The Prairie Farmer
ESTABLISHED IN 1841.
ENTIRE SERIES: Vol. 56—No. 5.
PRICE, $2.00 PER YEAR, IN ADVANCE.
CHICAGO, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 1884.
[Transcriber’s Note: The Table of Contents was originally located onpage 72 of the periodical. It has been moved here for ease of use.]
THE CONTENTS OF THIS NUMBER.
Agriculture—Selection of a Site for a Park, Page 65;Fresh Meat for the Farm, 65-66; Farmers’ CommunicativeSociety, 66; Botany for Farm Boys, 66; Diogenesin His Tub, 66; How He Likes Dakota, 66; TheUse of Salt, 66-67; Woven Paling Fences, 67; IllinoisState Fair, 67; From Central Kansas, 67; Field andFurrow Items, 67.
Horticulture—The Farmer’s Garden, Page 70; OurFuture Orchards, 70-71; The Model Illinois Nursery,71; The Basket Willow, 71.
Poultry Notes—What Ails the Pullets? Page 74;That Duck Farm, 74; From New Hampshire, 74.
The Apiary—Corn-silk Protection, Page 74; FeedingBack, 74; Bee Pasturage, 74.
Literature—Logic, Poem, Page 78; Don’t Wait,Poem, 78; The Curfew Heroine, 78; Items, 78.
Humorous—Old Shoes, Poem, Page 79; An ObstinateWife, 79; Wanted Weather Strips, 79; It’s a Telephone,79; An Emergency, 79; Items, 79.
Scientific—The Brilliant Sunsets, Page 75.