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 on page 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’ Communicative Society, [66]; Botany for Farm Boys, [66]; Diogenes in His Tub, [66]; How He Likes Dakota, [66]; The Use of Salt, [66-67]; Woven Paling Fences, [67]; Illinois State Fair, [67]; From Central Kansas, [67]; Field and Furrow Items, [67].
Horticulture—The Farmer’s Garden, Page [70]; Our Future 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]; Feeding Back, [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 Obstinate Wife, [79]; Wanted Weather Strips, [79]; It’s a Telephone, [79]; An Emergency, [79]; Items, [79].
Scientific—The Brilliant Sunsets, Page [75].
Live Stock—Items, Page [68]; A Scare in Missouri, [68]; Public Sales of Stock, [68]; Remedy for Foot-and-Mouth Disease, [68].
The Dairy—The Wisconsin Dairymen, Page [68-69].
Editorial—Items, Page [72]; Mississippi Valley Horticultural Society, [72]; When It is Time to Resign, [72]; Locating the Minnesota State Fair, [72-73]; Wayside Notes, [73]; Letter from Champaign, [73]; An Eloquent Tribute, [73]; Selection of Site for a Park, [73].
Household—An Humble Confession (Poetry), Page [76]; Pyramidal Women, [76]; Give the Babies Water, [76]; Work for Little Fingers, [76].
Young Folks—The Legend of the Stork and the Babies (poetry), Page [77]; A Chat About Halifax, [77]; The Little Legislatures, [77]; Walking Canes, [77]; Items, [77].
News of the Week—Page [80].
Markets—Page [80].