IV 
INDEX. 
Swine—Are Hogs Pigs? Oil—Care of 
Young in Winter, 58—Clover for, 
127—Color of Sel'ton, 48—Crossing, 
Cross of Essex Sow and Chester 
White Hoar, 83.1—Diseases of. 333- 
Eating Droppings, 443 — Essex, 
*121-130—Essex and Grades, 55— 
Essex vs. Berkshires, 449—Fatality 
Among, 214—Feed on Cattle Drop¬ 
pings,50—From Soutli-Sea Islands, 
■431—Good, 127—How to Manage 
Spring, 210—Imported, S32—Lice 
on, 440—Little, 90—Losing Tails, 
90—Magee anti Others, 453 — Ma¬ 
nagement of, in Ohio,337—Manage¬ 
ment of, in III., 4511—Mangy, 49- 
Pasture, 407—liaising, 453—Eye vs. 
Corn for. 446—Sickness of, 254— 
. Soaking Grain for, 329—Steaming 
Corn for, 209—'“ Thin Bind Hog,” 
375. 
Syrup.329 
T 
Tan Bark Ashes. .. 49 
Tan for Hot-beds.283 
Thatching Stacks.374 
“ The Society of Friends”.321 
Thorn Seeds.409 
Thrashing. 335 
Three Months Free.326 
Tim Bunker on Trout Brooks and a 
Hatching House, 11—On Old Hats, 
Old Folks, 172—On Old Corn, 339— 
On Good Neighborhood, 455. 
Timber in Southern Indiana.87 
Timber—Using up old.5-1 
Time to Sow Plaster. 48 
Timothy.335 
Tin E,.of. 327 
To Advertisers.. 7 
Tobacco—Culture. 130—Cutting and 
Curiiig, 326—Preparation of Land, 
218—In August, ;.89—In Connecti¬ 
cut, 287—Stems for Manufacture, 
307. 
Torrey Botanical Club.127 
Transplanting and Watering.210 
Transplanting Mangels, etc.216 
Trans. N. Y. State Ag’l Society. 273 
Trap for Muskrats.178 
Trees—Arbor Vitse, 4S-2S5—Alders 
and Caraway, 328—Ailanthus, Un¬ 
healthy, 369—Box, 369—Chestnut, 
the, 3i9-3S0 — Duties .on, and 
Plants, 170—Dwarf Peach, 323 
Dwarf Pear, 423 — Evergreens, 
23 — European Larch, 9 — Ever¬ 
greens from Seed, 369—Forest, 
Cuttings, 87 — Fumigating, 87— 
Killing Sassafras and Persimmon, 
369 — Larch, Propagating from 
Seed, 21—Large Box, 286-M.emon, 
446—Locust and Ailantlms, 384— 
Mezquit, 301 — Moving a Large 
Arbor Vitae, 263—Osiers on Sandy 
Soil, 409—Painting a, 247—Peaches, 
328—Peach,and Baskets,329—Peach, 
Golden Dwarf, 87—Pear, in Ilot 
Weather, 329 —Pear, Trimming, 
440 -Plum, 89 - Pruning Ever¬ 
greens, 224—Iiabbits, Mice, and, 
9—Setting,126—Pedlers, 126—Seeds, 
107 — Treatment of a Diseased 
Pear, 382 —Weeping, 367— White 
Birches, 49. 
Trellises for Tomato Plants.182 
Trying New Tilings. 94 
Tying Materials, etc.344 
Typographical. 206 
y 
Unanswered Letters. 86 
Unfortunate.409 
Union is Strength.445 
Unpatented Clothes Horse...,...185 
Unpatened Harrow.407 
Uses of Salt Marsh Sod.298 
¥ 
Valuable Book, Free.16G 
Value of Baw and Cooked Food, 90 
Veal—'The Fatted Calf..177 
Vegetables—Egg-plant—About the, 
440.—Cooking the, 426. 
Very Youug Children at Funerals, 
25. 
Veterinary Instruction. 49 
Veterinary Medicine.405 
Vitality and Propagation of the 
Scab Mite, 298. 
Vinegar Making.287 
Vine Lock.307 
Vine Protector.127 
Vines in Orchard. 9 
Vineyard—Laying out a.S9-184 
Wagon Tail-Board Fastenings. .*217 
Watch—Who Buys an American? 
209. 
Water Filters. 90 
Warbles.293 
Water—Management of Flowing297 
AVater—Bemoval of, etc.* 257 
Wedding Entertainments. 25 
Weeds, 47 —Bowman's Boot or In¬ 
dian Physic, * 301—Chess, More 
About, 8 — Canada Thistles and 
other Weeds, 139 — Eradicating, 
Fallow vs. Hoed Crops, S7S—Ox- 
eye Daisy, 80—Poison Ivy, 263- 
Weeds of Maine, 127 — White 
Grass, 48. 
West and South. 40 
Western Gardener..366 
Wet Hog-vards a Nuisance.* 57 
What Shall lie Plant?.286 
Wheat—Corn vs. Wheat in Va., 127- 
320 — Dielil Wheat, 835 — Spring 
W T heat, 91—Wheat Culture, 831- 
Wheat Experiments. 414— “Win¬ 
ter-kill ” in Wheat, 255. 
White-wash.249 
White-wash—Out-door.106 
Willow Hedge—Experience with, 
184. 
Wind-mill. 411 
Wines—Domestic.346 
Winter Clothing for Little Ones. 25 
Wisconsin Horticultural Society 9 
Window Plants and Frost.03 
“ W. J.”.307 
Wool—Can the U. S. Eaise its own? 
58. 
Work in Hort’l Departments..... 3 
Yellow T.oenst—Will it Pay?_259 
Young Evergreens from the Woods, 
181. 
Recipes. 
Apple Jonathan. GO 
Apple and Tapioca Pudding.336 
Apple Jelly for Tarts.386 
Aunt Eliza’s Cake.S 8 G 
Bachelor’s Cake.60 
Beef-steak, Cooking. 00 
Blackberries, Preserving. _215 
Bread and Butter Puddings, 
Steamed, CG. 
Bread Cake. GO 
Cake. 00 
Canaille, Ilow to use.306-8SG 
Canning Fruit.265 
Canned Bhubarb.226 
Chicken Salad. 26 
Chicken, To Catch, Dross, and 
Cook a, 420. 
Cinnamon Cake.140 
Citron and Raisins.140 
Cleaning Coat Collars.26 
Codfish Dinner.25 
Corn, Cooking.246 
Crab-Apples, Preserving.3S6 
Creaking Boots. 48 
Cream Pie.186 
Cream Pudding.26 
Cucumbers, Preserving.207 
Currant Jeily.200 
Currants, Preserving.245 
Dried Beef, How to Cook..145 
Dumpling. 60 
Egg-Plant.346-126 
Eggs, To Keep.80-109 
English Seed Biscuits.146 
Faded Black Lace, to Bestore_ 20 
Fruit Juice.266 
Fruit Salads.306 
Game Birds, Cooking. 25 
Gems. r ,6 
German Mustard.ISO 
Graham Mush.300 
Granes, Preserving.2SG 
Green Corn.3:27 
Green Peas. How to Cook.22(5 
How to have a Variety of Food..146 
Jelly Bag .*..26.5 
Lyonnaise Potatoes.226 
Mangles... 20 
Mustard, Aromatic.200 
Nice Dishes that all Farmer Folks 
can Have, 105. 
Odd Washing Beoipes.386 
Peas, Cooking in Milk.246 
Pickles. 306-340 
Pig, How to Boast.420 
Pudding without Milk or Eggs.. .3S6 
Pudding Sauce. 62 
Pumpkin Pies.26 
Raspberries, Preserving.245 
Kice Pudding. 66-186 
Rolliehes, Tripe.386 
Scouring Knives.65-145 
Soap. CG 
Strawberries, Preserving.245 
Strawberry Shortcake.200 
Sweet Corn. Canned.327 
Tea Stains on Table Linen ... .186 
Tomatoes.245-306-327 
Washing Day Matters, Letter on.145 
Washing Fluid...20-65 
IVashing Becipes.106 
Water Ices.306 
Whitewash, Out-door.106 
Whortleberries, Preserving..... .245 
Wines, Domestic.3-16 
Yeast.106 
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Among the Savages..241 
Apples—Crab, Hyslop and Cherry, 
142 — Crab, Marengo, 142 — Irish 
Pippin. 63 — Lord SuiDeld, 102 — 
Milo, 102—Monte Bello, 63—Somer¬ 
set, 102 —Sylvester, 21 . 
“ A Snake Levee.”. 307 
Aquariuifl.(3). 185 
Aquariums, Plants for.225 
Baby Breeches, Pattern of.25 
Baby Clothing, Patterns.225 
Backing a Heavy Load.-.377 
Bake-kettle. 345 
Banks of Streams, Protection for, 
(5) 256. 
Barn, A Farmer’s.(2)..336 
Barn, A Three-story.(5)..137 
Basket Trick.27 
Beef, Cutting up a Fore-quarter, 
(5) 96—Slaughtering on the Farm, 
(3) 57. 
Benares, A View in.318 
Bird Cage, Rustic. .227 
Birds—American Dipper or West¬ 
ern Ouzel, 173—Crested Grebe, 373 
— European and American Fla¬ 
mingoes, 93—Great Diver or Loon, 
373 —Great Northern Shrike or 
Butcher-bird, 220—Horned Grebe, 
873—Vultnrine Guinea Fowl, 233— 
Wood-Ducks, 310. 
Boat for Muck.137 
Bouquet of Dried Grasses.385 
Boy who Eats with his Elbows...847 
Bracket.(2). .464 
Branding Cattle.180 
Budding the Grape-vine.142 
Butter, Stamps and Marketing Tub 
(5) 27. 
Button-hole Bouquet Holder.127 
c 
Cattle — Ayranlt Fat Oxen, SI— 
Branding, 180—Cross-bred Heifer, 
“Lizzie Huyck,” 333—Devon, E. 
H. Hyde’s Herd, 162 — Head of 
“ Pettypet,” 411 — Operating on 
Hard Milkers, 337—Slaughtering 
on tlie Farm, (3) 57. 
Cattle Watering Apparatus.296 
Center Table, Draped.845 
“ Chestnuting.”.380 
Chinese Drying and Packing Tea, 
148—Eating with Chop-sticks, 267 
-Kite-flying, 263.1 
Churn, Attachment to.335 
Churns, Dog Power for.(2). .136 
Clothes Horse, Unpatented.(2)..185 
Clothes-pin Bag.145 
Clover, Alsike..136 
Clover, Crimson.197 
“ Collecting Sea-Fowls’ Eggs.”.. .140 
“ Coming Events Cast tlieir Shadow 
Before,” 260. 
Cord-grass. 17 
Cork Driver and Press.(SO. .305 
Cork Ties. ..(3)..805 
Coru.liouse—Foundation to.336 
Cranberry Culture — Operations 
in, (3) 302. 
Currant Cutting.23 
“ Dead Game of the Season ”... .401 
Dogs—Trained Poodle “Sport”.. 67 
Door-closer. 18 
Drain—Wooden.378 
IE 
Egg-hatcliing—Artificial_ ( 6 ). .417 
F 
“ Fairy Marauders”..188 
Fence — Economical, (2) 99—For 
Flooded Fields, (5) 410 — For 
Heavy Land, (4) 217—For Streams, 
216. 
Ferrets .13 
Filter—Home-made Family.417 
“ Finding Hie Chapter ”.466 
Flowers—See also Plants —Bear- 
grass, 344 —Blue Passion-flower, 
261—Diadem Pink, 24 — Double- 
flowered Datura, 459—Elegant 
Humea, 311—Entire-leaved Clema¬ 
tis, 424—Feathered Hyacinth, 424 
—Fire-cracker Plant,462—Fragrant 
Abronia, 141—Fringed Petunia, 21 
—Japanese Iris, 381—Jasminc-like 
Bouvardla, 221 — Lungwort, 181- 
Opium Poppy, 181—Scarlet Cras- 
sula, 224—Thick-leaved Saxifraga, 
221—The Twin-leaf, 141—Vallotta 
Purpurea, 184—Variegated Cobsea, 
61 —Variegated Sweet Alyssum, 
2G1 — Vick’s Striped Double Zinnia, 
21—White-spotted Calla, 819. 
Foot-rest. 
Fowls — Dominique, 13 
— Japanese 
Bantams, 401—Sultans, 
133. 
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G 
Garden—Plans. 
Garden Seat—A Shaded.14.5 
Gates.. .(5)..1S2 
Gate—Dr. Thornburgh’s.423 
Grindstone—Attachment to.269 
Guinea Pigs...1S7 
H 
Hare—The Northern.133 
Harvest House—'The Small.333 
Horses—Thorougli-hreds of Clif¬ 
ton Stud, 202. 
Horses—Wooden Shoes for..(4). .138 
Horseshoe or King-crab.373 
Housekeeping Conveniences, (G) 
168—(8) 208. 
House Plans—(7) 88 -( 6 ) 128—(4) 
2 IS—(4) 2S9. 
House Sewage..(2). .257 
Houses—WarmWalls for_(4).. 97 
Hospital for Animals In India... .427 
“Hunting in the Far West... ( 6 ) .420 
a 
Ice-house and Dairy.(4). .376 
Implements — Butter-worker, 455- 
Clod Crushers, (4) 56—Corn Cov- 
crer, 176—Field Boilers, (4) 17- 
IIarrow, Tlie Geddes, (3) 16— 
Horse-powers, Ilome-made, (3) 
454—Knee for Ditching Plow, 16- 
Boiler Barrow, 202—Boot-washer, 
451—'Thistle Tongues, (2) 139—Turf 
Cutter, 247. 
Inarching tlio Grape-vine, (2)_223 
Indian Jugglers.387 
Injection Apparatus for Cattle, (2) 
376. 
Insects—Cabbage Pest, (4) 422—Gi¬ 
gantic Digger Wasp, 382—Gigantic 
AVater-bug, 61— Gladden’s Tick 
Killer, 107—Green-corn Pest, (2) 
462—Horse Bot and Bot-fly, (5) 177 
—Ox Gad-fly, (2) 290—Sheep, Grub- 
in-tlie-Head (4) 257—Sheep Scab, 
(3) 256 —Sheep Ticks, 212—Tick 
Fumigator, 207—Tomato Worm 
and Cocoons, S17 — Tnbe for 
Smoking, G3 — Twelve-spotted 
Squash Beetle, 30:2-313. 
J 
Jelly Bag... 
L 
.265 
Lactometer- 
-Titus Oakes’... 
....253 
Lactometer- 
-Vom Hole's_ 
....377 
Ladders—Fruit and Extension (&) 
342. 
Lamp Shade.(2)..463 
Library Steps .104 
m 
Maple Sugar—Apparatus and House 
for making, S-5S-(4) 97. 
Match Safes.(3)..425 
Maze at Central Park.224 
Milking—Implement to eure-linrd 
milkers, (2) 337. 
Mitten Pattern.145 
Mutton—Dressing and Cutting up, 
( 2 ) 216. 
o 
Opium—Implements for Gathering, 
(3) 222. 
P 
Panther—The American.93 
Paper Holder.(3). .463 
Peach Crate.263 
Perfected Crown Grafting..(3)..263 
Pheasants—Group of Ornamental, 
41. ' 
Plants—See also Flowers and 
Shrubs — Achyranthes Lindcnii, 
141 — Bowman’s Boot, 301— Bur- 
Beed, 261—Caladiums, a group of, 
20—California Pitcher Plant, 101— 
Cat-tail, 261—Climbing Fern, 21— 
Closed Gentian, 459—Ivy-leaved 
Pelargonium, 144 — Ivy-leaved 
Toad-Flax, 144 — Madder, 4G0— 
Marsh Marigold, 104—Variegated 
Grassy Calamus, 184 — Vegetable 
Caterpillar, 101—'Vegetable Snail, 
104—Vegetable Worms, 103. 
Potato—A Native.881 
Poultry—See also Fowls.—Crested 
Turkey, 53—Duck Coop, 209—Glass 
covered Bun for Early Chickens, 
(2) 56. 
Prairie-Dogs.413 
R 
Babbit—The Gray.173 
Rat Trap. 25 
Reptiles—Box Tortoise, 253—Bull- 
Frog, 218 — Cricket-Frog, 213 — 
Mulilenburg’s Tortoise, 253—Pick¬ 
erel-Frog, 213—Spotted Tortoise, 
253. 
“ Returning from tlie Hunt.”.S00 
Roof Gardens or Greenhouses (3)313 
Rustic-work Structures.(4). .45S 
s 
Son Otter.293 
“Severe Weather.”. 1 
Sheep—Dipping for Ticks and Scab. 
(4) 212—Grub-in-tlie-Head, (4) 257 
-Maple-Shade Cotswolds in their 
Fleeces, 281—Scab-mite, (3) 236- 
Ticks, Apparatus for killing, 167. 
Shoe-blacking Stand.. 65 
Shrubs—Bladder Senna,341—Chaste 
Tree,121—Double-flowering Black¬ 
berry, 421—Virginia Itea, SSI— 
White-fruited Pyracanth, 3S1. 
Smoke-house and Ash-house. .(2)45.5 
“ Smoking out Squirrels.”.423 
Spartina or Cord-grass. 17 
Squaws collecting the Prairie Ap¬ 
ple, 213. 
Steam-Engine for Boys.464 
Strawberries—Black Defiance, S04— 
Late Prolific, 304—Nicanor, 804— 
Ilubis, 304. 
Strawberry Runnel^ in Pots.264 
Street Scene in Canton.108 
Street Toys.(2)..107 
Swine—Essex, 121—Roofed Hog-pen 
Yard, 56. 
South Sea Island.431 
Swivel Clevis.337 
T 
Tail-board Fastenings.(2). .217 
Terraced Propagating Pot..(2)..183 
“ Tlie Book of Life”.308 
“ The Corn-stalk Fiddle ”.SS 8 
“ The Pioneer of the Train ”. 68 
“The Society of Friends ”.321 
“ The Story-Teller .463 
“ The Thrashing Machine of New 
Mexico," 100. 
“Tlie Young Photographer”.-.... 23 
Thatching—Straw Carrier.374 
Tree labels.22 
Trees—The Mezquit.301 
Trellises for Tomatoes.(2)..1S2 
Turkey—Crested. 53 
V 
Veal—How to Cut up.(3). .177 
Vegetables—Asparagus Planting, 22 
— Cabbage, Early Wyman, 21 — 
Edible Polymnia, 143 —Egyptian 
Beet, 61 — Sweet Potato “on a 
Bender,” 406—Trophy Tomato,443. 
Vine Protector.127 
AVater Pipes.(3). .297 
Wheelbarrow — Broad-wheeled.. .337 
AA’hito AA’liale or Beluga. ..293 
“ AA’inning his Plumes ".228 
Wolverine .451 
