DEC 28 
THE BUBAL HEW-YOBKEB. 
Bruit., bottling. 
— canning. 
Gems... 
Dinger bread, moist . 
— spiced... 
Gooseberry fool. 
Grape cure ... 
Grapes, < aunlug. 
Grease, to take out.. 
Greens, dandelion... 
Hair wash. 
Handkerchiefs 
.431 
.280, 599, 615 
.255 
.382 
.562 
. 463 
.115 
.Til 
.015 
.171 
.415 
.188 
Agricultural education.540, 705 
— — of our children.076, 718 
Colleges, ng'l. .3. 05, 185, 285, 301, 365 
— — a failure.217 
— — tor fanners’ sons.'287 
Educate our children ag’l.. .070, 718 
Students compelled to labor. 
should all bo ?. 19-8, 205 
ENTOMOLOGICAL. 
Montgomery. <23 
Polk Co. 
Scott Co.69,, ,2, <7® 
Southern.249. fW 
Story Co.443, 521, 043 
Hands, for washing.2 j4 
Happiness..,.,.80- 
Herbs, save.J-J9 
Hiccough, to cure.>11 
Hoarseness, remedy.■ •<■' 
House clean lug. {-f 
Housework and boys.'yl 
— systrmlzaGon of ..<8 
reo-croam, Philadelphia.lot 
Inventions Tor farmers’ wives.. <11 
Iodine stains. to remove 
Jam. upple.... 
— grape . 
— strawberry . 
Jollies ..■ • 
Jelly, apple..... 
— currant..... 
— grape... 
Kerosene, use of. 
Kettle, greasy. 
Kitchens... 
Knives, plated. 
Lace to wash... 44 
Lamp burners, cleaning.128 
, .398 
.795 
.747 
.431 
.*86 
.535, 631 
. ...399 
.747 
. 11 
. ...619 
.302 
303 
— chltutieya.... 
Lard keeping 
Lemon preserves,., 
lettuce, fried— 
Liniment, excellent 
— for rheumatism 
Liver stew. 
1 Jquors in cooking... 
Lunch dishes. 
Lunches, company.... 
Mackaroon*. 
Meat salting. 
Men, hired, boarding 
Mint and cummin.... 
Milk, preserving. 
— substitute. 
Mouse trap . 
Muffins, corn. 
— Graham...... 
- potato. 
Mushroom* on toast. 
Mutton chops. 
rooking. 
Mustard, tomato. 
Napkins.• •• 
Nickel plating, to clean 
Oatmeal drink- 
— for breakfast 
,...319 
.815 
.815 
,.m 
.106 
.335 
. 43 
.155 
.139 
.430 
.815 
.115 
.'271 
.795 
.184 
.194 
.286 
.223 
.286 
.Kill 
.779 
.181 
.431 
.641 
.47 
.13, 158 
.475 
;.89# 
Overworked women.67# 
Oysters, scolloped.67s 
vegetable.... .*'» 
Paint, cheap.*8* 
Pantry shelves.Ml 
Parsnips, baked.•;< 
to took. ;<1 
Paste fur labels.••••"» 
Pea puree.' J 3, "1 
Peas, green .495 
to dry .f*» 
Picnic baskets.• • - • • - - - -461 
Pickles, cucumber .867.4M. 733 
— — without salt.747, i63, nl 
Pie Juice..,,.731,TO* 
— hut, crust. . 2*76 
Ptes. apple withoutundorcrust., 11 
— fruit .463 
— mockinluce.351 
— old-f eshloned. 6*9 
— orange.*®5 
Plums, drying.43-> 
Poison Ivy, to cure...*<9 
Pork, fresh, taking care of. *4 
Potato eak «... 
— ehowaer. 
Potatoes, thick paring 
— nn pec-led. 
— young, a dish. 
Pot-pie crust. 
Preserves . 
lemon 
.5-13 
.815 
. til 
.678 
.468 
.75 
..431 
..SIS 
Pudding, blackberry.MS 
■ chocolate.)*g 
corn starch, delicious.<95 
— moussellne. 
- nice.2?‘ 
- plain.....Vf'nii 
— - flour.139 
— — ground. 
— suet, plain.415 
— tapioca. . 4J.i 
Hag carpels. . 
Hats, driving away. 
Rhubarb, to cook.319 
Rico and cheese.139 
— - apple..}»■ 
..*39 
Rubber cenicnt...2U< 
Rusk, sweet... 
Salad, ..31J 
— salmon.1<J 
— tomato. . 
Salmon, cauned...154 
— scalloped..,.,.16# 
Salsify .. I<'J 
Sandwiches. <<« 
ham uud chicken.>62 
Sausage’ lu summer.286 
School of cookery.238 
Scrap book . 36* 
bawls, white, washing. ........415 
Short-cake. ..59,61 j, 6,9 
Apple borer. 
— tree bark lice,, 
aira>v»mriy. 
shoulder braces. 
skins, to tun. 
Suap*, Jackson. 
lemon..*.*. 
— hard... 
...W, OOi 
.ifcl 
..5U9 
.795 
.171 
.138 
. .223, 8IS 
.763 
SlddaU'8. 
.495 
— soft . 
— transparent. 
won’t come. 
Soup, bread and milk 
mock bisque. 
— our.i. 
stock. 
.631 
tomato ... 
- — without meat. 
— vegetable. 
Specific wants. 
Starch. Hour. 
— for collars... 
.286 
Stew. Ilvt-r . 
.48 
Souffle, orange.. 
.17' 
Summer clothing, to put away, ill 
- drinks.. 
...479, 599 
Sunday work. 
.207 
I'.tblOcloth, roil to wash. 
.123 
decoration . 
-- furnishing. 
.479 
1 ,-a, afternoon . 
.481 
company . 
...138,271 
Tidy < relty . 
ITu cans, use of.... 
l'omato experiments. 
.898 
Tomatoes . 
...154, 255 
panning. 
keeping In Winter.... 
TongU", grated . 
Turkeys, (ceiling. 
.679 
Underclothing, women’s. 
.154 
Vcgetalfies. canning. 
..615 
vinegar, rhubarb.. 
. 417 
waffle, hominy. 
vVidl pocket. 
.91 
Washing. 
.138 
made easy.. 
!»•>•> 
Water drinking. 
.319 
- cleaned . 
Walsh rarebits .. 
.463 
whitewash, to remove... 
.W3 
\V >rk lu hot weather — 
.Ml 
Sunday. 
.207 
t east-cakes. 
.155 
Zinc, cleaning. 
.75 
.301 
,...{ 
Asparagus beetle, spread of 
12 punctured.22 
Bark-louse, apple tree.503 
— — oyster-shell.683 
Borer, apple.36! 
- Hat headed. . ■. ■ .688 i 
Cabbage worms...195, b88 
— —alo^a fur.....-297 
— — remedy.722 
chinch bugs, diseases.U'l 
-■ — experiments.503 
— — kerosene emulBion exper- 
Iment .—. 
Clover-leaf beetle......81U 
Codling mot b,. .688 
— — In Cal...'26:* 
Cucumber beetles, remedy.720 
Cucurbltn’ insect, euemles of...86i 
CnrcuJlos, remedy.1M 
Cytolelchus gnTooptoldes.22 
Entomology. address on.693 
— economic study of,..... nil 
— notes of the year 1893.808 
— study of.569 1 
Felting, pillow.846 
Insect notes.810 
— pest on basswood.6o9 
Ih8e<’i8, destroying In tlame.6SS 
— Injurious. 373 
Louse, plant, new.101 
Mantis Carolina. 197 
Slelou hugs, remedy.720 
Melons, enemies of.S61 
Mite, Internal, in fowls....22 
Onion mnggot*.218 
Peach bark liontln...311 
Phjtononms puootatus.3io 
Phylloxera laws.101 
Pillows, strange wort With.345 
Plant louse, new.....lot 
Praying mantis .197 
Rootdtabrotlea ... .361 
Rose-bug grub.. 535 
— bugs, fighting. . .4U 
— — remedy.64t 
Scale-Insects on fruit trees, rem¬ 
edy for...—508 
Squush beetle, remedy.265,588 
— vine borer...... 425 
Tent caterpillar.688 
Wax beans, new enemy to.22 
Wheat, bulb-worm,.,.476 
W Ire-worms...375 
— — and strawberries.,...425 
EVERYWHERE. 
Alabama, Limestone Co.218, 410 
Arkansas, north-west. .*»l 
OuachlMt Co.690 
— Scott Co... . ... 118,181, 625, 722 
western, notes from. id 
— White CO. .298, 362, 625 
California, Fresno Co.218,298 
— Lassen Co... 7tl 
— Solano Co....—773 
— Stanislaus Co.......314,471 
Canada, Dorvie, Ont.88 
Uraul CO.....814, 846 
Elgin Co...757 
Llstowell, Out.... 54 
Out.298, 362, 458, 474, 49 I, 625, 
ft",7, 674, 7116. 773, 796 
Prov. of tiuebec.218 
Stratford.vDJ 
Waterloo Co..751 
Colorado, Boulder Co.362 
— Douglas Co .-i n 
— Uuuuisou Co. . .658 
— Lit Plata Co....,,...674 
— Larimer Co .. 293, 773 
Connecticut, Middlesex Co.778 
— New London to..ikii, 690, 773 
— North Haven.<07 
— Tolland Co . 878, 7,8 
— Windham Co. 7 
Dakota, another v i, w of.330 
— Beadle Co...7o6, 707 
— Barnes Co. 490 
— Charles Mix Co.690 
— Edmunds co.-.iso 
— Gregg Co.....282 
— Minm-hulm Cu. ...724 
— Miner Co.378 
— praised...6.9 
— Prof. Stock bridge's opinion 
corroborating.409 
— Richland Co.2*1, #57 
— Rochester, nurseryman In...4-12 
— Sailborn Co. 143 
— Turner CO.S<7 
Florida, Ueruaudo C-o.......23 
— OtaugoUu.706 
— Sumpter Co. -• .69,443 
Georgia, Cobb Co....521 
Idaho, Boise Co... .674 
Illinois, Adam9 Co.149 
— Bureau C,< .490 
— Champaign Co.,.38,133, 797 
— Christian Co.. ..MM 
.490 
.69 
.458 
.657 
.728 
.690, 75,, 7,8 
.657 
.118 
.7, 38 
. 651 
. ..757 
. 690 
a, ?23 
Cook Co,. 
Du Page C<* • 
Payette Co ... 
Franklin CO,.., 
Fulton Co_ 
Henry Co. 
Iroquois Co..., 
Jo Daviess Co 
Kune Co. 
Kankakee Co . 
Knox Co....... 
La Salle Co.... 
lsiwreuce Co.. 
— Van Bureu Co 
— Warreu Co. 
Worth Co. 
Kansas, Allen Co . 
— Barton Co. 
— Butler Co. 
— Cherokee Co... 
— Cloud Co.— 
— Coffee Co. 
— Crawford Co. 
— Davis Co 
— Lee Co....474 
— Livingstone C-o.674, 758 
— Marlon Co....298 
— Massac Co. 23 
— McHenry Co.788 
— Me bean Co.,,.659 
— Mercer Co. ..443,806 
— Montgomery Co.< ,8 
— Ogle Co.88,773 
— Pulaski Co...773 
— Putnam Co.790 
— Scott Co.....521 
— Stark Co. .758 
Stephenson Oo.4' 
— St-Lawrence Co. .....707 
— Tazewell Co. . 758 
— Utllon Co...474 
— Vermillion Co..118,183 
— Warren Co... ...............741 
— Whiteside* Co.394,707 
— W lU&chAgo CO.593 
Indiana, Allen Co . 7U7 
— Elkhart Co ...... ............70 
— Frttnklyu Co . 6# 
— Gibson Co.609 
— Grant Co. 490 
— Henry Co.... ....707 
— Hamilton C'o..,......757,758 
— Howard Co.609 
— Huntingdon Co-.181 
— Knox to.... .894,741 
— La Grange Co.045 
— L» Pur CO Co .86, 490 
— Owen C'o.<09 
' 690 
.625 
......... ...539 
....741 
.110, 593 
...118,806 
..773, 759 
.426 
.758 
.722 
...723,790 
..199 
EDUCATION A L. 
Agricultural colleges, .3, 6 
185, 285, 
301, 365 
Doniphan Co. 362 
— Fort Scott....13* 
— Garden City...... > 
Harvey Co.M 
— Jewell Co. 458 
— Johnson Co.23, 218, 690 
— Labette CO.118,249,609,7,3 
— Lyon Co.■ • *285 
— Marshall Oo.593 6,4 
— Mitchell Co. 
— Morris Co..........706 
— Neosho Co.609, 6,4 
— Notes from.169 
— Sac Co. if* 
— Saline Co.507 
— Shawnee Co.410 
— Southeastern ..20a 
— Western.. ■ • •*> 
— Woodson Co...38.133 
Louisiana. Parish of Livingston 
521 
Maryland. Anne Arundel Co. • • .774 
— Baltimore Oo. .609, 806 
— Barton Co.J* 1 . 
Caroline Co.wo 
— Cumberland Co... 
Eastern Shore of.JH, ,05 
Kent Co. 
Montgomery Co.<41 
Massachusetts, Bristol Co.609 
Indian Territory, Cherokee Co..67, 
__ 
- Thacker vine. 
.29* 
Iowa. Black Hawk__ 
— 
Boone Co. 
.778 
— 
Buchanan Co. 
... 680, 723 
— 
KutlerCo__ .... . 
_ 
Cues Co . 
— 
Cedar Co. 
.86, 757, 758 
Clay Co. 
— 
Decatur Co. 
458, 674, 6IM 
— 
lies Mollies Co 
.no 
— 
Eastern notes from. 
_ 
Floyd Oo. ... 
.i,iKi 
— 
Franklin Co. 
. . 3* 
— 
Harrison Co.., —... 
.521 
— 
Henry Co... 
— 
Howard Co. 
— 
Jackson Co. 
.4 VO 
— 
Lee Co... 
. . 29S 
_ 
Mahaska... 
.490, 773 
_ 
Marshall Co. 
— 
Mitchell Co.. 
.758 
......266, 773 
.4h 
.778 
.625 
.410 
.........657 
. . . 657, 674, 790 
.6l0 
.757 
.774 
.722 
.657 
.643 
.722 
.443 
Madison county 
Monroe county.. 
Niagara county. 
Oneida county.. 
Ontario county.. 
Orange county.. 
Oswego county. 
Otsego county . 
Schoharie county. 
Schuyler county. 
— Hampden Co 
— Norfolk Co. 
— Plymouth Co. 
— Ware. 
Michigan, Allegan Co 
Bay Co. 
Berrien Co. 
Calhoun Co. 
Clare Co. 
Clinton Co. 
Delta Co. 
Eaton Co . 
Hillsdale Oo. 
Hopkins. 
Iona Co.JWH-- 
J aekson Co.■ • • • • > •«•* 
Kalamazoo.314, 448, 658,707 
Lapeer Co. 
Lenawee Co.»••-;“# 
Manistee Co..69, 4 ™ 
5fason Co...218,346 
Midland Co.5' 4 
Minnesota Co.<41 
Montcalm Co.•"••i** 
Montmorency Co.7U6, TUT 
Muskeg’-n Co.<53 
Necosta Co.54 
Oakland Co.543, #96 
Osceola Co.. 
Otaego Co.. ....W4 
Ottawa Co*.. .*.4^6, T22 
St. Joseph Co.181, 474 
Traverse Co.... 443 
Van Buren Co.<74 
A’exford Co. 23 
Minnesota. Chemung county..314 
Chisago County.4,4, 490 
Mower county.723 
N obles county.Sr 
Redwood county.426, a21 
Renville county.7/7 
Stearns county. • ■■•«*» 
scevens county.539, <53 
Winona county.490, 521, ,»8 
Mississippi, Londea county.,06 
.Sullivan county.625 
Missouri.. 4!3 
— Atchison county.”•■•£26 
— Benton county..<4 
— Cass bounty... 
— Dent county.. • • • - • ■ -593 
— Ureen county.38, A,2, 806 
— Lewis county.<< 4 
McDonald county. 610 
— Mercer county.. 
— Miller county ...84, 314, 410, 567 i 
658, 737 
— Mills county. .. .-657 
— Petits county...42b, , ,4 
_ southwestern...317 
— SulUvan county.SB, 4,0 
— Vernon county . ...349, 4->8 
Mouiaua, Mtssouiacounty ......7,4 
Nebraska, Burt county.<0», >90 
— free homes in. AC, 
— Butler county.8<« 
- buying homes in.,., 
— Douglas county......283.298, ,57 
— Knox county. 521, 741 
— Madison county.w 
— salent county . < 
— Saline county. 69 
— Sarpy County...1A> 
— Seward county.362, 491, m4 
Sherman county ... ,ab 
New Horn pa hire, Hillsborough 
county . 643 
New Jersey. Bergen county . .»•>. 
— — Essex county.410 
— — Hunterdon county... ,625,6#o 
— — LuKO Hopatcoug.5 1 
— — Middlesex eouuty.458 
— — Morris county .... .38,521 
— — Passaic county ..Til 
— — Salem county .............539 
— —Sussex county,.774 
New York, Albany county.690 
— i'attaruugus county ... .393,690 
— Cay uga county.... .474, 7Vt< * 
— Chautauqua county .657,593. 807 
— Chenango county.657, 771 
— Columbia county,...—362. tjj 
— Cortland county. 38, 266 
— Dutchess county. g4 
— Erie eouuty.758 
— Frank Lit county.....65, 
— Greene county.199,474,7,4 
— Livingston county..86. US, 226, 
6MA. 758 
.426 
.758 
.65J 
.657 
.410,674 
. 657 
.. 758 
,23, 474, 6.57, 674 
.657, 691 
.691 
.491 
.118 
..674 
_410 
...774 
.507 
.199 
Seneca county.657, ,.4 
— Schenectady county..... . .6.5 
— Steubeu county.458, 758 
St. Law r.-noe county ,.. .'21S, 790 
— Suffolk county............_. -..50, 
— Tompkins county... .362, ,5S. ,5s 
— Ulster couutj.625 
W arren county.643 
— W ayne county.. 691 
— Washington eouuty. 7• l 
Wyoming county .. .690. 757, 758 
— Yates county. ,. 589, 750.62.3 
North Carolina, Caswell county . d 
— Catawba cOUUt.v.410 
— Guilford county.774 
— Henderson county.4iu 
— Iredell county..........<74 
— Martin county... 7 
— Vance county.86 
Nova Scotia, Belmont Station.. .626 
Ohio, Butler county.118 
— Crawford county.774 
Cuyahoga county.PS 
— Darke county. ..,,4 
Fairfield oountp..’18 
— Fay ette county .723 
— Frankly u county.... -. 458, 521 
— Geauga county.426, 521, 674 
— Guernsey conoty..6‘.U 
— Hurriton oouuty. .su, 626 , 7*t 
— Huron county.69 
— Jeltersou county.658 
— l^ikc county..70 
— Licking county.691 
— Lucas county . 23 
— Muskingum county.218, 50, 
— North Bum.674 
— Ottawa county.118 
— Puinam county.bio 
— Richland county....266 
— Shelby county.i»3 
— Stark county. .758 
— Summit county ......M 
— Warrrn county.521, 771 
— Washington county.593 
— Williams county.lsi 
— Wood county.691, 7<4 
— Wyandotte county.653 
Oregon. Bouton county.213 
— Clatsop county ..<<4 
— Douglas county.758 
— Grant county...**4 
— Josephine county... .282, 75,, 758 
— Linn county.... ..69 
— Umatllln county...521 
_ UnlOO conn ty.610 
— Wasco conniy.249 
Pennsylvania. Augusta county..658 
— Beaver county 181,74l, 443, 49L 
658 
— Bradford county. 
— Clearfield county. 
— Crawford county 
— Cumberland county. 
— Erie county. 
— Frauktyn county. 
— Huntington county .. _ 
— Indiana collhty.. 426, 691 
— Lackawanna county.62t> 
— Lawrence county.•••••£?! 
— Lebanon county.298 
— Lycoming county.610 
— Mercer county.691 
— Monroa county.593 
— Susquehanna county.410 
— Union eouuty .690 
— War ran county.774 
— Westmoreland county..458, 5’22 
— York county.723 
So Carolina, Beaufort county...491 
— Oconee county.491 
Texas, Bexar county,.626 
— Caldvrolloounty.362 
— Coryell county.79U 
— Kaufman county.. .373 
— Williams* n county.593 
Tennessee. Gibson county.539 
— Robertson county..610 
— Washington county.86 
Utah, Ogden county .133 
Vermont, Caledonia county.298 
— Chittenden county..29s, 410, 5t)7 
— Orange county.. 199, 410 
— Orleans county. 38 
— Kutland county.54,133, 507 
— Washington county.658 
Virginia, Albemarle county ....862 
— Bedford county.410 
— Essex county.....443 
—■ Frederick county.658 
— Hanover eouuty ....674 
— Mecklenburg county.723 
— Montgomery county.23 
— Norfolk county....539 
— Prince Edward eouuty.426 
— Pulaski county.643 
— Shenandoah county.626, 741 
Washington Territory, Colum- 
pta county.<<4 
— Spokane county....... ......7J-i 
— Whatcom county.757,758 
West Virginia, Ohio eouuty.7.3 
— West Liberty ... .626 
— Wood county...846 
Wisconsin. 411 
— Crawford county. .8U6 
— Dodge county.tS8. *<4 
— Dunn county. -.-t 491 
— Fond du Loc county—...23, 38 
— Grunt county... .B2o, 728, 758, >16 
— Green Lake county.758 
— Jackson county. 
— Jefferson county.... 
— Manitowoc county. 
— Marathon county.., 
— Monroe county. 
— Outagamie coatily . 
— Portagecounty..... 
— Racine county .... 
— Sauk county... .491 
— Sheboygan county.. .758 
— Taylor county.411, 758 
— Yernoti county.691 
— Walworth county.. .199, 691, 72S, 
7.58, 773 
— Waukesha count,' . . T9U 
— Winnebago county.....443 
FARM ECONOMY. 
Barns.. . 
Chemical Society..5s9 
Cold storage, success.8b8 
Cottou-sced, food value,.421 
Cultivators, rhlmgund walking. 147 
Draining, tile-264, 853,422,4o9, 
451, 4,0. 502. 519, 608 
— system; 
— tools tor.. 4A 
Ensilage, new method.. =>< 
Farm conveniences.115 
leUCS, good..14; 
KenetN bedgo...J91 
— steel rods for..591 
Food and manure.421 
— - V,, L111- . .. ... 
Gate, good ..624 
Head versus Hand .. ->a6 
Nitrogen lu ihe s*<lls.5s9 
Plow.subsoil..• 11 • 
Flows, sulky.3*. 69. M*.S» 
— — lu New York.455 
Rollers, home-made, Improve¬ 
ment lu... 
Salt, usee, ulffereut .. 
Shingles, preserving. 
silo, cost, cheap .a* 
Tobacco, hanging....619 
— press, go.Ml.SM 
— rack ..-......391 
.522 
.774 
.70 
.........675 
.707 
.181 
.674 
443 
66 
.406 
.66 
FARM TOPICS. 
Ag'l advantages of Mou. & Dak. .216 
— Ex. Sin..Ohio, Bulletin No. 1.642 
— lairs, trotting at.517 
— Intermittent fever..56o 
— needs of the Valley of the 
Mississippi.553 
Apples, shaking down. .1,1 
- 
— applying, judgment.665 
Bad tuck . a® 
bagasse. . .**£ 
Boue dust containing nitrogen.. s6 
ground and wood asues. 129 
boots uud shoes, making w titer- 
proof. 58 
Brine salt, using. 18 
Boys, occupations for. 89 
Calves. Fail and Spring. 98 
Canada thistles..., . 2 
Carp culture.......3U 
— German.. 656 
Carrot* for stock. . 6 
Cider making .... . .642 
Cistern* without troublesome 
fl’tera..,.... - W® 
Corn, meal from. . .. 4* 
— premium*. 8 
Cotton seed, food value.431 
— oil... 
Crop estimate, latest. . 
— growing, manuring,.596 
- increase of by nitrogen-213 
Cucumber beetles, coal-tar for..45 1 
Culture. Hat .. -®8 
Cultivators, riding .a, 21,. 32!) 
— ridlug and vrulkiug.147 
— etc., trial .. 
— spring tooth.... 
Drain, how. 
— tllea, shape.... 
— alee of... 
Drainage alarm, false. . 
— company. Mexican.... 
— 011 ciay lands. 
— thorough.. 
— — details.,. 
— difficulties. 
Ensilage.120, 488 
— at the Mich. Ag’l. 69 
— convention. ‘■•S* 
— experience with.232 
— for milch cows.283 
— in England. 88 
— — Neb.246 
— — inthedalry....316 
- weighting ..'200 
Full plowing.624 
Farm conveniences.114 
— development on the.263 
— homes happy, making.253 
— bow to obtain.629 
— notes. Eostvlew .98 
— products at fair...580 
— why the boyB leave.. 62 
— work, mlstakesiu.... 85 
Farmer, American and English, 
dialogue between.. 13 
— good....538 
— how I becamo a...........719 
Faming In Colorado.704 
— profitable for poor man...», 36, 
51, 83, 98, 11 1, 129. 2„9, 333, 365. 
375, 391, 422. 493, 509, 539, 592, 613 
— profit, from little things.553 
— RritAi. prize series.-36. r,i. 83 
Farmers and farming, unpalat¬ 
able truths. 5 
— in Congress, why.. 184 
— motto for.553 
Farmers’ clubs, benefit of.722 
— — practical . 5 
— sous, education of.518 
Farui-s, small.686 
Feed-box.114 
Fence, barbed wire.,..,318,412 
— — another phase.. 144 
— — — monopoly.380, 792 
— — — supplementary.115 
— farm.. 139 
— good..147 
— posts, heaving.....393 
— — taking up.703 
— wire, barbed...,..313,412 
— —substitute for. .......295 
Fencing 3mall streams...........471 
— steel rods for.591 
Fences, durability of. 554 
— hedge.. 59i 
— wire, substitute for.295 
Fertilizer for wheat..487 
— Limestone us a.194 
— lasting, ashes as a.72u 
— nitrogen, various forms of.. 82 
— straw as a... 789 
Fertilizers., artificial. ..5o2 
— — on sandy soli.230 
.. — value of....SIM 
— coi in - n tsl. 612 
— home-mude. 487 
— over-charge for. 126 
Fertilizing, Judicious.686 
Flies, Persian Insect powder for.476 
Fodder, corn for.........98, 428 
Food and manure. 874 
— value and manure.421 
Frosts, In September, results....628 
Fruit evaporator ..... .2i5 
Gate-latch.114 
— farm.„....21S 
Glucose monopoly. 2u> 
Grounds, Ex. of R. N. Y.. ..2, 36, 50, 
83, 113. in. 284, A 0, 144. 589, 71)1,802 
Guano, brown...524 
— Peruvian .N-3 
Hay caps, handy.kt) 
— ouruig...422 
— loading .406,4 4 
— uute quality of ....KM 
— rack, improvement on.439 
Harrows, something about.806 
Reud vs. hand.... . 596 
Hedges vg. fences. 6 
Hoe early. 5.» 
Ioe-Uouae. saw-dust for.729 
Insecticide, bellows, use of .... tkiz 
Irrigation In Kansas.253 
Kirby Homestead. Jottingsat... >, 
264, 326, 373, 4u5, 506, 6-11 
Laud infested with daisies.588 
— meadow, grazing eany and 
late___—., .625 
— law, abuse of.760 
— lords in U. Kingdom, bad 
outlook..503 
— weateru, Illegal occupancy 
of by stockmen. 178 
Lawn, keeping In order, ex¬ 
pense . 8S 
Limestone Gtound.294,476 
Loudou-purpio, applying .44 i 
Manure and lood. 485 
— application of, different 
ways.,,.... 654 
— barn yard, with concentra¬ 
ted. ...... . ...... 643 
— barn and oslii’S.329 
— — dust containing nitrogen. 86 
— chemical, to supply nitro¬ 
gen . 82 
— city.2i5 
— fine ... . 
— food . . 154 
— from different feed.oi 
— ground limestone as.-176 
— liquid, to muke. .588 
— phosphate vs. superphos¬ 
phate .6S8 
Manuring broadcast vs, hill.506 
green, rye a>.705 
— in the lull.285 
Manures, artificial, on land_377 
Market chit chat, Washington. .792 
Meal, gluten for.233 
Meat, salting, recipe.115 
Melon bugs, to destroy.428 
Melons, U'udou-purpte for '.4j5 
Mexican drainage company.236 
Mole trap, Hales's.67u 
— - Isbell. 67li 
— — Olmsted.. .670 
— traps, tests. 476 
Moles.....394 
Moon, lull lienee on vegetation.. 116 
Muck, about.....592 
Nitric acid for erope.773 
Nitrogen, Increasing crop.218 
— in the soil.589 
— question. 235 
— supplied ty chemical man¬ 
ure for corn .82 
Novelties, notes on.65^ 
24 
... 86 
.313 
.66, 114 
....... H 
.246 
.139 
.186 
.58 
. 394,538 
.790 
Seed, planting old.—506 
Seeds, adulterations ..6*2 
— immature, germinating.690 
— postage on. 
— testing............ 
Shingles, liming. 
— preserving... 
— — economical. 
— —lime for.. 
Silk culture In the L. S.. 
— — hints to -.. 
Shoes, varnish lor...,.... 
8-ilo cheap......... 
— late in the ground... 
Silos, construction. ..672 
— gaslrom ... .. . 378 
Sirup from amber cane.....4M> 
— lime in.419 
Sorting, experience in.....14b 
Soil pulverization.3 <i 
Sorghum feeding........W'6 
— for leed. 22 
— Juice clarifying.624 
— — handling.230 
— sugar making.642 
Stock, sailing, spasmodic. 18 
Straw as a fertilizer, burning... 
592,7S8 
— bedding not good for cows.. >S 
— burning-.592,7 m! 
Su gar Itom Bagasse...624 
— — sorgi.am, requirements.-.625 
— making in Kansas....789 
— soighum. b42 
— — At u pjoht. 722 
— — manujaiture In 111.625 
— — works, investment in.772 
Southern progress.492 
superphosphate, benefit of.703 
Ttuasmog machines, old-time. .488 
This ties.406 
— Canada. 2 
Tile drain age.,M. 3;>N 470, 502,519, tth 
Tobacco, hanging methods. ... 51:> 
— ruck . 591 
Tools, etc., borrowed.378 
Vinegar makers, white wine....196 
Y\ agon grease.756 
— wheels, lubricator for.812 
Washes, willow lor ..261 
Water pipes..........390 
W c*eds... <05 
— cockle burs, to destroy.422 
— cutting.688 
— death to..... 553 
— legislative action.540 
We’ll, driven ..236 
Wells. iirU-slan, at the W est.... 34 
Wheat, green-growth turnedun- 
der...624 
Willow, basket, about...45* 
Windlass for tilting hay-rack. 
etc... ....44<i 
Wire worms, lime to destroy ...no 
Wood preservative,petroleum a.772 
Work, monotonous...756 
November hints..........74,, 
October notes.65^ 
Oxen on the farm. 3 4 
l'aiut for rends.10 4 
— — shingles.2^ 
— how to mix.77j 
Paris-green and rye-flour.36} 
— — to apply. ,2^ 
— — — - without injury....Zly 
— — using, eusj w ay oi.4e)„ 
Pastures, top-dresalug.52, 
Phosphate vs. Superphosphate..6K, 
Pioneer, story ot a . . ... .53- 
PlanUhg. 38j 
Plants, stimulating, can they '-.V’. 
Plaster, laud or gypsum.. 8. 
— — phosphaiU-.SP 
Plow, subsoil.Hi 
— sulky.... 
Plowing, Fall.. • 334 624 
— tests.. -26; , 
Plows, hand or sulky.21A O: 
— sulky.37, 66. 147.SK G 
— — large horses.. I — 
— — lu Now York.., 
3> 
269 
.329 
.358 
.358 
.... 358 
.534 
.236 
.686 
.3)4 
.502 
_H. ,.....6U8 
— jUUCUoUO, outlets.519 
laying.1<U 
— — system.,.,.489 
- — t,mis for ..422 
Drains, fill i hg.... . .470 
— hemlock boards for... 2 
Drill, grain. Buckeye caster.48s 
Eurulug and saving..............676 
.45^ 
Potato bugs, poisoning. ’V,, 
— seed-balls.4. 
Potatoes fertilizer, experiment 
with.--SM 
Prizes for essays on given sub¬ 
jects.. 
Rnt nuisance.-.Si*. xi 
Rldger and roller for tobacco 
ground. . 
Rollers, Improvement In. 6o 
Rolling seeds .. 
Hoof, point for..u’ 1 
Rural Nkw Y oaKKU Fair Num¬ 
ber... ““6 
Rirnxt.'* field-work.o4» 
salt on land, benefit. .. 39y 
— uses of. different..406 
Scoop, handy.I 44 
Saw-dust for ice-houses.,29 
Seed-beds.. .-6’; 
— breeding..... 
— deteriorating.67U 
— distribution, free..»> 
— — supplementary. --113 
FIELD CROPS. 
Alfalfa.349, 705 
Amber cane..198, 261, 773 
— — experiments with.418 
Avena ymtlor.....2, 249 
Barley, growing of..l'-'< 
— Siuiey's liu ptrlal.149 
Beun, Suja..ca< 
Bextnuuu Grass, Does It seea lu 
this country .721 
Buckwheat.,.. . ..377,4)W 
— gray.4iw 
— sliver Hull..14<> 
Cabbage, cultivation ot.iol 
— experiments. b> 
— sowing ana planting.161 
— Savoys...162 
Cabbages, list of.lio 
— rich soil for ..|R8 
Cane, amber...198,261, 773 
deterioration of.70S 
Celery..113 
Clover, cutting at different 
stages.689 
— Japan for lawns.474 
— Introduction or.3S> 
— red. ..349 
— round-headed.... .. 444 
Corn. Bessarabia.236 
— Blount's.,.,.718 
— broom ..757 
— challenge.-.S6l 
— chut about. 19 
— Chester Comity Mammoth.. 113, 
708, 1 ,8 
— classification... .644 
— contest... 1 
— — prizes.1,2 
— crop, promises of..812 
— culture, tlat .t7J> 
— early' Canada.7144 
— — Marblehead .252 
— experiments ..791 
— - at R. G... 71> 
— fertilizing, broadcast..1SU 
— hen manure for.295 
— lulling up .. .412 
— listed....3U 
— long-stalked ..705 
— pointing fur fodder, close...Sio 
— — near the surrace. 4 
— poiieu of Its own ear.286 
— u ride of the North........ ..TVd 
— premiums, our. 8 
— prizes......46,52,56,68,72 
— — 1 or best. 20 
— how raised.36, 52, 68. 84 
promising hew. 220 
— vuecn ot the Valley. Till 
— reports, prize, bow the crops 
were raised.30, 36, 52, os, 94, 
97, 130,162 
— — pruning of..348 
— Rubai. Heavy Dent. 1 
— — — - perfect ear..4o 
— — Thoroughbred i Uni. I 
— — — lodder plant. ... 2U 
— — Union.557, 72.1 
— seed... ... 19. 
— — about. ... .340 
— — from tip, middle and but List 
— —marking . 596 
— — selecting .. ft.41 
— —to save.. 
— sweet. Marblehead.476 
— — Ne Plus Ultra. 2 
— origin ot. . ... . 2 
— Taicvitt's Variegated.22# 
— tassel of Marblehead. 656 
— test at K, G .444 
— to get long ears.... . 152 
— varieties, new......118 
— Waushaxlim_97, 149, 416, 7o4 
YVy sor's Shoe-peg.... 113.130,152 
Cotton picked by machinery_744 
Cow -peas .. 882 
Crop estimate, latest............524 
— outlook. ... ....396 
— s< uson ;n Illinois.6s6 
— y ear of 1883... ..639 
Crops.. ..46ti 
— In England..628 
Cucumber, white Japan.149 
Daotylls glotuerula. .457 
Daisies, land covered, Orchard- 
Grass on...588 
Grain, w inter. 264 
Grass, Bermuda.441 
— does It seed In this coun-_ 
try !.. — .-. ..,. . . .721 
— seed of... . 16W, 412 
Blue Kentucky...249 
cut early. 374 
Johnson... .. 
Kentucky Blue. 349 
Meadow Out ... .2. 249 
Out, Tall Meadow - • 375 
Orchard . 2, 753, 249, 328,425, 45. 
quantity per acre. 588 
— on daisy land. 
— per acre.^ 
— seed, time to sow... 249 
— Timothy cutting at different 
limes.. ... . 6S9 
— long heads. 4,6 
— Wire... 441 
Grasses in Kansas.349,328 
Hay, li ding.kd 
— n< w, fermentation of.555 
— rack, good— .295 
— rake as mowed. 473 
Hop culture.. ‘A) 
— methods of training.20 
— overproduction.297 
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