THE RURAL 
NEW-YORKER. 
Ill 
Wells, poisoned.374 
— poisoning-of.... .Jg 
Weeds are everywhere.hgjl 
Wheat, thin se ding.689 
Whitewash for farm purposes)..47-1 
Work tor rulny days.247 
FIELD CROPS 
Alfalfa.....WO 
— or Lucerne.s?* 
Andi opog. n furcatus ....389 
— gcoonrlus... 
Asparagus, Argenteull .. .s90 
Beets at Mich. Ag’l Col.h'g 
Broom cor a.tJc » 
— grass,..-..389 
Brornus unloloid>' 8 — —.414 
liuckwhoatan 111 jut Ions crop ..400 
— growing. 473 
Cabbage worm.j-vliS 
Cane, early amber. 
— — — origin of.323 
Cereals, our.J™ 
Clover. A'slke. 
— Black Medio*.154) 
— Italian o Crimson..' " 
— Japan.. 
leguminous plants. 
2117 
C9 
.10 
.69, 
— pea-vine 
— red.. 
— — perennial 
— white . 
— yellow or red suckling.... .in'; 
Corn Blount’s... .41, 60, VO, 426. oH> 
— — at" R..F.”...524, 70 j, 708 
— — prolltto. i> izesfof....37 
_ _ r eportsot examination..7a0 
— — results nf contest.,. 37 
— broom .393 
— Chester at " H. If.". .676. 700, 772 
— — report upon.>6^ 
— crop... 647 
— — big....4|W 
— cultivating..,..,442 
— Cozco ....... 10U, 220, 472, 721, 815 
— Dent In the West.280 
— early, Mr. Gregory‘a.56ti 
— Egyptian sweet.... ..........251 
— experiments at Cornell uul.JiZ 
— extra yields, to grow.755 
— fodder.,....39>; 
— - sowing........344 
— Indian us u-turoh crop..353 
— — value of... ...-170 
— mammoth eetdlage seed 
Bailey's.308 
— on sod land. 70 
— premiums.”1 
— sued, selecting..341, 75(1 
— soli adapted to, .<96 
— tall-growing or short....655 
— white proliuc. HO 
— yield, average...< 0 .> 
— — great at" It. E.”.6i6 
— — to increase.5?8 
Cotton in Cal...43 
— seed . ......201 
— — Improvement to plant¬ 
ing...-.823 
Cow-peas.23. 56,73,153, 5 6. 702 
_ — as weed exleimlnator...296 
— — in Ala .... 184 
— in N. O. 
— in Tenn. 
maturity of....... 
objection t . . 
poor land......... 
repo 1 la at '* It. F. 
,.lua 
.161 
. 9 
.588 
..608 
.702, 07a 
Crop reports from every where.4,7 
Crops Boiling— 374 
Cynodon da.lylun.375 
Doura.64.199,295 
— in Atken .'-92 
Dvers Weed. 198 
Flax culture . ...717 
— handling.735 
— harvesting...718 
— industry.,.724 
— seed crop.721 
— i brushing..7 8 
Fodder, com. ,.3.'5 
— — largo yield.....128 
Forage plants.150.198 
Furze.198 
Grain fields of the N, W.611 
Grass. Bermuda .........375 
— — propagating.264 
— blue. 6 ra 
— - English. '297 
— — Kentucky.297 
— broom .389 
— crab.421 
— drop seed......295 
— English blue.297 
— fescue, meadow...........63 
— fowl, inoadow.487 
— Guinea.263 
— hydra. 264 
— Indian. 389 
— — or wood. 421 
— June...263 055 
— Kentucky blue.237 
— meadow fescue...203 
— Orchard. .'203, 297, 326 
— — and clover.588 
— ruuiouin Jumentorum.263 
Puia... 263 
— pasture . 
— Pott prill enals. 
— — serotlnu. 
...262 
...265 
...Jb7 
- Red-top. 
— seeding 1 ©.. 
.. .262 
...214 
sead howto sow.-246 
— — thick sowing of.... ..... 166 
— Timothy.262,297 
Grasses. forage.375, 389.4*7 
— leading...214 
— — boimo of the.295 
— Southern.2i«'i 
»- tuine in KaDsas...297 
Huy and hay .making..... 86 ' 
— nail marsh.569 
Harvest, what will it be....457 
IL'iup, American.262 
Hops, pi ices of.......524 
Indian grass.889 
J uLe..172 
Kidney vetch .,1!« 
Loapedczii airiuta....376 
Lucerne...153,295 
— hardy in Canud i. 9 
Lupines........ . ,193 
Mangels, now golden.1,4 
— yedow ovoid.815 
Mangels, culture of.117 
— Klnvor globe...117 
Medtck, purple. 1 - 0 
— spotted . ....198 
Melliol. 190 
Millet and l)ou: a us fuddur 
plants. 516 
Mnhleuoerglu otlfueu..295 
Oats, black Tartarian.567 
— Chinese hullO'b..251 
— Mold's Ennobled 5.2,566,655 
702 
— Washington......590 
Onions, keeping.674 
— oh Hie prairie ...<03 
Paul urn crus-gal 11 ,. 21*5 
— sauguinale. 121 
Peas, bail sowing.uo2 
l'od prttlensis... 655 
Potato balls.5o7 
— blosiotn-i, removing.758 
— Ucautv ot Hebron.3‘.50J 
— Chicago market.......754 
— o.riyOhio.625 
— — itose.. 38 
— experiments.644 
— — at Cornell.173 
-- " It. E.".3.3 
— harvesting.t42 
— Magnum Bonum. 692 
— manures, urliUur.il do not 
pay for.581 
— soon, changing. ...281 
— sweet, culluro of. ...588 
— — planting.348 
— White Elophunt.59J,f'6 
— — — reports......Hi, 766 
-- yield, large.707 
Potatoes comparison Of vari¬ 
eties.-.718.736 
— digging to prevent rotting 
655. 702 
— — when....7U5 
— drying.756 
— experiments.9t5 
— in the phudo.567 
— manuring lor.77U 
— plantingTu Fall.702 
Potatoes, price of.....655 
— production, annual.815 
— raised from seed.108 
— raising...., .622 
— — in Aiken.202 
— seedling.553 
— seedlings, uncertain parent- 
age....,’. 524 
— small. 78n 
lticc crop.......817 
Hoots.difference in value of....234 
— failure vs. snecess.199 
— putting in tho crop.199 
— relation of SO.) and chmj.te.,234 
Rye, shipping. 756 
Rye, price ot in Russia.......,,.836 
Sanfoln . ....198 
Seed, clover.836 
Seud distribution, free.589 
seeding, tulck and thin 670, 674,718 
Sorghum, drooping.. SO 
— growing In Illinois.. 55 
— — — Kansan. 38 
- - — Ohio.38 
- bulepeuse....202, 2121,300,3:9 
— — In Ohio....,........511 
— in Conn.86 
— imta.rs. 421 
— Rural branching 644, 686,689, 
702,708 
— sugar from...134 
TeonlnIe, u caution.23 
Tobacco crop, chlorides on, 
hunfuluets of.277 
— curiug of gold leaf.374 
experiments with......86 
— tloldk dontrnyel.316 
— plants, starting.214 
Trefoil, iricd’s foot.198 
TrifuliuOi pratoiHe..... 69 
Turnip, BlOouiadule, Bwede....1U5 
Turnips among corn.215 
Vetch tr tare.19S. 787 
V'c-iusativa. .797 
Wutenuulons In Cal.754 
Wheat. Arnold's Gold Medal...725 
— at Rural Farm.326 
— at Rural Farm. 573 
— and rye for pasturage..268 
- and i yc. time for sowing_644 
— host soil ror.300 
— Champlain...726 
- Clawson.703, 726 
- - at "H. E." : .685 
— — yield by appearance.724 
— corner, Chicago...54)1 
— crop...74o 
— — or 18811 .783 
— — 6th without felt..........623 
— - 11). Winter..121 
— — in Europe.236 
— — of the world. 376 
— — reports from every¬ 
where.219 
— — Winter.229 
— culture tnd experiments..,623 
— — experiments 1879,1880....623 
— Detinues.. 725 
— - as a Winter. 
— — change in......690 
— drill broadcasting.676 
— dw&rt ..454 
— early and late sowing. ...655 
— Eldorado. 389 
— experimental plot....566 
— ex. erilnents.639 
- — at Cornell Cntv.172 
— — singular results.586 
- for Ohio.. 683 
- Fultz ... 725 
— — experiment.46!) 
— — thin seeding.628 
- Fu i i zo-Cluwson.585, 588, 705 
- hybrids.726 
- in Cal.105 
- - Va .404 
- Lost Nation.706, 725 
- market, prospective.708 
- Mold's Kngii <h.725 
— white Winter.718 
- notes Iroin **K. F.".725 
- old. gorminutiug power.172 
- pasturing. 75 
- plant, tillering of. 8 
- piice, high, this season.192 
- — of. . 788 
- seed, brining.184 
- — how much t© acre.G39 
- seeding, thin...,.628,689 
- Shumaker.326 
- Silver Chaff.572. 676, 750 
- Spring....184 
- — sowing, manuring.1S4 
- — White Russian.251 
- time to sow.572 
- trial of at Mo. Ag'l Col.112 
- varieties or—..154 
- where Eng. gets,. 75 « 
- Winter, condition of.236 
— yield, declining In Eng. 754 
— — large per acre. 12 
— — maximum. . .216 
— yields, com punitive.785 
Wheat, ears of on an acre.931 
Wheat, large crops of.817 
FLORICULTURAL. 
AhuUlons, new... 261 , 4iu 
Ageruluoi, Queeu.251 
A citioaca. , .327 
Aqultcuiu, Bebb’s. sowing 
needs ol'.... 131 
Azaleas. Chinese, as window 
plants.701 
— Indian..701 
Beds, color Jd foliage.22 1 
Caladiums, new. 410 
Candytuft. 327 
Chi nation, bnowdou. 251 
Carnations. ... 5.39 
C,emails lanuginosa. 670 
Coleus, Dreer's hybrids.251 
— three sets of new .602 
Crotons....450 
Daylily...506 
Ulunlhus Chlnensls. .500 
Dicentras.. 
Fern. newcllmblDg.34a 
Festuca plauoa.391 
Double fluwers....772 
Flower beds.7,i8 
— farm of Vick. 734 
Flowering plants, hybrid.059 
Flowers, double.772 
— fashion in. 426 
— garden in May.327 
— give room....lou 
Furiknt. 666 
Garden,geometrical, pi ins for.310 
Giruen, Western farm.768 
Geranium, new double.251 
Globe flowers. ,-...'127 
Hercules' club...,,,,.772 
UollyhockH. Improved .154 
Honeysuckle, for forcing. 28 
— Hall'*.692 
Hyacinth.u.man... .. 724 
Hyacinths. Winter-blowing ...,544 
Hybrid flowering plants..639 
My drank «u. Thus. Hogg.251 
Ins i.iovigaiu. sowing seeds of ..134 
Irises.. 327 
Ixnru, new. 361 
L mtnim, rmw...261 
Lemon verbena.... ... ..708 
Lilies. Japan.683 
Liliuur, Auratum.581 
— mi per bum... 4 H 2 
Lontoeva Halleanu.831 
Lonicera Ualleaua.692 
Lygoolum soandons. 34 - 
— — hardy. 343 
— — twining of. 502 
Marvel of Peru. 705 
Moily-bUg .654,798 
Mole traps. . ,.184 
Mulching, moss.706 
Mormug glories, to grow. 073 
Oleander pjtsonous, the. 4 , 5-1 
Plants, house. .702 
— insects on. 125 
— parasitic. 60 
Plumbago Lurpentte..'84 
Primroses,... .,...327 
Roi-e, best.TOO 
— Diana. 251 
— George Peabody.251 
— Grand Duke Nicholas....251 
— green.. . .453 
— Jules Creiian. . ,361 
—. La France.7C6 
— Mare dial Niel.530 
— Mre. Laxton.25t 
— Nlphetos. 251 
— Perle des Jardlns.251 
ft sea .539 
— mulching, moss.706 
RuelUa Mui'rantha...251 
Rudbeekia hlrta.798 
Saxifrages. .327 
Scale... 051 
Seeds. Rural’s free.134 
Sex, Influence in fertilization.. 43 
Su turner-house. 306 
Tillandsia usneoldes .708 
Trite,la unldoru.584 
Trumpet oreeper.56: 
Vases, garden. 
Violets, early. 
Window-box garden.... 
.768 
.706 
.....551 
GARDEN. 
Orchids..306 
— uucctou&aleof.316 
— New Jersey..157 
Pansies, early.706 
I’ussitiora Pfordtii.7U2 
Paths, winding..76S 
Pelargonium, Mrs. Cannei.281 
Pelargoniums, u bed of.692 
— uow. 348 
Petunias in vuses.669 
Phloxes.. 
Pinks.327 
Plants, growing in living 
rooms.,.....,.109,125 
Asparagus and Its cultivation. .246 
— Argenteull ..590 
— beds. .78 
— new variety.,...176 
Beans, Dwarf French Emile_251 
— OoMen wax .48: 
Cabbage, Early Arctic.251 
— Konlrabt for. 106 
Cauliflower, how to grow....... 54 
Celery, Golden Heart.220 
— late, to plant. 476 
— turnip-rooted.....Ids 
Corn, sweot, Black .Mexican_K»t 
— — early..502 
— — Egyptian_ __251 
— — Mr, Gregory’s..506 
— Mexican •• buttery ”... .. . .66 
Cucumber Early White Japan.751 
Garden, the farm.. 846 
Garden, the farmers.199, 247 
Gardens. Western farm.768 
Gardening. Winter. 551 
G'Ulrd, dish-cloth..251 
Lettuce, black-seeded Simpson.251 
— dlBease.preyentlonandcure.ua 
Melon, New Surprise.251 
— Water lu Cal. 751 
Okra. .356 
Peas, early. 136 
— Fall sowing...802 
— — mail), lutest. 92 
— Lsxton'a Marvel. 251 
Rhubarb, soil for.2716 
Squash, Little Cooounut.231 
l omato. Gulden Rural.73 
— turbuo, scarlet.1.35 
Tomatoes. 9 , 890 
— at"R G.". .622 
— early how to obtain.lis 
— for seed.390 
— in asparagus bed.U0 
— Volunteer. 9 
Turnip, extra eurly 51nnieli.251 
Water Cresses.... 163 
Watermelons In Cal.754 
HERDSMAN. 
Angus cattle.328 
— — polled..9,736 
— — — crosses. 472 
- --sole of.280 
Ayrshire cattle. .181 
— register. 344 
Barnyard, notes from my...425 
Beef, youogest profitable. 793 
Bone-chewing by cattle.SM, 344, 376 
Breeding, close, bugbear.768 
Breeding, in and in...,. 489 
— stock. 40 
Breeds fur Western Plains...739 
— origin of... 705 
Broken limbs, how to set. 830 
Bull, Hereford.25 
— of the Roman Campagnu . 24 
Bulls, stables for........I. 39*2 
— UKly. .240. 2 J -0 
— - cause, remedy. ... 135 
Calves.. 
— feeding.... .....457 
— rearing. .‘344 
— Winter care. 186 
Carrots, feeding vulue of. 473 
Cuttle, uc- Illuming lu Texas. ...737 
choked, to relieve. 29 
Devon, douth..428, £04 
Dutch importations.4(18 
wood. tjjB 
importations. Canada.,.724 
In America.. 
kindness to.818 
polled.. 
raising in Texas.819 
restrictions. Import, Amer..524 
Suffolk.. 
— Sussex. 456 
— Texas. 344 
— - proiltaoh.,......;819 
-- wintering. 818 
Cattle,pleur.t-pneumopiu n 834.636 
Channel Island cattle, " Kent,” 
sale of, . 833 
Choking,to lelieve. 20 
Cotton-seed meal. 444 
Cruelty In transit....412, 455 
Corn crop, leediug. ....703 ■ — 
Cow. old and great breeder.829 I — 
Cows, exercise for...834 I — 
Cow-stall, novel... ... .119 
Cows, keeping warm. , , .105 
Devon, South, eattle... 4^8 
Dutch cattle, early importation 
.408 
— high-bred. 781 
Ear markiDg ol cuttle. ‘.*674 
Electilcitv, animal. 489 
Feeding, improved method.703 
— standards... 
— waste! UI. 688 
Fire escape in cow stable.551 
Food, Winter, cooking. 39 
Herd book. English Jersey. 45 < 
— — Hereford.24 
Hereford buom.818 
— bulls...234,400 
Herofords . ,201, 053,6S9. 703, 720,819 
— at Carlisle. 537 
— iinpoitutiou of. 280 
— origin of. .767 
lleretords. -3l 
Hotter, Lady Wllderes... ,15th, i21 
Holstein’s bull. Uncle Turn. 815 
— herd Kriembitl.781 
— cross...819 
Holstelns. ...8,781 
Horn, deer’s, eaten by cattle...37 1 
Horns crumpled by art. 720 
Jersey cattle, large sale of.360. 364 
-r - club. 3 t 0 
Jerseys. a 
— boom In. 751 
Kindness to all animals. 42’5 
Kyloes.. 2.0 
Lice un cuttle. 24 
— — to kill. 201 
Mule stock, Improved, clubbing 
for....,.234 
Meatorlat. 40 
Nortoltts, polled.471 
Oxen. American.647 
Pedigrees, fancy.752 
Roots for stock.19*I 
Sexes or animals, controlling..300 
Short horn bull. ’* Prime Minis¬ 
ter”. 
— — balls. 
— — — sure market for 
— — cow. 
— — heifer 
Short-hori 
rna., 
328 
....36* 
... 73 
....799 
73.408 
689,720, 799, 819 
— — animal portraits.198 
— — at Carlisle ..587 
— — far beer and tmlk. 639 
— — in Keutucky.76S 
— — large sale of. ,. 236 
— — pedigreed, tauoy prices ..313 
SUirt-horu bull. Baron Hiii-' 
hurst.829 
— — calves, sale of.829 
Silos, huge ....737 
Soiling cuttle.642 
Stables for bulls. 392 
Steaming apparatus.801 
Stock close breeding.829 
— breeding pure-orcri.879 
Stock breeding.... 10 
— d ay ices for managing. 210 
— farm.., ... 40 
— get good. t ']28X 
— hygienic care ol. 2 j 
— improved male, clubbing tor 234 
— note- from Iowa.197 
— Winter feeding for. 
SiiB'olk outdo. 471 
Sulphur for animals. 280 
Tillyfour herd, great sale of... 639 
West Highlands.,,...220 
HORTICULTURAL. 
Aide r, black. 798 
Arulla monstroBa...519 
Araliae. 519 
Ashes, coal for insecs..11. ,3R0 
Asparagus. Argeoteuil. 59 U 
— Improved, culture.583 
— se xes in.428 
Asparagus, preparing beds.681 
— culture of in France. 6.34 
Azaiea, Indian. .761 
Blackberry. Snyder.453, 551 
— Ta t lor.. 501 
illtat)ic.t] ,md Ex, Gardens. 
Australian. ...646 
Calyoanthus fluitdus. . 717 
Cere Is Japohlea. 391 
Clom«tl 8 ..... 
— lunuglnoBH.. ..570 
Com, Blount'e, result of the 
contest. 3 * 
— pmu urns. 12 
— — book. .. . . . .767, 709 
Cornu*. 6 lortdu. reddish tnvol- 
ucreB. . .. ....332 
Corylua Avellana pemiula. 51 
Cranberry. i 2 < 
— culture,ull about. 798 
Currant, Fay’s proliuc.622 
Currants... ... q -»2 
— standard.A 22 
Currant, Fay's prolific. 884 
Daphne Gcnkwa,.... 25 i 
liiosoore. bat-tus.] 2 i;j 
Electric ligbtamlplants........SE) 
Euonyrous atrouurpurfeus. 756 
Fig culture attno North. 135 
Fig*, giowing. 7 o - ) 
— Marsell-iie... 5 Ki 
Flowers, rouble. 773 
It ruit by ex. ur mail, how to put 
UP. 191 
— growers in council. 119 
Fruits, small at R. G..S 91 
— — for the family.191 
— — in N. Y. market.428 
— - rust in. ...504 
GrO'seoernes, standard.722 
Grafi Inc-wiix.](« 
Horticultural exp. In Ala.294 
— Imp. lu Mich . 765 
Humbugs and dupes. 537 
— la bon. .. 422 
Hybrids.. 
Hydraugea puniculata, grand.. 51$ 
Hypericum knlmlauum..,,,,. ...458 
Insecticide, another..458 
Insects, war upon.217 
Judas-tree, Japanese. 891 
Kale.. 
Kalmia. insect* fertilizing.328 
Kohlrabi, a substitute for cab- 
. .v.’ 06 
Labels, metal...654 
— wooden,,. 654 
— atoO...670. 703, 719,738,798 
Lawns, grasses for..278 
— ground lor. . 2?8 
— Ky ; blue grass for.563 
Lettuce disease, prevention 
r.nd cute. 118 
Lily ot the Valley, forcing.H 16 
London-puroie tor insects.120, 5 39 
Lonicera Hr.lleanu,. ht> 
Mistletoe, the..... 357 
Mole trups . 144 535 
Mulberry. "...579 
Mushroom culture in caves.....765 
Mushrooms, edible. 565 
Orange crop injured. 724 
Pea-weevil...s, 220 
Peas, early, improvement in...562 
— H’.U-sowtna of. *02 
— weevil-eaten .294 , 295, 318 
Persimmon, Japan.20<J 
Phytolacca decandra. 754 
Pinching, pruning.... .396 
Planting, tiptlng vs. Fall. 756 
Plant-) wifi fruits, preserving 
s peel me ns. 124 
earn.is . '44 
— Introduction of foreign.....358 
— insectivorous. . 27 
Potato blossoms, removing_735 
rot, new light on,. . 54 
— scud, "hybrid’’ .. 76 
Premium book. 767 799 
PrinoB vertlclUatuB,,. . ’.794 
Pruning.. 377 . 396 
— fruit trees... 686 
Raspberry, Belle de Fouteuay, 
, , 16«. 454 
Brandywine. ..166 
Brinckle’s Orange. .166 
Burns’s Early... 454 
Carolina. . 454 , 479 
Cuthbert..44. 118.140. K5, 501. 
n-2,500, 703. 772 
Announcement... 7 ; 6 
other names for.J 82 
Davidson'a Thornless.166 
Doolittle. loo 
Florence.106 
Franconia.160 
Gregg.166, 204.451, 602 
— ;i«e of fruit..551 
Henrietta.. 
Herstine.P 6 
HighI .1 nd Hardy. 1«6 
Mammoth Cluster. 166 
New llochelle. 170 
Philadelphia .. ]«6 
Pi ide of the Hudson. 501 
Turner.166, J5i 
Raspoerries, size of.834 
— Gregg..834 
Raspberry. Caroline. 816 
Raspberry, Caroline...... 831 
Raspberries at " R. G.”. 391 
tap varieties. . .166 
foreign varieties.166 
hardiness of. 183 
large. 797 
planting. 163 
red, Arueri'an.165 
soli, culture, etc. 105 
Winter protection. 165 
Rhododendrons, dtsbudding.. .too 
Rose, American Banner. 124 
— improvement of the. 2 ui 
— green..... . 453 
Roses, Autumnal, best. 776 
— best six.. 
— French prize.522 
— seedling-... .506 
— stocks for..,. 17 
Rural Farm notes.670 
— Grounds, notes from....591 .022 
School grounds, adornment of .654 
Seed distribution, free. . 10 , 134 ,589 
— — Instructions in planting.134 
— bouse. Vick’s. 786 
— seleoung. 458 
Bendmeo. hints to. 41 
Seeds,Rural.experimentsw ih. 39 
— or u*aut 9 . Rural does nut 
sell ..830 
•• Sere and yellow leaf ”_T 24 
ShruoR.etc.,covering up funder. 23 
Small fruits for the family.dll 
Soil, depth in... 814 
Spuasa Thuubergia.Si6 
Strawberry, Wilson.S 31 
Strawberry, Belie.Nil 
Btdwell.470, 584 
blight .. . 
Boyden’s.30.150 
Centennial Favorite.501 
ChtimplOD. 6z2 
— and Windsor Chief.486 
Charles Downing. 150 
Cinderella.501, 6*<2 
Col. Cheney.150, 454 
Crezcent Seedling.150,501 
— culture-.......149 
Crescent, Cumberland Triumph 
ISO, 454, 501 
— discussion .8i 
— Downer’s Prolific.ISO 
— Duchess,.ISO 
— Duncan..,.150 
— Durand Beauty.501 
— Forest Rose.....150, 154,SOI 
— Gen. Sherman. ....SU 
— Glendale.501, 502 
— - late.jt'6 
— grub . 85 
— Great American.85,501 
— Kentucky. ,7111 
— Longfellow.584 
— Marvin.58i 
— Miner’s Prolific.150 
— Monarch of the West. ,,150, rsi 
— Nunan... 264 
— President Lincoln.SOI 
— Prlmo.an 
— Seneca Queen... 502 
— Sharpless..150, £01.503 
— Triomphe da Gand.601 
— Wilder..501 
— Wilson’s Albany.601 
— Windsor Chief, ,.501.502, "”6. 
551, 622 
Strawberries,best for market.. 30 
— care and culture.149 
— cream of the.623 
— In Mich. 793 
— manures for.149 
— rotted.£02,334 
— propagating.HIM) 
— slugs on .702 
— stainInate and pistillate.. 
520,524 
— tools for cultivating....150 
— to save In u drought.3-8 
Sweet-scented shrub . 717 
Tea culture. 
— plants at AHceu. .188 
Tomatoes at" R, (4,’ . 022 
” •an»plantlng In June. hi 
Vetch. 797 
Viburnum pdcutum.596 
Vlma sativH...797 
Vtne.a new... •.722 
White Roman Hyacinth, foro- 
.... lug. 846 
Wistarias as trees ..OK) 
Yam, Chinese..213 
HORSEMAN. 
Breeding for profit,. 279 
Carthorse*. .. 772,787 
Colic, cut liay producing. 736 
Colic in horses. 73 
Collar pud, zinc.348 
Clyde*(lalc stallions .752 
Clydesd 'les, hair on legs of_314 
Di*temper, threatened.676 
Drugs, noxious, giving..268 
788 
.304 
.. ..736 
.555 
.... 313 
.263 
.204 
Epizootics, old-time. 
Hoof* blacking. 
— tough. 
Horse, big. 
— biscuit. . 
— huvlng. how. 
— hunting, stud book. _ 
— shoe, convenient..... ,hiii 
— trota at agricultural fairs... 565 
Horses at Royal Ag’l show.... 521 
— carriage.364 
— farm and cart.2<0 
— gentle care of...718 
— heavy draft...364 
Itching in tail and mane*.075 
Norwegian ponies, beautiful... .348 
Pawing In stall*. ,... .. ..736 
Percheron horses..196, 657, 7:6) 
Perchcron-Norman h^rse.587 
Percheron toe small farms_572 
Percheron Horses, tried and 
found wanting.870 
Race horse*.786 
Saddle horses..,. 672 
Shoe, convenient. 801 
Bboulder galls, remedy for.4.87 
Blde-bones.......193 
Stallion, Morgan Black Huwk..lH8 
Stallions, loss of. 172 
Three mares of Mahomet .8.73 
Trotters, breeding. 671 
Worms In horses.292,025 
HYGIENIC. 
Alcoholic drinks, to 9Ubdue 
craving....1(16 
Castor oil, administering. 1 97 
Cod-liter oil, tasteless.785 
Coffee, Ohlecury.318 
— in typhoid lever. 217 
Drainage, detective.724 
Food, adulteration.M7 
G'ermsand thoughts germane..660 
Iodine Miosliuitc for quinta_7»; 
Meat, diseased.. . 9 
Milk and Uufe water. -92 
— lor food. ..497 
— Jersey, for babies..216, 780 
— tainted...3>8t 
Narcotic, new, “ Piturt''.251 
Opium eating.. ...217 
Poisons. Common, and hundv 
antidotes...P3 
Pork for food. 113 
Typhoid fever, coffee in.217 
— — Impure milk... 593 
Vermifuge, a good.197 
Water, value of.24U 
INDUSTRL IMPLEMENTS. 
Binder, Band wish Cord. 0 O 0 
Butter pails.Optimus return... 3 
Churn. Rhine hard.185 
Clover separator, Monitor. 2-5 
Collar-pad, zinc . 894 
Corn talll, Victory. 9 
Creamery, Ferguson bureau.... 57 
Drill, corn, Hoosler.2)15 
— Empire grain and fertilizer. 168 
Engine. Bookwalter..8 2 
— new safety steam.£65 
Evaporator, Cook s... . 124 
— lor -ugar making...169 
— fruit. .346, 488 
Grain-drill. Buckeye...3yj 
— — Paxton force-feed. 409 
Harrow. Acme.489 
— — steel pulverizing.,,,.115 
Harvester Bradley's American.249 
Implements, improved, ujeof..i 09 
Link Ingall s patent . 1»3 
Machinery at .n. 1. Hite lair.. 111 
— w os t it ha3 dune lor agricul¬ 
ture. 585 
Marker, adjustable. 247 
— — simple... ..3)6 
Mill. cane, uew improvement..521 
corn and toed— . 131 
- [ r I.t..106 
Era........249 
piantatton and farm. 249 
portable, excellent.317 
Mills farm. griBt.o4l 
rinding. 27 
ordyks & Marmon’s.249 
— swreaue. . 435 
Potato plum duster.377 
Plow.dtumond iron....249 
— Oneouta chipper. 4!) 
Rake Bay State. 1&0 
— self dump. 1U5 
Reaper. Vnson Weed’s No. 3.. 169 
Itotarv motion, Ryther.377 
Saw, giant riding.27 
Separator, olover. Monitor.265 
spring Dexter . . .. .13 
Sugar extractor, cent rlfugal... .329 
Thrasher, improved vibrator...313 
— Invincible.,..XR 
— Minn. Chief. 377 
Wind-mill, "IX L”.J2K1 
wind-mills . 894 
Zinc collar Buds.391 
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INDUSTRIAL SOCIETIES. 
Ag’l show at Carlisle. Royal 
586.537, 
As*, cane sugar, Corning. 72 
— dairymeo’s.N. Y. Slate..157, 
— — Vt . 85 
— milk-producers' protective. 71 
— nurserymen’s Amer .432 
Club, dairy cattle, national. 8 
Exhibitors, professional.704 
Fair. Dairy, No. 740 
— Ill, State,... 687 
— list, annual.473,504 
Fair. Neb. State.70S 
— New England.till 
— New Jersey State .673 
— N. V, State, machinery at... 640 
— nhiosiate. 133 
— Queen's Co. ag.673 
— St. Louts. .72) 
— Va. Statu.. ...,7 3 
— Vermont State...68a 
— World’s. . 12 
Fairs. Ag’t. and horse trots.536 
— gambling at. 570 
Fruit growers In council.102 
Society, Ag’l, Conn, convention 
of. 29 
— hort. Indiana. 23 
— — Montreal. 688 
— — New Jersey,.118 
— — «bw Yurk.102 
-Ohio . 6 
INDUSTRIAL TOPICS. 
Agricultural Cnllegea.<70 
— — studies at.641 
— machinery how it la sold ,..419 
Agriculture. European.f40 
— — position of .173 
Cereal*.depresaioain prices....46U 
Cheese rmrket, home.318 
Enterprises, development of 
new... 200 
Evaporating fruit.• 4 
Experimental elation, N, Y.4 J 
Fish culture caro..1 s 
— — rotation of Crops..284 
— preserving.268 
Flour, export of.772 
— patent.642 
Glucose.107 092.172 
Grain for miMiiig....S”3 
Guano bl od manufacture of.442 
Hemp American. 252 
t- on v boom," collapse of.JW1 
Kutnys*. 393 
Meat-canning business...5 4 
— from Australia.297 
— Imported.201 
— raw, preserving.. .,...722 
— shipment abroad,.625 
Millers’ exhibition.3fll 
Milk trade.329 
< ’ll plant, it new. 201 
Uloomargariae, all about .44l 
I’urk, Chicago, corner In....5.'6 
Sem'da. axrtcuiuirai.69 i 
— country, to beautify grounds 
— public, yards or.0-H 
SVk-worm raising In fa.556 
Sugar and sugsr-rauklng. 30 
— beet industry.412 
— corn.. .536 
— maple. Industry.156 
— product.721 
— sorghum, making. 134,251, 325. 
566 
Tea culture.i'flfi 
Wheat, vomer, Chicago.540 
— market, prospective.7tw 
— speculators..284 
LANDSCAPE GARDENING. 
Embankments..279 
Landscape gardening...533 
Lawns, formation and manage¬ 
ment of.278 
— gras*. Ky. blue for. 5 * 1 : 
— grasses, management of_278 
Paths, winding.768 
Roads and trees.278 
Walks.379 
Water, foul, remedy.492 
MISCELLANEOUS. 
Adulteration.wheat.imtiorti of 830 • 
Agricultural Colon its new... „5<r 
Ag. Press, illiberal spirit of. ... 847 
Bacteria. .. .803 
Beat suck of Hour, how toniafco.ESO 
Book premium, explanation.. 
088. 723, 769 
Boyo. cDcouruge the—..721 
— what shall liter do?.. 7(1 
Canal, interocewnio..172 
Catalogue®, importance of. _ 28 
— recetvrd..27, 0,57. 78. 8M0V. 
Vi), 136.153, 168, 185.201.219. 
285, 251. 266. 8W5, 4 y 3 . 539, 5> 9, 
<58, 674, 689, 738,769. TS4 
Catalogues.81* 
Census, the.,1ii< 
Chiccoi y for coffee.,.393 
f’bildren. never snub them. 
Cleanliness and he*lth.838 
Commissioner of Agriculture, is 
be to be removed. 8?0 
Congress and cattle disease.850 
Country and city life.6,3 
C'lmlnnls, professional...... ,.!?4 
Diamonds, r.ucel theory.57 
Dog distemper, to avoid.7S5 
Dogs, kill off the..420 
Farm schools for girls.... ... . 2.15 
“ Fesiina Lent© '\,..204 
Fish*hybrid. .. . .,'>29 
— preserving . .268 
Flour-barrel, filth in.,,..,550 
Flour, export of...,-.772 
Food Adiib ecxtlona. sy 
Food adulteration .833 
Food, adulteration of. ..850 
Fruit evaporator wun ® 1 , a fire- 
proof,...,. 8«T 
Trout In a well .. 622 
Gen Le DucaudCorgressmen.SKTi 
Glucose, what is...836 
Homestead law, needed change 
in... —....428 
Horse, Blue-Gown loss of......'50 
Horse-meat as food.770 
indtun Ter ....820 
Ireland, help for. 118 
Irish agnation.. 692 
KnowlVge. tell, not- guesses... w 4f 
Kumyas.593 
Meat, uew kind wanted.S 7 
’• Merry Christman ".853 
Niagara Falls, a park at..,253 
Pecuniary 1 'depenoence.... . .836 
Premiums bonk.(8*. 722 
Prize fur harvesters at Paris 
Exposition ot 19i8. 41 
Prohibition In Kansas.S60 
Prospectus, n gbtuce Duck. 12 
Rtuircud powtr....676 
Rats, to kill.201 
Riley controversy...,28. 77. 123, 
135.157.253. 346 
Rum I, cxpiruiton of.820 
Show, domuetic, animal.850 
Bilk culture......860 
Silver dolls r. 476 
statistics, final. , 692 
Substitutes, are they frauds?...313 
Sugar, impurtuthins of....850 
The unattainable, striving for..S60 
" The Authority ”. 564 
Tramps.-. 253 
Wagon wheels, strength or 
fashion.673 
Water, lack of. 917 
— purifying.874 
Weather, the...348 
Well, trout in a...522 
Wells, poisoned . 574 
— sinking on Grand Island....584 
Wines, artificial.. 57 
World’s Fair, sit© for.836 
NATURALIST. 
Fish, hybrid. 
Mole, plea for the. 
Moles in gardens. 
Rate black..,., 
— to kill.... 
Sparrow, English ... 
— — in England... .. 
Toad, useiul.. 
P0M0L0G1CAL. 
)o. Alexander. 
alley’* Sweet.. 
Baldwin. . 
Be n Davis.. 
Bethel in Vt. 
Ceie-tla. 
Clark... 
Cooper's Early While... 
Crab. Luay Elgin. 
Cranberry Pippin . 
Davenport... 
Domlne.. 
Duchess of Oldvuburg,., 
.460, 
. ...829 
.377 
.217 
653, 7U6 
.2111 
.... 660 
.rfia 
.770 
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.... 93 
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