APIARY. 
Bee authority.Sft 
— Hive. A patent. 46 
— Keeper’s Convention.171 
_ _ North Eastern.21* 
— Keepiug In Mass...00 
— — Trotlts .395 
— Management.287 
— Notes, Brief.395 
— Notes from the West.123 
— Region, Southern.171 
Bees, Chloroform giving.. 314 
Contented, How to make...250 
— — To make..171 
— Degenerating, Cause of.2fi 
— Feed for.26, 112 
— Feeding ....so, 154 
— — in Collar.Pi 
— Forage for.331 
— Forty hives destroyed by Chol¬ 
era,...123 
— Foul brood comb for.154 
— How to hive.314, 395 
— in garrets, Keeping.314 
— — Indiana...123 
— — Missouri...123 
— — So. Wales, Honey boxes not 
used..123 
— — Texas, Not attended to.123 
— — Vermont. Pi 
— — Virginia.IP) 
— January care of.43 
— Maple molasses for.250 
— North and South.139 
— Overstocking with.164 
— Starving In Monroe Co.,N. V...II2 
— Sugar sirups for wintering.270 
— Sweet milk for... 43 
— Transferring.303 
— Water form winter.28 
— Wintering. 11 , 90 
— wax. English demand for. 43 
Comb guide decision.107 
— Making passages through the. .107 
Combs. Preserve the...250 
Foul brood combs,Transferring to .250 
Hive, I.angstrolhs...139 
— Non-pnteuted movable comb... 96 
— Requisites of ft good...,.154 
Hives, About.190 
— a dark color, Painting.250 
— Frame vs. Box.11, 90 
— Movable. 43 
— Noa-swarinlng .218 
— Ventilation of.28 
Honey, About premiums at Fairs 
lor.218 
— Marketing.218 
Moth Trap, A.314 
Swarm remain in the hive, How to 
make.218 
ARBORICULTURE. 
Anti - Root Grafters, A Nut to 
Crack. ...108 
Apple Orchard, An Unfruitful,...221 
— Trees, Bark bursted from .253, 
299, 348 
— — Heeled in.221 
— — l.ousy....333 
— — Rabbits and.44 
— — Wash for.157 
Apricot, seedling. A precocious—3S1 
Arbor Vitae, To propagate.109 
Arboriculture! Inquiries.220, 333 
Autumn nr Second-growth Wood, 
Prune away late.189 
Barberry bushes and fungi...,.44 
Bitter rot, llow produced and 
cure for.....299 
Black locust. Culture of.865 
— - from seed, To grow...... 109, 269 
— Waloul and eutalpafor tlmber.348 
Olianiaoropa cxeelsa.189 
Chestnut and European Larch, 
Relative value of.220 
Currant cuttings, Planting.301 
Double working Northern Spys... .111 
Dwarf thorn locust in New Mexico.317 
European Larch for the prairies.. .269 
Everbearing apple tree, How to 
get n. HI 
Evergreens for farmers....141 
— — lanes, The best........319 
Forests, young trees In.220 
Fruit trees, Dow shall 1 prune my.220 
Graftlug, Time for boys to com¬ 
mence.,,..299 
Grove, Black and white vralnut... ,380 
Head*, High vs.low.890 
liodgo, Barberry tor.......268 
— Cost ol Osage. 189 
— for Minnesota.141 
— in Iowa, Barberry. 96 
— Osage Orange for.316 
— Pyracantha for.60,109 
— fences for burial places.109 
— plant, A Utah......299 
Hedges, Hemlock.396 
Hickory nuts. How to plant.227 
Holly,Fortunes. 44 
Larger fruit, To procure.157 
Lombardy Poplar for fence. 45 
Maple or hex older, T'heash leaved.316 
Mountain Ash seed. 253 
Old Norway Spruce, Growth of 
twenty-eight years.109 
Orchard, About a pear.HI 
— aloue oocupy tho land. Let tlie.299 
— How to lay out an.237 
— In tho.299,806 
— notes. 237 
— planting.....60 
— policy.299 
— questions.76 
— trees, Protection for.109 
Orchards, Gas time on.189 
— Management of old...03 
— Unfruitful. 208 
Orange trees, Fungi on.141 
Osage Ornuge timber, Valuo of—299 
Palms for the South.380 
Peach clous and grafting.141 
— orchard, Buckwheat In a.897 
— — girdling, Extraordinary......820 
— Pruning tlm. 172 
— trees, Exposure for.189 
Peach trees. Girdled.237 
— — Regeneration of.221 
— — When to prune.13 
Pear suckers... 76 
Pears, charcoal mulch for.237 
— Distance apart for planting.... 13 
— on thorn.333 
— to plant, What varieties of.221 
Poor trees, Brine for.299 
— — Converting dwarf into stan¬ 
dard. 13 
Peruottya. The. 12 
Pineapples. Transporting...337 
Planting, How to prepare tea seed 
for..,...,.,. 22 
Plum trees. Lime for.141 
Pruners and fruit pickers, Doty’s..220 
Pruning In winter. 9) 
vs. anil-pruning...,.220 
Pyracantha for hedge...12 
Quince, Propagating the. 92 
— cuttings, Chinese. 13 
Ramie culture.. . 13 
— in tho South. 157 
Raspberries, Pruning...189 
Sophora Juponica Pendula.172, 208 
Sugar maple orchards. 92 
Sumac, American...204 
— Market for American.333 
Tan-bark mulch, A. .220 
Tea in Tennessee.77 
culture III Virginia. 77 
Timber, Growing post.316 
Time to prune, The best.157 
Tree,The birch. 77 
seeds on the prairies, Phuittng.396 
What constitutes a dwarf.285 
Trees for Dakota..209 
— — planting. Young...109 
— Heeling in cherry.82 
— Holes for.396 
— in Ice, Planting... 44 
— In Paris, Mode of nourishing 
street....390 
— Protecting fruit.269 
— splitting, To prevent forked...299 
— Staking. 44 
— Street shade.60 
— Surface planting of.208 
Transplanting large... .157, 204, 221 
Vegetable physiologists, A conun¬ 
drum for.396 
White spruce for the prairies.92 
— thorn seed...............380 
— willow for fences....92 
DAIRY HUSBANDRY. 
A bad Case, A few remedies Sug¬ 
gested..350 
Address, Air. Willard’s at Utica ... 78 
— -Canada.168 
— Prof. Law’s. 78 
Butter and cheese factories.382 
- State Fair report of. 14 
— Coloring.62 
How to churn quick. 13 
In winter, How to make. 58 
Making. 286 
— -■ in cold weather.30 
— — Prize Essay on.126 
— Marketing...110 
— pails.30 
— Store.190 
— Westchester Co.77 
— Whey.318 
— workers.382 
— worktng.328 
Cheese, Butter and skim.46 
— Coloring.286 
— Dairying, Is it likely to be over¬ 
done...366 
— Hall of at Paris.282 
— Hogs rennets make poison.270 
— Kind of salt for.238 
— Making the...40, 222 
— — for other markets—..398 
— — in Delaware.. ..285 
— — on the Sabbath.....110,23S 
— — once or twioe a day.112 
— — of skimmed. 62 
— — Proper treatment of acidity 
in.142 
— in Germany, American.....208 
— — Wisconsin.64 
— Mammoth of New England — 46 
— Milk for a pound Of.270 
— PosionuUS....30, 78,158 
— Small.270 
— Styles of.222 
— factory, A proUtable.190 
— - management—..238 
— — Report of Newville, N. Y.... 78 
— - reports 1869. 190 
— — South Champion, N. Y.30 
— — system in England.318 
— — Vats for.222 
— factories...222 
— — Organization and manage¬ 
ment of. 157 
— — Wind Mills for.62 
Churn, Thermometer. 94 
Churns and churning.270 
Churning for breakfast. 62 
— Power for.. ,30, 62, 04 
Cow milking machine....110 
— Product of one...158 
Cows calving in hot weather.850 
— Difference In milk of.. 61 
— Feeding for milk. .....222 
— Management of..818 
— Product of a dairy of eight.62 
— Return from four.254 
— to pasture, Turning milch.818 
Credit, About. H 
Curd mills.2S6 
— — Advantage of.142 
— sink, Improved.254 
Dairy Articles, Foreign cred'.t*_120 
— cows, Care and management 
of.238 
— — Salting.882 
— in Michigan, The..14, 238 
— matters, Canadian.350 
— products .60, 301 
— — Mercantile view of.110 
— region of America. Mr. Bart- 
let’s add .. 110 
— report, from Oregon,........,,.254 
Dairy resources, air. Woodfords 
address.100 
— Stoek, Growing and feeding 
roots to...302 
Dairie.s and the Railways in Orange 
Co., N. Y.-.125 
— English .818 
Product rif Herkimer Co., N. Y..II6 
Dairying, Western.206 
Dairymen, Convention of Cana¬ 
dian ....112 
— — of Vermont, Winter meet¬ 
ing.........126. 142 
— Sixth annual meeting, Ohio—174 
— Association, American... u. 78,94. 
no 
— - The Vermont.. 30 
Dairymen’s Association, Annual 
report of North western-410 
Deacon skins, A word to dairymen 
thereon....251 
Does dairying pay.02 
Ergot.U0 
Heating curds and tainted milk 
174, 440 
Herds, Providing summer keep for 
tho.334 
Home market. Our undeveloped ..366 
Milch cows, Feeding.190 
— - Grains and still slops for ....251 
5111k and cream, Management of...286 
— at factories, Delivering.305 
Best manner of cooling.238, 398 
— cans. Caro of. .238 
— Condensed.306 
t nstramoots for Testing...270 
— Management of. 77 
— ouoe u day. Delivering.360 
— once or twice a day to factory .238 
— or making Cheese, Relative 
profits of selling...334 
— Parisian mode of preserving,. ,222 
— receiver, A new.285 
Results from skimmed and 
' unskimmed. ,171 
— Substitutes in raising calves 
for. 302 
— Suggestions for securing good 
In hot weather.898 
— Why eows give bloody.333 
— Winter..,,.. 78 
Milking machines. go 
— stool. 26 
— That horrid.94 
— tubes.222 
Prime Essay*, Report of Com. on... 78 
Pure water for cows, Importance 
of. 286 
Rennet, Preparing...190,270 
Rennets, Saving of. .238 
Wliey be fed at the factory, Should 
the.238 
DOMESTIC ECONOMY. 
Afghan, Worsted for.,.,239 
Analine, Dyeing with.286 
Apple jelly....175 
— plo, Green.170 
— pudding. 03 
Apples, Dried. 381 
— To bake.191, 207 
Babies, Bandaging.319 
— Care of.319 
— Irregular feeding.319 
— Rocking to sleep.319 
— Soothing sirups for,.319 
Beds, Feather.31 
Beef in summer, Keeping.95 
Beefsteak and mushrooms.367 
— To cook.223, 239 
Beets, How to cook.......851 
Black, To color.47, ill, 191 
Blue. To color cotton.383 
Bread at tablo, Serving. 1*5 
- Corn. 47 
— Good country.159, 207 
— Graham.159, 191 
— How i make. .383 
— Indian. 47 
— Making.303 
— — Orthodox.286 
— quick, Howto raise.223 
— Rye and Indian.191 
Breakfast, A Mexican.803 
Broiling n pa rat us.253 
Brooms, Management of.79 
Brown, Coloring cotton unfading.239 
on cotton. To color.271, 339 
— or tan, To color light.2:19 
Ca h| ui go, Fried. 79 
— pickle, Yellow.im 
— To pickle.15, 79 
Ca ke, Break fast batter...95 
— Delicious.303 
— — jelly.339 
— Fried. 63 
— Fruit.239 
— Jelly.223 
— Johnny.239, 351 
— Molasses pound. 95 
— Pork.223 
— Tapioca jel ly. -399 
— without eggs, Good.883 
Canning eggs...303 
Carpet hooks.335 
— Pounds of rags for a yard of.. .271 
— Rags for a yard of.851 
— Stripes for. 399 
Carpets, Protest against salt on... .223 
Cauliflower, To cook.191 
Cellar at low temperature, How to 
keep.384 
Chapped hands. 47 
Cheese, To make cream.319 
Claret. To color. 47 
Clock, How I cleaned my.239 
Clothes and mollis.319 
— dryers.127 
— washer.175 
Coat collars. Cleaning.63 
Coffee making.286 
— To make good.Hi 
Colored servants. 223 
Coloring velvet. 95 
— woolens. Green and scarlet.... 95 
Corn muffins. 303 
Correspondents, Talk with.. 63 
Cottages for workmen.143 
Cranberries, Cooking.335 
Crape, Steaming black.399 
Custard pie. 191 
Cutch, About.347 
— not cudbear.....319 
Domestic inquiries ....254, 319, 367, 383 
Door yard and garden fences...... .286 
Dough, Chopping.95 
Drub, To color......... 47 
Dried fruits ..11, 175 
Duck, Mock,... 95 
Dumplings, Pie plant.367 
— Slewed..,,...223 
Dust and economies.271 
Dyes in calico, Setting.367 
Eggs as a dressing for other dishes.336 
broken into but water.335 
— Curdled........336 
— How to cook................335 
_-keep. 223, 411 
— -pack.191, 351 
— Packing for keeping.127 
— Preserving...77 
— with the small end down, Pack¬ 
ing . i..335 
Empt.viugs, To make.207 
Kntcrtalnlnlng company. 47 
Farm house, Arrangement and 
furnishing.367 
— — Interior finishing...367 
— — That, six thousand dollar 
867, 383 
— The hall floor.367 
— Wall furnishing.367 
Feathers, To prevent ticks from 
shedding.HI 
Floor oil cloths.319 
Fruits and vegetutables, Desic¬ 
cated . 473 
Fruit and vegetable peeler.253 
— pudding, A good.175 
Goat'a milk.....207 
Green and scarlet, Rcolpe for col¬ 
oring...143 
Dams and bacon. To pickle and 
smoke...491 
Hard water, Softening.301 
Herbs, Season for drying sweet.. .399 
Hominy. ‘**6 
Hop rising. 286 
Hose, To whiten flannel and 
woolen..319 
House cleaning.... -286 
Housewives, The trials of......207 
Hot weather comforts.,...399 
Ice cream. 13 
- — Aii'.ili'v amiiv. 1.5 
— — freezers....-....15 
— — Gold and silver Jelly. 15 
— — ingredients for. 15 
— — Jolly. 13 
— — spiced. 15 
— — Btrawberry .. 15 
Ink, A tried recipe for Indelible...383 
Jelly cake. 191 
— Grape... 47 
Tapioca... 399 
Kitchen conveniences.143 
Knlic handles, Cement for.367 
Knitting and reading. 79 
Ladles, Interesting to. 31 
Lard, Saleratus In trying out.803 
— Trying. 63 
Lettuce salad, Dressing for.. .286 
Loaf, A fruit.175 
— French. -239 
Maple sirup, Nice way to keep.286 
Man’a letter with a woman’s in¬ 
terpolation, A.143 
Match box or safe. Design for...31, 63 
Meat from Texas, Canned.881, 400 
Men, A word to the..*.143 
— Thoughtlessness of.286 
Milk toast.HI 
Mosquitoes, To keep out.390 
Nitrate of copper, To mako.271 
Orange, To color.303 
— -carpet rags.223, 239 
— -cotton.207 
— -woolen.239 
Oysters, Keeping. 31 
— Raw. 31 
— Scalloped. 31 
— Stowed.31 
— To broil. 31 
fry .. 31 
roast, bake or boil.*31 
stuff. 31 
Packing pork and bcof. 45 
Papering whitewashed walls.47 
Parsnips, How to cook.319, 351 
Paint, To dean.*.223 
Pickles. Grape leaf.383 
PiO, Cream.93 
— Lemon custard.......239 
— Pieplant. 335 
— crust. 139 
— — Brittle. 47 
Plan of a pantry, Wanted a.127 
Potpie crust, Bods.Hi 
Pudding, American plum.175 
Cheap nice .399 
Graham. 159 
Home cake or.95 
— Mrs. E. W.W.’s.12< 
— Sauces for. 175 
Pumpkins and squashes.31 
Raspberries, How to use.411 
Rut trup. My favorite. 03 
Red cabbage. To pickle.143 
— or scarlet, To color.175 
Rice, Cooking. .271 
Rooms, Tidy.79 
Rubbers, Mending.... 15 
Salsify, To cook.851 
Sait rising.286 
Sauce, To make rhubarb,,.399 
Scarlet dye for woolen, A beauti¬ 
ful...351 
— To color.191 
Scent bags, A formula for.191 
Seals for children.'43 
Sheetlug, For bleaching brown....175 
Silk, To clean.223 
Soap, Hard.... 79 
— To test...223 
6owbugs, To destroy.319 
Strawberries and raspberries, Pre¬ 
serving. 411 
Strawberries, Canned. .411 
Strawberry pyramid.411 
Tan color, To dye.223 
Tin ware. Using.63 
Tomatoes whole. To pickle rlpe.,,131 
Turkey, Braised. ......... 15 
— dinner*. 15 
— Forcemeat for....... 15 
— To boil a. 15 
Velvet, Renewing. 369 
Vinegar, Whoy for.... 351 
Wash boiler, To prevent rusting in.351 
Washing, A chapter on.....254 
— A chapter wanted on.175 
— dishes.127 
— How to do.223 
— Table linen. 79 
— fluid. a-, 
— — Stone lime in. 289 
Washing-day chat, A.,...239 
Welch rabbit, To prepare.....383 
While spots. To remove.207 
Whitewash lor walls. 47 
Why sell the best?. 15 
Wlrio. Blackberry. 95 
Wood piles. Farmers’. 95 
Yeast for bread. ..191 
— Potato.254 
Yellow, To color.239 
— and orange, To color carpet 
rags.239 
EDITORIAL. 
Advertisers, About indorsing.224 
— unjustly blamed.240 
— to note, Inquires for.....80, 144, 
160. 176, 240 
Advertising, Auotlier pressure of. 18 
— in tho Rural, Touching... .112, ICO 
A good investment.,.,,..160 
Agricultural College wanted,,.,.,. 61 
— Fairs, our...288 
— lectures.48 
— papers, Canadian.240 
.288 
All right.208 
American Watch Co., The.272 
Beecher’s cats. 304 
Bonks to road and study, What... .240 
Breadstuff's, Supply of...61 
Brooklyn Union, The.112 
Canada dying out.32 
Canadian protection against Amer¬ 
ican agricultural papers.96 
— reciprocity.96 
Can’t live without, tho Rural.176 
Catalogues received.64, 80 , 96 
Cliangu and Improvement.384 
Children, Tho rights of...336 
Christian Union, The. 04 
Cliromo lithographed, Ayrault's 
fat steers.128 
Coleman, Alisa Julia, pergonal.208 
Cornell Univursity.144 
Country boys’ rights.384 
— Stay in the.272 
Credulity Illustrated.288 
Cruelty to animals in Calcutta.336 
Day we celebrate, The.208 
Discovery, A great.301 
Doty's useful Implements..176 
Emphatic appreciation....224 
Everybody doing as everybody 
does. 886 
Excellent grapes and native wines. 112 
Faith or facts.272 
Farmer, The coming. 16 
Furmcr's clubs. Essay reading at. .112 
— — Organizing.128 
Franking privilege. The. 32 
Froedom, Where to get. 32 
Freight railroads. 160 
Fruit Grower's Convention, A.176 
— packages.368 
Funding bill, The. 208 
Gold, Canada Currency, Ace.....192 
— Good morning..192 
— medal fur Kansas...80 
uond many think so, A.224 
- neighbors. . .320 
— pay for doing good. 96 
Glasgow guano.80 
Hard times and the Rural.. 48 
Horticulturist’s library. A.336 
Horticultural school, Miss Man- 
wedel’s...288 
Illinois State Entomologist.272 
Improved stock at Mass, Agricul¬ 
tural College.32 
Important, if true... 80 
Income tax. The.224, 400 
Indiana steam plow wagon. 64 
Industry and thrift.80 
Klrtland, Dr. J. P., personal.192 
Knitting machine, New Haven 
family.400 
Labor question, The.304 
Liberal but modest. 64 
Maine State Ag. College Lectures, 
by X. A. Willard.368 
Make work easy, How to.240 
Market days in Jofferson CO.301 
— places for farmers.320 
Marshall's portrait of Washington.304 
Manual labor schools...176 
Meteorology.144 
— new classification of clouds....320 
Mich. State Ag. College new build¬ 
ings . 48 
Musical Independent, The.16 
New York Commercial Advertiser. 48 
— — State Ag. 80 c., Journal of 
the '61.128 
Norfolk, Va., InqulTy about. 48 
Norway oats...32, 80 
Not hing, An Infinite deal of.32 
Novelty Wringer, The.240 
Obituary, Gilbert Spencer Moore..368 
— Joseph U. Carpenter.128 
One. crop system, The.272 
Onondaga salt production.176 
Our public domain.288 
Phrenological Journal. 64 
Pioneer rural journals.144 
Portraits and sketches approved..176 
Postal espolnuge.384 
Potato book, Best’s...176 
Practical education.04 
Practical schools practicable...96,144 
Produce and lands. Prices of.32 
Quarter day. ......206 
Railroad enterprise, A grand.128 
— facts.... 112 
— monopolies and Illinois fann¬ 
ers .. 288 
— St. Joseph and Denver.16 
Railroads, Tho.80 
Raymond, H. J„ and the N. Y. 
press. 16 
Readers, All our....400 
(ted procity with Canada. 48 
Retrenchment and economy.80 
Revenue lax on lumber sales.80 
Revolution, The...48 
Rochester Business University.... 16 
Running in debt for land.112 
Rural a library of itself. The.192 
— as a present, The. 48 
— barrel makers.16 
— Circulation for 1870. 16 
— is introduced, How the.336 
— progress of the... 32 
— wanted and scut.176 
— New-Yorkor, An eloquent no¬ 
tice of the.252 
-The prlceof.... 64 
Science and faith.320 
Seedsmen and send catalogues_.271 
Sewing machine, Tho best.400 
Shall wo go South.....48, 144, 240 
Silk experiments. 336 
Something for inventors to do.288 
South defended. The.......224 
Spring work. The...256 
Standard, Thu New York.320 
Star, The... 96 
Stay in thcconntry.....272 
Steam plow, A Rochester. 64 
— — inquiry.90 
Storm and flood signals.288 
Swindle. A serious.234 
Technologist, Tho. 192 
Temperance In Washington.368 
Thanks, Vote of.. 16 
That advertising pays.256 
Townshead, personal.256 
Trotting, running and pacing in 
New England.304 
Trying experiments.-.352 
Turning things to account.368 
Volume XXI... 16 
West ahead, ThoL.i...330 
What I know of farming.48 
Wines, Duty on Imported.304 
Woman's school of horticulture, 
The..;...33« 
— suffrage.336 
— University, The. 304 
Write to seedsmen.272 
FARM ECONONY. 
Aero, Different measurement of 
an. 301 
Apple tree brush, Burning.335 
Bag holders...155 
Basket willows, Market for.237 
Bird commission, A.221 
Bone and aslies for crops.303 
— dust and superphosphate, Test- 
ting the purity of.365 
— — Swindling In.. 60 
— mill. 45 
Bones, About dissolving.122 
— for fertilizing. Preparing.269 
— Hens dissolving.308 
— IIow to dissolve.287 
Boulders. How to bury.........338 
Beet sugar factory in Canada. ... 301 
Cahoon’s broad-cast Beed sower. ..122 
Canada thistles, To kill.90 
— thistle seed in Alsiko clover 
seed...........112 
Changing business.10 1 .* 
Cider discolored by mills...!.271 
Cistern stmt nor.234 
Cisterns, Experience with.,.303 
Clearing wood lots.12 
Clod crusher.303 
Coal ashes, The use of.218 
Cooking food for stock...365 
-Steam for...363 
Corn and Beed planter.58 
— Coal ashes for.349 
— drying houses...335 
— fodder...173 
— — — Why cows refuse to eat 
green...‘*5 
— for soiling. Bowed.365 
— in the ear, Buying.138 
— — — husk and corn meal, Rela¬ 
tive value of...74 
— planter. The best.320 
— Special manure for.205 
— stalks. Cookiug.42 
Cotton seed h usks ......336 
Cow manure. 71 
— milkers, Patent...203 
Crops, Rotation of.125 
Crows, Killing.3d5 
Cultivator, The skeleton.351 
Deep vs. shallow plowing.1T3 
Ditchers wanted, Practical Eng¬ 
lish. 
Dog question in New Hampshire. .304 
Draining cheap lands.285 
— Lands that need. 90 
— Tile for.394 
Economical inquiries.203, 218 
English steam plow in Louisiana, 
The.352 
Fanning mill. 42 
Furm accounts,.26 
— Capital on the.138 
— labor...125,185 
— products, Marketing.61 
— — of a Jersey.175 
— wages in California.304 
i- Will it pay to.368 
j Farmers, Castigation of Western. 77 
Farming pay, MaklDg. 61 
FeeUiDgcorn.74 
— on open stable floors.58 
Fence, A fancy wooden.185 
— posts, Crude petroleum for.285 
— — Preparing.301 
Fence posts, Salt for... .218 
— Williams’ farm...234 
Fences and fencing.170 
— Door yard and garden.286 
— Management of.... 203 
— Renewing. 271 
Fencing, High water-proof.287 
Fertilizer, Horn dust as a.269 
— Shade as a.319 
Fertilizers, Disinfectants as.234 
— Experiments with.29 
— Sawdust for.............77 
— Waste of...366 
Fodder to grow on sandy soil, The.333 
Gas lime.90 
— — a poison.........77 
Gate. A fancy wood.319 
— A farm.....218 
— An improved...138 
— Another fancy.......303 
— Improved farm.....319 
— latch, A good...122 
— — An improved.,..271 
— sagging, To prevent a ...221 
Gates. Fancy wooden.234 
Grade and drainage level.205 
Grain binder, An automatic.301 
— growing on dairy farms........ 42 
— or coal bin, A capital.205 
— statistics wanted. 61 
Greeley's farm. Soil from.45 
Green crops among corn bb a fer¬ 
tilizer ... 201 
Grooming stock..... 53 
Gypsum from DaDSVille, N. Y.189 
narrow, Neshwitz's pulverizing. .138 
Hay and hay making......397 
— mow, Worms in a.157 
tedder...319 
— — American......... 351 
— — Bnllaid’s improved......303 
— — National. 319 
Hemlock bark, Ashes from leach¬ 
ed .301 
Hen manure and ashes...,.335 
— — Applying.170 
Hops, Preserving.218, 288 
Horse manure. Relative value of 
fresh and burned.109 
— rake, The Tiffin.122 
Horses abreast to a wagon. Hitch¬ 
ing three.„,.269 
Hydraulic cement drains. ’About. .237 
Indiana products, Premiums for. .288 
Industrial developments.170 
Irrigation in New Mexico. 317 
Land to grass, How to sued.365 
Leached ashes... 90 
Lightning rods....237 
Lime as a manure.26 
— and cut worms.333 
Ltveforever, To get rid of.303 
Machines, Labor-saving.255 
Manure, Application of.394 
— CIuvot for.60 
— Gas lime as a...... 77 
— Plowing under......319 
— Preparing and applying.363 
— tanks, Liquid...,.255 
— Wood ashes as.77 
— yard, A..,.,.122 
Manures, Artiflctul.42 
— Concentrated-........287 
— Manufactured.185 
— Special.255 
— Value of artificial.335 
Maple sugar manufacture.155,203 
Mail reports.269 
Marsh lands. Reclaiming.269 
Meat from Texas, Canned..381 
Milking Stool.26,138,271 
Mineral potash.221, 301 
Molo traps.205 
Mud holes. Fill up the.287 
Mustard field, My. 394 
Open boarded floors, How to con¬ 
struct. 58 
Out buildings, Whitewash for.271 
Piling manure In the Held.122 
Planning work.26 
Plaster and its uses.394 
— When and how to apply....333, 365 
Plow, California steam.122 
— Holbrook’s swlv el...303 
— with sod attachment, Cylinder.L38 
Plows in New Mexico.317 
PlowlDg, Deep vs. shallow..60,109, 
157, 221 
Post hole borer, A?.205 
Potato diggers. 29 
— seedling, Results from.333 
Potatoes Tor stock. 42 
— sprouting. To prevent.365 
Powder post, To prevent.138 
Produce, What the United States 
should.170 
Rat exterminator.189 
Raw hide in New Mexico.317 
Keuper, raker, and binder.26 
Roots for feeding to dairy stoek. ..302 
— Relative value of.361 
Salt from San Domingo.125 
Salting stakes. 42 
Seeding buckwheat land.333 
— and ditching.335 
Shallow plowed farm, David Pet¬ 
tit's .365 
Sleighs. 74 
Soil, Importance of town sewage 
to the.351 
Soot, Uses of......349 
Steam plowing with traction en¬ 
gines.,...,,....218 
Stone, Getting rid of.377 
Subsoiling in Missouri.203 
— prairie land.240 
Subsoil plow attachment.271 
Sulphuric acid.269 
Summer fallow, Will it. pay to.XU 
Superphosphate, Application of...218 
Ten acres, What to do with.397 
Thrashing machine. Thrashing 
corn in.. 90 
Three horses abreast, To use.319 
Three-horse equalizer patent In¬ 
fringed .......376 
Tile, Red vs. white.45 
Underdraining. 90 
Wagon "booster” ..,.,..203 
