INDEX 
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F 
Facts Aoonr Peat 437 
Fairs, 279— Addresses at, 94— Ameri- 
can Institute, 332— Horse-Racing 
at, 93-127-168-242-245— Kentucky 
State, 393— Louisiana State, 129— 
Michigan State, 898— N. E., 207-332 
-N. T. State, 397— Nijni-Novgo- 
rod, Ha., 393— Officers of, 278— Ohio 
State, 39S— Partialities of Judges, 
14— State and Otlier, 893— State 
Sheep, 209— Staten Islaud, 397— 
■Wisconsin State, 393. 
Fallowing, Summer 2S9 
Farmers' Club. Sense at, 59— Hope 
for, 87— Medicine at, 352. 
I arm Boilers, .187— Farmers' Home 
Journal, 437. 
Farming— By City People, 52— By 
Professional Men, 129— Good and 
Bad, 217— How Docs It Pay, 333— 
In Colorado, 437 — Indiana, 317— In 
Grain Districts Penn. and N. J., 
281-317— New Way, 12— Unprofita- 
ble, 12. 
Farms — Advertised, 169 — Buying 
and Selling, 407— Indiana, 316— 
Prico of Labor, 169— Large and 
Small, 407— Mills, 13— Small, 63— 
"Western Grazing, 824. 
Fabm Wor.K— Calendar for Jan., 2 
—Feb., 42-Mch., S3— Apr.-, 122— 
May, 162— June, 202— July, 23?— 
Aug., 274— Sept, 310— Oct., 816— 
Nov., 393— Dec, 430. 
Fashions 24-224 
Feed Cutters 352 
Feeding — Design in, 136 — Green 
Fodder, 287 — In "Winter, 56 — Oil 
and Cotton Seed Cake, 170. 
Fences— Farm, *210— Across Streams, 
"404— Plan, "285— Posts, 169— Stone, 
133 — "Whitewashed and Painted, 
257— Wire, 6— Willow Stakes for, 
•322. 
Ferrets— Experience "with, SS 
Fields-Large 284 
Fifteen Months, 1 year 315 
Firewood on the Prairies 217 
Fire and Water-proof Wash 245 
Fish Oil and Guano— Manufactured, 
*400. 
Fish— Restocking Rivers *. .230 
Flea-beetle— Grape-vine *242 
Flour $20 per bbl 248 
Flowek Garden and LAW3f— Cal- 
ender for Jan., 3— Feb., 43— Mch., 
88-April. 124— May. 164— June, 201 
—July, 240— Aug., 276-Sept., 311— 
Oct., 347— Nov, 391— Dec, 430. 
Flowers — Astilbe Japonica, *22 — do. 
Variegated, *219— Scilla Hyacin- 
tVoides, *S70— Camellias, 7— Dah- 
lia,?— Dahlia Imperialis, *I8— do. 
Roots, 8— Flower de Lnce, * 294— 
Fuchsias, Not Blooming. * 449— 
Geranium, Gloirc de Nancy, 350 — 
Lady's Slipper, Showy, *255— 
Lilies, Varieties of, '-149— Lobelias, 
Beautiful, 395— Marigolds.Fiue, 435 
—Orchids, Group of, • 355— Pelar- 
gonium, Blooming, 9— Double, 350 
—Variegated, 330— Petunias, * 82? 
—Violets, *G0-*411— Viola Commit, 
•258— Virginian Lungwort, * 255. 
Flowers— Garden Experience, 221— 
In New York, 59— Queries, 7 — 
Wild, 293. 
Fremontia Californica *. .218 
Friends— Our Feathered *. .201 
Followers in Mangers ".. 57 
Food— Cooking 13-49 
Foreign Items 447 
Forests in France 330 
Fox-Red ".. 11 
Frosts 309 
Fruit — California, 7— Critic Critl- 
i elzert, 221 — Growers' society, vv". 
I N. Y., S7— Ohio Notes, 315— Pre- 
serving Houses, 50-438— Preserving 
Solution, 207— S. W. Georgia, 2S>— 
Names, 369. 
Fi'.uit Gakden— Calendar for Jan., 
3-Feb., 43— Mch, 83— Apr., 123— 
May, 163— June, 203— July, 239— 
Aug., 275— Sept., 311— Oct., 317 — 
Nov., 391— Dec, 131. 
Fnngl 321 
Furrows— Flat or Lap 7-129 
Furs— To Preserve 209 
c 
Garden and Farm 329 
Garden, Kltchcu — Calendar for 
Jan., 3— Feb.. 43— March, S3 — 
April, 123— May, 163— June, 203— 
July, 239— Aug., 275— Sept., 311— 
Oct;, 317-NOv:, COl-DK., 431. 
Gardening, Market at the South, 
367— Window, * 141. 
Gas Tar for Posts 87 
Gates, Double Entrance, * 405 — 
Simple Farm, » 97— Sliding or 
Balance, 9— Self-closing. * 450. 
Grafting— Experiment, 412— Unnat- 
ural, 9. 
Grain— Cutting and Cnring, * 282— 
From Germany, 86 — liaising, 406 — 
Ripening, 131— Selecting Seed, S7 
Grapes and Grape-vines— A Correc- 
tion, 12S — At Pittsburgh, 352 — 
Beautiful Leaves, 8— Books, Three 
New, 314 — Concord and Discord, 
101— Culture and Vine Training, * 
143— Exhibition at 245 Broadway. 
439— Flea-beetle, 242— From Cali- 
fornia, 43S— Fuller's Culturist, 85- 
126— Grapes and Grape Culture, 
142-329-305-411-453— Growers' Meet- 
ing, 438 — Mohr on, 213 — More 
Literature, 243— More Vines, 243— 
Queries, 243 — Trellises, 220-435— 
Young, 253. 
Grapery, Cold— Calendar for March. 
84— April, 124— May, 164— June, 204 
July, 240 — Aug., 276 — Sept,, 311 
— Oct- SIS-Nov., 391. 
Grass, 2I3-Flint's Work, 359— Hun- 
garian, 243— Named, 350— Schrre- 
der's Broinus, 280— Top-dressing, 
231. 
Gravelly Overflow S 
Gravel-wall Houses 16S 
Green and Hot-houses— Calendar 
for Jan., 3— Feb., 43— March, S3— 
April, 124— May, 161— June, 204— 
July, 240— Aug., 276-Sept., 311— 
Oct., 318-Nov., 391— Dee., 432. 
Ground Vinery 455 
Guano— Supply of, 49— Fish, 208. 
Gypsum 393 
H 
Half Dollar Easily Earned 166 
Hand Weeder— New * . .48 
Hanging Baskets 435 
Harrows— Thill and Pole 133 
Harvest— Results 2S0-349 
Have Done with It 852 
Haj 1 -— And Otlier Food, Value, 245— 
Barracks, Jersej', * 136— ForKs, 
Horse, * 176— Trial Fork, 127— 
When to Sell, 216. 
Heating Small Green-houses 435 
Heeling-in 8 
Herbaceous Perennials 433 
Herbs— Sweet 1S2 
Hickory Withes, Use, S7— Nuts, Are 
They Seeds, 433. 
Hoe— Hexamer's Wide-pronged, * 
313. 
Holcus Tartaricum 316 
Hollies *..64 
Honey— To Separate from Wax. .244 
Hooks— Convenient Farm *. .404 
Hops, 325-Cultur.c, 126-395— In Cali- 
fornia, 4S. 
Hopeful Sign 253 
Horse Stall— Improved *..440 
Horce-racitig at Fairs, 93-127-168-2-12 
-215. 
Horseradish— To Grow *. .141 
Horses— Abdominal Tumor in, 437— 
Breaking, 129— Cribbing, 129— De- 
struction of, 394— Doctoring, 213— 
Driving to Plow, 49-131— Fattening 
Food lor, 433— Followers in Man- 
gers, * 57— Foot in Mouth, S94— 
Hints to Keepers, S3— Hitching, * 
14— Mares as Mule Breeders, 55 — 
Mares Breeding, 95— Mares Foal- 
ing, SS — Miles on Foot, SS— Three 
Abreast, * 250— Three Members of 
the Temperance Society, * 389. 
Horticultural— Annual for 1S<57, 5—16- 
Work in J>ep*t, "M3-12H- 103— Criti- 
cism, 20S— Show In Queens Co., 
209— Laws of III., S9— Live Society, 
410— Officers of Societies, 243—111. 
Soc'y, 6— Indiana Soc'y, 43— R. I. 
Soc'y, 209— Soc'y Wanted, 220. 
Horticulture — Am. Journal and 
Florists' Companion, S7— Hobbies 
In, 104— In Indiana, 339. 
Hot-bed— Straw Cover 63 
Household Ornaments, * 65 - * 105- 
* 145-»371-* 413-M54 
Housekeeper's Advice 414 
Housekeeper with Small Children, 
245. 
Housekeeping— Prize Articles, 23-18 
Houses— Cheap and Convenient, 1 ' 14 
—Damp, ail— Plan for, * 96. 
Humbug— Plants, etc., 126— Worse 
than, 167. 
Humbugs— At the South, Rfi— Decep- 
tive Circular. Til— Gift KaT^'prlzs, 
20G— Horticultural, 126— Manure 
Frauds, 279— "Northern Coffee," 6 
—Sundry, 10-16-36-126-167-207-241- 
27S-314-393 — Tree Swindle, 816— 
Ticket Swindlers, 86. 
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Ice-house— Cheap, 393— In Cellar, 395 
Ice— Gathering *. .15 
Ichneumon Flies *. .370 
Implements— Catalogue of Ag'1,.315 
Improvement— Agricultural .325 
Indiana State Fair 433 
Incubators 350 
Information for Subscribers 280 
Insect Enemies 232 
Insects— Eggs, 316— On Plums, etc. 9 
Inquiries— Personal 394 
Invention — Lady's 2S0 
Investing in the Farm 133 
Iowa State Fair 433 
Irrigation— Garden, *. .98-229 
J 
Journal of the Farm 437 
Judas Tree *..144 
Jujube 4S5 
Judging Fruits at Fairs 452 
K 
Kidney Vetch 412 
KingQshers— Group of. *. .1 
L 
Labels— Zinc 222 
Labor in Ag'l Coll., 217— Price of. 212 
Lake Shore Grape Growers' Ass'n, 
438. 
Land— And Fences, 357 — Bringing 
up Sand}', 391— Cheap in Va., 395— 
Improved by Grazing, 360— Much, 
316— Object in Working, 406— Over- 
cropped, 215— Penn., 316— Tenn., 
243— Worn-out, 51-364. 
Laurel Poisoning* 8 
Leaves from the Diary of a Young 
Housekeeper,* 65, -105- * 145-223-259- 
* 295,-381-371-413-454. 
Leaves from my Journal. C6-10G-116- 
1S3-2G0-295-332-3 72-114-154. 
Letters — Registered, 169-241-278 — 
TJn answered, 169. 
Lice— Cure for, on Cattle, 215— Plant. 
203. 
Lifting Stones 438 
Lightning 26S 
Lime, S7-321-S95— Burning. * 322. 
Liming Land, 2S5— TJse of, 243— Wa- 
ter, etc., 9— Water and Fire, 8. 
Lizards *..247 
Lobelias— Beautiful 895 
Louisiana Fairs 439 
Lynx— Canada "..93 
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Machinery on the Farm 234 
Mail— Transportation by 2S0 
Maize — Peruvian 162 
Mangel Wurzels for Sheep 13S 
Manure, 55-320— Bommer's Method, 
87-397— Clover and Straw,91— Com- 
posting, 57 — Compost Forest 
Leaves, 395— Corn for, 289— For the 
South, 402— Hair f»r, 208— Hen, 49 
—"Live" Ashes, 243— Manufactur- 
ed, 48-Making, 256-Night Soil, 59 
—Pipe for Liquid, 89— Salt as, 9— 
Stable, and Lime, 87— Stale Fish, 
129— Substitute for Stable, 395— 
What to Buy, 109. 
Map of Maryland 85 
Market Gardening at Paris. 22 
Market Reports— Jan., 5— Feb., 45— 
March, 85— April, 125— May, 166— 
June, 206— July, 210— Aug., 276— 
Sept., 312— Oct., 3tS— Nov., S93— 
Dec, 432. 
Market Reports— English 316 
Markets-N. Y. Live Stock, 1336, 47 
Mass. Agricultural College 133 
Matbushek Pianos 43-1 
Mats— Door 7-48 
Meadow Mice *..3l9 
Meadows— Swamp, 50— Taking up, 
435— Treatment, 407. 
Meats — Boiling, 7— Influence of 
Moon on, 123— Keeping Fresh, 214 
—To Keep Smoked, 128— Smoking, 
• 416. 
Medicines to Try 169 
Melon Vines— Soapsuds on S95 
Middle Tenn 16 
Microscopes— Bo wen's *. .2-12 
Mice— To Get Rid of 123 
Milk for New York City 16 
Milking Stools,* 52 -' 36-k 
Ulxluw of Vaviwtiefl ,.SK 
Money— Carrying and Sending, 164— 
Investments, 352. 
Moose *..161 
Moreton Farm 170 
Mountain Sheep *. .218 
Mowing Machines— Accidents. . . .249 
Mack— Mines, 235—500 Loads of, 437 
—Composts, 49. 
Mules— A Word for 16 
Music Store— New 2S0 
Murrain— Texas 173 
Musquitoes, 351— Nets for, 316. 
Mr. Judd and Office 167 
Mutual Exchange 244 
N 
.Narcissus— Hoop-petticoat *. .409 
Native Woods 438 
New Office, 245 Broadway. 349-* 397 
Nebraska Plums 435 
Newsboys' Lodging House 436 
New Year's Present 43? 
No Plants for Sale 126 
" Northern Coffee " 6 
Notes of Travel 243 
Nurseries 852 
o 
Oats— The Surprise 87 
Of Small Consequence 6 
Oil-Cake 203 
Oranges *..101 
Orchard and Nursery— Calendar for 
Jan., 3-Feb.. 43— March, 33— April, 
123-May, 103 — June, 203— July, 
239-Aug., 273-Sept., Ml— Oct., 317 
Nov., 391— Dec, 431. 
Orchards— Cultivation of, 182— On 
Gravel, 214— Setting out, 43. 
Orchids— Group of. * . .365 
Opossum *. .133 
Otter— The American *. .401. 
Osage Orange. 83-167— As Tree, 351 
—As Hedge Plant, * 364— Seed, 393 
Ox-bows and Yokes 351 
Ox-Yokes *■ 284 
Oyster Shells 2S2 
Oysters in Salt Lake 437 
P 
Paint— Bed In Garden, 222— Petro- 
leum, 288. 
Painting Floors 6S 
Papaw *. .447 
Papers— Ag'l, Pay 333 
Paper Cutter— Good 4S 
Paring and Burning 407 
Partridge— Justice to 397 
Partridge— The Flushed *..345 
Patent Office Reports 12S 
Patents 356 
Peach — Crates, 315 — Diseased 
Leaves, 212— Trcos,6 — Varieties, 411 
Pear — Beurre Clairgean. * 63 — 
Bcurre Gris d'Hiver, " 21— Clapp's 
Favorite, • 410— Culture In Conn., 
447— Dana's Hovey, 62— In Me.. 244 
— In Cal..4S — Josephine de Malines, 
« 21— Little Known, * 256— Vergali- 
eu. 435. 
Peas— Carter's, 9— Early, 323— Scald- 
ing, 127-171. 
Peat as Fuel 128 
Peat and Muck 88 
Peat Moss and its Uses * .452 
Penn. Horticultural Soc'y 434 
Pencil— Indelible Horticultural 8-315 
Percentage on Investments 177 
Perseverance and Pianos 213 
Personal 127 
Petunias *. 327 
Phenomena— Wonderful 9 
Pliren ology 46 
Piano— A Good 242 
Pickles— CucRmbers for, 239— Keep- 
ing in Salt, 128. 
Picnics 2S| 
Pine Barrens of the South 130 
I'ipe— Safe Water 394 
Plants by Mall, 50— Grand Old. S30— 
In Rooms, US— Named, SS1-395— 
With Gray Foliage, S50. 
Plants— Amaranth, Blood red, 25S— 
Bamboo, Sliver Striped, " 1S1— 
Dutchman's Pipe, " 222— Edging, 
827— Lizard's-tall. • J53— Oleander, 
Propagation of, 485— Pond Lilies, 
395— Pampas Grass, New, 22— Rab- 
blt-foot Clover, * 330 — Rlclnus 
sanguineus, 412. 
Plaster ou New Land, 399-TJse of. 
352. 
Plastering vs. Weather-boarding, 168 
Plowing. Fall to Kill Grubs, IS— For 
Corn, 894— Holding Lines to, 13- 
Pastures and Meadow, 39— With 
Ono Line, 437. 
riows - Doctor's CTofls, • j:i— 
Diching, S95 — Trial of, 1G9-209— 
Left-hand, * 231— Points, S5S— Side- 
hill or Swivel, 400— Single Lines 
and Left hand, S3 — Use in Drain, 
ing, 369. 
Plowman, Mechanical 8 
Plum— Minor I2S-244-453 
Pomological Soc'y— Aln., 47-163-314- 
852-412-438. 
Pork— Repacking Salt 244 
Postage g93 
Post-office Money Orders 278 
Potato Planter 053 
Potatoes, 13— Growing, 2SS— Experi- 
ments, 90— Haris»n, 437— In Cel- 
lars, 9-Ralsing. 16— Sweet, 87— 
Under Straw. 245. 
Poultry— Artificial Egg Hatchers, 
330-Black Spanish, 129— Chicken 
Ailments,4S— Cholera, 391— Change 
of Color, 88— Close Breeding, 411— 
Cure for Gapes, 245— Creveccenr 
Fowls, » 172— Disease, 350— Eggs 
for Setting, 12S— Establishment, 9 
—Fancy, 54— Fattening, 403— Feed- 
ing, 435— Fowls in Garden, 2S9— 
French Fowls, 246— Geyelin on, 
2S0— Hen-house, * 97— Hens' Nests,* 
172— Keeping Eggs, 20S— Metiers, 
16S— Moat for Fowls, 48— New Era 
in Breeding, 27S— Poultry Book, 
Saunders', S8 — Prize French 
Fowls, * 362— Tcgetmeier on, 20S— 
Two Eggs a Day 129 
Poultry Society— Amer., 241-395— 
Exhibition, * 317— Fancier's View,* 
177. 
Prairie Wolf *..n 
Premiums 4-44-84-125-165-205-241- 
276-312-353-354-355-356-392-415-433 
Premiums— Books and Papers as 4J2 
Prescribing at a Distance 12S 
Prize Essays in Housekeeping... 127 
Produce— Future Prices 51 
Profits of a Small Place 451 
Propagation by Layers 222 
"Proper Bad " 10 
Proverbs— Farm 88 
Pruning *..62 
Publisher— Sam'l Burnham. Jr.. ..46 
Puma— The '..247 
Pump— Portable 5S0 
Pump for Wells 129 
Pumps and Water Pipes 8 
Pumpkins for Food 89 
Q 
Quarries— Selling Land for 129 
Queries 831-?94 
Quinces 243 
R 
Race for the All-win Purse of the 
Jockey Club «. .S26 
Raid Into Mo 410 
Raspberries— Black Caps, 183-292- 
* 350— Miami, 850— Orange, 316— 
Propagating 411 
Rats— 393— Finality on, 66— Hunt, S— 
Manner of Trapping, ITS— Premi- 
ums, 241— Trap *..251 
Rattlesnake and Copperhead.*.. 2^3 
Reading for Boys and Girls 296 
Recipes— Household 209 
Remit— How to 27S 
Report— Central Park. SIS— Agri- 
cultural Department 128 
Request Repeated S95 
Revue Horticole 351 
Robins 230 
Roofing— Plastic Slate 215 
Rook— European for Insects 391 
Rools— Raising and Storing... 99-364 
Root Crops— Large 174 
Russia— Notes on 39S 
Russian Sweet Petatoos 484 
Ruts in Roads 217 
Rye— Early, Feeding S15-397 
s 
Sable— The American '. .441 
Sailed for Europe 213 
Salmon— Culture in Australia, 316— 
Fisheries in England, 851— In tho 
Connecticut 316 
Salt in Whitewash 12S 
Salt and Plastsr. 315— And Lime. 137 
Sandy Land 168 
Saner Kraut V.S6I 
Screen for Shelter ».,184 
Seal— The American... *..359 
Seeds, 893— American, 50— Good, S7— 
Ol' Wild Plants, 2. v 2-Tronble with. 
184— Where to liny 50 
Seed Corn— Selecting 437 
Sr.Ml Store— 41 P-'rk Row 335 
Sensible B? 
S:rva;-.;s'-Iii'.cr'.'n^.oa'3e of 1M 
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