INDEX 
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— Knox’s Experience, 368 
—Notes on,19-155—For New¬ 
ly Marrietl, 13—In Spring,14S 
-«Iona and Israella, 8-15-39 
25fl—Isabella, 1-13—Keeping, 
sot— Notes on, 19-283-311- 
848-379—Rogers’ Hybrids. . . .85 
Grass — China. 33 — Grama, 
270—Kentucky Blue, US- 
Named, 71—Oroliard, 114-214 
—R. I. Bent, 45—Seed, Cov¬ 
ering, 142—Seeding down to, 
182—Seeding witli Miliet. 205 
—Top Dressing, 178—Des¬ 
cribed, 4 * 45—Red Top, Or- 
cliard, Kentucky Blue, 5 * 79 
—Sweet Scented Vernal,Vel¬ 
vet or Meadow Soft ...3*..115 
Gravel Wall Houses.. .41-78-175 
Greasing Griddles, etc.54 
Greeley Prizes.236 
Green and Hot Houses. 
Calendar for Jan., 2—Feb., 
34—March, 67—jVpril, 103— 
i\Iay,140—June,171—July, 203 
—Aug., 235—Sept., 267—Oct., 
£99—Nov., 330—Dec.362 
Green*Houses.2*. 314 
Greens—Spring.72 
Ground Hemlock.*..345 
Groundsel—Common.*. .220 
Growth—Unseasonable.375 
Gun Cleaner—Simple.11 
H 
Hair Crimpers.173 
Harness—Rats Gnawing... .37-70 
Hams—Keeping.158 
Harvest Prospects.269 
Harvest Time.*..247 
Hay Caps—Wooden.278 
Hay—Carrying by Hand,*244— 
Chaffing, 270—Curing Exper¬ 
iments, 211—Drawing with 
Rope, * 212—Embargo on, 42 
— Fork Attachment, 2 * 212— 
Fork, Horse, * 177—Fork, 
Hutchinson’s, *244—Pitching 
into Window, 178—Rigging, 
Wagon. * 212—Selling or 
Feeding, 4--Stacker, Horse, 
* 4-177 — Stacks, Building 
Round, * 270—Stacks, Lean- 
' ing, 277—Timothy in Iowa..5 
Hearth Rug—Home-made_222 
Hedges — Barberry, 6—Ever- 
. green, 85—In New Jersey, 37 
Making Ciose.183 
Herb—L'Eslragon.106 
Hoed Crop.s—(lultivating.210 
Hoes -Scuffle .178 
Hoes — Sliarpening.114 
Hog Disease in Virginia.302 
Hogs—Best Breed, 112 — Killed 
by Bean Pods, 336—Lice on, 
174—Poisoned by Salt, 36— 
Slaughtering, 2*337—Slaugh¬ 
tering at West, 12—Turnips 
for, 36-174 — Weakly Pigs. 4— 
Wintering . .370 
Hollyhocks — Keeping.303 
Honeysuckle—Trumpet... .*. .49 
Hook for Buckets.*..72 
Hoop Skirts—Use for. 7-39 
Hops—Prize Essay.2*. 73 
Horse Book, 5—Diseased, 141 
—Hitcliing to Rope, 177— 
Power Defined, 210—Radish, 
Grinding, 6—$37,500 .70 
Horses at Pasture,147—Baulky 
270 — Breaking Colts, 10— 
Carrots for,6—Gh’k Reins,211 
Draught, *184—Driving witli 
Oxen, 44 — Feeding Young 
Colts, 366—Fitting Collars, 
270—For Heavy Work, 183 — 
Glandered,09—Glanders, De¬ 
tecting, * 309—Glanders, Pj e- 
valent, 209-364 — Halter for 
I’nlling, ISl—Heaves, Rem¬ 
edy, 302 — Soralciies, 174— 
Slabbering, 366 — Spavins, 
141—Tethering 335-Vicious*280 
Ilort. Exliibition Am. Ins., 334 
Regisler, 237—Soc. Mass.,334 
—Soc Penn.,333—Soc. Wor¬ 
cester.334 
Horticultnre and .Matrimony. .13 
Hot-bed—Double.39 
House — Clieap.5*. .41 
Housekeeping — Beginning... .53 
Honseliold Notes.54 
Hou.«es—Cheap, Convenient, 
4 * 177—Small and Cheap, 
4* 78—Suggestions about — 83 
Humbugs — Advertising, 106— 
Benefit .Ass'n,206—Circulars, 
' 7—College, 7—Dr. Andrews, 
lOG— Earth Glasses, 143— 
Farms in Iowa,106—Gipsey’s 
Ciiarms, 106—Honey Recipe, 
E04—Horticultural,237—How'- 
ard .4ss’n, 100 — Kosnios, 301 
—Liglitiung Rod, 7—Mart* 
Qo., 106—Medical, 173-335— 
17 Merchants’ Exchange, 238 
microscope, 200—“ Oreiiant 
:.Gas,” 7—Peddler,37—Propli- 
ylactioal Star. 303 —IJuack 
i)5ctors,' 7 — Quack Medicine, 
.367—Rev. E. Wilson, 367— 
Wine Plant, 336—Sundry. .. 
.37-141-333 
Jfyaclntlis—Propagating.53 
Hyacinths—Root Pruning.239 
Husk Tearing Machine.37 
1 
Ice Cream,Freezer. 141 
Ice Houses—Construction — 270 
Ice—Removing.8 
Ice —Size of Blocks .8 
Implements—Farm, Cheaper .30 
Implements—Price.141 
Indiana Agriculture.277 
Inforinalion Wanted.8 
Ink—Preventing Moulding... 335 
Insects-Bean Maggots, 37— 
Benzine for, 188—Book, 335 
—Borer,173—Canker Worms 
23S-2 * 366 — Caterpillars, 271 
—Curculio Remedy, .271— 
Currant Worm, 141-237-^303— 
Entomological Journal, 333— 
Experience with, 18—Hair 
Worm, 272—Killing, 271— 
Killing Ants,22-191-238—Lice 
on Stock, 112-On Slelons, 39 
—Potato Beetle, 2 * 239— 
Poultry Lice, 334-33.5-Quas¬ 
sia for Ants, 335—Queries,271 
—Red Locust, 335 — Slings, 
Cure, 238—Soap-Waste for, 
205—Striped Bug, 155-173— 
Tent Caterpillars.72—Thrips 
or Fritters, 237—Unseasona¬ 
ble,143—Upon Insects.271 
Inspector General .335 
Invalids—Suggestions to.22 
Iron—Galvanized.175 
Itciiing—Relieving.54 
Ivy—German.*. .52 
Jack Screws, Uses.*..371 
Kale—How to Cook.37 
Kerosene Burner.173 
Knox’s Farm and Festival . 378 
Kyanizing.38 
Label—Bliss's.*. .6 
Labor Saving, etc .343 
Labor—Skilled for Farm ...144 
Laborers—Supplying.175 
Lamp Chimney—Best .22 
Land Advertisements.5-107 
Lands on Atlantic Coast. 105 
Larkspur—New.4 
Lavender—Garden .*..SI3 
Law—Taxing Bird-killers.143 
Lawns—Making.122 
Layering.187 
Library—Farmers’.5 
Lightning Rods .190-205 
Lilacs Blooming Twice .336 
Lilies—20,000, 303 — J acobean, 
* 156—New Japanese, *153-281 
Lime—Burning.38 
Lime for Whitewash.86 
Live Oak in Iowa . 233 
Locating — Wliere ? .5 
Locust Slickers.205 
Locust—Yellow for Timber. .142 
Lumber—Quanlily from Log.. 11 
Bi 
Machine—“ Manufacturing”.. 38 
Magazine—Horticulturist.6 
Magazine—New.107 
Magnolia—Cliinese. .*.. 86 
Mangoes Defined.143 
Manure—Aslies for Potatoes,36 
—Barley Sprouts ,174—Bone- 
dust for Wlieat, 334—Coal 
Aslies,174—Coarse. Applying, 
70—Compo.^t, 33-331—Flax 
Slaves,etc.,38—For Gardens, 
106—For Hoii.^e Plants. 334— 
For Onions, 71—Gas Lime, 
Caution, 366 — Green Clo¬ 
ver, 70 — Green Cropsfor,*244 
Hair for, 270—How to Pitch, 
*149—Increasing, 306—Kee))- 
ing, 270—Leatlier Scraps, 70 
Liquid,204—Management,182 
—Marl for Fruit Trees, 367 
—Marls,334—iMiick and Lime, 
206 — Phosphatic, 238 — In¬ 
creasing, 306—Guano, 204— 
Plaster, 142-204—Pump for 
Liquid, 2*213 —Salt and Lime, 
334—Sawdust, 334—Slaugh¬ 
ter House, 4-Soot, 302—Tan 
Bark, etc., 366 .- Tank and 
Cesspool, * 24.5—Top-dres¬ 
sing, 39—Use of Bones, 204 
—Wasted.334 
Maple Sugar.*..13 40-09 
Maple—Wliite. *. . 185 
Maps—Lloj’d & Go's ..144 
Maps—Mounting.1.57 
Market Farm—English.81 
Market Reports. Jan., 3— 
Feb., 34—March, 68—April, 
104—May, 162—June, 194-r 
July, 226—.Aug., 25S—Sept., 
208—Oct., 301-304-Nov., 332 
Decl. ..363 
Marl Described.7-334 
Meadows—Pastming _ ", JI4J 
Meadow.s—Renovating . 270 
Meals for Variety.88 
Meat, etc—Tainted.124 
Meat—Pre.«eiving.72-143 
Medicine.^—Quack. 367 
Melons—Training.205 
Milk—Condensed,22—Cooling, 
2.39—Promoting Flow.'.243 
Missouri Land Co.204 
Mistakes ill Tasle.187 
Moisliire in Air Needed.21 
Movements of Plants.*..380 
Moles—Castor Beans.71 
Money for Soldiers.72-173 
Mortar—Sand Required...-._7 
Mowers—Trial of.- 333 
Slowing Machine Knives.211 
Mucilage and Ink.335 
Aliilching and Shading.166 
Mushroom Culture.206 
Music—Good.141 
Musical Instruments.365 
Sluttonfor tlie Million.369 
N 
Names—Pronunciation, etc. .271 
Newspaper Box.* .8 
Newspaper — Newton’s.72 
Newspapers—40,000,000 .143 
O 
Oats—Bad Management.77 
Oats in .Succession.70 
Oil, Gummed—Remedy.7 
O. Judd & Co.SOI 
Olives and Oil.*. .317 
Onions—Culture, 71-143—De¬ 
fective, 143—Good Crop, 6— 
Manure for, 71—Peeling, 22- 
68—Whereto Grow.143 
Orchard and Nursery. Cal¬ 
endar for Jan., 1—Feb., ?4— 
March, 66—April, 102—May, 
138—June, 170—July, 202— 
Aiig., 234—Sept.. 266—Oct., 
298—Nov., 330—Dec.362 
Orcliard—Pioneer.48 
Oichard—Treatment.39 
Organ—Esiey’s Cottage .365 
Osage Orange Seed.303 
Oxen—Management of.147 
Oxen -Profitable Teams..—308 
I” 
Paeoiiies—Cultiv.afion.156 
Paioiiies—Removing.7 
Painting Old AVood Work_317 
Pansy—Cultivation.7-284 
Pansies and Violets.38 
Papaw Bark for Tying.205 
Paper—Higli Price of.314 
Papering Walls .123 
Park Row and Park Place...106 
Park with Five Acres.374 
Patent Rights .335 
Patterson & Bros.7 
Pea Bnisli.39-71 
Peaeli—Hale’s Early, 239 -On 
Willow, 71—Orcliard, Crop 
for, 37—Spring Budding, 1T4 
Tree Layers, 39—Trees, In¬ 
jured, 38—Trees in Cold Cli¬ 
mates, 18 — Trees, Spring 
Budding. 37 
Pear Culture Profitable, 314— 
Slocks, Quince, 113— Tree 
Blight, 2;0—Trees, Barren, 
6 — Trees, Doctoring, 85— 
Trees, Double Working, 218 
Trees, Exposure .38 
Pears on Thorn.71 
Pears—Sheldon.50 
Peas—Harvestiiig,24.3—Named. 
38—Soaking.71 
Peat for Fuel.183 
Perennials—Herbaceous.. 117-282 
Perfumes—How made.190 
Periwinkle—Common.*.. 157 
Persimmon Seed. 205 
Petroleum Adverlisements. .5-69 
Pholograplis—Animal.141 
Photograplis of Lincoln.206 
Pianos—Sleinway’s.333 
Pickles—How to Make.253 
Pigeons on llie Farm .270 
Planting Deep and Sliallow.. 148 
Plants—Care of House. 21-319 
—For Shade, 205—Mixing, 
174 — Named, 7-71-173-206- 
..239-271-3,70 
Plaster and Bone Dust . 70 
Plow Beams Length of, 210 
—Drauglit of, 145—Hutchin¬ 
son’s, 2* 245—Right or Left 
Hand, 339—Subsoil.*.. ]8I 
Plows—Care of Steel.367 
Plowing—Best Soil at Top.*. .242 
Plowing in Green Crops, * 214 
—Notion about, 33—Sward 
Ground, 4*145—Wet Ground, 
. *..341 
P. O. Money Orders_4-236-307 
I'ornological Society, Ohio ..365 
Potatoes — Boiling, 38—Bulk- 
ley's, 38-70 — Cuzco, 38 — 
Dropping,* MS—Early Sliaw, 
141 — Exhibition, 365 — Ex- 
perimenls, 70-375 — Fluke, 
6-70—Good Yield, 238—How 
to Cook, 22—How to Dig,307 i 
—How to Plant, 146—Large i 
or Small, ^—Notes oh,' 6* 44 
—Productive, 0 —Selecling / 
Seed, 280—Size of Seed, *148 
—Tan Bark for, 153—Under 
Straw.11-342 
Poudrette—Curious Mixture..205 
Poultry — Bantams, * 216— 
Black Spanish,*4-309—Bones 
for, 117—Book, Saunders ,215 
Early Cliickens,4—Fountain, 
* 174—French, * 216—Hen¬ 
neries, Light, 4—House for 
Prairies, 36—Large Indian, 
*241—Lice, 334-335—Market¬ 
ing Directions, 365—Preco- 
eioiis,302—Raising Chickens, 
113—Report, 142-302—Show; 
Barniim’s. 141-206—Sickly. .366 
Practical Farmer Dead.144 
Premiums for 1865. .2-34-104-172 
Premiums for 1866. ..300-331-363 
Preserving Fruit.206 
Primrose—Chinese.143 
Productive Plot.38 
Propagating Case.7 
Protecting Plants.365 
Prunes—Smoky.54 
Pulley—Uses.*. .373 
Pumping Water. .335 
Pumps—Best Kind.143 
Piircliasing Agency.5 
Putty—Making.124 
Putty—Softening...124 
Q 
Questions—Difficult...143 
Questions—Sundry.367 
Quinces—Fine.367 
Quinces on Clay Soil.36 
R 
Rabbits and Trees.6 
Radish—Chinese.84 
Radish Culture.303 
Rags — Sell them.107 
Railway Accidents.5 
Rake Teeth-Form of.*..210 
Rake—The Buck.*..213 
Rats—Economy of.10 
Rats Gnawing llarness.37-70 
Receipts not Given.364 
Recipes—Bachelor’s Opinion..54 
Record of a "Year.17 
Refrigerator—” Polar ”.144 
Report—Resources of N. V'_8 
Rhododendron'—Notes on. ..220 
Rliubarb for Medicine.37 
Road Scraper.*, 45 
Roads— Repairing.11 
Roofing Cement—Coal Tar ...4 
Roofs—Leaky.367 
Root Cutter.*. .77 
Root Pruning.336 
Roots—Burying, * 342—Use of 
Surface,19—Value for Feed..6 
Ropes—Splicing'.4*.. 275 
Ropes—Tying Knots.6*. .305 
Roses—Biiclianaii’s New, 143— 
Sport of, * 220—Hints on, 81 
—Manetti Stock, 143—Moss, 
* 284—Remontant.38 
Rural Einbellislimeiits-*. .217 
Rustic Garden Ornaments.4*. .20 
Rustic Seat.*. .217 
Rust—Removing.367 
Rusting—Preventing. .38-106-255 
Rye—Sowing Late.371 
Salting Stock and Hay.240 
Sand Box Tree.*..188 
Sandy Land..Improving.204 
Sanitary Commission.253-335 
Sap Spouts.173 
Sausage Meat—Keying.88 
Sawing with Horse Power..38-71 
Saws—How to File.4*. .14 
Scales for the Farm.205 
Scrap Books for Soldiers.8 
Scythe Sharpening.270 
Scythes—Correct Form.336 
Seed—Big Name.106 
Seed Time.*..152 
Seeds — Evergreen, etc., 5— 
Garden, Raising, 117—Get¬ 
ting Early,75—None for Sale, 
3—Number per oz., 71— 
Slartiiig Early.121 
Selling—Best Time for.366 
Shade Trees—Size of.37 
Shading and Mulching.186 
Shaving Easy.22 
Slieep—Am. Merino * 75—And 
Fences, 106—At N. Y. Fair, 
335—Beans for, M2—Breed¬ 
er's Fair, 141—Care in Win¬ 
ter, 9—Diarrhoea, 334—Dip¬ 
ping Compound, 142—Dog 
Laws, 42—Early Lambs, 75- 
306—Graining, 153—Hoof Rot, 
242—How to Shear, * 180— 
Laurel Poisoning,* 249-306— 
Management, 334—Mania, 43 
—Old for Wool.142—Owning 
Lambs, 142—Profitable, 42- 
142 — Prolific. 70 — Pulling 
their Wool, 142—Racks,Fod¬ 
dering, 3*, 369—Selection for 
Breeding, .-;70 — Sliearing, 
Canandai.erua, 269—Shearing 
llints. * 180—Shears, Grind¬ 
ing, * T60 — Show, 173— 
Stretches, 142—Washing, 147 
—Weight of, 339 — Winter 
Feeding .a (!7 
Shelter—Expensive..46 
Shingles—Fire Proof.176 
Sliingles—How to Lay .23S 
Shoe String Tags.54 
Shoes—Wooden.*. .350 
Shovels—How to Use,.*..340 
Shrub-Daphne mezereiim*. .119 
Shrnb-Exochorda Grandiflora*20 
Shrubbery in Spring. *..119 
Silk. Worm—Ailanlhiis.76 
Silk Worms in France.238 
Sink—Convenient .*..53 
Sleigh Ride—Family.*..48 
Slippers—German.22 
Smoke House—Good .336 
Smoke Hou.se In-door.47 
Snow Tools.V.3*. 372 
Soap—Hard...88-335 
Soap Making.222 
Socks—Cheap .*..123 
Soda, Saleratus, etc.124 
Soda Wash for Trees.253 
Soil—Best on Surface, * 242— 
Pulverizing, 151—Renovating 
Sterile.M8-302 
Solanum—Climbing.*. .380 
Soldering Iron. 124 
Soldiers’ Claims.236 
Sorghum Ass’n Ohio,5—Candy, 
39—Convention, Wis., 36— 
Culture, 37—Early Kind; 303 
- For Green Fodder, 240— 
In Cliina, 106—In Mass.,48— 
In New 'York. 4—Machinery, 
Good, 237—Planting, 106— 
Treatment...279 
Sorrel—Red.39 
Southern Region—Fine.366 
Sparrow.'—European..*. .209 
Spots on Furniture .88 
Spring House—Prairie.239 
Sqiiash—Custard Marrow2*. .317 
Squashes—Large, 367—Mixing, 
205-367—Prolific, 6-143—'Yo- 
kohama. 82 
S. S. Lesson Books.8 
S. S. Paper, Good.72 
Stable Brush Broom.*..341 
Stable Fork—Wooden.*..369 
Slain—Claret Wine.4 
Stains—Removing.124-206 
Stanchions vs. Cliains.366 
Steam Engine—Glass _107 
Steel Trap—How to Set.238 
Stockings-Double Heeling.. 158 
Stoves—Best.22 
Stoves—Gas.223 
Straw—Chaffing.270 
Strawberries — Culture, 284— 
First, 173—For New Jersey, 
38-In England, 237-Notes on, 
121-219-232—Premium,36-141 
—Preserving. 173-191—Show 
144-172-232—Propagation, 38 
—Queries, 6-237 —Runners, 
336—In New 'York, 222—Tri¬ 
bune .71 
Stump Machine—Clieap...*. .114 
Subscriber—Smallest.7 
Subscription—First.8 
Subscription Letter—Form.. .365 
Subsoil Plow.*181 
Subsoiling Wet Ground.181 
Sugar from Corn .44 
Summer Fallows.211 
Superpliosphate—Plowing in..70 
Sweet Potato Cullure —144-154 
Sweet Polatoes—Starting —107 
Swill Barrel—Portable, — *..80 
Swill—Fermented...239 
Tanning Fur Skins.191 
Tapioca.-.*..381 
Tea—Taking in the Country..21 
Teachers' Agencies. —72 
Tile Maci.ii es.366 
Tim Bmikei on Pickles, 46-80- 
176-285—“Striking He” 116 
—Visit to T. Oakes.150 
Timber Felling...*..372 
Toad Flax ..*.,252 
Tobacco Culture, 173—Prepar¬ 
ing for, 151—Seed Beds.... 107 
Tomato—Libel on, 318.-New 
Varieties, 82—Seed, Saving, 
237-271—Tilden, 336—Train¬ 
ing .154 
Tools—Hanging up.39 
Touch-me not—Jewel Weed*.217 
Trailing Arbutus.*..377 
Tree Digger—Harkne.'s, * 119- 
302—Labels, Tin, 39—Ped¬ 
dlers Taxed,209—Protectors, 
.......203 
Ti-ees — Barlc-bonnd, 6—Fel¬ 
ling, Problems, * 2-10—From 
Layers, 39—Injured by Hor¬ 
ses, 3.15—Lard ami Tobacco 
on, 302—Medicated, 6—Upon 
Prairies.86 
Trumpet Honeysuckle.*. .49-143 
Tuberose—Cultivation.. .3*. .378 
Tucker, L. D-Professor.303 
Turkeys—F atteui ng.336-338 
Turnip Seed per Acre.205 
Turnips — August, ‘241— For 
Horses, 360—On Heavy Soils, 
etc., 209—White French — 
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