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52 ?°° The stars (*) in the follow¬ 
ing Index show where engravings 
occur. Articles referring directly 
or indirectly to Cattle , Insects , 
Manures , Trees , Weeds, etc., will 
be found indexed under these 
general heads. 
A 
Agricultural Congress, National,326 
—Experiment Stations, 49 — Ex¬ 
periment Station, New Conn., 326 
— Fairs, Gambling at, 194—Pro¬ 
duce, Export of, 231—Society, N. 
J. State, 87—Society, N.Y. State, 86 
Agriculture, Connecticut.. 49 
Agriculture, How it is Encouraged, 
244 
Air Compressors.394 
Air. Let us Moisten.472 
Alfalfa in Colorado, To make a 
Pasture of, 289 
Alfalfa in Texas.248 
Alpacas, A Flock of.41 
Among the Farmers,14-54-94-134-174 
-214-251-294-334-374-422-462 
Among the Youngsters.145 
Animal Portraiture. 98 
Animals, Feeding Large or Small, 
427—Treatment of Fracture in, 894 
— With Broken Legs, How to 
Treat, 339 
Anniversary of the Death of Lin- 
Answering by Numbers. 3i 
Anthony Waterer.151 
Apples, Bitter Rot in.75 
Apples on Paradise Stock.143 
Apple-Pomace, Fertilizing Value208 
Apple-Wine. 14 
Arboretum, Arnold.382 
Army and Navy Journal.416 
Arnold Arboretum.457 
Art with Scissors.*.. 61 
Artichoke, Brazilian.235 
Artichoke, Jerusalem_8-49-90-142 
Asbestos,“Uses of. 7 
Ashes and Salt, How to Apply, 73— 
As Fertilizers, 369 —For Apple 
Trees, 168—Leached and Unleach- 
ed. Value of, 329-Use of, 482- 
Wood, 89 
Ash-Sifter, Simple.*. .433 
Axe, Post-hole..—*. .461 
Axes, How they are Made.. 16 
Babies Cry, Letting.264 
Baby, Tending.264 
Bargains.482 
Barley, Beardless, 289—Export of, 
194—New Trade Regulatians, 468- 
Spring and Fall, 46—Spring and 
Winter, 234 
Barn, A Famous Stone, 214—Basket, 
* 465—Echo Farm, * 878 — For 
Twenty-five Cows, Dairy, * 175- 
Hay, 422—Leaks in a, 427 —Plan, * 
257 — Plan of a Dairy, * 425-Plan 
of Dakota, * 139—Yards, Clean 
Out the, 395 
Bathing.184 
Bean for a Name, 367—Harvesting 
Machine, 313-395 — Meal, How to 
Use, 395 
Bed Comforters, Repairing.305 
Bee Notes — Jan., * 9 ; Feb., 49; 
March.*90: April, *130; May, »169 
June, 235; July, *249; Aug., 289. 
Sept., 329; Oct., 395; Nov., 417: 
Dec., 482 
Bee Trees in the Woods, To find.273 
Beef and Mutton, Export of.391 
Beef, Salting. 34 
Berry Season, Preparation for.*.178 
Better Times have Come.370 
“ Big Head ".315 
Binding of Papers and Magazines, 
Home, 265 
Birds of the Southern United States 
*121 
Bit for Self-Sucking Animals.129-394 
Blackberries, Profit in.288 
Blasting Logs.457 
Blood, Disease of the.315 
Blue-Grass not a Curse.314 
Blue Jay, Steller.*. .333 
Blundering from European Prac¬ 
tice, 4S0 
Boats, Flat Bottomed. 34 
Boat for six persons.413 
Boat Bouse, How to Build a. .*. .424 
Boats with Smooth sides.814 
Bone Dust, How it is Made, 35—Pure 
Ground, 413—Reduction with Acid 
or Soda, S14 
Bones for Fertilizer.233 
Book, American Mechanical Dic¬ 
tionary, 7—Aryshire Herd Book, 
Scotch, 355—Botanical Hand, 35— 
Clydesdale Stud, 248—of House¬ 
hold Management and Cookery, 48 
—on Irrigation, 128—on Potato 
Pests 129—On Steam and Steam 
Engines, 247 
Books, Complete American Trap¬ 
per, 7—Cultivated Plants, Their 
Propagation, 263—Diseases of Do¬ 
mestic Poultry, 46—Educational 
and School, 35—Forest and Stream 
Hand-book for Riflemen, 8— 
Fragariculture, 48 — Grape Cul¬ 
ture, 7—Home Building, 168—Illus¬ 
trated Annual Register, 48—Land 
and Game Birds of New England, 
168—Llliput Land, 483—On Sheep. 
7— Polled Galloway Herd, 355 — 
Popular Health Almanac, 47 — 
Popular Scientific, 35 — Practi¬ 
cal .Botany, 7 —New Practical 
Window Gardener, 263 — Sani¬ 
tary Condition of Dwellings. 367 
—Sorento and Inlaid Work, 46- 
Swine Husbandry, 246-286-327—The 
Farm Yard Club of Jotham, 7— 
The Lord’s Land, 47—The Micro¬ 
scope, 414—Veterinary Obstetrics, 
8- Woodward’s Drawing Studies 
and Alphabets, 287—Learning the 
Use of, 103 
Boots, India Rubber.455 
Botanic Garden and Arnold Arbo¬ 
retum, 48 
Botany, Japanese.75 
Bouquets,Fashions in.*..3»0 
Boys’ and Gibls’ Columns. 
A Adventures of a Basket, Dog, 
and Three Naughty Boys, *386 
— Am usement for Boys, *106— 
Ant Lions, *186 —Aunt Sue's 
Chats, *26-67-*107-*147-*187-228 
-*267-* 306-* 346-* 385-435-* 475- 
Auut Sue’s Puzzle-Box, 26-67- 
106- 146-186-226-267- 307 - 847-387- 
B 434-474 — Bird Houses that a 
Boy Can Make, *147-Bird, The 
Pet, *238—Birds, Feeding the. 
107— Birds, Long-Legged, 348— 
C Birds, My Pet, 187—Cute but 
Naughty,345—Cuttle Fish, *105 
D —Doctor’s Correspondence, * 
66-*105-*145-*185-*227-*265-*305 
-*346 -*386 -*434 -*473 — Dragon 
Flies, Something About,*435— 
E Drawing Machine, *65—Earth 
F Stars, *266—Fruit, Akee, *265— 
Fun for Winter Evenings, *66 
G —Going to the Reservation, 
II *268—How Zyp was Deceived 
by the Mirror *308 —How 
Things arc Done in other 
Countries, *27.-*07-*148-*307- 
K *3S8—Kalidescope, *186—Lap- 
L land and the Laps, *27—Little 
Alice Tending her Flowers. 
M *476—Marbles, Indoor Games 
N of, *25 —Metric System of 
Weights and Measures, 434- 
P 475—Pig, A Mechanical, *475— 
Pins Here and There, *226— 
Plants, Resurrection, *145— 
Puzzle Picture, * 433 — Puz¬ 
zling Puzzle, *187-*267—Ruria- 
R ways. The Little, *435—Spring 
S- Day in the Country, * 187 — 
Story of the Bopt Black, * 226 
— Story of Three Little Boys 
and their Big Snow Ball,*107— 
T Toad, Surinam, *266 
Bread Making.SOI 
Breeders Instincts, True. 15 
Breeders, Management of Slow..289 
Breeding Brains.251 
Breeding, Yale Lectures on.254 
Breeds, Standards for Pure. 96 
Brine, Preparing.412 
Broom, Taking Care of.145 
Bruised Leg, Treatment of a....327 
Brush, Cutting. 89 
Buckwheat Bran for Cows.443 
Buckwheat, Harvesting.355 
Building and Staking Stone Walls, 
* 256 
Buildings, Filling In.169 
Buildings, Remodelling Old..*.. 17 
Bulbs, Superb, or Turk’s Cap Lily, 
343 
Bulletin of the Bussey Institute.128 
Bulletin of Wool Manufacture... 86 
Burns and Scalds.345 
Butter, Artificial Coloring of, 288- 
Coloring, 153—Counterfeit, 154- 
Factory, 414—Factory Dairy, 214- 
In Hot Climates, Keeping, 315—In 
Winter, Making, 134 —Keeping, 
394—Making, Hardin Method of, 
235—Package, Improved, * 216 — 
Putting Down, 286 — Questions 
About, 208—Stock for, 55—Tubs, 
83—White Specks in, 415 
Buying of Peddlers.383 
c 
Cabbage Family.457 
Cabbage Seed, Farmers Swindled 
in, 366. 
Cabbage Worm, Hot Water for.. 86 
Canker Worm Guard, Another.. 83 
Canker Worm, Now.88 
Canning Corn.482 
Canning Factory..419 
Caponizing.194 
Caps for Hay and Grain.314 
Carbonic Acid.456 
Carraway.395 
Care of Baby’s Mother.224 
Carrier Pigeons on Police Force 18 
Carrots for Stock.46 
Catalogue, Bliss & Son’s Potato. 86 
Catalogues Received, 75-90-154-195- 
289-442 
Catch to Hold a Door.*. .473 
Cats and Moles.378 
Cattle—Ayrshire, * 13 —Ayrshire 
Breeder’s Association, 86—Ayr¬ 
shire Cow, Ruby, * 281-Beef, * 173 
—Black Quarter in, 169-Bull, Can¬ 
cerous Growth in a, 315—Bull, In¬ 
fertile, 194-Calf, Sick, 89-Calf 
which has the “ Scours,” 252 — 
Calves Nose, Color of, 193—Calves, 
to Prevent Sucking, 203—Cows, 
Abortion Among, S26— Cow, A 
Good, 395—A Good Jersey, 259— 
Another Good but Nameless Cow, 
194—Artificial Switch for a, 328— 
Barren, 74 — Consumptive, 481 — 
For the Dairy, Shorthorn, 378 
— Jersey, 51 — Jockeying, 874 — 
Killed by a Piece of Wire, 153 
—Leaking Milk, 207—Marks of a 
Good Milk, * 58—Milk Mirrors in, 
831—Produce of a Grade Jersey 
415—Record of a Jersey Cow in 
Cal., 46—The Doings of a Name¬ 
less, 274 —To Prevent Sucking 
Herself, 162—Treatment of Self- 
Sucking, 367—Cows, Best Butter, 
193—Cure for Garget in, 894 — 
Dressing for Sore Teats on, 854- 
In Most Country Barn-yards, 422 
—Peculiarities of Jersey, 242—To 
Keep Flies from, 395—To Man¬ 
age Stubborn, 193—Treatment of 
Kicking, * 465—Wonderful, 154- 
Disease in England, 86—Diseases 
of, 234—Drenching Horns for, * 
214—Echo Farm Herd of Jerseys, 
* 293—Estimating Weight of, 482 
—Garget in, 248 —Garget, Treat¬ 
ment of, 248 —Guernseys, 463 — 
Guernseys or Jerseys, 74—Heifer, 
How to Lead an Unbroken, 94 
—Heifer, Tumor in a, 89 — Here¬ 
ford Breed of, * 421 — Holstein, 
193 — Impaction of the Rumen, 
8934-In Colorado, 87—Jersey Cow 
“Union,” Grade, ^09■—Jerseys 
or Shorthorns, S3—Maturity of 
Beef, 216—Polled Angus, 814—Poll¬ 
ed, Breeds of, 194 — Rearing and 
Feeding, 248 —Ringworm in, 274 
—Shorthorn Breeders,Convection 
of, 287—Shorthorn Milkers, Si- 
Shorthorns, Prices of, 195—“ Snow 
Hill Durhams,” 329—Stanchions, * 
376-Swelling of Udder, 482-The 
Blanketed or Sheeted Breed, * 449 
—Warbles in. 233 
Cattle and Sheep in Colorado... .355 
Cattle Club, Monthly Bulletin of 
Jersey, 322 
Cattle Market, GOth St., N. Y.371 
Cattle Men, Some Western.413 
Cauliflowers...183 
Celery, How to Keep in Winter..470 
Cellar Walls, Draining.*. .297 
Cement, Concrete for Buildings, 315 
— For Drain Tile, 313 —How to 
Mix, * 296 
Cemetery, Forest Hill.431 
Centennial Awards.394 
Cesspool, Ventilator for.*. .136 
Chairs for the Sick and Well, Com¬ 
fortable, * 385 
Charcoal, Burned Bones.315 
Cheese Factories. 46 
Chestnut Timber, Time to Cut. ..274 
Chestnuts, Preserving.442 
Children’s Shoes.144 
Children's Under-Waists.*..224 
Chufas. .. .169 
Churning by Water-Power....». .137 
Churning, Temperature for.394 
Cider Making and Cider Presses *260 
Cisterns, Building, 289—Difficulty in 
Making a, 234—For Storing Rain¬ 
water, * 379 
Cltadelle.483 
Citric Acid.354 
City’s Filth.294 
Cleanliness and Light.224 
Clod-Breaker, A Useful.*..176 
Closet iulcc-House.*.. 58 
Clothing. 829 
Clover, Alslke, 194—Not exactly a, 
314—Seeding to, 193 
Clover Seed on Snow, Sowing, 74— 
Regarding, 815—To Hull, 75 
Clovers.314 
Coffee, Preparation of.431 
Commissioner of Agriculture, New, 
299 
Compost of Fish, Plaster, and 
Earth. 243 
Concrete, Strength of, 191—Walls, 
Size of, 314 
Co-operation Among Farmers.. .131 
Corn After Buckwheat, 234—Bran, 
Value of, 47 — Crib and Gran¬ 
ary, * 4G8 — Crib, Rustic, * 56- 
Crib and Shelling Room, Rat- 
Proof, * 258 —Economy in Cut¬ 
ting, 391 — Evergreen, 463 — 
Fall Plowing for, 415 — Fod¬ 
der, 10-Curing of, * 3G9AFoolish 
Statement About Preserving, 273 
—Preserving, 235—Storage of, 878— 
Hulled, 24—Ilusker, * 368—in Can¬ 
ada, 274—in Drills, 73—in Drills, 
Treatment of, 327^-on Fall Plow¬ 
ing, 195 —Marker for Uneven 
Ground, * 136—Planters, S3—Plant¬ 
ing in Drills, 88-259—Plowing Sod 
for, 136—Selecting Seed, 354—Sliel- 
ler. Dimensions of a Home-Made, 
395 — Sheller, Home-Made, * 290- 
465—Stalks, Feeding, 55 
Corner Cupboard.*. .145 
Cotton Seed, Feeding, 354—for a 
Fertilizer, 815—Huller, New, *177 
Cow in South Carolina, a Good.. 34 
Cow-Peas, Southern.422 
Cow Pox.4S1 
Cradle for Drawing a Boat_*. .377 
Crane, Cheap Portable.*. .256 
Cream, Foaming of the.47 
Cribbing aud Worms. 73 
Crop for a Poor Stiff' Soil.328 
Crops, Early and Late.463 
Crops in Georgia. 5 
Crops, When to Sell.246 
Cross-Cut Saw, Setting a.*. 256 
Cubic Feet in a Ton of Hay.46 
Currants and Gooseberries in Kan¬ 
sas, 69 
Custom, a Very Unjust.417 
Cutter, Copper-Strip...867 
Cut-Worms. 299 
Cut-Worms, Work of the.302 
Dairy, Echo Farm, * 299—Farms, 
Fertility of, 194 —House, Depth 
of a, 471—Stock for, 86—Interest, 
Legal Protection of the 218 — 
Shows, 55 
Deep Cans.252 
Deep Can Setting.....291-394 
Department of Agriculture.2CS 
Dinners, 15 Cent.473 
Directory, Trow’s New York City, 
314 
Ditcher and Excavator, Ran¬ 
dolph’s, 92 
Ditching Plow, Randolph's.393 
Dogs in New York, Exhibition of, * 
209 
Dog for a Guard, Shepherd’s, 893- 
Kennels, * 56—Power for Churns, 
313—Shepherd's, 284 — Protection 
Against, 154 — Shepherd's, S3— 
Training Shepherd. 313 
Door for a Piggery, Swinging.*..216 
Doors, Fastening for Swinging.* 424 
Doors, Self-Closing.*..137 
Drain from a Cesspool, * 467—House, 
* 371—How to Make a Stone, 248— 
or Pipe, How to Clean a Choked, 
Drains, Surface.46S 
Drains of Log and Brush.*. 466 
Drainage, Laud.331 
Draining.51-328 
Draining a Marsh by Pumping.. 35 
Drains,Kitchen Pump and Other* 58 
Dress, Fitness in, 223—Kitchen, 432- 
Simplicity and Health in, 384 
Dressing According to Station...224 
Drill for Turnips and Beets. 46 
Drill, Planet. *..138 
Drouth, Benefits of the. 14 
Drying Fruit and Fruit Dryers*.338 
Duck Pond, Artificial.*.. 96 
Ear-Rings, Poisoning by..393 
Earth-Closet System . 51 
Eave Troughs, Making.*.. 58 
Education, Early. 63 
Education.. Technical.195 
Effect of a Southern Slope on Land, 
153 
Effects of Early Laying, Hatching, 
74 
Egg Food, Imperial.S9-127 
Eggs, Artificial Hatching of, 274- 
Case for Carrying, * 424—How 
Long Can They be Kept, 87—How 
They are Preserved, 287—How to 
Preserve, 153—Preservation of, 
274—Production and Disposal of, 
421—to Pack Safely, 74—Ways of 
Using Them, 143 
Emigration to the South.415 
Engines at Syracuse, Trial of Agri¬ 
cultural.414 
Engines, Some Useful Farm..*..380 
English Laborer's Day's Work.. .395 
Essays on Gardening.. 
Evener, Three-Horse.. 
Evener, a Three-Horse. 
Evergreens in Pots. 
Exports, Our. 
F 
Fair, Florida State, 74-List, SB- 
New York State, 416—St. Louis, 
854—Texas State, 314 
Fairs, 416—Autumn, 208—Evils of 
Agricultural, IS—Go to the, 329— 
the Farmer's School, 331 
Fallowing, Fall.239 
Fanning Mill for Cleaning Grain.327 
Farm, Borrowing to Buy a. 414- 
Buildings, Insurance of, 298—En¬ 
gines, SI4—Fretting for a, 315- 
Management, Prize, 139—Produce, 
Large Shipments of, 413—Roads, 
How to Improve, * 466—Village 
Question, 251 
Farmers’ Clubs, 47—Losses in one 
Year, 289 —Should be Business 
Men, 463—What They Must Do, 369 
Farming, a Woman’s Success at, 894 
—in Colorado, S9—Matters, Sun¬ 
dry, 154-193—Region at the West, 
Fine, 247—Without Manure, 391- 
Farms, Cheap.194 
Farms, Division of... 18 
Feeding for Beef...338 
Fence, a Bar, * 176—Bolted, * 16— 
Gnage, * 98—of Timber and Wire, 
* 133—Post, Axe,* 297—Posts, Driv¬ 
ing, * 96—Posts, Shaping and Bor¬ 
ing, * 97 
Fences and Gates.* . .464 
Fencing Straw Stacks.*.. 57 
Fertilizer, Castor Pomace as a,2S7— 
Cotton Seed as a, 11—Wheat Bran 
as a, 203 
Fertilizers, Artificial, 165—Basis of 
Values of, 35—Be Careful of Arti¬ 
ficial ,315—Experimenting with, 8— 
Farm Experiments with, 131—for 
Mangels, 195—for Nova Scotia, S93 
—for Wheat, 194—Importing Nitro¬ 
genous, 11—Special, 35-S7—What 
to Use for, 91 
Field, How to Improve a Worn 
Out, 334 
Filter for Water.*..304 
Fish Breeding, Requirements of..S37 
Fish Culture Profitable... .85 
Fish Dam, Screen for.*..464 
Fistula, Cure of..274 
Fistula In Ano. ....481 
Fistula on the Jaw.75 
....129 
...193 
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