INDEX 
III 
Farms in the East, Abandoned, 408 
—Prize, 365—Renting Dairy, 35. 
Farm-House, A Convenient.217 
Fashions for Women.464 
Feather-Beds, Atrocity of.265 
Feathers, Renovating Old........ 66 
Feed, Consumption ot, 217 — for 
Early Spring, 247—Scalding, 408— 
Steaming, 48. 
F eed-Barro w.87-208 
Fence for Poultry-Yard, Portable, * 
97—Portable, 4 217 —Posts, Im¬ 
proving, 47 — Rat-Proof, * 419- 
Tightener for Wire, *337. 
Ferns, Moonwort.*..461 
Fertilizer, A new. 125—Bromophyte, 
127—Salt as a, 369. 
Fertilizers, 369 — Artificial, 46—Ef¬ 
fects of Chemical, 367 — Home¬ 
made, 446—in Gardening, Concen¬ 
trated, 382—Manufacture of, 35— 
upon Oats, 7. 
Fields, Improving Southern.128 
Filing the Agriculturist .447 
Fish, 62—Bass, To Stock Ponds with 
Black, 373—Gold, 87—Grayling, * 
333-365—in small Ponds, 58—Mack¬ 
erel, and How they are Caught, * 
220—Spawn, our Supply of Salmon, 
178-Trout in Hard Water, 407. 
Flax.169,287 
Flouring Mill..*..100 
Flower Auctions, N. Y. . 409 
Flower-Garden and Lawn, .Ian., 3; 
Feb., 44; March, 84; April, 124; 
May, 161; June, 204; July, 214; 
Aug., 284 ; Sept., 324; Oct., 303; 
Nov., 404; Dec., 443. 
Flowers—(See Plants.) — Abutilon, 
Boule de Neige, * 421—Acanthus, 
Broad-leaved, *311—Camellia with 
two Centers, 85 — Drummond's 
Phlox,*141—Easter, 168—European 
Daisy, 262—Fancy Beds of, 3S2— 
Lilium Auratum, Monstrous, 327- 
Lily of the Valley, Forcing. * 384— 
Lindley’s Buddleya, * 424—Otlion- 
,, na, Correction, 5—Preserving, 303- 
' 343 - 383 - 424 - 460 — Primula J a- 
ponica,* 224—Star-Thistle, Amer¬ 
ican, 169-* 381. 
Fodder, Preserving Green.409 
Food, Cooking for Hogs.452 
Food for Nursing Mothers.116 
Food for Stock, Cooking.452 
Food, Steamed, and Rumination.313 
Forest Fires.273 
Forestry Memorial.47 
Freight on Grain, Low.329 
Fruit.254 
Fruit-Garden, Jnn.,3; Feb., 43; 
March, 83; April, 123; May, 163; 
June, 203; July, 243 ; Aug., 283; 
Sept., 323; Oct., 363; Nov., 403; 
Dec., 443. 
Fruit, Growing in Utah, 63—House, 
Frost-Proof, 208—near Chicago, 6— 
Prospects, Western, 209—Samples, 
Sending, 364. 
Fruit-Trees, Stocks for...222 
Fruits and Vegetables.288 
Frying Pan, That.306 
Furniture, Useful.*. 425 
Furnace for Wood.2S3 
Garden Questions.328 
Garden, Mistakes and Suocesses in 
1873,223. 
Gardener, A Competent.405 
Gardener and Florist, Can one be 
both, 223. 
Gate, Slide.167 
Goats for Milk. 75 
Goats, Wool-bearing.207 
Good Living.225 
Grain Binders, 329—Drills, 8—New 
Market for, 408 —in New York, 
Grading, 253. 
Granges, State. 5 
Grape Scissors.*. .248 
Grape, Taylor or Bullit. 6 
Grapery, Cold.*.. 22 
Grapes. . .422 
Grapes, Mr. Ricketts’ Hybrid_461 
Grapes, More New.460 
Grape-Vine, Bugs on.165 
Grape-VinesRun Wild. 35 
Grass, Darnel, 75—for Pasture, 9— 
Guano for,408—in Spring, Sowing, 
47 — Italian Rye, 48—Kentucky 
Blue, 171—Mixed, 99—Permanent, 
328—Region of Kentucky, Blue, 87 
Grass Seed, Sowing...447 
Grasses, Ornamental,.383 
Grasshoppers in Minnesota.285 
Grasshoppers, Sufferers by.442 
Gregory’s Specialties. 7 
Greenhouse and Window Plants, 
Jan., 3; Feb., 44 ; March,84; April, 
124; May, 164; June, 204 ; July, 
244; Aug., 284 ; Sept., 324 ; Oct.. 
363; Nov., 404; Dec., 443. 
Greenhouse Base-burner Boilers."02 
Greenhouses, Heating by a Flue*422 
Gridirons and Steaks. 26 
Grubber, The.*..176 
. Gypsum in Virginia.288 
Guano or Plaster, Sowing, 326—Pe¬ 
ruvian, 209—Recent Discovery of, 
248. 
Gutta Percha and Caoutchouc, Sol¬ 
vents for, 6. 
H 
Halter, How to Make.*. .418 
Hands, Care of. 26 
Hard Times.452 
Harrow, A Cultivating, 168—A New, 
* 217 — A Perfect, 407 — How to 
Make a, 9—Square, * 58—Thomas’, 
175. 
Harrowing Question.313 
Harvest Home Celebration.329 
Harvest Home Festivals. 6 
Hay, Baling, 208—Baling for Market, 
207—Clover, 374-Crop, 334—Fork, 
the Best, 128—Making, 332—Meas¬ 
ure for, 75—Old, 208—Press, Im¬ 
proved, 86. : 
Haying. 251 
Hearth and Home, Sale of.245 
Hedge, 87—for N. J., 364 —Rows, 
Breaking, 248-328. 
Hedgers, Professional.367 
Hickory, Grafting the.85 
Holding on.247 
Homes and How to Make them..464 
Homesteader, A Kansas . 47 
Homesteader in Minnesota. 7 
Homestead, How to Get a. 7 
Homesteads.206 
Home Topics, 25-65-146-186-225-265- 
305-345-385-425-463. 
Honey, Candied. 106 
“ Hooks or Haws”.87 
Hops, Spent, as Manure.166 
Horse, A Cribbing, 288—A Rough- 
coated, 169—Balking, Cure for, 167 
Breast - Strap, or Collar, 208 — 
Clothing, * 454— Contraction of 
Hoof in, 127-207 — Crib - biter, 
Muzzle for, 169 — Curb, Cure 
for, 8 —Disease, Big Head, 207- 
Epizootic and its Results, 8 — 
Heaves, 35—Scratches, 75—Flatu¬ 
lence in, 287—Goldsmith’s Maid, 
365—Indigestion in the, 7—Noise in 
Abdomen of, 408 —Power, 208- 
Remedy for Looseness in a, 205- 
Rolling, 416—Stables, Windows in, 
378—Stock, Great Sale of, 207- 
Swelling of the Legs, 7—Talk, 168 
—Wart on Breast of, 313—White 
Spots on a, 6. 
Horses, Bots in, 166—Colt, A Lame, 
238 — Diarrhea in a, 273 — for 
Jumping, 75—Colts, Half-bred, 408 
— How' to Feed, 128 — Hanging 
Rack, 48 — Hitching, 168—Lariipas 
in, 169—Lolling of the Tongue, * 
252—Mare and Mule Foal, Poitou, 
* 173—Mare, Lump upon a, 326— 
Mares, Old Brood, 24S —Morgan 
Abdallah, * 53 — Percheron and 
Norman, 9—Pony,The Shetland, * 
93—Sale of Thoroughbred, 246— 
Spasmodic Colic in, 313 —“Split 
Hoof” in, 247—Thorough-Pin, 247 
—Three Abreast, 207 — Value of 
Arab Blood in, 98—Various Breeds 
of, * 420. 
Horse-Pad, Wheeler's Anti - Snow- 
Balling, 47. 
Horse-Power, How to Load.. .*. .135 
Horse-Powers, Railway.2S7 
Horse-Shoeing, Instruction in... 8 
Horse-Trough, Improved.57 
Horticultural Exhibition, Interna¬ 
tional, *458—Exhibition of Lyons, 
France, 165—Humbugs, 128—Soc., 
Mass., 447—Soc.. Newburgh Bay, 
165 — Stealing, 61 — Transactions, 
Mass., 126—Works, Hibberd’s, 216. 
Horticulture and Hail, 2S7—in New 
Zealand, 61 —is a War with In¬ 
sects, 302—Pupils in, 86. 
Horticulturists, Death of..273 
Hot-Beds, Profits from.49 
Hound, Badger.*..451 
House, Carriage and Pigeon..*..251 
House, Sod. *..179 
Household Department, 25-65-105- 
145-185-225-265-305-315-385-425-463. 
Household Exercise.345 
Houses, Spring.*..8S0 
Humbugs, Sundry, 5-45-S5-125-165- 
205-245-285-326-363-105-445. 
Hurdles, Arrangement of, *299—for 
Sheep. 447—How to Make, * 177- 
Iron, 320. 
I 
Ice Ponds, Temporary Dam for.*416 
Ice-House and Cool-Chamber.*..376 
Ice-Houses and Milk-Rooms.326 
Implements, Castings for, 406—Cut¬ 
ter, Gale’s Copper-Strip, 8—Horse- 
Rake, Ithaca, 7—Plows, Sulky, 9. 
Imports and Exports.273 
Information Wanted . 35 
Insects, Apple-Tree Borer, 261—Co¬ 
lorado Potato Beetle in N. J., 327 
—Curculio, Remedy for, 169—Cut- 
Worm Trap, * 223—Grain Weevils, 
2S7 — Hessian Fly, 334 — Lice, to 
Destroy, 167—Onion Grub, 327 — 
on Oak, * 314—on Roses, 128—Pea 
Bug, 287—Peach Borers, 248—Pea 
Weevil, 182—Weevils in Barns, 35 
—Wood Lice, 247. 
Instruments, Two Useful.*.. 17 
Iron-Ware, Cleaning New.226 
Iron Work, Blacking.106 
Irrigation by Flooding. 9 
J 
’ *(V 
Journals Noticed....'.. 8 
K 
Kitchen Garden—Jan., 3; Feb., 43; 
March, 83; April, 123; May, 163; 
June, 203; July, 243; Aug., 283; 
Sept., 324; Oct., 363; Nov., 403; 
Dec., 443. 
Knife, Corn.*. .815 
L 
Lawn-Mower, Guinea. 87 
Leather and Tanners’ Fleshings, 75 
— How Tanned, * 139 — Scraps, 
Value of, 47. 
Leaves, Gathering.365-*416 
Leaves, Value of.313 
Leek.103 
Letters. 94 
Lettuce. 103 
Library, Catalogue of a Fine. 5 
Libraiy, Garden. 5 
Lime, Burning Shells to Make, * 57- 
Spreading, 327—Spreading in Win¬ 
ter, 35—Using, 369. 
Loans, Procuring.3 9 
Lucern.128-168-247 
M 
Machine, Ditching, 322—Knitting, 8 
—New Threshing, 86. 
Machinery, Broom. 8 
Mackerel, Salt.226 
Magazine, American Garden.406 
Magazine, Gardener’s Monthly, 46- 
127-206. 
Magnolia or Not.364 
Malt Dust. 87 
“ Mamma Come and See ”.345 
Manure, 94 -172 - 215 - 334 - 374 -City 
Street, 287—Composting,366—Crop 
for Green, 247—for Clay Soils, 247 
—For Potatoes, 453—Fresh or 
Decomposed, 87—Making Rich, 95 
—Management of, 7—Preserva¬ 
tion of, 407—Rich, 453—Sal Soda 
for, 247—Saving, 87. 
Manures upon Poor Land, Arti¬ 
ficial, 167. 
Market Report, Jan., 4; Feb., 44 
March, 84; April, 124; May, 164 
June, 204; July, 214; Aug., 284 
Sept., 324; Oct., 363. Nov., 404 
Dec. 444. 
Meadow, To Improve a Rough..366 
Meadows, Top-dressing.328 
Meal, Cotton-seed Cake. 17—Feed¬ 
ing Wet or Dry, 208—Oil, 75. 
Meals, Cotton and Flax Seed_ 9 
Mean, What we Call.46 
Meat in Summer, Preserving... .168 
Meat, Slow Killing of.167 
Meats, Shipping Dressed.246 
Meat-House, Fumigation of.208 
Medical Matters, Concerning... .106 
Melons.103 
Mennonites.273 
Milk Cellars, Underground, 247 — 
Churning at the South, 371—Con¬ 
densed, 463—Curdy, 167 — Dishes, 
Washing, 226—Removing Turnip- 
flavor from, 197—Temperature for 
Setting, 48^-Varieties of, * 138. 
Milking Machines.242 
Mill, A Shetland Grist, * 180—Bone, 
9—in Ireland, Primitive, *201—The 
Howard, 126. 
Mr. Judd’s Health. 85 
Mistress and Maid.146 
Moles..168 
Money. 55 
Morality, Question of. 8 
Mucilage. 87 
Muck, 330—Getting out Swamp, * 
255 —on Sandy Soils, 9 —Use of 
* Swamp, 169. 
Mulo with a Colt.287 
Mules, Breeding.207 
Multum in Parvo. 75 
Mushrooms.6-35-248 
Mustard, How to Kill Wild.291 
N 
Laborers..n...... 52 
Ladder, How to Carry a.47 
Lamps, Hanging.226 
Lamps, Kerosene.106 
Lamp, The Broken.226 
Landscape Gardener.126 
Lands, Burlington Mo. R. R„ 75- 
Cleaning Stubble, 290—Cure of Al¬ 
kali, 253—in Eastern Virginia, 288- 
408 — in Iowa, 408 — in Iowa, 
Government, 447 — in Nebras¬ 
ka, 408 — Nebraska and Minne¬ 
sota, 126 — Reclamation of, 403- 
Sales, 47—Virginia, 8. 
Lard Oil. 47 
Lard-Oil Press.*. .177 
Laundress, A Careful.106 
Laundry, About a.*.. 25 
Lawn Management, Prize Essays 
on, 165. 
Lawn-Mower, Excelsior.206 
Nameless People.285 
Night Soil, Utilizing.128 
Notes from the Pines, 23-62-102-182- 
302-382-422. 
Novelties.102 
Nut and Bolt Co., Lock.287 
Oats and Peas.134 
Oats, How many Bundles to an 
Acre, 127. 
Obituary, Agassiz, L., *50—Bloomer, 
H. G., 405 — Borden, Gail, 47 — 
Dreer, H A., 45—Eaton, Calvin, 85 
—Gould, John Staunton, 325—Mas¬ 
ters, William, 447—Olm, Mr., 286- 
Slack, Dr. J. H., 365—Stephens, 
Henry, 326. 
Odd Things. 23 
Office, Our Western. 8 
Ogden Farm Papers, No.47,11; No. 
48,50; No. 49, 90; No. 50, 120; No. 
51,171; No. 52,210; No. 53,250 ; No. 
54, 291 ; No. 55,331; No. 56,370 ; No. 
57, 410 ; No. 58, 449. 
Oil Cake for Cattle.135 
Oleo Margarine.75 
Onion Grub.288 
Onions Sown in Fall.341 
Onions, Wild.313 
Oranges from Seed.122 
Orchard and Nursery, Jan., 3 
Feb., 43; March, 83; April, 123 
May, 163; June, 203; July, 213 
Aug., 283; Sept., 323; Oct., 363 
Nov., 403; Dec., 443. 
Orchard, An Old, 134—Crops for an, 
75—Planting, and Vinegar, 9. 
Ox-Bow, How to Bend.*..297 
Ox-Shoe, Machine-made.*. .296 
Ox-Yoke, Improved.*..256 
Oyster Shells, How to Burn. 9 
Parrots.288 
Parrots, Treatment of.329 
Pasture, Improving a Cold Clay.313 
Pastures, Natural.252 
Pastures, Poisonous. 35 
Patent Department.369 
Pstcots • ..••«•••••••••••••••••••• 89 
Patents and Our Patent Depart¬ 
ment.290 
Patented Articles.127 
Patrons of Husbandry, 9-47-88-125- 
246-287. 
Patrons of Industry. 47 
Pear Trees... 87 
Pears. 6 
Peach, Early Beatrice, 87 —Pros¬ 
pects, 169—Purple-leaved, 23 
Peaches, Australian Dwarfs, 23 — 
Delaware, 246—Ornamental, 23— 
Pyramidal, 23. 
Pea, Japan.*63-169-205 
Peas, 102-167—and Oats, 7—Bugs 'n, 
87. 
Peat, Ammonia in.289 
Petroleum.95-135-331-365 
Petroleum for Priming.129 
Phosphate, Patent...166 
Phosphates, South Carolina.408 
Pickles. 248-262 
Pigeons.408 
Pigeon Show.*. .171 
Pigs and Pork, As to.....2l>7 
“Pi?” What is.248 
Pipes for Drains and Irrigating.. 75 
Plant. A Fine Basket, * 384—Hoya 
or Wax, * 23 — Named, 447 — 
Trouble, 168-Vanilla, * 183. 
Plants, American Wistaria, 
Amorphophalius. * 181—Butterfly- 
Weed, * 101—by Exr- 
_ -by Express or Mail, 
23—Camellias, 87—Canada Burnet, 
* 104—Coral Roots, * 424—Double 
Geraniums, 87—Echeverias, Prop¬ 
agating, 63 —Everlasting Pea, * 
459 —Exotic Aquatic, 62 —Fern, 
A Climbing, * 104 — Ferns and 
Fern Collecting, 263—Florida Air, 
* 343—Forced, 143-182—for Winter, 
Preparing, 383—from Seed, Flor¬ 
ists*, 23—Fungus on Hollyhock, * 
342 — Hibiscus, Manihot, * 304 — 
Hollyhock Disease, 287 — Indian 
Strawberry, * 184 — Indian To¬ 
bacco, * 21—in Rooms. Are they 
Unhealthy, 106—Long Moss, * 261 
-Mallows, 175—Mignonette, Im- 
—iticiiia; >Y ii<j— mifiUGuctt c. im* 
proved, 2,2 — Milkweed, Four¬ 
leaved, * 264 —Named, $ — New 
White Pansy, * 459 — Packing, 
23—Packing Living, 102—Pale Cc- 
iydaiis,* 183—Pearly Everlasting, 
* 381—Pelargoniums, Seedling, 23 
— Polargoniums, Winter-Bloom¬ 
ing, 62—Peristrophe, 126—Phloxes, 
Perennial, 326 - 383 — Primrose, 
Double Chinese, 63 — Primrose, 
Japanese, 128-182-304—Primula in- 
volucrata, 182—Received by Mail, 
How to Treat,459—Red Root,294— 
Rock Tunica, * 144—Rose-Grow¬ 
ing, 342 — Rose Mallows, * 421 — 
Roses by Mail, 86—Roses, How to 
Propagate from Cuttings, 262—Se- 
dum spectabile, 382—Sending by 
Mail, 165—Southern Pitcher. * 21- 
Special Fertilizers for Particular, 
63—Spiraea, palmata, * 341—Suc¬ 
culents as Decorative, * 22l-*301— 
Sunflowers, 326—The Clematis, 142 
—Unhealthy, 460 — Verbena, The 
Garden, * 61—Vervain, Blue, * 64 
— Wistaria, 326-364 — Yucca, or 
Bear-Grass, 143. 
Paint, AveriU Chemical.125 
Paint-Boxes, The Little. 65 
Pamphlets, Florida Settler. 35 
Papers, Christian Advocate, 447— 
English Farmer, 85—Florida Agri¬ 
culturist, 47—Methodist, 447—Poi¬ 
son in Green Wall, 426—Practical 
Farmer, 286—The Tobacco Leaf, 
246. 
Paper Hangings.*..185 
Parental Infallibility.345 
Paris Green.209-326-447 
Plaster, Agricultural, 167 — for 
Market Gardens, 167—Nova Sco¬ 
tia, 47—Preparation of, 408—Price 
and Value of,313—Time to Use, 169 
Plow Beams, Wrought Iron, 367- 
Draining, 364—Mole, 208—Mole or 
Drain, 168 —Scotch, 208—Swivel, 
* 212-408. 
Plows, An Improvement in, * 132- 
Draft Irons for, * 257—To Keep 
free from Rust, 329. 
Plowing.11-374 
Plowing Sod.*.. 81 
Poetry.128 
Pollen in the Atmosphere. 9 
Ponds, Artificial.287 
Population and Industries of Kan¬ 
sas, 209. 
Porch, Rustic.*. .462 
Pork, Buried, 165 —in California, 
Raising, 169—Smoking, 35. 
Portrait, Johnston, John.*. .130 
Portrait, Judd, Orange.*..12 
Postal Cards, Use of. 45 
Posts, Preserving.127-287 
Potato Blight and Rot, Remedy for, 
168—Bug In the West, 290—Diet, 
385 — Disease, 75 — Planter, 47 — 
Premiums, Liberal, 47 — Rot, 35- 
289—Prizes, Bliss’s, 135. 
Potatoes, 55,102—Amerioun in Eng¬ 
land, 19—Manure for,47—New and 
Old, 209—Production of, 206—Two 
New, * 92—Warmed Over, 464 — 
Yield of Two, 366. 
Potash in Compost.406 
Poultry and Market Gardening, 
448 — Bantams, Seabright, 86 — 
Brahmas, Pure Light, 167 — Buff 
Cochins, 75 —Chickens, Care of 
Young, * 179—Cholera, 208—Chol¬ 
era, Cause, 207—Lice on, 168-447— 
Naked Brahma, 7—Nests for, 167- 
Cramming, 299 — Disease, Hard 
Crops and Vertigo, 9—Disease in 
Fowl’s Legs, 75—Ducks as Layers, 
Pekin, 418—Improved Pekin, 58-* 
3S3—Raising, 218 —Some Wild, * 
213—Farming, * 216—for Eggs, 247 
—for New York Market, 447 — 
— for Profit, 75 —Fowls, Cross¬ 
bred, 166 — Fowls, Sick, 447 — 
Protrusion of Rectum in, 313 — 
Roup in, 408 —Geese, China, 168 
— Geese, Sebastopol, 288 — Goose, 
How to Recognize, 329—Hennery 
Wanted, 168—Hen-Lice, Remedies 
for, 377—Hens, How to Manage 
Setting, 219 — Web-Footed, 87- 
Why they do not Lay, 209—House 
for Young Chicks, 167 — House, 
Portable, * 379 — Houses, 9—Self- 
supplying Feed-box for, *45-1—Tar 
Paper for, 208—Underground, 206 
—or Stock Dealers, 287—Preparing 
for Market, 204 — Preparing for 
Market in France, 419 — Pullets, 
White Leghorn, 247—Raising, 2OT 
—Societies, Am. Game Fowls, 330 
—Turkeys, Bronze, 9 —Turkeys, 
Loss of Weight in Dressing, 59- 
Turkeys’ Eggs, Impregnation, 167 
—upon a large Scale, 7—Yard,Care 
of, 167. 
Power, Sweep or Tread.407 
Prairie, Breaking.127 
Propagation, Saucer.144 
Protection, Need for.258 
Pump, A Greenhouse.182 
Pump, Submerged.326 
Punch for a Bull’s Nose. *... 99 
Purdy’s Chromo.127 
Q 
Quadrupeds, Antelope, Beisa.*. .373 
Quadrupeds, Little Chief Hare.*. 13 
R 
Rabbits.326 
Railroad Decision, Wisconsin....286 
Rape and Vetches, or Tares.273 
Raspberries, New.327 
Rather*Mixed.329 
Rat-Trap, Permanent.*. .300 
Removal of B. K. Bliss & Sons.. .246 
Replies, Delayed.405 
Reports of Societies. 8 
Reports, Valuable.246 
Rhubarb and Tomato Wine. 248- 
Forcing, 168—Great Yield, 423. 
Rising, Early.226 
Roads and Road-Making.*. .259 
Roads in Winter.*..401 
Road-Dust.335 
Robin, New Trick of the.103 
Roller, A Cement.*. .337 
Roof, Stopping Leaks in.328 
Roofs, Patching Old.169 
Roofing, Asbestos, 405—Canvass, 407 
—Material, 48. 
Root-Cellar, Roof for.208 
Root-Crops, Yield of.287 
Root-House, How to Make a.248 
Root-Puiper.*..218 
Rural Home, American. 6 
Ruta-bagas, After.169 
Rye for Winter Pasture, 288—How 
to Feed, 9—or Wheat, 362—Seed, 
326. 
s 
Salsify.407 
Salt as a Fertilizer, 408—for Stock, 
Use of, 95—How to Feed, 209 — 
Marshes, Reclaiming, 378—Muck 
for Grass, 9—Pure, 406. 
Sawdust as a Mulch.205 
Saw, Protection for a Circular.*. 57 
Scales, Farm.206 
Seed, Change of. 7 
Seeding, Thick and Thin.335 
Seeds, Agricultural Department. 47 
Sheaves,Binders for.*. .252 
Sheep, 215-255-371-415—and Horses, 
Book on, 288—and Lambs, Food 
for, 167—as a Cleansing Crop, 258- 
Best Breed of, 288—Business, 95—’ 
Catarrli in, 167—Cotswold Merino, 
365—Cotswolds, 6 —Cotswolds or 
Leicesters, 207—Deterioration of, 
406—Farm, Colorado, 287—Farm¬ 
ing in Texas, 75—Fence, 407—Foot 
and Mouth Disease in, 75 —for 
Ohio, Best, 313—for South Caro* 
iina, 168—in New Mexico, 7 —in 
South Carolina, 48—in the Orchard, 
167 —Keeping for Health, 207 — 
Lambs, Disease among, 248—Ear¬ 
ly, 214 — Fattening Grade, 175 — 
Silesian Merino, 415—Spring, Man¬ 
agement of, * 133—Weighing, 294 
—Merino, 208—Merino Ram, Valua 
of, 288—Native Breeds of, 419—Na¬ 
tive Races of. 19—Nets, 247 — New 
Method of Hurdling, * 55 — on 
Shares, 48—Oxford Down, * 133— 
Pasturing, 407—Prevention of Ca¬ 
tarrh in, 7—Raising in Virginia, 
418—Rams, Value of Merino, 366- 
Rape for. 289—Remedy for Foot- 
rot in, 207—Rack, * 58—Scab, Dip¬ 
ping for, 207—Scab, Duration of, 
167 — Scab in, 169 — Shropshire 
Down, * 53—The Best, 208—Tick. 
169—vs. Goats 9—with a Propen¬ 
sity, 313. 
Shingles, Black Ash.16f 
Shingles, Petroleum for. ! 
Shoes, Cable Screw Wire.20f 
Shovel and Tongs, Support for..* 6! 
Shrub, A California, 4 144 — Olive 
Fragrant, * 101—Y ello w Root, *261 
Shrubs, Andromeda, Free-Flower 
ing, * 301—Carpeting Beneath, 38 
—Eleagnusparviflorus, 127—Flow 
ering, &)3—Heath, 383—Hydrangea 
326—Hydrangea ■ r >aniculata grand 
flora, 423. 
Sickness, Does it Pay?.3f 
Skill, Value of. ! 
Skunks, How to Kill.2! 
Slaughtering Time, Aids at.. .*..4! 
Sleds, How to Build.*.. 
Snow-Plow, How to Build.*..4 
Soap and Glue Refuse.r 
Society for Encouragement < 
Home Industry, R. I., 288—Mict 
gan State Pomologicai, 6—Virgin 
State Agricultural, 326. 
Soil, Frequent Working of. 
Soiling Crops, 247 — Green Clov 
for, 212-Millet, 167. 
Sorghum.1 
Sour Fodder-Making.*..; 
Sowing Down New Land. ‘ 
Spelt. ‘ 
Spinning Wheel, New. 
Spring, To Raise a.! 
Squash. 
Stable Floors, 168-288—A Prairk 
256-Ceiled, 417-for a Colt, 40 
Horse and Cow, 169 — Tan-Bs 
for, 287. 
