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ing Index show where engravings 
occur. Articles referring directly 
or indirectly to Cattle , Horses, 
Fertilizers, Flowers , Fowls, Foul 
try. Insects, Plants, Weeds, etc., 
will be found indexed under time 
general heads. 
A 
Alfalfa In Colorado.174 
Alluminum.122 
Alpaca Farming.. . *. .40 > 
Ara. Pomological Soc.277 
Anatto, Description.529 
Anemone. Double Garden....*..454 
Anemone, White Japan.*..184 
Animal Ailments, Treatment of 287 
Animal Exercise..218 
Animals Exhibited Over-Fed, 224- 
Give More Food and Care. 288— 
Injurious to Agriculture, 371—Im¬ 
provement In Domestic, 54—Kill¬ 
ing Men, 86—Training, 235— Use 
the Brush on 20, 
Agricultural Gatherings. 62 
Agricultural Shows, List of...428-9 
Apiary for Jan. 11; Feb. 53; March. 
Ill; Apr 167; May, 226: July, 319; 
Aug. 354; Sept, 407; Nov. 511i 
Dec. 559. 
Apple Seeds for Sowing.401 
Apple Trees. Lice on . 86 
Apples Bitter Rot In. 136—Pollen 
Affecting the Fruit, 317—Use for 
Windfalls 346. 
Arbor-vitas from Cuttings...229 
Ash. Malformed Brunches....*.. 15 
Ashes, Leached, 58—Save the, 37- 
Value of Wood and Coal, 222. 
Asparagus Bed . 467 
Asparagus Buncher . *. .237 
Asses of France . 330 
Aquarium . 5Si 
Australia . 426 
B 
Bag Holder . *..122-288 
Barn for Sheep. 2* 111-Prize Plan, 
Large, *172—Prize Plan, $1,000, 
*405—Prize Plan *322—Prize Plan, 
*230—Or Barrack for Hay, *285— 
Mule or Cattle, *58 — Remodel¬ 
led, 512. 
Barrel, Cesspool .525 
Barrows, Useful Wheel . *..571 
” an, Scarlet-Runner. *..182 
an Poles. 113 
ans.. 415 
ins, Limas, as a Farm Crop... 113 
_j Culture in Colorado. 11 
Beef-Curing.10 
Bees and White Clover, 62—and 
Clover, 11—For Boys. *535. 
Bees. See Aviary. 
Bees, Swarming. .120 
Beets and Mangels . 5*. .444 
Bermudas, The . 224 
Bene Plant for Oil. * • 455 
Bird House on aVane.*..192 
Birds as Friends an 1 Enemies...225 
Birds of Winter... .*.. 8 
Blackberries, Improved.437 
Blackberries, Thornless.401 
Blackberry Wine, etc.364 
Bladdernut, Japanese. 362 
Bladder Plums. 237 
Blasting. Use of Lime in.15 
Blue Fishing .232 
Books.—A merican Cattle, 42—Bar¬ 
ry’s Fruit Garden, 345—Coburn's 
Swine Husbandry, 467 — Cottage 
Houses, 467—Dogs of Great Brit¬ 
ain and America, 467—Mrs. El¬ 
liott's Housewife, 467 — Sports¬ 
man's Gazetteer, 467—Talks on 
Manures, 467. 
Bootjacks.362 
Bones, Save Them. ...400 
Box with a Ball.—... —404 
Boys, Interest Them In the Farm, 
275. 
Boys’ ajvd Gibls’ Coi omns. 
Apple with Initials, 880—Arithme¬ 
tic of 1881, *190—Athletics, 190— 
B Balloons, 310—Bird Fancier,*26— 
Bird’s Nest Fungus, 533— Bottle 
C Imp, *29—Candle Eating, 135- 
Cat with Scarlet Fever, *535— 
Cedar Bird and the Cherries. 
*380—Children's Hour, 533—Chi¬ 
nese Aorobats, *534—Christmas 
D Around the World. 578—Date 
Leaves, 245—Date Palm, *75— 
Doctor's Talks: — Aquarium. 
Feeding Fishes. 577—Bees, Bugs 
and Beetles, *339—Bread Fruit, 
460—Butterflies. Raising. 420-Ca¬ 
pillary Attraction,577—Cork and 
Cork Oaks, *379—Development 
of the Embryo Seed, “132—Ger¬ 
mination, * 75-* 189—Goats. 419- 
Leaves, * 245 — Leaves. How 
Veined, *189—Linnoean Society. 
577—illrage.460—Mosquitoes and 
their changes, *295—Pineapples 
and Bananas, *420—Rabbits. 419. 
E Dragon Fly, *379—Easter Eggs. 
F *133—Egg Pig. ’419-Flag. How 
to Make. 296—Frost Bites. 135— 
G Geyser. What is a. *133—noli 
H days. Prepare for the, 419—Jelly 
L Fish, 533—Largest Flower, *189 
M —Marbles, 135-190—Monkey and 
Money, *395 — Monkey Shine, 
*75—Mother Goose's New Tear 
N Dinner. *29—New Year's Cus¬ 
toms. 27 — Nuts and Nutting. 
O 459—Ocean Curiosities, 27—Pa- 
P per. Facts About. 296 — Paper 
House. *380—Paper Hunt, 190- 
Phosphorescence of the Sea, 533 
—Plants and Animals, 534- 
Problems. 133—Postage Stamps, 
190—Puzzles, 27-29-135-216-340-419 
R -533—Round Robin, 135-190-246- 
S 340-Santa Claus. 75—Sun Spots 
459—Swimming. 296-378. 
Stories— A Gallant Boy, *338 — 
Bunch of Christmas Holly, *576 
—Carl Walter and Gypsies, *294 
—Edith's Floral Favorite, *77— 
Four-leafed Clover, *418—Ghost 
in a Garret, 2*. *532—How Nel¬ 
lie Won the Day, *191 — Six 
T Winged Butterfly, *378-Tabby 
and the Pigeons, *28— Tadpole 
and Caterpillar, 339 — Teddy 
Schoolboy, 26—Tho May Queen, 
W *246—The Minikins. *27—What 
the March Wind Did, *131 - 
The Wonderful City, *458 — 
Tiny Things, 459—Water-Bug, 
Gigantic, *3S0 — Weeds, 419- 
Winter Sports, 29-76 —Wish 
Bone Darkey, *135. 
Brehm, Welcome to Dr.. .401 
Bridges..*..445 
Bridges, Stone.*..330 
Bridges, Wooden.*..367 
British Farming . ..*..546 
Broom Corn Seeder.'‘..288 
Broom Making. 68 
Brooms, Make Your Own.* 168 
Brush Fork .. .*.. 7 
Brush Rake.899 
Butter, Feed to Produce....Sgfj 
Butter Worker . . ..-,\j3S7 
Bulbs, Planting Dutch, 3^5—Some- 
Little Known, 454—Treatment of, 
71. 
c 
Cabbage, Cultivation, 57—Cabbage 
Pest, 568-Cabbage Stems Dis¬ 
eased, *361. 
Cabbages, Improvement in. 86 
Cabbages, Paris Green a Safe Ap¬ 
plication, 553 
Chestnuts, Plant More.192 
Calacanthus, Flower and Plant, 
*183. 
Calf. See Cattle. 
California Grapes and Wine.165 
California Fruits.401 
Camping Out.377 
Canary Seed.*..445 
Capers, Home-Made.334 
Caper Plant.*..334 
Carnation, As a Window Plant. .395 
Carnet Looper.*. .536 
Carpets, Rag. 244 
Carriage House and Stable...*..451. 
Cassia,The Purging.*..528 
Catalogues Acknowledged, 32-142- 
198-254, 
Catch-All...85 
Cattle—Ayrshire Cows, 448—Bed¬ 
ding, Leaves for, 179 — Breed. 
Characteristics. 224 —Beware of 
Bloat m. 410—Black Polled at the 
South. 326—Bull Subjugator, 370- 
Calves Better than Butter. 571- 
Common Cows. *448^-Cows. Feed¬ 
ing when at Grass, 440-Cows 
Leaking Milk, 321—Cows. Select 
ing, 10 — Cow Stables. *32 — De¬ 
creasing in England 221—Devons 
for Beef. *53 — Devons on the 
Plains,400—Dutch Freslan Cows, 
*448 — Ear-Tattooing, 136—Eight 
Types of Milch Cows. "448—Fat 
Stock Shows, 10—Foot and Mouth 
Disease in,143-286-Guernsey Cows. 
*448—Handling; etc., *525 - Hard! 
ness of Shorthorns, 179—Improve¬ 
ment of Jerseys In Jersey. 364- 
Jersey Cow Augerey's Lass, "63- 
Jersey Cow. Value 2d, *554—Jer¬ 
sey Cows. 448 — Jerseys at the 
South. 281- -Kicking Cow, 868- Loss 
of Jerseys on the Ocean. 371—Milk 
Fever in Cows. 173-Milking Short¬ 
horn Cows. *448—Oxen Used Sing¬ 
ly. 554—Polled Angus. *510—Pol¬ 
led Norfolks. 322,*488—Precocious 
Cow, 321 — Prepotency of Gallo 
ways, 234—Profit of Sheltering, 
525—Quarantine 85 - Quarantine. 
New York, 407—Ranches in South 
America, *526—Scours in Calves 
Cured by Epsom Salts. 801—Scotch 
Shorthorns. 328 — Selecting and 
Fattening, 517—Shelter for, 31 67 
— Shorthorns, Fat, 122 — Short¬ 
horns in Australia, 116—Short¬ 
horns Profitable, 224—Swiss Cows, 
*448—White Polled, 527-Working 
Bulls. 228—Wolf iu the Tail, 400. 
Cauliflowers, To Raise Large....136 
Cedar Posts—White an 1 Red. ...224 
Celery Culture Successful._413 
Celery Packed for Market...*... 59 
Cemeteries, Laying Out.*..279 
Chair, Mexican. 336 
Chat with Readers...515 
Cheese Factories in England....143 
Chemistry of the Farm.16-63-124-181 
Chemistry, Soda iu Plants..331 
Chess from Wheat....370 
Children, Government of. 131 
Choking, Relief for.248 
Christmas Gifts......566 
Chrysanthemums.333 
Chufa, Histo ry and Culture ...*.. 182 
Chufa, or Earth Almond.290 
Cider, Fermentation of....433 
Cistern. Filtering.,.. .*..570 
Clay, the Metal in.122 
Clothes Closet..*..244 
Clothes. Freezing Dry. 25 
Clover, Benefited by Bees . 11 
Clover, Crimson.. ....tS. .556 
Coal as Farm F192—Stipf !V of 
Mineral, Ttie^World’s Sup- 
+®8$4ot”i';. 
Cocoaiju^rgrmia^.:.*. .436 
Ck&ee’ Planting in Ceylon.*..166 
Coins, New Values of Foreign... 85 
Coins of U. S., Composition and 
Weight, 141. 
Cold-Frames. 71 
Colorado Farming . 17 
Collards. 86 
Coltsfoot. *..375 
Compost House, French.*.. 65 
Corn-Crib and Granary, 517—Crop 
of 1885, 260—Drill or Not, 179- 
Successlon of Sweet, 513—Indian 
at South and North, 172—Improve 
Sweet, 301—Marker, *171—Planted 
Quincunx, 274—Save Fodder, 516— 
Saving Seed, 358—White and Yel¬ 
low, 401. 
Corner Shelves.*..536 
Cotton as a Plant, *372—Field, 395 
—Plant as Feed, 116—Seed Cake 
and Meal, 67—Seed as Feed and 
Manure, 6—Seed as Fertilizer, 117. 
Cow. See Cattle. 
Cow Peas for Ensiloing.440 % 
Crops and Markets.466 
Crops of 1883..447 
Crop Prospects.426 
Currants, Zante. .401 
Cuttings, Making in Autumn_454 
D 
Dakota. Bette- than Ohio.466 
Dairy o the Farm..324 
Dairy tnd Ice House Combined 
*370. 
Dams Bow to Build _..*. .286 
Daturas, Ornamental.*. 125 
Derricks.Two Convenient... *.. 64 
Ditch Cleaner and Deepener..*. 280 
Dog-House. *180— Irish Setter, *19— 
Running Tie for, *234—Show, the 
*178, 
Dogs. Exercise. Tie for. *62—For 
the Farm. *178—Portraits of Use¬ 
ful, "442. 
Doll Panel. 24 
Draining—" Plug Drains”. , . .* 563 
Drains, Guards for Ends. *283— 
Made of Boards *20—Protecting 
Outlets. *14 
Drink for the Hay-fleld.863 
Driven Well Patent.221-346 
Drouths decreasing Milk. 231 
Dwellings, Old and New . , * 48 
E 
Egg Statistics. 224—Egg-plant 466- 
Eggs—a Perfect Food. 524 —rPre¬ 
servation- 223. 
Elder as a Weed.. .398 
Ensilage, 321—Cart, *412—for Small 
Farms, 142. 
Evening Primrose, Missouri..* 125 
Evergreens. Japanese.. -274 
Experiments in the Field_... 3 
F 
Fair List 427 
Fairs, Unfairness at . 568 
Fallows—Their Use . .281 
Fall Plowing to Kill Worms. 519. 
Farm Mortgages, 317—Farm Work 
for January, 2 —February, 50- 
March, 106—April, 162-May. 218- 
June, 270—July, 314—August, 354 
— September, 394—October. 434— 
November, 508 — December 552- 
Farm Devices, *368—Homes and 
Grounds. 556—To Get from Uncle 
Sam, 175—Who Inherits the 115 
Farmer’s Back Doors .......... 366 
Farmer's Fruit Evaporator.. .*. .366 
Farming Does Not Pay. 564—Inter¬ 
ests of U. S., 253 -Outlook for 
1883,113 — Science in, 522 — That 
Pays, 898 — Have a Plan for. 20 — 
Tropical, *339 
Farmstead, English... ..516 
Fashions .The —. 25 
Feathers as Ornaments... 24 
Feet, Care of in Winter.136 
Fence, a Cheap. 124—Movable for 
Swine. *556 — of Poles *320—Posts 
and Frost, *118—Posts. Preserva¬ 
tion. 86 — Post, Spliced, *535 — 
Temporary Pole, 324. 
Fencing. (See also Wire Fencing.) 
Fences for Heaving Soils . . .* .20 
Fermentation of Fruit Juices.. .438 
Ferns for Stable Bedding.277 
Ferns, Rock Bed for. 328 
Fertilizers, Application of, 5-166- 
371 — Bones, Use of, 20— Care of 
Home, 396 — Cotton-seed, 6-117 — 
Feldspar. 400—Fine Ground Phos¬ 
phates, 234 - Fisli Guano. 6 - for 
House Plants, 10—Gas Lime, 400- 
Gas Lime Compost, 559-Importaut 
Ingredients, 286 — Lime and Soot, 
li3—Patentable, 7—Sea Coast, 466 
—Value of Different Constituents, 
S20. 
Fire Escape.*• .115 
Fire, Guard Against.171 
Fires and Fireplaces.403 
Fields Contrasted.516 
Finger Stall.535 
Fish—Carp,Natural Food for.,.224 
Fish — German Carp. 10 
Fishing—Fly-fishing.*. .232 
Flax. New Zealand.193 
Flower Garden and Lawn, 3-51-108- 
164-220-271- 435 - 509- ..53— Flower¬ 
pot Holder, Wire, *3 - Flower- 
stand, Home-made, 536—Flower 
Seed Clubs, 197—Flower SeedB, 
House-Sown, 141. 
Flowers—Cape Buibs, *832—Cape 
Frecsias, 382 — Chrysanthemums, 
* 333 - Everlasting. • 69 - Ever¬ 
lasting tor Christmas 223—Native 
Orchids. *374—New Narcissus 321 
Perennials. 395 - Plantain Lily. 
414—Varieties of Iris. *367—Wild 
Lilies. *291. 
Fluke in the Livers of Sheep.* 363 
Foliage Plants Useful and Orna. 
mental, 71 
Food. Home Supplies . 60 
Forage Plant—Hairy Vetch.,.*.. 68 
Forest Fires .,.,,418 
Forestry Notes.lit 
Fowls- Barrel Coop. S2G — Black 
Polish. 272—Brown Leghorns. 273 
—Commercial 331—C hicken Coop 
and Yard. 367 — Chicken Coop. 
*173 - Chickens In the Garden, 
274—Chickens Raised Artificially, 
443—Chicks Half Blind,325—Cross¬ 
bred. 569—Cure for Cholera, 410- 
Cure for Hen Lice. 395—Egg-Eat¬ 
ing Cause and Cure, 451- Egg* 
laying Breeds 272 — Exercise 
While Feeding, 115—Games. Use¬ 
ful 169—Green Food for Chicks, 
301 -Hamburg8. 272—High Hen’s 
i Nests. *412—Houdans,272—Laying 
Powers Increased, 176—Plyrnoutn 
! Rocks. 272—Phoenix, 224—Stand- 
I ard. 113 — Varieties. 57 — Whito 
| Leghorns. 272. 
Foxes ; State vs. Town Bounty. .405 
Freezing Meat Without Ice.... 444 
Frost, Protection Against.*241 
Fi.el Country.,...197 
Fuel Loss in Using Damp. 15 
Fruit-Cans for Layering Strawber¬ 
ries, *237—and Vegetables, Cool¬ 
ing and Ventilating, 279 —Gar¬ 
den. (See Orchard)— Sending to 
Market, 358 — Fruits Stored for 
Winter, 414—Overladen Branches 
Stayed, 415 — Trees too Much 
Cultivated, 242-Fruits, etc.. Evap¬ 
orating, 333—Maturity and Ripen¬ 
ing 365-Picker, *412. 
Furs we Wear.[.131 
Furze, Gorze or Whin. *1.242 
, e 
Garden, cultivation by horses. ...228 
Garden, preparing for frost.455 
Gardening by the Railroad, 372—,‘For 
women, 118—In North Carolina, 
56S—In Japan, 112—In West Africa, 
132. 
Gas-lime compost.,...;559 
Gate, farm, *450—Latch, 323--Of 
Barbed wire, 326—Post substitute, 
*535—Simple, *18—Sliding, *i4— 
Support for, *86—Swinging, *127- 
Wire, *67. 
Gates for the Farm. 14 
Glass Jar Aquarium, 584—Stoppers, 
To remove, 55—Substitute, 23. \ 
Goat farming. .J248 
Gold Vein on the farm. 7 
Gooseberries diseased.!199 
Gourds and their uses.)289 
Grafting easily done . 52 
(Grain box.*..:178 
Grain receipts.(149 
Grape-layering, 218—Mildew, *320,. 
Grape vine, care in Aug., 866—Dc'd- 
der, *239—New grafting, 173. 
Grape vines, laying down.511 
Grapes, false alarm, 408— In Califor¬ 
nia, 165—1000 clusters for $1, 566— 
Preserving, 4S7. 
Grass, Bermuda, 86—Esparto, 529— 
Johnson or Guinea, 241 —Hunga¬ 
rian, 176—Sheep's fescue, *64—WjLy 
sow Timothy. 283. 
Grasses cultivated at the West, 5ii9 
—For pasture, 80. 
Greenhouse and Window Plants, 3j'l 
221-435-509-553. \ 
Green mauure crops.3jl 
Greens, early for next spring..; .838- 
Grip-sack fastener. ...44)6 
Guns, Great.. 8J> 
Gypsum, or Plaster....8 J 
H 
Hand Protector.*..531 
Hair, Care of.57; 
Harness, Caring lor, 11—Closet, 178 
—Iron rods for traces', 399—ear. 
platesfor Tugs.*--2! 
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