©EC. 34 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
IV 
Stock-raising, money in.663 K 
— — starttug In Texas.812 Li 
— show at Chicago, fat.SOI, 812 — 
Sucking, anil solr, device...401 
Suffolk bull, polled.883 Li 
— COW, polled,.,,, ..145 — 
— red cat tle . 883 — 
Thoroughbreds vs. common L< 
Stock.71S Mi 
Warts and “warbles" on eattle, M 
remedies for .483 
Water for stock.117 Mi 
Young animals, to fatten..-Id M 
HORSEMAN. 
Unite mg. 784 M 
Castrating fonis. iksi m 
Checking horses.106 M 
Chewing’ lines, etc.837, 368 M 
Colt, cost of. 31ft N< 
Clydes.,217 Oi 
Clydesdale horses. 208,337,582 Os 
— stallion.716 ft 
— — Brew Laddie.ws Pt 
— - Warden.387 - 
Derbyshire.784 — 
Derby winner.449 — 
Eyes, inflamed.4o P« 
Horse market, prospective.752 
— poisoned.586 P« 
sales, notable.212 Pt 
Horses, American, sale of in Pi 
England.ISO — 
— Eastern, W’u market.842 Pi 
— farm, most protUable.317 PI 
— longevity Of.132 PJ 
— rearing good. 5 IXi 
— thorough brad, importation . 65 — 
— watering.Mi Pi 
— Western, Eastern market Pi 
for.761, si l Pi 
Iroquois, Derby winner.. 1411 Pj 
Mares, brood, sale In England... iu 
Mules..US Pj 
Norman-Percheron. 18 ii Ri 
Normans. 770 Hi 
Pel eheruu Normans.408 — 
Peru herons..,, .38 
Pinkeye. 71*5 — 
Ponies In England.12!) — 
Shoes kept on too long.88 — 
Spavin, curing. 532 
Spavin, tiring,'cruel.53-2 — 
Watering .440, 532 — 
HORTICULTURAL. 
Aeaoln, rose.80!) — 
Akebla.102 — 
Althaea variegated-leaved. 860 — 
Anielanehler alulfollu.105 — 
Ampelopsls quluquefolla.106 — 
Arlstotochla Sip ho.105 — 
Asparagus.,...,763 — 
— ArgenteuU.703 — 
— bed, how to make.715 — 
— ... — 
— culture.r>i 7 — 
— piauling.450 — 
— seed, soaking.:*vi — 
A 8 tube.!«s Kt 
Azalea mollis.101 
Burberry, purple. ub — 
Bauhinla oorymbosa.720 — 
Berry box, Earle's.546 R< 
Berry pickers, best.540 R< 
Blackberry, Crystal White....10, R> 
24, 102, '277 H< 
— French Thornless.;.162 — 
— Klttuttnny.164,666 — 
— Lawton.33-1 — 
— Snyder.148, no — 
— Taylor.546 R< 
— Wachusctt.100 — 
— Western Triumph.148 — 
— White.19,163 — 
— Wilson.639 — 
Blackberries, new. 7118 
- — two, peculiar.162 
— pruning.,,.841 
Budding.107 533 
Buffuloucrry.288 
Cabbage ami lettuce plants, 
raising.169 HI 
— plants, puddling.ins HI 
— worm.763 Hi 
— — destroying. 860 — 
Celery.100, 223, 778 
Cerols Japonlca.00 — 
Chlouuutnos Vlrginica. 08 , or< Sc 
Cions, vitality of.258 
Clematis, from Seed.530 Se 
— new.437 — 
Clethra Alntfolla.228 Sli 
Climate, prairie, effects of.878 Sh 
Cornua, red-uraiicheU.oo — 
Cranberry cultivation.636 s [i 
Currant culture.140 oh 
— Fay's Prolific.465, 560 — 
— flowering,...UW ~ 
— Lee's Prolific.161 — 
— new black.846 — 
— worm, remedy.353 —• 
Cydonlu Japontea.,. 08 — 
— for bodges. 19 — 
Daisies, u.v-eye.530 — 
Daphne Cneorum.105 — 
Desiuodlum pemlulicHorum.433,688 Nil 
Dcutzla double-flowering.182 Bn 
— rough-lea veil.•.... 469 ~ 
— sea ora.5is, 566 pit 
Deulzias. 03 gl* 
Dogwood. 09 Bp 
— veil..loft — 
Euouymus Europteus.102 
— JilPOIlll.'U*.108, 633 
— radleans.106 — 
Exorcliordagrandillora...98, 101, — 
466,482 Sti 
Figs In Hulue.717 — 
Filbert.105 — 
Forsythla.102 — 
— virullssima.99, 105 — 
Fringe, While.08, 102 — 
Fruit, keeping.205 — 
— number, the small.145,465 — 
— on the Hudson.434 — 
— packages.-4:8-4 — 
Fruits, chemical composition — 
aud duality', relation be¬ 
tween.145 — 
— dried, keeping.146 — 
— new. 667 — 
— from soed, Importance of 
producing.U7 — 
— preserving .517 
small.146 — 
— — here and there..146 — 
— — in Arkansas.148 — 
— — — Kansas.206 — 
— — — North Carolina.164 — 
— — — Vt. and Canada. 161 — 
— — seedling cultivation of.. .152 — 
Fumitory, ellmliln . 102 — 
Gardens in California.101 — 
Glass, plants under .. 514 — 
Gooseberries.172, 514 530 — 
— in Canada.162 — 
Groundnut. 102 — 
Grafting.107 — 
— cleft.107 — 
— different methods.107 — 
— saddle.107 — 
— side.107 — 
— splice.. ....I07 — 
— whip-tongue.107 — 
— tomato upon potato. 10 — 
Grounds for country house, — 
plans for.,... ,.109 _ 
Grubs, vv h I to......768 — 
Guelder rose.07 — 
Hulesla tetruptcrlu.00, 481 
Hedge, Osage Orange for....850 — 
— plants.530 — 
Heel lug in Plants.762 — 
Hemp weed, climbing.102 
Hibiscus Syrlaeiia. ... .810 — 
Honeysuckle, Golden.101 _ 
— L. Uulllana.530 
— standard...,. 00 — 
Horticultural experiments. _1720 
- Society, Michigan.131 Str 
Horticulture, Llmlley’s theory Sir 
of.879 - 
Hot-beds.118 — 
— cotton cloth for.too — 
Huckleberry.482 — 
Hydrangea, climbing.68, 132 — 
— puiiiculatagrumUflora—97,101 — 
Hypericum Kauulauum.9S — 
Japan Quince.98 — 
— — for hedges.19, 104 — 
Juneberry, dwarf.105 — 
Kaiinla UtifoUa . 99 — 
Kerrla Japonlca. 99 
Lawn, a.104 
— farmers.103 
— manure for.481 
Lilac. 00 
— Joslkcea.4ti8 
— new double.2H5 
Lonieera perielymenum.105 
Madura, Osage Orange.280 
Magnolias, Soulange's * and 
Lenue's.136 
Mahonhv...105 
Manure around trees.8iS 
Maple*. Japan. 99 
May beetle.768 
Mcgarrtiizu Uflliforulca.132 
Mock Orange .00, 763, 768 
Mulberry, Russian.4.36 
Mulch for strawberries.514 
Mushrooms.705 
Nookerles cm the home grounds.825 
Onions, how to store.881 
Osage Orange. 2 ho 
Pteunles, herbaceous.106 
Pea, American Wonder.224 
— Early Sunrise.498,501 
— Telephone. 272, 472 
— weevil, to destroy.38 
Peas, depth to plant.451 
- green iu the Full.698 
Periuloca Gra*ea.102 
Persimmon, Japan_20, 2-1, 136, 518 
Philudelphux.99 
— speciosus.763, 768 
PI11< isporo i n Toblra.330 
Plum, double flowering.99 
Plants, rare lujury to, the past 
Winter.340 
— under glass. .514 
Privet, California.. .98 
Pruning trees and plants.22 
Prunus triloba. 99 
Pvracautha.778 
hardiness of.,.860 
Pyre thrum. 24S 
Rabbits, protecting trees from .337 
Raspberry, Brandywine.146 
— Caroline.. 182, 408, 498, 563, 682, 
713, 794 
— Centennial.579 
— Clarke.146 
— Cuthbert.,146, 148, 152, 186, 514, 
583, 633, 682 
— Delaware.146 
— Early Black cap.083 
— Gregg. '.46,148 
— Henrietta.518,688 
— Herstlne.146 
— Lost Rubies.116,652, 762 
— — not Franconia.845 
— Marlboro Seedling...611,665 
— Montclair.146 
— Naomi.518, 700 
— — and Lost Rubies. 826 
— New Rochelle.81, 164, 633 
— Queen or the Market.765 
— Shaffer's Colossal.700, 762 
— Skow began.579, 633, 607, 731 
— — or Souhegan.697 
— Thwack.146, 150 
— Turner.152 
Raspberries, cutting out the 
canes. 652 
— new.737 
— pruning.841 
Red top for lawns.260 
Robinta hlspldu.800 
Rosa rugosa.481, -103, 501, 566 
Rose, Geu. Jacqueminot.20 
— hybrid perpetual.406 
— Japan.407 
— Marechul Ntel.402 
— — prolific .... 151 
Roses.Kr2 
— twenty best hardy. 100 
— hardy, list of. 108 
— list by W. O. Barry. 108 
— manure, liquid for. 118 
— Pegged down. 108 
— plaining.los 
— price of buds.20 
— propagating.-186 
— pruning. ltw 
Hhododendt#ns.99 
Khodotypints kerrloldes.828 
Rhus cotlnus. 99 
ROK.vl. Fall-Number.577 
— Grounds, uoted from—97, 274, 
431, 825 
— — — — about seeds. 206 
SehlBophragmn hydrarrgeoldes. 
63, 132 
Seed distribution, free. .260, 585, 753 
— — how to plant.206,274 
Slleperdia argon tea.289, 335 
Shrub and Tree Special.97 
— sweet-scented.99 
Shrubbery for the South.108 
Shrubs and plants killed.633 
— evergreen.......99 
— for Cen trnl 111.1IB 
— — color.105 
— -» New Euglaud.107 
— — Canada.... .106 
— — Nebraska. ,,,.109 
— of our experience.loo 
— standing the drought.683 
— with variegated foliage.90 
Silver Bell tree..481 
Small Fruit Number.....145 
— fruits, farmers and.303 
Smoke tree.106 
Snow-ball, J oese...100 
Spertea Aru • 99 
— Filip-miu la . 98 
- Opullfollu. 98 
PTunltolla 11. pi.98, 105 
— Sorbifolla. 98 
— Thuubergil.19, 102 
Strawberry, Batley’s Seedling. .431 
— beds, covering.762 
— Bldwell.146, 148, 441, 472, 498 
British Queen.791 
— Burgess.116 
— Burr.530 
— Burr's New Pine.828 
— Charles Downing. 152 
— Crescent.900 
— Crescent Seedling... 146, 152, 6 S 2 
— Crystal City.451,497 
— culture.778 
— — fertilizers for.117 
— — irrigation.147 706 
- — progress.147 
— — revolution In..147 
— Cumberland Triumph_152, 
497, 563 
— Duncan .151, 497, 682 
— Duraud’s Jersey Queen.-182 
— — Seedling.152 
— Elm City.451 
— Glendale.146, 152 
— Glossy Cou*?.ifio, Oil 
— Hart's Seedling.682 
— Ilovey's Seedling.224 
— Jersey Queen.579 
— Liucolu.466 
— Manchester .486, 514, 518 
— — at Mr. Uaitey’s.562 
— — pistillate,..618 
— Marvin.116,497 
— Metcalf.497 
— Miner’s Great Prollrtc.199 
— mulch. ...511,562 
— - slate for. 794 
— notes.451 
— — In June at “ R. G.".434 
Oliver Goldsmith. 118 
— Photo or Martha.451 
— potted .209 
— Prestdeul Wilder...152 
— Prouty’K Seedling,..152 
— Red Jacket.148 
— Russell’s Advance.146 
— Seneca Queen.146 
— Sharpless.145, 148, 172, 479, 
497, 563, 570. 610, 682, 683 
— Shirts... -118.164,151,497 
— Triple Crown. 118 
Warner...148 
— Windsor Chief. , .116 
— Woodruff's, .107 
Straw berry ’»Insect enemy.176 
Strawberries.145 
— and raspberries .. ...682 
— — their name. 286 
— "blind". 152 
— directions for planting.162 
— for futility use.162 
— — market, to pack.530 
— hot-house.......72 
— In pots, " fraud ”.402 
— — Vermont and Canada. .. 151 
— mulch for..514,562, 794 
— new In the West...497 
Strawberries, pistillate, Va.212 La 
Stuartla pentagyna. 08 Le 
Styrax Japonlca.Hs, itri LI: 
Tamarix.103 LI 
Tecotna radleuns.105 Mi 
Thludlunthn ..102 Ml 
Tomato, Rural Gold and Crlm- 0» 
sou... ..82ft Or 
— stakes: .28« Pc 
— upon potato, grafting. 10 Pc 
Tomatoes, rotting.. .536, 634, 666, 753 Ul 
— testing.715 Sli 
Trefoil, pendulous.033 Ht. 
Trumpet vine.063 "T 
Viburnum luntanoides.97 W 
— pulus. 97 W 
pUonttnn.97,10) 
V lnes, annual..102 W 
— clinging.102 W 
— gardeu .102 W 
— herbaceous..,..,.102 
— ornamental.102 
— woody .102 D) 
Water cresses.517 
Wate rmelon, 1 Julian Queen.. 700, 1 19 
Welgela amahllls.482 La 
— rose-eolored.466 FI 
Welgelns. 98 — 
Wistaria as a standard.431 Cs 
— Chinese.102, 497 Ba 
Wistarias. 530 
Yamabukf. SR w 
Vucea fllainentosa.ltd 
HYGIENIC. 
Colds, to avoid.212 
Diphtheria, walnut leaves for ..549 
— whisky for.86 
Disease, cause of .288 
Drainage, had. 288 
infection, prevention of.116 
Milk diet.653 
— infected. 51 
Purillcatlon, new means of.292 
Purity.150 — 
Potato as food .306 
Trichina In pork.293 
Trichinosis.257, 260 
Salicylic acid Injurious.276 
Wells and cesspools. ... .536 _ 
INDUST’L IMPLEMENTS. 
Labor and capital at the South . 
Le Due's, Commissioner, work.. 
Lima, fall of. 
Binder, Miller's Buckeye.21 
Cane mill, star.453 
Clod crusher., .117 
Corn cultivator, riding.321 
Cultivator, Buckeye riding.351 
— Buckeye Steel Spring 
wheeled.549 
— corn, riding .. .851 
— Deere Spring.532 
KpsBage cutler, Giant.716 
Feed grinder. Improved.257 
Fence, barbed wire. 85 
Gleaner and binder, Johnson... 53 
Grain crusher, English.531 
— drill, Greeucustle.337 
- drying machine.816 
Harrow,Acme steel puIverlzlng. 117 
— Buckeye Steel, Spring 
wheeled. .549 
— pulverizing.710 
— Vibrator.85 
Harvester. Attains and French. .369 
Hatcher,Perfect. .716 
Hay and grain unloader.278 
— drying machine, English_816 
Horse-power, direct draft.710 
Implements at the Paris Exposi¬ 
tion.513 
Lawn Mower. Pennsylvania....369 
Manure spreader, Kemp’s.257 
Mill, cane, Star...453 
Mowing machine, Eureka.636 
Oil cake breaker.531 
Plow and pulverizer,combined.662 
Champion Sulky.436 
— mole,...,,. 513 
— steam draining.518 
— trenching.518 
Potato digger, Thomas's.578 
Pump, force, Lewis's combina¬ 
tion.257 
Rake, buy, H. B. Nye.305 
Seed planter,..513 
Sheaf bands.513 
Springs for farm wagons, Pull¬ 
iam’s.453 
Tools, good- ..171 
Wagon Co., Watertown.171 
INDUSTRIAL SOCIETIES. 
Ark. State fair.770 
Atlanta Show.549, 585, 656 
Board Of Agriculture, Conn.36 
Cotton Exhibition.340 
Dairymen's Ass'n. Vt.115 
Exposition, Atlanta, Interna¬ 
tional.549 
Fair List, Annual...542 
Fair, The World’s. 56 
Fairs aud their uses.683 
Fut Stook Show, Chicago.801 
Hurt. Society Ot N . 5'. 115 
Illinois Slate fair.,706 
Kansas State fair.681 
Michigan State lair.683 
Montreal Hurt. Society.706 
New Jersey State fair.673 
New Y'ork State fair.. 657 
Ohio fair.636 
Pa. State fair.637 
PoinoloiOcal Society, A me r.656, 737 
Pomologlcal Society at Boston . 
673, 705 
Queens Co. Ag’l fair.684 
u. I. State fair...717 
St. Louis fair.721 
South Carolina State fair.738 
Stock, fancy, at the fairs.552 
Vermont State fair.706, 75S 
World’s fair a failure.821 
INDUSTRIAL TOPICS. 
Agriculture, Dep’t of.24 
Atlanta Cotton Ex.845 
Carp raising.564 
Cereals, storage of.488 
Cotton industry.120 
Fertilizer trade, extending.57 
Flour, American, French Im¬ 
ports of. 536 
Fruit, evaporation of.531 
Grain, greater capacity for 
handling needed., 88 
Meat, Australian.816 
— canned. TO 
— trade, foreign ......488 
Refrigerator Co., Bate. 72 
Silk culture, Allan thus.132 
— - lu U.S.40 
Sirup from sorghum.486 
— sorgo. 88 
— sorghum, Minnesota.258 
Starch and its manufacture_191 
Stook raising or agriculture?.... 86 
Sugar beets.,,..,....688, 816 
Sugar-cane I udustry. 120 
— from Amber cane.132 
— — sorghum.1.31, 172,781 
— Industry. 209 
— making sorghum, results.... 31 
Tea farm iu S, C .520 
Wine production, morality of . .566 
Wines, American.536 
MISCELLANEOUS. 
Agriculture, history of.813, S77 
American enterprise, a pros¬ 
pect. ...... 40 
Annoucemottte.864 
Bill, objectionable.276 
Catalogues, etc., received. ..28, 
3). 148, 172, |9l, 210, 258, 277. 
839, SCO, 321, 353, 369, 405, 473, 
486, 566, 721, 758, 861 
Booms and paulcs.276 
Brendstoffs, exports of ..372 
Canal cou veil tlou, great W*n .. .372 
City allurements. 38 
Fair, the World's. 56 
Food, adulteration. 120 
Free trade. 292 
Garden, a rock.866 
Happy New Year. 8 
"Hawk-eve hive”.658 
Immigration.292 
Kind words from Rural friends. 70 
"Knowledge, not guesses”.806 
Liquor laws, prohibitory.S 
Mall services, frauds In.f 
Misapprehensions corrected — 
Ostrich farming.t 
Onr Index for 1881 .8 
Pool selling, prohibitory. 
Population’, growth, our. 
Rural, price of the.. 
Slaughter houses, visit to two. .S 
Statesmen.2 
"Tell knowledge, not guesses”.. 
Walipeton, D.T.. description of j 
Weeds, American, 111 England.. 
- Ill.. I 
Well, tube, trouble.849,S 
What are we coining to .t 
Wools, tariff on, no meddling . 
NATURALI8T. 
Birds, King, anil bees 
Carp, raising. 
Carps.; 
Fish, cultivation of.. 
— goose. 
Ostrich farming. 
Sap-suckers. 
Toads. 
Woodpecker, downy. 
- hairy.. 
YVood peckers..... 
.309 
_505, 504 
.118 
.212 
.11(1 
.120 
.37, 69, 241 
.172 
. 69 
.69 
.37, 69 
HOMOLOGICAL. 
Apple. Beathcl.206 
— Belmont. 82 
— Ben Davis. 120 
— Chenango Strawberry.698 
— Clarke. 189, 257 
— Crates. 34 
— crop.194 
— Fnmcuse.352 
— — in Canada.791 
— — shipping...749 
— Garden.404 
— Grimes's Golden. S2 
— Haas.206 
— Hansain's Choice.385 
— heteromorphous.315 
— Highland Beauty.472 
— Hubbardston Nonesuch.82 
— hybrid bet ween pear and_172 
— Jersey Hawthorne.733 
— Joe, seedling.285 
— Jonathan.82,273 
— Kirkland. S 2 
— Lady.258 
— Melon.260, 274 
— Peck’B Pleasant.189, 241 
— Pound Sweet . 82 
— Primate.222 
— Rubicon. . 806 
— Snow. 82 
— Summer Rose. 20 , 273 
— Swaar..273 
— two forms upou one tree... 845 
— Wealthy.206 
— — as a keeper.437 
— Wellington.7S1 
— Yellow Bough.666 
— Y ork Imperial.733 
Apples almost hardy Iri lat. 45..794 
— Canadian vs. U. S.54 
— crates for carrying.86 
— extra-hardy.... 83 
— for Missouri. 118 
— — profit.282 
— — stock. 17 
— handling ..701 
— hardy and good iu lat. 45.. . 794 
— hardy, extra.S3, 206 
— in Europe.274 
— “Ironclad".200 
— keeping. 2(16 
— packing for market.698 
— shipping to Europe.274 
— fraud.132 
— — — — English.633 
— — wrapped in paper.131 
— too tender in lat. 45.79-1 
— Winter, early.... .. 32 
Apple trees,to regulate (he bear¬ 
ing or.Fill 
Blight, Hre.755 
— pear..190, 565 
— — cutting for. .842 
Cherry, grafting.211 
— Montmorency,Lnrge-frulted.581 
— — Ordinaire.581 
— Osthelin .537 
Cherries, two valuable.581 
Codling moth, Paris green for .,118 
— — remedy.533 
Color and flavor In fruits, 
causes of.879 
Crab apple, Hyslop. S3 
— - Lady Elgin...... .83 
— — Meador's Wlufer.S3 
— — winter. S3 
Fire-blight.. 755 
Fruit, evaporation of.631 
— In South Carolina .367 
— on exhibition.Tsi 
— packing.no 
— preserving.517 
— trees, dwurf on the lawn ... 104 
— — loe-eoatod.. S3 
— — on a lawu.755 
— rabbits eating. 120 
— training, fanciful ...517 
Fruits, Judging at fnirs.581 
— new. .—.667,787 
Hybrid Itetweeu pearond apple.465 
Japan Persimmon.20.24 
Orchard, poor management.273 
— Northern, notes 111. .794 
Orchards, care of.482 
— In Michigan.701 
— pigs and clover In .386 
Peach, Abricotee.. 30 
— Barnard. S3 
— Iiergeu’s Yellow.285 
— Cole's Early. S3 
— Cooper's Mammoth.33 
— Crawford’s Late.206 
— culture.303 
— Delaware White.207 
— Early Crawford . 33 
— — Tilloteon.. 33 , S3 
— — York.83 
— Foster.33 
— Freedenshtirg.565 
— Gugeon's Late .585 
— Heath Cling.207 
— Hill's Chili.206 
— Honest John..... 83 
— Jacques’ Rareripe.20 
— Keyport While.306,385 
— Ladv Palmerston.335 
— Mrs. Brett.33 
— Moore's Favorite. 20 
— Morris's White.20 
— Mountain Rose.3S. SS 
— Muscogee ....20 
— Oldmlxon.... 20 
— Pullen’s.335 
— Red Rareripe.. 207 
— Reed log's Late Red.. .335 
— Richmond.33,206 
silver Medal. 285 
— Smock, Free. 207 
— Snow's Orange . 83 
— Steadley...285 
— Stump the World.307 
— Susquehanna.20 
— Thurber.... 20 
— Tlllotson. 222 
— Tippecanoe Cling.207 
— tree insect, new.770 
— Troth’s Early Red.S3 
— variegated...285 
— — free.206 
— Wheatland—. 20 
— White Imperial... .. . ss 
— Wilkins's Cling.335 
— yellow oblong. 335 
— — Rareripe —. 33 
Peaches.132,206 
— notices of. 83 
— notes taken at maturity.285 
— Iu Eastern Maryland.83 
— — Texas.752 
— — the Mich. “Fruit Belt "..335 
Pear and apple,hybrid between 165 
— Bergamots . ...981 
— Beurre d'Anjou.186 
— blight. 565 
— — cutting for.812 
— Btoodgood. 666 
— Dana's Ho vey.. 810 
— Dlrecteur Alphand. 60 
— Doyenne d'Ete.565 
— Flemish Beauty.......753 
Pear, Jersey Glatioli.753 
— Kleffer Hybrid Seedling.401 
— Kuang 11.580 
— Marshall.608 
— Ott.715, 771,800.860 
— Pel-11 .580 
— Rostiezer.715 
— Saint. Ghlslain.753 
— Shall.550 
— Sheldon.715 
— Snow.580 
Strawberry.530 
— Wadlelgh..715 
Pears. Oriental, Iowa experi¬ 
ence with.580 
Persimmon, Japan.20,24,136 
Plum culture In N. Mich.667 
— curcullo, Jarring.701 
— grafting ..241 
Pomology, .581 
Pruning, best time.loi 
Qu inee, Champion.752 
Rabbits, protection from.837 
Sap, frozen.755 
Tent, caterpillar. 8 
Thorn tree grafted.514 
Trees, selecting for home plant¬ 
ing.826 
Y’ellows, bench.2o7 
— — In Mich.276 
POULTRY YARD. 
Brahmas, Light.242 
Broilers, breed for.35 
Capons. 136 
Chicken cholera. 168 
Chicks, number to the pen.168 
Chickens In Winter.68 
Cholera, chicken.168 
— obluns for.. ,4(18 
Corn for fowls.50 
Ducks.10, 38 
young, feeding. 180 
Dnst boxes for Winter ......... 720 
Eggs, keeping. 18 
— packing, box for.321 
— pr,dlls In. 19 
— to have in Winter.579 
Feed, Winter for fowls. '0 
Feeding, mistake In...241 
Fowls, fancy .. 50 
— for the table.35 
Geese, raising. 188 
Hatcher, Perfect.16 
Hens, laying, wheat for.550 
Kerosene for lien bouses.341 
Luugslmu*.,..751 
Mantes fowl..192 
Pnduax..79, 
Poultry account, excellent.189 
— for the market...685 
— shipping .754 
— — to market.828 
— show, great . S 
— sMoeess without capital.468 
— women should raise.36 
Seal.v legs, remedy fqr.24 
Ncabrlghts, Amer.305, 754 
Setters, time tn begin witn.68 
— care of... 68 
Shipping tn market.828 
Sultan fowls. 797 
Transylvanian. 706 
Water In Winter. 19 
Wheat for laying hens.550 
QUERIST. • 
Abortion In mare.291 
Algeria eucubltaj...531 
After-birth of a cow, retention 
of.226 
Ag'l Association, Journal.767 
— stations, advantages..767 
Alder, black.243 
Alfalfa .194 
— seed... 261 
— sow lug . 639 
American Naturalist, P. O. ad¬ 
dress . 135 
\morpha fnitleosa.MW 
Animal matter as a fertilizer...195 
Animals, keeping . ..355 
Anthrax In poultry.890 
Ants, culling.639 
Aphides, green, killing.BUT 
Apple,crah. preserving.567 
— Primate, clous of.277 
— Red Bi illgheuner.. ,'.i9 
— Stump.639 
— Wagener .sin 
— Weston’s White. .. 767 
Apples and nears, queries about >1 
— Iron elan.....354 
— late blooming...3u7 
— locust eating. 471 
— Paradise stock..471 
— rotting. 767 
— Russian.135 
— Winter, for Iowa.119 
Apple, King Sweet.847 
Apple-tree aphis.489 
— - borer, destroying...,371, 830 
Aquarium, making.211 
Arbor-vita?, cuttiugs of.551 
Architectural worn..,.:>I9 
Arctic and antarctic region.439 
Artichokes, planting......_503 
Ashes, hard and soft wood.185 
— Wood... . . 195, 243 
Asparagus, covering.751 
— culture . 502 
— transplanting.735 
Bulsam fire, seed of, raising.7n3 
Harley, analysis of.291 
— growing. 535 
— smooth. 26! 
Barometers, value to farmers... s 7 
Baskets, small fruit.211 
Bean, Navy. .291 
Beans, for, name.119 
Beech, weeping.261 
Beef, breeding for .267 
Boc-titve. movable frame .135 
— keeping, book on.551 
Bees, Italian queens with com¬ 
mon black, bees.SSI 
Beetle, black blister. 671 
Bicycle, Columbia.,. 55 
Blackberries, to Increase.655 
Blacking .39 
Black teeth In pigs. .885 
BleblmrldO Kiwis.407 
Blind staggers Iu pigs.371 
Bloating, steer.130 
Blower, velocity of.....855 
Blueberry.243 
Bine Ridge, farming.439 
spavin....175 
Roll through fruit trees.243 
Bonds, government.175 
Bone black, value of.. 87 
— In wood ashes, value of..... 89 
Bones, boiling for. 87 
— for manure, preparation of. 86 
— vs. barn yard manure. 87 
Book on cattle, sheep, etc.. 71 
Books from Amer. B. Ex....175 
— herd... .135 
— on agricultural philosophy, 
botany, eui. 175 
Borer*, wash to kill.407 
Braxv In sheep. 261 
Breeding for beef.567 
Brewers grnlus.... . .290 
Brick machine. . 307 
Buckwheat for bees.. 119 
— Merino.307 
Budding and grafting, Instruc¬ 
tions about... 87 
>eacb t recta.set 
Bugs, striped, on melons,.371 
Bull, age for breeding.5S! 
— sterile.. 371,436 
Bulls, grade.275 
Butter, creamery and dairy.23 
— pall. Weacott’s..439 
Cabbage for market . 87 
— — Winter use.339 
Cabbages, club root lu.104 
— green lice on.277 
Cnetl. hardy. ..195 
"Colfbag"..226 
Calf, young, treatment Of.503 
CalhllUy, to propugate.®9 
Calves feeding.226 
— Jersey and Short horns, 
where.261 
Cantaloupe culture.371 
Caponlzlngroostets . 619 
Carnations, pinks, transolant- 
lug. .355 
Carp. 227 
Castrating a colt,'when.SSff 
Catarrh in sheep ...23 
— — — remedy for....261 
— nasal. 471 
Cattle, best for the butcher.... 261 
— fattening rations.783 
— Jersey.55 
pulled Angus, dealer In......735 
Cauliflower culture.370 
Celery, liquid manure for.567 
Cellars, manure, healthfulness 
of.550 
Cement, to mix for n walk.227 
Cereus. Nig h t bloom I Iig.823 
Cheese, moistening old, dry ....227 
Cherries, dropping off.430 
Chestnuts, pi an I lug ..735 
Chicken cholera .655 
— •‘Golden-Spangled,” to get 
eggs Of. 39 
Chick, early, bleed for.23 
Churn, dog.87,175 
— rectangular . 175 
Churning, time..502 
Cider, fermentation, arresting.323 
Cider making, hook on.551 
Clematis, treatment of ..487 
Clover on.corn ground. 291 
- Mammoth .371 
— plowing under.567 
— red, to kill. 487 
— second growth.814 
— with wheat ami timothy....551 
Colt, care of weaning.638 
to castrate, when.339 
Corn and oats as soil-exhaust¬ 
ers . ...175 
— Blmiut's. changing to flint,.. 87 
— bran for cows. .. .439 
— Chester Mammoth. 71 
— culture, listing.519 
— feeding to sheep.813 
— how to cross.439 
— husker.323 
— in drills... .135 
— land plaster on.430 
— meal for cows.277 
— planter, best. 39 
— planting. 261 
— Rice..227 
— Rural dent or flint, which ?..83tv 
— seed, to keep.455 
— stalks, cut.291 
— sweet, best for July.87 
— — to top.507 
— Waushakuni.37, 196 
Cottou seed for cows. ...438 
— — — onions.783 
— meal for cows. .277 
Cotton seed meai, where to buy,84 
Cough In horse.583 
Cow leaking her milk. .839 
— calving, no milk .227 
— discharge from nose.551 
— infertile, an. :9, 55 
— giving curdled milk. 195 
— milkers....503 
— sterile.39, 55 
— udder caking.799 
Cow’s bag, lump on. .,,.371 
Cows, best for dairy..275 
— feeding before calving.87 
— soiling, all about.226 
— teats, obstruction In. 851 
Crab apple, preserving.567 
Cranberries on salt marsh.119 
— on uplands ..55 
Cranberry culture.. 407 
— plants —. 71 
Creamer, Cooley...226 
Creamery, Wooster.277 
Cream, raising. 689 
— — apparatus for. .455 
Crickets in a welL. ..519 
Crop rotation, dyo.course_ ..Iff! 
Cucumbers for pickles, culture. 10-1 
Cucumber vine, bug deatroylng.-ld? 
Cud, dropping the..54, 87 
Cultivator, sulky. 4u7 
Curcullo. knocking off .323 
Currant, hushes, rare Of.407 
— — transplanting.39 
Currants ana gooseberries,book 
„ on -, ..28 
Currant, Fay's..847 
Currant worm .;S23 
Cyclamen in bloom, how long . 227 
Dairy, grass for a small.671 
Don ta plione. .261 
Diabrotiea, 12 spotted, .307 
Distillers' grains .. 290 
Drainage, queries on.261 
Drilling with three horses 
abreast..671 
Dropsy In u horse....323 
Ducks, raising.439 
Dynamite. 439 
t'.ar drums.’. "175 
— marker for sheep.S 7 
Egg plants.551 
Eulalia, zebra-striped .275 
Evergreens for ornament........ 135 
— transplanting.815 
Escutcheon, work on.751 
Eyes, weak, from measles.815 
“ Farcy " in colt.194, Sol 
— — horse..174 
"Farmingfor Profit." where to 
get .39 
— good books of.751 
Farm, to fence . 454 
— — work. 
Feed, comparative value of.175 
— for cows In Winter.195 
Fences, barbed wire.519 
— wire, how far apart. 195 
Fertilizer, animal mailer as a..195 
— Bowker. .227 
— cotton seed, fur onions.783 
— for onions. 2 il 
— leatherasa. 211 
Fertilizers .. 1 &, 
— queries about .104 
Fish Commissioners'.re port of.. 39 
— culture, book ou.87 
— for a small pond.227 
Flax breaking machine.671 
— seed.,...S83 
— — linseed .. 339 
Florida, map of.291 
— queries about.175 
Flowers, cultivation of. book on 87 
— for San Francisco Bay.703 
Foods, digestibility of..194 
Fowls, Sehrlglit.261 
Fruit culture on S. S. L. 1 .751 
— drier for cones. 71 
— garden, small.519 
— various kinds... . kri 
Fruits for Kansas.671 
— — Texas.SSU 
— small, in Kansas.261 
Fruit trees, bolt through...248 
— — glrdleq, remedies for....307 
— — wash for. 37 
Gardening, work ou. ..‘6S7 
Gas lime... 175 
— wells.I" 194 
Gate, slide, patents......735 
Gestation tn sheep. ....58S 
Gladioli, planting.’.. '719 
Glass for hot beds, no substitute 87 
Glucose, pure, where to buy.,. 135 
Grafting tomato on potato.173 
Grain, binding, cord or straw...503 
Grape. Lydia. 28 
— Moore's Early.354 
- Niagara.... ."..227,835 
— Perkins.70S 
— Vcrgenues..767 
Grapes, keeping.519 
— packed la bran charcoal _639 
— raisins. 551 
— training. 243 
Grape-vine cuttings by mail., . 2s 
— — not fruiting.503 
Grape-vines cuttings, making.. 70S 
— — to raise. . 23 
— — trimming . 201 
Grass, Bermuda.261 
Grass, Bermuda, where to get ..84 
— Crab or finger.551 
— fora grove...567 
-- for a small dairy.671 
— Foxtail.291 
— Hungarian..291,355 
— tu orchards ..870 
— lawn. 261 
Oat.195 
— on sandy loam.519 
— - wet fields.583 
— Quack.503 
— — seed wanted.439 
— Rye...243 
— Sheep’s Fescue.261 
