DEC 30 
NEW'VOIRKE 
Apple, Massachusetts. 
— — Micrilgnn__ 
— — Mimic ota .... 
— — AL sslssippl.. 
— — Missouri. 
— — Nebraska. 1 
— — Nevada . 
— — New England. 
— New Hampshire. 
— New Jorsej. 
— Now y.n-|c. 
— N >rtli Carolina.. 
— Novu Mmtla . 
— Olilo .. 
— Oregon.. 
— Pennsylvania. 
— Rhode island. 
— South Carolina. 
— Tennessee. 
— Toxil*.. 
— Utah. 
-- Vermont... 
— Virginia. 
— Washington Territory .. 
— West Virginia. 
— Wisconsin . 
— in Now Jersey. 
— fe ceiling . 
— pneklug in sand.. 
— red, *• a boom”. 
— Russian ..i 
Apple tree borer, tar for.... 
— — — war on . 
Apple trees, A walk among t 
I 
— infested with aphis. 
— injuries to. 
Blight, pear In Va . 
Borer. Apple tree, war on... 
Canadian apples, oloua of... 
Cherries for California.ino _ 
— - Canada.M7 _ 
— — Connecticut.im _ 
— — Delaware.115 _ 
— — Georgia.119 _ 
— — Illinois. 150 _ 
— — Indiana.147 _ 
— — Iowa.15D _ 
— — Kansas.H9 _ 
— — Maine .140 _ 
— — Maryland.145 _ 
— — Massachusetts.145 _ 
— — Michigan.146 _ 
— — Missouri . 15(1 _ 
— — Nebraska.149,159 _ 
— — NOW England.158 _ 
— — — Jersey.146 _ 
— — — York .116 _ 
— — North Carolina.117 _ 
— — Nova Scotia.117 _ 
— — Ohio. 116 _ 
— — Oregon.147 _ 
— — Pennsylvania.146 _ 
— — Rhode Island.145 p, 
— — South Carolina.149 p, 
— — Tennessee.uio p, 
— — Vermont. 145 o. 
— — Virginia. .117 v 
— — Washington Territory...147 n. 
— - West Virginia.147 _ 
— — Wisconsin.147 _ 
— good varieties.816 sa 
— Chcrrv trees on the lawn_4.51 q-, 
Chestnut, Japan .451 Ti 
Cions, fruit, When to cut.HJ4 Y< 
Coal tar for fruit trees.269,975 
Codliug moth and bs progeny, .689 
Crub apple-, l.ady Elgin.729, is: a, 
Curcuno, combatting. 4 i>. 
Elga, to grow. 10 1( 
Fruit Clous, when to cut.851 
— for >ew England.158 ci 
— growing, California.158 m 
— in Nebraska.765 _ 
— — N. V. markets.640 _ 
— list, concluded.158 ct 
— marketing ....486 ni 
— packing In bran. 2 m 
Fruit pi is > rcatnicnt Of.864 4) 
— preserving.H15 p>, 
— apodal list for Nebraska.... 158 p, 
— supplement. us _ 
— thriving. 181 _ 
— trade, foreign..489 p* 
— trees, brush around.Kid j,- t 
— — coal tar for .978 p, 
— — pruned, blackening sap..518 Gi 
— — tobacco mulch for.181 <j, 
— to make hear.2 8 _ 
Fungi and fruits..-.187 Gi 
Grafting . .151 H: 
Mulberry, Russian. 278 jp 
Nectarines. 684 j n 
— for Georgia.149 
Orange ami lemon culture in 1 ., 
Cal I for ni a.808 
— Navel.308,812 ja 
Oranges and lemons, packing.. .767 Li 
Peach, Alexander.517 p ( 
— borers.. 135 pi 
— China.561, 654 p, 
— Crawford .# 5,730 __ 
Jewell's bate White. .270 
Kalamazoo. 730 
Mountain Hose..730 
Peen-to...564. 05 i 
Richmond.73n 
Sleeper's. .207 
stead ly,.. 207 
Susquehanna. 730 
Wulburton Admirable.665 
— Waterloo...93, 517 
Peachesnt "R, 0 .”. 270 
— Karl lest.... .596 
— for Arkansas.149 
— — Alabama.149 
— — Canada. 147 
— — Connecticut.145 
— — Did aw re.145 
— — Georgia...119 
— — Illinois.150 
— — 1' dlaim.147 
— — Iowa.iso 
— - Kansas.149 
— — Kentucky. 15n 
— — Louisiana. .149 
— — Maryland.115 
— — Massachusetts.145 
— — Michigan.146 
— — Mississippi. 150 
— — Nebraska.119, 158 
New England.158 
— — - Jersey.116 
— — — York....143 
— - North Carolina.147 
— Nova Si-otla .147 
— — Ohio .146 
— — Oregon.147 
— Pennsylvania.146 
— Rhode Isis lid.145 
— — South Carolina.149 
— — Tennessee.149 
— — Texas. 149 
— — Utah .150 
— — Virginia . 117 
— — West Virginia ...........147 
— from se d... 4 
— growing,.150 
— in Delaware.765 
— seedling.65, 665 
— — propagation..167 
— under glass.,....634 
— yellows In. ©5 
Peach trees, fertilizers for. ...4.150 
Pear, lieu red'AnJou.so 
— blight lu Virginia.bis 
— RufTum. n 
* 
814, 85*1 
Peach ivy.. 
.864 
— 
Ott. 
— 
Seekel. origin. 
Pears, dwarf . 
— 
for 'rksnsas. 
.14!) 
— 
— California.,., .... 
..150 
— 
— Canada . 
.147 
— 
— Connecticut.. 
— 
— Delaware. 
— 
— Florida. 
. 149 
— 
Illinois. 
.150 
— 
— Indiana. 
..147 
— 
— Iowa .. 
— 
— Kansas .. 
.119 
— 
— Kentucky. 
. 159 
— 
— Louisiana..... 
— 
— Maine. 
— 
— Maryland . 
.145 
— 
— Massachusetts.... 
.146 
— 
— Michigan. 
.147 
— 
— Minnesota. 
.140 
— 
— Missouri. 
— 
— Nebraska. 
Pears, New England.155 
— — — Hampshire.145 
— — — Jersey.146 
— — — York .145 
— — North Carolina.147 
— — Nova Scotia...147 
— — Ohio. 146 
— — Oregon.147 
— — Pen nsyl vitnla.146 
— — Rhode Island. 115 
— — South Carolina.149 
— — Tennessee. .149 
— — Texas.149 
— — Utah .150 
— — Vermont. 145 
— — Virginia.147 
— — Washington Territory...147 
— — West Virginia...117 
— — Wisconsin.147 
— tre s. Cordon.. .467 
Pear, KielTer’s Hybrid. 880 
Persl in moils, Japan.105,273 
Plum, Bolinar.549 
— Shipper's Pride...670 
Plums for Alabama.....149 
— — Arkansas.149 
— — California.150 
— — Canada ... .,,....,..147 
— — Connecticut,.. .....145 
— — Delaware.115 
— — Georgia.119 
— — Illinois..,..150 
— — Indiana.147 
— — Iowa...,,.,. 150 
— — Kansas.149 
— — Kentucky.150 
— — Louisiana. . 149 
— — Maine... 145 
— Maryland,.. ..115 
— — Massachusetts.145 
— — Michigan.146 
— — Minnesota...147 
— — Mississippi.150 
— — Missouri.150 
— — Nebraska.119, 158 
— — New England .158 
— — — Hampshire.145 
— — — Jersey.146 
— — — York.146 
— — North Carolina.147 
— — Nova Scotia...147 
— — Ohio.14« 
— — Oregon. 147 
— — Pennsylvania.C 6 
— — Rhode Island.145 
— — South Carolina.14'.* 
— — Tennessee.149 
— — Texas.119 
— — Utah.150 
— — Vermont.145 
— — Virginia.147 
— — Washington Territory .. 147 
— — West Virginia...147 
— — Wiseon/sin.147 
pomologlsta, advice to.564 
Prun -, French. In California....MIC 
Pruning In Winter.216 
Quince, Champion ...55 1 488, 872, 
786.799, 814, 836 
Quinces for New England.158 
— in Missouri. 287 
— prolltable growing. 38 
Sap, frozen, trees d ed of.181 
Tobacco around apple trees.263 
Trees dytngof frozen sap. 1 s 1 
Yellows lu peaches.605 
POULTRY YARD. 
Bantams.558 
Basket nest . 562 
Braluua, 1 lght, and Plymouth 
Rock relative merits. 5 3 
Chicken cholera A preventive 
Cholera.636 
— rein- dy.5 2 
— to prevent.309 
Cochins ..191 
Diarrhea. 636 
Disease. 636 
D cks. 602 
Dusting places.717 
Eggs alone.190 
— nost. Tor c . Id weather. 31 
— Winter. 700 
Fattening. 814 
Feeding......621 
Fowls,cure in Winter.......fill 
Insect enemies, remedy.,....435 — 
Gapes.... 636, 637 
UCOSO .6 2 
— raising.309 
Guinea fowl ...*67 
Hatching, lessons hi.236 
Houdans..748, 814 
Incubation, artificial_453, 467 
Lungslians. 517, 817 
Leghorns . lot 
Leg Weakness.636 
Lie-, to prevent.625 
Lime water for chicks ....421 
Perches, square.. 6‘25 
Pt|> ... 636 
Poultry, drawn or undrawn_144 
— fattening.809 
— for eggs.190 
— — fine flesh.l9o 
— — girls and boys. 662 
— — market.Too 
— high-priced...688 
— in market. .46 
— — In the West.453 
— keeping.602, 621. 636 
— — commencing.....531 
— — for boys and girls.558 
— — improved.©50 
— — introductory. ...516, 531, 546 
— on a large scale...421 
— rearing. 478,531 
— to make pay ..531 
Poultry, various breeds of.379 
P, ultrv Winter treuiment_864 
Rheumatism. 687 
Roup . 636 
Scurvy.036 
Sex controlling..236 
Shippers of poultry, important 
... 
Sitting-boxes, handy.236 
Turkeys.602 
— In Europe. 57 
Vertigo.636 
White comb.637 
THE QUERIST. 
Abortion.238 
Acacia seeds, where to get.487 
Aetlas luna. 482 
iEseulus. .'202 
Agnp inihtis, not flowering.112 
Alfalfa.ill 
— seed.162 
f-f soil for.Ill 
— whkt Is. 585 
Alkali, excess In sod .41 
Amber cane, seeds of.290 
Ammonia, what It is .860 
Atiah'us purpureseoos.607 
Angleworms lu flower beds.. ..817 
Animals, diseases of.938 
Anthrax, malignant in colts...,655 
Ants from house plant',. Ih 7 
Aphodlu* insects .603 
Apple Might.. . 26 
— crab on Winter apples .63 
— Hall's, where to buy.... ....639 
— Hesper Hors.112 
— Maim, pedigree.r,9 
— orchards, scale insects In,., 719 
— the largest.. . 68V 
Apples, grafting i-rabs.290 
— Russian swiii ,lea.455 
Apple-tree bo-er.274 
— trees, ailing.. IS 
— — bearing . 79 
— — tlmo to trim.785 
Artichokes, planting, how .224 
Aselepias tubrrotqt... ...".551 
Asparagus, Defiance. 18 s 
— In send bed.162 
— planting. 703 
— young, to care for...687 
Ashes, coal, Tor clay soil.(T-5 
— for potatoes.471 
— leached, value of...423 
— wood for beans... 162 
— how mu h per acre.142 
— — potash In a bushel.671 
Ash seedlings, or seens....719 
Asters, bugs eating.,.218 
Alt o-, Burpee A Co.. 162 
Avrahlre bull .851 
— st ek, where to get.487 
Barldiua trlnotatus.735 
Barley, six-rowed.254 
Barn, cheap roof for.423 Cc 
barrel, meat, to sw eten. 817 — 
Basket Willows..187 — 
Bean weevil ..238 831 — 
Beaus, Lima, Challenger.188 — 
— marrow, yield per acre.5>i — 
— quantity to a«ue... .95 — 
Beef, best cow tor. 125 — 
live hive, best.. .95, 3 0 — 
— — Laugntroth.390 — 
— lllvt'rt. division boards.375 — 
— — who *el>*.,,...142 — 
— hunt!, g.?U3 _ 
— keeping work .IS8 — 
— queens. 390 
B, es, 'dollar duenna,” where to — 
buy.187 — 
— food for Winter. >-35 
— how niauy In a colony. 335 
— queen, to clip wings of. 390 
— queens, dollar, wild e to buy 487 
— time to buy..,835 
Beets for Texas.... 703 
Beds and corn for hag(.883 
— seeds front.639 
Ilelosloina grande.735 
berksiitre lio.ii.851 _ 
— where to huy.2*3 
Bermuda grass, on poor suil_223 r . 
— — seed of . 607 _ 
Bird time, to make ... . 4 ,5 
— of 1‘aradlae tree. 785 _ 
Hlaekiierrl*-*. wild, transpl'ng..223 
Black,»erry, Taylor’s Prollfl ...689 
— vines, to destroy.6 9 
Black-lead.7G9 
— leg.... fib, 
— — nerving for.890 
— teeth In swine.sol 
Blight, apple. 26 
— in .ear trees.801 
Boar, ' 'hestilre.615 
Boue, ground.,313 
— mill, hand, Wilson’s.T27 
Bones, converting Into a quick 
fertilizer...238 
Book Exchange,.Amor.326 
— store. Ani'-rleau.93 
Books, cheap. 188 
Borer, apple tree.274 
— peach tree.353 
— wash for.875 
Bolanicui work, giving rncdtcl- 
U properties of plants.260 
Br. lilts n fertilizer and iced_Jiu8 
— Stock feed.503 
Breaking new land.4.2 HIT 
brick making machine .127 
Briars, running. 7"3 
Bronchi 1 is, chronic lu horse....63> 
Broom Corn .. , 
Buck w heat for soiling.45 • 
Buhach, in.*- el powder.254 
Bull, Ayrshire. 3rd 
— Calf, tinging. 59 
— — feed for. \ 
Burdock and catnip.8,5 
Bushel box Of apples. 6 
Butternut tree 1 rausplautlng 6VI 
Bu ter, best cow Tor.125 
— color. 126 
— print-* .. 
- streaks In, cause.. 228 
— white tip' oka In.835 
— won't eonte .i23 
Cabbage, b>-Bt.358, 703 
— f.-r Hiker tor best. .358 
— lor IttLlck- |2i 
—green, il e on.3HU 
Cabbages planted in the hill. ...623 
Call bull, ringing. 69 
— died wlliidl-nh a.623 
— dishorning a.655 
Cn teg, dishorning. 162 
— fatten!,ig.718 
— mud g on skimmed milk_,51 
Call ornla for si-tilers.3*2 
('micci to cow.1*2 
— on ox s ey elld .390 
Cantaloupe, best.2-4 
Carbolic acid and water.95 
Carnal Ions lew to pi opagatc. .487 
— propagating.8iu 
Carp, German. 202 ,432 
— where to get. . .218 
Carp pond.203, *22 
— now to build.639 
Carrots, biuhe.l w, lght.126 
— seeds from. 639 
Cane, Ore nge.. 238 
Catalogues, for- ign, to obtain..2 4 
Catalpa h"»v to p unt.6,1 
Catalpas, seed 01 . 7 
— young, earn.. ... 708 
Cattle, Ayr*hire, wh-re to get. .187 
beat fur b- ef and milk . *22 
— b,outing on alfalfa.,222 
- — — movei.222 
— books on. 95 
— GUemseys and Jerseys.2 l 
— — where.624 
— huving mum,In. ,613 
— Jersey, history of. .221 
— Jerseys and AlUerueys, the 
same.254 
— polled, breeders of. ... 73 
grade. 27 
— to register .325 
— watering in barn.204 
— wilh cough.751 
Cauliflower seed, how to raise. .6,1 
— culture.718 
Cellar for ndik room. 801 
ice .326 
— milk.39ii 
potato.. ... 
Celery and ehtcory.seed from..551 
— culture . ... 22 ; 
— Goldtu Hourlwell.sir 
— Rural Perfection.751,851 
— seen, raising.. . ..809 
— sowing, cultivation.163 
— Wlteh to transplant.l :•> 
Cheese factories, addresses of... 19 
— on u small scale.551 
Client e«l fluid, LU lie's.t «2 
Chemist Louis Pasteur. 13 
Cherry sou-, best..639 
— tree Insect.519 
Cheshire hoar. .655 
hogs... 1 3 
Chestnut, dwarf Japan.127 
— J-paii.Ill, 263 
( In stunts, growing from seed . :6.i| 
Chicken cholera.126 
— — remedy.428, 4f>5 
Chick- ns, gapes lu.325. 122 
Chorea....;.8ifi 
Churn, best..... 890 
— good... . 19 
Cider mill and press, home¬ 
made . ©17 
— press, good, where. Ui 
CUfn ronlaregalia.6:3 
Clematis from seed. 817 
— growth . .... 59 
Clover, AI-Ike.27 
— null limotliy, time to sow. .162 
— fur Ark..162 
— Japan. 95 
*— seed <iu wheal.. 281 
— sowing......655 
— Swedish.27 
Coal lar for fruL trees.Ill 
Cockle, for foul,... 489 
Colley dugs 769 
— — dealer In .251 
Coll having rin-umatism. i ll 
— overf riling,,,.326 
draining .826 
— ruptured at birth.ell 
— — nav.-l.; 
— with sore on hend .. *.T L 
— swollen navel...r*»I 
Colts, caslratiou of.785 
Comfrey prickly, value of. .221 
Commission merchant respon¬ 
sible .. . ..i07 
Concrete forbulldb'K .769 
Condition powder f r stock.142 
Corn us a green fertilizer.7i 
— BcKsurablu........ ..3.8 
— broom... . . 
— contest, weight or measure., .5 
— Dent and Flint, Rural. i 
— experiments.217 
— fertilizer for..405 
- flat culture . MU 
— — — or hill...671 
— Flint, kinds . 111 
— for fodder, best.224 
— — muck land... 43 
— — name. 188 
— — stock.Ill 
— Insects destroying.217 
Corn meal, bran, food value ... .869 
— planter. 203,2i7 
— — horse.217 
— plait ling. 310 
— plots, prize, size of. .. 2 ; t 
— prices of....... . ijt 
— rice, w here to buy.377 
— Rural.27 
— — Flint, good for fattening.623 
— — — illuming.. .2,4 
— — — suckers.519 
— — premium. 326 
— — reports. 751 
— — shallow or deep cultiva¬ 
tion. _ 93 
— shelter, best.ill 
— — hand.731 
— shrinking, how much. 180 
— standing up.U7t 
— suckers, pulling off. 671 
to mil .in 
— sweet, best medium. 03 
— to preventbU'ds,ete ,ru.ing.25t 
— worm. . 718 
Corn, Blouut's Frail tic.869 
Corns, cuiv for.. .. .187 
— Ill horses’ feet.274 
— Cotswold slice p.274 
Cotton-seed ashes .s a fertilizer.J23 
— — food value.169 
— — hulls, value of.59 
— — meal -.:. 
— — — Ultr gen, phosphoric 
acid and potash in.238 
— — planter. 251 
Cough ill catrlc.751 
Cow, best for beef and but ter... 125 
— — — tamlly use. 29(1 
— calving, treatment of.til 
— dentil from 1 paction of 
rumen. 5,34 
— family, feed for.59 
— hair tailing off.162 
— leaking milk, remedy.2.3 
— lose p nt of the tail.671 
— milk lever In.ill) 
— not giving milk from one 
teat.223 
— pasture. 21 , 
Cow-peas.43, 1 U 
— - st raining after calving.390 
— with cancer on longue .......112 
— — consumption. 007 
— — cough.471 
— — dlseas d inldcr.670 
— — swelling.719 
— — morns inversion.126 
— wltlilioldlu., her milk.535 
Cow's bag uni ou- d .. 861 
— — swollen. 422 
— ( hewing bone.458 
— fastening in stables. 7 
— feeds be lore calving ami af¬ 
ter.254 
— horn,.shaping.,. .325 
— teat split.579 
— - stopped.326, 358 
Cows lit slaole.42s 
— milch, fc-ding grain. 102 
— with cough. 751 
Crab-apple blossoms. .423 
Crabs on Wealthy..63 
Cranberry culture. 94 
— Mansneld Creeping.7i9 
Cream, keeping... 487 
— rising ot.. . 858 
Creamer, economical,... 79 
Creameries for foully dairies..358 
— lu hot countries. 102 
Creamery.Ferguson Bureau.... 7 
— plan.671 
Crib biting. 126 
Cricket, Western.fie 7 
Crops, mixed . 719 
— two on Held. 152 
Crows and blackbirds rating 
coni . 
Cucumber pickles. 455 
Cucumbers to gather for seed ...639 
OulCvutor at • R. F ".655 
— or horse ljoe... 811 
Currant cult o ation.. 14 > 
— Fay's Prolific. 95 .7--i 
■ best. . 19 
— worm, remedy. ...224 
Currants for extensive cultlva 
ting...519 
Dairying, best book on.,21, 348 
Dairy farm, sheep on,. . 623 
— implements, book on. 163 
— or grain i'aruilmr.w hieh most 
exhaustive to soil. .801 
Dakota and Montana for farm 
purposes.535 
Dalrviupie, Oliver, address of..671 
Daiiilrufi' on horse.238 
Davis, E. W . address 01 .358 
Deafness, oil for curing.18S 
Diarrhoea lu horso . 6 
Dibble, ivhnt Is a,.188 
Diladon of heart In hog. ...mu 
Dtotnea nuiseipula. ..... ..817 
Diseases or horses and cuttie, 
book 011 . 687 
Dishorning a cal 1 '.655 
Dogs, Colley.769 
Double 1 rop ou livid. .162 
Drain tile, size of.. . 189 
Draining tile.. .238 
Drill, garden, best. 283 
— gram with fertilizer attach - 
UP ot. 
Dutch cattle, scale Of points...,655 
Dutchman's Pipe, not growing,2W) 
Dynamite for blowing iip 
stumps. ...29-1,122 
Ear drums, ut tlllit.nl.ill 
Eggs, poultry, best for .29 ' 
Electric battery, J. C. Boyd.391 
Ktfchorn Valley, about the.671 
ElymUS Canadensis., .254, 551 
Ensilage, Congress, report. 274 
— fodder, selecting.289 
Entomological Work*.623 
Equine disease*, hooks OU.223 
Epizootic, after effect. 5n 
F ry ngium I.oaveu worth 11 . ..313 
Erysipelas in sheep.. 553 
Escutcheon system..26o 
Essex sow, Black Beauty.375 
— pigs, breeder .. . 7 f 9 
Evergreens rorprotection.423 
Texas .639 
— transplanting.si 7 
Farm hand, loud for.327 
— help from N Y city. 4 U 
— — where to gel... .l«i 
Farmers a» d tin ir hired help, 
nbl gMiors. ,;7l 
Farming, dairy or graiit, which 
most ex bans - Ive. .801 
— ''truck''ou limited means.. ©1 
Faucet in Coob y creamer.7 9 
Feed from s «rch and glucos ,62$ 
— mult sprouts for..ss-i 
of a horse. 851 
— to grind. 7 
Feed for work hors**....,888 
Feeding,experiment* German. 6 
Fence, cheap wire in foil nation. 27 
— farm, p-rlalilc. 95 
— law in N. Y.687 
— line, legal. .. ’ i >(j 
— posts, to preserve .. , ,126,289 
— wire, fastening to trees_ .111 
Fenugreek. .801 
Fermentation, vinous , acetous 
and putrefactive..274 
Fertilizer, bran as a.. 503 
converting bones lutoaquick 
238 
— cotton seed ashes as a ......t26 
— — — hull* as.. .vj 
— for corn, best, .. 455 
— — mead--w land. 2 u 8 
— — onions at the South. 358 
— — potatoes. . 817 
— — wheat.... 
— Ingredients, trade value of .222 
— potato, special..3*6 
— • questions. 101 
— recipe for corn, useless. 142 
— superphosphate for onions. .375 
spent hops as a.6:5 
Fertilizers, commercial, how to 
apply.223 
— — whu “ t? hJ'Ply.816 
— different kinds. 802 
— for grape-v lue*. 14 > 
— information about. 551 
Fertilizing agents, sheep ns... 223 
Fostuea prateusl*. 503 
Fig trees, where to buy...,..ill. 851 
Flax, refuse, for manure.874 
Flies bothering horses.576 
Flour •' patent process".4 9 
Flowers, low-growing for Kana. .126 
Fly, how it. propagate*.874 
Fodder,rum, best.224 
— — straw for.719 
Food for 1 arm hand.326 
Fowls, best. ",.,.290 
— ■ 1 iamb . 39 ] 
— with rmip..835 
Free-martlm*.455 
Free Trade Policy.126 
Fruit culture, book on. .. 79 
— drying, cost of machine.4?5 
— evaporated. 735 
— — bleaching.551 
— for-Via-s.126 
— queries.63 
— stewing In granite-ware.326 
— trees, coal tar for.HI 
— — on soulb side of hill .....391 
Fruit from seed.-.8«9 
Fruits, nest tor uh o. 78 
— for Texas, central.202 
— — WIm . 59 
— select, for Southeast Texas. .4 3 
— small . 719 
Gapes In chicks....325, 422 
Garget. . 623 
— in cows. . 699 
Gas lime. K 
German without a teacher ... 671 
GcstaGon in sheep, period...455 
Gill net. . 455 
Gland, parotid, enlarged In horse 
851 
Gladiolus from soed ......785 
Go t manure .751 
Gooseberries, best varieties_519 
— Emperor and Green Willow. 358 
— rail ew.274 
— best. 
Government lands, information 
726 
“Grade " animals...751 
Grafting In March ..112 
Graft* nponTranacendout Btoek t-4 
- .. . 
Grain Go., .Vmer., avoid.519 
— drill best.,. 1.39 
— for hogs ..7(13 
Grape. Corinth, seeds ot'.391 
— cuttings. ...817 
Niagara, where for sale.871 
— Naomi.".719 
— rot, black-rot.1:6 
— — per option.142 
— tli' Ips, to destroy.671 
— iTr-llls builders.... .. 126 
— Vcrgenues..7S5 
Grapes, nags over what kind...142 
— • bearing second year.769 
— Concord, how many pounds 
make a gallon of wine.... 719 
— for raisins. ill 
— four best varieties. 43 
— from seed.817 
— grafting on Isabellas.769 
— bardlet and earliest.751 
— in the South. 7 
— keeping through the Winter 
551 
— mildewing, to prevent.Hhl 
— seedling, how to raise.. .391,751 
— sold by agents. 79 
— what Interferes with fertiliza¬ 
tion.671 
— with rot. ..........126 
— young I'rulc blaatlng. _47l 
Grape vln> s, fertilizers for. 112 
— — Fox.751 
— — from seed.70’* 801 
— — grafting. 59,751 
— — In Texas,grafting...._162 
— — mildew.655 
— — ou "Ide-htil..,.i*9l 
— — winterkilled.223 
Graphite, value of.7*9 
Grass. Barny urd, seed of.343 
— Bermuda.6, 7 
— — cuttings of.43,1*1 
— on per soli.223 
— Bill'-.7S 
— — roots, killing. 43 
— for ark.168 
— — Florida.. .719 
— — lake hoitolu. 202 
— - permamut pasture.8,3 
— Hungarian..(owing, time.... 7 
— — time to sow. ,S75 
— Johnson. . ,9 
— Meadow Fescue.5141 
— on mucky ground. , I2« 
— Orchard. 7,78 
— Quack.6, 471, -'51 
— — seed of . 218 
— red-top seeding.188 
— staid. Fowl Meadow.. 874 
— — thrashing..423 
— seeding to.U8 
— to prevent washing. 7 
— V\ lid Rye.854, 331 
Grasses f,,r name... 735 
Gravel In a horse.607 
Grub In file head lu sheep..483 
Grub, white. 869 
Guano to Fall sown wheat in 
Sp Ing.223 
Gun amt rifle, Oliver. 87 
Guiteru! pouches of horse.455 
Hair, white, to came to grow. ,. 6 U 
Harrow,Thomas'ssmootI,Ing &c87-l 
Hay caps... 455 
— dry ing aniflcially.Sfe 
Heaves in horses. 375 423 
— — — cause.,,47l 
— — — treatment. ',j3 
Hedge,Norway Spruee.fiir apart 0T> 
Hellothisaruiigvra. , 18 
Heliotropes, Hot blooming.623 
Help, farm, from N V. CRy_471 
Hemlock hedges, to make grow.327 
I--I- nr . IJJ 
— Uou«e ami pig pen...... .2,1 
— manure for corn.385 
rsal sitters... 
— egg*, Traiisylvnulii, when .327 
— sl- tiug, tree from lice.326 
— staggering.; 471 
Herd books.2M, 325 
Hernlac rupiure. , Tedue i bl» "..37i 
Hickory nut, Hale's pap.-r shell 13 
Hog pasture, to make. 535 
Hogs Bet kalil-e, whe-e to buy. .223 
— Cin-*hlr<*. 75 
took . 
— fattening, Corn, bolied or 
dry...Kgs 
— Poltuid-Chlna, where. 127 
— t-olati»? 8 aud grain f r."....Th3 
— * NiilT lk..851 
— to fatten.142 
— with par«lvsis. 335 
— worms, kidney In,,..7*5 
Hollyhock, Rural blooming... 274 
Holstein < aitle.S alenf points. .655 
Honeysuckle, climbing, best ...423 
— from Seed.817 
Honey, vegetable or animal pro¬ 
duct.751 
Horn, shaping a heifer's.325 
Horse-cnestnnt;. 202 
— o-lh biting. TJ6 
— out, treatment.310 
— feed . 851 
— having ehorv-a. 816 
— — ‘grovel".in; 
— hold big 1 ongtlo to one side. .671 
— lame lu fore foot.735 
— mange In.. . ..238 
— over In hts knees.. , , M2 
— runhlng lull ruff fall. 35 
— se'Ofulous tumor.326 
— training, Baivv s - stem.5M 
— watering feeding.391 
— with liuJieh <111 leg.233 
— — (’"Uu.'l.535 
— — kHueys Inflamed.3’6 
— — paralysis.238 
— — st ra ! a ou tendons.735 
— — sweeny .. ..7f,l- 
— — '-watering" tqes.3pj 
— — worms . 687 
Horses,ey-s getting weak.161 
— foot,null in.... 162 
— leg. *o-e on. 163 
— parotid ,-Uind enlarged. -51 
— Morgan, origin... 751 
— — ro huy... ..693 
— Norman I’ervlmrou . 119 
— oil meal for. 326 
— working, food for.110 
Houghton Farm, ex. work on...671 
Mungartan grass, time to sow..471 
Hut, ldnson, IV. address of..->23 
lee cedar.326 
— house, ab ut___622 
— — and creamery..535 
— — ventilation.623 
— kept in a cemented cistern..455 
Imp ci Ion 1 rumen . EM 
Incubator, Cotnmtin-sense.769 
— Is it a success......519 
Incubators, plan* of.327 
Indigestion in lambs.254 
insect powder.127 
— Persian....29d 
Insecticides powder.290 
Insects, Aphodl is.503 
— destroying in ground. 95 
— destruction to corn.217 
Interest, legal rate of lu N. Y.. .386 
Interfering, to prevent.869 
Iron rust, t" remove.671 
Jacob's Ladder...162 
Jay Goll-d's address.391 
Jersey cattle, hl-tory of..221 
— — registered, how .224 
— red pigs to buy...735 
Jerseys anil .Udorneys, same...254 
Kalnlt...817 
— use of. ..rl7 
Kidnoj h, inflammation of.322 
Km e, svvidl'-u, 1 - cow.883 
K 1*tlug-inaclilne Lamb's.274 
Labels, zinc marking.162 
Lake bottom, grass oil. 'o r2 
Lambs for pr tit, time.174 
— Ittdlg- Si (On In.254 
— rub-lug by hand. ..274 
Land flooded part of year, grass 
for... 535 
— now breaking.817 
— plaster.358 
Lawn mower easy.327 
Leaves, autumnal coloring of..764 
Lebia grandls.535 
L'-spicfiza striata. 95 
Lettuce, Golden Stone.188 
Idee on apple trees.274 
— ou sneep.3v6 
— o stock remedy...., . 2 uz 
— on turkeys.535 
Lilli b, >1 liferent kinds . 126 
— from seed. 817 
-— treatment. 95 
— waterluaiank.374 
Lime.551 
— alr-sluk'-d.126 
— burning.735 
— for strawberries.375 
— gas. 6 
— ground or burnt.639 
— mixing with phosphates_162 
— phosphates or, mixed with 
► alt...601 
— stoue ground.223 
— when to put on .423 
— with-np-r phosphate.238 
Llnarta vu tgaris.126 
Linseed cake, feeding .383 
Locust, black, wberivto plant...213 
Loudon purple how much to 
acre.. 375 
— — Rural’s experience.391 
Lout* Bftst.eur. 43 
Li 1 a math...422 
Malt .sprouts a* feed.350 
M "ti-eaiuig tree.817 
Mange lu noi se. 288 
Mangel. Go den Ovoltl.851 
Mungels, *alue.i<> sow.254 
Man tiro, cord of nitrogen, pot- 
ash.ete,, |u it.671 
— fur hol-beds.162 
— goaf....751 
— hen, for corn,.325 
— wheat .142 
— sprea Hug. 868 
— tank, concrete...869 
Mann es, different kinds, the 
Best.Ill 
Manuring, green, valueaf....... 3 - 2 
Maps, township.455 
Mure for breeding, age of...f,55 
— in f..nt. 238 
— railroading. 78 
Marl, for analysis.21*2 
Maryland colony. 6 
Meal, corn and • ob for sheep.. .751 
Meet barrel, to sv.ee eu. 817 
— fresh,preserve* lu glasscans53j 
Medelra vine bulbs, a. e they ed¬ 
ible .U 2 
Merchants rotund-sslou, who 
handle tobacco. 551 
Slileh cows, t heap food for..... .422 
— feeding grill 11 .162 
— pumpkins for.751 
Mildew on gooseberries.....274 
Milk, bloody.290, 577,817 
— cellar...S2e 
— farm near N. Y. Cite.687 
— fever In ft cow.310 
— leaklug lent. .223 
— room, cellar for a. 8 *-l 
— ropy.... 3 -, 6 
— skim, hill before the Legisla¬ 
ture. 374 
— souring in hot weather_ 535 
— tube, where ro buv.423 
Millet,-cutting for hay.162 
— German as stock feed.217 
— Feat-1, raising..223 
— sowing. ... 59 
— when ro cut. 623 
Mill, roller. 238 
Mold, black, value... . !' 2.-3 
Mole remedy... . . 188 
Mortgage legal tuft rest.....329 
Moss fur shipping vines, etc_639 
Moth, Iton 1 by el <1 .623 
Mountain Ash, saplings of..311 
Muck quality. 817 
— treatment of. .sot 
— with commercial fertilizers 371 
Mulberry for silk worms. .607 
— Russian.... 142, 203, 687 
trees, grafting.769 
— white -or *-Hk raising... .238, 671 
Mule, i-lcthcra lu a.78 
Mnr>-a*n. 816 
Mushrooms growing. 
— poisonous fuflgl . 487 
Mustard, wild eradicating.,422 
Naval rm turn In a colt.623 
Nebraska or Florida for weak 
lungs. 655 
Nicht sot|, value of....655 
Nitrogen potash etc. lu a cord 
of manure. ..671 
Nursery (’hose.719 
— Southern.639 
Nuts, planting. 8-7 
Oats comparative merits.218 
— for soiling... . 455 
— growing from seed.391 
— smutting, blue vitriol.274 
— Washington, smut. 162 
oil-mr" I f<»r* h» irsos... ,8 6 
— Old and n»w process.,.290 
Gil- d paper to prepare.218 
Onion, best kind. 95 
— common red . 375 
— Giant ' (icrn..375 
— Seed to thoacre. 95 
— sets, onions from.188,274 
Unions, feriilizers for.162 
— — - at the South.358 
— fly Injuring.375 
— for market. 142 
— — pickles. 551 
— lu Illinois, legal weight.655 
— keeping In Winter.655 
— sets. 274 
— with thick stiff necks.......551 
Opthulmln. .. 816 
Orchard eniture, lv ok on. 79 
— old manureon an, ..751 
Grange rust. 439 
Oregon, question-' about.188 
Osage orange hedge...14! 
— — Seed..290 
Othonna erasslfolin. 162 
Oxydendrum ari'orouin . 751 
Paint, cheap, for om door work.433 
— It re p r. >of m Ineral..487 
— for tinware.719 
Fainting, tv«*k cm. ,.455 
— outbuildings with petro¬ 
leum.535 
Papers in Kansas. Agricultural.439 
Paralysis In a horse.238 
— — h"gs.. ..833 
Pasture after-math... .851 
— for cows.217 
-- hogs, to make *.535 
