EB 
.518 
...1(57 
.. .581 
...741 
...252 
..315 
APIARY. 
Aplnry, Locating an...... 42 
Bee book, A.343 
— Cholera...122 
— Culture. 10 
— Experiences.......54,107 
— Feed.183 
— tender.250 
— hive. A most wonderful. 458 
— — An 11 n patented.330 
— — Description wauled.252 
— — patents. 122 
— —about..408 
— blouse, new stylo.103 
— Keepers' Convention.810 
— Keeping, a book on .... . .204 
— — Forty years iiro and now.731.738 
— —the profit* of. ..«ti t 
— Kotos.b.<J 
— Stings, best remedy for.458 
— — Cure for. 42,534 
Bees and ants... 
— About swarming. 
— Alslke clover for.. 
— and Cat Birds. 
— and fruits. 
— and hornets... 
— and raspberries.153. 394 
— are doing, How the.585 
— Best tray to keep.598 
— Breeding.002 
— Buying.202 
— Catnip for.. ..214 
— Chloroform and.(14(1 
— — for. 17)4 I 
— Difference In size 0 ".122 
— Driving tk. killing.662 
— Exodus of.108, 183 
— Experience with.......... .158, 518 
— Feeding... .154, 1OT. 250. 033. 711. 790 
— Feed your.631 
— from a bee tree. To hive.218 
— Gossip about.376 
— Ilotv to capture...514 
— lu box-hives. 310 
— in Connecticut. 711 
— in the North.678 
— in the South.631,750 
— in Minnesota.731 
— Introducing Italian queens to 
blank.183 
— Italian.71.310,810 
— King Birds and .370 
— Management of.183, 370, 731 
— Mollis with.330 
— North and South.810 
~i Old Comb for young.21H 
— Out of honey boxes to got.122 
— Robbing, to prevent..304 
— Rye meal for................294 
San yours often..279 
Selling..313 
— Singular migration of. 10 
— Sugar candy for.700 
— Sweet clover for.279 
— Southern enemies.till! 
— Transferring.154, 218,250, 263 
— Trouble with. ... ........,438 
Wlmt a now swarm did,,.458 
— When they gather honey.,279,330 
— Why do they Mvurm.330 
— Winter houses for.790 
— Wintering.26,74,310 
— Wild.759 
— Will work for a dead queen. ...Off 
— W onus I n.376 
Bell ringing, A boo keeper a ban- 
dons......062 
Combs, Transferring.IK4 
Diseased brood.538 
Drones of a hybrid queou notpure.490 
Facta, Give us,.585 
lflvo, An unpalentod movable 
frame.518 
— Frame vs. box.046 
— Non -swarm 1 rig...230 
Honey, About.214 
— boxes. 343 
— — Removing...263 
— Cheap surplus.202 
— Cuba and domestic.106 
— Emptying machine. 10 
— lli-tluvorcd. 51 
— Product, the..Oil 
— Straining.202, 263 
— While clover...313,490 
Hybrid question, The.711 
Information wanted.598 
Inquiries answered.534,759 
— for answers..790 
Italians, Experience with.002 
Moth Wap, A.412 
Movable comb hive, Unpatented. .426 
Now swarms, Old cutnb for.120 
Ohio Bee Keepers' Convention.... 26 
Pollen, Substitute for.236 
Queen, llow totind a...279 
— rearing. Artificial.376 
— Rearing.51 
— Raising young.,...291 
— The loss ot.310 
— To introduce.250 
— vs. drones, Italian.5j» 
Robbing, Camphor to stop.313 
Rules and exceptions.4i2 
Swarming, Artitlciul.394 
ARBORICULTURE 
Adornment of grounds.197 
Ailunthus donouneod. 9 
American Nettle Tree. 12 
Apple blight.537 
Apple trees, Care of........393 
— — Distance in planting.184 
— — Dwarfing.173 
— — Fall planting.457 
— — Hardy in Northern Wts.473 
— — Life of.1H4 
— — Neglected.301 
-- — To make productive.169 
Arboriculture and irrigation.48S 
— in Nebraska.184 
Arbor Vita?, American Guidon ....744 
— Propagating.300 
Ashes about fruit trees.lot 
Butternut, The.552 
Buttonwood, The.104 
Cherries. Tame on wild stocks.501 
Chcvtrmt, Ttic American.521 
— trees wanted...201 
Chestnuts, About.9, 72 
— Cultivating. 553 
— Growing. 41 
— Planting.12, 101 
Cions from bearing apple trees.... 184 
Colutea.. .iu7 
Cottonwood, The.744 
Currants, Planting.003 
Elm, The. 393 
European Bareli.... 88 
Evergreen Thorn or Burning 
Bush. 232 
Evergreens for Ohio... 25 
— from seed... Iki 
— Ill Ohio, Rare collection of.093 
— Propagating...8S 
— Transplanting...184 
— When to transplant.663 
Exochurdia Grandlflora.693 
Fair Premiums. .18i 
Foliage. Gypsum tor.373 
Forest culture lu Illinois.184 
Fruit tree planting, Colorado.300 
— trees, Applying ashesto.72 
— — Ashes about..104 
— — Barren....173 
— — in winter, To secure young. .184 
— — Soil for. 72 
Fruits, Colorado.861 
Grafting wax.200 
GcethermaL culture. 41 
Hedge buckthorn...300 
Hedge growing.587 
— Osage orange.313,345.473,488 
— plants. ......328 
— ihret'-lhorned acacia.313 
Hedges, A word for.300 
— about fulr grounds.713 
— Burberry for.745 
— Fence or no fence. 450 
— Instruction m growing Osage.,151 
Hemlock. The..621 
High and low heads.501 
HlppophiO Augustifulla. ?2 
Honey hmust.-313, 373 
Hop tree..197 
Lurch. Propagation from seed. 
European...792 
— Scotch. 00, hrt 
— Varieties.277 
f-Di lx, Europea Itejulula.373 
Locust Sprouts. How to extermi¬ 
nate.284 
Magnolia. 215 
Maples, Tapping. 153 
Mulching. Hi) 
Norway Spruce, A uew weeping.. .683 
— seed...41 
oak. Evergreen.,215 
Orchard exteiiuinations...73 
— In the .4iff 
Manure for . 265 
— Sowing timothy In an.473 
— Treatment of.306 
— Trees, Surkering.809 
— work. 25 
— .Management of.552 
— Planting. .265 
Renewing...,393 
— Young...713 
Ornamental Shrubs for N. Ill.Ktt 
Osage Hedges.373. 808 
Osage orange and Pyrucauthus.. .776 
— — from seed.217 
— — Hedge, Influence on crops. .2tM 
— Plants, Wintering. 41 
— - seed for market., Preparing. 41 
Preparing for planting.. 284 
Osier Willows.. 86 
Peach and pear trees, Name for. 
• 197. 232 
— — Pruning.217 
— and Borers.792 
— - Outrageous Vandalism_373 
— — Treatment of.537 
— — Yellows ori.301 
— — Blossoming.:lt!0 
Pour blight.473 
Remedy for.017 
culture, Dwarr.504 
— tree, A veteran.521 
— — How to plant a.329 
— treeTin ami coal ashes for... 57 
— — dying.638 
Pears lu orchards.473 
— on thorn..160 
Phenomenon. A.473 
Pine, Loblolly.215 
— Long leaved.215 
— The Scotch.53 
— Vacua or screw.217 
Pines. Hedge seroeu of Scotoli—488 
Plant distribution...440 
Plain trees. Black knot In... 50, 890, 
427,473 
Prairie woodlands. 25 
Pride of China.345 
1'riming. About. 41 
Quince Culture.473 
Rabbit* and trees .41,184 
Ramie (ihur from Missouri.300 
— In Florida.808 
— or new textile plant. 281 
— This...463 
Red hod.197 
Hod codar from seed.792 
— — Transplanting.765 
Roots. Are spongtolcs.488 
Hassutras tree. The...729 
Heed or phintii, Ten.714 
bhruti*. Choice ornamental .41 
— Use of ornamental and Flower¬ 
ing...197 
Signs Of the times....137 
Kolanum itinerant hum.373 
Sugar ample seed. Planting.001 
Sumac. About. 135 
— Marketing the leaves of.. .-153,185 
Sycamore for abode.9,53,104 
Tea plant. The.562 
— — In Tennessee.184 
Timber and shelter in Kanwi*.3tW 
- I nan ting jor ornament and 
profit....101,137 
— When to cut. 28 
Tree agents.520 
— A now Japan.137 
— A valuable..,137 
— boxes. 282 
— invlgorators.569 
— Peddlers In Iowa..... 72 
— Planters, For. 457 
— Planting.,.7400 
— — Allen v:. Greeley.232 
— — Society.711 
— — What a " Mohegun ” did... .265 
— Protectors.137 
— Roots...265 
Trees, \i|en criticises Greeley ... .126 
— About forest...671 
— —roadsldu....488 
— by the wayside. 25 
— Effect of climate on.197 
— Full planting.093 
— for Kansas. 72 
— — Northern Ifliuois.184, 2742 
— — the So util.197 
— Gas and shade. 868 
— Gnawed b.v mice, How to treat.252 
— Growing maple...792 
— Grouping and massing.197 
- in orchard houses, treatment 
of. 205 
— In the city. 9 
— -Northwest.137 
— Killing locust.313 
— Ml CO gnawed...41, 31.3 
— Middling with stone. :: . 12 
— Old. 617 
— on the highway,..277 
— Plant forest, \uy Horace Gree- 
.. .53 
— Pieser. tig young.313 
— Protecting orchard. 1 K 13 
— Khali we plant. jjl 7 
— (Jolt soap 00 ...504 
— Trauapla ntlng.108 
— Tile suckers of pear. 744 
— gyeiunoro,. 104 
— To prevent mice gnawing. "45 
— — — rabbits burking fruit.77G 
— to plant.137 
rjprtght.....312, 373 
itowashlng.252 
Wtthoo.. 19T 
Walnuts, Planting. 41 
What my neighbor* say.564 
White Fringe...,.,.197 
White pine for windbreaks.373 
Willow for baskets. White.41. 265 
Willows, When to cut swamp.448, 
... 537, 617, 663 
Wind breaks...197 
Yucca, The.25 
DAIRY. 
Abortion In cows, Committee re¬ 
port ..670 
Alsikc clover as a milk producer.123 
American Dulrymen'B Convent’n. 23 
American dairy system reviewed. 29 
American Dairymen’s Associate. 75 
An English delicucv... 38 
Annottu tn the daLry.. 66 
— Preparing the...... 7*6 
— Hurl 
- Whl 
Annette. Selecting pure.123 
Buildings. About. 661 
Butter and cheese manufactures, 
Frauds lu.443 
— dairying.810 
— from J crscy cows. 75 
— — milk. "id 
— — ouecow.265 
— Grain in.217,233 
— how flavored. 7 
— making appliances.315 
— —In France..603 
— — — winter.... 7 
— manufacture.171 
— Odors in. Mi 
— powder report.397 
— Halting.191 
— swindle, The.638 
Canadian Dairymen's Association. 139 
Carting cream.•..‘67 
Cheddar, Is there a Swiss.331 
Clicosc at factories, Taxing.T'» 
— Cheddar. 315 
— Coloring.59, 91, 171 
— Cronin.727 
— crops, The Canadian.002 
— curds for setting colors.. ,171 
— dairying in Herkimer, The 
first. 727 
— factory. Improved.lV.il 
— — plans.( 2 X 1 
— — requisite*.Ill 
— factories. Among tho Herki¬ 
mer county.618, 681 
— — Branch system.517 
— - In N. C...649 
—• — Investing nionoj in.459 
— farm, Kansu*.794 
— m English markets, American.123 
— Interest, Speech of Horatio 
Seymour. 91 
— Holding tor belter prices.,V4 
— Improving dry. hard.76:! 
— Large shipment of.490 
— Making buttermilk in.693 
— — importance of, exportmoiit* 
In..91 
— In the South.. 
— — Illinois. '>03 
— maker In Canada, Thesmalie.it.i:;9 
— manufacture.518 
— once a duy, Making.i:ts) 
— Preparing annutto foroolortng.633 
— Preserving flavor of...91 
— Poison....7... .098 
— Kales, Tux on...123, 317 
— — Tux removed. 235 
— Size arid color.299 
Treat merit of milk and curds. .171 
— Use of saltpeter for preserving 
flavor ot. 631 
Cream, Clotted or clouted. 39 
— Experiments with sweet, and 
„ "our.602 
— Hweet vs. sour.174,809 
Coarse eurd process, The.763 
Corn. Delano, Tho rocent decision 
„ ... 666 
Cow, A good... .471 
— A remarkable. 822 
— holding up milk. 395,474 
— llow long to keep 11 ,,. 791 
— How to milk a kicking. 9 t 
— Influence of storm upon. 59 
7 sucking herself. To prevent. ...331 
Cows, Abortion in..39, 778 
— Hihd for. 39 
— leaking their milk.. 474 
— Over-driving -bud milk. 49(1 
— Soiling...ai 
— Sore 'fonts. .111 
— Steaming food for.107 
— teats, Bunch on...iiir> 
— — Cranks In... 579 
— — Obati in-tloiis tn... 395 
— — Remedy for sores on. 586 
— • Removing warts from.490 
— Treatment 0 / kicking. 53 s 
— Water for. mi 
Clnmi, A table .... r .17 
— more milk or skim deeper.. . .650 
— Power... ;;oi 
Chums and churning . ,63t 
Churning, Appliances for.J;VJ 
— .Machinery for...299 
— Temperature of cream lor. .533 
— the cream or the milk.778 
Curds. Cutting the. 762 
Dairy Barns.2U3 
— — Convenient...... 50 ,; 
— Convention m the Northwest., 39 
— Corn sowed for tho.331 
— districts, Stanchion* in N. Y. ..791 
— farm, A thousand acre.219 
— Fending. 794 
— — In Wisconsin, A model.219 
— —Orchard grass In.533 
— farming. Leaks Ln. 107 
— in Alleghany and Wyoming 
counties, h. Y.. The. 682 
— — McHenry On., Ill,, The.579 
— — new districts. The.586 
— — St. Lawrence Co., N.Y., The..882 
— products, Review___ 7 
— stock. 411 
— — management of.171,363, 379 
— topic*. Important....til 
Dairies, Herkimer Co.746, 762 
Dairying at the Wert. 171 
— in Canada. sod 
— with grain growing .427 
Dairymen’s Aaaoc’n, American ...317 
— w Canadian. 39 
— — Illinois and Wisconsin ...... 7 
— —Northwestern.... 11 ! 
— — Vermont State.778 
Diseases of cattle and their in- 
tluunce upon milk. 91 
Drying COWS of their mill:.39 
Feeding tucul with pasture....113 
Floating curd*. Treatment.187 
Fodder, is Learning for . 219 
Foreign correspondence.490 
Gras* land*. Improving. 666 
Ice-houses fur dairies,.j 39 
Kuse, Schweitzer. . 379 
Markets, A word about the.564 
Milk, Animal heat lu. 59 
— Best method of cooling.,,,,,,,139 
— Bloody. 822 
— hnsinciei in Illinois.203 
— Cooling and preparing.1.55 
— condensing at Elgin.203 
— Drying cows of their.716 
— fever. 617 
— fever tn England.59 
— for butter, llow to keep.312 
— houses.207 
— Importance of cooling.,. 75 
— Management of.810 
— New way to skint.491 
— Odor in—Animal heat.443 
— The color of.650 
— Tho production of. 23 
Milking pulls.733 
— with wet hands. 6 k<; 
Milch cows, Cotton seed meal for.714 
— — Feeding. .551 
— - — whey to.ii i 
— — Oat v*. wheat bruit for.217 
— — Remedy for kicking. 1 st 
— — Salting.COO 
— —Soiling. 187 
Northwestern dairying.219, 235 
— Dairymen.155, 171 
Pure milk tor city consumption ...474 
Rancid hatter, Restoring.395 
Raugeand setter for curing cheese, 
Validity of patent and its 
value.714 
Rennets, A word about.315, 746 
— Curing and preserving.171, 5S6 
— English method...822 
Ruth ford Dairymen’s Ass0olat'u..Rv 
Stilling. Developing acidity and 
Setting milk for oreatu and butter 
Soiling Cow*. 
— Pasturing and. 
Sour whey, it* uses. 
Steam butlers In cheese factories 
Steaming food for cows. 
Stock, Feeding dairy... 
- for the dairy. 
Thnelv suggestions... 
Willard's address at Elgin. 
DOMESTIC ECONOMY. 
762 
.533 
. 23 
.283 
.299 
.123 
iirr 
,285 
.283 
.2141 
.155 
Ambrosia. 107 
Aimllne, To color.219 
Ant catcher, An.143 
Ant*, Exterminating.5.23 
Apple dumplings. TS 
— pic, The best.,...IH7 
— sauce, A nice..,.27 
— stains from linen,To remove 315 
— — To remove.187 
Apple- About... 715 
— in coking, ito.....717 
— for dessert.735 
- with other fruit.731 
Asparagus, To cook.413 
Beans, Cooking.235 
Bed bugs, Sure cure for....555,699 
— quilts, Fleeing. 27 
Beds, llow they should stand......187 
Brel, 1 ; hiring.139 
essence......27 
-- soup. 450 
Beeswax, To whiten....241), 523 
Biscuit beater. .»Si 
Black, Coloring.683, 717.811 
Blackberries, flow to picltlo.. .651, 6:3 
Blanc mange. Flour.18? 
Blue Monday.91,235 
Brackets, 11 omc-made.491 
Brass, To dealt..475 
Brand_ _ 
— again. 
— Brown. 
— — Mrs. t abled' 
— criticism*.. 
Corn 
.. 187,443 
.299. 379 
107, 235, G13, 623 
.315 
.823 
..795 
— foment,nlion, &c.*103 
— Fermented... 7lft 
-- Graham. 023 
Good..... 20 > 
— Indian. 59,811 
— mailing.59 
. 51 
— Ryu and corn. 59 
— Salt vs. Hop* for.623 
— Sunerlluous.396 
— \V ( 1 e. 1 t 1 . ini corn...69 
Breakfast, Aimo .. 27 
— Indian nitstfTaltes for.... 37 
Brewing at homo.......699 
Brown Ben......219 
- Coloring.523,683 
Bottles, To clean muatv. 571 
Buckwheat cakes quick, To make.779 
Buildings, Cheap wash for.475 
Butter peuvden..159 
Buttermilk, (jirniu tho. 43 
ltd .747 
“ just 
Cakes, Coles 
wheat..... 
— Buckwheat... 
— Faith.. 
— Fried. 
— Journey. 
— 
California. 
—• 
Caraway.. 
.619 
— 
Cheap... 
— 
t hocolate. 
.795 , 
Cocoa. 
— 
Com starch. 
.255, 699 
— 
Clip ... . 
.251,635 
— 
Currant. 
...IV5 
— 
Custard. 
Delicate. 
•— 
Eastern. 
— 
Elegant. 
— 
Fancy... 
— 
Fruit,... 
.in? 
— 
Hard sugar. 
.731 
— 
Helot)... 
— 
Journey.... 
— 
Marble. 
— 
Monday. 
.PIT 
— 
tint meal. 
.1(5 
Railroad... 
— 
Haicratu*. 
— 
(snow. 
— 
Soft cream. 
— 
Bponge. 
. .317, 009, 795 
— 
— Cream. 
.251 
— 
- Mock. 
•— 
— Water., ... 
— 
— Wedding. 
— 
— White. 
.099 
— 
Surprise. 
.2-71 
— 
To make the best. 
— 
Washington. 
right’’ buck- 
.747 
.699 
.476 
.75, 763. 795 
....107 
Nice wfieut breakfast.619 
— Wheat grbldto.176 
Canning fruit, How It should be 
done. 555 
— without heating cans.459 
— vegetables.251 
Carpets, Moth* In.731 
Carrots, Fried.1479 
rat,sun. Tomato.£t>7 
Cauliflowers, Cooking.587,619 
Cement for bottles.207 
— glass and metals.279 
Chemical waxli... 91 
Chicken*, Cooking prairie.600 
Chilblains, Cure for....571 
Chocolate, Cream of.175 
Churning.443 
Cider, To ker psweet. 27 
Citron:), How to candy..7!. r > 
Cleaning lutlvos.283 
Clean linen.731 
Cloth, To sow hard.139 
Clothes boiler, Automatic.459 
— line at tach ment. .427 
Clothing, Moths in... 651 
Coffee..203, 607, 539, 68T, 699 
— Adulterated. 379 
— (subs titute fur.619 
Color in goods, To restore.507 
— To renew..747 
Coloring blue. 91 
— cotton blue.187 
— — graon.315 
— - red.347, 413 
— recipe .. 91 
Cookies. Cheap.555 
— Coeoanut. 395 
— Tea..261 
Cook I ng food.. 139 
— Grapes and wines hi.683 
— Guinea fowls...411 
Comfort* anil convenience*.379 
Corn broad, To nmke.768 
— Canning green.281, 299 
— Rousted green.5.87 
— U«m of green.651 
Correspondents, Talk with. . ,315, 411 
Cotton, To color green, yellow and 
orange.,,...539 
Crueknell-, To prepare.6ft! 
Cranberries, Keeping.60 
Cream, For making the..795 
— Sponge cake.315 
— Turt.363 
Cream :, Good.699 
Cucumber*, Canning. 635 
— Pickling.265 
Cnsuod— Fancy dish. .315 
Dessert, To propuru, lu an emer¬ 
gency .489 
Ures.eKhort work.379 
Dried finite, How to keep.,..,.187 
Dumb waiter..91 
Dyed Goods, To prevent CToelUng.823 
Dye*. Corallne.29? 
Eoononty, True.251 
Eggs, Lime water for preserving. .124 
— Method of preparing.476 
— Preserved.......121 
Egg wullles.459 
European washerwomen,....43 
Fat., Concerning.107 
— In animals.539 
leathers working through tick*..._ 
1 4 1 , 523 
Flavors In cooking. 75 
Floors, ('leaning unpalnlod.395 
— To swoop. .065 
Flowers and fruit, Preparing wax 
ini-. 607 
Forks, Eulilig with.W7 
Fowl lender, 'l‘o 000 k an old,.555 
Ji'resdi meat. To preserve.191 
Fried cakes.187 
Fritter*, Green corn...619 
Fruit cans, Filling glass.523 
— Healing. 539 
— Dry house for.405 
■« In glass-.... . .113 
— pie*, Fresh and crisp.639 
— To Can...571 
Fruits with grain* —. 21? 
Ginger broad.,.1?7 
-Soft.. 75 
— snail*.. 00 
Glass in boiling water.. 27 
Glycerine lotion.411 
Uruhlim broad.379, 491, 039, IK! 
— Hour.. HU 
Grapes, To seed.587,687 
Grease spots from silk,To rcmoveiiOJ 
Green corn. Preserving.443 
— — llow to can... .5:3 
Griddle enkns. Wheat meal.219 
Hair and head, To clean tho.... 717 
— How 11 , I* Injured.475 
Ham, 'I'u freshen. 54(7 
Hants,Curing .123 
— and shoulder*, To ( lire.699 
Hands, Having the. .331 
Home lignin.763 
com t ori *... .299, 895, 1 1 1 
Horse radish In pickles....251 
House cleaning.283 
Housekeeper, A good.123 
Indian muni eukn«... 2? 
Indignant, A farmer’s wife.779 
Ironing t able—. 139 
Itch, Cure for.91 
Preventive. ,.187 
Items to be heeded......699 
Jelly and wine. Grape.747 
Johiiuvcako. 69 
-Tip top.863 
Kerosene 1 ..tinpH, Filling.139 
Kid Gloves, Cleaning.413 
Kitchen Aid*. ..171 
— - Oilier.317 
Knitting Machine* . 6 al 
Ladies, Facts for the.283 
laird. To keep.... • ■ 395 
— To keep from molding.316, 531 
t.Ciinui Extracts.Ill, 491, 607, 539 
— l'le..37!), 571 
Letter, One Woman's.507 
Maple sirup, To preserve it* Hayor.121 
— Sugar, (low to keep.281, 813 
Mat*, Table...718. 
AlCttl, Mode of Kilting.. , 187 
Meat, Sauce for...571 
Meats and Pastry . .07 
Mounting Etigra vInga ...461 
Mucilage, lleclpe for.75 
Mucilage:', Adhesive*, Paste*.331 
Muffin, Recipe for t delimits.189 
Mush room*, Broiled.67 J 
— Mounter .Ml 
MusquitO Biles, F'or.,,.M7 
Nunkul, To color COttOQ........,.,.459 
Nutriment, Discarded...507 
Ointment, Elder.671 
Omelet Soulll&e, or luilated.476 
Onions, Pickled.571 
Ottoman, A half hexagon.45? 
Painting, Oriental.347, 639 
Paper to tin, How to stick ....._ 91 
Paste for scrap books.139,155 
Re. ipe . 91 
Peaches, Paring.Ssv 
— Preparing.,,,,.003 
— To ury. !7.5 
Peas, How Pi can.... .427 
pear* and Quinces.811 
— 'l’o plchlu.. 587 
Philosophy of food.59 
Pickled Walnut*.443 
Pickles, Direction* for making .. .699 
— forruurket, ita)Hlngandsalting.5?i 
— in brass. Heitldlng.619 
— Packing.507 
— Putting tip....539,571 
— Sweet. &?I 
— Toronto. 603 
Pie, Cream.795 
— Lomon. 565 
— Wfi-htngton.795 
Pics, Pumpkin. 107 
— Hhuburb.. ..411 
Turt.107 
Preliminary Table Talk. 11 
Pork barrel*, Gleaning.763 
— To fry. 083 
— To remove salt from.379 
Potato Soup.459 
Potatoes, Cooking old.469 
— To make mealy.187 
Pudding.26? 
— Apple batter.... 
— Baked bread..,. 
— Blend, Tomato - 
Boiled bread,... 
Stew* and soup*.2i« 
Stocking yam, To color. Ill 
Stove-pipe, Cleaning.411 
Stoves, vapor. 039 
Strawberry eaters, Caution to.316 
Succotash, To make.671 
Sunday dinners.155, 235 
sweet potatoes, Dried.. .395 
Table, Poetry of the......533 
- Toilette. ... 347 
Tables, Improvemeut In....KJ7 
Talk, A 11 airy.71(5 
Turi , When to sweeten...619 
Taste, Tho gratltlcatton of.75 
Ten kettles, Lime In.299 
Tomato pickles.. — -Mi 
— — The Indiana green.619 
Tomatoes, Baked.. 571, 619, 683 
end limit beans, Preserving. ...687 
Canning.587, 651 
- Drying ...•••<113 
— Pickling green...M 6 , gd 
To sew hard cloth...... 
True economy. ... 
Turkey rod, To color cotton.. 
Unihrclliut, To dry. 
Veal, Malang white. 
Vegetables and side dluhcx... 
Farmer*' 
Fruit... 
Indian. 
Kate’s... 
Mock tapioca,. 
Pearl barley............. 
Plum.... 
Queen of... 
Rlcc. 
Bagu 
..2u3 
.203 
. 75 
.619 
.619 
. 77i 
.655 
.235 
.619 
. 75 
. 75 
.811 
.555 
107 
Vinegar, Manufacture of. 
— Tomatoes fur. 
Hteamed wheat flour............331 
— Tapioca. 75 
Quilt F'ritnte, A..299 
Rats, To get rid of... .731 
Recipe*. Well tried. .699 
Red Ants. To bullish. ... — 491 
Rhubarb leave* poisonous, Arc...503 
itloc pudding without eggs.609 
Root*.il' 
Rubber hose, To mend.6U5 
Kauuesfor pudding*. 75 
Sausugo. For...699 
— Heasonlng. ...139 
Scraps, A bag for.459 
Heruu broom. .476 
Shirts, Farmers’.716 
— Making.,.539 
Shoe tie*. 603 
Shortcake, Strawberry.896 
Simple serviceable mat, A.427 
Sirups, mineral water.......475 
Stacnmlng door*. 27 
— Huosler. 539 
— Soft..?..315,639.81! 
— Toilet.6(77 
— with potash.261 
Soup, French... ............476 
Snnol-pox, Cure for.869 
Smoked meat. To keep insects 
from.379 
Snurl, To prevent a. 61? 
Spool holder. IVt 
Stale bread—To make ns good a* 
fresh... -450 
...139 
...363 
,.,469 
...731 
...411 
...219 
...651 
Wall-paper, Renovating . .491 
Walls, To paper whitewashed 523, 
666 , 571, 667 
Walnuts. Pickled .235 
Warts anil coi n*, Cure for.6211 
— To cure...........475 
— To remove......187 
Washing day....411 
— fluid...413, 887,061, 811 
— humbug, A.607 
— linen. 443 
— To nmmtgc.....62,1 
— now eallco. 167 
Water, How to clenniic.539 
Whitewashed wall*.91 
Whitewash, Preparation of.362 
Wine. Elderberry,. .003,619,661 
— Front grape. 619 
Winter dinner*. 43 
Wood 1 binging*.203 
— pile, Thu.779 
Wool, To color scarlet.&S9 
Worms from pork, To keep.051 
Yeast cakes.265, 347, 363, 395 
Yes, to everything.127 
EDITORIALS. 
A oltvnnd country mil-look.301 
A day's work..396 
A nnuith'S progress . . • 92 
Aii honest seed merchant wanton. 12 
A notable meeting.. 121 
A rural review.412 
A weed lutabigue.,,,..166 
About fl’en ndvr rtlulng.188 
Adulteration of need*.236 
Agricultural convention, Nash¬ 
ville, Teuu.268 
— patents...156 
— leaflun.Thn.748 
— societies--—Convention in 111 .... 12 
American Institute fair. The. 668 
Anti-renter*, Who are the.....508 
Are we too modest. 70 
Bomont, Caleb N. (Obituary).28 
Bust’* trim Invlgomtor.110, 252 
Book-keeping. .. 12 
Botanical survey of Illinois.106 
Cnmidliiii Department, A..,........068 
Central Michigan.508 
Cereal* for analyM "....,.60 
Changes ill patent, law*..124 
Charnel,eristic rcstlvene**. .700 
Cheap wines and drunkennes*.172 
f'lilnotie lahorurs. .624 
Coal, The east of.GDI 
Oollooting local knowledge. 44 
Commissioner of Agriculture.268 
Common sense wonted.28 
Convict labor... . 92 
Copyright, About.92, 6H4 
(.'urn crop. Prospect of...550 
Cortland normal *chool. 60 
Ornpund weather reports.,. 1 (« 
Country v*. city.748 
Death of Homy J. Raymond.412 
Deep v*. shallow culture.00 
Department or Agriculture,28. 00, 
108, 180 
Do farmers work too much. 666 
Eclipse, The... .510 
Editorial prerogatives.2 h4 
European wheat crept). 812 
Exhibition In Washington, 1871, 
An International.796 
Explanatory. 12 
Fact gathering. .236 
Fairs, Attractions at....716 
- Going to the...601 
— Rural for 1809.5KI 
Fall campaign, The Rural's.652 
Farm. Beautifying the.,....316 
— Studies. 968 
Farmer, The Michigan-. 396 
Fafnun *. Co-operation among.932 
— Club, The neighborhood.AM 
Funning. Want.* to lourn. 652 
Fighting insect*....,.318 
Finance bill, A new............... 60 
Food and elvillzutlon...236 
Franking privilege. 44 
Free trade tn Europe...188 
Fresh air. A breath of....,.572 
Gen. Grant's speech........124 
Good Morrow. 12 
Government subsidies.108 
Help wanted In Michigan.140 
Honest men did ....... .............61)1 
Homo fulr ut Paris...288 
Horses lit fairs.IS 8 
Horticulture for women.6S1 
Horticultural Soc’y, West’n N. Y..062 
How to got subscribers...220 
Humbug caution..470 
IlUnotaIndustrial University.220, 236 
— state Horticulturist.92 
Industrial winter meetings.44 
Inquiries.476 
insuring country property. 176 
Iona, Siue of.268 
Is farming honorable? .684 
Johnson, Col. B. 1*., Obituary......268 
Kansas fruits. 636 
Kansan fruit, corn and tubers.Bsl 
Labor in excess... 28 
— question In the South.,.........252 
I,and*, Information wanted. 12 
Lecture. Kate Field's.748 
Life insuranoe...356, 4»i 
1-ucul fair at Naples.7<W 
lais* from not taking a paper.812 
Manuscript, Postage on.7«0 
Marriage, Divorce.796 
National development.« 
— morals. 76 
Nethm land's oxblbitlon .269 
New York Farmer*’Club. 12 
— Fruit Grower*’Club.684,716,732 
Now for the fairs.510 
Nuisances from the city.429 
Office seeking... 44 
Old-fashioned notion*....«0 
Ontario Veterinary College.700 
On time again.172 
Richard G. Purdue. Obituary.lt« 
Fhy for students' labor.166 
PorSfttu, Jonathan.236 
Planning for the future.60 
President Grant's Inaugural.72 
Prince, Wm. R., Obituary......208 
Program* anil improvement.28 
Protect youmelve*. -252 
.7C4 
.156 
.652 
.281 
Now 
208 
Racing and the Government.812 
Radical doctrine... .23d 
Report progress. 300 
ltepubltcun simplicity. 76 
Rochester revisited.764 
Rural circulates, Where the.748 
— Improving, \c., the.572 
— in the Pacific. Helites.492 
— Journals, Tbo pioneer.780 
t andem, Edgar....,...60 
lute elections are over, The.716 
— poultry show. 220 
Heeds, Postage on.220 
Seek lug truth.,.588 
Signs of the Union. 92 
Special notice to contributor*. 12 
Spring burse lairs.304 
- styles for lew .ISO 
BtOnui holler inspectors.173 
Stock Improvement Association..492 
SUP, Total eclipse ef the. -5CM 
Thank* and wishes. 44 
The agricultural pros*. 76 
— best iiKicliiue.....332 
— Incurable malady.332 
— price of wheat ,.. 201 
— pres* and Rural.. 12 
— Rural appreciated South......-812 
— Rural's InipioveituMits. 92 
— spring flood*. 284 
- wants ot our renders. 60 
Thoughtful funder*.172 
Tillies, The New York Dully.508 
To nil interested. ho 
To be in or out. .236 
Traveling agent, Another swin¬ 
dling .. 
Tree Peddlers in the West 
T wo week s n way.. 
Union stock y urd* Chicago 
Universal Exposition in 
York . 
Volume X,\, Prefatory. 12 
Walr.li U. D.. Death of..780 
Wanted, Servant*.. 
Well expended.. .252 
Who control.) the Rural,,,..220 
What urn yon lining. 02 
— do the flood:; touch?...402 
Wheat. ItenuirUaide produat’n of.540 
Where to einiffi’ate.108 
— young men should go.204 
Wilder, Hon. Marshall P.252 
Year and Volume, Our XXlst.780 
ENTOMOLOGICAL. 
Angle worms, Destroying.585 
— -• ln soil.348 
Ant bills, To destroy.379 
Ants, To oxtci minute.530 
Ant-Initnylu. soil*. 10 
Apple tree borer- .233, 313 
- borer and tansy.313 
A pple t ree worms.. 249 
— worms, Killing by machinery..460 
Buy worms.*59 
Black knot. Remedy for.249 
Burers, The apple tree.400, 726 
- Currant bush. 315 
— About......4G0, W)0, 670 
— and tansy. -457 
Bug, A strange.490, 555 
— t ulorudu potato remedy.490 
- Red.329, 490. 505 
Remedy for potato....490 
— revolution, A. 
Bug* and oudkronehva.314 
— on vines, .313 
B'.iUcrilics, Canadian..459 
Cabbage worm, A...- 6 ra 
Canker worm.234, 284 
— — illustrated.345 
— — Itemody for...,.300 
Caterpillar, A corn.097 , 773 
- on the apple, Large green.555 
— The siiddltiback.778 
Cicada, The periodical. 26 
Chinch bug...,,,.....443 
Couienl gall* on leaves of wild 
grape vino....655 
Corn worm, A.313 
Cotton worm and castor beans.539 
Currant borers. —. —200 
— worms, To destroy... .879, 539 
— worms mid black currants.,....655 
— — White hellebore for.136 
Curculio.121, 505, 507 
— catching, ..136, 793 
— disturbing... 312 
— in apples ...1«4, FjU 
— Killing the.567 
— remedy.....135, 233, 265 
— on tho quince.697 
— preventive........Col 
— vs. hogs... ..190, 5:0 
Cut worms. 377 
Enigma An.778 
Flea beetle. Larva of the grape 
vino.555 
Fungi affecting fruit. 72 
— — the potato.... 73 
— pr smut. 86 
Grasshopper* and turkeys.266 
— in February.HO 
— Protection against.H? 
Grub, The white ...379 
Hellgiumit)' IIy. 26 
Hornets ami bees. ..3le 
Insect changes.3i5 
— Destroyer. H/uile as un.504 
Insects, A guide to the .itudy of ...666 
— Death ot a hen by .. 475 
— Ground shale to aoutroy,.409 
— Hellebore lor. 
— In orchard*. .379 
- Winter, Destroying. 41 
— Tobacco for ...329 
Katydid, Oblong leaf-winged.23j 
Mantis or rear Irorso.23} 
Moromyztt Americana. 71 
Pen bug, Laudreth on the.379 
Pen bugs, Late sown pea*.406 
Plant Hoe, Apple tree......329 
— — Cherry tree. 
Pismires, To destroy.>~9 
— Trouble with.. .066 
Potato hue-)...28. 434, 310 
— — Destroying. 71 ,182, o05 
Red spider remedy.......313 
Seed corn maggot. 10 
Silkworm eggs...-.HO 
Slug, The rose....489 
Span worms Gooseberry.443 
Striped bugs.457, 460, 484, 539 
— — on squash.570 
— on vine*.361 
Tomato worm poisonous? Is the.-601 
— HtlngoflbO.57(1 
Turnip 11 v preventive.7.328 
Universal remedies.795 
Wheat Insect...71 
midge. 300 
White guib. The.665 
Worm. Army .666 
— Cabbage...666 
— Currant.490 
— Tobacco smoko and the colton.7ii> 
— Tomato .679, 746 
FARM ECONOMY. 
Apple Pomace for manure.121 
Asnes. Leaelied and unleached— 90 
— or Plaster......156 
— to t'raas lands. Unleached.231 
— 11 m of ui.leucncd. 28 
I tag fusUffS&r.426 
Barley. Harvesting.661 
Bean Buyer*.718 
— planter.....“ 
Bo of, To put up.41“ 
