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The stars (*) in the follow¬ 
ing Index show where engravings 
occur. Articles referring directly 
or indirectly to Bees, Cattle, Insects, 
Manures, Trees, Weeds, etc., will 
he found indexed under these 
general heads. 
A 
Acorn3, Value of .289 
Acre, Size of.165 
Advertisements, Our Responsibil¬ 
ity for, 88. 
Advice, No more.205 
Aftermath, Too heavy. 9 
Agricultural College, Mich. 46 
Agriculture, Conn. State Board of, 
287—French, 139. 
“ Always Handy ”.*..468 
Animal Bust. 87 
Apple Pomace.446 
Appies in Sawdust, 169—Northern 
Spy, 13i-in N. J., 168. 
Arbor Day in Iowa. 126 
Artichoke, Green Globe..23 
Asbestos Roofing.126 
Ashes, Value of Wood.363 
Ass, The Poitou, 75—The Wild, * 173 
Association, Am. Dairymen's, 7-47— 
Michigan Bee, 165—North Western 
Dairymen’s, 210—Ohio Dairymen’s, 
86 . 
Axles, Iron or Wooden.208 
B 
3abies, Crying. 425 
Jaby, How to Govern.3S3 
Jag-Holders.*..377 
tanking House of Fisk & Hatch. SO 
tarley, Cultivation of, 408—in Eng¬ 
land, 134. 
tarn-Doors, Wooden Rangings for, 
* 339. 
lam Fastenings, * 377—for Sheep, 
Convenient, * 297—Plan, 446—Plan 
for Commodious, * 97—Sheet, 376- 
Yard, Plan of, * 136 — Western 
Cattle, * 336. 
taskets, Balloon Hanging.*..365 
lath-Houses, Farm.*..225 
lathing, A Mother on..306 
lean, 103—Dreer’s Improved Lima, 
* 423—for Feed, 167. 
Beautiful Moral, but Bad Botany,” 
209. 
; eef Clubs, 407—from Colorado, 453 
—from Texas, 7. 
ee Notes—Advice to Beginners, 10 
—19—90—129—170—210—*219 -339 -309 -410- 
448. 
ee3 .. 
ee-Stings. . 
set, Egyptian. . 
sets, Transplanting. 449 
ills, Steel Bars for.* 255 
-’trying.. 
rds, Fish-Hawk, * 291 — Hawks, 
How to Catch, 313 — Sparrows, 
1 English,” 365 — Yellow-Breasted 
Sail, * 451. 
ickberries. 327 
tckberry. The Snyder.126 
Doming, Premature. 447 
ie-Grass, Kentucky.. 6 
ats, Building, 47—How to Build, 
57. 
Hers, Limestone Water for....367 
ids, St. Joseph & Denver R.R.287 
le, Ground, 8 —or Plaster, Crush- 
• for, 366. 
les, 167 —Grinding, 48—How to 
se, 287—Ground, 2S8. 
le-Dust on New Land, 7—Ship- 
ent of, 407. 
e-Mill, Bogardus'. 122 
k, American Poultry Pedigree, 
J—Another Recipe, 65—Devon 
:rd, 288—for Parents, A Good, 65 
Home Cook, 365—Jenny June’s 
•oklng, 463 — on Diseases of 
5 Horse, 406—on Horses, 127- 
Poultry, 127 — Rational Horse¬ 
shoeing, 87. 
Books—American Turf Register and 
Racing Calendar, 128—Carpenter’s 
and Builder’s Guide, 288—Cookery, 
First Lessons in the Principles of, 
367 —Cyclopaedia, Am., 46—Field, 
Cover, and Trap Shooting, 407- 
Gardening for Profit, 165—Gazet¬ 
teer of the IT. S. Centennial, 205- 
Gazetteer, Railway, 325—Hender¬ 
son's Practical Floriculture, 46- 
Herd, 259—Horse, 239 — Horticul¬ 
tural Works, P. T. Quinn's, 125- 
How they Sow Seeds, 2S8—Hus¬ 
sey’s National Cottage Architec¬ 
ture, S 6 —Lily, Choice Species of, 
407—Manual of Geology, 364—N e w, 
125 —Noticed, 8-48-169 — Orange 
Culture in Fla., 405 —Play and 
Profit in my Garden, 126—School¬ 
master’s Trunk, 405 — Songs of 
Grace and Glory, 247 —Western 
Farmer and Stock-Grower, 367— 
Wright’s Brahma Fowl, 46. 
Boots, Wet.226 
Botanical Directory. 86 
Boys’ and Girls’ Columns. 
A Acrobats, Mr. Crandall’s 267- 
Apology, An, 223 —Aunt Sue 
goes to the Hippodrome, 347- 
Aunt Sue’s Chats, 307 — Aunt 
Sue’s Puzzle Box, 27-67-107-147- 
187-228-267-307-317-397- 437 - 465 - 
B Bears, Performing, * 103—Bird, 
A Strange, * 147—Business, How 
C Done under the Sea, 67—Charity, 
A Beautiful, 227—Comers, New, 
* 308—Cruelty to Animals, * 388- 
Currant Question, Another, 187 
D —Currants, About “ English,” 67 
—Doctor's Talks, The, 187—Dog 
Carlos, About the, ’465—Dogs, 
F Something About, 343 — Fire- 
G place, About Old, 227—Gaanes for 
Picnics, 227—Games for a Win¬ 
ter’s Evening, 27—Garden and 
Seeds,* 337—Garden, The Little, • 
347—Gleaners, The Little, * 348- 
Goats, 228—Goats, Piece about, 
*63—Gulliver in Brobdingnag, * 
268 — Gunpowder, Something 
H about, 27—Ilorse-Slioes, About, 
I * 27—Horse Trees, * 427—Imper¬ 
ii sonation, An, * 188—Key of the 
L Bastile, * 267—Ladder, Carrying 
M a, 108—Magic Tape, * 227—Mak¬ 
ing an Acquaintance, * 188 — 
Making Himself at Home, ♦466- 
Marmots, Wild and Tame, * 428 
O —Match Factory, * 107—Origin 
of an English Word, Curious, 228 
P —Paper, Writing for the, 148- 
Passion, A Strong, 227—Personi¬ 
fications, * 427 — Pigeon-House 
for Boys, * 307 —Plants, Some 
“ Very Wonderful,” * 147 — Pop¬ 
ping Corn, 428—Potatoes, What 
Six Pecks did, 307—Prospect, A 
Dubious, * 28—Pun, A Child's, 
307—Puzzle, ANeat, 227—Puzzle 
It Picture, * 428 — Rowing, First 
S Lesson in, * 143—Secrets, About, 
428-Society, A Corresponding, 
148—Steamboat, The First, * 108 
—Stone, Beautiful and Curious, 
* 67 — Sunrise, * 223 — Sunrise — 
T Bas-Relief, 267 — The Doctor's 
W Talks, 27—Wator Meloncholy 
Accident, * 3ft — Writers, Bad, 
267. 
Bread, Prof. Blot Concerning... .146 
Breakfast Question.146 
Breakfast, What shall wc have for, 
7-26-145-269. 
Breeding, In-and-in. 99 
Brewers’ Grains, Value of... 35 
Brick Machine.364-407 
Broom Corn. 46 
Brush, Home-made.*..378 
Bucket for Water Wheels.*.. 96 
Buildings, Concrete..75-* 136 
Bulbs and Seeds, Treatment of Tro¬ 
pical, 142. 
Bulbs, Buying and Planting.423 
Bushes, Time to Kill.447 
Butcher’s Offal.208-326 
Butter, 52—and Cheese Dairying, 99 
—Coloring, 131—Convention, 287- 
Dairy, *96 — Butter Dairy, Illi¬ 
nois, 448—Factory, *175—Firkin, 
Patent, 208—for 3 cents a Pound, 
Pure, 168—Fraudulent, 217—from 
Suet, 168—from “Sweet Cream,” 
169, 247—Inspection of, 339—Large 
Yield of, 171—Making in Ill., 370- 
Packages, 47—Packing, 273—Re¬ 
storing, 313—Statistics, 90—Yield 
of, 332—Working Machinery, 166. 
Cabbage for “ Crout,” 165—Plants, 
127—Worms, 205. 
Cabbages as a Field Crop, 250—for 
Seed, 163. 
Canal, Steam on the.18 
Canning Tomatoes, Fruits, etc...331 
Car Load, What is a. 339 
Carpentry, Household.*..425 
Carpet, Faded. 447 
Carrots, Wild.. 327 
Case, A Doubtful.283 
Catalogue, George Such’s.366 
Catalogues Received, 8-49-88-129-170 
-209-367-409. 
Cats. 33 
Castor Beans and Oil. 47 
Castor Oil, Much... 5 
Cattle — Ayrshires for Beef, 208 — 
Breeding,371—Bull, Beacon Comet 
8 th, * 7-20 — Heavy Shorthorn 
Grade, *449—Increased Sales of 
Jersey, 172—Yearling Jersey, 207- 
Business in N. Y., 289—Calf, Dysen¬ 
tery, 366—Feeder, * 57—Herds at 
the West, Fine, 449 —How to 
Secure a, 209—Calves, 214—Black¬ 
leg in, 97—Diarrhea in, 207—Male 
or Heifer, 207—Seven Months’, 166 
—Glub and its Prizes, Am. Jersey, 
210—Club, Jersey, 331 — Color of 
Skin in, 331—Covered Stalls for, * 
56—Cow, A Gorged,328—Ayrshire, 
“Old Creamer,” * 93 — Bloody 
Urine in, 313—Cancer in Eye of, 
168—Clipping the Toes of, * 328— 
Diseased Udder, 77—Good Native, 
6 —Value of a, 7—What may be ex¬ 
pected of a Jersey, 59—Worms in 
a, 75 —Cows, Abortion in, 172— 
Bloody Milk in, 323—Buckwheat, 
247—Compared, * 413 —Effect of 
Tomatoes on, 367—Feeding Dairy, 
172 - Feeding; Meal do., 219—In¬ 
formation as : to Jersey" 4W-iMi!le 
328 
—Value of Grade Jersey, 207- 
Death of Duchess of Oneida, 287 — 
Disease, Aphtha, 407—Garget, 306— 
Horn-Ail in, 247—of Lungs in, 273 
—Pleuro-Pneumonia, 35—Dutch or 
Holstein, * 253 — Exportation of 
Live, 273—Failure to Breed, 408- 
Food for, 51—for Exhibition and 
Use, 293—Galloway or Polled, 207 
—Guernsey and Jersey, 332—Herd- 
Book, Polled, 20 — Herd, Mr 
Hand's, 292—Hereford, 329—IIol 
stein,415-Inflammation of “Hook 1 
in, 313—in the South, 329—Jersey, 
51-251—Jersey and Alderney, 169- 
211—Jersey Crosses, 291—Jersey in 
the Dairy, 169—Jersey Herd, Sale 
of, 408—Loss of Cud in, 273—Ox, 
Heavy, 75 — Pasturing in Apple 
Orchards * 377—Sales of, 292 — 
Shorthorn Bulls for Breeders, 367 
—Shorthorns, Mt. Fordham, * 332- 
Shorthorn Stock, Sales of, 249-259 
-325—Show, Fat, 414—Soiling, 47— 
Swollen Neck, 6 —Tie, A safe, * 93 
-To Kill Lice on, 166 —Trade, 
Texas, 408—Transportation of, 59 
—Twins, 273. 
Cauliflowers, How to Grow.423 
Celery, Preservation. 181 
Cellar and Greenhouse Combined, 
*141. 
Cellar Wall,Frost Disturbing a. .127 
Cellars, Freezing. 54 
Chair, Corner.*. .345 
Chair, Folding Rural.*..463 
Chairs, Coinfortable Country*305-326 
Chandler’s Scraps, Value of.273 
Cheat All Around.442 
Cheat Once More.273 
Cheese, Edam, * 295—English, 9 — 
Factories, Information about, 365 
— Factory at South Bend, Ind., 
328 —Factory, How to Start a,* 
137—Press, 403. 
Chemist, A Tasting. 291 
Chervil, Tuberous. S7 
Children and Condensed Milk, Fat, 
385. 
Chimney, How to Build.*..257 
Chips and Bark, Value of.. 48 
Chromos, Varnishing. 123 
Cliufa or Earth Almond. 35 
Cider and Cider Vinegar.*. .339 
Cider Mills. 326 
Cistern, An Underground, * 177 - 
Barn, * 17—Capacity of, 6 —Large 
Underground, * 376—Leaky, 328— 
To Purify a, 402. 
Clematis from Seed.209 
Clevis, Three-Horse.48-108-208 
Clod-Crusher, Simple.*..336 
Close Breeding. 126 
Closets in the House.186 
Clothing, Warm Under.426 
Clothes-Line Reel.*..265 
Clover, 95—and Timothy, Sowing, 
247-Effect of, 283—Feeding, tjl- 
in the South, 367. 
Cobs, Small or Large.329 
College, Eastman’s Business.327 
College of Veterinary Surgeons. .365 
Colony, Swiss.287 
Compost Heaps.407 
Compost, Heat for a.127 
Concrete Houses.*..455 
Concrete Pipe.169 
Congress, Three Things to do.... 43 
Congress, Watch.125 
Cook, A Man’s Report of a Good 225 
Cooking, Thickening.464 
Corn, 15-54-334—and Bran, Value of, 
126—Cost of a Crop of, 35—Culture, 
174—Fodder, 414—for Fodder, Cut¬ 
ting, 328—Growing, 135—Harrow¬ 
ing, 75—Husking by Machinery, * 
361—Husks, Use of, * 385—in Egypt, 
163—in Nebraska, 218— Kiln-Dry¬ 
ing, * 17 — Many Ears from One, 
447 — or Cotton, Irrigating, 323 
^Raising, 329-Sanford, 127-Shal- 
low Plowing for, 167—Shelled or 
in the Ear, 247—Shrinkage of, 168 
—Triumph Sweet, 85. 
Corn-Cobs, Use of.. 313 
Corn-Cribs, Cover for.*.. is 
Corn-Ears, Unloading.*..216 
Corn-Husker, Phillip’s Spiral.*..370 
Corn-Marker.*..219 
Corn-Stalks and Ears, Grinding 209 
Cornell University. 87-325 
Corundum.leg 
Cottage, Design for a.*.. 13 
Cotton, Improvement in Handling, 
289. 
Cotton-Seed, Cooking. 
Country Fare. 
Cranberries. 
Cranberry Marsh, Sand for 
Cream, Foaming of. 
Crops, 254—Curtailing, 273- 
-for Sow- 
ing to Grass, 87—for the South, 
Fodder, 328—for Wet Soil, 313-ln 
Iowa, 14—in Kansas, 326—Prospect 
of, 287-443—Rotation of, 174-361— 
Rotation of, in Pa.,15—Soiling, 52- 
Three in One Year, 224—Two at 
Once, 19—What they Leave in the 
Soil, 18. 
Crossing—Hybridizing.*. .182 
Crows, Turpentine for. ... .207 
Cucumber, Russian Netted,...*. .462 
Cucumbers. 103 
Cucumbers, Manure for. 87 
Curds, Floating. 407 
Currants, Cultivation of.. 62 
Dairy Business in the West, 128- 
Carbolic Acid in, 407—Farm, Situ¬ 
ation of, 365—in Colorado, 408—In 
the Northwest, 248—Items, 248- 
Statistics, 51,130. 
Dairying, A Question in. 313 
Dairymen’s As 3 ’n, North-west’n. 127 
Dandelion, Northern Limit of the 9 
Delay in Replies. 127 
“ Dick’s Success ”. 313 
Dinner Baskets, Children’s.265 
Ditching. 329 
Ditching Machine.209-403 
Dish-Cloth, An Iron....128 
Dog-Power. 127 
Dog, The Shepherd.*.. 60 
Dogs, Legislation in Reference to 457 
Dog-Laws, Enforce the. 373 
Dollars and Greenbacks. 87 
Drag, Smoothing.*..178 
Drain, Safety.*.. 53 
Drain-Tiles, Making.215 
Drains, How they Act.289 
Drains, Stone.288 
Draining, 14-250-328—a Pond, 330— 
a Sandy Soil, 313—“ Sticky ” Land, 
248. 
Drill, Planet.206 
Ear-Marks for Stock.*. .178 
Ear-Mark, Metallic.203 
Earth-Closets.*. 145 
Ecraseur.169 —*417 
Egg, How to Make a Nest.367 
Egg-Inspection. 379 
Eggs all the Year Round, 106—and 
Plants by Express, 126—Doublc- 
Yolked, 247—Early, 53—for Pul¬ 
lets, Selecting, 208—Liming, 367- 
Packing for Hatching, 287—Pre¬ 
serving, 287—Selecting for Pullets, 
328—Shipping, 20S—To Preserve, 9 
—Vitality of, 2S8. 
Elliott, Removal of F. R.326 
Emasculation, Safe. 329 
Emigration to Kansas. 43 
Emigration to Virginia.2SS 
Engines, Small Steam. 447 
English “ Lock-Out”.246 
“Esquire”,.273 
Evergreen, An Ornamental_ 62 
Evergreen, Norway Spruce.87 
Evergreens from Seed.222 
Exhibition at New South Wales..448 
Exhibition in Chili.. 126 
Experiments, Lawes’ & Gilbert’s.171 
Exports and Imports.4C6 
Fair in Burlington Co., N. J„ 365- 
in Indian Terr., 447—List, 325-353— 
Nevada, 447—New England, 363- 
Notes, State, 289—Ohio State, 365 
—St. Louis, 448. 
Fairs, Industrial, 363-State, 409— 
Supplementary List of, 368. 
Fallowing Prairie, Summer.243 
Farewell Words, No. 445 
Farm, A California, 378—and Farm¬ 
ing, Mr. Crozier's, 295—Edward 
Burnett’s, 211—E. F. Bowditch’s, 
212—Labor for America, English, 3 
—Laying Out a Western, * 139 — 
Renting a Small, 168-Selling the, 
329—Signal, * 417—Students, 288- 
Tools, Hungarian, * 454 — Well 
Tilled, A Little, 98. 
Fffrmer, Becoming. S 7 
Farmers, Bankrupt, 273—Education 
of, 371—Health of, 249—Pupil, 98. 
Farmer’s Clubs, 140—Club, Volinia, 
75—Conventions, 247—Tables, 346. 
Farming, 11-54-370—in Ireland,Prize, 
379—in North Carolina, 446—Irish, 
288—Science in, 175. 
