THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
1) cuts, young ..... 857 
Bib. child’s .717,749 
Biscuit. tou.252 
Blackberry nclrl.459 
Blood purifier . .4M» 
Bolle I loaves . 858 
Bow 'or bonnet strings..79 
bread, brown. 'Sit, II', 6.37 
— -- steamed... 664 
— Ciru .. —.. . 81,1B7,1!H 
— —TO»nmoiey ..157 
— — summed . . . 9i 
— dry. what lo do wlili 
— Indian ... 
— — steamed 
— making 
— pancakes . 
Bread sail rising_ 
Breokfa- ulsb 
Brimstone for bed hilis 
Brown lire id 
Brill es. s|in I,, re 
Buckwheat c"k>'s 
burns n d scalds 
— remedy _ 
Cabbage. pickled 
— sulau. 
Calm, ullUOUu 
— Ansel .858 
— apple .669, 701 
— butternut .887 
— caramel. .6*0 
— chocolate. 31 
— entree . 387 
— corn«tareli.259.669 
— cream.337, 505,601 
— d Uuate...*43,489 
— dry. to use .. ..489 
— tl lung. 620 
with 
.621 
. . . 
. Mil 
... 489,187 
.873 
.259 
• til JS 
.216 
• • • 
f>7, 441. 637 
uiedy 
.Tilt 
. 7 uii 
. *.<»! 1 
.811 
. , 
■ 
.897 
— frosting for 
— fruit. 
— — c II |> 
— - Mrs. B’s . 
— — plain.... .. 
— Bold . ... 
— guess. 
— j ily, reform.. 
— — roll ... 
— lay* r 
— — eutijng 
— manic fcucu*. 
14 
.15, 837.489 
.81 
.837 
.601 
.. II 
.157 
.337 
.14 
.Ill, 733 
.7 1 
.669 
molasses, novelty. 157 
— nnunrt, lemon .187 
— R.Uroiid .288 
— ral <ed loaf .....717 
— SI l vim..... . 14 
— soouge . 157. 111. 489 601. 620. 685 
— eoeeanul....23) 
— - Mis Ws . ... 887 
— R's . .253 
— standi 
. 157 
— sticking to.icily this. 17 
— Ic itflS’i'- Dutch.553 
— wot rtneion. .. 11 
— whit . cheap.337 
— imiuutruti..685 
Cak s rye breakfast.30' 
— buekwlu'.t ....... .........217.40!) 
— Ilauflel . ...... (31 
— fried . ..337,8:17 
V ten up Is.637 
Calf's h .eland ham. 893 
Candy, ehoeolatc caramels.15 
— Ice cream . 841 
— molasses . 15 
— talTy, Kverton. 15 
— unboiled.. 177 
— '•warin' .621 
Canned fruit . 569 
Card-, Christmas etc .what to 
do wllh... .. Ill 
Carpi I rag dyes...837 
— roes . 2i6 
Cats liens on ..717 
Catsup, tomato.Mi 
— - wit hout cooking.821 
Celpry -ulud. 821 
eti inois -kin*.Ill 
Chai ned bands .. 21 
Charlotte Russo..6-97 
Clu ken, pressed.157 
Chl'oreu, a word for the.3)6 
— le uniting. a*.. 820 
— ••.iiisfy.ng. 65 
Clou -auce... .569,6 1 
Choeolaic caramels..637 
Cholera morbuj remedy.389, 6”l 
Ch >w • bow.6*9 
for Immediate use. 749 
t inato . 569 
Chowder, corn.621 
Christmas, before . 836 
— dinner . H52 
Christmas dinner, a Canadian. >73 
— gifts, making.83'. *52 
presents.8*0 
Cocoa-nut for cake.7 I 
— pufTs. 15 
Cookery, Eastern aud Weaieru..l93 
— MLs*ourl . 8X1 
— Western.269 
Cookies.423, 141, 189, 669, 8‘7 
— caraway.797 
— cream ...125 
— drop .601 
— ginger...269 
— molasses.*17 
— rnisln aud spine.749 
Cold »law.701 
— with rrenm dressing. 31 
Corn and beans, entitling.421 
— — peas, canned cooking.... 423 
— bread, Kentucky. l.V 
— — Mothers . so 
— canning ..*53 
— fritter.637 
— green . 441 
— — to preserve.....653 
— starch,serving ..749 
■ aweel drying .881 
Country living, travelers' Ideas5n3 
Cmnberry Jelly .85* 
Cranberries, to keep.665 
Cream, whipped .269 
Crotl net les, llsb.791 
Crullers . ' 
Cupboard,emergency.. ... 3-9 
Currants black In cookery.133 
— eleiinlng .6s*l 
— white dingy preserved.669 
Curtains doing up. Ml 
— for chamber . 63 
Dessert . 
— pretty 
Dinner, Christ 
— company... 
— —country 
— — first . 
— Suturdav’s 
— Thunksglvh 
Dish drainer . 
— towels 
Dishes. \vn«hll 
Doughuul* 
Drainer, oish... . 
Dress making. 
— taste In. . 
Drink lor n cold . 
Due pllngs, Apple. 
Dyes for carpel rags . 
Economies, little... 
Eggs, boiling . 
— creamed . 
— fried . 
— frying ... 
— ou lonsl.. 
— to poach... 
Eldernerrl' s for w inter list 
Elderberry wine. 
Elevator or dumbwaiter. 
Farm life and health. 
Feat hers, substitute. 
Felon i ure, wild turnip a,.. 
Fire, more ... 
Fleas on cats. 
Footstool. . 
Fritters. 
corn . 
parsnip... 
salsify . 
r nwring without eggs. 
Fruits, canned.. 
- canning . 
Fruit jars .. 
— press . . . 
Furniture polish. 
— renovation of . . 
Gems. 
Gift, a Christmas. 
Gliding frames. 
Ginger bread.193 
— - soft.489, 749 
— —spiced. .797 
— snaps .156, 233, 125, 141, 489 
Glass cutting.701 
Glue, liquid. .749 
Goose, roast .. 797 
Gropes canning and preserving.783 
— wild, using .....738,749 
Gravy.milk .81 
Grease on carpet, to remove.... 425 
t,rhldle cakes . .797 
Gram, oatmeal .820 
Hamburger steak.601 
Hams, curing . 95 
Harvest drink, Grandmother’s..489 
Hash, good and how to make ft. 15 
Health notes. 68 
Helps.258 
Ilouse keeping on Puget Sound 
......4I.H, 44 >. IMS, nan, 537,553,569 
lee cream without a freezer.79 
Indian chutney. 620 
— loaf. steamed...601 
Indigo for clothes—.94 
Ironing without (hit Irons.,.821 
Iron rust, to remove...-.«oi 
— stains on marble...........733 
Jelly, apple. 792 
— cranberry. 8 ; 2 
— grape, wild. 733 
— lemon.....411,6M6 
— making..17 
— that will not stiffen.669 
— time to prevenl sticking. 131 
.Tohnny-eake without eggs. 95 
Ktiisomlue . 321 
— line.738 
Kitchen talks.II 
Lairds on tin .797 
Duct), crotchet ... . 78 
crocheted Vandyke. v .425 
lemon seed.. .821 
Lemon Jelly . lit. 6-5 
Macaroni, baked .701 
Mungoes, gr.en. 601 
— pencil . 601 
March work.216 
Marmalade, qtiluee..701 
Mat, toilet..8V0 
Muttre-Mcs. protecting .749 
Meat diet for dyspeptics,.131 
— -ealloped .637 
Mexican dish..321 
.Milk drinking hot .717 
In the Winter. . 47 
Mirror, handy . 585 
Molding, preserves..6ol 
Mold, on preserves.587 
vioths in cloths, to prevent -837 
Mullins, Graham..701 
Mush for breakfast...658 
Mustard, made...337 
Oatmeal gruel . 820 
Neuralgia cures. SM9 
Omelette. • -253 
— cheese. • ..621 
— corn .621 
— oyster . 653 
without turning .3n5 
Onions. boiling water on.193 
Ostrich plumes, curling. 94 
Out door exercise In Winter—131 
Oyster omelette..653 
Oysters, panned...797 
— pickled.... . 79 
— scalloped.337 
Palo I. old removing.389 
Pun cukes bread ..... .....585 
Paper, how to. 424 
on walls to nnikeytlok .810 
Papering 1 he children's roopi ..9 q 
Parsnip fritters.. ..........858 
fait ridges In (tears. . 268 
Pooches pickled .6' 3. 6»i9 
— preseived . 621 
Pears, canned. 6 7 
Pick led apples .853 
Pickle for beef.821 
Pickles, cucumber for market. .532 
— Gherkin. na 
— Indian chutney.620 
— mixed vegetable.79 
— plum . 569 
— sweet . 858 
— — peaches..689 
— tomato . .569 
— — green . .558 
— — rare-ripe.601 
— — sweet ..69, 733 
— — walnut.459 
Pie, apple drier!... .. 81 
— cream. 81 
— crust.. 4-9 
— — a new.804 
Rata .95 
— currant...,. 337 
— custard. 3t 
green tonin'o.425 
— lemon .. ..8l,25t 
— — Sirs. Bacon’s .......489 
— milking . 389 
— mock apple . 441 
— orange.... . 11 
— potato...157 
— pumpkin. ... 717 
raisin .489 
— rhubarb. .037, 489 
rice.193 
— -quash, good ...7' 1 ! 
— vinegar . 805 
— Washington —. 05 
Pies baking over..79.131, 177, 193,2-9 
soukhw, to prevent.. 821 
Pillow shams.685 
Plums, spiced .621 
Poisons, antidotes for..733 
Pop eoru hulls.821 
Pork, curing .95,123. 344, 733. 809 
Potatoes and enhtmge cooked 
together.31 
— boiling, salt lu the water.181 
breakfast . 
■ fried . 
lu eases 
1-3 
*89 
797 
— should be steamed.733 
warmed over. 
.... 521 
Pre-crves, apple .PS9 
— molding . . 6ul 
— mold ou, remedy. 537 
— poaches. 621 
.569 
425 
— UUIH t* .... , ,., . 
. w 
80S 
Pudding, apple, baked... 
.499 
198 
— choice. 
_853 
371 
— Bismarck. ... 
. 81 
853 
— bread. . 
.749 
371 
— coeoamit . 
321 
— corn-meal. 
.853 
.177 
— rasy... 
.. ....858 
717 
— egg . 
.157 
797 
Italian. 
.157 
*>W 
— light . 
.:*78 
131 
— moat. 
. 7!) 
- plum. 
.797 
15 
— rice. 
...269, 441 
III 
— English recipe. 
.157 
V>#;y 
— Rteained.. 
569 
— tapioca. 
.489 
400 
Virginia. 
. 157 
820 
Yotlwhlro. 
749 
Puffs. German . 
.397 
Pumpkin, cunning. 
..421 
252 
dried. . 
695 
Qul ksltvcr for bed-bugs. 
.637 
Quilt.woolen... .. 
.299 
601 
Quince niarmulade. 
289 
Unbolt,sp*tni»b method of cook 
Mil 
Ing. 
.i'll 
Rag rugs .. 
637 
Raspberry vinegar. ..... 
.473 
Rats, cats to destroy. 
.110 
Recipes, measuring for.. 
.69.5 
- rhubarb cooking. 
.357 
. 17 
Rice,cooking .. 
.131 
pndd'Qg.. 
.ill 
-71? 
Roaches, remedy wanted 
518 
to exterminate , . 
...459, IS9 
216 
Rolls, rye cream . 
.269 
. SI 
ltoom. chtMron’M, papering and 
♦ :<7 
paimtng .. 
. 
^.Vi 
Rug. tufted . 
.749 
Uu.-. carpet rag,,. 
.‘21 
:Kl 
Mt bpi. cabbage. 
9*1 
, M/J 
I'tMery. 
.F21 
5! 
Yt-.'il ..ml lettuce.,,,,.. 
MO 
Sniauv ... 
.331 
.459 
- cooking. 
. 79 
83? 
Fait, about . 
.232 
459 
— bags ompt v, use of 
.587 
.193 
sandwiches, cheese. 
K79 
- sardine....... 
.321 
Sauce, sour.... 
... 157, 258 
Scouring board...253, 856 
Servants’ rooms.4s9 
Sheets, care of.193 
Silverware, washing.131 
Skirts aud collars, doing up.409 
Sleeping rooms, night air,.......110 
Spanish .....665 
Spectacle wipers ..821 
Snaps, ginger-233. 425.441, 189 
Soap. 521 
— bubble mixture.i97 
— Frank Slddall's. 63‘ 
— hard ..........79. 873 
— Ivory .-.I18 
Soothing sirup .MB 
Sore throat remedy...1 193 
Soup, corn .669 
— Italian paste.<9i 
— liquor from mutton.701 
— tomato . .827 
Squirrels, fricassee. 685 
Stains, to remove.321 
Sturcli, gloss tor .505,587 
Steak, Ilamburger. SOI 
Stock . . ... 320 
Stockings and roUteus, coloring.*?? 
— blark. to wash .717 
mending. ...658 
wa.vhlng.837 
Stone Jars, cleaning....66.8 
blacking.. 
So turner drink .505 5*1 
— Grandmother’s.4'<9 
Tnhte modes and manners ......797 
Tea, making.386 
Teeth, decaying,....669 
— to preserve.... 6-8 
— why they decay. .585 
Tetnppr, bod.63 
Temperance.505 
Thanksgiving dinner.79? 
ThrnsherJ preparing for.669 
Tin. mending .95 
— ware for fhp household.it 
Tobacco palls. u*e for. 601 
Tomntoe- and onions. ,35? 
canning.373 
Trout, cleaning.39.4 
Turkey, roast .797 
Veal or mutton chops with to 
mat 1 grace.So* 
Veal, pressed .157 
Venison pastry .797 
Vluegur . .521 
— different ways of making.373 
— raspberry..i'« 
— sp'.-eii .MB 
Walnut plekles.4.y» 
Washing iiaid. Centennial.387 
with iyo .351 
Wesrern eondl’lons.W 
Wheat, cracked .71T 
Whitewash, old to kill .321 
Window, low, modernizing.505 
V indnws, to keep up.521 
Wine, elderberry.*3? 
— In cookery .,110,233 
Woolen urtfidrs, to keep from 
moths.,.. ... 537 
— quin. .,289 
Work for winter evenings.87* 
Yount.... .337 
cakes, Kail-rond.177 
— potato.,....'21 
-ball.216 
Zinc, to cleau. 733 
EDITORIAL. 
Abies orient alls. 266 
— iPlcea) pollta.266 
— Slblrlea. . ..850 
Acer tricolor .. 1 «•> 
Adulteratiou of food.614 
Advertising rates.deviations lu.l?0 
Agricultural cx. Stations. more. 143 
— fair N.Y., beer sold at 666 
— papers aud others responsible 730 
Agriculture. Com mission er. our 
next. .T3S 
Agricultural Department and 
Swindlers.866 
— Department of. 3* 
— — — mismanagement in_350 
— — — reforms needed In.370 
Alslke clover... 518 
Aiuer. Agriculturist attack on. 154 
— — — buck down. . 518 
— - ad. clerk, .681 
Animals, unjustifiable cruelty 
to . 2-2 
— Western-cruelty 10 . mi 
Aphides killed with Buhack... 318 
Apple. Alexander, at * R. ft’’... 5*8 
— crop. Fug Oh.600 
— .Northern Spy. .. . . 92 
— Northwestern Greening.55u 
— Primate, specimens from Mr. 
Cowles .714 
— Russian Yellow Transparent. : M2 
— Salome. . 138 
— Yellow Transparent..582 
Apples. Handling...R-2 
— on Paradise stock. , 246 
— 1'ippin and Russet at Western 
Rural Farm.746 
Arbor Days .w»2 
Artrado donux ..408 
Ash. Weeping, Fraxlnus excel- 
-I"'- .. .ISO 
Asparagus for farmers.334 
Avery sewing machine.865 
Beau, Flageolet, Rural paid too 
much for.,.r.66 
Bean-, Evergreeu cost of . 92 
Bee-keeuers Iu council .I r, l 
ueee'11, vVeeptng... 791 
Beer SOl t "t fairs..660 
Birds, a cruel fashion _ . .502 
Blue k berry, comparison at "R, 
G”-. ...563 
— Evergreen.sit) 
— Snyder m*>8t trustworthy ... 534 
— Wilson Junior In England_206 
Hlacklicrrlet, first to leaf out at 
"R U”. 3511 
— Kittailuuy, hardiness of......866 
— Lawton, quality of. .sss 
Boys, fathers' treatment of.154 
Bird Cauteloupe ...866 
Buffaloes, tauv Weeding ...565 
Bubiieh destroys rose-bugs. .306, 282 
Butter, bogus 'out of place_794 
gilt cilged. Durlluirum brand.us* 
— Injured by too long churning. 19' 
— or cheese?.4,» 
— washing, better thau working 280 
— yields, astonishing . , ..... 139 
— water left In butter.>84 
Cabbage. Feh’erkraut .. .110 
— stumps set out for greens ,.124 
Cabbages, late. 92 
cannu Ehrmann!.... . 15(. *46,40* 
Canadian Pacific U. R... lull 
reciprocity an ' annexation., a 
Canals, closing of. ... 
Canned goods.,. .13s 
— sale of . 318 
Canker-worm, danger wide¬ 
spread . l-t 
Catalpa BungeL.. 438 
Cuttle baroUs uud the Govern¬ 
ment. 571 
— - removing. 51- 
— Devon..769 
klugs, check to.566 
— —vs settlors....IQs 
— ranchee. evils. >'•> 
Cellars, look to your. 93 
Celery at “R. U".,...666 
— growing . 550 
— soir blanching .6<6, 711 
— shallow In-nelies.'is 
— White Plume.. ....71L, 934 
Cclortos-plnk and red.454 
Central Park. Supt of.sso 
Corel lipoyllutn. Japan... .870 
Cereal crops or 1884 9* 
cheese, full cream, skim mtlk rxi 
CUetmiut, .Japsn, plant uutaof.,166 
CtUekcns, eurlj'.5U2 
Wyandotte .76. ltj§ 
Children, deal honestly by. .....850 
loving the farm. . .76 
Cholera, Img. experiment*. 28 
Chiysth'murns ., .7l6 
rtiL-eii from seed...... .810 
UludrnnU tloctorlu.550 
— — sugar from.297 
Clcttulities* pays.402 
Clover Alslke.513 
— cut In time.454 
— scarlet.499 
Coins, small. 634 
Coleus seedlings.230 
Comet-Lawson pear.866 
Commissioner Lorlng, trouble 
of.236 
— of agriculture.246 
Conversation a. . 8 
Corn and wheat on hand.190 
— Angel of Midnight . .........766 
— cbemtc.nl fertilizers on...350 
— Chester Mammoth at “R. F”..683 
— eroes bred,disappointed wlth35ti 
— — —try carefully. 60 
— crossed, of seed distribution. .17" 
— cutting, putting In bundles 650 
— depends upou nitrogen lu soll6>2 
— early, for seed distribution. ..59H 
— green, feeding to poultry..,..666 
— lucre Bing productiveness of.202 
— largest yield at “R' GC how 
raised. .318 
— plot af ‘R.G ” which received 
potash, phosphoric acid and 
nitrogen. 611 
— Rural hranehlug for fodder..282 
— Rural’scross-bred, plant the.2*0 
— seed, keeping .746 
— sweet early nlautlug ..8(12 
— — Ke Plus Ultra ..138 
— — White Mexican. .598 
Cow, poor man’s, the .G3U 
Cows, cure before calving.206 
— feed before ''coming In”.. .. 346 
— great butter producing, folly 
and cruelty ..370 
CratiegtiH, Paul’s....402 
Crn •, outlook.454 
— reports, speculative.61I 
Crops...634 
— of this year, report..,,..422 
— more about.486 
— the “cold wave" and..........598 
Currants. Black '’luuupiou.i-' : 
— worms, hellebore for.102 
Cypress, Lawson’s,not hardy In 
N.Y.313 
Dairy cows, test of .566 
Dairymeu. market to be found 
In Brazil.....746 
Devon cattle.766 
Dog, collie, an apology.534 
Dollar bills, shall they go?. 14 
Downing. Charles Illness of— 44 
Economy in Rule >kings.7 4 
Editors soldoru la the wrong ..699 
Egg plants, starting.108 
— preservative, prize for .714 
— preservation of for Winter..470 
English sparrow, eating.592 
Enjoy Jng life .. 76 
Ensilage In England .598 
Eulalia, aebra striped. 8 
European war eKud...23(1 
Evergreens ou the farm.It'S 
— pruning... 124 
Experimental grouims Invalu¬ 
able to farm Journals. 634 
Experiments, care lu. 8 
— of J. 19. Lawes.246 
Exposition, New Orleans . 138 
Fair numbers. 850 
Farly. Dr., death of .716 
Farm bauds untrustworthy 1?) 711 
— help ...230 
— —look to their habits.3>6 
— wages.810 
Farmer, a thinking.28ll 
— aud townsman .486 
Farmers as miners. 44 
— chance for.BS4 
— club, maintaining.138 
— holiday .566 
— should care for their appear- 
anee.- . 
— they speak .794 
— who are always behind. — .318 
-have no use for Ag. papers 6-2 
Farmiug, does it pay?. 2$ 
Fence, barbed wire extortion. .534 
— — — monopoly. .. si 
— — — warfare .850 
Fertilizer, "complete”.614 
— low-priced . 6i4 
— number, good done by.714 
— — notes rrom friends on ... 666 
— sea-weed as* . *9 
— special, intention of the . ..614 
Fertilizer-, chemical a nine of. .611 
— all ••phosphate'’.uu 
Fertilizing experiments upon 
small plots . 124 
Flower seed. Garden Treasures 766 
Forestry Ass., meeting of. 1*4 
— Congress session ... ..His 
— Convention, Southern .F.°d 
Forsyth la F'onuueil plant .302 
Fountain pen. Ideal'..Siu 
Fraxlnus exoelshir ..730 
Fruit always healthy .592 
—crops of England, havoc.422 
— culture promotes health and 
happiness ..698 
— rat fresh ripe..154 
— eaters need no doofers.*66 
— el." our .JC 
— farmers not planting .791 
— growers fertilizers for.614 
— people should eat more.6t 1 
Fruits small, plant .292 
— - plants lu sheltered places 486 
Gambling lu pro Hide.Sir* 
Garden treasures.966 
Gladioli, six tine .154 
Government Depts.31u 
Grain, u new ktad..,.,.122 
— delds unsi edrd ...216 
Grant, Gen., death of . .. 5is 
urape. Concord a market grape s 
— Cottage at “R. G,’ ..,.,‘98 
— Early Dawn— . .6>0 
— El Dorado at "R. G." .598 
— L. Washington still upon the 
vines... . .. ..iso 
— notes at "K G.". 531, 593. 666 
I'roi" T> roue. I'.i.714 
Preull*s .. 698 
— rotting nt “K, G." .598 
— R S. Y...76 
— seeds planting time.698 
— victoria, cuttings rivalled ...81" 
— vines at "R G. conduct of. .714 
— —grown from greeu wood. .698 
— not over two years. ...... hd 
— Woodruff Rod.693 
Grapes, hag...4*2 
— - at once.35U 
— bagging.. . . 780 
— from eut tings .7S0 
— notes from "it. G.” .634, 650 
— Vorgeuues uud Jefferson vines 
feeble...53i 
Gra-s for lawn.2>.6 
— Johnson . 266 
— killed at "R U.".454 
— Panic, Hidden-flowered.to* 
— Para.350 
— special. .41 d 
Grasshoppers In the West, , I7u 
Gullibility, popular.Uu# 
Hair, women's 746 
Harrow, spring-tooth float, pat¬ 
ent decision..583 
Harvest, v* luu shall it be ?.4T0 
Haying, get tools in order for, BE 
Hellebore for currant worms.. 40 
Hemp growing in the West.... 386 
Herd books and registry. 350 
lUll. J. J good work of.266 
Hog cholera, experiments.28 
Holstein-Frlerlnn Association. .331 
Horse breeders’ Ass. consolida¬ 
tion ..292 
— chestnut, yellow at "R. G-”. .421 
Intlrtuary, stalls of .. 454 
— show. Shire . 124 
Horses, give them their due ...83i 
— lu ihe field,provide water for566 
— need of water when worfcing i?" 
— prevent suffering to .566 
— to pat lu order for Spring 
work.2o6 
"How" .451 
Huckleberry, future for the ...584 
Hybrid, wheat and rye . 8 
Hydrangea great panleledfrom 
cuttings . .....614 
— Oaklcuvcid. 794 
Indian depredation claims.i9(i 
— reservations, trouble wttU 
settlers... #82 
Insects be vjgilaut.402 
Ireland, anrarluu revolution in.350 
Iris Keempferl.. 60 
Irises, plant . 302 
Jersey, butter cow dead.58* 
Jersey cattle sale .334 
Johnson Grass.266 
— — a word of caution. 17U 
Kalmlo lntlfolta.138 
Kerosene emulsion. ..386 
Labels, painting.60 
— zinc.422 
Lambs found half dead.—3*6,' 
— to separat’’ from ewes.550 
Land grants to Canadian volun- 
, r- .566 
— too much a curse..518 
Laton'a Rorhontca.154 
Lawn Grass . .. . -266 
Leghorns wUl not "sit.”..sis 
l.tfe what we make't . 206 
Liquor traffic, eradication. Miss 
Cleveland's opinions ..422 
Live stock bulletin .—370 
— — middlemen Of Chicago...438 
Locusts, great cumbers of..686 
Lorlng Geo. B . suit against.730 
Magnolia acuminata .124 
— glauca. .230 
.Malaria, some causes for.550 
Man's fowl .422 
Manure In the vard, loss of. ...634 
— lost by wash iug.BIO 
— over two acres which should 
be on one. 518 
— proper treatment.534 
Meadow, weeds In, to extermin¬ 
ate. 550 
Meat, charges for transpor¬ 
tation.124 
— trade, frozen.... __ .,302 
Melons like manure under Ihem634 
— Russian . C5U 
Melons, early, bow to get .108 
— raised with concentrated fer 
tlllzers .534 
Mildew Destroyer. 17" 
Milk as a beverage . ..55U 
— sweet skim good to drink 714 
Mulberry,Russian fruiting. 4u2 
Muekmelun sw’ eb st, with large 
circles at dower end .684 
New Orleans Exposition, close. 3«6 
Newspapers, m 'ral Inineneeof.230 
Nine-nark, beauty of fruit.451 
Nltr gen giving u surprising 
growth .3 2 
— try some form ....3'>2 
Nnmenol a tore. Improper ... 65o 
Nurserymen. n<>n>- -1 vs. dis 
b< ' eat .. . . 
Oak. Golden . 794 
Oats, Clydesdale .1*4 
— Scbumen.170 
Ohio fairs, malt and alcoholic 
liquors, exclusion of . 60 
— Farmer, editor of.666 
Oklahoma boomers.. .44 206 
Oleomargarine.38J 
— ahead . . 438 
— anti, laws, legislation,. ..1SS, 402, 
562 
— sale of ... 7 G 
Onion maggot, so"t will destroy'! 1 i 
Orange Judd failure. 282 
Orchor • trees, hardiness of.518 
Pachysandra procumbens.318 
Palm for roofs .716 
Fsnieum t'ftrbinode....350 
— clandestlDum cultivating....i"2 
Para Grass. 850 
Paris green and plaster propor- 
F.. - 
Pea Alaska...766 
— Carter's stratagem....i8. 60, r-5' 
— cr ss-bred.S.'U 
— Hnrafq d's Market Garden .124 
— Pride of America.7.7. ...121 
— Stratagem...496 
— Sweet. 766 
— Alaska .-66 
Peas, first picking at "R. G.”.. .4*8 
— Intermediate.*16 
— late .319 
— weevil-eaten.. 313, 966 
Peach bud- In Kansas all right 
Jan 5th. 44 
— Peeu-to.'•'02 
Peacho-. quantity in New York.614 
1 v mats in fie North.766 
— mo tnany last, year ... £ 34 
Pear, Anjou lu Feb.10? 
— Clapp’s Favorite at "R. G. ' 
rlpeutng...... ..,..593 
— Comet-t.nwson-Jargonclle.. 650 
— — — not the Jargonelle....6s2 
— DanasHovey .23'1 
— Frederick Clapp.766 
— Kleffer at "R, 0.”.66 : 
— — specimens of. mo 
— Law»on. 746 
— — or Cornet, which name? 682 
— Rostlczer.b'14. *31 
— Tyson.. 650 
Poors. T e Conte and Kleffer In 
Alabama.290 
— Ref-esotag and Grand Isle..246 
— Rural's list..266 
— seedling from Mr. Tuttle... .7'1 
Perches In hen houses .190 
Perkins. K D . death of._246, 266 
Phloxes, perennial.*30 
Pteen plcotu .. .550 
Pig articlea by F. P. Curtis.9* 
Pine Golden ..SIfl 
— Japan Umbrella. 9 
Pinna, well-laid, pMfltable.124 
PI sots for new subscribers.8S4 
Pleuro pneumonia In JBlssourl..2-2 
— the West .31H 
Plowing tor wpear. time.566 
Plymouth Roefes aud Wyan¬ 
dot tea. cross between.4"2 
Poisons, deadly, care. ,. 698 
Pomn. So . Arner. 422. . r >',9. 5f.o, 650 
— —President of.6tki 
— — shortening fruit names . 9 
Pop-corn ...698 
Pork, Inspection of.10S 
Posts, chestnut for wtre fence.. 9 
Potato-‘crosses".. 9* 
— culture. Rural’s trench sys¬ 
tem . 74# 
— Sir J.H Lawcs's remarks 1*4 
trying the Rural's method 29 
— Kverltt, yield.714 
experiments at “R. G.”. 766 
- mulch, cost of... .. 422 
— Hodvtuun not sproutlug.IS8 
seedling, correction.. . ..780 
— planting, late.30* 
— -scab, cau-e .170 
seed pieces, not expecting 
in a tnrlty o r 684 
— seeds, sowing .170 
— society, a national .188 
Potato Special. 666 
— Stare of Oe.,effect of drought 810 
— White Sta r, long keeping_154 
— — — yield. SSJ 
yielding 6N0 pounds in a hill..714 
Potatoes.cultivated until a foot 
high . 402 
early us tested at “R G."_5SI 
Hat culture, labor of digging *"6 
— forming as soon as lu blouui l‘-l 
— from the half acre. . 660 
— — — — — disappointment 7! 1 
— — — seed-end .. 802 
— good keepers..318 
— how deep to plow In different 
soils.. .. ,..318 
— most sprouted In Jan .60 
new, planted at “R G.".3'8 
— varieties at “ft, . ..768 
— on the half acre. .10s 
— — — — Injured by drought J18 
— — — — poor outlook... .12* 
— roots above 1 r below seed 
pieces?.230 
— Rural’" half-acre .23c, i t 
secil end first to sprout .. .,266 
— - how long should they be 
eut . ._V66 
— — pieces rolled In plaster .. 88' 
— "strains”. ... 850 
— studying tubers, root growth 
etc .154 
— rested at "R. G." . 206 
— the Rural's method, using 
Hapgood Listing plow.Ii« 
— trenches, Ll»ter for.2S2 
Poultry at *’R. G ”.#66 
— feeding green corn....666 
— for table, show of.. .746 
— keeping, the whole story ,...10S 
— new breed. Man’s fowl.42* 
Premiums, who are eutltled to 810 
Presidential term, pension, etc. 28 
Prickly Comfrey, Col Ag’l. Re¬ 
port....,..384 
Privet, California.950 
Prizes for largest yields.. .850 
— from results of seed distribu¬ 
tion..810 
Produce markets advaueetn. .266 
Pruning covering the wound3 l-M 
— evergreens. . 124 
Prunes Plssordll.. .... ,.8,350,634 
Public domain, care or. 746 
Purslane tor fowls.5 8 
Py re thrum roseum sow seeds of 60 
Quince, Champion ami Prolific 746 
— orange, care of.sis 
Railroad legislation . 60 
— passes, free. . .*8 
— rotes, no deduction In. 8 
— wrecking .8S4 
Rake, Albion pleased with.. , .699 
Raspberry. Marlboro at “P. G.” 486 
— — distribution of. 76 
— Ohio, hardiest black cap, 246, 42* 
— RuneoeaB. 470 
Raspberries nt"R. G.”.486 
— hardiness at "R. G,”.381 
Bats, death to.682 
Reaper, Wood twine self-bind¬ 
er. 5S8 
Rhododendron grandd!florum..402 
Rlgbt.lt is.154 
Roofs, paint for.746 
Rosa rugosa.. 438, 834 
Rose bugs, Buhaeh destroys 206, *82 
— Gen. Jacqueminot.454 
— Mad. Leon Fevrier.598 
— of Sharon . 280 
— Polynutha. Mignonette..... . 780 
Roses at "R G.". 634 
— ever bl omlng.138 
— hvbrld petpetuaUR.422 
Root crops for stoek feed.care. .730 
Roup in fowls. Introducing.518 
Rural a safe guide, M Is.. 28 
— extendins the circulation of .58 > 
— large edition of..746 
— Mr.t rawford'soplnionof thelLS 
— New-Yorker *50,600 eoples of 730 
— presents to subscribers. 76 
Rye and wheat hybrid, note 
from Dr. Siurtevani.470 
— half-wheat .794 
— three-quarter plan tat “R.G." 746 
School houses, planring trees 
around .334 
Sciadopltys verllcUlata. 9 
S- a-weed as a ferfdizcr. 28 
Seed Bureau, National .should It 
be abolished. 534 
— planted oeep or shallow.#66 
; eedlng, Spring .266 
Sewing machine. Avery. 850 
— — offered by Rural.714 
Sheep don’t sell.350 
— Fall care of.650 
— growers, not the worst time 
for..582 
— In the U. S..STO 
— owners.2-'6 
— selling don't do le.396 
Short horns, bright red. . .318 
Sllnge. "sour-kraut” kind.S50 
Silk culture... . .302 
SBo, future of the.850 
> ketches from our readers.834 
Small pox in Montreal ...730 
Soll.frtable surface In droughts 334 
•• worn-out, what It needs_61S 
Soils deficient. In phospnorlc 
acid. 124 
gradual exbausiiou of. a seri 
ous matter..798 
Sorghum balapense, hardiness 
of ... .60 
— - killed at "R G.”.454 
— - sow the seeds of. 2 
— sugar Industry.....716 
Soot for onion maggot.614 
Southerr Industries, develop¬ 
ment of. .44 
Special number. .350 
Spiraea opulifolla, fruit of, 
beautv... 454 
’•Sport,' “an effect without anv 
cause" . .'.S96 
Spraying apparatus.386 
Spruce. Aleock’s.230 
— hemlock. .170 
Stock, better care and feed for..108 
— breeder’s medicine chest.714 
— propercare of .. ..794 
— show. fat. Chicago .810 
— uohoused. 850 
Strawberry, first to bloom at 
"U. G”. 350 
— Jewell.47e, 398, 666. 850 
— May King, early,.. .433 
— notes at "R. U .... 422 
— plot, to mulch.124 
— show.402 
— culture, who Is right? ....488 
Strawberries fine, rslslog.266 
— protecting In rows.766 
Sworn statement of the Rural's 
circulation . . . .834 
Sugar. Sorghum, industry of_746 
Tdegruph Company, novel suit 
against. —.,...,.730 
Telephone, actual Inventor.950 
— marvelous invention.592 
— Timothy seed fur lawn..730 
Tobacco, boys don't use.698 
Tools, keep sharp.486 
Tramps, political.582 
Treaty, reciprocity between 
Canada a nd U. S...650 
Tree. Cucumber. .124 
Tree;-, protection for good. 44 
— on the Western Plains.484 
— time to sell ... 122 
Trichinosis.666 
Trifollum luearnatum......436 
Tube-roses, d"i tored...c*i 
Vegetables,eat more . . its 
more, and more muscle.47 
— foreign .124 
Vl-tltors at "R U".650 
Votes* money in purchase of....810 
Water for horses lu ttie field.470 
— — —provide... .566 
Wealth duty of. 934 
Weeds, down with.6fis 
— sha'l they till the laud.519 
— to destroy .510 
Weights aud measures, reform 
needed ... ... 486 
Welts, driven, patent, end of_ *2 
Wheat and rye cross, another..,402 
Where shall wealin’.866 
— — — hybrid..8, 422 
— — — — potralts of.634 
— Armstrong cro.-s...496 
— at home and abroad.68* 
— — •• R, G *’ no w varieties of... 7 66 
— crop, forecast of next.2s3 
— cross bred, little plots of.9 0 
— breeds at "R. G”.6i>6. 730 
— decline In .154,334 
— Diehl-Med.. looking well.8 
— — on L. 1 486 
- experiments of J. B Lawes.. .246 
— hardiness or, testing.666 
— outlook.850 
— Kansas. . 402 
— —World’s.4*2 
— regarding new varieties of . 550 
- Silver and D-Ued. at 'R. f." 
yield .#82 
— which to sow. 534 
— Wlulvr, area and condition of *30 
sown an Indication of crop. 183 
Wilder..Marshall P . 866 
Wire worms, experiment to kill 
at • R. G".5.50 
— —salt preventing.. ice 
Wool grow ers Ass , national... .56* 
— -convention.386 
market, bottom in.650 
World's f*ir, dose of.0S6 
Wyandotte aud Plymoutn Rock 
cross . 766 
— btu falling from nest..20# 
— hems, records of... . 9 
Wyandotte at ”R. G".9,170 
— good opinion of. 402 
— Rural's..76, 109 
Yellow-wood .550 
— — at ’ R. G”. 422 
— —sugar rrorn. ... 232 
Zanthoeeras sorbilolia.S50 
EDUCATIONAL. 
Children, how shall we educate 
them agriculturally/.767 
