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The stars (•) in the follow¬ 
ing Index Shaw where engravings 
occur, and the prefixed figures the 
number in the article. Articles re- 
fencing directly or indirectly to 
Bees, Cattle,Insects, hfanures. Trees. 
Weeds, etc., wUl be found indexed 
under time general heads. 
Accidents—^Slowing Machines.349 
“ Drowning.4*..454 
Achiileas, The.293 
Acids and Alkalies.8 
Address, J. Stanton Gouid_208 
Adobe and ConcreteBiiiidings.13’7 
Adobe Wails, Lathing upon.., .88 
Adonis, Spring.*..182 
Advertising Agency.242 
Advertisements—Good, 10—Bead, 
85—Reliabie, 352. 
Advertisers, to.10^7-126. 
Agric’i and Farmer’s Columns.206 
Agric’l Fairs, Buiidings.95 
Agric’i Coilege—Mass., 6-279-316 
—Penn., 174-397. 
Agric’i Paper—New.168 
Agric’i Schools.15 
Agric’i Society—Vermont, 89—N. 
Y. State, 6-128—Officers of New 
York State, 86—Starting, 95—To 
Officers and Members, 280. 
Agriculture—Conn. Board, 1866, 
351—Dep’t of,2-207—InHamilton 
College, 88—Meeting of Conn. 
Boai’d,89—Report of Comm’r of, 
6—Report of Department, 50. 
Agriculturist—To Secure.314 
A Few Turns Ahead.104 
“ All the Year Round ”. 103 
Almshouse—Mass. State_316 
Always Too Late.88 
Annual—Agric’i.5-46-85-130 
Annuals—Our.351-434 
Animals—Dead, 55 — Exhibition 
of, 279. 
“An Opinion as Is an Opinion,”314 
Antelope-Prong-horn, * 237_A 
Correction, 280. 
Apples, 368—As Pear Stock, 48— 
Dodge’s Crimson, 103—For Vin¬ 
egar,!^—For Wi8.,129—Grimes’ 
Golden Pippin, «20—In England, 
352—Pomace, 17. 
Aquarium—Salt Water.*..179 
Arbor, or Trellis.g 
Ashes—Leached andUnleached 280 
Asparagus.. 
Asphaltuin Floors.4,37 
Authors—To. 47 
S 
Back Volumes Supplied.6 
Balsam—Fir.. 
Barberry Hedges.4.35 
Barley—Early Sowed, 244-279— 
Large, 87. 
Barn Cellars, 435—Door Fasten¬ 
ings, * 57—Good Farm, ♦ 214— 
Plan, ♦ 28(4-*361—Room, 402. 
Barometer—Challenge, 169 — In¬ 
doors, 8. 
Barrels, etc.. Tight.207 
Baskets—Home-made.*. .1.37 
Basket-making.8-*213 
Bats—Plying Quadrupeds, ♦ 401_ 
Fruit-eating, * 441. 
Beans, 171—190 Kinds, 86-Payin<^ 
Crop. 51. 
Bear—Am. Black, * 173—Cinna¬ 
mon, ♦ 3S9—Polar, * 173. 
Beaver....*....63 
Bedding Plants.221 
Bees—Apiary—Calendar for Jan., 
3—Feb., 43—March, 84—April, 
124—May, 164—June, 204^July, 
240—Aug., 276—Sept.. 311—Oct., 
348—Nov., 391—Dec., 431 —Pe¬ 
riodicals, 8—Italian Queens, 242 
— Impurities of Drones, 54 — 
Forced Drones, 171. 
Bene.435 
Berries—Picking.220 
Beurrfe—How Pronounced.7 
Bills—State Bank.. 815 
Binding—Home-made.88 
Birds and Eggs.241 
Birds and Fowls...350 
Blackberry, 207—Kittatinny, 350— 
Propagating, * 61-411—Pnining, 
292. 
Blackbirds vs. Robin.208 
Blacking-brush Holder, Patent,244 
Bluffton Wine Company.88 
Bones-Dissolving, 213—Slaughter¬ 
house, 129—Value, 394. 
Books, 258—Book Dep’t, Agric’t, 
10—In Preparation, 127—Amer¬ 
ican Gardener’s Assistant, 10— 
American Naturalist, 50-127-280 
—Appleton’s Am. Annual Cy¬ 
clopedia, 244—Bommer’s Man¬ 
ure, 87-207—Breck's New Flow¬ 
er, 47—Chemistry of Farm and 
Sea, 278—Copeland’s Country 
Life, 10—Cotton Planter’s Man¬ 
ual, 88—Draining for Profit and 
Health, 47-208-352—Fruit Cul- 
turist, 168—Flint on Grasses, 358 
—Gardening for Proflt,21-^7-127- 
314—Gregory on Squashes, 243— 
Journal of Hortic. and Florists’ 
Companion, 87—Manual of Bot¬ 
any, 351—Miles on Horse’s Foot, 
88—Mohr on Grape-vine, 243— 
Practical Entomologist, 314— 
Short-hornHerd,209-SmallFruit 
Culturist, Fuller, 47-168-169-207 
-315—Sunshine and Showers, 
351—Trapper’s Guide, 395-Veg¬ 
etable World, 351 —Vineyard 
at Lakeview, 47—Warder’s Am. 
Pomology, 47. 
Boxes, Barrels, etc.—Tight_207 
Boston Fun...434 
Bottling Cider.43Q 
Bots and Gikls’ Column. 
A Ants,Strong Little People,67— 
B Baby Ned, 187-225 — Beggars, 
Street, 25 — Bells, About, 
416—Bird Catcher, Novel, 148 
—Blowers, *i47_Borer Under 
Water, 107—Boys, To Finish, 
148—Boy, Training, 187—Boy 
with His Eyes Open, 415— 
Boys and Girls, Our Old. 415 
—Bouquet, A Curious, *67— 
Box, A Curious, *455—Breath 
Experiments, 298-333 — Bully 
0 Rebuked, 456-Cat, A Home- 
Loving, 148—Catacombs, The, 
873—Charley’s Question, 334— 
Childish Conceit, 188—Christ¬ 
mas Presents, 455—Cotton on 
the Gallows, 68 — Courage, 
True, 333 — Cowards, *107_ 
Curious Book Worm, 68— 
D Danger of Hasty Words, '416— 
Disturbance, Serious, 374— 
Division, A Fair, 297 —Doc¬ 
tor’s Talks, *147-*188-*225 
E —Earth, Size of, fO^S—Edit'drs, 
Hit at, 103—Educated Senses, 
262—Engineer, An Ignorant, 
455—Excitement Among the 
Monkeys, *148—Experiments, 
Instructive, *261—Eyes May 
F Deceive, 67 — First Lesson, 
*226 — Freedman, A, 297 — 
G Game, A, 25—Game, Our Ar¬ 
tist’s, *297—Garibaldi, 456— 
Grandpa’s Spectacles, 334 — 
H Greedy Dick, *187 — “ Hand¬ 
some is that Handsome Does,’’ 
188—Happy New Year, 25— 
Harebrained Team, *68— 
Home Guards, The, *298— 
I Independence Day, 262—Iron 
at $20,000 per B), 261—“I 
L Wasn’t Watching,’’ 148—Lit¬ 
tle “ Tot,” 456 — Laziness, 
Cure for, 25—Life, An Event¬ 
ful, 297—Lively Time in Pros¬ 
pect, *334—Love, Measure of, 
415—Loving Sister, The, *374 
M —Many a Slip Between Cup 
and Lip, *262—^Meeting, Great 
Family, 298—Merry Christ¬ 
mas and Happy New Year, *26 
—Motion, About Perpetual, 
N 373 —Nest, Valuable, 297— 
Newsboy Correspondent, 2,98 
P —Parrots, Stories of, 25—Pat¬ 
tern Building, *225—Physiog¬ 
nomy, Study in, *23—Plain 
Words, Use, 373—Plant Some¬ 
thing, 147—Plaything, New, 
*67—Please Don’t, 188—Po¬ 
liteness, Lesson in, 416—Por¬ 
trait, Lifelike, * 188 — Prob¬ 
lem, Geographical, 107-188— 
Problems and Puzzles, 25-67- 
107 -147 -187-225-261-297-333- 
373-415-455—Pump, Wonder¬ 
ful, 373—Puzzle, Spanish, *226 
R —Puzzie Picture, *261—Rail¬ 
road, Our, *456 — Ride by 
S Wind Power, 455—Sentinel, 
A Faithful, 415—Sliver, A 
Troublesome, 297—Suspense, 
T *108—Tanner, the Kind HearU 
cd, 261—Terriers vs. Cats, 333 
—Thumbs, Three, *188 — 
Tools, Master Workman’s, 68 
—Toy, New and Useful, *147 
U —Uncle Paul, 108—Use Wliat 
W You Know, 107 —Waiting, 
but not Watching, *416 — 
Work, Small Piece of, 297. 
Boys—To Keep on the Farm. .405 
Bread Kneader. . .315 
Breeding Imported Animals.. .245 
Briars—To Get Rid of.394 
Brimstone—Showers of_*. . 168 
Brooms—Patent.344 
Broom-Corn Seed. 394 
Buckwheat.8-253-285 
Buffalo, The American. ..*309, 323 
Building in Cold Climates. 98 
Bulbs—Fine, 395—Spring-flower¬ 
ing, 370. 
Butchering at Paris.350 
Butter Boxes for, 168—Carrot 
Juice in, 209. 
“ Butter and Eggs ”.351 
c 
Cabbage, 87—Club-foot in, 8— 
Feeding Out, 437—Varieties, 19 
Canker Worm—Remedy for.*.102 
Capital in Farming.352 
Carrot Culture, 134r-For Spring 
Feed, 49—Juice in Batter 209 
Castor Oi! Bbau.*171-434 
Catalogues Acknovdedged, SO-87- 
127-209-315—Noteworthy-60 
Cattle—Abortion in Cows, 207-213 
—Bulls, Belgian, * 273 — Bull 
Stable, *18—Breeding Imported 
Animals, 245—Cow Stables, *90 
—Cows in Yoke, 49—Disease in 
Cows, 130—Family or Dairy 
Cows, 58—Fine Devon Steers, 
49—Head of Calf, *60 —Herd 
Book, 209—High Price Cows, 81 
—Hoove, 243 — Lice on, 245— 
Milch Cows, 244 — Milking 
Cows, *361 — Milking before 
Calving, 246 — Photograph of 
Cow, 8—Pleuro-Pneumonia, 175 
—Raising Calves, 49-88—Sale of 
Short-Horns, 166 — Short-Hom, 
*408—Short-Horns in England, 
394—Stanchion for, *48—^Torture 
at the Stack, 129-169—To Yoke 
Oxen, 402—Transporting, 324— 
Warts on Cows’ Teats, 49. 
Cats—Horticultural Value, 219— 
Music, etc., 225. 
Cedar and Thom Seeds.103 
Cellars—Above Ground, 6—^Bam, 
316—Wet, 127. 
Chapped Hands. . 49 
Cheap Homes.437 
Cheated by “Doctors”. 88 
Cherries—Early May and Early 
Richmond. 62 
Chess. 244-816-403-437 
Cheese—Cheddar, *132—Factory316 
Chickory. 88 
Chromo-Lithography.436 
Churning—Aeration in, 243—In 
Cold Weather, 394 — Tempera¬ 
ture for, 244. 
Cider.276 
Clearing Land.438 
Climate—Influence of.351 
Clotted Milk.437 
Clover—Good Crop Seed, 48—In 
Hlinois, 350 — Pasturing First 
Year,349-^Raising Seed,13—Red 
and Wliite, 350—Second Year, 
289—Turning in, 285—Value, 90 
Cluks.280-315 
Coal Ashes.129-395 
Coal Tar and Asphaltum, 97—and 
Gas Tar,394—and Rat8,9—Fence 
Posts, 395. 
Cockle instead of Wheat.89 
Coffee Roaster.*..186 
Commercial Enterprise.242 
Constit’n of a Hortic’l Soc’y.. .447 
Contents—Table of.47 
Corn, 170—Blight, 129—Cobs, 128 
—Cribs, ♦ 323—Cost of Raising, 
323—Cultivation of, * 405—Fer¬ 
tilization of Indian Corn, * 178 
—Egyptian, 852—Fodder, 321— 
In Drills, 435—Indian, in Drills, 
214—Harvesting, 362—Husks,253 
—King Philip, 129—Manure, 289 
—Measurement ©f Unhusked, 
131—Nutritive Value, 245-316— 
Plowing for, 394—Prairie Sod, 
325—Small Cobs Desirable, 135. 
Corn Dropper.*..168 
Corn Husker.321 
Corn Planter & Manure Sower..49 
“ Cornea Restorers ”.88 
Cornell University.0 
Corners—Spare. 256 
Cotton and Manure, 437—At the 
South, 284—Culture, 135-178— 
Work on, 434—Plantations, 249 
—Planto’s Manual, 88—Moth, 
* 4?l3. 
Correspondents-To.. .6-166 
Cow—Milker.89 
Cows Holding up Milk. 437 
Cranberry Culture.98-183 
Cream—Frothy, 128—Temperature 
of, 88. 
Criticisms.288 
Crops, 241-324—And Weather, 315 
—For Orchard. 257—Reports and 
Prospects, 277—Rotation in E. 
Penn., 288—Transporting, 245— 
Turning in Green, 89—Valley of 
the Lehigh, 243. 
D 
Dairy Farms .12 
DairjTHen’s Assoc’n—Am.6-89 
Dashes at Hoirsekeeping with a 
Free Pencil, * 259-295-*.331. 
Death—Commissioner of Agricul¬ 
ture, 278—Jno. A. King, 289— 
Siebold, 9—Thomas Brown, 280 
—Wm. N. White, 315. 
Decrease of Population in Agric’i 
Districts, 217. 
Degeneration of Varieties.320 
Department of Agriculture. .2-207 
Dictionary—A Good.436 
Difficult Question.9 
I*'tching.212-253 
Documents Acknowledged..50-.352 
Dogs, *139-244-394—Income from, 
. 364—Law, National, 40.3—Law 
in Conn., 168—Laws, * 91—New¬ 
foundland, * 448—Statistics, 175 
—Tax. 246. 
Door Knobs—Cleaning.7 
Drain Tiles.353 
Drains, 170—Difficulty with, 438_ 
House, 395-Outlet for, 51. 
Draining,131-212-279-320-Beneflt, 
52—Facilitated and Cheapened, 
* 404—For Proflt and Health, 47 
-208-352—John Johnston on. 98 
—Marshes, 129— Plow in, 360_ 
Thorough, *318—To Dry Spriima 
89. ’ 
Drought at the West.357-397 
Drowned—Treatment of the *. .453 
Drying Fniit, Hops, etc... .*..257 
Dusf-pan—Patent..’244 
Dyeing Brown.. 
Dwarfs—Standard.59 
E 
Eagle—The Bald .♦ 34 
Earth—Dry. gg 
Earth Closets vs. Water Closets,360 
Editor—Rev. Wm. Clift,.’.10 
Editorial Jottings in Europe 278- 
857-439. ’ 
Edgings and Edging Plants.... 327 
Electricity—Lightning.’' ggg 
Embanlmients—Tight.*.. 446 
Emigration Statistics.. .104 
Emigrating. 
Encourage the Boys..247 
Engravings—Fine.2O6 
Entomology—Glover on.... ^ '354 
Evergreens—To Help Growth, I44 
Variegated, 17. ’ 
Evening Post—Supplying.35 
Excursion—Grand. §g 
Exliibition—Am. Institute.344 
Experience of a Subscriber... leg 
Exports from France to Eng 
land, 243. 
Exposition—Paris, Visit to.. .207 
Exprbls—Ti'ansportatibh by.. .^5 
