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YOLUME XXXVII.—No. 12. NEW YORK, DECEMBER, 1878. NEW SERIES—No. 383. 
Contents of this Number. 
Accounts, a Simple System of Farm. Illustrated. .466 
Among the Farmers, No. 35.—Fairs—Horse Trotting— 
To Control a Bull—Apoplexy by Fright. Illustrated.. 462 
Australia, Letter from . 456 
Boys and Girls Columns.—Young Microscopists— Puz¬ 
zle Box—Sugar—Doctor’s Correspondence—Winter 
Ways and Sports...11 Illustrations. .474-476 
Boys on the Farm. 464 
Charcoal, Kilns for Burning.3 Illustrations. Adi 
Chicken Pox.468 
Cooking Food for Stock... .466 
Dairy Fair, International.45S 
Fairs, Agricultural—Orange County Fair—Premiums.463 
Farm Work in December.452 
Fence, a French Garden. Illustrated . .410 
Fence-Posts, Method of Setting. Illustrated ..465 
Figures to Read, More Pleasant. —460 
Fixtures for Window Plants.2 Illustrations. AW 
Forest Tree Planting.... •...470 
Fruit and Flower Garden. 453 
Greenhouse and Window Plants.453 
Green Wood, Burning, Greatly Wasteful. 467 
Grub, the White, andAls Ways.2 Illustrations ..471 
Hints and Helps for Farmers.—Shoe for Interfering 
Horses—Calf-feeding Trough—Shed for Feeding- 
Shade for Horses’ Eyes.5 Illustrations. .464 
Hornless Cattle for American Breeding and Foreign 
Markets. 468 
Household.—How Common Lamps Waste Light.— 
Home Topics.—Underclothes for Children—Sunny 
Rooms — Mennonites — Christmas Decorations. — 
Notes and Queries.10 Illustrations.. 471-473 
Humbugs, Sundry.457 
Kitchen and Market Garden.453 
Lime, Some Facts About.467 
Lucern or Alfalfa in Vermont,.466 
Mechanic Turning Farmer, A.465 
Monkey Flower, the Scarlet. Illustrated ..469 
Nebraska Stock Farm .2 Illustrations. .461 
Oats, Winter, in Tennessee.457 
Orchard, Garden and Nursery.452 
Rusting, Excellent Protection Against..467 
Science Applied to Farming-FishasFood for Animals.459 
Sheep, How to Tell the Age of.7 Illustrations. .460 
Sheep-Yard and Ram Pen. Illustrated. .467 
Stock, Feeding for Profit..... .467 
Strawberry Plants, Multiplying.471 
Sunflower, the Graceful. . Illustrated. .469 
Talks on Farm Crops, No. 22. 462 
Tennessee Barn, A. Illustrated. .465 
Texas Cattle Drive, The. Illustrated ..451 
To Do Good and Make Money. 458 
Underdraihing, What it Did.463 
Wei 1-Cel lar. A. Illustrated.. 465 
West. Far, Editorial Correspondence from—Seminole 
Mining Co.—Mormon Crops—Game—Wyoming— 
Kansas—Change of Climate. Illustrated. .458-459 
West, South, and East, Farming..457 
Wheat, Experiments in Cultivating. Illustrated. .468 
Wood Shed. ... Illustrated. .467 
INDEX TO “BASKET,” AND OTHER SHORT ARTICLES. 
Ayrshire Record.482 Horse-Sorrel.454 
Beef-Cattle for South .454 Illinois Horticultural So- 
Bee-Stings, Curing and I ciety.456 
Cured.481 Jewel for Sucking Cows 
Borers.455, 111.. 456 
Canvas, Prevent Shrink- Labels for Household.. .482 
ing.455 Milk Pail, Covered.i«.. .456 
Chicken Yard Fence. 111.. 454 Milk, Price of .456 
’Colt, Grain for.455 Millet, Pearl, in Canada.456 
Concrete Floors for Cow [Mocking-Bird Food.456 
Stables.456 Nettle Story.456 
Corn, Mixed.456 New Zealand Wagon./ft.445 
•Com, Choosing Seed_454 Pear Leaves, Unhealthy.,481 
Corn-Stalks to Grain, Persimmon, Japanese. ..455 
Ratio.456 Pigs, Hay Tea for.482 
Cows, Large.481;Plows, Improved.481 
Cyclamen as a Window [Potatoes, Manure for...482 
Plant.470;Poultry, Caponizing.482 
Dairy, Light, and Animal [Poultry, for Breeding. .461 
Odor.455 Protection, Winter.471 
Ducks, Deformed.481 Rape.455 
Eggs. Packing.454 Raspberry,theGrapevine'454 
Farming on Shares .454 Rye in Corn. .481 
Farming that, Pays.455 Salt, Excess of.455 
Fencing, Wire for.482 Saw, Foot-power.482 
Gate-Latch, Convenient Subsoiling in Minn.455 
III ..455 Teat. Imperfect.481 
Guernsey Herd-Book_455 Turkeys. Bronze.456 
Hogs, Q.ninsy .454 Wheat Lodges, Why... .481 
Honey Locust.482 Wheat, Plowing under 
Horse, Shrinkage of Mus- ! Clover for.482 
clesof Shoulder.482, Ventilator, Cheap.. .111. Abo 
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