IV 
DEC 29 
THE BUBAL NEW-YOBKEB. 
Applo, Domlne.....504 
— Dutch Mlgnonne.248, 50-1 
— -not Blenheim Pippin... 05 
— Du chess of Oldenburg.- .601 
— Early Harvest.504 
— — Joe___ 
— — Strawberry. .504 
— English Russet.99 
— Evening Party.504 
— Fallawater...504 
— Fall Pipplu.501 
— — Wine.504 
— Fnineuse.67, 220 
— Fink.. 504 
— Fourth of July.,.504 
— Harden Royal. 504 
— Garfield . ..17" 
— Golden Kusset.90 
— Great Unknown.834 
— Hawley...804 
— Holland Pippin.504 
— Hunt's Russet. 94 
— JettVrlR..sot 
— Jonathan...501 
— ICt'lin. 504 
— Keswick Codlln.501 
— Lawyer...- ..60S 
— London Pippin.501 
— Lord Nelson. 179 
— Malden’S Blush.504 
— Marks . 501 
— Mason's Orange.434 
— McA fee's Nonsuch.80S, 824 
— Missouri Pippin.312.407 
— Muuaou Sweet.5ili 
— Nero.5<H 
— Newtown Pippin.501 
— Niekajuek .407,304,824 
— Northern Spy....804 
— Ohio .Nonpareil.Sot 
— Park's Keeper."t* 
— Peek's Pleasant.otll 
— Porter. ..5M 
— Primate ..504 
— Ituuibo.504 
— Rawin'* Genet.501 
— Red Astrach in.504 
— Rhode island Greening . ... 504 
— Rome Keauty..504 
— Russels, [our.. 99 
— Salome.552,558 
— Sntnt l.nwrenee.. (S3 
— Seck-no-Furthcr,,.,.604 
— .. .504 
— Smith's Older.IW, 285. 501 
— Smokehouse..501 
— 8pps of wine.,....5e; 
— Rummer Hagloe...604 
— — Pippin...501 
— Pound Royal.504 
— Rose..50 ‘ 
— — Queen. ....504 
— — sweet...501 
— — - Bo null.Sol 
• '1'ewk.sburV Blush.501 
— Tump. l.*o. King. km 
— ’Bownscnd. . .km 
— Trenton Early. km 
— Turn Off Lane. .504 
— Twenty Ounce.501 
— Wagoner.. 504 
— Wealthy. fit 
— — iron-clad.....757 
— Wells.SOI 
— While Pippin. 501 
— Widow Twig . km 
— Wlliesup.312,501 
— Yellow Bellellower.504, 520 
— York Imperial . .301 
— discussion, youths.866 
— Insects in Maine.ass 
— maggot.6*8 
— market,. .86 
— root-grafting .7**7 
— need. 598 
Apple* for cold climates.42-1 
— — K. Wisconsin. . 812 
— I.onv Island...248 
— — small garden.708 
— grafted, trimming too close 
ly. Ill 
— In a cellar....on 
— — the s. West.751 
— —Ohio, Central. km 
— keeping...T22 
— 4|B»lmc*,...2...834 
— onesided.. .34' 
— Paradise dwarf.724 
— Russian...J'2ll 
— for distribution.1*5 
— shaking down. ...174 
— youths’dloeusslon.....850 
Apple trees, blight ..821 
— -- In theS. West.754 
— — planting.88 
— -on unprepared ground.l.;i 
— - stripping hark from. 3 
— — Volunteer.705 770 
Ashes for apples and pears.423 
Bearing year, the . .358 
Blight, apple tree.821 
-- pear . 85 
Cherry sprout*..-.........537 
— trees, dwarf..389, 055 
Coddling moth, to destroy.770 
Cold Storage a success.M13 
Crab apple. Lady Elgin. 67 
— seedling.....3S7 
Curcullo, gas tar for.218 
F.vaporutor,cheap .823 
Fertilizer for apples and pears. ,123 
Fruit fertilizer, kalult.341 
— gatherers.Hi7 
— tn Iowa...359 
— — Oregon, experience..392 
— pita. ... ..... ... ...67 
— rooms, storing fruits.189 
— tree*girdled by rabbits, etc.318 
— — ben manure for. 232 
— - scale Insects on ...503 
— — suckers .356 
— - white-washed .490,587 
Gatherers, fruit, different.107 
Ladder, fruit.. .«O0 
Orchard. Nebraska.M9 
— planting for profit.789 
— work In .388 
Orehardlst*.advice to...AVJ 
Painting wounds and cuts.428 
PiMkdi, Alexander.1V> 
— Allan's Late October..... ...IVi 
— Amidett.156 
— Atlanta ... "'....438 
— Beer's l JiteMelverton.156 
— Blllyeu's Late...45s 
— borer, larvir, to kill.....422 
— Brandywine . 689 
— Craw fiord’s Late ..538 
— Crockett's White.<36 
— Early Lemon.136 
— failure in ihe. .848 
_ Viator's Yellow St. John.456 
— Foster. .486 
— Golden Eagle-.458 
— llaine's Qtil len Karerliie.466 
— HIU'R Chill.156 
— Honest John....436 
_ Kovport W hlfe ...............4 56 
— HcLsno'ti White .4.56 
— Monro's Favorite .156 
— Morris Co. Rareripe.1-56 
— Mountain Rareripe.456 
— Mountain Rose.,....,...456 
— oldiulxon Free..458 
— Richmond.... 466 
— Salwny. 456 
— smock .456 
— steudly.4.v» 
— Stephen's Rareripe.456 
— Stump the World.456 
Peaches as seen the past Sum¬ 
mer... .-.456 
Pear. Bartlett. 9'2* 
— Belle Lucrative. . iff? 
— Hour re d'.VnJou...168. S?8 
— — ClairgCUU.... 828 
— Dlel.328 
— - Goubalt.328 
— — Superfln.32s 
— Bloodgood. ..828, 771.1 
— Buffum. ..28,328 
— Clapp’S Favorite. ..23,168,828, 
596. lilt. 708. 77ft 
— Deo rboru'a Seed 11 ug.,.,.838 
— DesNonnes...328 
— Doyenne D’Ah-aCon - . 828 
— - d’Kte. .328, 535, 770 
— Roche*** d’Aogoulemo.828 
— Early Catherine.. 823 
— Easter Beurre.218.295 
— Flemish Beauty....328, 7'20 
— Grand Isle. 720 
— Howell.328 
Pear, Klelter.,4. 35, 40. 58,115,120 
136, IK2, 179, 493.231.238,285, 
488, 519, 670, 708, 770,786, 824. 
— — caution.... 789 
— — preventing blight.99 
— — Rural’s report.786 
— — sent to R. N.-Y...724 
— — this Hha Lee.. .........689 
— — truth about.4, 115 
— King Housing.32* 
— Kirkland.828 
— Lawrence......323 
— Little Gem. ..720 
— Louise Bonne de Jersey.328 
— Mndelaln-.828, 770 
— Macomber seedlings.720 
— Manning's Elizabeth.828, T70 
— Onondaga....328 
— Osbnnd's Summer.770 
— Ott . ..770 
— Parsonage. .323 
— PaasansaQ Portugal........ 328 
— Pltmantou Dueltesse. 805 
— Pound..348 
Rostiewr . 828, 770 
— Beckel ...328 
— Sheldon ...829 
— Tyson .770 
— Vicar of Wlnkfteld.S23 
— Washington,.823 
— White Doyenne.828 
— Wlushlp.770 
Winter Nells.328 
— blight .35 
— graTtS, gift of.BOB 
— refreshing.. ...720 
— trees, work among.770 
what to plant-."28 
for the North.720 
Pears for home use.’•25 
— - market.825 
— In Nebraska.519 
— Iron-clad .720 
Persimmons, Japan. In X. .1.741 
Plum, Copper- .769 
— Lombard.. .. 769 
— orchards, swine ..770 
- Shipper’* Pride.7*9 
Plum* ....789 
— Ill poultry yards.520, 773 
wood ashes for.297 
Poinologleal Convention critl 
elsm...*86 
— Society ..645. 677 
Pomology utTMIchlgnn Fair.678 
Pruning. Spring, late. Summer.. 128 
Quince on thorn .163, 301 
Root-grafting, apple.. ..757 
Seed of aptdes.596 
Tree agents.924 
— protection*, fruit...3tt 
Trees, feed them.751 
to trim, .342 
POULTRY YARD. 
Bantams for giidO.31 
Ron - meal for poult cv .902 
Brahmas Light, egg* from.906 
Chlckeu Cholt rn..393 
— runs.40? 
Chicken*, cost unit Income.tifi 
- large Hocks.... .SIS 
— lice killing. .392 
— raising ...406, 535 
— — profitable.455 
— theory ..193 
— Spring. .876 
Cholera :..393 
— remedy. . 19 
— to prevent. 94 
cochins . 19 
Coops.178 
Ducks, Pekin..lo* 
Eggs for hatching, testing..KM 
— from abroad .412 
— how to get ..359 
— remarkable.265 
— too mans under hen.374 
— unlaid, flavoring. 499 
-- v*. meat...805 
Feeding, Winter....28U 
Game Fowls ....116 
Gape*, chicken with. .371 
- cure, simple.,........473 
Great-, keeping . . 1 
Hatchers, excellent.WJ9 
Hatchery, natural .312 
Hen*, feeding In Winter.130 
silting, to break..551 
Indian Game, half blood for 
table. .711 
incubator Inventor, claim of... 
156, 505 
Incubators,.312, 870, 687. 709 
— a failure .:W0 
— experience with.296 
— home-made vs. pat en ted.859 
— maun glug.655 
— use of..390 
Langshans. 19 
i - . - 
Light Brahmas.720 
Plymouth Rocks.116, 729 
— - good strains .67 
Poultry .Amur, bettor than Euro- 
tteoa.424 
— best breeds....729 
— earc of . gnu 
— extra large ....Ill 
— fowl and care...30o 
— for table and market. 6 
— hallucinations . 124 
— house and yard .. .195 
— — convenient. .99 
— — roosting jiost.722 
— in Franco.297 
— keeping for the young.. 94 
— on the farm.297 
— profits . 641 
— shipping live.231 
— the best farm stock......376 
Selling, too many eggs.371 
Turkeys, cure of.406 
Wyandotte*.118 
• 
THE QUERIST. 
Acre, Imperial ...775 
Ad v crUsing columns.250 
Agricultural Chemistry, book 
oil . . 395 
A lden, John B.675 
Alderney* and Jerseys. ?S2 
Alfalfa, seed lo acre. 201 
— sowing .am 
Amaryllis, white.331 
Amber cane see,| .233 
Amur. Book E.v. J. B. Aldcn.1st 
Angus Aberdeen entile,breeders 
of. . 151 
Aulmals, gestation In. period. ..102 
— period of heat in. .102 
Ant* m tlower beds, to destroy.w» 
Aphis on geraniums. 691 
Apiarluu queries. 266 
Apiary, stnrtlng .89 
Apple barrel, bow much hold . 87 
— Ben Davis Uml Mo, Pipplu. .299 
— crab fur elder. ......182 
-- N. Y. Imperial and John 
pouX.,...299 
— Paradise, slock...204 
— Salome.675 
— Scott’s Winter . 7 
— Shannon. 166 
— Stump.231 
— Swaar.166 
Wealth j... 
— Yellow Trauspa rent. 
Apples, bitter rot in.. 182 
— falling off. cap** ..491 
— for I*. I .118 
— frost killing bloom.131 
— hardy, extra . 7 
— ou Paradise stock, what?—So7 
— State* having this year.491 
— sweet for N. II.so: 
Apple-tree bark-louse.589 
— - — splitting lu Winter . .331 
blight.315, 379, 748 
— — borer.>«, 846 
— — wash.. 317 
Apple trees Paradise, to buy . ..827 
— — pruning lime.119 
— — to bud, time...831 
Apricots. .759 
Artichokes for hogs.US 
Ashes, analysis or leached and 
unleashed.759 
— aud muck.691 
— applying. 118 
Ashes, as a fertilizer.133 
— coal, best use. 134 
— — on land.231 
— - sifted .134 
— leached and unlcnche.d, an- 
alyses Of..7... 759 
— — on clay ground.150 
— for strawberries.797 
from a peat marsh.723 
— of oak and hickory, value of .131 
— tan-bark, spent.-174 
— wood... . .. 202 
— — a good fertilizer.659 
— — adulteration or, test— 331 
— — for potatoes,.dM 
— — — strawberries ..611 
— — on corn . 3?.» 
— — salt .. .166 
Asparagus, ashes for..797 
— bed. chancing. .507 
— — Fall treatment.6 9 
raising.219 
— tops.691 
— Ayrshlre cattle, dealer In...797 
Azalea. Ghent..379 
Azaleas, Insect attraetlng.627 
Bacon, breakfast, curing. 87 
— curing ..468 
— to keep from shippers.55 
Bnguss.-.. 180 
Barberry a hedge plant.. .597 
— hedge in Wisconsin.627 
— plants . . . 595 
— seeds, where .: 659 
Barley improving.193 
— stubble .523 
Barn for sheep.36 
Bean bush, best .118 
— Devonshire Tree.1S3 
— earliest, most productive-39 
— Lima, Challenger.108 
— weevil....459 
Beans ...775 
— feed or sell.166 
— field. 266 
— growing ..771 
— Kidney. 188 
— Saw, bow many In hill ...$*3 
— pole . 118 
— thrashing .743 
Bee colonies, to get.879 
— hive, 1-angst reth. Inside mea¬ 
surement .71 
— — Prof.C-ook’s surplus honey .298 
— hives, best . 878 ,879 
— keeping, book ou.Sil, 827 
— - lli-s. (>itton'»ncw systein,897 
Bees, hoi-se mlut for.55 
— plants for...379 
— Prof. Cook’s work on.Ill 
— tranferring. . 149 
Beef, brine for .70 
— or butter-making.742 
Beetle.blister.... .691 
Beets,growing .. .,..,.,,118 
Berkshlrcs.hig and small boiied.151 
Berry, wheat not.643 
Bilious res or lu cattle.826 
Binding iwlue, to buy.47.7 
Bird*, canary, mites ou.5* 
— stuffed. oyon for.55 
Bog spavin . 182 
Bono*, converting Into a fertil¬ 
izer...231, 394 
— gelatine of .. 
.70 
— reducing.... 
. 
— to Utilize. 
Book on i1l«-M*es. 
.127 
Borer, apple-tree.20, 31,346 
— squash vlue.,.....234 
— to get out. .847 
Botany for beginners.204 
Bottom loods.hiuck on, value of 191 
Buckwheat, ■'ceding on grass 
land...895 
Biddings, paper lining for.863 
Bull calf, feed for...659 
Bulletins of X. Y. Ex. Station ... .V> 
Bn tter, coloring...260 
— coming slowly.188 
— making or beef..742 
— itackages. crocks as...712 
-- palls, Welsh... 55 
— measure. 475 
Blackberry, best In Ark.89 
— hushes, worm-eating. .627 
— for Connecticut.. UJ7 
— fungus .475 
Blackberries from seed. 507 
— hardiest......55 
Black-knot. ...675 
Blight, apple tree.743 
Blindness in horse, periodical...895 
— •* moon ' lu horse. 898 
Blister licet leu . 139,681 
Blueberry hn.*h, to cultivate .. 166 
Blue-grass region of Kentucky..475 
Brulima fowls, where to buy— 71 
Light breeder of........191 
Bran or hav for horses. 33 
— what is? . 
Brick foundation.191 
Br-mius uulololde*. .151 
Brown Leghorns, points of ex¬ 
cellence . 591 
Cabbage Grub. .>39 
— worm, parasite on. ....659 
— — remedy.50* 
Calf stall.. 86 
Calves, feed for.208 
— gruel for.... jM® 
— *c .urs tn.721 
— with Strougylua Maria lu 775 
— — worms Id the throat..368,775 
Cauurle*, feeding, etc.539 
Canary birds miles ou.523 
Canker-worm.151 
Capouiziug cockerels.44-3 
Carp, German. 180 
— to buy.775 
Catalogue*, seed, foreign . 71 
Catarrh 111 caflle .. ...183 
— - lu fowls . 659 
CaMlpn. culture of. .826 
— hardy .166 
Cat He. Ayrshire dealer In.707 
— anthrax fever In..856 
— bloating on clover-.... .439 
— eating after birth.175 
“ fottl lu the foot”.791 
— Guernsey, breeder Of.459 
— Jerseys, marking. 39 
— on lice... ...118,13i 
- short-horn*. Dutch. 66 
— thtrd cross, result.775 
— ticks on . 7 
— veterinary work on.127 
— with caturrh.133 
— — gastric fever.826 
— — Uee.283 
— - ringworm.138,202 
— — splenic fever.895 
— — warts .743 
Oedav, red from seed .119 
("odor*, 1 
Celery, Golden Hartwell...— '299 
— preserving.,.*42 
growing. 250 
— setting oul. time. 459 
— stalks, hollow. .i'll 
Ctderiuu. to cultivate.sou 
Cellar, manure .. . ... I'm 
— root. In side hill.159 
C eliHUH of 1*61 . 88 
Cereals for wet lands...116 
Charcoal, animal.627 
Cheat or dies* as feed.87 
Cheese. Cheddar. 150 
— huff or swelling In.avj 
— making, book on.....285 
— — on small *ca)c........458, «ut 
— — rennet for.. ......610 
— room, tt.mperuiure Of.6>: 
— skimmed milk.411 
Cheshire pigs. 151 
Chess or cheat for feed.87 
Chestnuts, growing.2CB 
Cherry Early Richmond, sprout 
.427 
— graft* Hoc on.,...315 
— sprouts, . 491 
trees with black-knot,..,. ...1S< 
— with black lumps .675 
Chicken eholern .427 
feed to r eggs.. 613 
— [vox.815 
Chicken*. Brahma where to buy 71 
— eating too many bugs., ....528 
— for laying, best. 618 
— gapes In.362, 379,427 
— Light Brahmas, breeder of. .491 
Chlckens.Llght Brahmas,to buy.807 
— one hundred, yard for.202 
— Plymouth Socks..118 
— — — points of excellence..522 
— quick-growing broilers.791 
— sick . 119 
— with hypertrophy.92< 
— — rheumatism.877 
— — scaly legs. .523 
— Wyandotte ... .. ...507 
— — to buy. ...807 
Chick weed. to destroy.807 
Chills and fever.158 
Chloroform for a pig.266 
Cholera, chicken. .42* 
Churn, dog, plan...2M 
— for farm use... . ..tS2 
— Wonderful.283 
Cider mill, best......427 
Cistern, foul.395 
Clematis Jackmanii, 9eeds of...299 
Clover, Alfalfa seed. 304 
— Bokhara..........202 
— huller for farmers- .491 
— Alfalfa, fertiliziugcrop.379 
— roots, length of. .611 
— seed, sowing...595 
— — to uere .134 
— — wheat, on manure for... .475 
— Swedish. .2>M 
Coke ashes as a manure.627 
Cockerels, oaponizlng.443 
Codling Moth, remedy. .491 
Coffee, rye to mix with.643 
Colt, blind..234 
— facial paralysis in. 743 
— lame In legs..658 
— weak in stiflo Joint. .23 
— with blood poisoning.284 
— — cough. .723 
— young dying.202 
Compost wba*ls?..611 
Concrete for basements.235 
Consumptives, location for.282 
Corn ana cob meal. 70 
— applying hen manure.379 
— ashes applied to ....251 
— betweensirawherry rows..U3 
— Blount's mixing with earlier 
.6U 
— — white.151 
— cobs for manure.. 55 
— crossing. ...723 
— crows pulling up......108 
dent early and late, crossing 
.. 775 
— drill* fertilizerattachm’t..■890 
— dry orboiled...611 
— early.....150 
— evaporated.87 
— fe*Mjiug to hogs..23 
— fertilizer, best, for ..118 
— Flint, K. T. same as Blount.. 87 
— fodder, far npur t. .235 
— — planting ..317 
ground and ting found tor 
hogs.250 
— in crib, weevils In.742 
— drills, which way. .251 
— — tassel, phosphate for ...323 j 
— l-ackawaxeu...130 i 
— manure for best.118, 475 I 
— — heufor.....231 | 
— meal and bran fo cows.?ti 
— — cat tie eating too much. .427 
— mixing. 87 
— — how far. .182 
— Northern plauted South.219 
— Planter Farmer's Friend.id 
— Rural's method of awarding 
premiums.102 
— proportion to cob.203 
— receiving nutriment.299 
— refuse from starch factory.. 139 
— Rural Dent. Bliss’s.1D8 
— Flint. Wanshakum.2 im 
— need for Ill..234 
— — from Kansas.731 
— — selecting.613 
— smut.. 611 
sod for, plow lng..283 
— stalk cutting for cows.335 
suckering .299 
— sweet, early. ..S07 
— Waushakutu. to buy.182 
— yellow aud white compara¬ 
tive feeling v ulue. 67 
— — best ...118 
Cotton fertilizer for....219 
— seed, feeding to cows injures 
the butter. 71 
— - holts, value of.198 
Cols wold sheep, to buy.523 
Cough In a colt.723 
sheep having a . 71 
Con . hefore calving, treatment 
of. 771 
— calving, feed before and 
after. 7 
— depraved appetite In.743 
— diseases of, book on.427 
— Hi .. 
— dying of parturient fever....133 
— escutcheon of...595 
— falling to get with calf.523 
— fails to cast after birth.528 
— for A*. Va.250 
— leaking her milk . 659 
— native, crossed with thor¬ 
ough! ired.713 
not getting with calf.791 
— peas. 2*1 
— rations.131 
— scouring.231, 378 
stables, cleanliness of .326 
— suffering from exposure,,.,363 
— taking cold In bag.459 
— voiding during milking.. .. 266 
— with garget.411 
— — goitre.475.595 
— — Incipient dropsy.659 
— — Inversion of womb.127 
— — lung trouble...743 
— — throat swelling. ..595 
— udder swollen . 55 
— — new, cure for... .523 
Cows, at calving rime, treat¬ 
ment of.610 
— bag caked.202, W 
— befor*-calving. 459 
— feed cotton seed, Injures the 
butler. 71 
— for the dairy.*6 
— holding up their milk.742 
— in a swamp, unhealthy.659 
— milch, bran and eorn meal 
for. TB 
— — cotton seed nnd eorn meal 
for..231 
— — feed, green.20S 
— — llnsc-ed cake for. 7 
— rve for. ..184 
— suffering from pneumonia. .863 
— with sweeny tn nip. 208 
— typhoid gastric fever In. ....775 
Cow’s teat, holes lu. 
— — split. 
— udder swelling. 
Crab apple for eider. 
Cranberry, cultivation . 
— plants, cultivated. 
Cranberries on upland*. .. 
Cream, Miter, cause. 
.743 
. 235 
. .299 
..182 
.. 86 ". 
. .659 
. .231 
718 
fora creamery, gathering...7721 
— — churning temp. 'i"8 
— gnage8.......791, S27 
— — toobtulu.775 
— or blitter.675 
— raising.........,.,474 
— skimming.610 
Creameries.150 
— Channel Can. .182 
Crib blting.626 
Crocus bulbs, time to plant.443 
Cucumber beetle. 379 
— plants, bugs on.12 
Cultivation In warm weather...368 
Culture, dal. 759 
Curb on horse’s leg, . .626 
Curcullo upon plum trees.427 
Currant, Black Champion.182 
— Fay's or cherry..,.. .108, IIS, 712 
— worm 459 
Currants. English, what they 
arc. .. . .166 
— from seed. 134 
Currycomb*, rubber . .791 
Dairy, cows for . 86 
— farm, barley for oats.102 
— farming by “soiling," book 
ou.«~.«.28 
— tUung up.8 
— Jersey cross for.234 
Dakota, fruit for Central.539 
Datana mlulstra.075 
Date. soU for.659 
Devon cattle, who keeps.827 
Dlurrhcva Ln horse.759 
Dtptberta lu fowls. 250 
Drain made from pine lumber. ,459 
Drainage lows of Sllehlgau.453 
Draining a swale .Jg 
Driven well patent...267 
— — trouble... ,...113 
Dropsv, incipient In.659 
Ducks, Aylesbury ft Rouen.166 
Ducks die from a chill.202 
— for general pront .315 
Dynamite for stnmps... ..595 
Eecopsls pormundana.............627 
Eggs, preserving.411 
— producing rood .397 
Eneye l< media Chamber’s.821 
Entomological publication.611 
Evaporator, small.379 
— steam-hr-at ..523 
Ergot, effect of..611 
Ergotism In a mare.Oil 
Evyslpelas In a heifer.....723 
— — hog.627 
Escutcheon of a cow.595 
Evergreen, cuttings of..201 
Eyes for stuffed birds.55 
Kwes, breeding, feed......203 
Farm animals, nook on. .. -266 
— gate, excellent .379 
— land In Kentucky, Tennesee, 
nr Missouri.La 
— poultry, starting............. 522 
Farm lng got «i 'cork,....611 
— small fruit..m2 
Feed fur different stock. 81 
— — horse, heavy work.475 
Feeding linseed or daxsied.42? 
— over. 206 
— stuff*, relative values.826 
Feet, tender, In horse.23 
Fence, barbed wire, best..131 
— portable..165 
— posts, tar on.134 
Fencing, steel rods for.S68 
— wire meshing....250 
Fertilizer, best sort..166 
— bonanza. .. . 7 
— hone, converting.-A4 
— cheap. 7 
— cotton-seed mcnl.2H 
— for beans. ...201 
— commercial, pay first year.. .102 
— for garden..—.... .1*42 
— mlnernl, effect on land.. ,.5M 
— sea-weed as. .395 
— soda as a,....119 
— tannery refuse.475 
— value.>f.203 
Fetlock Joint weak in horse.475 
Filter, home-made, good.411 
Flllwrt irees.....743 
Filly with umbilical rupture . v 523 
Fish, gold, keeping.201 
Fistula on horse's shoulder.266 
— -withers .65» 
Flax *oe<l,jreertiug.1N2 
— or linseed, reed lug.427 
Florida, fare by steamlioat.775 
Florist report.134 
Floors, cement .185 
— tor manure cellar.626 
Flmirs, stable, cement.165 
— to color wuluut.2*3 
Fodder, ooru, sweet. *7 
crops. .. ..250 
— — for late Spring. .182 
— green pens and oats...299 
Fodder*. . . 363 
Foot of steer, stub lu. 250 
“Foul in the foot ".791 
Foundation for house. 491 
Fowls Brown Leghorns, points 
Of excellence. 594 
— dletheria in.230 
— for laying best.613 
— having roup...... 626 
— with catarrh.. .659 
Fuchsia*, to propagate. .691 
Fumigating apparatus.363 
Fruit crop, prospects.., . 19! 
— evaporated. .......280, 879 
— farm. Irrigating a small..... .293 
— for Dakota, Control.589 
— house, concrete.105 
— pits. Mauling.........—166 
— querns*.. 7 59 
— raisins, small, starling. 522 
— small. between orchard 
rows. . 474 
— how to plant ...474 
Fruits at thesouthfor the North. 54 
— for Maryland . . S7N 
-X. Dakota.250 
— -Michigan . 26 <: 
— — Texas. Southern.594 
— — the c id belt.' - 
— —Washington Territory... 707 
— — Wisconsin.835 
— tree* care, pruning, book on.427 
— — dwarf or standard. 87 
— — girdling.379 
— — hardiness of. 775 
— — time to plant.643 
Galvanic battery.. 2W 
Gapes in chicks.86'2, 42? 
Gurdeu. an acre of.M2 
— fertilizers tor the,.102 
Garget . .314 
— catarrhal in cow's teats.523 
— lu cow. 111,459 
Gate. farm, excellent.. .379 
Gelatine of bones. ... 7U 
Geraniums, to propagate.694 
Geranium, pink.3S1 
Geraniums. 10 Winter.627 
Girdling fruit trees.379 
Glu'itoliis seeping..611 
Glanders, symptoms.Ill 
Glove*, waterproof, to make.5 
Goat*. Cashmere. ....283 
Goitre In cow.475 
— lambs cause. 23 
Gooseberries, best care of.219 
Gorivna uttela .... 691 
Graf hug wax. ... 367 
Grain hag, manufacture of.134 
— drill .. 266 
— - royalty ou.151 
— dry, chopped, for horses.826 
— for hogs. .166 
— - for wet lauds..... 113 
— lui xlug. distance apart.50i 
to boll or grind. 234 
Grape. Bacchus.595 
— Beauty . ...132 
— blossoms, rose bugs eating .251 
— Brighton. 151 
— Concord, grafting on wild 
stock .55 
— — on wild. ...2t 4 
— — wtne from.7 2 
— culture, book on..*7, 363 
— Elvira... 595 
— Empire State.863 
Florence.204 
— lor Fulton X, Y,.184 
— - .Minnesota . 55 
— — l’uget sound.427 
- Quebec, best for. 6?.j 
growing best, book on.26? 
— juice sugar idde 1.818’ 
— Miner’s Victoria.vtit 
Niagara. 74’ 
— — seoriltngs'.,.. '63 
— phylloxera.snr, 8 3 
— Poughkeepsie Red.21)1 
— — owuer. 87 
— queries.... imi 
— Riesling . 595 
— Seuupernong. from cuttings. 07 
— seedling* through the Win¬ 
ter.. ..;m 
— seeds. Niagara. 1*2 
— to plant. 159 
— — Victoria, cuttings,.» to, -jni 
— wlue.. J9l.Sn? 
Grapes, bagging, frost.31 
— — prevent mildew. 12 , 
bone, ground ami ashes.28 1 
— cross-fertilized.285 
early. Ml 
— In Dakota. 71.166 
— — Delaware.791 
— — Indiana. Olitrul. 539 
— - Mtehlgau.1*6 
— keeping. 59ft 
— on a bluff .. 539 
— raising . 675 
— to bag, what time. IS2 
— -when. 219 
Grape-vine, ants destroying.395 
— — bark louse...235 
— — bones In trench.138 
— — cutting.........218 
— — destroyed by bugs.523 
— — distance apart.459 
— —egg punctures......414 
— — for grafting...331 
— — green bogs on.266 
— — hopper.474 
— —tnseetson....411 
— —mildewing. 523 
— — neglected,.182 
— — newlv planted.151 
— — Niagara, care..448 
— -transplanting,..879 
— — not bearing.507 
— — parasites...........235 
— — posts.....166 
— -length..159 
— — pruning In February.102 
— -when frozen...102 
— — roots. Injury to.234 
— —rose bugs eatiug.42? 
— — to trim..... .723 
— -training..102 
Grape> y, cold, structure of.314 
Grass. Bermuda, seed of.411 
— Blue, region of Kentucky—475 
— — seed, per acre.S2? 
— for a Texas lawn.379 
— June or Blue.448 
— land, plaster on. time.251 
— on low r lands-.331 
— Orchard and Quack.522 
— —seed per acre.475 
— — sowing..658 
— — spreading.. .522 
— — time to sow, quantity_*27 
— seed for shady lawn.184 
— > sowing... ...314 
— Squirrel-Tall. 522 
— Timothy, time to cut.522 
Grasses, coarse, to eradicate... 691 
— for wet lands..US 
Gravel in horse.. ,759 
Grub, white, to destroy.627 
Guano, different.266 
Guenon's milch cows, book on..299 
Guernsey cattle, breeders of... .459 
— or Holstein for beef and but¬ 
ter . 523 
— — Jerseys...459 
Guinea fowl s,.. . 528 
— — eggs time to hatch.S95 
Goitre in cow.595 
Hams to keep from skippers .. 55 
Harrow Acme, about...150 
— La Dow about....150 
— spring tooth.......347 
— sulky.379 
Hawk Moth.691 
Hav caps..166 
— — who makes.. . ....283 
— cutter, Cununlng’3 kuives 
for. .....743 
— or bran for horses.55 
— pres* . ..204 
Heu v es In horse. .... 491 
Hedge plan', barberry as.507 
-- barberry In Wls.62? 
— cost per rod. .... .184 
— Uue...1.59 
— Osage-Orange, to cut.182 
— Fyracanth.. 235 
Helfe rln calf, udder enlarged. .524 
— losing her calf. .748 
— time fo breed.... -.595 
— with mad Itch.723 
-- coming tn.83i 
Help from Castle Garden.314 
Hes*!an fly.,......s25 
Heu manure, applying.118 
— — value of.1:34 
— yielding a profit ol $5 a.year. 23 
Hens as I a vers, Hamburgh or 
Spanish... ...219 
— eutine eggs ..283 
— — feathers.150 
— feed for -........ ...... 315 
— — winter lay lng.134 
Hennery for 100 fowls.522 
Hlckorv-nuts not sprouting_71 
Hoeing plants, when.fill 
Hog-ringer .775 
— with erysipelas. .62? 
Hogs, nutlohokes for. .. IIS 
— corn grou niiorna ground for 
. 250 
— eating after-birth.475 
— feed for.2US 
— feeding corn.23 
— - fodder crops for....133 
— gTalnfor... . 16« 
— Jersey Red .103 
— — where to buy. 37 
— I lee on . 133, 379 
— peas for fattening. 235 
— --tames for. ..so? 
— sciwinF •• ul'-cr* In,....595 
— Yorkshlresor Foui.... Ab 1 ""* 
Hollow horn. . ...591 
Hoily-bork. Rural C'hater where 
to buy. 1S1 
Holstein* as hardy as Ayrshire.707 
"Hocks” In horses,. 895 
Hop culture. 201 
— house ventilation. . .3-46 
Horse bleeding at nostril.234 
— draft,treatment.. ... 70 
— eating illrt .97, 235 
— — course food.. 71 
— —litter . .759 
— Freneh-Cauadian and Nor¬ 
man . 7*5 
— hair of, coming off.895 
— heavy work, feed for.475 
— hide-bound. 70 
— in bad condition.411 
— kicked on hock Joint........ 285 
— lame..... 250 
— — in coffin bone.791 
— — fore-leg... 611 
— mint for bees. 55 
— old, treatment of. 611 
— purging.743 
— question ..878 
— suffering from curb.626 
— Indigestion..411 
— tender-footed. 23 
— watering.TO 
— win'-sucking,.267,826 
— with broken teeth.55 
— — bruised leg.74S 
— — colic.879 
— — chronic sore throat....183 
— — diarrhoea...759 
— — fetlock Joint weak.475 
— — ttstulo.65ft 
— —gravel.,,, ....759 
— — knee-cap displaced.775 
— — lame shoulder...526 
— — maxillary glands enlarg¬ 
ed.296 
— — megrims..299 
— — navicular disease.395 
— - “pink ••ye”. 61’ 
— sheath .‘wollen.627 
— — shoulder ailment...475 
— — slavering. . S22 
— — sore shoulders. . . ,v 
— — “splints "In leg .. 626 
— — string-halt. 0 S 1 
— — swelling on neck ..7.379 
— — lender fool.6?5 
— — wludgal) _ 181 
Horses, bran or hav for. 35 
— eating carrot*.. 395 
— English part...jsn 
— grain, dry. chopped for. .. S26 
— having heave*..491 
— In stable, feed. 70 
— market, future. 1*1 
— slohbcrlog, ftd on clovpr ... 522 
— warla >>n leg^ . 71 
— with “twoks''. 95 
— — lampns...507 
— — “pinkeye”. . 
— —spinal tnenltigel Is.201 
— — • wolt icrth “in .. .... 791 
Horse's eye *>>rv. treatment .. .611 
— feet, on floor or manure.134 
— foot calked.Ill 
— — Injury. 299 
— — thorn’.. . 774 
— — thrush in. 675 
— hoof, sand crack In..378 
— hoof*, crack' d. . ..,.150 
— leg swelling .. 55 
— loins, week ... HI 
— neck, wart, blood on.791 
— slienfh swollen .507 
Hot-bed, oiled muslin for.116 
