TMTS ©IF ¥©ILUME YWENlY-SEVEN, 
liars (*) in the follow¬ 
ing Index show where engravings 
occur , and the prefixed figures the 
number in the article. Articles re¬ 
ferring directly or indirectly to Bees, 
Cattle, Insects, Manures, Trees, 
Weeds, etc., will be found indexed 
under these general heads. 
A 
Abattoirs at Communipaw.. .* 329 
About Evergreens.433 
Advertisements, Three Notes 
about, 46. 
./Etna, The.41S 
Aftermath, Cropping the.12 
Agricultural College, Field for, 328 
—College, Mass, 246—Penn, 2S1 
—Which, 173. 
Agricultural Department, 
Work in, 2-42-82-122-106-206- 
242-278-314-350-304-434. 
Agricultural Editors of Daily- 
Papers, 211 — Societies, Town 
and Local, 220—Society, Officers 
N. Y., 86. 
Agriculture, Commissioner of, 8 
— Department of, 52-120-359-399 
— Mich. Board, 236—Professor¬ 
ship of, 131. 
Animals in Central Park, 248— 
Fresh Earth for Stabled, S9— 
Loss by Disease in U. S., 2S2— 
Medicating, 292—Named, 132- 
Prevention of Diseases in, 212 
Antelope, Domesticating the..247 
Apiarian Progress.18 
Apple Melon. 443 
Apples, Duchess of Oldenburgh, 
453—How Described, 4* 22 — In 
Illinois, 319—Queer, 130—“ Rus¬ 
sian Crab,” 88—for the Southern 
States 4* 414—Western Beauty, 
443. 
Apple-Trees Dying.335 
Apple-Pic as It Should Be.41S 
Apple Pomace.212 
Apple Stocks from Cuttings....64 
Aquarium.245-439 
Artist’s Pets, The.*..l 
Ash Bins.15 
Ashes, Leached.247 
Ash Receptacles.88 
Asparagus and Roots.283 
Autumn Leaves.*..356 
e 
Back Volumes Supplied.45 
Bad for Mr. Knox.127 
Badger, The American.*..251 
“Baggage Smashers”.6 
Balances, Spring.354 
Barley, Cultivation of, 90-137— 
Harvesting,219-249- -Spring,403. 
Barns, Building at the West, 2* 326 
—Cellars free from Posts, 2* 255 
— Dispense with Big Beam 
in, * 18 — Floors, Truss-Beams 
over Wide, 4* 182—Framing for 
Wide Floors, * 52—Tight, 172. 
Barn-Yards, 2* 328—In Summer, 
146—Plowing, 212. 
Barrels, Tainted.7-47 
Beans and Corn, 358 — Field, 182— 
for a Name, 50 — Harvesting 
Field, 2S6-320—Lima, 130-225- 
320 — More About, 217. 
“ Bedding Plants,” Treatment of, 
200. 
Bees— Apiary in .Tan., 3—Feb., 50 
— Mar., S9 — April, 132—May, 173 
—June, 210—July, 217—Aug., 
285. 
Bees, Swarming, Natural or Arti¬ 
ficial? 285. 
Bec-feeder, Excellent and Un- 
paterrted, * 173. 
Beef, Ilalf-Buffalo.9 
Beets, Sugar. 131 
Birch Bark Pots. 47 
Birds’ Eggs—Collecting.248 
Blackberry, Kittatinny, 7—Prun¬ 
ing the, * 320—Wilson’s, 333 
Blackberries and Raspberries *298 
Black Knot.130 
Blue Jay Indicted.130 
Bluffton Wine Company.127 
Boat for Fresh Water Ponds..248 
Bone-Mill.90-245-321-358 
Bones and Wood Ashes.442 
Bones, Grinding.131 
Books. — Agricultural Work, 
Standard, SO—Agriculture, Ele¬ 
ments of, 355—2d. Ann. Rep. 
Sec. Conn. Board, 321—Report 
of Dep’t, 48—Of Mass., Report, 
1867-8-245—N. Y. State Trans., 
1860, 89 — Book to Make a Far¬ 
mer, 439— Butterflies of North 
America, 248—Catalogues, 127- 
128-216-357—Allen’s Catalogue, 
126—Dairymen’s Ass’n., Report 
of Am., 211—Darwin’s Varia¬ 
tions of Animals and Plants, 
126-128-173-211-243-353 — Dick¬ 
ens’ Works, 49 — Evergreens, 
Hoopes’, 127-211-244—Fisheries, 
Report of Me. Commission, 171 
—Fuller in German, 284—Gar¬ 
dening for Profit, 46—For the* 
South, 31S-440—Grape Book, A 
California, 7—Grape Vine, Mohr 
on, 172—Herd Book, Am. Devon, 
247—Am. Short-horn, 89—Ayr¬ 
shire, 132 — Henderson’s New 
Work, 433 — Horse Book, 9 — 
How Crops Grow, 354—Hunter 
and Trapper,449—Insects, Guide 
to Study of, 284-401—Harris’, 
46—Of Ill., Noxious, 213—Mule, 
Treatise on the, 9—Patent Of¬ 
fice Reports, 47—Stud-book, 
Wallace’s Am., 9—do., The Am., 
401—The Crack Shot, 357—Tim 
Bunker Papers, The, 354—Tree 
and Shrub Book, 443—Work on 
the Horse, 443. 
Borrowing Capital to Drain.. .212 
Botany, Farmers’ Club on, 320— 
How to Study, 130. 
Bouquets, Winter.*. .372 
Bovine Family, The Yak_*. .53 
Box-Edging.13 
Box, Raising from Cuttings... 63 
Boxes for Protection. . .371 
Brewers’ Grains.441 
Boys’ and Girls’ Columns. 
A Agricultural Jokes, 420—A 
Happy New Year, 27—Anec¬ 
dote of General Jackson, 302 
—Answers to Problems and 
Puzzles, 27-67-107-149-191-229 
-265 - 301 - 337 - 375 - 419-450— 
Arithmetical Curiosity, 375— 
Arithmetic, Practical Ques¬ 
tions in, 419—Avarice Out- 
B witted, 149—Be Courteous, 
265—Bees, Curious Work of, 
420—Best Thing to Give, 266 
—Boys, A Picture for, 459- 
Broadcast on the Waters, 67— 
Bubbles, Blowing, *460 — 
C Caught in the Act, *108 — 
Charitable Dog, Another, 230 
—Children’s Talk, 150-Child’s 
Idea, 302—Chin Fever, The, 
191—Comical Command, 150— 
Conundrum, 68—Convulsions, 
Fearful, 419—Critic Confound¬ 
ed, 230—Curiosities at the 
D Museum, *301 — Disobliging 
Clerk, The, 375—Display of 
Learning, 192—Dog Story, A, 
150—“ Don’t Wake the Baby,” 
*302—Dust, A Handful of, 459 
E Earthquakes, About, 107—En¬ 
velopes, The Invention of, 
F 338—Fan, A Curious, * 107— 
Filial Love Rewarded, 302— 
Fish,A Queer, *149—Forging, 
Difficulties in, 27—Fourth of 
July, The, 265—Fruit, Eating 
G Green, 108—Gambling, Curi¬ 
ous, 337—Great Noise in tiie 
Barn, A,*192—Great Structure, 
337—Great Work, A, 27 — 
“ Grecian Bend,” Origin of 
H the, *419—Honest Miner, An, 
I 375—India Rubber Shoes, 229 
—Insect, New, 301—Insurance 
J Policies, 192—Jewelry, About 
L Wearing, 150—Laughing, Dif¬ 
ferent Ways of, *459—“Little 
M by Little,” 337—Match Girl, 
The Tired, *6S—Monk Out¬ 
witted, 375—Month, What Is 
a ? 149 — Moon, A Look at 
the, 27—Moon, The New, 230 
—Musical Instrument, A Won- 
N derful, 149—Natural Mistake, 
O A, 229—Orphans, The, *338— 
P “ Out Too Soon,” *266—Pecu¬ 
liar Taste, 266—Pet Bird, The, 
*376—“Philosopher’s Stone,” 
The, 375—Picture Gallery, A 
Private, 337—Pious Thieves, 
375—Pleasant Picture, A, 229 
—Pleasant Recollections, 301 
—Policemen, Our New, 301— 
Poor Taste, 192—Popgun, A 
New, *107—Potatoes a Great 
Luxury, 191 — Precision in 
Business, 420—Premiums for 
Boys and Girls. 460—Presence 
of Mind, 229—Presidents, Our, 
459—Printers’ Mistakes, 107— 
Promise Kept, The, 230—Puz¬ 
zles, etc., 27-67-107-149-191- 
229-265- 301-337-375-419-459 - 
Puzzle, Comical Action, 149- 
Puzzle for the Eye, *149— 
Q Quite a Difference, 33S—Rail- 
R way Incident, A, 67 — Rest¬ 
less Blue-bottle Fly, The, 191 
—Revolution in Spain, The, 
419—“Rich as Croesus,” 338— 
Robinson Crusoe’s Island, 375 
S —Seeing the Chips Fly, 68— 
Sheep, Habits of, 67—“ Sit up, 
Ponto !” *150—Suake Story, 
338 — Sparse Woods, 239 — 
Splendid Team, A, * 230— 
Spots on the Sun, 460—Squir¬ 
rel Hunt, A,419—Stone’s Talk, 
A, 265—Suggestive Biograplij', 
419—Sunbeam, Only a Little, 
192—Sun Power Engine, A, 
T 419—“ Sunstroke,” 337—“ The 
Old Oaken Bucket,” 338- 
Tommy's Troubles, 191—Too 
Well Acquainted,. ,10S—Toy, 
An' Amusing, *459—Ttunble- 
D bug£, _67.At Unexpcctfcfl An¬ 
swers, 376—Unexpected Col- 
W lision, An, *420—Wanted—A 
Boy with Ten Points, 229— 
Ways of Getting a Living, 
*229 - *265- *301-*337 — What 
Little Folks Can Do, 6Y-What 
It Cost, 192—What Is a Tear ? 
266—What the Clock Said, 27 
—Who First Lived in Amer¬ 
ica ? 229—Why Do We Culti¬ 
vate Plants? 107—Work or 
Starve, 27. 
Brace of Failures, A .282 
Breed from the Best.400 
Broom-corn.65-90 
Buckwheat for Manure and 
Grain, 249 
Budding—A Word About.261 
Buffalo—Domestication andCross- 
ing, 2* 13 
Bugs—Let Them Beware.319 
Bulbs—Hardy.370 
Burdock Patches.402 
Business Notices, Read.126 
Butter, Make More, 411— More 
and Less Cheese, 217—Source of 
Income, 220 
Cabbages, Club Root In, *297— 
A Good Word for, 336—As a 
Field Crop, 182—Lime for, 89- 
Slugs On, 248—Trouble with,211 
Canada Thistles, 48-131-285—In 
the West, 293—Quaker Practice, 
* 219—To Kill, 321. 
Cannot Tell. 46 
Cattle—Alderney, Grade, 212— 
Ayrshires, 2* 405—Bulls, Jersey, 
at Westchester Co. Fair 401— 
Keeping Good, 247—Calves, Cof¬ 
fee for Scours in, 90—Treatment 
of, 402—Triplets, 48-129—What 
to Raise, 214—Channel Island, 
* 53-2* 135-215—Cooking Pump¬ 
kins for, 402—Cows, Abortion 
Among, 286—Breachy, 402-441— 
At Calving Time, 131-171—Corn 
Meal for Milch, 174—Feeding at 
Night, 325—Halter for, Danish, 
* 364—Kicking, 131 — Feeding 
Milch, 48-132 — Raising instead 
of Buying, 95—Self-Milking, * 
12S-214r—Soiling, 253—Warts on 
Teats, 245—Fattening in Win¬ 
ter, 402—Kerry, * 241-252—Male 
Breeding Animals, 448—More 
Wanted, 59—Native, 181-212— 
Oxen, Collar and Ilames for, 10 
—Buttons on Horns, 441—Cattle 
Diseases, 439 — Preventive of 
Lice on, 128-248—Salt for, 208- 
282—Selecting for Fattening, 359 
— Short-horns, Improved, 94 — 
Steaming Feed for, 322-385-439 
—Tethering in Grazing, *327— 
Value of Grade, 404. 
Carpet Warp, Coloring.355-401 
Castor Oil Bean.140 
Cat Bird, The.*205 
Cat Phenomenon.247 
Cellar, An Above-ground, 59—An 
Out-door, 366 — Walls and 
Floors, Material for, 89. 
Cement Pipe Drains.442 
Change of Address.170 
Cheese—Factories, Cost of, 8S— 
English View, 212—vs. Butter 
Supply, 58—Flavor and Firm¬ 
ness of Texture, 97. 
Cherries, Culture and Varieties, 
61—Trees, Knots on Cherry. 130 
Chimney Tops.172 
Churns, 8—Butter Working... 7 
Cider Making.359 
Cisterns, Foul.442 
Clay, Substitute for Muck. 212 
Clear the Water Courses. 16 
Climbing Plants, Supports for*224 
Clothes on Fire, To Put Out.. .190 
Clover, Alsike, 400—Arrange to 
Sow More, 323—Gone Crazy, 
355—Many-leaved, 282—Turning 
in for Wheat, 358—West of 
the Miss., 181 
Coal and Peat Ashes, 8—Ashes, 
9,—nods or Buckets, Economy 
in, 418 — Sifter, Home-made, 26 
Coal Tar, 355—On Cloth,.247 
Cob Meal. 89 
Colorado, Notes from.321 
Comfort for Housekeepers with¬ 
out Help, 26 
Composts—(See Manure.) 
Cooking Table, A Convenient. 147 
Cool Box, Making.22S 
Copperas in the Garden.355 
Cornell University, The. 86 
Corn—Crop, The, 176—Cutting by 
the Roots, 358 — Dried Sweet, 
319—Drilling vs. Hill Planting, 
132 — Early, Late Planted, 399 — 
Flat Culture for, 212—Grinding 
on the Cob,367-441 — Implements 
for Cutting Up, 4*, 365—In Drills 
for Fodder, 246 — Raising at 
the East, 171—Selection of Seed, 
400—Cobs, Quantity of, 382— 
Crib, A Kansas. *57—Simple 
and Good, *138—Fodder, Curing 
and Use of, 363—House, Another 
Kansas, *255—Husks, Market 
Price, 129 
Cotton Culture, 47—Seed Cake 
and Oil, 246—Seed Meal for 
Feeding, 2l7—do., For Hogs and 
Horses, 357 
Cover for Agriculturist . 47 
Crab Apple Leaves, Trouble 
with, 355 
Cranberries, Fine. 7 
Cranberry Culture. 87 
Cranberry Queries.130-443 
Crandall’s Building Blocks... .355 
Cream Skimmer for Deep Ves¬ 
sels, » 321 
Criticism. 6 
Crooked Lake Gone.213 
Crops—How to Get Big, 129 — In 
a Young Orchard, 2S2—In New 
York and Great Britain, Aver¬ 
age, 219—Prospects and Prices, 
317—Rotation of, 57—Rotation 
of in Pa., 140—What Spring ? 401 
Crossing the Atlantic. 8 
Croquet Arena. 170 
Croquet—The Game of_4*.. 147 
Cucumbers as a Farm Crop_250 
Cultivator—Iiarrow-tootlied... 254 
Culture—Deep and Shallow.. .407 
Curiosity—“ Mineral ”.130 
Currants and their Enemies.. .1S5 
Cuttings—Callusing.369 
Cuttings—Planting.2*.. S8 
D 
Dairy-maids.286 
Dairying at the South.322 
Dairying, Possibilities in.293 
Dairymen’s Association, Am...45 
Dark Ages still in England... .131 
Death—Dr. Dana.210 
Death on Humbugs.440 
Death—R. A. Alexander. 43 
Deportment at Table.25 
Distillation,Brewing,&JIhi.tingl29 
Dog Law in Tennessee. 7 
Dogs in Tennessee.131 
Do Farmers Eat Enough ?.264 
Do You belong to the Pom. Soc.261 
Do you Want to Know ?. 87 
Drag-saws—Cross-cut.3*.. 58 
Drains—Glazed Tile for Outlets2S6 
Drains—Stone vs. Tile.441 
Draining—Tile, 129 — Thorough, 
Deep Tillage, 365—Tools for, in 
Winter, 16. 
Duck Shooting.6*. .361 
E 
Earth Worms in Flower Pots. .130 
Economy in Food. 65 
Editorial Jottings in Europe.. 10 
Egg Plant, Black Pekin.354 
Eggs Fresh Eight Years, 88 — Pack¬ 
ing and Keeping, 183—Preserv¬ 
ing, 12S—Raising, Profits, 214— 
Selling by Weight, 247—Soft- 
Shelled, 51 
Egg-stand—A Wire.*..227 
Eighty, not Eight.127 
Elm Wood—Its Uses.47 
Enterprise—Novel and Useful.128 
Entomologist — Mo. State.284 
Erratum. 49 
Essays on Localities. 7 
Exhibitions — Preparing for.. .223 
Express Charges.412 
' F 
Fan-mill—Fixed Foothold for2*97 
Fan-mill — now to Steady.132 
Farm Help—Good.357 
Farm — II. W. Beecher’s. 10 
Farmers’ Club — Am. Ins.441 
Farmers’ Clubs.358 
Farmers’ Clubs—Libraries for.283 
Farmers’ Fruit Clubs. 8 
Farmers’ Good Co-operative En¬ 
terprise, 353. 
