What ails the colt.283 
Wheat for horses.267 
HYGIENIC INFORMATION. 
Anti-corset Society.3?5 
Bathing, wot and dry.143 
Bedtime.. ill 
Beds, importance of whole¬ 
some... 63 
Boils, a sure cure. 05 
Bone felon. 363 
Brain, exhaustion of the.271 
Breathing rnriflcd air.223 
— through the month.,...3l!7 
Burns, application for...........351 
— curing...,.. .271 
— treatment of . .. 47 
Buttermilk fur the aged.175 
Camphor medication.191 
Candy injurious..383 
Cataract, phosphorus as a cure 
for...223 
Catarrh, a remedy for.159 
Charooa) for wounds. 95 
Children’s health.303 
Cholera mixture . 47 
— communication of.15 
— Infantum remedy ...207 
— morbus remedy.95 
Clothing, warmth of. 15 
Cold, catching. 43 
Colds, how to avoid..867 
Coughing, stop.191 
Cough remedy.223 
Diarrhea, remedy for.207 
Diphtheria, lemon for..,. .159 
— remedy. 303 
Disinfectant, a simple. .223 
Disinfectants and deodorizers 303 
Dysentery, milk diet In.175 
— new remedy for....,. 31 
— raw beef for...319 
Drowned person*, resuscitation 95 
Eating before sleeping....383 
— too much. 159 
— without an appetite.79 
Earache.239 
Eggs, medical properties of.207 
Erysipelas, treatment of.367 
Ether and chloroform.223 
Excltementand short life. Ill 
Eyes and cold water. 47 
— look after the.383 
Fainting persons, to restore_303 
Feet warm, keep the.38 
Felons, to prevent.223 
Florida for invalids..,. 335 
Flour, danger from bud.127 
Give them cold water.239 
Glasses, whon beginning to usc.207 
Glue as a cure for cuts.207 
Goitre. 31 
Gout, about the.159 
Hair dyes, poison.....207 
Hard water,1* Itsafe todrink.. 79 
Hay fever. . 127 , 207 
Headache, chloral for.175 
— treatment. ..319 
Health. Dr. Playfair on.367 
— of Vassnr students.255 
Heat and disease.175 
Hints for nurses. 79 
How often may we eat..,287 
— to keep warm..319 
- long to sleep..,..95 
Hydrophobia. 175 
— to prevent.,.,....,..95 
Hysteria a real disease, Is.207 
Imperfect sight. 351 
Laziness and health.303 
Lemonade, a hot . .255 
Lomon sirup.223 
I.et light into your rooms.239 
Lie down and rest. ...127 
Lotion for fetid feet.47 
Martha’s baby's colic.367 
Medical mysteries.. 255 
Milk as a diet....Ill 
Nature's sweet restorer.271 
Needles, be careful about.255 
Neuralgia, chloral hydrate and 
camphor.. . 47 
— remedy,,,,,.... ..223 
Nuts and cheese. ..223 
Opium habit, remedy.255 
Ozone in tiie sick room .127 
Paris green antidote.127 
Physical life.:.223 
Plain diet.239 
Poison by ivy. remedy.191 
Poisoning the family....255 
Pulse, about the...383 
Pure soft water..255 
Quack advertisements.255 
Rattlesnake bite, cure.,.,..207 
Regularity of Uubils....303 
Rheumatism, to cure. 47 
Saccharated calomel contains 
corrosive sublimate.223 
Salt in sickness. 83 
Scarlet fever.335 
Seasonable advice,,.,.....,143 
Sleeplessness, cause.63 
Social fallacies.143 
Sore throat. .127 
— — cure for.351 
Sound common sense.....303 
Sour stomach, remedy.367 
Strychnine, an overdose.207 
Sunlight, a necessity....271 
Surgical discovery accidentally 
made... 79 
Taking cold.351 
To conceal bad tastes of medi¬ 
cines.367 
Toothache remedy.63 
Treatment of the aged.143 
Trichina, precautions against.. 15 
Typhoid fever, origin.335 
Vaccination. ill 
Valerian in diBhetes. 15 
Vomiting of pregnancy.127 
Warts, cure for. . .351 
— from hands, to remove.319 
Work as a woman's cure.175 
Worth a hundred dollars—... .Ill 
Wounds, for.367 
INDUSTRY IMPLEMENTS. 
American Institute fair.316 
Apple purer, Goodell's.156 
Calkins' Champion washer.221 
Churn, Blanchard.110 
Clover liuller.332 
— — trial. 93 
Corn husking machine.191 
— planter wanted, new.268 
Drill and wheel hoe. Planet....221 
Farming implements, improv¬ 
ed.2.37 
Farm machinery.382 
Grain binder, a new.349 
Grunge harvester.316 
Harrow. Randall.237 
Hay culture. .268 
Lumh knitting machine.349 
Mole ditches,,...316 
Mower trial in Westchester Co. 45 
— Wood's Iron frame.191 
Mowers, trial of lawn .12 
Mowing knives, dull.268 
— machines, trial of. 93 
Peach purer, GoodeU's..156 
Plow, Hake’s swivel.237 
— Sessions, and Knox's hard 
steel.237 
Reaper, n new binding.204 
— Walter A. Wood'seelf-rake.191 
Scales. Fairbanks'.268 
— on the farm...332 
Socding machine. Weed's.268 
Sonar* grand pianos.317 
Steel plows, best.204 
Table knives and forks.253 
Tools, home made. 45 
Wheat drill, width of.332 
Wringer, novelty.253 
INDUSTRIAL SOCIETIES. 
Cincinnati Industrial Exposi¬ 
tion. 69 
Central N. Y. Ag. A Mcch. Soc.. 69 
Chautauqua Co.. N. Y.. Poultry 
Aaa'n .878 
Danbury Ag. Hoc. 37 
Eric Co., N. V., Ag. Sou.37 
Floral hall. 304 
Illinois State Board of Agricul¬ 
ture... 260 
— Wool Growers' Aaa’n....260 
Iowa dairymen.,.372 
— State Poultry Asa'n.372 
Implements at the State fair , .204 
Indiana Ass’n of Short-Horn 
breeders........372 
Industrial fairs for 1874_125,148 
Judging at exhibitions.285 
Kansas City Industrial Exposi¬ 
tion . ........... 37 
Kearsarge, N. H., Ag. and Mec. 
fair ..353 
Maine Pomologlcal 80 c. 37 
Maryland Hurt. Soc.760 
Massachusetts ltort, Soc. 37 
Michigan Slate Ag. Soc. 68 
New England Ag, Soc. 37 
New Jersey State Ag. Soc.69 
--fair. 220 
— York state fair.204. 220 
North - western Dairymen’s 
A«s n .312 
Pennsylvania Stute fair.236 
Royal Jersey Ag. Soc. 37 
Somerset Co.. N. J., fnir.236 
Union Poultry Abs’h .372 
Vermont State Ag. Soc.372 
Western N. V. fa.tr.204, 2’U 
INDUSTRIAL TOPICS. 
Agriculture as a recreation.394 
American farmers.330 
Ayrshires.. 90 
Bean farm In Minnesota.250 
Buying where ono can buy 
cheapest. 29 
Camel breeding in Nevada.330 
Crops, something about.169 
Day's work on the farm...330 
Dead seeds..... 42 
Decision of character. 42 
Does it pay to htre?. 394 
Educated workers.186 
Ethics of farm life.202 
Farm, about a Vermont. 90 
— laborers, wages of. 10 
— not for sale.59 
— vs. other work.298 
Farms, experimental...284 
Farmer Garrulous' Diary.330 
— how to become a.186 
— oneBatistled. 122 
— seeking office. 202 
Farmers and their families, 
meeting* of.330 
— defense of.29 
— drinks.59 
Farming pays, good.218 
Going to seed.330 
Grassland, top-dressing.10 
— — renovating.90 
Labor, the dignity of.250 
Land well tilled, a little.250 
Little graves.330 
Magistrates and law.284 
Mandrake root for potato beet¬ 
les.808 
My diary.300 
Picnic at Beacon Farm. 10 
Plaster and grass.330 
— 011 spring grain..170 
Radiation concerns farmers, 
how. 122 
Reciprocity with Canada.29 
8eeds, sermon on dead. 10 
Soils liable to change.170 
Splitting hairs.330 
Swindling by mall. 77 
System of farming. 90 
Taste of practical life.202 
Thinking should go with read¬ 
ing. 320 
Vacation letters. 169. 202 
IVhat some Western farmer* 
arc doing.339 
LAND DEPARTMENT. 
Alabama, from.... 14 
Good advice to settlers...141 
Hazel splitters, life among the. 76 
Homes at the South ..187 
Kansas, about... . .141 
Life among the hazel splitters.2045 
North port, Leelenaw Co., Midi.141 
Oxford, Sumner Co., Kan.348 
South-eastern Iowa, from., ..300 
8L George, Utah..28 
Surprise Valley, Cal.382 
Texas thriving.382 
Virginia, Southern. ...206 
vvants to migrate...348. ;182 
MODES AND MANNERS. 
Cashmere sacks. 13 
Collar box and cover.381 
Dress bonnets.. ..._271 
Dresses, hints about. .351 
Egg hanging bnskst..381 
Fall and winter fashions.239 
Foot rest for an invalid.801 
Glove box and cover.381 
Hanging basket.381 
— rag bag.381 
Hats... .....239 
— fpr wioter.....271 
How to make holiday sxiicles. .381 
Percale and muslin dresses. 13 
Polonaise,.. 13 
Recent styles and fashions.301 
Shawls, lace. 13 
Straw basket...... .381 
Traveling costume.271 
Winter dresses.271 
NATURALIST. 
Birds, foreign song.319 
— scarcity of.94 
— to stuff.383 
Camels on the plains..236 
Eagle, white-headed.319 
English sparrow and the cod¬ 
ling moth.. .351 
Fish that takes ills oysters on 
the whole shell.383 
Humming bird, taming the.. .. 63 
— — moths caught by the 
tongue....140 
Mammoth, discovery of a liv¬ 
ing. 9 
Mink culture.300 
Mole, the troublesome ground. 156 
Moles, how to catch ground —319 
to destroy. 9 
Rabbits, cheap.110 
Itahics In ants... 110 
Skunk, the. 94 
Sparrows a pest ? are Kuropean.236 
Striped bug, remedy for.63 
Strange stories confirmed.140 
Telegraphic crows.140 
Watch dog.383 
Wire worms. 9 
PATRONS OF HUSBANDRY. 
Advice to patrons.110 
Afternoon meetings.802 
Cash basis. 142 
Cattleville Grange, Mo...158 
County or district councils.174 
Deputies, duty of.2n5 
Design of the Order.158 
Dominion Grange.. 62 
Don't go to law. . 238 
Don’t want to be Governor.238 
Down they go.250 
Eligibility of married women...302 
Farmer's home, the.158 
Good example.238 
— plan....,.,.238 
— position, a. 174 
— resolutions.. ...268 
— results of the Grange...268, 350 
Grange, an abiding principle of 
the. 142 
— as an advertising agency, 
the National. 78 
— notes. 190 
— and items.78, 94, 174. 205, 3,32,398 
411 
— Objects and benefits.334 
— rulings.158 
— sphere nf the...190 
— trouble. 382 
— work.,.142 
Grangers in several States.350 
— In Tennessee.142 
— — the South.110 
Grangers.222 
— are doing, what the... .142 
— cardinal confession of faith.126 
— of California.238 
— talk with.398 
— work of........142 
Great movement....142 
Grumblings...190 
influence of the Order.....158 
In Iowa .238 
Installing officer*.126 
1» the Grange political ?.318 
Investigate all Charge*. 62 
Keep you r secrets,...302 
Maryland State Grange.238 
National Grange, officers of....174 
New York State Grange.174 
No North, no South, no East. 
no West.250 
Officers of State Granges.174 
One advantage of being a P. of 
H. ... 62 
Order In Pennsylvania, the —142 
Oregon Patron, an .,.158 
— State Grange .268 
Our objects.238 
representatives.238 
Outlook of the Grange..366 
Patrons, advice to.110 
— and Louisiana relief. 94 
-and politics.. ..62,110 
— in Kentucky.382 
— of California.158 
— — Husbandry.110 
organization, results.142 
— play out? will.....94 
will bring about, what.153 
Peep into the Grange.286 
Problems for Patrons.126 
Question answered.318 
Questions for Patrons.318 
Recent decisions . 94 
Retrenchment..238 
Secret organizations.174 
Sensible talk.238 
Sovereigns and laborers.268 
— of Industry. 78.382 
— -at Yonkers.250 
State Grange Of Ohio.62 
Take your wife.334 
This wonderful Order..238 
Timely Work for the Grange. ..411 
Use your power wisely.802 
What Patrons have done.190 
Work and practice.238 
PISCICULTURE, 
Carp, European.173 
Eels, breeding . 379 
— in Wisconsin waters. 13 
Fish breeding In Southern Illi¬ 
nois..379 
— culture....1*3 
— — for farmers ..202 
— cutting sen weed. I t 
— hatching In China.379 
— In Idaho, a new. 13 
— rare and curious.251 
— skimming and mounting....202 
— State distrllntlon of spawn 
and. 398 
Frogs In New York.379 
Grayling in Indian territory_ 13 
— the Michigan. 43 
Oyster culture, in France.379 
Salmon in the west.348 
Shad for California, no. 13 
Trout bro .k. ...173 
— eggs, transporting .379 
— preserving supplies.34H 
— temperature tor.....348 
POMOLOGICAL. 
American apples in England 
and Ireland ....364 
Apple In the west, Fameuse_ 14 
— Northern Spy.157 
— Sigler’s Pound...89 
Apples, freaks among.317 
— keeping winter.39,301 
Banana, the...252 
Berries, water for.157 
Blackberry, Snyder.317 
Cherry, Oychouse...301 
— Lalb.14, 109 
— trees bear, making fruitless.141 
Cherries in Champagne Co.. 111.397 
Cranberry market . 301 
Cranberries., . 333 
— upland. , .317 
Currants, the best. .. .252 
Dimorphism in fruits. H 
Fruit, blossoms, thinning.333 
Fruit, hastening the ripening.. 14 
Fruits, dimorphism In,... . 14 
Grapes In winter, keeping.204 
June berry, dwarf. 45 
Nomenclature, error* in.14) 
Peach, Amsden's June.89 
— Briggs' Ncver-fatl.301 
— Coolidge's Favorite.HI 
— culture in Michigan.58,141 
— Dawson's.301 
— Early Barnard.381 
— Early Beatrice.141, 364 
— Early Crawford.58 
— Foster . . S81 
— Hill’s Chill...,.58,141 
— Lutn Crawford. 53 
— Salway . 317 
Peaches for Ohio .364 
— In Michigan.333 
Pear a non.blighter, Pennsyl¬ 
vania.301 
— blight..157 
— Brandywine.364 
— Clapp's Favorite.381 
— Doyenne Boussock.381 
— Goods le.381 
— Lucy Greve.333 
— Mt. Vernon.381 
— Ott. .381 
— Pennsylvania. .381 
— Ponde..... .381 
Pears, cracking of.109 
— for Newburgh, N. Y., three 
tall. 381 
— In Massachusetts.364 
— origin of remarkable Bel¬ 
gian.397 
— — the West...381 
— — winter, keeping.201 
— running out of.333 
— to plant, what. 157 
Plum, wild goose.58, HI 
Plums In pots,. 11 
j — seedling.317 
Raspberry, a chance.,141 
— Ganargua. 89 
— Garrlgues’.157 
— Norwood..317 
Strawberry. Monarch of the 
West. 58 
— Queen of the West.109 
Strawberries, new varieties_109 
POULTRY-YARD, 
Cunary parasites.313 
Chicken cholera.. .,., .266 
— — sure cure for. .... 201 
— coop.. 44 
Chickens, disease among....... 12 
— gapes In.41,108,281 
— hatched from doBerted eggs. 92 
— ill, Aunt Lou’s.313 
— in trouble.71 
— that had a nurse.284 
Cholera, chicken.266 
Cochins not degenerated.365 
Cochins, Butf.313 
Cocks' combs ns food.3*u 
Coop, chicken. 44 
Combs of Houdans.365 
(’rove CcBiir cock.157 
characteristics.157 
bon . 
Dorking cock's characteristics.330 
Ducks having spasms...172 
Inquiries about.44 
— Mandarin.12,60.201 
to keep, best.172 
Earl Derby chickens .157 
Egg swindle.108 
Eggs arc.hutched, how. 237 
How t.o preserve. .332 
Fowls, classification nnd no¬ 
menclature of varieties.. 41 
— for winter.2411 
In winter. 313 
— nameless.12 
— quality of flesh of.. 12 
to distinguish youug from 
old.313 
Gapes In chickens. 12, 44, 00, 108,284 
Geese, Strasbourg.92 
Goose, au aged.........365 
— from a gander, tell Ing.237 
Hen,awhite Leghorn. 12 
— an aged....36ft 
Hens in the fall, setting.266 
lloudun cock.IX) 
— — size and characteristics.. 60 
— hen.124 
plumage. 60 
Incubation, artificial.172 
Incubators. ,.2*i0 
I,a Fleche cock.252 
— - lien.284 
Lice lb a lien bouse.71 
Melon seeds Injurious, .305 
Peas for poultry. ion 
Pheasants, Golden...313 
Polands have comb*, should_GO 
Pouters and Tumblers..'166 
Pouter, English _.... ..397 
Poultry dylna....172 
— experience, a woman’s.11 
— facts wanted. 12 
— Keeper No. 3.25 
— — No. 4. 14 
— — No. 5. 60 
— - No. 6.124 
— - No. 7.157 
-No. 8.237 
— — No. 9.252 
— - No, 10.281 
— - No. 11. 332 
— - No. 12.380 
— pay? will.26,74,92 
— standard.,,... 12 
Swans.. .. .201 
Warts on Chickens.266 
Water fowls, ornamental.201 
RURAL ARCHITECTURE. 
Barn cellars. 249 
— floors.7.... 249 
— octagon..... 9 
Cellar, to make,.,..,,361 
Concrete building. 73 
— — walls with...73 
— making. 73 
Composition for roofs.361 
Cottage, a cheap.9,361 
Farm house, a good.249 
Fixing shingles.361 
Glass roofs.....361 
Hog house, plan of.300 
Icehouse, plan..... 93 
Moore's Rural New - Yorker 
building. 217 
Paints, economy in. 9 
Painting shingle roofs. 300 
Precaution against the spread- 
lug of lire.361 
Rural establishment, a model..153 
Troughs under the eaves of 
barns... 361 
Ventilation, simple plan of.361 
Water-proof cement.361 
SCIENTIFIC AND USEFUL 
Annato.286 
Aquarium, about an.140 
Book science. 93 
Baths, cleansing.28 
Brass, cleaning. .188 
Brown fence wash. 286 
Chess question again.286 
Cistern with filter..109, 188 
Consumption nf smoke..... . ...159 
Dinner table, novel addition to.109 
Electricity, new theory.335 
Filtering place*..109 
Fountain, a fairy. 15 
Glass stoppers, removal of.. 17 
I Glue, excellent.28 
Hair dye*, dodge in.109 
growth Of hurnun.159 
Hindrance* to scientific pro¬ 
gress.. 15 
Housing the family carriage .159 
Ink, indellible... 93 
liquid India. 93 
Kalaomining fluid. 47 
Looking glasses spoiled by sun¬ 
shine.. . 188 
Meat, new method of preserv¬ 
ing... 47 
Oil, fine machine . .28 
Oleomargarine. 11 
Paris green. dangers of.28 
Pen-lioldcrs, triangular.286 
Perfumes. 318 
Petroleum In limestone.140 
Philosophy of loose, deep soils 
retaining moisture.399 
Pollution of streams by facto¬ 
ries...,. 835 
Potatoes and starch, frozen....399 
Rain by concussion . 15 
Respiration of plants, new 
views of..,,..335 
Bing off finger, to get a tight... .109 
Rubber cement.286 
Skill of East Indian black¬ 
smith*. ,.318 
Telegraphic improvement.140 
Tin and tln-llned pipes, coro- 
slon of.335 
Varnish to Imitate ground 
glass. ...109 
SEASON. ISfcV "’1 
Adrian, Mich.. ....324 
Akron. Summit Co., O...148 
Alma City, Waseca Co., Minn... 84 
Amherst, Mass. .276 
Athens, Calhoun Co., Midi.,_196 
Attica. Wyoming Co., N. V'.308 
Avoca, Steuben Co., N. V.324 
Rear Lake, Manistee Co., Midi,100 
Borodino, .V. Y.212 
Bridgeville, Sussex Co., Del.... PI 
Hmoklandvllle, 8a)to. Co., Md.180 
Caddo c. II.. lad. Ter.148 
Caledonia, Livingston Co., N, V. 
68, 212, 388 
Center Harbor, N. H....260 
Charlestown, Jeff. Co., W. Vu..l04 
City Point, Indian Rlvor, Fla...100 
Clark, Mercer Co,, Pa.101 
Clyde. .Sandusky Co.. O..62, 343 
Columbia, Mo. .. 08 
Corvallis, Oregon.212 
Crop prospects abroad.36 
— reports for June.:W 
— returns by Dep’tof Ag. for 
October..292 
Davenport, Iowa. 36 
Delaware city, Del.36 
Department of Ag. resorts for 
Aug. and Hcpt....760 
Essex Co., Vh.404 
Excelsior Mills, Loudon Co.,Va.l32 
Fit mure. Utah.si 
Ft. Union. New Mexico.212 
Garnett, Anderson Co., Kan_148 
Germantown, N. V. .. f8 
Green Co.. Mo .36 
Hastings, Adams Co., Neb.388 
Helena. Montana .331 
Hempstead, Queens Co., L. I_ 84 
Hoofstdn, III. 398 
Hoosac Tunnel, Mass.372 
Hcsensack. Lehigh Co., Pa..292 
11 ad son 0 21 
Juniata. Ada ins Co., Neb —..388 
Kiel, ManltoHooe Co,. Wis.196 
Lamartine, Carroll Co., O.3«8 
Lyndontllle, Vt.CS, 196.308 
Marysville. Campbell Co., Va. 256 
Middlevtflo, Barry Co., Midi... 52 
Miller's Station, Crawford Co., 
Pa.... 52 
Montgomery, Hamilton Co.250 
Mt. Pleasant, Jeff. Co., O. M 
Mt. Ulla, Rowan Co., N. C.388 
Neosho Co.. Kansas,.... .310 
Oxford. Sumner Co., Kan.36 
Perry City. Wood Co.. O.3(0 
Princeton, Gibson Co., Ind.190 
Red Oak, Montgomery Co., Ia..276 
Richardson Co.. Neb.388 
Snlina, Kansas.276 
Saratoga Springs. N- Y.UK 
Season and crops.. 20 
Sparta, Crawford Co , Pa.276 
Springfield. .. 21 
Sturkoy, N. Y. ..256 
Sterling, Whiteside Co.. Ill. '21 
Sylvan Springs, Barron Co.,Wis. 21 
St. Charles, Kane Co., Ill.196 
Titusville, Mercer Co., Pa.132 
Tuscarawas, O.. .388 
Vineland, N. J. 266 
Wesley villo, Erie Co., Pit.190 
Westport, Conn.'.68 
Wichita. Sedgwick Co,, Kan.,..388 
Wiliunthvllle, Adair Co., M... . 52 
SHEEP HUSBANDRY. 
American Merino, a modern—220 
— va. English breeds...817 
Angora goats. 220 
— — in California. H 
Bell-wether Billy of Buffalo —139 
Cotswold and Merino mixed ... 41 
— cross on Merino. II 
Foot-rot in sheep..US 
Goat, Angora.„U, 220. 282, 315 
— on the Pacific coast, tlie An¬ 
gora.105 
lloof-rot In sheep. 76 
Hydrophobia among sheep. ...347 
Hydatid on the brain..11.172 
Kansu* wool growers..299 
Lambs, shall 1 dip >uy.139 
Otis’ letter.315 
