Illinois State Fair.240 C 
Importation of Clydesdale 
jiorses. 80 
Increase "f postageunconstitu¬ 
tional... 64 C 
Insect destroyer. Allen’s.It! I 
Institute fair, close of...362 1 
Iron at the South. .....112 1 
_ improvement In America... hi i 
Jones scftln works.33*5 1 
just! e tor official trespassers..!41 
Knight or Wnvcrley, the.S50 - 
iatrge and small farms.356 - 
— sales of «hort-hom cattle. ..820 - 
I.alestcunal job. the.192 
Letter from Char. I). Briigdon. .288 
Liability of seedsmen.336 1 
Light crops.... .«« 
Live SHoCk at the Centennial...881 
Locust plague, the. as a divine 1 
institution... . ,.,33 I 
LohB Island poultry association lid t 
Mads for rural districts.132 ( 
Manufacturing wooden shoes .801 
Management -'f fi nit trees.363 - 
Martini's vineyard . lt*n < 
Milk as n fertilizer.240 
Mineral wealth of Missouri:....112 
Misslrof canal records.80 
Mrs daily rural life.112 
Mummy com ...tTfi 
National Agricultural CongresslTtl 
New and fatal disease unions 
cattle....192 
— potato disease. 32 
— - ctteiuv..,.,43, 61 
Northern Ohio fair, the....268 
N idangerous „. ... ... 80 
Notes from Western N. Y..272,381 
— — Nantucket...178 
New Jersey State fnlr....224 
— use for millet seed...256 
N. r. horticultural association ,400 
— patrons of husbandry.80 
— State dairymen's assoelet'n.320 
_ — fair.. .DO*. 224, 2411, •266 
Ohio State hurt, society.30i 
Onicer* cit the national grange.368 
One way to get subscribers.. .. .'104 
Orleans Co. apple crop.830 
Our i rial trip alrlumpn.2>;, 224 
'• Paper didn't tell.'' the.123 
Patrons of husbandry.128 
Pay for everybody.272 
Peruvian guano.. 3* 
Petition tor cheap pusinige-336 
PUctculture In England .124 
Population of Ireland.........’..240 
Potato bulbs taking passage for 
Europe—...221 
— disease io England.128 
Position of tile Wheat market.. IK! 
Postal rulings.64 
Practical papers preferable.....210 
Praise of the Rural.210 
Prosperous limes In the West..208 
Queens Co. summer fair.Hi 
Reform needed..128 
Remit earl v and often.3**i 
Removal of N. Y. Post-otllee. ..176 
Return to cheap postage, the..304 
— of the census.. 48 
Rubber roofing.'J08 
Rural brevities,...ill. 22, 48. Hi, 
NO. 96. 112. US. 144, 100, 176, 102, 
208, 224, 210, 230, 272, 388, 204. 
320, 3315. 362,868, 384, 400, 416 
— work an election day.283 
— personal .96 
— revised, the....336 
Rural'* dairy department...281 
Russia and the English wheat 
market... 94 
Salt for Colorado butter.32 
Sanctum personals.-04. 144. 304, 320 
Sellingutless than cost. ......,112 
Simplify mg the postal business.400 
Singular variation In the wea¬ 
ther.... ..176 
Spontaneous combustion.862 
Still progr«*"itig—more help... 16 
Hl-ima and Hoods. 8(1 
Summer luxuries.80 
— solstice, the......116 
Swindling fanners by fraudu¬ 
lent notes.256 
Take notes tor publication.82 
Texascattle In England......... 32 
Threatened famine in Iceland .601 
Toledo Hlade, the.HI 
Western N. Y. fair, the.220 
To all our readers.384 
Europe by balloon.80 
— everybody briefly.400 
Too yuiifig.240 
Trouble about Hie grange..-820 
Unnneossary expense...144 
Unwise censure of farmers.320 
Vermont State dairymens' as¬ 
sociation ..,-884 
Vick's floral guide for 1876 .....868 
Way notes truiu New York to 
Oil tango. 48 
War c-lould In Kurope, the......Ill 
Wet season of 1875. 
W'-stern N. Y., a trip to......... 64 
- College disease... 203 
tanners' club.372, 3t>s 
Wheat prospect, thn. is 
Western N. Y. horticultural So¬ 
ciety. 400 
What tho N. Y. <aiangers are 
doing. 80 
Wheat crop, prospects of the.. 04 
the Russian........820 
Wlldeanarles.128 
Will the grass hoppers Gome 
east '! .61 
Woman’s medical college.loo 
ENTOMOLOGICAL. 
A Nebraskan's experience with 
the ten-ltners...222 
Apple tree disease, the new....398 
AI my worm In -Mass.222 
- Ohio. .Ill 
Black cluck.JfiO 
— hairy worm,the.300 
Blister beetles on potatoes.77 
Cabbage grub .350 
— louse.. .,8aU 
Canker worm, destroying_...8S8 
Caterpillar or army worm.187 
Celery grub...360 
Chinch bugs.....333 
Codling moth.. ....15,317 
Currant worm, to kill. 30 
— and goosebeiy worms. 30 
Out worm among the tobacco.. 157 
Busty louse.350 
insect destroyers »>t insects.... 77 
— destroyer, a new.30 
Insects, wholesale warfare 
against. 62 
Loose, the cottony maple....... 30 
Maple tree louso in Iowa.333 
Mignonette grub...,.350 
Noxious insects,... 850 
Orchard pests in California.3M) 
Pea weave! in Canada.62 
Perillus the. one of our friends 30 
Plum on reullo.350 
Potato beetle, copperas aud 
lime for....... 30 
Rose bug.360 
Second brood of the ten-lines..157 
Short grub.333 
Sphinx moth, a handsome.157 
While pine weavll.189 
Wire worm.350 
Yellow hairy tree caterpillar...350 
FARM ECONOMY, 
Ashes and lime.154 
— as ii fertilizer. 10 
— vs. barnyard manure.106 
Bones, preparing for fertilizers. 90 
Buckwheat not a renovator,... 10 
Capital in agriculture.187 
Clod Crushing In England.330 
Closets, experments with.358 
Clover before wheat.* 90 
— feeding vs. plowing under .284 
plowing under.284 
— save the young.20o 
Crops, comparative profits.218 
Hrainage. 362 
English prize farm.-52 
Experiments Inconclusive-Ski 
(•'armors, some hints for.234 
Forming, courses of failure In.106 
— in Europe,notes on.....284 
— profits of .. • • • 
— -high... ..112,318 
— high philosophy of. in 
— -togy.. . “ 
-result of.m. 172 
Fertilizers, comparative value 
Of..106 
— phospliallc. 
Figures, how made to He.■>■0 
Food, comparative value of —187 
Good farming for the South ... 90 
Grass, an expensive manure. .2M 
— lands, suggestions about. ...234 
— utilizing the crop.1'2- 
Guano, rectified Peruvian.380 
Hay Caps, providing. *3 
measuring In bulk.. 
Hen manure, care and use of...318 
Hiring labor, profits from.138 
Hoeing, la praise of. .•» 
Horses suffer from bud roads, ,.218 
[.nek of forecast.346 
Liberal manuring profitable-l-o 
Light seeding, loss front .'Jb 
l.ttue. ni'l'lylng to laud.1-2 | 
Manure, cheap.. • ••*“ 
— the worth of . JjJ 
— two methods with....IC2 
question the...[•< 
value of covered..122 
Manures and their application.266 
— success in composting.234 
Maximum crops, are thoy Pro¬ 
fitable. 60 
Mowing Melds ..-18 
Oil cake for feed.. 346 
Old pastures, treatment of.90 
plowing, common sense In .... j.j 
Potatoes, feeding old............ >3 
Profit from commercial ferlili- 
juirB,... * 
Renovating lands.106 
southern lands.18i 
Renovation of farms near eltloalol 
Scotch vs. English agrlcultiire.3,2 
Seeding, preparing stubble hind 
fur.138 
— their experience with.218 
Squash hugs, remedy f‘>r... . JO 
Stock on small farms.-. ... .... 300 
Spring grain, tall plowing for..252 
Small aewnrs. best..........-.-•”6- 
Stumps, how to get rid of...90, 234 
Summer, following thoughts 
about.•••■. 1 ! 
Thistles, our way with.316 
Thorough cultivation morn 
Tools, light vs. heavy......HO 
Weeds, destroying...... 4.1 
— our romody for fall.;«*> 
Wheat will pay best!.•wo 
— on clover sod, ... — 1W> 
— preparation of ground Iur..l(W 
straw us manure for.318 
Klowori, of........1^, 1W 
Fremontiu Cullfornlea..253 
Geranium maeulatnni as an as¬ 
tringent.156 
German ivy losing leaves.......lt>8 
Gladioli..18 
— SCPdlings .. —156 
Hardy seedling plants of easy 
cultivation ... . .393 
Hellebore, "r Christmas rose.. .3GA 
HyaollHh dtkeis. ... 41 
Hyacinths end tulips...,.217 
Lilies....253 
— cross-fertilization of. ii 
Lllluin uuratum, the coming 
alirnli. 188 
— gigsnteum.108 
Lobelia Curd mails.318 
— syphilitica.... ..302 
Magnolia lioUeaniu.156 
— varlcgatn..1*81 
New hybrid lily.U7 
Pelargoniums, uow varieties... 14 
— viiriiitlou In .. . 13 
Pot plants, management of. It 
Primula fnpmilou .—236 
Propagating plants from leaves 865 
Protection, winter. 318 
Rose, Catherine Mormct.13 
Three plants. 93 
Toads t,<i protect plants.172 
Trees and shrubs, protection to 26 
Trltnnlns..217 
Tropical hurr leu lies.1(B 
T qxicloiiins.. .. .... ...,44 
Utilizing cigar ashes.....348 
Violet. Victoria regimi. 41 
Visit to home of dully rural llfe.142 , 
Vitality of pelargonium seed...365 
Wild plants of the Hackensack. 76 
GARDEN. 
Asparagus, drum stick..381 
Bananas, about....44 
Celery growing.79.173 
(’uuumbers, culture of.79 
Earth worms ill gardens. 14 
Farm gardening in Mala©. 41 
Farmers’ hivouc in the city.298 
KluWei* Imperfect on vines..,. 46 
Mildew, remedy lor. .41 
Moss In lawns .281 
Mushrooms, how to grow.173 
onion set*.J57 
Onions ....157 
- in the South. 11 
Ptcklcil cucumbers, market for.157 
Pots for storing plants..........281 
Raspberry canes, heading back 93 
Raspbcrrles and blackberries, 
planting....—108 
Kiel an *, eustnr-oil plant, the,..281 
Strawberries..167 
— 10. P. Roe on.208 
Striped or cucumber bug.173 
Sulphuric add and weeds.281 
Tomato plants vs, bugs. 44 
Woods, killing. 14 
Wild blackberries, profits froui281 
HERDSMAN. 
American short-horns In En- 
Wind mills.. 
Croup, cure for,.,,. 95 
Cure tor intemperance.399 
— — rheumatism..95,383 
Curing a toothache... .223 
Hanger from impure water.Kill 
Dentition in children. 83 
Dentifrice, a good. 175 
Diphtheria .383 
Dyspepsia from hot bread ..,,..867 
— work not always a remedy 
for. .191 
— Us cause and euro,...319 
Eggs as diet.. . 17 
Eyes, how to save the.3M 
— salt water for. 47 
Farmers* health of.143, 287 
Fat women..271 
Fever, diet in. ....Do 
— scarlet.1*5, <6 
_ _ simple remedy for .. ... ,2117 
— typhoid, treatment Of.... ..19V 
Fires and warm clothing. .255 
Flour a ml Hie tooth..159 
Food us medicine.. . 15 
— requisite amount Of.-7| 
Freckles and their cure.181, K>u 
Fresh air . 47 
Funny cures...223 
I lair dyes... —. '9 
Hay fever, cure Tor.2,ftt 
Health and capital.. 
- fashion....y-iuo 
Heart disease. Incurable, milk 
in..-.12$ 
Hearty IncaklastS.399 
How to administer a croup bath 361 
Kerosene for ivy polsunlug.191 
Ladies, exercise for. l.» 
Lire, duration or...12a 
Mind and body. Hid 
Mother with sleepless lube.2H, 
Mosquitoes. Why created. .207. 27L 
-37, 33a 
Night sw eats, oxide of zinc for.125 
Nursing the sick. 159 
Nutrition, loss of.• ♦••-m 
Oatmeal as food. 47 
Overwork. 339 
Patient, a lost..,..-39 
Perspiration.. • .*,*•» 
Phosphutes, administration of laj 
Physician, best use of.14,1 
Power of the hands.•»3 
Pumpkm as a poultice.191 
Pure air and pure water.'•; 
Putrescent gases not unisonous 1IJ 
Remedy tor sick headache..Ill 
— worms.AH 
Ulimimutlon and farmers....... tju 
Safety of anesthetics.... v .*T 
Halt, abuse and iniSUSO of...143 
Sanitary drainage.207 
Scald a and burns...7J 
Hensons, and diseases, the. . ..251 
Sick, nursing the. 53 
Signs or sickness.•'6; 
Sleep...224, 25a 
Blocplessness, hints about.La 
Snake bites, cure for.63 
Htoiuaeh, acidity Of the.31 
Hlrrchtihi, antidote for. 63 
Hiiullgbt a necessity.-— 63 
Sympathy tor tho sick......819 
Tea and tea . ,lo9 
Teeth and Jaws ..•••■••31 
Tetanus successfully treated..12o 
Insurance companies .122 
— and newspapers... .394 
— conventions. .239 
— news unit notes.175, 303,333 
Insuring tho Prince of Wales..367 
It would not work,.. .239 
Life Ins., premium of ’.875.367 
Matches..V‘22 
Mutual llru Insurance.29,367 
- lire I ns nra nun no. of N. Y.. .200 
Phoenix life Ins. co.83 
Precarious charily.239 
Premium notes of mutual tire. 
Ins. CO* . 122 
Queer colncldenciea_...... ..239 
Suggestive.83 
Sulla vs. Ins, co’s.266 
Taxing premiums and dividends 63 
Term policing , ... .270 
The earliest life policy..........394 
— force of habit.....122 
— moral hazard... ...270 
— New Haven moss...83 
Unsatisfactory.29 
Unwise litigation. 122 
Wo are Incredulous.... .210 
W blows' rtglitsjitfirmed.122 
Yule College inormllty...33'2 
LAND DEPARTMENT. 
Colorado, life nml scenes in.... 13 
Eastern Tennessee.46 
— Virginia, , .. 60 
NATURALIST. 
Blue-winged teal, the.281 
English sparrows and goose¬ 
berries. 12 
Goose, tho Brent.173 
Green-winged teal .237 
Grouse, the pinnated.45 
I low a load undresses. 12 
Quail, the American. 12 
ThO mallard duck.205 
PATRONS OF HUSBANDRY, 
Grange notes and items.207. 
223, 255, 303 
— picnic W. N. V. 47 
How to achieve success.... ...,399 
Meetings "f Htute Granges.266 
National Grange, the.27,383 
News ami notes for patrons.17, 399 
Offices of the national grunge..22,'I 
Pennsylvania turms. 127 
Platform of natiouiil grunge....399 
Rochdale plan, the....127 
The dominion grange.399 
— grange and its organs.399 
grange al. the Centennial....255 
— grange for farmers’ wives..303 
— Grange moans peace.223 
PISCICULTURE. 
Brook trout.. .. 382 Arlington. Monroe Co., O.340 
Coiincotlmit river shad.173 Avilll Livingston Co., k. Y..68, 276 
Fish and fish culture, concern- UaUl> Htoubcn Co., N. Y.196 
Ing — ••-••••.'07 Hear Lake, Michigan.180 
— culture, facts In..........206 Bergen Co.. N ,1.52. tg 
Photograph albums.366 
Silver plated ware, .317 
Table knives and forks.348 
The excelsior clothes wringer.300 
— Lauil) knitting much Inc..... 381 
— Ran,lull pulverizing harrow.348 
— Weeding sowing machine. ..397 
SCIENTIFIC AND USEFUL. 
1 „-<a 
Artificial lee, how inudo.159 
Aurora Borealis, the.29 
Boots. In water.287 
Cauotchouc in harness. 14 
Carhonb; acid In the air.. 819 
— — value of,... .365 
Cement* for fastening wood to 
stone... . 76 
Chloroform for milk.287 
Cider koeplng without chemi¬ 
cals. 334 
Concrete. . .126 
Death, now Indication of.238 
Depth of Amcrltuin lakes.. 95 
Destruction of garbage.95 
Drowning person, how to rescue 159 
Durable whitewash...319 
Fertilization, principles of..238 
File lute. . 29 
Glass-making, great discovery. 29 
I lair lestniativi: .110 
Htppophogy In France.319 
India rubber, culling..76 
Influence ot muggy weather.... 126 
I tweets ami plant fertilization..380 
iron cement... 110 
— wire, to silver.46 
Ivy poison, sure cure for.45 
Kerosene flumes, to extinguish, 95 
— how to Usd.380 
— test.,,....45 
Lumps, why and when they ex¬ 
plode . 287 
Leather, petroleum oils for 
dressing..... 29 
Light as a motor.238 
Meals, use of salt In packing.. . 29 
Mineral man urn, uses of...238 
Paint,, to remove old.76 
Paper substitute for leather_238 
Plants, ofTucis of poison on. 14 
Plumbago. . 45 
Potsoulng by matches.126 
Progress of Hying machinery.. .365 
Hcleoce of farming.... .. .319 
Shampoo liquid. 95 
Stove cement for Joints.76 
Substitute for lumber.319 
Teeth, the best.126 
The moon end the weather.849 
Turpentine, now use for.45 
Varnish, dead black. 45 
Washing made easy.110 
Water pipes, unproved.301 
SEASON, CROPS, &e. 
Albion. Dane Co., Wls.292 
Alum. Ark.... .. ... 21 
FIELD CROPS.! 
Alfafa. J9 
Beans, harvesting.. ••••••£» 
California fields how plowed. ..^12 
Cereal, a new...'.-f* 
Clover, a farmers dub on. 26 
Clover seed raising .y* 
— - not exhausting crop.313 
— — sowing in fall.1-3 
— — without seeding. 19 
Corn,culture of...•“} 
— large yields of.394 
— late hoeing of...170 
— maximum crops of.-la 
saving seed ..-MO 
Cranberry, culture of.Ge 
... lijfij .'.«U Tetanus successfully treated..125 
Black tmigne. .I; J qq, put nervous babies asleep., lo 
B reertln«. principle* of. 27 ^ remedy for. 159 
— utility vh. fttAMon...-7, JiU \vh>tr ahull wu eat’/..... 95 
Bull, terrible fight wltli a. ...it.* yVouuds, novel trualmeut for..335 
Drilling vs. planting corn. 10 
Enriching laud by elover.;J8 
Experiment, u potato.. 
w ith corn..... .266 
Fall teed, two methods with..-ml 
Grain, do we sow too much to 
,.t the acre .<86 
Grass, a new wimble about- I.B 
— and its products In 1871. 
— to set land into.... . 43 
June grass and permanent pas¬ 
ture.I**---.. }*< 
Lurclne and ttlsltro clover..>8 
Millet and chinch bugs.71 
Oats, experiment* with.....lm 
weed soed among. •»> 
Oreha id gvass .• • • HH 
Origin of smut- -.....,4.30U 
Peppermint, culture uud profit 
of. ..”4 
Potato beetle, home ot the.74 
blight, remedy for.L0 
crop, future of tho. 43 
— growing successful.••••"" 
— rot. *• -. 
Potatoes and potato beetles.. ..202 
— gathering anil storing.218 
— good and poor...300 
— how to grow...2o2 
— growing from seed.... .....M) 
— in drill*.187.300 
— protit of growing... . . 202 
— sweet.1-3 
— — keeping.314 
— the compton surprise.200 
Kcsiiltsuf scorn trial...........314 
Rice cultivation on upland,28.’,. 
Rolling wlieat ground. ..-•• 3 S 7 
Roots, cheap way to harvest...381 
Rye us a forage plant.»1 
— sow some. - . . .6 
Seeding, tolok or tliln.with gral n252 
Spring grain ormotl . <68 
wheat. It novelty In...394 
Sweet potato Inseula Injuring. .109 
'Tobacco leaf, tho moat valuable266 
— topping. .. ■••••••108 
T. uuntoea. g ro w m>f on poor !aud330 
Tnrntpa. late sowing or.4; 
Weeds III the West .*< 
Western crop report*. <6 
Wheat utter wheat.180 
— — potatoes....2u- 
— bluu grass with......187 
— Clawson and Diehl...236 
— profitable.2o2 
— varieties of fall.....186 
FLORICULTURAL. 
Cattle raising and feeding,does 
it pay. ...171 
— relieving choked.............HR i 
Color of »hort*horn#. . ..378 
Cow, an extraordinarily good .108 
— the Holstein.156,363 
— tn prevent from nocking— 12 ( 
Cows calving in the fall.347 
— comfort of the......317 
— feeding in summer.155 
— good....249 
— imw much will they eat7-171 
— — often should they ire 
milked 317 
teats, warts on.90, 131 
— - IIIJury ..902 
English short-horns, sale. 12 
Feeding, loss In.. 267 
remarkable results of.202 
Food, a common- enso view of.315 
Good milking short-horns.395 
Heifer, cure of ..*17 
— — the young.......267 
Improvement in American 
stock...00 
.Jersoy cattle.-.219 
— — breeding OT.... ...171 
Jerseys, hew scale of points In.283 
— precocity as breeders.27 
Meal feeding, concerning.12 
— jpiw much to feed. 
Notes for herdsmen.........363 
Poor stock, why it dues not pay.202 
Potatoes, value of, as Raid.231 
Short-horn stock, good.90 
— age to kill. 42 
— unfashionable...... 42 
Soiling stock, preparations for. 42 
Stock, cheap shelter for...347 
— on high-priced land.IIU 
— difference in...108 
_ yenp in goo.i Condition.315 
— raising In Texas.27,267 
Strange disease, a.363 
gu isex breed of cattle.283 
The ( bltllnghaiu wild cattle.... 89 , 
Value of a Jersey cross....203 
Western New York grazier, a .. 89 
Will Hie market fail...,.363 
HORSEMAN. 
Hits and bearing reins.121 
Blinders, should horses wenr'C.. 60 
Doneuster, the new English 
horse. 379 
Draft horses, improvement of. .331 
Horse, Arabian. 299 
Horses,'balky. . •••»? 
care of...... *{ 
— cost of raising... 99 
cut feed of.... • • • -7a 
— diseases uf.379,397 
— lasts about shoeing.154 
— how to feed .331 
— ImpurtiiHoii Of Norman.364 
— liPilpa, for.... .. 153 
— preuiitm Koglish. ....IM 
— prices of. In England.364 
— remeuy for Worms In...331 
— mis-cm.331 
— Scottish.293 
— sore mout h In .1*3 
— system wanted in breeding. 7o 
— tansy for buts In..75 
INDUSTR’L IMPLEMENTS. 
Buukeye mower and Reaper...,124 
Cider machinery. Improvement 
in. .14 
Farm and market wagons.121 
Farmers' favorite cider and 
wine mill. .124 
Grain drill, farmers' favorite... 28 
1 1 rubber's level-tread horse 
power....44 
Moliawk Valley clipper steel 
plow. 108 
Phillips’ patent spiral oorn 
busker.205 
Potato digger, a good. 28 
Statistics of mining.2(lft 
Steam threshing machines. ,.,.1'JO 
INDUSTRIAL SOCIETIES. 
Annual fair list, 1875 ..125 
Georgia farmers ill council.168 
New Jersey Statu hurt, sue.158 
— York State talr.250 
— — — — premiums 11 warded 
on stock.. ,. .250 
Thu Amerlottn pomdloglcal soo.213 
Tho Wyoming Co, full-.237 
INDUSTRIAL TOPICS. 
Antirrhinum. 
A pin'' 1 prlalo pottl ng- - ■ 
Arundo donax.. 
Bedding. 
Bouquet, pea . 
Mules Tor farm work.....;|7g 
V..4..U lorli.niaeninn ..{07 3IUH11 UH 
Agricultural fair among tho In¬ 
dians.268 
Agriculture In tho U. S.191 
A little farm well tilled,. 76 
Belgian ihrostiing machine.329 
Cuttle, tuclhods of killing.138 
Conking food I ir stock...,.394 
Corn nml wheat, relative value 
or.138 
Crop, no unprofitable .. 2117 
Exports of wheat.......138 
Farmer, a good Western N. Y., 61 
Farmers among the booster..... 43 
— good times for.. .298 
looking ahead .222 
— of W . N. Y., among tho.157 
why they grow poor........ .222 
Farming, progiois in.237 
successful.. ..268 
Floods at the West. .92 
Following nature's method.43 
Irrigation ... ...12 
John Johnston, visit to.110 
Manures, advantage ot concon- 
trated.. ........ 61 
Moohaulca, the country the 
plac'i fur....340 
Notes from Central New York..282 
— — Livingston Co.329 
— — Western New York.259 
Ohio, customs in.268 
Origin of Invcnttous.138 
Paint that will stay put.138 
Pear growing In Gulf States.... 61 
Plants as innuct destroyers.344 
— variation In elements of.... 28 
Plow, historical sketch of the. .169 
Postage 011 seeds ami plants....191 
Hoed defining experiments.12 
Fishing, a few word* about.173 
Flahcrlus 111 1875. 41 
Halmon tl-diing on the pacific.. .382 
Stocking fish ponds.107 
Tturgeoil, morn In the Hudson. 11 
Trout, habits of the.173 
P0M0L0GICAL. 
Apple trees, summer care of.... 78 
Apples, curious......316 
Icucrjlng for dally use.865 
— In the South.396 
— picking .301 
Canker worm...285 
Cranberry culture, vexationsof396 
Curran la aud gooseberries..... 174 
Fruitgrowing and drying.174 
— growing in Wisconsin.18 m 
Fruits, selected varieties of—2(14 
Grapes for exhibition aud truna-188 
Kansas, IrutL culture In. 21 
Lucy Grieve pour. 91 
Maryland peach orchard.204 
Orchards, planting and culture 
.-of .270 
Poach crop. 57 
— growers' profits .221 
— Uule's early. 57 
Peaches and grapes.285 
— the early. . ,...166 
Peer blight.201 
— trees, a glance at the.78 
Pears, a chapter on ...316 
— how to originate valuable..-332 
— an cxutfllont Hat of.. 156 
— grafting on seedlings.91 
— turning attention to..270 
— variation in quality of.332 
Persimmons, about...HI 
Preventing oectoy In fruit.171 
Quinces, how to raise.253 
Raspberry, anew, ..94 
— uanoM heading back.. 15 
— pruning. 57 
Ulpeni'ig Fruit at will.171 
Strawberries, a word about....Hi 
— fur market. HI 
The Calllornia fruit crop.188 
Thinning fruit find Its effects.. 78 
Treatment of fruit trees.188 
Trees, removing rough bark 
iVum. .253 
Winter pears, ripening of'.201 
Bath, H leu ben Co., N. Y.196 
Bear Lake, Mtohlgall.180 
Bergen Co., N. J.. .. ..52, t8 
Black Crook, Allcg. Co., N. Y...132 
Castalla, Iowa . . 37 
Columbia On., N. Y.180 
Cranes Mill, Cornel Co., Tex...308 
Crawford Co., Iowa.It'd 
Clark, Mere... 1 Co.. Penn.133 
ru Wls.117 
Ellis Co., 'I'cx.116 
FinCftetle, Vs.. 52 
Findley s Lake. Chaut. Co.. N. 
V.52, It'd, 244, 324 
Fon dll Lao, Wls .117 
Fort Collins, Col.276 
Fultnn Hlutioii, Fulton Co., Ky., 
84. 148, 228, 340 
Germantown, Penn.388 
Goodhue Co., Minn.132 
Greenwich. Wash. Co., N. Y.... 68 
llonnottu, Monroe Co.. N. Y_37 
Hillsboro’ Highland Co., Ohio. 37 
Indianapolis, Ind .116 
Jackson Co,. VY. Va....164 
Kenton, Hardin Co., Ohio.292 
Little Falls, llerk. Co.. N. Y.37, 276 
Lyodonvllle, Vt.133.106,292, 402 
Manchester, Iowa.116 
Mercer Co., Penn. 191 
Mt, Pleasant. Jell. CO., Ohio..,. 88 
New Castle. New Brunswick_116 
Oregon, Holt Co., Mo. 
Palermo, Oswego Co., N. Y.388 
Parts. Me.388 
Porrysvillo, Allcg., Co.. Perm..116 
Plti.sford, Monroe Co., N. Y_276 
Port Alleghany, MuKeon Co., 
Penn..180 
Princeton, Gibson Co , Ind.132 
Pugh town, Chester Co., Penn..293 
Pulaski, Oswego Co., N. Y .311 
Red Oak, Montgomery Co., Ia..228 
ltulgewood, Bergen Co., N. J., 
133,368,311, 388 
Rockford, III. 180 
Salem, Keuoslia Co., Wis....164 
Saratoga Springs. 68 
Snohomish City, Wash. Ter....196 
Stanton. Miami Co.. Kansas....228 
Todd Co., Ky.118 
Toledo Ohio. 52 
Wollsville. N. V.180 
Westwood, N. j.81 
Wheal, crop Of. 1875.118 
VVhltesville, Altcgh.Co., N. Y..18U 
Willlaiushiirgli,Wayne Co., Ind.116 
Wood CO.. Ohio.118 
POULTRY-YARD. 
Notes for horsemen .••••••*21 
Potatoes for horses. 
Ringbone, cure for.121 
Split hoof, how to euro.75 
The hearing rein .;.. V 26S 
— trouLng.maioAmerican Girl 260 
lie South. 
..I"**' * 11UJ - HUSVfcM* -—-- 
Bud peculiarities .HW 
Cesarean aspect of cahidiuius 
car5^“:ihC:::::::::::^ hygienic information. 
Carnivorous plaut dionma mus-^ ^ ^ , n f;a9 ,, of .l 25 
Cottage flower shows, Mr. Glutl-o A pples, how to eat ....143 
---- - ,,.n 
stone on...“•*> 
Cuprossus Iiiiwsonlana argeii-J 
tea varlegata. « 
Cypress seed. !•■ 
Cyprlpediunis. or lady slippers.. £1 
Destroying wild inornUigglories 76 
Double balsam..... ..217 
— — morning glory...188 
— — pelargonium, ivy-leaved. 172 
— — white tuoss rose. 93 
Dracronus. *69 
Krylhrlna chrysta-galla..204 
— parcel!...253 
Floriculture, specialities In.60 
Flower garden, the.269 
— — topics.127 
Artichokes for rheumatism.396 Alleged libels.••••;••;--• 
AtmOspbero. avoid tainted.367 American national life of New ! 
Baby’s second summer.Ill Haven.... 
Bedrooms, what la In the.239 A singular requirement.<06 
Bleeding at the-uoso, to atop....239 — tran-fer. •■••••••• .<9 
Blood drinkers. 79 1 A special reserve fund. 
Sugar beets and beet -ugar.298 
Wealth of the country.92 
Weather and crops In Englund.34b 
Weeds, or insects. 43 
Western Ontario, from.28 
INSURANCE DEPART¬ 
MENT. 
A dangerous service.239 
Alleged iibels...63 
Aiuencan national life of Newi 
Haven.332 
A singular requirement.206 
— — transfer...,29 
Bums and freezes.,.Ip 
-- eiiuruoal for.79 
lime-wiiUr for.15 
Cancer, permanent cure for ... .351 
Caro of the feet......223 
C'lcy vs.country.383 
Cold root al nignt.351 
Common sense ventilation,.319 
Consumptive tendency.339 
Coughs, remedysjfor. 15 
Don't do It. <9 
Enough and to spare............ 63 
Fire ins., special protection for 
holders 0 /. 138 
Give us a rest.... • ■ .206 
Good for'Teuneseo...*70 
Artificial hatching and ralsinfi.220 
Brahmas as non-sitters.220 
— Pootru, the. 45 
Canaries, how to pet.......381 
Candidates forTtiaiiksgivlng. ..313 
Care of fowls in winter....,.313 
Cheap poultry yard. .124 
Chicken cholera, remedy for.. 141 
Cuckoo, coehln ehiria. II 
Eggs, wlntBi production of.884 
Feeding poultry................314 
Fowls, best feed fur.............141 
— vermin tin.11, lft) 
French nens’nests.311 
llamburghs,.,.226 
lien manure. MSI 
Hens, a village of. 77 
— foster mother ..253 
— the iffeut of soli on...220 
Fnlurnl or piiduas. 169 
CRluiago of penciled IIuinburg.285 
— of cuckoo fowl.311 
Poultry, ashes for.318 
.. at VV. N. Y. fair.. ,253 
— host breed* of.114) 
— diet coo ill in on Is In . 15 
— houses,carbolic ueld for... no 
— in small enclosures... . ...124 
— keeper, the.T24 
— which breed eats most.318 
— winter feeding of. 'll 
lied pepper and poultry.........381 
Remedy for chicken cholera. . 314 
The umillion geese.268 
— malay fowl....77 
Turkeys.. ..11,169 
- feeding.. 146 
— method of raising.77 
Which are the host layors.169 
PREMIUM ARTICLES, 
Buffalo scales.. 
Chemical paint, premium. 
Organs, Prince 3c Co’s......... - 
A a.;; .^ H!! H .iew leu „ ::::::::;::::394 ov^coataand ofciothm,.^ 
" .' .. Vi) New York Watch Go's watches 333 
Heavy...<9 
How is this 1 . <9 
Incendiary milk panB.....322 
New York Watch (Jo's i 
Pianos, Maoktu A Co's. 
Pratt's astral oil ...... 
SHEEP HUSBANDRY. 
Breeding sheep, high feed for. HO 
Hoad lamb skint)... .59 
Delaine wools.....170 
Fleeces, average weight of.219 
making up.. 59 
Keep the lambs growing..219 
Lambs, blood ditieu»cB,atuong..362 
— dipping. . '-'l 
Long wools, a failure.30, HO 
— again...91 
Merino wool, specimens Of line. 91 
Mutton and wool in the South. 91 
Did pas tv 1 c*.379 
Sheep and Wool. ,, ..219 
— entawuld....283 
did II.59, 283 
killed by dogs... .249 
— growing profitable.170 
Improving common.30. 124 
— long wools in Western N. Y.235 
— management of.170 
- on old meadows....302 
precocity of.379 
— profitable.362,397 
— scab In..... 91 
- shelter for......379 
- successful cross-breeding..219 
Wool-growing vs. grease.170 
SPORTSMAN. 
A bear on a spree.221 
])<ig, a prize Newloundlund. 345 
Fishermen, good advice lo.61 
Game laws.315 
Game on the Yellowstone.61 
Rabbits for market.191 
Rhinoceros, killing a.191 
Spawn, deposit of salmon.61 
SWINE-HERD. 
Alfalfa and hogs.364 
Fattening, effects of cold on....221 
— of hogs.351 
