IV 
INDEX. 
wold, 167—Cotswolds, Shearing, 
* 13J -Cotswold ))?. South-Down, 
24S--Countrc, East Tennessee as 
a, 17 -Diseases—Catarrh in, 437- 
Grub in the Head, 329—East In¬ 
dian and Gibraltar, *417—Fleeces, 
Ileavv, 373 — Footrot in, 215 — 
Grinding Grain for, 9—IIow to 
Dress, * 172—How t o Preserve, 403 
—in Large F1 oc': 3, Long-Wooled, 
205 — Lambs, S73 — Cotswold-Mc- 
riuo, 251—Feeding, * 53—in Lin¬ 
colnshire, 873-in England, 203- 
Maggots in, 2 ,v 3—Merino, 175—Ne- 
gretti, * l — Price of Cotswold, 
417 — Prolific Ewes, 9 — Earns, 
Young, 335—Rack for Field Use, 
* 176 — Scab in, 171 — Shins for 
Whip-Lashes, To Tan, 8—Stretch¬ 
es in, 237—Washing and Shearing, 
* 110-Weight of Cotswold, 253- 
Winter Feeding cf, * 410. 
Shingle, What is a.323 
Shoeing Unruly Animals, Each for, 
* 133. 
Signal Service, U. S...175 
Sleds, Loch for.*..410 
Snow. 19 
Soap, Carbolic Acid in.233 
Soap-Scraps.235 
Society, Newburgh Eav llort., 487— 
N. Y. State Poultry, 330. 
Socks, New Ilcels i 11 'id.*. .453 
Sod, Heavy, What it will Do. . 10 
Sods, Composting.(8)..475 
Soli, Calcareous .273 
Soils, Analj-sis cf, G—Analysing..123 
Soiling, 371— . o Prepare for.407 
Soot, i s Value as Manure.179 
Sorghum Bagasse, Value of.2’5 
Sowing Board.422 
Spring, Failure of a, 327—Late. .212 
Spurry. 120 
Squash, Petrified.210 
Squashes, Turban.*..131 
Sqhillas or Mantis Crabs.*.. 03 
Stable Floor, Best. 47 
Stables, Plaited Floors for.212 
Stamps, No more.135 
Stanchions and Stalls.*..157 
Starch Factories, 437—Potato, 233. 
Steam Cultivation, 213—Engine, 87 
—Plows #nd Tackle, 273. 
Stock Breeders’ Convention, 405- 
Care of, 91—Cost of Poor, 95- 
Cooking Food for, 93—How to 
Improve, 13—Improvement of, 55 
—Improved, 2.31—Improving Com¬ 
mon, 83—Purchasing Improved, 
163—Raising, 171—liaising Fancy, 
273-Raising In the West, 327- 
Roots for, 829—What Breed of, 
167—Which is the best, 86—Win¬ 
tering, 135—Young, 232. 
Stone, Power for one Run of... .367 
Stove-Cloths.140 
Strainer, Blunt's Mushroom.4 j3 
Strawberries, 327 - 493 -422 — Bed, 
Grubs in, 370—IIow Many to the 
Acre, 183—How to Use, 226— in 
Missouri, 144—Mexican Ever-bear¬ 
ing, 48—on Bushes, 233—Queries 
about, 9—Set In July, 2S5. 
Straw-Matting, To Wash.420 
Straw. Feeding Bearded, 233—for 
Bedding, 457—Pea and Oat, 94— 
to the Acre, Amount of Barley, 
in. 
Streams, Protecting Banks of.*.. 57 
Stump-Puller, Simple-- — *..333 
Stumps, Blasting, 437—Burning, 233 
—How to Pull, * 173. 
Subsoil from Utah. 8 
Subsoiling.235 
Sub-Tropical, a Bit cf the.21 
Sugar-Beets for Cattle, 53—Beet, 
Improved, 83—Beet-Root in New 
Jersey, 249. 
Suspenders.*.. 03 
Swine—Berkshire and Essex, 1.9— 
Breeding from a Young Sow, 4 
Pigs, Cooking Food for, 179—Dis¬ 
ease in l’igs, 452—Essex, 55—or 
Berkshire, 129—Hogs,Buying Food 
for, 87—Kidney-Worms in, 80- 
237-733—Measur- ment of Polaiul- 
Chinn, 1 >9—Ringing, 206-248—Tem¬ 
perature for Scalding, 43—Worms 
in, 7—Neapolitan, *27.3—Pig, Good 
Chester white, 236—Good Little, 
219—How to King n, *297—That 
has Fits, 280 —What Ails the, 200— 
What to do with a Scabby, 48- 
Pigs, Arsenic fir, 288—Best Food 
for Young, 417—Chester 'Vliite, 
217—Chinese, *413—China White, 
285—Food for Thorougli-hred, 9— 
for Family Pork, 287—Keeping on 
Hotel Refuse, 413—of First Litter, 
5—on Clover, 248—Shouts. Fatten¬ 
ing, 413 — Sow, a Prolific,, 307- 
Sows, Fooi! for, 94—Suffolk, 47— 
Yorkshire, *87. 
Syrup from Caue.285 
T 
Table Etiquette. .106 
Tallow-Scraps. How to Use.247 
Tanner, Wants to he a. 6 
Tanner's Refuse, Value of.87 
Tanning.326 
Tann'ng Buckskins.328 
Teams, Uneven Pulling of, *139-233 
-*298. 
Ten Acres, How to make Pay_447 
Tents. Materials for. 370 
Thanksgiving-day, How to Keep, 
4 0. 
The “ World " Agriculturally Con¬ 
sidered, 47. 
Thistles, Canada.128-248 
Tile-Machine Wanted. 6 
Tiles — Cement. Pipes and, *417 — 
Where Procured, 125. 
Tillage, Thorough.414 
Tim Bunker on Underselling the 
Tfutcher, 290. 
Tin-Ware.346 
Toads, Shall we Kill.763 
Tobacco, 7—Culture, Harvest, *372 
—Stems, 1C6. 
Tomatoes.313 
Tomato, Trophy.86 
Tools — Grinding, 328 — Post-Hole 
Digger, 46. 
Top-Dressing.331 
Toughening and Coddling.461 
Toys. Cutiing 4’aper.*..26 
Tree Planting, 273—Planting, Hints 
about, 143 —Smoke, or Venetian 
Sumac, * 349. 
Trees—and Rabbits, 6 — Ash-leaved 
Maple, or Box-Elder, 125—Catalpas 
and .Magnolias, 87—Cherry. Hollv- 
leaved, * 221—Enealyptus,7—Ever¬ 
greens, 87 — Fruit, 126-289 — Hop- 
Tree, * 04—Measuring Hight of, * 
451—Night-Soil for Fruit, 289-Paw- 
lonia, 85— Poplars, Lombardy, 325- 
3 >6 — Quinee and Pear, 247 — lied 
Maple, 263—Seeds of Forest, 247. 
Trial Things.183 
Turnips, Danger of Choking by, 329 
—Grow, 257. 
u 
Underdraininq:.15 
Underdrain, Water Running into 
an, 332. 
“ United States Bank’s Assoc.”.. 5 
University oi Mississippi.437 
V 
Varieties, flow Improved. 01 
Vegetable Gardening in June....233 
Vegetable Plants for the South.. .303 
Vegetation in the " Pine Barrens.” 
* 462. 
Ventriloquism.326 
Venus’s Flower-Basket.53 
Vermin in Nests, Sulphur to Kill.180 
Veterinary Education.245 
Veterinary Surgeons, N. Y. College 
of, 444. 
Vinegar, To Make Rapidly_*. .376 
Vinegar Eels.446 
Vineland.125 
Vinery, Ground.416 
Vineyards, nluffton, Mo.445 
Vintage, California.445 
Visitors, 385-412—Hints to, 265. 
w 
Wagon, Buck-Board.*. .297 
Walks and Talks on the Farm—No. 
97, 14-No. 98, 54—No. 99, 94—No 
100, 133-No. 101,174-No. 102, 214- 
No. 103, 254-No. 104, 294—No. 105, 
334-No. 106, 374—No. 107, 414—No. 
108, 452. 
Walnuts, 216—Persian, 406. 
Warlng’s Premium for 1872..329 
Warren Cooking-Pot.*..225 
Washing, 185—by Dog-Power, 300— 
Machines, 46. 
Watches, Cheap, 45—IIow they are 
Made, 169. 
Water, Have you Pure, 453—Pure, 
335-Pure, to Keep Cistern, 246— 
Raising, 2S8. 
Weather Indicator, S2G—Records of 
the 405. 
Weed, Garden and Lawn, 2S9—Iron, 
286—To Destroy Milk, 286. 
Weeds, 174-295-334-415—in Iowa, 209 
—Plowing Under, 325 — White 
Daisy, 8. 
Well, Depth of an Artesian, 86— 
Drive, 240—Dry, 447—To Remove 
Foul Air from, 205. 
Wells, Artesian.*..97-107 
West, Shall he go ?. £5 
West Point.415 
Western Interests.128 
“ What Ails the Bees’ Legs ? ”.*. .254 
What is the Matter?........437 
What we Sleep on. 47 
Wheat, 234-335-413—after Oats, 323— 
and Chess, 43—Colorado, 320- 
Drilling, 328—for Illinois, Winter, 
9—from Nebraska, S23—Harrow¬ 
ing, 215—Ilarrowirgand Drilling, 
294 — H irrowiug in Spring, 85- 
Hints about, £39—in Mass., Win¬ 
ter, 337—Michigan, 294—Western 
New York, 294—Lime for, 9—Mar¬ 
ket, 273—or Oat-Chaff, 487—Plow¬ 
ing Twice for, 409—Region, Great, 
449—Sections, Spring, 126 —Smut 
in, 327— Smutty, 445—Sowing Clo¬ 
ver-Seed on, 48—Spring, 127-375— 
Tonzelle, 128—Varieties of, 332- 
Winter, 54-374. 
White-Mustard Seed.206 
Who we Are and What we Do,. .410 
Wife, A Young.316 
Willow Poles for Rafters.407 
Windmills for Farm-Work...*..177 
Windmill Wanted.209 
Window-Garden for Cold Country- 
Houses, 22. 
Wind-Power on theFarm.211 
Winter in the North-west, 168—Kill¬ 
ing, Causes of. 203. 
Wire—Fence, 2S5 — for Pegs and 
Stitches, 325 — Ware, White, * 425 
—Work, White, 447. 
Wool-Box, A Good, * 179 — Spin¬ 
ning, 206—Washing, 205. 
Work, Farmer's. 452 
Work—Hints about, Jin., 2—Feb.. 
42—March, 82—April, 122—May, 162 
—June, 202-July, 242—August, 282 
-Sept., 322—Oct., 362—Nov., 402- 
Dec., 442. 
Y 
Yeast Powders.289 
Recipes. 
Berries, Drying.266 
Bread—Graham. 180—Making, 185. 
Breadstuff's, Breakfast..346 
Buckwheat Cakes .185 
Cake, Indian. 266 
Chicken Stuffing .420 
Corn Bread, 26—Drying, 206—Frit¬ 
ters, 385. 
Cream—Cake, 346—Devonshire, 404 
—Gravy, 106. 
Crumpets . 66 
Cucumber Catsup.329 
Egg-Plants, Cooking..106-300 
Fish—To Boil, 3S6—Baked Fresh, 
386. 
Fritters. 266 
Ham and other Omelets.346 
Hams, Keeping..220 
Ice-Cream, Strawberry.220 
Joint Jelly.305 
Martynias, To Pickle. 346 
Okra, Preserving.325 
Peaches, Pickling. 309 
Pickle, Chopped.426 
Pickles, 269-3.0—Whiskey, 335. 
Pie, Orange.226 
Poultry, Roasting Old. 66 
Pudding. Cocoanut.226 
live Bread, 316—Gems. 346—Graham, 
346— Light Cakes, 346—Rolls, 346. 
Sait-Fish Dinners, Preparing_3C6 
Samp or Hominy.106 
Scalded Bread.106 
Shortcake, Strawberry.326 
Squirrel Stews.426 
Sweet-Breads. 66 
Turkey, Cooking an Old.305 
OTOEX TO IILIUJSTIMMS W ¥©!LUME OTMTSMMiE. 
A 
“ A Dream of Fairy-Larul”.466 
Apple-Worm Trap, Wier’s.142 
Artesian Well, Section of..97 
B 
Banks of Streams, Protecting (21,57 
Barn Plan. .(3)..454 
Barn-Stairs.455 
Basket, Barn. 57 
Baskets and Willows.(11)..337 
Bats, North American.100 
BecL Straw.225 
Beef, Hanging a.(2)..359 
Beet, Freak of a.3S1 
Beets, Transplanting.184 
Bibs.(2).. 225 
Bird-House.(3) 187 
Birds — Belted Kingflslier, 333 — 
Cuckoo, Black-hilled, 220—Golden¬ 
winged IVoodpecker, 13—Larks, 
Meadow, 211—Snow, 27. 
Boat, Making a Lap-Streak..(3). 377 
Breaking np of the Ice.131 
Brick-Making (2), 56-(3) 136. 
Bridge, Wooden.136 
“ Bringing the Ostrich into the 
Menagerie," 3S3. 
Buckwheat, Harvesting.297 
Budding..(9)..313 
Buildings—Stable, Farm (4), 97-93— 
Western Cattle Barn, 176. 
Bull, To Ring a.(2). .218 
Butter Molds (2), 454—and Stamps 
(3),146. 
c 
Cabbage Plants (2), 224—Beds for 
Wintering, 22. 
Cane-Fiber, Preparing.(4). .260 
Caponizing.(2).. 90 
Cat, Tailless Manx.387 
Cattle — Bulls, Two Jersey, 401 — 
Dutch, 161—Galloway Polled, 173 
—Glamorgan, 253 — Longhorned, 
213—Polled, Norfolk and Suffolk 
Red, 213—Prize Devon, 41—Short¬ 
horn Prize, 821—Stanchions (4), 
137. 
Cesspool, To Empty a.(2)..376 
Chopping and Choppers_..(3)..463 
Churn, Californian.217 
Churning by Weight-Power.97 
Cistern, Filter for, 95—for Liquid 
•Manure, 252. 
Concrete Buildings. 96 
Cooking-Pot, Warren.225 
Corn-Cutter....(2). .385 
Corn, Freaks of...(2). .384 
Creamery..(3).. 57 
Cutting-Board, Convenient.26 
D 
Dam and Waste-Gate.(2)..377 
“ Defender of the Herd”.2:7 
Dog-Cart, Montreal.16 
Drain Level, 53—Log, Boring a, 296 
Drains, Stone. .(3).. 57 
Dresses, Children's.26 
Dust-Pan.186 
E 
44 Eagles and Teal ”. G8 
F 
Farm-House, Cheap (4), 212—Mill, 
290—Sea-Side, 2C1. 
Fence, Prairie. 90 
Flour-Box (2), 225—New (3), 105. 
Flowers (See Plants)—Beds, Plan 
of, 23—Bee-Balm, S8I--Browal]ia, 
Tall, 341—Chinese PrimroseB, 144— 
Fuchsia, “ Elm City,” 184—Garden 
Plans, 144—Polygonum, Oriental, 
421 — Frimrosc, New, 221 —Soap- 
wort, 3S1—Sweet-Peas, 311—Tliun- 
bergia, Great-flowered, 104. 
Fox, Trapping the.451 
Fruit, Drying.(4). .299 
Fruits, Apple, Mathews, 184—Apple, 
Mexico (2), 459 — Cherry, Dye- 
house (2), 63—Pear, Muskingum 
(2), 421—Pear, Pinneo (2), 402- 
Pear, Quinn, 04—Plum, Sand or 
Beach, 424. 
G 
Gate, Farm, 96-252 — Hinge, 139 — 
Southern Park, 258. 
Greenhouse, Cheap. 62 
Greenhouse Furnace and Flue...382 
H 
Harness, Mending.(3)..257 
Hay Barrack, 139—Cock and Stack 
(5), 210—Loading (I), 217—Press 
(41,257. 
Hog-Trough, Improved. 96 
Horse, Arabian Stallion "Sap¬ 
phire," 361 — Disease, Scenes In 
N. Y., 453—Power, 296—Shocking, 
356—To Fasten a, 217. 
Horses, Rack for Shoeing, 140- 
Muzzle for Crib-biting (2), 376. 
Houses, Building Concrete.. (5). .298 
"IIow Came he to Pull her 
Nose ” 148. 
8 
Ice-Boats... 00 
Ice, Tools for Cutting.(3).. 17 
Implements, Butter Utensils (3), 
171 — Carpet-Stretcher, 186 —Cul¬ 
tivator, Adjustable, 217—for Cul¬ 
tivating Corn (3), 178—Harrow, 172 
— Harrow, Thomas’s, 89 — Hay- 
Knife, 336—Mole-Trap, 109—Plow. 
Subsoil, 216—Plows, Shovel and 
Mole, 103—Rake-Cultivator, 252— 
Roller, Home-made, 219—Saws (4), 
92. 
Insects, Apple Maggot-Flv..(2)..234 
Insects’Eggs in Grape Canes (7), 802 
J 
Jumper. 36 
K 
Knot, Halter.. 58 
L 
Lactometer.(2). .378 
Lambs, Feeding.(2).. 53 
Lawn-Sprinkler.(2)..342 
Level, A Farm.413 
Little Mischief and her Doll_i .207 
BV1 
Machine, Sewing. 83 
Machines, Corn-Planter.455 
Machines, Root-Cutter. 16 
Manger for Stables, Movable....406 
Manure, Management of....(2)..177 
Meadows, Irrigating,.(2)..137 
Milk-Tester.435 
G 
“ Out for a Bath ".228 
Ox-Cart Body, Fastening Down an, 
336. 
p 
Papering a Room.(3) 145 
Petrified Squash.317 
Phosphates,Quarrying S. C. (3).. 20 
Picture, Boys’.103 
Picture, Girls’.108 
Pig, Ringing a.297 
Pipes and Tile, Cement.(3)..417 
Plants (See also Flowers)— Ama¬ 
ranth, Willow-leaved, Cl—Arum¬ 
leaved Peperomia, 21—Balloon- 
Vine, 101—California Forage (3), 
18—Gentian, Narrow-leaved, 402— 
Golden Club, 261—Green Dragon, 
390—Horned Popples, Cl—Indian 
Turnip, 261—Ivies, 181 —Lupins, 
Many-leaved, S00—Lyon’s Turtle- 
head, 421—Maiden-hair Rue-Ane¬ 
mone, 439—Matrimony Vine, 101- 
Milkwort, Yellow, 4G2—Sensitive 
Briar, 21 — Spatlum, 221 — Sub- 
Tropical Group of, 24—Variegated 
Grape-Vine, 181—Viscid Mallow, 
21 — Water-Violet, 304 — White 
Lady’s-Slipper, 141 — Wild Yam, 
141. 
Plate-Warmer.■.103 
Post-Hole -Diggers... (2). .177 
Potash-Making.(I). .340 
Potato-Muddler.185 
Potato-Rot, Fungus of the. .(3). .413 
Poultry,Asiatic Fowls,293—Chicken 
Houses (2), 92—Ducks, Mandarin, 
133—House (3), 52—Houses (1), 11- 
12-(2), 132—Sending to Exhibi¬ 
tions (7), 50—Silver-Spangled Po¬ 
land Fowls, 133—Varieties, Ply- 
mouth Rock Fowls, 13 — White 
Dorkings, 833. 
Q 
Quadrupeds, Wart-IIog..113 
Quilting Frame, Support for. .65-186 
R 
Rabbits and Snares.(3).. 63 
Rats and Mice, Trapping....(3). .265 
Refrigerator, Home-made...(2)..345 
Rocks, Blasting.(3).. 1? 
Roots, Raising.(S) 4 . .256 
S 
Scraper, Pot, Pan, and Kettle... .146 
“Sea-Beans”.(2).. 24 
Sea-Beans, Eutada.104 
Seats for cx-Bablcs, High...(2)..464 
Sca-XTrc’-in.317 
Sewing-Machine Ai cessories(3).. 23 
“ Shadows on the AA’nll ”.428 
Sheep, African, 29:5—E. Indian and 
Gibraltar, 413—Fences, (2), 416- 
How to Dress, 172—Xegretti, 1— 
Rack, Portable, 170 — Shearing 
Coiswolds, 18) — Washing and 
Shearing (1), 140. 
Shrubs—Cherry, Holly-leaved....221 
Sleds, Lock for.416 
Sods (2), 16—Composting (2), 455. 
Squashes, Turban. 104 
Squillas or Mantis Crabs. 53 
Step-Ladder, a Safe. 43 
Stocking, Heeling a.463 
Stump-Puller, 836—Pulling, 116. 
Suspenders.(2).. 63 
Swine, Neapolitan, 233—Pigs, Chi¬ 
nese, 413—Yorkshire Boar and 
Sow, 81. 
T 
“ Teaching Tip to Read ”. 28 
Teams, Uneven Pulling of.139 
"The Little Drill-Master”_ . .208 
“The Little Fisherman ".303 
“ The Modern Tantalus ”.350 
“ The Unwelcome Visitor ".343 
Tobacco-Culture .(5)..313 
“ Tommy's Trouble & Triumph" 465 
Toys, Paper.(3).. 26 
Trapping and Furs, Something 
about. .....(3).. 93 
Tree, Smoko.314 
Trees — Hop-Tree, 61 — Measuring 
Right of, 461. 
Trying to Find the Key-IIolo (3) .107 
Turkey, Thanksgiving.410 
Turnip-Fly, Destroying the.(2)..235 
V 
Venus’s 1‘lower-Basket. 53 
Vinegar-Making, Quick.376 
w 
AYagon, Buck-Board.297 
Wattle Shelters. 1.9 
Well-Curb .59 
What Alls the Bees'Legs ?.. .(4). .261 
AA'h.at is It ?.817-427 
AVhiffletrces, Single and Double 
(2)..293. 
Whistle-Makers.188 
Windmills for Farm-Work.177 
Wires, Tightening Fence.57 
Wire-AVnrc, White.(4)..425 
Wonderment.267 
Wool-Box.17» 
