V 
DEC 29 
Huckleberries, propagating.299 
Hydraulic rams.134 
Ice-lionse without sawdust.. 675 
— melting..........791 
Incubation . 308 
Tncuhator holding 130 eggs..71 
incubators.251 
Indian Territory, settlement In. 150 
Ink. black, good. 202 
Insect eublnct. to make.475 
Insects, fumigating apparatus. .363 
— petroleum emulsions..830 
Irrigating a small trult farm. ...298 
Ivy, Poison and Virginia, differ- 
enCo.507 
.Tacks, Spanish.2Gi 
.Tersey cattle, live black points.. 23 
— i — murkltiJS... . 39 
— cross for dairy .234 
Jerseys and AMeruevs..347, 459 
— -difference in.491 
Kalnlt, cost of.475 
— Tor onions...831 
— wliat Is. 127 
Kalinin lallfolia .150 
Kansas lands.55 
Knee-c.a p displaced.775 
— — slipping. 723 
Knife, revolving. 150 
lamb, abnormal.. 55 
Lambs, prlug shearing.059 
— with goitre.... 88 
Laninas In horses. 507 
Luna, dry. plowing and harrow- 
log. 611 
— “ run down." treatment.659 
— sandy river,crop to benefit..475 
— wet...050 
grasses a ml grain for...... 113 
worn, clay subsoil.4i5 
bands. deSWt, law as to.759 
— inKans&s..55 
— public. In Nebraska.775 
Landowner removing trees. 1 
him chicks, markings.459 
Langstroth nivr,Inside measure¬ 
ment.. . 71 
Laurel. Moumalu.,.,150 
Iai vender plant. .759 
l,nwn mowers.. ...vo-l 
Lawns and yards, book on.395 
— fertilizer for.299 
Sir La who, J. B.. address of.379 
Lenf-rnller.. 627 
Leather ns a fertilizer .182 
Leghorns, Brown, point*, of ex¬ 
cellence. 5'.4 
Lettuce, mildew on.814 
Ltoc, green, on roses.475 
— on cattle.232 
— — hogs.133 
— - — remedy..879, 475 
— —stock, remedy....,...118 
Life insurance. 201 
Miles, btgh-prlced.411 
— JaoaD, how to raise...S?9 
LUlum Harris!! etc..149 
LI ly of the Valley. ...55 
Lime,applying. 28 
— concrete, value of..395 
— In the soil.379 
— old, left from plastering.363 
Limestone, ground, a fertilizer.. 181 
Linseed cake to milch cows. 7 
Liquid manure.712 
Litmus paper,. .280 
Loan ami Building Associations,331 
Locust, honey cuttings....... ...251 
Macrobasl* nlbtda. 459 
•• Mad Itch ".743 
Malt Sprouts and manure.150 
Mangels for slock, growing.113 
— growing....118 
Mantis Carcdtna.627 
— praying .627 
Manure, applying, Fall orSpring.742 
— buying.827 
— car-loads, agents.70 
— cellar.'65 
— — concrete floor for.626 
— coke ushes as ..627 
com cobs for. 55 
— for corn.475 
— — wheat land, clay subsoil..475 
-hen.282 
— — und ashes, applying.118 
— — applying .118 
— — for corn.234 
— — value of.Bit 
— horse. . 523 
— — on poor land.523 
— liquid.742 
— — for strawberries.315 
— mixed, care of .... 219 
— on plowed ground.... ....... 71 
— phosphate for wheat land.. .175 
— pig, to save or not. L5 
— sea-weed as a... 611 
— sod”* ... ... ...............182 
spreader. Kemp.166 
— steaming.... 202 
— green...202 
Map Of the C. S. .159 
Mare difficult to get with fuab..528 
— feed too much corn.475 
— In foul, working . .. 25 
— working, food for...........,.2k> 
Maryland, Eas ern. 132 
Maxillary planus In horses, en¬ 
larged.- .293 
.Meadow, pasturing In Fall.611 
Meadows, top-dressing.. ..6,5 
Meal, corn nod cob.70, * 75 
— cotton-seed and corn for 
cows. 234 
— oil for milch cows. ...234 
Medical and hygienic papers....103 
Megrims in a norse.299 
.Merino bucks, where to get...... 39 
Milk, bloody. 791 
— — cause.595 
— cream, not separating.523 
— cows holding up.742 
— feeding for.775 
— Id bottles. ... ...134 
number of pounds to make a 
pound of butter.1st 
— producer, oats or corn........204 
— quart of. w eight of.743 
— rich. .133 
— room. 89 
— setting, systems of.826 
— tank, brick.165 
— t ubes, to buy.151.827 
— watery. 
Milking tie vices, an 11-scl r........453 
Millet, Herman, time to sow. ... 87 
— or what to benefit land.475 
Mills, grist, good.791 
Minks, bailing ... .55 
Mites on poultry.523 
"Mixing” .87 
.Moleskins, preserving...827 
Molt* eating grubs . ...731 
"Moon” blindness in horse.395 
Molli, Handmaid.675 
Muck swamps .. 742 
Mulberry, Downing's Kver-boar 
lug. 
— -Russian...119,298 
— — from seed. 
— — monoecious or dioecious... 71 
— — where to buy.707 
Mule, rations for.790 
Natural history, paper devoted 
to.379 
Naturalists, salary of.595 
Navicular disease.611 
II. horsi . 895 - , 5 
Nebraska lands, public In. 775 
" Nigger ” from soap factories. .659 
Oak for posts, time to cut.611 
Oat stubble, bow to treat.. .523 
Oats f'*T hay, time to sow.363 
— Pringle-* American Tri¬ 
umph. 119 
— Russian. Probestelr...150 
— rust-proof for grazing, time 
to how. .. 627 
— tothuuere. .........,.131 
— Welcome . 166 
CEcanthus nlvcus.411, 691 
oil, lubricating, from lard.39.6 
— surface Indications of.2i)2 
Oleander, treatment of.507 
ituloa, earliest variety. 89 
— maggot. I'M 
— — destroy.5: h .i 
- seed .748 
- sets to plant.791 
unions, growing north, how far.595 
— mlxi 'g.219 
— most prolific.182 
— queries. 66 
Onions, storing in Winter,. 7 
— yield per acre.595 
Orange from seed. .235 
Orchard bearing knotty fruit...539 
— five years old, to prune.166 
— grass sowing., .658 
— rows, fruit, small, between..474 
— trimming...539 
Osage-orange hedges to cut.182 
Ox eating corn ir.enl .427 
Oxen w- rklnv. food for.879 
P' ciflc Tunnel Co.150 
Paint for farm wagons, etc.. . 28 
— — out-bulldlngs.266 
— —roof . 595 
Paper devoted so sheen .131 
— felt or tuunila fur lining..363 
Paradise stock apples ou what. 807 
Paris green, applying with the 
hand..815 
Parturient fever.133 
Pasture crop for hogs.133 
— old, for wheat. . 175 
Pastures, permanent fertilizers 
for.659 
— — grasses. . 659 
Pnste (nr bags....219 
Patents, inquiries.231 
Posts, asb Tor .983 
— foi grape-vines..166 
Tea for family use. .285 
— mildew .959 
— Stratagem.7117 
Peas, weevils, to prevent.395 
— bu*it heat.. ... —08 
— for fatl cuing hogs.235 
Pecan tints. .895 
l’each In Iowa .411 
— leaf curl,..411 
— Prait. 204 
Peaches for Michigan.282 
— In New Hampshire.712 
— pears etc . from seed.201 
— shipping, distance .314 
— trees from Rochester In Ten¬ 
nessee ..175 
— — hardiest — . .235 
— — manure for.707 
— — not se'tlug trult.25 
Pear, Clapp 1 ’*, tune to ripen..659 
— culture, book on. 7 
— dwarf, propagation of.627 
— Le Conte. .151 
— orclin rd.. .. 
Pears In Missouri.648, 759 
— op apple roots..759 
— tree not bearing. sot 
— trees, distance apart.613 
— — muriate of potash for.194 
Peppermint on dry ground.691 
Peruvian guano... . ..2*3 
Petrol** um emulsions.."Wi 
Phosphate. S. C. who sell 7.743 
Phylloxera grape...50* 
Pig, book on . 267 
— having kidney worms. ..459, 807 
— manure, to save or not.175 
— wmk In buck.627 
— with “ shivers”....459 
— worms ...........459,807 
— allluv.. .. .. 86 
Pigs, Cheshire.151 
— Chester* Whit es.288 
— crosses of large and small...610 
— Duroe .266 
— dying with apoplexy... .... 475 
— Fall feed for ..659 
— — Winter feed for...713 
— feed for, dry or wet. .475 
— giving chloroform to........266 
- ltci m. 
’ — overfed, treatment.. 522 
— pure-bred, denier In.691 
— sick ..411 
— Spring .363 
— too much feed for...,475 
— weaning 411 
— with Indigestion.282 
— — thumps .. . .. .331 
— Yorkshire, who keeps....... 827 
Pineapple, soil for . .....659 
— trees. Ins ets Injuring.166 
— - - 1.71 
“ Pink eye”. 
Pipe for carrying water...395 
— water, cheap ..88 
Pleuro-pneumonin, contagious, 
svniptomsof .620 
Plow, Economist, where made..691 
— Ccntennlnl Swivel.381 
— Kub-solltu (ruck patches_102 
. - 2 
Plows steel, wooden beams.3-7 
Plymouth Rocks.origin of.133 
— — points of excellence.522 
Plum, Bassett’s Amcr .231 
— Chickasaw as a hedge.491 
— dropping fruit ...... ...102 
— Mooney and Lombard.522 
— trees, currnllotipon.427 
— - In poultry yards.969,522 
not bearing ... ..-WIT 
Plums for No .........713 
n Dakota. 
Poisoning blood In colt.234 
Polled Angus bull .i-i 
— cattle. Angus Aberdeen..... .151 
Pomegranate, Vick’s..379 
Pop-corn, to dry.611 
Pork,brine for ..... ..70 
— salting uud barreling........ 23 
— — without brine .134 
Posts, Cedar, lasting.707 
— oak. time to cut.,.611 
Potush, different forms. .208 
— mixed with superphosphate 
. .775 
— muriate with bone meal.791 
Potato beetles, arsenic for_..2.98 
— best for late plautlng .315 
— bllvht .707 
— culture..815 
— dig ei 127 
— — Mon. Lightning .539 
— Manure, how .315 
— O.K. Mammoth . 20.3 
— seed belle — .. .... . 89, 299 
— stalk borer. 691 
— Wall's Orange, where to buy 
.. 71 
— aslleson ., . 963 
— as stock feed......712,775 
Potato erosslng.759 
— covered with m»ty spots—712 
— cutting for planting.331 
— dropping In furrow.315 
— F.xtrn Early.659 
— fertilizers .. 790 
— for hogs,. .. ..807 
— — seed,size..... ..108 
— from seed bulls, growing_595 
— keeping In Winter .448 
— — until Juno . ..791 
— lnnd preparing for..759 
— like old Peaehblow.427 
— male and female.132 
— manure for.best... 1RI 
— mixing . 743 
— on sod . 166 
— origin of. 7«1 
— planting, Rural’e method.. ..119 
— pol . . 
— raising on shares.165 
— Rip al's best yield.182 
— senh In... . 71 
— scabby.271 
— sweet raising.218,595 
— varieties, apace.. ..203 
— yield, large at R. 0.182, 759 
Poultry (urm, starting.522 
— forming profitable.250 
— periodical ..491 
— suffering with roup.523 
— sunflower seed for.266 
— yard fence . 266 
Propagating shrubs.4'27 
Proud flesh .202 
Prunes, Gorman, where to get.. 89 
Pruning fruit trees ..299 
— time ..... ..204 
Psocus vonosu*.595 
Pulley tackle, power of.fill 
Pumpkins . ,289 
Pyrethruni ro«eum seed.448 
Quince, champion on seedlings. 181 
— for Ohio. ..80S 
Quinces, bear, when. .459 
— In Orange Co... 17) 
— salt foi .... .011 
— with yellow rust.611 
Racks, stock .39 
Raisins, grapes muklng.807 
Raspberry, best...491 
— Brandywine, hardy.267 
Raspberry,canesbearlngfrult.. 39 
— canes punctured.691 
— for home use. 55 
— — Va ...707 
— fungus growth on.. 39 
— large ... .267 
— Marlboro .. 204 
— Shaffer Colossal.539 
— Thornless.595 
Raspberries.166 
— Shaffer's, Superb, Hansel!...659 
— spreading .175 
— nickering. 55 
— suckers, henring......411 
— wild, planting . 102 
— — transplanting.827 
Rennu luxurlans .150 
Red Cedar, berries of.,....204 
Bex Magnus, Is it good?.611 
Khubarn, to reset, time. .427 
Rice si raw, use of . 675 
Ringbone.. . 879 
— worms lu cattle.133, 202 
Roof, paint, for .595 
Roller, staves to keen in place.. 131 
Root cellar in side-lull.. ,459 
— grafts . ......201 
— house.898 
Rose bug* outing grape vines. ..427 
— (Inn. Jacqueminot.475 
Roses, grafting, etc-, hook on...363 
— llce.greeu, on.475 
— mixing . 71 
— polyantha...149 
— Scotch .,. .149 
— white 0.\ on .282 
Roup in fowls.523, 826 
Rubber bools, mending.299 
Rupture, umbilical, In filly.523 
Rye for milch cows.184 
— Spring for pasture.315 
Sait for stock. 182,303 
Sarsaparilla roots.658 
Sawdust .282 
— fur bedding stock.827 
saw mill, Novelty .589 
— — Monarch Lightning.150 
Saws, cro-6-Cut.71 
Scaly logs lu chickens.. 260,523 
Scours In cow.378 
— - sheen .775 
Scratches ui horses. 203 
Son kale In Ill. 71 
— weed as u manure, valueof..61! 
to apply to lnnd .395 
Seed catalogues, foreign. 71 
— curn selecting.643 
— drill, best. ..203 
Seeding grass land to buck¬ 
wheat.395 
Seeds of strawberries.491 
iItalkty of. . 659 
Sheep and cows..378 
— — wool, paper devoted to... 131 
— barn 86 
— block In flock.166 
— breeding, feed for.208 
- - cds .-.902 
— care of .675 
— Cotswold to huy.52S 
— fattening, feed for.826 
— forloaeresofclover......... 23 
Hampshire . 7 
— Merino bucks, where to get. 39 
— oil-meal for ......2U2 
— onthep'alns.,166 
— rnek .21)2 
— raising work on.659 
Shropshire . 7 
— South Down, registry of._491 
— to the acre . 6JS 
— witliaeough. .. 71 
- brain bladder worms.... 395 
— — depraved appetites.184 
— — scours . 775 
— — stretches.523 
— — worms lu head.298 
Shingles, Immersing in tur.459 
— oak. time to cut.611 
Short horns crossed with Hol- 
. 175 
— Dutch.... 86 
— In New England. ...807 
Shoulders, sore of horse. 70 
Shrubs, propagat ion of - .427 
Signal Service report.184 
Silk culture, work on.395 
Skin, tanning with hair on.150 
Slavering In a horse.922 
Snitlax grow lb... .....875 
Smut in corn....fill 
wheat . 
Soao factory waste, value of.. .,1159 
— whale oil for toe borer.119 
Soda us a manure. |82 
Soli nnatyls, cost of........66 
Sorrel, to kill.,.475 
Sorghum, Branching seed of..-.118 
— - to treat - 
— Juice di fecalIng. Stewart 
process...626 
— nutans, seed of . .379 
— sirups, trouble with.743 
Son tb Downs, breeder of ... .191 
Sows, brooding «Our milk for...2-3 
Spinal meningitis In hag.411 
— — horses ..201 
Splenic fever In cattle.395 
"npUnto” In horse's leg.628 
Squash bugs, destroying.70 
— vino-borer. 234 
Squashes, fertilizer on sandy 
soli.235 
Stable arrangements.133 
— cleanliness o(. 
— floors .165 
Stalls for calves.... 86 
Starch limiting, potato.127 
Stock book, best .119 
— for a farmer.,23,119 
— breeds, best . 203 
farm, starting.f?.l4 
feoi I, potati >cs a* . 
— feeding |mi tators to.775 
— kept on too acres...S7 
Llci m. r< edj. 
rnek*....,. Ml 
Stove-wood, sawing...2tti 
Strawberry .a market. 55 
— bed. manure for .321 
— — manuring.S2(i 
— beds, weeds in.,..S15 
— best, largest.459 
— Pig Bob .459,643 
— Charles Downing, to buy_459 
— culture, book on. 150,317 
— for Kansas...— .507 
— market, early.363 
— James Vick, where.55, 473 
— Jersey Queen, pistillate..831,475 
— larwest.459 
— plants, cutting off buds.363 
— — male, to tell.443 
— — setting out.491 
— —sick...,.,..4"7 
— — to mulch.,759 
— seed. 449 
— the largest,.475 
— Wilson, losing Its vigor.49i 
Strawberries.166 
— ashes for.7(17 
— bone meal or asbes.661 
— for home use.627 
— — market.627 
— — new bed..219 
-new N. H.807 
-Va.707 
— from seed.507 
— largest.235 
— late, good. 411 
— on limestone soil.595 
— Miner’s Prolific or Sharpless.523 
— pistillate, to tell.379 
— with Manchester.491 
wood-ashes for.611 
Stretches in sheep.523 
String halt in horse.381 
Stump puller.299 
— — to buy. 507 
— — tackle.611 
stnmns. dynamite removing .. 595 
Suffolk Swine.....266 
8UKur cane, Eurly Amber or 
Farlj Orange... ihi 
Sulphur around fruit trees..,,,. 299 
Sumach and its use...459 
Sunflowers for chicks.118, 261! 
Swale draining. 23 
Swine. rrii.Mi"! qf largo and 
small.610 
— Duroc.266 
— Jersey Red.266 
— with worms, remedy.627 
Syrlnga.182 
Tan-bark ashes, spent.474 B( 
Tannery refuse as a fertilizer.. .475 — 
Tanning skins, a.150 Bi 
Fenugreek, what Is?.363 — 
Teusintn.150 Bl 
Territories, settling, choice of III 
place.. 127 O 
Texas, Southern, fruits for.591 l’l 
Thermometer, dairy, floating.. .230 C< 
1 hlstlcs, elders, golden rods, to Di 
kill ..379 F* 
Thiirn lu horse'* foot. 774 F< 
Thrashing, ho so power.234 Ft 
Throat sore In horse, chronic...IRS Gi 
Thumps m pigs...J4.831 Hi 
Ticks on cattle... 7 
Timothy and clover with buck- 14 
wheut......395 — 
Tobacco for homo use, prepar- Hi 
ing. .675 — 
— ground poor.284 — 
— stems for niniiure.166 — 
Tomato, early.427 — 
Tree cricket, ...691 — 
Trees fora wind break.7J3 In 
— pine, planting seed.150 Jr 
Truck patches. ... Hr? — 
Tuberose, keeping.611 Ll 
Tulips not, blooming.459 — 
Turkeys, Bronz>*. 2o4 M 
— —cost of eggs.395 M 
— — where to luiv.B7, 791 
— feeding young.539 Ni 
Turnip plants, wintering.67> 
Ulcers. scrofu'tniH. in hogs.595 PI 
Vegetables at the 8. for the N... r*t PI 
— keeping. 233 
— — in Winter.535 — 
— mixing, distance apart.507 — 
Veterlnar* b ok .. . ,395 — 
— work on horse*.427 — 
Vinegar barrels, holes In.204 — 
— elder to make.613 — 
— from grapes..769 — 
— making Iti a cistern. 71 — 
— vinryurd planting...87 — 
Virginia about Norfolk.tS3 — 
Wall, concrete.133 — 
Walk, gravel forgrouuds.iv.9 — 
Walnuts. European, price of.... 89 — 
Warts. 2 — 
— black on trees.379 — 
— bleeding, on horse’s legs_ 7! 
— blood on horse’s neck........791 Pi 
— on eat tic.,743 Pc 
Water for Irrigation, prior — 
right....314 — 
— hard.134 — 
— pipes, cheap. 39 — 
— raising.174 — 
— wheel, screw,...610 — 
Watermelons, mixing with lb 
squashes, etc.87 lb 
Washington Ter., about. 790 Rl 
Weasels, to cutcli.,...363 fjc 
Weeds In walks, to destroy_613 — 
Well,driven,,..118,249 — 
— — trouble.115 St 
Wells, artesian..759 Si: 
Wen or tumor, cure for.523 S\ 
Whale-oil soap for borer... .119, ts2 — 
Wheat and clov* r roots, length.(ill — 
— B-b. centennial in ... — 
— Hessian ffv attacking.826 — 
— land, elay subsoil.475 - 
— mix, will It?..743 Y, 
— not a Irerry.643 
— on an ohl pasture....475 
— — on clover god, manure for.475 
— Palestine...204 m 
— premiums.411 c i 
— Ruual .308 c< 
— Ruual’s distribution, best...627 rj, 
— salt on.182 ni 
— seed, old.613 n, 
— smut In.«595 F( 
— Spring to the acre.743 _ 
— Surprise. 627 
— — to get..811 _ 
Whitewash, durable . 7 rji 
Willow sprout.-, to kill.895 «, 
Wind-break, trees tor...723 
— mill*. 282 m 
— s- ten-horse power.S3i 
— wind-sucking.. 826 _ 
Wine from Concord grapes.742 w| 
— — from native grapes.791 g v 
— grope...867 t c 
— making, book on.363 T, 
Wire-worms..426 
— — fighting... ......507 vv 
Witch, grass,buck wheat killing.775 
Wood » shea.202 
Woodchucks gnawing fruit 
trees. ..411 „ 
— powder post In.675 *v 
Woodland, renewing..330 ;/ 
Wool, Angora.743 k* 
— cottcL.522 "I 1 
Wolf-in the-iall.»; J,' 
'* Wolf teeth " In horses.791 
Worm* brain-bladder...,.896 *-») 
— In a horse....,.20S 
— -In head of sheep.298 
— — lu bogs...,...203 
— In *winn, remedy......623 
Wyandotte chickens— .507 ~ 
Yorkshlre swine, who deals In..827 
RURAL ARCHITECTURE. 
Barn. 3600 .844 — 
— cheap . 892 — 
— economical.892 — 
— general purpose.248 — 
— model, a. 67 — 
— plan, excellent..,.703 — 
— plan of.190 — 
— — wanted.104 ~ 
Barus, farm.17B 
Cellar, barn.232 — 
House, country, cost $1,000.421 — 
Piggery, good..472 — 
School house, country.769,853 — 
— modern..789 — 
SHEEP HUSBANDRY. 
Bucks, number. 470 “ 
Castration.470 
Docking...470 
Dorset Dread. 104 _ 
England, sheep fairs In .854 _ 
Ewes, French. 82 
Fleece*, houvy.700 
French ewe*. 82 
Lambing time..170 _ 
Lambs, reeding.47(1 
— Bpring... ..IKK) 
— — In England.857 
— ticks on.538 _ 
Merino, French. 82 _ 
— mutton .. .— 82 _ 
Merinos. Amor, rrom Austra¬ 
lia . 480, 518 
Mutton, dotnund Increasing.770 
— eating,.'. ....421 
— tot ' est.. ...82 _ 
— Instead of pork.789 
— Merino.. 82 _ 
— size not important.823 _ 
Shearing twice a year . 757 _ 
Sheep, age of.310 _ 
— and rattle herding, draw¬ 
backs . .....756 _ 
— culture. 310, 343, 421, 170 
— dog laws regarding..685 
— feed . 756 _ 
— — and water. ,..377 
— forced size.623 
— husbandry In Kansas. .377 _ 
— killing an'd eating.421 
— or cows. ....657 
— Southern. un*nl nflllctlon of.72l _ 
— that thrive without drink¬ 
ing .686 
— ticks on .264 _ 
— udder Inflamed in.264 _ 
— valunble. ...457 
Shropshire. 4 
Soil'll Downs . 310,470,625 
— — committee. 18 
— — English, choice.778 
Ticks on lambs.261,588 _ 
Wanning.470 
Wool, price, low.237 
- tariff on.444 “ 
washing.470 
Berkshire boar and sow.408 
— pig, evolution of.718 
Berkshirea. 168 
— group.196 
Black teeih In swlno..607, 788 
Breeding, in.114 
Carbonic acid for lings...408 
1’holm.. Img. 327, 380. 
Corn feed lug In Summer. 429 
.11" 
Feed for hogs, alfalfa .803 
Feeding hogs .18,114 
Food, cooked for pigs.. .. 6-10 
Grain for pigs . .406 
Hog. Amer., friends and foes. ...708 
— — triumph of. Hitt 
Hog Cholera-327, 880. 170, 505, 537, 719 
— packing season .744 
Hogs, feeding and raising.18 
— — In Winter.Il l 
— - - July.L9 
— — pasture.405 
— mixed.612 
— rve meal for.810 
In-breedings. 114 
Jersey lieu .440 
— — In the West . 6 
T.ard adulteration.S64 
— ” corner.” collapse of.412 
Meal rye for hog-.310 
Milk sweet, skim, feeding ex¬ 
periments .656 
Natives, healthier than pure 
brrds. 83 
Piggery, plau of.503 
Pigs, brine not Injurious.265 
— corn, waste In feeding.373 
— Durovs. .640 
— educating.438 
— failure with.344 
— grain for.406 
— having spasms. 264 
— lu ana out of spasms.117 
— Jerspy Reds.640 
— medicine for.264 
— or chickens.405 
— prize not most desirable.... ,554 
— raising.892 
— ringing.640 
— sugar cane for.373 
— versus poultry.,... 858 
— young, treatment of. discov¬ 
er ... 4 
Polund-Cb bias.163 
Pork, * mer.703 
— and the Government.704 
— cheap. 640 
— — making. 344, 568 
— commission .692 
— la ily, making.196 
— to chenpen, experiment.719 
Raising hogs . ... .. is 
Red Swine.440 
Kluglug pig*.610 
Sow, making her own her plus.590 
— prolific .441, 640 
— — two.503 
Sugar-cane for pigs.378 
Sulphur (or hogs.408 
Swine, block teeth In.607, 788 
— notes.-.640 
— Red. Breeders’ Association. .440 
— white breeds.765 
— — largo herd book.460 
— Yorkshire, Small._485 
Yorkshires. Small.606 
VETERINARY. 
Black teeth in swine.607, 78S 
Cholera, hog.327, s-o, 405, 537. 7)9 
Contagion Convention.793 
Contagious diseases, germs of . .470 
Disease, new.237 
Doctors of animals..777 
Foot and mouth disease.612 
— — — — among American 
cattle. 508 
— — — In W. Kan.772 
Glanders.252 
Malformation In colt.......4i>8 
Mustard seed for a cold.892 
neuro-pneumonia ..H5 
— — in U. S. 47n 
— — — oil I break.428 
Ringbone remedy.641 
Swell-head.760 
Tape-worm.874 
Trichinosis.744 
Warts, to remo\*o.393 
wolf-in the-tall.622 
VINEYARD. 
Bagging. 54, 1211, 215, 144 
Cold storage for grapes.490, wet 
Crossing.596 
Cultivation. 660 
Culture oil the Rhine.141 
Girdling. 54 
Grata*. Agawam. 3 
— Amber Queen........ 51 
— Bacchus.608 
— Brighton. .88, 218, 265, DOS, KB, 6h'J 
— Barnet.so 
— Cay wood, black-seedling....261 
Corlotta.90S 
— Champion.608, 789. 854 
— Cottage.,...739 
1 uncord. 
— Delaware.7-*4 
— Duchess.61,6(8 
— Early Dawn. 50 
— Victor .478, 637, 729, 754 
— Kl Dorado.ft/2 
— Elvira.687 
— Eurasian ...... . 67 
— Empire State. 396,441, 608. 708, 
8(2.854 
— Excelsior.245 
— Golden Drop. 51 
— Hartford.608 
— Hartford Prolific.754 
— Janesville.50, 754 
— Jefferson ..............51, 608, 669 
— Lady. 754 
— — Washington ...51,261, 60S, 669 
— — - various estimates ..... 21 
— Llndley. 51 
— Malaga Seedling. 132 
— Martha . 608 
— Ma-sasolt.704 
— Mcrrlmue.... 3 
— Miner's Seedlings.51 
— Moore's Early.fit), 390, 60S, 
687, 739, 754 
— Niagara. 51,116. 193.505, 655 
— — a "humbug".741 
— — at Pomoioglcul Conven¬ 
tion . 786 
-seedlings.296, 280, 311, 0u8 
— — planting.56 
— — sending out. 8 
— No. 1....,. .637 
— Ptirkllngton .91, 669, 771. 358, 778 
— Poughkeepsie Red... .0, 8,51,60S 
— Prentiss....51 
Quossaio. ftJ2 
— Rochester. 51 
— Rockland Favorite.51 
— Rogers’s Hybrids.3ft), 802 
— rot.8-16, 473, 722 
— Salem.3,705 
— Secretary ..50 
— seeds. .,877 
— — don't swallow.676 
— — planting.56, 230 
— Seuasqua. 50 
— terraces .............441 
— trellis.I'>8 
— Cay wood.318 
Ulster Prolific. 608 
— Vcrgennes 51,016,03, 660, 687, SS9 
— Vermont Giant...50 
■ Victoria.492, 62S, 734, 801, ft.ff 
— vines, cult lugs..692 
— — girdling.220 
— — mildew. 220 
— — — grafting to prevent ...492 
— — new plan for training_261 
— — renewing. us 
— — to trim. .778 
— — — — new plan.100 
— Wilder.3,608 
— Worden.3. 50, 473, 7(fi, 729 
— Wyandotte. 729 
— Wyoming Red... M 
Grapes at- K. O.192, 612, Hid 
— bagging.245,252,739 
— best for small place.729 
— Early. .751 
— for the farmer.147 
— from old wood. 86 
54, 120, 215, 144 
SWINE HERD. 
Alfalfa as hog feed.803 
American hog, triumph of.808 
Grapes from seed, how.162, 471 
— in the North...441 
— large, cord around stem-676 
— new and scarce varieties... #0 
— not for sale.132 
— of long ago ., .78S, 739 
— cn the Hudson...ms 
— quality In. 576 
— red. r.l 
— rose bug*, eating.393 
— something about.738 
— some new... 855 
— to get 11 lee.152 
— vg. rose-bugs.504 
— white.51, 58 
Hybrid*?.556 
Phylloxera grape-vine.510, 843 
— In Algeria.,..412 
— sandy soil....789 
— restriction of.537 
Raisin crop, California.7u5 
— making In California.3S9 
Raisins In California.isi 
Red grapes. 50 
Rose-bugs vs. grapes.50-1 
Rot. 472, 722 
Seedling grapes, how to raise.. 
162, 168 
Trellis grape.,...408 
Vines, overbearing . 67 
APFEKTIDIX. 
ILLUSTRATIONS. 
ARCHITECTURE. 
School-house, Country.823 
— — — ground plan.823 
ENTOMOLOGICAL. 
Squash Bug.822 
field cnors. 
Potato. Cosmopolitan.837 
— O. K. Mammoth.837 
— Ashtop Fluke.837 
Pea, Emerald Green.837 
FLORICULTURAL. 
Akebla qulnutu.821 
— — fruit of.821 
Begonia Rex.821 
FARM TOPICS. 
Fruit Evaporator..822 
PRACTICAL. 
ARBORICPLTURAL. 
Forestry, economic phase.841 
THE APIARIAN. 
Bees, care of...,.... 855 
— Cyprian.855 
Winter, on the management of 
bees during........851 
DAIRY HUSBANDRY. 
Butter making ns an art.853 
Dairy ucies from England.......821 
Lecturer, the latest dairy.855 
DOMESTIC ECONOMY. 
Ants, a new exterminator for...862 
Bread, good.,..8L 
Brown, to dye... . Soli 
Cake, corn...847 
— htckoi v nut.,880 
— Jelly.. .8-17 
Cakes, potato.862 
Celery, dressing..847 
Charlotte Russ*........847 
Cook books.831 
Creamed potatoes.862 
Dishes. • as)........862 
Dumpling, apple.862 
Experience niiotlie-r woman's..862 
Flutters, coloring.H31 
Furniture polish... 83U 
Housekeeper*, chats with our 
girls who expect to be.862 
Jam, melon ..M? 
Kidneys, to cook ............. ..831 
Maehb rry lor women. ...847 
Mangoes... .862 
Meat-chopper, Enterprise.821 
Pickles, Aunt iiabby’s ripe en¬ 
cumber.862 
Pie meat......847 
Potatoes, fried whole... . 862 
— mashed. ,862 
— puree of.862 
Pudding, simple.,...847 
Sauce, onion.831 
Shawl*, woolen, to wash.847 
Squash, cooking Summer.862 
Slew. Irish.862 
Toust, lemon......847 
ENTOMOLOGICAL. 
Chinch bug. 
Entomology In New York .... 
Remedy, cabbage worm. 
Squash bug... 
— —remeuy.... 
EVERYWHERE 
California notes.842 
Canada, Three Rivers, Ontario. .856 
— Uxbridge. ...,,.855,856 
— Ontario. 825 
Connecticut, Windham Co.843 
Dakota, Jerauld Co.856 
Illinois, Jersey Co........... ....842 
— La Sulle Co....843 
— Vermillion C<>.855 
— Mill Co. . .843 
Indiana, Dt* Kalb C'0.843 
Iowa, Fayette Co.'*25 
Kansas. Labette Cn. S25 
Missouri, Dade Co.843 
— Stiller Co.855 
New Jersey, Morris Co.KI3 
New York, Delaware Co.825 
— Dutchess Co.... 856 
— Schoharie Co.K!5 
Ohio. Dink.- ... 
Pennsylvania, Columbia Co... . \v; 
— Lycoming Co.-. .tfifi 
Texas. Fannin Co..825 
West Va. Preston Co.813 
Wisconsin. Fund du Lae Co.813. 856 
— Olltagutnle t’n ...Kfii, SfMi 
Wyoming, Albany Co.843 
FARM ECONOMY. 
Animals, distribution of fat In 
the bodies of—1.861 
Syndicate of farmers.822 
FARM TOPICS. 
Bedding for stock...838 
Bone-dust. 812 
Carp culture. 828,842 
Coriimerolat fertilizer, Improve 
meut lu...824 
Evaporator, convenient.822 
r«-nee, wire, cutting in Texas...844 
Flat culture on s nd> null.823 
Fruit porn are, value of......889 
Harness care of 8<2 
Manure, bone-dust... .842 
Petr- h um. crude, a wood pro 
.... 
Plowing, suhsolllng.842 
Rallroudln*. abuses of. 840 
silos in Scotland. .810 
Sorghum experiments, Held and 
laboratory .84i 
Starch, potato.854 
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