# Australian enquiry book of household and general information/Index

INDEX.
COOKERY.
page :
| 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 | … 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 |