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Title: Prairie Farmer, Vol. 56: No. 1, January 5, 1884.
A Weekly Journal for the Farm, Orchard and Fireside

Author: Various

Release Date: January 14, 2006 [EBook #17512]

Language: English

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PRAIRIE FARMER

A Weekly Journal for

THE FARM, ORCHARD, AND FIRESIDE.

ESTABLISHED IN 1841.
ENTIRE SERIES: VOL. 56--NO. 1.

CHICAGO, SATURDAY, JANUARY 5, 1884.

PRICE, $2.00 PER YEAR,
IN ADVANCE.

[Transcriber's Note: Some pages in the original had the corner torn off.
Missing text has been marked [***].]

[Transcriber's Note: The Table of Contents was originally located on
page 8 of the periodical. It has been moved here for ease of use.]

THE CONTENTS OF THIS NUMBER.

AGRICULTURE--Tall Meadow Oat-Grass, Page 1; The Barbed-Wire
Business, 1-2; A Rambler's Letter, 2; Let Us Be Sociable, 2; Seed Corn
Again, 2; Field and Furrow, 3.

LIVE STOCK--Mr. Grinnell's Letter, Page 14; Prices of 1883, 4;
Docking Horses, 4; Items, 4.

THE DAIRY--Lessons in Finance for the Creamery Patron, Page 5.

VETERINARY--Fever, Page 5.

HORTICULTURE--Ill. Hort. Society, Page 6; A Short Sermon on a
Long Text, 6; Prunings, 6-7.

FLORICULTURE--Gleanings by an Old Florist, Page 7; Am I a Scot
or am I Not, Poetry, 7; Primitive Northwest, 7.

EDITORIAL--Items, Page 8; Seed Samples, 8; The Pork Question in
Europe, 8; Corn, Wheat, and Cotton, 8; Chicago in 1883, 9; Strong Drink,
9; Questions and Answers, 9; Wayside Notes, 9; Champaign Letter, 9.

POULTRY NOTES--Chat With Correspondents, Page 10; Feather Ends,
10.

THE APIARY--Keep Bees, Page 10; The New Bees, 10; Hive and
Honey Hints, 10.

SILK CULTURE--Women In Silk Culture, Page 11.

HOUSEHOLD--The Schoolmarm's Story, Poem, Page 12; A Chat About
the Fashions, 12; A Kitchen Silo, 12; Items, 12.

YOUNG FOLKS--Talk about the Lion, Page 13; A Jack-knife Genius,
13; Little Johnny, 13.

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