THE RURAL MEW-YORKER 
Help, hiring, and overseeing 
work.310 
Hurdles on wheels. Iron.151 
Implements, painting farm..... 38 
Irrigation.620.630 
Manure, barnyard, cost Of..183 
— drawing out.248 
— hauling........773 
— rye for green.262 
— spreading direct from wag¬ 
— waste on the farm..487 
Manures, Artltlclnl.293 
Maple Sirup, manufacture of... 103 
Marshes, salt, draining.650 
Pasturing Land, Increasing In 
fertility ?.375 
Pay or no Pay.. 6 
Plowing by Steam. 12 
Posts and,Rails. Allnntus for... 6 
Promptness, delays are danger¬ 
ous....380 
Products, raising new.630 
Refuse, care of village.487 
Koads, bad. utilize the tramp..156 
Saving by Handfuls.636 
Soils. Exhaustion of — .1. B. 
Lawee.210 
Swamp Muck, and Peat-Bed, 
courage in the.519 
Tools and Team, something 
about.... ..294, 598 
Tools, good ones tlio cheaper..246 
Weeds along the roadside.156 
— Bad Farming.631 
Wood, Lay in Your.23, 014 
FARM TOPICS. 
Agriculture and education in 
U. S.22,38,54,86, 101 
— — trade in England.714 
- English vs. U. S.583 
— past, present and future ...518 
— waste In. .....nlll 
Agricultural literature.732 
— notes from California. 6 
Ashes, coal, use of...104 
Barn notes. 268 
Beeis. Sugar, vinegar and sugar 
from,. . ......904 
Bone-dust, cheap.- .652 
Bones, how to manage In a small 
way.716 
Bridle, how to mend.118 
Buckwheat straw, how to get 
rid of...310 
Burdock exterminator.. .518 
Bushel, the number of pounds 
to the. .. .697 
Canada thistle, to destroy.524 
Cellar, bow to ventilate.650 
Cess-pool, the . • ,745 
Corn crop, Orange benefits of 
the.376 
— stalks, saving for fodder....5*8 
Crib, a rut-prOor.27a 
Cultivation, how It warms the 
soil.374 
— thorough....439 
Drainage.438 
— good, taws on...681 
— grude of the drain....438 
Draining, shallow, foolish econ¬ 
omy...*44 
Draining, under...390 
Drains,location of ..438 
Earth and pent., burned.614 
Farm, a viBtt to Tiptree Hall ...63T 
— content on the.110 
— Houghton...262 
— lines...444 
— of Australia, a model.549 
— poetry of the.358 
— — on the.422 
— proHts...6)0 
— reminiscences of ltotham- 
sted and Tiptree Hall ,,...520 
— social life on the.619 
— study onthe...422 
— Tiptree Hall...a02 
—-Mr. Meclil’astatement.5o'2 
Farmer, a good...l;8 
— how Ag. paper* btimiflt the.619 
— requirements to become a 
goud.»*.... • • • *613 
— wnat salary does he receive.358 
Farmers and fruit growers.204 
— Alliance, address of the.630 
— Germans as. 38 
— politics for the.140 
— why city ones fall... .134 
— women a*.39 
Farming in Central 111. 9 
— — England.697 
— — Kansas. 7o9 
— j. b. Lawes’s experimental.469 
— mixed.. • .563 
— sand.56, 104 
— how.to make profitable.13a 
— where is the best locality 
for.......187 
Farming, improved.821 
Farms, easy method of improv¬ 
ing the value of.CGI 
— large and small.598 
— sell'-sustainlng...o83 
Fence for overflowing land.184 
— wire, for a door yard.650 
Fences.,•••••••••.3, 2 'j 
— poor, unruly stock.294 
— too many ..166 
Fertilizer, bone. • 86 
— bulletin, Connecticut Ag’l 
Exp. Station. ..361,373, 393, 
425, m, 760 
— salt us a.......86 
— what is needed.236 
Fertilizers,an experiment with.183 
— chemical, their .effects the 
tlrst season.364 
— use of lu Ohio.790 
Field, properly drained.538 
Garden, the farmer’s—..789 
Gate, convenient.383 
— novel and useful farm..550 
Gates: farm. 412 
Grain raising and dairying.502 
— the movement of.764 
Grass, dressing for.585 
Ground, lumpy.598 
Help, farm.181 
— lured,.... 184 
— phases of hired.556 
— wbat kind employed.386 
Hogs, work for the.... .521 
Homestead a Texas... 760 
— sanitary arrangements of 
the..... .....650, 698, 743 
Ice-house, plan for a.791 
Ice-houses,.. .636 
— cheap.318 
— farmer’s. 86 
Labor, skilled ..780 
Laud, buy good.119 
— treatment of poor.104 
— value of... 7)0 
Latch, gate. 184 
La wee, John Bennet.821 
Manufactures, homo .630 
Manure, application of,,....,...214 
— applying... 102 
— bone, pulverized.3ol 
— clover as a.,.520 
— complete....,. 86 
— coarse. 588 
— eff ects of. 764 
— experiments.201 
— hauling.773 
— hen, value of...684 
— much or little ..o53 
Manures, different.28 
— farm-yard v*. artificial.672 
— private experiment with....188 
— Bloekbrldga ..262 
— study the requirements of 
your land...184 
— what kind ot.610 
Markel, going to....711 
Muck...601 
Mulch, buckwheat, us a. 6 
Mulching, materials tor.232 
Pasturing, a remedy for road¬ 
side.198 
Peat and muck, value of .796 
Phosphates, pi ogress of the... .01*7 
Plaster and ashes. 87 
— variable effect*, why ?.300 
Plowing, deep or shallow?.214 
— the science and practice of .614 
Posts and rails, ailauthus for .. 6 
— handling fence. 86 
— immovable by frosts.712 
Potato beetle and Paris-green..332 
— error In pitting. 86 
Potato®4, when to sell.619 
Purchasing vs. producing.524 
Rocks, removing from tilled 
fields. .55 
Roads, care of.598 
— country ..684 
— working...616 
Roadside, by the .....588 
School, the district.630 
Seeds, depth for covering. .391, 439 
— not planted deep enough .. .425 
Shingling and Shingles.....553 
Shingles. .822 
Shirking.588 
Sirup, maple, converting Into 
sugar.184 
Soils, analyses of . 470 
Sorrel, about.392 
Stables, ventilation of.91 
— warm.24 
Stubble, raking, profit from.518 
Stumps, blowing up.38 
— destroying.87 
— stones, Me.771 
Sugar, nmpln, queries about... .198 
— - making....166 
— beet, raw.232 
Spring, value of a.661 
Thistles or no thistles.503 
Tillage. 320 
— clean. .556 
— thorough.583 
Wages, discriminating.453 
Water • furrows for winter 
grain.538 
Weeding, time for. 186 
Weeds, best way to manage....245 
— and stones, removal of...... MU 
Well, a driven.745 
— houses and running water. .598 
Wheat land, suiting.743 
Wheat, seed.581 
Work, by the job or contract?.. 23 
— keeping ahead of. .. 476 
— preparing for winter com¬ 
pletion’.711 
Worksnop, indispensable on a 
farm...886 
Yard, the back.745 
FIELD CROPS. 
Artichokes. 246 
Barley on clover sod.422 
— sowing, yield of....346 
Beans, growing cheaply.487 
— harvesting. 616 
Rect. sugar.59,599,681 
Broom-Com, culture of_261, 378 
Buctiwheat, best soil for.MB 
— sown too thick.470 
Cabbage, liquid manure for....316 
Chess,wheal degeneratingiulo.O'JG 
l liufu*. ,823 
Clover.6«>3 
— as a weed destroyer.....730 
— as bay.358,730 
— benefits of seeding with.662 
— for American farmers.780 
— how It helps tho soil.730 
— — to use.....309 
— manures for..730 
— on sandy soil,.730 
— plowing under.730 
- varieties.,..,,.<30 
Comfrey, prickly. ...151,246,491 ,615 
Corn, an enormous crop in .Ne¬ 
braska.713 
— and tDO crows.338 
— crop, lessons from last year’s 
experience.757 
— - ui the U, food results 
of. 8 
— — one hundred bushels.588 
— — the reports from various 
parts ot tho entirecountry 
up to August —4 1 .1 1 .533 
— — too little attention given 
to.774 
— — value of to small tanners 
— crossing.391 
— experiments with.43, 739 
— fodder.538,556 
— billing or drilling.321 
— hill* or drills.332 
— husking and thrashing to¬ 
gether .774 
— improving.236 
— Indian...711 
— large crops of..657 
— ninety-seven bush, per acre, 
how raised.775 
— planted in drills, largest 
yield... 556 
— raising...332 
— stunning in the field.633 
— sweet, Mexican black.268 
Corn, seed saving,.822 
Crop prospects...428 
— reports, our.540 
— — the latest.401 
— root.. 344. 374 
Crops, forage, for stock.....oil 
— rotation. 33 
— — benefit* of.....320 
— spring sowing..214 
— whut all require. 738 
— yield, exaggerated esti¬ 
mates . ..700 
Dioscorea BatatasOhiueseYam., 
87, 694 
Flax, raising.472 
Flour, wheal for. 7 
Germination, temperature for. 87 
Grain, how much to the acre?-.343 
— in-and-in breeders.064 
— in “ Corners”........491 
Grass, Hi alia.22,880 
— — on the east of Rooky 
Mountain*.663 
— — troubled with Dodder. ...684 
— barnyard. .694 
— blue.464 
— culling early, why ?.....396 
— Hungarian. .694 
— orchard. liactyJis Glome- 
riua.... 478 
— —shortcomings of.....503 
— — worthy of atilal.503 
— Poa coniprossa.464 
— — prateusls.,..-....454 
— timothy. ...503,518 
— — defect* of.303 
Grasses, lame, of the West. 23 
— wild of tlie West.. 22 
llay and hay-making.438 
— clover........3r<8 
— dusty. ...358 
— early cut . 7 
Mangels, sowing tho seed of ....3,'4 
Millet.743 
— and barley. 48* 
— experience with.004 
— German.588 
— golden or com iron —.694 
— pearl. . 2lT, 540, 556. 694, 709, 758 
— — In Texas.378 
— use and cultivation of.694 
— use* of.......278 
Millet* and thuir allies.691 
Oats, cutting with a mowing 
machine ...518 
— tall plowiiig best...55 
Onions for late keeping.391 
Potato, Beauty of Hebron..524, 
636, 7U9, 758,771 
— beetle and Paris-green.332 
— culture of tho.809 
— — sweet. 471 
— prospect, the. 3*1 
Potatoes us a farm crop.758 
— as food. . .4111 
— growing cheaply.278 
— new moda of cultivating.... 6 
— preserv ing.662 
— seed..............619 
— seedling.286 
— when to plow for.5U6 
Potatoes on soil, under straw...S32 
Ramie culture. Boohiueria ni- 
vea.487 
Ryu uud outs for winter pas¬ 
ture . .....377 
— Hs culture, eto. 602 
— selecting fur seed.663 
— sown with buckwheat.550 
Sorghum, cultivation of.. .815 
Sowing, proper depth of. S7 
Squashes, Hubbard....822 
Sugar Cane, cultivation of.76 
Rnta-baga seed, soaking before 
planting.473 
"Teosinte," Reana LuTnrtans..694 
Tobacco.663 
— culture. 486 
— plants. ...518 
— - selection, fertilizers for..550 
— — what kinds to plant.538 
Turnips, cheap. 27 
— cultivation. ...774 
Wheat, after culture of.636 
— -planted at R. F.660 
— and other grains, keeping.. .459 
— crop... 588 
— — the fall.551 
— Defiance.709 
— — and Champlain, teats of.. 
582.615 
— depth to sow.60S 
— Clawson...439,604 
— cultivation of. ,.,604 
— Fultz.. 197 
— Hessian fly’s favorite..376 
— how much to sow per acre..093 
— lands, improving. 72 
— Odessa or Grass. . .280 
— plant, dangers that menace 
the.7.. 551 
— preparing ground for.5''8 
— seeding. 619 
— sowing.550,582,761 
— spring.41'J 
— — ami winter.213,582 
— — best varieties..582 
— — Lost Nation.....775 
— — planting.599 
— — varieties of.599 
— yield to tne acre in England.700 
Wheat, Defiance.823 
FLORICULTURAL. 
Adiantum Cunentum.648 
Agave Americana, American 
Aloe..780 
Annuals...,.. ........ 40 
AqUilegla. a singular.49i 
— Rural hybrid.71U 
Abulilon Darwinil.55* 
Hcitucurneu Recurvnt*.249 
Rodoing Carpet.311 
Bleeding Heart, Dlcenlra Spec- 
tabilis.119 
Botanical studies,Mr. Meehan’s 
work. 364 
Bulbs, Alliums.1U3 
— Anthericums.373 
— liulbocodium. .373 
— Crown imperials. 9 
— cycloeotheca.57 
— El an this.393 
— Coleliicum. 25 
— Crocuses.680 
— Kryclirooiums.680 
— FruUlarlas.080 
— hardy.68 j 
— Hyacinths.680 
— lxius.303 
— Jonquils.680 
— Lilies hybridized.391 
— — Pond..621 
— -Blue, White, etc.585 
— — Water, a pretty idea.647 
— Li Irani, dpeclosum, var. 
Melpomene.SCO 
— — superbum.491 
— Lily, a supern gold-rayed....600 
— Narcissus... 39 
Orntthogulum.104 
— Oxulis.503, 632 
— planting thorn.680 
— Selnzostylis.,..168 
— Belli us. 69 
— Snowdrops.SO, 680 
— snowflake. 89 
— Spring, growing in fall.6i8 
— Squills.680 
— Tigridla.231 
— Tritoma. 373 
— Zepbyrantbes.168 
Cactus, die Did Mail........759 
Cactuses and other succulents..168 
Cobce.i Scaudens, vur , Propaga¬ 
tion of.....913 
Colu-Fiauies.690 
Cut-Worms hi green-houses ....266 
Daphne luuicu.25 
Dioscorea Batatas, disguised as 
cinnamon vine...,.252 
DipladeuiuH. 9 
KrunlUis Uyemalis, Waiter 
Aconite...680 
JCrynglum Leaven Worth a.. 696, 710 
Erytlironium, varieties..,4i6 
Eulalia ,T upon lea, vur., Eebrinu. 
181, 759 
Fern, the best now ut Boston...648 
Furnery, an out-door..648 
Ferns.168, 217 
Ficus Elastlca.593 
Floriculture near tho Bay ot 
Sun Fruucisoo.810 
Flower Gardens, varying.632 
— pictures... 69 
— pots, soluble.343 
— seart*. rare.251 
Flowers uud Ferns, natives of 
Li. S. ...618,508 
— changing color.517 
— lor tho house.• ■ • •.617 
— Scarlet, among the grass....647 
— Wild.6'JO 
— - April. 281 
Frames. 25 
— what to plant la. 696 
Garden Talks and Walks.360 
Geranium SuMguuieuni.710 
Glim Duuthuldtjs.232 
Gladioli, best time for planting.217 
— experiments with.217 
Gladiolus, biuoseedling.510 
Grindclla Aquarrosa...710 
Hibiscus MUttaria.....7)0 
— Musoheutos.553, 710 
Hollyhock.668 
— Clutter's Demon..710 
— outLings from.476 
HortlouUur.il Hall at Fair- 
mount Park.ti32 
lluuleu lClegaiis Purpurea.345 
Insects. 25 
— mealy bugs.... 7 
— red spiders........ 7 
— scale. 7 
— thrtps. 7 
Irises. 249, 680 
Lobeltu. from seed.360 
Moluceila J.ievis, shell flower...181 
— - cups skeletonising.521 
Morning Glories...503 
Pansies and Puppies....803 
Pelargonium. Wonderful.553 
Pelargoniums, cross-breeding. .134 
Petunias.505 
Phlox, etc.503 
Pliyllocuctus Ackermutiui.617 
Plants, bedding.168, 316 
— collar. 25 
— Uoweilng, fur rooms..32? 
— Herbaceous...231 
— house, soil for.617 
— in tlower..231 
— — perfection, May 26th.360 
— — puts, watering ot.152, 168 
— Nebnisku.10* 
— poLUng.—. '25 
— specimens, how to send.119 
— water and bog.216 
— wild, as Garden flower*.200, 216 
— — uolur, lime of blooming.. .216 
— wiudow.7,26 
Plants, bedding. 823 
Pi u m bug.) Lur pen tie. .619 
Propagation, rooting cuttings 
in Aug.... 487 
Protection, wiuler. .101 
Rlciuus, our new Bronze-...709 
Seed Exchange..9,40,70,168, 182, 
232, 249 
— —discontinued........164 
Seeds.168 
Trl lumas. .232 
Vines.104 
Worm* iti flower-pots. 57 
Yucca Fiiainentoaa...,.134, 710 
Artichoke, origin of Jerusalem.fiST 
— to get rid of.MS 
Asparagus beds.181, 459 
— Conover’s Colossal, thebest.181 
— planting in summer.504 
— time for sowing seeds........ 72 
Beans, best varieties of. 8 
Beets, ornamental and funcy...517 
Brussel Sprouts .. 168 
Cabbage plants, late............ .428 
— transplanting, nto............488 
— worms, cayenno popper for.488 
Celery, giant, for private gar¬ 
dens.108 
Chufns. 2i 
Cucumber, Tullby's Hybrid... 108 
Experiment, garden.7,91 
Garden, kitchen and flower in 
Texas. 360 
— kitchen, niy idea.. ...281 
— taking nntoH and plans for. .291 
— the farmer’s.291 
— vegetable, does It pay.247 
Gardening, dairying with. 608 
Gardens and gardening.584 
Hot-hod*.89, 137 
Mehms, Miner’s musk. 59 
— Musk... 8 
— Peerless... 39 
— stones around the lulls.473 
Okra.585 
— cultivation and use of.294 
Onion beds. soil, crop.268 
Peas, experiments with green..473 
— .McLean'slittle gem.281 
— notes. 141 
— planting. 236 
— plan LIug of early.218 
Potato, Beauty of Hebron.572 
Rhubarb, run out.310 
— setting cut. 198 
Salsify.247, 517 
— Cultivating and cooking.204 
Spring work. 89 
Squashes, increasing yield.4ft: 
Tomatoes.39 
— a obanoe for fame and for¬ 
tune .669 
— Antnci.103,137 
— — hast as also earliest.524 
— Arlington. 89 
— Canada Viator.89 
— Conqueror. 88 
— Emily. 89 
— experiments with. 88 
— Golden Rural...799 
— - Trophy.89 
— Green Gage . 89 
— ilatba way’s Excelsior.89 
— how mil when to plant.169 
— — cultivated....168 
— Little Gem,..... SS 
— One Hundred Day.89 
— rot of.....168 
— soil for.168 
— sowing and care of.182 
— Stake*.428 
— Trophy. 89 
— varieties.163 
— when to transplant..167 
Vegetable .Marrow, English.296 
Vegetables, which to plant.137 
— winter care of.711 
Watermelon, the Voorhis.719 
WIre-worms, protect’n agamBt. 8 
HORTICULTURAL. 
GARDEN. 
Alkekengl. 
Artichoke, Jerusalem. 
.268 
. 38 
HERDSMAN. 
Animal food and product.,.454 
Animals, wliat class shall, we 
select ?.. .687 
Ayrshire, best family cow.183 
Barn, convenient dairy..757 
Bam for straw, a... 5 
Bull, an Italian.742 
Bull and Cow, " Uncle Tom'.' 
and " lsls.” Holstien.136 
Bull, with velvety skin.774 
Calves care and food for 
young.150 
— Chalk for . 2(11 
— Feeding of..,....280 
— Meal for .262 
— Rations for.280 
— Weaning.394 
Cattle, Alderney In Shropshire, 
England....105 
— at Dairy Farm...792 
— at Elmira State Fair.601 
— at Paris, Exposition, Price. .649 
— at the Oxford Show, prize.. .455 
-'Ayrshire. No. 1.90 
— belted or sheeted.160 
— covered yard* for.662 
— different kinds Of Dutch.160 
— dishorned...684 
— exportation nf live.396 
— feeding, the future of.636 
— food for fattening.‘..ISO 
— in South Africa, horns of.. 748 
— of Chilllngham, wild.549 
— Polled,.618 
— — for shipment. tui 
— remedies lor vermilion.90 
— product*, exports of.664 
— sale of Channel Island.75 
— - — Imported Alderney...218 
— — — Jersey.......369,571 
— timely hints on care of.711 
Champion, Hereford.486 
Cows, feeding In Fall .716 
Cows, kicking, to prevent.874 
Exportation, an unwise.. ......348 
Fat stock show at Chicago.437 
Hord, Jersey, of Mr. H. S. 
I’arke. .437 
Herd. HolKCr, the...742 
Horns.....652 
Individuality and Selection.428 
Jersey Cattle, acaution to buy¬ 
ers.748 
Jerseys In the West.742 
Lmly Oarew, 3d.645 
Live Stock. 698 
Oil Cake. 91 
Robert Bukewell and his works 392 
Sale, the great Holker.681 
Short Homs and llerefords. ...534 
Sterility in males.394 
Stock, breeding on the farm.... 188 
— care of. ...486 
— cooking food for. .371 
— farm.218 
— — how to organize a. 5 
— feed regularly. 24 
— feeding Indian Meal to.681 
— forage crops for. 571 
— Husbandry.316 
— raising, Kansas for.......284 
— sugar ueels lor........712 
— water for.486 
— whut they need.761 
Tenth Duchess of Geneva. 5 
HORSEMAN. 
Arabian Horse.485 
Auburn —.182 
Bits, hints about.73 1 
Cassius M Clay.134 
Check for high-headed horse.. 22 
1’ontUSonce.. .121 
Driving tandem.75 
Elecampane root as a tonic.368 
Ethan Allen.121 
George Palmer..........134 
Goldsmith Maid.312 
Hrtiubletoulan strain, historyof 56 
Horse, Favorite for N. Y. City. 198 
Horse sale. Kellogg’s prices re¬ 
alized,.. —.220 
Horses-a new market for.444 
— Breast Blankets for.,. 102 
— Clipped. 64 
— Farm,.374 
— Feet of.214 
— Food for working.23 
— onion sets for.198 
— Purchasing.780 
— To keep flies trom.518, 584 
— Slmetug...56 
Lady Thorne.121 
Stables, uleanttnesa of.684 
Stallion, ’* King of the East"... 69 
Teamsters' mistakes. .. 156 
Trotter's. 11010*1.121,131.230 
Trolling stock sale of Kel¬ 
logg’*.I'4 
Young Pocahontas.230 
While Major.296 
-®sculus roacrostnchya.473 
Autumn leaves, beauty and 
usefulness of.616 
— — early... 572 
Azalea amsena.....341 
— show nt. Brookline.391 
Banana, the.407 
— prospects of Us culture In 
Cal..456 
Bearing year, how to control...333 
Berberls-aqulfollum.152 
Berberry, tne purple.503 
Berry culture In Texas.64i 
Berrios for ornament. .472 
Blackberries In California.646 
— Snyder, for the West...298 
Blackberry. Barnard.647 
— cultivation of the.....647 
— Klttntlnuy.642 
— Lawton. 647 
Blight, pear.236 
— strawberry. 373, 443 
Botantoal studies. .700 
Botany, teaching,...599 
Bower a. 277 
Budding, directions for.508 
Callicurpa Americana...710 
Canker-worm, to prevent the 
ascent of. 360 
Celastrus scaudens......86 
Clematis Apifcdia...632 
— Gloire-De-St-Juiien.632 
— Miss Bateman.391 
— Jackman ul.391 
Climbers and Twiners. .217 
Climbers.823 
Colutea Arhoresenns, Pea Tree.503 
Currant cuttings..633 
Cur-ants in California,. ..647 
Cut-worm, gutting rid of the...341 
Deutzla crenata, FI. Pi.710 
Dioscorea Batatas, female PL.588 
Clethra Alnlfolln.503 
Farmers and Fruit Growers—20t 
Filbert, purple and golden 
spirsa. 264 
Flowers, structure and func¬ 
tion of. .695 
Forsythia Forlunli, as a stand¬ 
ard,... ...391 
Fruit, fallacies about .359 
— notes, California. 518 
— seedling small.633 
Fruits and Vegetables.. 108 
— culture of small.518 
— selections of varieties to be 
olanted.376 
Gooseberries. Downing, one of 
the best.. .624 
— in California.6S0 
Grafting.166 
— cleft....167 
— side.167 
Grounds, ornamental by moon¬ 
light.604 
Hay-caps.369 
Homestead, ornament the.166 
Horseohestnut shrub.472 
Hydrangea Caruescens.472 
— Nivea.472 
— oak-leaved.503 
— punicnlulfa Gran.568, 619, 712 
Hypericum sarothra.anold an¬ 
nual .524 
Ink, indelible.731 
Insects, our preparation for....410 
Irrigation, committee to inves¬ 
tigate. 232 
Kalnila latifolia.131 
Labels....166 
Lawns, seeding and care of-231 
Leucothoe Catesbaei. 153 
Mahaleb stock for cherries.182 
Mulvaviscus Drummondli.791 
M* n drake.763 
Mixture, a valuable.316 
Nursery stock, wintering.121 
Nuts for planting, care of. .744 
— Our native.199,218 
Orchards, grass or culture for..342 
Papyrus... .031 
Pea-biight, whitewash a reme¬ 
dy for.172 
Pliysalis ... 296 
Plants, frame for.172 
— influence of air in growth.-201 
— patenting. 60 
— sexual action in flowering..695 
— uncovering too early.166 
— watering during sunshine. .491 
Prairies, talk* upon the.121 
Protection, winter, cover late.718 
Pterostyrax itispidum.616 
Pruning.. .486 
(Juinces. two new Japan.3:7 
Raspberries, frem seed.652 
— in California...,.6<6 
— in Ratal Grounds............647 
— plunt in the fall...646 
— tho newer in Ohio.646 
— what others say.049 
Raspberry, Belie do Foocenuy ,0i6 
— Briuckle's orange.647,744 
— Clark.744 
— Cuthhert.646, 647 
— Davidson,s thornless.T44 
— Doolittle....744 
— festival, our.645 
— Franconia..744 
— Oauargua.744 
— Gregg.744 
— Henrietta.732, 714, 747, 777 
— — origin of...712 
— Uerstlne. . 646, 744 
— Highland hardy.... .045, 647 , 744 
— Hudson River Antwerp.744 
— Mammoth Cluster.744 
— Montclair.645, 647 
— Philadelphia.744 
— Pride of the Hudson_047,744 
— Thwack. 5418.647 
Report, Horticultural, Mich. S. 
A. College.<4323 
Rhododendrons, bushy.616 
— grouping. 8 
— Mr. iiunnewell's.455 
Roots of a tree, extent Of.491 
Rose hushes, protection to.619 
Rubus Odoiutus.503 
Sap. freezing of in plants. 200 
Seed Distribution, our. 12 
— - — free.709, 748 
— how produced.095 
— experiments, " Our view of 
It ’’. 182 
— planting, practice of.167 
— — principles ot. 91 
Seeds,adulteration arid testing 
of.72 
— experiments with corn and 
radish.680 
— not gennlUiUing, fault of 
the plants.631 
— testing.759 
— — of gras* and olover.136 
— — — vegetable*.,...616 
— tests, our view ut it.124 
— trial In 1878.031 
Shrubs.,-..... 231 
— handsome flowering.. ..310, 327 
— layering.426, 428 
— plants, etc., removing pro¬ 
tection .. .. 262 
— pruuiug of.104 
— summer flowering.472 
Spiriea erispifoliu....156 
— golden and purple filbert. .268 
Strawberries, about.220 
— autumn leaves a muloli for. 6 
— BoydeuNo.30..540 
— Capt. Junk for Illinois.......299 
— Orescent Seedling.572 
— good varieties ol.507 
— Great American.520 
— how and when to plant.... 204 
— la California.096 
— influence or locality.otfi 
— large crops. .567 
— newer varieties... ..566 
— newest promising well.268 
— plant early....360 
— protection.... 9 
— some of the newer....588 
— tested in Rural Grounds....21(6 
— varieties, cultivation.424 
Strawberry blight, high culti¬ 
vation...459 
— growers advice to......566 
— The Ideal.584 
— Notes..443 
Suggestions, spring.316 
Tea, American...3l2 
— and coffee, introduction 
into U. S. 44 
— plant and its product.213 
Tent-caterpillar,death to the..358 
Thinning and Digging..277 
Transplant, best time to.286 
Tree agents.93 
— peddlers.56.105 
Trees, hide bound.71,167. 638 
— law as to sale of.103 
— look to your young...204 
— planting anil transplanting..732 
— protection from mice, etc... 12 
Trees and shrubs, which to 
plant. .123 
— slitting the bark of liide- 
bound.. .44. 71.88,103,119, 348 
— transplanting.204 
— wash for, to color.172 
— whitewash for.585 
Trumpet Creeper, Tecoma ru- ■ 
dJeiins, Early Flowering. .503 
Varieties, Improvement of.284 
Vegetable*, exhibiting at fairs.326 
Viburnum ITIcalum, Japanese 
Snowball. .coo 
Vino*.101 
Vtti* Hetnrophylla.710 
Walks, dry in winter. 76 
Welgela.710 
— LavuUel. 472 
Wor k, earl y. 166 
— thorough.-.166 
Yards, the farmer’s front.412 
HYGIENIC INFORMATION. 
Alcoholism. Treatment of 
Chronic.504 • 
Cellar, look to your... 108 
— When to ventilate.412 
C(ftttamu... 208 
Cures. Simple.’,26 
Disease*, Spread of.140- 
Drugs a* Food and Drink.76t 
Education .Medical. 396 
Fever, Intermittent.507 
Fever, Intermittent, Preven- 
_ MOD..507 
Fever. I "term Ittent, Treatment 
„ Of ... .. 
b ever. Scarlet. It 
Griniicllla Squurrosu for Mala- - 
„ , rial Fever*.004 
Hydrophobia Cured.505 
luteciums Rooms. 697 
Invalids, Texas asa Resort for‘.232 
Milk.How to Eat.780 
Plants, are they Healthy iu Sit¬ 
ting-Room* ?. 12 
Plants id Booms." 28 
PniMini'.nla. ". ”286 
— Typhoid.!I.!!208 
Poison, Neutralizing. 396 
Rheumatism. Chronic. .345 
Saiutuiy Arrangements for the 
Homestead.650.698.745 
Sanitary Precautions. 459 
Sleeping Rooms, nmpcraiure 
of. 823 
Stomaoh and Lungs.o 87 
Water, Polluted. 553 
INDUSTR’L IMPLEMENTS. 
Agricultural Implements at 
Paris Exposition.520 
Apparatus for raising dead 
, bogs. 88 
— baying. 3<9 
Binder, wood. 473 
Binders, wire.569 
Builer-worker, a new . 73 
— — Curnlsh A Curtis’s.473 
— workers at Dairy Fair. 793 
Churn, Blanchard.185, 233 
— the Union....361 
Churns ut Dail y Fair.733 
Cooley system. Hie.313 
Corn Planter, Albany. 41 
— Sheller and Feed-mill.795 
— — Livingston & Co. 9 
— Shelters ana Feed-cutters . .569 
— and UtlSt Mills. 569 
Cow-milker, automatic.412 
Dairy Implements at interna¬ 
tional Dairy Fair.193 
Drill. Buckeye, a new fertilizer 
attachment.569 
— the Farmer's Friend.489 
— — McShcrry.473 
Dryer, Zimmerman's portable..280 
Engine. American Farm _...408 
— Syraouse, trial.1$5 
Fan-mill, improved Rock aw ay. 569 
Food Cutter, Stiver A Doming..683 
Forpe Tor farm qse.. .635 
Fruit dryer, the American.442 
Gunge, Loomis’* level, plumb, 
eto.. ... 41 
Grinder, the Boss Sickle.280 
Grist-mill, French buhr-stone 665 
Harrow, nn Unproved.153 
— Corn, Bramer’s. .,,,..120 
Harvester, Johnston.569 
— Self-binding .tu7 
Hay Elevator, the American.. 297 
Huy forks, double or single 
ropes for. . .505 
Horse-power,a cheap..637 
— — Gray’s .377 
— — Lmion Railway.521 
— Shoe, a sensible.712 
— — the Billings' .569 
House, Hoffmire portable.329 
Industrial implements, a thing 
or two vet needed..620 
— — at N. Y. State Fair .601 
— -Paris Exposition.537 
Implements, farmers', why not 
cared lor. 
Inventions, Paris awards to 
American.537 
Iron-works.69 
Kntfe-gnnaer, Livingston.377 
— — W orcester’s.. 313 
Knitter, new Tuttle. 40 
Mill, a new convertible.761 
— an under-running.297 
— Feed, the I X L.569 
— plan for a.233 
— the Big Giant Corn.587 
— — Phcenix Tile.329 
— Wind.233 
Mills, small Grist.. 41 
Mower, Buckeye Lawn.313 
— Direct Draft Eureka....329. 
— Double-geared.637 
— Lawn, I'hadburn & Cold- 
well.669 
— — Philadelphia.377 
Mowers, Buckeye. 569 
— Tuwanda Eureka.635 
Organs, Horace Waters A Sons’.569 
Pan, Champion.232 
Plow Co., Syracuse, liberal offer 
ot.169 
— Chilled.669 
— improved Sulky.280 
— metal, a new.201 
— Steam for farm.185 
— Syracuse.185 
Plows and ptewuig.264 
Co late Clan lor, True’s.136 
Press, the Ertcl.361 
— — Pacific Rural.635 
Printing Press, W. A. Kelsey A 
Co. 9 
Pump.233 
■ the Fountain.313 
Rake. Tuhle, Miller’s.377 
— the Coates'. 569 
— - Reindeer.M3 
— — Thomas... , . .217 
Refrigerator ears.169 
Safety-Power, tbe Eureka. .489 
Saw -Mill, farm and plantation .169 
— —Muliiy.761 
Se.ite, the Novelty Pocket.569 
Screws, Cider Press.,.., .5i 9 
Separator, Osborn's grain and 
seed..587 
Sewing Machines, an improve¬ 
ment In....201 
— - Davis'...134. 
Spring, Dexter King.153 
Steam power.829 
Thrasher, diagram of Buffalo 
Pitts.408 
