THE BUBAL HEW-YOBKEB. 
New York, Onondaga Co. 117, 814,830 
— — Ontario.149, 
201, 402, 498, 516, 590, 766 
— — Orange Co.431 
— _ Orleans Co......85, i98 
— — Otsego CO-.§14 
— — Queens Co . i84 
_ — Rensselaer Co.. .,166, 201,253 
_ — St Lawrence Co.624 
— — Saratoga Co...636 
— — Schenectady Co.510 
— — Schoharie Co........766 
— — Schuyler Co.418 
_ _ Steuben Co.3J6, 386, 686 
— - Suffolk.701 
— — Tompkins Co.811 
— — TJlstpr Co...,.54, 160 
— — Warren CO .Sol 
— — Wayne Co. 465 
_ — Western notes......349 
— — Wright’s Corners..287 
— — Wyoming Co.22,434 
-Yates Co.484,346 
North Caro'lna. Granville Co...269 
— — Guilford Co.608 
_ — Iredell Co.466 
— — Vance Co.54, 465,701 
Nova Scotia, Dlgby Co.149 
— — Hard wooalilll.590 
Ohio, Allen Co.181 
— Athens. . 658 
— Brown Co......,,......434 
— Butler Co. .....133 
— Champaign.434 
— Clermont Co.511 
.... . .. 149 
— Columbiana Co.... . .... 69,530 
— Cuvah \ga Co. 69 
— Darke Co.854 
— Delaware Co....166 
— Fairfield Co. 166 
— Fraukllu Co.513 
— Geauga Co..402 
— Harrison Co. .131 
— Huron Co.338 
— Lelpzlc.88 
-Licking Co..336, 530 
— Luca* Co. 69, 638, 670 
— Mahouing Co... 
-- Marlon Co. 
.85 
1U1.23? 
— Mercer Co.498 
— Pickaway Co. .22 
Portage Oo. 5-1,118,511,580 
— l’utnam Co.369, 530 
- Stark Oo. 85 
-Trumbull Co.,...418,782 
- Tuscarawas Co.85,513 
- barren Co... 638 
- Williams Co. 22 
- Wyandotte Co.513 
Oregon, Clackamas Co.781, 766 
- Lynn Co. 85. 166 ,185, 606 
- Marlon Co.,....,.......,.734 
- Polk Co.653 
- Umatilla Co.6 6 
- Wasco Co. 38 
- Willamette.606 
Ottawa, notes on the frost.401 
Pennsylvania, Alleghany Co_ 
.316. 731, 792 
- Bradford Co... 39, 117, 258, 696 ,731 
- Bucks Co.3 6 
- Butler Co.287 
. »G 
.287 
— Cambria Co.166 
— Columbia Co. .... 18 " 
— Crawford Co. 33,85 117 
— Brie Co. 85. 200. 670,702 
— Franklin Co.5'3 
— Green Co. 380 
— Hope Church. 701 
— Indiana Co. 511 
— Lackawanna Co.814 
— Lehigh Co.530 
— Mercer Co.M 9 
— Susqucha na Co. 051 
— TlOga C .622 
— Venango Co.0)2 
— Wayne Co.166,431.516 
— Westmoreland Co......54 
— Wyoming Co.638 
South Carolina Aiken Co.tsa 
Tennessee, Gibson Co.591 
— Grainger Co.?-K> 
— Hamilton Co.• r* 
— Havwood CO. 34 
-M •Miuu Co.cl 
— Mitchell Co. fi 
— Rhea Co. .. 6 
— Robertson Co.660 
— Shelby Co.PC 
— Sullivan Co. .1 is 
-Washington Co.133,213 
Texas, Austin. 95 
— Band'-ra Co. tio 
— Bexar Co. 38, lM, 218 838. 670 
— Dallas Co.. 
— Dickinson Co.. 
.418 
Grayson Co. 
— Liberty Co. 
...117, 3 6 
Rod ltlver Co,,. 
...590 
— Williamson Co. 
.514 
Trans continental 165, 491. 497 , 512 
529,545, 599, 601 621 6 2, 669, 
685, 7DU, 713, 7 : 43 , 765, 781, 793, 
813, s30. 945 
Utah. Weber Co...719, 766 
Vermont, Chittenden Co 22 514,734 
— Franklin Co..7s2 
— Orleans Co.431 
— Rutland. 346 , 531 
— Windsor.ltd, 117 
Virginia, Augusta Co.?53 
— Bedford.466 
— Charlotte Co. 133 
— Goochland Co.M l 
— Hampden Sidney College.269 
— Loudon Co. 237 
Orange Co. 6.33 
Prince Anne Co . 117 
Prince Udvrnrd Co . 200 , 
. .418, 482, 516, 6)13 
— George Co.T"2 
— Russell 0 ) . 118 
— something nbont.VST 
— Western notes from. <419 
Wythe 1'...(ft 
Washington Ter,. Garfield Co.,63 1 
— — Whatcom Go.,,.402, 830 
WeBt Virginia, Hancock Co.M l 
— —Jackson Co. r,i 
— — Jefferson Co..466 
— Kanawha Co.78? 
— —Ohio Co. 201 
— —Wake Co . 731 
Wisconsin. Barron Oo.119 
Columbia.: 1 ;. 606 
— Crawford Co.,. 731 
Dane Co...,.. 636 
Fond du Lae Co... 101 , 133, 218, 7:11 
Grant Co. 287 
l.a OrOBSC Co... .. M. 198 
Monroe Co.670 
-Oconto Co.166 
— Outaga le Co.166,070,686 ,793 
— Ozaukee Co. <443 
— Portage Co. 4S2, <34 
— Shawano Co.166 
— Waiworlli Co. 7 K 2 
— Waupacn Co...269,701 
— Winnebago Co. 530 
Wyoming, carbon Co. 117 
FARM ECONOMY. 
Animals fattening dlsfrlbu- 
„ tlonof.9,28,41.50, 89 
Draining tHe, proportioning for 
a long drain,,, . 393 
— — size .366 
Drains,under const motion. .381,866, 
..337, 398,479. 193, 541,602 
fence, rabbit tight.265 
Grain, do we feed too much?... 303 
Hay, when to cut. 336 
Land, wet. why it should be 
drained,,,.. 99 
Manure, hen, preservation of. .! 22 
Mouse-trap for granaries.m 
Murk bed. Utilizing . 250 
Nitrate of soda, Use of.67 
Petroleum, crude, ns a wood 
preservative. 37,0 
Potato plow, or potato forks .,. nil 
" heat and corn seed, pickle for. 131 
FARM CROPS. 
Alfalfa as pork food. 637 
— possibilities of.266 
Asparagus culture, special. 618 
Barley.. 
Barley at Kirby Homestead.....’ 99 
— Imperial. 267 
— Manshury. 464 
Beans, Castor, and moles.S37 
Bermuda Grass from seed.604 
— seed..51 
Beets and beet sugar..446 
— for near and live stock.681 
— roots ot.764 
Broom corn scraper...732 
Buckwheat, Canada Crystal.519 
— seed to the acre.385 
— sowlug. 41/ 
Cabnage, F.arly Deep Head. . 613 
— late; selling out . .5)2 
Cabbages lu spite of worms.283 
-- keeping. 912 
Cane, smi.er ....44i 
Carrot seed, sown too deep.5G2 
Chess as grass.571 
Chess in wheat.8L 
— or cheat . 82 i 
Clover, crimson.8s4 
— Iviy ..393 
— Italian.831 
— red. uew and valuable va.-->59 
Clovers as nitrogen collectors. .619 
Corn, analysis . GIG 
— broom, scraper... .782 
— crib... .. 464 
— — rat-proof...732 
— cross bred, Itural ......634, 787 
— crossing, experiment. 682 
— outing and shocking.634, ill 
— fodder, value of. ..683 
— ground, marker for.153 
— how we raise.586 
— immature for seed.73 
— iiiDako a, .39-, 496. 543, 71 1 
— Jack, with automatic pin.7:52 
— land Fall plowing ..320 
— Learning . • 199, 036 
Crude fibre, nutritive qualities 
of . 32, 
Grass, Orchard.498 
— — • owing.525 
— seed sown alone .268 
— seeding. Joss to farmers.: t*i 
Grasses for Kansas.23'? 
— — pas'Ure .zt.2 
— — vnrlous soils aud climes,. Ml 
Harvesting, time..430 
Hay. mover.393 
— making...429 
— stacker .387 
— when to cut . 336 
Hungarian grass, sowing.401 
Hybrids between wheat and 
rye..557, 637 
Johu.o n grass.2s6. 195, 737. 713 
Maize, illllo. 3 ;r> 
Mai’gels, how to grow.»i5 
— why uon't farmers grow. 477 ,527 
— without knee and linger 
work.634 
Millet, sowing.an 
Ml lo maize.. ... .... w).* 
Oats after coru....:—682 
— Amur. Triumph.....SSI 
— at R. G . 97 
— AustihU m .2:i> 
— Black Champion. 97 
— cot greou for fodder.338 
— Probsteler, white.2.51 
— Haee-hor.se .ion 
— tests of at ex station.764 
— wild. 556 
— Welcome.2.15 
— yield .41 
— — in Montana.542 
Onion seed to the acre.132 
Onions, fertilizer for, best.131 
Orchard grass.496 
— — sowing.528 
Pasture grasses.2 2 
Potato notes .430 
-aud rnggestlous. .Ill 
— Old Purple Mercer.235,371 
— Orwell .. ..163 
— Pal-sou’s Pri Hilo .811' 
— Pearl of Savoy.557 
— Peerless .28-4 
-Ill R. 1 ; .163 
— planter .3S7 
— plowor potato forks, which'/.'.il 
— fr si cul .390 
— rot . 'x 
— SI ab . .....430,699*716, 782,1 i6 
— - . ... its 
— — caused by wire-worms_ 651 
— Seedling from Mr. Merrill .,.131) 
-of D X. West .. If) 
-Mr. L. Heitzel .183 
— seedlings . 1.1 
— 8>no« Fairy. 161 
— Suovr llake .251,321 
— Sport of Late Rose. 63 
— t .lk at ”R. 0 . 1 Sit) 
— tests at ■‘K.G.’*.. 2.60 97. 1 4, 
.,ls2,2 5,3511,266, 2-4, 557, 618 
729 19 * 
-with chemical fertilizers.281 
— .he nest . 
— Tremont. 71*4 
— Variegated-loafed.6t-> 
— Vermont Champion.250 
— Vick's xtra Early .557 
— Wall s Orange. 810 
— White hiephaut.68. tai 
-a big.891 
-and late R of Hebron 
the same,,.,.. |$0 
-Prize.TGI 
-Star.286, TX5 
— Winslow's Seedling.....Ill 
— yields, nig, concerning.700 
-large. .794 
— — largest .684 
-startling .. 117 
Potatoes, about .*22 
— a over in Eugland.750 
— and wire-worms.778 
— by moon light . 419 
— lu. College, cost of raising_54 
— Com., fertilizers for.148 
— culture of.768 
— cuttiug. Isj 
— earliest...2 Is 
— Hat culture.131 
■ - for Seed, parings.“planting, . |R4 
— greatest yields ever produced 
. t the Rural Grounds..TiJ 
— heavy soil tests .. . rai 
— how my neighbor raised.... 267 
— Irish, In the South. 9 
— manure for. 732 
— tnuxlmuui yields, how to pro¬ 
duce .273 
— “mixing”. 54ii 
— mulching...620 
— uew varieties misrepresent - 
tng... 498 
— tilt ogenous fertllUsers for.. .690 
— plant inn deep . 321 
— prize essay on. 2 j:j 
— set (1.195 
-cutting experiments.464 
-storing. ,652 
-varieties of. Slii 
— Whit Star ex at R. G.3S4 
— wiL they "mix” in the bill? .527 
Prlekl.v Comfrey.884, 523 
-eondimined...621 
Root collar .fid 
— crops, growing.411 
— culture, now met nod s of. 794 
Roots how deep they ruu_,, 21 
Rutabagas. |j; 
Rye, Its functions In agrlcul 
turn.....679 
Rye, value, etc . prize essay_273. 
. .873, f09,801 
Seed corn. 41 
FARM TOPICS. 
Agricultural education......189, 652 
Ash-hopper... 9 
Ashes as good as superphos¬ 
phate.<30 
— cool for fruit trees.28:i 
— wood.431 
— — long action of.511 
AX. grease to spilt hard w ood...761 
Barn yard, leak-... 41 
Blcaehlug proeoss, nmv... .112 
Hone, raw, nitrogen in.HI 
Hoys, farm educuilon, best.357 
Buildings, cheap but convoti 
lent..... .288 
Cabbage flea, to exterminate ,..335 
Carp at the It. G. 2 
— craze.165 
— culture.2L 464 
— edible qualities.216 
Carp experience.52,53 Soil as a source of plant food...805 
— farm fish.286 Soil*, analyses of, by means of 
— growth of. 52 plants.39^ 
_ jn Ill.115 — retaining wat r.416 
_West.115 Sorghum lu Central N. Y .... 19 
_ pond . . . .. 21 —sugar making ..... 53 , 493 , 563 
Carpenter’s shop..697 Sugar ami «ck )ice .366 
Castor pomace, poisonous.388 — at a cent per p -und. 1 -3 
Cats In the barn.812 —making . 563 
Cattle choked, to relieve. 65-future of.329 
Cellar above ground...78J — — Ill-luck .. TjJ 
— r-mt . 66 , 730 Wastes ou the farm .684 
Clothes lines, tightening.99 Water Improvement at "K. H.''.562 
Clover seeder, homemade.2.50 — use and anuse In horticulture. 446 
Corn crib . 400,464 Wells, artesian. 2 
-and pig-pen. .283 Wheat and rye hybrids.557 
— fodder dried and silage.464 Wheel Jack .153 
— marker.153,250 Wlnd-rntils, farm . 351 
— slleer 526 Wire-worms and potatoes.778 
— smut, cause .481-wire-worms .717 
— stalks, housing. 9-caualug potato scab. 60 } 
Cucumber and melon bugs.352 Wood ashes, long action of.5 1 
Cut-worms, death to . 352 —preserving.. 161 
Dandelions, to . radicate.3J3 Working and thinkiDg.l>t 
Carp experience...52, o-s 
— farm nsh...286 
— growth of. 52 
— in Ill.115 
-West.115 
— pond......... 21 
Carpenter’s shop....697 
Castor pomace, poisonous.388 
Cats In the barn.812 
Cattle choked, to relieve. 65 
Cellar above ground...78J 
— l-M-J. . 
Clothes lint s, tightening.99 
Clover seeder, home made.250 
Corn erib . ....400,464 
-and pig-pen..288 
— fodder dried aud silage.464 
— marker.153,250 
— slleer ..526 
— smut, cause ....481 
— stalks, housing. . ..... 9 
Cucumber and melon bugs.352 
Cut-worms, death to .352 
Dandelions, to eradicate.373 
Debts, evil of.'',52 
Ditching.398 
— machines, trial.349 
Drain, how to.351 
— level ....650 
Drn Inlng, excavating..393 
— tile, proportioning of.. ,383 
— — size.. 366 
— under, benefit.367 
— — tile laying to grade....415 
Drains, level, Lansing for.493 
— leveling for. 479 
— location of.366 
— silt basin .366 
— under construction 851. 366,383, 
396, 179,433, 541, 602 
Drinking troughs .69S 
Droughts, ndvantaces of.730 
Education ofourehildreu. prize 
essay . 293. 105, 453 
Egg preservatives experiments^ 
Eggs, preserving. ..,.496 
En-llave .1.1S3.S05. 119 
— a 1 vantage of.234,360 
— as winter feed. 353 
— experience . 9,250 
— experiments at N. Y. ex. sta- 
tl -u . 
— has come to stay....198 
-111 effects of .384 
— nutritive quallt ies.. 401 
— v< roots .254 
— wait for more light.;.320 
wha' I know about.265 
Ex. station. New York...,.......3-4 
Kali tallowing .........526 
Farm boys, education for. best.357 
— house, location and arrange¬ 
ment 119 
— keep the best ou . 652 
— life in Prov. of Quebec........518 
n . 681 
' Hi'- K V V .-. 
— truck, a post puller.. . 5 
— wastes on.634 
Farmer, fancy .-180 
- successful...762 
— talk with a . 30i 
Farming ill the West. .559 
— must tend toward stock feed¬ 
ing.... 305 
— without system, losses ... 560 
Farmers, advice to, pl’hy-prlze 
e- say, 205.841, i?9. 501,593, 752 
— are not healthy .. .449 
— own paper—R. X' -Y.752 
Fene , l.urhed wire.. .. 132,234,285 
— Blodgett. 812 
— designs....81t 
— portable .312 
— rabbit-tight..265 
— r ad, neat . 9 
r adside. 115 
— wire, barbed, danger to 
stock ... 529 
— — — experience.283 
— — — for stock .368 
Fertilization and five stock.589 
Fertilizer combination, good. ..252 
nitrate of soda .CT 
— spreader wanted.449 
— slo 1 ■ ett actingas a ..637 
— superphosphaie, what it con¬ 
tains . 449 
Fertilizers, best lu the market .130 
— chemical .589 
— com. for potatoes . .148 
Gate that c n't be left open.116 
Grain, d we feed too much?_303 
Grounds, ex., 01 R. tf. 1 .. I, 
162, 182.9 k,, 751.411, 44a, 477. 510. 
557,61', 682,716. 729 761, 793 
Grubs,,,. ... . .... ...684 
Harrows, spring tooth, about.. .115 
Harvesting, time to.430 
Hay and buctc. la .443 
— making.429 
— rake, cheap.447 
— stacker.337 
— when to cut .'336 
Hired help. In behalf of.421 
Hoeing between the drills.465 
Hoc», keep sharp.545 
— wheel.512 
Hybrids between wheat and 
rye. 557 
Irrigation . 19 
Kerosene mixture..480 
Lu der un<l derrick...58s 
Landed aristocracy of Amer_560 
Lands wet, why drain. 99 
Level. Lansing.493 
Manure from one horse...764 
— hen. for erope .320 
— — preservation. 22 
— Judeeof value by effect ......637 
n r 
Manuring in Missouri....'200 
Marker for coru ground.153 
Mi king stool for kicking cow... 66 
Milk, skim, as siock feed, value, 67 
Molasses milking . 6 
Monopolies 22 
Muck as weight for silo.54i 
bed, utilizing ..50 
Nitrate of soda on corn ai R. U 510 
729 
Nutritive qualities of crude 
fibre.827 
— — use of. 6) 
Paint, cheap for the farmer 165 
Paintiug, using petroleum be¬ 
fore. 199 
Pasture g rasscs.252 
Pastures, perfect management 
Of, Theoretically.413 
Petroleum as palm, use of.1:12 
— etude... 234 
— — a wood preservative.350 
— - experience w ill!.199 
I’ll isphate. S. G. .411 
Planter, h ttd. good. 199 
Plowed sod. Fall .US 
Portugese husbandry... 5 
Potash.. 131 
— and Its relatives.649 
— — phosphates.633 
— 8'iurees of..431 
Pptati i planter,..:u? 
— White prize.82T 
— scab caused bv wire-worms..651 
— scabby question. 511 
Rake, stalk. 383 
Ram andgln. batteriug.698 
Reaper, purchase of .7'M 
Resolutions for the New Year... 2 
Uoiul iii. iking .. 196 
— - In the West.7TS 
Roller, the, on tlie farm.385 
Roots, without hand and knee 
labor.... . (.98 
Rural for rich farmers. ki)6 
Saw, cross - ut. Improved __115 
Seales on the turnt......575 
Seed, clean, importance of.563 
— corn. 
— distribution of R N Y.737 
Seeding, thick and thin.465 
Seeds new, worthier* .681 
noveliies for Ihe farm.336 
— Selection of....795 
stock for the farm......856 
Self-binder, uew, use for.52* 
Silage aud muck.634 
Silo, cheap . 464 
— muck to weight dotvu a.. 341,634 
Sirup from sorghum.526 
Smoke-house.283 
Soap liniment.285 
FIELD CROPS. 
Corn-marker. 250 
— nitrate of soda ex. at “R. G.”.5t0 
-upon.729 
— on sandy mud.634 
— plaut, young.762 
— roots. leDgtfi.Jlf 
-of manuring.117 
— Rural B1 unt at ”R. G.”.182 
-Thoroug bred, late.813 
-Union at 'R. G.”.182 
-iced ■ ■ • ■ 
-for 183 i. .53 
— s, lecting.586 
— Sweet, Amber Cream.542 
-Asylum. 542 
-' Ul'K Mexican .511 
-Burr's Improved.603 
-Clark's O'd Colony.6n3 
-carllness of.305 
- • Egyptian.I'US 
— Goldeu .....511 
-Hickox. . .547 
— history, etc. of_-447, 462,477, 
.495,527,542, 586, 608. 619 
— Landrcth.— 6 3 
— Marblehead..511 
— Naragausett.5L 
— Ne Plus Ultra..619 
— Squantum..5J2 
— StovreiI s Evergreen.619 
— tarred wheat bran for.3S6 
Crops feed everywhere the 
sume . 539 
Crop reports of Dep’t Of Ag'l.. . L16 
Groin, when to cut .r03 
Grass. Bermuda from seed.Go-1 
— Hungarian.. ... 401 
— Johnson at 'R- G.’’........... 497 
-lor Kansas. 236 
-Is It hardy?...*,.195 
Grass lands, care of.3*5 
Potato aereuge, shortage In ...268 
— and Us relations.64" 
— Arundell n.ose.1S2 
— Bella.619 
— Bliss'* Triumph.130,234 
— Blush.430,310 
-head of ast.3S5 
— Charlotte.. 163 
— Clark's No. 1. .. . 1-8 
— Corliss’s Matchless.234,618 
— crop, large .762 
— culture to produce a maxi¬ 
mum yield within paying 
limits. 769 
— Dakota Red.182,613 
-origin of.415 
— Danmore .,.,78. 97 
— Early Maine.794 
-Tdavfiower.164 
-Ohio.286 
— Sunrise....V<) 
— El Paso.'14 
— Exp, rlments. ..183, 543 
-at Rothrmioted.557 
-Rural Grouuds.97,114,163, 
..1S2, 29J, 281. 5 7. 6 8 729, 7>4. 794 
-— object of.337 
-withspeclolfertll- 
izers.lit), 682 
— Green Mount in........-729 
— -growing long ago and now.. 65 
— Hall's Karl PeaohblOw.13U 
— Hodgman's Seedling ..729 
— Jewel . .... 1 ,4 
— Jon- s's Prize-taker.182 
— Jordan's Prolific. -..Ill 
— Ladv Finger.251, 321, 35i, 462 
-Franklin . 235 
— Le 's Favorite .,761 
- Marsh’s Defiance .ISO 
— Mavitotver . 2 
— litre r. old...335,321 
— N’ew Euglnnd Beauty.IS.i 
— North star . . .459 
Sorghum Atnber Cane .401, 447 
— growth, sugar, all about, 216,479. 
.... 
— Halapeuse ..286,495, T37 
— — is it hardy? .737 
— seed, management.19 
Straw, turning to best aoeouut.480 
Wheat ami rye btbrid.637 
Timothy, cutting.335 
Turnips, nitra e of soda,.417 
Water-melon culture.283 
Wheat after corn. ... €35 
aid chess .. 
-eoru, seed pickle for .. 18! 
— — rye hybrids ..557 
— .is stock reed.795 
— 8-b. Centennial in Australia..216 
— Clawson makes poor Hour 6v: 
— crop, canadiuu.369 
cross-bred Diebl-Med .567 
-— yield more than 
old Med.4'*6 
— Finley.4',5 
— growing .778. TSu 
-Importance of pedigree... lot 
— heating, to stop..".its 
— Martin's Amber.601 
— Nigger.604 
— nL rate of soda for. 67 
— I'- i'M . 729 
— pn-miring ground and sow¬ 
ing. 579,812 
— Rfee .604 
— Rocky Mountain...604 
— Royal Au'trnlian.MM 
— seed, selecting ..119 
-select in the field. 6 
— sowing, ex....6)1 
— Spring .168 
— Tn sm linian Red.. MR 
— teal*.S37..0O1 
— Valley . <04 
— White Rogers. 604 
— Winter In Canada.58? 
— York White Chaff.601 
FLORICULTURAL. 
Abutilon, Tliomsouil plena.100 
Allamnuiia Nertefolla.873 
Alternant hern dwarf yellow. 636 
Antpolopsis Velfehlt.3oi 
Anemone, Japanese.636 
Aphides, rrt atnient.73 
AstrAgalus BUelowil, In Texas.217 
Hcgouta odoratu . '... 116 
Begonla-s, wluter-flowering ...,286 
Cactus, bush.369 
Caru<itloti3 .65. 
— and ptCOtBAS .477 
Chrysaut licnuun exhibit.. 770 
C'brvsantheiv.uuis.,842 
— kinds of ..842 
— propoROiton o> Mad,.si” 
— varieties . 842 
Climbing plants, excellent..267 
Coleus, Uolden Lie filer.6 6 
Coreopsis lanceola ta..... 715 
Dahlias. 
Dlauthus .650, 7ill 
Eulalia Japonira . 601 
— zebrlua ...801 
Fie creeping . 199 
Flower-beds, forming.I8S 
Flowers, planting in the Fall... ,636 
Garden Treasures.T38 
Geranium zonal.337 
Creon-toouse fire alarm......... 99 
Honeysuckle. Tartarian.-tot 
Ipouueu leptophylla.385 
— — hardy in Vt.462 
— nociiphyton.581 
Ivy, Japan.804 
Lavatera arboreavar.282 
Lawn, making a. 128 
Lawns, care of.137 
Lilies .. . .6:36 
Lily, white trumpet....636 
Moster-i-ieee, a .. 584 
Novelties promised.716 
Pfeonle*. single. 581 
Pampas Grass.715 
Peas, sweet... 35 
Perennials, hardy.183 
Pelargonium, Fred Dorner..286 
Petunia, mu- h abused.282 
Plants lu So, Car. 73 
— Spring care of .. 73 
Primroses for window garden. .714 
Propagating ease. l'J 
Rosa rugosa .. . 3U4 
Rose Bon Stlene.782 
— Catherine Mermet..716,732 
— Cornelia Koch.7:32 
— Douglas*!!.7:32 
— Gen. laoqiieminot.782 
— LaFranee.716 
— Mareehal Nlel .732 
— Nipbetos,. .732 
— Perle des Jardlns..733 
— Queen’s Scarlet.286 
— Safrano .. .733 
— Souvenir d’un’Amte.732 
— Sunset .2S3, 732 
— sweet briar. TI5 
Ro-os, half hardy, growing.-_267 
— Winter flowering..738 
VorSex-ted leaf plant...282 
Vegetation In So. Car. 73 
Veronica Rnbsesllls.715 
Violet petaia bicoior.716 
Walks forming. 182 
Window garden plants. 714 
Yuccas.113 
GARDEN. 
Asparagus. 384 
— bed, care of.184 
— cul ture .319. 446 
— special. 618 
— Early French Mammoth.132 
— praeilee vs. theory.399 
Beans. Can tree. 51 
— early snap . 394 
— Flageolur, Improved.51,737 
— Galega.51 
— Golden Butter . 51 
— Wax .131 
— Kentucky Wonder. 51 
— Lemon-pod wax.284 
— Marshall. 51 
— Red Kidney.268 
— Rose. 51 
— Southern prolific. 51 
— The Holy Spirit.51 
— — newer . 51 
— tree. 2*4 
— White wax.284 
BPCt, Bassano.284 
— Eclipse . z84 
— Egynlian .131 
Be< ts, transplanting .416 
Cabbasa, Early Deep Head.618 
— — Etampes.... 131 
— flr-a, to exterminate.335 
— in spite of worms .•_283 
— keeping . 812 
— siunteq, not heading.637 
— worm, Bohaeh. 588 
— — remedy.283 
Cauliflower, growing .417 
Celery, Boston Market. 18 
— culture for farmers.313 
— early .13, Its 
— earthing up.650 
— Golden Heart. 18 
— keeping .579 
— late ... 18 
— White Plume, 52, 147, zl7, 269 , 619, 
810 
Corn, Amber Cream .. 542 
— Asylum . ..,..642 
— Black Mexican . 511 
— Brigz’s Early .999 
— Burr’s Imported.003 
— Clark’s Old Colour.,....603 
— Doily Dutton. 4T7 
— Eeyptlan.603 
— For-’s Eeariy.477 
— Golden . 511 
— Hickox ...542 
— histoiy, etc.527 
— Landn-th .603 
— Mammoth ..536 
— Marblehead . ... 1:31.224, 511 
— Mmnesuta early.4.7 
— Narmgansett early.. . all 
— Ne plus ultra .......619,716 
— Orange early . .586 
— Poller's Excelsior.586 
— Pratt’s early.477 
— P.ed Cob . 586 
— Russell’s early prolific.536 
— Squantum . .542 
— Stoweli's Evergreen.619 
— sweet, earllness of ..305 
— — history of. classification. 
447, 462. 477. 495, 51’.. 542, 5*6,603 
619 
— Tom Thumb. 477 
— wtiite cob and yellow kernel iii 
Cucumber and melon bugs_352 
Cneumtws for home use .284 
— Tallfiy’s hybrid.131 
— Telegraph .3*4 
Cut worms.416 
— — death to......,,852 
Kennel, Florence.683 
Fin nocc liio. 682 
Garden, amateurs, notes from. .543 
— kitchen —.143 
— notes.131 
Ground cherry.147 
Lettuce. Breen's Prize-taker.,..544 
— Hanson ... .618 
— Royal. Summer cabbage.544 
— Salamander.131,514 
— sowing......416 
— Tennis ball. 394 
Melon. Boss. 35 
— growing. 35 
— Icing.S5 
— patch, family . 216 
Melons, culture of. ,146 
— gathering. i46 
— Russian.763 
Muskmelou. banana. 68 
- Hucken.-ack... 637 
Onion, early Red Globa.131 
— large. 700 
— seed to the acre..132 
Onions . 560 
— fertll Izer for, best.131 
Parsley culture.‘283 
Peas, Abundance ......52, T90 
— Alexander's No. U.544 
— Amer. Wonder.... .97,184 
— Arnold's Nos. 1 and 2. 97 
-at KG. 97 
— Bliss's Abundance.514 
— Brock's Excelsior.414 
— Burpee’s extra early.I d 
— carter’s first-crop.251 
— — Stralagem.97. 7:37 
— — Tc lepbonc..5.'8 
— Cleveland's R, N. Y„ 97, 199, 414, 
446 
— — — — — Mr. Parnell’s 
test..429 
— eross fertilising.690, T15 
— ''ros-lng at R G..414 
— Day’s Early Sunrise, not ear¬ 
ly.. 268 
— Duke of Albany.5i4 
— Dwarf, from .Mr. Taylor ..,.414 
— early . .149,73te 
— Emerald gem.251 
— Ever-bearing .5S9 
— experiment.. .181 
— — at P.. G .284.414 
— Garden pride . 97 
—Hereford's Market Garden....528 
— Hoskins’s \ t. Wonder.511 
Kentish luvlcta....414 
— Laudrcth's extraearly.414 
—Latest of all .97, 251 
— Laxton’s Earliest of All.Til 
— —Long pou..... ..528 
— — minimum.6S, 445 
— - uew.793 
— — No. 1 . Ill 
— mixing If grown together 650. 7 « 
— Pruice of Wales.737 
— Pride of the Market.236, 544 
—Reedland.114 
— Rural New-Yorker....543 
Peas, Stratagem....286,544, 575 
— — at R. G...560 
— Telegraph.......... .544 
— Telephone.97,236 
— test.544 
— Vermont Wonder.619 
— Vick's New Dwarf....544 
— Yotksliire Hero.528 
Peppero.797 
Plants, small, guard for.415 
Radish, Winter . 99 
Radishes, success with.131 
Rhubarb, new, Paragon.132 
Ssge. Mammoth..,.,.446 
Seeds, saving.560 
Spinach.560 
— in early Spring.417 
— Savoy-leaved.384 
Squash nugs and chickens.803 
— Perfect Gem.%. .284 ,810 
Tomato, Canada Victor.284 
— Cardinal..50.68 
— Essex Hybrid .284 
— Excelsior. Hathaway’s.131 
— Ring Humbert .733,738 
— Livmgston’s Perfection.296 
— raising . 51 
— Rochester. 50 
— u r 51 
— Rural Bicolor.50, 738 
— Strawberry.147 
— tests at k. G. 50 
Turnip, Purple-top Munich.131 
Vegetable garden for Sep.-.560 
Vegetables. Core of in Sep.560 
— maturing rapidly.321 
— under many names. .580 
Watermelon culture 100.146,283,353 
Watermelons atR. G . 97 
Weeding ihe young crops.384 
HERDSMAN. 
Aneg 1 e family, members of...-.777 
Beef, raising your own .121 
Beets for <i»-e stock.-.634 
Brteders, dude.493 
— improvement of common....569 
— still_.... ..493 
Bull, Jersey Rayon d'Or.602 
— — Thalma.493 
Calves, choking. 4 
— Kriesiun, growth of.225 
— killing those that would 
uuik- good cows .529 
— raLiue without milk .447 
Cattle. Amer., climate healthy 
for.. ..'.333 
Cattlemen’s Convention, Chi¬ 
cago anlSt Louis ..843 
— best lor the dairy and the 
shambles, prize essay, 225. 325, 
435, 561, 769 
— business, Western... . 305 
— chokl g, to relieve.....65,218, 7 j7 
— fed too often and too much. .181 
— foreign Importation forbid 
den .-.—.. .620 
— good for both butter and 
'butcher.... .478 
— herding.314 
— Holland .462 
— Polled, any good milkers 
among.545 
— sawing off horns.333 
— ties.... __ .••••••••,... 697 
Cow and Buffalo, cross... .236 
— Jersey. Fio»a . 17 
— — Oakland Cora.412 
— — Safraao .305 
— —Velveteen. 21 
— — Victory. 651 
— pa<ture. . 697 
— st..files in winter, frozen ma 
nurein ..137 
Cow 5 , care of ..697 
— klcki g.697 
Corn, sweet, for fodder..,... ..7-0 
Dairy breeds ot cattle. 98 
Devon beef .33 
Fat, distribution in animals’ 
bodies . 9 
— laying on .33 
Feed, kjud of for cows.697 
Feeding and fattening system- 
acicaliy . . .. ..,,..266 
— catue. how . 131 
— —w..st« in ern meal .182 
— milk and feed together.67 
— Staliled Oats ..812 
— young cattle, avoid change...182 
Fence, wire, earned, f r stock..868 
Fodder, corn, sweet, as.730 
— — value of . 683 
— for cattle . 620 
Friesian calves, growth of..225 
-- c-athe.about .....225 
Grazing districts, free.805 
Heroine, suit cling involved.,...214 
Hereford short-horn..,. .181 
Heir fords for tba plains, ad¬ 
vantages ... .. 4 
Holland cattle .462 
Holstein cows, butter records.. 21 
Holstelns as butter cows.462 
— at Garfield N-J. 53 
— tut in support of.586 
Jersey breeders...334 
— bull calf, price of.382 
— buil. Kayou d’Or.602 
— — 1 halina .493 
— cattle .. 637 
— — origin of.197 
— cow . 197 
— — Flora... 17 
— — for the farm...638 
— — Oakland's Cora.413 
— — Safrano.305 
— — the tanuer’sehoice.714 
— —Velveteen ..21 
— — Victory. 651 
Jerseys, color competition .252 
— coming daw a to true value. .478 
— vs scrub.99 
Live-st<*ok *n to rests and fairs. .571 
Meal, *iuwn, as feed ror milch 
cows.731 
Meats, diseased . . •121 
Milk. skin., as stock feed, value 
of.67 
Natives, thoroughbred...282 
Notes by a Stockman, 137. <U, 8u4, 
478, 569, 7S5 
Oats, scalded, as feed.8r2 
PodL ree and registry. 5 
Pleuro pneumonia in the West. 619 
Shelter is teed in Winter........417 
short-horu-Ucreior. 1S1 
Short-horns •v-oming up”.620 
— — iu Rnginud. 462 
Stable. BiJsbvL le swill.382 
— keeping clean.187 
Stanchions. —697 
Steers, sale of at Out. ex. sta 
Cion. .7S0 
Stock craze, fancy...433 
- 
— teed, milk 'Kim. value. 67 
— — oats, scalded, as.......812 
— — ’s'heal Os. ,...718,795 
— Interests rivalry affecting...7x5 
— lu the West, shelter for.'286 
— lands la the SoUth . 17 
Stockmen. National convention 
of. ..796 
Stock Notes. L«, 137,211,304, 47S569, 
785 
— — Western.17,173 
— on the plains, water and 
grass tor. 431 
— ranches, water for.481 
— shelter at tUc West.173 
— Winter care ..7S0 
Thoroughly eds, native. 493 
Warts i'U animals, removing_217 
Water on the plains .431 
Western cattle, disease among.. 34 
Wheat as stock, food.718, 795 
HORSEMAN. 
Back bone of a horse ..449 
Balky horses, whip, lug. 34 
Breeding nuts, rare of dam.238 
Brood mares, care of.. .....233 
Cart-horses, Luer n tegs.449 
Cly .lesdulc crosses in Vt.618 
— -taiiloii, Unndonald.585 
— - Paliiu-burn . 525 
Colls, young, management of. ..'283 
Feed for young nor'e . 100 
French horses, importation of. .633 
Grain-choked. rejned y.S52 
Horse-breeding, progress. 6 
