DEC 30 
THE RURAL HEW-Y0RSC1R. 
Pea,Edinburg Beauty.562 
— experiments.531, 633 
— — at R. G.562 
— good.. .. ...560 
— Gian t Marrow.563 
— Iiandrcib'H Extra Early..82, 562 
— Paxton’s Earliest of All..Vi2 
— McLean'S Ulttlo Ge.in.432,562 
— No name. 563 
Phil. Extra Early. ...562 
— Pride of the Marsel.562 
— Telegraph.562 
— Telephone.41, 562, tM 
— Wood’s Extra Early.562, 650 
Peas at “ K G."..482, 562 
— best ..121 
— experiments.531,633 
— — at " R O.".432, 562 
— Garden, trial at Houghton 
Farm ..616 
— large number In a pod.641 
— seed, keeping.107 
Plantina, when and how.159 
Potato Alpha, earliest.233 
Potatoes, sweet. 421 
— — growing..517 
Pumpkin sugar.4.52 
Pumpkins and squashes..,. 3 
Radishes, best.122 
Rhubarb from seed......815 
Salsify. 170 
Sqinaeh.. 594, 619 
Squash, best.121 
— bugs, remedy.. 185 
— Butvian.237 
— Little Gem.96, 122, 237 
— Perfect Gem ..., .20? 
— vine borer .......... .433 
— vines, pinching...731 
Squashes Keeping..799 
Striped bugs .354 
Tomato, Canada Victor.. ..193 
— Early Essex. 6uS 
— experiments.619 
— Hathaway's Excelsior.619 
— Little Gem ... .1115,236 
— Livingston’s Perfection. .198,603 
— Mayflower. 038 
— Paragon. I9S 
— plants, potting. ..276 
— President Garfield., .,,123,171) 
— trained up to barn.....392 
— vine, tall.720 
Tomatoes, bagging.633 
— best.122, 193 
— green, ripening . ..80*2 
— In rich ground.457 
— sweet . 6/5 
Turulp, Fall, White Egg.233 
— New White Egg....6i9 
Turnips, keeylug. 497 
— marketing.497 
— Bowing.497 
Vegetable marrow......517 
— oyster. 171) 
Vegetables best.54. 1 ’1 
— — for Mass.271 
— garden ..74 
— — good.........270 
— late-sowed.393 
HERDSMAN. ~ 
Abortion. 140 ~ 
Alphea J-rsey stock...748 _ 
Angus bull, polled.305 _ 
— polled... 4 
— — boom . 770 
— — cattle ..107,847 
— — heifer.40 ~ 
Animals, beef .484 
— nigh bred, high-fed.845 _ 
— Improving ..272 
Anthrax, prevention by Inocu 
latiou . 545 
Ay shire breed, formation or.. 23 S' 
Ayrshlres . ...38.7 5. 
— hardiness.452 T 
— in Onto -.791 
Beef animals.. .4.34 _ 
— high price Of ...-......312, 434 ... 
Bllck polls . 518 
Blanketed Dutch cattle.763 
Breeding, In-and In.734, 749, 815 
— science,diagram.546 At 
Breeds, Improving Of animals, 130 
American .177 Bn 
— selection of.567 Be 
“Briudles"... 4 Bl 
Buffalo.452 Bl 
Bull. Charley. 646 Bl 
— Hereford ....452 Hr 
— Holstein . ..748 — 
— Jersey. . 697 — 
— — contrivance for taming..836 Bt 
— — “Sam".845 On 
— Polle i *ugus.305 ce 
— Short-horn. 4,532 Cl 
Bulls, Jersey.550 01 
Calf, feeding first Winter.702 01 
Calves dishorning ..305 — 
— rearing by hand ... ....342 Cl 
— weighing loo lbs. a month...484 Ci 
— — I,SOU lbs.685 
— young, feeding.485 Cl 
Cattle, acclimating . . .... 144 Dt 
— dairy, breeding.177 Di 
— Devon.497 Fr 
— English, A mar. buyers.697 G< 
— tat .441 il 
— features, facial...4:52 Hi 
— Galloway.636 Hi 
— Holste.n.567 Hi 
— — as bu ter cows.846 II. 
— importations from Europe. .178 
— Imports Into England.720 — 
— In Ireland and England..,.. .177 — 
— Kansas ... ... 441 Hi 
— — Texas, Northern.799 
— Jersey,at auction...340 
— notes. Nob.837 — 
— of the Island o'Skye..681 — 
— polled.28, 39, 41, 57, M, 107 — 
— — at a discount.306 
— marking.,,.431 Hi 
— — question.251 Li 
— portraiture, Rural....190 '.1 
— roots for.181 Ni 
— scarce— 532 Ni 
— shipping to Europe .296 Pi 
— Bup-rlority and profit of 'V 
well tired ... ..178 Pi 
— too fat .190 Pi 
— transportation.. . 377 Pi 
— vicious, li. subdue.178 Sa 
— weighing, rules.25 Sa 
Channel Island cuttle.177 8lj 
Clia' tley bill , head.546 st 
Cow Jersey,Beileof Mlddlefleld.385 
— jockeying.354 Ti 
— .Short-horn .4'5 
— stables, floors for .355 VI 
— the farmer’s.... ....,5o7 W 
Cows, management of. 382 
— prices for large. ........108 
Cruelly to animals ..... .107 
Devon cattle.. ,272, 497, 7 18 A1 
Devous producing rich milk_748 Ai 
Devonshire cattle .......604 A| 
Dishorning calves .. S’Ti — 
Dutch cattle, blanketed ..>68 Ai 
Ensilage, value of.390 At 
Fa l stock show.190 — 
— - Chlcag > lessons .ink — 
Fattening aulmain, to make pay 8-15 — 
Feed, turnips for Fall .498 — 
Feeding experiments.194 — 
— — German tables...._221,434 — 
— in Winter.107 — 
“ Field Marshal'-’ bull .305 — 
Floors fo tallies.355 An 
Fodder, Sorghum cane .200 — 
Food com Oblations.13? Bl 
— niitrlr-uts, value of.137 — 
Gadfly, * little ... ..748 — 
Ga loway s Polled.306 — 
Garget, cure .466 — 
Guernsey, herd-book.697 — 
Guernseys.,.. . 497.784 — 
— are they better than Jerseys 582 — 
Horned cattle, lessening risks. .532 
In-and-in breeding.734,749,815 
Jamestown cattle .177 
Jersey, another marvelous. 24 
— boom....,.,..,...,,,...254 
— bull . , .602 
— — handling..697 
— — "Sain".845 
— bulls.550 
— cuttle at auction.340 
— butter yield.433 
— — Club..431 
— — no need to Import.104 
— cow, Belle of Mlddiefield_385 
— — peculiarity.697 
— — l’rosa... 6 H 1 
— heifer.24 
— — Princess of Athol.697 
— Queen.108 
— stock forlheIsland of Jersey274 
Jerseys as butter-makers. 49 
— farmers’ prices...635 
— Sale, high prices...335.736 
— — of in Ind.178 
— sales, healthful...798 
— still " booming".704 
- valueo!...484, 685 
Ker-y breed.177 
Legs, small, on stock.622 
Live smok crossing toe Atlantic 456 
Muleyi.58 
Norfolk heifer. Polled.821 
Oakes cow. 484 
Pasture, grass, permanent.481 
— land and salt on . 292 
Polled Aligns "boom"....546,770 
— heifer.40 
— — public sale..748 
— — steer. 81 
— breeds vs. Jerseys . .39 
— cattle .4, 23 39, 57, 71, 107. 272. 
303, 605 
— — advantages of.25 
— — at a discount.107 
— — black .750 
— — In the dairy.78 
— - - Virginia.278 
■— — marking.434 
— — milk and temper. 24 
— — question . 251 
— Galloways .307 
— Norfolk lielfer.8/1 
Roots for stock.336 
Snort-horn bull. 4 
— - bull..532 
T- — cow .485 
— — heifer, excellent.278 
— — herd-book .377 
— — Sferr '.24 
— — horns .. 76,815 
— — English, sales of.306 
— — Improved . .433 550 
— — Mr. Warfield's statement 4-4 
— — origin of. 443 
Show-yard manners.737 
Sorghiltn cane, f idder..200 
Stauchlons, good points.309 
Steer, Angus, polled.HI 
St ck at Hough ton Farm.497 
— — — — price of.532 
— — Royal .vg’l fairs.546 
— — — show..,.,601 
— breed only from the best ...481 
— breed mg a r fat stock shows 698 
— - rules for.534 
— care of in Winter.....107 
— feeding In Winter....686 
— Impr-ved, our..434 
— In Iowa ... 251 
— Interests In the West .797 
— — of S. E. Colorado.457 
— Hule of at Louisville.. . 57 
— show at Chicago, fat,lessons loH 
— shows, fat..798 
— loo large...Hi 1 
Stockinau criticised.251 
Sroc.km to, note- by.SHU 
Tethering, advantages claimed,312 
Texas fever scarce .(itis 
WarU from ows’ teats .24 
— on rows' toasts, remedy_,236 
Water, warm ror milch cows... 10? 
HORSEMAN. 
Anti-cribbing arrangement.205 
Hacking, to teach.770 
Balky horses... .41, 803 
Barley for horses. 8 
Blair Athol.705 
Blanketing horses.j, 76 
Blinkers . .767 
Breeding.,.679 
— In California . 97 
— on the Western Plains.76 
Burmese horse of India.452 
California horses .97, 205 
Curt horses. English sales of... ,306 
Cheeking too short .,298 
Cheek ivlns, tight.342 
Clydesdale colt ... . 80S 
— Stallion.40, 76, 732 
Clydesdales, Improving.,321 
Colts feeding wheat bran in¬ 
jurious .. 292 
Cribbing, to prevent.. 205 
Derby, whim r of the.488 
Drnft horse...,..356 
Feeding barley . 8 
Geheimniss, wluuerof the Oaks.433 
nailer pulling . 76 
Hambletontan stallion.567 
Horses halfcy .803 
Horse food, anew.,378 
Horse race in England.433 
to teach to l>aok and lead.. .770 
trots at fairs.713 
— walking the .,781 
Horses, breeding...697 
— California. 97 
— care of .282 
— for street cars. 75 
— French. 605 
— In Liverpool, kindness.41 
weedy spindle-shanks.549 
Horses’ f"g* , ..798 
Lameness In horses.5;:i 
U*gs of a Horse .79H 
Norman mn.ro...321 
Normans. ..82 1 
Percherm-Norman.670, hud 
1 Vie herons, soft feet. .. Id 
Pignuts for horses.686 
Points of the horse . 356 
Ponies, east ration of...37.4 
Sadd le horse ". 356 
Suit, for a home.799 
Shotovor winner of the Derby. .438 
Stallion Clydesdale.40, 76 
— Kambtetoulnn. 567 
Trotters' Association, disagree 
iuent . 112 
Vicious horses, training .68li 
Wulklug horse, the. 784 
HORTICULTURAL. 
— better yield.635 — — 
Guernsey Cow, Lady Emily Foley — — 
—2nd.865 — — 
Herd books, crookedness.780 — — 
— cull tbe . 064 — — 
Her ford bull. .452 — — 
Herefords ...........550 — —• 
— as beeves. 798 — — 
Holdnerness cattle.177 — — 
Holstein bull..748 — — 
— cattle . 567 — — 
Hulstelns as butter 00 ws.846 — — 
— butter rezords of.466 — — 
— large importations.546 — — 
Almond, flowering. .... 
Ampehtpsls bipinnuta. 
Apple, Hull’s... 
— leaf aphis.. 
Ashes mixed with poison .. 
Asparagus ben.74, 
— — how to prepare. 
— — salt for. 
— blanched. 
— “crossbred". 
— — — Cnpt. Moore. 
— crossed, can It be. 
— crossing .. 
— manuring.. .... 
Azaleas, Ghent.. 
— Indioa .. 
Blackberries for Ark. 
— — Cal. 
— — Conn . 
-Del. 
— — Ga. 
-HI . 
— — Iowa. 
— — Ivans.. 
— — Ky. 
-La. 
— — Mass. 
— — Mieh. 
— — .Hiss....,. 
-Mo. 
-Nob. 
— — N. ,r... 
— — N. Y. 
-Ohio. 
— — Oregon. 
-Pa. 
— — R.I.. 
— — Tenn. 
Blackberries, Utah.150 
— — Verm'mt.145 
— — Virginia..............147 
-Wash Ter.147 
— growing.750 
Blackberry 15 Crgraen.287,288 
— Western Triumph. 4 
— Bridal Wreath .355 
Brousseiietia papyrlfera. 2 
Budding.550 
Cabbage planting.130 
— worm..517 
— - remedy .... _198, 421,815 
C-elastros scaiirtens.106 
Celery keeping.129 
Perfection Heurtwell....... ,L2 
Children and horticulture.430 
Chlnquepux water. .354 
Clematis llammula.417 
— on Bh rubbery.106 
Cold frames. . .714 
— — mats for...... 2 
Cranberry cultivation, all about 
■233 
— picking. .234 
Currant, Fay’s Prolific Red.. .37, 
45. 650, 731 
— Missouri, single stem.441 
— Transparent.603 
— worm, quick lime for.420 
— — remedy.....376,518 
Currants for Cal.150 
— — Canada.147 
— — C mil. 145 
— - Del.145 
— — IB.150 
— — Hid.147 
— — Iowa.150 
— — Kan.149 
— — Ky.150 
— — /ii alne.145 
— — Md.145 
— — Mass.145 
— — Mich.116 
— — Minn.147 
— — Mo.150 
— — Neb.119,158 
-N.J..146 
— — N. Y.146 
— — Nova Scotia.147 
— — Ohio.146 
— — Oregon.147 
— — Pa.146 
— — R 1.145 
— — Tenn.150 
— — Utah ..150 
~ — Vermont..145 
— — WIb. 147 
Cydonitt Janonlea. 393 
Daltnatl ill Insect Powder on 
potato beetles.389 
DIoseorea batatas. ? 
Dodder.121, 263 
Epiphytes, the food of.129 
Exochorda graudiflora.93,309 
— — fniltluK... .159 
Experimental Grounds of R. N. 
Y.237, 393, 562, 633 
— — potato ex.287 
Fair Number of R. V. Y.608 
Farming, profitable for a poor 
man, premiums.472 
Figs growing at the North. 10 
— — in Arkansas.24 1 
Forsytlila virldlssima.855 
Fruit and vegetable packages, 
reformation In. .688 
— for New England. .158 
— from the South. 4 
— growing. Cal.158 
— mnrkclng.486 
— on the Hudson.499 
— preserving..815 
— small. III. notes..519 
— stealing.. 37 
— supplement.114, 145 
— t rade, foreign....438 
Fruits In N. Y. markets.610 
— small at “ti. G.".14 1 
— — canes of, care of....531 
Fungi and fruits.187 
Gardening at. Norfolk, Va. . ..90, 198 
— the way onward.565 
Garden making.138 
talks. 159,307 
— the children’s.166 
Golden Beil .... ..355 
Gooseberries...603 
— Emperor .250 
— English . 781 
— for Canada.147 
— — Neb.158 
— — N. C.147 
— — Green Willow ..250 
— two foreign.250 
— — Wellington's Glory.683 
— — Whitesmith.633 
— — Yellow Amber. 18 S 
Grafting . 139,151 
. ... 18 S 
139, 151 
— different methods.139 | — 
— grape-vine .139 
— notes upon.216 
— splice..139 
— wax...139 
— when .139 
Hemlock, ground. 1 
Hibiscus Moschoutos, crossing...537 
Horticulture and children.430 
Horticultural Club.672 
Rural.624 
Hot bed sashes, glazing.834 
Hot-beds .215 
Huckleberry Contest.678 
"Hybrids”. 537 
Hydrangea, panlculata. 4 
Hypericum patutum.354 
Insecticide, pyrethrum tine 
lure. 1»7 
Insect powder, Dalmatian.307 
— — - potato beetles.389 
— — Persian .590 
— — pyrethrum cineraretefo- 
11 um .307 
Irrigation In the West.425 
Itea Vlrglnloa. .. . 35 
Japan persimmon.189 
— quince.393 
Label problem solved.815 
Labels, zinc.815,850 
Lawn, farmer's cheap.170 
Lilacs, grafting .3'4 
Mains Hal.eaua.357, 513 
MttXlXO.2.6 
.417 
.417 
.513 
...603 
Oil 
, 129, INt 
.90 
, ....164 
.360 
.7»6 
.12) 
.603 
..732 
.373 
.164 
.393 ,4l7 
.149 
_150 
.145 
.145 
.149 
..150 
.150 
. .. 149 
.150 
.150 
..... 115 
.147 
.150 
_ 160 
.154 
.146 
.146 
. 146 
.147 
.146 
.145 
.150 
Raspberry, Caroline_482, 589, 654 
— Everlasting.699 
— Franconia.21, 91 
Hansel 1 . 500, 567.719,848 
— Ismt Rubles. .2, 55 
— Marlborough ....485, 513, 517, 613 
— Reder.37 
— Shaffer's Colossal .87,129, 668, 
672, 715 
— Sonhegan.105 
— Superb.718, 797 
— Turner.482, 589 
Raspberries nt “It. G," Wiuter 
Injury .261 
— blackberries, etc., spadtag 
too close to the roots. 261 
— forArkausas.149 
— — Canada.147 
— — Connecticut.145 
— — Delaware...145 
— — Georgia.149 
— — 11 lnois.150 
— — Indiana.147 
— — Iowa .180 
— — Kansas.149 
— — Kentucky.150 
— — Louisiana.149 
— — Maine.145 
— — Maryland.115 
— — Massachusetts.145 
— — Michigan .146 
— — Minnesota.147 
— — Missouri.150 
— — Nebraska .149 
— — New Jersey. 119 
— New York.146 
— — North Carolina....147 
-Ohio .146 
— — Oregon.147 
— — Pennsylvania.146 
— — Rhode. Island. 145 
— — South Carolina...149 
— — Tennessee.150 
— — Utah .150 
— — Vr mont.145 
— — Virginia .247 
— — Washington Territory . 14 ? 
— Wisconsin...117 
Francoulaand Naomi.159 
— Naomi and Lost Rubios...... 21 
— to Increuse by suckers.408 
uninjured at “R. G.".292 
Rcttnospera for a hedge plant.. 74 
Rhubarb from seed. 815 
Rose bugs .250 
— — remedy..356 
— cultivation, by Ellwangcr.. . 26 ] 
Fra I rle- budding tea-rose, on 2So 
— worm remedy. 435 
Roses, 1 limbing. 5 x 4 
— for forcing. 6 X 1 
— list, classified.. . 55 
— Hybrid Reuiontants...262 
wild, In wild places.417 
Rural Grounds. Notes from 139. 
27U, 893, 451 
— — pea experiments.482 
— not an unbiassed paper.552 
Rural's test of different plants IH9 
St Jolmwort. 354 
Seed distribution, Rural 90, 129,569 
— — — mistakes.164 
— — — our next. ..410 
— — supplementary. 204 
Seeds, germinating In cold 
weuthcr .271 
— testing at different tempera¬ 
tures .,641 
•Shears, pruning ‘.Perfection’’. .109 
Shrubs, handsome, from seed... 4 
Show wreath, Alabama. 1 
Spinea, golden.159 
lance-leaved..530 
— — — fl pi.530 
— prunlfollu fl. pj...417 
— Thniibcegll. 355 
Squash bugs, remedy..435 
Staphylea Buuinlda.35-4 
strawb rry, Arnold's Pride.... 619 
— Rarues’s Mammoth .619 
— Bid well ,. 139 , 451, 198, 499, 501, 
r. * 4 <V14 
— "Big Bob”.45l| 797 
— Black Defiance.649 
— — Giant,,...514 
— Boyden, No. 80 249 
— Bright Idea.514 
— Burgess.649 
— Bu. r's New Pine.514 
— Capt. Jack. ... .499, 514, 848 
— Champion .511 
— Charles Downing .249 
— Crescent Seedling... .249, 373, 
514, 050, 699 
— Crystal City. 5 4 
— culture ...567 
— ltlll system.250 
— Cumberland Triumph.249 
— Downer's Prolific. 649 
— Duuc.au.249,514 
Early < anada.514 
— Hudson.649 
Kndleott..,,.649 
Erebus.250 
Mulberry paper. .. 2 
Russian.204 
Mulberries and silk worms.500 
Nevlusla Alahamensls.. 1 
N no bark. Golden. 56 
Oiled paper ror plants.... . 5 
Onion sets, growing In N. J.197 
Onions, growing. . 197 
Parasites ami epiphytes, a ques¬ 
tion/ . 98 
Pea, American racer.680 670 
_ _ Wnn.l'T 93, 91, 236, 4.82, 503 
— and beau weevils .666 
— Carter's Extra Early Pre¬ 
mium Gem.650 
— Bliss’s American Wonder,...373 
— Carter’s Flvflt Crop .. ... ..587 
— Champion of England .531 
— experiments .531, 03S 
— - at “ R. G.".270,562 
hybridizing the . .537,635 
— .McLean's Little Gem.482 
— Wood's Extra Enrly.650 
Peas, 14 In pod .530 
— garden trial at Houghton 
Farm .. 619 
— good . 050 
~ green, at "R. 0.”.502 
— number in a pod.611 
— weevil-eaten.486, 666 
Peanut cultivation.165 
Persian Insect powder.170 
— — seeds of.169 
Persimmon, Japan.105 
Plants, pot-g'-own.863 
Plants the Rural condemned .189 
Potatoes, sweet, forming seed. 
716, 815 
Pruning in Winter. 216 
— shears . 409 
— — "Perfection”.109 
Prunus Sinensis.427 
— trilobate .417 
Pumpklus, ovary of....625 
Pyrethrum . 170 
— a success...641 
— experiments...457,536 
— In open ground.329 
— roseuin, flowers of .420 
Raspberry, Brandywine.S73 
— canes, fungus ou.687 
Strawberries, Indiana.147 
— — Iowa.150 
— — Kansas..143 
— — Kentucky.15*1 
— — Louisiana .149 
— — Maine...145 
— — Maryland.145 
— — Massachusetts. 145 
— — Michigan.146 
— — Minnesota.147 
— — Mississippi.150 
— — Missouri . 150 
— — Nebraska.149,158 
— — New Hampshire.145 
— — — Jersey.156 
— — — York ..146 
— — North Carolina.147 
— — Nova Scotia...147 
— — Ohio . 116 
— — Oregon.....147 
— — Pennsylvania.146 
— - Rhode Island.145 
— South Carolina.149 
— — Tenuessee.159 
— — Texas.149 
— — Utah.150 
— — Vermont... ..145 
— — Virginia,...147 
— — Washington Territory...147 
— — Wisconsin. ..147 
— in Michigan.514, 619 
— market, old and new.619 
— mulching.693 
— new.514 
— of the future. 566 
— Oil the Hudson. 498 
— objections to..4?2 
— pistillate.129,548 
— pot grown.486. 602 
— potting .487 
— sexuality and hardiness of 
the bloom.465 
— Southern’ In Winter.300 
— Western.797 
Sweat Potatoes, raising from 
seed. . .863 
Tea plants. 499 
Tomato, Gen. Garfield.307 
Little Gem.105,236 
— Livingston's Favorite. 088 
— — Paragon.....688 
— plants, potting...270 
— trained up the barn.392 
— vine, tall.720 
Tomatoes, bagging.633 
— best.199 
— green, ripening..802 
— In rich gTotind ..457 
Toma'oes, I j»t.e, ripening.803 
sweet.625 
Vines on trees..21 ,106 
Virginia creeper on trees.106 
Watermelons, to best determine 
when ripe..654, 656 
Whortleberry.373 
Wistarias.....457 
Yam, Chinese.55 
HYGIENIC. 
B*rberls aquffolium.767 
Coffee, Its bad effects.129 
Grap° root, Oregon.767 
Health, c«re of.736 
Liver “omplaint, tomatoes for. .717 
Malaria from within.736 
sources of.. 311 
Qnlnlnc substitute.550 
Rattlesnake bites cure for.7>7 
Tobacco, objections to.357 
Trichina: infested meat, expert 
men is.624 
— Excelsior.all 
— Finch's Prolific.249, lilH 
— Forest Rom* .249 
— Garden . 649 
— Glassy Cone.319 
— Glendale. 249, 498 
— Golden.r>6 
— Great American In Del.408 
— Hargrove.. 250 
— Huri s Minnesota.049 
Hooker. 619 
— Hove.v.288.357,373 
— — ami Manchester.024 
— — — — uot Identical ....435 
— — as Manchester....019 
— Hovey's Seedling.. .482 603,619 
— Iowa Prolific.,6-19 
Strawbeny, Jas, Vick, origin of 
— .863 
— James Vick .508, 019, 797 
r— Jos yQueen. 5:4 
Kinney's No. 10.049 
— Kirkwood.25", 514 
— Lennlg’s White. .., ,499, 049 
— Little's No. 10.... 514 
— - — 14....619 
— Longfellow.105.129.249 514 
— Manchester.. 25u, 288, 378’ 451, 
498, 504, 51 *, .717, 589, 7.5, 731 
— — and Hovey. 256 , 421 , 520 
— - sweet or sour. 701 
— - vs. Hovey .513 
— Marvlti .. .,249 
— Memphis Late.250, gib 
— Metcalf. 514 
— Michigan... 049 
— Miller's No 5..250 
— — - 7.250 
— Miner's Prolific 219, 1/18,589,019 
— Monarch of the West.049 
— Mt. Vernon. .......Ml 
— Nennan.148 
— Neuuaii's Prolific.250, 514 
— New Dominion. 614 
— Nlcatior . .399 
— not a pumpkin.361 
— notes.219 
— Oliver Goldsmith.25c, 514 
— OiCUt. 425 
— Philadelphia..514 
— Pioneer...649 
— plains, drought Injuring. 8 
— President Lincoln .499 
— Queen of the West.5l | 
-- Red Jacket.250 
— Reed’s Kansas Mammoth,. ,514 
— Seth Boyden.4'9 
— Sharpless... .249, 440, 199, 511, 819 
nt Augusta.702 
"'. 250 
— Triple Crown.250 256, 049 
- Turner's Favorite.614 
— Warren.249,511 
— Wilding.649 
— Wilson. 287 
— WI Ison's AI bany..649 
— Windsor t hief—.518 
Woodruff's Seedlings.514 
Strawberries, "best"... 5 
— during a drought.123 
INDUST’L IMPLEMENTS. - 
Agricultural implement maiiu- — 
faeture. 112 — 
Binder, haud sheaf..,.._ 309, 337 — 
Clover separator, new .216 — 
Corn drill, Hoosler,..278 — 
— grinder, Buckeye power con- — 
verbr.798 — 
— sheller, Cornell's douhle- — 
tube.. 109 — 
Drills, seed...124 - 
Engine, straw burning.179 _ 
Feed eutter, Belle City.437 — 
— mill, ".Mound City,". 21 — 
Guard, John P. Manny.469 
Harrow, Acme. 329 — 
— Albion spring tooth sulky...517 
— and seeder Buckeye. 98 _ 
Harvester and twine binder. ..30!) _ 
— Johnson's Automatic.309 _ 
Ilay tedder, Bullard’s Improved.3ll _ 
Implement manufacture.112 _ 
Implements, «g’l test at Grand — 
Rapids, Mich ..... .42o _ 
— at Vt. State fair.653 _ 
— farm, trial at Elmira, N. Y...201 _ 
Lister.054 _ 
Manure distributor....620 _ 
Mill. Racine Warehouse .637 _ 
Plow contest .815 _ 
— North Rend.815 _ 
— sulky... 731,732 _ 
— ■ drnft.550 _ 
— Syracuse.815 _ 
trial. Lockport .453 _ 
Potato digger, 'lTavls ..617 . 
Prunlug slmar* .. 469 _ 
— - "Perfection".109 _ 
Pump, Buckeye Force.020 _ 
Hake, best, Tiger. .. . .454 _ 
Reaper, John P, Manny...881 _ 
Rollers, constructing.486 _ 
Seed drill. Mathew's or Planet. .781 _ 
— — New York...124 _ 
— drills.121 _ 
Seeder aiul harrow, Buckeye 
Combined. 98 _ 
Sheaf binder, hami.909,837 _ 
Shears, priming, "Perfection”, 109 
’I brasher. Fearless Railway.420 _ 
Tree sling, single.301 _ 
INDUSTRIAL SOCIETIES 
Agricultural conventions, Na- _ 
tlonal...97 _ 
Arkansas State fair..787 _ 
Chicago fat stock shew. 887 _ 
Cranberry growers' Asso.181 _ 
Dairy Association, election of _ 
officers.128 _ 
Denvpr Exposition, college dis¬ 
play. ... .085 _ 
Ex. Station, N V. Is Intelligence _ 
t lie measu re of success.. . .-188 _ 
Fair list Tor 1882... .512 
Fulr number of the Ri ual Xkw- _ 
Yuhkku. 008 _ 
Fair number, onr 561 _ 
— sllkculture..112 _ 
Ring Island, Suffolk Co, fair_701 _ 
Michigan fair notes.685 _ 
Michigan Stale fair. ...68-1 _ 
New Hampshire Mate fair.085 _ 
New Jersey fair.737 
New York Suite fair_700, 704, 737 
St Lonls fair... . .710 
Silk culture fair.112 
Vermont State fair.053 _ 
Virginia State fair.7H7 
SUk. producing foods..;.829 
— worms Allanthus for........486 
— — fed on osage orange.483 
Sirup, Sorghum.295 
Sorghum anaiv -es of juices.583 
— culture and manufacture.. .830 
Iti Michigan.342 
— sugar . .783, 836 
Southern Industries. 81 
Starch making firms.752 
Sugar, failure to make.533 
from sorghum premia ms—486 
how obtained. .783 
— native. 60 
— production, rules.438 
-- Sorghum.783, 836 
— watermelon. 799 
Watermelon sugar....799 
MISCELLANE0U8. 
Agricultural Appropriation... .128 
Arboretum Well appoluted.760 
birds, vt hat has become of the..707 
"Blind pools".608 
Boys, city and country .767 
Burns and scalds. alcohol for. .682 
Catalogues, etc., received, 45, 60, 
65. 81, 109, 130, 150,171,201, 225,818, 
.345, 861. 394, 425, 441, 457, 617. 532, 
549,609, 625, 670, 685, 716, 733, 767, 
849 
Cost of Middlemen .. ..870 
Curing Hay, artificial....867 
Ensilage, weighting.870 
Feeding Horens.863 
Floods, Mississippi.184 
Food preservative, new.... .... .328 
Freight rates . 44 
German .Mum. 868 
Hell cholera recipe for.868 
llog choler-s smoke for.882 
Immigration, repressive action 
against . 669 
Immigrant tax....144 
Kerosene, What Is.389 
NeUlier a borrower, etc.128 
(Hone fraud . 44 
Patent, rights. 96 
Potato xperlment.. ..867 
Ruling that should be amended 8u 
Rural Is vain, the...624 
readers . 624 
— subscription season.,.276 
Strawberry plants, setting.882 
Tariff commission.621 
The Public liomain.870 
Thirty years ago ana now.488 
Thrift. 60 
Tornadoes . ..488 
Village Improvement associa¬ 
tions . 766 
Vluegarfrom acids .341 
Welldriven. 80 
Wheat, late sown.. . ...868 
NATURALIST._ 
Moles, experiments.550 
Mutanah, the.. 700 
unde, long-horned.700 
Rat exterminator.169 
FOMOLOGIUAL. 
Apple, Alexander.665, 729, 731 
— American.6IP 
— Amerlcau Gulden Russet..,.72“ 
— — Summer Pearmalu.......665 
— Baldwin.729 
— — a "boom",..834 
— Baruesby...73U 
— Uehnout . .729 
— Ren DavlS.786 
— Br-noUl .. 665,729 
— Canada Reinette.729 
— C lai loiteuhttler. 665 
— ChcJiaugo Strawberry.......666 
— Coggswell Pfuriiiatu.729 
— Cole’s Quince.,,...831 
— Cook's Greening.....666 
— Cooper's Market.779 
— crab, Lady Ejgln.,729,931 
— Cranberry Pippin.727 
— crop and the aphis......666 
— — this year's.686 
— Dlshuroon..729 
— Domini).,...666 
— Duchess of Oldenburg.729 
— Dutch Mtgnonue_665, 729. 731. 
7bl, 78/5, 881 
— Early Flat top ..._ 729 
— — Harvest.665 
— — Strawberry.665 
— Esopus Spltaenburg.730 
— Excel ... .273 
— Fall Pippin...729 
— Fameuso. 8 
— Fourth Of July.665 
— Fulton. 729 
— Garrettson’s Early.665 
— G oria MundJ...288 
— Golden Russet.729 
— Grand Sultan.665 
— Hall's Red.730 
— Hawley..,...729 
— for Arkansas. 
Alabama. 
— California.... 
— — Canada . 
— • — Connecticut.., 
— — Delaware. 
— — Klorl ta. 
— — Georgia. 
-Illinois. 
.149 
.149 
.1M) 
.147 
.145 
.145 
.149 
.149 
.150 
INDUSTRIAL TOPICS. 
Animal industry, bureau.504 
Ag'I experimental station N, 5'.369 
Beef, Texas kIFcd for N. Y. 
nuLket .656 
Carp culture. 786 
Cattle, dressed, from Chicago .fiu8 
Coffee from plantation to cup.. 61 
Cotton bales, smaller advanta¬ 
ges . 345 
— manufacture Increaie of In 
the South...392 
Crop reports, European.552 
Experimental mutton, N. Y. Ag¬ 
ricultural.1.369 
Flour, wheat, extortionate pa¬ 
tents . 468 
Food, England's Imported.656 
Meat for England.. 734 
— New Zealand for England...72U 
Meats, frozen from Australia...686 
Sllkculture . 605 
— — all about.339 
— — and the census.-108 
— — fair.112 
— — feeding the worms.339 
_ - in Amur .312, 389,829 
— Farming, bonanza.To3 
— iiawtuorndeu.730 
— Hesper blush.273 
— Holland Pippin.665 
— Jefferls .-.665 
— Jonathan.730 
— Keim . 729 
— Keswick Codling.665 
— leaf aphis .603 
— London Pippin.. 730 
— Lyman's Bumpkin Sweet... .288 
— Malden's Blusli.665 
— Murks .7.9 
— Mead’s Keeper.. .730 
— Monmouth Pippin.730 
— Munson Sweet..665,729 
— Mountain Beet, Cions of.261 
— New Jersey Parvest.665 
— Newtown Pippin. ...730 
— NeverslbJc... 729 
— Ntckajaek,...729 
— Northern Spy.......... 729 
— Porter. 665 
— Primate......665 
— Queen's Delight.665, 729 
— itamno .730 
— Rawle’s Geuet.730 
— Red Ast-uchun.685 
— Nero . .... ...730 
— Rhode Island Greening.729 
— Ridge PR,pin.729 
— Roman S em. 730 
— Rome Beamy.729 
— Saint Lawrence.729, 781 
— Shockley.730 
— Smith's Cl'or.730 
— Smokehouse. 729 
— Snow. 8 
— Sops of Wine.666 
— Stutnp .. 373 
— Summer llagloe.665, 731 
— — Rose.373, 665 
— 8wcet Bough.665 
— Switzer. 666,748 
— Tewksbury Winter Blush...73U 
— Tompkins County King.780 
— Townsend...665 
— Turn off Lane.729 
— Tuscaloosa-.730 
— T centy Ounce..665 
— Wagoner.........729 
— Wamhoe.665 
— Wealthy.716,781 
— Westfield Seek-no Fui’ther..730 
— White Pippin.729 
— — Winter Pearmaln.729 
— Williams’S Favorite.6115, 666 
— Willow Twig. 730 
— Wine...729 
— Wlnesnp.....730 
— Yellow Bellflower...729 
— - Transparent.665 
— York Imperial.730 
— and i-teurs. thin out.502 
— crab for Neb.158 
for Ala .. .. 
— Ark. 
— Cal. 
— Canada. 
— Conn . 
— Del.. 
— Ga. 
— Ill. 
— Iowa. 
— lad. 
— Kans. 
— Ky. 
— Louisiana 
— Maine. 
— Maryland.... 
. 149 
.149 
...150 
.147 
.145 
.115 
.149 
.150 
. 150 
.146 
.749 
.150 
.148 
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