JS?“ The stars (*) in the follow¬ 
ing Index show where engravings 
occur. Articles referring directly 
or indirectly to Bees , Cattle , Insects , 
Manures , 75ws, efc., 
4« found indexed under these 
general, heads. 
A 
Accomplishments. —345 
Acre, Number of Feet in an.44G 
Advertisements, About Editorial, 
248—Cheap, 5—Reliable, 5—Where 
Seen, 8. 
Advertising—Another Good Me¬ 
dium, 46. 
Air-Line Railroad.*.47 
Alfalfa.287 
“ Answer through the Papyr .126 
Antelope Hunting on the Plains. 60 
Apple-Parings, Dried..464 
Apples—Cordon, 183—Orchard, 291 
Apple-Trees, Non-Bearing.366 
Asbestos Roofing.126 
Ashes, 174—Leached and Unleach¬ 
ed, 322—Lime and Guano, W'hen to 
Apply, 447—Time to Apply, 407— 
With Bones, 46—For Wheat, 406. 
Auctions.447 
Axles; Oiling.457 
B 
Balance Sheet..170 
Balsam—Pears and Apples_*..462 
Barley vs. Oats for Food.<?,;126 
Basin, Draining a.367 
Baskets.*. .185 
Beaus—Asparagus, 382—Lima, 382. 
Beef, Buffalo.42-86 
Beet, Egyptian.302 
Beet-Leaves, Sour-Keep for.369 
Bells upon Sheep.207 
Bee Notes, 10-169-248-288-327-369 
408-447. 
Birds—American Magpie, *53—Auk, 
The Great, '253—Cow - Bunting, * 
451—Owl, How to Catch, 98- 
Snowy and Others, *140—Robin, 
What to do witli the, 223. 
Bird Dogs, Training.,. 6 
Black Bear, Trapping the.*.. 94 
Black Walnuts.122 
Blocks, To Prevent Splitting. 326 
Boats, Cost of.327 
Boat, How to Build a.*. .297 
Bones, a Great Waste, 379—Dust, 
134—Grease from, 446-Mills, *417 
—Utilizing, 457. 
Bonnets, Sun.185 
Books, Agricultural, 447—Agricul¬ 
tural Annual for 1871, 129—Archi¬ 
tecture, New Work on, 406—Ayr¬ 
shire Herd-Book, 409 Bicknell’s 
Village Builder,” Supplement to, 
445 — Children's, 463 — Botanical 
Works, Gray’s, 127—Cattle Club, 
Register of Am. Jersey, 328—Com¬ 
missioner of Agriculture, Report 
of, 8—Common-Sense in the House¬ 
hold, 325 — Forest Trees, New 
Work on, 446—Guide to N.Y.City, 
Traveler's, 409—Horse and Horse¬ 
manship of U. S. and British Prov¬ 
inces, 126—Money in ttie Garden, 
126—My Summer in a Garden, 7— 
The First Book of Botany, 246— 
The Practical Poultry-Keeper, 90. 
Boot-Jacks, Fashions in. *..145 
Bottle, Dosing. .*..216 
Boys and Ginns’ Columns. 
A About Donkeys, 107 — About 
Walking, 27 — A Cheap Ele¬ 
phant.68—An Icicle,27 — ANew 
Year’s Greeting, 27 — Aunt 
Sue's Puzzle-Box. *27-*67- 
*107 - *147 - *187-*227-*267-*307 - 
B *347-*387-*427-*406 - Bears, the 
Doctor Talks about, *417-8— 
C Bees, Among the, 187—Christ¬ 
mas Presents, '465 — Churns 
F and Bottles, 337 -Farmer or 
Doctor, 307 ■ Fishing, 227 — 
G Garden, Let ns have a, 147 • 
II Gulls, a Trick of, '466—Have a 
l Solid Foundation, 108—Icicle 
Prizes, 108-147-148 - Indians, 
the Doctor Talks about, 466— 
J Insects as Musicians, 307—Just 
M Hatched, *228 — Making Mud- 
Sf Pies, *348—Note from “ Carle- 
P ton,” 147--Proposition from 
R the Doctor,- 465—Rats, Ingenu¬ 
ity of, *2C7—Red River Trains, 
S 313-Setting Traps, 267—Street- 
Shows in London, 427—Sum- 
T mer and Winter, 388 -Tempt¬ 
ing Good Nature, *308 —The 
April Shower, *148—The First 
Smoke,*28—Tobacco, a Speech 
V for "Boys, 348—Visit to Mount 
W Vesuvius, 66-Waiting for a 
Bite, *268—What 1 Saw from 
the City of York, 27—Winter 
in the Country, 28 -Woods in 
May, the, *188. 
Brick-Clay..407 
Bricks and Leather-.440 
Bridal Gifts.25 
Brooms for Stables.*..293 
Brush, to Subdue.58 
Buckwheat, 208 — Plowing Under, 
408—Thrashing, 287. 
Buildings — Barn, Mr. Sargent’s, 
*455-456 — Barns, Tight and Well 
Ventilated, 131—Barn-Yards, Pav¬ 
ing, *416—New Cattle-Shed at Og¬ 
den Farm, *17—Plan for House, 
No. 28, *88. 
Bushes, to Kill Dew-Berry.326 
Butter—Coloring, 51-251 — Experi¬ 
menting with, 251 — and Feed, 
Prices of, 410—from Devonshire 
Cream, 218-How much Salt in, 8— 
How to make Good, 217—Making, 
146-287 — Making in Winter, 59- 
Packing and Preserving, 365 — 
Price of, 448—Soft, 328. 
Buttons.464 
By Express or by Post,.345- 
c 
Cabbages—Early, and Cauliflowers, 
etc., 209—and Onions, 409—Wake¬ 
field, lor Seed, 343. 
Cactuses, Hardy. 
Cactuses in Winter."*wii* 
Canning, Questions about.306 
Carrots and Onions on Sandy Land, 
287. 
Carrots, Planting, 251 — Wild, 865 
Carvers, Hints to.145 
Catalogues.365 
Cats, Curing.417 
Cattle—and Hogs In Ill., 207—Best 
Breed, 206—Breachy, 1®—Careful 
Selection of, 171 — Eating Dry 
Earth, 364--Feeding, 171—Grow¬ 
ing, 448—Hereford, *413—Ho 1 stein, 
*401 —Jersey or Alderney, 167- 
Shorthorns, 29S—Shorthorns, Higli 
Price, 328—Soiling, 171—Soiling in 
Ill., 17 — Thorough-bred, High 
Price, 176—Tying, 171-Value of 
Bran for, 95 —Water in Winder, 90 
-Bulls-- Color of, 250 — Jersey, 
“Wachusett,” *201— Calves— Don’t 
Sell the Best, 29S—Four at a Birth. 
248 —Hide-Bound, 285 — Mother's 
Milk for, 338—Raising for Milkers, 
379—Wintering Young, 131— Cows 
—Brittany, “ Bessie,” *299—Card¬ 
ing, 175 — Cost of Koeping, 11- 
Drying up, 45G--Feeding Milch, 
203 —Food before Calving, 82— 
Hard-Milking. 236-321-How much 
Land to Keep, 447—Kerry, 168— 
Leaking. Milk, 282-Milk for In¬ 
fants. 106-Milk• Mirror in, 209- 
Milk-Mirror in Jersey, 456 - 
Plantation, 238 Preventing Hold¬ 
ing up Milk, ’285—Selection of 
Dairy, 168 — to make Milk in 
Winter, 47•— Heifers-Gooi\ Jer¬ 
sey Grade, 47 — “Thrift,” 371 -- 
When to Dry, 6- -Oxen —Trial of 
Working, *411 —Working, *337 — 
Steers -Breaking in Young, 285. 
Cattle, Diseases of, 131—Abortion 
in Cows, 136—Foot and Mouth Dis¬ 
ease, 9-254— Foul in the Foot, 
257—Grubs, 129—Milk Fever, 130 - 
206. 
Cellar Floors, Water-tight. 6 
Cellar, Musty......S26 
Cesspool, Cottage without a, *52, 
128. 
Chairs, High. 463 
Chairs, Novel.. .*..463 
Charcoal for Earth-Closets.166 
Cheap Money. .47 
Cheese-Making.323 
Cheese-Press.*. .253 
Chemistry on the Farm. 94 
Children’s Shoulder-Straps.305 
Cider and Cider-Presses.401 
Cions, Cutting ..286-366 
City Guests in the Country.265 
Clover, 247—Bringing in, 137—Hay, 
Curing, 134—Management of, 219— 
for Dairy Purposes, 207—for Hog 
Pasture, 7—for Plowing Under, 
333—Means of Fertility, 335—on 
Poor Soil, 254—Seed, How to 
Clean, 407—Seeding to, 374—Sow¬ 
ing, 367 — Value of, 129 —With 
Corn, 325. 
Coal.453 
Coal-Ashes for Earth-Closets .. .137 
Commission Merchants . 23 
Composts. 208 
Compost Heap, Turning a.* 97 
Compost of Muck, Lime, ete.S67 
Composting Muck, Ashes, and Cot¬ 
ton Seed, 408. 
Congress and Horticulture... 22 
Consulting Agriculturist.126 
Corn, 285-Chester Co. Mammoth, 
248-Judson's Branching, 461— 
Moore’s Concord, 160—Red, 247— 
Cultivating, 209-326 — Cribs and 
Grain-Bins,*338-HowMuch Cana 
Man Husk, 59-163-Husks, 327- 
Fine, 367—Felder, 169-206—Cur¬ 
ing, 219-288—Feeding Fo lder, 287 
—Green, S46— Growing, 131—Eat¬ 
ing Green, S06—Harvesting, *&J6 
—Planting- Question, 175—and Po¬ 
tatoes, Rolling Land for, 447—Rais 
ihg Unprofitable, 51 — Stalks, 
Burning, 46. 
Cotton-Seed Meal..:....... 
Cotton-Wood Bark for. Forage, 
Gathering, *340. 
Covering, Early... .459 
Cranberry Bogs, Depth of Cover¬ 
ing, 63—Wh ‘re to Look for, 263- 
Lands, 168. 
Cream-Cooling Apparatus_*. .216 
Criticisms.285 
Crops—Clean Culture, 335—Fodder, 
365—in Virginia, 284—Kansas, 8— 
and Prices, 408-446—Secured, 871— 
that, will Stand Drouth,89—'Three 
in one Season, 101. 
Cross Children, Treatment of_345 
Drying Fruit, Corn, etc.345 
Dyking Swamp Land. 56 
E 
Earth from under Old Houses.. .168 
Earth System, Progress of.139 
Edging, a Silver-Grny.261 
Egg-Beaters...*..425 
Egg-Plants, S81—Experience witli, 
460. 
Engineering, Civil .40S 
Eumelan, Pronunciation of ... .366 
Experience, Telling One’s.460 
Fairs, List of, 253-251—Louisiana, 126 
—Jersey, 208—New England, 365- 
Oxford, Pa., 287. 
Fallowing, Fall.14-167 
Fall Planting of Hardy Plants.. .343 
Farm Experience, 370—Help, Pay 
for, 453—Improvements, Profit¬ 
able, 369—Kansas, Worn-Out, 326- 
Laborers in Winter, Work for, 453 
—Run-Down, R. I., 128. 
Fa’-mer, a Good. 
.452 
Farmer or Carpenter. 
.166 
Farmers’ Clubs. 
.1285 
Farmers, Hard Times for 
.867 
Farming—Does it Pay? 
208—Eng- 
Crows. Hoodwinking. 
....*..453 
Cucumbers, 
Early. 
.183 
Cultivating 
by Steam. 
.457 
Cultivation 
Thorough.... 
.291 
Currant and Gooseberry Trees.,341 
Curry-Combs, 235—and Brushes, 166 
—and Cards, 407. 
Dairymen's Convention. 8 
Daisy, Oxeye. .408 
Dangerous Light.. 8 
Daughters, Teach your.1S6 
Deer, Tame.167 
Dishes. Washing.146-226 
Ditching, Is it Farm Work.46 
Docks and Elders.7.826 
Docks, How to Kill.211 
Doctor, Good Advice from.349 
Don't!. SO 
Dough, Turning Pour.3S5 
Drains, 175—Shallow, Belter than 
None, 90. 
Drainage in Scotland.299 
Dry Earth in Veterinary Surgery, 
339. 
lish, 175—High, 91 -on West Coast 
of Mexico, 447 -Swedish Dairy, 
178. 
Fences, 379—Cheap Ttyo-rail, 178 - 
Portable, 1S7-* 337—Wire. 247-325- 
407—Wire and Board, 327. 
Fertilizer, Shade a.....326 
Fertilizers, Mineral.*. .218 
Fire in Chicago.409 
Fires in Michigan and Wisconsin.409 
Fish—Alewife, * 291—Bass, Fresh- 
Water, 188—Breeding, Will it Pay? 
168—Pickerel Shooting, * 133- 
Sturgeons and their Products, * 
173. 
Fish-Pond, Making a.419 
Flax..„.867 
Florist, How to Become a.423 
Florists and Nurserymen’s Black- 
List, 63. 
Florist, Wants to be a.163 
Flower Garden and Lawn in Jan., 
4—Feb., 43-March, 83-April, 124 
—May, 163—June, 203—July, 244— 
Aug., 231-Sept., 324—Oct., 864— 
Nov., 404—Dec., 443. 
Flower Seeds, Collecting.262 
Flowers—Abut ilon striatum, 365— 
Anemonesmnl Ranunculuses, 183, 
* 424 -Antirrhinum, 143—Azalea 
Indica, 142—Banksian Rose, 144— 
Bulbocodium, 183—Bulbs, Hardy, 
* 381-Canna Indica, 143—Carna¬ 
tions for Winter Flowering, 262— 
Christmas Rose, 461—Climbers, 
Annual, 184—Coba?a scandens, 143 
—Coleus, 143—Crimson and White 
Mignonette, 459— Diantlius, 143— 
Dicentra spectabilis alba, 262- 
Double Zinnias, 143—Dwarf Cor¬ 
nel, * 181—Garland Flower, 262— 
Fraxineila, * S04 Geranium, 
Double, 416—Geraniums, Keep¬ 
ing, 461—Lantana, 143 — Lilac-' 
flowered Fuchsia, * 21—Lobelias, 
143 — Myrsiphyllum, 142 — Pansy, 
143 — Basque Flower, 261—Per¬ 
forate-leaved Seim lapsus, * 101- 
Petunias, 143 - - Roses, Winter 
Flowering, *181—Salvia splendens, 
143—Snow - Drops, 424—Spiraea 
callosa, 303- Trailing Arbutus, * 
181—Trilliums, * 314—Tuberose, a 
New, 803—Variegated Crown Im¬ 
perial, * 221—'Verbenas, 143-Ver¬ 
benas, Self-sown, 18:5 — Violets, 446 
—Yellow Asphodel,* SOS— Yucca 
filamentosa, 19—Zonal Geraniums, 
143. 
Fly-Brush, Patent.S4« 
Fodder—How to use Com, 373 — 
Steaming and Cutting, 139. 
Foliage, Autumn Colors of.423 
Food—A Baby’s First, !S5 - How 
much Required, 128 — Steaming, 
92-369. 
Fruit Growing about Leavenworth, 
422. 
Fruit, Large Collections of, 383- 
Pears in Orchard Culture, S83— 
Selling by Weight, 461. 
Fruit-Trees in Gardens.208 
Fruit Garden, Jan.,8—Feb., 43- 
March, 83—April, 123—May, 163— 
June, 203—July, 2-13-Aug., 283- 
Sent., 823—Oct., 363 —Not., 403- 
Dec., 443. 
Fumigator for Plants and Poultry, 
* 296. 
c 
Garden—Drainage for, 328—How to 
have a Good, * 102—Preparing 
Land for, 89—Trenching a, 406. 
Gardeners, Be Just to..883 
Gardening in Iowa.222 
Garget and Bitter Cream.288 
Gas-Lime...409 
Gate,-Farm.825 
Gate Posts,..*..836 
Glades of the Alleghanies__,.7 
Glycerine.;_287 
Graft, Prolific.....246 
Grain—Rolling Spring, 446—Thrash 
Early, 259. 
Grand Enterprises, One of the.... .5 
Grapes.802-882 
Grape Culture, Hints on..... 63 
Grape Cuttings in Clay Soil..;...142 
Grapes in Virginia, 122—Mildew on, 
803-Native, 409-Sending. 409- 
Tendr'ls, S03—Training, 808—Va¬ 
rieties of, S02. 
Grape-vine, the, 113 -Pinching the, 
246. 
Grass — Blue, 216 — Buffalo,* 261- 
Cocoa orNut, 246—Couch or Quack 
419—for Mountain Land in N. J., 
825—How to get Land into, 287 
—Hungarian and Corn Fodder, 47 
—in Summer Fallow, 826—Job’s 
Tears,*21— June or Bine, 365—Seed 
Sowing, 251—Seeding in the Fall, 
247—Fall Meadow Oat, * 104—Tim¬ 
othy in Pennsylvania, 168—Tim¬ 
othy on Stubble, 326. 
Grassing a Terrace or Bank.. ... .103 
Grater, a devolving, * 225—Mistake 
about, 366. 
Graters....*..385 
Grazing, Winter.415 
Greenhouse, a Cheap, * SOI- * 341- 
Building, a, 284—and Hot-honse 
Plants from Seed, 112—Plants, 
Specimen,* 884—and Window 
Plants in Jan. 8—Feb. 43—March 
83—April, 124—May, 163—June, 203 
—July, 241—August,234—Sept. 824— 
Oct., 364—Nov., 401—Dec., 443. 
Grindstone Frame and Trough *.256 
Ground Ivy and Red Roo;.414 
Guano.......247 
Gypsum. 7 
Habits to Cultivate in Sousi..’...{ 9 
Hams, to Preserve from Files... .665 
Harness, Care of..’... .’288 
Harrowing for Different. Effects..29S 
Hay—Curing, 247—Curing i Q'oyer, 
247—Price of, 447—Substitutes for, 
259— 1 Timothy, 247 —to Cure Lit- 
cern, 367. 
Hay-Rack for Farm Wagon...-.*..217 
Hearth and Home, Fiction.445 
Hedge, How to Make a, 46’.—Under 
Trees, 166. 
Hedging, Successful.882 
Help Wanted. 86 
“ Hickory Farm ” Adornments .. 62 
Hide, How to Strip a.456 
Hive, How to Make a Simple.139 
HogPen, Plan lor.167 
Home Doctoring... 66 
Home Topics, 185-225-265-305-345- 
886-163. 
nomes in Kansas.127 
Hoop Poles.166-207 
