VI 
INDEX, 
•• Best Pears.356 
•• Budding Quince.356 
•• Decay of Fruit. 82 
•• Disease in Apple. 306 
•• Dwarf Apples—Best Sorts—Pod 
Auger’s Letter.145 
Dwarf Apples; Pruning White 
Pine; Shortening-in Peach_197 
•• Dwarf—How made by Chinese.. 81 
Evergreens—Desirable Sorts-178 
•• Evergreens—How to Transplant 178 
•• Evergreens—Sowing Seeds.175 
•• Feeding .338 
• Fruit, Trimming up.245 
• • Hint or Two for Lovers of.337 
•• Hop.229 
•• Inducing Fruit-bearing. 25 
•• Locust for Timber. 68 
• Locust—Planting Seed.102 
“ Long-leaf Pine. 25 
•• Low Branching for Prairies.230 
Mice-gnawed—To Save.*..113 
•• Model.4*. .240 
• Paint Injurious.356 
■ • Pine Lumbering—Lesson from 
History.174 
•• Plant Small.305 
Planting—Hints on.305 
•• Planting—May Day Festival.145 
•• Planting near Stumps.324 
•• Plum ; Beach or Sand for Stocksl66 
• • Preventing Sprouts.135 
•• Propagating Willows; Magnolia 
Hardy in Missouri; Retarding 
Buds; Renovating Peach; 
Apple, etc., from Cuttings; 
Branching Low.103 
•• Protecting from Rabbits.292 
• • Protecting from Sheep. 68 
•• Quince Stocks—Distinguishing.. 25 
•• Raising Plum and Cherry.229 
•• Remedy for Barrenness . 58 
•• Shade—Hints on Choosing.113 
•• Straightening Young. 49 
" Stuartia Petagynia .2*.. 48 
•• Suggestions about Cultivating 
Dwarf Pears.145 
•• To Revive Dormant Buds.305 
•• Too Old to Plant.146 
•• Transplanting Budded...259 
•• Transplanting Large . 358 
Variegated Leaved Maple.368 
•• Wounds in. 338 
Trellises—Cast Iron.103 
Trenching—Overdoing in.307 
Tripe—How to Clean. 1 19 
Turnips—Early.134 
•• Keeping Fresh.324 
Large Yield. 12 
•• Waite’s Eclipse.356 
V 
Umbrellas—Safe for.2*..341 
■ • Taking Care of them.21 
Vases and Statuary in Ornamental 
Grounds.5*.. 84 
Vaults—Cleaning out.325 
Vegetable—Chervil Turnip.369 
• Curiosities. . 49 
Vegetation—Spontaneous. 111 
Ventilating Dwellings—Simple, Cheap 
Method.*. 309 
Vermont Farmers .229 
• • Live Stock from. v 239 
Vines—Cucumber and Melon—Watch 
them .211 
• ’ Ornamental. 51 
w 
Wagons—Poor; Striking Figures.329 
War and the Fanners—Important Sug¬ 
gestions.167 
' ’ Campaign of the Agriculturist .*.304 
’ ’ Terms—Explanation 35*.217-248-281 
• ’ Times—Readings ir» .365 
Washing Day—A Clothes Dryer ..3*. 213 
•• Apparatus for.3*..277 
•• Hands—Hints on. 21 
” Machine—Metropolitan.357 
•• Table—Convenient.151 
Water for Stock.17-25 
• from Springs. 25 
Water from Sulphur Wells.198 
•• on Cement.325 
Weather—Remarkable..323 
Weeds—A Good Law Disregarded_299 
A Thousand at one Pull.138 
•• In Walks.307 
Manroot—To Destroy.230 
Whale Oil Soap ... 166 
Wheat—Cessation of Exports—English 
Opinions.199 
” Extraordinary Yield. 13 
• • Fields—Weed the.171 
From Illinois—Good Spring Va¬ 
riety .260 
• • Giant—For Free Distribution.*.. 
72-134-220-252 
■ • Heads—Large. 293 
In Minnesota—New-England-58 
•• Japanese a Humbug.38-134 
•• Largest Yield. 229 
•• Large Yield in Wisconsin.324 
’• Mulching with Buckwheat... .35-263 
•• New Varieties in Pennsylvania..202 
Wheat—Premium, etc.3*.. 188 
•• Salt on—Separating from Chess.230 
• • Salting to Prevent the Fly. 69 
’’ Transplanting.171 
” Wild Goose. 57 
• • Winter—Sowing in Spring.102 
Whitewash for In-doors.118 
•• For Roofs.359 
Out-door.103 
Whitewashing—Hint on.356 
Whooping Cough—Remedy for; Sec¬ 
ond Attack.278 
Wine—Frauds in.326 
•• Home-made from Native Grapes.293 
•• Making. 270 
Tokay.. 326 
■ • Tomato.259 
Wistaria—Chinese; How Propagated. 135 
Wittv Reply—Which was “ Sold ?”_ 6 
Wives—The Two. 87 
Wood—Green and Matrimony. 69 
Work for the Opening Season...106 
Wringing Machines—A Confession and 
Caution. 343 
IT 
Yale Agricultural Lectures.26-57 
Recipes. 
Apple Russe.. 87 
Beer—Root.279 
Biscuit—Drop . 373 
Boiling—Broiling—Roasting—Frying.. 54 
Bread—Apple Corn.342 
’• Corn.183-342-373 
’ ’ Pumpkin Indian.342 
Rye and Indian.342 
’• Soft Hominy. 87 
• • Breakfast Buns.373 
Buckwheat Cakes. 54-372 
Cake—Caroline. 87 
•• Clove..279 
: Delicate or Silver......247 
•• Dough.183 
•• Ginger Snaps. 22 
•• Jumbles without Eggs. 22 
•• Measure Loaf..183 
•• New-Year’s. 22 
• • Rooster.247 
•• Silver. 87 
•• Starch. 87 
■ • Tumbler. 87 
Cakes—Corn. .342 
• • Green Corn. 311 
•• Tomato Corn.311 
Candles—Lard.183 
Catchup—Cucumber. 
Cheese—Sour Milk. 
• • To keep old. 
Chicken Pie—Good. 
Coffee—Sweet Potato. 
Corn—Boiled Ripe. 
• • Dodgers—Virginia. 
•• Oysters. 
Cucumbers—Pickling Ripe.. 
Currants—Preserving. 
Custard—Boiled.. 
Dumpling—Apple Pie. 
•• Baked. 
'• Indian. . 
Eggs—Cooking. 
" Steamed.. . 
Gruel—Maize for Invalids.... 
Hash—Corned Beef.. 
Hominy—Genuine Indian.... 
•' Waffles. 
Jelly—Currant. 
Johnny Cake... 
Mexican Stew. 
Muffins—Corn. . 
.342 
Mush—Dry... 
Mutton Hams. 
Omelet. 
Oranges and Flavoring. 
Pancake—Dutch.. 
” German. 
Parsneps -How to Cook. 
Pickles'—Tomato. 
Pies—Apple Pie Melon, etc.., 
•• Cracker Mince. 
• ’ Cream.. 
• • Cream—Erratum. 
•• Delicate. 
•• Lemon—Good. 
•• Washington.. 
Pop-Overs—Nice. 
Pork—How to Cook. 
Potatoes—Cooking. 
Pudding—Baked Corn. 
•• Brown Betty. 
*• Cherry.. 
• • Cottage. 
• • Delicious. 
•• Hasty. 
•• Indian—Baked.. 
• • Indian—Boiled. 
• • Toast. 
Samp. 
Short Cake—Strawberry.. 
Turkey—Boned.,... 
Whitpot—Indian ; Mock. 
Wine—Blackberry. 
.247 
• * Currant. 
• ’ Tomato. 
Yeast—Corn. 
mmx to im§T!im©Mg in fomjme twenty. 
A 
Aloe—American.181 
American Agriculturist —War ...304 
April. 27 
Aquarium—Salt Water for .. . 181 
Armadillo.162 
August.....225 
R 
Bag Holder. 362 
Barley—Nepaul Variety.261 
Barreling Apples, etc. 9 
Baskets—Ornamental Hanging... —212 
Bee — Italian Queen.109 
Bees — Stingless.(9).. 76 
Birds—Snow Bird. 13 
The Barn Owl. 44 
Boy and Crab. 88 
• • and Dog.55 
C 
Cattle—Branding.299 
Cheese Press — Simple.301 
Christmas Tree.374 
Clothes Dryer .(3)..213 
•• Horse — Folding.277 
Line Apparatus.277 
Cc d Graperies—Cold Frames etc.(6). 272 
ED 
Defcuscops..(2).. 55 
December. .353 
Dibbl'S for Transplanting.149 
Dloscorea Batatas Homeward Bound. .204 
Draining—Form of Drains . (6).. 169 
•• Form of Tiles .. (10)..201 
•• Laying out Drains . (7). 264 
•• Leveling Instrument.3 29 
•• Plowing for Drains — Traps..(5). .297 
Position of Strata. . ..(6). .70 105 137 
Shallow and Deep Soil.(2).. 70 
■ • Tile-maldng Apparatus.(5)..233 
Oream—Rip Van Winkle, Jr’s.73 
F 
Farm Scenes—Autumn.336 
•• Dailey’s Spring.112 
•• Dailey’s Summer.208 
” Dailey’s Winter. 16 
■ • Laying Out..139 
February. 33 
Fence—Wire. 9 
Flageolet—The new. 344 
Flower Baskets—Rustic.(3).. 20 
•• Passion. 180 
Flowers and Fruit—Decorations.. (3). .276 
•• New Chrysanthemums.(3)..244 
Preserving Cut.276 
Fruit—Frame for Drying.277 
• • Gatherers.(4). .209-273-309-367 
Cr 
Galvanic Ring for Slugs.273 
Garden on the Housetop.(2)..116 
•• Plan of Flower.148 
Grape Vines—Training..241 
Green-Houses—Bay Windows_(2).. 308 
•• Double Window.340 
” Heating Apparatus.(4). .340-370 
•• Independent.(4)..370 
•• Lean-to.340 
EE 
Happy as a King.152 
Hedges—Trimming.(3).. 302 
Horse-Power—Sanford’s Improved.(2).237 
•• Rarey’s Method of Taming. 37 
•• From Landseer’s Painting.144 
Hour-Glass.120 
House—Rustic Summer.172 
Hyacinth Glass.369 
I 
Inarching.(2) 117 
Indians—“Digger”—Woman <fc Cliild(2) 24 
Insects—Pigeon Tremex.(10) 140 
J 
July.193 
June.161 
EL. 
Land—Plan of Tilling. 39 
Little ‘Scarecrow’.216 _ 
M 
Magic Plate.(2).. 89 
Map of Eastern Virginia.345 
•• of Kentucky and Tennesee.349 
•• of Missouri.348 
• • of Port Royal and Vicinity.378 
March. 65 
May.129 
Mill—Sanfoid’s Farm.(2). .268 
If 
November .321 
O 
October.289 
E» 
Pampas Grass. 12 
Pear—Doyenne d’Ete.146 
•• In Bottle.18 
Pitchfork—Beardsley’s Horse.(2).. 41 
Plant Case. 308 
Plow—Fowler’s Steam.366 
•• Howard’s Steam.265 
Portraits of Humbugged Sufferers.332 
” of Shavehead and Lady. 24 
Potato—Curious Growth.332 
Poultry—Shanghai Creepers. 80 
Preserving Fruit.215 
Puzzles.23 55 122-153-249-281-814-346-375 
R 
Rabbits—Pet. 280 
Rock and Stump Extractor.(2)..108 
•• Lifter—Bolles’.359 
S 
School—First Day at.312 
Seed—Box for Sowing.236 
September. 257 
Sheep Rack—Portable. 9 
Shrub—Stuartia Pentagnia.(2).. 48 
Silkworm—Chinese. 81 
Socks for Soldiers.371 
Soldiers—Young.184 
Stacks—Improved Bottoms for.300 
T 
Telegraph to Pacific.358 
Topiary Work. ■ .(5).. 176 
Transplanting—Good Method.309 
Treasury Note.313 
Trees—Coffee in Bearing.(2).. 52 
•• Model.(4).. 240 
•• Saving Girdled.113 
U 
Umbrellas—Safe for.341 
Undersleeve—Crochet Work.(3).. 20 
V 
Vases for Ornamental Grounds ...(5).. 84 
Ventilator—Lyman’s.309 
w 
Walks—Lawn—Form of.(5).. 148 
War—Badges of Officers.(14). .281 
•• Implements—Cannon, etc.(9).217-18 
• • Implements—Miscellaneous.(12).248 
Wheat—Giant.72-188 
Hallet’s Pedigree.. (2).. 188 
