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INDEX.—THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
ILLUSTRATIONS. 
PA OK 
Abutllon, Souvenir de Bonn. 775 
Amplexicaule leaf. 663 
Apple monument.424 
I’est, Hawthorn tlngis. 425 
Senator. 838 
Twigs, Disease and Insects on. 329 
Walter Pease. 776 
Barn at Fairfield Dairy. 805 
For a fruit farm.696, 711, 744, 759 
Frame, Convenient. 472 
Frame, Bhawver, Complete.809 
Plans of a bank.279 
Without beams.344, 391 
Boarder crop, Summer.405, 406 
Borer, The shot-hole. 585 
Brooder, Pipes for a hot water. 86 
Bull. Guernsey. 709 
Jersey.694 
Short-horn. 837 
Cabbage plants with club root.259 
Camping out In Colorado. 453 
Carriage, An American horseless.743 
Cattle, Holstein, Group of. 49 
Celery crate for marketing.421 
Tile Irrigation for.375 
Chain making by machinery. 221 
Cherry Tree covered with netting. 311 
Chestnut, Burbank Early. 773 
18-montbs. 773 
Chick born in an incubator. 486 
Chimney cured of smoking.455 
Closet, Karth. 487 
Clover, Crimson, Single stools of..357. 
..358, 359 
Club root on Cabbage. 259 
Coin. Bristol lOt-day dent. 19 
Crib to test shrinkage. 725 
Cross sections of seven varieties of 19 
Cutter, Kansas fodder. 551 
Karly Butler. 19 
Husker and shredder. 853 
Joe Waite. 19 
Parts of a kernel of. 553 
Smoked Flint. 19 
The Conqueror. 19 
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Corn. Waterloo Extra Karly. 19 
Whitecap Early dent. 19 
Cow tie, Plan of a. 18 
Typical Norman. 247 
Cows in the yoke . 469 
King and rod to fasten. 139 
Shape, Five different types of.157 
Tied between poles. 139 
Creamery, Cream room at Franklin 
County. 439 
Largest In the World.437 
Separator room at Frenklin Co.... 439 
Separator station In the country.. 439 
Currants, Picker for black. 343 
Cuspidatum leaf. 663 
Polygonum. 408 
Dairy, Bottling room at Fairfield.823 
House of stone walls. 805 
Wash room of Fairfield.823 
Duck farm of A .1 Hallock. 237 
Pekin.217 
'trademark. 678 
Yards, Pond and railroad.677 
Ducklings, Watering device lor.695 
Edge, Thomas J. 471 
Elm leaf-beetle. 646 
Kvener, Steel three-horse.344, 391 
Three-horse. 600 
With pulleys, Three-horse.472 
Farm, A Vermont not abandoned. 137 
An abandoned Vermont. 137 
In the Brandywine Valley. 517 
Fence, Homemade wire.455 
Portable . 792 
Portable sheep. 557 
Flax field on Puget Sound. . 741 
Fruit farm In Connecticut Valley.789 
Gate spring, Cheap. 487 
Grain box and rack for cows. 139 
Grass, Eulalia gr.icilima. — 504 
Eulalia Zebrina.504 
Kibbon. 504 
Greenhouse, Inside arrangements of.. 733 
Maine State College lettuce. 790 
Outside of. 733 
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Greenhouse plate, Putting on.790 
Tiles for subirrigating. 839 
Grindstone, Bicycle.535 
Guernsey bull, Faucettan . 7>9 
Haystack, Roof for a.678 
Hen lice.679 
House. Arrangements of an auto¬ 
matic. 295 
House for 1,000 hens. 83 
House for 4,0(0 broilers. . .. 199 
Horse's hoof, Quarter-crack In.521 
Husbandmsn, The model. 33 
Ice house, A warm country. 601 
Indian and squaw, A Puyallup.757 
In Mans home.757 
Injector, The McGowan.259 
Irrigated field In Colorado. 81 
Irrigation for celery, Surface ille.375 
Jersey bull. 694 
Katydid. 67 
Klin for lime burning. 141 
Lambs, Dressed. 407 
Hothouse, in sunshine. 424 
Lawn mower, Bicycle. 615 
Lettuce in pots, Forcing.581 
Subirrigated.839 
Louse, Chicken . 679 
Mayberry, Japan. 120 
Mite, Chicken. 679 
Mole Trap, German. 35 
Traps, Various.239 
Monopolist farmers have created, The 177 
Monument, Baldwin apple. 424 
Moth, Queen of the night. 549 
Mulberry. Galls that Infest the.297 
Muskmelon, Long Island Beauty. 121 
Oats, R. N.-Y. winter. 565 
Orange wrapping machine. 589 
Orchard in N. H., Apple.309 
Peach, Carman.616 
Peach cars, Icing the. 647 
Farm, Workers on a Georgia. 613 
Orchard, Georgia. 599 
Packing shed, A Georgia. 597 
Packing sued, Inside view of. 629 
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Peach season at Niagara, Ont. 341 
Shipping in Delaware.631 
Peaches, Picking, in Georgia. 614 
Pear, Japan Golden Russet. 726 
Pearson family.373 
Pig for dinner horn.583 
Pipe attachment for irrigating pump. 729 
Plow, Electric.727 
Plum orchard In bearing.822 
Scale, The new. 260 
Twig gall-mites. 161 
Potato bug. The ola-fasbioned. 568 
Day in Colorado, Serving dinner on 807 
Field, Colorado.661 
Great Divide .118 
Peerless Junior. 118 
Picker, An English.792 
Sweet, for seed.179 
Potatoes, Flea-beetle on. 219 
Carman, A farmer and his. 759 
With fertilizer. 17 
Without fertilizer. 17 
Poultry, Grit feeder for. 34 
Prickly lettuce. 3 
Prune, Correct way to.296 
Pruning, Plum trees after.761 
Plum trees before. 761 
Pump, Kinney, for mixing liquids.389 
Rainbelters outfit... 1 
Rake for orchard brush. 854 
Rape as a soiling crop for sheep.5 (3 
Ten weeks after seeding. ....533 
Haspberry-blackberrv, Logan. 121 
Road, Macadamized, in No. Carolina.. 855 
Roads. Good and bad.1 1, 103 
Roaa setlgera. 501 
Wichuralana. 791 
Rose, Crimson Rambler. 117 
Mrs. J. Sharman Crawford. 119 
Saghalin leaf.663 
Saimonberry, Blossom of the. 760 
Scale, Twig infested with San Jos6.... 167 
Sc oter. Southern heel scrape and- 201 
Sheep, Old and new way of keeping... 277 
Short-horn bull. 837 
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Silk worm cocoon. 51 
Slaughtering, Device for. 82 
Sprayer, Kerosene attachment for.... 329 
Spraying agitator. 159 
Wagon, A homemade. 376 
Spud hook . 2 
Steer In harness. 197 
Steers fed at Kansas Experiment 
Station. 645 
St. John's Wort.503 
Stump puller. 392 
Stumps, Cultivating over. 567 
Strawberry, Annie Laurie.485 
Barnett . 485 
Chair’s Early.485 
Cyclone .485 
Field in W. Va.257 
Glen Mary. .. 485 
H. W. Beecher. 485 
Hersey.485 
Ideal . 632 
Marston.485 
Mele. 485 
Satisfaction. 485 
Shuckless.485 
Victor Hugo. 485 
Williams.485 
Strawberries, thirteen of the newer.. 485 
Tank, Frost-proof watering . 181 
Tariff quarrel, Stop your.325 
Taxation, Distribution of. 66 
Thrasnlng in Colorado. 421 
Tomato, The R. Y.-Y. Peach Hybrid.. 293 
Tornado at Rural Grounds.518, 519 
Verbena, Shrubby.742 
Wagon, Low-down.615 
Washing Machine, A horse-power_774 
Weeds In a back vard. 3 
Wheelbarrow, A homemade. 455 
Willard, S D.821 
Windmill, How to put up a. 694 
That saws wood. 69J 
Work of a. 630 
Worm, Tomato. 502 
WOMAN AND THE HOME. 
PAGE 
Affection, Demonstrative. 783 
Anagrams, Homemade.814 
AppetlteB, 'Train the.815 
Apples, Saving the specked. 334 
Architecture for women,. 148 
Baby and the young man's shoes. 815 
Carriage, Wheeling the.575 
Teaching the. 351 
Baby’s carriage. 447 
Food. . 639 
Hand, Thoughts on.830 
Indoor outing. Ill 
Picture . 814 
Rights. .447 
Babies, Bathing .654 
“ Ready for the Press”.846 
The wrong.110 
Ballot a burden ? Is the.542 
Basket, A fancy. 268 
Beau question, The.58, 92, 123, 188, 208, 
.. 268,286.851 
Beans, Cooking. 494 
Bed, Falling out of. 430 
Beefsteak and boy.607 
Best, Our.••• ^oO 
When we are at our .26, 249 
Bicycle and baby.831 
Bicycling, Miss Willard on.209. 350 
Bloomers, Preaching on.750 
Blossoms, Ten New England.526 
Bonnets and bangs. 248 
Hooks, Good.<03, 803 
Borrowing, Fallacy of.495 
Bottles, For cleaning. 494 
Boy on t e farm, The..430 
Thinks, What a. 268 
Boy’s Advantages, The country. 268 
And girls. Same training for.606 
And Policeman.209 
Breakfast? What shall we have for. 269 
Breathing, Benefits of deep. 26 
Bulbs, Growing.670, 719 
Buttons that stay on.494 
Carpet notes.334 
Cellars, Care of. 93 
Chair, A rustic.. 398 
Chautauqua study. 670 
Children, Drugging.542 
Early hours for.862 
Love for. 208 
Pitying. 463 
Promises to. .... 366 
Self-help, Teach.831 
Teaching young.463 
To town, Taking the.590, 655 
Training of. 702 
Children’s behavior. 228 
Chinaman for housework. 42 
Ch'ate, Gallant Mr.863 
Christian Endeavor convention. 575 
City advantages, Misconceptions of.. 11 
Cla'a’s venture. 670 
Clock, Mending the.750 
Clothing suitable for women.527 
Coal bin. An Improved. 42 
Coat makes the man, The. 478 
Cobbe, Frances Power. 110 
Codfish, Scalloped. o9 
Co-education, Agricultural.814 
PAGE 
Co-education at Ann Arbor. 607 
At Cornell. 783 
Good effects of.847 
In Chicago. 751 
Coffee, War . 58 
Cold body, Warmth for u.10, 75 129 
Comfortables clean, To keep. 129 
Company face, Her. 168 
Confidence. 591 
In each other.269 
Contented mind, A. 59 
Conversation, Lack of ease In. 750 
Cooking lecture.. .398, 414, 446, 462, 478, 494 
School, Free.510 
Scientific. 542 
System in . 687 
Corn chowder. 511 
Cushions for use and abuse. 286 
Day's work, A good.74, 92 
Dialogues, The prize. .318, 334, 350, 383, 
.1.513, 622 
Dishes, A set of.510 
Doilies, Two dainty. 590 
Doll for Grandmamma, A. 782 
Dont’s, Chapter of.846 
Dorothy’s mustn’ts. 228 
Drawing class game. 110 
Dress. A new spring. 228 
Drive, Pleasure of. 43 
Drudge ? Shall we.686, 702, 718 
Ears, Why we have two. 735 
Eatables, Variety In country .366 
Education for our daughters. 303 
Electricity In the house. 43 
Enjoyments of life. 59 
Envying others. 543 
Explain, A chance to.622 
Farm life from the bright side.208 
Fanner and satloi s.511 
Grey's change of heart. 248 
Farmer's wife, A.654, 671 
Fashion Notes.671, 718 
Ferns In the winter. 93 
Fifleld family.362 
Home, An event in the. 574 
Fireboard, An Artistic. 148 
Flowers, Wild. 302 
“ For better, for worse”. 27 
“ Fourth.” An Ameilcan.366, 382 
Fruit. Value Of.654 
Funeral, So Boon after the.575 
Game, An evening.110, 169 
Games, Profitable. 169 
Garden tools for children. 351 
Geese, How gran'ma fattened her..... 622 
Girl's career, One. 846, 862 
Girls, Work for our. 446 
Government, Good . 655 
Grapes for winter use.591 
Hair, Styles of wearing the. 42 
Hand bag. An exquisite. 831 
Hands. Care of the . 559 
Hard-times profession. 447 
Harmonica, Tommie's. 638 
Health of the family, The . 268 
Preservers. 462 
Six rules of.431 
Heating. Drums vs. registers for. 27 
Helpers, Some hints for. 671 
PAGE 
Helpfulness, The religion of. 188 
Homo duties first,. 671 
May be all sufficient. 74 
Staying at.188, 248, 559, 655 
Sweet. To keep.... 335 
The perfect.399 
Hospitality, True.302, 526 
Housecleaning, Spring.248 
Housekeeper and help. 118 
Housework as a vocation. 446 
Husband, The angel c.334 
Improving, Always.863 
Kinship, Neglect of. 59 
Kiss, Giving the boys some one to ... 495 
Kitchen, A model.766, 798, 814, 83i, 862 
Comforts.26, 606 
Conveniences. 74 
In Spain, My. 734 
Kitten, Helping a. 479 
Koumiss, Recipe for.511 
Lace, To freshen. 799 
Lamp, Care of a student. 168 
Shade, A novel. 799 
Laundry work, Points on,. • . 542 
Legislation can t make sphert-s. 479 
Letters of an old lady. 398 
Reading old. 75 
Life Is what we make It. 350 
Lifting, Best way of.543 
Lions, Preferred the.367 
Liquor law, Russia’s. 686 
Lunches for School children. ...26. 42, 93 
Magazine cover.863 
Maiden, The weary.269 
Majorlbanks, The passing of Mlss.7'2, 798 
Man’s share, The. 463 
Marriage, A sensible. 767 
Among college women.. . 687 
Education for. 447 
Jesting about. 430 
Marry, Failure to.303 
Matting under carpet. 686 
Memorandum, A dainty. — 188 
Military Instruction. 446 
Mind, Work for the. 766 
Mistress of what?. 269 
Mittens, The lost. 11 
Model child, A. 430 
Mother's power, The . 128 
The future's promise to. 398 
Mourning, Wearing.399 
Mushroom catsup. 43 
North and South, Courtesies between. 287 
Notes on recent Rurals. 606 
Okra, Recipes for cooking. 655 
Onions for winter use. Ill 
Oration, Farmer Hayseed’s. 767 
Pansies, Changing color of. 559 
Parents’ examples. 735 
Parliament, The neigaborhood.351 
Patient teaching is necessary .574 
Picket fence, The old.398 
Pickles. 590 
Picnic, Philosophy of the. 623 
Pioneering, The task of. 751 
Pleasures be? What shall our. 93 
Pocket for an invalid’s chair.815 
Polite pupil, The. 189 
Politeness for the young farmer. 286 
PAGE 
Pomology.814 
Potato recipes.27, 59 
Poultry keeping for women.734 
Prize articles. 750 
Articles on “ Which”. 638 
Offer.188, 334, 494, 670, 734 , 798 
Winners.734, 798 
Promises to children. 366 
Pudding, Corn bread.229 
Minute. 303 
Queen of Holland. 168 
Readers, Making better. 4 . 287 
Rennet, To cure.654, 703 
Robin s forgetteiy. 494 
Romance, A glimpse of. 414 
Room, Our sitting. 622 
Rorer’scandle Sine-rays from Mrs— 7:0 
Saloons, Substitute for. 702 
Savin’ mother. 478 
Saving, Unwise .350 
School-building microbe. The.783 
Self-sacrifice, Unwise. 302 
Sewing room, A...686 
Shrubs In country yards. 767 
“Side shows” of a Georgia peach. ... 702 
Simplicity of living. .. 334 
Sister living with a brother....399, 658, 622 
Slippers, Beoslde.831 
Songs, Two. 719 
Stanton, Sketch of E. C.847 
Stomach’s sake, For the.831 
Strawberry venture, A. 286 
Summer dishes. 494 
Sweets for children. 149 
Sympathy, Seeking.623 
Table, Handy kitchen. 558 
Teacher, My best.478, 627, 606 
Teeth, Care of the. 703 
Text, An appropriate. 495 
Theory of politics . 606 
Thermometer, Sunaav school. 169 
Things that s’prlse you. 169 
To discover.510 
Think, Learning to.350 
Throw, A new.782 
Ties for Christmas presents. 751 
Tobacco verse.302 
Tomato catsup.590 
Pickles.590 
Tomatoes, Evaporated.591 
Tools, Suitable. 799 
Truthfulness, Object lesson in.303 
Turkey, An educated. 42 
Undersuits, Cheap one-piece. 830 
Underwear, Cutting over knit. 149 
Village, Automatic Swiss. 168 
Visiting wife.75, 188 
Wash bench, A folding. 462 
Washing. Men doing their.399 
Water pall, Microbes in the. 799 
Whichever way.367 
Wnittler’s start in life.;.... 463 
Wife beaters In Germany. 735 
Cruelty to the farmer’s.208 
Looking for a. 168 
Upheld, The farmer's. 149 
Worn? Shall the.766 
■Will's first lesson. 734 
Wills, Unwise.... ..687 
PAGE 
Window, From the bedroom. 622 
Glass. All sorts of.. •■.526 
Windows, From the kitchen. 782 
Winter comes, Before. 718 
Evenings, Employment for.26, 111 
Holiday. A. 128 
Woman lawyer In N. J.526 
The new.42, 431 
The new red. 479 
Woman’s Christian Temperance 
Union petition. 148 
Convention, World's. 559 
Greatest happiness. 479 
National Council.;. 228 
Page in R. N.-Y.558 
Rights.462 
Rights. Early converted to.847 
Rights in Africa. 671 
Suffrage, Wyoming men on. 367 
Wages.303 
Women as street cleaners. 495 
Ashamed of their ages? Are .767 
In politics. 129 
Jeremiah’s idea of.350 
Nagging. 248 
The Maori.351 
Working for Pay.398, 446, 623 
Wood box, A disappearing. 302 
Carrier, A.350 
Chopping record, Good. 189 
Words, Do not withhold good.799 
Work basket, Folding. 10 
Lightening. 129 
Working for pay.623 
ILLUSTRATIONS. 
Aunty suffrage . 814 
Babies “ ready for the press ”. 846 
Basket, A fancy.268 
Bed r o prevent falling out of.430 
Blossom, h. New England.528 
Cnai A rustic. 398 
in a bad tlx 74 
Coal bin. Convenient. ..42 
Colored children at yfi'WU ..each 
Orchard .. 702 
Compulsory education.366 
Dickinson. Marv Lowe.228 
Dollies, Two dainty.590 
Flreboa'd, An artistic.. 148 
Geese, How gran’ma fattened her.622 
Kltcnen, Plan of a.734, 766 798,8)4, 830 
Lampshade, Paper doll.793 
Memorandum, A dainty.188 
Shaw, Rev. Anna Howard.228 
Swimming lesson. 654 
Table, Handy Kitchen.558 
Throw, A dainty. 782 
Underwear. Gore for one-piece.830 
Washbench, A folding.462 
Wood box, A disappearing.302 
Wood carrier.350 
Work basket, Folding. 10 
