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occur, and the prefixed figures the 
number in the article. A rticles re¬ 
ferring directly or indirectly to Bees, 
Cattle, Insects, Manures, Trees, 
Weeds, etc., will be foxrnd indexed 
under these general heads. 
A 
Abutilon Striatum.*..276 
Accounts—Farm.198 
Acid—Sulphuric..295 
Address—P. O. not Given.359 
Adulterations. 55 
Advertisements—Explanation.. 168 
“ Good Reading.68 
Advertisers—Request to .104 
Agricultural Bureau at Wash 
ington.8-40-101-136-324 
Agriculture in Schools. 14 
Agriculturist as Premium.228 
“ At 58 cents a year.292 
“ “Gift Enterprise”.228 
“ Indispensable. 166 
“ Profitable.38-199 
“ Readers’ Occupations.... 295 
“ Receipts not Given.292 
“ Wanted—Money Lost- 5 
Air in Rooms. 85 
Almanac—National.71-135 
Amateur—Confessions of. 19 
Analyzing Soils and Plants.... 114 
Animals and Civilization. 138 
“ Blooded—Prices. 78 
“ Blooded vs. Native.234 
“ Diseased—Useful Society29S 
“ Feeding and Fattening.. .334 
“ Imprisoning in stalls. 10 
“ Unreliable Cures.357 
“ Wanted in Kansas.266 
Annuals for Flower Garden 4*. 148 
Apologies—Unnecessary.278 
Apples—Best Early.306 
“ Chenango Strawberry.38-102 
“ Crab.293-339 
“ Drying.*..341 
“ Dwarf. 82 
“ From Sprouts.102 
“ In Illinois.102 
“ In Minnesota. 6 
“ Keeping.199-307 
“ Maiden’s Blush.325 
“ Northern Spy. 50 
“ Summer Queen.198 
“ Sweet-Sour.102 
“ What to Plant.115 
Apricots—Grafting. 6 
Ashes for Peach Trees.102 
“ Hard Coal.102 
“ Keeping. 199 
“ Of Leaves....358 
Asparagus Bed—Making —13-307 
“ How to cook.150 
Ax Grinding at Ag. Office. .*..153 
Azaleas—Cultivation.243 
K 
Babies—Rocking Injurious_310 
Bag Holder—Home-made.. .*.. 140 
Bags—Convenience of.246 
Balsam Poplar. 69 
Bare Spots—Seeding.102 
Bargain Hunting.214 
Barley—Nepaul.362 
“ Weight in Maine.:. 6 
Barn—For New Countries. .*.. 45 
Barometer and Church Bell.... 260 
“ Best.165 
“ Premium.192-224 
“ Record.2*.. 205 
Barrels—Cleansing.359-373 
Basket—Fruit Picking. 69 
Basswood Bark for Tying.179 
Bean Poles—Branched. 13 
Beans and Peas—Cooking- 55 
“ Cultivation. 
.177 
“ Hulling. 
.150 
“ Lima. 
.103-145 
Bed Clothes on Children . 
.181 
Bee Journal—American.. 
.135 
“ Queries.. 
.167 
Beef—How to Cure 183-359-374 
“ Sailing. 
“ Tea—Solidified. 
. 7 
Beehives—Best. 
. 71 
“ Straw.2*.. 301-357 
Bees—Apiary in January,3— 
Feb., 36—March, 68—April, 
101—May, 133—June, 164— 
July, 195—Aug,,227—Sept., 
259—Oct., 291—Nov., 324— 
December.355 
“ Chloroforming.167 
“ In a Chimney.70 
“ In Minnesota.139 
“ Italian—Experience.172 
“ Italian—Honey trom..269-334 
“ Italian—Industry.269 
“ Italian—Inquiry.102 
“ Mignonette for.197 
“ Overswarming.294 
“ Prolific.166 
Bees—Transporting.230 
Beet—Large.7-102 
“ Sugar in Illinois.102-270 
“ Sugar in Ohio.75 
Beets—Large Yield.229 
“ Sugar for Stock.115 
Big Things—Mania for.296 
Bird—Mischievous .197 
Birds—Blackbirds.166 
“ Keeping from Corn .. ..162 
“ Partridge Covey.*.. 48 
“ Stuffing.261 
“ Useful.366 
Bitters—Injurious.309 
Blackberries—Cut-leaved..231-293 
“ Good Sorts.134 
“ New-Rochelle.357 
“ Soap Suds for.262 
Bones—Dissolved.166 
Bonnets—Short Chapter . .2*.. 53 
Book—Am. Cyclopaedia. 136 
“ Dairy.165 
“ Employment of Women. 69 
“ Evergreens. 70 
“ Flowers, by Rand.260 
“ Fruit..198-228 
“ Gardening...228 
“ Grapes and Wine.136 
“ Heat and Motion.293 
“ Horse . 167 
“ Latin Instruction.293 
“ Liebig’s Husbandry.293 
“ Ready Reckoner.295 
“ Sheep .166-356 
“ Short-Horn Herd.37-69 
“ Tree Cultivation .228 
“ Ure’s Supplement.260 
“ Vegetables.136 
“ Wool and Sheep.166-260 
Books—Botanical—Best.136 
“ Prices Changing.68-168 
“ Stenographic.169 
Boots and Shoes—Home-made.135 
Bosoms and Collars—Starching215 
Botany—Gray’s Manual.168 
Bouquet—Fine.103 
“ Vegetable .37 
B o u qu e ts—A rrang ing.180 
Bow Pin—Improved.*..140 
Boys’ and Girls’ Columns : 
January —A Happy New Year 
—Child’s Definition—“ It’s 
Cold”—Brave Boy andNar- 
row Escape—Girls Skating, 
Hints to Beginners—New 
Brake for Sled—The States¬ 
man and the Horse — 
Learned too Late—Editor’s 
Notes—Boy that will never 
be a Man — Puzzles and 
Problems—The Two Cat¬ 
erpillars — Grammar out 
West — Barnum Nearly 
Humbugged—Dean Swift— 
Hadn’t his Share, etc.6*..23-26 
February —Looking at Grand¬ 
pa’s Watch — Harmless 
Monster—Cat Giving away 
her Kitten—Young Editor 
—Perfumery Story—Learn 
to Control the Voice—Game 
of Initials—Roll of Honor 
—Remarkable Bouquet — 
Musical Horse — Enraged 
Musician — Curious Sen¬ 
tence—Problems and Puz¬ 
zles. .. _ . .3*..56-57 
March — A Mouse’s Dream— 
The Cat in Court—An In¬ 
genious Boot Black—Good 
Manners—Robbed Advan¬ 
tageously — Careless Boy 
Punished — Boy’s Reproof 
— Unfortunate Mimic — 
Wooden Flowers and Real 
Ones — Amusing Trial of 
Skill—A Subscriber Every 
Minute—Game of Rhyming 
Definitions—Bouquet Por¬ 
traits Explained—Puzzles 
and Problems.5*..88-89 
April —Flying Foxes of Ceylon 
—About Blue-Birds—Con¬ 
fiding Birds—Pleasing In¬ 
cident-Mysterious Black 
Cat—Boys and Girls’ Gat- 
den, No. I—Puzzles and 
Problems.2*.. 120-121 
May —Judge not from Appear¬ 
ances—Faithful Dog—Cu¬ 
rious Sentence, Transla¬ 
tion-Game of Matching 
Pairs—Puzzles and Prob¬ 
lems — Boys and Girls’ 
Garden, No. II — Farmer 
without Arms — Beautiful 
Reply — Questions about 
Robins—Shadow Picture- 
Agriculturist Grindstone— 
.13*..151-52-53 
June —Problems and Puzzles— 
Only a Bunch of Roses— 
Fortune Telling—Boys and 
Girls’ Garden III.8*..183-84-85 
July —Self Important Grasshop¬ 
per—Ponto and the Mink— 
Church-going Dog—Devot¬ 
ed Sparrow — Boys and 
Girls’ Garden No. IV— 
the follow- 
index show where engravings 
Bees—Two Queens in a Hive. .333 
“ Workingintwo Hives...334 
Frightening herself to Sleep 
—Problems and Puzzles— 
.7*..216-17 
August —Lesson from theWheat 
Field—Coaxing out Whis¬ 
kers — Sagacity of a King 
Bird—Boys and Girls’ Gar¬ 
den, No. V— “He Knows 
the Rest” —Problems and 
Puzzles—Gettyshurgh Bat¬ 
tle Field—Letter from Mr. 
Judd.9*.. 248-49 
September —Introduction of the 
Pets—Young Animals—Cu¬ 
rious Traits •— Eccentric 
Physician—Boys and Girls’ 
Garden No. VI —Button 
Hole Scissors — Problems 
and Puzzles.--10*. .230-81 
Octobei —Ghost Story—Intelli¬ 
gence of Fishes—Not Quite 
a Meteor — Problems and 
Puzzles—Children Opening 
the Gate—Boys and Girls’ 
Garden No. VII—Canada 
— Indian Fun, A Snake 
Story — Curious Letter— 
Modest Request—Taking it 
Coolly—Large Number of 
Boys and Girls—Curious 
Sign — Crooked Company 
.5*..311-12-13 
November —Ambitious Turtle— 
More Nice than Scientific— 
Dumas and Mushrooms— 
Aristocratic Beetle—Imper¬ 
tinence Punished—Formid¬ 
able Weapon — Dog and 
Kitten—Sewing Machine— 
Improving in “Composi¬ 
tion,”— “Either” “Neith¬ 
er”—Writing in “ Cypher” 
— Concealed Portraits — 
Puzzles, Problems..6*.. 344-45 
December —Talk with Young 
Readers—Origin of Words 
Problems and Puzzles—As¬ 
tonished Boy — “ Merry 
Christmas”—Amusing Re¬ 
marks—Thick Fog—Read¬ 
ing his Own Obituary— 
Miser Rebuked — What a 
Word May Do—Key to a 
Person's Name—New Pre¬ 
mium.3*..375-376 
Box—Propagation.:.167 
Brakes in Pastures.262-326 
Brandy in Cooking.23 
Bread—Unfermented.247 
Brine Poisonous. 40 
Broom Corn—Dwarf.295 
Brooms—Home-made.199 
Buckwheat vs. Summer Fallow203 
Bulbs in Pots.339 
Butter and Cheese in Vermont. 103 
“ Firkins—Sweetening.143 
“ Keeping. 7 
“ Packing for Market.330 
“ Storing under Ground—181 
“ To Bring. 86 
“ Winter, from Roots.47 
“ Worker—Nonpareil. ..*. .245 
Buying—Good Time for.104 
C 
Cabbage—Cultivation.172 
“ Growth.3*..365 
“ Puller.*..77-198 
“ Red. 38 
Cactuses in South West....*.. 144 
“ Non-flowering.134 
Callirrhoe Pedata.*.. 148 
Camelina saliva.38 
Camellias—Fine. .166 
“ Management.19S-327 
Caper Tree.359 
Carpets—To Sweep.183 
Carrots for Cows . 7 
“ Growing—Mulching.142 
Cart Weighing Machine....*.. 173 
Cattle—Caked Bag .293 
“ Defective Teats.167 
“ Fastening in Stalls-*..332 
“ Garget, in Cows.294 
“ Horn Ail.69 
“ Kicking Cows... .138-207-230 
“ Lice.134 
“ Profitable Cow. 71 
“ Red Durham..197 
“ Salting Cows.231—363 
“ Tramping. 38 
Cauliflowers.146-165 
Celery—Cultivation...146 
“ Keeping out-doors.327 
Cellars—Cementing.167 
Cemeteries—Good Hints.271 
Census—Interesting Statistics. 72 
Center Co.,‘Pa—Things in_ 70 
Cereus—Night Blooming.296 
Chaff for Feed.230 
Charcoal Kilns.230 
Cheese—Repelling Flies.294 
“ Making—Notes on.206 
“ Union. 47 
Chemistry—Errors.358 
Cherry, Winter.165-166 
Cherries for Iowa.103 
“ From Seed.167 
Chess Question.175-197 
Chicory—Description.*.. 84 
“ Samples.37-70 
Children—Moral Education.. .216 
“ Naming.245 
“ Of Smart Parents. 21 
“ On the Floor. 21 
Chimneys—Mica.183 
“ Round Flued.326 
Chloride of Lime.357 
Chrysanthemum, Chinese.I9S 
“ On Rose.70 
Churn Dash—Good.*..149 
Cider—Keeping Sweet.327 
Cistern—Filtering.*.. 73 
Clay Soil no Curse.303 
Climate and Vegetation ....367 
“ at Puget. Sound, W. T_136 
Clocks—Cleaning.117 
Clothes—Drying. 85 
“ Line Apparatus.246 
“ Lines—Wire.279-374 
“ Sprinkler.*..373 
“ Wringers.86 
Clothing—Night for Children.. 87 
“ Wanted .356 
Clover—Crimson . 38 
“ Late Sowing.142 
“ Plowing Under.203 
“ Seed Hullers.326 
“ Time to Plaster.294 
“ White—Soil for.199 
Cloves and Allspice.*..117 
Cobrna Scandens.261 
Coffee—Adulterations_ .. 87 
“ Substitute .119 
“ Sweet Potato. 7 
Cold—Preparing for.,...342 
Coleus Verschaffeltii.*..180 
College, Agricultural—Lands..238 
“ Ag’l, Michigan.136 
“ Ag’b Penna.8-36 
“ Lands—Mich.327 
“ Mich.—Stock for.262 
Comforters—Washing.86-150 
Conservatory—Area.*.. 52 
Convolvulus—.New.*.. 20 
Coon Hunting—Good.—102 
Corks—Fastening.*2. .183 
Corn Blossoms.260 
“ Coverer.*..173 
“ Cutting up. 269 
“ Drying Green.311 
“ For Binders.102 
“ For Fuel. 70 
“ Green—Pickling.311 
“ Harvest—Securing_*..304 
“ Hints on Raising.140 
“ Husking Aids. 293 
“ In Connecticut,.173 
“ In Egypt, Ill. 15 
“ Marker Improved_112-134 
“ Marker—Iowa. 15 
“ Marker—New-Jersey..*.. 41 
“ Marker—Penn’a. 77 
“ Meal—Parched.215 
“ Missing Hills.175 
“ Question.294 
“ Raising in Illinois.... ..235 
“ Sheller—Hand.*..332 
“ Shocking Horse. ,...*..300 
“ Starting Early.102 
“ Union.358 
Cotton and the Frost.292 
“ Illinois.37-74-102 
“ Northern Specimens_6-70 
“ Substitute. 70 
“ Tree.6-136 
“ Utah.70 
Cough Medicine.55-309 
Cow' Milker—Colvin’s.206 
“ Nursing Pigs.166 
Cows—One to an Acre. 76 
Cranberries— Culture of.335 
“ From Seed.357 
“ In Canada.326 
“ Upland.70-371 
“ When to Plant .230 
Cl avats—Ornamenting.4*. .351 
Crinoline in the Garden.307 
Crocus—Double . 7 
“ When to Plant.198 
Crop—Good on Acre..358 
“ Prospects_ 168-200=228-264 
“ Reports.200-264 
“ Delay at Washington.324 
C rou p—Treatment.341 
Cucumber—Large.327 
“ Seed—Saving-.103 
Cucumbers—Economy.243 
Curculio Remedy. 37 
Currants—Best Kinds. 69 
“ Cultivation.242 
“ Good. 6 
“ Healthfulness.306 
“ Propagation...306 
Currycomb in Summer.167 
“ Substitute.294 
Cutting-Board.*. .246 
Cuttings—Making.*. .244 
1 > 
Dahlias Changing Color.262 
“ Seedlings . 37 
“ Training.211 
Dairy—Productive.320 
“ Statistics. 77 
Daisy Yellow.261 
Damp Walls—Preventing.279 
Daphne—Odora. 38 
Death—Dr. Brinkle. 71 
“ Dr. Darlington.168 
Death—Grant Thorburn. 71 
“ Jonas Webb. 5 
Debt—Avoid. 40 
Decatur Co., Ill.262 
Delaware—Emigration to.324 
Dentist—Good.199 
Diclionary—Worcester’s.166 
Digger—Evan's Rotary. 13 
Dish Pan—Improved.*..181 
Disinfectants.197 
Docto rs—H umbug.22-199 
Dogs and Sheep.110 
“ In Ohio.134-358 
“ Proof against.197 
Doll worth $150. 23 
Doors—Creaking.183 
Drained Land—Crop for.102 
Draining Question.294 
“ Uneven Land.229 
Drains—Obstructions.334 
“ Tree Roots in.268 
Dress, Lady’s—Folding.. .341 
“ Lady’s for Gardening.374 
Drills Better than Hills. 37 
Drink for Summer. 70 
Drouth—Lessons of.235 
Drying Fruit and Vegetables . .213 
Dwarf Apple Stocks.102 
Dyeing with Sumach .343 
E 
Ear Doctors.359 
Economy in Household.373 
Editor Absent.196 
“ M. C. Weld.320 
“ Prof. Thurber. 36 
Egg—Large.134 
“ Plant—How to Cook.294 
“ Plant—Large.293 
Eggs—How to Cook. 87 
“ Keeping in Bran.295 
“ Milky.230 
“ Packing for Market.331 
“ Preserving. 230 
“ Sex of.166-261-359 
“ To Test.230 
“ Transporting Choice.166 
Emigrants’ Farewell.*..336 
Employment of Women.149 
Engine—Ingenious Swindle.. .326 
Entomologist—N. J. State.230 
Ergot or Spurred Rye.*. 105 
Erysipelas Remedy. 69 
Euonymus—Propagating. 7 
E vaporators—Nu mber Sold.... 293 
Exercise in Garden. 51 
Exhibition—Am. Institute.261-330 
“ Brooklyn Hort.199 
“ California Ag’l. . . .295 
“ Grape..-. ..260-337 
“ Hort. Amer. Inst.274 
“ Internat. ..71-103.168-231-266 
“ Modern Agricultural. .*. .229 
“ N. J. Ag’l a Failure.295 
“ N. Y. State Ag’l.292-329 
“ Oregon State ... .359 
“ Pumpkin. 196-228-296-324-355 
“ Strawberry...196 
“ Tables at A gricult. Office 
28-153-199-259-231-296-327-355 
“ Wheat Rochester,236-261-330 
“ Ag'l in 1863.231-282-292 
“ Ag’l—Improvement.206 
Suggestions.270 
Farm. Buying—Hints.74-357 
“ Help Wanted.168 
“ Largest in U. S.. .263 
“ Selecting at P. 0.328 
Farm—Work for Jan., 1—Feb. 
33—March, 65—April, 97— 
Mav, 129-June, 161—July, 
193—Aug. 225—Sept., 257— 
Oct., 289—Nov., 321-Dec.353 
Farmers’ Club— Organizing_325 
Farming for Old Age. 49 
Feet—Preventing Slipping.3*.. 53 
“ Warm—Boots. 21 
“ Warmers. 53 
Fence—Automatic Flood...*.. 73 
Fences—Line.229 
Ferns—American.3*. .208 
Fibres—Native.]65 
Fig Trees—Where to get.199 
Figs—Preserving.261 
Fires—Starting.374 
Fish, etc., on Dry Land.359 
Flannels—Washing. 278 
Flax and Hemp Investigations.296 
“ Brake—Mallory’s.*12-199-232 
“ Cotton.44-140 
“ Culture.43-76-110 
“ Manual.166 
“ Minnesota.262 
“ N. Y. Ag’l Society on_177 
“ Puller Wanted.134 
“ Seed Scarce.102 
“ Seed—White.296-358 
“ Spinning.*..213 
“ Yield per Acre.134 
Floors—Sparred, for Cattle-197 
Floral Zodiacs.243 
Flower Garden and Lawn— 
Calendar for Jail., 3—Feb., 
S5—March, 67—April, 100- 
May, 133—June. 163—July, 
195—Aug., 227—Sept., 259— 
Oct., 291—Nov., 223—Dec..354 
