INDEX TO PRACTICAL DEPARTMENTS 
Turd basket.101 
Cellar, cleaning the.383 
Champion boiler.303 
Chill sauce. 63 
China, to mead.31 
Chromos, asks how to mount... 95 
— mounting .159 
— to mount...239 
Cinnamon; or. Brown on cot¬ 
ton and silk.287 
Clothes, how to boil.335 
Coffee, recipe for farmers'.387 
— to rednco tho price of.175 
Coloring recipes,.,...287 
— wanted.223 
Colors, how to test..383 
Comforts.127, 191 
Cookies.,.191, 271,383 
— good.361 
Corn, canning green.287 
— salad.255 
Crullers, good. 95 
Custard, handsome and dell- • 
clous.127 
Domestic economy, to believers 
Milk, means for improving its 
condition.267 
— of different breeds, losses 
from mixing. ,.123 
— preservation...,...347 
— theeaselnoof which is hard, 
treatment......171 
— to removegnrllcflavor from.187 
— preserving. .331 
— sugar..,. 251 
— vs. cream, churning....171 
Sorghum for milch cows.299 
Statistics needed.377 
Stock, low prloes of... U 
Sugar, milk......251 
Wages for farm laborers.27 
Willard's address at Vermont 
pfiirvmcn’s Convention.. ,138 
Reduvlus erasslpes. 30 
Rose bushes, transplanting.302 
Roses in winter. 62 
That lock of hair...286 
— picture.238 
Three best house plants.206 
Treo planting..'.174 
Trimming evergreen hedges... .318 
Scale Insects on plants.206 
Scarcity of time,.80 
Shrubs, propagation of.382 
Snails eating house plants.334 
Spreading over too mnch 
ground....142 
Swoct-scontod moss.206 
Uncovering plants.,...,174 
Violets and leaves. 91 
Welgelns.398 
What shall we plant7.222 
Winter view of home. 14 
Wistaria us a shrub.398 
Wood, about. 110 
Writing for newspapers.286 
Cheese and bntter making,com¬ 
parative profits of.27 
— auction sales of.203 
— coloring.,.347 
— dairying in Wisconsin. 59 
— factories and creameries, 
whole-milk.203 
— Improved quality of Cana¬ 
dian.150 
— in spring should not be 
skimmed, lmy.171 
made in America, European 
varieties of .3.11 
— making, Sunday, how avoid¬ 
ed....171 
products of 1873, excellence 
the.ii 
— sngc .317 
— shipped from Belleville. On¬ 
tario.105 
— trade with England......139 
Churning, philosophy of.121 
Churns and blitter-Workers.. ..187 
Complaints of farmers.101 
Consulting a customer's taste..123 
Corn fodder, method of grow¬ 
ing. 59 
— — question.59, 123 
— will do, what. 59 
— a Chautauqua.27 
Cows for milk, feeding. 238 
— gestation of.171 
— in the dairy, farrow.,261 
Cream, raising. 91 
Crossing breeds for tho dairy.,. 27 
Dairy associations, history of.. 11 
— business for 1873. U 
— convention in Canada.171 
— — Vormont.107 
— exports... II 
— extending, the....,. H 
— farm, an experimental.91 
— goods, the future for it.II 
— honors, new candidate for. ,378 
— in McHenry Co., Ill. ....377 
— notes. 43 
of 16 cows did, what a.187 
— products, Influence of hard 
and soft water upon.IH7 
— prospects.11 
— stock, wintering. 59 
Dairymen feel happy, Westcrn.377 
— hard year for.331 
Duirymen’s Asa'n of New York, 27 
— --State.. 11 
— Convention, American.75 
— — Vermont.123 
Dairying in Canada.155 
— — Colorado.267 
— - Kentucky.91 
— —the Northwest.377 
— — losses from 363 
— profits of... .377 
— the Northwest adapted to...377 
Experience of practical men 
valuable. It 
Feeding for milk.315 
Garget- bad cases of.363 
Grasses for the dairy.27 
Growing corn fodder.'59 
Uay crop for 1873. 11 
Hired help, trusting.U 
Losses resulting from panic_ 11 
Milk and cream, specific gravity 
Hawthorn seed, sprouting.398 
Hemlock seeds.126 
Hickories, raising. 78 
Larch, European. 92 
— for spring planting.92 
Larlx Europa..92 
Locust seed.252 
Orange culture. 60 
— In California.397 
— trees from seed.300 
Osage orange hedges, planting.172 
— to kill. 126 
— wood. 222 
Paper for preventing rabbits 
gnawing trees.252 
Peach culture in Western N. Y.317 
— trees bear large peaches, 
how to make.300 
Peaches iu Kansas.252 
Pecans, how to plant.126 
Pears standards, to make dwarf.190 
Pine, Austrian. 92 
— Scotch. 92 
Pinus Montana. 92 
Plants, layering.361 
Pruning to form.,...319 
Pyracantha hedges.222 
Quince on wild thorn.361 
Rabbits gnawing trees, to pre¬ 
vent.252 
Raspberry canes, diseased.126 
Hup In bark of trees, ascent Of..304 
Seeds, take care of the.140 
Sod vs, clean culture....120 
Spruce, Norway. 92 
Stocks affecting fruits.397 
Tea plant III Texas.......397 
Three wise men of Tennessee..222 
'limber luw of Kansas.30 
— varieties of.397 
Tree, curious peach. .333 
— how to measure the length 
of a.126 
— peddler, beware of a. 28 
— planting lu Illinois.300 
Trees at transplanting, cutting 
back.317 
— carelessness in handling_333 
— pruning fruit. 12 
— wash to prevent rabbits 
gnawing.;....190 
— where to plant.190 
Yellows in Michigan peach 
trees..,...,. ...397 
r APIARIAN 
Asters as bee plants.234 
Bee culture.351 
— frames.26 
— hive, what is the beBt.234 
keepers, questions for.Ill 
— pasturage.219 
— — in England.Ill 
— -the South.26 
stings, remedy for.234, 3117 
Rees a bad practice, Feeding...204 
— and buckwheat.219 
— — wasps. 397 
— — grapes...351 
— best time to handle .351 
— cellars for...351 
— over injurious, are honey...303 
— from combs, removing.397 
— gathering honey dew.30 
— in a warm room, wintering..2(M 
— iujure fruit, do.188,220 
— Italian.....314 
— make honey? do.234 
— not caused by quality of - 
honey, dysentery in.361 
— out of doors, wintering.249 
— purity of Italian.351 
— smoking.,.314 
— superiority of Italian.201 
— vs, grapes.,. 851 
— wintering. 26,60 
Buckwheat and bees.219 
Cellars lor bees........361 
Clipped queens.201 
Clipping the wings of Queens...157 
Fool brood iu hives.234 
Honey dew. 03 
— keeping...........Ill 
— what Is. Ill 
Italians vs. black drones.231 
Millers, destroying. 00 
Moths out of a hive, to keep.231, 397 
Fine lumber for bee hives.334 
Queen capable of laying, when 
is a.204 
Rich soils best for honey-pro¬ 
ducing plants.381 
Strong colonies desirable.220 
Sunflowers as bee plants.231 
Toads eating bees.302 
DIARY OF A RURALIST 
Agaves and aloes, propagating.3 4 
Ailanthus poisonous, is the.222 
Among the old fuvorite flowers.174 
— shrubbery.158 
Asparagus beetle.,198 
Bug from Virginia.30 
Butterflies, a night among the..94 
Caterwauling vs. calf wauling. ..334 
City men becoming farmers,,,,818 
Clean up tho walks. 302 
Cold feet In winter.62 
CoHocting and preserving In¬ 
sects.365 
Cut it down.270 
Difference of opinion. 30 
Kggi of katydid.318 
Entomological and horticul¬ 
tural.190 
For one day only. 45 
Fowls, fancy. 62 
First days of spring....174 
Freaks of nature. 94 
Fruits, failure of small.238 
— selection of small.112 
Grasshoppers, those hateful...,382 
Grass plot...270 
Handsome, uncommon plants. .190 
Hawthorns, the.398 
Herbarium, making a.238 
Hickories, raising. .78 
House plants, stand for. 45 
Insect*, boxes for specimens...365 
— collecting and preserving...565 
— cost of material.365 
— from Nebraska.206 
— how pinned.365 
— killing.365 
— mounting specimens.365 
— price of. 45 
In the greenhouse.158 
Is it Instinct or reason ?.110 
— — true... 110 
Labeling plants..222 
Look in the garden.350 
Making a business of It.286 
— myself trouble. 78 
Names of insects wanted.158 
Notes from my note book.398 
Penstemons.126 
Phloxes.126 
— perennial.126 
Plants, u dozen herbaceous.270 
Poppy, Chinese.398 
Potato, Campbell’s Late Rose..350 
— Extra Early Vermont.350 
— Red Jacket.350 
Potatoes, new varieties.350 
Primulas....128 
Public entertainment of strun- 
gers. 14 
Purchasing plants, art of.126 
DOMESTIC ECONOMY 
Don't down with the stoves....371 
Doughnuts, good recipe for 
hasty.127 
Dumpling, boiled apple.63 
Economical girls.143 
Eggs, packing.361 
Esther Allen, a few words for..143 
Fair play.319 
Family Jars.367 
Feather-beds, care of.Ill 
Fern pressing... 63 
Fruits, canned.899 
Flannel when yellow, treating. .351 
Flowor decorations.63 
Flowers on the table...15 
Fritters, apple... 175 
— orange.287 
Garments made waterproof.63 
Gingerbread. 191 
— snaps. eg 
— wine.319 
Gloves, to clean.255 
Glue pots. 399 
Grasses, orystallzlng .. 75 
Hams In summer, to keep.Ill 
Haru toast.,.31, 111 
Hearth rugs.287 
Hints about true economy.255 
Home atmosphere. 31 
Hominy, home-made.... ..255 
Housekeeping hints......175 
Husk mats. .371 
Iced apples. 303 
Jumbles, for.175 
Letter-box, to make a pretty...287 
London syllabub. 31 
Madder red on woolen goods.. .287 
Meat, curing. 31 
— pressed.175 
— rapid peeking of.127 
Medly pioturo. 319 
Metbeglin recipes.139 
Mlnce-meat.47 
Mink fur. dyeing.237 
Moth preventives.....319 
Mush.255 
— fried. 31 
Nutmegs, economical use of.... 47 
Omelut, Friar's. . 31 
Onion pickle.223 
Onions, and good way to oook.. 95 
— pickling........... 15 
Over-worked farmers wives....271 
Painted floors .335 
Paper basket, waste. 79 
Papering.336 
Ammonia In the house, keep... 31 
Apple dumpling, boiled. 08 
— — sauce.31 
Apples, dried.303 
— fsr jelly, dried.303 
— for plos, dried...303 
— iced..303 
Asparagus, boiled. 79 
Bacon, English breakfast.239 
Bean patties.303 
Beds of oat chaff.487 
Beef, corned........127 
for future use, how to keep. 79 
with pork, boiling.169 
Beer, hop.383 
Bernice’s experience .. .191 
Biscuit, economical and whole¬ 
some. 239 
— good....,.191 
Biscuits, arrowroot.399 
Blankets, to clean.335 
Blue, to color azure..95 
Borax and cockroaches.399 
Bread, apple.. ..287 
— corn... .255 
— graham, .255 
— salt rising . 15 
— without yeast, graham.239 
Buckwheat calces.31 
Caobagc, pickled. 95 
Cake and icing, cocoanut.239, 255 
271, 319 
— eorn starch.367 
— cream.191 
— fruit......175 
— jelly.191,383 
— johnny..191 
— lemon. 399 
— measure.271 
— orange.33*. 303, 319,389 
— peas.Ill 
— pineapple or orange.,399 
— Pork. 367 
— pound. 303 
— pyramid.351 
— sponge.191,383 
— strawberry short.351 
— white cup....399 
Cakes, buckwheat.31, 207, 255 
— good yeast.....207 
— milk.255 
— protest against. 95 
Cundy, creum...-167 
— molasses.367 
— white cream. 255 
Can we afford it. 79 
ARBORICULTURE 
Ailanthus poisonous 1 is the 190,228 
Aloes for washing trees.269 
Apple trees gnawed.172 
— — on pear roots...126 
Apples every year, how to have. 28 
Ash seeds, white.126 
Barberries from cuttings.269 
Buckthorn hedge in Minn.300 
— seed, preserving— 597 
Cherry, Chiuese double-flower¬ 
ing. 397 
— trees, barren. ...12 
— — fruitful, how I made.157 
Chestnuts, how to plant.. . .,..126 
Chinese plauts . 252 
Coal ashes for currant bushes. .396 
Coffee plant, native California.252 
Crab Stocks on graft, influence 
DAIRY HUSBANDRY 
Address by J. Stanton Gould... 27 
Agricultural progress in Vt....l07 
Beef v». cheese.377 
Bos bubulos.378 
Butter, coloring. 139 
— come, why don't tho.299 
— deficient in flavor, Jersey.. .107 
— factories and other applian¬ 
ces.219 
— — on the shallow pan sys¬ 
tem.. ... 236 
— from Jerseys ..123 
— improvement in Western...377 
— loss in N. Y. State.91 
— making, a new process of.. .299 
— — prize, essay on..196 
— — Duke process . 299 
— — suggestions.,,...267 
— — wanted, prize essays on..315 
— restoring rancid.331 
— suiting.267 
— suet.l.;9 
— to prevent turnip flavor in.. 59 
Canada, progress of the dairy In.155 
Chaff from cuttlos’ eyos, to re¬ 
move . 187 
Cuttings, don't forget the.1 
— grow, lo make.. I 
Eucalyptus globulus ..140,1 
Evergreens and larch for 
spring planting.. 
Fruits In Northern Ohio....,,,.I 
Girdling trees with cotton and 
ink In Portland.i 
Hedges in Central New York.. 
— Pyracantha.J 
condensed.. 
cooling.. 
feedingfor. 
for cheese making, deter¬ 
mining the quality of. 
its typal relations. 
lecture on. 
