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ing Index show where engravings 
occur, and (lie "prefixed figures l/te 
number in the article. Articles re- 
ferring directly or indirectly to 
Bees, Cattle ,Insects, Manures, Trees, 
Weeds, etc., will be found indexed 
under tliese general Jieads. 
Accidents — Mowing Machines. 249 
" Drowning 4*. .454 
Achilleas, The 293 
Acids and Alkalies 8 
Address, J. Stanton Gould 209 
Adobe and Concrete Buildings. 137 
Adobe Walls, Lathing upon 83 
Adonis, Spring *. .182 
Advertising Agency 2-12 
Advertisements — Good, 10 — Read, 
85— Reliable, 352. 
Advertisers, to 10-47-126. 
Agric , l and Farmer's Columns. 206 
Agric 1 ] Fairs, Buildings 95 
Agric'l College—Mass., 6-279-316 
— Penn., 174-397. 
Agric'l Paper — New 168 
Agric 1 ! Schools 15 
Agric 1 l Society — Vermont, 89 — N. 
Y. State, &-12S— Officers of New 
York State, 86— Starting, 95— To 
Officers and Members, 2S0. 
Agriculture — Conn. Board, 1SG6, 
351— Dcp't of,2-207— InHamilton 
College, 88— Meeting of Conn. 
Board, 89— Report of Comm'r of, 
— Report of Department, 50. 
Agriculturist — To Secure 314 
A Few Turns Ahead 104 
"All the Year Round" 103 
Almshouse— Mass. State 316 
Always Too Late 88 
Annual— Agric 1 1 5-46-S5-130 
Annuals— Our 351-434 
Animals — Dead, 55 — Exhibition 
of, 279. 
"An Opinion as Is an Opinion, "314 
Antelope— Prong-horn, • 237— A 
Correction, 280. 
Apples, 368— As Pear Stock, 48— 
Dodge's Crimson, 103 — For Yin- 
egar,410— For Wis. ,129— Grimes' 
Golden Pippin, »20— In England, 
352— Pomace, 17. 
Aquarium— Salt Water *. .179 
Arbor, or Trellis 9 
Ashes— Leached andTJnleached 2S0 
Asparagus 244 
Asphaltum Floors 437 
Authors— To 47 
B 
Back Volumes Snppliod 6 
Balsam— Fir 435 
Barberry Hedges 435 
Barley— Early Sowed, 244-279— 
Large, 87. 
Barn Cellars, 435— Boor Fasten- 
ings, • 57— Good Farm, * 214— 
Plan, * 2S6-«351— Room, 402. 
Barometer— Challenge, 169 — In- 
doorsiS. 
Barrers, etc., Might 207 
Baskets — Home-made *. .137 
' Basket-making S-*215 
Bats— Flying Quadrupeds, * 401 — 
Fruit-eating, • 441. 
Beans, 171—190 Kinds, 86— Payiug 
Crop, 51. 
Bear— Am. Black, * 173— Cinna- 
ncc, * 359— Polar, * 173. 
Bearer *....53 
Bedding Plants 221 
Bees — Apiary — Calendar for Jan., 
3— Feb., 43— March, 84- April, 
124— May, 164— June, 204— July, 
240— Aug., 276— Sept.. 311— Oct., 
348— Nov., 391— Dec, 431 — Pe- 
riodicals, 8 — Italian Queens, 242 
— Impurities of Drones, 54 — 
Forced Drones, 171. 
Bene 435 
Berries— Picking 220 
Beurre — How Pronounced 7 
Bills— State Bank 315 
Binding — Home-made 88 
Birds and Eggs 241 
Birds and Fowls 350 
Blackberry, 207— Kittatinny, 350— 
Propagating, * 61-411 — Pruning, 
292. 
Blackbirds vs. Robin 208 
Blacking-brush Holder, Patent,244 
Bluffton Wine Company S3 
Bones-Dissolving, 213 — Slaughter- 
house, 129— Value, 394. 
Books, 25S— Book Dep't, Agric't, 
10— In Preparation, 127 — Amer- 
ican Gardener's Assistant, 10 — 
American Naturalist, 5O-127-3S0 
— Applcton's Aro. Annual Cy- 
clopedia, 244 — Bommer's Man- 
ure, 87-207— Brock's New Flow- 
er, 47 — Chemistry of Farm and 
Sea, 278— Copeland's Country 
Life, 10— Cotton Planter's Man- 
ual, SS— Draining for Profit and 
Health, 47-208-352— Fruit Cul- 
turist, 168— Flint on Grasses, 358 
—Gardening for Profit,21 -47-127- 
314— Gregory on Squashes, 243— 
Journal of Hortic. and Florists' 
Companion, 87 — Manual of Bot- 
any, 351 — Miles on Horse's Foot, 
SS— Mohr on Grape-vine, 243— 
Practical Entomologist, 814 — 
Short-hornHerd,209-SmallFmit 
Culturist, Fuller, 47-16S-169-207 
-315 — Sunshine and Showers, 
351— Trapper's Guide, 395— Veg- 
etable World, 351 — Vineyard 
at Lakeview, 47 — Warder's Am. 
Pomology, 47. 
Boxes, Barrels, etc.— Tight. . . .207 
Boston Fun 434 
Bottling Cider 436 
Boys aitd Girls' Column. 
A Ants, Strong Little People, 67— 
B BabyKed, 1S7-325 — Beggars, 
Street, 25 — Bells, About, 
416— Bird Catcher, ITOvel, 13S 
— Blowers, *147 — Borer Under 
Water. 107— Boys, To Finish, 
148— Boy, Training, 1S7— Boy 
with His Eyes Open, 415 — 
Boys and Girls, Our Old, 415 
— Bouquet, A Curious, *67 — 
Box, A Curious, *455 — Breath 
Experiments, 29S-333 — Bully 
Rebuked, 456— Cat, A Home- 
Loving, 14S— Catacombs, The, 
373— Charley's Question, 334— 
ChildiEh Conceit, 1S8— Christ- 
mas Presents, 455 — Cotton on 
the Gallows, 68 — Courage, 
True, 333 — Cowards, *107— 
Curious Book Worm, 68 — 
Danger of Hasty Words, 416— 
Disturbance, Serious, 374 — 
Division, A Fair, 297 — Doc- 
tor's Talks, *147-*lSS-*225 
—Earth, Sire of, 10S— Editors, 
Hit at, 10S— Educated Senses, 
262 — Engineer, An Ignorant, 
455 — Excitement Among the 
Monkeys, *148 — Experiments, 
Instructive, *261 — Eyes May 
F Deceive, 67 — First Lesson, 
*226 — Freedman, A, 297 — 
G Game, A, 25 — Game, Our Ar- 
tist's, *297— Garibaldi, 456— 
Grandpa's Spectacles, 334 — 
H Greedy Dick, *187— "Hand- 
some is that Handsome Does," 
1SS— Happy New Year, 25— 
Harebrained Team, *6S — 
Home Guards, The, *29S— 
I Independence Day, 262 — Iron 
at $20,000 per lb, 261— "I 
L Wasn't Watching," 148— Lit- 
tle " Tot," 456 — Laziness, 
Cure for, 25— Life, An Event- 
ful, 297— Lively Time in Pros- 
pect, *334 — Love, Measure of, 
415— Loving Sister, The, *374 
M —Many a Slip Between Cup 
and Lip, *262— Meeting, Great 
Family, 29S— Merry Christ- 
mas and Happy New Tear, *26 
— Motion, About Perpetual, 
N 373 — Nest, Valuable, 297— 
I^ewarjuy Currcspoiiaenc, 3U3 
P — Parrots, Stories of, 25 — Pat- 
tern Building, *225 — Physiog- 
nomy, Study in, *23— Plain 
Words, Use, 373— Plant Some- 
thing, 147— Plaything, New, 
*67— Please Don't, 1SS— Po- 
liteness, Lesson in, 416 — Por- 
trait, Lifelike, * 18S — Prob- 
lem, Geographical, 107-188— 
Problems and Puzzles, 25-67- 
107 -147 -187-225-261-297-333- 
373-415-455— Pump, Wonder- 
ful, 373— Puzzle, Spanish, *226 
R —Puzzle Picture, *261— Rail- 
road, Our, *456 — Ride by 
S Wind Power, 455 — Sentinel, 
A Faithful, 415— Sliver, A 
Troublesome, 297 — Suspense, 
T *108— Tanner, the Kind Heart- 
ed, 261— Terriers vs. Cats, 333 
—Thumbs, Three, *18S — 
Tools, Master Workman's, 68 
—Toy, New and Useful, *147 
U —Uncle Paul, 108— Use What 
W You Know, 107 — Waiting, 
but not Watching, *416 — 
Work, Small Piece of, 297. 
Boys — To Keep on the Farm. .405 
Bread Kneader - 315 
Breeding Imported Animals. . .245 
Briars— To Get Rid of 394 
Brimstone — Showers of * . . 16S 
Brooms — Patent 244 
Broom-Corn Seed 394 
Buckwheat S-253-2S5 
Buffalo, The American... *309, 323 
Building iu Cold Climates 98 
Bulbs — Fine, 395 — Spring-flower- 
ing, 370. 
Butchering at Paris 350 
Butter— Boxes for, 168— Carrot 
Juice in, 209. 
"Butter and Egga" 351 
c 
Cabbage, 87— Club-foot in, 8— 
Feeding Out, 437— Varieties, 19 
Canker Worm — Remedy for . * . 102 
Capital in Farming 357 
Carrot Culture, 134— For Spring 
Feed, 49— Juice in Batter. ...209 
Castor Oi! B'daa nil-iZi 
Catalogues Acknowledged, 50-S7- 
127-209-315— Noteworthy. ... 50 
Cattle— Abortion in Cows, 207-213 
—Bulla, Beljrian. * 273 — Bull 
Stable, *18 — Breeding Imported 
Animals, 245— Cow Stables, *90 
— Cows in Yoke, 49 — Disease in 
Cows, 130 — Family or Dairy 
Cows, 5S — Fine Devon Steers, 
49— Head of Calf, *60 — Herd 
Book, 209— High Price Cows, 81 
—Hoove, 243 — Lice on, 245 — 
Milch Cows, 244 — Milking 
Cows, *361 — Milking before 
Calving, 245 — Photograph of 
Cow, 8 — Fleuro-Pnenmonia, 175 
—Raising Calves, 49-SS— Sale of 
Short-Horns, 166 — Short-Horn, 
*408— Short-Horns in England, 
394— Stanchion for, *48— Torture 
at the Stack, 129-169— To Yoke 
Oxen, 402— Transporting, 334— 
Warts on Cows' Teats, 49. 
Cats— Horticultural Value, 219— 
Music, etc., 225. 
Cedar and Thorn Seeds 103 
Cellars — Above Ground, 6 — Barn, 
316— Wet, 127. 
Chapped Hands 49 
Cheap Homes 437 
Cheated by " Doctors " 88 
Cherries — Early May and Early 
Richmond 62 
Chess 244-316-403^37 
Cheese-Cheddar, *132— Factory316 
Chickory S3 
Chronio-Lithography 436 
Churning — Aeration in, 243 — In 
Cold Weather, 394 — Tempera- 
ture for, 244. 
Cider 276 
Clearing Land 438 
Climate— Influence of 351 
Clotted Milk 437 
Clover— Good Crop Seed, 48— In 
Illinois, 350 — Pasturing First 
Year,349— Raising Sced,13— Red 
and White, 350— Second Year, 
2S9— Turning in, 285— Value, 90 
Clubs 2S0-315 
Coal Ashes 129-395 
Coal Tar and Asphaltum, 97 — and 
Gas Tar,394— and Rats,9— Fence 
Posts, 395. 
Cockle instead of Wheat 89 
Coffee Roaster *..186 
Commercial Enterprise 248 
Constit'n of a Hortic'l Soc'y...447 
Contents— Table of 47 
Corn, 170— Blight, 129— Cobs, 128 
—Cribs, * 323— Cost of Raising, 
323— Cultivation of, * 405— Fer- 
tilization or inaian uorn, -no 
— Egyptian, 352— Fodder, 321— 
In Drills, 435— Indian, in Drills, 
214— Harvesting, 362— Hnsks,253 
—King Philip, 129— Manure, 2S9 
— Measurement of Unhusked, 
131— Nutritive Value, 245-319— 
Plowing for, 394— Prairie Sod, 
385— Small Cobe Desirable, 135. 
Corn Dropper *..168 
Corn Dusker 321 
Corn Planter & Manure Sower.. 49 
" Cornea Restorers " 88 
Cornell University 6 
Corners — Spare 256 
Cotton and Manure, 437 — At the 
South, 284— Culture, 135-178— 
Work on, 434— Plantations, 249 
—Planter's Manual, SB-Moth, 
Correspondents— To .6-lfif 
Cow— Milker 8' 
Cows Holding up Milk 43 
Cranberry Culture 98-18;. 
Cream— Frothy, 128— Temperature 
of, S3. 
Criticisms 288 
Crops, 241-324— And Weather, 315 
—For Orchard, 257— Reports and 
Prospects, 277— Rotation in E. 
Fenn., 288— Transporting, 245— 
Turning in Green, S9— Valley of 
the Lehigh, 243. 
Dairy Farms 12 
Dairymen's Assoc'n— Am 6-89 
Dashes at Housekeeping with a 
Free Pencil, * 259-295-*331. 
Death — Commissioner of Agricul- 
ture, 278— Jno. A. King, 2S0— 
Siebold, 9— Thomas Brown, 280 
— Wm. N. White, 315. 
Decrease of Population in Agric'] 
Districts, 217. 
Degeneration of Varieties 320 
Department of Agriculture.. 2-207 
Dictionary — A Good 436 
r»imcmt Question 9 
Ditching 212-253 
Documents Acknowledged. .50-^352 
Dogs, '139-244-394— Income from, 
364— Law, National, 403— Law 
in Conn., 168— Laws, * 91— New- 
feundland, * 448— Statistics, 175 
—Tax, 246. 
Door Knobs — Cleaning 7 
Drain Tiles 252 
Drains, 170— Difficulty with, 438— 
House, 395— Outlet for, 51. 
Draining,131-212-379-320-Bencfit, 
52— Facilitated and Cheapened, 
* 404— For Profit and Health, 47 
-208-352— John Johnston on. 9S | 
—Marshes, 129- Plow in, 360— \ 
Thorongh,*31S— ToDrySprings, 1 
89. I 
Drought at the West 357-397 
Drowned — Treatment of the * . . 453 ' 
Drying Fruit, Hops, etc *..257 
Dust-pan— Patent 244 
Dyeing Brown 4S | 
Dwarfs— Standard 50 j 
Eagle— The Bald *..81 
Earth— Dry 86 
Earth Closets vs.Water Closets,360 
Editor— Rev. Wm. Clift 10 
Saili/ilnl CTwtHuya 111 Xiuiupc, £TO— 
357-439. 
Edgings and Edging Plants 327 
Electricity— Lightning 26S 
Embankments— Tight *. .446 
Emigration Statistics 124 
Emigrating. . 251 
Encourage the Boys 217 
Engravings — Fine 206 
Entomology — Glover on 351 
Evergreens — To Help Growth, 144 
Variegated, 17. 
Evening Post — Suppling 85 
Excursion— Grand 86 
Exhibition — Am. Institute 314 
Experience of a Subscriber 166 
Exports from France to Eng 
land, 243. 
Exposition— Paris, Visit to. . .207 
EsjJr'igs— TftarsiJoT EatiBn lSy. . .015 
