MOORE’S RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
V., 
Squash, large Heroules club...346 
— anew...........411 
— well-preserved.45 
Strawberry trimmer.301 
Toad* In the garden.348 
Tomato culture.125 
— white apple.261 
Tomatoes for shipping,..331 
— in pots in winter.235 
— keeping fresh,.....411 
— Ttiden.....156 
Vegetable garden.188 
Vegetables, wintering.902 
Walk In my garden.158 
Watering pot, a novel.348 
HERDSMAN. 
Ailanthus for murrain...,.108 
Allen’s history of short-boras .317 
A pples for cows,..,.220 
Ayrshire cattle.....233 
Black leg In cattle.317, 362 
— — — — to prevent.340 
Bone meal and abortive cows., 6!i 
Breton breed of ciutlo.131 
finked udders. 25 
Calves and two-year-olds, u dls- 
cuso afflicting.317 
— scours in. 43 
— weaning.. 43 
Oattle, Ayrshire.233 
— oongb in.170 
— black leg in..362 
— disease In Now Jersey.283 
— fever In Illinois, Texas.180 
— for the mid-South.in 
— in Illinois. Texas.43 
— — Ohio, prices.... 10 
— Jumping...,...108 
— Kerry. 25 
— raising on the plains.132 
— sales In Ohio.,.,.154 
— Sussex ....... 169 
— to estimate the live weight 
of.317 
— trade, Texas. 01 
Chllltugham bull....377 
Cough in cattle, .17(1 
Cow giving bloody milk.283 
— — luiupy milk......43 
— that did not clean. 
— — leaks her milk. 
— with three teats.108 
Cows, bone meal and abortive.. 50 
— feed for milch....,.350 
— feet, sores on. .164 
— food lor dairy.170 
— In clovor.26 
— lame... 1.51 
— Slabbering and giving bloody 
milk. 50 
— tall* In fly time, to fasten. ..108 
Feed for milch cows..350 
Food for dairy cows.170 
Foot-and-mouth dtsonao.220 
— -remedy. 240 
Oargatand bloody milk.,.302 
— beans as a remedy for.01 
Hereford* vs. short-borns.362 
Hoof all.. 350 
Hollow born... 10 
Horn ail. 10 
— bleeding, to stop.25 
II >ven In oatile, remedy.204 
lit-and-in-broedlng,..317 
Kerry cattle. 25 
Milk mirror* of cows...220 
Murrain, atlunthua for.108 
Plekcroll's sale of abort-horns..817 
Proiiervo the calf flesh. 25 
flu I water.... 170 
Rinderpest. ,...220 
Balt for farm stook....108 
Halting farm stock...377 
Short-horn Breeders’ Conven¬ 
tion. National ..377 
— — Convention, National.....170 
Steer, a lame...317 
Steers, growing and breaking.. ,362 
Stock and shade.164 
— wanted South.91 
— winter care of...410 
Sussex cuttle..........160 
HORSEMAN. 
Apples for sick horses...308 
Balky horse, 6o move a.137 
Bone spavin..........251 
Brooders’ trotting stakes....137 
Ouppod hock, care of..398 
Catarrh In horses.282 
Collars for horses, to At.350 
Colt, to halter a wild.58 
Corns on a horse’s feet.....172 
Curb, io cure...286 
Distemper In horses .76, 878 
Dropsy and glanders. .850 
Furoy remedy.. 46 
Fistula remedy wanted..........137 
Glanders, chronic.......350 
Hair grow where calloused, to 
make ..266 
Heaves In horses.173 
Horss, a used-up.122 
- balky.137 
— bracking, rudiments of.137 
— Blair Athol.137 
— 
gnawing his shoulder,,. 
— 
dDeitse... 
282, 301 
— 
distemper.75, 301, 378 
— 
dying from eating corn. 
— 
eplzooty.. 
... 378 
— 
— In Canada. 
....266 
— 
— South. 
— 
having a lit, to prevent. 
...251 
— 
lnfluenz >, remedy. 
360.398 
_ 
imtnRO on.. 
... 266 
p il>*oo our. 
.. .75 
— 
pawing in stable.. 
....122 
— 
Perch eron .... 
....360 
— 
shoeing, practical.. 
.... 46 
— 
sprained foot of a. 
. .155 
— 
stable floors,.110, 
155,286 
Horse, stifled.350, 398 
— talk from the census.261 
— that kleks at night.186 
— trouble.186 
— with crump.398 
Horses. Arab. 46 
— chewing bridles.122 
— heaves In. 172 
— linseed tea for sick.186 
— teeth of young.186, 222 
— to treat balky. 68 
Linseed tea for sick liorscB.186 
Mange on ahorse. . .266 
Mare’S tongue In her mouth, to 
keep.251 
Mule with a cough.... .68 
Plnworras In horses.137 
Pony, a wicked.110 
Ringbone remedy.222 
Swootiy, hip.180 
in horses.137 
HYGIENIC INFORMATION. 
Ague poison...219 
— remedy for.158 
Arsenic in dyspepsia.158 
Asthma remedy.254 
Back and feet cold.331 
Bald-headed people.127 
Bolls and Iodine. 29 
Bone felon arrosted, congela¬ 
tion. 137 
Breath, Offensive...158 
Bronchitis aud canker lettuce. .206 
ltnllook's blood.... .200 
Burns, uniusthutlc glycerolc for.158 
— remedy for..158 
Buttermilk to aid digestion,... .251 
Caked breast remedy.95 
Camphor ointment. ..362 
Canker lettuce and bronchitis. .206 
Catarrh, remedy lor.206 
Celery as a nervine.285 
Coffee, cocoa and alcohol.351 
Consumption, best and worst 
climate for.....219 
— remedy.254 
Corns, recipe fur...206, 334 
Cough, how to cure.298 
— linseed sirup for.251 
Diarrhea, chronic.254,351, 396 
— remedy, chronic.364 
— choleraic. 79 
Diet of farmers.380 
Difficulty lu speaking.334 
Discoloration from bruises, to 
prevent...95 
Dyspepsia remedy .29,46,141, 200,361 
Kegs in case of trouble.331 
Feather beds and health.254 
Felons heading, to prevent.127 
Fever uml ague and the ox-eye 
daisy. 29 
Fistula remedy.219 
Frosted feet, cure for.351 
Green kid gloves, wearing.127 
Hair black, to color.334 
— dve, potsouOUa.79 
— to turn gray, what causes.. .334 
Headache remedies.127 
Heart disease, sexually of...... 29 
Hoarseness, to cure. 40 
Hydrate of chloral and rattle¬ 
snake bites.200 
Hydrophobia. 29 
— remedies. 200 
Hygienic rules...,.158 
Marriage on health, Influence 
Of.-.298 
Odor of perspiration. to removo.361 
Poison, antidote for.251 
— by Ivy, remedy.127 
Proud flesh, to expel.285 
Rattlesnake bites and hydrate 
of chloral.206 
Ringworm remedy-. 29 
Rheumutlsm remedy.29 
Salt in food.137, 206 
— rheum remedy.39, 46 
Smallpox aud carbolic aeld.334 
Sore throat, to euro chronic.... 95 
Sugar tor sorofulous children. .285 
Sunstroke.whattodoln caae of. 83 
Taking oold In warm weather.. 79 
Tea drunkards..127 
Teeth, how to havu sound......219 
Vuooinutlon.206 
What folks are made of.158 
Women should keep their feet 
dry.380 
Wounds, remedy.254 
— — for painful.362 
INDUSTRIAL MACHINERY 
Australian harvester.267 
Beau harvester...330 
Cotton ploker.202 
Ditching machine wanted.330 
— — practical.394 
Farm implements at the State 
fair.236 
Gordon’s self-binding harvest¬ 
er. 187 
Headers In California.67 
Mcllluk’s straw - presorvi g 
thresher.142 
Plowing at Beacon stock farm. 142 
Plows. Scotch vs. American. .267 
Potato planter, practical_330,394 
llice-huller invented.207 
— — wanted ..202 
Sheaf carrier.142 
steam motor on the farm.187 
Wilson Hewing machine palace.202 
Windmill, home-made.267 
INDUSTRIAL SOCIETIES 1 
Agricultural Implement Manu¬ 
facturer*' Asa’n.367 
American Asa’n for the Ad- 
vanoement of Science..... 64 
Claremont, N. H., Ag. & Meoh. 
Boc......367 
County and local fairs.90, 138 
Doylestowu, Pa., Ag. & Mech. 
Institute. 64 
Farmers’ Conference Club of 
West Jersey....64 
Galen, N. V., Ag. Boc... .138 
Uouverneur Ag. & Mecb. Boc--ISA 
Great Independent exhibitions. 16 
Illinois State Ag. Boc..253 
State Grange of Patrons . 253 
Iowa State Ag. Boc. . ,253 
Kentucky, somethings In. ... 263 
Massachusetts Booicty for the 
promotion of Agriculture. 15 
Meeker Co., Minn., Ag. Sou. 16 
Mlonlgan State Pom. Boo.64 
— — Poultry Asa’n. .138 
Nebraska State nort Boo.64 
N. Y. State Grape Growers’ Soc.253 
— -Poultry Soc....64 
North American Beekeepers’ 
Ass'n...367 
North west* n Dairymen's Ass’n.367 
Ohio State llort. Boc............ 61 
Oregon State Fair. 61 
Putulskalu, O., Ag. Sec.61 
Ponn’a llort. Soc..........268 
Richland, Mo., Grape Growers’ 
Soc.138 
Humpsou Co., N. C., Ag. Boc,., ,8:i7 
Shelby Co., Mo., Ag. Hoc.367 
State and district lairs.90, 138 
Washington Co., Oregon, Fair.. 64 
INDUSTRIAL TOPICS. 5 
Agricultural press, mission of..270 
Alabama to Georgia.313 
American watch making.3H1 
Ausirlun Industrial Exhibition.;il.i 
Building associations.21.8 
Cornell University.42 
Country sidewalks . .. 4 1 
Diggers in Ohio. 43 
Eight-hour strike*. 42 
Employer and employe.165, 313 
The oppressed. . 318 
Farmer Garrulous talks.10, 76 
Farmers and farm labor.882 
— clubs, how to organize.176 
purchasing agents.351 
Gypsum acts upon soils, how... 69 
Haying, old utul new methods.. 9 
John a model hired uuiu, whut 
made.76 
Make a note of it.286 
N. Y. State Ag. Soc.123 
Notes from Nebraska...... 69 
Oppressed employer.123 
Piano-fortes, patent Arlon_333 
Potato experiments at Cornell 
University.43 
Questions for answer.314 
Strawberry and cherry friend*.. 10 
Tennessee, some things lu.380 
to Alabama....286 
Union Telegraph College .286 
Western New York farm.3H 
LAND DEPARTMENT. 
Condition of negroes South_331 
Congressional township. 27 
Cost of a homestead.203 
Florida for Invalids.221 
Forest Hill. Harford Co., Md... 27 
Kentucky, Southwestern.208 
Louisiana for young men.. .331 
Missouri, from 8. K.270 
North Carolina, Blue ltldgo 
Mountains of.397 
Northern Pactflo K. K., pro¬ 
gress of.123 
Shall we go South..,27, 91 
Shenandoah Valley.237,293 
Soil of Washington Territory..337 
Southern labor.983 
Tennessee, something of.2l)i 
Valley of Virginia.331 
Virgtnla Item*. 237 
MODES AND MANNERS. 
Answor* to correspondents. 15.287 
Apron of black silk.... 15 
Arranging the hair...239 
Belts.176 
Bluck silks.369 
Bonnets and bats...909 
Braiding and embroidery.175 
Collars and cuffs.175 
Costumes Illustrated.331 
Cravat bows. ..,>.898 
Dressing, rules for.387 
Etiquette, questions of..239 
Fashions In lingerie.386 
Furs.769 
fashions In.358 
Oats, the fashion plates.369 
Head wear.175 
now to make your dress.321 
Jet and shell...385 
Jewelry.385 
Kerchief* anil tlchus.385 
Ladle*' hcnil wear.369 
Manner* ut home. 31 
Mat* for toilet sets.321 
Necktie*.385 
Our fashion article...175 
— — illustrations.....31 
Out-door wraps.321 
Polonaise blouse.....175 
Poppy, Sunflower & Co. 16 
Prevailing colors, trlmmlngST 
&c...321 
Riding habits.175 
Rings......385 
Suits for a bride.321 
Ties.175 
Trimming.369 
NATURALIST. 
American wild cat... 
Ants on peaoh trees. 
Aquariums, cure of.. 
.204 
.234 
. 29 
Birds and cats.141 
— live? to what age do.,...204 
— to sing tunes, educating.189 
Books on natural history.29 
Ciinu* lupus grlscns.300 
Cat, sagacity of a..189 
Cat*, a pU a for.46 
Dldclphl* Vlrglnlann.172 
English sparrows.380 
Fells concoior...832 
Fiber tlbenlbIcus... .380 
Flea* on cats.380 
Flying squirrel.81 
Fox. American red.268 
— silver.268 
Fur-beiirlug untmuls, 1.156 
— -IT.192 
--III.204 
-IV.268 
— -V.281 
— -VI....300 
-VII.332 
— -V1H.364 
— -— IX.380 
Gold Fish, management of.300 
Hawk, to keep off the red tall... 62 
y nx, Canada. .. —.... .364 
— canadensis .,.,..364 
— rufus. ...204 
Alelanerpes formocivlrus.189 
Mephitis c.hlnga.2G 
My feathered friend*.219 
Muskrat, the.380 
Opossum, Virginia.172 
Orehard oilolo. 81 
Panther, American.332 
Pious pubescens.189 
— vlllosus...189 
Procyon lotor.156 
Pteromys magnifleus.81 
Rabbits, lop-earod.62 
Racoon, the.156 
— to trap the.156 
Rattlesnake* poi*on, how.156 
Rat turner, tho French.234 
Rats, about. 13 
Riddle for naturalist. 46 
Skunk, the common.284 
Snubs In Purls.780 
Snakes’ rattles.334 
Vulpes fulvu*...268 
Where toads are appreciated... 81 
Widgeon or bold-pate..800 
Wolf, gray American.800 
Woodpeckers, the....,.189 
Worms on apple trees.63 
P0M0L0GICAL. 
Apple, llesppr blush arub.205 
— as a kcepor, Shockley.112 
— for name.318 
— green Newtown pippin.366 
— Halley.262 
— Hcokett'* sweet..173 
— In tho south, Jonathan.154 
— — Wisconsin. Tetofsk!.142 
— list for N. Louisiana.268 
--S. W. Mississippi.268 
— Morgan Co., III., seedling... 93 
— Niikcd-Iimbed greening of 
Maine.238 
— new river boat.218 
— — send I ng.218 
— -crab.235 
— Newtown pippin.318 
— route's fall.397 
— Peasgood'a nonsuch.318 
— red huwtkornden.365,397 
— transcendent crab.. .205 
— Wagner,..... 73 
— Yorkshire beauty,....268 
Apples and nectarine*.331 
— hitter rot In.221 
— for Iowa.143 
— — namo.32-1 
— — Northern Ohio. ..397 
— In Maryland, Uooplng.268 
— — Minnesota........93 
— — planter, keeping.253 
— — southern Minnesota.238 
—Minnesota...........142 
— Siberian orab .. .... 205 
Blackbeiry. Ford’s Itoosae..... 
— Brivdor...268 
— tho best...........19:1 
— western triumph...Cl 
Blackberries, wbtto.173 
Oherrle*. Napoleon blgarroau. .176 
Date, the..............252 
Figs In Ohio.190 
Fruit In Northwest Mo.252 
— - Virginia .218 
— — winter, preserving.318 
— weights la Iowa........190 
Fruits for Louisiana. 93 
— — Mississippi.897 
Grape in tho South, Ives.105 
— Louisiana.831 
— Peter Wylie No. 1.190 
Grape* received.105 
— senppernong.224 
Junebeiry, dwarf. 28 
Maine pomology.-.218 
Neotarluoa falling.105 
Peach, blood-leaved.318 
— Husky Hill.190 
— Harknr's seedling.1110 
— In tho South, Hale’s Early. .142 
— Moore's favorite.190 
— new Illinois. 142 
— plouoer,.. 190 
— Prince** of Wales.238 
— Rlckett’s.252 
— Balway. 221 
— Shadly.331 
Peaches perpetuate themselves 
what.. ;> ..... ....1 76 
— remedy for yellows......252 
Pear, Bryant.318 
— Chambers.13-1 
— list, Beecher's.121 
— Mt. Vernon.238 
— Richardson.H2 
Pear, Trlomphe do Jodolgno.,.190 
Pears attacked by blight, Va¬ 
rieties of. 93 
— for ilia plains.... . 61 
— gathering. 1 1 
— — lot.*.173 
— out of doors, keeping win¬ 
ter.124 
— packing choice.151 
Plums, Canada red.218 1 
— list* of.253 
— rot on trees.268 
Raspberry, Hurstino.28 
Raspberries, among tho black 
cups....?8 
early.... 28 
— September.13, 238 
Thornless.wo 
Strawberry, Charles Downing.. 61 
— Col, Ckeenoy.164 
— tda. . 
— Matilda.93,349 
Strawberries, bush Alpluo.349 
— for forcing In England.61 
— seedling . 61 
Yellows In peaches, remedy_252 
POULTRY-YARD. 
African Dorkings. 90 
A hen become* a genuine roos- 
ter.688 
Brahma hen, whut nils my.383 
Brahmas, distinctive features 
of Light. 89 
Carrier pigeon* bred in till* 
country, are....333 
Chicken cholera.43,316, 383 
— — remedy for..90 
Chickens, elck. 319 
— foot, lump* on...270 
— gapes In.90, 349 
— healthy food for.383 
— how to fatten.304,398 
— what alls my,.318 
— with crooked neck*.333 
Cholera, chicken.316,398 
Cocks, partiality among.24 
— when to uso young.333 
Commendation of the Rural. ...270 
Crossing fowls. .. 13 
Dorkings not feather bird*.201 
Ducks, Cayugus, vs. Ayles¬ 
bury.201 
disease among,..107 
— fecundity of..270 
— in England, how they are 
produced. 90 
— Now Zealand... 13 
Eggs, preserving.333 
— to get plenty of.316 
Exhibition Coops, rules for.186 
Feather eating pullets.316 
Fowls. African Bantams.238 
- a* ornament* on grounds... 90 
— at Kuvnniiu, O. 218 
— big things in. 28 
— duud.167 
— dying... 28 
— — In Savannah. 48 
— for market, rattening.238 
— — the South . 90 
— green food for.316 
— iu Georgia.107 
— — Ohio (lying suddenly. 13 
— Hue on. 90 
— on crossing. 18 
— profits of.13 
— lted-cup. 43 
— Savannah. 90 
— sore eyes In Spanish.361 
Gape* In chickens .90,349 
tieorto’s livers, fattening.333 
Hamburg*, Goldon-Spangled., .316 
Uonnerln* necessary......383 
Uon* can swim.89 
— oatipgtholregg*, to prevent 
270, 308 4 
— fecundity of.270 
— foot, fleshy lumps on.201 
Ilouduns, points of...186 
Incubation, duration of.90 
Incubator*, about...28 
— English.285 
Lloo on fowls. 90 
— -pun.ffl.ae for......157 
-Pigeons.238 
Mosquitoes and poultry.,.. ,167 
Pigeon race, Carrier.89 
— Ural loo. 28 
Plgoons, Inquiries about..28 
— Jlcoon. .238 
— Runt.201 
— Voyngeur...,218 
Poultry, fattening.201 
— statement, Frank G. Hurt's. 13 
Pullets, feuthar-euting.316 
Rouen drakes.218 
To breed great layers.333 
Turkey*, feeding.107,398 
PISCICULTURE. 
Buss, Otsego.173 
Domesticated trout.., .882 
Eels In u knot. 11 
Fish culture a* a source of food 
supply.11, 26 
— — in Germany . .302 
Newark Valley trout ponds.62 
PuclflQ Slnpo fisheries.302 
Pickerel, voracity of.173 
Salmon culture.302 
— In England, marking.302 
— trout culture.319 
White flsh. 173 
_|--rl T— U H 
RURAL ARCHITECTURE, 
Architectural Inquiries. 74 
Aviary, an...217 
Burn and sheds.... .............. 73 
Brickwork pointing.217 
Cellar bottom, to make a cheap. 73 
Cement mortar for brick dwell¬ 
ings. 74 
Chimney tops, to build brick.... T& 
Concrete houses, cheap. r . 109 
Cottage plan*, cheap.258 
Earthenware hot-bed frames. ..349 
Farm dairy house. 297 
Floors la lire-proof buildings...237 
Foundation wall*. 73 
Gravel anil concrete walls, to 
construct.,. 217 
Hint* for builders. 73 
Houses, location of.266 
Octagonal house.109 
Paint from stone, to remove.... 74 
Planter a protection from Are ...349 
Ko-cla pbourdlng.217 
Rustic arbor.. CO 
School house doors In VVlscon- 
«tn.049 
Shingles, concerning. 74 
required l'or a roof, cstluiat- 
l“K.. 
Stakes In tho Bedell mansion... 74 
Suburban villa. 203 
SCIENTIFIC AND USEFUL. 
jEollan harp. 220 
American cent, tho llrst....305, ill 
A new art...,,. 308 
Bricks in chimneys, laying.«0 
Blind may correspond, how the206 
Carbolic uold vs. molds. U 
Cement for cistern*.ll 9 
Iron .sis 
— — leather...24)0 
— recipe for. 253 
Cider, what will arrest ferment¬ 
ation of...... 35.8 
Cistern building.238 
Clockwork to raise water.. .126, 220 
Cricket* destroying clothes, to 1 
prevent.286 
Cut-worms and cabbage plants. 46 
Desiccated vegetables. 30 
East River bridge aud its cais¬ 
son.206 
Flics, for rc-Hhiirpcnlng.158 
Fire-proof wood lor building.. .168 
Flour from wood.... 14 
Forests and rain fall.126 
Foul cistern water .. 8 ! 
Galvanic batteries.210 
Glue, how 10 select.20» 
Grain In a bln, to measure.203 
Hair snakes ...38% 111 
H 01 U measurer. 78 
Honey, liow to clarify...280 
Horse-power, how to construct 
a.220, 233 
Hydraulic Inquiry.288 
Influence of the moon.158 
Ink, black writing.263 
— for /.Inc labels...46 
Ivory, cleaning. 14 
Largest baby In the world. 14 
Lead pipe, to stop pin-hole tn.. 158 
Lightning rods.168 
Liquefying dead bodies. 14 
Mahogany or waluut moldings, 
to mend.315 
Microscope, revolution of tho.. .126 
Moon, Influence of. 02 
Mosquitoes, to destroy.109 
Nitrogen In piunts. 30 
Numismatics.266 
Oil of castor bean, expressing..126 
Paint for out-of-door work.253 
— house*, best time to. 3 f 0 
— straw color...103 
Patent leather, to renew. 14 
Putty, to soften old.H. 46 
- remove hard.109 
Rainfall and cistern*.109 
Rat killing.206 
Rats and mole*, to drive off..... H 
Reading chair, slinplo.168 
Refrigerator, how to make a 
cheap.14 
Rubber, restoring vulcanized...315 
— to wood and metal. to rnsten 158 
Hawing wood without a saw... . U 
Sheep skin*, to color with wool 
on. 411 
Siphon question... 14,46,62, hid 
Size of a Held for a half-mile 
track....... ..815 
Snakes, hair..330,411 
Soda from Nevada.8:5 
Stone-colored wusb.288 
— -wanted. ,...220 
Sugar, sophistication of.. 14 
Telegraphlo ear.365 
To cut and bore India rubber 
stopper*. ....360 
— softou old putty.238 
Trapping rats. .830 
Useful and sclontttlc inquiries.. 78 
Varnish for harness.. .109 
— — plaster cast*.107 
Water from a spring....SO 
— witching...266, 315 
Whitewash, to make.,., ..206 
SEASON. ’ 
A look over the country. 04 
Alina City, Wasco Co , Minn ... 64 
Artcsla, Lowndes Co., .Miss. 48 
Hatley. Riley Co.. Kim..836 
Caledonia, I.lv. Co., N. Y.221 
Camden Point, Pl.-.tta Co., Mo.. 32 
Central and Western Ohio. 18 
Clear Water, Sedgwick Co., 
Kan.. 
Clifton, New Mexico. 304 
Clyde. Wayne Co., N. Y.160 
Columbus, Platt Co., Nob,. . 16 
Crawford Co., Pa.. 
Crawfordsvtlle, Iud .192 
Crops in Southern Canada....._112 
— of Great Britain. 80 
Crowland. Ont.. 
DeorCreek, Iowa.,.272 
