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Title: Prairie Farmer, Vol. 56: No. 4, January 26, 1884
A Weekly Journal for the Farm, Orchard and Fireside

Author: Various

Release Date: August 11, 2009 [EBook #29665]

Language: English

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THE PRAIRIE FARMER

A Weekly Journal for

THE FARM, ORCHARD, AND FIRESIDE.

ESTABLISHED IN 1841.
ENTIRE SERIES: VOL. 56--NO. 4.

CHICAGO, SATURDAY, JANUARY 26, 1884.

PRICE, $2.00 PER YEAR,
IN ADVANCE.

[Transcriber's Note: The Table of Contents was originally located on
page 56 of the periodical. It has been moved here for ease of use.]

THE CONTENTS OF THIS NUMBER.

AGRICULTURE--Raising Onions, Page 49; Royalist 3d, 4500, 49; Illinois
Tile-Makers' Convention, 50-51; Better Management Needed, 51; Seed Corn
from South, 51; Field and Furrow Items, 51.

LIVE STOCK--Items, Page 52; Herd Books and Records, 52; Competing for
Sweepstake Prizes, 52; Raising Young Mules, 52.

THE DAIRY--Wisconsin Dairymen, Page 53.

VETERINARY--Impaction of the Paunch, Page 53;

HORTICULTURE--Lessons of 1883, Page 54; Illinois Hort. Society, 54;
Diogenes in His Tub, 54-55; Possibilities of Cherry Growing, 55;
Prunings, 55.

FLORICULTURE--Gleanings by an Old Florist, Page 55.

EDITORIAL--Items, Page 56; The Cost of Cold Winds, 56; Good Work at
Washington, 56-57; Wisconsin Meetings, 57; Answers to Correspondents,
57; Wayside Notes, 57; Letter from Champaign, 57.

POULTRY NOTES--Chicken Chat, Page 58; Chicken Houses, 58; Items, 58.

FORESTRY--Items, Page 59.

SCIENTIFIC--Official Weather Wisdom, Page 59; A Remarkable Electrical
Discovery, 59; Items, 59.

HOUSEHOLD--Christian Charity (Poetry), Page 60; Items, 60; The Night
Cap, 60; How to Treat a Boy, 60; Pamphlets, Etc., Received, 60; Compiled
Correspondence, 60.

YOUNG FOLKS--Jule Fisher's Rescue, Page 61.

LITERATURE--Between the Two Lights, Poem, Page 62; The Two Overcoats,
62.