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THE

WISCONSIN FARMER,

AND

NORTHWESTERN CULTIVATOR;

DEVOTED TO

Agriculture, Horticulture, the Mechanic Arts and Rural Economy.

EMBELLISHED AND ILLUSTRATED WITH NUMEROUS ENGRAVINGS.

VOLUME XVII.

EDITED BY J. W. HOYT,

SECRETARY STATE AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY.

MADISON:

PUBLISHED BY C. M. CAMPBELL.

1865.

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Acres, number required to sup-
port population...

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Convention, Wool - Growers' at
Janesville,

Commissioner of Agriculture, re-
ply of.

43 Colleges, those "International".
72 Color-bearer, the (poetry).
73 Corn-syrup, a phial of..
76 Chicory,.

89 Colleges, International.

101 Cherries and grapes,.

103 Cattle, the deficiency.

104 Calves with sheep,.

189, 121 Cattle, horned

173, 147 Cattle, fattening of.

168 Chinamen in California,.

155 Clothes, black, to revive faded.

157 Cement,

157 Cabbages, how to grow..

157 Crops of 1863 and 1864,.

158 Creed, the farmers.

158 Canada thistle, the plow extermin-
ator of

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241 Calves, substitute for milk in rais-

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214 Cows, Alderny or Jersey.
245 Chickens, cure for gapes,

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European Travel, from editor's
note nook,
Elfin Queen, the (poem,)..
Ewes, heavy shearing from..
Engine, new steam.
Education and government..
Emigration, Northern to South,..
Eggs, facts about..
Eggs, nest

European Travel, from editor's
note book..

Experiments, utility of recording
European Travel, from editor's
note book..

England, hard hits at old..
Economy, domestic.

Enigmas, etc., 25, 60, 93, 121, 158,
188, 252, 254, 319, 350, 219
European Travel, from editor's
note book..

Eat, what shall we........
Education, American.
Every day, (poem,).

Eagles, old, and their nests,.

Ewe. a prolific...

Eggs, facts about laying,
Eggs, hens eating..
Education, Agricultural..
European Travel, from editor's
note book...

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Fleeces scoured

Feet, cure for corns in horses....
Flower garden in September..
Fruit growers attention! remedy
for winter killing trees..
Fodder, corn

Farmery, ornaments of the....
Fruit vs. liquor,

Fruit growing in North-west,
Fair, Illinois State..

Farm life, make attractive

Fair, Fond du Lac Co.,..

Farming, thought in.
Fowls, breeding...
Feet, children's

Fence, road, the question,.
Fans in France,..
Fodder, corn for
Flowers, making useful.
Flour, how to select...
Fruit, a new ladder
Flowers for perfume,
France, the Commerce of.
Farms, one of the...

Grant, U. S., (ill.)..

Gardens, old..
Grapes, best soil for.
Grapes and cherries,.
Gophers, how to catch
Girls, let them be girls..
Grass, when to cut....
Gymnasium, the.

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284 Gapes in chickens, sure cure.
302 Grub and scours in the head..
310 Grasses, a boquet of [ill.]..
312 Geese and ducks, large.
315 Graperies and horticultural build-
333 ings, Woodward's
413 Grass, Kentucky blue..
Gophers, way to kill..
346 Grape, Delaware
213 Graín. the binder

Grasses, mode of curing and pre-
serving.

Gramatical mistakes,..
222 Gapes in fowls

21 Grihnell, Jas. S. and the Ag. De-
23 partment...

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373 Horses, management of restive..
Horse, to start a baulky.

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149 Hop, method of cultivating.
150 Horses of the Desert,..
150 Hogs, whey for..

150 Horse, the thorough bred..

177 Hoof-rot, treating with creosote..
Hogs, Chester Co., white..
182 Horticulture in France,.
184 Homesteads, the old..
233 Horsemanship, .

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241 Hay, clover, for sheep,
243 Horses, linseed tea for sick..
260 Hoofs, remedy for cracked..
Horses,

264 Hogs, why eat ashes,
266 Hen stories,

268 Hives, experiment on size of...
271 Hedges, to manage evergreen
Horse, a large otter for ...
274 Horticultural society,..
293 Horse power,....
303 Humility,.

30 Heat, cure for prickley.

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Masterly farming, profits on light
soil,

22 Merinos, Silisean and Austrian,

43

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58 Mill, sugar..

Money order, P. O. system,.
Mexico, living in New..

379 Manufactures, domestic.

381 Mines, Wisconsin,..

91 Mineral veins,

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183

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338

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98 Mexico, letter from Judge Knapp 97

100 Mineral statistics of Great Britain
101 and Ireland, 1863,.

101 Missouri, climate and mineral re-

scources,

130 Mathematics, student without..
133 Meadows, queries concerning,etc.
133 Man, the, of one book,.

May Sun, the, [poem].

151 Manure, sheds for....

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152 Milk, to determine quantity and
155 quality of....

169

156 Milk, cows leaking.

173

163 Meadow, the Edinburgh water..

180

172 Mother and poet. [ poem ]...... 183

235 Minor Boy and his Monitor, ex
236 tract from..

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237 Madison, a visit to.

370 Miner boy and his monitor,.
370 Manufacfures and agriculture..
297 Meats, carrying across ocean..
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Potatoe, Garnets Chili, 38, 101, 130
Pruning, the art of...
Paper, the new material,
Potatoe, the....
Pear culture.

Pears and pumpkins, big.
Pansy, English, [ill.]..
Pear tree, the old.

Philosophy, natural.

Petroleum in Wisconsin,
Philosophy, household

Passiflora, Decaisneana, passion
flower, (ill.)...
Premium list of 1865,
Plants, culture of window
Physique of different States,.
Puzzle. the cent......
Plans and management,.
Pork, how to cut and trim

Potatoes, how to use diseased.
Pigs, weaning...

Pigs, clean and unclean.
Poultry, fattening of..
Poultry and onions,.
Plows, polishing..

Poultry, management of..
Power, horse.

Peach, originally.

Polly, [poetry.]

Pickles, making.

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Silesean Merino, [ill.].

Sheep, water for..

Stock, winter care of..

Sagar mill, Climax power, [ill.]..
Salt, is it a poison?

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Sherman, W. T. [ill.].
Socrates, his house.
Sorghum, convention, Wis..
Spinning wheel, patent pendulum
Sorgham, duties, seeds, &c.,..
Sorghum convention, Ohio...
Sorghum seed, testing..
Seek-no-further, Westfield,
Spader. Comstock's rotary.
Schools, our district..
Sorghum convention, Wis..

Sheep, winter management of.
Sheep. salt for..

Squash, yokohama.

Salt a poison? final answer,.
Sugar, sorghum....

Sheep, to prevent from eating
wool.

Sheep farmers, maxims for.
Strawberries, planting
Squashes, novel mode of grow-
ing...

Squashes, about winter..
South Down, (ill.].

Skin, the..

Starching bosoms and collars....
148 Story, a merchant's

154 Soldiers, a permanent home for
165 Wisconsin.
175 State, our own..

176 Soil, physical condition of..
179 Solon Robinson's new work.
179 Soil, cultivating the..
180 Sorghum seed, don't soak,.
278 Sheep with calves,
281 Sugar crop, Louisiana

Sheep, singular disease of.
306 Swine, driving.
331 Sleep, long

344 Soils, worn out sandy.

348 Sorghum machinery, proposals
350
for trial of

357 Sheep, fall management of..
357 Sheep, diseases of

358 Strawberries, all about.
367 Soap making,..

367 Sorghum machinery, proposals
369 for trial of....
370 Seeding, thin..

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199 Stock farms," how to make
204 heavy land

211 Sheep interest, the American...
372 Scours and grub in the head,
380 Strawberries, what shall we plant
383 Sorghum mills, correction,..
Straw, nutritive value of.
Sorghum syrup making...
Sheep, why all farmers should
17 keep..

22 Sheep, Cotswold,

Stock, care of in the fall.

106 Stock. lice on

109 Shearing, heavy from ewes.
179 Sheep disease,

186 Steam engine, remarkable new..
300 Sherman, Gen., at State Fair..
198 Sheep, age of for mutton.
199 Sheep, clover hay for
208 Sleep,

208 Social science association,
211 Stumps, eradication of....
379 Stump puller, a cheat,.
Straw, threshing without tangling
Sheep, Coloring Artificially
Sheep, training

3 Strawberry, Lennig's white
Strawberries, Russel's prolific and
Buffalo..

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119 Tools, garden..

120 Tillage, good, is manure
Tobacco for vermin,.

122 Tree-planters, mistakes of
128 Trees, shade...

128 Telegraph, the Atlantic cable.
129 Thistles, Canada..

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131 Trees, buying for winter.
132 Tomatoe vines, trellis for
133 Trees, growth of...

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371 Washing machine, another good. 310
195 Wet year, is every seventh a.
203 Willow, the [poem j.....

Wood, sawed vs. chopped

203 Window plants, culture of..

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202 Wool manufacturers' association 345

Wheat drilling,.

357

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305 Wool picking or biting, shedding

etc.,

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214 Wool, two-thirds waste.

365

Wheat, summer fallows for.

195

375 Wheat, when to cut.....

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Worm, the cut.....

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