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INDEX.— THE  RURAL  NEW-YORKER. 
1892 
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H ogs,  Vegetarian .  f 8H 
Holstein  calves,  liaising.  In  Kentucky  8(12 
Poetry .  455 
Records,  Some .  423 
liolstelns,  Why  I  keep .  407 
Home  chance  In  Georgia .  506 
No  place  like .  609 
Home-made  educators . 518 
Products .  781 
Homestead  embrogllo.  The .  481 
Honey.  Adulterated .  406 
A  hot-bed  for . 374 
Hops,  Brewed,  for  a  fertilizer .  117 
Hornellsvllle  fair .  597 
Horns,  Killing  the  young .  395 
Those  horrible .  455 
Horse,  Bad  cough  In  a .  445 
Foundered.. .  637 
Grape  hoe.  The  Morgan .  433 
Head,  Selecting .  737 
Hip  soreness  in .  301 
Knee-sprung . . .  169 
Hump  on  ankle  of .  169 
Market,  The  New  York . 297 
Manure,  Value  of .  492 
Puffs  on  hock  Joints .  725 
Rupture  of  stomach  In .  253 
Should  It  be  taxed? . 167 
Show.  New  York .  781 
What  shall  It  stand  on? .  21 
Worms  In .  391 
Horses,  Cheap  food  for .  735 
Cost  and  care  of  In  winter .  83 
Docking  tails  of . 599 
Driving.  Winter  board  for .  85 
Farm,  Wintering .  38 
Fighting .  390 
Glanders  In . 381,  487 
Growth  on  eve  and  knee-sprung...  101 
Insane .  459 
Little,  with  big  values .  521 
Shoeing .  495 
Streetcar .  297 
Swelled  Jaw  In .  391 
Swimming  tank  for . 183 
That  will  sell .  395 
Wild . 663,  783 
Horticultural  Department  at  Cornell.  331 
Society.  Missouri .  66 
Hot-beds  without  manure . 139,  203 
House  fly.  Life  of  the .  557 
Where  It  blooms .  742 
How  dust  creeps  In .  390 
Some  folks  live . 873 
KnrraOM  not  rlob .  827 
I  became  an  ensilage  convert. .507  522 
Mrs.  Smith  managed  her  garden..  523 
To  keep  the  boys  on  the  farm .  566 
A  woman  won  success .  737 
Hurrah  for  New  England . 614 
Hydrangeas,  Vestlta  and  climbing....  431 
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Ice  cream  trade,  Southern .  350 
For  cold  feet . 628 
Ignorance  of  common  things .  634 
Immigration,  Foreign .  816 
Southern  white . 492 
Implements  of  tillage  In  Persia .  474 
Income  tax,  Bill  for .  320 
Incubator,  First  run  with .  739 
Incubators  and  extra  Insurance. .  .227.  273 
Evils  of  cheap .  739 
Indiana  truck  farmers .  628 
ludustry,  A  now .  401 
Inquisition  survivors .  825 
Insecticide  gun,  Leggett’s .  382 
Insect.  Life  history  of  a  mean .  509 
Insects,  Chapter  on.... .  461 
In  the  soil  a  sort  of  Irrigation .  282 
Insurance  humbugs  legalized .  238 
Intelligent  effort  prospers .  559 
Intensive  fanning . .  601 
In  vest  at  home .  : .  661 
Iron  rooting.  Against .  638 
“  Rustless” . 745,  761 
Irrigating  celery  and  other  crops .  299 
Some  questions .  349 
Irrigation,  Best  systems  of .  637 
For  Arizona .  288 
In  Florida . 374,  426 
In  Porr.itt .  474 
Must  come .  422 
It's  a  good  year  for  good  farmers . 539 
Janet  Thorn’s  temper . 886 
Japan  Wlneberry . 478,  479,  494,  658 
Jersey  bull  calf .  583 
Bulls.  Breeding  and  buying . 300 
Bull,  That  ugly .  375 
Calves,  Big .  519 
Cow,  Spaying .  599 
Dairy,  A  woman's .  529 
English,  An .  474 
Farm,  A  big .  797 
Herd,  Building  up .  524 
Herd,  Self-supporting .  624 
Herd,  Test  of .  615 
Prize  English,  An .  826 
Queen.  A,  Profit  of  .  503 
Signal’s  Lilly  Flagg .  423 
Tests,  Some .  407 
Jerseyman’s  Journey.  A . 425,  443,  465 
Jerseys,  Breeding  on  the  hills .  524 
Jerseys,  Cheshlres  and  Brown  Leg¬ 
horns .  411 
Color  in .  201 
Feed  for .  471 
Size  of .  519 
Jerusalem  artichokes  for  hogs .  153 
John  Bull  farmer,  A  typical .  396 
Jones,  Justice  to .  227 
Judging  fruits  and  vegetables .  508 
Just  like  lawyers .  870 
K 
Koinltao  an  Insecticide  . 87,  184 
Kansas  mortgages,  Report  on .  494 
Keeping  tally  with  berry  pickers.. 353,  417 
Kerosene  emulsion .  383 
For  sheep  scab .  455 
Flash  and  tire  test  for .  37 
For  hen  lice . 46,  78 
In  the  poultry  yard .  145 
Lamp .  169 
To  test .  189 
Kindlings  for  the  manure  Are .  3 
Killing  a  tree's  roots .  429 
Kill  the  horns .  519 
Klnkajon,  The .  374 
Knitting  machine,  The  Brlckford _  401 
Knots,  hitches  and  bonds  .  6 
L 
Labor  organizations,  Membership  of, 
exaggerated .  592 
Troubles  In  Tennesssee .  577 
Lakewood  farm .  654 
Lamb  creek  A . 699 
Lambs,  Butchering . 767 
Cross-bred,  for  market .  620 
Every  month . 439 
Fall .  413 
Nursing . 216 
Spring.  Business  In .  572 
Land  of  dreams,  The .  566 
Roller,  Shall  we  use  the . 540 
Values  in  "  abandoned  ”  regions..  187 
Lawes,  S.r  J.  B.,  and  his  home .  553 
Lawn,  Making  a . 221,  278 
Mixtuie,  No  use  for .  221 
Lawns,  June  grass  for .  221 
Law  of  dlstrc.-s .  636 
Leaves  for  loafer;' .  737 
Leghorn  hennery  run  on  old-fash- 
249 
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Life  Is  good .  127 
Lima  bean  farmers .  267 
Lime,  Slaking  with  brine .  133 
With  copper  ?  Why  use . 397,  398 
Linseed  for  calves .  185 
Meal,  Feeding  to  stock .  877 
Little  nitrogen,  little  fermentation....  8 
Live  stock  features  In  England . 636 
London-purple  for  apple  trees .  74 
Looks  black  In  the  West  and  South. . .  346 
Louisiana,  A  home  in . 626 
Lottery,  A  death-blow  to  the .  101 
Lumpy  Jaw  cured .  535 
Lupines  for  stock  lood .  381 
M 
Mall  delivery .  89 
Magnolia  hvpoleuca . 431 
Magnolias.  The .  184 
Man  more  stupid  than  a  hen .  673 
Manure.  Barnyard,  better  than  chem¬ 
icals .  395 
Buying . 688 
For  corn.  Using . 741 
Liquid . 550 
On  a  dairy  farm .  67 
One  handling  for . 330 
Stable,  C03t  of . 774 
Weedv,  Shall  we  haul  ? .  301 
Manorial  value  of  roots  anil  stubble..  132 
Of  stock  foods .  234 
Manuring,  Economical . 542 
Maple  Grove  dairy.  Skims  from .  369 
Maple  Sugar  Industry,  Vermont's _  444 
Making,  old  and  new .  114 
Sprup,  Imitations  of . 304 
Mares,  Injured,  for  breeding . 269 
Nettle  rash  In  .  253 
Scratches  on .  169 
Sleepless . .  185 
Teams.  More . 567 
Marshes  of  South  Jersey .  577 
Maryland  farmer's  business .  298 
My  Maryland  .  664 
Massachusetts  garden,  A .  181 
Massey,  Prof.  W.  F.,  Controversy  with 
. 268,  303.  318,  357,  398 
Master  of  your  dog .  598 
McKinley  law,  Benefit  of,  to  wool 
growers .  73 
Measuring  crops  by  the  eye .  417 
Meat  makes  muscle .  739 
Medicine  for  fanners  Ills . 738,  801 
For  plant  diseases .  313 
For  Southern  agriculture .  478 
Melon  culture . 365 
Insect.  A  destructive .  413 
Notes . 398 
Melons.  Fertilizers  on . 301 
New  plan  for .  385 
Starting,  on  sods  In  hot-bed .  98 
Mexican  blackbirds  nnd  cut- worms. ..  269 
Mice  pest  In  Scotland .  560 
That  sing .  598 
Middlemen,  Conference  of .  781 
Give  them  a  show .  558 
Useless,  Out  with .  617 
Milk  adulteration  in  New  Orleans....  501 
Aerating  better  than  icing .  445 
Another  way  to  sterilize .  671 
Awful,  In  Chicago .  657 
Business,  How  it  grew .  166 
Business  In  Boston . 683 
Business  In  Philadelphia . 513 
Canning  for  family  use .  184 
Company,  New,  In  New  York . 205 
Company,  A  successful  corpora¬ 
tion .  321 
Causes  of  butter .  5 
Cost  of .  794 
Exchange,  The  New  York.  165,  884,  672 
Farmers  should  test  .  172 
Fat . 898 
Fat,  Advantages  of  producing  ....  394 
Fish,  big  and  little .  ;.  449 
Fixing  price  of .  744 
Freight  rates .  289 
From  brewers'  grains .  544 
Frozen .  710 
Hot  weather  treatment  lor .  477 
In  clear  glass  bottles . 362 
Industry,  A  new .  745 
In  Mobile . ! .  492 
Inspecting  In  New  York  city.... 40,  166 
. 506,  585 
It  pays  to  aSrate . 317 
Keeping  In  a  well . 349 
Keeping  sweet .  444 
Matters  In  Philadelphia. . .  .73,  449,  729 
Mississipl,  Aerating .  478 
Moralizing  on .  318 
Organ  Instructed  about  milk .  428 
Philadelphia  producers  on  top.. . .  289 
Questions,  Important, .  380 
Railroad  rates  for  .  369 
Reporting  wanted .  572 
Samples,  The  first .  449 
Selling  by  its  fat .  9 
Selling  Guernsey .  663 
Skimmed,  Licensing  sale  of . 603 
Sterilizing . 475,  637 
Supply  In  Chicago .  321 
Supply  In  Copenhagen .  321 
Supply  In  Mobile .  555 
Sweetening  bitter .  510 
Trade,  The  Baltimore .  609 
Unseasonable .  150 
Variations  In . 794,  839 
What  Is  a  fair  price  for .  702 
When  and  how  to  aerate .  430 
Milk-can  thieves .  166,  676 
Milking  machine,  A .  767 
Milkmen,  Arrests  of  In  New  York .  728 
Doings  of .  239 
Philadelphia . 672 
Miller  its.  farmer .  478 
Millionaire  farmer,  Another .  874 
Millionaires,  A  list  of .  384 
Minerals  and  green  crops  to  the  rouene  232 
Mississippi,  Improving  the  outlet  of. .  368 
Mole,  Fighting .  454 
Traps  for .  219 
Money,  Direct  Issuance  of .  21 
More .  345 
Mongoose  in  the  Sandwich  Islands....  382 
Montbretias .  727 
Moore,  D.  D.T.,  Death  of .  401 
Mormon  morals .  374 
Mortgage  can  be  lifted .  414 
Kansas . 352 
Tax  means  a  money  tax .  378 
Mortgaged  man's  proposition .  345 
Mortgages,  Bill  to  nbolisli .  846 
Are  good  things  liere .  881 
Kansas  farmers  paying  off .  336 
Taxing .  84 
Taxing  In  Michigan .  382 
Western  farm . 832 
Mosquito  bites,  Insanity  from . 358 
Life  history  of  a .  470 
Mr.  Corn  Plant’s  good  luck .  310 
Muck  for  a  lawn .  725 
Some  remarks  about . 333 
Muddy  legs,  When  to  brush  off .  83 
“  Murpliy  brod" .  416 
Mushroom  beds,  Manure  for .  85 
Packages  nnd  prices .  429 
Must  small  farms  use  stable  manure  ?  36 
Mutilations,  Transmission  of .  414 
Mutton  and  wool .  216 
Bones,  Reducing .  235 
Breeds,  Special  legislation  for _  826 
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Normannla  passengers .  624 
Northern  farmers  in  North  Corollna..  415 
Nose  ring  for  calf .  794 
Notes  from  Rural  Grounds. .  ..6, 22,  49, 
.135,  202,  214,  476,  618,  721,  811,  859,  815 
Novelties  to  be  given  subscribers _ 7l>3 
Nozzles,  Vermont  and  Cyclone .  430 
Nursery  business,  The .  183 
Nut  Culture .  218 
New  Yo'k  State  Fair . 549,  620 
New  York  State  Farmers'  Alliance, 
Demands  of .  377 
How  it  saves .  670 
What  It  proposes .  116 
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Oats  and  peas  and  sweetcorn  for  cows  365 
An  exhaustive  crop .  170 
Expensive .  226 
Experience  with  winter .  226 
Selling.  In  mow .  173 
Sown  In  the  mud . 217 
Substitute  for .  711 
Trials .  759 
Winter,  for  the  North .  182 
‘  Old  Brick,"  The . 737 
Cow  association  wanted . 317 
Meadow,  Bringingyouth  to .  299 
Trees  are  robbers . 830 
Oleomargarine  and  butterine .  432 
Law,  Amendment  to .  138 
Law,  Decision  weakening  It .  368 
Laws .  761 
No  show  for  In  Morrocco .  698 
Oleomargarine,  What  Is  being  done 
about .  152 
“  Oleomargarine,”  New  York  Justice 
for .  205 
Olive  oil  In  California .  540 
Talk  about .  651 
Onions,  An  acre  of .  152 
Best  soil  for .  173 
On  the  Chester  meadows . 266 
Transplanting .  103 
Onion  sets  and  how  to  grow  them .  182 
Option  arguments .  674 
Orange  and  lemon  business  In 
America .  496 
Crop.  Statistics  of .  464 
Grove,  A  hen  fed .  751 
Orchard,  Work  in  a  California.. ..  655 
Oranges,  Florida,  Expoitlng  to  Eng¬ 
land . 855 
Oroharrl,  A  pplo,  What  fortlllaor  tor.  .  S*> 
Better  keep  out  of  old .  775 
Feeding .  815 
Grass,  What  aids  the .  525 
Hudson  River.  A .  650 
Uncultivated .  447 
What  food  for .  300 
Orchards,  hens  and  cows .  57 
Illinois,  Management  of .  896 
Scraping  bark  from  trees.. 684,  686, 
'. . 726,  775 
Young  trees  In  old . 775,  798 
Ostrich  farming .  390 
Ought  to  be  prosecuted .  502 
Our  little  family  of  three .  14 
Outing,  A  Western  farmer's... 61 4,  630 
. 046.  650 
loned  methods. 
Record,  A  lively . . 
Leghorns  and  Mlnorcas . 
Best  of  all . 
Profit  of . . 
Leisure  hours  In  the  garden . . 
Lengthen  the  political  terms . 
Lessening  the  cost  of  production . . 
Lettuce,  The  Deacon . ]  567 
License  system  of  Sweden  and  Nor¬ 
way .  56 
Lice  on  hogs .  735 
N 
Naming  animals . 390 
Napoleon  and  the  veteran .  874 
National  interest  law .  345 
Neglected  farms . 814 
New  onion  culture.  The .  429 
New  Orleans  strike .  760 
New  Yorkers  in  Maryland .  581 
Nicaragua  Canal  Co.,  Demand  of . 8S0 
“  Nlggerv  work” .  598 
Nitrate  of  soda  in  tomato  culture....  137 
Use  of .  217 
Nitrogen  and  nodules .  72 
How  to  get  in  clover . 288 
Its  agricultural  relations .  ...  334 
Non-drinker,  Another .  492 
P 
Packing  (fruit)  that  pays .  586 
Paeony,  The .  527 
Paper  from  corn  stalks . 278 
Water-proof . .  .  185 
Paris-green  and  the  Bordeaux  Mix¬ 
ture . 397 
Parliamentary  Elections .  513 
Parny  Ann  on  keepln'  hens . 710,  734 
Pasture  land,  A  lack  of .  773 
Making  a  permanent . 214  .  636.  684 
Medicine  forexhausted .  686 
Rules  for  a  Canadian .  636 
Pastures,  Improving .  684 
Treatment  for .  702 
Patch.  An  expensive .  406 
Pawpaw,  The . : . 669,  671 
Peach  business  In  Georgia .  811 
Elberta .  527 
Hurrying  a  ne iv .  768 
Lawrence .  723 
Orchard,  Culture  of .  270 
Orchards  as  Investments . 811 
Stones,  When  to  plant .  509 
Trees  and  tbelr  culture .  63 
And  wood  ashes . 20,  105 
Painting  white .  278 
Yellows,  Fertilizing  for . 702 
When  they  cure . 570 
Tree  borers,  Remedies  for .  186 
Peaches,  cherries  and  currants .  491 
For  Ohio .  688 
Late . 682 
On  plum  stock . 117,  203 
Trade-mark  for .  869 
Pea  pods  In  a  silo .  315 
Trials  at  the  Rural  Grounds .  214 
Peas,  “Extra  early  ” .  287 
Fall  sowing  of .  493 
“First  Early” .  237 
Growing  out  of  season .  365 
Weevil-eaten,  for  seed . 476,  607 
Pear  blight,  J.  W.  lnghamon . 502 
Bose . 624,  084 
Dempsey .  723 
Eliot’s  Early .  602 
Idaho . 21,  705 
Japan  Golden  Russet .  105.  761 
Kleffer . 25,  39,  67,  509,  753 
Lawrence .  828 
Nectar .  727 
Promising  new .  33 
Seneca .  650 
Souvenir  de  Congres . 654 
Smith’s  Hybrid .  776 
Pears,  Cbas.  Downing  on .  476 
Copper  fungicides  for .  510 
Evaporated,  Increased  demand 
for .  348 
Extra  early .  287 
In  central  Illinois .  301 
Talk  about .  570 
Varieties  for  eastern  New  York. . .  216 
People's  party.  The . 452,  764 
Perfume  larms . r .  438 
Persian  Insect  powder  blamed .  396 
Personal  property,  let  protect  Itself..  306 
Petroleum,  Crude,  useful  to  farmers..  510 
Pickers  wanted .  561 
Pie  Company,  The  New  York .  122 
Pig  bank,  A .  471 
Pigs  on  a  spree .  662 
Sklm-mllk  breed .  683 
Vegetarian .  683 
Pills  for  Prizes .  614 
Pippins,  Wood  ashes  for .  221 
Plant  enemies,  Kllllug  and  curing....  326 
Plants,  Noxious .  652 
Plant  vines .  270 
Plaster  and  tallow.  Old  times  and  new 
with .  285 
Plaster  In  Florida . 832 
Plastering  and  tire  brick .  21 
Platform  for  loading  stones .  522 
Pleuro-pneumouia,  Exit .  663 
In  Great  Britain . 744,  748 
Plumculture,  Some  points  on .  98 
Growing .  682 
Growing,  Northern .  587 
Wild  Goose .  523 
Plums  and  potatoes .  214 
Breeding  true .  589 
Japanese .  587 
On  peach  stock  and  peaches  on 
plums . 333 
Or  prunes,  Evaporated .  318 
Peaches  and  cherries,  Disease  of.  154 
Pneumatic  tires  on  light  wagons .  644 
On  sulky .  485 
Poisonings,  Double .  470 
Political  canvass,  issues  of .  432 
Education,  A  liberal . 377 
Pony  breading  on  Long  Island .  65 
Poor  11  art's  farm  vs.  lich  man’s  stal¬ 
lion .  167 
Pop  c  rn  culture .  101 
Poplars,  Notes  on .  356 
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Pork,  American,  In  Germany . 592 
Cholera-proof .  683 
Lean .  479 
Lean,  Demand  for .  711 
Packers,  Good  chance  for  small...  439 
Piling  on  the  lean  meat .  683 
Postal  savings  banks . 656 
Potash  and  phosphoric  acid,  Cheap 
forms  of . 349 
Does  the  soil  need? . 302 
Potato,  Appearance  of  a  good. .'. .  753 
A  water  crop .  204 
Blight,  The  It.  N.-Y's  remedy  for.  43 
Culture,  Essentials  of . 282 
Culture,  fads  about .  134 
Diggers . 481 
Digger,  A  successful .  761 
Digging,  Contest  In .  534 
Early  Sunrise .  199 
Eyes,  How  many .  830 
Experiments  at  Rural  Grounds... 6,  22 
. 135,  202,  811,  859 
Fertilizer,  A  home  mixed .  828 
Freeman .  119 
Growing  under  difficulties . 465 
Markets,  Southern .  411 
Polaris . 319,  335 
It.  N.-Y.,  No.  2 . 199,  670 
Rot,  Old  remedies  for . 200 
Seed  culture . 200 
Soaking  seed  tubes . 317 
White  Star .  540 
Bug  enemy,  A .  510 
The  old-fasliloned .  589 
Trials  at  Rural  Grounds . 875 
Wheat  rotation .  603 
Potatoes,  Affected  by  the  season . 592 
After  corn . 684 
An  acre  of .  796 
And  turnips,  Composition  of .  741 
Best  soil  for .  204 
Contracting  to  plant .  199 
Double  crops  of .  152 
Feeding .  278 
Feeding  at  Iowa  Station .  471 
Feeding,  Value  of .  1‘  9 
Msb  offal  for .  669 
Flea  beetle  on.  In  Rural  Grounds.  398 
For  plant  packages .  817 
For  seed,  How  long  ? .  640 
For  steers .  269  . 
From  seed .  463 
Giving  a  start .  829 
Going  against  science  with .  20 
fJrpnnlnjr 
How  to  cut .  200 
Improving  shape  of .  879 
Keeping,  In  North  Carolina .  605 
Keeping  qualities .  526 
Montana . f90 
Picking  while  growing .  f,02 
Plow  In .  462 
R.  N.-Y.,  No.  1  and  No.  3 . 875 
Second  crop  of  Southern . 410,  449 
Seed .  526 
Seed,  Close  cutting  of . 495 
Selecting  seedling .  479 
Small  crates  and  Mr.  Momentum 
for .  793 
Spraying  In  drought .  412 
Spraying  with  Bordeaux  mixture.  410 
Starch  from  .  607 
Vines.  Upright . 380,  398 
Worked  by  boy  power .  793 
Pot  cbeese  and  smiercase  In  Oswego 
butter  factory .  150 
Poultry,  Ago  of  laying . 681,  663 
And  eggs  In  summer..- . 459 
At  Ellerslle  farm .  667 
Breeding  yards  and  Incubators.. . .  810 
Business,  A  prospective .  669 
Feathers  for  fertilizer .  134 
Feeding .  631 
Food  and  Its  cooking, . 809 
For  the  farmer .  539 
Golden  Spangled  Hamburgs .  663 
How  a  millionaire  farmer  houses 
and  feeds .  809 
How  It  Improves .  774 
Indian  Games . 119,  503,  567 
Industry  recognized .  701 
In  Petaluma .  519 
Interbreeding  of . 619 
Keeping,  College  course  on . 213 
Keeping,  Ration  for . 557 
Language  of .  810 
Leghorn . 090,  652 
New  (?)  breeds .  647 
Profits,  Preparing  for .  739 
Sherwood .  119 
Russian .  707 
Violettes .  695 
Wyandottes,  Leghorns  and  geese.  860 
Power  converter,  A . 273 
Prickly  comfrey . 315,  359,  583  ,  647,  679 
Primrose,  The  Mexican . 188,  318 
Profit-sharing  In  farming .  221 
Profit,  what  it  Is .  426 
Progress  on  a  New  England  farm .  857 
Prohibition  party,  The . 884 
Proper  packing  pays .  173 
Protected  property  should  be  taxed  . .  108 
Pruning,  Uses  and  abuses  of .  34 
Public  funds.  Handling .  776 
Punishment  for  criminal  blunders....  585 
Push  the  pullets .  739 
Quack  grass,  Experience  with .  556 
Queer  Experiment,  A .  766 
R 
Rabbits  In  Australia . 
Radishes  and  Radishes . 
Railroad  crossings . 
Rates  In  Texas . 
Rain,  In  South  Dakota,  Artificial . 
Making,  Competition  In . 
Rainy  day  on  the  farm . 
Raisin  growing  In  California . 
Rallying  song,  A . 
Ram,  An  important . 458, 
Rape  and  seven-top  turnip  as  ferti¬ 
lizers . 
At  Minnesota  Station . ’ . 
Culture . 
Growth  and  uses  of . 18, 
In  the  corn  field . 
Rascals  at  the  races . 
Raspberries,  black,  Trade  in . . 
Cultivating . 
For  Illinois . 
Trouble  with . 
Raspberry  and  blackberry  finding.... 
Columbian . 
Curl  leaf . 
Promising  new  canning . 
Royal  church  . 
Shaffer . 157 
Treatment  for,  Shaffer . 
Wanted,  A  new....  . 
Ration,  A  butter . 
Too  good . . 
Rations  for  stock,  Making  up . 585, 
Rats,  To  poison 
Razor  back  hams . ] ” ” 
Reading,  Coal  combine . 138, 
Reasoning  animals . 
Rebus  and  free  watch . .  ’ 
Reciprocity  treaties,  benefit  farmers. 
Will? . . 
Red  spider  and  thrips . 
Refrigerator  car,  A  new . 
Rice  acreage  enlarged . 
Why  not  feed? . . 
Ringbone  and  spavin . . ) _  . 
Kip  Van  Winkle  finds  out  what  butter 
is . 
Rise  of  streams  before  rain . 
R.  N.-Y.  and  Its  experiment  work _ 
Roal-making  picture,  That . 
Road-master  talks,  A . 
Roads  and  road-making,  Country. 316, 
Bad . 
Black  tar,  Illinois . 
Col.  A.  A.  Pope,  On . 672, 
Roads,  Defense  of  dirt . 
Convict  labor,  European . !! 
Foreign  Ideas  on.  good  -  . 
656 
343 
756 
576 
127 
272 
94 
641 
422 
487 
133 
471 
201 
35 
439 
735 
348 
477 
525 
461 
34 
569 
525 
569 
639 
182 
382 
491 
153 
153 
729 
535 
678 
544 
870 
30 
88 
185 
861 
312 
823 
445 
46 
840 
366 
82 
369 
342 
351 
67 
780 
433 
21 
518 
R  PAGE 
Road  improvement  In  New  York .  82 
Let  farmers  run  their  own .  20 
New  York .  5 
Public  vs.  country .  133 
Working .  283 
Robin  tax .  678 
Robbers,  legalized .  572 
Roller,  Does  It  Indicate  bad  farming?  577 
Rollers,  Using  in  Colorado . 622 
Roofs,  Coverings  for .  100 
Roof,  Good  home-made .  858 
Rosa  rugosa . 495,  623,  639 
Kosebugs . .  416 
Remedies  for . 445,  463 
Rose.  Georges  Bruant .  430 
M’me  CarollneTestout .  639 
Seeds,  Planting .  743 
“  Rosette” .  705 
Rotation  of  crops,  A  five  years’ .  555 
A  short  chemical .  526 
Royal  Agricultural  College . 727 
Rural  Grounds,  A  visit  to . 428 
Ruts  In  agriculture .  465 
Rye  crop,  About  the .  474 
Hay .  407 
To  fertilize  a  vineyard .  493 
Rye-wheat  hybrids,  Progress  of 
R.  N.-Y . 538 
8 
Salaries,  Official .  104 
Salt,  Why  useful .  169 
Satisfied  with  California .  518 
8crub,  A  rub  at  the .  19 
Seed  and  plant  distribution .  511 
Sell  wheat  and  buy  flour .  412 
Sermon,  A  short .  710 
Sharp  creamery  dealings .  791 
Shavings  or  straw  for  bedding  ? .  185 
Sheep,  African .  €63 
Age  of  feeding .  567 
And  clover .  442 
And  rape  and  bones  .  113 
And  snakes . .  736 
Breed  for  ptire-blood  flocks  .  679 
Breeding  In  Canada .  .  113 
Cluny  Forest .  443 
Combination  mutton  and  wool....  754 
Dew  sufficient  for . 556 
Dog-proof  (the  Dorset) _ 797,839,  871 
Dorset .  615 
Foot-rot  In .  631 
For  the  women .  638 
French  or  Ramboulllet  Merinos. . .  754 
Give  a  fair  chance . 300 
Husbandry,  Experiment  In . 676 
Insects  worrying . 442 
Losing  wool .  169 
Marking . 302,  519 
Milking .  475 
On  a  lrult  farm .  66 
Pedigree  of  Imported .  305 
Needed,  Quick-growing .  812 
Salted  to  death .  647 
Scabby .  427 
Shade  for .  619 
Shall  I  lnbreed  ? .  429 
Some  that  don’t  pay .  535 
Soiling . 413,  439 
Tlcky .  407 
To  the  acre . 583 
Typical  Shropshire .  810 
Watered  on  dew .  471 
Watering . 556,  583,  599 
Worms  In .  37 
Shifting  feeds .  829 
Shipping  stock  to  Europe .  423 
Shoddy,  Decrease  in  the  use  of .  822 
Manufacturers .  512 
Shoes,  Silver .  535 
Short-horns,  Dairy-shaped .  771 
The  old .  87 
Shropshire  sale,  A . 679 
Shropshlros,  Good . 683 
Shrubs  and  plants  for  South  Dakota. .  153 
“  Shut  Your  Mouth  and  Live” .  781 
‘Sieve  Farm”  clogged  with  manure, 
.  489,  506 
Signal’s  Lilly  Flagg  .  503 
Silo,  Building .  381 
Building  the  round .  538 
Questions .  319 
Tub  for .  89 
What  sort  of  a  ? .  414 
Silos,  Improvement  In .  236 
Sklm-mllk  at  Iowa  Station .  471 
Skin  eruption  on  colt . 445,  525 
Skunk  farm,  A  Western  Nejv  York ....  97 
Our  good  friend,  The .  283 
Save  the .  519 
Slave  wages,  Old-time .  374 
Small  fruits.  Improving  by  selection..  195 
Smut  In  corn .  236 
On  corn-stalks .  637 
Removing  from  seed  wheat . 605 
Smutty  corn-stalks,  Feeding .  637 
Snails  and  angle-worms,  Ridding  ferns 
of .  234 
Society  In  Western  towns . 598 
Soda  for  washing  trees .  754 
vs.  ammonia .  574 
Soil,  Don't  mulch  to  sadness .  742 
Good,  made  out  of  nothing .  774 
Some  hard-hearted .  545 
Thorough  preparation  of . 689 
Some  curious  people .  438 
Song  of  the  Tollers .  833 
Son  of  a  wood-chopper .  766 
Sorrel,  Killing  out .  397 
Soup,  Diet . 647 
South-Down,  A  typical .  739 
Southern  dairymen  and  the  Ice-cream 
trade .  305 
Sparrow,  Sense  In  a .  550 
Sparrows,  Killing  English .  573 
Specialty,  It  pays  to  develop .  442 
Speculator’s  sodk . 881 
Sportsmen  and  the  farmer . 862 
Sprayer,  A  home-made .  701 
Spraying .  273 
Benefits  from .  121 
Fruit,  An  experience  in .  265 
Machine,  Proposed  new .  283 
Necessity  of .  173 
Results  of  for  the  season .  688 
Spring-poor  and  Bpring-fat .  441 
Spring  vs.  fall  planting .  759 
Spruce,  Oriental . 287,  332 
Squash,  The .  245 
Bugs,  Road  dust  for .  590 
Growing  big .  117 
Squirrel,  How  lie  gets  his  bearings....  84 
Stable  manure,  Cost  of  home-made.. .  25 
Is  it  absolutely  necessary  ? .  132 
Its  mishap .  129 
Or  leacltod  aibes  ? . 877 
Stachys  tuberifera .  171 
Stallion,  A  promising  young . 751 
Standards,  Fair .  508 
Standing  armies  In  Europe .  760 
Station  offlcerr,  Reflecting  on . 351 
Steaming  hay  and  grain .  535 
Steam  heaters  for  the  manure  pile. ...  3 
Plowing .  25 
Steel  roofing  defended .  673 
Steer,  home  market,  The .  783 
Steers,  how  they  paid .  395 
Making,  comfortable .  2 
More  wanted .  695 
Sterilized  milk,  Preparing .  429 
St.  John  Valley  in  Maine .  17 
Stock,  Better  wanted . 735 
How  to  improve  quality  of .  68 
Ration,  Straw  basis  for .  797 
Standing  tail  to  tail .  331 
Stone  carrier.  Another .  634 
Houses  for  farms .  215 
Stony  farm,  A  profit  from .  411 
Stove  cleaning  . 493 
Stove-pipe  ventilator .  41 
Straightening  Oriental  eyes .  662 
Straw  beds  for  stock .  724 
Burning  on  clayey  loams . .  725 
Feeding .  85 
For  manure .  724 
Mulchiug  wheat  with .  721 
Poor  food  for  land .  725 
Strawberries  and  chemicals .  332 
As  a  farm  crop . 771 
Fall  covering  of .  777 
