MOORE’S RURAL NEW-YORKER: AN AGRICULTURAL AND FAMILY NEWSPAPER. 
AGRICULTURAL. 
Agriculture in common Schools.. . . 
— National aid to. .. 
— in Minnesota. ; 
— improvements in. 
— Egyptian .. 
— women and...‘ 
— and its needs... i 
— in Germany. ! 
— Protress in practical... : 
— of New England.4 
Agricultural Society, N. York State—T wo annual 
Fairs. 
— — — Division of the.17, 
— — —• Reform needed.18, ! 
— — — Review of the Fair of ’51.. .33, 4!), 
— — — Annual meeting and winter exhi¬ 
bition. 
— — — medals awarded. 
— — — premium list...106, 
— — — winter premium list.. 
— — — list of Judges. 
—- — — Fair of ’51—its premiums, &c. 
— — — Fair of’52—regulations. 
— — — — regulations of. 
— — — — Notes of. 
— — — Premiums awarded.306, 
— — — Mr. Seymour's Address. 
— patents of 1850. 
— matter, writing. 
— press, the... 
— Society, Wisconsin State. 
— — Genesee Co.. 
— — St. Lawrence Co. 
— — Renssalaer Co. 
— — Pennsylvania State. 
— — 1 Erie Co. 
— — Seneca Co. 
— — Saratoga Co. 
— — Clinton Co. 
— — Monroe Co. premium list.: 
— — — premiums awarded. 
— lectures, Prof. Norton's. 
— address, a Western. 
— shows. 
— chemistry.. 
— societies, Town. 
1 —• — benefits of. 
— — and their Fairs...! 
— Convention, National.178, 217, 
—• Fairs, County premium lists. 
— — — New York.313, : 
—• — National. 
— Fair, the Royal. 
— — Madison Co. 
— — Monroe Co. 
— — Ohio State. 
— — Seneca Co. 
— — — 1 Town. 
Ammonia in rain. 
Apples as food for stock... 
Army worm. 
Animal heat, how maintained. 
Architecture, Rural.41, 
Artichoke, the Jerusalem. 
Barley, raising.57, 
—■ root crops, corn, &c.,. 
— California. 
Barometers and Thermometers. 
Barns, tight vs. open.129, 
— cellars for. 
Bees, management of.26, 81, 
— the bee moth. 
— honey. 
— feeding. 
— wintering. 
Bee trees—bee hives, &e.,. 
— moth.67,113,114, 
Beet sugar in Utah. 
Beans, sating seed. 
Beef, fattening. 
Blood horses, &c.,. 
Book farming, value of.81, 
t- — Bobs notions of. 
— farmer, unsuccessful experiments of a. 
— — Webster a. 
Bog meadows. 
Borrowing tools. 
Breeding in-and-in vs. crossing. 
— select the best sires. 
Bread, white and brown. 
Butter making and milk selling. 
— — and keeping. 
— — about. 
— —• new process of. 
— — expe. i nents in.. 
— firkins. 
Buckwheat. 
Cattle, Hereford, importation of. 
— — about....49, 
— vermin, destruction of. 
— keep them warm. 
— straw for feeding,. 
— Short-horn bull “ Halton”.42, 
— Mr. Colt's Hungarian. 
■— Mr. Wainwright’s Devon bull. 
— clover and lucerne for soiling. 
— Galloway ox. 
— how to judge. 
—• Mr. Allen s herd of Short-horns. 
—• Mr. Vail’s sale of Short-horns. 
— a perfect Short-horn. 
•— on weighing. 
— take care of your. 
— Short-liorns—Prize heifers. 
— fattening. 
— — in stalls and sheds. 
—■ Earl Spencer’s prize Short-horn ox. 
— terms used in uescribing. 
Calves, feeding. 
— fattening. 
— management of. 
— new method of raising. 
— rearing of.138, 
Ca’f. a strange.. 
Canada West, crops, &e.,. 
—■ — scenery soil and products. 
— Fair, the. 
Carriage house, &o., plan for.129, 
Carrots, cultivation of. 
—• for milch cows.. 
Cellars. 
Cellar, a good. 
Chico y. 
• heap roofs and siding. 
Charcoal as a manure. 
— pit bottoms. 
Cheshire cheese district. 
Churning machine, Giles.. 
Chess, comes from wheat. 
— (Bromus sjealinus). 
—• a traiisinutothn of wheat.369, 
— will wheat turn to. 
Clay, burning. 
— soils and their management. 
Clover seed, sowing. 
— — — Gypsum, &c. 
— winter killing of.. 
— white... 
— cutting and feeding. 
— sowing among corn. 
Clinton Co. agriculture. 
Clod-crusher roller. Cro-tkih’s. 
Cows, wintering milch. 
— carrots for milch.40, 
— feed and care of in Spring. 
Cow, a profitable. 
Country house, plan of. 
Corn, cutting up vs. picking.4, 82, 90, 153, 
— and potato culture. 
— Stowell’s evergreen sweet.98, 
— for stock. 
— planting... 
— culture, premium crops..121, 
— preparing seed...122, 
— culture of Indian..... 
— marker, another. ..130, 
— manuring in the hill... 
— Indian... 
— hill manure for..... 
— in the ear..... 
— for fodder.... 
—• culture, ashes, plaster, &c... 
— hoeing..... 
— topping, &c.25S, S 
— cobs.5 
—• saving seed.5 
— selecting and curing seed. 3 
— Western, in market. 3 
— the jointer plow.3 
— hilling and suckering.4 
Cottage, a suburban.2 
Colts, breaking.3 
Cradle Deusler's telegraph. J 
Crops in Onondaga Co.2 
— of New York.2 
Cut feed. 3 
Cutting hay for stock.;.3 
Dairy, the butter making,.1 
—• a Holstein.2 
— house, model.3 
Deep tillage, effects of.2 
Dig deep and you'll find treasure.1 
Dorking, White Surrey. 
Dogs, a word on. 1 
Draining, its benefits. 58, 1 
— and drain tile. 
— cheap.1 
— about. I 
— vs. winter killing.1 
— experiments in.. . .. 210, 5 
—• profits of..5 
— and ditching.2 
Dry roads.1 
Drains, stone for filling.1 
Drainage, effect on temperature.3 
Drill vs. broadcast sowing.3 
— seeding.2 
Durability of seeds.2 
Ducks, two eggs a day.1 
Earth or angle worms, the.] 
Enterprise wanted..2 
Farmer’s home, two pictures of a. 
—• tool house... 
— gardens, boys work.S 
— — again.3 
Farmers’ clubs.33, I 
— home education of.. 
— teach one another.1 
— fancy.210, 2 
—• and insanity.2 
Farming. Eastern and Western. 
— superficial. 
— improved, needed and profitable. 
— prose.1 
— essentials to productive.1 
— poetical.] 
.— experimental.153, 5 
— thorough, or much labor on little land. 1 
— accuracy in.1 
— improvident. 
— action and reaction in.210, 
— system in. 
— and farm building esthetically condsidcred... 
— economy and success in. 
— book and anti-book. 
— — or scientific. 
—■ the true system. 
— well, the economy of. 
— Maryland, Eastern Shore. 
— as profirable as other occupations. 
Farm, D. D. T. More’s premium. 
— work for May. 
— — for June—hoeing. 
— school wanted. 
— Mr. Johns!oil’s Hear Geneva. 
— an Onondaga Co. 
Farmer, the illustrious.. 
— who liad nothing so learn. 
— “ knowledge is power” to the. 
— a gentleman. 
Farms along railroads. 
— proper size for. .. 
— wagons and carts for. 
Fallow, the summer. 
Fencing, new substitute for. 
Fences, trees as posts jbr. 
— staking and capping.33, 
— without rails..41, 
— wire hedge. 1 
Fence stakes, wiring, .. 
— making.•.. 
Firewood, about. 
Flax and flax cotton... 
— culture........ 
— manufacture, the. 
Flour, awards on at State Fair.! 
Foul in the foot... 
Fodder, economize your. 
— cutting up vs. picking corn. 
— sweet corn for. 
— late oats for.210, 
— cutting... 
Fowls, improvement of the dunghill. 
— the right kind of. 
— management and profit of.. 
— white and colored. 
— premium. 
Fowl fever,—high prices. . 
Fountain, an ornamental. . 
Frozen pumps, to thaw out. 
Gleanings from foreign papers.58, 74 
Grass, great crop of. 
— seed, sowing, Timothy, Red top and clover.. 
— — — about.—90, : 
— extermination of quack.74, 
— foul meadow. 
— a new. . 
— blue, for woods pasture. 
— laying down grounds to.. 
— orchard . 
Grouse or scratches. 
Grinding oft'noses. 
Granary, a rat proof. 
Grain, stage for cutting. 
— new variety of. 
Guano, experiment with. 
— and its application. 
— where it is gathered . 
— on the Lobos Islands. 
— as a fertilizer. 
Guinea hen. 
Hay and grain... 
— and hay making. 
Harrowing once. 
—• and harrows. 
Haying and liarvesting. 
— — city visitors in. 
— commence early,. 
Hen fever at the West. 
High prices of provisions. 
High-ways and sty-ways. 
Hints for winter. 
— fi r December. 
Horse, Clydesdale “ Old Clyde". 
— Mr. Burnet’s “ Consternation". 
— the English race. 
— barn and carriage house.129, 
— using up the. 
— want of appetite. 
Horses, heaves in.9, 65, 90, 
— blanket your. 
— scalded shorts for. 
— baulky. 
— to destroy lice on. 
—■ blood, the trotting. 
— teeth of. 
— trotting in America. 
— floors for.... ;. 
— salt for. 
— good.. 
House, plan for a. 
Hogs, Mr. Delifield’s CUiuese.,. 
—• effect of on the soil. 
— a short talk about. 
— enquiry about. 
Hog, points of a good. 
Hops, eul ure of.145, 
— picking and drying. 
Ice houses, management of. 
— — cheap. 
Important to dairymen. 
Improve half an acre, how to. 
Items from foreign agricultural papers. 
Labor in city and country. 
Lessons of the season. 
1 
Letter from and about Michigan. 
— from Mass... 
— from Steuben Co ,. 
Leached ashes. 
Legislators, suggestion to. 
Lime, weight and measure compared.. 
— burning. 
— and Its ap| lijation ....... 
Limit of different grains. 
Long pasture, the. 
Manure, mineral theory. 
— saltfor fixing ammonia in. . . 
— buckwheat as a. 
— marl as a. 
— heap, save the. 
—• on drained and undrained land 
— making or buying. 
— the farmer’s gold mine. 
— charcoal as a. 
—» long, lor spring crops. 
— guano and salt as a. 
— good general. 
—• ' for corn in the hill. 
— irrigation by liquid. 
— liquid and solid. 
— ashes as a. 
— mixing ashes with. 
— spent tan bark, how used.. . . 
— protectcction of. 
— retention by the soil. 
— materials for. 
— cellars for. 
— woolen rags as a. 
— use of fish.. 
— salt as a. 
— management of barn-yard. . . 
— saving. 
— coal dust as a . 
Marl as an ameliorator of the soil. 
— about. 
—• bed, the Le Roy. 
— discovery of.. 
— and its use as a manure. 
Maple sugar, making. 
Manures, analyzed. 
— my favorite. 
— was e of. 
— economize your. 
— inquiries about. 
— mineral and nitrogenized. . . 
— shelter your. 
Managing hoys... 
Maryland, Eastern shore farming. 
Meteorological observations. 
Mechi’s Tiptre'e farm. 
Michigan correspondence. 
— season arid crops.... . 
— State fiir. 
Milk trade of New York. 
Mowing machine, Ketchum’s. 
Mutton. 
Mules for genera! farm use. 
— on the farm. 
Muck, ntanbgcit eutof. 
— composting. 
Nati mal aid to agriculture. 
— Agricultural Convention. 
— — — the late. 
New England agriculture. 
— — farmers’ wives.. 
Notes on Madison Co. 
— for the times. 
Noticeable items. 
Observation and experiment. 
Olepna, Potter Co . Pa. 
One horse farm lilt cart. 
Oxen, education of. 
Parsnips as a field crop. 
Peas, liens’ scratching. 
— raising... 
Pea culture in Indiana. 
Periodical seasons and cycles.. 
Phosph ites, value of in agriculture. . 
Pigs, management of. 
— save your. 
— feeding.. 
Pioneer life in Onondaga. 
Planting acorns and chestnuts. 
— seed in autumn. 
Plans for the year. 
Plowing up hidden treasures. 
— wide and narrow furrows . 
— deep vs. shallow. 
— wetlands. 
— deep. 
— he vy soils when wet. . . . 
— turning deep furrows. 
— in green crops.. 
— deep, and Canada th sties.. 
— — effects on the soil. 
— match at Ifrockport. 
— — at Geneva. 
— fall or winter. 
— — about. 
Plows, American vs English. 
— and plowing. 
— an explanation. 
Plow, the jointer. 
I’ota.oes, large and small for seed... 
— sweet, keeping. 
— early. 
— culiurc of. 
— raising. 
— mulching. 
— sprouting. 
— digging. 
— harvesting and keeping. . . 
— planting in the fall. 
— ;m experiment with. 
Potato and corn culture. 
—• crop, the. 
— O sago trout. 
— culture of the sweet. 
— blight, another theory. . . . 
— culture, an experiment. 
— disease the. 
Poultry show, the Boston. 
— cheaper than pork. 
— Dorking, Shanghai, &c. . . 
— remedy. 
— pumpkin seeds not poison to 
Potash in vegetables. 
Prognostics ot the weather for 1852. 
Products of the United .Stales. . . . 
Prepare for winter, fall work. 
Preserved meats. 
Pr ze heifers, Mr. Chapman’s. 
Purslane. 
Rais, more about. 
Red-root and snow birds. 
— eradication of. 
Reaping machines, early. 
Reformatory farm school for girls . 
Reclaimed marshes. 
Rice corn, pop corn, &c. 
Roofs and siding, cheap. 
Roller, the. 
Roads and road laws. 
— and road making. 
Rula baga, the. 
Rural life preferable. 
249, 265, 273, 281 
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.145 
.. 90 
.1, 154 
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. 25 
. 31 
. 41 
. 42 
. 57 
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. . . .97, 113, 145 
.114 
.138 
..162 
.162 
.170 
.170. 289 
.194 
.194 
.226, 361 
.266 
.274 
.315 
.362 
.378 
.378 
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.324 
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.138 
.• • •. 146 
.154 
.266 
.369 
.378 
.162 
.393 
.105 
.369 
..225 
. . . .231, 238, 280 
.318 
. .. 386 
.210, 241, 297 
. 42 
. 98 
.163, 178 
. 162 
. 186 
.161 
.214, 216 
.258 
Salt, Onondaga. 
—• Dundee. 
— analysis of. 
Save the dead leaves. 
— it all. 
Scraper, cast iron dirt. 
Selling milk and making butter. 
Seeds, save the best. 
— selection of. 
Sheep in winter. 
— how we winter. 
— C.tiswold. 
— wintering in Michigan. 
— new Leicester. 
— folding. 
— husbandry. 
— French merino, Mr. Campbell’s. . 
— and wool in the U. S. 
— broom corn for. 
— Silesian merinoes, Mr. Campbell’s. 
— care of in winter.354 
— registering and marking.361 
— rack an t feeding trough.393 
— watering in winter.393 
— fall and white care of.395 
Short horn, a perfect.369 
Shanghai vs. Sliangliae.361 
Silk manufacture.210 
Sdica in vegetables.169 
Slaughter house, an hour in.274 
Social organization. 26 
Soil and market, adapting crons to.186 
boil and market, adapting crops to.186 H blooming artificially. 
- how to improve poor.J86 _ > f . ftn | vefCetftble *. 
sources of nutmion.210 0 f. . . f. 
cods, analysis oL. m _’ room . 
jiu g ng of. ... • — culture in Michigan. , 
-- absorbent power of.bo, Ziz A . . 
z E 
Springtime hints and suggestions. 89 mMelffnoZ ’’’’ 
Stock, regular feeding of. 1 Z Z ESSk&V.V.*. 
Dairy, Hoidcrness, Durham, Duchess blood.. 3.'* * } ° . 
- wintering on carrots.1*1 “ ~ ‘ L.. 
- Air. Vail's heifer “ Yarm Lass,”. 81 _* :” 
. 354 Dahlia.355 
. 361 Death of A. J. Downing.267 
. 393 Dwar f trees..67, 99, 171, 371 
. 393 — pears for marketing.267 
. 395 — pear trees.403 
• 369 Evergreens, economy of.147 
• 361 — growth of.187 
• •“16 — pruning.259 
’ *1’;? — grafting.3B!) 
• Exhibition of winter fruits, Monroe Co. 27 
• Experiences of 1851. 51 
386 flowers, blooming artificially. .. 59 
2io — fruits and vegetables.347 
177 Eruit, models of. 43 
257 — room.. 
5 242 — culture in Michigan.379 
' £2 — trees, diseases and bisects. 59 
jej'j — — care of in spring. 99 
— — grass around. 63 
j — — mulching,.. 
'l7 — — growth of.. 
33 — — blight on.227 
121 ~ — robbing.259 
qi — — labels for.. 
.217 
.321 
.105 
.231 
..169 
.161 
.4-19 
.378 
.345 
.154 
. 50 
.116 
..275 
.210 
.130, 346 
.338, 369 
. 25 
............ 26 
. 57 
. 97 
. .. 105 
.113, 178, 282 
.. 132 
.129, 193 
.130 
.177 
.282 
.202 
.242 
.369, 385 
.376 
Hereford, Mr.'Ayrauit’s bull “ Tromp,’’: ’.! 113 ™“uro of native.131 
improvement of our common.122 Garden walks, gravel for.35, 187 
— short-horn in Genesee Co..185 — work for February. 43 
— improved short-horn. 290 — the vegetable.83, 363 
— statistics of it: the U. S.298 hints.139, 317 
— apples as food for.3.322 insects.203 
wintering.385 — engine, improved.251 
— sale of Mr Morris’.201 Gardening, Dickens on.259 
Stable floors on a new plan. 17 Gigantic cactus. 163 
Steers, breaking. 26 Gooseberries, tan bark for.339 
Straw, feeding cattle, sheep, &.C. 50 Grafting, cutting and keeping scions. 3 
— use and value of. 73 — composition. 99 
cutting, braiding and whitening. 347 — about.. 
ricultural rooms.314 evergreens.235 
leaves for littering. 362 Green houses in winter. 19 
fixing ammonia in.Grape culture-.43,187 
>£r, uses and value of. 66 vines, pruning. 91 
5l butter and cheese, the. 258 — — manure for. 107 
State agricultural rooms. 
Stabler, leaves lor littering. 
fixing ammonia in. 
Sunflower, uses and value of. 
Supply ol butter and cheese, the. . .. 
Surtblk stallion, a modern. 
Swine, what have we. 
— about. 
— management of. 
— fattening, commence early. . 
— Leicestershire. 
— raising and fattening. 
System and order. 
Tapping trees, new way. 
“ Terra culture,” disclosures in. . . . 
— — its application. 
— — its discoverer libeled - . .. 
Thorough tillage. 
Thermometers and barometers. 
The cat let out of the bag. 
Thick vs thin seeding. 
Things I have seen. 
Time valuable in winter. 
Timber growing. 
Tiles for roofing. 
Tobacco, culture of.. 
— transplanting. 
Trees, what are they made of. 
.30.5 Grapes, packing and sending. 
. 58 — to preserve fresh. 
.170 — sulphur for. 
.218 — healtlifulness of. 
. 305 Grounds, the beautiful in.. 
.'.jii Hemlock, tlio. 
.'.,,,1 — for shade and hedges. 
j Horticultural Society, Genesee Valley. . . . 
. 6" — — report on fruits.. . .. . 
.278 — — exhibitions.163, 171 
.339 — — — midsummer. 
.’89 — — — autumn. 
. 34 — tool chest. 
.— notes of Washington and vicinity. 
. 226 _ hints.. . 
.219 _ items. 
.516 Hollyhock, the. 
. 33 Horticulture in Buffalo. 
.J90 How to popularize the taste for planting. . . 
.— to enlarge vegetables. 
..50, 113 House plants, selection of. 
..193 — — in winter. 
.'"3, 2u9 | Indelible ink for zinc labels. 
. ..2B) ; Insects anil pear blight. 
110 .oQj 1 ; i June hints, hoeing and weeding. 
.163, 171, 179,202, 227 
.211 
Tricks of animals.210 ; insects anil pear blight. 
Trials of Implements in New York and Ohio. 297 ! June hint and weeding .. . 
Trout, cultivation of. 394 1 Lawns, n hint on. 
Turnips! good word for. HI i Lima bean, the. .. 
. .. 250 I Melon bugs, cure for. 
— harvesting.322, 338 J Native plants and flowers. 
.170 
.329 
.161, 185 
.1,41, 73, 105, 12J 
.80, 92 
. 90 
.130 
.137, 378 
.177, 201 
.266 
.313, 338 
.361 
.362 
.369 
. 98 
. 121 
.130 
.146 
.161 
.337 
.338 
. 10 
.202 
.329 
.338 
.409 
.137 
.185 
.337 
.338, 3i 9 
.369 
. 377 
.249 
Underdrains, new plan for. 65 
— how they are useful."21 
Underdraining, reasons for.274 
Veterinary college. 18 
Vegetable physiology.3-5, 393 
Victor, visit to.22.5 
Visiting farmers in harvest. 281 
Vinegar, making.386 
Waste of weeds. 266 
Western Pennsylvania, Erie Co Fair.315 
Wet lands..282 
Webster, a book farmer. 362 
Wheat crop in Western New York. _9 
— — manuring the. 273 
— — of Ohio.. 347 
— washing spring. ; . 59 
— wild goose.'.. 66 
— spring, underdraining. '13 
— harrowing. 122 
— and et re, expenses and profitscompa:cd.. . . 137 
— summer fallowing l'or.193 
— cutting early..2C3 
— shocking.233 
— culture, premium crops. 257 
— weevil in.258, 274 
— plaster in the fall for. 282 
— sowing oats wii h.281 
— wheel cultivator for putting in.297 
— time of cutting for seed. 297 
— gang plow for putting in.313, 345 
— Hungarian snow. 314 
— for seed.329, 369 
— great crop of.. 354 
— to prevent rust in.386 
What is worth doing do well.258, 362 
White vs. colored Shanghais.266 
What every farmer may have. 322 
Wire worms." L 217 
— — frequent plowing. 122 
Wisconsin, Winnebago Co. 122 
— season, crops, &..330 
Winter killing of clover. 129 
— the time to think. • 394 
Willow, cultivation of basket.147, 339 
—• the basket.265 
Wire fences, an experiment.353 
Wood, growth of.. •* 
— lots, management of..49> 129 
Wool growing in Chautauque. 73 
— — in New York...337 
— is its production on the increase.250 
— its cost and prices. 201 
Wool market, review of. 186 
_ — — for October.361 
— — — for November. 402 
— future prospects of. 102 
— how to grow. 462 
HORTICULTURAL. 
American Poinological Convention,.397 
Apples, securing and keeping.3, 339 
— large,. 
— choice and profitable. 59 
— dry rot in. 91 
. . . 65 j — trees, a suggestion. 
.... "21 I New depredator. 
. . . 274 j Newburgh, a call at. 
'? | Observation, fruits of. 
o'O, ..J > Onion seed.1.. 
. . ’’ . Onion seed..'. 139 
.I — the potato.403 
.j Orchard. Mr. Pinney's.219 
.° ’ I — hints in season.147 
. 266 Osage orange, the.31.5 
•> j r j 
.I Pear trees, leaf blight on. 35 
.— — pyramidal, on quince stocks.11.5 
. 3 ; — — improvement of old.179, 395 
.; — — insects and blight.227 
. . 5‘|7 I — — profitable.363 
. u 7,‘ ; Pears, house ripening.291 
. I — on quince stocks.307 
. . .’.I j — for general cultivation.363 
. Pear, the Buffum.. 43 
lompaie:. 137 j — profits <>i growing the.147 
.] — new enemy to.195 
.i — orchard, a model.,... 331 
.! — the Washington.355 
.Cry n-i Peach trees, growth of. 51 
.2 h 2 — — manure for.347 
. Peaches, Monroe Co.363 
.5W plant, cultivation of.291 
. XXi — — and asparagus.355 
.l, r Planting, the taste for.299 
.^ 0 aiii Plants in the house. 67 
.— bedding in turf. 243 
.. — In rooms.331 
. .* 0 U Q ' Plum trees, the black knot in.123, 187, 275 
. 1 ’ ork — Blake’s Scarlet, or Lombard.387 
.Plums and tiie eurculio.275 
.,',Y 017 Priming.‘291 
. ■ ,.,o 1 Purple candytuft.155 
. . 122 Quinces love salt.187,227 
330 — about.359 
. 129 Reverence for trees.339 
. 394 Rhubarb. 139 
.147, 330 Roses, standard climbing. 3 
. 265 — wintering tea.379 
. 353 Rose bushes, preservation of.123 
. 353 Rose bushes, preservation of.123 
• 3 — pruning the.147 
i, 129 — insects.198 
. 73 Root pruning.179 
’ ”1 Save your own seeds.315 
' Self-appointed tasting committees.355 
' Shortening vines.275 
’ State Fairs and fruit committees.107 
— — Horticultural exhibition.299 
Strawberries, raising the finest. 43 
— manure for. 91 
— about..163 
— slabs and.163 
— grafted on roses.267 
— notes on.283 
— great crop of.339 
Strawberry runners.155 
— a prolific plant.211 
Tan bark. 275 
— — for gooseberries. 339 
Tomatoes.217 
— growing early.155, 163 
— culture of.. 187 
Trees, ornamental.179 
— transplanting.‘227, 339 
of the Baldwin.115 
Apple tree borer.. 155, 267 Tom(ltoe8 ....7.7.'.7.'.7.7.7.7.'.'. 21 
pests... . . •’* — growing early.155, 16! 
Apple trees, special manures for. m _ nnPnrp of 18' 
- - dwarf, Doucnin and Paradise stocks- 99 orlmm ,, ntll i''7.'. ' 17: 
— — pruning. 
— — value of old. 
— — wash for. 
— — skinning old. 
— — decay of. 
— — freaks of.. 
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Army worm. 
Asparagus, culture of. 
Barkbound trees. 
Birds and looking glasses. 
— and caterpillers. 
Blackberries, culture of.. 
Budding or innoculating. 
Cabbages, raising. 
— to head in winter. 
Caterpillers, how to kill. 
Cardinal flower, the. 
Canker worms. 
Cherry, the Downer. 
— trees at midsummer. 
Cornus tree. 
Columbine, the wild. 
Cranberry culture. 
Cranberries on upland.. 
Curculio, the... 
— oil troughs for. 
— an experiment. . .. 
Currant bushes,. 
Cypress vine, the.*. 
Trees, ornamental. 
— transplanting. . . 
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395 “ trccs . 
131 Watermelon.. 
275 Water lily, large. 
. 387 “S”*™. 
. 395 - trecs . 
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..171, 275 Water lily, large. 
. . .83, 355 Wine, American. 
...83, 347 DOMESTIC ECONOMY. 
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.251 
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.259 
.131 
.379 
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Accidents, assistance iu . 
Ants, house . 
Apples, to hake . 
— fritters... 
— dried, pies and torts. 
Apple pnddiug dumplings. 
. 19 
Barley water, to make. 
Beans, stewed. 
Beef for family use, salting . 
— potted . 
— pressed . 
Beeswax, making . 
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