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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 
Acid, Salicylic.199 
Acids, Need of.103 
Advertisements, Trustworthy.. .169 
Advertisements, Unfortunate....126 
Advertisers, Hints to.369 
Agricultural College.249 
Agricultural Dealers.158 
Agricultural Journals in General, 
412. 
Agriculture, Southern.15 
Air in Stables, Pure.*..341 
Apple, Basset, * 100—Mystic, ’ 23- 
Northern Spy, 418. 
Apples, 136 — Northern Spy, 114- 
Shipping to England, 9. 
Asbestos, What is.*..296 
Ashes.127 
Ashes, Value of Wood.279 
Asparagus, Varieties of.75 
Association, Ill. State Farmers’.239 
Association, N. Y. Dairymens’... 8 
Atomizer in Horticulture.*..102 
B 
Baby Carriage, 268—Clothes, 387. 
Baby Jumper.*..348 
Bargains and Sales. 74 
Barley, 87-178-218—and Wheat, 14— 
Canada, 318—Crop, Value of, 303— 
for Horses, 75. 
Barn, Dairy, * 140—Floor for Base¬ 
ment, 169—Model. 339—Plan, 171. 
Barn-yard.*.. 41 
Barrack, or Shed for Straw...*..381 
Baths of Bertrick.414 
Beans, Field.141 
Beans, Potatoes, and Wheat.159 
Bed Covering. 8 
Bee Notes.*..375-438-451 
Bee-Hive Frame...*.. 52 
Bee-Hive, Voices from....l0-*52-132- 
176-* 214. 
Beet, Egyptian.306 
Belt, How to Lace a.*..138 
Bible Quotation. 74 
Bill of Fare, A Week’s. 26 
Birds, Arizona Quail, 141—Redstart, 
American, * 297—Robins, What do 
They Eat, 346—Ruffed Grouse, * 
371 — Snipe Shooting, 81 — Spar¬ 
rows, 199—Water Turkey, * 257. 
Blackberries in Indiana in 1874... 59 
Blackberry, Hoosac Thornless... 86 
Blackberry, Snyder.127 
Bladder for Giving Injections.*..421 
Blood, How to Use.278 
Blood, Purifying the.103 
Boats. Sail.*..138 
Boltlu.,. 7 
Bolt, How to Make a.*..256 
Bone-Dust for Clover.479 
Bone Mill, 75—Bogardus’.169 
Bones, and How to Use Them....198 
Bones, Grinding.477 
Book, Ayrshire Record, 290-329— 
Daily Record, 126—on Farming, 
127—on the Horse, 169-439-The 
Schoolmaster’s Trunk, 187. 
Books, American Architecture, 330 
—Bommers Method of Making 
Manure, 331 — Chemistry, You- 
man’s New, 450—Construction of 
Mill Dams, 250 — Cranberry Cul¬ 
ture, 210—Dep. of Agr’l Rep. for 
1873,8—Downing’s Landscape Gar¬ 
dening, 288—Emerson’s Trees and 
Shrubs of Mass., 451—Gardening 
for Pleasure, 409 —Insects, Glo¬ 
ver’s, 126—Manual for Rifle Prac¬ 
tice, 410—More, 830—New Reme¬ 
dies, 331—Noticed, 251 —on Dis¬ 
eases of Horses and Cattle, 8—on 
Farming, 289—Popular Music, 238— 
Riley’s Report, * 261 — Sunday- 
School Lessons, 279 — Thomas’ 
Fruit Culturist, 478—Upon Fish 
Culture, 238—Upon Poultry, 411— 
Vignes Americaines, 8 —Lakey’s 
Village and Country Houses, 109— 
Wasted Half Hours, 7—Wooden 
and Brick Buildings, 126—Zoology, 
First Work of, 411. 
Botanical Instruction at Harvard, 9. 
Botanic Garden, Edinburgh. 7 
Boys’ and Girls’ Columns. 
A Afternoon, The Long Saturday, 
* 192—Air, Something About, 
149—Alarm, The, 148—Answers 
to Correspondents, 251-270-*390 
—April, 147—Apples, How Jamie 
Carried a Barrel of, 106—Arbor, 
That Little, 231—“Astonished,” 
113 —August, 310 —Aunt Sue 
goes to a Spelling-match, 270- 
Aunt Sue's Chats, 27-105-148- 
*189-230-*270-351-*391 - 431 - 471 — 
Aunt Sue’s Puzzle Box, 27-66- 
107-149-191-230-271-311-351-391-470 
B —Ball Covering, 27—Bantam and 
Brahma, * 430—Beetles and other 
Insects, * 310—Bible Notes, Cu¬ 
rious, 191 — Biggest Land Tor¬ 
toise, * 432 — Birds, Winter, * 
63— Boy asks Questions, 67— 
Some Fine Things for, 469 — 
Brightening all it Can, 430 — 
Butterflies, nave they Feath- 
C ers, * 147 -Canary, Keeping a, 
430 — Cat, An Intelligent, 311- 
Cat, A Wonderful, 271 — Cats, 
More About, 391 — Christmas 
Morning,* 68—Coffee, Something 
About, * 269 —College, Should 
D Boys go to, 107—December, 469 
—Doctor's Talks, *190-*229-*430— 
Dog Story, A True, 191—Donkey, 
E Mechanical, * 470—Easter, 192- 
Engravings, How they are Made, 
*231-*310—“ Evidences of Guilt,” 
F * 272—Fice Question, 350—Fish, 
Saved by a, 271—Flowers,A Look 
G at Some March, * 106—Geese and 
the Spitz, * 150—“ Green Boys,” 
H 66—Hat, A Fortune Made by a, 
311—Having a Good Time, * 351- 
How we Grow, 65—Hydra, and 
I how it Lives,* 390-Impudence 
Rebuked, 470 — Insects, Some 
J Strange, * 191—June, 231—July, 
L 271—Lead in Pencils, Kind of, 
M 191—Magic and Magicians, * 66- 
May and May Day, 191—Metals, 
Value of, 190-More Frightened 
N than Hurt,* 312—Nests and Eggs, 
271—Night before Christmas, 471. 
—Nonsense, A Bit of, * 65—No- 
O vember, 430 — October, S90 — 
P Paper, AVhat is Foolscap, 230- 
Papyrus, What is, 319 —Plants, 
Drying,231—Ponto.the Trapper’s 
Dog,352-Passenger Train, First, 
* 469—Poor Robin Red-breast, * 
472—Puzzle, Aviary, * 147—Puz¬ 
zle Picture, * 65-* 105-* S19-* 390 
—Puzzle Pictures, Answers to, 
148—Pyxidanthera and Dogs, 148 
R —Rabbits, 310—Regatta on Ice, * 
S 105—Sea Salt, Why is, 311—Serv¬ 
ice Berry, What is, 108—Septem¬ 
ber, 349—Sew, Learning to, * 28— 
Soap-Bubbles, *27 - *67 -107 — 
Sphinx Rock. * 469 - Squashes, 
Some Strange, * 108—Sunflower, 
* 230 —Swim, Can You, 271 — 
Swim, How I Learned to, * 350— 
T The 4th, 270—The Tame Crows, 
* 232—Tried Little Robbie, * 149 
V —Valentine’s Morning, * 67 — 
W What do you Call your Father? 
Y 890—Toung Indians on the Move, 
Z * 392 — Zip Learning his First 
Trick,» 108. 
Bran, Value of for Manure.278 
Bread Pan Cover.188 
Breaking Roads in the Snow..*.. 52 
Breed, Failure to.290 
Brewers’ Grains, Storing.*..221 
Briars, To Destroy. 75 
Breeding, In-and-in. 19 
Buckwheat for Manure... .114 
Budding the Hickory.187 
Bulb, Quamash Flower and...*..305 
Bulbs, Hyacinths.159-238 
Bulbs, Tuberoses.371 
Bussey Institute, Bulletin of the. 7 
Butter, 91-216—and Beef, Stock for, 
326—Egg, and Fruit, Preserving, 
450 —and Egg Association, 157 — 
Cheese, and Egg Trade, 290—For¬ 
eign Trade in, 73—Herd, How to 
Improve, 462—How Some is Made, 
462 — Package, Metallic, * 127 — 
Packages, Small, 342—Pail, Metal¬ 
lic, 113—Buy, Where to, 86. 
c 
Cabbages, Gas Lime for.158 
Cake, No .187 
Canal, Suez.199 
Cans, Another Use for Old, *25-*104 
-122. 
Carpets, Something About Rag*.227 
Carpet-Stretcher.*. .146 
Cart, Tumbler.*..53-197 
Castor Beans, Culture of, 237- 
Harvesting, * 300. 
Catalogue, a Fine Illustrated, 371- 
Book and History, 47—Such’s, 410. 
Catalogues, 47-86-329 — Illustrated, 
127—Received, 8-113-133-197-251- 
399-412. 
Cats, Poisoned.291 
Cattle—at the International, 317— 
Ayrshires and Alderneys, Color 
of, 170—Bran or Oats for, 87—Bre¬ 
ton, * 93—Bull, How to Work, * 
299—Bull, to Ring a, 210—Calves, 
Four at a Birth, 199—Pens for, * 
182—Scours in, 277—Treatment of, 
158—Cow and Calf, 10th Duchess 
of Geneva, * 3S7—A Prolific, 411- 
Career of Prize, 409—Doctor, * 205 
Feeding a Family, 12—Inflamma¬ 
tion of Udder in, 449—Keeping, 309 
—Inversion of Uterus in, 449— 
“Palestine,” Jersey, * 405—To 
Cure a Choked, * 461—“ Victoria 
Victrlx,” * 13—What to do with a 
Poor, 437—Cows, Best, 277—Cook¬ 
ing Food for, 11—Feeding Meal 
Alone to Dairy, 463—Jersey, 256- 
Salt Pork for, 199—To Prevent 
Sucking, * 420—Depraved Appe¬ 
tite of, 289—Diseases, Catarrh in 
a Cow, 87—Cow Pox, 397—Foot and 
Mouth in, 376—Hollow-Horn and 
Murrain, 479^Quern&y Hord, Sale 
of, 409—Heavy Weights in, 46- 
Heifer, Go.odi Sboit’gtL^r^y 831t£fii-; 
flammation of Udder in 319—Jer¬ 
sey, 91-130—Jersey Cow, 215—Jer¬ 
seys for Cheese, 170—Jerseys, Pair 
of Notable Young, * 135-Pedi¬ 
grees of, 479-^Sliort-Horns for a 
Cal. Dairy, 477—for the Dairy, 
262—Large Purchase of, 8—Prize, 
*135—Sales of, 2SS-278-290—Sale in 
Great Britain, 422—Sale in Ken¬ 
tucky, 478—Short-Horn Statistics, 
87—Steer, End of the Texas, 463- 
Steers, Fattening, 478—Stray, 170. 
Celery, Hollow, 371-Rotting of. .102 
Central Park.210 
Chain, How to Mend.*. .420 
Chair, nome-Made.*. .229 
Changes and Improvements.45 
Checkers.309 
Cheerfulness.347 
Cheese, Adulteration of, 170-and 
Butter.Oloo-Margarlne, 294—Com¬ 
petition, 157—Cream, 290—Facto¬ 
ries in Ill., 277—Making, English, 
* 339—Oleo-Margarine, 422—Skim, 
303. 
Chess and Wheat. 8 
Childhood in City and Country...427 
Children, Don’t Toucli the, 189—to 
Protect the Purity of, 268. 
Children’s Feet.227 
Churns.174 
Cistern, Capacity of, 397—in Sandy 
Soil, 246—Rock, * 422—Size of, 237. 
Cisterns.1S2 
Clamp, a Useful.*..181 
Cleaning Up.376 
Clevis Key.*..261 
Climates, Dry.279 
Clothes, Baby’s Winter, 26— Chil¬ 
dren’s Winter, 468. 
Clothing, Ordering.448 
Clover, 178-259-338—for Hogs, 94-278 
—Hay, Curing. 239—Hay for Pigs, 
239—Loss of, 358—Sod for a Market 
Gardener. 331—Sowing in July, 290 
—When to Plow Under, 398. 
Coffee, a New Species. 8 
Colleges, Agricultural. 8 
Compost Heap, How to Make....279 
Congressional Imposition.130 
Conservatory Chapel at Utica.*. .343 
Convenience, a Great. 86 
Convention of Short-Horn Breeders, 
277 — Short-Horn, 7 — Wisconsin, 
State Agricultural, 73. 
Cork Puller.*..309 
Corn, 258—and Cob Meal, 438—Cobs, 
Composition of, 114—Crib, Im¬ 
proved, * 341—Crib, Support for, 
479—Crop, Good, 318 —Crusher, 
158—Dropper, 459—Egyptian, 158- 
Feeding Smutty, 460—Fertilizers 
for, 171—for Green Manure, 238— 
from Egypt, 226—for Soiling, 279- 
Fresh Muck for, 478—Green Ma¬ 
nure for, 198—Husking by Machi¬ 
nery, 410—Origin of Indian, 209— 
Plowing for, 158—Stubble, What 
to Sow on, 198—Suckers on, 331- 
Thinning,177—Triumph and Excel¬ 
sior, 386—vs. Clover for Pigs, 114— 
Wyandotte, 291. 
Corn-Fodder, Curing, 383—Cutting, 
378—In the South, 857. 
Corn-Husker, New.*. .412 
Correspondents, Hints to.448 
Cotton-Crop, Estimate of . 73 
Cotton-Seed as a Fertilizer. 49 
Cotton-Seed-Cake, Value of,.337 
Cranberries on Trees.238 
Crop, Proposed Soiling, 330 —To 
Plow under.289 
Crops, 418—Catch, 423—Cost of, 94- 
Fodder, 319—Large, 218—Value of 
for Manure, 132. 
Crow, Another Use for the.290 
Cultivator, Harrow-toothed. 23 
Cultivator Shield. 23 
Cuttings in Summer.307 
iMc D 
Dairies, Western.343 
Dairymen's Convention, American, 
114—Vermont, 115. 
Dairy at Centennial Exposition..829 
Dairy, Pennsylvania.*. .172 
Day’s Work, What is a.74 
Deep-Can System.131-256 
Deep Milk Cans.215 
Despondent Sister.428 
Destitution in Nebraska & Kansas.5 
Dish Washing.267 
Dishes, about Washing, *347—Wash¬ 
ing, 388. 
Dog, Esquimaux, *297—Nuisance,172 
Dogs, Shepherd.397 
Donkey Show, English.259 
Drainage, House,*2W—Swamp, 295. 
Draining, a Swamp, 835—Hollows, 
*18—With Boards, *438. 
Drains, Bottom for Swamp, 326- 
Cleaning, *420—Flushing of, ‘221- 
Log, *223—Making Wooden, ‘97- 
Time to Dig, 479. 
Dress Reform.309 
Drill, Machine Rock, 127—Turnip, 
479. 
Drouth... 298 
Drugs, Where they come from .. 73 
Dry Earth in Stables. 11 
Dye, Black.309 
Dykeiug. 215 
Dynamite for Clearing Land.383 
Dyspeptics .. . 46 
E 
Early Rising. 54 
Economize, Trying to.349 
Ecraseur. 127 
Education among Farmers.259 
Ellis, John, not an Am. Botanist 74 
Engines, Agricultural Steam..*..223 
Engineer, How to become a Loco¬ 
motive. 238 
Enterprises, Outside. 5 
Etiquette, Some Questions in... .104 
Evergreens, (see Trees), California 
Nutmeg, *184—Golden Arbor Vi¬ 
tae, 466—Hemlock,*384—Pine, Long 
leaved, 466—Pines, Southern, 466— 
Retinispora, 307—Torreya, Flori¬ 
da, *264-427—Torreya, Pilgrimage, 
266. 
Exhibition in Java. . 7 
Experiment Stations, 49—In Con.382 
F 
Factories, Remington.*.. 88 
Fairs for 1875, 329—Illinois State, 409 
—List, S58-390—New England, 370— 
New York State, 411—October, 370 
—Southern, 478. 
Fallow, Summer .14-218 
Family Circular.467 
Farm Accounts, Keeping.197 
Farm Blacksmith Shop.*..179 
Farm, Buying a, 238-318—Labor, 15- 
Why Boys do not stay on the, 302. 
Farm-House, Drainage.131 
Farmer, Wants to be a.181 
Farmers’ Convention, Conn. 49 
Farmers’ Families, 887—And Sports¬ 
men, 82—Extravagance of. 458- 
Work too Hard, 458. 
Farming, Good, 136-298-418 — In Il¬ 
linois, High, 358—In Mass., 54- 
Nothing Sure in, 335—Trials of, 398 
—Wants to Learn, 438—Western, 
239. 
Feed, Effect of.208 
Feeding and Fodder. 437 
Feeding in Confinement, 75—Injudi¬ 
cious, 319—Judiciously, 114. 
Feed-Cooker, Cheap and Handy *139 
Feed-Cutter, Best. 87 
Fence, How to Make a Pole. *96— 
Not worth Stealing, *220—Porta¬ 
ble, *420—Posts, Preservative for, 
290—Posts, Preserving, 166-171— 
Posts, To Raise, *380—Cheap, *95 
—The Cheapest, 279—Upon a Dike, 
478—Wire and Picket, 289. 
Fences, Patent.211 
Fertilizers, Artificial, 55—Bone- 
Dust, 399—For Fall Sowing, 290— 
“ Patent Phosphate,” 411—Quanti¬ 
ty per Acre, 479. 
Fires, Kindling. 64 
Fish, Eels, Bobbing for, *285—Seine, 
290. 
Flattering if not Fair. 5 
Flax, How to Grow. 169 
Fleeces, Angora. 74 
Floods in the West.829 
Floor, Foundation for Clay, 289— 
To Paint a Kitchen, 289. 
Floors, Cement or Plank .317 
Florida, Good News from. 8 
Flower-Garden.386 
Flower-Garden and Lawn. Jan., 4 ; 
Feb., 44; March, 85; April, 124; 
May, 167 June, 207; July, 247 ; 
Aug., 287 Sept., 328; Oct., S68; 
Nov., 407 ; Dec., 447. 
Flower-Garden and no Manure. .114 
Flowers, (see Plants!, Bellwort, 
Large-Flowered, *265—Canna, Na¬ 
tive. *21—Dahlia, a Twin, 371 -*Lo- 
