r 
f M E 8 T S 
APIARIAN. 
Apiarians, Inquiries for...264 
Artificial swarming.43, 6S. 74 
Bee bread, Substitute for.124, 154 
— — — wanted.43 
— culture. BooK on.378 
— experience.207 
— hives. How lur apart.3IG 
— — suits for Infringement.316 
— Inquiries.251 
— pasturage.2C7 
— — t’nttiTiiting. 373 
Bees adapted to localities.285 
— Ait old swarm.235 
— Artificial Swarming of.Ill, 74 
— deserting their hives.3-16 
— Don't haste to bury.221 
— from combs. Removing.378 
— Hiring. 203,251 
— Howto feed....154.203 
— In houses.378 
— in moveable comb hives.208 
— — tn the evening. Handling... .303 
— Italians pure.267 
— leaving hives in December.203 
— New... .285 
— Preventing swarming...• 34*4 
— Purity of Italian....373 
— swarming in April....,335, 303 
— - Preventing.13 
— To keep from robbing.316 
— Transferring.207,208,346,304 
— Wintering.SIS, 74 
— working In boxes...58 
Comb, Emptying muchine.154 
Hive for artificial swarming. The 
best .221 
— Mr. Pratt uses. 10 
Hives, Distance apart...340 
— largo vs. small.124 
— Straw.124 
— — vs, board.208 
— should lie together, How close.203 
— Ventilation.121 
Honey, Jars for strained. 58 
Jars for strained honey. 53 
Moth traps not useful..141 
Queen bee. How to distinguish — .304 
Queens by mail . .. 373 
— Finding the.378 
— In confinement. Fertilising.378 
— leaving hires. How many. 
.298 
for.. 
— Lost.. .. 
.....364 
— Australian. 
— Number in a swarm. 
. ..,.340 
Banking to save girdled_ 
Substitute for pollen..... 
.340 
— Be9t for wind break. 
Swarming, Artificial. 
. 10 
— for wind break,... 
Swarms stand to each other, 
How 
— Freak* among. 
ne.ir. ... 
— girdled by in ico. 
Weak colonies... 
.310 
— -— To save. 
— Grafting apple .. 
ARBORICULTURE 
— in California, Persimmon.. 
Alliinthus. . 71 
Apple buds. Dormant.396 
— Cions received.300 
— Orchard, An old. 61 
— — To make Bear...185 
— Trees, About.173 
— — and Hares.....331 
— — Babbits Gnawing.,.352 
— - Stunted. 109 
— — Whitewashing.333 
Arnattu or Aiinatio.234 
Arrow-root (Marantu).ft! 
Australian Trees. 42 
Balsam Firs.,156 
Barbery Hedges.265. 317 
Blxa Orellana ..284 
Black walnut destroys fruit trees..381 
— Transplanting.341 
Broad fruit....253 
— — Dr. Stevenson. 93 
Budding and Grafting.310 
Cactus Fence...Cl 
Curya sulcata , 172 
Cedar of Lebanon. 69 
Chestnuts grow when dry, Will_ 15 
Chinese White Magnolia.236 
Cions and early ripening fruits.... 77 
— Cutting and preserving ..353 
Cratasgus Flore Pleno.,...331 
Cuprossus funebris......230 
Dr. Elevens on Bread Fruit.93 
Elm. Weeping.300 
Evergreens among fruit trees.381 
— Early. Planting.220 
— Seedlings.,185 
— Transplanting..,.i85 
— When to plant.336 
Forest Protection.317 
Forests as a protection.93, 284 
— Culture. 77 
Fruit trees to the acre.157 
Glyptostrobus pendulus.92, 93 
Grafting apple trees.253 
— Fruit trees.61 
— 1 1.1 dia ruuber lor.140 
— More about.281 
— Transplanted trees.319 
— Wax...220 
Hawthorne, Double Pink.381 
Hedge plant. What.353 
— Wanted.. ..204 
Hedges. About.204 
— Barberry.265 
— in Kansas.365 
Hickory uuts received.12.172,365 
— Transplanting.319 
Holly hedge. 61 
Honey Locust ror hedge__ .141,253 
India rubbor for grafting.110 
Kalrnia latifolia. 93 
Larch. About tho...265 
— European.77,156 
— Seed. Blind.156 
— — Extracting. 29 
I.m ix Europtcfl. 77 
— mtorooarpa....265 
— penduln.265 
Laurel. Wiiat it Is.Cl. 93,110 
Leaves for name. 12 
Lemuus, Seedling.287 
Libocedrus decurrens.236 
Locust seed, Starting.109 
Magnolias in Ohio.349 
Mice, To protect trees from.12 
Mulching pear trees.92 
Oak. The royal. 185 
— Willow leaved. 205 
Oaks, Variegated leaved.3u0 
Orange trees, Grafting...317 
Orchard, Trouble in the.333 
— with orchard grass,3eedinsan.381 
Osage orange lor hedge.237 
— — from seed.237 
— seed. New vs. Old.172 
Paw-Paw seed.204 
Pencil orchard. About a. 61 
— trees, Diseased ..265 
— — Planting.110 
Pear culture, Prospective.220 
— seeds. Freezing. .124 
— tree. Unproductive Flemish 
Beauty...381 
— trees, Grass about. 92 
— — Manuring.92 
— — Mulching .. 92 
— — Preparing soil to plant.92 
Pecan tree.306 
Persimmon trees in California.77 
Plum trees. Planting.300 
Pruning, Injudicious.305 
Quercus phellos.265 
— robur.135 
Quince. How to grow.201 
Rabbits, now to prevent gnawing.3.52 
Rhododendron album elegnns.124 
— catawhicn.se.124 
— grandlflorum. 124 
— Lee's dark purple. 121 
— maximum... 124 
— Koseum eleguus.124 
The.124 
— tree.124 
Sophora, Weeping. 12 
Sptrma Roevesl.235 
Taxes tiaccata. 45 
Tea culture in ®outh Carolina.317 
Three-thorned acacia for hedge...333 
Tobacco water for trees and plants 12 
Transplanting fruit trees,.61, 849 
Tree culture. 77 
— — and Mass. Son. for promoting 
agriculture. 77 
— Pecan.390 
12 
.396 
— — Florida.190, 252 
— — Georgia.. ,23a 
— To keep mine from.61 
— — protect from mice..,,. 12 
UliuuaMontanapondula...300 
Whitewashing apple trees.333 
Willow for fence, White.333 
" Woodman” on forests.93 
Yew, English. 45 
BUSINESS INFORMATION. 
About pumps. 256 
Advertising ugoncy. Hooper and 
Rowell’s.,..,.123 
Terms of. 123 
Agents of tlie Rural New-Yorker..288 
American watches. 210 
Asbestos Roofing.208 
Bliss & son’s seed business.176 
Bouquet of flowers.KM 
Catalogues received.102, 224 
Christinas Rose.208 
Dairy Utensils.272 
Double refined poudrptte.,...272 
Electric Oil.114 
Emery’s corn planter and seed 
drill.100 
Empire liutlng sail iron.381 
Flower plate, A beautiful.144 
Fowl imports.224 
Fowls imported.304 
Going into business In Europe.238 
Goods admitted free of duty.224 
Harrow, Trial of..368 
Harrows. Trial nt Elmira...........368 
Hawkins rake . 240 
Hay fork. Neills’ Harpoon...240 
Kelmbohl’s drug store .96, 304 
Henderson * Fleming ...400 
Horse, “ Edward Everett”.....288 
Horses, Public sale of..288 
Improved stock movements.......400 
Insurance Co.. National Life.208 
— Co's. Lite, Dividends of........320 
Iowa and Nebraska lands.144 
Kansas farmer. 06 
— Immigration Soc....176 
Lund sales.,. 372 
— — in Missouri. 400 
Livestock movements.176 
Mason fruit Jar. 3 lg 
Men supplied. 176 
Nall, Winslow barb.352 
Nebraska land sales.208 
Nellis' harpoon hay fork.241) 
New Vork Life Ins.lit 
Olm Bros, advertisement.ICO 
Paint. Averlll chemical.208 
Patric’s Improved pump.160 
1 People's Practical Poultry Book. .336 
Poultry Book. The People’s.208 
, — coops and pens.288 
Rail route wo»t.192 
Real estate in Western N. V.352 
ltumsey & Co .301 
Rural architecture.272 
Rural’s spring cumpuign.160 
Sanford corn.208 
Scene of beauty in Flushing. .176 
Sewing machines. The Davis.192 
Sheep, Sale of South Downs.224 
Steam engines.256 
— generators.....240 
Stock expected, Arrival of fine_334 
St. Joseph ami Denver City R. R. 
bonds.,.,.,112 
Syracuse nurseries. ...28S 
Tlie metropolis explained.304 
— Record. ,272 
Threshing machine. . 400 
Travelers Ins. Co.123 
Cnluu Pacific R. U. Co.'s lands. U4 
United States Life Ins. Co.123 
— Watch Co.352 
Vermont stock in Colorado.336 
Washburn & Co . 208 
Wells' Archimedean lawn mower.336 
Wheeler A Wilson’s sewing ma¬ 
chines... 203 
White hellebore...304 
Weld in a new role, Col....144 
Wisconsin railway. West...114 
Work on finx and hemp.,...123 
CANADIAN DEPARTMENT. 
Canadian Flour Production.346 
Industries... 394 
Dairying In Canada.39t 
Free Trade with the States.394 
.Mixed IIushundry..394 
Wheat Production iu Canada.394 
DAIRY HUSBANDRY. 
American and Cheddar Processes,120 
— Cheese-Makers and Price of 
Cheese in England...126 
— Dairymen’s Association_126, 
142,156 
— -Constitution. 190 
— -Report.236 
— — Convention.78, 91, 110 , 
— — Information for.. 332 
Americans, Excessive Smartness 
of. 126 
Appearance of Cows — inferior 
Quulitv. 
Associated Dairying... 
Bobbing tlie Alllk. 
Butler boeoine Stale, 
Why does 
Good. 
— Carrots for Winter. 16 
— Come. Why Don't.286 
— Dairy. Management of..153 
— Hairs in.206 
Increasing quantity of.366 
— Maker told me. What a.IT1 
Making, About.270 
.. .302 
...239 
...270 
...382 
...222 
...300 
... 16 
— or Cheese. 
— Skimming for. 
— Worker... .....a.... 
— — An Improved. 
Cattle, Rost Breeds for Dairy 
Carrots for Cows in Milk. 
— Winter Butter. 
Chautauqua Co. Dairying.350 
Cheese, a Delicious French. 46 
Bandaging .Machine...350 
— Consumption, Promoting.,..... 78 
— — Statistics. 30 
— Dairies of Eric Co., N. Y.254 
— Dairying.222 
— Dutch.270 
— Factory for OOU Cows.308 
— — Management.254 
— — Sinclairvillo.334 
— —Siuclulr. 350 
— Factories.1.58 
— Factories and their Fixtures... 110 
— Foreign. 91 
— Hamburg.251 
— How a Maine Lady makes.,, 382 
Items Answered.190 
Makers and Price of Cheese in 
England....126 
— Manufacture of Small. 78 
Of Butter. 
— Pine-apple.110 
— Press, Horizontal.366 
— Statistics by Willard.110 
— The Young America.350 
— Without Artificial Heat, Aluk- 
ing.393 
Churn and Cream Strainer.206 
— power wanted. 46 
— To keep from frothing over_111) 
Churning.174, 313 
— Dog power for.366 
Corn for cows in milk.366 
— fodder approved.91 
— for soiling, Green...251 
Cows milch Feeding, grain.206 
— Milking.206 
— ou dairy farms, Fattening.153 
— teats. Construction of.313 
— Winter management of.222 
Cream, Straining.174 
Curd Ulter..350 
Dairy Convention, Sinclairvillo—334 
— 00 W, A good.286 
— cows, Soiling. 78 
— movements, Important.190 
— products decreasing in Ohio...110 
-Willard on Marketing.334 
— shipments at Little Falls.302 
— utensils, Improved.107 
Dairying, Associated.238 
— IIow farmers improved by.238 
— in Chautauqua Co., N. Y... ...336 
— — Kansas.238 
-Maine.222, 233 
— Questions about.142 
English dairy notes.126, 382 
Factory fixtures, &e.409 
system. Modern.251 
Willow Grove, statement.142 
Grain Ground, for Butter.206 
Heifer, Trouble with.302 
Holstein as dairy stock.286 
Lactometer for testing milk.350 
Maine Board of Agriculture Meet¬ 
ing...,..,,.233 
Milk and beef,Comparative Value. 62 
— floating curds. Tainted.128 
— at its actual value, Crediting.. .126 
Milk business.398 
— can, Iron-clad.107 
— Condensed. 77 
— Condensing.....30.302.366 
— cows. Feeding.238 
— food imparts flavor. 94 
— for cheese. Skimming.302 
— of diseased cows. Effect upon 
animals .174 
— management...398 
— Marketing.366 
— one cow gave...318 
— pun. ..286 
— producing food.62,365 
— room, A bad.366 
— selling . 318 
— Skimming the evening’s..142 
— tester . 350 
— Testing.46 
Milkers. Removing an annoyance 
to...,.174 
Milking cows.206 
— machines.270 
— stool, New....,. ...238 
Mitchell, Address by Donald G....126 
New England Milk Producers’ 
Association... 14 
Northwestern Dairymens' Con¬ 
vention . 14 
Pastures in Herkimer Co...110 
Pine apple choose. ... 110 
Practice with science.....174 
Rennets, Whey for soaking.,..350 
Sinclair factory and fixtures.350 
Soiling dairy cows. 78 
Sour milk, rimming.27Q 
Stock raising for beef.222 
Strainer—For cream.206 
Tail, F’astonlng the.174 
Willard'S address, X. A.HO 
DIARY OF A RURALIST, 
Achemon Moth.316 
Amelnnchier Canadensis.282, 396 
American silkworm.330 
Audionieda floribundu.2S3 
Anemone.282 
Anisopteryx vernutu.343 
Ant rostoni us voCiferus.310 
Apple trees examined.ill 
Arbutus, Trailing .282 
Asparagus Beetle.203 
— — Appearing. ,, , 343 
Attaeus ceei riplu... -. ..380 
Azalea iiniOfilni.332 
Azaleas, Chinese.332 
Birds, First appearance.203 
Blue Beetle, Where found.203 
Bombvx Cynthia.219 
Buffalo berry...282 
BuI bocodu in vernum.219 
Cabbage butterfly.268 
Culllrrlmt tnvolucrata.411 
Cnlthu pulustris.282 
Cunkc.r worm..313 
Cnssundra eulyeulutu.282 
Cercls Canadensis...28'! 
— Japonic!!. 232 
Chipmunk.203 
Cicindelu vulgaris. 203 
Cluvtonlii Vlrginleu...299 
ConotruChelus nenuphar.268 
Corn. Broadcast manuring.348 
Coryilalia hObUis.... ..282 
Crlocerls ueparugt.21)3, 34H 
Crocuses. 2l» 
Cttrcullo. 268 
Currants and gooseberries, Prun¬ 
ing....'. 203 
Cuttings. Planling.. .219 
Daphne mezeron.236 
Dieontra canadensis.299 
— Cticullaria .299 
— Spoctnbllla ..290 
Dr. Squelch or New York.411 
Dutchman’s breeches.299 
Dwarf overgroons.318 
Early planting.203 
Elm, Corkbark.332 
Epigte repens.28! 
Erythronlum nlbldura.299 
— Americnnum.299 
Evonlng primrose.390 
Evergreens. Small.348 
— Trimming.332 
— Transplanting.235 
Farmers’ Club.263 
Forsyth la suspense..282 
— Virldlasiiua.*2 
Glyptostrobus.-.332 
Grape Vines, Pruning.203. 235. 251 
— Transplanting.251 
Halticn ehulybat.203, 396 
Hard work for boys. 348 
Hemlock spruce.299 
llepatloa triloba. 268 
Herbaceous plants, Transplanting 
and dividing.251 
Heterodon pluterhonois.235 
Hibiscus syr!Ileus.235 
Hirundo horrnorum.848 
Horned toad from Texas.299 
Hummingbird moth.34.3 
lly la versicolor.316 
J une berry.282, 390 
Dwarf...390 
Kalrnia latifolia.380 
Late frosts.348 
Lawn Mowing.441 
(.Ilium iiurutuin seed.316 
Llvcr-lcuf.268 
Lygacus rnelivatus.203 
Macrodactylus subspinosus.380 
Magnolia consplcua.. .282, 380 
— glanca, ..330 
— soulangeana.282,380 
Manure in the soil. Strong.396 
Manuring blackberry and rasp¬ 
berry bushes.251 
Maples Blooming....310 
Melons, Alton .318 
— musk and water.348 
Norway spruce, Insects on.390 
Nuts. Preserving.203 
Oaks, Blooming.316 
(Enothera biennis.396 
Orobus voruss.282 
Puchysandra procumbens.282 
Phtlnmpelus achemon.316 
Phrynosuma regale.299 
Pie plant loaves.282 
Pieris rupro..268 
Piuxtor Monday.330 
Pissudes strobi.332, 396 
Potatoes, Cutting to plant.. 219 
— Early Rose.282 
— manure for.396 
Raspberry crop...411 
— plants...380 
Raspberries, Ilerstine’s seedling. .263 
Planting new varieties.268 
— Pruning.282 
Rhododendron Jucksonl nnua ....332 
— Maximum.330 
Rose bug...380, 396 
— I.ttToiuerelle....380 
— Madame Plautier.3S0 
— of Sharon.,,..,. 235 
Roses, Digging and burying ten¬ 
der. 251 
— Juno.380 
Provence or cabbage.3S0 
Teas and Bourbons.380 
Saxlfraga corduta.282 
— crussulu.282 
Sesia tbysbe.348 
Shepherdia argentcu.282 
Silkworm, A i Ion thus.219 
— American.380 
Snake of tlie season. The first.235 
Splrtca optilifolia..'ISO 
Spi rams.380 
Spruce, Planting hemlock.290 
Steel blue beetle.396 
Strawberry, Kentucky.299 
— Matilda.299 
— Nlcanor...281 
— plants, Covering of.235 
— President Wilder....299 
— slunv New Jersey.ill 
— Wilson's Albany...282 
Strawberries; old and reliable 
sorts.299 
Swallow. Burn..348 
Tnmlas slrlutus. ....203 
Tbalictrum unemonoidcs.282 
Taxndtum distich um.333 
Transplanting Shrubs.251 
Tree load. .31u 
Trees in grass and cultivated.396 
L’lnm* suberosa.332 
Vinca minor.282 
Violet, Dog-tooth.299 
Viper, I log-nose or blowing.235 
Virginia fringe tree.380 
Wuternnd muleli for trees.348 
Weeds, Hoe early. 316 
Whlpporwlil...316 
White plnu weevil.,.,.332,396 
Wistaria, Chinese.348 
DOMESTIC ECONOMY. 
Alabaster effect. To produce.175 
Apple bread, A French method.... 47 
Apples from a bushel of green fruit, 
Dried...127 
— Remember the value of.31 
Asparagus.369 
— Sauce for.239 
Baked parsnips.319 
Baking game. 15 
Beans.367 
— How to cook.127 
Bed bug exterminator.175 
— inquiry.399 
Bed-bugs, To got rid of.335 
Beef, Minced.335 
Black walnut polish...143 
Blot, Prof, on pastry..,...255 
— — Pierre.239 
Bread and milk.207 
— Apple. 47 
— Corn. 175 
— Graham.175 
— Hop yoast.303 
— Steamed. 47 
To make the.303 
— I n ferment ed. 31 
Breakfast for eight persons.223 
■ recipe. Leigh Hunt's.95 
Broth of fragments. 47 
Buy by the box or barrel. 31 
Butter, To sweeten frowey.223 
Cabbage sulad.143 
Cake, About.255 
Buttermilk.159 
— Cornstarch.303 
Cream.351 
— Drop...351 
— Fruit.351 
— Frosting for.175 
— Fruit.J53, 175 
— Hard.355 
— Johnny.351 
— Nice...loll 
Queen’s. 159 
— Splendid cocoanut.399 
Sponge.,.335 
fakes. Wheat griddle.127 
fall to breukfast.175 
I Canned goods.....239 
fanvns-back ducks. To cook. 15 
| Chicken pie.-.79 
Chickens. Grandmother’s way of 
cooking....,.....Ill 
' Chicory. 95 
Chinese iu American kitchens.95 
Coffeo.95 
— leaves, Prepared........207 
-- Substitutes for.47 
making.255 
Cold slaw....143 
Collars, To dre»s.175 
Cookery as a science.. ...175 
Cookies —.. 351 
*— Ginger.......351 
Cooking wild game. .15 
Corn bread.175 
— cakes for breakfast. 95 
— How I cook pickled. 31 
— starch cake, Recipe for.....271 
Cotton blue. To Color.399 
— orange, Tu color.399 
— To dye pink on. 303 
Crackers, Wheat flour...31 
Cream, orange..351 
Currants... 93 
Cutlery,Cure of. 95 
Delicacies of the table.239 
Ducks, Cuimls-back. 15 
— To cook common wild.15 
Dye pink ou cotton. To.303 
Eels, To Try.303 
Egg, All ostrich... 47 
- boilers.191 
Eggs, Blot's methods.239 
— How to cook...191 
— Omelet.,239 
— Pouched with ham sauce.191 
— Preserving.1&9 
— To boil...191 
— — detect poor. 47 
— — poach.191 
— — fry... 191 
Emptyings, Railroad.159 
English breakfast, A fashionable 95 
Farmer's hill of fare. 47 
— wives, A word to.271 
Fat, A meal of..70 
— Frying and boiling.79,143 
— is dnnd matter. 79 
Feathers, Substit ute for... i" 
Figs, Tomato.3i 
Fish, How to choose.36! 
— ILiwtokeop.303 
— How to clean.303 
Flowers on tho table.399 
Food for dyspeptics.319 
— tho sick...207 
Frogs, Dressing...159 
Frost!tig for cake. 175 
Frying.289 
Geese, About cooking.ill 
Genevoise sauce. 03 
Goose pie, A,. , . ill 
— Sauce for roast.Ill 
Graham broad....175 
Greek habits...... 95 
Greens. ,...367 
Gridiron, The. 97 
Ham, To broil.191 
Hants und smoked meat. To pre¬ 
serve.47 
Renovating smoked.335 
Hare, To cook. 15 
Herbs and roots for flavoring.271 
Hominy, Lye. 127 
Hop yeast and bread.303 
House cleaning.287 
How mother did R. 63 
Ivory handles, Bleaching. 95 
Kid gloves, To clean. 31 
Lard. Purification of.175 
Macearoui, IIlunched.351 
— boiled.143 
— with cheese.351 
Madeleines.255 
Meat curing. 31 
Mildew from clothing, To remove.175 
At ilk porridge.267 
•Mince pie.95 
Muttou, Cold.127 
Omelette Souttlco.399 
— To make.223 
Omelettes.191 
Ostrich egg . 47 
Our house keeper's club.297 
Oyster eating. Origin of.113 
Oysters in Fulton market, Raw —175 
— scalloped. 159 
Parsnip stew.319 
1‘arsntps and salsify.319 
— To cook.Ill 
Partridge or pheasant. 15 
— To curve. 15 
Pastry. Prof. Bioton...255 
Pens. ..367 
Perch. To fry.303 
Pie, Cream.351 
— crust. Flaky.127 
— melon. To cook. 17 
— Mince. 95 
Pics, Dried cherry.159 
— Dried ruspburry.159 
Pillows, Hop. 03 
Pork apple pie. To make. 47 
Potatoes esenlloped.HI 
— How to cook.399 
Preserves, Blot's method.239 
Preserving food..239 
Putt'paste.255 
Pudding, Cottage. ,.351 
— Rice.351 
— Suet.175 
Puddings, Two .127 
Queen Elizabeth's breakfast. 90 
Rabbit. To 0 , 00 k. 15 
Reign of Terror.287 
IliOe and milk.,207 
— gruel.20? 
— with roast meats.143 
Roasting game. 15 
Rolls, Corn meal.127 
— spiee.127 
Sainton, Boiled.63 
— Broiled.. (13 
— How to cook.63 
— Pickled. 63 
Salsify and parsnips.319 
— and maccurpni.319 
Sausage, Hints about making and 
shipping.159 
Scarlet with cochineal, To color... 31 
Screen, Home-made ..31 
Seats for guests at table..159 
Sewing machine, Domestic fundi y.351 
Shad, To hake. ..303 
— - broil a. 303 
Sherbet, Strawberry.....383 
Shirt fronts. Ironing.351 
Shirts, Polishing.175 
Shoe blacking, Save. 47 
Shortcake, Strawberry.383 
Soup, A Swiss. 127 
— Glider.127 
Spice roll.127 
Spinach tor the stomach.148 
Stow pans.239 
Stowed parsnips.319 
— salsify.SI'-’ 
Strawberry compote.... .383 
— jelly. 388 
— salad.383 
— sherbet.3S3 
— shortcake.383 
Strawberries und cream.383 
— glazed ................383 
Suet pudding. .175 
Summer clothing, Caro of.H3 
Swift's recipes.239 
Tarts, Acid.-ill 
Tea, About.63 
Tin pans. Mending.303 
Tomato Figs..'..31,367 
Tomatoes fur winter use.399 
Trout. To boil. 303 
— - fry.303 
Turkey hash.....159 
Vegetable oyster..319 
Vegetables, Blot’s mode of cook¬ 
ing..239 
— Dry.239 
— Green .239 
Wallies, Raised.,..289 
Washing compound, Jackson’s.271. 
303, 383, 890 
— fluid, Superior. 127 
— muchine. Clark’s. 79 
Wax be made white, How can.399 
Wheat griddle cakes.127 
White paint, To clean.175 
Widgeon and teal. 15 
Wihi game. Conking. 15 
Wondhox with lambrequin garni¬ 
ture.79 
Wool, Iodine green on.351 
Word of entreaty.8135 
Yeast, Sweet potatoes lor....63 
Zinc and copper, To clean.31 
EDITORIAL. 
A Card from Air. Van Winkle.208 
— Chiel’s utimiig ye takin’ notes.. 16 
— vandal cauglu.,..>•>! 
Advertising iii the Rural pay, Dues. 114 
Advertisers' hand-book.113 
Advice to correspondents.96 
Agnes Burmaiiu.... 96 
Agricultural dinner. 16 
— implements, English manufac¬ 
ture .352 
— report.192 
— surveys. 43 
AII our readers. 128 
American entomologists.249 
— herd book.,..,.176 
— institute Farmera' Club ...— 113 
— poultry,Standard of exeellenee'310 
Applo barrels. Size of.176 
Appleton's Journal. 10, 176 
Aquariums.241) 
Arbor Vita;*, A gronpof.400 
Asking question* .368 
Ayrshire cattle breeders.128 
Ayrshire*, Sale of.128 
Barry, Patrick.....288 
Baugh's super phosphates.240 
Beans, Machine for threshing.60 
Beecher in Kentucky.loo 
Beet sugar. 38 
— — business iu California.368 
— - inthe West...2tw 
Beginning the year.....48 
Benton Harbor, Mich., vandal..-. 352 
Burgh on preventing horses pull¬ 
ing the halter.. 372 
Bonner on Dexter ..Ill 
Book wanted...886 
Bragdon, (!. C.8SI 
Breeding stock. Improved, duty 
free. 112 
Bret Harte... li.ii 
Broad lands farm, Sale of.90 
Business to enter upon. Wluit. H 
Buying on credit. 210 
California hops in New York—.. ;8 
Canadian und American home¬ 
steads.....224 
Carter's combined writing and 
copying ink. 53 
Catalogues, etc., received.138, III 
Can't afford to do without tho 
Rural. .16, 32 
Cattle disease. 61 
— — remedy. —113 
— Indiana, good weight.368 
Cereals in Canada fallen off.356 
Changing work.2a8 
Cliattsworth sugar beet manufac¬ 
tory .-288 
Cheese dairies of Erie Co.. N Y 256 
Chemist of tlie Department of Ag¬ 
riculture. 272 
Chinese in Louisiana..'121 
Chiswick gardens.HI 
Civil service reform. 60 
Clover seed, Adulteration oi.128 
Colburn. Death of Judge ....176 
Colorado farm, An extensive.112 
Commercial fertilizers in Georgia.272 
Congressional Committee on Agri¬ 
culture.212 
Conundrum. Chickens and turkeys 80 
Cornell, Hon. Ezra.381 
LTiivcndty lecture* 
— Register of 
Corn, Sanford.... 
Cotton crop estimates 
— — of Georgia. 
Cranberry culture.. .. 
Dairy business South. 
Daniels, Prof. E.384 
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