THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
DEC. 31 
Fodder, oats, green for.321 
Fruit, evaporation of .531, 634 
Grain crustier..—531, km 
— fields, pasturing... .240 
Harrowing.. 02 
Hay slings. 188 
Helps, little.115 
Horses abreast, three . 131,209,224 
Ice trade.51 
Implements, farm, caring for... 31 
Hander, convenient .250 
— tree. 115 
Land, reclaiming. . 88 
Lightning rods, home-made.4?U 
Manure. HI 
— bone flour.24 
— carbon, universal. 114 
— Coal ashes as. 67 
— cow, weight of.401 
— l'arm yard. J. ii. La wen on.. .401 
— from corncobs. 274 
— increasing.07 
— moisture with. 302 
Man ures, commercial.133 
Manuring, green in New Eng... .483 
Marshes, mowing .548 
Moisture with manure.3u2 
Nitrogen, worthless compounds 
in some fert i I izers.. .330 
Oil cake breaker.53! 
Fluster, land.851 
Plow shoes.in 
Plowing, good way, .532 
— with three horses abreast.. 
270,303 
Potatoes, frozen, fodder value ol.ti? 
Holler at *• R. F." ... .33.4 
Rural Farm, notes from .osi 
Sap spout. Improved.258 
Shingles, to preserve.254 
Silos ..619 
— covers for.2s9 
— In the cold North...,,..lii 
Sled or boat, tool. ... ..115 
Soil, top, pulverizing.401 
Sorghum .302 
Stumps, blowing out.333 
Sugar canes. ~.. ..3m 
Sugar making, backsets In. 3s 
— — sorghum, results.31 
Thistles, •'radicating. .437 
Tool bag ..115 
Wagon, Iron .39 
Weeds, covering with a plow..548 
Wheat bran, foul seeds in.350 
Wheat, drainage, essential.515 
FARM TOPICS. 
Agricultural labor, cost of.278 
— exports ...818 
Agriculture,Dep’t of. 24 
— early history of.843 
Apple crates. 34 
Ashes, coal .87 
— from corn-cobs,.374 
Asparagus seed, soaking.304 
1 togas sc for manure.811 
Bean poles, damp for setting.. 115 
— weevils.255 
ltclls, farm.............271 
bone Hour. 24 
Ihvwers’ grains.531 
— — knit-dried . ..133 
— — preserving...,.....»-SI 
bushel box. 115 
Cuttle feeding experiments.812 
— soiling. ..,....822 
Cellars, banking.3t 
Chicory for coffee..12u 
Cider, keeping. 811 
Cider making.785 
Cisterns, filtering .505 
Composts . ...128 
Cord for harvesting.353 
Corn fodder, stacking.732 
— — with ensilage, compara¬ 
tive. value of.,. .251 
— Rice, for teed.,..,Siu 
Cotton planters, unwisdom.308 
Cottonseed meal ... ..547 
Country roads.832 
Cow dulig, weight of.....435 
Crops and markets. .172 
— cultivating.314 
— feeding.348 
— growing of.286 
— on L. 1. 7.33 
— rotation of.282 
Digging a ditch.SSI 
Hog nuisance.131 
braining. 30 
Drain, stone..,..336 
Economy, false.244 
Eggs, preset'v. iug.3d 
Ensilage.Si, 24,187,254, 70ft. H<, 
—■ antiquity of.<...221 
— us a complete ration.270 
— at the West.582 
— cheap........ . 714 
— cost ot. ....... .. .270 
— experience with.450 
— in silos, pressure.440 
— Its application to milk and 
meat production.221 
— practical .114,115 
— process in U.S., standing ,4.269 
— screw power pressure.850 
— truth about. 716 
— value of.228 
— wagons.84!) 
Evener, three-horse . 387 
Experiments,difficulties encoun¬ 
tered.827 
Fairs and their uses.683 
Farm book-keeping. 813 
— diary . .. 793,843 
— experimental of the"K.N-Y ,603 
— life and practice..36 
— -of 12 acres, In*. Hoskins's .. 54 
— produce, gambling in— ...738 
— products exhibited at fairs. .634 
— record, review.. .52 
— Rural, notes from.333 
— tools, repairing,.....848 
Farms, mortgaged.813 
— sheep on.518 
Farmer, scientific.117 
Farmers and merchants.138 
— and small fruits.....303 
— European burden of.8UU 
— women.513 
Farming, bonanza.832 
— East or West.403 
— for boys and girls...SO, 82, 73, 
94, 126, 142, 182, 202, 218, 250, 
266, 282, 293. 314, 348, .362,1498, 
414, 446, 462, 494, 510, 526, 358, 
574, K3U, 646, 662, 691, 726, 758, 
1, t, 822,354 
Feedtug trials, dairy products.. 187 
Fence, barbed wire.533 
— posts, red-cedar for.. 22 
— wattled picket.273 
Fences, wire, barbed.730 
Fertilizer, lime as a. .549 
Fertilizers, artificial,.202, 218 
— — use of. 250 
— bone and ashes as. 816 
— chemical, what kind.136 
— home-made.254 
— surfeiting land with.701 
Fertilizing the soil ... ....... 78 
Fertility of our soils.338 
Fields, plowed, leveling.481 
Food, appetizing, for fattening 
animals, economy In.222 
— digestion of.398 
— preserved, “Ozone" . 828, 832 
Food;, value of . 462 
Fruit, evaporation of.531, 547, 562 
634 
Grain crusher.634 
— drills with fertilizer attach¬ 
ment.777 
— profit from raising and feed-5U0 
lug .. 
Hams, care of.353 
Harrowing.62 
Harvest, what shall it be?,..—417 
Hay and grain uuJoader.273 
- Ur. Lawes's experiments_292 
Hog houses.827 
Homestead. tidiness about.424 
Hooks for harness.115 
Horses, three ubreast.765 
lee for Sumner .. ..437 
— houses on the farm.,...810 
— loading.51 
— trade...51 
Implements, farm, care of .34 
Labor and capital at the South. ?2 
Ladder, convenient.256 
— tree......115 
Lime as a manure.549 
— with fertilizers containing 
phns. acid.209 
London-purple.274 
Manure.94 
— bagasse for... 811 
— bom-hour . . 31 
— eurhnn universal.114 
— coni ashes as ..67 
— cow dung, cord of.336 
— — weight of.. .435 
— increasing..,. . 68 
— lime as...549 
— what Is.510, 526 
MailUres, commercial.13-1 
Meadows, improving perman¬ 
ent... 360 
Muck as manure. 880 
— delusion.... .653, 7H 
— value of .714,720. 738 
Nitrogen and carbon, Dr.Lawes.406 
— in the East and West_..,.730 
— supply, Dr. .1 H. Lowes.649 
Nutrition of animals.414 
Faint for out-buildings .137 
I’arls-greeu on corn stalks . .133, 225 
Phosphates, soluble vs. insolu¬ 
ble.207 
Plants, how they feed.182 
— — grow.142 
Plaster, land. 351 
Flow shoes.115 
Flowing, Fall.79/ 
— good way .532 
— with three horses.270 
— fast or faithful .. . ..333 
Potash and phosphoric acid In 
the soil, lasting etfectaof. 666 
Potato cut to single eye.238 
— beetles, killing .152,501 
— disease, Inllueuee of ma¬ 
nures upon . 52 
Potatoes, wilted used as seed. ,.729 
Power for dog or goat.21 
Roller at "R. F.”.333 
Roots, feeding.781 
"Rural Farm." notes from.. .270, 
435, 577, 608, 681, 764, 793 
Rural f)rounds, notes from.366 
Salt 09 a fertilizer .102 
Sap-apoUt, improved.256 
Seed distribution, free.260 
Shingles, to preserve ..254 
Silos, building ...221, 649 
— covers for.289 
— plan or .221 
— preparing the concrete_221 
Sirup, sorgho .39 
Sled or boat, tool..115 
Soli, fertility of tin-.558 
— fertilizing the. ... 78 
Sorghum for feed...810 
— Rural branching.810 
— Sugar industry ' 620 
Stone oral n.... ... 330 
Stones, getting rid of.749 
stocks, shocks or stacks. 5:1 
Stump, blowing up.333 
Sugarcane, report on.120 
— from sorghum.7K1 
— industry, sorghum. 620 
— making, backsets in...,..88 
— — sorghum, results.34 
Summer fallows. 393 
Sunstroke .437 
Tar preserving timber .,..798 
This!ic, Canada, destroying ... .733 
Thistles,, eradicating.437 
Tires, loosening.39 
Tool big. .115 
Trichina In pork ...293 
inili-rstandlng, the fanner's 
heed ... .192 
Wagon tires, broad. 653 
Walk from house to barn.578 
Water, conveying by a siphon. .781 
— for stock .117 
Weeds, American In England.,. 88 
— charlock. .424 
— covering with a plow.634,683, 
714 
— wild radish.424 
Wells, driven .254 
— — trouble.769 
Work for slack time.578 
FIELD CROPS. 
Alfalfa. .....636 1 
A uthoxanthuni odoratiim . .. .240 
Asparagus, Argenteull.206, 274 
— planting.450 
Barley.720 
— vs. oats.302 
Bean, Soja . .172, 552 
Beans, Challenger. 586 
— Lima.325 
— pole stringing.286 
Beet, Ovoid ......652 
— small patch.287 
Broom corn . 701 
— - culture .566 
Rroinus secalinus.467 
Buckwheat, improving .140 
Cabbage plants ..256 
— lli|uid manure for.452 
— wiirnis on...... ..452 
Cabbages, different, kinds. 452 
Cane, Amber ill Minn .685 
— - early... .120 
- Honduras.301 
Castor bean culture .566 
Celery, an aquatic .338 
— Colden Heart well.586 
— raising.223 
Charlock and wild radish.124 
Cheat or chess.534 
Chess ......467 
Chicory. 120 
Clover as a preparation for 
wheat .466 
— cut ting and curing.435 
— perenuial.518 
— seed, damaged.207 
— red, Trifolium pratense . 349 
Corn at "It. F.”. 1 , 349, 520, 828 
— — - - growth of.169 
— Blount. 1 
— — number of ears.292 
— — name of.435 
— — origin.866 
— — yield .. 2 
— broom.701,810 
— -culture.666 
— Chester Mammoth.......... 1,85 
— classification of ... 10 
— coming on yellow.124 
— crop 011 Ill. prairies. 2 
— — preparing for our next . .824 
— — F.uraPs experiment . . .440 
cultivation... 
— flat. 
— frequent . 
— hilling. 
— in Indiana 
— — Kansas 
it Ion.... 239, 498, 662, 717 
.81, 435, 482, 546 
I lien t. ...781 
Ing.6, 8, 435 
mliana ...66 
Kansas.625 
Mississippi....9 
New York, Central. . 7 
Ohio, Central.562 
— — Eastern.302 
— — .September... 
— — Virginia... .. 
— J. B. Lswen . 
reply to. 
— mistakes ... .... 
— Rural ’8 advice... 
— Shallow . 
crop, great . 
.435 
.514 
. 6 
. 6 
.8, 566 
.120 
crops good without hoeing..302 
cutting up....730 
Cuzco .5, 89 
deep plowing, experiments , 8 
experiments .... 
— at “R. F.”... 
fertilization of. 
fertilizing. 
- itself. 
Flint . 
.66, 63 
.349 , 81 
.150, 450 
.. 577 
.402 
.488 
Com, results, practical. 6 
— Rice for feed. 810 
— root-pruning...242 
— — — vs. shallow culture .. 56 
— Rural Dent .585, 704 
— — — prize for.6gl 
— Rural Thoroughbred Flint. .585 
— seed, my neighbor’s. 707 
— — saving.701 
— — selecting.239 
— sound, to tell.535 
— — thoroughbred . 4 , ]80 
— - white, freak.699 
— shellcr, home nmde. 7 
— shrinkage . , . 731 
— suckering, does It pay ?.. 8 
— sweet.. , 9 
— — at “R, F.".777 
— — cheap. Ill 
— — Early Burlington . 9 
— — experiments at “R. f."..777 
— -planting . 10 
— - tests at "R. F.".777 
— — Triumph. 9,10 
— theory. Prof. Blount’s,... 5 
— varieties, fixing, time. 8 
— wild of America.... 2 
— yellow flint. 9 
— yield, large... . 10 , 824 
— — Rural’s great.603 
— yields, best, prize.83] 
— - over-estimates.302 
Cotton industry.. 12 o 
— seed products .472 
— yield for 1881.8.82 
Crops. 
— and markets.44o 
— at the lair, prize.KM 
— growing of .-JKg 
— m Europe.440 
— outlook for. 424 
— rotation of.282 
Cucumbers.260 
Dan t lionla spieata.223 
Elymus Canadensis.667 
Experimenter, difficulties en¬ 
countered by..827 
Flax culture.333, 682, 747 
— — In Kansas.566, 567, 714 
Fescue, Meadow. 547 
— Sheep .207 
r entuuu ovtna... 207 
prutcnsls... .517 
Hlyeerla aauatlca. grass...... * 3 iu 
Grain blockade, first great.624 
— handling, great capacity.88 
Grass, Bermuda. 325, lid, 7tK 
— — at “R. F.".577 
— — on the levees. 621 
— — seeds of...... . 549 
— Blue. 255,166 
— — why so called. ,...546 
— Boutelon-iOligostachva.Mini 
— Canary.271 
— Crab, sprouting .699 
— Daulhonlu compressa .499 
— Grama or M 11 skit. 366 
— “for boys and girls".......,..046 
— Haekberry Yellow.207 — 
— history or, from 1492 to 1881.. 10 — 
— improvement .. 10 — 
— Inllueuee of fertilizer on ,,..120 — 
— listing. 634 — 
— manured, not that alone_ 8 — 
— notes.7, 699 — 
— Number, our. 1 — 
— — — comments. 67 — 
— on sod In a dry time. 7 — 
— Peabody.406 — 
— — who is. 682 — 
— phosphates for.750 — 
— planted after harvest. 5 — 
— prizes for best.831 
— Hungarian ... . . 488,810 
— — persistency of. 732 
— Johnson.768 
— Kentucky Blue. 499 
— Meadow, Heed...,.. 319 
— Oat .192, 225, 199 
— Orchard.187,840 
— Quack.325,731 
— - to gel rid of.846 
— Reed, Meadow,....319 
— Rye. 499 
— — or Lyme. 007 
— Satin. 287 
— Seneca.324 
— Sweet Vernal.2(0 
— when to cut . 453 
— Witch.561 
— Wood-reed. 403 
Grasses and clover in South- 
West. 349 
— at "ILF.". 408 
— some of our. .IS 7 
Harvest Number.417 
— prospects .417 
— what shall it be?. 41 J 
Hay, Dr. I.awes’s experiments. .292 
Hops.. . . 578 
— and skunks. 45 « 
Hungarian grass .488 
Jute culture in Louisiana.699 
— importation ... ... 704 
Mangel, Golden Ovoid, report. 131 
Mangolds, experiments. 2.86 
— to raise.291 
— to store .. . .271 
— transplanting. 451 
— value and culture of. 353 
— what they are .271 
Midllotns as a green-manuring 
plant. 403 
Melons.260 
Millet, Pearl .369 
Muhleoberglaglomerata_ 287 
Oat grass .221 
Oats a hard crop .289 
— at “K. F." .578 
— Challenger.035 
— cultivation .271,581 
— experiments with.271 
— — in Kansas.s-ti 
— green for fodder.,...321 
— Russian White ..108,552 
— seeding iu Va .207 
— — think and thin .271 
— stueking. 1511 
— testing..,..‘292 
— Washington. 206, 874, 515, 635 
— White Australian ..,...289 
Onion cultivation.. ...272, 827 
— — I 11 Vt.365 
— killed by maggots .566 
Panirum caplllarc.561 
— proiiferum .. .. ....699 
Peas, green at “R. F.".578 
Peanuts ut fhe North.131 
Phnluris intermedia. .272 
Poa von ipressa. 265 
— pratensis.466, 499 
— — early.666 
— Beauty of Hebron ..66 
— beetles, killing..452 
— Bliss’s Triumph.66 
— Brownell’s Beauty.,.. .66 
— Burbank .66, 187,338 
— — St. Patrick.287 
— Centennial . 66 
— crop ... ......714 
— cut to single eye.238 
— digger, Thomas.578 
— disease, influence of ma¬ 
nures upon. 52 
— Dunmore. 66 
— ex. at “ft. F.".859 
— King of the Earlles..., . 66 
— Magnum Boiium.120 
— — — Sutton's....136 
— Mammoth Pearl.221, 239 
— Manhattan.239 
— Ohio, Early.66, 764 
— Peach blow.66 
— Peaohblow not running out 170 
— Pride of America . .839 
— race, a.859 
— Snowflake, late.276 
— St. t’Rtriek.66, lb7, 239 
— Superior. 66 
— Surprise .66 
— sweet, keeping .846 
— Trophy.... . 66 
— White Elephant.. 31, 206, 271, 
667, 765,862 
— — — large yield. 581 
Potatoes, Bermuda .54 
— experiments ut “R. F.”.186 
— — .66, 319, 74-8, 793 
— — In Kan...844 
— for boys and gins .777 
— frozen, fodder vulue ol.67 
— gathering. 714 
— growing under straw.2-0 
— Irish, keeping in the South. .631 
— mixing in the hill.546 
.......699 
.578 
.131 
-272 
,...,,..265 
....466. 499 
.498 
..666 
.66 
.452 
.66 
.66 
.859 
. 66 
.120 
.136 
.221, 239 
.'239 
.. .66, 76-1 
.66 
originating, etc.. .879, 880 
planting, early.532 
— lu coal ashes .258 
— skins.517 
propagating choice.350 
rotting.768 
seed, experiments with.510 
— wilted . 729 
skins planted.517 
storing.714 
sweet, keeping .533 
— old ones under new 
name.764 
Potatoes, top or eye ends vs. 
butts or stem ends.402 
— wilted, used ns seed . 729 
— yield of early and late.354 
— - various. 682 
Quack.... 499, 533 , 793 
— and the drought .636 
Root crop. .758 
Roots, feed Ing value of.?st 
— Manitoba, heavv. 34 
Rural Farm experiments.,828 
— notes from.270, 435 
Rye as a soiling crop . 69 s 
— in the West. .. 74 ; 
— to the rescue.023 
Sea-kale .N ,78 
Seed-corn, Improving . . ..[.292 
Seed, distribution. Rural. 595 
Seeds, Rural...i.y 
Seeding hare spots....,. 57S 
— of wheat....636 
Soja bean. 552 
Sorghum.,. 3 m 
— for seed. Kill 
— sugar, cultivation.172 
— halepense... 76 g 
— Rural Rranc.hliig....206, 271, 
472, 499, 5 1 5, 581, 686 , 682, 752 
— — — in Texas. 515 
— Reed of .531 
— sentus . 520 
Sunflowers for poultry. .173 
Squash, Perfect Gem ‘..586 
Squashes, Winter.256 
Sugur cane, Amber, as fodder. .869 
Tobacco, assorting. 301 
— barn... 255 
— beds, management of. iro 
— cases . 334 
— eultl cation.. 207, 322, 239, 255 
286, 301, 331, 4R1, 499, 515, 581. 
517, 561, 6,37, 650, 682, 711, 731, 
718, 763, 777, 793, 827.81 
— — in Chemung, N. V ... gjo, 
169, 186 
— — profits of. 866 
— — soil, etc...ir,!i 
— curing.... . .......286 
— drying .(135 
— harvesting... .. 280 
— setting the plants'..’.’.’. . .".. . ..207 
— taking down .301 
— worm . .....232 
Timothy, Rowing Jn Spring !!!” 124 
Tritlenm repens.499, 533, 7!!, 793 
Til ru I ps . ... .256 ,272 
Vegetable lire, studv of.,.’...130 
— Spring. jig; 
Watermelon. Cuban Queen’.’TOO 
Wheat and oats, prizes.K 84 
— at. “R. F.". 681 
— — 50 varieties. .. 617 
bearded and beardless.. ..578 
— Bonnet.619. toi 
— best, which .254, 319 
— Black-bearded Centennial 
251,581,717,705,781 
— Blount's No 10 . 827 
— Champion Amber....’._’., 70! 
— Chill. 623 
— Clawson . .621 
crop of the East... 
— — — U.« .... 
- wet spason_ 
crossing at “R. F.’ 
. 717 
..410 
.747 
.388. 618, 
... „ 829 
— cultivation In Cal.623 
— — — Iowa.562 
— — — Kansas.625 
— — — New Jersey.635 
— — — New York.615 
— — — North Carolina.623 
— - — Minn . 489 
— - — Missouri.622 
— — — Vt . 450 
— cutting, when...636 
— Dallas . 7)1 
— draining essential.515 
— Egyptian. 618 
experiments..319, 620 
— — at "R. K." .....270,828 
— - in Seneca & Cavuga Co’s 619 
— — on farmVif O. S. l’iilv .,...«20 
— Fall. ]87 
— fertilization of.450, 48 .| 
— Fountain.,,, . 777 
— from Washington.701 
— Fultz .618, 624 
— Fultzo-Clawson. 583.651 
— German Amber . 701 
— Golden Grains ..172, 562, 651, 
651, 717, 768 
— grains, number In a spike- 
let . 584 
— growing cost of. 561 
— — essential In.620 
— —on rorn land.650 
Hessian flv destroying _765 
— Improving.;.620,624 
— Insects in..,.... ..731 
— is Queen.705 
— land, pulverizing.578 
— Lemon.701 
— list of, grown at “R. F." ....270 
— Lost Nation ..120 
Wheat, Mediterranean.618 
— new grade. 504 
— Number.617 
— remarks of. 
Palestine Mammoth 
premiums. 
prizes for best. 
prospects ., . 
RuYal, progress of... 
Red Early May. 
Red Lancaster. 
— Siberian. 
Rice . 
Russian. 
rustproof. 
— rustproof. 28 ! 
— sail for . 578, 5,84 , 621, 635 
.658 
.717 
.623 
.831 
.324 
.578 
.619 
.271 
.793 
.701 
.120,272 
,. . 289 
— seed, clean 
.618 
— — destruction by fungus . 72 
— — Selecting. ...620, 687 
— — —from ears. 781 
yield.581 
— seeding. 686 
— — thin.621 
— shrinking In bin, how much.619 
— Shumaker. 586, oik, 851 
— silver Cliutr .584, 618. 610 
— — — good report of.40 
— smut in.619,731 
— soft .. .501,067 
— — In Germany.022 
— Sotioru. 623 
— sowing, bushel from every 
pound ...... 
- quantity 
specimens ref 
.621 
v .^ .638 
specimens received. 682 
Spring. 187 
— Blount’s No. in. 827 
Surprise.r >86 
varieties. 020 
— best .... 34 
Velvet ChafT .! 618 
Washington Glass.701 
Western, experiences.618 
White Touse.. 717 
— Russian.120,272 
Winter crop of III .350 
— — Ohio .244 
— stronger wanted_ 53 
Wysor’s Fultzo-Clawson584, 585 
years ago. 621 
yield, large . 534 
yields, best, prizes .831 
FLORICULTURAL. 
Abut!Ion lnsigne. 
AbutRons. 
Aeh an la mal Va vlseus. 
Agapauthus umbel In t, us.... 
Agave. 
Alyssum, sweet. 
— varieties. 
Authurium Andrcanum ... 
Aphi9, to destroy. 
Arbor-vitae.... 
Asparagus pluniosus. 
Banana. 
Baskets, hanging. 
Begonia Davisil. 
Begonias, tuberous-rooted., 
Bell flower, broad . 
Bermuda Grass for hanging 
ket. 
Bible plants. 
Bleeding Heart. 
Boeconia Japonica. 
Bronms palulus nanus. 
Bouvardla, double white.... 
Cactus, Crab’s-claw. 
.809 
.762 
.036 
.563 
.530 
.860 
. 826 
.530 
.652 
.878 
...34, 85 
_765 
.665 
.52 
.481, 683 
.811 
bas- 
.878 
.762 
. N3 
.482, 530 
. 52 
.106.116 
. 82,841 
Caladlums growing in water... .652 
Camellias.172 
Carpet gardening. .172 
Carnation, new Firebrand.68 
Cnrnatlons.810 
Cassias.861 
Cat’s Tall as an ornamental 
plant. 206 
Century plant.530 
Cercus, McDonald!!.450 
— triangularis.546 
Chinese Hibiscus.878 
Cbrysituthtunum frufeseens .... 34 
ullgonosurn.698 
Cobtna scandens.498, 563 
Coleus, list of new.241 
Corchorus.286 
Crocus xporlosus.826 
Crocuses.778, 795 
Cyclamen.763 
— cultivation.860 
Cuttings, potting..841 
Cyuripedlum lnsigne.34 
Daisy, Paris... 34 
Daisies, Ox eye.5.80 
Delphiniums.289 
Diauthus, Rural.583, 667 
Dleentra spectabilis.83 
Deutzla parviflora.878 
F.piphylUim truncatum ..82.106,841 
Ficus Elastica.7(25 
Flower beds, plan for .320 
Flower garden, l.lllputlnn..320 
Flowers in farm houses.556 
— fin the piazza.325 
Garden tug, ornamental study 
In.205 
Garden scene, geometrical.189 
Geraniums, to bloom In Wlnter.729 
Gladioli.763 
keeping the bulbs..828 
Gloxinias.778 
Glyecria Canadensis. 52 
Grasses for Winter...563 
— hardy, ornamental.109 
— parlor.52 
Guano water for house plants . .481 
Hollyhock, Chafer.586 
Ivy, variegated.452 
Jasininum grandlflorum.810 
Leontopodfinn Alpinum.172 
LUMula Penrhosiensls. 34 
Lily, Blue African...563 
— Calla.762 
— yellow. 56 
Madeira vine.292 
Marigold, Parry’s.698 
Mealy bugs, coal oil for.116 
Mcgurrhlzn CaUforniea.52,132 
Mignonette in the house.652 
Mimulus cardlnalis.665 
Mourning Bride.530 
Musa ensetc.765 
Oleander Jn water.211 
— poisonous.566 
Orchids.: .34 
Pampas grass.212 
Passftlora Pfordtli.116 
Peas, sweet.,6K5 
— - sowing seeds of.758 
- - watering.860 
Pelargoniums from seed.665 
Perennials.719 
Petunias..S3 
Pico tees. Carnations.206, 274 
— Rural.779 
Pinks, Chinese.206, 271 
Plant louse.652 
Plants, English names for gar¬ 
den.52 
for Winter.652, 729 
— freezing.,.320 
i'laty codon. ..SR 
Primroses, Chinese.729 
— petty.205 
Propagating, water for.241 
Pyrethrum.243 
Persian powder.70 
— rnxenm....292,356 
Rlhbon border.172 
Hhyuehoearpa glomerata. 52 
Rockeries.2 l 2 
Kooitng plants In water.241 
Rosa rngosn.497, 498, Ml, 566 
Rose, Ron silene.* .. sni 
— Japan.497 
Roses, tobacco for.258 
■Rcnbloxa.530 
Stirlng bulbs.718 
Blips, starting.285 
Rtatlec Ltmonlum. 52 
Stone-crop.. ..481 
Sweet Alyssum, variegated.878 
Toggles Parry!. 698 
Thunbergla on the ground.286 
Tobacco f 11 r rosps ..258 
Tradesconllft quadri-color.826 
Trltrlehi uniflora.132 
Tulips and hvaclnths.749 
Vines, annual.102 
— bedding plants.241 
— garden.102 
— herbaceous.102 
— Madeira... .292 
— on the ground.241 
Winter houquets.563 
Worms in pots.567 
Yucca fllamentosa.634 
GARDEN. 
Asparagus, Argenteull.206, 271 
— culture .517 
— seed, soaking.304 
Bean, Challenger.779 
Golden Wax.242, 633 
Beans, bush, Early Valentine .225 
— pole stringing .286 
Beet, Early Bassano.225 
Cabbage . 212 
— and lettuce plants, raising. ,469 
— eut-worm, to prevent.356 
— plants.256 
— — Pquld manure....,.452 
worm, to kill . .432 
Cabbages, different kinds .452 
Celery, un aquatic.338 
— growing.WU, 223 
— putting out. 166 
- watering,.826 
Chicory. ,..,.120 
Citron, large.....56 
Cucumbers. .223, 212, 260 
Gardeners, market.217 
Garden hints. 319 
Hot-beds, cotton cloth for.190 
Kale.825 
Maugela, Yellow Globe.225 
Melons.260 
Parsley .....257 
Pea, Alpha. .498, 667 
— American Wonder.228, 224 
— Sunrise.4!M 
— Telephone.272, 472 
Peas.223 
— depth to plant.151 
— experiments with .s’2 
— green in the Fall.666, 698 
Radishes.319 
— to raise.190 
Sea kaJe. .578 
Spinach, Viroflay. 482 
Squash, Perfect Gem.172 
Squashes, Winter.256 
Tomato, Alpha.223 
— Livings ton Perfection.172 
— Paragon.223 
- rot. (kill 
. Rural yellow and crimson..825 
— slakes .. .286 
Tomatoes, cut worm on, to pre¬ 
vent. ,,856 
Turnips.256 
Vegetables for market.470 
good.170 
— .spring.256 
Water-crosses. 517 
Watermelon.656, 700, 749 
HERDSMAN. 
Aberdeen, polled, what.653 
Abortion iu cuttle.335 
— remedy for...-.........185 
Abstemious cattle..4os 
Angus cattle at St. Louis fair...780 
— polled... 353,385 
— — black...408 
Animal photography. 253,388 
— portraits .117 
Animals at sen, watering. 83 
— feeding of.362 
— graded,,.....892 
Animals,life-like pictures of.... 56 
Apples for stock. 17 
Ayrshire cattle. .. .3s3 
Barrenness, remedy for.752 
Bates’ blood .. . 17 
Beef cattle, shipment.384 
— Cheapest method to make...8(10 
— iu England . 88 
Breed, best., the.383 
Breeding.318 
— null mils, size of.666 
— close.17,113,208 
— errors in....,.390 
— In-and-in.84,113.237 
Bull, Holstein, "EbbO.”.65 
— Jersey, Car hoy.185 
— — Dlavolo. 11 
— — Prospect..577 
— — Stoekwell 3d.Ill 
— selection and care of.367 
— Short-horn, Lord Upton. 17 
— Sterile.436 
Bulls, working.384 
Calf-bag, easting.336 
Calf, feeding .403 
Calves, premature. 120 
— sticking each other.ISO, 1K6 
— with scour.845 
Calving, time of year.408 
Cattle, MbBtendous.... ..408 
— beef, shipment.384 
— breeding, importation of....884 
— elioklug, relief ..40-1 
— Commission...504,892 
— Eastern, Western embargo 
on.656 
— exposure of.S 
— fat at fairs.,..,.../.134 
— feeding, experiments in_85 
— — for profi l.391,500, 548, 668 
— food .446 
— foreign, danger from. 72 
— graded.,,..,',....392 
— handling.388 
— — quality.468 
— high-grade.885 
— improved, prices.409 
— in transit.812 
— — — new mode.072 
— — — ocean.356 
— interest. ,391 
— most profitable.,.850 
— "native".. ..385 
— new danger to our.308 
— uuiuhcr.381 
— Ocenn transportation. 356 
— on pasture, ration for.7u) 
— polled.897,856. 862 
— — temper of.858 
— portraits...192 
— rearing.. ..440 
— show at Chicago . .833 
— Texan, characteristics. 391 
— “ touch". 468 
— Treasury Commission.800 
— working.890 
— — management of.401 
— young, feeding.4<)3 
Choking cow, treatment of.., ...838 
Clovers, dried...699 
Corn-feu stock.76i 
— fodder. .796 
Cotton meal, fm-ding.39S 
Cow, a delicate animal.288 
— calving,management of.449 
— — lime of year best.408 
— choking.338 
— “hollow horn" In.844 
— kicking, to eure.812 
— prolific.189 
— stable, cleanly, plan at .288 
— — Improvement in,...224 
Cows, to keep clean.. 171 
— vices of. .. .....563 
Cross-breeds for the butcher_846 
Dairy cows, breeding .114, 304 
— stock In Miss., pure.811 
Devon cattle....384 
Disease, how it spreads.736 
— Indication of..65i 
Dutch Krh sian bull.713, 761 
Feeding cattle.4(13 
— — successful. 548 
— economy in..795 
— experiment.842 
— in Winter.795 
— profitable. 500, 668 
— stock, regularity In. 845 
Fodder and grain cooking and 
cutting. 51 
Food, appetizing for fattening. .222 
— cattle....446 
— digestion of.398 
— value of.462 
Foot-and-mouth disease.120. 388 
Goat, our.713 
Goats.685 
— for pottages . 21 
Grain n substitute for pasture. .71)0 
Grasses, dried.699 
Guernsey, cat tie of...384 
— cow. I-ady .lane.. .485 
Handling.779 
Heifer, breaking to milk-pail...685 
— management of.500 
Herds, Western, protection of.,720 
Hereford cattle.382, 516 
— bull..- .883 
Herefords .38, 453, 833 
— In the West. 484 
— - - U- 8.566 
Hog cholera. 880 
Holderness cattle.392 
Holstein breeders. 17 
— bull "ftbtoo".. ...... 65 
— — — bad picture.117 
— cattle.881 
— Cow.237 
— — Netherland Queen.382 
— herd, milk record.208 
— sale.208 
Holsteins. 17 
— iu Mass .171 
— pure-bred.sic 
Hornless vs. horned.548 
Jamestown cattle. 49 
Jersc-v and Guernsey cows, abor¬ 
tion .... 129 
Jersey bull Car-boy.185 
— — Dlavolo. 11 
— — Prospect.577 
— — Stoekwell 8d...114 
— cattle .398 
— — herds of.129 
— — Importation of.65 
— — In America ....283 
— cow.... 385 
— — Lady Rushtuorc .833 
— — 1‘rtdotif Eastwood.745 
— — Queen of Vermont.485 
— cows, price of. hi 
— heifer Random. 532 
— — Patricia.532 
— oxen, working,..516 
Jerseys.ik!8 
— At plica.850 
— American . 65 
— large sale of,... .350 
Kicking cow, remedy.850 
Lice on cattle. 186 
Livestock exhibition at Chi¬ 
cago......779 
— — Interest In Gr. B.392 
Milk-mirror, Guenon.171 
Norfolk polled cattle......383 
Ocean traffic ... 384 
Oxen, working Jersey.516 
Pasturing.851 
Photography, nnlmnl.,288 
Polled Angus .253 
— breeds, boom In.795 
— cattle.189, 891 468, 653, R57, 858,862 
— — advantages.,......,,..113 
— — temper of.812,858 
Salt for cattle . 4iis 
Short horn hull, Lord Upton.... 17 
— — COW...532,732 
Short-horns.319, 390 
— — sale of. 844 
— — sales in England.12U 
Soiling cattle. 822 
Stock, corn fed.....761 
— country, Minn, us a. 833 
— fancy at the fairs..552 
— feeding underdimoultles .. 699 
— food for Fall and Winter....Kit) 
— — preparing,.......494 
— improving... 436 
— In irunsit, hum unity to.176 
— water for.117 
Stockman, notes by a. .65, 84,129, 
171, 2tt7, 318, SOU, 486,880 
Stock-raising In Iowa.658 
— — — Texas.391 
