Pear, Mt. Vernon... 13 Ej 
— Onondaga, or Swan's Orange.. 156 — 
— Pennsylvania.204 — 
— Rogers'Or Dean’s Seedling—124 
— Steven's Genesee.156 — 
— The best.204 — 
— Thorese Appert.124 
— Washington.136 
— Weltz.236 — 
— Westcott.156 — 
— White Doyenne.156 F< 
— Wredow.156 Kt 
Pears and pear Culture_92, 108, l' 1 
140,156,188 — 
— Desirable properties of.MO F< 
— Foreign..123 — 
— in New Jersey.380 — 
— — Tennessee.28 — 
— — the South.236 — 
— Rate Summer and early Au¬ 
tumn......—156 — 
— List of curly..........140 - 
— Manuring.. 92 — 
— Alt. Vernon and Beurre d’AI- 
bert. 44 — 
— Mulching.. 92 — 
— Selection of varieties.140 — 
Pennsylvania Fruit Growers’Soc.. 92 | — 
Plums, Ashes and suit for.365 — 
— Failure of..300 — 
Psidiutn Cattlcyanum.332 — 
Quince, The Chinese.140 
— A sweet... ..—28 — 
Raisins, California...236 — 
Raspberry culture. .236 — 
— Davison’s...220 — 
— — Thornless.28,140 — 
— Doolittle. 28 j — 
— Herstlno's Seedling. 92 
— Imperial.f. 28 - 
— Kiri land... 28 — 
— McCormick.....28 _ 
— Origin of SouebetU. 380 _ 
— Philadelphia. .28,92 _ 
— Seneca. 28 _ 
— Susqueoo.28, 92 _ 
— to plant. What...... 28 j _ 
Raspberries, Blackcaps.28 _ 
— in New Jersey..-.92 
Standard and dwarf trees, Itela- _ 
tive merits.103 _ 
Strawberry, Agriculturist..,...396 _ 
— Barnes' .Mammoth.396 _ 
— Boyden’s.396 _ 
— Burr’s Mammoth.300 
— Exhibition, Bliss’.396 _ 
— Globe.396 _ 
— Green Prolific.349,390 _ 
— Hovey. 396 _ 
— Huntsman’s... .396 _ 
— Imperial.396 
— Jucundit.396 
— Kentucky. 396 
— Lennigs’White.284,396 _ 
— Matilda.396 _ 
— Michigan......,,,,,...,396 _ 
— Napoleon III.390 
— Negro. 396 I _ 
— Nicunor...396 _ 
— plants. Ashes on..172 
— President... 396 
— — Wilder. 396 
— seed. How to save.396 
— show. Jersey... 390 
— Triomphe deGand....390 
Wilson..396 
Strawberries in Missouri, New.396 
— Parry's list.92 
— Query about.380 
— Sexes Of..317 
Telfaria pedata.332 
Wilson's Albany in Virginia.300 
Wisconsin l'ruit list.172 
POULTRY-YARD. 
Am. Standard of Excellence..222, 
270, 286, 302. 318,398 " 
Artificial hatching. 174 
Bestor, A note from.. .........318 
Bones if you want eggs......Ml 
— How to pulverise.270 
Brahma point#.. ..222 J 
— standard. M 
Brazilian ducks.. —..206 
Bird, What alls my. . 94 
Breed for eggs. Best.110 
Breeding and muting, General prin¬ 
ciples. 62 
Broom corn seed for poultry.126 
Birmingham poultry show ..46 
Chicken cholera aud Gov. Wise's 
cousin.306 1 
— coop... 14 
— — Economical.286 
— coops In peach orchard.366 
— fountain, Cheap.350 “ 
— mites, Remedy.73 ' 
— queries. 238 
Chickens. Feeding the....94 1 
— Gupes in.366 ■ 
— Green food for.,...398 
— Mr. AlarshuU's.110 1 
— What alls H. W.'s.270 • 
— -my...186 ' 
Coop,Chicken... 62 * 
Duck. Black Indian.318 
— Summer or Wood.171 * 
Ducks.,... .302 1 
— Cayuga.-.302 
— Disqualifications.302 ' 
— in a new role. 398 
— Musk or Brazilian.206 
— Rouen.,.,.302 
— What alls J.It.D.’s.110 
— -the.. 46 
— White Top-knot.318 
Egg, A curious.249 
— — large . . ..180 : 
— — queer pea-hen's.398 ‘ 
— beaten, That large. 73 
Eggs as a commercial commodity. 
137, 366 
— Best breed for....110 
— Bones if you want them.141 
— Chilled.398 
— Does thunder destroy the vi¬ 
tality of.270 
— Curing liens of eating.270 
— for hatching, Keeping.27U 
— Hatching double-yolkcd.110 
— Increasing the supply.137 
— Impregnation or.249 
— Large.186 
— Large again.350 
Eggs, Large and weighty.DO 1 
— More large,.334 
— Pure Brahma...186 
— Queer.334 
— Sex of.382 
— Storing and hatching.350 
— to keep through the hot weath¬ 
er, Packing.382 
— Those large.286 
— Vital spark in.94 
Feathers changing color.Ml 
Feeding Hopper.62 
Fowl, An ailing Houdan.126 
Dark Brahma.286 
Fowl, Bantam .. 238 
— — Game.............219 
— — Ignored...286 I 
— Black African Bantams...270 
- and White Spanish.249 
— — Cochins...219 
— — Hamburg...222 
— — Java*,.....249 
— Best breed of..306 
— Boxes for.318 
— Brahma...no 
— Consumption of food by.219 
— Brown l.egliorns.222 I 
— Buff Cochin.,..,73,186 
— Camphor for.350 
— Care of six thousand.350 
— Catarrh in.270 
— Chittagong..270 
— Cochin. Ill) 
— Colored Dorking.222 
— Creve Cceurs.222 
— Disqualification of Sebright_250 
— Does it pay to keep...306 
— Dominique Leghorn.222 
Dorking..........222 
eat Cnrcnlio? Will Guinoa.29 
— Eggs of Buff Cochin.222 
— Fevers in.302 
— Game......222 
— Hamburg...110 
— heads and beak scurfy....,.73 
— Houdan. 222 
— how fed...350 
— How much ground for.180 
in rainy weather......350 
— Japanese Bantams, wanted.180 
— Killington's...350 
— Leghorn.222 
— Legs of Houdan.280 
— Lemon colored Cochin.280 
— Malay.30, 238 
— Management of Game.334 
— oil a largo scale.382 
— Partridge Cochin.23 m 
— Pathology of.366 
— Pekin or Cochin Bantam.46 
— Penciled Hamburg.222 
plucking each others’ feathers 77 
— Polands.,.,,,,.......110 
— Points in Sebright.250 
— — fur Cochins...222 
— -Silver Gray Dorkings.222 
— -White Dorkings...222 
— — of Brahma,.....232 
— Profit nf one year.350 
— Report on Hamburg.... .222 
— Roupy.270, 398 
— Scales on the legs of.. .270 
— Sebright Bantams.250 
— separated. How long should. 186 
— Sexes of Guinea.......398 
Silver-Spangled Uamburgs_222 
— Poland.... . 14 
Single combed Brahma... . ..223 
Spangled Polisli.222 
— Sultans.222 
— Sumatra.238 
To get I urge.286 
— Too many varieties. 94 
Trio of Bull Cochins. 73 
What ails tile.238 
— While Bantams.270 
— — Crested Black Polish.222 
— —Leghorn.186,222 
— — Shanghae.126 
— — Spanish.350, 382 
Gapes in chickens, Remedy for_398 
Geese. About.Ill 
— Embden.286 
The best.286 
— Toulouse....318 
Guinea fowl and turkey, Cross.62 
— — Sexes of...♦.396 ! 
Hen, Freaks of a Spanish.382 
house, Plan of. 59 
Double Clutches.350 
— The Mooney. .318 
Hens laying soft shell eggs.270 
— losing the egg bag.318 
Non-laving... 270 
— Two hundred. 350 
— What nils my.137 
Hoppers, Self-feeding. 91 
Incubators, Inquiry about.398 
Information wanted. 46 
Judges, Appointment of.238 
— Traveling.250 
Lice in a poultry yurd. To destroy.222 
Mites, Remedy for chicken.73 
New York poult. Sue's prem. list... 94 
— State poultry premiums.30 
-show.14,30 
Pekin or Cochin bantums. 46 
Pen chicken coop... 14 
People's Practical Poultry Book..110 
Pigeon. Black Barb.110 
I — Jacobin.398 
White Fun tail.137 
rigouns bred in this country.137 
— Carrier.186. 302 
Flying tumbler. 249 
— Ilow to lake care of.HO 
— in the country, Carrier. 94 
Poulterer’s account with his fowls.398 
Poultry Breeders' Directory.350 
— Broom corn seed lor.. .126 
— Convention, .186, 222,238, 249,270, 
286, 302. 318 
— Diseases......155 
— Does it pay on a large scale.334 
— Experience...155, 249 
— —andflgures...126 
— farm. Description of.350 
— fountains.382,398 
importations.144 
— in winter.109 
Keeping profitable. Is.302 
— Alania.286 
— men. Query for.94 
— on a large scale. 94 
Poultry, Profitable rearing.3* 
— profits. 337 
— propagation..30,62 
— raising, First year's experi¬ 
ence In .334 
— Rearing oil large scale.350 
— show, Birmingham. 46 
— — Delnware. 73 
— - N. Ohio.110 
— — Western N. Y.155 
— Standard.382 
— wanted, Pure...62 
Winter management of.29 
ird, Mr. Gould's.382 ; Iron and steel 
Filter, a cheap.315 
Fire-proof wash for shingles.175 
Flowers, Feather,.269 
French resturant plan In N. Y.3S3 
Fuel, Artificial.315 
Gas in Iron manufacture.95 
Gilding, To Improve.315 
Guano deposits. Discoveries in.351 
Hair from the person, To remove.169 
llcat. on diamonds, Action of.43 
How .1 ohnny studied science.251 
to bind the Rural..239 
Ink, Poisonous marking. 43 
Premiums awarded at Delaware Jelly, Strawberry...383 
Poultry Show. 73 Kid hoots, To soften.175 
Prizes awarded by N. O. Poultry Knots and splices.299,305 
^Vhs’ii .110 Lead, About..207 
Roup in fowls.393 Long vs. short lamp wicks.411 
Scale of points, English or Ameri- Matter in the air.79 
can ...,.,186 Meat is preserved utMount Video, 
_ — Head and comb.186 How ..— 43 
_ - Tucked wings.186 Afelon, Sugar.382 
_Weight...186 Meteorology and agriculture....... 77 
Scales on fowls' legs. 10 Microscopical writing.254 
Self-feeding hoppers.94 Millenium, A I ore taste of.187 
Silver Polands. M Orange blossom. To make.269 
Standard of excellence, American. 1 ,,ml ' Aveilll chemical..id 
iso, 206,238,249 — for tin roofs.2*1 
Terms and technicalities.362 PMntvCheap,... « 
Turkey, a sotting gobbler.46 thut wil ke,!p ".. 
- The bronzed.137 **«• Automatic wonder.223 
Turkeys. Rost breeds of.180 Perpetual inot on...... * 
__ r , 280 PnonnuiUccollectionQf letters.... 15ft 
- D^squnliflcatlDbsV.V.V.V.V.V. - .'. ..286 P<*r *>«* b.eterology and agriCul- 
— How to raise....318 ture. 7, 
— Points of 230 Ballroffds and the weather.9a 
Bools, Paint for.221 
Rope, Old. 95 
Rubber I mots, Mending.79, 175,207 
— hose, To mend.43 
slides. How to mend.173 
Rust. To remove Iron.....150 
Science, llow Johnny studied.367 
Screws aud stoppers. I, 00 s*nlng. ..175 
Shingles and staves. About.382 
— White. 
Vulture hook. 
— hocked birds 
Water for fowls. 
.286 
.200 
. 121 
.332 
RURAL ARCHITECTURE. 
Architecture, Economy in.233 
Area of a circle. To find.....233 
Barn. A large stock..233 
— Bowen's dairy.297 
— .Model farm...,.361 
— Plan of Crooks’.169 
— Sectional view of.233 
— wanted. Plan o£.59,169 
Bowen’s dairy barn.297 
Building, Fact* about.209 
— Fallacies ill.301 
— paper.141 
Buildings, Foundations for.297 
— Sectional and portable.233 
-■ Wash for.8(ft 
Chimney, How to build a.209 
Crook. Residence of John II.109 
Dairy barn. Meadow brook.29. 
Dorroin Building Co.233 
Drains and traps tor buildings.297 
Economy In architecture.2SS 
Elm for sills.288 
Farm house and barn.109 
Fire and water proof roof.233 
Floors, Oiled.361 
Foundations for buildings.297 
Fruit preserving house.233 
Graining. Novel method of.297 
Greenhouse architecture.219 
Henhonse. Plan of. 59 
House for the prairies...297 
— Plan ol Crook's. 109 
Hurtgorford Collegiate Institute..208 
Ice-house, A cheap.27 
— — wanted—..109 
Martin boxes.219 
Aleadowbroolc dairy barn.297 
Model hennery.Ml 
Paints. Cheap. Ml 
Pig-ncn. Sduuring .219 
_315 Hickory, Newton Co., Aliss.208 
....175 Huntsville. Ala.176,320 
_269 Imlaytown, N. J.203 
_383 Indiana, Pa.176,240 
_315 Ithaca, N. Y.368 
. 95 Jacksonville, Morgan Co., Ill.272 
.315 Kahuna, Clark Co., Wash. Ter.192 
.351 Kalamazoo, Mich.268 
jve.169 Kingston. Roane Co., Te.nn..96 
43 La moot, Ottawa Co., Mich... ... 48 
.. ,254 Lancaster Pa.32,176, 352 
.239 Lenox. Madison Co., N. Y.320 
. 13 Lockhart,Caldwell Co., Texas —176 
.90 Longtdll, Howard Co., Kansas.400 
.383 Lott's Creek, Iowa.—208 
.17a Lyndotiville, Caledonia Co., Vt.,80,192 
299,305 Macon, (la.176,384 
.207 .Madison, Greenwood Co., Kan.170 
.Ill - Win.112 
. 79 — Kansas.208, 256,381 
deo. Maple Plain, Minn. 400 
.43 Alarbiedale, Ct...224 
.382 Manhattan, Kansas.288 
. 77 Mechlinicsburg, Fred'k Co., Sid_128 
.254 MechunIcstown, Md...208 
.....187 — Carroll CO., Ohio...272 
.269 Frederick Co., Aid.301 
.351 Mend.,n. Adams Co., 111.-.304 
.221 Mexico. Mo... 61 
.77 Miami Co., () 224 
.315 Aliddlevllle, Burry Co., Alich.336 
.223 Milton Co., Gu.288,352 
.95 — Rock Co., WU. 80 
s—155 Monroe, Oregon. ,.128 
icul- Montague, Muskegon Co., Mich... 96 
.77 Mo til rose, Henry Co., Mo.224 
.95 — Sasquohanna Co., Pa...ill 
.221 Muskegon. Mich.353 
. 95 Natchez, Miss.221 
175, 207 Newark, Wayne Co., N. Y.288 
.43 Newcastle, Henry Co., Ind.;gic> 
.173 New .Moscow, Coshocton Co., O_ 64 
.159 Newport, Vt...256 
.367 North Cambridge, A't.336 
lg. ..175 - Chili, N. Y.320 
.382 — — Monroe Co., N. Y. 96 
Salt fur pine.189 — Lcwisburg, Champaign Co., 0..192 
Ice-house, A cheap.27 
— — wanted..169 
Martin boxes.219 
Aleadowbroolc dairy barn.297 
Model hennery.Ml 
Paints. Cheap. Ml 
Pig-pen, Squaring .219 
Poultry-house and yard. Van Win¬ 
kle's.., .141 
— — Bennett’s.394 
— — Interior of.Ml 
Prairie house.297 
llat-proof cellar..til 
— - wails.....125. Ml,209, 394 
Root's, Color for.209 
— Till. 297 
— To make thatched.41 
Rooms, Rise of. .>— 397 
Shingle roof, Fire and water-proof.283 
Smoke-house, Elevation.125 
— — How to build a.125 
Stable, St yle ot'.125 
Stables, Open slat floors for.219 
Timber, How to protect....209 
Tin roofs. 297 
— — Experience asked for...161* 
To prevent wood from cracking.. -til* 
Walls, Rat-proof.59. 391 
— To make rat-proof. 125 
Wash for root's and buildings.361 
Window sashes. Rattling...109 
Wood. Weight.d.233 
Woods, Moisture in..233 
Workshop wanted, A cool.297 
SCIENTIFIC AND USEFUL. 
Shoes, Alligator.29* 
Silver soap for cleaning silver and 
Britannia.411 
Siphon : can lie use It?. 12 
Skelet ons of domestic animals for 
the Boston Museum of Com¬ 
parative Zoology. 14 
Soups are rail tied, Ilow. ..383 
Spontaneous combustion.175 
Stains from a book, To remove—175 
Steam for former's houses.187 
Stereoscope, Inventor of.367 
Stove pipe. Trouble with.159 
Sugar, Melon.382 
Sulpburund coal gas. 95 
Talking machine..267 
Teeth, Care of. 223 
Term cotta in Georgia.411 
Tobacco mild. To make strong. ...223 
Vegetable carbolic acid.....411 
Walks. Cement or gas tnr.7181 
Wash for sores.157 
Water by sponges, Raising.. 61 
— clocks....175 
— impurities in.95 
— p.over for raising...315 
Watering streets, A chemical so¬ 
lution. 315 
Weight power. ..315 
Wind. To measure velocity of.. . 79 
— Velocity to measure.197 
Wood and Boater plpi’w.95 
Woolens, Cleansing fluid for.95 
Young men, 111 manners in.367 
SEASON, 
Air, Matter In. 79 Collinsville. 6. 
Animal food. Preserving.383 Columbus, Texas. 
Alligator shoes.. —..299 Coroullls,Oregon. 
Arch centers . 95 Crowland. Ont.. 
Arseniute of soda. 95 Davis’Mills,Renton Co 
Balloons. Guiding.159 j Department of Agrieul 
Beeswax, Bleaching.79 j)e Soto, Iowa. 
Beet sugar In California. 32 Duncan's Falls, O.. 
Bleaching beeswax. 79 Dunlap, Iowa. 
— broom corn. 79 East J affray. N. II. 
Blot's kitchen. Pierre.3S3 East Porter, NiagaraCc 
Blue glass : Effects on animal and 
vegetable 11 te.411 Easton, Aid.. 
Bruin, Us two aides.254 Elkin, N. C. 
Breathing Apparatus.175 Elmira. N. Y. 
Broom corn. Bleaching... 79 Erie Co.. N. Y. 
Carbolic acid, Perfumed... ..207 Essex Co., Va. 
Chimney, How to treat a burning. 159 Fairfield, Iowa. 
Cisterns, Filtering.223 Fitchburg, Wis. 
Coal dust.. 95 Fredonla, N. Y. 
— tar and gravel walk..221 Freersville. Jefferson C 
— mining by hydraulic pressure.. 95 Fort George. Fla. 
Cook books are made, How. .383 — Wayne, Ind. 
Drains and ill health. 95 Fulton Co..O. 
Electricity and gravity. 95 Gallatin. Miss. 
Evaporation Of liquids. 95 Gienville, N. Y. 
Feeling u pulse by telegraph.351 Guilford, N. C. 
Guiding Balloons.159 Du Quoin, Ill. 
Hartiand, Windsor Co., Vt.256 Hallock, Ill. 
Hurlem Springs, Ohio.256 Hall’s Corners, N. Y— 
Akron. Summit Co., Ohio.256 
Alcott, Ni igata Co„ N. Y.208 
’ ‘ Aldeo, Hardin Co., Iowa.112 
" Ames. N. Y. .176.320 
Amherst, Lorain Co., O.160 
Aurelius. Cayuga Co.. N. Y.128.2U8 
■' Baldwimvilie, Onondaga Co., X.Y.208 
Bethel. Berks Co., Pa... .112 
‘ Bentonvtllo. Ark. 90 
Bolivar. Tuscarawas Co.. O. .144 
' Bowen's Prairie. Junes Co., Iowa..224 
Brusbviilo, Waushara Co.. Wis.90, 284 
? Caledonia, Livingston Co., N. Y. 112,460 
Cambridge, Vt.. 224 
Camden, Oneida Co.. N. Y. 48 
' ' Carpentaria, Cal. —.128, 336 
'J Carthage, Mu.176 
*1 Catoosa Co., Ga.256 
7 ' Cedar Mills, Meeker Co., Minn.304 
' ' Champaign, ill.32 
' Charleston, Coles Co., ill. 90 
7* Charlotte, N. <’.192 
' ' Ciiulaliutiia, Marshall Co., Miss—272 
Clarence, Erie Co., N. Y.224 
"Z - Iowa..256 
' Clayvilie, N. J.336 
— Wash. Co., Pa.123 
L, Clyde, Sandusky Co., O.352 
Coldwater, Brandi Co., Alich.96 
•79 Collinsville. O.330 
383 Columbus. Texas...272 
.299 Curoullis. Oregon.352 
Grow land Ont. 144,904 
95 Davis’ Mills,Benton Co., Miss.17® 
•159 Department of Agriculture in 111.380 
79 Dp Soto, Town. 144 
• 32 Duncan'S Falls, O. . ,.112,272.352 
• 79 Dunlap, luwu...32,192 
•79 East J affray, N. II..116 
•383 East Porter, Niagara Co., N. V.128, 
d 192,272 
4M Easton, Aid...320 
254 Elkin, N. C.381 
•175 Elmira, N. Y.368 
• 79 Erie Co., N. Y.176 
207 Essex Co., Va. 192 
I-159 Fairfield, Iowa. 176 
223 Fitchburg, Wis.308 
• 95 Fredonla, N.Y.381 
. 221 Freersville, Jefferson Co., Ala.256 
.95 Fort George, Fla...336 
. .393 — Wayne. Ind. 301 
• 95 Fulton Co., O...32 
. 95 Gallatin. Aliss. 48 
95 Gienville, N. Y.. ..48 
.351 Guilford, N. C...192, 320 
..159 Du Quoin, Ill.336 
..256 Hallock, Ill. 80 
. .256 Hall’s Corners, N. Y.112 
Northwest, Williams Co., O.298 
Oak Grove, Dodge Co., Wis.170 
Oakland, Douglas Co., Oregon.....176 
Oeonotuowoo, Wis. ..32,224 
Odell, Livingston Co,, III.352 
Oregon, Mo.32. 144. 2.56 
Okaloosa. Iowa... 80 
— Mahaska Co., Iowa.256 
Oswego. N. Y...Ml 
Paradise, Jefferson Co., Pa..272 
Payuesvine,Stearns Co., Alinn—336 
Pittsburg, Pa .288 
Pittsfield, Mom mac Co., N. H.2.56 
Plain well, Alieh..289 
Pleasant Valley, N. Y.80 
Plymouth, Chenango Co., N. Y—160 
Poole's Mill. Webster Co., Ky.192 
PollOS00, Saunders Co., Neb. 64 
Pomona, Cumberland <’o., Tenti. ..256 
Port Gibson, Ontario Co.. X. Y... .224 
Preble, Cortland Co., N. Y.192 
Putney, Vt.198,356,368 
PugiHown, Chester Co., Pit.48 
Rainey's Creek, Texas.336 
Red Wing, Guodhiie Co.. Minn.144,240 
Uidgely, Caroline Co.. Md. . ...96 
Reodshurg, Sauk Co., Wis.208 
Itu.'lcu.Ue, Ind. ..SO. 176 
Rolling Prairie, Dodge (Jo., Wis...144 
Salt Marsh. Kaunas.256 
Sander's Bend. TeliemaCo.. Cal...192 
Beotia, Svhohnrle Co., N. Y...... .. .240 
Sharon Center. N. Y. 32 
Sherman. Texas.320 
Slireve. Wayne Co., O.192 
Shiloh, Wood Co. O.224,336 
Shootman, Mo.272 
South Danbury, Grafton Co., N. 11.256 
— Seaville, N. J.192 
«- Cttpo May Co., N. J.391 
Kfrtland, 0.224 
— Trenton, Oneida Co., N. Y.. 48 
Sparta, Tcnn .304 
Spencer, Clay Co., Iowa.240 
Springfield Mo .240, 272 
Starkey, N.Y.90, 204, 330,368 
Si. Charles, Kane Go., Minn.210 
St, Peter, Nicollet Co., Minn.176 
Still Pond, Kent Co., Aid.224 
Suspension Bridge, N. Y.96 
Tliotuuston, Coon. 64 
Throopsvtlle. Cayuga Co., N. Y_256 
Toledo. O.. .....272 
Union City, Randolph Co., Ind.320 
— Depot, Sullivan Co.„Tenn.352 
Upper Sandusky, O.3C3 
Van Rnren. Iowa.17C 
— — Jaekson Co., Iowa. SO 
— Wert, 0.M4. 256 
Vervilla, Warren Co., Tetin... .384 
vutorla. Norfolk Co., Ont.Ml 
Washington, Iowa.256,7184 
Wntlsvllle, Luzerne Co.. Pa ... . 336 
West Dnimm-rston, Wimlhum Co., 
Vt.SO, 272 
— Liberty, Iowa.32 
— Springfield, Mass.128 
Western Experimental Farm, Ind, 
Co., Pa.160 
Williams, Buy Co., Alich. ..48, 128. 830 
Wilson, Niagara Co., N. Y..128, 160, 240 
Woodford’s Corner, Westbrook, 
Me.80,112 
Yadklnville, Yadkin Co., S. C.240 
SHEEP HUSBANDRY, 
A prolific ewe.107 
Cashmere Goat. 59 
Catarrh Epidemic. 11 
— in sheep..... 91 
Atutton and sheep.378 
— in America. 155,171 
— AlOney from,.. 27 
Prices Wool and the Tariff.362 
Rambouillet Flock, Destruction 
of.171 
Ram “Voucher’’..... 59 
Scab and Foot-rot, New remedy 
front Australia.107 
— in sheep, t'heup cure for.362 
— Symptoms of.123 
Sheep and dogs. 93 
business.331 
Catarrh Remedy. 91 
— Cntswold.43 
— ears lop, When.1.57 
— for mutton. Cola wold.197 
— — winter, Fattening.125 
— Grow more. 43 
— have wintered. How fine wool. .303 
How to profit by keeping.29 
— in Arkansas. 59 
— — Great Britain.203 
— —the snow...,...91 
— interests in Colorado.59 
— Maltese, .43 
— on Hie plains......123 
— Protect the...91 
— raising in Nevada. .203 
— Rules for the care of....310 
shade in California .123 
— skins Imp. Into N. Vork In 1870.187 
— shearing, Ontariound Livings¬ 
ton. .362 
— their present status.362 
— To got ticks otr. . ..171 
- To winter fattening. 29 
— Worms in... 12 
yard In Australia, Plan of.107 
Solidarity of the industries.139 
Tariff and wool...316 
Ticks off sheep. To get.171 
Waterproofing fabrics. 11 
Wire grass for sheep. 91 
Wolves in Illinois. 11 
Wool amendment, The skin.171 
—, and mutton......75 
— — the tariff... .310 
— clip in Pacific States.203 
— — of California.330 
— crop in United States.203 
— drying...203 
— foreign imports.187 
— growers and manufacturers. 
Fraud upon,. 27 
— — meeting. 91 
— in America.155,171 
— — Us passage to velvet carpet¬ 
ing.. 11 
— mattresses. ll 
— tariff attempted. Overthrow nf.lTl 
— — Calf hair va. wool. 27 
trade In British eolonios.203 
— — of the British colonies.91 
— waste and ashes for manure... 7.5 
— whitening.203 
Woolen manufactures.139 
378 Breed and swill pail.78 
171 Boar, A six months Magie.234,299 
27 Cheshire swine, Improved.170 
362 Chester whites and crosses in Kan .138 
in Bradford Co., Pa.154 
171 - Spurious.141 
59 Cholera. Hog...43 
Remedy. 73 
197 Cooked food for liogs.125 
362 Corn meal and the growth of pigs.299 
123 Essex hogs, Good and hud quali- 
93 ties of...183 
331 Hog, A North Carolina.133 
, yi — cholera. 13 
43 - —'and soup....HO 
, 1.57 — — Remedy...78,283,347 
,187 Hogs, Berkshire & Chester White 
,125 cross.218 
, 43 — Boone Co., III.,.138 
.363 — Chester White.347 
. 29 — Conked food for...,.125 
, 59 — Essex .231 
.203 — Good and had qualities of 
. ill Essex.133 
59 — Magie*....283 
. 43 — Magie breed of.151 
.123 — need salt, Do.125 
. 91 — Origin of Magie.213 
.203 — Poland and Big Chinn.122 
.316 — put on clover.231 
.123 — St. Lawrence, N. Y. —283 
.187 at St. Louis, Jefferson Co...—283 
— Steamon food for. 218 
.362 — The knob. 283 
.362 - White China.218 
.171 will shrink. How much.107 
. 29 — With the thumps.315 
. 12 Kidney worms.299 
.107 — — ill swine...213 
.139 Magie boar, Six months.299 
.316 Pig, A big.... 57 
.171 — A LewisCO., N. Y.154 
.11 — Ago to turn to pork. 91 
. 91 About, feeding.213 
11 Age for breeding . 91 
.171 — An ailing.138 
.75 — Big Chester White. 91 
.310 — Chemung Co., N.Y.138 
.203 — five months old...170 
.330 — Growth of. 315 
.203 Pigs. Black tooth in.213,299.362 
.203 — by hand. Rearing.331 
.187 — Corn meal for.299 
,, — Geo. A. Deitz s. 93 
27 — How Chester Whites are ob- 
<41 tallied.125 
,171 “ Peas for........154 
— Pens for... 91 
11 — Scours in.362 
11 — sick, Cholera.107 
f.171 ' Skinner's fat. 91 
•27 — Thumps in...362 
203 - Transferring.107 
' , n — Weights of....254 
73 Remedy for worms. 57 
.203 Shoat, What alia my.331 
oh) Soap and hog cholera.170 
Wools. Long wools and tine . 331 I Sows and their young.57 
Worms in sheep. 12 j Steamed fPOtl for hogs... .213 
I gufiolks In Bradford Co., Pa.lul 
J Sulphur fur swine...133 
SPORTSMAN. 
Anguilla...•■39" 
Base-bull, How to make .317 
— — inquiry. 217 
Birds’ nests. Destroying...397 
— protected by law in New Hamp¬ 
shire . 287 
Deer hound. Highland.317 
— stalking.397 
Dog distemper, Remedy. 217 
— fora young farmer.349 
Dogs, Pointer.205 
Retriever.29 
— Training....,..157 
— Whisky for.235 
Duck hunt, A wild.157 
Eel, The common....397 
Eels, About.397 
Fish in trout brooks,The...235 
Fox terrier, A. 93 
Foxes and fox terriers.157 
— To trap.217,235 
— Trapping. 29 
Game laws of New York.349 
— Smoking out... 63 
Gopher trap.139 
Gun, Cleaning a allot. 29 
— cotton, To make- .157 
— How to clean .205 
— Shortening a shot.235 
— To clean a shot.93, 235 
Guns, How to handle.287 
Hound, Greynnd hares.317 
— Tne otter.217 
Lamprey....397 
Slink, How to cateli in winter.63 
— trap...349 
Muskrat trap.259 
Otter, Trapping.173 
Pralriachicken trap.,..,.319 
Pelromyzon mu nous.397 
Pup, Advice about a.235 
Quail, Killing In New Jersey.349 
Qualls in New Jersey, Killing.. 29 
Shotgun, Cleaning a.157 
— —How to cioan.205 
— — To clean a. 93 
— — Shortening.317 
Skunk. Carrying t»y the tail.317 
— trap,.173,253 
— skins. To deodorize..63 
Skunks. One way of destroying—235 
Snakebites, Remedies.235 
Snakes, About Texus.235 
Spaniel or Retriever, Water.157 
Spaniels, Clumber. 78 
Sportsman'* curiosity.217 
streteh«:::;:::::::::::::;::i7i **“«*' i,ow totiu ’.si 
Colic or Stretches.171 
Corrals and Sheep sheds, plans—123 
Crossing. Profitable.43 
Epizootic Catarrh in Georgia.59 
Ewe. A prolific...107 
Foot-rut and Sheep’s tails.59 
Great fraud on Wool Growers.27 
llatntnond, Death of Edwin.43. 123 
Lamb skins for ladies' overcoats. 
To prepare.91 
Lambs, long Journeys, Drawing... .378 
Long ATools and fine wools.331 
M.igothy bean hay us sheep feed... 91 
Merino Growers stick to their 
sheep? Shall.331 
Money from mutton. 27 
Squirrels, How to trap......31, 
— In California, To destroy.235 
— Trapping.173 
Trap, Cheap. 364 
— A skunk.....,,..,.173 
Trout fishing season, Limits of—397 
— in New York, Angling for...... 78 
Whisky for dogs.235 
SWINE-HERD. 
Apples for swine.....299 
Berkshires. Thoroughbred. 12 
Black tooth in pigs.218, 299 
— teeth, Are there in pigs.317 
Swine, Apples for... ..299 
— Chester Whites...91 
— -in trouble.331 
— -vs. Berkshtres. 57 
— Cheshire.381 
— China.91 
— diseases. 91 
— Does it pay to take care of .138 
— Essex... 45 
— Feeding... 91 
— How often shall we feed.91 
- Improved Cheshire.376 
— herds. Inquiries for.362 
— Jefferson Co.45, 254. 381 
— Magie.45. 381 
— Measly.. 31 
— Poland...91 
— — anil big China...299 
— Prolific Essex. f. .362 
— Suffolk and Chester Co.45 
— Sulphur for. 138 
— Wliy they should not be bred..138 
Thoroughbred Berkshire. 12 
Wallowing holes.91 
Western hogs, Weight of.....315 
Worms, Kidney. 57 
Remedy for. 57 
VINEYARD. 
Grafting grapes in California.333 
Grape vine, A giant.333 
— Rogue’s Eureka.109 
— Clinton.60 
— Croton and Senusquu.365 
— (’uncord. 60 
— cuttings. Frozen.157 
— Grafting...188, 300,305 
— Hartford... 60 
— Hoogeberge.2(!8 
— Ives... 60 
— tests at Newburg. 28 
— trade or 1870.44,172 
— training, Byington’s system— 60 
— vine terminology...397 
— vines, Grafting...252 
— — Large. 27 
— — overfeeding.220 
— — Training.,..,.60,172 
— — When to plant.352 
— Walter. 365 
Grapes, Barren.268 
— for Illinois. 60 
— grafting.333 
Marketing.....125,252,300 
— Novel way of preserving.220 
— Wyoming red.365 
Manure to vines. Applying.220 
Planting grape seed.221 
Pruning an old vine.109 
— System of. 44 
— Underhill's system. 28 
— vines in cold weather.28 
School for grape wines.110 
Underbill s system of pruning. 28 
Vine, Priming an old.;.109 
Vines, Applying manure to.220 
— Bleeding.M0 
— in cold weather. Pruning...28 
Vintage In California. . 27 
Wine, Ropiness of. .397 
Wines and grapes in California....252 
— School for grape....140 
Whitewash vs. paint.268 
