INDEX 
III 
Ar*| v v T w i. 
Game-Grouse Shooting.. .268 
“ Laughable..331 
“ Protecting. 
Garden—Implements.2* 112 
Garden—Kitchen — Calendar 
for Jan., 2—Feb., 34—March, 
66—April, 93—May,130—June, 
162 —July, 194—Aug., 226- 
Sept., 258—Oct., 282—Nov., 
306—Dec..•••330 
“ Plan for Laying Out — •*■• 
Gardening for Ladies, 144—In 
Autumn, 266—Patriotic.201 
Gate—Balance* 312— Shutter,* 
23S—Water.5*.. 45 
Girls—See Boys . 
Gooseberries—Native.. • .286 
Gopher—Dirt in Pouches. 166-286 
“ Notes on. ’•■'' 
Gourds for Life Preservers... .199 
Grafting—Plain Directions, 8* ( 
81—Root, S* 20-102—Root, 3* 
344—Root, Table for, 2* 344- 
Wax.,.334 
Grafts influenced by Stocks....uo 
Grain Binder Wanted.263 
GnAPERY— Cold— Calendar for . 
' April, 100—May, 132—June, 
16.1 —July, 195—Aug. 227— 
Sept., 258—Oct., ,283—Nov., 
300-Dec. °30 
Grapes—Adirortdac Prize, 4— 
Best for Wine, 344—Cause of 
Rot, 18— Creveling, 7—Culti¬ 
vation Recommended, 262— 
Culture' in Kentucky, 341- 
Flower,Structure of, * 345- 
Fur Iowa. 263 -For Michigan, 
199 — Fuller’s Book, 101- 
Grafting, 285—Greeley Prizes, 
310—Growing from Cutting, 
2* 81—Growing in Poultry . 
Houses 332 — Hartford Pro¬ 
lific and llovey’s Magazine, 
6—Iona and Allen’s Hybrid, 
332-Iona and Israella Forced, 
341—In Northumberland Co., 
Pa., 50—In Spring, 103—In 
Virginia,286-Movable Trellis, 
6—Norton’s Virginia, 50—Not 
Deteriorating, 19—Notes from 
Missouri, 114—Notes on Cul¬ 
ture, 18 - 36 - 38 - 82 -103-114- 
79-260-286-309-314- 
Planting Vines, 111- 
Pies 
from.286—Pinching Laterals, 
179—Preserving, .146—Lropa- 
galing Del’wre, Iona, elc., o32 
Queries Answered, 7—Train¬ 
ing Vines. 18-4* 110-Trellis 
of Osier Willows, 332—Vines 
in September, 267—Vines In¬ 
jured by Cold, 103—Vines on 
Wild Stock, 310-Vines, Re¬ 
moving, 310—Vines, Unfruit- 
fulness. Cause of,* 345—Wine 
in Missouri, 49-Wine, 19— 
Yeddo, How it Succeeds... .332 
Grass and Clover in Iowa, 10'- 
—Avoiding Foul Seed, 206- 
Blue in Iowa, 166 — Blue, 
Seeding at West, 337— Cerato- , 
chloabreviaristata.3\0—Crop, 
Care of Second,265-For Past¬ 
ure, 135—Hungarian, 166-308 
—Hungarian and Millet, 38- 
135 —Hungarian Dangerous, 
166—Lands, Summer Manur¬ 
ing, 203—Lawn, 308—Lot, 
Neglected, 286—“ Rescue, 
Warning, 234-262—Rye, 3b— 
Seeding, Queries, 134—Sow¬ 
ing in Autumn, 264—Sowing 
with Grain, 70-73—Sweet 
Scented Vernal, 170—Timo¬ 
thy on Corn Lund, 70—Timo¬ 
thy Seed, per Acre. 69 
GrasshtJpper—Mammoth. 4i 
Green and Hot-IIouses— Cal¬ 
endar for Jan., 2—Feb., 34- 
March, 66—April, 100—May, 
132—June, 163—July, 195— 
Aug., 227—Sept., 258—Oct., 
283—Nov., 306—Dec.329 
Gypsum—See under Manures 
“ Sowing Damp.7° 
H 
Hams—How to Cure. 54 
Handkerchief —- Pattern for 
Marking .53 
Harrow—Good.*. .238 
Hav—Stirring, 174—Field, La¬ 
bors in, 169—Press, Beater.*.236 
Hedges, Evergreen, 102—Ever¬ 
green Screen, 332 — Arbor 
Vita;, 102 —From Native 
Thorns,332—Hardy,37—Haw¬ 
thorn, 39—Hawthorn for, 332 
—Honey Locust for, 343— 
Osage Orange, 136—Plant for 
New Jersey.1< 
Heeling-In.3 
Help, Farm—Secure.47 
“ From Immigrants. 35 
Herbarium for Hamilton Col 
lege. ,3 4 
Herbs—In the Garden.. 
Highway Borders—Improving. 12 
Highways—Cattle at Large 
“ Hobson’s Choice. 
Hoe and its Use, 171—Fork,’ 
318—Varieties, etc.*,.211 
.142 
Hoe—Bayonet.— *..211 
Hogs—Chester Co,* 41-166-239 
Feeding in Summer, 175- 
Gunpowder for Pigs, 70—Jap- 
anese,*41-Largest, Benham’s 
Challenge, 36-166 — Litter 
for Breeding Sows, 135—Plan 
for Piggery, 135-Pork and 
Corn, 70—Presented to Sani¬ 
tary Commission, 68-Slaugh¬ 
tering,.Hints on, 2* 338—Wild 
Boar.*•• ^1 
Home—Get and Keep... .. 21 
Homestead — Making it at¬ 
tractive. .348 
‘ Provisions of Law.262 
Honey in Tumblers.214 
Honeysuckle—Japanese 269 
“ Propagating.309 
Hops — Cultivation; Notes, 3* 
140—Raising in New York, 
238—Trellis, Collins’,* 140- 
Wild and Cultivated.102 
Horse Radish Roots.103 
Houses and Shows—Hints on, 
292—Best for Breeding, 174— 
Bots, Prevention, 69-198 — 
Blinders, on, 308—Breaking, 
Lesson in, 229—Breaking, Ra¬ 
ley’s, 43—Cribbing, 7—Dead 
in the Army, 70 — English 
Hunter,* 292—High Priced, 
70—How to Hobble,* 266— , 
Nervousness, Cure for, 166— 
Old Poney, 198—Poll Evil 
Remedy/ 198 — Prospective 
Demand, 141—Pulling at the 
Halter, 166—Scratches, Rem¬ 
edy; 69-166-198—Sight, Hear¬ 
ing and Smell, 206—Shoeing, 
English Rules, 340—Smith’s 
Cantering, 7—Spring-Halt in, 
102—Stopping Runaway, 102 
—Tongues Hanging Out, 5-38 
—Thoroughbreds,* 16—Treat¬ 
ment Suggested, 311—Wanted 
in Army, 102—Weak Ankles, 
166—Worms in. 36 
Ilot-Bed—Family Garden..*.. 82 
“ Sash.334 
Hot-Beds—Troubles with.197 
Household Conveniences, 246— 
Hints for August, 245—Notes 
for November, 319 —Notes 
for Dec , 38—Notes, Sundry.272 
Houses—Color of. 5 
See under Buildings,. 
Housekeepers—Educated.150 
Huckleberries—Cultivating_167 
Human Body—Power of. 86 
Humbugs—Advertising Doctors, 
197—Astounding Publication, 
263 — Doctors, 68—Exposure, 
Great Saving, 339—Express 
Package, 69-197—Gold Mines, 
134—Howard Association, 230 
Joseph T. Freeman, 311—J. 
H. Tuttle, 231—Lottery, 69- 
263-311 — Sundry, 30-68-101- 
136-197-231-334—Medical, 4-6 
—Mining Companies, 7—N.Y. 
Concert, 311—P. J. Willis & 
Co., 6 — Petroleum Compa¬ 
nies, 331—Photograph, 311— 
‘ Photographic Union. ” Vil¬ 
lainous Scheme, 85 — “ Re¬ 
ligious Dodge,” 182—Request, 
69—Seeds, 103—Sewing Ma¬ 
chine Co., 6 — “ Veronica 
Quinquefolia,” 205—Whiskers, 
311-“ Wine Plant”. 
Hunting—Grouse Shooting... 
Husks, Corn—New Use for....284 
vil, 68-229—Pests, Household, 
149—Plowingto Destroy,30.9— 
Red Spider,* 270 — Saleratus 
for,103—Scalding Borers',167- 
Scale Lice, 5—Sending by 
Mail, 198 — Striped Squash 
Beetle, 136—Tobacco Worm 
Moth, 229—Weevils, Destroy¬ 
ing, 309—Worms on Currant 
and Gooseberry.201 
Insurance—Life, Desirable, 197 
—Of Crops, 198—On Live 
Stock.:.198 
Iowa—Notes from Northern.. 11 
ation—Value and Method 
With Sewerage Water.142 
Ivory- New Sources of.167 
K. 
Kale—Ornamental.2*.. 343 
Kitchen Implement — Conve¬ 
nient.214 
Knife for Cleansing Dishes.. ..214 
Knives—Scouring.167 
lee Houses—Drainage and.Ven- 
tilation, 3* 290—Filling, 8— 
Immigrant Laborers. 35 
Implements—Farm in U. S., 167 
—Garden, 2* 113—Hoe and 
Rake,* 211—Spinning Wheel 
and Cheese Press. 5 
Inarching—Natural .*. .261 
Indian Hemp.1 
Index—Cost of, 6—How toBind, 
331—No. of Items...331 
Insects—Ants on Pear Trees, 
230—Borers Repelled by To¬ 
matoes 103—Borers, Treat¬ 
ment, 102—Bots in Horses, 
69—Bugs in Peas, 229—Can¬ 
ker Worms, 309—Cauliflower 
Lice,' 4 — Cockroaches, 39— 
Curculio,* 145—Curculio Re¬ 
pelled bv Water, 18 — Cur¬ 
rant Aphis, 198—Currant Bo¬ 
rer, 39—Currant Worm, 197- 
230—Cutworm a Climber, 166 
—Destructive to Orchards, 198 
—Fleas, Expelling, 166—Flies 
Repelled from Cattle, 106— 
Garden Flea, 263—Gooseber¬ 
ry and Currant Worm, 261- 
Gunpowder for, 37—Kerosene 
for Poultry Lice, 333—Lice on 
Cattle, 207 - 285 - 308*—Mos¬ 
quito, Life'9* 289—Moths, 85— 
-Named,230-*261-2*286-*309— 
New Remedies,198-On Asters, 
166-On House Plants, to Kill, 
—346-On Plants.Destroying. 
-346-On Strawberries,310-On- 
ion Maggot,239-261-PeaWee- 
Melons—Cultivation of.146 
Mildew—Remedy.263 
Milk—Best for Cheese, 5—But¬ 
ter and Cheese in, 110—Con¬ 
densed, Preparing, 229—Pail, 
Convenient,*205—Stool,New 68 
Milkweed ( Asclepias) Fiber... 5 
Minerals in Food.319 
Money-Lending to •Govern¬ 
ment .58-164-264 
Mosquito—Life of.9*. .289 
Moss for Bulbs, etc.309 
Mower—Which is Best.168 
Mulberry—Downing’s.102 
Mules—Raising Profitable.70 
“ Prospective Demand.141 
Mushrooms—Fine.103 
“ How Grown.*..145 
Music at Home.182 
Music—Cabinet Organ.320 
Muskegon Co., Mich.308 
N 
Names of Plants—“ Foreign”.317 
Newspaper—Farmers’ Oracle. 103 
File...*..117 
Laborers—From Europe.72 
Lady Exhibitors at Fairs.309 
Ladies and Patriotism.214 
‘ Contributions Invited.. .. 319 
Lambs—See under Sheep. 
Lamps. .Improved Cap.*.. 21 
Without Chimneys. 37 
Land—Is 10 Acres Enough, 309 
Southern for Sale, 36—Waste 
near Cities.139 
Lane’s Purchasing Agency.... 39 
Lawsuits—Prevent.261 
awns—Blue Grass for.198 
‘ Improving.115 
Leeks—Culture.* —109 
Leather—Patent, Polishing — 230 
Scraps—IIovv to Use.291 
Leatherwood or Wicopy.. .*. .243 
Leaves for Manure, 270—Plants 
Grown from,* 294 — Two 
Crops,263—Why they Fall. .34_4 
emonade—Morris’.71 
Lentil’s—Growing. 39 
Letter from Mr. Judd 168-199- 
.200-231-*232 
Lime and Sorrel, 37—Curious 
and Useful Notes, 14—Hy¬ 
draulic, 39—See under Ma¬ 
nure... 
Linseed and Flax Seed.310 
Lucerne—Value of, 39—At the 
North, 69—How Spelled.135 
Lung Protector—Improvement 2t 
M 
Mail Burned.36 
Mailing Plants to Utah, etc....311 
Manures—Action of Plaster, 10 
Cabbage, 165—Care at East 
and West, 336-Charcoal, 288 
—Cellars for, under Barns, 336J 
—Chip, Pond Mud, 165—Cis¬ 
terns for Liquid,70-Coneentra- 
ted, Tests of Value, 107—Dead 
Animals, 70 — Economy of 
Scotch, 336—Compost, What 
it is, 333—Fermentation, 46— 
Fish Guano, 173 — 229— 
Gas. Lime, 309—Gypsum on 
Corn, 135—Hen, for Corn, 102 
Large Pile, 234 — Leather 
Scraps for, 291—Liming Old 
Gardens, 71 — Making and 
Saving, 201—Marl, How to 
Apply, ,135—Much, and Leaf 
Mold, 10—Muck, Treatment 
of,333—Night Soil. Treatment 
of, 10 — Of Different Ani¬ 
mals, 46—Oyster Shell Lime, 
165—Patent Bird, 7—Plaster 
near Salt Water,38-Poudrette, 
Home-made, 142-173-Prep’ing 
Muck, 5—Saving Liquid, 70- 
Saving from House, 46—Sea- 
Weed for, 45 — Sewerage 
Water, 142—Spreader, 171— 
Strawberry, 165—Surface Ap¬ 
plication, 102—Tobacco, 69 
Use of Leaves, 270—Value of 
Home-made.10‘ 
Map of Petersburg, Richmond, 
etc.’..232 
Maps—H. II. Lloyd’s.,. 3 
Maple Sugar Making.*. .4 
Maple Tree Seed. 3 
Marketing—Hints for Cultiva¬ 
tors .N 
Markets, N. Y. Live Stock 8-40- 
89-101-136-168-199- 260-228- 
284-.3( 
Market Reports—J an., 26— 
Feb., 40—March, 89—April, 
101—May, 133—June, 185— 
July, 199—Aug., 250—Sept., 
260—Oct., 283—Noy., 306- 
Dec.3: 
Marl—See under Manures. 
Martynia—Cultivation.*. .113 
“ Pickles....104 
Matches—Number use(l, etc..310 
Mattresses—Corn Husk., 
Meal—Corn and CoR. 135 
Measurement of Grain Bins 
Meat—Fresh from Salt Junk. .319 
Medal, S. S.. 
Oak-apples.263 
Oats—Poor Crop to Raise 102-166 
Oil Cake and Meal.340 
Oil—Neat’s Foot.3IG 
Okra—Cultivation.*..116 
Old Ways—Slicking to.78 
Onions — Culture, 109 — From 
Seed, 198—Grub, Preventing, 
20!—Large, 4—Notes on Cul¬ 
tivation,* 44—Smut in, 230— 
Structure of.4*.. 52 
Orchard and Nursery— Cal¬ 
endar foV Jan., 2—Feb., 34— 
March, 66—April, 98—May, 
130—June, 162—July, 104— 
Aug., 220—Sept., 258—Oct., 
282—Nov., 306-Dec.329 
Orchard—Crop for, 71—Reno¬ 
vating, 37—Grain in, 308—Re¬ 
planting Old.332 
Ornament — Carte de Visite 
Frame.53 
From Cigar Eo 
Ovals—Laying Out.2*. 285 
Ox-Bow-Pin--Improved — *.. 44 
Oysters—Howto Cook.34S 
Poplar—Seedling Lombardy. .333 
Pork—Packing. 70 
Portrait—Editor’s Wanted, 68— 
Getting the Editor’s, 104—Mil¬ 
itary .331 
Post Office “As Usual,” 334- 
Imposition, 134—Money Or¬ 
ders, 311—Stamps,Defective.284 
Postage—Cheap on Seeds.69 
“ Canada.4-36 
Potting—Soil for. 19 
Potatoes—Best for Market, 13S 
—Dessicated, 263 — Digging/ 
and Sweating, 288 — Large 
Yield, 198—Origin of, 102— 
, Planter, 102—Prairie Seed¬ 
ling,333—Size, Best for Plan¬ 
ting, 336—Starting Early,.75— 
Sweet, How to Keep, 333- 
Sweet, Plants, 39—Sweet at 
the North, 187—Sweet, Great 
Yield, 310—Varieties, Large 
■ and Small Seed, 106—Pota¬ 
toes vs. Tobacco.. 44 
Pots for Early Vegetables ... .104 
Poultry—Bones for, 7—Dipthe- 
riainHens, 106—Houses and 
Care 3*335-337—Gapes, Cure 
for. 71-135-166-167-2* 204-229 
—House Fountain,* 308f-: 
Houses in Barns, 135—How 
to Get Eggs, 22—Ducks, Ain. 
Woo.d,* 265—Ducks, Profita¬ 
ble, 308—Ducks, Rearing, 233 
: Ducks, Rouen.* 233—Eccen¬ 
tric Hen, 308—Fowls, Brahma 
Po.otra, 37—Best for Eggs; 70 
—Chittagong, 6 — Dominique, 
39—Leghorn,9—Poultry Hou- 
ses,337—Nests,* 334—Sicilian, 
167—Value of. 78 
Prairie Breaking, in So. Ill., 135 
-—Pioneer’s Views, 74—Shal¬ 
low Advocated, 142 — Time 
for.,. 70 
Prejudices—Curious .262 
Premium—$5 00 Strawberry. ..280 
“ For, 1864, 25-160—For 1S65..330 
Propagating from Cuttings_ 49 
“ Grapes and Roses.230 
Protecting Plants.. in Winter 
...294-309 
Provisions—Keeping.118-149 
Pruning-Suggestions on.207 
“ Practical Hints.3*..345 
Pumpkins — Large, 4 — For 
Cows, 7 — And .Squashes 
Dried, 2S7—vs. Squashes.... 102 
Putty for Green.Houses.107 
Paint—Removing from Cloth¬ 
ing— 149 
Painting—Hints on.181 
Best Time . 17 
Paints and Varnishes. 54 
Cheap. 5 
Paper—High Price.260-304 
Parsley—Keeping for Winter..318 
Pastures—Logs and Stumps in.198 
Manuring. 7" 
Patents—Investing in.. 
Paw Paw — Native Fruit— *.. ‘ 
Peach — Camellia Flowered,* 
212—Trees, Ashes .for Curl, 
199-229—Care Needed, 243- 
Plum. Stock for, 229-284—Pru¬ 
ning, 229—Unfruitful.230 
Peaches—Early.310 
Peaches, etc., in Del.332 
Peanuts—Cultivation, 341—In 
Illinois,333-Information Wan¬ 
ted.310 
Pears—Best Kinds, 5—Curious 
Growth, 2* 285 —Double 
Working, 102 — Duchess, 
Large, 310—For Family Use, 
71 —Knotty, Remedy for, 332 
— Lawrence,* 345 — Many on 
a Stem, 309—Manuring, 332- 
Management of, 271 — Onon¬ 
daga, 310—Peters,* 294—Shel¬ 
don.* 319— Sheldon, Where 
Originated, 332—Winter Var¬ 
ieties, Good,332—Wild Stock 
for.270-310 
Peas—Dwarf, Desirable.116 
Field Culture.107 
Peat for Fuel. .309 
Peevishness—Distressing Mala¬ 
dy. 54 
Pepper Bush—Sweet.*.. 317 
Petroleum Companies....331 
Photographs of Cattle.197 
Plants for Shade, 37—Frozen, 6 
—House, Summer Treatment, 
209—Internal Structure, 4* 49 
-5* 84-3* 117-5* 177-9* 209— 
Named, 4-37-134-165-197-230- 
261-285-310—Wonderful. 20 
Plaster—See under Manures.... 
Pleuro Pneumonia—See under 
Cattle. 
Plowmalters’ Convention . 79 
Plowing in Autumn, 293- 
Spring, 74—Steam in Eng¬ 
land.286 
Plows—Cost of Subsoil.166 
“ Steel with Iron Shares. 70 
Plum—N ebraska..5-167 
Plum Trees—Black Knot.102 
Poetry and Essays.311 
Politeness—How Learned — 245 
Quails and the Chinch Bug.... 39 
Quince — Raising for Pear 
Stocks, 49— 1 Trees, Dropping 
Fruit, 102—Varieties and Cul¬ 
ture.. 82, 
It 
Radish—Chinese, Winter...*. .261 
Rats — Phosphoric Paste for 
..37-166 
Reaper Trade—Large.70 
Reports—Ag’l., Mass. 165 
“ Resurrection ” Plants.. .2*. .241 
Rags in Demand.104 
Raisins—Native. 4 
Railroad to West—New. 4 
“ And Steamboats Disasters.. 37 
Raspberry—Best.202 
“ Improved Black Cap. 85 
Rhubarb—Linnasus.263 
Rifle Clubs.263 
Rifle—The Spencer .165 
Roofs — Leaky, Remedy... .-5-39 
Root Crops—Carrots, Culliva- 
tion of,* 108—Carrots, Rais¬ 
ing Early, 115—For Sheep, 1 
199—For Stock, 112-170—Rut- , \ 
abagas for Cattle, 166—Tur¬ 
nips or Carrots for Fattening, 
228—Turnips, Cultivation. 206 
—Turnip, Purple-top, Strap- 
leal .340 
Rosin from Michigan.285 
Roses—See under Flowers. 
Rustic Frame.....* . 53 
“ Seat.*..149 
Rutabagas—See Root Crops... 
Saffron—Cultivation. 39 
Salads—How to Prepare_ 150 
Salt, etc., in Food.319 
Salting Farm Stock.262 
Sanitary Commission—Agricul- 
turistFund, 104-136-249-200-307 
—Aid Asked, 72 — Articles’ 
Supplied by.ion 
Sausage—To Make and Keep 23 
Scarlet Fever—Treatment. 3* 296 
School—Good. 3<j 
“ Houses—New Plan Suggest¬ 
ed ..2*.. 313 
Sea Kale—Cultivation.*. .110 
Sea-Weed—Uses of.:.. 45 
Seat—“ Locomotive ”.*. .237 
Seeds—Cleaning Cucumber and 
Tomato, 261 — Failure of 
Small,* 19—Flowers for R. I. 
Schools, 37—Not Distributed, 
36-105—Testing, 103—Vitali- 
i ty. 71 
