X TO I 
U >'U i 
APIARIAN. 
Bee culture desirableV Is gene¬ 
ral. u 
— keepers’ Ass'n, North Amer¬ 
ican. M 
— room for the queen. 02 
— hives In Germany, locullon 
of.350 
— — — winter, ventilating_157 
— metallic.238 
— traps.896 
Bees, breeding pcnceable.(12 
— degeneration of.157 
fl edlng.SO8 
— bundling.380 
— how to pick up.317 
— means used for settling.62 
separating two swarms of... 62 
— spring management of.181) 
— — treatment of....3141 
— swarming.288 | 
— under dillieulty, having.201 
— value of Italian. .2(1 
llosago us a honey plant.317 
Comb, removing old........2(18 
(lorrcetlon.238 
Illve, the coming.288 
lloney for the city market.20(1 
producing plants... 2(1 
Instinct of swarming.398 
Opinions of apiarians.62 
ltape as a honey plant.350 
Sugar In honey making.317 
ARBORICULTURE. 
Acorns, vitality Of.10!) 
American blight, destroying..., II 
Auts ascending trees, to pre¬ 
vent.381 
Apple trees injured In winter. .318 
— -by winter.31)7 
— — lime for.Ill 
Apricots, fulls to get.882 
Arborleulturu.1 quoilos.201, 882 
Arbutus menzeesll....Ill 
A sites and the borer..141 
J1 irberry seed and propagation 13 
Black knot on plums. ..301 
liottle trees of Australia....205 
Briar stocks for seed.......318 
Cutulpa for timber.201 
Calycunthualn Wls.76 
Ontnu tree for hedge.331 
Cherries, stock for .318 
<'>erry, the wild.697 
Chestnut timber, durability of..332 
Currant bushes unfruitful.381 
Forest planting In Illinois.201 
Fruit trees, winter prunlug of.. 76 
Hedge girdled by mice.265 
making...237 
Hedges, pig-proof.... .321 
Lurch cones, freak among.157 
Locust hedges lu Onondaga Co., 
N. Y.318 
Madronu tree.Ill 
Mice girdling trees..237 
Mossy trees In an orchard.318 
Oak in England, tho oldest.121 
Peach buds killed.237 
— orchard experience..61 
— trees, hot water about.301 
— - killed by cold.121 
Peaches, yellows la. 13 
Pear blight..... 28 
— — fungus.Ill 
— trees, mulching.HI 
Pears on Douoin apple stocks...265 
Pecans and walnuts.. . 28 
Persi in mo ns for seed.265 
Pine forests, how to reproduce 
100, la? 
— southern.2o5 
Planting 1,000 trees por day.265 
Raspberry culture.188, 265 
Sumacs, freaks among.381 
Ten acres la forest, to get.Ill 
That doubtful freak. 76 
Tree planting In Illinois.301 
Trees from rabbits, protecting. 13 
— measuring the bights of.188 
— planting.'..301 
— propagation of forest. 44 
— treating girdled.318 
— iiuleacbed ashes and or¬ 
chard. 76 
Twig blight. 13 
Walnuts unci pecans.28 
Walnuts, propagating English..221 
Woolen rug manure.221 
yellows In peaches. 13 
DAIRY HUSBANDRY. 
Abort ive stock, how a dairyman 
treats.211) 
American Dairymen’s As9’n..,107 
Rutter and cheese statistics — 315 
— churning muda easy.87!) 
— for market.130 
— from whey....107 
— making.155 
— or cheese.,267 
pull, Wosteott’s return.283 
— — refrigerating.208 
— washing.219 
— white specks on.267 
worker. 27 
Rutter milk In making cheese. 131) 
Canadian Dairymen’s Ass’ll_130 
Charcoal for rennet,.155 
Cheese, Chemical composition.. 139 
— combinations for controling 
prices of.75 
— curing houses, construction. 13!) 
factory apparatus.331 
- from lopperud milk,to niukc.395 
— gummy.75 
— in tho home market, distrib¬ 
uting. 21.) 
oven, putting tho.107 
— homo consumption.50 
— mukiug, Cheshire factory,., 107 
— - in California.031 
— — modilled chuddar process.3-5 
— —waste..,..379 
— ml to and ucarl family.203 
— over production ol’. 59 
— ruck arm turner.107 
— styles of.815 
Churn, Inquiry about a...267 
Churning, trouble In.. ..27,91,139 
Coagulation, cutting, etc., time 
of. 107 
Colonising dairymen.... .317, 
Country markets, advantages of 5!i 
Cow, how to choose u good.267 
— with caked hug.267 
Cows and cure of milk, milking. 1311 
and their management, best 
breed for dairy.I ll 
— Hone filings for abortive.... 43 
Cream before churning, temper¬ 
ature of-.,.219 
— gatherer...156 
— still, the....,363 
Curds in sink during night.2)3 
Dairy convention. 11 
— farms, renting.5!) 
— Interest, oiroumstanccs af¬ 
fecting.251 
— markets, homo.171 
— notes... 21*8 
— statistics... 317 
— stock for beef.187 
— hay furmlng, changing.... 59 
Dairying and related farming.. 75 
— faults In. 50 
— Queries about.171,267 
— troubles from waste.59 
Disinfectants for tho factory,. .165 
Floating curds.,.,,.,.,.,119 
Free trade vs. protection..75 
Uoveu remedy. 203 
Incorporation of t wo societies, . 139 
Making the dairy attractive. ...363 
Marketing dairy products.139 
Microscope, use* of the.126 
Milk, artificial.. 18 
— business, managing the.126 
— obenile.il composition of...,139 
— Condensed.,...298 
— cooler, an English. .11, 317 
— — whero obtained.27 
— delivering once or twice a 
day.,... 139 
— for butter ra iking, handling 91 
— — cows and horses, sour_187 
— management of tainted.130 
— -hot weather.305 
— more about condensed.187 
— preservatives.315 
— of Jersey oowa for choose...879 
— once a day, delivering.283 
— tainted...139 
— treatment of...,.,.107 
— -night’s.91 
— weight of.347 
Milking stock for poor soils..., 43 
N. Y. State Dairymen’s Ass’u.59,75 
Ohio Dairymen's Convention.. 139 
Pastures, Improvement of.75 
Rennet, its operation In cheese 
making. 283 
Rennet, preparing.91,107 
Temperature, deep and shallow 
settings.331 
Whey us feed for calves.283 
— butter.....107 
Willard's address.. 69 
DIARY OF A RU11ALIST. 
Altogether too personal.39.3 
Among tho flowers.366 
An apology.94 
Apples, seedless.62 
Appreciated compliment.331 
Arnohls bypooea.91 
Asparagus bod, top-dressing....266 
Azaleas, Chinese....196 
Rootles from California.,....... 45 
more rare than diamonds...334 
Bouquets of dried Mowers.78 
Bugs from Kansas.283 
Ranting up rubbish.251 
Csloeiisou csoulentuiu.334 
Called an old fogy.398 
Can't afford a newspaper.110 
Care of plants In dry weather. .110 
Caterptllurs, tulip tree.190 
Chestnuts, preserving sweet_238 
Ohtoharee, my pot.126 
Cinerarias In winter.78 
Cleaning up out-bulhlings. 10 
Clytus from Kansas. 78 
Cocoons from Iowa.172 
Cold surprise.Ill) 
Correlation of debility.hia 
Cuttings, making. 46 
of bedding plants.172 
Cyplodlum Inslgne. 30 
Dairying In Michigan.235 
Dloseorea as an ornamental 
plant,,,,.,..382 
Dobson for iish bait.698 
Don’t crowd your hens.302 
Drouth and strawberries.410 
Early pasturing.251 
Eggs in pencil twigs.238 
Entomological cabinet, form¬ 
ing.286- 
Entomology, how to study.542 
Ergutes spiculutus.....142 
Kvorgreens, pruning.IIS) 
— — uud transplanting.,.......266 
Fruits, testing new.280 
Fuchsia, the first.5102 
Gladioli.334 
Going to law.280 
Uraftlug-wux.142 
Drape crop, total loss of.350 
Grapes, shall I plant more..... .222 
Great California beetle.. ..142 
Greenhouses attached to dwell¬ 
ings...... 62 
Haven't any time,......,,.,,302 
Help wanted. '150 
Hyacinths In winter....126 
loo-house, filling an.,.,..110 
Insocts for name............206, 350 
Hibernation of...62 
Kcoping newspapers...,,. 126 
Lot that alone.158 
l,Ilium aurutuma, failure of....266 
Lousy beetles.......366 
Manure and water........238 
MIlk,churning whole............235 
Mites and moths, to guard 
against.382 
Montana potatoes.366 
Natural aversion to Insects.318 
Nature’s workshop, an hoar in. 45 
Now yoar’s day In the country.. 45 
Oak as a lawu tree...206 
Packing liibccts in cotton and 
wool.410 
Peanut or pindur. 1)4 
Pears, dwarf and standard. 10 
Peits lu fall, sowing.254 
Pebbles and fossils from Wia.,398 
Petrified moss.....331 
Planting tender bulbs and 
tubers... .3514 
Plectrodera scalator.190 
Jloses, old-fashioned.94 
— pruning.238 
Rubber business, In the.238 
Scion, cion, branch, limbs.266 
Heeds fri m California..334 
Hotting out potted plants,.350 
Shrubs, choice hardy.. 5)0 
— twelve winter-blooming.30 
Six hundred Insects In a tea¬ 
spoon.254 
Sociability or country people... 30 
Sowing flower seed.382 
Summer and 
houses... 
Transplanting at night . 
— lu windy weather... 
— largo maples. . 
Willow tree borer. 
Worms in flower-pots. 
s..410 
French crout. 
of 
Gingerbread, hard. 
.. 10 
(jfloveM. dyeing kid,. 
.810 
...334 
Grease spots from 
woolen 
...350 
101 
...296 
Green pickles, to make. 
.411 
...302 
.. 883 
...158 
...254 
holder.. 
8M 
...5118 
- roc«i;i . 
...no 
itti 
.. 190 
...5418 
1 lorn of plenty. 
... 94 
Housewife, the. 
DOMESTIC ECONOMY. 
Ants’ nests, destroying.3051, 361 
Apple butter.17,95, 113 
— cooking.127 
— — to make.30 
Apples, steamed.148 
Beans and vinegar.36, 95 
Bedstead, French.25)9 
Beef, bow to boll corned.127 
to cure dried.79 
Beefsteak, right way to fry.95 
Beets, cook lug.335 
Biscuit, good.207 
Blue, to color.79 
Box for domestic uses. 95 
Brackets, home-made.Ill 
Hrmid, a good way to use dry... 113 
— Huston brown.510 
— corn.191 
— cutler....,, .,....159 
Butter, apple. s ... 97 
— cannot get.5151 
— making, winter.191 
Butterflies on lace curtains.351 
t ake, a cheap yet excellent. 
Jelly.11)1 
eocoanut.228,3u3, 8it0 
— corn starch.1193 
— delicate.169 
feather.18 
— fruit.303 
— Jelly.14 2251 
— — or tea.399 
— lemon sponge.367 
pork.239 
— rye Johnny.143 
sponge Jelly.127 
— without eggs, Jolly.95 
— — nice. 176 
Cakes, buttermilk fried.303 
— eocoanut...367 
— excellent fried...79 
— fried. 255,335 
— youst. Ill 
Calico, to wash black...223, 271, 287 
Canning corn in tins.367 
— fruits, etc...255 
— tomatoes. 303 
Carpet, how to sweep a.351 
— that rug.239 
- the other side of the rug_319 
Carpets, a plea In favor of rag..223 
— rug.303 
Chairs, refitting old.127 
Cheese, kippered milk.3515 
Chicken salad. 54515 
Churning, how to prevent long.223 
— that long. 239 
Cochineal coloring.,175 
Clothes bars....15!) 
Cookies...239 
— ginger..............207 
— good.... 191 
— hartshorn.399 
Color yellow on cotton. 79 
Crackers. ‘ . 79 
Crullers.191 
Designs wanted.287 
Dining-room, the.143 
Discovering beauty.222 
Domestic inquiries.....30, 054, 1)5 
Doughnuts, to make raised.271 
Dresses, coloring.,..,.79 
— without eggs.5499 
Egg bag. 287 
— toust. 191 
Eggs, about packing.271 
— In salt, packing.143, 223, 255 
— recipe for pickling.316) 
—" to pack.191 
— without salt, keeping.271 
Extract grease spots, to..411 
Floating Island rodpe....567 
Flour, how to toll good from 
poor. H 
Flowers, wax.. 654 
How easily butter Is spoiled_ill 
Indian pudding. 95 
ink, invisible.265 
Inks, sympathetic.399 
Italian cream. 79 
Letter box. H 
Mackerel, cooking and koeplng.335 
Meats, bolllug.169 
effects of lighten fresh.... 79 
Mortar, mouse-proof.191 
Moths in furniture...399 
Music portfolio and stand.319 
Mustard for the 'table.191 
Mutton, rank flavor In.297 
Nice butter.Ill 
Onions in milk, to take the 
taste out.2519 
— to pickle... 197 
our home.143 
Bants, to make a pair.271 
Parlor horn.319 
Pttrsntp wine... 30 
Pasteboard and leather picture 
frames.319 
I 'endi brandy.308 
Peaches, canning.287 
Pen wiper.80 
Pickles bright green, to color... 79 
green tomato.367 
Picture frame, a cheap.239 
— frames.Ill 
I’lc crust, good.111! 
— excellent custard. ....223 
Pies fried.191 
Pincushion. 17 
P’unts, uncovering.222 
Pods of peas. 319 
Pork, to cook. 3(1 
— fresh, to make salt.,,191 
Pounder, an Improved.191 
Preparing lor company. .207 
Pudding, baked apple....223 
birdsnest....383 
boiled Indian.79, 127,113,237,361 
— green corn...367 
— or mush, Graham.351 
rice.399 
steamed corn.191 
— — Indian.143,383 
— tomato......361 
without eggs, suet.63,127,335,367 
Putty frames.260 
— picture frames.303 
Hag carpet... ..Ill 
carpets...335 
Raspberry juice, to prepare. ...Ill 
Recipes asked for. 191 
Rose, cloth of gold... .222 
Rubber boots, to nicud.399 
Rushes a use for. 47 
Hustle frame, How to make. 11 
flaiiul, chicken.223, 336 
— how to make a.271 
Sally Lutm.2519 
Sausage how to keep.383 
— keeping.127 
Sausages, how to make. II 
Scarlet, with cochineal, to color.387 
Sea shells, how to clean.336 
Shell work on nutty.867 
Hhtrtt fit, how to make. 14 
Strawberry wine.5493 
Soap, how to make soft.63 
Something gruuu.HI 
Soup, noodle. 30 
Stand for cigar ashes.,..,.319 
Strawberry Juice, to prepare... .111 
Suet pudding without eggs.79 
Talks to housekeepers.207 
Tidy, a pretty.361 
— for comfortables. 95 
— how to make a.175 
To clean a browned porcelain 
kettle.127 
Toilet mats.361 
— stand with drapery.176 
Tomatoes, canning.503 
— whole, canned.255 
Variety, how lo make.367 
Veils, how to restore black lace.228 
Wall protector.351 
Washing and washing day.175 
— compound. 05 
day, Saturday ns u.191 
- fluid recipe.351 
— made easy.63, 111, 159 
more about.. .223 
my mode of.Ill 
- method.it 
Wulno'-proof doth, to make.175 
Wax flowers.....03 
Whlto star crosses.861 
Why wash Monday... 17 
Wood-box or chest covered.79 
Wool, renewing maroon colors 
hi.175 
scarlet, to dye.1....2251 
Work-basket, Mexican...(3 
stand, ladles,,.,.,, .255 
— -bamboo.267 
table eover.271 
Worms out ol’ dried fruit, how 
to keep. 79 
Vcnst cukes.HI 
Yellow, to color. 79 
EDITORIAL. 
Abolition oiv n. v. usury laws.. 62 
Accepting tlm Pacific U. H. 84 
Activity contagion *. 
Advertising fowls and eggs.304 
— In tlie Rural.224 
Agricultural college bill.KM 
— land grant bill.192 
conventions In N. V. state..144 
~ hotel.266 
laborers’strikes In England to 
— professors.304 
American beef cuttle in En¬ 
gland..,,,.22! 
cut nulls and spikes,..,. 96 
Dairymen’s Ass n,,,.8t:H 
— Devon herd hook... . 82 
— exhibitors at Vienna.208 
— Institute Farmers’ Club..., 70 
- I’omologloal Hoc.... .80, 210, 288 
An acceptable present.. 32 
Analyses of gypsum.208 
Anderson Hchool of Natural 
History.388 
Angora gouts.128 
An improvement. . 32 
indignant contributor.144 
- innocent case of Incest.08 
Another Atlantic cable.164 
Antl-R. it. monopoly Oonveu- 
lion. 
Apples, fine King. 
... 288 
Arkansas troubles. 
A semi-annual greeting_ 
Back salary grub. 
Baird, Prof. 8. F. 
... 96 
Barns, Mrs. Dr. N. H. 
Baron Liebig In hot water. 
....352 
Beautiful chromo. 
... .,''84 
Bees by mail.. 
Bed, sugar from Illinois.... 
- In California,. 
.... (U 
Boston and crime. 
....84 
— rhododendron show.... 
Brief but emphatic. 
Broccoli in England. 
....128 
Brown. Simon,.. 
160, 176 
Building up manufactures. 
....224 
Better and cheese exchange in 
New York. 
....384 
— western vs. eastern. 
....144 
Buying Chicago lots. 
.148 
Culloo printing. . 
.... 240 
California wheat. 
Cannon fora church. 
Can’t afford it... 
.112 
Cun we agree on wages. 
Car hook murderer. 
.116 
Cash for farm labor. 
(’Mhitlo goyser and hot spring in 
Montana. 
.112 
Catalogues, etc., received.. 
. .80. 
112, 14i, 160, 192, ,.08, 240 
304. 
*66, 400 
Cattle breedtiih of California... 138 
— transportation. 
Cheap transportation to 
tide 
water. 
ILI 
Cht!Mitpeak« iind Ohio U. u.2£8 
Cheese an army ration.,.. 
Christian comm unity. 
Chromo of the Vosemlto.. 
.400 
Convention, editorial... 
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