THE PRAIRIE FARMER A Weekly Journal for THE FARM, ORCHARD AND FIRESIDE. ESTABLISHED IN 1841. ENTIRE SERIES: VOL. 56—NO. 5. CHICAGO, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 1884. PRICE, $2.00 PER YEAR, IN ADVANCE. [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. [Illustration: DREXEL BOULEVARD, CHICAGO—DESIGNED BY H. W. S. CLEVELAND.] SELECTION OF A SITE FOR A PARK. BY H. W. S. CLEVELAND. Few persons think of a park as anything but a place of recreation, a pleasure ground, and an ornamental appendage of a city. As a consequence, if it is proposed to create a park in any city, every suggestion that is offered in regard to its location is based upon the fact of its superior natural advantages; its picturesque character; its command of fine views, or the features of attractive interest it combines. Without denying the value of any of these elements, I wish to call attention to other objects which are rarely thought of, and yet are deserving of careful consideration in determining the location.