INDEX TO VOLUME IX, 
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Vines, for verandahs,. 256 
— to keep bugs from, .. 220 
Virginia, crops in,. 323 
— prices of land in,... 189 
— State Ag. Society,. 1*20 
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Walks, to destroy weeds in,. 221, 227 
Wash for bams,... 279 
Washing Fluid, how made and used,... 28 
— drying and ironing clothes,.. 73 
— clothes by wholesale,.. 389 
Water, importance of on a farm,. 224 
Webster, Daniel, as a farmer,. 400 
Weeds, in gravel waks, to destroy,..... 227 
— losses occasional by,. 233 
Weeds, the way they increase, .. 79 
Weils, ice water in,... 304 
Western world institute,. 90 
What every farmer may have,. 300 
Whatever you do, do well, ..219 
WHEAT—covering with straw,.. 388 
Drill culture of,.. 38, 365 
Does not turn to chess,............ 87 
Great crop of, . 224 
Growing on the prairies,.345 
Harrowing in spring,. 306 
Leached ashes for,.254 
Manures for,. 205 
On clover sod,.. 226 
Plaster for,. 226, 389 
Ra vages of joint worm in,. 384 
Sowing thickj... 24 
Spring, washing,.. 91 
Wheat —Premium crops, . 
To increase new kinds of, . 
Winter, Premium crops,... 
White wash, to make,. 
— for brick work,., 
Wife, selectirg a,. 
Willows, amount imported,.... 
Winds, protection from winter, 
Winter, the time to think,. 
Wintering cabbage plants,. 
Wire fences, how io make,..». 
Wire worms, salt for,. 
— -r- to destroy,. 
Wool, average product of,. 
— large fleece of,. 
World’s Fair at New-York,“.., 
Writer, A Practical, ... 
.... 88 
.... 251 
.... 88 
.... 3 
.... 191 
.... 9 
.... 291 
.... 7 
.... 115 
.... 402 
213, 327 
. 59. 91 
253, '319 
.... 283 
,120, 363 
.... 388 
.. . 251 
INDEX TO ILLUSTRATIONS. 
BUILDINGS. 
Barn, plan of,. 248 
Chester county barn,.344 
Country house,.■,. 28 
Farm house,. 112, 113 
House, plan of,.280 
— for a clergyman, .. 16 
Poultry house,.. 207 
School house,. 75 
Vineries,. 18 
CATTLE. 
Ayrshire Bull “Dandy,”.249 
Devon Bull, Mr. Wainwright’s,. 144 
—- •— “Champion,”. 349,406 
Hungarian,. 55 
Nagore Bull,. 217 
Short Horn Bull “Halton,”.216 
— — — “Lord Eryhorne,”.376 
— — Heifer, “YarmLass,”. 89 
— — Cow, “Azalia,”.377 
— — Bull, “Splendor,”.247 
—• — Mr. Chapman’s Prize Heifers, 404 
Shropshire Ox,. 104 
HORSES. 
Clydesdale,. 49 
“Consternation,”. 48 
English Draught,. 20 
SWINE. 
Chinese,.. 81 
The Babirussa,. 20 
SHEEP. 
Black faced Scotch,. 17 
French Merino, Mr. Jewett’s,.184, 316 
— — Mr. Campbell’s,..283 
Leicester,. 145 
Silesian Merino,. 281 
South Down,. 80 
RABBITS. 
Fancy Lop Eared,. 24 
POULTRY. 
Group of,.:... 53 
Wild Goose,... 86 
FRUIT. 
Blaekberry,.. 1S8 
PLANTS AND TREES. 
Grouping trees,. 7 
Geranium,. 24 
Pyramidal pear trees,. 19 
Victoria Regia Lily, . 23 
MACHINES AND IMPLEMENTS. 
Atkin’s Reaper,. 314 
Burrall’s Reaper,. .. .. 313 
Bickford & Huffman’s Drill,. 10 
Cross-cut saw, Emery’s, . 21 
Double Furrower,. ng 
Emery’s Threshing machine,. 32 
Fowler’s Draining Plow,. 382 
Ketchuin’s Mower,. 130, 312 
Manny’s Mower,. 312 
Michigan sod and sub-soil plow,. 9 
McCormick’s Reaper,. 25 
Old and new plows,. 17 
Rugg’s Mower,.313 
Smith’s corn-sheller,. 6 
Stuart’s Stump Puller,. 27 
Stone picking machine,.318 
Wheeler’s corn stalk cutter,. 8 
— Thresher and Winnower,. 30 
MISCELLANEOUS. 
Box for Growing Early Peas,... 21 
Building Wire Fences,.213 
Brown’s Fumigator,. 278 
Cuttings, how to plant,. 79 
Curculio Catcher,. 146 
Cheese Press, Dick’s,. 348 
Churn, Excelsoir,...243 
Diagrams of Farms,. 65, 66 
Franklin Coal Burner,.... 5 
Frame for Keeping Grapes,.. 301 
Grafting Tool for Orchards,. 23 
Garden of Plants, Paris,. 29 
Hydraulic Water Ram,. 27 
Laying out door yards,. 25 
Plan for Kitchen Garden,. 11 
Pruning and Grafting Shears,. 172 
Sausage Cutter,. 390 
Supports for Climbing Plants,.. 26 
The Mangle. Ill 
The Curculio,. 223 
Trial of Implements. 312 
Vase of Flowers,.... 22 
Worm taken from windpipe of a calf, .. 51 
Washing Machine,.. 74 
