11 
INDEX.—THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
1891 
F PAGE 
Farmer Plays tkldle <le winks, The... 405 
Talks, Another Iowa. 306 
Wants help, An amateur. 785 
Wins the bride, The. 181 
Farmerlne, Down with the word.12(5 
Farmers' Alliance, Defending the.,.. 592 
Alliance, Different views of. 404 
Alliance, Kentucky store. 788 
Alliance Sub-Treasury scheme, 
Opposition. 420 
Alliance trying the Rochdale sys¬ 
tem. 808 
Alliance men. 148 
Alliance protest. 148 
And pot-hunters,Conflict between 452 
Are not lazy. 849 
A question for.Oil 
At the elections. 820 
Changed conditions, The. 131 
City partners for. 010 
Cooperating In purchases.248 
Crop story, A N. Dakota.243 
Future food, The. 147 
Crain, A problem for. 02 
Hopeful. 500 
How to reach the.380 
In convention.874 
Institute. A Jersey. 448 
Kansas, An experiment for. 504 
Little and big.578 
Mortgaged, at institutes. 340 
Mortgaged, How to reach.332 
Movement In Ohio. 453 
Movement, The striking lessons 
of the. 99 
Needs. 344 
Organizations, National conven¬ 
tions of the. 852 
President, Our second. 80 
Representation In Congress.108 
School, A new. 785 
Shots from the. 507 
Slock, An Ohio.336 
Special and mixed, How some, are 
getting along. 33 
Two opposite classes of. 48 
Union, The Ohio. 458 
Wives. 27 
Farming, Don’t pay. 300 
At Cranbury. 408 
Does pay? Pennsylvania. 2 
Future. 100 
How can he learn ?. 213, 273 
In southwestern Virginia. 2 
New England, Doctors for. 480 
Old Cape Cod. 090 
On Manhattan Island. 397 
On worn-out land.878 
Profitable.328 
Slave, in South Carolina.. 01, 83, 102 
Special, still pays best. 402 
State convict. 715 
Favors asked of any 'crat, No. 04 
Feed ahead of breed. 708 
Feeding boxes and shed.725 
For flavor. 179 
Properly? Ami.40' 
Questions, Canadian. 104 
Substances. 737 
Female Influence.237 
Fence coffin, Nalls In the. 137 
Keep up your.010 
Machine, Lowden .485 
Named, An electric. 13 
Off with the.722 
Question submitted, A. 025 
That useless. 121 
Wire, Reel for. 402 
F'ences. A flood lixed the. 137 
Build up useful.240 
Down with useless. 31 
Home and line. 137 
in Ross County, Ohio.805 
Line. 225 
Patent. 205 
Roadside, in Ohio. 287 
Substitutes for.831 
Fencing out human animals. 137 
Fertility from crops decayed In the 
ground. 85 
In skim-milk and buttermilk. 205 
Taken by farm products. 529 
Fertilizer. 205 
And hen manure. 417 
Application, A small. 245 
A western. 817 
Blood and tankage as a.897 
Experiments, l'lie R. N.-Y.’s.570 
Facts, Some. 840 
Fish heads for. 305 
F'orcucuinbers. 145 
F'or grain.009 
F’or pot plants, Saltpeter as a.... 105 
F'orw’heat. 105 
Inspection. 348 
Making a. 103 
Mixed. 245, 805 
Nuggets, Some. 783 
Fertilizers. 245 
vs. Stable manure. 185 
Best results from. 188 
Broadcasted.897 
Buying and using. 173 
Chemical vs. weeds and insects... 353 
Chemical, for corn. 380 
Chemical, in Illinois. 224 
Chemical, in Oregon. 025 
Chemical, History of the use of.. 879 
Commercial, for melons, sweet 
potatoes, etc. 125 
Cotton-seed meal. 417 
Divided doses of. 398 
F'or experiments, Cost of.185 
F'or worn-out land. 125 
F'OBSll remains for.500 
Home-mixed. 293 
In Indiana. 706 
In Wisconsin, Commercial. 45 
More, less feed.715 
Nitrogenous, Importance of. 88 
Talking.. 788 
Testing, by the smell. 676 
We are talking. 786 
Fertilizing substances in B. C., Some. 224 
Value of beet-sugar refuse.529 
F'leld, poor, Treatment of a. 85 
Financial distress, Cause of. 724 
Fact and speculative suggestion. 344 
Ideas, Some. 39 
F'irst of the 400 . 627 
F'ish in N. V. State. Planting. 864 
Flavor affected by locality. 402 
F'lax culture, Kan. 267 
Seed for feed.848 
F'lea beetle, The. 609 
Float, Home-made. 202 
F'loriculture, American.388 
Flower garden, Looking at the. 592 
F'lowers, About some. 689 
Choice list of hardy. 165 
lu succession, Showy, hardy. 125 
F'odder cutter, A Kansas. 303 
Cutters, Hand. 773 
Values, A question of. 849 
F'oreigner has his say, A. 4 
Fowl, general purpose, The Farmer's. 826 
F'owls, Downy Plymouth Rock. 105 
Domestic, How man has changed. 881 
Sell, when they are low. 491 
F'ranklin, Benjamin. 165 
F'reak, A meloncholy. 119 
F'ree postal delivery for the country . 612 
F'reneh loan, Proposals for a.'.. 108 
F'riends. Our common.667 
Flost, Fighting.466 
On tiled land. 465 
F'rult and vine thoughts. 735 
A netting for. 313 
Business, Figures of a. 789 
Business in Oswego Co., N. Y.821 
Business, Location in the.613 
Cal., Can we compete with.546 
Canner for Colorado. 661 
Culture, Locations for . 265 
Destroyers in N. Y. State.399 
Drier, Best. 661 
Every day in the year. 627 
F'actorv, A flourishing. 623 
Farms, Manure for big. 345 
F'arm, White's large. 22 
Flavor of not changed by stock... 26 
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F'ruit Grower, Good plan for a. 26 
Growing, No money in. 548 
Needs.341 
Nipper.661 
Notes, north Michigan. 639 
On overflowed land.833 
Orchards on abandoned farms.... 657 
Ownership of. 452 
Pickers and sorters.581 
Queries. 785 
Small, business in Missouri. 437 
Small, queries. 65 
Points, Some. 770 
Sorters. 421 
Trees, Saving old..'. 690 
Trees, Young, in the places of old 285 
F'ruits and trotting horses; a good 
span. 640 
F’or home use. 5 
F’or N. C. 165 
F'or northern Illinois. 365 
In Connecticut. 578 
More used. 644 
Of the Indians, The.888 
Small, in orchard. 205 
Small, The culture of. 122 
Small, Treatment of over- 
luxuriant. 577 
Some choice. 124 
Stick to tested. 226 
Street vendors of. 596 
The battle of, in Illinois.511 
Until you can't rest. 594 
G 
Gain vs. loss. 
Game? Who owns the. 
Garden, A prize. 
A Wisconsin 40-acre. 
Hour, The.. 
Lime in. 
Notes. 
Tools.. 
Wastes, Utilizing. 
Gardener, The mistakes of a success¬ 
ful . 
Gardener's labor, A. 
Gardening, F’arm, in Massachusetts.. 
In Florida. 
Gardens contrasted, Two. 
Of Kiel, Germany, The. 
Garget, The knife to cure. 
Gate, A convenient. 
Patent, An alleged. 
Georgia Product, A typical. 
German of it, The. 
Reciprocity treaty. 
Gestation and incubation, Periods o,f 
Getting more than one's money s 
worth. 
Giving. Three rules for our. 
Gladioli culture. 
Double-flowered. 
Gluten meal and corn meal. 
Meal for feeding. 
Goat, The neglected. 
Goats, Angora. 
Gold basts. 
Payable in. 
Golden rod, Note against. 
Good advice to city workers. 
Gooseberries. 
F’or Western New York. 
The Dougal. 
Gooseberry, Dougal. 
Government, Financial policy of the. 
Make money? Can. 
Paper money. 
Postal savings banks. 
Grafting, Stock for. 
Grain, Elevator for bagging. 
Hay. 
Question in Germany, The. 
Ration, Cheapening the. 
Seed, from poor and rich land_ 
Seed, smut in, Destroying. 
World’s shortage of. 
Grains are carbonaceous? What. 
Grape bagging, About our. 
Bailey. 
Carman. 
Crosses, Ricketts's. 
Fertilizers. 
Girdling on the Hudson. 
Grafting as a protection against 
phylloxera. 
Experience, Kentucky. 
Grafting, Unsuccessful. 
Husmann. 
Isabella, Origin of the.418, 
J uice. 
Notes. 
Notes,.Kentucky. 
Rochester, The.122, 
Saved from a. 
Seizure business, The. 
Talk, A. 
Trade knocked out, The. 
Trellis, A Michigan. 
Vines, Grafting, in the fall.801,833, 
Vines, Trimming... 
White's Northern Muscat.’.. 
Woodbury’s White. 
Grapes.122, 
For a market vineyard. 
F'or this market, Best. 
Grafting. 
Green Mountain and Wlnchell 
the same. 
Hothouse, for sale. 
In Central Illinois. 
In cold storage. 
In Kentucky, Hybrid. 
in 1891. 
Late... 
Market, again. 
Most promising, at the It. G. 
New. 
Niagara . 
Sprayed, again on top. 
Wild, Grafting. 
Grass, Bermuda, Killing out. 
Best for peaty soil. 
F’or marsh land. 
Seed, Depth of covering for. 
Seeding to.....'. 
Velvet. 
Grasses for Kansas pastures. 
Grasshoppers, Fighting. 
Grazing muzzle, A. 
Green forage, Latest facts about pre¬ 
served. 
Here’s what’s the matter with.... 
What’s the matter with?. 
. 264, 324, 
House building. 
Grumbling is good. 
Guernseys, Why I chose. 
900 
578 
528 
006 
512 
25 
378 
501 
447 
317 
628 
128 
386 
611 
122 
705 
105 
404 
660 
448 
769 
148 
205 
613 
184 
800 
719 
85 
85 
596 
799 
546 
221 
221 
(ilKi 
609 
830 
852 
783 
847 
221 
482 
225 
693 
847 
186 
13 
772 
703 
709 
221 
847 
481 
125 
769 
641 
66 
23u 
753 
705 
849 
847 
657 
898 
783 
785 
286 
692 
737 
310 
725 
265 
325 
105 
465 
400 
124 
770 
185 
463 
805 
414 
416 
545 
265 
184 
895 
H 
Habit, the growth of. 500 
Harness attachment, A. 453 
Harrow, Cutaway. 2i3, 421, 645 
Triumph spading. 273 
Harrows. 173 
A test of. 501 
Harvest Held, Drinks for the. 493 
Hay in an Oregon orchard. 702 
Is not hay.578 
Loaders und slings. 533 
Loaders.'. 373 
New York State. 389 
Out of the barn, Getting. 163 , 737 
Tedder, Chieftain. 405 
Tools for cutting and curing. 501 
Hay Maker’s outflt, A Nebraska. 45 
Windrower, A. 677 
Hedges and fruits, Notes on. 323 
Heifer, A hard milking. 545 
Milking a. 449 
With five teats. 157 
Heifers. Abortion in.545 
Ear, Tumor in a. 5 
Help for the tired. 590 
Hired men, Those. 498 
Hen, An educated. 19 
Brown Patagonian, Princess. 21 
Crop-bound, Curing a. 39 
Dead, A veteran. 38 
Egg type, The. 198, 199 
FIggs, Round. 625 
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Hen, F’ever—an old disease. 139 
House, A profitable. 118 
House and covered barn yard.... 98 
Moulting, Caring for the. 586 
Story, A Canadian.842 
Talk, A little. 98 
That hovered kittens, The. 139 
The age of a.179 
Hennery, More about that model.... 239 
Winter, A good. 239 
Hens.345 
About. 58 
Built for laying. 410 
Can talk. 58 
Individual characteristics of. 59 
Minnesota, When to sell. 475 
Moult, About a. 626 
Sick. 19 
Sitting, Breaking. 427 
The best laying. 219 
The cost of improving a flock of.. 79 
Those Canadian. 339 
Herefords, Beef business in. 768 
Shall we have polled. 671 
Hermit of San Clemente, The.570 
Hessian fly, The.105, 799 
High privates plenty; captainsscarce 627 
Highway, Taking land for a. 205 
Hired man, About that.312 
Man, That terrible. 402 
Men are what we make them. 418 
Hog, Cheshire, The.122 
The grass. 303 
Products, American for France 
and Germany. 337 
Razor-back, Possibilities of the.. 336 
Hogs, Arizona wild. 337 
Cotton-seed products for.265, 463 
How to pasture Kansas. 143 
In the clover . <15 
Peas for. 105 
Stomach hots in. 511 
Hollow horn is hollow stomach.865 
Holsteins vs. Jerseys. 671 
Holstein-F’riesians prosperous. 448 
Home, NoteB about.139 
That love built, The. 1 
Honey and poultry. 447 
Hops'in California, Stringing. 53 
Horn-fly, The. 673 
Horns, Slicing off the. 277 
Horses, American, abroad. 496 
Horse and cow, How to feed a. 465 
A Nineteenth Century. 877 
Balky, Cure for a. 448 
Bedding, Value of.205 
Breeding in England.263 
Buying, Cooperative. 589 
Corns on a. 785 
Crystitis or inflammation of the 
bladder in a.673 
Diseases of the.208, 285 
Drink for the.<188 
Eczema in a young.641 
Fistulous withers in.497 
F’lesh, Flating. 895 
Hackney.<121 
Knee-sprung.385 
Knuckle fetlock joint in a.785 
Inn 5. 177 
Navicular disease in a. 5 
Out of condition. 117 
Power.517, 581 
Quiddlng in a. 177 
Show at Madison Square Garden.. 852 
Splints on a. 817 
Talk, A Senator's. 117 
Talking, with a Percheron breeder 693 
Tools that save the hoe.709 
Train, save runaways. 283 
Veterinary diagram of a. 157 
Warts on a. 197 
Horses, Among the British. 858 
Barefooted. 785, 831 
Chicken lice on. 704 
Cleveland Bays. 789 
Coach, Breeding. 704 
Cob meal for..882 
Cob meal and Timothy for.864 
Draft, Blocky vs. rangy. 656 
F’eeding idle. 895 
F’rightened at bicycles. 420 
Influenza in. 689 
Interfering, To prevent. 805 
Mange in. 217 
Purebred Morgan. 277 
Raised by the pound..277 
Rupture of the stomach in. 385 
Selling the old.820 
Some barefooted.899 
Stalks for. 784 
Stimulants for. 463 
Street-car.692, 849 
Swelling on, below the withers.... 433 
Thrush in. 217 
Tonics for. 736 
Wanted, Medium. 719 
Worms in. 217 
Horticultural hints. 183 
Hints, Mr. F'alconer's.304 
Notes.222 
Notes on 1890. 46 
Society, Indiana. 39 
Society, Pennsylvania. 119 
Society, Western N. Y.151. 192 
Horticulture, Canadian.11, 37, 57 
-House, hog, A convenient. 899 
Floors, Hen. 897 
Poultry, A handy. 763 
School, A deserted. 864 
How much gold drainage can we 
stand ?. 608 
How's the going this fall ?.766, 782 
Huckleberry picnic, A. 611 
Hydrangea vestita. 304 
I 
Ice and ice-houses.869 
House and dairy, An. 789 
House, A successful. 123 
Machines, Cheap. 501 
Idaho, Logan County. 520 
If I could be young again.699 
Illinois, Champaign County. 729 
Christian County. 29 
Cook County.49, 409 
Farm home, A 90-acre.321, 322 
Jo Daviess County.70,129, 648 
La Salle County. 552 
Madison County. 504 
McLean County. 209 
Pike County. 129 
Richland County. 270 
Sangamon County.584 
Immigration and land bills, Those... 25 
Immigrants and new lands. 900 
Imports under the new and the old 
tariffs. 436 
Improves on Terry’s tiling tactics.... 286 
Inconsistency of the political papers. 516 
Incubator, German. 339 
Incubators gaining in popularity ? 
Are.410 
Indian commercial policy. 740 
Games again. 219 
Games, Prohibitory prices for.... 219 
Games, Some prize. 637 
Territory, Choctaw Nation... .150, 369 
Indians, Close quarters with the.286 
Individualism vs., cooperation. 24 
Indiana, Parke County_129,329, 473, 552 
Steuben County. 584 
Ingalls, Senator, Retirement of. 108 
Insect ns. insect. 747 
Life and its inaccuracies...".. 466 
Pests, Killing, with hydrocyanic 
acid. 494 
Powder, Adulterated. 442 
Insects dying out. 722 
Lamp traps for. 561 
Insecticide tested, A new—sludgite 75,495 
Hot water as an. 558 
Insecticides superseded by fungous 
diseases . 628 
Interest, Rates of. 900 
Inter-State Commerce Commission, 
Decision of. 328 
Inventor, The story of an. 93 
Investment, A good.312 
F'und swindles. 128 
Iowa, Butler County. 191 
Central Station, Des Moines...616, 648 
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Iowa, Polk County.49,109, 504, 000, 808 
Ringgold County.616, 745 
The election in.532 
Irish tenant farmers. 756 
Iron tramways.690 
Irrigation and immigration. 46 
Congress, The. 740 
Economy of.660 
Makes value. 463 
Mr. J. M. Smith s. <109 
Raising water for. 53 
Is it dishonest to improve a variety.. 882 
Is the cost of living lessened ?.627 
J 
Jackdaw, A tame. 21 
Jelly making. 737 
Jersey, A tested.463 
Cattle Aldernevs ? Are. 417 
F'arm, That one-horse.262 
Farming in. 496 
Test, English. 511 
Jerseys. Polled.27, 237 
What ails the.368 
Juneberries not profitable. 325 
K 
Kale as stock feed. 475 
Kansas, Anderson County ... .191, 270, 472 
As a pioneer. 128 
F'ranklin County. 472 
Garnett County. 70 
Greenwood County. 191 
Labette County.30, 269, 473, 617, 729 
Lawlessness. 436 
Mead County. 10!) 
Money power in.212 
Sales association, A. 208 
Shawnee County.. 109 
Kentucky, Clark County.49, 744 
Scott County. 109 
Kerosene emulsion. 385 
Extract of pyrethrum. 347 
Sprayer. 785 
Kitchen Sewer, Making a. 593 
L 
Labor done, Pay for. 65 
Label. Tree.102,146 
Labor Organizations. 28 
Lady birds. 690 
And poiBons.690 
Lambs and broilers. 270 
F’or market, Feeding. 305 
Lamb, Obstruction of the bowels in a. 272 
Land law of Texas, The Alien. 596 
Laws, Alien.548, 730 
Loan, Beauties of the proposed.. 465 
Loan scheme, The, not class leg¬ 
islation. 493 
Loan scheme again. 608 
Money loaned on.432, 339 
Newly cleared, Making the most 
of. 165 
Private ownership of.640 
Rolling in Oregon. 47 
Title to. by adverse possession.... 65 
Unfriendly to clover. 626 
Unjust ownership of. 168 
What to do with the. 689 
Landlord ? Who is my. 674 
Lands, Arid, Securing. 404 
Alkali, Treatment of .241 
Arid, Irrigating the. 432 
Langshans, Those premium. 239 
Law, Anti-Trust. 484 
Immigration, The new. 288 
Laws against truancy and mendi¬ 
cancy. 737 
Stricter enforcement of the. <18 
Lawn mixtures.205 
Sweeper, A. 805 
Tennis ; The farmers’ game.557 
Best dressing for. 404 
Layers, Winter. 238 
Learn how to make fewer mistakes... 674 
Leaves, Will not pay to gather. 228 
Leghorns and Brahmas, F'eeding. 257 
Laying, Breeding for. 634 
Legislation to tlx values. 88 
Foolish. 484 
Legislators, Granger. 68 
Leprosy, Dangers from. 730 
Spread of the. 724 
Lettuce, A good old. 592 
Let us slick up . 346 
Libel suit against the Rural Publish¬ 
ing Company. 308 
Lice or a chill, which ?. 667 
Light Brahmas, F’eeding. 699 
House, electric, An. 53 
Lilac, Weeping, The new Chinese .... 304 
Lilies. Summer treatment of. 347 
Liliuin auratum. 624 
Lime. 288 
F'or loamy land. 849 
In the soil, The value of.366 
Slaked, for orchards. 345 
Use of. 205 
Lindens fo ishade. 898 
Linseed meal as a fertilizer. 817 
Meal, Is new-process laxative '!... 377 
Liquor business, The. 756 
Sales of, F'edera) Government 
does not license.308 
Live Btock, Increase in value of ex¬ 
ports of. !.. 708 
Stock notes.16, 36, 56, 
76, 96, 116, 136, 156, 176, 196, 216, 
236, 276, 296, 316, 336, 356, 376, 392, 
408, 424, 543, 576, 656, 688, 831 
Lobbyist cannot secure commissions 48 
Locust timber, Cutting. 305 
London-purple®*. Paris-green. 125 
Long Island, Drought stricken.555 
Harvest home, A. 619 
Louisiana, The campaign in. 724 
Lottery struggle. 548, 820 
M 
Macdonald, John A., Death of. 468 
Macdonald’s, Sir John A., successor.. 484 
Magnolia, Large-leaved. 468 
Mail delivery, F'ree rural.674, 772 
Mannettia vines, Experience with... 785 
Man in the moon, The, and the 
weather. 594 
Manitoba, Bertha. 70 
Manure, barn, Making the most of... 162 
Burning, in summer.24, 286, 400 
City, How to handle. 327 
Conveyers. 205 
Flre-fanged. 105 
For trees. 224 
Hauling out.103 
Hen. 125 
Hen, and chemicals. 265 
Hen, for fertilizer.561 
Hen, in a special fertilizer.325 
Hen, Will, burn crops?.385 
Horse, Care of.546 
In heaps, Handling.125 
In the rainless regions. 386 
Leach of, on frozen hill-sides.... 185 
Lifters. 805 
Liquid, Saving, by evaporation... 449 
Making in Missouri. 204 
Mixture, A. 245 
Mixture, A bad. 245 
Questions. 25 
Sawdust in. 245 
Sit down and spread. 213 
Spreader. 421 
Spreading, iu winter. 87, 162 
Stable, Equivalent of in chem¬ 
icals. 345 
Stable, Make; don't buy it. 46 
Stable, Old & new ideas regarding 879 
Stable, The cost of making. 893 
Stable, Nitrogen in. 26 
Summer saving of.345 
Time to spread. 5 
Under potatoes. 224 
Manures, green, Will, rescue New 
England abandoned farms ?.... 782 
Manurial value of old herrings. 305 
Manuring, Green. 85 
Maple Molasses, Maine. 27 
Shade Stock F’arm.510 
Sugar making, Profit in.613 
Syrup, cans, covers, mold. 106 
Maples, Sugar, transplanting.593 
Mare, chronic cough in a.297 
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Mare, Inflammation of the kidneys .. 385 
In poor flesh.. 117 
Out of condition.785 
Passing yellow colored urine. 641 
Rough coats, warts and abrasions 
of skin in a.157 
Suffolk, Typical. 2 
Mares. Abortion among.432 
Marker and furrower, A combined... 282 
Market prices, Fluctuations in.804 
Marketing crops in North Dakota, Ex¬ 
penses . 308 
Marketing products. Experiment 
stations. 28 
Markets, Seeking the best. 548 
Massachusetts field, A hale old. 63 
May beetles and white grubs, Killing 882 
McKinley, Major. 778 
Meat, Effect of eating. 836 
F'or Englishmen. 243 
Meats, uninspected, Prohibition of.. 88 
Melon pests.545 
Michigan. Antrim County. 150 
Charlevoix County. 583 
Leelanaw County. 648 
Lenawee County. 329 
Livingston County. 29, 150, 329 
Muck ground. 252 
Van Buren County. 632 
Washtenaw County.409 
Wayne County.616 
Michigan’s loss is Brazil's gain. 718 
Middleman’s share. Dividing the.333 
Military forces. Value of.;_ 644 
Milk, Aerating.,. 573, 145, 725 
vs. Liquor.628 
And cream, Sterilized.529 
A summer mess of. 197 
Business, A beginning in the.721 
Business, New York’s. 877 
Cheap, How to make. 450 
Condensed. 145 
Condensed, Wisconsin. 671 
Diseased, followed by drying off 
of cows.689 
Does rye taint?. 317 
F’ats for calves, Artificial. 543 
Feeding quality into. 831 
F’ever. 317 
F’ever, Experience with. 157 
F’or lambs.363, 383, 392 
F’or starch feed and stables. 77 
Loss of, in a fresh cow. 5 
Or poultry farming. 769 
Producers’ Union. 52 
Second skimming of.593 
Selling bottled. 752 
Skim, Veal calves on. 243 
Soda in. 673 
Tester, A cheap and accurate 548, 549 
Tester, Babcock.436, 447 
Testing. 228, 385 
The value of.445, 446, 447 
What shall I feed for. 641 
Milkers, Best, make best beef.895 
Milking. F’eed while. 197 
Machines. 581 
Milkman, Helping the. 869 
Milk-room without a spring, The. 46 
Milkweed. Killing. 625 
Miller & Sibley, Notes from. 17 
Ministers and politics.64, 84 
Minnesota, A king buying land in.... 868 
Minorcas and Leghorns.317 
As layers. 417 
Mites, A mighty plague of. 618 
Missouri, F'ranklin Co. 648 
Montgomery Co. 209 
Mixing bones, hen manure and ashes 401 
Moisture, Rolling and packing for.... 501 
Molasses for stock feeding, Cheap.... 305 
Low grade. 660 
Mold in greenhouses, Overcoming... 248 
Mole nostrum. Another. 578 
Trap, Another. 578 
Moles, Beating the. 578 
Firing out the. 610 
Not unfriendly to..626 
Practical experience condemns... 626 
Money, Cheap.676 
In circulation. 248 
Restricted paper. 801 
To the people, Getting. 64 
Moon, Influence of the. 689, 850 
Morrow, Prof., explains. 786 
Mortgage knocked in the head, A.... 262 
Holders frightened. 188 
Mortgages, Kansas farm, Nullifying. 676 
Money lent upon. 548 
On animals with young. 85 
Western farm. 244 
Mosquito trap, A. 613 
Moss on lawns. 285 
Mountain Rose.368 
Muck and fertilizers. 544 
F'or manure. 657 
The practical use of. 735 
Mulberries, Russian? What about.... 641 
Mulberry, Russian, as a hedge. 365 
Mulch, Sawdust as a. 245 
Mushroom spawn, Raising. 305 
Mustard culture, All about. 85 
Different kinds of. 185 
Mutton, South Down. 656 
N 
Nail, A new. 233 
Name, About a. 306 
National debt and pension roll. 484 
F'armers’ Alliance, Demands of 
the. 128 
Nature or artifice in the liorniesB 
world. 183, 203 
Nebraska, Butler Co. 649 
Grain elevator law. 500 
Greely Co. 310 
Polk Co.49, 70 
Sherman Co. 49 
Nectarine flowers, Imperfect. 245 
Negro question, The. 900 
Negroes, Northern; an old slave. 114 
Neighborly lift.318, 319 
New England, Immigration to. 308 
N. FI. wood lots all right. 898 
Ne>v Hampshire, Merrimack Co. 150 
Strafford Co. 600 
New Jersey vs. North Dakota. 303 
Mercer Co.89, 424 
Union Co. 229 
New varieties? Any chance for. 642 
Varieties, The R. N. Y. s judg¬ 
ment of. 644 
New York. 150 
Allegany Co. 616, 712 
Cayuga Co. 89 
Chautauqua Co.12J, 191, 109, 712 
City Board of health. 740 
Cornell University.329, 712 
Cortland Co.150. 744 
Genesee Co ... 49,191, 329, 393, 520, 792 
Life, An incident of. 650 
Madison Co. 504 
Monroe Co. 209 
Niagara Co.393, 536, 808 
Vliicaxira .*91, 
Seneca Co.369, 409, 472, 808 
State campaign. 772 
Suffolk Co. 269 
Tompkins Co. 729 
Wayne Co. 648 
Wyoming Co.552 
Nicaragua Canal Co. s efforts. 188 
Canal Company, History of. 88 
Night soil as a fertilizer. 225 
1915 In, a dark view. 166 
Nitrate of soda.2o, 224, 245, 449 
Of soda, Nitrogen in. 657 
Of soda, How sow- . 45 
Of soda in the West ? Who has 
tried. 165 
Nitrogen Cheap form of. 497 
F'or ashes. 103 
In Manure. 225 
No new thing. 434 
Pleasure there. 434 
North Carolina, Polk Co. 191 
Note of contract, Signed, for real 
estate. 225 
Not united: therefore not winning. .. 401 
Novelties, The caucus of the. 366 
