). .141 
" Splitting Cow's Tongue 308 
" Yoking by the Head.... (3).. 80 
Celery— Turnip Rooted 116 
Chess or Cheat 264 
Child Returned Home 152 
" Strayed from Home 120 
Children Asleep in Woods.... 216 
" Happy Chicks 56 
" In a Shower 184 
Chives or Cives 180 
Christmas Pie 24 
Climber— Celastrus Scandens . .244 
Coral Tree 269 
Corn Coverer 109 
Corn Crib 335 
" Marker .108 
" Varieties (7). .137 
Cranberry Tree 212 
Curculioor Plum Weevil 145 
Donkeys — Group of 316 
Drain Cleaner 262 
Drawing Instruments — (2).. 25 
Dress Elevator— Demorest's.. 21 
Elk— Group of 144 
Fence— Gate Bars 1 69 
" Posts— Concrete Setting. . .285 
Fig in Blossom (4) . .295 
First and Last Steps 350 
Fish— Resurection (2) . . 297 
Flax Brake— Sanf'd & Mai 313 
Flowers— Green Rose 346 
" Japanese Honeysuckle ...269 
" Meadow Saffron 343 
'* "Star Ipomea" 52 
" Structure of Double. .(5).. 177 
" Tritoma Uvaria 317 
Fruit Picker — Home-made270-331 
" Piece Vignette . . 305 
Garden Drill Marker 113 
" Plan 83 
" Reel 113 
Gate— Balance 312 
" Shutter 238 
Gemini Vignette. 129 
Gophers. -- 77 
Grafting. (8) 81— Bodkin, 81— 
Knife, 81— Root (3).. 20 
Grape Flower 345 
" Vine Cuttings (2). .84 
" Pinching Laterals 179 
" Pruning (4). 110 
Harrow— Improved 238 
Hay Press— Beater 236 
Hoe— Bayonet 211 
" Fork 318 
Hogs— Chester Co 41 
" Cutting— Slaughtered. .(2) . .338 
" Japanese 41 
" Wild Boar 41 
"Home Sweet Home" 88 
Hop Trellis— Collins' 140 
" Vines— Male and Female.. 140 
Hot Bed Frame .82 
" Sash 334 
Horse— English Hunter 292 
■' Favorite 16 
" How to Hobble 266 
Horticultural Vignette 211 
House— Plans.. .(6).. 105— (2).. 204 
Hunting Grouse in Autumn . . .268 
Hunting ....Vignette.. 1 
Ice House Plan (3) . .290 
Inarching— Natural 261 
Insects— "Basket Worm" 309 
" Hag Moths (2)..2S6 
" Mosquitoes (9). .289, 290 
" "Potato Bug" 261 
" Red Spider 270 
Irrigation— Plan of "Beds".(2).237 
Kale— Sea 116 
" Variegated (2) . . 343 
Knot — Deceptive 23 
KohlRabi 13 
Lamp Filling Attachment 21 
Leaf— Plants from 294 
Leo Vignette. .193 
Leek 109 
Libra Vignette . . 257 
Letter Envelope— Curious — 298 
Log Cabin 312 
Map — Petersburgh, etc 232 
Maple Sugar Making 43 
Marking for Handkerchief 53 
Martyrria 113 
Milk "Pail— Convenient 205 
M ushrooms 145 
" andUmbrella 23 
Newspaper File 117 
Okra 116 
Onion Structure (4). . 52 
Optics— Angle of Reflection. .. 55 
Ornament— Cigar Box 117 
Ovals— Laying out (2) . .285 
Ox— Bow Pin 44 
Pawpaw 20 
Peach, Camellia Flowered.... 212 
Pear — Lawrence 345 
" Peters 294 
" Sheldon 319 
" Curious Growth 285 
Pisces Vignette . . 33 
Plants— Cells andDucts.. (6).. 84 
" Cell Dividing (3). .177 
'■ Cell Structure (4).. 49 
" Circulation of Sap (2). .177 
" Leaf Structure (3).. 117 
" Root Hairs 209 
" Starch Grains 209 
Portrait— Standing for 248 
Poultry— Feather for Gapes. ..204 
" House (3). .335 
" Nest Boxes 334 
" House Fountain 308 
" Rouen Ducks 233 
Proverb. . 119-151-183-215-247-322 
Pruning Young Trees (3). . 345 
Puzzle— Card Cutting 349 
" Dot 119 
" Figure 322-349 
" Multiplication 349 
" Pictures , (3). .87 
Radish— Chinese Winter 261 
Rebus— 23-(2) 55 — 87— 119— (2) 
151— (2) 183— 215-247— (2) 274 
—(2) 298—349. 
"Resurrection" Plant (2). .241 
Root Grafting... .(3).. 20. .(3).. 344 
" Table (2). .344 
Rustic Frame 53 
" Seat 149 
Sagittarius Vignette. .281 
Scarlet Fever Treatment. .(3). .296 
School House Octagonal.. (2).. 313 
Seat — Locomotive 237 
Seed of Poi tulacca 19 
Sensitive Plant 349 
Sheep— Shelterless Flock. ... 48 
Sheep-fold at Yeaning ..112 
Shrub— Alder-leaved Clethra. .317 
- " Leatherwood or Wicopy,.. 243 
" Witch Hazel 346 
Signatures— Curious (6) . . 322 
Smoke House— Convenient.. . .339 
Snare for Woodchucks 285 
Snow Crystals 55 
Splice for Timber 334 
Squash— Turban 113 
Squirrel— Ground , — 169 
Stable Cleaner 44 
" Horse (4).. 44 
Starch Grains Magnified . . (8) . . 209 
Straw Door (2).. 9 
" Rope Twister 9-261 
" Shelters (2).. 9 
Strawberries— Beds, Slate for.. 286 
" Different Forms 241 
" Transplanting 260 
" How Multiplied 242 
Taurus Vignette.. 97 
Thermometer — Record for Jan., 
72-Feb., 104-March 136-Ap'1.168 
Tobacco— Method of Hanging. 76 
Toy — Amusing 23 
Transplanting Apparatus. (2).. 178 
Traveling in Winter (2). .342 
Tree— Camellia Flow'd Peach212 
" Guide for Planting 285 
" Planting Quincunx 285 
" Virginia Fringe Tree 179 
Truant Detected 273 
Umbrella— Family 321 
Vane — Design for 339 
Vegetable Slicer,320— Steamer 245 
Ventilating Rooms (4). .272 
Ventilator for Barn 73 
Virginia Fringe Tree 179 
Virgo Vignette.. 225 
Walk in the Country 216 
Water— Gaps (5).. 45 
Weeds — Carpet Weed, 244 — 
Pokeweed, 213— Purslane, 245 
Stramonium 148 
Wheels— Size of Axles 108 
Willow— White 12 
" Weeping (2).. 318 
Wine Cask Siphon 294 
Wolf— Prairie 9 
Yoke— Head 80 
