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The stars (*) in the follow¬ 
ing Index show where engravings 
occur. Articles referring directly 
or indirectly to Bees, Cattle, Insects, 
Manures, Ti'ees, Weeds, etc., will 
be found indexed under these 
general heads. 
A 
After-Birth, Eating the.285 
“ Agricultural Children,” 407—Col¬ 
lege Funds, 206—Exhibition, Bre¬ 
men, 488—Papers, 94—Platform, 
334. 
Agriculture, European, 52—in Hol¬ 
land, 410—Principles in, 54. 
Agriculturist in Tasmania, 365- 
Value of,250—Writing for, 285. 
Ammonia.255 
Animal, Right Side of an.287 
Animals Cruelty to, 206—Foxes, 256 
— High Feeding Thorough-Bred, 
179—Jackass, Poitou, *416—Mink, 
287—Trapping, *93—Woodchuck, a 
Deformed, * 133. 
Apple-blight, 326—Leaves, Diseased, 
365—Seed from Pomace, 245- 
Trees, Fungus on, 88 —Flowerless, 
45—Moss on, 208—Why do they 
Suffer, 209. 
Apples for Illinois, 9—Long Keep¬ 
ing, 86 —Peaked Sweeting, ♦21- 
Trouble with, 366. 
Arch and the English Laborers, 456 
Arithmetical, 167—Problem, 218. 
Artesian Wells.167 
Artichoke, Jerusalem. 47 
Ashes from Spent Tan-Bark, 168- 
Value of Peat, 249. 
Asparagus, Bath, 344—Marketing, 
181—Notes on, 262. 
Association, Fish Culturists’, 88 — 
New York State Dairymen’s, 288 
—North Eastern Bee-Keepers’, 49 
—Ohio Dairymen’s, 5—Penn.Frult- 
Growers, 6 —Poultry Fanciers’, 6 . 
“At Rest^'.*..281 
B 
Bacon, English Breakfast. 47 
Barbarisms, Modern.138 
Ba ley—and Beets, 126—Soil for, 249. 
Barn Building, 439-Plan, 46, 88,127. 
Barns.131 
Basket, Hanging.*..103 
Basket, Paragon Berry.*. .163 
Beans, 6 —and Pod for Name, 43— 
and Sunflowers, 5—Harvesting 
*296-329—Navy, 205—Plowing for 
Navy, 127—without Pork, 26. 
Bean-Stalk, A Prolific.127 
Beds, Feather, 426—Trundle, 346 
Beef to England.405 
Bee Notes,49—Advice to Beginners, 
129—* 169—210—* 250-* 288 - 330 - 447 — 
Agassiz Criticised, 369. 
Bees, Drones and Swarming . 50 
Beet, Lane’s Sugar. 12 
Beet Sugar.471 
Beets, Culture of Sugar. 50 
Bermuda. Pasture for, 7—Pleasant 
Words from, 328. 
Berries, China. 215 
Billion, What is a. 123 
Birds, 313—and Animals, Stuffing, 
137-Bittern, *253-BlackbIrd, Red- 
Wing, *253—Cedar, *213—Mocking 
Bird, *173—Sparrows, English, 365. 
Blackberries, Management of, *143 
Blackberry and Raspberry Rost, 303 
Blood, Utilizing.127 
Bluo-Uum, Australian .47 
Boarding One’s Self of. School... 125 
Bolt, Lock-Nut.*..418 
Bolt Nuisance.809 
Bone Dust.4SS 
Eonc-Flour and Plaster. 8 
Bones, Burning, 207—Eating, 4S9— 
Reducing, 285—Using, 206. 
Books, American Devon Herd, 48- 
Birds, Dr. Coues’ Key to North 
American, 417—Bits of Talk, 283- 
Church Architecture, 236—Homcc- 
opatlilc Veterinary Practice, 168— 
Hone Record, 285—Jersey Herd 
Register, 206—Landscape Archi¬ 
tecture, 236—Money In the Poul¬ 
try-Yard, 126—Mrs. Beecher’s 
New, 266—Mystery of Metropol- 
isville, 127—Market Gardening, 46 
—Our Pears, 344—Painting and 
Graining, 405—Physiology, Four¬ 
teen Weeks in, 249—Report of 
Vermont Board of Agriculture, 
286—The Perfect Horse, 367—Win¬ 
dow Gardening, 365 — Under¬ 
ground Treasures, 9. 
Boot-Rack, A Handy .*..463 
Boring.167 
Botany. How to Commence.125 
Botanical Charts, Henelow’s.417 
Bouquets, Button-hole.304 
Boys and Girls’ Columns. 
A A Friendly Visitor, *148—Ani¬ 
mals, Some Curious Sea, *227— 
“ A Peep at the Show,” 2C7— 
Attention, the Whole, 3C7— 
Aunt Sue’s Prizes. 1S7—Aunt 
Sue’s Puzzle Box, 27-67-107-147 
137 - 227 - 267 - 8C7 - 347 - 387 - 4C5 
B —Bats, About, *423 — Bird 
The Early, *387 — Boys anci 
Girls’ Prizes for 1873, 67 — 
Boys and Girls, To the, 169- 
250-427 —A Boy who Turned Out 
D Well, 28—Doctor's Talks, 427- 
E 465—Eye,A Blind Spot in Your, 
F 387-Ferry, A Rope, *308—Fish, 
G Skatcs,*107—Grape Gatherers’, 
H 383—Hunting the Hare, 227— 
1 Insects, Something about, *347 
L —Letters from Young People, 
M 107—Locked Out, *108—Menag¬ 
erie, Our, *1S7 — Menagerie 
Prizes,187—Mysterious Noises, 
N 348—No Thoroughfare, *308— 
O Old Nurse’s Visit, *28—Our 
P Guessing School, *27—Paper 
Weaving, *465—Prizes, Award 
of, 427—Prizes, Menagerie, 267- 
307—Prizes for Puzzles, 267—- 
U Rural Strategy, 348-Sea Shells, 
S *317—Skeleton Leaves, 307— 
T The Bridge of Safety, *228— 
The Doctor’s Talk about a 
Candle, *27 - *67 - *147 — The 
Morning Paper, *480—Tying 
W Grandpa’s Slices, *03—Wood¬ 
chuck Trap, *307. 
Bread, How we Bake our, *225— 
Where to Set to Rise, 25. 
Breakfast, Earning his, S65—What 
Shall we Have for, 425 
Breeding In-and-in, 87-438—Proper 
Age for, 168. 
Broom-Corn Culture.*..175 
Broo n-Making Machinery.406 
Brooms, Howthey are Made..*..336 
Buckwheat Bran, 209—Straw for 
Feed, 405. 
Budding.*..251 
Buffalo, Close Time for, 218—End 
of.*..453 
Buildings, Board, *217—Paint for, 
328. 
Bulbs In House Culture, 383—Late 
Planting of, 461—Lilies, Trouble 
with, 423—Vallota purpurea, 423. 
Bureau of Statistics.167 
Bushels and Gallons, Estimating.437 
Bushel, Size of a, 246—Standard, 166. 
Business, One Vieek’s.105 
Butchers’ Offal.415 
Butter and Cheese Exchange, 405 
—Artificial, 457—How much, 127- 
Keeping in Hot Weather, 206- 
Making, 83 -Making by Power, 209 
—in Jersey, 450—Manufactory, A 
Suet, 415—Marvelous, 282—Poor, 19 
—Preparingfor Market, 126—Puri¬ 
fying. 7—Rancid, 438—Small Pack¬ 
ages for, 203—Wliat is Said of, 179 
White, 7—Worker, *256. 
c 
Canada Thistles, 294—How to Kill, 
247. 
Canna 9 . 87 
Caponizing.829 
Carbolic Acid for Plcnro - Pneu¬ 
monia, 216—Using Crude, 51. 
Carbon-Paper. 
.47 
Care. Want of. 
.338 
Carriage Step. 
.*463 
Carrot Seed. G 
Cart, Farm, *97—for Irrigation, *41G 
Castor Beans.176 
Catalogues for 1873,23—Ogden Farm 
323—Received, 88-129-168—Vick’s, 
5. 
Cats Killing Chickens.367 
Cattle, 414—Abortion in, 170—A Gal¬ 
lery of Portraits of, 211—Ayrshire 
Cow, Beacon Belle, *401-407—Bull, 
Chillingham, 51 — Bulls, Heads 
of a number of Thorough-bred, 
*201 —Jersey, Correction, 7 — 
Calf, Weak Eyes in a, 1G7—Calves, 
Hog-Dressed, * 132—Treatment of, 
212—Condition Powder for, 205- 
Cows, 11—Abortion Among, 251- 
Abortion in, 248-332—A Good Jer¬ 
sey, 457-At Home, Jersey, 171-Best 
Roots for Milch, 128—Buckwheat 
for, 32S—Carrots for, 287—Cost of 
Keeping, 83—Feed for Family, 4S9 
—Milch, 127—Feeding Corn-meal 
to, 251—for Draft Purposes, 166— 
for Milk and Butter, 445—Garget 
in, 166— food Jersey, 1G7—How to 
Make a Good, 8 —Jersey, 251—in 
England,258—Linseed Oil-cake for, 
367 — Manure-Eating, ICS—Marks 
of a Jersey, 365—Potatoes for, 249 
—Rye for, 218—Teats, Warts on, 
249—Yield of Jersey,211—Diseases, 
Cure for Garget, 87—Garget, 209- 
Hollow norn, 208—Hoven, 97—Ho- 
ven,Curefor,206—Hoven, Remedy 
for *13-237—Diseased Teats, 400- 
Dutch, 411 — or Holstein, 11 — 
Duchess Sale, Great Campbell, 398 
—Durham, Color of, 438—Exporta¬ 
tion of, 431—Food, Taylor’s, 168- 
Guernsey at Ilomc, 449—for Beef, 
Jersey, 173—West Pennsylvania, 
83—Heifers, Duchess, 446—Heifers, 
When? should have Calves, 258- 
Cows, Holding up the Milk, 445- 
in Europe,52—Inflammation of the 
Udder, 209-Jersey and Alderney, 
438 —Jerseys and Ayrsliires in 
Texas, 245—Jersey in Jersey, 449 
—Jersey Calves, 292—Stock, 405- 
Market for 1872, 59—Molasses, 9— 
Mr. Robeson’s Herd of, 212-292— 
Ox, Smithfield Prize,*94—Prices of 
Jersey, 212—Profit from Dairy, 58- 
Protection for, 433—Rape for, 49- 
Scale of Points for, 18—Shorthorn 
Convention, 10 — Shorthorns for 
iMUTerff 
327—Stock, Advice as to, 362—Sup¬ 
ply, 299—Swiss, 136—Switching the 
Tail, 438—Trade, Texas, 439—Tu¬ 
mor on the Jaws of, 438—Turning 
the Yoke, *451—upon the Roads, 
446—Value of Holstein, 87—West 
Highland, 133—When to Water, 248 
—Winter Management of, 59. 
Celery and Cabbage Plants, How to 
Raise, 103. 
Cellar, Damp, 437—A Dry, 127—A 
Wet, 7. 
Cement for Drain Tiles, 87—Pipes, 
Hydraulic, 207. 
Cesspool, How to Empty.247 
Chaff, Value of. 13 
Cheese, Auvergne, *376—Dutch, 411 
—Factories, Engines in^ 827—in 
Iowa, 239—in Kansas, 47-246—Milk 
to a Pound of, S69—Neufchatel,419. 
Chestnuts, California, 9-in Iowa, 9. 
Children.143 
Children's Work....386-163 
Chilliness, Bewaro of.206 
Chimney Building.471 
Chimneys, Decay of.288-865 
Chimneys, Sweep.ng.*..219 
China Berries, 439—Mending Bro¬ 
ken, 145. 
Christmas Toys . 464 
Churn, Best, 406—Bullard’s...*..296 
Churning, Quick, 87 — The New 
Milk, 209. 
Cider, Boiling. 9 
Cistern, A Leaky. 7—Filter, 6 —How 
to Construct, 127—or Water Hogs¬ 
head, 145. 
Civil Engineer, Wants to be a.. .207 
Clay, Mixing with Sandy Soils... 88 
Clod-Crusher, Log.*..296 
Closets.34G 
Clothes-Horse, Convenient. . .*..385 
Clover, Alslke, 166-219 — Timothy 
with Mustard, 14—Hay or Rye and 
Oats, 126—Weight of, 329—in Ala¬ 
bama, 286—Machine-cut, 208—Ma¬ 
nuring, 127—Pasturing or Plowing 
Under, 328—Plowing Under, S7- 
209—Seed, Sowing, 7—Sod for 
Wheat, 329. 
Coal and Wood Boxes, * 65—Ashes, 
Value of, 216—Scuttle for Base- 
Burning Stoves, * 65. 
Coat-Collars, Cleaning.426 
Coffee, Bermuda.163 
Cog-Wheels, Grease for...:. 7 
College, Alabama State Agri’l, 366— 
Veterinary, 471. 
Colleges, Agricultural, 246—An Ex¬ 
ample for Agricultural, S35. 
Colorado, Mountain Home in_374 
Compost Heaps, 23—in Hot Wea¬ 
ther, 186. 
Complimentary. 47 
Composting.213 
Concrete Building, 405—Houses, 43- 
-437—Walls, 167. 
Cones of Spruce Pine. 43 
Conservatory in Tasmania. 23 
Cooking, Economy in, 426—Food 
for Stock, * 16—Stoves, 463. 
Co-operation. 9 
Co-operative Store.367 
Corn, 872-415—and Clover on Peat, 6 
-and Hay, 366-and Oil Cake,Value 
of, 446—Best Fertilizer for, 207- 
Compost for, 327—Cooking Shell¬ 
ed, 414 — Crib, Rat-proof, 446 — 
Crib, Support for, * S35—Crop, 15 
—Drill, Hand, 129 — Drilling in 
Straight Rows, 49—Early Sweet, 
343—Ears, Mill for Crushing, 487— 
Feeding, 123—Fodder, 87-207—Cur¬ 
ing, 174—Sowed, 168—Stacking, * 
377—for Soiling, 288—How Many 
Rows, 128—Husks, Weight of, 829 
—Late, 207 —Manure for, 207 — 
Marker, Simple, * 93 —Meal or 
Bran for Milcli Cows, 437 — 120 
Bushels per Acre, 166—on Muck 
Land, 207—Planters, 88—Planting, 
* 139—Plowing for, 128—Seed, 5— 
Stalks, 88 — Suckering, 219—Tur¬ 
nips amongst, 249—White and Yel¬ 
low, 323—Why they Burn, 206. 
TJorrection.8G5 
.Cottage, A Laborer’s, * 252—Design 
w for a Gothic, * 13. 
•cotton, New Variety of, 50—Seed 
for Manure, 219—Using, 7. 
Cow-Milker, 37—Peas, Cultivation 
of, 1G6—Southern, 355. 
Cranberries, 49—and Crawfish, 62- 
Onions, 88. 
Cranberry Crop, Enemies of the, 
422—Culture, Requisites of, 882— 
Planting, Blunders in, 400. 
Cream, Proportion to Milk.339 
Crop, What is the Best.259 
Crops. 372—Oil-producing, 259—on 
Swamp Land, SC7—Talk about, 331 
—that Require Rich Land, 59. 
Crow-Trap, A Living.*..293 
Cucumber, A Melon.406 
Dairy and Ice-House, *453—Build¬ 
ing a, 366—How to Heat a, *297— 
Matters, 49—Mr. Mackie’s, 11—Mr. 
Robeson’s, 331—Prospects for a, 8 — 
Questions, 473. 
Dams, Building.*..215 
Dccalcomanie.216 
tleep Cans. 292-4S8—for Milk, 2S7— 
System, 171-8S1-S67. 
Ditching.15 
Doctor Voelcker. 91 
Doctrine, the Right. 8 
Dog Laws in Ohio. 49—Tim Bunker 
on, 93—Killing Fleas on a, 439—St. 
Vitus’ Dance in, 168. 
Dogs, 9—Mange in, 208—Skin Dis¬ 
eases in, 246. 
Door for Pig-Pen, Swinging.208 
Double-Tree. Flexible.709 
Drains in Level Land, 407—What 
are the Cheapest, 6 . 
Draining, 47-248-372-438—Need for, 8 
—Quicksands, 173. 
Dress Reform Movement... 345 
E 
Ear-Protectors. 66 
Earth-Closet Manure and Potato 
Disease, 18—Worms in Pots, SS. 
Eating, Rest before.266 
Economy. 52 
Editor, An Enraged.165 
Egg-Plants in England., 9 
Elk. 88 
Emasculation. 8 
Encouragement.209 
Epizootic.167 
Evenings at Home, Winter. 25 
Evergreens, Retinispora Pisifera 
aurea, 302. 
Excursion..285 
Express Co., North Allantic. 8 
Exposure, Difference in.223 
Eye-Stones. 48 
F 
Fair, American Institute, 406—List, 
354-898 — Ground, Plan of, *298— 
Nebraska State, 409 — New Eng¬ 
land, 367—New York State, 409- 
Western New York, 409. 
Fairs, 285—as Educational Institu¬ 
tions, 405. 
Fallowing, 12—Summer, 452. 
Fan, Feather.*..103 
Farm Buildings, 411 — From the 
Bench to the, 406—for Premiums, 
445--Labor, 93—Moreton, 339—Mr. 
Sluis’s, 410 —Size of a Good, 366 
—Work, 55. 
Farmers and Railroads, 169—Better 
Education of, 19—Club, 45—Club 
in Cal., 9—Co-operation among, 
230—Declaration of Independence, 
2S8—Frauds on, 247—Hard Times 
for, 14—Hiring Help in Cities, 19- 
How they are Swindled, 333 — 
Movement, 355—Poor, 292—Social 
Position of, 131—Wives, 385. 
Farming and Farmers, 54 — and 
Hunting, 246—Commencing, 328— 
Disgusted with, 89—English Prize, 
379—Good and Poor,294—High, 94- 
334—How to Learn, 58-128—in Ar¬ 
kansas, 208 — Guernsey, 450 — 
Conn., Special, 128 — Iowa, 54- 
West Va„ 438—Wes tern, 290—With¬ 
out Hard Work, 49 . 
Feed-Box, A Portable.*..217 
Feed, Cooking and Crushing, 446— 
Cm ting, 7—Steaming, 207. 
Fence against Dogs, 287—An Orig¬ 
inal, 126 — Another, 7 —Movable 
Wire,*90—New Flood, *172—Posts, 
445’— Driving, *136 —Everlasting, 
209—Preparing, 6 —Wire, 167. 
Ferns, Evergreen, Native. *.. 63 
Fertilizers. 92 
“Fightingthe Fire.”.*..300 
Filter, Rain-water.*..257 
Financial Panic.453 
Fire Engine and Hose-Carriage, 
Combined, * 17. 
Fish-Culture, 49—Oil and Scrap, 
Business, 139—Spanish Mackerel, * 
293—Taking Salmon Spawn, 50— 
Trout, Feeding Young, 178—White 
F:sh and Otsego Shad, Si. 
Fishery, Sardine.*..213 
Fishing, Blue.*. .259 
Fistula . 8 
Flax, Cultivating, 17S—Wild, 438. 
Floral Guide, Vick’s.326 
Flower-Garden and Lawn, Jan., 4; 
Feb., 44; March, 34; April, 124; 
May, 163; June, 204 5 . July, 2t3; 
Aug., 283; Sept., 323; Oct., 804; 
Nov., 404 1 Dec., 443. 
Flowers. Amsonia, * 311— Carolina 
Jessamine, * 144— Double Carolina 
Jessamine. 208 —Double Lily of the 
Valley. 263—for Cutting, 183—Gol¬ 
den-Spurred Columbine,-* 341— 
Globe, * 304—Lilittm nuratum, a 
Double,386—New Japanese Cocks¬ 
comb, * 21—Wake-Robin, * 224. 
Fcdder-makintr, Sour, *370—Method 
of Preserving, 378—Steaming, 209. 
