Sillc Culture...MW 
Sillr-wonn Culture. 264 
Sugar, Ruet .204, Zt»5 
— — in California..721 
— from corn aodsorgtiurn. 172.701 
— — sorghum.!6o, 281. 641 
— Iuiusiry. 772 
Sugars, glucose In.252 
Tallow, art.itleiul. .332 
Teachera, h ins to.198 
Tea In Alkeu. 8.U.... .. 710 
— Plant.................801,803 
MISCELLANEOUS. 
Adversity, lessons of.540, 028 
Amusement,., evening. 28 
Applause in Churches.507 
Arctic Exploration* .47ti 
Boston, a trip In .. 055 
Capi ba 1, u n prod ucti ve.202 
Carelessness as a source of in¬ 
come ..540 
Catalogues and bm Ks received. 
9, 20. 42. 72 89, 105. 121 138, 
155.185, 217, 281. 249 204 , 299. 
313,1449, 159. 881, or?, 395. 4 9, 
425, 441, 42#. 47 4 5.1. J93, 611. 
(ill, 720, 709, 791, 805 
Cemeteries, Our country..iso 
Census, prepare 1 o the.740 
Country Sehuoi Grounds, em¬ 
bellishment of.. ..84 I 
Eduction and Knowledge.193 
Eggs, all in one basket..122 
Exirav gince....,...44, 740 
hi rial Word. a... .. .724 
Friend in Need, a . 47ti 
Honesty Best I’oiioy..012 
Huw nut In do It.844 
Irish distress...... . 8i0 
tmuilgr linn, Western and rail¬ 
road dl-urimhinllou. 41 
Indifference, ptieo uf..724 
Inheritance. 892 
Insurance, cstoi.524, aj3 
— does it enst too raucii ?.488 
— law, abortive. 
Journalistic Candor, ug’l.428 
Jnurnuls.. .. .92 
Moonshine. 157 
Moral K ueation. 044 
Nihilism. 44 
Our Friends, tie............. ....7)70 
Patent-.553 
Pedestriumsm Miilain Ander¬ 
son . 70 
Premium List . .. 570 
Remember your childhood.810 
Schools, what to teach at com¬ 
mon . 184 
Scrap Books.MI5 
Still Onward.772 
nnlTiiors, tonooent.. 400 
Success vs. Failure..772 
Teachers, hints io.i9S 
Thanksgiving.750 
Tramps, bow they are made— 26 
Wa-led Time ... ..772 
World in Wax....670 
NATUBALIST. 
Bat, rou 4 ette.325 
Birds, our. .816 
HI ig'sh Sparrow destroyiiin.corn 92 
Full, oro>s-breedkog among....823 
Fox, flying .3:5 
G iuio. rabbits, poultry.470 
Mol' S. 1'iod ot......44 
Shad, hybrid .. ..82,1 
Quail, rUioiestituited.... 73 
POMOLOGICAL. 
Apple. Aroostook Harvest.40 
— Baker. 202 
— Baldivla .422 
— - Canada..J.5 
— Beauty ot Kent....202 
— Ben Davis.'202 
— Celeslia ... .'284 
— Coopei'a Market .0 w 
— Cornell fancy.202 
— Uueiie-s ot Oldcnburgh. 40 
— Early Pellli'Jfk .202 
— Emperor Alexander.iu 
— Esqpus SPlUeilbUi'g.0.3* 
— Evening Party.......'2 >2 
— Fauny.. .202 
— Ferris. 202 
— Golden Hussel... 08' 
— Grand suit an.40 
— Hicks’. 202 
— Highland Beauty ......438 
— — Hardy.249 
— Hubbardtoii Pippin.2'2 
— Kirkland. 202 
— Lawyer.202 
— M idur’s winter. 40 
— Magog. Beil Stri.ak.40 
— JlcKabe.......202 
— .Uoiimouth Pippin..... ... JW2 
— Mother .202 
— Nick .jack...202 
— Northern Spy .0,33 
— Nortlideld Beauty. 411 
— Oustini) Greening. . ..458 
— Park Spice.202 
— Peach of Montreal.41 
— Plumb's Culer... .40 
— Prim Ue.202 
— Pringle’s Sweet. 40 
— Prolido Sweet...40 
— Red Canada.653 
— It.churd Graft.202 
— Ruxbur* Russet.•...053 
— Scon’s Winter.40,370 
— Starkey....,.., .71 
— St, Point'is..... 40 
— Strawberry. 73a 
— — colored. .751 
— Sueiked Pippin.202 
— Stuart's Gulden.4:2,428 
— Summer llurvoy.,40 
— — Rose... 550 
— Titus Pippin.-'02 
— Tracy..40 
— Washinglon Strawberry. ...202 
— Wealthy. 40.819 
— White Winter L’ftlvilie, of, 
Abbotsford ..703 
— — — St. Hilaire...7t'3 
— Wlnesup. sweet....102 
— Winter St. Lawrence ...688,092 
— Yellow, Transparent, —4 j, 788 
Apples, best.053 
— culinary.734 
— dessert.734 
— fail.-.41) 
— for Arkansas. .720 
— hardy enough for Vt.23 
— — too tenner in Vt. 23 
— in a Northern mchard.71 
— in Calilorma.422 
— keeping the year l'ouud..—735 
— late-keeping...364 
— Russian ...438, 415 
— Select list...734 
— bummer . 40 
— Sweet.,.734 
— too in my kinds.486 
— Winter.40.5L 
Appl -crop, marketing...422 
— orchard.184 
— treeoul ure from seed. 71 
— trees, scraping....208 
— — splitting..48-* 
Blight, apple-twig, lopping ...184 
— pear.Is). 311,488. u37,7ol 
— — causes of. .183 
— —salt lor .002,735.785,804 
Borers, trutt-liee.-.535 
Buds, split, uniting as grafts...837 
— Mountain Beet ..8>7 
— Howell ..- ........So? 
— Kioffcr's - ..... .837 
Cherry, Montmorency Oidi- 
naire.438 
Crab-.ppie, seedling.,71 
— — sweet Sinei tan. .Oss 
Curculln... ............488 
Diospyroa itaki..... ..2 h6 
Fruit, E trl>.... .550 
— Growers. Reasonable.278 
— — Reputation tor.,...3011 
— In Net. .379 
— Taste as Applied.422 
Fruit-trees, ham-yard manure 
for.231 
— —..Budding . o5o 
— for Road-Side. 9 
— — In Grass.....231 
— — Odd year.40 
— — Protecting from mice...108 
—^— — Rabbits.102 
—i— T« cleanse.076 
—Treatment First Yearn 121 
Fiult-rrces. W»»h for.»...,808 
Mulberry, IbiWDing’s Ever- 
Wearing ..457 
Nursery Trees vs. Chance 
Seedlings ..278 
Odd year. 40 
Orangus, Packing . ..807 
— Shall we Plant.650 
Orchard near Rural Farm.40>> 
— Northern.-.;3 
Orcllauls, O'Osely planted.328 
— Growing in Grass.457 
— in Hen-yards .785 
— Paris-green used in . ,236 
— Protectingmutifist Mice .. .803 
Pem n Alexander.519 
— AlUkden....549 
— Honeywell. 540 
— Waterloo..549 
Peach-Borer, To kill.414 
— Yellows. 424, 012 
Pear, Best.....24 
— Beurre Bose.803 
— — 1 lairgeau.655 
— B nnelriizue..... 553 
— liuri'Mis.804 
— Dana’s Hovoy.'252 
— D'jyenue d’ute.5:8 
— Duehn**o.204 
— Klflf r'* Hybrid.751, 7„8 
— K inland. 751 
— Japan . ..709 
—Mu :eleine.618 
— Manning's Elizabeth.751 
— Marguerite Appert.438 
— hecKcl. .570 
— Souvenir du Dong es ..612,«55 
— Vicar un the Quince..7o2 
— Winter Nulls. 787,792 
Pears .438,751 
— (racking. Preventives_3Uj 
— D wa r I . 708,730 
Peai Oichard of M. P. Wild, r 
065. 803 
— Trees...7oI 
— lira!! log 80 years old .490 
Persimmon Japan.290 
Plum, liasseu’s American.... 6)6 
— Large. 038 
— Tree, Wonderful. 24 
Pomology CUi loSilies ,if.424 
Fitu>as Educators in.572 
Pruning, s raping the Dark.837 
Quince t.ulluio .103 
— Champion.108 
— Japan, Seedling.24 
— Ui immenial us Stock for 
Pear.328,740.772 
Stock, lnttueuce Of the Grutt 
Upon . ...517 
— — .10 Graft.. 650, 038, .1)3 
— Paia i se ..300,328 
Trees, kerosene oil..... ..8-17 
Trees. Selecting......... ..705 
POULTRY-YARD. 
Artificial Mother. Iiuuie-made ,423 
Brahmas, inghl.201, H2 
Breeding, poultry.0 j7. 087 
Breens, be*t lor amateurs. 61 O 
B d in ble Fee l. .*>H> 
CUickc is, late, do they pay?.3.8 
— our. 283 
— young. •• .<55-1 
Chicks, loud for ..*82 
Cochins, Black .792 
Coal as.ics lor poultry.3.8 
Diarrnaa'i.G-w 
Douiest c Poultry, origin of..-.787 
Dorkings. 42,299 
llriukmg vessel lor Chicks.*i8 
Egg record.-...21 j 
Eggs, feeding liens fir winter. »8 
— bow many can a ben Jay ? 
24. 90. 423 
— wnv hens eat . 136 
Exfnb tions. poultry.390 
Food. C- infeed lor bens.2JI 
rowls, barn-door. ..121 
— best ............ ..315,410 
— best for Boston market.423 
— experience with.5s j 
— for ggs and mem. .040 
Gapes........ -.58, 304, 464, 500, i4> 
UC-ese, raising . 283 
liuictong, artificial and rearing 
clucks. .. 16.1 
Hen-houses. how to warm.86 
Hennery, Care ..552 
Hems Uot water for ..Ib7 
Hens in *’ Ituial" Grounds ....612 
Hum breeding of fowls.5:8 
iloudana..640 
Loguorna, Brown for eggs.31*5 
— White.12) 
Lime for poultry.553 
Nestb. bulpiiur for.2igs 
unions tor chicks.4s2 
Plymouth lti> ks • . 121,39(5 
— — and Asiatics, crossed.252 
— - ‘•sports’’ of.8 
Polish. Mlverwipaiigied.374 
Poultry account.133 
— breeding.12 
— care aim loud of.216 
— oire of... 831 
— core that payB.409 
— c inUOing in summer.*69 
— depa itmeutat our ag.sliowsa.i3 
— laeey. rare of -.. 42 
— farmers’ core of..44. 
— fattening for market.8-iJ 
— game, rabbits.470 
— habits.... 152 J 
— interest.—60, oG 
— management of for eggs— 61 
— preparing for murk* t.MJ4 
— .tuning.47U 
— record .. ..211 
— summer feeding on farms..360 
— winter cure of .7l8 
— va.ue of..404, .60 
Red cedar fur lice..428 
Scaly legs, remedy lor.6 j6 
Sillers, «aly.^01 
.-pailiso, Biaek. .1.1 
Sunil,livers to buns . —o34 
Tout caterpillars, fowls not eat- 
mg. ... .Sj64 
Wiieat, wnole for fowls.591 
Worm* parasitic lung....120 
Vermin .623 
Sheep dog* killing...41 
— expnrhof. 167 
— fattening for market.42, 213 
— in St Lawrence Co.. N. Y... 26 
— Lincoln, origin of.838 
— housing.. 8*8 
— protection against dogs.291 
— Tiiising of the future. 204 
— sheltering. 7254 
— something about.(507 
— vs. dogs..377 
— winter qu Ttors for.786 
Shropshire*, prices fur.25 
South-Down. .38,607.750 
Ticks In *hee’. to rid.464 
Troughs for sheep..38 
Turnips, sheep eating.136 
Wool, Combing..640, 1557 
— — cure and food to make. .657 
Sainfoin.170 
Salaries of brafeemon, fireman. 
etc. .&43 
S’tlix pentand'a ..907 
Salsify Routs..<55 
Salt on Wheat, bow mir h ?.595 
— wood-ashes and lime for 
land...197 
saw. rldlnn. ..?£?,8(JT 
Scab In Shoop.123, 3*1 
— Mites .— .fig 
Scales, patent.695 
Sdhrnnklu uncinate...3(9 
Soonrs in Sheep, remedy for....202 
— In a Cow. .. *>♦ 
Screen for Kith pond.3in 
Seed Drill**. .23.4 
Scud* tnat won’t germinate . .• 424 
Sheaf Oat.* for Cows.■ -202 
Hb' ep, best, for mutton or wool.797 
— care of. .—218 
— concerning... 330.738 
— tor sale or 10 rent?.'70 
— Hn»b indry at the South... T8 
work on.... 
— lnfantudo Merino. lm 
— Merino, Brooders of.‘203 
— stretches U).Jig 
— woives 1*...--3J8 
Shepherd's Manual..739 
Shingles, flipping into tar.123 
Short-humProgeny of.643 
Short* vs. Hay.13? 
Silk culture.. 7» 
silk Moth.655 
. . . 2H2 
small Fruits, ho -1 varieties oC.170 
— - distance between..9 
— — manure for..... 
Smut. In Wheat.a9> 
Sorghum balepense.64- 
South, Queries About the.2sJ 
Horn eyes In horse...**? 
Sore rtiroat. treatment of .ill 
Sorghum Juice, clarifying.491 
S iw. deal 0 o r , cause. . .’2' <; 
Spanish coins, vplue of.MJ? 
SaniisH-i*u«s.7-i 
— — Cut-Wm ms, destroy¬ 
ing or.. -..Jiff 
Stock, treatment of. .234 
St awberrioa and Raspberries, 
how " 1U’X ”.7*66 
— In spring, treatment of.2.18 
— plant! ns...•**? 
— pot grown.........o.la 
— trcatmeul Of.1j*J0 
Slock. Queries about.26b 
Stump si ad tea tor.595 
Sucker* Irom corn..395 
Sugar from Beet*, is it success- 
mi?. 203 
lrom horghum or Corn- 
St:I Its.„?1 
Sulphur forehoop.. -73? 
— soils, liuie on..—2*4 
Sunstroke, i>recautlons agaln*t,26b 
8U|*e’phiisi'liatea . 27,234, to 1 
gweeUpoiato, Pcab 'dy.176 
Sweet-potaioe*. to wuner.7 7 
Swpe' *ce ted Sjbrul)...523 
Swindling Trick.-.....5254 
Hslne. w- rms In....8:2 
Tank surface. . 
Teii-Pbiiit. direcilonk for culti¬ 
vating. ... 771 
— raulng lrom *eed or plants.171 
Telegraphy, lea ning at h"me..5t9 
Tbnps. .. 11 
Thrush ill horse,. *.364 
Tbuiopsts did*nrat 1 .<3 
Til lands '11 usneudes.20! 
Tobacco culture iu the South..282 
— growing. ...170 
— Periodical devoted to its 
culture .. 91 
'Tomaio seed. Acme.....'.. 11 
Tomatoes on trellises..'282 
Top.dresstng on meadow land. 06 
Ti ulniug a colt.394 
Trenicx Columba...t?> 
Tree seeds, wln n rim-. .. .CH 
Trees, (or lawn at South.4U 
V inlUa Bean.. -491 
Ventral Hernia In a horse.346 
Vetches in Florida, growing-610 
Viburnum ii<eiifn!min....6il 
Vinegar lrom Grape Pomace.. 475 
— making.659 
— • Reviving frozen. ..234 
Wagon Bod. removing.627 
Wagon -Spring wr.utcd.59 
Walnut, English.250 
Walnut stain.34’i 
Warts on cow’s teat. .506 
Watermelons, rat• ing.29S, (527 
Woik eyes In horses.6J1 
Weevils In -heat.095 
Woigelns. planting out.. ..611 
Well, tmil.250 
Wheat and corn, origin of.186 
— Crickets eat! og.595 
— Challenge Australian.475 
— Knit*.Hi 
— Ilungni inn Amber.839 
— 610 Unu . .. . 491 
— Fife. 11 
— bind*, suit 10 . . : 18 
— — rust proof.424 
— salt OQ ivluter.597 
— Whim Russian and Defiance 91 
— Wick ...—339 
— yield In old-settled states. 595 
Willow culling* lor busliet- 
m<k ng...266 
Wild cherries, price of..523 
Wire teneo, barbed.. ..91, 317 
— — sumii)' r and winter.K63 
Wire for trellises.770 
Wire-worms, elaters.....6F2 
— — to destroy.... 11 
Wood ashes .240 
— — as a fertiliser.4.^9,691 
Wool, coaled and Cl)I ted.,627 
Worm > In a horse.-.363 
Wound, how to heal 11 stubborn 170 
VETERINARY. 
Abortion in cuttle and horses.. 88 
— — cows, cause of.25,167 
— Into milking a cause.213 
Animals sick, medicines.— 3.'6 
HI ck-leg. 41 
B aok-lcg (U.irbuncnlar erysipe¬ 
las! m Texas.25 
Cllfttriitiug. ,.720 
Cholera, hog. 28 
C lie in a colt, remedy for...... 25 
Hog cholera and bug pens.294 
.Mange, treatm pl ot-.343 
I’leuro-eueumonia.119 
— — arid swill milk.172 
— — Infections.135 
— — fupprossing.188 
Tar, gas coal, tor wounds, etc.-326 
Teats, bad .86 
Veterinarians, field lor.662 
VINEYARD. 
Arbor*.....76(5 
Brighton.. ... 439 
Concord.766 
Count Bismarck.686 
Duchess.772, 785 
Grape Culture. 439 
— cultivation of, in California.685 
— ruined its causes.766 
— sends to Uort Club.641 
Glanes at Rural Grounds.2 0 
— keeping in pits. 708 
— — pillilklns.789 
— l.abru *ca..572 
— Miner's....... 316,4:58 
— new... 572 
— Riokotls'.*. . ...200 
Rogers’s Hybrids.26" 
— ripening in bags. ....724 
— when to pick......612 
Grape-vine*, propagating.7:4 
— — tieun..4*6 
Lady. -• ..819.439 
Lady Washington.210, 651 
Monroe . ... 641 
N iiicara....438, 668, 685, 708 
j’hvlloxcia, remedy fur.,...73 
l 1 eklingtm.438,668 
1‘ocu'nuick.686 
poi-eu tuieof the grape-vine. .665 
I J reJHl»».. 438. 668 
Rochester.614 
Rockland Favorite.458 
Bcuppcruoug... 55ti 
HUeiburnc...686 
W pluome... 733 
Land.;treatraent of old meadow 
plowed... .170 
Luntuna. how to propagate.671 
Laotanas. 395 
T.*twn Mowers. 218 
Lawn Planting, work on— ..72-'* 
Leghorn,show points of Brown 59 
Leghorns. Brown, whereto buy 11 
Leg. Injured in a cow.202 
Lettuce, brnnso. Beets, orna¬ 
mental.203 
Leuoiintheinum vulgare.539 
Light Bruhmas. points of.539 
Lime and salt in.203 
— - ns Fertilisers. 75 
— carbonate ot.123 
— ground. ..822 
— under poultry roosts .. ’....171 
— use.595 
Loins, weakness of in lambs....755 
.Vaggoisin Cheese.627 
Magnolia Trees.424 
Miignolla*. .523 
Malt Sprouts.8!2 
— — what are.266 
Mange in uniirmls.HIM 
Manure, barnyard.240 
— hen. 91 
— — lor corn.202. 28! 
— horse.282. 770 
— liquid, applying.28! 
— — for sc awberrles.893 
— blowing under for vegeta¬ 
bles . 43 
Mare, poor digestion.262 
Mardi-Gras . 234 
Melon Vine*. Insects eating....895 
Mildew oil Grape-vines.459 
Milk, bloody. 475 
Milk Cans, etc., where to get...670 
Milium eOiisum.424 
Millet, Gulden, ns a forage 
plant ....... . ......171 
— Pearl.... 171, 218.231. 314,364 
Miter-box, durable.47-a 
Mohair, price per pound.123 
Moonshine.‘-’0! 
Mosquitos. About.539 
Moving Machine, Eureka.—347 
Muck.90, 250, 690 
— from mill-pond...27 
Mulberry. French.59 
Tree.* . 659 
— — hardy North. .219 
— — not, bearing.395 
Mollle Faneber.... . 317 
M"Z imtiique Current....240 
Mytoology, work on.......459 
Night-soil.755 
— - treatment of .7595 
N.C. A Va . Queries about.298 
Oats Mold's Ennobled .643 
— Norway.282,475 
oil-cake, price of.91 
Oleomiirg 1 hie, detecting.234 
Onion 8ets from seed .475 
Orange Trees, grafted or bud¬ 
ded... .. 170 
Orchar 1 . treatment of. .340 
— worn-out. improving It.174 
Oxide of Iron lor I'Hint. . .1:7 
Oxydendrum arbf.rdum.43, 475 
Oyster Shells a* 11 Fertilizer.331 
hacked Bu i -r, shrinkage of....424 
Paint and Grease from cloth¬ 
ing. 675 
Paint for wire feiieos.3G4 
— 1 mm Brushes, to clean.ill 
Paints. Chemical.13? 
Palm Sued, cermlna’ion of..298 
— Tree, lrom seed...2"3 
Pape , ta rmi .218 
Paradise Slock.....723 
“ Parks and Gardens of Paris," 
whereto buy.........: 691 
Paris-green .411 
— — pure ..240 
Parsnip, forage ...261 
Pasture, sowu g seed for . .411 
i'll .nob, overloaded ........... 1274 
Peach, Foster .6ll 
Peach Stones, bow to plant.707 
Peanuts, raising. ,59, 218, 49U 
Pour—Chinese Sand.611 
— Howe 1.1M 
Pears tor 11 sundv soli.627 
Peas for Vi., field.. 91 
Pears for wosiein shore of 
Md.770 
Pear. Le Conte.011 
Pearl-Millet, it cut, will it 
grow . 266 
Pelargonium, sport.2 0 
Polcin Duck*.610 
PbiLbiris arundlnacea,.459 
Philological difficulty.5 § 
Plio-pnates. mineral, of 8. C. ..738 
Phosphorus paste....627 
PlBTVo-et.tcs . H 
Phi no* guaranteeing. 
Pigs bloating iu. .334 
l’luus Ediths. 459 
Plants, raising beading...,.170 
— for inline.421 
Plaster and Charcoal .796 
-- coloring instead of painting 250 
PI lira, .Shropshire Damson_627 
— Trees, unout .5>6 
— — irom stories.95 
— — Wild Goose.6:7 
Plymouth Rocks.show points..6(2 
Plowing for Corn, when to.627 
Plows, mole.250 
— steam. 11 
Poll Annua. 361 
Pork brine lor asparagus.203 
Postal Rules.723 
Potash a ml Pearl-ash, where to 
huv. .. ..707 
Potash Horn Wood-ashes.539 
Potato, Beuntv ot Malinin, few 
Crop*.. .203 
— Enigma, Seedling.6'1 
— Beet.1-. ......32.3 
— best for early use.739 
— culture of the. 90 
Potatoes, scabby....491 
— hilling and drilling.... 75 
— Kidney......282 
— Sweei. keeping.59 
— — ralsi: g.218 
— \V shingtou.203,250 
Poultry, Hhuik-Crested White 
Polish. 75 
— Dealer, name of a.. 80 ? 
— Douglas mixture for.75 
— House*, making divisions 
in .V--. 75 
— Plymouth Rock*..*02, 218 
— ungraieml, peculiar and 
naughty. 170 
— rousts, food vessels. .. H 
— work on. .. 171 
Pyrus Japonlea, budding or 
grading. 27 
Quince Orchard.7 9 
— — Starting a. 211 
— Peirand Auple. —1'3 
Rabbits, Lop-eared .395, 424 
Raisin*, where grown ........ .187 
Ram. Cotswold. .691 
Raspberry. Cuthbert ..539 
— Gregg.235 
— miniature trees. .595 
— fit. Western.555 
RutUnscuke Oil .506 
Rats, bo got nd of. .. .,71)7 
Reading tor a Farmer, most In¬ 
structive.539 
Reaping machines, self-bind¬ 
ing. .723 
Rennets, 11 iviiriun.2'8 
Rhododendrons in N. W- Conn. l)3 
Rhubarb, wintering. ... .7 7 
Ribbon, weaving designs la....(ill 
Rico, Java. .231 
Rinas lor lio-*,..,...202 
Roofing, shingle.... .. '/60 
Rose-Bug Puzzle.... 9 
— chill i rs.4 1 
— ..191 
— lcav 'B. mai ket for drlcu —266 
Roses Rudd ..79 
Hardy Monthly, best.8!2 
— Tree, neat men or.aid 
Roup, rein die* oir. 11 
Rural Gruuuds and Farm.475 
Kus on Turnip*.—202 
— on VVUe it.7 >4 
— yellow ou Blaukberries. .... 94 
Russian ,\ppms, whatare they? 81 I 
Rye for Milcb Cows.235 
Sage, good market for. 11 
— what mill to grind?.203 
— stalks, convening into ma¬ 
nure...734 
— sterile, fertile.346 
— Tucket. 250 
— weighing for premium*.675 
— wliite vsi lety lor bominy...203 
Corns In a hors ', treatment_330 
Cow 1 sing inilk.555 
— milking herself.755 
Cow’s Teat, removing an ob¬ 
struction.'.82 
Cranberry Bed.459 
Cranberries,wbv flooded in win¬ 
ter ..187 
Craw-tlsh. destroying . 11 
Cream raising in a spring milk- 
roohi...424 
Cultivation, band. ..506 
Currant Worm.863 
Currants and rhubarb.298 
— planting.250 
Cutting B 1 v for corn stnlk8.etc.739 
Cyclum.ii and geranium cul¬ 
ture. 424 
Cyclopedias.659 
Dahlia bulbs, keeping... -.61.3 
Dahlias and gladioli.,314 
Dam! 1 u n a ml Its remedy.43 
Daphne Cneuruiu.43 
Day Book Co...5’3 
Detliiucn wheat, how much per 
peck..643 
Delaware or Va., which to 
settle in , . 69i 
Dep. of Ag„ reports of.121 
Disinfectant.659 
Distemper, blood poisoning by.250 
Dogs, nook on training.2,9 
Dracas a*, stocks for propaga¬ 
ting...'.71 
Drains, roots obstructing.29k 
Duck. Mnskoku .202 
Dvnninlie cartridges.3H 
Dyeent«ry and red wa or in 
oxen.491 
Ecumenical council, lust....... 2U2 
Eggs. P. K. where t" get.12a 
— shipped for hatching..75 
Egyptian coro...642 
Electric bells.alii! 
Elevator, exhibited at Insti¬ 
tute fair.50G 
Ensilage. . 3i) 
Erythronium alhldmn. 3Gl 
Enehuris AtuuzoRicu.659 
Euphorbia Cypanssias.459 
Eye-cup .-. 642 
Eyelids, inflammation of a 
horse’s.4: 
Farm, improving a poor.122 
— products, relative value of.2.34 
Farms In W. Va. wanted.27 
Felloe*', Barbed Wire...139 
Fertilizer, Fish a* a .231 
11 1 d-wond 1 *ahoa as 11 .94 
Ferilltz is. Formulas for.25U 
Fig roots or slip*, where lo get. 171 
Fig iree*. how propagated-I7u 
Fir. sUverWeepiug. 20 
Fish pond, stocking a. .33|) 
Fish shipped in a hairol.346 
Five-spotted Hpbinx.Kll 
Flaj.spliihlug.—.. 91 
Flo 1 idu for sir i>* Perries.(ill 
I'lower exchange. Rural_ 336 
Flower pots, glu<*.691 
Fiowcr seeds, how long ger- 
Ul I Dili llg, ..4'1 
Fodde - '.what meant by.........364 
Foul sheath, remedy for.691 
Founder, Liiiinntls. 4.3 
H'owis eating feathers..... 75 
— not laying.170 
— WUile-e esled Black Polish.Iii 
Fodder plants.642 
Foot rot, malignant .555 
Frog to horse, injured— 282,.fW 
Fi uit dealer*, small....202 
Fruit trees . lime lo prune . .. I?l 
— wash for.2:2 
Gape- in chickens.4 9 
Gorget, remedy tor..ilJ 
Guslinieon wheat ltt. 11 .t.... 1*9 
Gate, automatic.... .234 
Geramlams in pets, sod for_506 
— tn make bloom.379 
Gorardtii tenuifulia. tilt 
G 01 in a 11 -A ■ tu -1 lean cl: izen.,610 
Germanmint*rv service.610 
Gestation, cow's period of_256 
Gobi ti • 11 . care of.o?6 
Grain dealer, reliable.643 
— for orch 1 rd...246 
— holding back.27 
Grape-vino*, grafting.659 
— lice on.395 
— planting and tending.643 
— 1 run I ilg. .. . ..443 
— stricken with blight.34? 
Grape, Lady..2*34 
— Moore’s Enrly. II 
Grapes I -ra succession.,...643 
— bust for table. .691 
— M 1 ner's seed 1 1 ngs .. . 0 . 9 
- Rlcfeeit varieties.IHi 
— spring treatment of .17U 
— va tetles Lo cultivate un¬ 
der gla*a.-07 
— white unit red.136 
Grill ting...691 
— bark.'250, '298 
— clc'.t or bark... ......25 1 
— r rd it trees,.... 220 
Graltmg wax ... ....295, 314 
— — now lo make...5:1 
Grass. Bermuda .8-2 
— orchard.91.310 
— seed “catching ’’.7?t 
— red-top and orchard.171 
Grasse* lor seed.34 
Ur ou u d - bone.2 44 
Gruos from apple, poach, etc 
trees. .659 
— white. ....27 
Guano id corn, applying.330 
Guinea grass.523 
Guit 'ral pouches, abscess of 
1 he.382 
Gypsum, is there u bust kind .. 11 
llair nail In heifer's stomach ..(lit 
Harnus*, mice eating.98: 
II :y fever. 491 
Hedge, usage orange, raising . .2xi 
Hotter, sick. ..2dJ 
Hellebore oft currants, dinger 
SWINE-HERD 
Berkshire*, history of.821 
Hog pees and hog cholera.291 
Hogs, Doe* it pay to keep?.21.3 
— keening back. 88 
— packeil In the West.88 
— sc siting hy machinery.537 
— weight of largo. s8 
pig reed.cheap. ...-..552 
Pigs, breeding, sepa*tiling and 
feeding.. .148 
— corn causing spasms in 
young. . __ 22 
economy in fattening. ti 
— exportation of.660 
— food lor young.82 
— leaves us bedding for. 6 
— roots rur. .807 
— sail, sulphur and charcoal 
fur.520 
Pork...139 
— number of hog* packed.25 
Pork-prod 1 ctng, v* ue o’ corn.rtf 8 
Sows, Why they do Dot con¬ 
ceive.. 136 
Swine, lltsiory of, National 
t’onvenllon.787 
Trichinae.641 
Trough for pigs...38, 134 
THE QUERIST 
A rt iantum piebatum.566 
Alfulta.43, 91,6-9 
— seed, where to buy. 11 
Ammonia salts. .47o 
Amurphu lruticosa .218,294 
Apple-worms In pots, lo de¬ 
stroy.... .. 298 
Ang m goat*..123, 139, 822 
Anthrax malignant...Sl4 
Apple. Falla water.539 
— Hoops.721 
— Matin....187 
— Ntosern md Beauty. 
— Pomace...314 
— Stump. 11 
Apple tree bearing the ‘'odd’’ 
year ... . 643 
pests.. . .,s22 
— orchard producing liitle lriiitl7n 
Apples for Southern .Mum.707 
— keeping. 791 
— picking ...,. i:5!l 
— specimen .298 
Archery, work on.424 
Architecture, good work on....2)9 
Artichokes for hogs. 11 
Ashe*.HI 
— added to hog and hen mn- 
ure . 21 k! 
— leached.791 
— leached and unleacbed. ...642 
— — weight.707 
Ayrshire cuttle and Short¬ 
horns.171 
Asparagus, treatment of.6IU 
Bacilli suls . ..........,754 
Banana seed and plants. 123 
Barley a* good Iced as Corn_539 
Bar 11 .»too kauri grain.171 
Barnyard laying out a.234 
Bean* not clinging. ...491 
— yield of. 11 
Beu-Mves. best kind, prlce.2e3,25U 
Bee-keeper, queries 01 .459 
Bee queries .27, 218, 256 
Mucsbymull .. . 379 
Bees, wintering.723 
Beeswax, uses of.879 
Hells, Pulvermaclier.I3U 
Bilter rot in apples . 739 
Blackberry culture,,.770 
Blind staggers in a horse.282 
— — — — sheep..474 
Blood Warts, treatment of_539 
Hoar, W lute Cheshire—..,2i0 
K .nc-dltst. 240 
B me Fertilizers.723 
— — manufacturers Of.691 
Hone-grinding tu ichine.........755 
Hooks wanted.707 
Boots, to keep soft, mill water¬ 
proof.11 
Hoto lit horses.49U 
Bran In potato hills.298 
Breeding, in-und-ln..378 
Brook meadow. 65o 
Buckwheat, plowing under. 4! 
Budding in summer, how.26! 
Bug, squash ami cucumber.29s 
Hug* aixl beetle*.424 
Hulls, com genual on lor ser¬ 
vices.315 
Hull’s bi le tunning a. 176,262 
*• Burry’’ wool. 790 
Butter and cheese at creamer¬ 
ies, cost ol making,.606 
— flinty . .2:45 
— market for gilt-edged.123 
— not gathering, treatment 
218, 411 
— restoring strong...206 
Cabbage, best tor winter. 123 
— worm..303 
— - coal nr pine tar for.ol.'t 
Cactus. The md Man . 43 
t anker 10 poultry . 202, 424 
Capotitzmg cbicHens .379 
Castrating u cult...34rt 
Catarrh, cure lor nasal.'246 
1 11 alontiia Jasmine.475 
Cuttle for C&Utiria...606 
— ilolstulns and bulled.187 
— where to buy.282 
— stabling.ISO 
Caustic Lye ... ..i.v.t 
Cejsua, the next.........770 
Century plant_: . 235 
Cereal, would bo new......7!0 
C.ieat or Chess...411,506 
Ct-iceory tor CCffte ..378 
Cheese factories .767 
— and butter, cows for.170 
CheiiopudltitQ hotrys ...491 
Chinese Yam-. 759 
— — »oed of .123 
Chimney, non-amoking .. ...,21b 
Ourunic rheumatism in a horse.GIl 
Cbutus ..27, 91 
Clawson wheat, millers not 
liking .611 
ClemjtiBUoi blooming. .. 611 
— virgintca.627 
Clerodondron from seed.627 
Clover seed. 11 
Ctov. raced, how much per acre 91 
— — pigment from . 75 
— — wlirii and how to sow. ..234 
Coal usnes lor potatoes.347 
Cott'ed wool on sheep .59o 
Co kerula, cap nizlug.123 
Cold Belt, The Dr. Hosfein’s 
answer. 170 
Colt, weakly.. .316 
Commission house, name ol 
123, 218 
Confederate money, to sell... .611 
Copyright. 539 
Copyright Book whatl* it.2u3 
Corn, beat variety ot yellow....262 
— Biiuk Mexnait, w here logi:t2I6 
Blount's, mode of planting.395 
— Gift, planting ou:.282 
— improving yednw .2U 
— in u Crib, meusui ing..262 
— iu tassel and silk, i.uluvat- 
iug .. ...523 
— Insects eating....555 
— manure for.234 
— premiums, planting..234,659, 
739. 771 
— Prolific. .. 
RURAL ARCHITECTURE. 
Form building, ‘'axioms’’ in, 
153. 119, 137. 400, 46a, 486 
— farm.873 
— — luulty propositions.369 
Barns. 44U 
Corn-cub, excellent.o!9 
Creauieiy. p.uu for......293 
Daiiv-oaiu.a turui.277 
Hounery, a design lor a.21 
Home, imunwy.-29 
Hou-e, bt ICk miuutry.766 
— Louut y. designs of a.369 
— plans, improved .. ... ...737 
Poultry house,convenient. 229 
— useful . 166 
Villa . 405 
SCIENTIFIC AND USEFUL. 
Air. circulation of In the 
earth. 523 
AqU'-oiip condensation from 
the air. 40 
Capillarity, experiments on-..- 41 
Frozen plants, changes oeeur- 
lhg.....• **• 
Moisture, circala ton ot in the 
..141 
Moisture in he soil, atmos- 
piicic ®epositiou...40 
Soil, experimenting with loose 
und eotupa jt....76 
— moisture of the.....368 
SphtilJe heat, law of. cream.Is8 
SHEEP HUSBANDRY. 
Black faced, Sjotcb.723 
Cotawolds. 608, 65? 
— crossed wtt.ii Merinos...,.... 38 
— mao igemuut of.....118 
Goat*, Angora...230, 128 
i I urdle-tencc. portable..65.i 
Lambs, care of.720 
— early. <LU 
Laurels, sheep poisoned by.395 
Mutton and wool .204,022,656 
Mutton, more should be eaten.564 
Sheep account, profitable.723 
— compared with cows.750 
— coupling,...602 
Hedge, evergreen, proper time 
to trim...613 
Hedge, rivet, cutting back.... 27 
Hemlock tor nedge .263 
Hen manure, majagement of .331 
Hen truU 'led witbcougu.oil 
Hens Cut lllg eggs.219 
Hens not laying .7 t> 
llesslao fly.754 
11 ibis . us t i.icus .411 
H istoi yol Frauen ti nd England. 159 
11 g I'.iiolcra, at* ut.170, 754 
Hogshead lor water .491 
I log-U'iuse, comprehensive. ... '13 
Hogs, .Jersey Rod . v ..,459 
— recovering 1 tom cholera..,-170 
Hollow-horn.755 
Houp-pole Farming . 616 
Honeysuckles for uedges.:*95 
— bow to propagate.. .lit! 
Horn-all...754 
Hor. e - radish, culture and 
prop fritii jii of.3l4 
Horse, Tender-footed, treat¬ 
ment of... 75 
Horses, diarrhoea 10 .*'?8 
Huckionerry thiiture .27 
Hurdles t“i' sheep ....Nli 
1 lyancinthus candicans.43, 251 
Hydraulic Rams..-Wl 
1 in.nti itlirK.170, 171, 2U3 
India 1 ubtrar and Gutta-percha,171 
tii'llgesUou. call suffering from.391 
liitjhuiiiuauou ot Lungs in 
Hliccp.'90 
Inquirer. Hvor-sonolive.170 
1 nscute for name.......,,475 
tv y, mi tort ltlne«S....*33 
Jeff, Du vis. w here born .<95 
Jap 1 u Quince for hedge. 755 
Jersey Ueticr and Bull Halves, 
prices of .. 75 
Jujulu: Tree, seeds Of.... •• 75 
June Bug among tstrawberrles.OlO 
Juniper, Irish.218 
Kldooy liiH.immatloci in Horse,755 
Labels for Hhoep's ears... .....171 
Luiucuods iff a llorsc.170 
