1893 
INDEX.—THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
Q PAGE 
Quack, To kill off a . 493 
Questions for your opinion, Some.235 
Quince. Champion, Where the, dies... 796 
Culture, About. 21 
Meech’s Prolific. 817 
The earliest is too late.5C9 
Rabbits, Beating the. ' 
Rain, hydraulic, More power to a. 
Making experiment, A. i 
Raisin culture.' 
Rape and kale. ' 
Practical talks about. • 
Raspberries, A s ort rotation for. 
Mulching. 
New i 
Stand too much richness ? Can...! 
Raspberry culture, Notes on.1 
Gladstone . 
Promise, A.. ■ 
Thompson’s Early Prolific red.... ( 
Thompson’s red. 1 
Rations, Feeding. 
Reform, A needed.: 
Reminders. ' 
Road-building scheme, That.! 
Road, Lost on the .! 
Scraper, Handy.' 
Roads, Country. 
For Minn., Good. 
Question, The good. 
Some more bad . j 
That nelp agriculture, Poor. 
Root of the matter. The. 
Roots are after water .. ! 
In the tiles . 
Splitting. 
Ye shall know them by their. 
Rope netting. . 
Rose bugs, Killing.429, 
Christmas, The.68, : 
Of Erin defended. 
Propagation, Something about.... 
Roses, A statement about those. 
For Mass., Some hardy. 
Rot, Bagging out the. 
Rothamstead, The jucilee at. 
Roup. 
Something about. 
Running In a run out acre. 
Rural Grounds, Notes from the..618, 
.651, 666, 683, 758, 
R. N.-Y., Like the. 
Rye for the corn plant.. 
Straw, When to cut. 
The resurrection of. 
Sage growing. ; 
Saw, That folding, again. 
Saloons, Down witu private. i 
Salt and blood, Refuse.i 
Sandwich Islander talks, A.! 
Sawdust. 
Scab will breed scab. 
School laws of N. Y. State. 
Schools ? district. Should the natural 
sciences be taught in the. 
Scours, Cured. 
Secretary of Agriculture, Our. 
Seedlings new vaileties ? Are all.... 
Seeds or berries ? Shall It be. 
Self-suckers, Curing.-.. 
Separator vs. creamery. 
Separators and separated milk. 
Sex, Breeding for. 
Shape ? Will selection affect . 
Shavings for bedding. 
Sheep and corn. . 
And dog country, That. 
And hens . 
And tobacco . 
Sheep as hoes. 631 
As lawn mowers. 471 
Barn for a regiment of.521 
Bayazit, in California. 52 
Closely bred. 701 
Dorset, Hardiness of. 490 
Dorset horned, Among the.241 
Dorset Horned, up-head. 15 
Dorset, Horns on the.234 
Dorset, Tne blood of the. 681 
Farming.... .570 585, 602 
In the orchard. 444 
Long Island.i 77 
Look for tapeworms in the.333 
Merino, What blood with.743 
Rape for.. ... 327,663 
Round worms in.397 
Scabby.237 
Scabby, Treatment of.331 
South Down, Group of. 68 
Talk, A.’.243 
Tapeworm In. . .. 257 
That eat wool.413 
* What.455 
Side of It, Another. 566 
Silo, A talk about a. 701 
Baker on the.459 
Capacity of. 565 
Earth or bank. 558 
Far ahead. The.682 
Pit, That Southern.590 
Substitute- A. 663 
That Arkansas pit. 574 
The filling of a. 777 
Silos, New things about. 590 
Silver, Against free coinage of. 25 
Arguments lor.561 
And wheat. 4 
Free coinage of. 362 
Question The.347 
Skim-milk, A waste. 15 
Paying for. 15 
Skim or buttermilk. 535 
Skunk,befriends the berrygrower,The 718 
Slave, ex-debt, talks, An. 246 
Slavery, transfer of, A .199 
Smut, Influence of, on succeeding 
crops.865 
Soil analysis.340, 701 
And plaster, Some qualities of.... 381 
Hunger, A plant that means. 429 
Kentucky, Catechising a. 733 
Shade for the. 766 
That has lost its savor. 493 
Soils that suit varieties. 686 
Soiling and ensilege.82, 99, 129 
Soluble, reverted, and insoluble. 125 
Sorghum or corn fodder. 295 
Sorrel, Killing. 429 
South Carolina liquor dealers. 478 
Sow, Sit down and. 347 
Sow, a Cannibal.343 
A good.503, 791 
Money making, A. 703 
Record of one.875 
That Cannibal.391 
That paid. A stray. 503 
What a good, will do. 506 
Brood, Profit in. 827 
Sow’s, financial record, A . 551 
On top ? Are these .791 
Those smart. 813 
Spavin, Bog. 644 
Spoons, sliver, Making. 133 
Sprayed with a broom. 556 
Sprayer, Tired of lugging water in a.. 333 
Spraying and pasturing. 391 
Doesn’t like.347 
Machine, A cheap.558 
Spring-house, Heating a. 234 
Spring on another man's land, Right to 397 
Sprouts, Help wanted to kill. 37 
Squash borer. The. 19 
Bugs, Fighting. 558 
Vines dying.516 
Stalks and straw for bay .809 
And straw, Make mince meat of the 717 
Stalks, dry, in a half filled silo. 701 
Stallion, A fine young. 759 
Starch trade. The. 502 
State? What.333 
Stock, breeding, Buying.775 
Feeds, Some.875 
In winter . 217 
Leaves for.583 
Live, Best on the farm. 18 
Straw, Cultivating a taste for. 52 
Feeding of, The.699 
Rye.596 
Selling, and buying manure. 21 
Stalks and sheep. 163 
Straws about.614 
Will not decay, Where.381 
Strawberries. 5 
A crop to follow. 316 
And grapes. 733 
And hog cream . 246 
Among my. 590 
Bordeaux Mixture and fertilizers 
for. ... 224 
Strawberries, Bubach and Sharpless.. 541 
Extra feed for. 244 
Fertilizer mixture for.365 
Good. 715 
In straw. Burying. 748 
Need Nitrogen ? Do .687 
New.85, 507 
Nitrate for. 126 
Nitrate of soda on.84, 144 
Potato vines as a mulch for. 996 
Preferred. 543 
Seedling, and tile covers. 445 
Starting in.214 
Tobacco and rye. 365 
Treatment of crowded.347 
Wild. 733 
Strawberry and other fruit notes.507 
Bed, A. 556 
Crescent, O. K. 103 
Crown borer. The. 185 
Everbearing. 637 
Fertilizing, A. 165 
Growing, Remarkable. 542 
Insect, A. 636 
Leaf eaters.596 
Notes. 782 
Plants and gladiolus bulbs. 104 
Plants, Over-bearing. 703 
Report, A.542 
Report, Mr. Crawford’s. 543 
Weevil. 223 
Strippings, Value of. 79 
Sucker, Anti-self. 177 
Sugar bounty, The amount of.234 
Of Lead, Dissolving.581 
Sulphur and black knot. 509 
Sulphuric acid and barrels.205 
Surplus, Saving the. 453 
Surprise, The reason for the. 849 
Sunday opener opens up, Another.... 478 
Opening. An opinion about. 430 
Sunflower, Light on the. 503 
Superphosphate, Analysis of a.332 
Swamp, Liming the sourness out of a. 229 
Well draining of a. 349 
Years of probation for. 205 
Sweet peas, autumn. 541 
Swindler abroad, The. 326 
Tankage goes up head. 
What to do with.; 
Tares and rape. Saving a Canadian 
farm with. 
Tax, collateral inheritance, The. 
Taxes of N. Y. State, The. 
Team, farm, Thatold. 
Old, vvbat about the. 
Teat, A lumo In a. 
Leak in the, A. . 
Teats, To save the. 
Tenant on stiff ranee, A. 
Texas Fever again. 636 
Fever and ticks. 647 
Fever without ticks. 583 
Fever, or “tick” fever.508, 524, 538 
Thermometer. The old farmer’s. 82 
Thistles, Canada, Exterminating.285 
Thunder and lightning sales. 490 
Ticks are too thick, The.327 
TIIp tnlir A . SQ7 
Timber land. The value of. 750 
Timothy. Getting back to. 127 
Killed by.327 
Selling, to buy clover. 599 
Tires, Wide, in Queens Co. 9 
Wide, Tax rebate for. 372 
Tobacco dust .324 
Fertilizer.381 
Stems. 5 
Stems and other fertilizers. 245 
Stems, How to use. 144 
Waste again.701 
Tomato decay? What makes the. 749 
Dwarf Champion, Seeds of. 194 
Hybrids.814 
Novelties. 715 
Talk, A.398 
Tomatoes and other things. 715 
Fertilizers for. 144 
Manuring In the hill for. 331 
Small, from hill manuring. 245 
Some talks about. 603 
Topics discussed. Various. 750 
Tree seeds. Treatment of. 300 
Such an agent as this. 185 
Trees and shrubs, Ornamental. 703 
Apple, Bone and potash for. 101 
From seed. 840 
Girdled, Remedy for.155, 265 
How to kill.147, 168 
Maple, Difference In . 70 
Planting, by the moon. 757 
Wash for. 734 
Weakened, No hope for. 265 
Whitewashing in the fall.653, 683 
Young, in old orchards.147 
Trench system, To try the.317 
Trusts and the farmers. 53 
Truth modified. 506 
Tuberculosis in England. 471 
Inspection for. 47 
In N. Y. State. 679 
Look out for.849 
More about. 47 
Tuberose, Pearl. 225 
Tuber, The most from one. 850 
Turkey, A tufted. 1 
Tufted or crested, That. 143 
Turkeys, Tufted, More. 54 
Big..485 
Feeding young. 404 
Rhode Island . 745 
Wild.843 
Turnips for green manuring.284 
Tylers, Stick to home grown. 589 
Udder needs kneading. 
Uncle, Down with, up with Anti. 
Sam to Miss Canada. 
Underdrainage by all means.... 
Uniforms, Let us wear. 
Vegetable cutter. 
Factory, Tools in a. 
Garden, The. 
Vegetables, Desiccated. 
Extra e >rly. 
Vet. do this, Better let a. 
Vinegar from unripe grapes. 
Heat for making. 
Pure cider. 
Vineyards, Bone meal and potash in. 
Vineyards, Green manure for. 101 
Vlnlferas, European. In America. 151 
Volunteer’s virtue and drafted man's 
“Bkln” . 623 
Wages for legal holidays. 1 
Wagon, A very low down. 
Is best ? What kind of. ! 
Wart, Killing a . 4 
Washings for thin spots .t 
Washington, Dealing straight with.... i 
Water, Bringing, from a distance. ’ 
Water-melon seeds . < 
On a wire. 1 
Pipe, Cleaning a closed. 
Proofing cotton cloth. 1 
To the barn. Getting .5, ! 
Weather after Easter, The. 1 
Weed, virtues of a. The.t 
Weight Instead of measure, By.! 
Well drain, A.! 
Siphon in a. ! 
West, A voice from the . £ 
What do I know this spring ?.318, ! 
Do we think of It ? ! 
Else but stick ?.< 
Wheat, A profit in. 1 
Wheat, Effects of holding.i 
Feeding. i 
Fertilizer for Indiana. A. ' 
For eggs, Trading. ’ 
For feed, Changing.I 
How Is this. ! 
Jones’s Winter Fife, lti N. J . i 
Midge, All about the. ' 
Mulching, with manure. 
Peas for the . 
Potash on the. 
Seeding, A lesson in . 
70-cent. ! 
Shall we sow ? How much.: 
Some new varieties of. 
The blow that s illed . 
Why plast-.r fails on. 
Yielded more th n 60-fold . 
Where are we at V. 
White weed. 
Wife is assistant boss. 
Stands, Where the farmer’s. 
Willow, basket, Growing . 
Will this restore his confidence. 
Windmill on a pole. 
Tanks, Stone. 
Windmills and rams. 
Wlneberry, Japanese. 
Seeds . 
Wine, Unfermented.5, 
Wines at home, Making. 
Wire and oak slats. . 
Witch grass, Exorcising. 
Wives, Rooster-pecked. 
Wolf teeth... 
Woman's work, More about . 
Work, Too much. 
Wood, Steaming. 
Woodchuck fertilizer. To rntue. 
Woodchucks or ground hogs. 
Woods mold, Value of. 
Wool as a by-product. 
Buyers. 
Free, and corn harvesters . 
Free, The cheapness in. 
The politics of. 
What about. 
Wing on free. 
World’s Columbian Exposition, The.. 
Fair, From the.887, 
Fair, Notes... .394, 522, 538, 555-. 582, 
.619, 
World’s Fair trip, Notes on a. 
Worms, Cut, to tight. .... 
To knock. 
Wyandottes, About those. 
Zinnia, A pretty. 715 
ILLUSTRATIONS. 
Agriculture the foundation for all 
honest industry. 3 
Alfalfa field, An.569 
Amaranthus. Firebrand. 139 
Animal, To cast an. 244 
Anti-scratching device, An. 619 
Apple, Anlson.299 
Canada Baldwin. 51 
Nameless.219 
Picker, An. 650 
Or potatoes, A crate for.314 
Asparagus, Columbian Mammoth 
White.139 
Attraction, A center of—The Wills- 
wood Trough.846 
Barley, New hybrid.241 
Barnyard leach, A New England.329 
Leach, Another. 441 
Bean, Burpee’s Black Lima. 110 
Burpee's Bush “Lima.118 
Begonias, Strain of Tuberous.119 
Bicycle, A spavined. 586 
Maker. , 650 
Bite, A hog. 313 
Bran bln and chute. 730 
Brooder, A. G. Chapman's cream.394 
Heated by gas. 67 
Houses. Three styles of. 67 
Outline of home-made.346 
Bull fight on the Western plains, A... 17 
Jersey, Glynllyn Boy, 22396. 537 
Pen, Fastening for. 66 
Takes a walk, The.330 
Butter, G. S. 204 
Producers on a Connecticut farm, 
Assistant. 297 
Cabbage, Burpee’s World Beater. 121 
Canaigre, A wild plant tamed.298 
Cuma, Florence Vaughan. 123 
Capon, A large.203 
One-year-old. 203 
Caponlzing Cannula, Improved.243 
French, with lingers. 163 
Carpenter's bench and turning lathe, 
Students at the. 99 
Cars, Carry load and horses on the.... 815 
Cart, A Long Island tow.815 
A. for hauling ensilage.847 
Centrosema Grandliiora.138 
Check-reins, A new thing in.831 
Celery as grown by the new method.. 81 
New method of banking.347 
Cheese, Edam, made at the New York 
Experiment Station.793 
Edam, Pressmoulds and Jcover.... 794 
Edam, Sailing-mould for. 795 
Gouda,IGroup of, made at the New 
York Experiment Station. 793 
Cheese mould, Gouda . 795 
Cherry, Rocky Mountain.119 
Chicken coop, A .555 
Chrysanthemum, Mrs. Wm. Trelease. 121 
Churn, A new.619 
Clematis Davldlana. 651 
Clover, Scarlet, How, compares with 
common Red.425 
Connelly, A. M. 601 
Corn cob, Hand. 83 
Ensilage, Loading.778 
Cornered, now he must fight to the 
death. 617 
Cornfield. As seen In John Gould’s en¬ 
silage.777 
Courting days, Their. 378 
Cow, An essay on the.315 
Anti-self-sucker for. 178 
Students judging a short-horn, 
with score card. 97 
To stop self milking. 491 
Cows from the Cornell herd. 427 
Head fastened for dishorning. 413 
Cream, Separating, by Jersey bull 
power. 143 
Stirrer, A. 66 
Dairyman, Helps for the.553 
Dairy school building, New. 98 
Dictator, The greatest son of old 
Hambletonian.395 
Ditcher, A, for the ditcher.314 
Donkey that wears pants, A.474 
Duck yards, Partial view of. 410 
Ducks, A pair Of Pekin. 409 
Egg camdler does business, Where the 523 
Elaeagnus Edulls. 122 
Ewe and her two lambs, A. 585 
Fan, Self-blowing, for tree agents.... 682 
Farm house, A New England. 667 
Typical old New England.665 
The motive power on a scrub oak .. 633 
Working force on a one-horse Jer¬ 
sey.261 
Fence, An excellent. 51 
A portable.429 
Portable, Another. 506 
Fertilizer factory, Bird’s eye view of 
the Bradley.183 
Making sulphuric acid in a.162 
Factory, Materials in a.162 
Flower seeds are coming up, The.346 
Foreign policy. Our . 182 
Fowls, Br. Leghorn.697 
Br. Leghorns, A group of, and 
their nurse.345 
Gobbler, A wild. 746 
Gobblers, Turkey, at the R. I. Experl- 
ment Station. 746 
Good morning! Have you had your 
oatmeal?.141 
Gooseberry, Cayuga. 34 
Columbus. 36 
Hale’s Golden. 36 
Pearl. 34 
Red Jacket. 35 
Summer. 33 
Unnamed, from Lewis Roesch. 33 
Grafting, Whip. 475 
Grape, Barbarossa, as grown in hot¬ 
house culture . 49 
Barbarossa, Sample clusters of.... 50 
Campbell’s Early. 829 
Superb. 636 
Grindstone, Resting at the. 747 
Hallock, Geo. W. 443 
Harness, Proposed new. .... 555 
Harris, Joseph. 18 
Harrow, A revolving one-horse. 32 
Hay fork, A short cut for the.863 
How much am I offered, gentle¬ 
men, for prime American.553 
Hay rack, A well arranged .442 
Heifer, Hulda Stoke Pogls 2nd. 142 
Polled Aberdeen-Angus, Princess 2 
Hens, Feeding trough for.222, 635 
Henhouse, An electrical.222, 635 
A Kansas. 633 
And tool room.262 
Interior model . 262 
Mr. Johnson’s model.262 
Station, Latest bulletin from the.. 683 
Henhouses, Hicks, Good plan of the.. 764 
Highway, A N. J. 571 
Honey, A Connecticut parson talking 
in his bee dress,. 377 
Hoof, The golden.521 
Horse, Hucksters’ sore back device 
for a. 618 
Ideal uarness, The.861 
Straw hat for the. 491 
Horses, Judging draught. 99 
Horticultural labaratory: students 
grafting. 97 
Ice closet. An.... . 445 
Jerseys, Dishorned, that help bring up 
the butter yield to 20 pounds a 
day. 297 
Lamb, Dorset, Pure blood, and lamb 
from Dorset ram and grade 
Merino ewe.681 
Dorset, with sire and dam.681 
Lambs, Barn for 1280 . 522 
Dressing hothouse.283 
Orphan, and tbelr nurse. 100 
Load, A useless, that the farmer pays 
for. 586 
Page 
Liebig, Justus Von. 161 
Lump jaw, Jawbone showing effects 
of.379 
Jaw with tumor inside. 379 
Jaw with tumor outside, A case of 379 
Maize, The new, Zea canina.282 
Manura sprinkler, Homemade liquid. 862 
Marigold, New Single. 119 
Meal bin, A handy.730 
Melon, Burpee’s Melrose. 120 
Milk bottling apparatus, View of.620 
Morton, J. Sterling . 393 
Mountain fleece. 123 
Nests, Frame for the. 764 
Orange, Otaherte.119 
Pasture, In a Sullivan Co., N. Y., dairy 65 
Pea, Exonian.122 
Pear, Macomber No. 6.698 
Plow, reversible, A new English. 682 
Plum,Abundance.... . 666 
Lincoln. 138 
Poppy, American Flag.138 
Potato Bug defies the world, Mr. 29 
Sorter, A. 747 
The odds in favor of. 362 
Variegated-leaved. 117 
Potatoes, A tool for trenching.263 
Improved shovel for. 831 
With and without scab.201 
Power converter, A home-made. 68 
Quartette, female, A Berkshire.825 
Rain-making machine, A Jersey.263 
Ram, Imported Dorset-horn, Royal 
Windsor, No. 232 . 242 
Raspberry, Superlative.120 
Rhode Island Thanksgiving dinners 
on foot. 745 
Road, New Jersey Telford.571 
Rooster, One-year-old.203 
Root cutter, A homemade.863 
Growth of different plants.729 
Growth of four stalks of corn.713 
Roots as the corn cqmes into tassel... 715 
As they cross the row at last culti¬ 
vation. 715 
Baby corn, 27 days after planting. 714 
18 days after planting.714 
The downward growth of.731 
Rose, Agnes Emily Carman, Foliage 
of the. 762 
Agnes Emily Carman, Latest Pho¬ 
tograph of the. 763 
Rainbow. 139 
Rosa rugosa hybrids, The first of the. 761 
Rural New-Yorker’s new home, 
The.331 
Rye, Feeding the, to the corn crop.... 489 
PAGE 
Seeds growing firm at work, Members 
of a Connecticut. 281 
Separators, Students at the. 97 
Sheep, Bayazit, or Broad-Tailed, in 
California. 52 
Barn, Interior of a Connecticut... 602 
Dorset, A group of good. 585 
Farm, A woman s. 505 
F’eeding rack, A handy... .242 
South Down, Group of. 68 
Silo, F'llllng the.779 
Filling a round, in Delaware.847 
Governor, Details of the.696 
Siphon and pump attachment. 412 
Sow, Cheshire, A typical.649 
Lady Moody, A typical Cheshire.. 221 
8praying nozzle. 863 
Squash borer, Different forms of. 19 
Borer, Work of the. 19 
Stallion, Hackney, Cadet. 181 
Hackney, M. P. 1852. 361 
Starch feed bin. 730 
Steer in harness, A single. 634 
8tock, Very promising young. 18 
Strawberries, Treatment of crowded.. 347 
Strawberry, Auburn.507 
Brandywine. 507 
Field, A view of W. F. Taber's .... 459 
Gen. Putnam.507 
Princess. 507 
Rio No. 9 507 
Rock, A farmer's house built on a. 457 
Timbrell. 120 
Weevil. 223 
Surveyor’s level, Students using the.. 97 
Table, ironing, A patented.555 
Team have shade ? Why not let the. 539 
Time lor reflection here, Plenty.587 
Thrasher, A Fearless. 830 
Toad, Our respected friend, Mr .. ..411 
Tomatoes, Hybrid between the com¬ 
mon and Currant. 814 
Tomatoes, Some of the R. N.-Y. 
crossbred.603 
Trough, The Willswood.846 
Turkey, A Top-Knot Bronze. 1 
Shed and some breeding stock, A.. 745 
Violet, Hardy Double English.123 
Wagon, A very low-down. 82 
Water, Hot, In the farmer’s kitchen.. 490 
Water-melon, Cole’s Early. 122 
Windmill, Mule power substitute for a 813 
Without a derrick, A. 780 
Wolfhound, Jerry, Prize. 473 
Woodchuck exterminator, A.570 
