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Advice to the Cook | 9 | |
Apples, To Cook | 73 | |
„„No. 2 | 73 | |
„„No. 3 | 74 | |
„„No. 4 | 74 | |
„„No. 5 | 74 | |
„„No. 6 | 74 | |
Apple Trifle | 74 | |
„Jelly | 82 | |
„Drink | 92 | |
„Beer | 92 | |
Apricot Preserve | 82 | |
„„No. | 82 | |
Apricots, To Preserve Green | 83 | |
Asparagus | 48 | |
Baking Meats | 15 | |
Bachelor’s Supper | 55 | |
Bandicoot | 42 | |
Banana Fritters | 75 | |
„Custard | 75 | |
Beans, Harricot, To Cook | 47 | |
„French, To Pickle | 87 | |
Beef, Hints about | 16 | |
„Roast, with Lemon Juice | 16 | |
Beefsteak, To Cook a | 17 | |
Beef Tea | 33 | |
„„for a Delicate Stomach | 33 | |
Beetroot, To Prepare | 47 | |
„No. 2 | 48 | |
„Pickle | 89 | |
Biscuits, Light | 56 | |
„Rice | 56 | |
„Currant | 56 | |
„Arrowroot | 56 | |
„Oatmeal | 56 | |
„Good | 56 | |
„Spoon | 56 | |
„Gingerbread Nuts | 57 | |
„Short | 57 | |
„Sweet | 57 | |
„Crisps | 57 | |
„Rusks | 57 | |
„Vanilla Drops | 57 | |
Bitters, Home Made | 95 | |
Boiling Meats | 18 | |
Braised Rump | 27 | |
Bread, To Make | 49 | |
„Made with Brewer’s Yeast | 52 | |
Breakfast Pops | 55 | |
Broth, Savoury | 31 | |
„Mutton | 33 | |
„Onion | 33 | |
Buns, Breakfast | 55 | |
Cabbage | 98 | |
„To Boil | 46 | |
Cakes, Meat | 24 | |
„Currant | 57 | |
„Sponge | 58 | |
„Family | 59 | |
„Drop | 59 | |
„Seed | 59 | |
„Gingerbread | 59 | |
„Rice | 60 | |
„Bread | 59 | |
„Short | 60 | |
„Maize Meal | 60 | |
„ Johnny | 60 | |
„Hoe | 60 | |
„Cheap Luncheon | 60 | |
„Tea | 60 | |
„Afternoon Tea | 60 | |
„Honey | 60 | |
„Bushman’s | 60 | |
„White | 61 | |
„Princess | 61 | |
„Funnel | 61 | |
„Maderia | 61 | |
„American Tea | 61 | |
„Chocolate | 61 | |
„Rice, for Nursery | 61 | |
„A Rich | 62 | |
„Wedding and Birthday | 62 | |
„Sugar | 63 | |
„A Simple | 63 | |
„Ginger | 63 | |
„Jam Roll | 63 | |
„Meringues | 63 | |
„Short Bread | 63 | |
„Victoria Sandwich | 63 | |
„Spoon | 64 | |
„Custard | 64 | |
„Cheese, Lemon | 66 | |
Calf’s Head, Baked | 16 | |
Candied Fruit | 85 | |
Carried Meals | 97 | |
Carrots à la France | 47 | |
Cauliflower | 46 | |
Cheese, Toasted | 98 | |
Cherries and Plums, To Dry | 85 | |
Chicken, Fricassed | 44 | |
„Potted | 44 | |
Chinese Dish | 72 | |
Chili Beer | 94 | |
Chocolate Creams | 86 | |
Chutney, No. 1 | 90 | |
„Another | 90 | |
Citrons, To Preserve | 80 | |
Claret Cup | 95 | |
Cocoanut Custard | 95 | |
Cold Meat Dishes | 22 | |
Cookery, A Course of | 9 | |
Cornflour and Arrowroot | 73 | |
Cream, Banana | 95 | |
„Coffee | 95 | |
„Devonshire | 96 | |
„„ | 96 | |
„Lemon | 96 | |
„Puffs | 66 | |
Cucumbers, Small, to Pickle | 87 | |
„Young„ | 88 | |
„Boiled | 48 | |
Curry | 23 | |
„Egg | 23 | |
„Herring | 39 | |
„Crayfish | 39 | |
Custard, for Cake | 64 | |
„Boiled | 72 | |
Damper, A | 53 | |
Egg Plant, To Cook | 47 | |
Eggs and Milk | 76 | |
Eggs Anchovy | 76 | |
Eschallots, To Pickle | 87 | |
„About | 89 | |
„Pickled | 89 | |
Figs, to Dry | 85 | |
Fish Soups, Forcemeat for | 39 | |
„Baked in Vinegar | 39 | |
„Baked | 39 | |
„Cold, To Make up | 39 | |
„Frying | 37 | |
„Boiling | 38 | |
Flying Fox, The | 42 | |
Fowl, Stewed | 43 | |
Forcemeat for Stuffing | 17 | |
Fried Bread | 55 | |
Fritters, Sour Milk | 76 | |
Fruit Compote | 75 | |
„To Bottle or Can, No. 1 | 77 | |
„„„No. 2 | 77 | |
„To Preserve without Sugar | 78 | |
Game and Poultry | 40 | |
Ginger Ale | 94 | |
„Beer | 92 | |
„„ | 93 | |
„„ small quantity | 94 | |
„„ Powders | 94 | |
„Sham | 84 | |
Goose, Boiled | 43 | |
„Wild | 41 | |
Gravy, Rich Brown | 35 | |
„Common | 35 | |
„White | 36 | |
„for Hashes, &c. | 36 | |
Gravies and Sauces | 35 | |
Grapes, To Preserve | 84 | |
Guavas | 74 | |
Hams, Baking | 17 | |
„Boiling | 19 | |
Herbs, Mixed | 91 | |
„Dried | 91 | |
Haricot | 25 | |
„Very Good | 25 | |
Hop Beer | 92 | |
„„Good | 93 | |
„„ | 93 | |
Hop or Sugar Beer | 92 | |
Ibis, The | 41 | |
„Stewed | 41 | |
Ice, Home-made | 96 | |
Icing for Wedding Cake | 62 | |
Jelly for Invalids | 97 | |
Jelly, Calves’ Feet | 96 | |
Joints, To Stuff | 17 | |
Kidneys, Sheep’s, To Cook | 18 | |
Lemon Honey | 86 | |
„Wine | 94 | |
„Sponge | 97 | |
„Syrup | 92 | |
Lemon or Lime Juice, To Preserve | 78 | |
Lemonade | 92 | |
„Good | 93 | |
Lilly Pilly | 80 | |
Liver, Devilled | 44 | |
Macaroni with Steak | 17 | |
„with Kidney | 26 | |
Maitre d’ Hotel Butter | 36 | |
Mandarins, To Preserve | 81 | |
Meat Olives | 25 | |
„Potted | 21 | |
„Pudding, Scrap | 23 | |
Melon Rind, Preserved | 84 | |
„„„another way | 84 | |
Melted Butter | 36 | |
„„Made with Milk | 36 | |
Mince Meat, Simple | 66 | |
„„without Meat | 67 | |
„„for Large Family | 67 | |
Mushrooms | 48 | |
„Baked | 48 | |
„Stewed | 49 | |
„Broiled | 49 | |
„Ketchup | 90 | |
Mustard Pickle | 88 | |
„„ | 86 | |
Mullet Baked | 39 | |
Mutton, Boiled Leg of | 19 | |
„Chops | 98 | |
„Slices | 26 | |
„Stewed Shoulder of | 26 | |
Night Shade or Blackberry | 80 | |
Onions, Boiled | 46 | |
„Stuffed | 46 | |
„Stewed | 99 | |
„To Pickle | 89 | |
Omelette Bread | 76 | |
„Souffle | 76 | |
Oranges, To Preserve | 83 | |
Orange Wine | 95 | |
Orange and Lemon Peel, To Candy | 85 | |
Oysters, Stewed | 39 | |
Panada, Mixed with Forcemeat | 17 | |
Parsnips | 48 | |
Pancakes, with Jam | 64 | |
Parsley, To Fry | 91 | |
Pastry | 64 | |
„Suet | 65 | |
Paste, A Rich | 65 | |
„Puff | 65 | |
„Potato | 65 | |
Patties, Custard | 65 | |
Pates de foie Gras | 21 | |
Peas | 46 | |
„To Preserve Green | 84 | |
„Stewed | 49 | |
Peach Essence | 86 | |
„Brandy | 75 | |
„and Rice | 75 | |
„Meringue | 75 | |
Picnics, What to Take | 99 | |
„Hints about | 100 | |
„Beef | 100 | |
„A Children’s | 101 | |
Pickling | 86 | |
Pickles, Good | 87 | |
Pie Melon Conserve | 82 | |
Pie Pumpkin | 69 | |
„Lemon | 68 | |
Pig Weed | 48 | |
Pigeons, To Stew | 43 | |
Pineapple, To Preserve | 81 | |
„Conserve | 81 | |
Porridge | 73 | |
Potatoes, To Boil | 45 | |
„Stoved | 45 | |
„Rissoles | 45 | |
„New | 46 | |
„Sweet | 46 | |
Poultry and Game | 40 | |
„Baking | 42 | |
„To Stuff | 43 | |
Preserves, Making | 78 | |
Puddings, Baked | 67 | |
„Boiled | 69 | |
„Christmas | 69 | |
„Yorkshire | 68 | |
„Victoria | 68 | |
„Marmalade | 68 | |
„„ | 72 | |
„Lemon | 68 | |
„Chocolate | 68 | |
„Candied Peel | 68 | |
„Cheese | 68 | |
„Boston | 72 | |
„Good Boiled | 72 | |
„Plum, for Everyday | 69 | |
„Sunday | 69 | |
„„another | 70 | |
„Sultana | 70 | |
„Light Suet | 70 | |
„“Z” | 70 | |
„Ginger | 71 | |
„French | 70 | |
„Cold Fruit | 74 | |
„„ Peach | 70 | |
„Black | 21 | |
„White | 22 | |
Pumpkin | 48 | |
Puffs | 54 | |
Raspberry, Wild | 80 | |
„Vinegar | 93 | |
Rhubarb Jam | 83 | |
Rice, To Boil | 71 | |
„and Cocoanut | 71 | |
Rice, Frosted | 71 | |
„Savoury | 71 | |
„„another | 71 | |
Rissoles | 24 | |
Rolls, French | 52 | |
Round, To Bake a | 16 | |
„Boiled, Mrs. Lance’s Xmas. | 19 | |
„of Beef, To Boil a | 20 | |
Sausage, German | 21 | |
Sauce, Plain Parsley | 36 | |
„Caper, To Imitate | 36 | |
„Mayonnaise | 36 | |
„Mint | 37 | |
„Horse Radish | 37 | |
„For Cold Meat | 37 | |
„For Boiled Puddings | 72 | |
Sago Mould | 71 | |
„Another | 71 | |
Scones | 53 | |
„Fried | 54 | |
„The Best | 54 | |
„Another | 54 | |
„Drop | 54 | |
Sea Birds, Small | 41 | |
Sheep’s Trotters, Stewed | 27 | |
Soda Loaf, Plain | 53 | |
Soups | 27 | |
Soup, Thick | 98 | |
„Macaroni | 31 | |
„Vermicelli | 31 | |
„Sago | 31 | |
„Vegetable | 31 | |
„Carrot | 31 | |
„Mulligatawny | 32 | |
„Hare | 32 | |
„Giblet | 32 | |
„Wild Duck | 32 | |
„a la Julienne | 32 | |
„Barley | 32 | |
„Potato | 33 | |
„Clear | 33 | |
„Pea | 33 | |
„Bush Pease | 34 | |
„Egg | 34 | |
„Bean | 34 | |
„Potato | 34 | |
„Croute au Pot | 33 | |
„Tomato | 34 | |
„„ | 24 | |
„Meat Essence, for | 34 | |
Soups and Gravies, Thickening for | 35 | |
„White Thickening for | 35 | |
Stock, Cheap | 31 | |
„To Make Quickly | 31 | |
„For Clear Soup | 31 | |
„Vegetable | 32 | |
Spice Loaf | 55 | |
Stewing and Braising | 24 | |
Stew, Irish | 25 | |
Steak, Boiled Boiled | 21 | |
„Stewed | 25 | |
„„No. 2 | 25 | |
Syrup for Preserving | 77 | |
Tapioca and Fruit Syrup | 73 | |
Tarts, Custard | 66 | |
Tartlets, a Good Mixture for | 66 | |
Tomato | 46 | |
„Baked | 46 | |
„Stuffed | 47 | |
„Toast | 47 | |
„Stewed with Gravy | 47 | |
„Preserve | 82 | |
„Jam | 83 | |
„„Very Good | 83 | |
„„Green | 83 | |
„Pickles | 88 | |
„„Green | 88 | |
„„ | 88 | |
„Vinegar | 88 | |
„Sauce | 90 | |
„„Another | 90 | |
Toffee Molasses | 86 | |
Tongues, Baked | 17 | |
Tripe, To Cook | 26 | |
„and Onions, Stewed | 90 | |
Turkey, Boiled | 43 | |
Veal, Boiled | 19 | |
„Stewed | 25 | |
„Stew | 26 | |
Vanilla and Oysters | 26 | |
Vegetables | 45 | |
Vegetable Marrow Stuffed | 46 | |
„„Boiled | 48 | |
„„Jam | 83 | |
Vegetables, Fried | 49 | |
Vegetarian’s Dish | 49 | |
Vinegar, To Make | 89 | |
„For Salads, Prepared | 89 | |
Wallaby, Stewed | 42 | |
Wedding Cake | 62 | |
Yam | 48 | |
Yeast, Potato | 52 | |
THE HOUSEHOLD. | ||
Ant’s Nests, To Get Rid of | 116 | |
Ammonia and Its Uses | 119 | |
Banana Stains | 111 | |
Blackboard, Paint for a | 169 | |
Boots, Old, To Patch | 112 | |
„Kid, To Preserve | 114 | |
Brass and Copper, To Clean | 116 | |
Brooms | 117 | |
Candles, Home Made | 118 | |
Carpets, To Clean | 112 | |
Cement for Mending China | 115 | |
Chamois Leather, To Wash | 116 | |
Chimney, To Put Fire Out | 116 | |
Cleaning Cooking Utensils | 115 | |
Cockroach Poison | 116 | |
Collars & Cuffs, To Make Stiff, Glossy | 107 | |
Copper, To Clean a | 104 | |
Coral Discoloured, To Clean | 114 | |
Dry Earth | 117 | |
French Polish | 110 | |
French Polished Furniture Renovator | 110 | |
Fruit Stains from Linen | 111 | |
Furniture Polish | 110 | |
„a Good | 110 | |
Furniture, Old, To Clean | 110 | |
Furs, To Clean | 116 | |
Glass, To Prevent Cracking | 111 | |
Grease Marks fron Wall Papers | 111 | |
Harness, To Preserve | 112 | |
Ink Spots | 111 | |
Ironmould Stains | 111 | |
Ivory Ornaments, To Clean | 115 | |
Jewellery Tarnished, To Restore | 114 | |
Kerosene, Its Uses | 104 | |
Knife Handles, To Fix | 115 | |
Lamps | 115 | |
„Cement for Sticking Tops | 115 | |
Lye, To Make | 106 | |
Mackintosh, To Make a | 113 | |
Marble, Black, To Polish | 115 | |
Meerschaum, To Color a | 111 | |
Mildew, To Take Out | 111 | |
Moths, Silver Fish, &c. | 112 | |
„To Keep Away | 112 | |
Mounting Shells, Ferns, &c. | 116 | |
Mulberry Stains | 111 | |
Oil, Machine | 118 | |
„ Shark | 118 | |
Oilcloth, To Restore | 111 | |
Oil Paintings, To Clean, No. 1 | 117 | |
„„No. 2 | 117 | |
Painting | 109 | |
Paint a Bush Room | 110 | |
Perfume for Linen Presses | 115 | |
Picture Frames, Gilt, To Clean | 114 | |
Portmanteau, To Color | 118 | |
Purify a Room, To | 114 | |
„Vessels lying by | 114 | |
Rats, To get Rid of | 116 | |
Shells, To Polish | 113 | |
Shoes, Patent Leather, To Clean | 114 | |
„Tan, To Clean | 114 | |
Soap Jelly | 105 | |
„ Household, No. 1 | 105 | |
„„No. 2 | 105 | |
„„No. 3 | 105 | |
„„No. 4 | 106 | |
„ Arsenical | 118 | |
Sponge, To Clean a | 113 | |
„„No. 2 | 113 | |
Sponge, To Cure and Bleach | 113 | |
Starching Shirts, About | 107 | |
Starch for Shirts | 108 | |
Starch a Shirt, How to | 108 | |
Staining | 109 | |
„Floors | 109 | |
„Wood Black | 109 | |
„„No. 2 | 109 | |
Stain Wood, To | 109 | |
„Rosewood, For | 109 | |
„Mahogany, For | 109 | |
„Wood Black, To | 109 | |
Stains, To Remove | 111 | |
Straw Hats, To Clean | 113 | |
Tar Stains | 111 | |
Things Worth Knowing | 120 | |
Turpentine | 119 | |
Varnish, Bush | 109 | |
Washing | 102 | |
Wash Boys’ Tweed Clothes, To | 106 | |
„ Coloured Fabrics, To | 106 | |
„ Blues and Greens, To | 107 | |
„ Coloured Flannels, To | 107 | |
„ Blankets, How to, No. 1 | 107 | |
„„„No. 2 | 107 | |
„ Black Lace, To | 107 | |
„ Tweed Suits | 119 | |
Waterproof a Horse Rug, To | 111 | |
„Calico, To | 118 | |
„Boots for Sportsman | 112 | |
Whitewash, A Good | 110 | |
Windows, To Wash | 116 | |
FANCY WORK. | ||
Baskets and Boxes, Fancy | 127 | |
„Simple Work | 130 | |
„Alum | 132 | |
Bodice, Lady’s (Crotchet) | 127 | |
Boots, Baby’s, To Knit | 125 | |
Carpentry for Young Ladies | 132 | |
Coral, Old, To Utilise | 123 | |
Coral Baskets | 125 | |
Cosy, A Tea | 129 | |
Crazy Work | 128 | |
Crystalize Grass and Leaves for Ornaments | 131 | |
Drawings, Chalk and Pencil, To Fix | 133 | |
Dolls, Useful | 135 | |
Dresses, Fancy | 137 | |
Frame, A Cork | 126 | |
Flowers, Fish Scale | 133 | |
„Dahlia, The | 134 | |
„Geranium, The | 134 | |
„Rose, The | 134 | |
„Jessamine, The | 135 | |
Fringe, Knitted | 125 | |
„A Good | 127 | |
„For Knitted Quilt | 128 | |
Glass, To Frost | 123 | |
Hanging Vases | 123 | |
Ivory, Imitation | 125 | |
Jacket, A Baby’s | 123 | |
Lamp Shade | 124 | |
Marble, Artificial | 125 | |
Mats, Dinner | 123 | |
Mats for the floor | 129 | |
Muslin, Spotted | 128 | |
Ornaments, Bamboo | 133 | |
Perfume Jars | 123 | |
Pictures, To Varnish | 125 | |
Pincushion, A Pretty | 132 | |
„Hair | 132 | |
Quilt, Knitted | 124 | |
Stocking for a Boy | 129 | |
Tablecloth, An Oriental | 126 | |
„A Novel | 128 | |
Tam o’ Shanter (Crochet) | 126 | |
Woollen Shawls, To Clean | 124 | |
Wattle Work | 131 | |
THE TOILET. | ||
Complexion, The | 139 | |
„Wash, after Illness | 142 | |
„To Cure a Rough Blotched | 143 | |
„Hints | 143 | |
Face, The | 138 | |
Face Cream | 142 | |
Feet, The | 146 | |
Freckles | 139 | |
„For, No. 1 | 142 | |
„„ No. 2 | 142 | |
Hints for the Toilet | 145 | |
Hands, The | 143 | |
„Soap for Whitening the | 144 | |
„Pomade to Whiten | 144 | |
Hair, The | 144 | |
„ A Good Wash | 145 | |
„ Pomade for | 145 | |
„ Lotion | 145 | |
„ To Keep in Curl | 145 | |
„ A Good Wash | 145 | |
„ A Good Tonic | 145 | |
Mosquito Bites, To Prevent | 141 | |
Scent, Orange Flower | 141 | |
Scurf in the Head | 145 | |
Skin, To Soften | 142 | |
„ A Shiny | 143 | |
Sunburn, To Take Off | 142 | |
„To Remove | 142 | |
MEDICAL. | ||
Asthma | 158 | |
„Mixture | 159 | |
Biliousness | 154 | |
Bites of Reptiles | 165 | |
Bleeding at the Nose | 160 | |
Boils, For | 168 | |
Breath, Offensive | 166 | |
Bruises | 161 | |
Bunions | 164 | |
Chilblains, a Cure for | 161 | |
Coffee as a Stimulant | 160 | |
Convulsions | 156 | |
Cold, a Severe | 167 | |
„ a Cure for | 167 | |
Cough, An Irritable | 167 | |
„ Mixture | 167 | |
Cramp, For | 167 | |
Diarrhœa, Dysentery | 155 | |
Drunkard, To Cure a | 166 | |
Earache | 162 | |
Faceache | 167 | |
Feet, For Offensive | 167 | |
Fomentations, Hot | 165 | |
Health, Rules for | 147 | |
Headaches | 154 | |
Heartburn | 167 | |
Health, Hints for | 167 | |
Hiccough, To Stop | 160 | |
Insects, To Remove from Ear | 168 | |
Lice, &c., To Remove from Hair | 168 | |
Linseed Tea | 162 | |
Lime Water | 159 | |
Management of the Sick | 151 | |
Milk as a Stimulant | 162 | |
Mouth, An Ulcerated | 168 | |
Mustard Poultices | 159 | |
„Emetic | 159 | |
Neuralgia | 154 | |
Perspiration | 165 | |
„Unpleasant | 165 | |
Pimples on the Face | 166 | |
Poisons | 157 | |
Pulse, The | 160 | |
Purify Air in Newly-painted rooms | 162 | |
Rest | 167 | |
Ringworm | 163 | |
Rheumatism | 159 | |
Rusty Nails, Wounds rom | 167 | |
Salt and Water | 162 | |
Sarsparilla | 161 | |
Scalds and Burns | 160 | |
Seasickness, Remedy for | 162 | |
Sewing Up Wounds | 159 | |
Simple Remedies | 159 | |
Sick Room, to Keep a Slow Fire | 167 | |
Sores on the Feet | 159 | |
Sore Throat, Good Remedy, a | 160 | |
Soap for Sores and Old Wounds | 163 | |
Sprains | 159 | |
Stammering | 164 | |
Sleeplessness, a Cure for | 161 | |
Sting, a Wasp | 165 | |
Surplus Hairs from Face or Body, To Remove | 161 | |
Swimming | 169 | |
Tender Feet | 164 | |
Teeth, How to Brush the | 161 | |
„ To Stop | 163 | |
„ To Remove Tartar | 168 | |
Toenails Ingrowing, To Treat | 163 | |
Tonic | 165 | |
„ A Good | 159 | |
Typhoid, Cure for | 164 | |
Voice, to Strengthen | 162 | |
Warts, To Take Away | 164 | |
Water, Pure | 166 | |
„ To Cleanse | 166 | |
Whitlow, To Cure a | 161 | |
„„No. 2 | 162 | |
Whooping Cough | 156 | |
FARMING. | ||
Practical Advice regarding | … 176 to 192 | |
BUILDING and DECORATING. | ||
Armchair, An | 210 | |
Book Shelves and Writing Table | 206 | |
Basket, A Good Clothes | 210 | |
Drapery for Mantelpiece | 206 | |
Four-roomed House, To Build | 193 | |
Fire Screens | 207 | |
House Building | 192 | |
Home, The, To Beautify | 205 | |
Horns | 210 | |
Leaves, Skeleton | 207 | |
Lustroleum | 209 | |
Newspapers, A Pocket For | 211 | |
Ottoman, A Centre | 209 | |
Paint, A Good Bush | 204 | |
Paint, Cheap, For Fences | 204 | |
Papering | 211 | |
Piles and Posts, To Preserve | 205 | |
Posts and Palings„ | 205 | |
Pockets, For Walls | 212 | |
Shells, To Clean and Polish | 210 | |
Table, A Dressing | 210 | |
Timber for Four-roomed House | 198 | |
„Five„ | 203 | |
Timber, To Measure | 204 | |
Tools | 194 | |
To Preserve | 205 | |
Upholstery | 208 | |
Wardrobe, A Curtain | 209 | |
Wash Colour for Out-Buildings | 204 | |
Whitewash for Farm Buildings | 204 | |
Wood, To Preserve | 205 | |
SCIENTIFIC FARMING. | ||
Arrowroot | 225 | |
Cabbages | 227 | |
Clover | 216 | |
Farmer, The Young | 176 | |
Farming Hints | 214 | |
Haymaking, Hints On | 217 | |
Lucerne | 216 | |
Onions | 227 | |
Peas | 228 | |
Potato Growing | 226 | |
Pumpkins, Melons, &c. | 228 | |
Rape, To Grow | 218 | |
Silage Stacks | 219 | |
Tobacco Growing | 220 | |
„Cultivation | 221 | |
„To Make | 222 | |
Tomatoes | 228 | |
Vegetables Seeds Sowing | 227 | |
THE ORCHARD. | ||
Budding | 230 | |
Barrel Run Without a Truck | 241 | |
Fruit Trees— | ||
The Orange | 233 | |
Orange Growing | 239 | |
The Peach | 234 | |
„ Quince | 235 | |
„ Pear | 235 | |
„ Apple | 235 | |
„ Grape | 237 | |
Fruit Trees, A Word About | 239 | |
„A Good Wash For | 239 | |
„Scales and Insects | 240 | |
FLOWER GARDEN. | ||
Cuttings, To Strike | 245 | |
Flower Garden, Hints About | 243 | |
„Ponds and Tubs | 244 | |
Fernery Pot Plants | 247 | |
Grafting | 239 | |
Gardening | 250 | |
Planting Trees | 229 | |
Pruning | 233 | |
Strawberries, How To Plant | 240 | |
Summer House, A Rustic | 246 | |
The Fuchsia | 242 | |
„ Musk | 244 | |
„ Begonia | 245 | |
Window Ornament | 245 | |
THE DAIRY. | ||
Butter, Sweet, To Keep for Market | 255 | |
„To Keep Cool | 255 | |
„Hints About | 255 | |
Cow, Good Points of a | 252 | |
„ To Tell the Age of a | 253 | |
„ Management of a | 253 | |
„ Hints About | 253 | |
Cheese Making | 254 | |
Churning | 255 | |
Dairy Buildings | 252 | |
DOCTORING STOCK. | ||
For Mange in Dogs | 271 | |
Feeding Horses While Hot | 272 | |
Horse Feed | 272 | |
Jibbing or Baulking Horses | 271 | |
Remedy for Worms in Sheep | 270 | |
„„„„ Horses | 269 | |
Swelled Sheep and Cattle | 269 | |
Sprains or Bruises in Cattle or Horses | 269 | |
Scum on Animal’s Eyes | 270 | |
To Feel the Pulse of Farm and Domestic Animals | 268 | |
Tape Worms in Lambs | 270 | |
To Keep Insects Out of Sheep Skins | 271 | |
To Tame the Wildest Horse | 272 | |
Worms in Horses | 269 | |
POULTRY NOTES. | ||
Bumble Foot in Fowls | 256 | |
Eating Their Eggs | 257 | |
Food Supply for a Given Number | 257 | |
Hints About Poultry | 258 | |
Preserving Eggs | 259 | |
To Test Fresh Eggs | 259 | |
To Preserve Eggs in Salt | 260 | |
Uses of Eggs | 261 | |
HAM and FISH CURING. | ||
Bacon Curing | 262 | |
„ To Cure Dry | 263 | |
Brine for Pork | 267 | |
„ Good, for Pork | 267 | |
Fish Curing | 264 | |
Hams, To Cure | 263 | |
„„No. 2 | 264 | |
SKIN CURING. | ||
To Cure Opossum Skins | 274 | |
„„„No. 2 | 274 | |
„Kangaroo Skins | 274 | |
„Skins for Rugs | 275 | |
To Tan Bear or Platypus Skins, &c. | 274 | |
„and Colour Sheep Skins | 275 | |
„Sheep Skins | 275 | |
To Bleach Sheep Skins White | 275 | |
To Keep Weevils Out of Skins | 276 | |
To Scour Wool | 276 | |
Bird Skinning and Stuffing | 276 | |
Curing Emu Skins | 280 | |
To Purify Feathers | 280 | |
To Preserve Bird Skins, No. 1 | 280 | |
„„„No. 2 | 280 |
ODD ITEMS FOR THE FARM | 281 to 284 |