THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
Collette expenses.646 
Education, how It pays.645 
Industrial University of Ill., 
What’s in a name.562 
School', district, inte-est the 
children of in (lowers.312 
‘ ‘ What's In a uame".651 
ENTOMOLOGICAL. 
Anthonoraua muse ulus....,.|6t 
Apple maggot. as 
Armagus Fulleri .830 
Cabbage caterpillar.,.789 
Cat tie gad-fly.308 
Cotton worm.433 
-enemies.,lsi 433 
-exterminating .530 
Corn, beetle Injuring.782 
Cut-worm, onion...KJ9 
Cu'-WOrrus. 464 
Euphoria Inda.732 
Gad-fly cattle,.3dS 
Graptortera foliaera .530 
Insecticide, bisulphide.515 
Insecticides .8'6 
Insect sprayer... _ ...131 
Insects, destructive of the year. .461 
Isosutna again .4S1 
— hordel . 418 
— nigrum . 311 
Joint worms...413 
Kerosene soap mixtures.184 
Meltitla cncurbltae . -6 
CEstrus bovis . .3113 
Onion Cut-worm.S29 
Orange rust.355 
Phytoptus prunlfolia..546 
Rose beet le, Fuller’s.380 
Squash-vine bu-'-r.*8,7*9 
Strawberry weevil. 481 
System, red-headed.651 
Wncat Stalk Isosuma Black .314 
Wooley Aphis Invulnerable. Is.311 
EVERYWHERE. 
Alabama Madison Co.41 
— Mobile •*<>. 152 
Arkau-as, Hot Springs Co.89 
— Sr of t 0. _106, aw. 135, 792 
— Sebastian Co.563 
— White Co.517 
— Washington Co . 1 H« 
.420 
... 863 
.. 74 
. 5 
.416 
. 
.26, 832 
. 
. 227 
.. 136.4S3 
..531 
.516 
.S3 
.6-17 
.617 
.563 
.72s 
.41 
.74 
. HI 
.483 
.563 
..42(1 
- .74 
Arizona. Yavapai Co . 847 
California, Modoc Co. 443 
— Nevada Co. 57;' 
— San ana Co. 89 
Canada. Dundag Co.<83 
— Dunedin One ... . 6 -Kl 
— Catitou. Ont .136,227 
— Cane Elizabeth, Muskoka . 28 1 
— Chatham, Ont .2(H, 563 
— Fern Ilill, Ont. 42 d 
— Haldimaud Co.368 
— Manitoba... 74 
— Neenah.*. 5 
— Ont...4]6 
— Oxford Co .812, 728 
— Perth Co.26, 632 
— Pleton, Ont.832 
— Portage 1 to . 227 
— Prlm-e Edward. 136.483 
— Seeley's Bay, Out.,531 
— shefford Co. 516 
— Sherbrooke. 89 
— Stnlthvllle, Ont.647 
— Stanstcad Co.. 617 
— St. Catharines, Ont..563 
-Gills. Quebec. 728 
-Thomas .483 
— Srratf^rd, Ont.....664 
— Templeton, Ottawa Co.647 
— Warkworth Co.41 
— Wellington Co . 74 
Colorado, El Paso Co. 411 
— Montrose Co..,. . 433 
— notes... 563 
— Pueblo...420 
— TromontCo. 74 
— Weld Co ..186,680 
Conn , Hartford Co.579, «‘.'5, 848 
— Litchfle'dCn. . 136,695 
— New Haven Co.244, 581.563 
— - London Co.*. ..808 
Dakota. Clark Co..". 5 
— Davison Co.51« 
— Hanson Co .. 848 
— Hutchison Oo. 226 
— Lincoln Co.187 
— Morton Co . 
— Stutsman Co. 747 
Delaware, Suss°x Co. 41 
D. C., Washington .53i 
Florida. Hernandu Co.500 
— Marlon Co . 214 
— Suwannee Co.531 
— Volusia Co . 26 
Georgia,Cobb Co .695 
— Sumter Co. 544 
Idaho, Bingham Co .596 
— v ez Perces Co.4b5, 642 
— Welspr.661 
Illinois. Adams Co.H 8 I 
— Bureau Co...... 500 
— G'ove Co.695 
— Grundy Co.152 
— Joe Daviess Co . 5 (irt 
— Lawrence Co.lh« 
— McH-nry Co. 74 
— — Lean Co.152,56s 
— Mercer Co. 519 
— Ogle Co... 26 
— Putnam Co .IBS 
— Sangamon Co.152, 264,435, 531, 632 
— Scott Co.596 
— Shelby Co. 531 
— Stark Co . 868 
— Whiteside Co. 741 
Indiana, Mien Co. . 579 
— Blackford Co. 579 
— Carroll Co. 74 
— Case Co. gag 
— Clinton Co . 579 
— Elkhati Co.. 547 
— Hamilton Co.792 
— Hancock Co.. 517 
— Howard Co. 579 
— Jay Co .832 
— Jeff-rson Co.596 
— Lucas Co...,.6S0 
— Main Co .. 5 
— Marion Co. 696,832 
— Miami Co. 531 
— Montgomery Co. 744 
— Noble Co . 5.9 
— Putnam Co. 617 
Iowa. Allamakee Co.r .47 
— Bremen Co...168 
— Carr 1! Co.JK7 
— Fayette Co .. 26 
— Fremont Co...]. 16 S 
— .Tohnsou Co.632 
— KossnthCo.. 
— Linn Co.. 664 
— Mahaska Co.89, pm;. 630 
— Mitchell Co.152, 331, 728 
— Monroe Co... 41 
— Pepin Co.ISO 
— Polk Co. 56 i 
— Tama Co—.. 
— Washington Co.316, *48 
Kansas, -.udersou Co. 71 
— Bourbon Co..,...fi9t>,808 
— Ch**roaee Co.fil'd 
— Clay Co.41,63* 
— Cowley Co.34 1 , 741 
— Crawford Co.58, 122 
— Davis Co.680, 792 
— Dickinson Co.862 
— Douglas Co.. ......632 
— Ellis Co .5110 
— Ellsworth Co....,. 89 
— Franklin Co. 58 
— Gre.euwood Co.832 
— Jewell Co.6i7 
— Labette Co.5, 532, ?28 
— Leavenworth Co..136,617 
— Lafayette Co.500 
— Lyon Ou .420 
— Marshall Cu.152, 896 
— Parsjus . 368 
— Reno Co.................‘135 
— Rice Co. 8 eS 
— Sumner Co...186 
— Trego Co . . ...136 
Kentucky, Warren Co.792 
Louisiana, St. Joseph, Tensas 
Parish.532 
Maine. Androscoggin Co.5(0 
— Aroostook ..368 
Maryland, Baltimore Co.....420 
— Montgomery Co. 89 
— Somerset Co, 214, 281, 316, 349, 420, 
500, 792 
Maryland, Talbot Co.547 
— Wabash Co.122 
Massachusetts, Berkshire Co 563,596 
— Bristol Co. . 579 
— Hampden Co...4:15 
— Hampshire Co....632 
— Plymouth Co.368 
— Suff Ik Co.579 
— Worcester Co. 808 
Michigan, Allegan Co.848 
— Bay Co.168 
— Clinton Co.S46 
— Eaton Co. 866 
— Grand Traverse Co..90, 136,244, 
516, 563 
— Hillsdale Oo.90.420 
— Jackson Co. 862 
— Kalamazoo Co. ,,.,....712 
— Lenawee Co.26, 744 
— Oakland CO.281,832 
— Osceola Co.632 
— Ottawa Co.532 
— Saginaw Co.299 
— Suiiilac Co... ..152 
— stuwassee Co. 58 
— St Clair Co .41, 564 
Minnesota, Hennepin Co.548 
— Henry Co... .... .. ..168 
— Houston Co.90.680 
— Otter Tall Co...532 
— Polk Co .647 
— Rock Co. . . .187 
— Todd do.. 661 
— Waseca Co.41. 299, 564 . 596 
— Winona Co.152 
Missouri, Caldwell Co..227 
— Laclede OO. ....,,..543 
— Jasper Co....226 
— McDo aid Co. . 26 
— Mercer Co.332 
— Miller Co. . .. .74, 882, WU, 617, 8«2 
Montana, Cboteau Co. ,... .506 
— Gallatin CO.484, 862 
— Madison Co . 481 
— Qu' vppelle Station.512 
Nebraska, Antelope Co.299, 368, 435, 
5?A 596. 630 
— Brown Co.532 
— Dodge Co.832 
— Furnas Co.647 
— Greely Co.126,187 
— Hall Oo. 579 
— Madison Co.596 
— utoe Co.90, 106 
— Pawnee Co. 41 
— Plait Co. 532 
— Saunders Oo.89 
— Seward Co.187 
— Sherman Oo.632 
— Sioux Co...26 
— Valley Co. . 90 
— Washington Co.5.8 
New Hampshire. Carroll Co_712 
— — Hills 'Oi-ough Co.. ..5,106, 16* 
-Merrtiuac Co.4i, 56! 
-Strafford Co .299, 712 
— Jersey, Hunterdon Co.6-i2 
— — Mercer Co.244,430,532 
-Morris Co.548 
-Somerset Co. 832 
— — Sunset Co.564 
— Mexico, Grant Co.617 
— — San Miguel Co.516 
— York, Allegany Co.58, 435. St-2 
— — Cayuga Co .632 
-Chautauqua Co.5S, 187, 561, 647 
-Chenango Co....712 
-Essex Co. 561 
-Franklin Co.564 
-Fulto Co .316 
— — Greene Co . 74 
-Hamilton Co.120 
— - Jefferson Co.848 
-Lewis Co. 435 
— — Livingston Co.....596 
— — Madlsou Co. 58 
-Montgomery Co.518 
— — Monro- Co.7.8 
-Ont. Co .184 
— — OueidaCo....,.808 
-Oswego Cd. 6 , 596, 712 
-Rensselaer Co.579 
-Sch .ban- Co.661 
— — Steuben CO .74, lUti 
-Suffolk Co. 80 S 
-Tioga Co. 632 
-Tompkins Co.-. 096 
-Ulster Co..579, 832 
-Wayne Co.136 
-Western notes.407 
— — Wyoming Co..26 11)6 
-Yates Co.41.741 
North Carolina, Burke Co.W 
— — Haywood Co.647 
-Macon Co. 26 
-Waldo Co....... 7i 
-Stoke Co.848 
--Vance Co.4*4 
Ohio, Ashtabula Co. 26 
— Belmont 1 to .sis 
— Coshocton Co.106,792 
— OuwahogaCo.596 
— DeUance Co .848 
— Delaware co.712 
— Hamilton Co...lufi 
— Lak-Erie Co........152 
— Licking Co. 696 
— LLnn Co.227 
— Madison Co.241 
— Merce.r Co. 579 
— Montgomery Co.74,818 
Morrow Co.58 
— Ottawa Oo. 848 
— Paulding Co.481 
— Pickaway Co.543 
Richland Co .58, 848 
— Stark Oo .564 
— Trumbull Co. 548 
— Warren Co.204 
Oregon, Lane Co.842 
— Lynn Co.241 
— Muitnomak Co..244 
Pacific Coast, on the. 583 
Penn., Alleghany Co.187, 680 
— Beaver Co..204 
— Bedford Co.74 
— Bradford Co.201, 66-1, 728,808 
— Eric Oo. 6 
— Clarion Co.244 
— Columbia Co,.,,.... 26 
— Crawford Co. 299, 500, 596 
— Franklin Co.26, 848 
— Jefferson Co. .74 
— Lebauou Oo.58, 579 
— L' high Co . ...532 
— McKean Co.45, 4:46 
— Potter Co . ..596 
— Susquehanna Co.862 
— Wayne Co.20.332.564 
Term.. Hamblin Co.848 
— Claiborne Co . 201 
— Humphreys Co.168 
— Morgan Co.261, 848 
— Rhea Co...vJ 7 
— Robertson Co.316. 518. 862 
Texas, Austin Co.122 
— Bexar Co......8«2 
— Coryell Co.......5'0 
— Fanln CO.664 
— Frio Co.832,5*0 
— Grayson Co.548 
— Harris Co.792 
— Jones Co.500 
— KarnesCo. 561 
— Kaufman Co.368 
— Lamar Co.90 
— Liberty Co...532 
— Palo Pluto Co. 481 
— Taylor Co.332, 632 
— Red River Co .343 
— Williamson Co.316 
Transcontinental letters, 5, 25, 40, 
58, 73, 89 121, 332, 3lH, 367, 381, 
434,465, 463, 491). 552, 588.595, 641, 
66r 633, 699, 711. 743, 795, 832. 
Utah, Utah Oo.560 
— Weber Co .8u8 
Vermont, Addison.833 
— Chlttend-uCo. 11 
— Orange Co... 261, 808 
— Orleans Co. 41,500 
— Rutland Co.204, 241 
— Windham Co.833 
— WludsorCo. .532 
Virginia. Bedford Co.632 
— Fairfield Co .516 
— Pittsylvania Co.582 
— Surrey Co .332 
Washington Ter., DouglasOo....68n 
— — Jefferson Co.518 
-Pacific Co .SOU 
— — Pierce Co...484 
— — San Juan Co.564 
-Thurston Co.484 
West Virginia, Marlon Co.664 
-Monroe Co.S9 
-Ritchie Oo..579 
-WatervlHeCo.2iu 
Wisconsin, Brown Co.58 
— Dunn Co.168 
— Fond Du Lac Co.420 
— Grant Co.316 
— Green Lake Co. 187 
— Iowa Co.564 
— JeffereonCo. 58 
— Lake Co..579 
— Outagamie Co.152 
— Hock Co.728 
— Shawano Co .792 
— Sheboygan Co.061 
— Wlnnabago Co. 5 
Wyoming, Johnson Co.647, Hits 
— Laramie Co.561 
— Logan Co.... .518 
FARM ECONOMY. 
Agriculture, benefits chemistry 
has conferred upon. 2 
Barn drive way to top.279 
— yard maun e vs fertilizers.. .860 
Chemistry, benefits It has con 
forced upon agriculture. 2 
clod crusher an 1 pu'verlz_rOU 
FeC'ting stuffs, selection of, 416, 439 
Fence, oort ble . 382 
— post rail and wire.646 
Forums, flood .482,196 
Fertilizer, Special . boj 
Manures recovery of by clovers 13 
Seed,flrmltig In the sol*.721 
Stock feeding, other considera¬ 
tions. 496 
— — where and why.327 
Tethering device.594, 668 
Tree puller, home-made.829 
FARM TOPICS 
Agricultural nonsense, fertil¬ 
izer formula.’98 
Agriculture, American future 
prosoect*.383 
— benefits chemistry has con¬ 
ferred upon. 2 
— Dep't of. 370 
— — fund • exhausted. 882 
— In Engluud, slate of,. ISI 
— — France.419 
— lime In .’. fi;9 
— looked down uoon. 710 
— new. system of Mr Cole.499 
— real . 710 
Ammonia, sulphate of.617 
Ashes .... .. 618 
— coal value of . 620 
— eott n-seed hull .. filfi 
— wood.•.616 
— — unleachod, sold on anal 
yses . 681 
Barley after turnips. *59 
Burn, drive-way to top.279 
Beef, make while snow fells. .S05 
Binning twine, what Is it?..381 
Blight, potato, remedy wanted 42*i 
Blood, dried... 617 
Bout, farm.. 132 
Bone-black.. 618 
— meal, tine, medium and 
coarse, effects. 121 
— — liow to u e. 6 H 1 
Bowline feuot.. 346 
Boys, keeping on the farm . 29 15 
Brewers'grams feeding value.. 21 
Bull, device for tethering ...482 
Buying and selling by weight.. 25 
Cabbage maggot..433 
Carp culture, nil about. 535 
— not for furmers.591 
Casfo pomace.r,17 
Chemical fertilizers require 
study of soil. 121 
Cider, use of..694 
Clod crusher.. 134 
— — and pulverizer.6 in 
Clover for dairy cows .384 
College boy of yours .577 
Cooklui vat tor farm use.r,ci 
Corn 'iml-eob-moal vs. corn 
meal . .... .. 348 
— fodder and brush, hauling, 
frame for .. 72 
— sbetler, hume made.M6 
Cotton worm .131 
Crop rep* rt.s.466 
Crops, application of nitrogen ,«M 
Cu'tlvatlou, level. 25 
Cut worms, to destroy.562 
Dairying vs. grain growing.594 
Draining with siphons. 2 2 
i trains, tile . 1 ;., 
ELmira Farmers’ club and 
wheat bran... 3*11 
Ensilage . 578 
— at Rothumated .Bill 
— clover for <uf teulng oxen.. .5.11 
— Dr. Lnwcs'o.ii-lous on. .2t)i, fin 
— English .831 
— loss of nitrogen. . ...5*5 
Experiment station, national .515 
— — N Y. What ls beingdone.5to 
Farm.beautifying the.562 
*•••:;! . 1.;:; 
— et hics...405, 560 
— fences for the. 37 
— how It pays..831 
— keeping the hoys on.29. 45 
— life in W Minn.6so 
— manures -.... . 280,308 
— of live acres. 202 
— practice, notes on....,.293 
• - run-down, experience on a. ,679 
708, 7.5, 775, 930 
— WesternR N.-Y.Notes 311,327.311, 
863,116. 419. 190. 513, 527 543, 559, 
562, 575. 599,676, 691. 767, 781, 741, 
787, 801 
— — - what forage 10 
feed............368 
— — — — — — stock are 
Farm wisdom. 860 
kept there...343 
Farmer should care for his 
health.siij 
— — study hts profession ..... 691 
— young, findings by a .593 
Farmers and the wheat erop... 535 
— as miners . 567 
— bard tiroes among the.70 
— keep tools for mending, etc. .4-2 
— It pays to visit markets • 551 
— reasons why they don’t suc¬ 
ceed . 907 
— short paragraphs for.8W 
— taking city boarders.517 
Fanning special, disadvantage. 4 
— successful ..200 
Farms in Mass., deserted .25 
Fallowing, summer, unprofit¬ 
able old rut 498 
Feed, n u-eol ..“46 
— cooking not prolltable..831 
Feeding experiments.318 
— good aud enlightened civil¬ 
ization .716 
— sleek, when and why.827 
— stuffs, selection of ...416,139 
variety In . 791 
Fen e, Augspurger.102, 132 
— Byrue’s. 330 
— good. 182 
— flood .482, 496 
— novel... 330 
— jmrlable.....382 
— post rail and wire.646 
— wire, construction of.,...244 
Fcnr-s . ... 
— farm. 37 
Fertilizer, best.811 
— - formulae for potatoes, 
corn,etc ..611 
— bone-nlark.618 
— — meal tine or coarse .t2o 
— — phosphates .6ia 
— cotton-see. - meal .618 
— formula ng’l nonsense.593 
— hop refuse as a .. .620 
— Ingredients, the fanner 
to mix. 603 
— low grade no advantage In 
having ..5 5 
— nitrate of soda, use of...303 
— notes . 645 
— phosphate of lime.M5 
— question.613 
— So. Oar rock, to dissolve In 
sulphuric add.611 
Fertilizer, Special.607. 627 
— usefulness of chemical anal’s 
for valuations.608 
Fertilizers and manure.617 
— and soils .. ..627 
— arc they more profitable on 
elay than light soils.f09,610 
— — — stironlauts. 609. G18 
— chemical, what your laud 
needs . . 9 
— — require study of soil .420 
— elay soils best for.699 
— commercial, are they stimu¬ 
lants? . .609, .118 
— — In corn aud cattle regionsTtl 
— complete.298 
— — ou woru-out N. J. farms,628 
— — vs special.607 
— — where they can be profit¬ 
ably used .202 
— economy In the use of.63d 
— farmers mixing their own.. 63 > 
— for fruits. 61 I 
— — - smati ... 619 
— inferior to barn-yard manurefilS 
— low priced a mistake.2o3 
— money valuation of .fit 17 
— profits of . 627 
— promote laziness. . ..till 
— special views..628 
— use and abuse of .617 
— Woburn experiments.515 
Fertilizing in the West .BIT 
— products, auinial. of large 
cities .615 
Flour, price of.85 
Fodder, com . 311 
— — with few ears on.367 
— cutting advantages .. 831 
— Rural-branchiug sorghum as .791 
— views, old and new what be 
comes of ... 312 
Food.cheap ..727 
Forage plants.727 
— whot to ieed ..,868 
Furrowcr for potatoes, celery.. 72 
Gate, farm, cheat... 
- substantial. Hit 
Gates, numbering.491 
Grant’s, public career.519 
Green manuring .. .726 
Grounds, Ex. of the R. V. Y.ltil. 
164, H, 543, 675, 70S, 723, 804 
Harrow. *enie...M2 
Harvest Number. 417 
— prospects, sneclal number ..447 
— whut will It be?. 147,466 
Hay, clover, exposure, effects. ..831 
— meadow- analysis of. csii 
— spontaneous combustion of. T24 
Flops, refuse as n fertilizer..6J0 
H-irness dressing. Government. 183 
Hoe scuffle . 591, 724 
House building, hints anout.168 
— comfortable.78' 
Ice factory, huge. 5 2 
Kalnlt .616 
— what good contains ..629 
Kieserlte.—.617 
Knot, bowline.846 
Land, exhausted, barrens of 
England, crops raised on_148 
Landlordism, alien, legislation 
against.105 
Lazy men . 562 
Leather strips.620 
Lfim* in agriculture.609 
— phosphate of. 615 
Living, cost of. 530 
Locusts, remedy .577 
Long sle i, convenient...87 
Manure and fertilizers.617 
— baru-ya r d the best.619 
— cor * of stahle. water In.619 
— fresh Injuring plants.483 
— liquid . 616 
— losses • f yard.828 
— — on worn out New Jersey 
farms...628 
— sheep, how to treat.731 
— — no better. 7.11 
— spreading . 57 
— stable and conjmorcial fer 
fillet r-. 948 
Manures, complete .. .616 
— rami.260,278, 303, 343 
— nProumou* . 616 
— phosphoric...... . 615 
potassic. 616 
— recovery of, by elover.343 
Manuring, green.72« 
Muple-sao buckets .88 
— snouts, expiring patents. 87 
— trees, tapplug, size of holes.. 88 
Market notes. 694 
-talks ...551 
Meadow, mowing, pasturing in 
Spring .281 
Meadows and sheep.80S 
— aftermath of .SOi 
Mont, diseased. 694 
Mil's, grinding . 214 
Mouse trap, novel . 347 
Muck bed, utilizing.725 
Nall box. 577 
Nalls to drive Into hard wood.. 57 
Nitrate Of soda .617 
— — — use of, prize essay.303 
Nitrogen rib 
— accumulated by carbon_..73 
— applications of to growing 
crons . 641 
Nitrogenous manures.616 
Oil. goose, for lubricating pur¬ 
poses . . 680 
Paint, cheap .517 
Pasture, turnip. 519 
— short.515 
Veu-mcal dangerous for cows,..575 
Phosphates. South Carolina. 616 
Phosphatic lime, N. O.609 
Phosphoric acid, rcverle‘1.... 
— manures . 615 
Plant food, elements of.615 
Post*soaking In brine .57 
Potash, muriate of-.616,680 
— sulphate of - . .618 
Potas-le manures ,. ...61# 
Potato b“Plles. remedy.432 
— —sulphur for.728 
— bllebt. remedy.. ..420 
— bugs destroyed with lime and 
copperas . 595 
— experiment on the poor acre .708 
-knife .. . ..sir, 
scab, eauai ol.s#j 
Potatoes,seed end its. stem end.675 
Premium list of U. N-Y .HU 
Pump.Ottttle self-operating.56 
Kjii hop s, broken glass In.792 
-poison block. 694 
— riddance. 748 
Roller, home-made. 225 
Rural ’ raising” . 11 
Seal) on potatoes, two kinds_543 
Rcrrw to loosen .646 
•Seed com.6 ,! 3 
— —notes . r.7« 
— — select lug. .6?J 
— distribution government, an 
omrneo... 
— national . 
_515 
.... 599 
— Rural, list_ 
... 755 
— — whm seed, sent out .. 
firming 111 the soil. 
.796 
Reeding for gras* . 
.661 
Seed potatoes from m--st 
pro- 
du-tlve hills.. . ... . 
8114 
Seeds, farmers select their own .577 
— of weeds... 
avtna .831 
Silo In Natal 693 
Smut killing cattle... 2 
Smuts. 661 
Summer following, unprofitable 
old rut .498 
Sparrows, English, good eating .680 
Stock, why we feed, ..811 
Superphosphate.610, 615 
— alkal'ne.016 
— nmmonlated....,.#l« 
— making. ......B’g 
Tankave. 6*7 
Tether convenient......863 
Tethering device .594 
Tlmothv not for the lawn.fiso 
Tools, keep sharp .562 
Tree puller, home made.829 
Turnips on bean ground.859 
Varieties new, testing, society 
for, etc . 487 
Vinegar cider, to n>uke.808 
Wagon box, end board, conven¬ 
ient.561 
Wagons, broad and narrow tires 
for. 135 
Water finding with divining rod 420 
— supply, our .....690 
— system at Rural’s W. N. Y. 
farm . 260 
Weed, Seeds. .630 
Weeds, burning.....tins 
— chemical character of.680 
Wheat and rye crosses and hy¬ 
brids.723 
Wheat bran and Blmira Farm- 
ers’tClnh.,..,890 
Woodpeckers our Mends.305 
FARMERS’ CLUB. 
Abortion contagious.317 
— in cows, cause.317 
Abscess In colt’s Icuee. 809 
Acute anasarca ...712 
Advertising patronage.’•’'2 
Afterbirth or cow. to remove .300 
Agricultural Colleges, which Is 
the best .... . .712 
— — list of. 74 
Agrotis trloosa. destroying 
strawberry plants .484 
Alderney* anti Jersey* .293 
Alfalfa. Fall sown, whc-n to use 
for nog pasture .565 
— for hay, care of .. . .Nil 
— how mil' It fo the acre.595 
A llorblna ultldu. beetle .633 
Al*lke, when it will bloom .665 
Amaryllis vtttata bulb, what 
t.o do with .75 
Ammonia in complete man¬ 
ure*. what form. 338 
Ana»w!u In cow ..713 
Auusan uln mare.228,316 
A mi.8n.rcou s swelling.517 
Angle-worms.do they doharm793 
Animals, pregnant, feeding rye. 
wheut und corn.1.106 
Anthrax In calves.“43 
— cattle .233 
Ants and aphides....171 
— de troviug .466 
— ground infested with.171 
- nests to kill . 288 
A pan teles c ngregatus. 681 
Apple and pear orchard, value 
of first years . 183 
— Autumn Strawberry. 779 
— Baldwin In the South.171 
— bark-louse, Hourly.353 
— Hen I) vis.779 
— be*t keeping for the West... .437 
— crab, \V blimey to. No. 20. 7 
— leaf, biieculatiix . .210 
— maggot .697 
— Mann, about the. .597 
— Missouri Pippin not a long- 
lived tree . 75 
— Newtown Pippin. 12 
— — —about the...172 
— Northern Spy, grafted on 
eary apples.174 
— orchards, small fruits In.353 
— pomace and fish offal .. .285 
— red Winter for N. Y..... 91 
— Salome, Is It guod ?.169 
— Scott's winter, cions of.123 
— seedlings when to graft.745 
— seeds, fit plant . 90 
— — value as food for fowl*.. 849 
— Shi twasse Reality us good as 
Famous--. . . 43 
— stock, how old to graft. 90 
— stump, about . 18 “ 
— tree best shape for.— ?28 
— — blight cutting off branebes4.1ti 
— —borer to destroy .397 
— — low, long life ... -516 
— - trunks growing in hlght .127 
— trees, dwarf, where to buy_127 
— — dying in tho West .649 
— — grubs, in removing.466 
— — lice on .517,833 
— — root-grafting, does It In¬ 
jure?.#49 
— — sun scalded. ... ...436 
— -that will -cslst disease.... 649 
— twig borer . 437 
— Vandervere Seedling.745 
— worm remedy,. 59 
— Yellow TrunspntHit etc., 
cions of where to get.212 
- will It thrive In Ind—174 
Apple* and other fruits for 
Idaho....173 
— budding .. 42 
— Doucln and Paradis* for.KS8 
— dwarf, are ttiey good ..127 
— for Florida.173 
— — lowu.174 
— — market,different qualities, 
how marked . 173 
— — Plattsburgh most profit¬ 
able . . .300 
— — the far North.210 
— good cooking, hardy In Vt....l!4 
— grafted ou crabs.174 
— vrnftlngyoung. 42 
— keeping .745 
— on low heavy land.122 
— peaches, etc., for Neb.. ...281 
— Russian. 436 
— —clous of.127 
— sending to Europe. 42 
Apricot, Itusslau.745 
— —about. . .• .597 
Arbor-vita* for budges In Vt_90 
— — seeds ot.793 
Ark.. Ml* . and Kans., descrip¬ 
tion wanted of —.'22s 
Arnold's. Prof.. resldeuoe.285 
Artichokes a dangerous weed . 13 
— 1 - li"« :< ■ d. 
Ashes and lien munure, to mix 281 
— 11 s u fertilizer.5S0, 681 
..- 664 
— broadcast on strawberry bed 35 
— coal on auudv roll.212 
— value of .212 
— corn colon a fertilizer. 3 6 
— rot stock ■. .517 
— from oak tan bark.5*u 
— leached or unlcaelied.406 
— inlxlne with manure.665 
— on an orchard.580 
— — a Tluioihy meadow._59o 
— top i>t a munure dressing 171 
— red Hr, vnlnc of.!74 
— spent tan-nark value of.250 
— throwing liquid manure over 127 
— nnleaehcd, applied to corn...2Sl 
— what to add to for grapes...,. 714 
— with Mapefl’ potato manure..285 
— wood, valae of per bushel. ., 309 
— when to apply to trees....BHi 
Asopla rail nails.744 
Asparagus bed. young, using. ..421 
— culture. ....211 
— for field culture, piuntlng_136 
— 1* there more than one kind 21 1 
— sexuality . .. ....793 
— varieties for market.125 
— youn , when to transplant...665 
As'tiima and uroncnitis, where 
■t.. go to escape .7 
— remedy. Ingredients In, to get 7 
AtBioii and Waterford, N. J,, 
healthy locations ... ..485 
Axles, w ooden or Iron.697 
Azoturln In cattle .2U9 
Back, weak 10 mare. G'jii 
Balky horse ..731 
Burk Uce, Oyaler Shell.833 
Barley, hcarillr.s*.517 
— before wheat. 75 
— goo d to follow corn.183 
— half dead.583 
— hulle s .2il 
— value of..212 
— Nepuul...697 
— on a southern slope.75 
— shrunken, selling.681 
Barn, basement for.1?1 
— painting cost of.#31 
Barnyard.old, crop for.,,,.12# 
Backet, willow trees....532 
Basswood, cutting of.127 
Bean for markot ..2ld 
— leaves, slugs eating. .>50 
— Soja . 649 
— — for green manure..vu 
— weevil*, to kill........163 
Bonus, about.210 
— best fertilizer for .174 
— Lima, average yield. 75 
— value of green and ripe... 75 
— machine for thrashing with¬ 
out splitting...352 
Beans, manure for. . 210 
— planted to ripen at same 
time .352 
— Sion House. 27 
Bee-hives and Mrs. Cotton..284, 333 
— — for Wls., best.59 
— keei(Ins, work ou.127,152 
— pasture . . 665 
Bees, do they pay.833 
— for profit, wliat kind.152 
— In the far North.172 
Halt n how much honey in a 
season. 2-14 
— second swarm.564 
— work on.2(14 
Beef, "baby”.421. Ski 
— curing .125 
Beet.Goiden Tankard for stock 127 
Beetle. Allorhina nltldn.633 
Berry case, niTg., address of... 41 
Berries planted side by side mix¬ 
ing.... .285 
Bin Jaw In cattle.316 
Birds, to destroy.833 
Blackberry canes, pinching.564 
— Early Harvest, old It winter¬ 
kill . ..849 
— — — where to buy.250 
— for Wls . 211 
— stavmuu's. .?84 
— Wilson. Jr., about.565 
Rlackberrles and raspberries. 
mulching when there is no 
snow. jo; 
— evergreen. 
— In Florida. 883 
Black caps, pinching back.648 
—knot .136 
— leg. cure . 369 
— Spanish hens, where to buy. .201 
— teeth in pigs. 27 
Blood disease. '712 
Bone and sulphate of potash!!! 519 
— ashes .. sr 4 
— — cost of, for fruits !.!. 712 
— burnt, value lost. "712 
— fine and coarse."sis 
— for chickens. .« 4 ;» 
— ground, pure where to buy..250 
— meal good for vegetables. r, 
— — on corn, to-use. 6 
— min, Frank Wilson’s grind 
Ing oyster shells . 106 
— mills «A. who sells.212 
— pho- phntr, BOWker’s.285 
— reducing to a fertilizer. 219 
— spavin <sifi 
— standard alkaline. . S .-.4 
— 'rlcalclcnot "Insoluble’ .. ..201 
Bones a* a fertilizer, value of.. 168 
— bolting bones . 249 
— burnt, to pulverize. 436 
— dissolving..126,152 
— - with wood ashes. 793 
— how to burn. 436 
— market value. • . 793 
— phosohorl" acid in . 136 
— reducing "green’ .! .122 
— bolting bones . [249 
— burnt, to pulverize. 436 
— dissolving.. 126 , Isa 
— - with wood ashes.793 
— how to burn. 43 s 
— market value. ..793 
— phosohorl ■ add in . 136 
— reducing "green' .! 122 
Boots, to make wnter-proof.127 
Borer destroying fruit irees .. .793 
Botanical pronouncing d.ction- 
ury. where to gel. 75 
Botany Wood’s Class Book. ”.”174 
Bots In horses.. 281 
Box, bush-1. "250 
— to hold a bushel of apples, etc 250 
Bran, value of roller and stone 
ground. 86 
Brooder, where to keep . 171 
Bronchitis, chronic la horse..! !649 
— In horse . 632 
— or chronic cough In horse_ ?29 
Budding of fmti trees. 106 
Buckwheat n Iddllngs, com par 
atlve value of as stock feed .210 
— value of for feed. 125 
Bug, striped to kill. 436 
Buhach, how to apply . 581 
— with swelling. 516 
— .. tumor. 6*7 
Bushel box. 250 
.204 
Butter cellar.. 
— cheesv, cause of.'.209 
— cl-dullness In making. 59 
— "false " nons-nse about...... 74 
— Mini tainted milk. 2>9 
— making, books on. !!"633 
— — school to teach. 633 
— preserving. 2114 
— print sticking. 406 
tubs, who deal* In.*421 
— well-worked, salt on surface 2 iu 
— white flakes In . 106 
— yield of cows, Mr Scott’s 
method or raising. 171 
— — to raise. 211 
Cabbage, bnrsted, to preserve. .885 
— club foot In, remedy. 171 
— maggot. 435 
— plant. Ilt-eon.... *49 
to protect from white grub.! 421 
— — store for Winter. 697 
— worm remedy. 174 
— with Uee. 793 
Cabbages, black fly on, remedy. 406 
— burying.436 
— on old meadow, nitrate of 
soda on . 178 
— planted In hills.869 
— shipping.664 
Calf, dishorning, what age,.549, 633 
— feeding without milk.384 
— tha' coughs and breathes 
hard. 354 
— sucking cow. 809 
— with sore spot on thigh.172 
Culve-s, deaconed, munurial 
value .285 
— — to use... 285 
— milk, uew or skimmed for. ..352 
— S'. 1 'Illrs ill . 
— to dishorn.549, 633 
— weaning . 495 
— wbui to feed. 7 ');; 
— with anthrax.848 
— diarrhea. 316 
— — parasitic disease. 228 
— — scours.437 
Canary with asthma. 517 
Cancerous bunches around eye 
of cow. 27 
Cane Amber for Missouri.283 
— Liberian, seeds of .. 
Conker worm, death to.436 
Canonizing cockerels.852 
— directions. .. 713 
— instruments for. 212 
Carcasses, reducing to manure212 
Carp, German...697 
— —how to obtain. 212 
where to get. 174 
— carpIn p ud where temp. Is 
sometimes below zero. 581 
Carrots or mangels for stock, 
which ?.173 
Castration of horse not hcaHug .712 
Cntalpa seedlings, cutting 
back.. 211 
Cattle, Anthraxlu.,.,.283 
— blanketed, where to buy.817 
death from outing Johnson 
Grass, .809 
dying with ergotism. 26 
— exported t England, value.. ,485 
fattening, feed for. 6 
— — In Winter.809 
— feed ..... 42 
— — Mangels or Hiigar beets... .127 
— — Sorghum leave* ns. 59 
— Holland, dealer In Dnk. -181 
Holstelns and Holland the 
same.317 
III' OH .125 
— "live weight".. S 49 
-polled .. ....288 
— pump, self-acting.... . 91 
— ■' red water ” la. 90 
— suffering from azoturla .209 
— — — blgjnw...816 
— troubled with grubs.18s 
with lice.127 
— — ring-worm. 20 4 
— —scours.300 
— young, " baby ” beef .421, 883 
Cauliflower to make seed.793 
Celery culture, has Rural pub¬ 
lished treaties ou.688 
— —variety, eto. 59 
— dwarf le st. 42 
— for winter use.174 
— Golden Heartwell, secds’of..l06 
— keeping... 883 
