©F ¥©LUME TTEllETY-OMIS, 
ESP” The stars (*) in the follow¬ 
ing Index show where engravings 
occur. Articles referring directly 
or indirectly to Bees , Cattle , Insects , 
Manures , 7Vefs, TFeecfs, etc., will 
be found indexed under these 
general heads. 
A 
Acre, An.247 
Advertisements worth Reading. .369 
Advertising, Art of. 0 
“ After the Great Snow-Storm ” *441 
Agricultural College, Kansas_249 
Agricultural Items, 313—Labor, 437 
—Schools, 445—Paper Wanted, 437. 
Agriculture — Colonial, 51—Depart¬ 
ment of, 209, 248—English, 249— 
N. H Board of, 205. 
Alfalfa.369 
Almond upon Reach. 6 
Animals—Moles. 285—Neglect of, in 
Autumn, SSO—Stuffing, 4S. 
Apple—and Pears on Wet Lands, -18 
— Baldwin, its Origin, 303 —on 
Quince, 137 — Seed, 409 — Trees, 
Bush and Cordon, 343—Roses on, 
304. 
Apple-Worm Trap, Thomas Wier’s, 
*142—Traps, 223. 
Arboretum, Arnold.383 
Arkansas Moving.233 
Artichoke, Jerusalem_126-251-419 
Ashes—and Hen-Manure, 28C—Coal, 
40—from Bark, 205—of Hemlock- 
Bark, 5—Pine-Wood, 87—Substi¬ 
tute for Wood, 329—Wanted, 127— 
When to Spread, 85—Wood, 167. 
Asparagus-Bed.245 
“Axiom,” An...306 
B 
Babies troubled with Constipation, 
306. 
Bacon without Skippers. 6 
Barley — Crop, Good, 9—How to 
Boil, 248. 
Barn-Stairs.*. .455 
Barrels, Rain-Water.346 
Basket—Barn, *57—Our, 124. 
Baskets and Willows.*. .337 
Bats, Our Native.*..99-100 
Bean Straw.447 
Beans, 45-326—Castor, 325—Crop of, 
166—Culture of, 165—Lima, 366- 
Maximum Crop of, 209—Raising, 
14—What we Know about, 218— 
with Sunflowers, 285. 
Bee Notes, 9-48-89-130-169-210-249- 
289-367-419. 
Beef—and Butter, 286—How to Kill 
and Hang, *339. 
Bees, Management and Culture of, 
247. 
Beet, Lane's..245 
Beets—and lluta-Bagas, Transplant¬ 
ing, 1S4—and Turnips, Transplant¬ 
ing, 223—Egyptian, 366—Freak of, 
*384—Transplanting, 292—What to 
Raise, 128. 
Bcrksliires.127 
Bermuda, Exhibition in. 8 
“ Best and Largest of any other 
Variety,” 5. 
Bets.327 
Birds — Belted Kingfisher, *333 — 
Cuckoos, American, *219—Golden- 
Winged Woodpecker, *13—Larks, 
Meadow, *250. 
Blackberries as a Substitute, 406- 
White, 406. 
Bliss & Son Want to Know. 89 
Boats, Lap-Streak.*..376 
Bob-Sleds, 46—Lock for, 246. 
Bonds, Railroad.366 
Bone-Black, Value of, 287—Dust for 
Meadow, 107—Flour, Test for, 233. 
Bones, 2®—Crushing, 446—How to 
Use, 219—Soda for Decomposing. 
209—To Dissolve, 233—To Dissolve 
Ground, 85—and Cooking, Cost of, 
106—Hen-Manure and Ashes, 125— 
Steamed and Boiled, 249. 
Book—Cook, 247—Farm-Gardening 
and Seed-Raising, 127 — Jersey 
Herd, 325-Vol. II, 409. 
Books—Barry's Fruit-Garden, 89- 
125 — “ Bell’s History of Short¬ 
horns,” 5 — Bridgeman’s Garden¬ 
er's Ass’t, 407—Cyclopedia. Farm, 
367—Directory, a Novel, 405—Ele¬ 
mentary Drawing-Book, 208—for 
Mothers, 425—German Almanac, 
405—“ History of United States,” 5 
— “Iloosier School-Master,” 5 — 
Latin Grammar for Beginners, 5— 
Noticed, 49—Poultry, 4S—Practical 
Trout Culture, 369—Received, 410 
—Report of the Dpt. of Agricul¬ 
ture, 447—School Geographies, 8— 
“ School-Houses,” 5 — “ The Sey¬ 
mours,” 5. 
Borrowing.287 
Boys, Barefoot.305 
Boys and Girds’ Columns. 
A Ant and a Green Worm, 347- 
Aunt Sue’s Puzzle-Box, *27- 
*67-*107-*147-*lS7-227-*267-*307 
-*347-*3S7 - *427 -465 — Autumn 
B Leaves, 387—Bath, Out for a, 
*228—Birds, Snow, *27—Boj’s 
and Girls' Bird-House,.*187— 
D Pictures, *10S-187—Do as I Do, 
307—Doctor lias a Word to Say, 
K 307—Eagles and Teal, *67— 
F Fourth of July, *263—Game of 
G Succotash, 27—Games, Some¬ 
thing about, 27—Going A-Fish- 
II ing, *308—How Came he to 
Pull her Nose? *148 — How 
I Minnie Washes Dishes, 28—In¬ 
dian Relics, the Doctor Talks 
about, 405—Insect Friends and 
Enemies, *227—Isle of Man, 
J 387 —Jenny's Dream, *466 — 
L Learn, What shall we, 147- 
Little Mischief and her Doll, 
M *267—Map Prizes, 67-88-107— One 
O Less—One More, 3S7—Parlor 
P Magic, Tricks of, *67 — Pic¬ 
tures, Boys and Girls', 210- 
Picture Prizes, 227 — Stories, 
About those, 147 — Prizes, 
about our, 267—Doctor’s Talk 
about, 217—The Doctor’s, 260— 
R Rebuses, Something about, 
S 147—Sea-Urchins, *347 —Shad¬ 
ows, Making, *428 — Skates, 
What I Know about, 427 — 
X Squash, Petrified, 347—Visitor, 
W the Unwelcome, *348—Wliat is 
it? * 347—Whistle-Makers, 18S 
— Winter? Are you Ready 
for, 427— Wonderment, *267. 
Brackets.422 
Brick Building, Stairs for, 209—Mak¬ 
ing, *55-5G-*136. 
Bricks, Efflorescence, 166 — To a 
Cubic Foot, Number of, 366. 
Bridge, Wooden.*. .130 
Broom-Corn.:. .105 
Buckskin, To Tan for Mittens.. .126 
Buckskins, Tanning.247 
Buckwheat Fallow, 166—Harvesting, 
•297—on Summer-Fallows, 205. 
Budding, 325—Propagation by, *343. 
Buffalo Bull-Calf, 166— Bulls, 287- 
Crosses, 283. 
Buildings—Barn for Mixed Farm¬ 
ing, *451—Concrete, 167-286—How 
to make Concrete, *95-90—Stable, 
Farm, *97-98. 
Bulbs.183 
Bull—How to Ring a, *218—Shall he 
Buy or Hire a, 287. 
Bushel, What is a.327 
Bustles, Hoops, etc. . .386 
Butter — Coloring, 171 — “Gilt- 
Edged,” 90-170—Making, 11-332— 
Mr. Sargent's, 45—Molds, *454— 
Molds and Stamps, *140—Packing, 
209—Prices of, 209—Regarding, 407 
—Utensils, 171 — Well-Flavored, 
307—White Specks in, 248—Why it 
don't Come, 209-246—Worker, 285. 
Calf, How to raise. 7 
Calves, Disease in.179 
Camellias.246 
“ Cancer Plant,” 9—The Latest 
Cure, 45. 
Cane, Fiber from.*. .259 
Cans for Creaming, Deep.127 
Caponizing.-‘..98 
Carbolic Acid.215-233 
Carrots and Parsnips, 369—Feeding, 
87. 
Cashmere Goats’ Wool.285 
Castings. 246 
Castor Pomace.164 
Catalogue, Australian, 365 — Eusli- 
berg, 329. 
Cattle Barren, Arc Twin, 87—Barn, 
Western, *176—Best Beef, S7—Bull, 
Imperfection in a, 327—Bulls, Two 
Jersey, *411—Why Thorough-bred 
are Vicious, 418—Calves, How to 
Manage, 446 — Club, American 
Jersey, 205—New Rules of Jersey, 
138-407—Corn-stalks for, 91—Cow, 
Another Jersey, 289—A Good, 3C6 
—Good Common, 209—Good Na¬ 
tive, 2S5—Leaking Milk, 406—Spay¬ 
ing, 126—Sheds, Gutters in, 206- 
Story of a Good, 98 — To Dry 
a, 407 — Cows, Abortion in, 
329-412 — Breacliy, 329 — Dryinj 
up, 47 —Feeding, 91 — Feeding i Congress, Now for. 
Clevis for 3-Horse Evener. 89 
Climbers, Wild Yam.*..141 
Clothes, Boiling. 66 
Clothing for Cold Weather, Under, 
435 — Little Girls, C5. 
Clover, 251-335-374 — Alsike, 166 — 
Amongst Corn, 287—Best on Poor 
Lands, 8 — Curing, 85-256 — Cut¬ 
ting, 233 — How to get Early, 
445 — How to get into a Poor 
Field, 47—Huller, Price of, 366— 
in Virginia, 286 — on Timothy, 
Sowing, 325—Seed, 205-285—Seed¬ 
ing in the Fall, 327—Seed Straw, 
What to do with, 125. 
Cog-Wheels, Greasing.327 
Cold-Frames, Thawing and Freez¬ 
ing, 423. 
Coleseed Crop. 95 
College, Georgia State.284 
College, Michigan Agricultural..4-15 
Colleges, Agricult’,iral.325 
Colorado.87-127-233 
Coloring, Domestic.306 
Colts, Feed for.126 
Columbines.233 
Compost, Clark's, 166-216—Heaps, 
233-Soil for, 366. 
Composting.285 
Concrete Builder, Practical, 406- 
Buildings, 207. 
.400 
Dairy, 334 — Hard-Milking, 286— 
Horn, To Remove a, 326—Large 
us. Small, 216—Large or Small, 456 
-Milk-Mirror in, 99 —Saltpeter 
for, 167—Stripping, 287—Summer j 
Feed for, 369—Teats, Warts on, 
286 — Tim Bunker on Self-suclc- 
iug, * <149 — Wintering, 457 — 
Alderney Breed of, 250 —Ayr- ; 
shire, 131-247—Brittany, 167—De¬ 
von, 166 — Prize, *41 — Durham j 
Grade as Milkers, 127—Glamor¬ 
gan, *253—Holstein, *169—Jersey, 
127- 371-325—and Scale of Points, 
330-372—for Butter, 139—Jerseys 
for Butter, 367—in Nova Scotia, 
172-Long-horued andPolled,♦213- 
Shorthorns, Prize, *330—Diseases, 
Black-Leg, 47—Cure for Mange, 5 
—Dry Murrain, 8—Foul in the 
Foot, 47—Garget, 233—Grubs in, 
47—Grubs in Back of, 207—Haw or 
Hooks, 246—Hollow-Horn, 127- 
128— Heave, Remedy for, 5—Dis¬ 
ease in, 48-87-328 — in England, 
409'^'tPisca'ses—Inft^miijtitioli of 
“Brain,"(j—Mad-Itch, v 85-^Warmes^ 
85-285 J»ExportaJjo§f’'3f ShbrtJ :;Bm Sta J ks ; 4 ' 15 ~ n ° w 
horn, 249 — Extra Value of 
Choice, 409—Heifer Coming in, 
How to Feed, 86—How to Fat, 47 
Precocious, 5—Heifers, Spaying, 
828—Jerseys, Visit to Mr. Mack- 
ie’s, 210-Lice on, 206—Licks, 8— 
Loss of, 370 — Milk-Mirror, 328— 
Polled, *173—Price of, 10 — Shelter, 
Wattle, *59—Show at Boston, Pro¬ 
posed, 128—Boston, 329—Steaming 
Food for, 19 —Twin, 107 —Warts 
on, 6—Wood-Eating, 126. 
Celery.217 
Cement, Hydraulic.209 
Cesspool, now to Empty a, *376—To 
Clean a, 208. 
Chairs for Invalids.325 
Charcoal-Dust, 165—Value of. 43 
Cheese, How to Make.208 ’ 
Cherry, Holly-Leaved, 289—Maha- 
leb, 406-247. 
Chestnut, Grafting the.142 
Chinese Yam, 8-125—for Stock. ..125 
Chopping and Choppers.*..463 
Christmas-Tree Rosettes.-147 
Chromo, What is a.410 
Chufas.248 
Churn, Californian, *217—Crank, 366 
—How to, 128—The Best, 8— Which 
is the Best, 7. 
Churning by Means of a Weight, 
* 96—New Method of, 867. 
Cider, Artificial, 287—How to Keep 
“ Contrary to Nature ”.254 
Convention, National Swine Breed¬ 
ers’, 330. 
Conversing Well.105 
Corn, 453—at the North, Dent, 6— 
Brandling, 87—Chester Co. Mam¬ 
moth, 287—Cultivating, 294—Cul¬ 
ture, 295 —Curious, 239—Cutter, 
* 385—Cultivating, 95—Cultivation 
of Fodder, 218—with Clover, Seed¬ 
ing Down, 87—Drilling, 414—Feed¬ 
ing, 334—Fodder, 127 —Fodder, 
Curing, 51—Fodder, Saving, 336— 
To Cut, 286 — Freak in, 7—Green, 
335—Hoeing, 295—Husking, 14— 
Husking and Cribbing, 370—Hy¬ 
brid, 218—Implements for Culti¬ 
vating, * 178—in Drills, 207—the 
Crib, Measuring, 249—the South, 
Cultivation of, 88 — Judson’s 
Branching, 7—and Egyptian, 21S— 
Mammoth Chester Co., 206—Meal, 
Cooking, 367 — Measuring, 248 — 
Moore’s Concord, 343—New, 126- 
Planting Fodder, 176—Raising, 95 
y-Sanford, 216—Something about, 
■ “*'383—Sdwing Wheat in, 208. 
to Feed, 209 
'Suckering, Sweet, 289 — To 
Measure in the Crib, 128—Will it 
Pay to Raise, 3C6. 
Cotton-seed Meal. 106 
“ Crabs ”. 5 
Cranberries,-125—on Hills.126 
Cranberry Culture, 86—Prospects 
of, 223. 
Cream, To Warm for Churning. .216 
Creamery, Cheap Deep-Can.. .*.. 57 
Cribbing, Cure for.166 
Crop, Green Manuring, 248—Soiling, 
209. 
Crops in Southern Ohio, 325—of Il¬ 
linois, 366—Poor Yield of, 366- 
Rotation of, 371 —107 — Yield of, 328. 
Crossing and Hybridizing.181 
Cultivator with Adjustable Wing, 
* 217. 
Cunduraugo. 5 
Curb for Digging Wells through 
Quicksand, * 59. 
Cutting Board.26 
Cuttings, Inverted.125 
Dairy.292 
Dams and Bonds.*..376 
Dangerous Practice.ICC 
Date Seed. 409 
“ Death in (lie Pot ”.IC9 
Deodorizer, Patent. 9 
Cabbage, Club-Root in, 45—Plants, 
Cold-Frame, *224-262-327 - Win¬ 
tering, *22—after Potatoes, 46 — for 
Sweet, 409-417. 
Cions, Grafting. 
Cistern, Filter for, *96—Leaky. 
. 43 
..326 
Department of Agriculture Report-, 
49-130. 
Dictionary, Technological .2S9 
Fattening, 87—Gas-Lime for, 365— 
Keeping through Winter, 370. 
Cisterns. 
..370 
Citron. 
Diseases, Fits or Megrfms.167 
Docks, How co Kill..27S 
Dog-Cart, A Fanner's, * 15—“ Law,” 
54. 
Dogs, 432—Best Breed of, 326-rSheep- 
killing, 870. 
Drainage of Swamps.:_214 
Draining, 252-294-374—Cost of, 8— 
Timbered Swamp-Land, 36(j. 
Drain Land, Borrowing Money to, 45 
—Level, * 5S—Tile, or Stone? 163 
—or Round Stones, 6—Price of, 85 
—Wanted, 249—What Lands will it 
Pay to, 25S. 
Drains, Boring Wooden, * 296—Fall 
Work 011 ,306—Making Stone," 57. 
Dresses, Children’s.* 26 
Drills, Making.422 
Drouth.(..254 
Dvo, A Permanent Red, 8—Green, 
209 . 
Earth-Closet, Goux's Patent, Lui— 
System, Moule’s, 338—Closets, luV. 
Editorial Correspondence.378 
Egg-Plants.128 
Eggs, Queer. 7 
Elements, Defense against the.... 23 
Engines, Road and Farm.406 
English Persistence.406 
Engravings and Lithographs, Steel, 
-105. 
Entomological Department of Agri¬ 
culture, 367. 
Esparcette.126 
Eternal Corn.445 
Evergreen-Trees from tlieWoods 416 
Evergreens, 222—Broad-leaved, 1S2 
—Coniferous, 1S2 — Screens, Will 
they Protect Fruit Trees ? 182 — 
Yew, Golden, 182. 
Exposition, Vienna.406 
Eyes, Something about.345 
Fair List, 353—Cotton States Assoc., 
415 — New England, 365 — N. J. 
State, 405—New York State, 437— 
Penn. State, 2-19 — State and 
County, 324. 
Fairs in August.245 
Fallow, Summer, 414—What is it ? 
219. 
Fallowing, Fall.,.295 
Fallows, 829-382—Summer.407 
Family Criticism..25 
Farm, a Six-Acre, 167—Buying a, 
213 — Gardening, Good Rotation 
for, 262-How to Get a, 233—Pro¬ 
duce, Price of, 453—Sea-Side; * 201 
-Shall He, 329-Six-Acre, 329. 
Farms in England, Value of, 273—of 
a Thousand Acres, 246. 
Farmer, A Despondent....407 
Farmers, Look out, 89—Clubs, 407- 
Daughters, 105—Plants to bo a, 
286. 
Farming,375—and Crops, Steam,409 
—Can it Pay such Taxes ? 59—City 
Boys that Want to Learn, 129- 
Does it Pay ? 134—First Principles 
of, 292—on Ten Acres, <137—on the 
Eastern Shore, Md., 273—Profita¬ 
ble, 5—Profits of, 453—Western, 
209. 
Fashions.166 
Feed, Cooking, 2SG—Steaming, 206- 
233—with Hot Water J 46—Value of, 
207. 
Feet, Warm.463 
Fence, Another Patent, 437—Cost of 
Wire, 166—Posts, Living, 206- 
Prairie, * 90—Road, 375—Wire, 
415-Wires, Tighteners for, * 56. 
Fertilizer, Clover as a, 219—Grafton 
Mineral, 48—Salt-Cake as a, 288. 
Field, Deeply-Plowed..292 
Fire-Extinguisher. Babcock.2S9 
Fish and Sheep Nets, 326—Commis¬ 
sioners’ Report, Ct., 367—Scrap or 
Guano, 419 — Shad-Hatching in 
1872,870—Shad in Mississippi', 456— 
Skinning Sun, 461—Small 'Artifi¬ 
cial PondG for, 413—Spawn of 
Trout and other, 127 — Striped 
Bass, * 450, 
