THE BUBAL flEW-YORMEB 
Peer?, large and smut I,., 
Plums tiy iho aid of fowls 
Quince*, culture of . 
Wild fruils of California .. 
Baskets.... .® 
Business prospects good. 
Rutter tub and cooler, a now.. .3 
— worker, it new.3 
Corn shelter, a new.I 
Cultivator. P, !\ .Must & Co.’s..2 
— the Advance. 
— Rue's hand,..2 
Engine, a new portable .I 
— Chandler k Taylor's new 
portable.....I 
— the Canton “ Monitor ” 392, Jl 
Pood steamer and ovnpurator, 
Daily’s.2 
Konntaln Dump, Whitman’s.i 
drafting saw, an Imw roved....- 
It;inil Plow, Allen’". ■' 
Harvester, Bradley’s No. 2.1 
— she Massillon.312, i 
tlay-loadcr. Foust's. 
— tedder, Perry's Now York. 
328,: 
— fork, horse — papent In¬ 
fringements.. • ■ 
Invention,a useful........ 1 
iron Works, the South Bend. -.' 
Bathe, foot... 
Milk pan, the Champion. 
Mower, the Eureka. 
Plow, hard metal, a new. 
— the Gulo... 
Plows, tleli! trial of.... 
— gang and sulky. 
Printing press, a new... 
— - Exoolsior..... 
— presses......• • 
Rail way pitching apparatus 
Chapman's . 
Ruke. the Archer. 
— — Taylor. 
Refrigerating rooms . 
Robinson Co. # little game. 
Saw-mills, cheap. 
Scales. Chicago. 
Seed-planter, an improved. 
Then and now .. 
Thresher, the Buffalo Pitts... 
— the Invincible... 
— - Williams. . 
Threshing machine, the " Fear 
“ Vibrator/' principle, thc.373, 
Wagon, llie Watertown —I0C1, 
— works, the MUburn. ... 
English farm-yards.330, 33 
Farm drainage . ..It 
— economy, one man a idea ni.yj 
— gates.I|; 
Farming, amateur....at 
— sewage system of. .. • 
Farm in spring, on the...-• 
— topics.. . £ 
Fence-posts, to preserve...-•p 
Fences.« 
Flour ami oil mills. Oregon —. _ 
Fertilizers, commerolal. 
French Industries, depression 
of. 2 
Fruit-trees, when to prune... . 
Gate-posts,.*.A 
Get ready...’• 
Grass, seedingto.. 
Harvest-time, bcerlu ... 
Having, early.••••••-••* 
Hops and beer-drinkers In Ku- 
rnpe.... 
Horses and cows, feeding straw 
lo... • 
How far lie travel?. l 
r.ands. productive. .....2 
Locusts,a use for the.l 
Lowlands.F.nglish, how drained 
and watered. . . 
Manure, how much...2 
Maple sugar making at lue 
West.I 
Onts vs. corn for live stock. 
Purls sewage, iltillzatiyn of. 
Punt for fodder . ■ 
Percentages.. 
Poisoning rodents. 
Premium for general purpose 
burn .I 
Put on the roller. —' 
Saving... 
Sawdust as a manure. 
Scarecrows. 
Soiling crops when they pay.... 
Soil, productive. 
Sow clover and grass seed. 
Stable dung a perfect manure.. 
Western pork prospects ........ 
What two men can do. 
Premiums, onr... m 
Prices gauged by quality-uje 
Proffering advice... 
Railroads appreciated.*» 
Rather fishy. 
Reform. *0 
Renowned geese.*>* 
Report, one and all .• -•318 
Robbing Peter to pay—who?... 76 
Root show In Fngbuid........... -S 
Rural brevities... 12, 23, It. 00, it.. 
•.W. 108. I'M. 110, ISO. 173. las, 
201, 220. m. 252. 2115. 251. 300. 
316. ay. 348.30t, m. : ««. »13 
Russia t.s. hope for.396 
Secretary of tgrlrulture . HI 
Servos tliem right.318 
Severe drought .352 
Shall women vote .•'■dl 
Short horn* in California.864 
Siberian apples ..1<U 
Siaughlerlog the birds.«X) 
' ' conceited... "’'2 
Soup, clam.. 
Sparrows... 
Spinach. 
— with cream. 
Spittoons, cleaning. 
Sponges, to soften.. 
Stingy people........ .....- 
Stockings of camlle-wieklng . 
Sweeping carpets...... 
Sweet-breads, broiled. 
— fried ..... 
Tart-s, icing for. 
— orange... 
— rhubarb..... 
Tar-water ns a dye. 
Toa-cnke, Graham. 
Terrapins, to cook. 
Thanks, and favors returned. 
Trout... 
Truth for wives. 
Turbot, linked. 
Turkey, scolloped. 
Turnips In gravy. 
— stewed in butter. 
tTncultivated grapes us food 
Useful bints. 
Varnishing... 
Veal olives... • • 
— steak .. . 
Vegetables, boiled. 
Vinegar, strawberry.. 
— to make good cidor. 
— — quickly..... 
Wafers...... 
Walnut stains, for..,.. 
Warts,to destroy...... 
Washing plain blnck calico.. 
Whitewash, a good. t 
Worth remembering. 
Yeast, soft hop... 
Young housekeepers, An 
Lou’s chut with........11 
Cannes.>•'§••• [§jj 
Catalogues.137. ItV 
Cion, Inflonen of stock upon.1138, 169 
Cold frames and hot beds.. .136 
(.'onscr veto ties, English.....245 
Correspondents' letter#, ex¬ 
tracts from.., '•?.216 
Cucumbers, tape-worms In.24? 
Currant, the Vorsllluise.22 
Eeheverlas... '53 
Eucalyptus Flctfoltn..169 
Evergreens, spring transplant- 
. hill 
— their beauty in winter.Its 
Exchange.12. 136,160, 217 
— and an announcement.l'k. 
Facts and Fancies.396 
Kerns....325 
Floriculture, my experience In. 
POULTRY-YARD 
Brahmas, tltelr origin-how 
named. ........120 
Breeding for qualities No 3... 41 
— - No. 4. 55 
— — — No. ft.103 
— — - No. 6 .....138 
Chickens and chufas.71. 72 
Chicks, deserted. fh 
— feeding young..130 
— rearing .3oo 
— the first...263 
Combat, a curious... ..263 
Combs, frosted...249 
Ducks.391 
laying. .;IU‘ 
Eggs, classifying...3it> 
— for hutching, transporting. 
Oi l, 3,a 
Egg stealing in England.391 
Fowl proceedings. .2S0 
thieves.249 
Fowls, inbred, Infiuonzu m.Hk> 
— Fly month Rock .489 
Gapes, camphor as a. remedy 
Mr . 375 
- wise on... 891 
Guinea fowls for the table...... ™> 
Laying. ...2(13 
— condition and winter. 41 
Leghorns, white.120 
Live geese uud ducks, pluck lug.Ik)* 
Neste, arrangement or.208 
Notes .131. ,158 
Puriisltes, to exterminate.,187 
Poultry. about.352 
— account, a... 213 
— at the tarui . 7 
— diseases in. 249 
— ducks with.. .33, 24 
effects of cold storms on....217 
farm, an ext.onslvo.310 
— farms In England.375 
— house, seasonable hints on 
the. ...... .. 42 
— parasites of. . 151 
— preparing for market....... Hii 
— profitable. .....72 
— spring work with_151, 296, 297 
■— vermin on .356 
— wintered in stables with cut¬ 
tle.291 
— yard post?. ‘-’fit 
To our readers...10! 
Young chicks, good for.SIU 
HltghtU _ 
Still delaying. 
Subscribers . 
Swts? watchmakers. 
Tell It... 
Temperance revival, the...... 
Ten cents for two dollars. 
The carnival. . 
— chnrch and Hie potatoes.. 
— decline of the grange. 
— driven (or tube) well. 
— .•arth drying up..... 
— Eastman business college 
— end at last . 
— French crisis . 
— garden. 
— Great Bend show. 
— North Pacific Rural... ... 
— opposition.*. 
— Rural In Georgia... 
— Rural's premiums . 
— Semi-tropical ............ 
— Travelers........ .......... 
— TUrci*-Russian war. 
Thos glazing insects. 
— spoons. 
Tramps .. 
Tree peddlers.... 
— — again... 
Trick - that are vain.. . 
Two-faced Janus. 
i nempU.yed resources. 
Unfounded fears. 
Unpnrcelvetl opportunities.. 
Vanderbilt. Commodore..... 
Veterinary surgeons.. 
Want of apprclatb.n. 
War's far-reaching effects.. 
Western N. A". Hurt, Soc.... 
What an excuse.;. 
— is It worth ? . 
Wlioa. and war. 
Why they prospered. 
Woman’s rights . 
Worms or insects. 
Wrong in credit.. 
344, 315 
Flowers, special...in4 
Forests of I’rU-sla..,,.153 
Frost, protection from..,,.. 42 
Garden path?...119 
Gardena, making .245, 247 
Geraniums, propagating.217 
CrnfLltig apple trees.300 
— hints about...264 
Hardy deciduous trees and 
sbrub», sele.cilon.of. ......?(X> 
Hellebore, edible in..... .137 
I (ortensia Or hoi tonsis ?.1U4 
Horticulture in Colorado. .246 
Horticultural Society, New 
York......871 
Lllliuui nurattun.232 
Lily blight.U;i 
Matching colors In the garden.246 
Miscellanea.,,42, 58, 90. llfi. 130. 169 
Mutilated trees, treatment Of,. 15.1 
Norway spruce, the weeping'. .130 
Notes....In. 22. 42, 53.90. 105. 118. 
119, 136, 187,153, 109,183,217 
— on fruit. 21*8 
Novel tins. ...10. 42 
Onion culture.232 
Our tree and shrub election.. ..153 
Pons. 106 
Plums, effect of music on. 22 
— tho battle of life among—UB 
Posts, preservation of, when 
Inverted. 42 
Potatoes, sweet. ..317 
Pruning evergreen hedges.137 
Radishes, hard ufi . .217 
Raspberries, about.277. 278 
Raspberry, highland hardy....273 
— purple dowering.277 
Resurructlon Ilower.216 
Rhododendrons budded.233 
Rose, beauty of Glazunwood. .247 
Rural Grounds, views In the.21, 22 
Hup, is there a descending.117, 118 
“ Seedsmeo to the Queen. —845 
Home of my experience. . .2IKI 
Spirals, sorbifolla.- 182 
Strawberries, planting.182 
— the year round. 90 
Strawberry culture.... .828 
-- runners cutting off...216 
Suggestive. . ..301 
Sweet pufatoes, preserving.119 
The Clematis again.137 
Tomatoes, reverting In.2*14 
Transplanting .168 
Tree, an old orange. 23 
Trees, a few desirable, shrubs, 
and vines.*16 
— weeping deciduous..104 
Tree, Hie white rringo...116 
Truffles, California.237 
“Up like a rocket.’'etc.56 
Variations, selection of......... 101 
Vegetable garden, the.34i 
Wheat, to select.... 91 
ZutuhiicoraB sorbifolia.18! 
EDITORIAL 
A bad sign. 
— doggerel. 
Agents and subscribers. 
Agriculture, the present of 
FIELD CROPS 
Agriculture, me present oi.... 
All grain and no chaff.22t) 
American Dairymen's Cdflvon- 
tlon. 12 
— potatoes ubrOau.*<*> 
Another wall. ••382 
Anxiously waiting.1.2 
Apples ot Sodom .41- 
Are we cowards? .348 
Artichoke, home of the. .6 
Artichoke?, a good ytoldof. 12 
Asking questions— ..44 
A surplus of bedsteads.H 2 
Athletic training. 
A woman b acre ..DO 
Barn, prize plan* for....2.9. 
Beetles, filght of.412 
Beware. *78 
Book? and papers, value of. 13 
Botanic garden,«. . 284 
Butter, adulterations of.140 
California Almonds....172 
Carman, E- H.. rotlremeut of....320 
Cash vs. crodll........ 28 
Cattle plague, the.268, 343 
Centennial awards.121 
— butter.......204 
Change of base . '13 
Cheap lands In Maine.. .284 
Cicadas, the musical.412 
Civil servloo... ..173 
Clematis by cuttings .92 
Coe. WelbcrcU Jt (To...... '50 
Cotfee for Boor Lo.304 
Cold water.268 
Colorado? in England, the .204 
Conifrey In New South Wales.. 44 
Commander, a wise.. —188 
Commissioner of Agriculture. 
156. 201 
Compromise.... 92 
Conservatism. 140 
Creditfor kindness....-448 
Grime and intemperance..300 
Czar and Sultan.564 
Death to the birds....-.70 
Department of Agriculture.sd 
Doubting our capabilities.281 
Dr. Craft’s cow.,.220 
Drive well*... 
Drought*, sevens.... -.480 
Ducks against hems. 28 
Eastern war.316 
Economic Entomology.140 
Education, compulsory.1-8 
Eggs, honest...396 
Eighteen and Fifty......268 
English Game Jaw#.236 
Eucalyptus honey.236 
Experimental station. .lisi 
Farmers, Amorlcan and Euro- 
pean... 23b 
— honors to. ,w 
Farm Interests ....-.103 
Fertilizers. 
Fitted to be a fanner.2a2 
Fun ou tlio larrn.....140 
Gen. Grant, tour of.348 
Going tu the dogs. 41 
Good effect.108 
Grangers and railroads.l.*> 
Grasshopper, blessing tho.172 
— bulletin.,,..333 
— day. 28 
— exterminator#. 268 
— plague, the. 12 
— proof. .... .421 
Grasshoppers, death to....,.2<u 
— hardy..* •■•188 
Great expectation#.316 
Hamburg dairy show.21^ 
Handsome chromes.ion 
Hard time#. 60 
Harris, Cob, death of.. 300 
Heavy tare ...'204 
How shall we treat rogues ?..,.179 
Humbug... ,.364 
1 forgot... .318 
if we only would... 76 
Imported gods.......268 
Improvements. 76 
Information, seeking.,,,,. i'll 
Insect law. 108 
Interested worker? -.124 
Irrigation of the plan}#.28 
Is It cowardice ?.188 
Jutnplngat eondiul'as.,332 
Keep cool. 12 
Kindness that «nlii{.252 
Lawyer-making...396 
Little Itliody. 44 
Locust control*,t,,n. the.156,201 
— plague, the.Ls 8 
Looking uhcivi.,412 
Lost years.. . , ... .316 
Main grape Swindle .220 
Making it rat n .92 
Manufacturer,)' Review and In¬ 
dustrial rr. ooic j... 108 
Merino *ne e! , register. 12 
Minerals, a collection of. 60 
Misslasiup) letucs, the..,., .,..172 
Monopoly eod of a.343 
More camri^ntes.316 
Naturalist ,i.re-Rory...124 
Nebraskj' ta-u.er...92 
N. Y. Pr,,fis l ub. annual excur¬ 
sion... .412 
Omissions....332 
One hurptre t and one.412 
One h-tfudted million. . . .298 
Onior,, uorner in.-62 
Oran,,), trees, disease of.396 
Onr lourdliig-house...1400 
— ictiisiatora.268 
Out Or H,, r k.412 
PartI, | moleriin ce.. 108 
f'ate.nt annoyances.... 220 
lf?n. Dairy Association.41 
KttViosripby, short-sighted.GO 
-^Flaintalk, a . 396 
r Plants at auction.341 
Poor Graham.. 12 
Potato beetle abroad,.. ..lit 
Prayer and locu.-t#.380 
Premium plants, the.7( 
Artichoke culture.197 
— James Vick on tho.166 
— ono rnuriionthe.197,198 
Artichoke* at a discount.S7 
Artichoke, the Jerusalem 
again. '-’33 
Boet-rout sugar in France...... 8 
Cattle feeding, green crops for..778 
Celery, turnip-muted.248 
ClllCOury m California.106 
l'llufti for lings...... 87 
— <ir o&rth Hirwond... 
Cbufas 111 California. 9 
Oh 11 fa, the. 1195 
t’omfrey, solid stem.. 154 
4 irn, best kind of. ■ 
— something about.13a 
Early potatoes, plant only. 37 
Forage plant, 00 e more.405, 406 
Grass, Bermuda, testimony 
against. 326 
Indian Corn, uses of-... ..279 
Mangel Wnrzvl....336 
Oats, hullo## .348 
Peanuts, the OUlturo.232 
Potato booties out West, fight¬ 
ing the . 313 
Potatoes, early. ... 197 
— h ilf an acre of.. . 56 
— hybridizing.197 
— novelties 111. 56 
— polished... 8 
— two new. 100 
Prairie grass for cheese mak¬ 
ing . 166 
Root show, the Canada. 8 , l! 
Teasel, the. . 2?fi 
Tobacco, Connecticut.326 
Turnip, cow-horn.10! 
— culture....40! 
Turnips, varieties of late.ID 
Wheat, hnl.eulturo of.317 
— i-mut in....72 
Yams, Chinese. . 237 
INDUSTRIAL SOCIETIES, 
N. J. State Horticultural Socie¬ 
ty.138. 156. 170, 185 
INDUSTRIAL TOPICS. 
RURAL ARCHITECTURE 
Agriculture.398 
the politics Of... 56 
— windmills In...293 
Amateur funning.294 
Beet-root sugar.329 
Cropn, New Jovsey. 134 
English farming, ..lit! n Of. .37b 
Farmer* as legislators.267 
— State alliance of...,,..234 
French Exposition, buildings 
of the prospective. ....101 
" Going to tho dogs.”.91 
Grange meeting, a.3/t; 
Grapevines at Paris.234 
Half holiday, a.... 
Happy Florida. 
Hard tunes.134 
It is cowardleo.. • .«•< 
Lightnlng-rod swindlers.393 
Money and Exchange.26 
N. Y. State Parmer? Alliance 393 
Russia leather, making.134, 135 
Sovereigns of industry.234 
Squirrels, utilizing the.,..231 
Trades union* and farming. 719 
Tube wells again... 345 
Tube wells and the patent laws. 
2t)0| 281 
Washing machine, a cheap.134 
Wells and drinking water...329 
Wholesome advice.3JIJ 
Windmill, the new Iron turbine,291 
Cottages, rural... 
Cellars.■ 
Dwelling*, double. 
1 Ionics. 1 u rul. 
Homesteads, old English.. 
House, design for a cheap 
EDUCATIONAL 
An important school decision..351 
E.lucutional notes. ,19,35, 83, 99, 
1407, 354, 370 
Language.. 37(1 
Learning to write.307 
RURAL EXPERIMENTS 
Conifrey, priekloy.... 
— variegated-leaf. 
Pecan outs rotting . 
Potato beetles, bogus.. 
golden-leaf.. 
Strawberries, a word about. 
ENTOMOLOGICAL 
Beetle, the Pickier.297 
Borer, Cedar. 
Borer?, hickory and locust.314 
Borer. two-*triped apple-tree.. 314 
— wlllow-troe borer.314 
Hugs, a State a-aayor on.377 
Biitterllien. cabbage.241) 
Butterfly, southern cabbage.. 264 
Caterpillar*, native cabbage- . 304 
Cicada, periodical. or seven¬ 
teen * ear locust.S44 
— the seventeen year.397 
ConcusHtmi again .tsl 
— and the grasshoppers-.74, 75 
Currant worm, death to iho...J399 
Cut-worm*. 31 
Ki gates, spike-necked.29i 
Grasshopper commission, the..261 
Grasshoppers, fighting.100, 185 
— freezing young.203 
Green Uy. or aphis. 10 
Hickories,nn enemy of the.... 844 
Insect, a rather tough.330 
insects, destructive.297 
— halt hours with.830 
Louglcurn*. tlie.*297, 314 
Noxious ln*viu.s.’stamping out. .2374 
Pest, a gooseberry. 75 
Plum gauger. Hie.... 080 
Potato beetle Mite .,2a 
I’rlonus. 297 
Seric n 1 1 ufo in Kansas... 42, 43 
Tobacco-fly, receipt to kill the.380 
Turnip-fly, gas lime for.185 
Weevils, pea and bean.233 
Weevil, white-pine.203 
SCIENTIFIC AND USEFUL, 
Ammonia as a motive power.... 74 
Animal*, lectures on the anato¬ 
my of.-.’26 
Asbestos and its uses.58, 59 
Barometer and Its teaching, 
the.,,,.,..1136, 107 
Blacking, waterproof. 26 
Bricks, absorbing quality of.... 59 
Bronzing, copper. . 88 
Cement, a good.195 
chemistry, agricultural.185 
Ghromos. '•leaning . 29 
Cocoa and chocolate manufac¬ 
ture... ‘249 
Diamond, the use of the—298,299 
Dried plants, to preserve the 
mitural colors of.408 
Drought and the suction pump. . 4 
Evolution, the theory of. .408 
Grafting-wax, liquid..,3GG 
Gulf stream, tho.171 
Hydraulics of tile ancient*.154 
Mutches, about .. 59 
Nature printing........... ..26 
Notes.’266 
Plants and animal*, digestion 
of, . 89 
Printing before the flood.266 
Sleep in France....fill 
Snow as a fertilizer.......123 
Spoilod corn, the poisonous 
principle of.... 26 
Steam power, something about. 
No. 2. 26 
— - - - No. 3. 74 
Telephone, the.... 151 
Test paper for wine*.260 
Vegetation, Influence of differ¬ 
ent colors upon....260 
Wood rendered incombustible.123 
HYGIENIC INFORMATION 
INSURANCE DEPART 
MENT. 
GARDEN 
Agricultural Insurance Co.138 
American Insurance Co., Chi¬ 
cago...281 
Ashtabula massacre, the.Iflll 
Life insurance companies, fail¬ 
ure 'if..,. 9 
Now York Lite Insurance Co,.138 
“ Pay as you go.”.25 
Test,a vary fair...,.- at 
Travelers l.lfo and Accident 
Insurance Co. 57 
Artichoke in England, tho Je- 
rusalem....36, 27 
Asparagus, cutting.369 
Cucumber, green prolific.. 11 
Kitchen gardens, waterlog... 10 , 11 
Melon, the. Its culture and va- 
rle'.ie*. 359 
Rhubarb, sued stalks ot. . .359 
Saffron culture in the Abruzzl. ^ 
Btrawhorry protection. 27 
Tomato, green gage, cucumber. 11 
Water-cress culture. 11 
LANDSCAPE GARDENING 
Ground?, arrangement of. 
Ornamental grounds, forma¬ 
tion. arrangement, and 
, planting of... .. • • • ■ 
HERDSMAN 
EVERYWHERE 
Adjusting differences.29» 
Animals, cruelty to.....Uo 
Calves, hay-tea for.231 
— new-born...’.kV *7u,- 
— raising.*°3. 
Cattle. Breton. •*>7 
— in Texas.«m 
- Jersey or Aldernev.a* 
Cow physiognomy.,— ••?» 
Live mock at the Centennial....161 
— - exhibition, the Center.- . 
’ j 1 I II ...y.lOi.lHl 215. 
— — In Now fjbutli H ales.157 
— — Nebraska for.215 
Starving stock In California — 343 
Stock, pure water for.....21o 
Vermin, carbolic soap for.lul 
Austin, Texas. 
Batavia, 111 . 
Belmont, Nev.••••■ 
Hlng+iaois, Tioga Co.. N. Y 
ttloomville. Ohio.. 
BnyorviUe. Quebec. 
t-wpcJ Hill 
Dayton, Hciyti6j.Lj-I*Sj> 
Dunns vine. Ks*ex Co., Va. 
Pninkliii. W. Va. 
Freedom. Wis. 
Granville Co., N. C. 
Greenfield. Kan. 
Griffin, Ua... 
llarborton. N. J.51, 
Hartford, Conn. 
Howard Lake, Minn. 
Humboldt, Tenn. .83,99, 181. 176, 
134, 176, 226, 272, 
Jnme&burg, N. .1.. • 
Johnson ■Oo., Kan.194, 
Marion Co., Oregon. 
Mtllvlew, Fla... 
Naff’s, Va. 
New Castle. Fa... 
New London, Ohio. 
Outagamie Co.. Wis. 
Paterson. N. J. 
Racine Co., 'V is. 
Randolph Vt. 
Ridgeway, N.Q.. 
Ridgewood, N J. 
Rome, N. Y........... 
Saratoga Co., N. Y... 
Syracuse, N. Y. 
Valley ot Virginia. 
Vergeones, Vt. 
Wultsbure, Wash. Ter. 
Warren Co.. Texes. 
Wood Co., Ohio.. . 
NATURALIST 
*• All evil.”. 'f?i 
Ants, experiment* with..266 
Aphldlduo, multiplication of 
the.-H 
Bird skin*, to euro..96 
— temper,.>09 
Birds, about my. ..37u 
— migration of-whut guide# 
them.. • • -290 
CariU.T « | rds, oare or.154. U> 
— — treattt.;' r| f of - 11 
Crow-nologv, ve, table 
dent* in.. .7 • • 
Crow, the much abused. 81 
Deer, red...389, 3911 
Dog’* intelligence, it.41 
121k or moose... 5, 6 
— Scandinavian.... .389, 290 
— the American.389, 31)0 
cubes, neat-building.•• .3o} 
Fleas, educated .10. G 
Game laws, Sctli Greene on the 88 
Hawks born blind. 7410 
l| >W they do it ill Chicago.167 
.Mammal#, North American.296 
Man's nearest relations.121 
Ojsters green.. 167 
1 'ellea 11 , a .. 
Flicasant, the Argus..., . ..... g 
Pigeons... «9, 310 
Prairie liens and grasshopper#.266 
Hats In possession of a county.296 
Rook, the. -.73 
Skunk, the roroclou#.1-9 
Skylark, tlie.MO 
Snake* catching fish.282 
Spider, a paper-making.375 
Swallows, t.lie hibernation of...375 
Tortoises as weather indicators.361 
Water ruts, 1111 army of.57 
Wild tthese, liistiiiot of.21)6 
Woodpecker, die...296 
Zoology, a pleasant lesson in.87, 8 S 
SHEEP HUSBANDRY 
Minn 
Benefactor to bis country, a. 
213, 214 
Cuttle and sheep, growing 
swedes and common tur¬ 
nip, for.,. .281 
floats, Angora, habits of.407 
I .iimbs, docking and Cind rating.295 
— early...281, 343, 3.»S 
— -mi ..fl iw.....391 
— w c«nlir*,'... . ' 
Merino# and Cotsw 'W? ........ - JW 
Sheep and lurulp hu»b..',,';*ry *n 
England . .'TV*.'’?" 
— bllndnes* among......... .. 3!> 
-- English breeds of. 86 
— food, fish for.231 
— husbandy In England.283 
— Ju Kansas.. ...... 4U7 
— Ionic# of...300,391 
- 0 / tho United Status, the 
coming.310,311 
— scab In... 202 
— the mainstay of agrlcultnro. 
248, 263 
— Welch mountain.295 
— winter care of. T 
Shropshire Downs vs. Merino*. 
86 , 37 
Wool and manufactories, more. 39 
— cheating In.120,121 
— trade, the... ..151 
HORSEMAN 
•’ Balking,” about. 9 
English roadsters.26a 
Equine aristocracy. 
Horse, a marvelous.oil) 
— prof. Huxley on the pedi¬ 
gree of the.103 
Horses and mule# eating dirt... 9 
— bearlng-rolus for. ; .282 
— draflandgenorul purpose.o4 ,00 
— educating. o5 
— going barefoot. 7J 
— heavy draft..,.282 
— mange in. J 
— winter treatment of. 5* 
— taming. 232 
— the model.,.. 
— - thoroughbred.103 
Trotter, the plow-horse.Uv 
HORTICULTURAL 
Abutilon.the white............ 117 
American Pomological Society, 
sixteenth session.216, 217 
Announcement, an.“ 
Another offer to Rural Sub¬ 
scribers.. ..217 
Artichoke Jerusalem.IW 
A woman’s were. 
-No. 1.52 
_ _ _ — 2. .108 
--3.182 
_ _ — _ 4 .200 
-5.2W 
_ _ _ - 6.2S2 
_ — — — 7 .246 
— _ — — 8......264 
_ _ — — 9 .278 
— — — — 10.298 
— — — — 11.313 
_ _ _ — 12. 3r8 
— - - - 13.345 
Banana Culture in California..278 
SWINE-HERD 
American Berkshire record ..215 
Chester white, a word for the..151 
Hogs need sulphur....343 
Fig rearing in Hungary.215 
Figs on a dairy farm.343 
Swine, Berkshire...267 
— on rocky woodland.343 
FARM ECONOMY 
Advice, Questionable 
Agricultural chemistry, discov¬ 
ery in .. 
Agriculture, commerce, aud 
POMOLOGICAL, 
manufacture. .4 
Apple*, packing... ..1 
Barn-yard, about an old.... 
Burned earth, experimenting 
with. J 
Catlle, evergreens poisoning. 
— yoking by the horns.. 
Crops, rotation in.1 
Culture, deep and frequent. 
Discovery, that Important. 
Disgraceful, il true. -J 
Drain#, gravel .. ! 
England, profits of farming in. 
Crab apple, Scott*?.. 
Dwarf apples. Paradise-mi, 
— pears, suckers from..... 
— pour trees.. 
Fruit culture, profit# of. 
Fruit# of Central Asia.. . 
Peaches, new . . 
Pear blight. Dr. Mlcbenor on.. 
— Doyenne D’Alencon.... 
Pears for home use and mar 
kot... ... 
VINEYARD 
Grape in California, the. 
Grape? and grape seeds. 
— — vine of California 
— in New York... 
Grapevines, prune y >ur. 
— discouraged about... 
— we want. . 
INDUSTR’L IMPLEMENTS. 
“Are you going to paint ? ”. 
Barloy in Central New York 
the harvesting of. 
