ORE’S RURAL WE 
Milch caws, fattening,.....206 
Milk fever, kerosene oil for—330 
Ohio eows coming east..75 
Parasites on sheep and calves..123 
Scrub stock. 30 
Second Duke of Iltllhnrst, sulo 
of. M 
Self-milkera, to cure.345 
Sex at will.172 
Short-Horns, breeding of. 30 
— — for milk.396 
— — important to all owners 
of. 12 
— — the trade in.'.155 
Turnips for milch cows.155 
Young 9tock, onions for.155 
HORSEMAN. 
Animals, harsh treatment of...283 
Alcarls or needle-worm.2S3 
Bots In horses, tansy for.299 
Callus on a colt.. 42 
Clydesdale horses. Imported... 26 
Colts, teaching them to trot—190 
Cracked heels.. 26 
Cribbing horses.42 
Currying, combing and brush¬ 
ing. 42 
Drive, how to......347 
Draft horses, Clyde and French 11 
Fairs, the horse at.107 
Hippophngy in France.299 
Horse breeding, social morals 
in..*.234 
— disease, a new.107 
— — at the west, new.190 
— incontinence of urine lu a..299 
— treatment of a balky.379 
Horses, American Importers Of 
French.299 
— best food for working.379 
— care of in the spring.283 
— Clydesdale.234 
— — and Norman..390 
— disposal of old-and knock- 
kneed.42 
-r- feet in summer.283 
— French mode of selecting.. 
283, 379 
— larapass In.283 
— rubber overshoos for.317 
— worms In...283 
Hugging the lines, to prevent..231 
Mares, aborting.107 
— best food for during gesta¬ 
tion . .283 
Perehoron stallions for Missou¬ 
ri.299 
Stables, ventilation of.386 
Purse for 1870, a. 26 
Splint on a three-year-old oolt.299 
Stallions, importation of.. 42 
Trotter, another... 20 
Trotting horse "breaking," 
cause of a. 11 
HYGIENIC INFORMATION. 
After dinner naps.399 
Appetite, morbid,.867 
Asthma remedy....355 
A strange case.335 
Bathing children.255 
Bed, Dio Dewin' receipt for a... 95 
Beds, air the spare.95 
Boils and carbuncles, mercu- 
riul ointment in...63 
Borax, some of its remedial 
properties...319 
Burns, a bran bed for.363 
— for.....399 
Catarrh, cure for .. 127, 287 
Cellars, healthful...,,239 
Children, city vs. country. 79 
— coddling,.,... 29 
— hardening. 79 
Chloral, the use of.127 
Cod liver oil, the action of.223 
Cold feet, to warm. 79 
Colds, borax tor.127 
— how to avoid.79, 223 
Contagious diseases, how to 
avoid.303 
Corns, cure for.95 
Cough, how to.8C7 
Croup, remedy for.,.191 
Cure for proud flesh.C3 
Diphtheria. 63 
— and its cause.207 
— for.191 
— remedy for....,.,,. 15 
Disease of the day, the.31 
Doctors and nurses. 335 
— story, a... 63 
Don't worry about yourself. ■. .835 
Drunkards, tea.239 
Drunkenness, prescription for.883 
Eggs, medical properties of..... 63 
Felon, cure for......239 
Frostbitten feet, how to cure... 63 
Frozen feat, cure for.191 
Galls, a good remedy for. ....... 63 
Health, pure air necessary 
sustain...191 
Hoarseness, a cure for.351 
— to cure.63 
IIow he lived ninety years.399 
Hygiene or the sewing ma¬ 
chine...Ill 
Hygienic notes.287 
— suggestions,.79 
Infeotion. precaution against.. 79 
Oatmeal value of, for infants..351 
Paralysis—.. 31 
Physicians, three eminent.255 
Pneumonia and pleurisy.191 
Proud flesh, cure for.63 
Pulse again, about the.399 
— learn about the.351 
Pure air Decessary to sustain 
health... 191 
Quinsy sore throat.267 
Itemedy for diphtheria. 15 
Rheumatism, remedy for.143 
Scalds and burns.....345 
Scarlet fever........3113 
— — anointing for........207 
Sciatica, a bad winter for.191 
Scurvy head....,. 79 
Seasonable counsel.1*83 
Sick, nursing the.159,287 
— people, putting heart into..367 
Sleeping, best position for—..113. 
— room, venlilatiug.159 
Sleeplessness..........255 
onions for...367 
Sore throat, remedy for.287 
Sound common sense.207 
Spectacles, wearing.95 
Stimulants, the medical use of.223 
Stands, marble-top.79 
Sun baths—..367 
— hygienic power of..31 
Swallowing coin...159 
Taking cold, how to avoid.31 
Tapeworm, removal of.239 
Tea drinking, the other aide....319 
Teeth, cleaning the.383 
— decay of the....,...383 
— take care of your...383 
Tonics for women.. 63 
Toothache.• ■ 95 
Tooth brushes. .383 
Vegetable diotund gravel.307 
Ventilation, .simple method of-143 
Warm, how shall we keep. 15 
Wart remedy. 15 
Warts, removing......143 
Wutor, drinking.207 
— tllter, a. 12 
— hard and soft. 31 
Work as a remedy.399 
Worms, thread.79 
Worth remembering.351 
Wounds, how to treat.351 
— new cure for.3C 
INDUSTR’L IMPLEMENTS 
29 
Agricultural works,Hemington.318 
Apple paring machine.316 
Barrel, a new. 45 
Binding machine, a new South 
Wales.264 
Oar for unloading hay and 
grain. 
Collar pad, zinc..36*5 
Corn cultivator, two - horse 
wantod.207 
— planters.264 
!otton spinning, Clemont’sat 
taoliiuent for.77 
Cultivator, a Hungarian.93 
Drills with fertilizer attach¬ 
ments.... 110 
Engine, Monitor Agricultural..252 
Evaporator, Cory’s....316 
Kurin grist mill, premium.140 
Gang and sulky plows. 29 
- plows, excellent ............186 
Garden seed drill, Mathews'...124 
(>iis and heat combined.........124 
— generator and heating fur¬ 
nace. 124 
nay rake, Wisncr improved * 
sulky.'. 14 
— fork, Nellis' lmrpoon.896 
— tedder, American.380 
— — Perry’s New York. .......348 
Hoe, Hexumer's pronged.......140 
Hurdles, iron...,. ...316 
Incubator, another. 29 
Lawn mower, newChurter Oak.332 
— — the Excelsior.366 
Mower, Crawford's Improved .348 
— the Warrior....,,.284 
Mowors in Pennsylvania, rear- 
cut.....316 
Mowing machines and horse 
rakes... 207 
— — answerubuut.236 
— — inquiry about.....166 
— — more about. 264 
Plow, about a good.140 
— Fawk's steam. 45 
—^improved hillside.93 
Plowmeu, umbrella shades for. 124 
Plows, gang and sulky.208 
Potato digger, Travis’.332 
— planter wanted.284 
Kamlo machine, a. IDS 
Reaper, Johnston’s self-raking 366 
Roller, Hungarian. 77 
— vs. drouth.. 77 
3eed drill, Holbrook's new reg¬ 
ulator.188 
Slaughtering animals, new 
method of..-.29 
Steam on the farm. 996 
— power for the farm.396 
— threshers in incompetent 
hands.29 
Tali over the liuea. 93 
Thresher, the Shaker.236 
Tools, temper of...332 
Wagon works, Whitewater. . ,.208 
Windmill, Halliday’s standard.316 
— power.168 
Windmills on the farm.93 
INDUSTRIAL MEN. 
Douglas, Robert...... 46 
Dunlap, M. L. 46 
Huggins, Jonathan.46 
Hull, Dr. E. S. 46 
Illinois State Hurt. Society, 
Personnel of the. 46 
La was, John Bennet, F. It. S. 
153,154 
McWhorter, Tyler. 46 
Shepherd, Smiley.46 
Starr, J. E.;.... 46 
Thompson, T. A. 73 
Wler, Daniel B.46 
INDUSTRIAL SOCIETIES. 
American Ass’n of Short-Horn 
Breeders.21 
Berkshire Swine Breeders' 
Ass’n.:.228 
Dairymen’s Ass'n.85 
Institute Contest.132 
Pomoioglcal Soc.160 
Ayrshire Breeders’ Ass’n, 1(10, 
101, 180 
Buckeye Union Poultry Ass'n. 21 
Caledonia Co., Vt., Ag. Soc.116 
Central N. V. Poultry Ass’ll.... 21 
Conn. Valley Ag. Institute.148 
Cortland Co.. N. V. Ag. Soo.148 
Dundee Union Ag. Son.101 
Empire City Poultry Ass’n.116 
1 lutuilton Hart. Soc.276 
Hamilton, N. V., Ag’l and Moc. 
Ass’n..... 68 
Illinois Board nt' Agriculture...292 
— Stnte Board of Agriculture.180 
— Swine Breeders’Ass'n.116 
Maine Poultry Ass’n.116, 228 
Maryland IIort. Sue..276 
— Poultry Ass’n.. 21 
Massachusetts Ilort. Soc. . ,85, 276 
Mech. and Ag. Fair Ass'n of 
Louisiana. 21 
Michigan State Bee Keepers' 
Ass’n.132,276 
— Pomologlc.il Sne.68 
Minnesota Ilort. Soc.228 
Missouri State Hurt. Soc.101 
National Columbarlan Society. 
85,180 
— Poultry Ass’n.292 
Newburgh Bay Ilort, Soc.132 
New England Ag. Soe.132 
— Jersey Cranberry Ass'n.110 
— — State Ag.Soc...,.101,228 
— -Hurt. Hoe.148 
— York State Ag. Sue..53,85 
--Dairymens Ass'n.180 
— — Board of Trade.101 
--Wool Growers’ Ass’n., 21 
North eastern Bee Keepers’ 
Ass’n...53 
Northern Wisconsin Poultry 
Ass'n...21 
Ohio Dairymen’s Ass’n—..63 
Oneida Co., N. Y„ Ag. Bo<-.133 
Pennsylvania Fruit Growers 
Soo. 5:1 
— poultry Ass'n.86 
Queen's Co., N, Y. Ilort. Soo—228 
Rhode Island Poultry and Col- 
umbariau Soe.. ..21 
Rural Club of New York .C8 
Sangertlold and Marshall Ag. 
Soc...133 
Society for the Promotion of 
Scientific Industry.148 
Southern Tier, N. Y., Poultry 
Soc.21 
Thorn Hill, N- Y., Farmers’ 
Club. 85 
Vermont Dairymen's Ass'n.63 
Vollnia, Mich., Farmers' Club.. 68 
Washington Co., N. Y., Ag. Soc.lUl 
Western New York Fruit 
Growers’ Soc.68 
—-Hort. Soc.21,118 
—-Poultry Soc.68 
Wisconsin State Ag. Soc.63 
— - Hurt. Soc.118 
Yates Co., N. V., Ag. Soc.180 
Fire companies can sustain 
rates.,.......171 
— insurance, profits of.236 
Fruits of a hard winter.....268 
Give it a wide berth. .867 
Globe Life insurance Co.143 
Hasten slowly.. ... .411 
Hew is this?.......300,335 
Industrial insurance.Ill 
Insurance deposits, inviolabil¬ 
ity of.. U3 
— legislation.236 
insurances, term..."168 
J uiRd 1 1 decision.268 
Legalizing assignments by 
wives. 207 
Life Association of Missouri...236 
— companies, assets of.174 
— insurance companies, evolu¬ 
tion among.143 
— -returns of........230 
— — contraction in.268 
Losses by lire lu N. Y, City.143 
I,uck or wisdom /.174 
More light wanted...207 
New England life companies.. .174 
Ncn-forfolture of polities, tho 
proposed.....207 
Odd. Isn't it?.367 
Policies of Buieides,paying the.236 
— non-forfeitable..174 
Ue-lnsnraneo and the law.286 
Retributive legislation.mil 
Significant and promising.268 
Hpoclal reserve fund.207 
State Insurance Department... 143 
steps down amt out.300 
Suicide claims. 300 
Suspi Clous..,,,..268 
Taxing Insurance...307 
Travelers of Hartford.236 
— the. 174 
Well done, Arkansas.385 
Will there be an Investiga¬ 
tion?...207 
LAND DEPARTMENT. 
Arkansas, from Baxter Co. t3 
Franklin Co,, Vn., from.881 
Gaffney's, 3. C,, from.223 
Georgia, from Buckhead, Mor¬ 
gan Co. 13 
— — Central. 381 
— uolus from.238 
Grasshoppers In Kansas.79 
Huuies lu tho South, to those 
who wish. .223 
K an sail .Southern.....,,,.381 
Nebraska, more trutli about....314 
— tho truth about......267 
Oregon, climate and products.,298 
South Carolina, from.....253 
— colonies of Northern men 
in the....298 
Sumner Co., Tenn., from.298 
PATRONS OF HUSBANDRY. 
Decisions by a State master.303 
Grange agents, State. 81 
the National.256 
— young men and the.239 
Kansas, destitution In.239 
News and notes for patrons..10, 
31,41,00,92. 108. 120. 111,239, 
255,271,303,319,361 
Now York State Grunge.108 
Organ, an.60 
Patrons of Gibson Co., Tnd—.803 
_ _ Husbandry, rise and won¬ 
derful progress of.319 
— what they propose to do....255 
Platform, u good.255 
— tlie grange reform....255 
Produce fur market, preparing. 120 
Sensible and commendable.351 
Sovereigns or Industry....220 
— -State Council of.220 
State Grunge agent*. 31 
Tennessee, a greeting from.319 
Virginia State Grange.108 
PISCICULTURE, 
Bass In Florida.267 
Eel propagation, about. 95 
Eels, how do they breed?.95 
Fish eultsire, is It prutltable ?.61, 364 
— hybrid.287 
— Infected... 382 
— in France, American.75 
— ponds, look to the locality of .100 
— transplanting live......'182 
Grayling, the.287 
Salmon, California. 95 
Qie growth or.267 
Shad und herring....364 
Sturgeon, number or eggs in the.95 
Transporting, ISeth Green's 
method of .287 
Trout, curd as food for.287 
POMOLOGICAL. 
Apple, Ben Davis.285 
— Maiden Creek.249 
— Btedol... 173 
— Tewksbury Winter Blush... 62 
— White Yost.173 
Apples, hitler rot ill...173 
— cross fertilization of..238 
— drying. 285 
— for Atlanta, Ga...285 
— — Minnesota...238 
— in Alabama...316 
.332 
and 
INDUSTRIAL TOPICS. 
Annie Laurie, from.....122 
A working farmer talks to a 
novice.250 
Churns, what 1 know ubout.316 
Centennial at Philadelphia, 
the...218 
Convention, going to a. 14 
Domestic animals, studying the 
physiology of. 14 
Farm, life ou the.76 
Farmer Garrulous’talk. 14 
Farmers working their own 
salvation. 69 
Farming, how it pays....236 
Hay, u ton by meaauro.... ,.,,..218 
Highways in winter.218 
Industrial topics. 14 
Mistaken Ideas.122 
’* Monster farms," denouncing. 28 
Reforms, how to bring about... 14 
Shall a merchant go to farm- 
~*C- ing ?.300 
Superphosphate fuctory, a.236 
Tree peddlers, defense of.138 
Wages and labor...218 
Where is your pluceV...333 
INSURANCE DEPART¬ 
MENT. 
Agent's representations ajpart 
of the contract.,...335 
American National Life, the...143 
Another “lifeassociation” go¬ 
ing.207 
An unpromising split.300 
Are the reports to bo exam¬ 
ined?. 207 
Bank and Insurance Co. com¬ 
bined.174 
Carting it around.367 
Change of name .41V 
Cheek, a timely.411 
City mortality. ...411 
Coming back again.411 
Courts again, the.411 
Crucial remedy, a.411 
Deposits not alienable.208 
Does it pay?.335 
— not appear to pay.335 
Eminently suggestive...........300 
Exemption, the price of.411 
LANDSCAPE GARDENING. 
New Zealand flax.217 
— -In Ireland......217 
MODES AND MANNERS. 
Children's feet.76 
Chintz, about. .253 
Dresses, summer.334 
Fashion chit-chat.253 
Fashions, children’s.285 
— spring.189 
— the best of the prevailing... 13 
Grenadines, about.381 
liouse-l urolsbiiig.157 
Lambrequin pattern......157 
Novelties.'.. -253 
Patterns, about.45 
Perforated buckskin..70 
Rural conversazione . .13, 45, 76, 
189, 285, 334 
Toilet details...381 
Wraps for summer travel.381 
Wraps, Intermediate.253 
NATURALIST._ 
American game birds—1.141 
...173 
-1L1.204 
__iv.237 
.. 369 
-VI.300 
-VII.333 
-VIII.364 
. 397 
Anas ..141 
Anser Canadensis.,.397 
Bear, winter life of the.30 
Bourflsh at Brighton aquarium. 63 
Files, the use of. 316 
Grouse, Canada....333 
— rutiled......269 
Goose, wild.397 
Meieagrls gallopavo.304 
Mole, what it eatB.316 
Moles. 1,1 
— to trap.269 
Ostriches.206 
Oysters, how they are born.165 
Plover, upland.300 
Uml, the Cora.237 
Kudus Caroltnus.237 
Scolopax minor.204 
— Wllsonll.1774 
Snipe, the common.173 
Sparrows and canker worms.... 63 
— — gooseberries.397 
— in English gardens.364 
Spider, ingenuity of a. 63 
Tetrao Canadensis.333 
— ..269 
Toads and snakes.,...382 
— the use of.382 
Tetanus bartramius...300 
Turkey, the wild. .364 
Woodcook, the.204 
Wood or summer duck, the.....141 
— — England, American. 
— Jonathan, Bon Davis 
Winesap.-.62 
— origin of sweet and sour.41 
— Sheepnnse, Mother and 
Amerloan Beauty.91 
— varieties of.78 
Bananas in Florida.173 
Blackberries. 62 
Blackberry, the Aughlnbaugh.. 62 
Cherries, questions touching 
two.U 
Cherry, Katie.41 
— Louis Phillippe..... 41 
Crauberrles in England, Ameri¬ 
can......... 41 
— varieties of...238 
Curculios, how they catch.94 
Currants. 62 
Elderberry bushes und plums..249 
Fruit for the Souinwosi.91 
— in Colorado.... ® 
— nomenclature. 78 
— list for Texas...316 
— to secure line speulos of.285 
— trees, diseases of....362 
Gooseberries.. - 62 
Grape prospects in Utah........316 
Hawthorns, handsome frultlng.346 
New names vs. old varieties....300 
Oranges, gathering, packing 
and shipping from Florida.285 
Oroliard, culture of..,..361 
— fruit culture, value of.156 
— in the.'....361,7462 
— of 160 trees. 78 
Orchards, Insects in.361, 362 
Peuch, the Foster. 41 
— - Poplar.-238 
— trade, New Jersey.. 12 
Peaches in Oakland Co., Mich..300 
— — Ohio, early...238 
Pear blight.... :K, 2 
— Souvenir du Congres.861 
Pears, late. 12 
— In Colorado.,......285 
— premising new.361 
Persimmon, the Japanese.94 
Persimmons, Japanese vs. 
American. 166 
Plum cultuie, successful.94 
Raspberry, Amazon red.....249, 300 
— th@ Cuthbort.286 
Raspberries...,.62 
Small fruits for home use.62 
Strawberries......62 
Strawbetry, Dutchess.62 
Varieties, decline of. 78 
POULTRY-YARD. 
Bantams, black.137 
Bone meal...301 
Brahma hen in trouble.125 
Breda, black, white and cuckoo.125 
— cock, general characterlstios.126 
— hen, cuckoo variety.HO 
Breed pays best? which.7»i 
Breeds, inquiries as to.125 
Bruges, or Northern game fowl.hd 
Catarrh or roup. 28 
Chicken chulera remedy, a.HO 
— -another.157 
— killing. 28,157 
Chickens, diseased feet in...... 74 
— warts on. 
CochinlCliina cock, buff variety, 
characteristics.220 
— — hen, buff variety, charac¬ 
teristics .. 262 
— — or Shanghai, huff ....220, 252 
— -cinnamon...301 
— -• partridge.......349 
Combs of fowls, market for.92 
Creve-Oueir eggs.237 
Dorking, general characteris¬ 
tics.,... 61 
— plumage.. 61 
Dorkings, single comb.74 
Eggs, flavor Of..349 
— for sitting.315 
in alien, number of.92 
— — winter...301 
— new way of preserving.125 
— preserving.363 
— sex In.44 
— shipping. 28 
Feathers coming out.125, M2 
Feed for fowls, egg-producing.237 
Fowl questions.,...268 
Fowl*. Brahma..........331 
— clipping wiugs of.380 
— diseased... 92 
— for miirkel, plucking.172 
— hay for.... 126 
— 1 leo on.363 
— melon, squash and pumpkin 
seed for......268 
— " Kuuipkin ”. 44 
— With roup........220 
— young vs. old...380 
Game poultry. 61 
Gapes in chickens...172 
— tallow for. 140 
Goose, about.157,187, 202, 220 
— Egyptian......... .44 
— management of.237 
Hutch, helping to.349 
Hon coop, an English.172 
— house, about my.28 
— — coal stove In.301 
liens for eggs, best.202 
— set the.140 
— sitting.349 
— tlie best laying.202 
Incubutiun in Colorado, artl- 
flcial.268 
Incubator, Graves’.172 
Ostriches, Important informa¬ 
tion ubout.157 
Partridge cochin.315 
— cock,.380 
— cochin*......119 
Pekin ducks ... 28 
Pheasant, goldon.157 
Poultry, game.61 
keeper No. 13.61 
- No. 14.92 
- No. 15.110 
- No. 10.125 
- No. 17.140 
— NO. 18.187 
- No. 19.220 
— No. 30. 252 
- No. 21.,.301 
— No. 22. 319 
- No. 23. 680 
red pepper for,.140 
relative profits from.172 
-of.202 
squash and melon sued* for. 44 
yard, cheap. ...363 
Pralrio chickens, taming........384 
Roup, cure for. .172 
Scurfy legs in fowls.28 
Sex in eggs.44 
Spanish fowl, general charac¬ 
teristics.... 92 
- plumage .. 92 
— hen, the. ...110 
Sulphur on chickens...,. 28 
Turkey, crop-huund...801 
L’urlcnys to breed from, uge of .301 
White cochin.variety.380 
RURAL ARCHITECTURE. 
Barn, farm and carriage........186 
Book-cases.186 
Building and churiicter..105 
Comerit, doors,coal tar....286 
Chestnut wood and the spider. .286 
Conservatory, new house-top ..297 
Fane buildings.142 
— houses, filigree work on.816 
Gardens on tho house-top.297 
Hammer, the common.106 
Home, what can be done for a.316 
Lining the walls of houses with 
glass.............105 
Oui-uutUlings, the...105 
Paint for roofs.... 106 
— — shingle roofs...185 
Sand, curious properties of.185 
8crew hole, a worn. ..105 
SbIngle roofs, to preserve.286 
Hummer house, a .... 105 
Tile decorations.286 
SCIENTIFIC AND USEFUL. 
Acid in the soil, removal of.79 
Animals as motors, attaching..201 
Black kids, to clean ..270 
Boots, taking care of.47 
Camphor and plants...297 
Commit. Kosendale.270 
— rubber.... 883 
Collar, how to make a.. 15 
Colors, new and durable.388 
Fat in forage plants.15 
Glass, to break.270 
Humbug, a venerable.270 
(nk, to extract.....349 
Kerosene flames, to exttnguish.383 
Lumps, kerosene.279 
Mahogany staining.369 
Marble, to remove stains from.317 
Mason, your own...383 
Moisture at will.....79 
