r-U, 
INDEX. 
Ill 
fairs and Exhibitions—Am.Poultry 
Society, 9—Canada & N. Y. State, 
402—Cincinnati Hort. Soc'y. 401— 
Grape Exhibitions, 281 — Grape 
Growers’ Ass'n. N. Y., 355—Hedge 
Convention, 2S1 — Horticultural 
Societies, 40 - SIS - 355 — Illinois 
State, 281 — Indiana State, 2S3 
—Kentucky State, 2S1— Knox's 
Strawberry, 211—List of, for 1808, 
317-352—Mass. Hort. Soc’y, 281— 
Minn. State, 283—New England, 
241I-283-358—X. E. Art. Soc’y Plow 
Trial, 210—ST. H. State, 2Si—N. J. 
State Agr. Soc’y, 210-284-318—N.J. 
State & Central, 399—N. Y. State, 
283—N. Y. State, Horticulture at, 
399 Ohio State, 2S3-401 — West¬ 
chester Co., N. Y., Agricultural 
Soc’y, 49 — West Jersey Fruit 
Growers’ Ass’n, 130— Whitlock’s 
Exhibitions, 281-320—Grape Show, 
Whitlock’s, 354. 
Farmers Wives—Relief for.284 
Farmers—Women.286 
Farming—Advice to a Novice, 357 
—Brain. 11—Bv Proxy, 400—Co¬ 
operative, 171—Education for. 325 
—“Extra” 131—Florida, 10-442— 
High without Stock, 129—Labor 
anu Profit in, 131—Little Things 
in, 18—Profits of, 245. 
Farm Laborers, Prospects of..... 51 
Fanil Lands. Measurement of.*. .444 
Feed—Coarse or Fine. 10 
Fences across Streams—Swinging, 
2* 254—Durable Stone * 327— Port¬ 
able, 441—Sod, 443—Stone orWood, 
400—White Willow for, 248—Wire, 
248. 
Fermentation of Apple Juice....442 
Fertilizers—See Manure. 
Figures from Mail-room—Interest¬ 
ing, 12S 
Fire Kindlings. 8 
Fire—Starting a. 8 
Fish Eggs—Hatching.. 5S 
Fisii Hatching, Curiosities in.247 
Fish—Keeping in Moss. 8 
Fish-Oil and Guano Factory, 4*. .451 
Fish Ponds.132-214-402 
Flocks—Shall We Keep up?.12 
Florida—Home for Northern Men, 
220. 
Flower Garden—The. 87 
Flower Garden- and Lawn—J an., 
3—Feb.. 43—March, 84—April, 124- 
Mav, 168 —June, 207—July, 243— 
August, 279—Sept., 316—Oct., 351— 
Nov.,395—Dec., 435. 
Flower Seeds.443 
Flower Stand—A Handsome 3*. .373 
Flowers — Akebia quinata, * 331— 
Amaranth Family, The. 3* 331— 
Begonias, 7-2* 259 — Bell-flowers, 
Campanulas, * 185 — Chrysanthe¬ 
mums, 261 —Everybody’s Hardy, 
*101—Fuchsias, The. 2* 369—Gladi¬ 
oluses, Fine, 32!)—House Plants, 
Management of, 370 —Japanese 
Knotweed, * 101—Lilies, 332—Lo- 
phospenuum erubescens, * 61— 
Maurandia Barclavana, * 61— 
Mignonette and Its Culture, * 24— 
Monkey Flower, Mimulus, *223 
— Monkshood, Aconites, * 456- 
Rose, “Gem of the Prairies,” 7— 
Michigan, 281—With Single and 
Double Flowers. 371—Rose Leaves, 
Spots on, 356—Tric.vrtispilosa, *188 
—Virgin's Bower, The *413—Vio¬ 
lets and Primroses, 21—Wistaria, 
American, 205. 
Flowers—Mr. Buchanan’s Sale of.355 
Fly Time.300 
Free Martins Again.411 
“ Freezing Kills the Eggs ”.401 
Frost Bitten Feet.’.. 66 
Frothy Cream and No Butter_H8 
Fruit Garden—J an., 3—Feb., 43- 
March, 83—April, 123—May, 167— 
June, 207—Inly, 243—Aug., 279- 
Sept., 315—Oct., 351—Nov., 398— 
Dec., 435. 
Fruit—Drying, 246—Farm, Knox’s. 
87—From Iowa, 7 — Malformed * 
29S—In Nebraska, 6 —New Eng¬ 
land, 284—Nova Scotia, 46—Pack¬ 
ing for Market, 334—Picking and 
Marketing * 22-4—Sporting of, 24. 
Fruit Growers—Law to Protect..24S 
Food—More Variety Wanted in. .418 
Foot-Rest—A.*..417 
Foot Warmer.2* S—3*..25 
Foremen—How to Get Places_357 
Forest—Setting a.131 
Forsyth’s Composition.319 
Foxes and Woodchucks—Increase 
of, 131. 
G 
Gamgee—Prof. John, in this Coun¬ 
try, 126 
Gang Plows and Sulky Cultivators, 
219. 
Garden—Cleaning up the,333—Farm 
and Family, 186—Fault of Town, 
331—Market around Phii., 102. 
Garget and Bloody Milk.402 
Gate—New Carriage.*. .260 
Gates and Fences—More.2*.. 52 
Gas-Tar or Asphalt Walks.2S4 
Gas Tar for Paint.236 
Gas Lime. .35S 
Gherkin, Prickly-fruitecl.*. .143 
Giraffe—The, Mending Broken Jaw, 
3* 175. 
Goats in Cal., 283—Care of, 401- 
Cashmere, * 60—* 81—Milkers, 214 
Gold Fish—Health of.418 
Good for Maine. 49 
Good for Postmaster Kellv.46 
Graft—Effect of on Stock,".260 
Graft Hybrids..260 
Grass—Best Time to Cut, 246—Doc¬ 
tor, A—Scuffle Iloes, 291—Seed for 
Salt Marsh, 129 — Seed on Old 
Meadows, 8 — Troublesome, A, 248 
—When to Cut, 173. 
Grain—Wlien to Sell and Thrash.400 
Grapes—Catawba, Diana, and Iona, 
90—Clinton Blighting, 439—Cold 
Grapery, Mar., 84—Apr., 124—May, 
168—June, 208 — July, 243—Aug., 
280—Sept,, 316—Colorado, S3—Com¬ 
parative Value of, 354—Concord 
in Mo., 439 — Cuttings, 7—Diana 
Hamburgh, 213—Enriielan, 384— 
Hot-house, 211—Grafting the, 319 
—Injuring a Vineyard. 443 — Ives, 
12S-418—Literature, 87 — Native, 
under Glass, 451—Notes on, 415- 
Pears and, 819—Premiums for, 
6 — Prize, The Longworth, 414 
—Ripe, for Wine-making, 187 
— Scuppernong, 354-* 413—Test¬ 
ing, 440 — Waiter, 47—White, 47 
—Vine in Europe, Culture and 
Prod., 246—Grape Vine, How it 
Grows and What to Do with It, 2*. 
62—2* 103—3* 144—2* 186—4* 225—1* 
260—3* 296—3* 832—Grape Grow¬ 
ers’ Ass’n, N. Y. State, ISO. 
Grazing Country—A.2S6 
Green and IIot-houses—J an., 3— 
Feb.,43—March,S4—Apr.,124—May, 
16S—June, 208—July,243—Aug., 280 
' —Sept., 316—Oct., 352 — Nov., 395— 
December, 435. 
Greens in Summer.332 
Grindstone for Mowing Machine 
Knives, *. .214 
Guano—Peruvian and the Cliincha 
Islands, 4* 19. 
Guard Against Splitting.2*..286 
Guess-work in the Household_228 
Guests—How to Entertain. 66 
Gypsum—Action of.246 
H 
Hair Worm—The.130 
Hard Coal—Small. 8 
Harrow—A Good Wooden-toothed 
* 450. 
Hay—Am. in England, 359—Keeping 
over Old, 357—Loss in Stacking, 
364—Implements, Trial of, 247— 
One Handful of, 9—Stacking with 
Horse Forks 2* 290. 
Haying in “ Catching Weather ”.257 
Hedges, 130—Barberry for, 47—Buck¬ 
thorn, 50—Hemlock for, 213 —In 
Maryland, 50. 
Hedge Trimmer.319 
Helps—Little .104 
Herbs, Sweet. S8 
Herbs for Winter.871 
Hickory Nuts and Timber...2*..449 
Hickory Nnts—Planting.439 
Hints from an Old Housekeeper. .106 
Hoe—The Lance-head.*..326 
Homesteads—Cheap in Mo.172 
Honey. 7 
Honev Locust, Chapter on.455 
Hop Picking.*..313 
Hop-sets. 48 
Horse-hoe and Cultivator, Differ¬ 
ence, 357. 
Horse-radish—Cultivation of. 23 
Horse-radish Grater.355 
Horses—Cribbers, Check for, 2*. 139 
-283—Clipping, 9—Crop, The, 10— 
The Outside on Sweep Power, 2S5 
— Percherou, * 121-245-287-318— 
Perclieron Stallion, * 303—Price 
of, 13S—Training for Gardening, 
249—Trotting Horse “ Dexter,”"* 
363—Wolf-Teeth in, * 218. 
Horticultural Department — 
WORK in — 3-i3-S3-123-167-207-213- 
279-315-351-395-435. 
Horticultural and other SocietieslSl 
Horticultural Wonders.371 
Horticultural Soc.. Alton, Ill.130 
Hose Pipe—Sprinkling Jet for..* S7 
Hot-beds and Frames,Shutters for 7 
Hotels in Europe.50 
Household Correspondents — To 
Our, 66. 
Household and Farm Articles— 
Useful, 173. 
Household Journal — Do you 
Keep a ? 65. 
Household Talks, * 227-299-* 336-374 
Hoven and Sorghum.400 
Huckleberry Tomato. G 
Huckleberries—White.319 
Humbug—” Leaven Manure ”_413 
Humbugs— Sundry, G-46-S6-12G-172- 
310-245-281-318-354-309-439. 
Humbug Notice—Special.173 
Humbug Prizes. 46 
Humbugs—2d Edition.210 
Hygro-barometer.335 
Ice—1.260,000,000 lbs.171 
Ice-liouse. 321-357—Prairie, 357—Self- 
filling, 400. 
Ice Profitable.171 
Imaginary Diseases — Grub in the 
Head, 179. 
Immigrants as Farm Laborers.. .132 
Immigration—Value of.402 
Improvement—An.88 
In a Bog—An AgT Problem.410 
Information Wanted.213 
Ink—Use Black.319 
Insects—Aphides or Plant Lice, To 
Kill, 23—Apple Worms, 216—Arbor 
Vitses, Worms on, 319—Bark Lice, 
Scale Insects *134—Basket Worms 
355—Bee, Parasites of, 218—Borers, 
Tansy for, 24S—Canker Worms, 2* 
49-130—Remedy for, * 327—Cater¬ 
pillar, A “Horned,” 355—Cherry 
and Pear Trees, on, 355 — Cotton 
Moth, 21S — Cureulio, 130 — Grape 
Curculio, *223—Grape-vine Beetle 
320— Grasshoppers, 50 — Grubs, 2* 
141 - 213 — Ichneumon Flies and 
Grasshoppers, 401—Locusts, 282- 
Do They Sting ? 319—Work of, 320 
—Moths *189 —Named, 355—Oak 
Scale Louse * 223—Pear Seale, 63 
—Plant Lice. 63 — Potato Beetle, 
248-283-320—Striped Bug, 222-282— 
Squash Bugs, White Hellebore for 
2S4—Squash-vine Borer, 246—Tur¬ 
nip Flea-beetles, 319—Vine Borer, 
354—Wheat Weevil and Clover, 
321— Wheel-bug, 3* 410 —Walnut 
Worms. 128—Wistaria, An Enemy 
to, 2* 371. 
Irrigation in Winter.401 
Irrigation of Grass Lands.250 
It will Pay .440 
J 
Jerusalem Artichoke_64 *-87-175 
Journalistic Changes.47 
Keeping a Boarding House.ISO 
Kerosene Oil Explosions.105 
Kitchen Garden—Jan., 3—Feb.. 43 
—Mar., S3—Apr., 123—May, 167— 
June, 207—July, 243—Aug., 279- 
Sept., 815 — Oct., 351 —Nov., 395- 
Dec., 435. 
Knives and Forks—Cleaning. 88 
Knowledge on the Farm—Accu¬ 
rate, 411. 
Kyanizing. 7 
L 
Labor Exchange. 441 
Labor on the Farm—More.443 
Ladder—Fruit Gatherer’s.*. .320 
Ladies at the Fall Fairs.336 
Lady’s Experience—A..173 
Lamp Chimneys.228 
Land—How Much? 212—Cheap at 
the East, 127-375—In Mass.,Price, 
212—Improvement of Sandy, 400- 
Make the Most of, 87—Nebraska, 
357 — True Way to Enrich, 214— 
Profitable Use of, 443. 
Lap Iiohes and Picture Frames—* 7 
Larger Yards about the House. .100 
Last Shot—The.*..184 
Lawns and Grass Plots.144-372 
Lawns—Seeding down in Aut’n..333 
Lead Pipe—Lead in Water.49 
Leather Preservative—Water-proof, 
6. 
Leaves for Bedding.2*..440 
Lemon—“Small”..172 
Letter—Little. Girl’s.130 
Letters—Answering.•.211 
Lever—Handy and Powerful..*.. 97 
Liberal Oiler—A.218 
I A ce—Tanning.283 
Life Insurance.126 
Lightning Rod Swindlers.247 
Lime—Gas-house.16-247 
Lime in Stables.173 
Limestone—Grinding.442 
Liming and Plowing Land in 
Spring, 10. 
Lobelia—Is it a Poison ?. 8 
Log—Number of Feet in, 358—Load¬ 
ing Heavy, * 12—Loading without 
Gins, 171—Va., Way of Loading 
Heavy, 2* 364. 
Long, Straight Shot. 8 
Lost Letters and Money. 5 
Lost Papers. 5 
m 
Maccaroni. 49 
Machines—The Best..171 
Malice among Plants.248 
Mangle—A Good.282 
Manhattan Co-operative Relief As¬ 
sociation, 399. 
Manures and Fertilizers—Applving 
to Growing Crops, 17—Ashes, Plas¬ 
ter and Hen Alan.. 90-251—From 
Barn Cellars, 172—Blood as Fertil¬ 
izer, 131—Bone-dnst, How Much? 
212—Bones and Ashes, 106—Bone 
Phosphate and Superphosphate, 
322-Bone Phosphate of South Car¬ 
olina, 248— Bones, Steamed as a 
Manure, 10 —Carting out in the 
Fall, 410—Compost, 9—Corn, for in 
Ohio, 214—Dead Animals for, 10— 
Distributing in Pastures, 358—Fer¬ 
mented, 89—Fertilizers, Informa¬ 
tion about, 129—Fertilizer Market, 
N. Y., 49—Fish Guano, Value, 322 
—Fresh Fish, 321—Goose Manure, 
90—Green Grass and Weeds for, 
89—Handful of, 9 —Harness Clip¬ 
pings, 442 — Hauling Stable, 174- 
Heating in Potato Hills, 128 — 
Hen Manure in the Garden, 90- 
Leather Scraps for, 249—Lime on 
Clays, 90—Lime and Salt. 90—Lime 
on Yard Manure. 245—Liquid ill 
Gardens, 262 — Manure-making. 
Barn Cellars fot\ 290— Mill-pond 
Mud, 89 — Mutton as, 214 — Peat 
nmd Muck as, 291—Photographic 
Establishment Wastes,283—Pit, 9— 
Plaster vs. Stable Manure, 50 — 
Poudrette, 212-4-16 — Poultry Ma¬ 
nure, How to Save and Use, 59— 
River, Pond Mud asTop-dressing444 
Road Wash, Value of as a Fertil¬ 
izer, 10—Saw-dust as, 171—Salt Mud 
as Fertilizer, 293—Saw-dust and 
Tan-bark as, 173—Scarce in Ill. 
132 — Selling, 215 — Shallow Clay 
Soil, for a, 90—Sheds vs. Cellars, 
172—Shelter for, 3* 408—Slaughter¬ 
house, 400—Street Sweepings as a 
Fertilizer, 7—Sulphuric Acid as a, 
132—Superphosphate from Bones, 
Home-made, 9(5—Com. and Home¬ 
made, 220—Test of Good Farming, 
329—Why Heap up, 175—Wood 
Ashes as Fertilizer. 411—Wood- 
mold for Corn, 212—Working over, 
131. 
Manuring Growing Crops, 249—In 
the Hill, 173—Surface, 212. 
Maple Sugar.129 
Market Fairs.214 
Market Reports-5-45-S5-124-170-20S- 
24 4-280-316-353-398-438 
Marshes—Improvement of Salt.. 10 
Marten—The Am..293 
Mats—Making Straw. 23 
Meadows—Renovating Old, 183—Un¬ 
derdraining Water, 401. 
Meat Preserving Process, Gamgee’s, 
127-401. 
Mechanic Turning Farming....321 
Medusas and Rotifers. 6 
Meerschaum. 49 
Melon—The Casabar.354 
Men and Fruits.413 
Merchant Turning Farmer.318 
Milk—Beets Drying up.127 
Milk—Cabbages affecting Taste of, 
247 — Clotted or Bloody, 7—Ex¬ 
periments, 411—Factories for Con¬ 
densed, 129—Farming. 283—How 
and When to, 403—Souring, to 
Prevent, 247—Weigh, 214. 
Milkers—Hard .246 
Milking—How Often Done..._50 
Milking Machines... 7 
Milk Producers’ Association.52 
Moles Again.442 
Mole Traps.* 333-*356 
More Glass.401 
Moths in Furs. 7 
Mouse—A White.247 
Mower and Reaper—Buckeye_129 
Mower—When Will it Pay ?.132 
Mowing Machines, Decision of 
Paris, 213-Hill’s Lawn, 284. 
Muchness of Land.400 
Muck in Barns and Stables, 172- 
Benefit to the Soil, 360—Deposit, 
358—Getting out, 3*, 409—Meaning 
of Word, 87—Alining, 441. 
Mulch—Pine Leaves as, 50—Tan- 
bark as, 88. 
Mule Teams vS. Horses.10 
Mule Team — Matter with, 86 —A 
Southern, * 41. 
Murrain—The Texas.318-S22 
Mustard—Wild or Kale.321 
Mutton—Best Cross for.285 
“ Night-blooming Cereus”.355 
Nursery Business—Fitting for... .358 
Oats and Barley mixed, 249—New 
Kinds. 132—Norway, 399. 
Oat Stubble—Seeding in Spring on, 
123. 
Obtaining Credit under False Pre¬ 
tences, 172. 
Odds and Ends in Gardening... .296 
Oil-cake—What is it?.^.... 90 
Oils Dangerous.88 
Ointment—An Excellent. 6 
Old-fashioned Shrubs and Flowers, 
295. 
Olive and its Culture.* 133-171 
Olm Brothers.399 
Omission—An....210 
On His Last Legs.9*. .257 
Onions. 441 
Onions and Carrots.131 
Onions and Rotation.357 
Orchaud and Nursery— Jan., 3— 
Feb..43-Mar.,83—Apr.,123—AIay,167 
—June, 207—July, 243—Aug., 279- 
Sept., 315 —Oct., 351—Nov., 395- 
Dec., 435. 
Orchard — Laying out, 3 * 102- 
Planting, 88. 
Orchard Grass in Lawns..261 
Ornaments—Household, * 65—3* 105 
—* 147—3 * 227—* 263. 
Osage Orange and Silk Worms..363 
Painting. 8 
Paint in the Tool-room.430 
Papering Brick Walls.211 
Parasites—Carbolic Acid for.282 
Parasite on Nursery Stock.355 
Parasite, Plant.438 
Parsnips.211 
Pastures — Management of Worn- 
out, 215. 
Patents—Infringing.402 
Paths in Public and Private 
Grounds, 259. 
Pashas’ Standard—The.*.. 48 
Peaches—Canning .282 
Peach—Culture, 145—Double, 320— 
Early and Late. 248. 
Peach Fungus—The.354 
Peach—and Nectarine,355—Planting 
and Prospects in Md., 213—Retard¬ 
ing. 130—Spring Budding the, 49 
—Trees. 319. 
Pea-nut Culture.87 
Pear s—C ra ekin g.355 
Pear Culture for Profit, 99—The 
Mount Vernon, * 23—'The Pratt, * 
453—Trees. Best Soil for, 248 — 
Dwarf, 6—Not Blooming, 211— 
Transplanting Large, 356—Yield 
of, 319. 
Peas, Culture for Field, 174—As a 
Field Crop, 357—Some new, 334. 
Peat Analysis, 281—Peat and Muck 
as Fertilizers, 291—Questions, 11- 
Swamp Burnt out, 129. 
Peccary—The.* ..251 
Pepper Tree...443 
Periodicals—Ambas Americas, 131— 
Am. Farmer’s Magazine, 248—Ann. 
Register of Rural Affairs, 1868, 6 
—Am. Agricultural Annual for 
1868, 48— Am. Horticultural Annu¬ 
al for 1SC8, 6-46—College Courant, 
The, 2S2—Entomologist, The Am., 
354—Entomologist, The Practical, 
6—Farm and Fireside, The, 47— 
Hop Growers’ Journal, 212—New 
Paper, The Model Farmer, 127- 
Naturalist, The Am., 48-127—N. Y. 
Independent as a “Religious Jour¬ 
nal,” 129—R.I. Schoolmaster, 211- 
Southern Journals, 211 — Texas 
Farmer, The, 212 — Whitlock’s 
Hort. Recorder, 172-320 — Work¬ 
shop. The, 283. 
Pharaoh’s Horses.*..222 
Photograph Frames—Home-made, 
2* 189. 
Pickerel—The Common.2*. .100 
Pickerel—How the Big one was 
Cooked, 189. 
Pictures—Beautiful.210 
Picture in the Backwoods. 26 
Pigeons, 88—Group of Fancy, * 142- 
*433—Destroying Grain, 172. 
Pinnated Grouse, or Prairie Chick¬ 
ens, * 412. 
Plantain Pest. 355 
PI rnting—Ornamental.211 
Plans—American Farm-house, 2* 17 
Plans—H aa se.438 
Plants—Animals, 187—Are they Det¬ 
rimental to Health ? 6—Bene, 7— 
Caper Family, * 295 — Compass- 
plant or Rosin-weed, * 295—Ferns 
and other Wild Plants, 6—Forage, 
52—Ivies, Variegated-leaved * 21— 
Ivy. Eradicating, 7—Lawn Plant, 
A New, 372—Lespedeza striata * 
57—Long Sleep of, 259—Parasitic, 
the Dodders, 2 * 414 — The 
Aiistletoe, * 21 — Medicinal, 213 
—Movements of * 372—Named, 282 
—Pigeon Berry, 867-100 —Weeds, 
Rib Grass * 134—Starting in House 
2* 103—'Treatment of House. 455- 
Wikl Morning Glory, 281—Weed, 
A Bad, 7. 
Plants—Large Price for.. 210 
Plants Named.320-385 
Plaster—How Prepared for Land,321 
—Land, or Gypsum, 171—Use in 
Stables, 171. 
“ Please Answer in the Paper”.. 81 
Plow—The First Cast-iron m Ain.357 
Plowing for Corn and Potatoes, 
* 138—Deep, Safe and Unsafe. 140- 
Fall, 402—Orchards, Whiffletree 
“Boot,” 219. 
Plows—Left-hand, 3 Horses Abreast, 
*..365. 
Plum—The Miner, 62—Miner and 
Others, * 143—The Wild Goose, 282 
Policy—Settled on the Farm.404 
Pond Mud.400 
Poppy Culture. 50 
Pork—How Much a Day ?.285 
Pork—Secret of Cheap.400 
Postage Stamps—Old.282 
Post-hole Borers.*.. 12 
Potatoes—Early Cultivation of, 129 
—The Early Rose, 10-127-356-358— 
Excitement, 451 — Experience, A 
Bit of. 47—Experiment, 132—Grown 
from Cuttings, 2* 454—Large Price 
for, 130—Mixing in the Hill, 175— 
On Broadway, 48 — One more 
acre of, 183—On Sod, 441-450 — 
Planting in March, 97—Queries, 7— 
The Sebec, 146—Small and Large, 
402—Storing for Winter, 364—Un¬ 
der Straw, 99—Very Early, 2S3. 
Potato Diggers.128 
Poultry—Abdominal Tumors in, 283 
—Artificial Incubator. 10—Asiatic, 
Cochins, 2* 323—Bad Luck with, 7 
—Boiled Grain for, 132—Pure Brah¬ 
ma, To Tell a, 284—Breeding from 
Young, 245—Breeding in-and-in, 
358 — Bumble-footed, 401 — 
Capons of the Largest Size, 171— 
Chickens, Artificial Mother for, 
I2S—Christmas Poultry Show, 439 
— Color of Dorking when Hatch¬ 
ed, 247—Cure for Gapes in, 245— 
Diarrhoea in, 283—Feed for, 87— 
Late, Bantams, 282 — Sick, 127— 
Summer-hatched, 245 — Ducks, 
Black Cayuga, 249-282 — Experi¬ 
ence with Sick, 97 —Fowl with¬ 
out a Head, 3 * 448—Geese, Hong 
Kong, 247—Hens Eating Eggs. 247 
—Eating Feathers. 127-212—Killed 
by Eating Glass, 283—Hens’ Nests, 
*219—House and Yard, Summer. 
* 181—“ Italian Silver Top-Knot,” 
131— King Dagobert, 171—Marking, 
249—On ji Large Scale, 132-245— 
New Disease Among, 171—Notes 
and Gleanings, 89—Pea-Combed, 
132— Pullet, What is a? 283—Pure 
Water for, * 176—* 254—Range for, 
245—Roosting on Nest Boxes, 243— 
Scabby Leg in, 212-401—Sending to 
Market, 402—Sour Milk for, 8-245— 
Standard of Excellence in, 129— 
Standard Weight of, 245—Turkeys, 
Success in Raising. 139—Turkeys, 
Training, 245 — Water Fowls, 
Breeding in Large Flocks, 285- 
Winter Care of, 48-2 *408—Wheat 
Screenings for, 282. 
Prairie land—Breaking up_131-221 
Premiums — 4-389-390-391-392 396-397 
-436-437. 
Premium s—Splen did.354-398 
Propagating from Green Wood 213 
Pruning and Pinching—Summer.221 
Pruning—Var. Produced by.298 
Publishing House—New.87 
Queries—An Amateur’s 47—A String 
of, 6-47—Sundry, 213. 
Quince, Culture and Varieties, * 145 
—More Wanted by Planters, 453. 
Rabbits in the Orchard......._ 7 
Radish—Rat-tailed.1.319 
Radishes—Winter.319 
Rag Carnet—Mending a.4IS 
Rail-roacls—Assistance to Farmers 
20S—And Horticulture, 248. 
Raspberry—An Odd.320 
Raspberry—The Naomi.319 
Rats—How to get Rid of..106 
Red-root—Destroy.321 
Refrigerators for the Farm liouse2S6 
Reid’s Nursery.355 
“ Religious Items ’’—The Tribune’s, 
47. 
Residences—Two Country.399 
Rhubarb—Forcing.455 
li h ub ar b—T u r k ey.128 
Rinderpest in Belgium. 48 
Roads and Highways—Farm and 
Lawn, 1* 16. 
Roman Farm-yard Scene.*..166 
Roofing. 9 
Rooks..358 
Root Crops for Feeding.182 
Root Crops—Thinning .2*..283 
Roots—Cost of Raising.319 
Rose Leaves. 6 
Rotary Spader.492 
Rotation—Defect in Penn.411 
Rotations for N. E. and the East, 450 
Rotten Root. 49 
Ruta-bagas.131 
Rye—Winter.367 
s 
Sabbath Schools—For. 46 
Sabbath School Index.129 
Salad Dressing—Lettuce.228 
Salmon Hatching In N. II.172 
Salmon—Rapid Growth of.132 
Salsify and Parsnips.439 
Salt around Gate Posts. 7 
Sample of Hundreds of Letters. ..168 
Sandwiches.......41S 
Sausage Meat—Keeping.249 
Save the Earliest.146 
Savings Banks and Farmers.285 
Saw-dust—Pine.249 
Saw Filing.*..134 
Scales—Farm, Very Useful.298 
Scales—Shuler’s Family.247 
Scarifier for Root Crops.*..254 
Scraps or Scrap-cake—Feeding. .132 
Sea-side Fare—The Clam, 2* 335— 
The Crab, 2* 299—The Lobster, 
* 263 — The Mussel, 2* 457 —The 
Quahog, 2 * 373—Scallops, 2* 417, 
