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INDEX 
Self Se wet—Barnum's.*. .263 
Sewing Machines—Cheap. 7 
Sheep—Best for Mutton, 5— 
Care at Yeaning,* 112—Care 
in June, 175—Carrots for, 
199—Chinese, 17—Cross for 
Fine, 5—Farming in South 
America, 14 — Fish Pomace as 
Food, 106 — Foot Rot Cure, 135 
—Grub in the Head, 239-339 
— Heifer for Company, 166— 
Hoof rot, 6 — Hoove, 7—Kept 
on Wheat Straw, 135—Lambs, 
Loss of, 166 — Names for 
Lambs, 139—On the Prairies, 
233—Salt for Stretches, 135 
—Scabies or Scab, 203 — 
Shearing and Washing Early, 
139—Shelter for,* 48—Shelter 
in Pastures,229—Ticks,Reme¬ 
dy, 38—Time to Shear, f35— 
Treatment of Bloated, 106- 
Word from Old Raiser, 174— 
Yeaning Ewes ...... 80 
Shovel—New Scoop Proposed. 39 
Shrubs—Alder Leaved Clethra,* 
317—Barberry, 5* 148—Desira¬ 
ble, 114 — Evergreen, 51 — 
Leatherwood or Wicopy.*243 
—Witch Hazel, Ornamental*346 
Sketches Wanted.286 
Skins—Tanning with Fur on.. 43 
Smoke House, Convenient.*. .339 
Snow Plow—How to Make — 14 
Society—Agricultural, Conn.,71 • 
—Maine, 71—New England, 
104—New Jersey, 71—Ohio, 
71—Pennsylvania, 71—York, 
N. B., 71-72—U. S., 71—Cat¬ 
tle Breeders,104—Fruit Grow¬ 
ers of East Pa., 311—Horti¬ 
cultural, 111. State, 50—Hor¬ 
ticultural, 262—Pomological, 
Am. 262-287—Proceedings...332 
Soda and Saleratus in Food...297 
“ and Saleratus. 22 
Soil—Aeration of, 229—Heavy, 
Deep Working, 286—Improv¬ 
ing and Keeping Good, 203— 
Trap-rock.198 
Soldiers—Sending Articles to. .311 
“ Papers for.331 
Sorrel on Limestone Soils ... 198 
“ See under Weeds.. 
Sorghum Cane Mills, 286—Cul¬ 
ture, 136—In New Jersey, 70 
—Seed, Renewing, 229—Seed, 
Sprouting 70—Sugar, 229- 
Sugar in Bagasse, 5—Syrup 
vs. Sugar—.201 
Spinach—Cultn’c, 111—How to 
Cook, 119—Now Zealand....Ill 
Splice for Timber.*..334 
Squashes—Hubbards Unripe,310 
—Large-Yield, 5—Turban.*.115 
quirrel — Ground or Chip- 
monk. ...*..169 
tables—See under Buildings.. 
Stammering—Treatment.311 
Stones—Burying. 6 
“ Clearing Land from.201 
Stove—Kerosene for Summer.230 
Straw Rope Twister_*9-*..261 
“ Shelters, Ropes, etc... .5*.. 9 
“ Wheat for Sheep.135 
Strawberries — “ Agriculturist ” 
for Sale, 224 — “ Agricultu¬ 
rist,” Not* on, 196—“Agricul¬ 
turist” Perfect, 38—“ Agricul¬ 
turist” Sold, 311—And Irriga¬ 
tion, 211—Beds, Protecting, 
332 —Beds, Slate for,* 286 
—Cultivation, 210 — Cultiva¬ 
tion Recommended, 262—Dis¬ 
tribution, 32-280-284-304—Ev¬ 
erbearing,165—For Preserves, 
5— Killed by Kindness, 334 
—Manure for, 165— 90,000 
Bushels, 304—Notes on, 103- 
2* 241-261—Planting, 38—Pro¬ 
ducing Plants,* 242—Report, 
Model, 262—Russell’s Prolific, 
6— Seedling, 165—Show An¬ 
nounced, 160-192—Show at 
Agriculturist Office, 196 — 
Spring vs. Autumn Planting, 
310—Spurious Plants, 280- 
Plants, To Show in Fruit, 167 
—Query, Fruiting Under Glass, 
332—.Transplanting,* 260- 
Wizard of the North.39 
Stump Machines. 38 
Subscribers—Western N. Y... 36 
Subsoiling— Use of. 69 
Sugar from Box Elder.199 
Tanning Skins with Fur on... 43 
Tar,Pitch, Turpentine, etc....265 
Tea—Consumption in England 68 
“ New Jersey.13 
Temperature Alarm..39 
Thatching—Hints on.314 
Thistles—See under Weeds.... 
Thorns from Seed.332 
“ Haw or White. 7 
“ Seeds.309 
Tim Bunker on the Sanitary 
Commission.314 
“ Trip to Washington. 85 
Timber—Preserving.285 
Titles, Land—Preventing Law¬ 
suits.261 
Tobacco Cultivation, 171-201- 
237—Cutting and Curing, 262 
—Fertilizer; 69—Handling in 
West Virginia, 229—Hanging 
and Curing,* 76—Profitable, 7 
—Worm Moth.229 
Tomatoes-Diseased, 197—Fejee, 
6—Sauce, Green, 310—Train¬ 
ing.178 
Tools for Workshop. 3 
“ Wagons, etc,, Care of.340 
Transplanting Apparatus. ,2*.. 178 
Transplanting Boxes.39-103 
Traveling in 1830 and 1864.2*. .342 
Treading on Toes.262 
Trees—Depth for Planting, 102 • 
Destruction of in Winter, 167— 
—Evergreens, 51—Evergreen, 
Broad Leaved,51—Evergreen, 
for Prairies, 51—Evergreens 
from Seed, 51—Forest from 
Seed, 50 — From Northern 
Nurseries, 38—Fruit, How to 
Strengthen, 344—Girdled,6-198 
Grafting Nut, 6—Heeling-in, 
37—Injured by Ice, 38—Labels 
for, 167-210—Medicating, 263 
—Manuring Newly Set, 207— 
Nut-bearing, Transplanting, 
167—Open Heads for Fruit, 19 
—Planting Apparatus,* 285— 
Planting Quincunx,* 285- 
Preventing Sprouting, 38— 
Protector from Insects, 37-102 
—Pruning Maples, 6—Purple 
Fringe, 39—Raising for Fuel, 
167—Surface Manuring, 83— 
Tarred Paper for, 5—Trans¬ 
planting Old, 102—Unhealthy, 
102—Warts on Cherry, 6— 
Wash for Fruit, 69—White¬ 
washing. 39 
Tripe—How to Prepare.310 
Tuberoses—Management.. .37-147 
Turkeys—Feeding. 36 
Turnips—Large.39 
“ See under Roots. 
V 
Vacuum'Defined.197 
Vane—Neat Design.*.. 339 
Vegetable Cooking Apparatus 
*245—New Tuberous Chervil, 
83—Slicer, Convenient.320 
Vegetables—List for Garden, 
100—Securing Succession, 207 
—Starting in Pots.104 
Ventilation and Warming.4*.. 27 
Veterinary Physicians and Sur¬ 
geons.288 
Vine—Great Growth.332 
Vinegar—Animals in,167—Cider, 
333—From Cider, 263—From 
Peaches.263 
Vineland Lands.38-104 
W 
Wagon Questions.....4-38 
“ Wheels.47-143-*108-234 
Walks and Paths.144 
“ Coal or Gas Tar.317 
Walnuts—Shucking Apparatus 39 
Washing Machines—Best.71 
Waste—Avoid on Farm.239 
Water for Stock, 8—Gaps, 5* 45 
—Surface Signs,230—Surface, 
“ Making Wholesome.230 
Watering Trees and Plants.... 178 
Weeds—Carpet Weed,* 244- 
Daisy, White, Exterminating, •" 
. 167—In Paths, 198—Mullein, 
Origin of, 333—Parasites on 
Lawns, 198—Pokeweed,* 213 
—Purslane,* 245—Sorrel on 
Sour Soil, 229—Stramonium,* 
148—Thistles, Canada, 6-37— 
Wild Morning Glory.198 
Weigelas—New Varieties.212 
Wells—Excluding Worms ... .333 
Wheat—Bo ughton and Mediter¬ 
ranean, 11—Fife Sown in Au¬ 
tumn, 11—Seed Lost, 263— 
Sowing Spring, 75—Sown in 
January, 3—Spring Varieties, 
104—Sprouted, 6—Mulching, 
70—Peruvian, 261—Winter. .266 
Wheeler & Wilson’s.331 
Wheels—See under Wagon.... 
Whitewash Recipes.118 
Wicking Substitute.320 
Willow—Osier Fence, 198 — 
“ Osiers for Grape Trellis.. .332 
White for Fences, 36—White, 
. Notes on,*12—Distinguishing, 
309—Weeping.2*..318 
Wine— Best Grapes for, 344- 
Black Currant, 37-103—Mak¬ 
ing Suggestions,* 294—Plant, 
Humbug, 37—“ Sambuci,” 37- 51 
-69—In the Household.149 
Wish—Good Man’s.169 
Wives, Consulting.348 
Wolf, Prairie .*.. 9 
Woman’s Labor in the Field. .206 
Woodchucks—Snaring.285 
Wool Growers in Nebraska,* 38 
—Large Yield, 166—Market, 8 
—Washing.285 
Worms—Pumpkins Seeds for 
Tape.167 
Wringers Presented to Sanitary 
Commission. 39 
Writing and Toilet Case.165 
Yards, Front—Clearing Up... 85 
Yeast—Good. 182 
Recipes. 
Apple Pie, Melon, Cooking....182 
Sauce, Sorghum,.215 
Beef—Dry, Salting. 23 
“ Pickle. 54 
Biscuit—Good.215-320 
“ W 11 .310 
Soda.jag 
BreadMaking 71-118-150-181-182 
.213-247-271-320 
Economical..ns 
“ Wholesome... 86 
Buckwheat Cakes.54 
Cabbage, To Cook.24T 
| Cake—Cheap,151—Corn,119-273 
—Starch, 183—Dessert, 214- 
Fruit, 119-214—Jelly, 151-215 
Loaf, 151—Madison,151—Mar¬ 
ble,247-Number,214—Scalded 
Ginger, 214 — Scotch, 151 — 
Snow Ball, 55—Soft Ginger, 
87—Sponge, 55-151-297—Tea, 
214—White Mountain.151 
Cakes—Griddle. 87-320 
“ Potato Griddle.215 
Candy—Home-made. 55 
Catsup—Cucumber,297—Grape, 
295—Tomato.295 
Corn Dodgers—Virginia, 214- 
Meal Improved,214—To Cook 
Green, 214—Mush.349 
Cream—Scalded.55-87 
Crullers—Corn Meal.214 
“ Fancy.119 
Crust for Pumpkin Pies.23 
Currants—Pickled.183 
Custard—Chocolate .151 
Doughnuts.215 
Dyeing, Recipes for.246 
Emptyings—Salt.118 
Float. 215 
Ginger Crackers and Snaps... 151 
“ Bread .333 
Fritters.183 
Honey—How to Keep.215 
Huckleberry Griddle Cakes....215 
Javelle Water.348 
Jelly—Strawberry.182 
Mince Meat—Keeping.297 
Muffins—Cream.183-215 
“ Corn Mush. .349 
Omelet.... 297 
Oysters—How to Cook .348 
“ Pickled. 86 1 
Pancakes—Buckwheat. 54 
Pickles—M artynia.104 
“ Sweet .310 
Pie—Cider, 182—Cream, 182-215 
Grape, 286—Sweet Apple, 87 
Vinegar. 215 
Potato—Finishing Baked. 55 
Preserves—Green Tomato_310 
Pudding—Baked Indian, 273- 
Baking Long, 87—Blackberry 
and Apple, 273—Cheap Rice, 
87—Farmers’, 23—Flake, 297 
—Green Corn, 214—Plain In¬ 
dian, 119—Pop Corn, 247- 
Rice, 150—Sauce, 183—Sweet 
Apple, 87—Plum.320 
Raspberry Short Cake.182 
Rusk.119-150 
Salads—How to Prepare.160 
Salt Rising.297 
Sausage Meat—Preparing.23 
Soup from Mince Pie Meat.... 55 
“ Liebig’s .55 
Squash—Baked. 55 
Stains—Removing Rust_55-273 
Stews—How to Make. 23 
Wafers—Cinnamon.215 
Yeast.182 
INDEX TO ILLITSTEATIONS IN V 0 ID M E T W E N T Y - T H K E E. 
Apple—Am. Golden Pippin.... 145 
“ Butter Stirrer.309 
Aries.Vignette.. 65 
Baby Tender—Brown’s. ..(8). .347 
Bag String.....139 
Barberry.(5).. 148 
Barn Plans .(5).. 172 
“ “DoubleDecked”.(5).. 73 
Barometer Record—Nov., 8— 
Dec., 40—Jan., 72—Feb., 104— 
March, 136-April.168 
Beehive—Home-made.139 
“ Toney’s .(3)..201 
Bird—American Wood Duck. .205 
“ Boxes and Houses.(3)..76 
“ Sap Sucker.77 
Blackberry, Kittatinny.293 
Bloodroot.180 
Bouquet Making..(3)..210 
Bex for Mailing Plants.198 
Brussels Sprouts.13 
Budding—How Performed.(5).228 
Cabbage Pit.308 
“ Structure.(3).. 13 
Cancer.Vignette. .161 
Carrot Weeder.108 
Cattle—Alderney Cow Juno..208 
“ at Pasture.288 
*• Cooling off.240 
“ Cow Muzzle.262 
“ Mammoth Oxen.176 
< Soiling Shed.(2).. 141 
“ Splitting Cow’s Tongue....308 
“ Yoking by the Head-(3). .80 
Celery—Turnip Rooted.116 
Chess or Cheat.204 
Child Returned Home.152 
“ Strayed from Home...120 
Children Asleep In Woods....216 
“ Happy Chicks...........56 
“ In a Shower.184 
Chives or Cives.180 
Christmas Pie. 24 
Climber —Celastrus Scandcns. .244 
Coral Tree . 269 
Corn Coverer.109 
Corn Crib..835 
“ Marker.,108 
“ Varieties.(7).. 137 
Cranberry Tree..212 
Curculio or Plum Weevil.145 
Donkeys—Group of.316 
Drain Cleaner.262 
Drawing Instruments_(2).. 25 
Dress Elevator—Demorest’s.. 21 
Elk—Group of.144 
Fence—Gate Bars.169 
“ Posts—Concrete Setting.. .285 
Fig in Blossom.(4).. 295 
First and Last Steps.350 
Fish—Resurection.(2). .297 
Flax Brake—SanPd & Mai.313 
Flowers—Green Rose.346 
“ Japanese Honeysuckle ...269 
“ Meadow Saffron.343 
“ “Star Ipomea”... 52 
“ Structure of Double..(5).. 177 
“ Tritoma Uvaria.317 
Fruit Picker—Home-made270-331 
“ Piece..Vignette..305 
Garden Drill Marker.113 
“ Plan. 83 
“ Reel.113 
Gate—Balance.312 
“ Shutter.238 
Gemini.Vignette.. 129 
Gophers....77 
Grafting. (8) 81-Bodkin, 81- 
Knife, 81—Root.(3).. 20 
Grape Flower.345 
“ Vine Cuttings.(2)..84 
“ Pinching Laterals .179 
“ Pruning.(4). 110 
Harrow—Improved.238 
Hay Press—Beater.236 
Hoe—Bayonet.211 
“ Fork.318 
Hogs—Chester Co. . 41 
“ Cutting—Slaughtered..(2)..338 
“ Japanese .41 
“ Wild Boar. 41 
“Home Sweet Home”. 88 
Hop Trellis—Collins’.140 
Vines—Male and.Female..140 
Hot Bed Frame. 82 
“ Sash. 334 
Horse—English Hunter.292 
“ Favorite. 16 
“ Howto Hobble.266 
Horticultural .Vignette.211 
House—Plans.. .(6).. 105—(2). .204 
Hunting Grouse in Autumn.. .268 
Hunting .Vignette.. 1 
Ice House Plan .(3). .290 
Inarching—Natural.261 
Insects—“Basket Worm”.309 
“ Hag Moths.(2)..286 
“ Mosquitoes.(9)..289, 290 
“ “Potato Bug”.261 
“ Red Spider.270 
Irrigation—Plan of “Beds”.(2).237 
Kale—Sea.116 
“ Variegated.(2)..343 
Knot—Deceptive. 2? 
Kohl Rabi.13 
Lamp Filling Attachment.21 
Leaf—Plants from.294 
Leo.Vignette.. 193 
Leek. 109 
Libra.Vignette. .257 
Letter Envelope—Curious....298 
Log Cabin.312 
Map—Petersburgh, etc..232 
Maple Sugar Making. 43 
Marking for Handkerchief.53 
Martynia.113 
Milk Pail—Convenient.205 
Mushrooms. ...145 
“ and Umbrella. 23 
Newspaper File.117 
Okra.116 
Onion Structure.(4).. 52 
Optics—Angle of Reflection .. 55 
Ornament—Cigar Box.117 
Ovals—Laying out.(2)..285 
Ox—Bow Pin.44 
Pawpaw. 20 
Peach, Camellia Flowered. ...212 
Pear—Lawrence.345 
“ Peters.294 
“ Sheldon.319 
“ Curious Growth.285 
Pisces......Vignette.. 33 
Plan ts—Cells and Ducts.. (6).. 84 
“ Cell Dividing.(3)..177 
“ Ce^Structure.(4).. 49 
“ Circulation of Sap_(2).. 177 
“ Leaf Structure.(3)..117 
“ Root Hairs.209 
“ Starch Grains.209 
Portrait—Standing for.248 
Poultry—Feather for Gapes.. .204 
“ House.(3)..335 
“ Nest Boxes...334 
“ House Fountain.308 
“ Rouen Ducks.233 
'Proverb ...119-151-183-215-247-322 
PruningYouhg Trees_(3).. 345 
Puzzle—Card Cutting.349 
“ Dot..119 
" Figure.. ..’.322-349 
“ Multiplication.349 
“ Pictures...(3)..87 
Radish—Chinese Winter.261 
Rebus—23—(2) 55—87—119—(2) 
151—(2) 183—215—247—(2) 274 
-(2) 298—349. 
“Resurrection” Plant_(2)..241 
Root Grafting_(3)..20..(3)..344 
“ Table.(2)..344 
Rustic Frame. 53 
“ Seat.149 
Sagittarius.Vignette. .281 
Scarlet Fever Treatment..(3)..296 
School House Octagonal.. (2)..313 
Seat—Locomotive.237 
Seed of Portulacca. 19 
Sensitive Plant...349 
Sheep—Shelterless Flock.48 
Sheep-fold at Yeaning.112 
Shrub—Alder-leaved Clethra..317 
“ Leatherwood or Wicopy,..243 
“ Wlteh Hazel...I..346 
Signatures—Curious.(6).. 322 
Smoke House—Convenient....389 
Snare for Woodchucks.285 
Snow Crystals. 55 
Splice for Timber.334 
Squash—Turban.113 
Squirrel—Ground.169 
Stable Cleaner. 44 
“ Horse.(4),. 44 
Starch Grains Magnified.. (8).. 209 
Straw Door.(2).. 9 
“ Rope Twister.. ..9-261 
“Shelters.(2).. 9 
Strawberries—Beds, Slate R>r..286 
“ Different Forms.241 
“ Transplanting.260 
“ How Multiplied.242 
Taurus.Vignette.. 97 
Thermometer—Record for Jan., 
72-Feb., 104-March 136-Ap’1.168 
Tobacco—Method of Hanging. 76 
Toy—Amusing. 23 
Transplanting Apparatus.(2).. 178 
Traveling in Winter.(2). .342 
Tree—Camellia Flow’d Peach212 
“ Guide for Planting.285 
“ Planting Quincunx.285 
“ Virginia Fringe Tree.179 
Truant Detected .273 
Umbrella—Family.321 
Vane—Design for.339 
Vegetable Slicer,320—Steamer 245 
Ventilating Rooms.(4)..272 
Ventilator for Barn... 73 
Virginia Fringe Tree.179 
Virgo.Vignette..225 
Walk in the Country.216 
Water—Gaps.(5).. 45 
Weeds — Carpet Weed, 244 — 
Pokeweed, 213—Purslane, 245 
Stramonium .148 
Wheels—Size of Axles.108 
Willow—White . 12 
“ Weeping.(2)..318 
Wine Cask Siphon.294 
Wolf—Prairie. 9 
Yoke—Heat}. 80 
