THE

WISCONSIN FARMER,

AND

NORTH-WESTERN CULTIVATOR;

DEVOTED TO

AGRICULTURE, HORTICULTURE, THE MECHANIC ARTS, AND RURAL ECONOMY.

A.

Beer, diseases of,

9

Page.
Abdalaiva, (Egyptian melon.).... 216
Abuses of the Horse,.......8, 48, 94
old Horses, (illustrated).....
Abou Ben Adhem and the Angel,
Adobe as a building material,.... 263
African Imphe, Sugar from,..... 164
Age, the better. (poetry,)........ 514
Agriculture in Nicaragua,.......

27

in France,.......
and the Agriculturist,....

culture of,..........
256
Beef steak, how to broil,. 192
Beer, good wholesome,.......... 192
Better late than Lever,.......... 179
age, (poetry,)....
39
Firds, spare the,..
346
Blackberries, 60 bushels....
98
Blackberry, awton, (illustrated,) 139
talk,..
142
Black currants, how to keep,.... 225
89 Blight on pears.....
383
245 Bones, easy way to dissolve,..... 3
Borer and sap sucker,.
16
Bone spavin, how to cure,.......
Bots in horses......
Breeding from young nin als....
Breech loding ca nuon, (illus.)... 114
Brave boy,...

2
48
88

in Massachusetts,.

in England,.

243

.........................

232

Break ng he ice,.........
485
Broom corn, dwarf,.. .......484, 127
Bull, North Dutch, (illustrated,).. 380
Bulls, working,......
Biscuit, Grahm,...............
Burning straw again,.....
Burnside, Gen., (illustrated,)..... 230

209
13
450

INDEX TO VOLUME XIV.

in 1900, (poetry,).

Agricultural societies, 74, 82, 197,

399
79

278, 316, 372, 85,.
Legislators,
Papers, mission of,.. ....87. 160
Capabilities of Illinois,..
and Stat stical Bureau,..122, 124
Capital,...

117

206

119

College Act,..
..390, 470
Air, Sunshine and Health,.
273
Amber Wheat,...
American Pomological Society,... 296
Ensign, (poetry.)............... 312
Seedling Goosberry. (illus.).. 340
Steam Fire Cn. ine in England 345
musical instruments,.
508

America the Granary of the World 378
and Am Schools in England, 391
Animals, curry them,............ 186
174
language of...
for fattening,............331 381
Amusingames,..
10
Ants, how to keep away from hives 6
Apiary, January,...............
14
in September,............... 336
in November,............... 458
Apples, new use for,....

....

23
varieties,.....
58
unsuited to Wi-consin,...... 182
herdy, (illustrated.).......
341
Apple tree blight-cause and rem-
edy,..
18
Arab to the palm, (poetry,)...... 28
Arctic expedition in 1860,.....4, 105
Army consumption of wool....... 306
Association fr advancement of

.....

social science,........... 319
Ashes, leach-d..................................
123, 495
Atlantic telegraph,..........145, 468
Atmosphere, wonders of the,..... 50)
B.

.....

........

Page.

C.

358
......... 315
....... 163

California, the great orchards of,. 503
Calves, skim milk,...........129, 167
Canada, increase of farms in..... 494
Cannon, disabling,.....
Cannonade,..
Capt. Ericsson,...
Capture and trial of master
mousey. (poetry,)... ..226, 270
Cattle vs. sheep,...
207
...... 209
454
128
10
274

.....

horse distemper in,.
csoked food for,............
Vermin on,..........
Cataract,....
Carpets, care of,..
Children, punishment of,...
play for,.....

473
72
513
5
254
192
211
190
63
225
141

Cider apple, (illustrated,)...
Circums ances, making the best of 308
City ve.etable garden,....
214
Coal oil, origin of,....
24
to detect explosive,...... 220
151
...... 222
...... 111

Babie, (poetry,)...
474
Banks, General, (illustrated,).... 397
Bark tice,.....
295, 133, 17, 499
Battle of Autumn, (poetry,).. 396
of Shiloh....
..193, 194
Bee keeping, profits of,....... 5
important facts, Dr, Kirtland, 500
keeper's axioms,....
100
"calender for June,... 214
July,.... 256
August,,. 297
Sept.,.... 235

Coffee,...
Coffin, the little, (poetry,).
Co ds, how to avoid,..
Cold, effect of on seeds,.
24
Commodore Wilkes (illustrated,). 164
Commerce of the country, internal 63
Comb guides,....
...... 335
Compost heap, muck for,..
Congressional.....
moth,
239 Contributors,...
pasturage,.. ..........................256, 336
Beet root sugar..
126
Bees, random the ghts upon, 12,
55, 131, 212,.......
age of...

46
66

.....

255
13

Continental money,.............. 187
Contrabands of 8. C.,........... 314
Copper mining in 1861,.
Corks for preserve bottles,.
Corn, plowing among,..
fall plowing for.....
Cotton, flax,....

a successful wintering of,.... 56
care in March,....
100
care in April..
132
spring management, transpor-
tation,...
...175, 175

189
273
204
453
2
substitute for.... ..44, 495
famine in England, the,...... 495
and sorghum,...

.....

124

......

....

...

Page
285
a few words about,.......... 453
Country school house,..
109
Cows, care of before calving...... 53
care of a ter calving......... 130
milk fever in,............... 379
value of,.....

.... 455
Crooked footpath (roetry,)...... 394
44
Cranberries in swamp lands,.....
Crops in Kentuc-y,............ 6
Croup, treatment of........................................
(urious discovery,..........

514
22

D.

213 Cotton vs. flax,...

10
54

112

Da'ries and dairy farming........ 202
$5 Dahlia tubers, to preserve,....... 3 9
Dec. and some of its duties....... 401
Decisive battles of the world..... 73
Diptheria...
Disposition of soldiers on the eve
of battle,..
....... 232
Disinfecting agents,............... 312
Di-abling cannon,..
.... 358
District school clerk, experience of 66
Dog law,.....
..78, 279
Domestic economy, 28, 71, 150, 152,
192, 225, 311, 352,.
fish pond...
Doolittle or improved black cap
raspberiy,.......
Dress parade,.....
Dupont, Commodore, (illustrate,) 269
Dwarf broom corn,..
......127, 484
winter management of, .
...... 504

100
357

E.

403
327

Economise, a new way to,..
Economy and economising,..
Editor's trip to Europe,..... 234
travels in Europe,.......276, 319
Education of the farmer, ........ 471
military,.....

.. 511
Egg question, remarks on,....... 192
Eggs, packing,..

515
79

Elevator, new,..................................
Elm seed,..

263

199

Emancipation in D, C.,........
English agriculture,.

245

European travels, notes of, 276, 319
483

402....
Evergreens, rules for transplanting 217
Example, worthy fol owing,...... 239
Exhibition, the Great Internation-

al, opening of,.........234, 236
the great,......317, 319, 363, 445
Exports to Europe,....
21
Eyes, tearless,...
514

Facts,....
267
Failures of last year,............. 144
Fair this year,....
317
the Worlds, 39, 79,115.155,234, 319
453 Fairs, state and county, 399, 400,
478,.....
44 Fall plowing for corn, ........... 453
Farm stock, salt for,............. 7
168

36

479

stock, lice on,...
labor, make fashionable,..... 453
mortgage law,.....

155
machinery, improvements in,. 505
Fameuse, (ilustrated,).....
259
Farmer, valuable thoughts for,... 4
education of,................. 471
only a,...
....... 246
"Farmer," it pays to take it,..... 47