IV 
INDEX. 
Swine— Are Hogs Piss? 95— Care of 
Young in Winter, 5$— Clover for, 
327— Color of Soft on, 48— Crossing, 
Cross of Essex Sow and Chester 
White Boar. 335 — Diseases of. 335— 
Eating Droppings, 415 — Essex, 
* 12 1-130— Essex and Grades, r>5 — 
Essex vs. Berkshires, 449— Fatality 
Among, 214— Feed on Cattle Drop- 
pi ugs,50— From South-Sea Islands, 
■*4.il— Good, 127— How to Manage 
Sprint, 246— Iiunorted, 332— Lice 
on. 41J— Little, 90— Losing Tails, 
90— Mnarea and Others, 453— Ma- 
nagement of, in Ohio,337— Manage- 
ment of, in 111., 456— Maugv, 49— 
Pasture;, 407— Raising, 4.1S— ffyc vs. 
Corn for. 446— Sickness of, 254— 
Soaking Grain for, 520— Steaming 
Cam for, 209—" Thin Kind Hog," 
Syrup 329 
Tan Hark Ashes ... 49 
Tan for Hot beds 285 
Thatching Stacks 374 
" The Society of Friends" 321 
Thorn Seeds 499 
Thrashing 335 
Three Months Free 32$ 
Tim Bunker on Trout Brooks and a 
Hatching House, 11— On Old H:its, 
Old Folks. 372— Oil Old Corn, 333— 
On Good Neighborhood. 455. 
Timber in Southern Indiana 87 
Timber— Using up old 51 
Time to Sow Plaster 4S 
Timothy 335 
Tin Roof 327 
To Advertisers 7 
Tobacco— Culture. 130— Cutting and 
Curing, 326— Preparation of Land, 
218— lu August, LSD— In Connecti- 
cut, 2S7— Steins for Manufacture, 
S67. 
Torrev Botanical Club 127 
Transplanting and Watering 246 
Transplanting Mangels, etc 246 
Trans. N. Y. ^tate AgT Society. 273 
Trap for Muskrats 178 
Trees— Arbor "Vitse, 48-2*1— Alders 
and Caraway, 32S — Ailanthus. Un- 
heaithv, 369— Box, 889— Chestnut, 
the, 3I9-3S0 — Duties on, and 
Plants, 170— Dwarf Peach, 338 
Dwarf Pear, 423 — Evergreens, 
23 — European Larch, 9 — Ever- 
green's from Seed, 869— Forest, 
Cuttings, 87 — Fumigating, 87— 
Killing Sassafras and Persimmon, 
363 — Larch, Propagating from 
Seed, 21— Large Lux, 285—iemon, 
4J6— Locust and Ail an thus, 381— 
Mezquit, 301 — Moving a Large 
Arbor Vitse, 363j-Osiers on Sandy 
Soil, 409— Painting a v 2 17— Peaches, 
32S-Peach,nndBaskets,329— Peach. 
Golden Dwarf, 87— Pear, in Hot 
Weather, 329 — Pear, Trimming, 
446 — Plum, 81 — Pruning Ever- 
greens, 224 — Babbits, Mice, and, 
9— Sctting,l2G— Pedlcrs,12S— Seeds, 
167 — Treatment of a Diseased 
Pear. 3S2— Weeping, 367— White 
Birches. 49. 
Trellises for Tomato Plants 182 
Trying New Tilings 94 
Tving Materials, etc 344 
Typographical 206 
Unanswered Letters 86 
Unfortunate ... .409 
Union is Strength... 44:1 
Unpatented Clothes Horse 185 
Unpateucd Harrow 407 
Uses of Salt Marsh Sod 293 
V 
Valuable Rook, Free 166 
Value of Raw and Cooked Food. SO 
Veal— The Fatted Calf. 177 
Vegetables — Egg-plant— About the, 
446.— Cooking the. 426. 
Very Voting Children at Funerals, 
25. 
Veterinary Instruction 49 
Veterinary Medicine 405 
Vitality and Propagation of the 
Scab Mite, 298. 
Vi negar Making 287 
Vine Lock 367 
Vine Protector 127 
Vines iu Orchard 9 
Vineyard— Laying out a 89-181 
Wagon Tail-Board Fastenings.. *217 
Watch— Who Buys an American? 
209. 
Water Filters 09 
Warbles 296 
Water— Management of Flowing297 
Water — Removal of, etc *"257 
Wedding Entertainments 25 
Weeds, 47— Bowman's Root or In- 
dian Physic, * 301— Chess, More 
About, 8 — Canada Tliistles and 
other Weeds, 139 — Eradicating, 
Fallow vs. Hoed Crops. 37S— Ox- 
eye Daisy, 86— Poison Ivy, 263— 
Weeds of Maine, 127 — White 
Grass, 48. 
West and South 4> 
Western Gardener 366 
Wet Hog-vardsa Nuisance * 57 
"What Shall lie Plant? 2SG 
Wheat— Corn vs. Wheat in Va., 127- 
323 — Dicbl Wheat, 335 — Spring 
Wheat, 9-1— Wheat Culture, 331— 
Wheat Experiments, 414— "Win- 
ter-kill" in Wheat, 255. 
White-wash 249 
White-wash— Out-door.. 166 
Willow Hedge— .Experience with, 
184. ' * 
Wind-mill 411 
Wines— Domestic 846 
Winter Clothing for Little Ones. 25 
Wisconsin Horticultural Society 9 
Window Plums and Frost -C3 
'• VV. J." 367 
Wool— Can the U. S. liaise its own? 
58. 
Work in HortT Departments 3 
Y 
Yellow Locust— Will it Pay?.... 259 
Young Evergreens from the Woods, 
181. 
recapes. 
66 
Apple Jonathan. 
Apple and Tapioca Puddiu 
Apple -lellv for Tarts ~ 3S6 
A un t Eliza's Cake 38 6 
Bachelor's Cake 66 
Beef-steak, Cooking G6 
Blackberries, Preserving. 245 
Bread and Butter Puddings, 
Steamed, 66. 
1 Bread Cake 66 
I Cake 66 
! Canaille. How to use 306-386 
1 Canning Fruit. 265 
1 ('aimed Rhubarb 226 
■ Chicken Salad 26 
! Chicken, To Catch, Dress, and 
1 Cook a, 426. 
Ciur.amon Cake 146 
Citron and Raisins 146 
Cleaning Coat Collars 26 
i Codllsh Dinner 25 
; Corn, Cooking 246 
Crab- Apples, Preserving 3S6 
I Creaking Boots 48 
i Cream Pie 186 
; Cream Pudding 26 
' Cucumbers, Preserving 207 
I Currant Jelly 266 
Currants, Preserving 245 
Dried Beef, How to Cook 1-15 
Dumpling 63 
Egg-Plant .'.326-426 
Eggs. To Keep 86-109 
English Seed Biscuits 1 46 
Faded Black Lace, to Restore 26 
Fruit Juice 266 
Fruit Salads son 
Game Birds, Cooking 25 
Gems eg 
German Mustard 1S6 
Grali am M us!) 306 
G ranes, Prescrvin g 286 
Green Cern 327 
Green Peas. How to Cook 226 
How to have a Variety of Food, .148 
Jelly Bag ."..265 
Lyon naisc Potatoes 226 
Mangles 26 
Mustard. Aromatic 2G6 
Nice Dishes that all Farmer Folks 
can Have, 105. 
Odd Washing Recipes 385 
Peas, Cooking in Milk 246 
.Pickles 306-316 
Pig, llowto Roast 420 
Pudding without Milk orEggs...3S6 
Puddii g Sauce 62 
Pumpkin Pies 26 
Raspberries, Preserving 245 
Rice Pudding GG-186 
Rolliches, Tripe .' 3S6 
Scouring Knives 60-1*45 
Soan 66 
Strawberries, Preserving 215 
Strawberry Shortcake 23S 
Sweet Corn, Canned 327 
Tea Stains on Table Linen 1-S6 
Tomatoes 243-1X6-327 
Washing Dav Matters, Letter on. 145 
Washing Fluid 26-65 
Washing Recipes 106 
Water lees. 306 
Whitewash, Out-door n>r» 
Whortleberries. Preserving 245 
Wines, Domestic .346 
Yeast li)6 
EMMEX TO ULLUSTOMIdDMg W ¥(D)LttJMJE f WISOT ¥-MM. 
A 
Among the Savages 241 
Apples— Crab, Hyslop and Cherry, 
142 — Crab, Marengo, 142 — Irish 
Pippin, G3 — Lord Suflfeld, 102 — 
Milo, 102— Monte Bello, 63— Somer- 
set, 102— Sylvester, 21. 
" A Snake Levee." 397 
Aquarium (3). 1S5 
Aquariums, Plants for 225 
e 
Baby Ereeches, Pattern of. 25 
Baby Clothing, Patterns. 225 
Backing a Heavy Load.- 377 
Bake-keltle 345 
Banks of Streams, Protection for, 
(5) 256. 
Barn, A Farmer's (2) . .336 
Barn. A Three-story (5) . .137 
Basket Trick 27 
Beef, Cutting up a Fore-quarter, 
(5) 96— Slaughtering on the Farm, 
(3) 57. 
Benares, A View in 318 
Bird Cage, Rustic 227 
Birds— American Dipper or West- 
ern Ouzel, 1?3— Crested Grebe, 373 
— European and American Fla- 
mingoes, 53— Great Diver or Loon, 
373 — Great Northern Shrike or 
Butcher-bird, 220— Horned Grebe, 
373— Vultnrine Guinea Fowl, 253— 
Wood-Ducks, 340. 
Boat for Muck 137 
Bouquet of Dried Grasses 385 
Boy who Eats with his Elbows. ..347 
Bracket (2).. 464 
Branding Cattle ISO 
Budding the Grape-vine 142 
Butter, Stamps and Marketing Tub 
(5) 27. 
Button-hole Bouquet Holder 127 
c 
Cattle — Ayrault Fat Oxen, 81 — 
Branding, ISO— Cross-bred Heifer, 
"Lizzie Huyck," 333— Devon, E. 
H. Hyde's Herd, 162 — Head of 
"Pettypct," 411 — Operating on 
Hard Milkers, 337— Slaughtering 
on the Farm, (3) 57. 
Cattle Watering Apparatus 296 
Center Table, Draped 345 
" Chestnuting." 830 
Chinese Dryiug and Packing Tea, 
148— Eating with Chop-sticks, 2G7 
-Kite-flying, 263.' 
Churn, Attachment to 333 
Churns, Dog Power for (2). .136 
Clothes Horse, Unpatented. (2).. 135 
CloLhes-pin Bag 145 
Clover, Alsike. 136 
Clover, Crimson , 197 
" Collecting Sea-Fowls' Eggs.".. .140 
" Coming Events Cast their Shadow 
Before," 260. 
Cord-grass 17 
Cork Driver and Press (3).. 305 
Cork Ties (3). .305 
Corn.house— Foundation to 336 
Cranberry Culture— Operations 
in, (3) 302. 
Currant Cutting 23 
D 
" Dead Came of the Season "....401 
Dogs— Trained Poodle "Sport".. 67 
Door-closer is 
Drain— Wooden 373 
E 
Egg-hatching— Artificial.. . . (6) . .417 
"Fairy Marauders" .. . 1S3 
Fence — Economical, (2) 99— For 
Flooded Fields, (5) 416 — For 
Heavy Land, (4) 217— For Streams, 
216. 
Ferrets 13 
Filter— Home-made Family 417 
"Finding the Chapter" 436 
Flowers — See also Plants — Bear- 
grass, 344— Blue Passion-flower, 
261— Diadem Pink, 24 — Double- 
flowered Datura, 459— Elegant 
Humca, 311— Entire-leaved Clema- 
tis, 424— Feathered Hyacinth, 424 
— Fire-cracker Plant,462— Fragrant 
Abronia, 141— Fringed Petunia. 24 
—Japanese Iris, 384— Jasmine-like 
Eouvardia, 221 — Lungwort, 181— 
Opium Poppy, 1S1— Scarlet Cras- 
snla, 224— Thick-leaved Saxifraga, 
221— The Twin-leaf, 141— Vellotta 
Purpurea, ISi— Variegated Cobsea, 
61— Variegated Sweet Alyssum, 
261— Vick's Striped Double Zinnia, 
24— White-spotted Calla, 349. 
Foot-rest (3) . .463 
Fowls — Dominique, 13 — Japanese 
Bantams, 401— Sultans, 133. 
"Fresh Milk" 361 
C 
Garden— Plans c.. 64-103 
Garden Seat— A Shaded 145 
Gates (5J..1S2 
Gate— Dr. Thornburgh's 453 
Grindstone— Attachment to 269 
Guinea Piss — 1ST 
M 
Hare— The Northern 133 
Harvest House— The Small ... T. . .S33 
Horses— Thorough-brcds of Clif- 
ton Stud, 202. 
Horses— Wooden Shoes for. .(4).. 138 
Horseshoe or King-crab 373 
Housekeeping Conveniences, (6} 
16S— (S) 20S.~ 
House Plans— (7) 88— (6) 12S— (4) 
21S— (4) 239. 
House Sewage (2) . .257 
Houses— Warm Walls for. ...(4).. 97 
Hospital for Animals in India 427 
"Hunting in the Far West... (6) 420 
s 
Ice-house and Dairy (4) . .370 
Implements — Butter-worker, 455 — 
Clod Crushers, (4) 56— Corn Cov- 
erer, 170— Field Hollers, (4) 17— 
Harrow, The Geildes, (3) 16— 
Horse-powers, Home-made, (3) 
454— Knee for Ditching Plow, 10— 
Holler Barrow, 202— Koot-washer, 
451— Thistle Tongues, (2) 139— Turf 
Cutter, 247. 
Inarching the Grape-vine, (2) 223 
Indian Jugglers :>S7 
Injection Apparatus for Cattle, (2) 
S70. 
Insects— Cabbage Pest, (4) 422— Gi- 
gantic Digger Wasp, 3S2— Gigantic 
Water-bug, 61 — Gladden's Tick 
Killer, 107— Green-corn Pest, (2) 
402— Horse Bot and Bot-fly, (5) 1T7 
—Ox Gad-fly, (2) 296— Sheep, Grub- 
in-the-Head (4) 257— Sheep Scab, 
(3) 250— Sheep Ticks, 212— Tick 
Fumigator, 207— Tomato Worm 
and Cocoons, 317 — Tube for 
Smoking, 63 — Twelve-spotted 
Squash Beetle, S02-343. 
Jelly Bag 
Lamp Shade... 
Library Steps 
..(2).. 463 
101 
Lactometer— Titus Oakes' 253 
Laetouieter — Vom Hole's 377 
Ladders— Fruit and Extension (3) 
342. 
Maple Sugar— Apparatus and House 
for making, S-5S-(4) 97. 
Match Safes (3).. 42-5 
Maze at Central Park 221 
Milking— Implement to cure hard 
milkers, (2) 337. 
Mitten Pattern 115 
Mutton — Dressing and Cutting up, 
(2) 210. 
Opium— Implements for Gatherinz, 
(3) 2:22. 
P 
Panther— The American 93 
Paper Holder (3). .463 
Poach Crate 263 
Perfected Crown Grafting.. (3).. 203 
Pheasants— Group of Ornamental, 
41. 
Plants— See also Flowers and 
Shrubs— Achyranthcs Lindcnii, 
144 — Bowman's Boot, 301— Bur- 
Heed, 261— Caladiums, a group of, 
20— California Pitcher Plant, 101— 
Cat-tail, 261— Climbing Fern, 21— 
Closed Gentian, 459 —Ivy-leaved 
Pelargonium, 144 — Ivy-leaved 
Toad-Flax, 1-14— Madder, 4G0- 
Marsh Marigold, 104— Variegate d 
Grassy Calamus, JS4 — Vegetable 
Caterpillar, 101— Vegetable Snail, 
104— Vegetable Worms, 103. 
Potato— A Native 384 
Poultry— See also Fowls.— Crested 
Turkey, 53— Duck Coop, 2C9— Glass 
covered Buu for Early Chickens, 
(2) 50. 
Prairie-Dogs 413 
Babbit— The Gray 173 
Bat Trap 25 
Reptiles— Box Tortoise, 253— Bull- 
Frog, 213 — Cricket-Frog, 213 — 
Muhlcnburg's Tortoise, 2'3— Pick- 
erel-Frog, 213— Spotted Tortoise, 
233. 
" Returning from the Hunt." 300 
Hoof Gardens or Greenhouses (3j343 
Rustic-work Structures (4).. 453 
s 
Sea Otter 293 
"Severe Weather." 1 
Sheep— Dipping for Ticks and Scab. 
(4) 212— Grub-in-the-nead, (4) 257 
—Maple-Shade Cotswolds in their 
Fleeces, 231— Scab-mite, (3) 256— 
Ticks, Apparatus for killing, 167. 
Shoe-blacking Stand 65 
Shrubs— Bladder Senna, 341— Chaste 
Tree, 121— Double-flowering Black- 
berry, 42 1 — Virginia Itea, SSI — 
White-fruited Pyracanth, 331. 
Smoke-house and Ash-house. . (2)455 
" Smoking out Squirrels." 1ZS 
Spartina or Cord-grass 17 
Squaws collecting the Prairie Ap- 
ple, 213. 
Steam-Engine for Boys 461 
Strawberries— Black Do fiance, 301— 
Late Prolific, 304— Nicanor, 304— 
Rubis, 304. 
Strawberry Runners in Pots 264 
Street Scene ia Canton. 103 
Street Toys (2) . .107 
Swine— Esses, 121— Roofed Hog-peu 
Yard, f.G. 
South Sea Island 451 
Swivel Clevis 337 
T 
Tail-board Fastenings (2} . .217 
Terraced Propagating Tot. . (2).. 183 
"The Book of Life" 308 
"The Corn-stalk Fiddle. " 3SS 
"The Pioneer of the Train" 68 
" The Society of Friends " 321 
" The Story-Teller " 465 
" The Thrashing Machine of Xew 
Mexico," 100. 
"The Young Photographer" 2S 
Thatching— Straw Carrier 374 
Tree labels 22 
Trees— The Mezquit 301 
Trellises for Tomatoes (2). .182 
Turkey— Crested 53 
Veal— How to Cut up (3).. 177 
Vegetables — Asparagus Planting, 22 
— Cabbage, Early Wyman, 21 — 
Edible Polymuia, 143 — Egyptian 
Beet, 61— Sweet Potato "on a 
Bender," 406— Trophy Tomato,445. 
Vine Protector 127 
Water Pipes (3). .207 
Wheelbarrow— Broad-wheeled... 337 
White Whale or Beluga 293 
" Winning his Flumes " 228 
Wolverine 451 
