THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
Celery, large, best.42 
— on a drained muck bog.250 
— preserved after Rural’s 
method .406 
— preserving large quantities 
in Wiuter.800 
— seed, h'.'W grown.211 
— seeds, when to liu.r.125 
— to make seed. 793 
— — storo Tor Winter. hut 
— — preserve and ma* ket.«4R 
— tougli.hollow-stemmed,cause so 
Cellar wall of large or smull 
stones ... .... 351 
Charcoal dust .865 
— — as a fertilizer..172 
— — under hen routs.. .712 
— old. a absorbent..7 r, 
Cheese presses, flubbcll patent 4 0 
Cherries Mnhnlch stock for, 
what Is? . ..<35 
— wine from black cherries. 122 
— with black-knot . 136 
Chess wheat discussion. 174 
Chesnut, Japan bearing when 
joung ..3t>9 
— — hardy In Vt. 174 
— »r--e. barren.112 
Chicken cholera . 681 
— — a counter-protest..t:V7 
— — Dr Salmon'* meaning....<37 
— farm, advice In starting .2*9 
Chickens care of In zero 
weather ...211 
— picking off feathers .581 
— Wvtind -tres,where to buy_13'- 
Chicks, sick . :i*'9 
— with gapes ..532 
— — — remedy . 42 
— —sore eves.517 
Chickweed, to destroy.71*. 809 
Chill saltpeter, commercial 
name of.127 
Chlmr cs brick, t« there a better 
kind than .531 
— cleaning soot from .4 
Chimneys, brick, substitute for 649 
Cholera, chicken.631 
Choosa River island In.value .2011 
Chufas, to raise . 301 
Churn, Davis, swing, where to 
buy. . 596 
Churn? without ln>lde rim.<06 
Cider,converting .565 
— keeping ..532 
— making.532 
— management of.27 
— san.t iciincd _... ,,.648 
cigar ractory refuse, value of. .53? 
Cions from old apple trees. 178 
— time to cut ... .171 
Cistern, arranging. 288 
— wnl led with stone and 
cement...173 
Clark Cove Guano Co , reliabil¬ 
ity or.238 
Cloy land stiff manure for.. . lii 
Clematis vines, to train .127 
Clover, A Isike..51? 
— and barley for pasture . ....188 
— —Timothy on open timber 
land . 174 
-ashes for. 548 
— bloat to cure cow with.1.6 
— Bokhara for plowing under 127 
— Fall sown, n crop next season Hi 
— fertilizer Tor . ...».519 
— hay . 173 
— — to cure. .406 
—hulW, small, where to buy .581 
— Mammoth lied, to get large 
cropof s ed . 106 
— one year-old to turn under . ..vu 
— plowlog under lor following 
crop . 697 
— red, os pasture without re 
seeding. 171 
— — for green manure.166 
— — pastured when r ir hay...437 
— —sown In Fall, when.,.. . .534 
— sod crop ror a .125 
— —for corn.?iS 
— — —to acco, plowing ... .316 
— — — wheat ... .210 
—Swedish, h i rum ess of... .283 
— thrash .5iS 
— while with mold .565 
Cochlus crossed w'th Brahmas 6-d 
Cockerel*, canonizing.Hi 
— bow many to mi hens?.24, 
Codling moil) In apple orelinnl f® 
' ' ‘ I l ' / 1 II, - 
Coffee seed.7 5 
Col-j frame, lo make.>'■33 
Coleus from dips . 2i'.‘ 
— proper spelling.. . .5:13 
Colic, spasmodic and flatulem s.u 
Colt uraggitig hind fett.713 
— feed for.22s 
— that kicks.286 
— with abscess In knee .*u» 
— — craeked uevl .sit* 
— — swoollcn leg.;s3 
— — warts .697 
— — worms.126 
Colts. Weaning. ts> 
Commission ilrm in S. Y cirv 204 
— house In Boston . '29 
— mcrehunt In 24 Y.in; 
Compost, making and using 122 
— of “ fleshings," scr.pe- of 
bidet. 
— — Umc, salt and ash> s.127 
— — muck,stable manure,lime 
sortukled over . 12 
Conlfe'ous seeds, planting. 171 
Copper as. barrel of,best use for 75 
Corn-an,1 cob-meal. 136 
— — potato culture, Hut, imple¬ 
ment for cultivating .i;s 
— — potatoes, nev.-r cultivate 
after a foot high . , 4*5 
— — rye how lou« to eu’tivate pg; 
— applying pluster ami ashes...485 
— conning ....... ... 421 
— Chaster Mammoth in Neb. ... 90 
— COh ground With, value Of. . 204 
— cobs burnt or plowed ll.dcr 
whole . , 2 s 4 
— cron. 10 raise a large. ' 12 
— crossed time to ‘'tlx”. 66 
— cultivating With Acme bar 
row.. 
— cultivation.go. 173 
— culture, aurfoc« 713 
— don’t ruu plow between after 
a foot high . .. 5 si 
— feeding to hogs . 466 
— fertilizer for . 126 , 211 ) 
— fodder. upp 
— - ' e<t .. 354 
— — care of. 617 
— — in drills, curing .us8 
— for silage, fertilizer for.172 
— —fodder, best . .. 354 
— — rlcb sandy prairie . 178 
— freezing, doe* It Injure?. .211 
— ground for feed, paying one- 
eighth toll . 7 
— or c-uiked .. 317 
— how best 111 feed . 5 J; 
— —deep to plant ., . 173 
— in a crib, lu estimate amount.12',. 
833 
— — drBl*, how fur apart. 90 
— — Kan-tis, price of .250 
— — •Uocks.whou to put . ,,53j 
— Kentucky, where to buy ... 2?s 
— laud, wbttt will make produc¬ 
tive.. 
— large, best for Neb. 90 
— manuring. ,.,.121 
— meal ns u fertilizer, value of ..249 
— measuring lti erlo. 466 
— mixing, to prevent. S ,;9 
— nitrate of soda for .. . ..jar, 
— on elav loam, ferilllxcr for. ...126 
— —clover sol . 713 
— planter, Farmer s Friend.3ui 
— plamlnv, how deep . 121 
— — to eseupe frosts . 665 
— pop, ilea vr In..7 0 
— - . • 
— —shelled uron iheeob.12’i 
— pulling oil'suckers . 869 
— Rural Cross-bred, should It be 
grown together ...211 
— — Thoroughbred, where to 
buy .. 
— — shelled on In ear to pigs.. 211 
— seed, lmuurtlng.ill} 
— sent out by Rural ...... 8>4 
— shelled, to cure and preserve .849 
— stalks, barren..,,,. 681 
Corn suckers, should they be 
pulleo?.385 
— sweet, early or late most de¬ 
stroyed by worms.172 
— —Injured by worm .. ..437 
— —Is it. good when stalks are 
smuttei... ..583 
— list .-.123 
— —White Mexican.. .665 
— to he fed green to cow*.3**0 
— to top, how.633 
— topping, effect of. 633 
-white and vellow, difference 
in ana yaes . Iff* 
— — — feeding value.269 
Corns, suppuratlug . 4*t 
Cotton, fertilizer ..... ..75 
— fertldz- rs for ..152 
— seed as 11 ma»ure.21(1 
Cotton-seed meal . 36C 
— — ashes for potatoes value of 114 
-bulls, v mi", preparation .421 
— — meal as a feitl,iz,r. value 
of.96 
— suffering from drought.66s 
Cow, barren .'2';8 
— ejeciim ut*rus .228 
— falling on the lee.814 
— feed for In Summer for milk.. 127 
— giving curdled milk .701 
— bolding up m-r milk.181 
— lame lu hind leg .. .172 
— losln, part of udder .Ml7 
— manure for struwb rrles.2H 
— not well, has swelliug. 68 
— pox In a cow .168 
— sick after ealvlog .228 
— suffer! g from inflammation 
In the I,owe s . 152 
— wim swoll n bag and bloody 
milk..211 
— that 1* hide-bound . 
— lime lo rrturn to bull.8“9 
— to prevent ho king. 54 -) 
— weak and stltf In hlnd-quar 
tors .,. ... ...73 
— with obstruetl n Ill teat. 69 -. 
— - broken bank.696 
— — amentia ....7 8 
— — bronchitis. .. .728 
— - caked bag...2-6 
— — rough. 90, 7*2 
— — garget.792 
— —goitre .713 
— —lame leg ..436 
— — lea.ty teats..538 
— — sores on bac*.728 
— — swelling af>er calving .. .1 5 
— swollen mlder. ..,,..7s3 
— — udder oaken. 684 
— — weakness of patella ten¬ 
dons . .172 
Cows, abortion in to prevent... 127 
— at pasture, ex, ra feed for.406 
— bloody milk from .869 
drying up before calving_ 172 
— drying from lmpa, tion of 
stomach .384 
— eutingsmutiy and moldy corn 75 
— feed before parturltlou .391 
— foeding for beef .is* 
— — - batter.188 
— — —mBk. 171 
— Impaction of third stomach,*.* 
— milch, feed for. 6 
— —peas and oats for.1:77 
— — winter feed.173 
— rations for .106 
— scrubs, improving .6® 
teats, Instrument for opening 
obstruction lu.... lit 
— - - warts on. 171, 886 
udder swollen ....79 
with good butter yield, save 
Calves... -:W 
— scours.480 
Cough, chronic, lu boric.696 
In a cow. .90,7-2 
— — sheep..V3 
— troll hie with grubs.,184 
— with llee.127 
ring-worm. 2 1 
— —scours...silo 
— young, “baby” beef.421 
Crab apple, Whitney"* No. 20... 7 
— grass.729 
Cranberry bog, to Improve.665 
— culture, book ,,n.212,223,565 
— cuttings, where to bnv.174 
»«*«-4 ... JoC 
— vines where to buy . .Kir, 
Cranberries on dump ground... .212 
— to keep...0;5 
— when to pick .(i<;5 
Craw fish destroying dam.,18 
Cream, keeping.... .59 
— of tartar, pure, where to buy.501 
— rising - -- .'..172 
— separating by centrifugal 
machine ...17.3 
Creamer cans, washing. 59 
Creamers, about... 6 
Cricket, tree. j.3, 
Crluum po iuucu la turn. ..3.-3 
Crops for soiling purposes. 6>i 
Cucumber pickles for market . .532 
Cueunibcrs, melons,etc., head¬ 
ing back. 485 
Cublvution and rainfall. ..354 
Cultivation. Acme. 354 
— by Syracuse Flow Co.2-4 
— riding.$19, ?i3 
Cultivators, shallow . 294 
il.". jarring for ihe .',79 — 
Currant bustles, moving when — 
leaves , Irop .,".597 — 
.. 517 — 
— Prince Alhert . 793 _ 
Currant? amour apple trees .. tOg 
and gooseberries from cut- — 
Mugs .597 — 
— — — how far South .354 — 
— propagating. 1 , _ 
— seedlings .27 _ 
Cutting box with thrashing 
machine. 284 _ 
Cut 1 Ings of grapes, currants, etc — 
time . 71 
Cut-worms, ridding thogrouud.168 Fr 
— salt a remedy.62 
— to kill. 436 _ 
D ihlia tubers, to keep.?8i — 
Dahlias changing colors. ..665 — 
Dairy, feeding for milk .171 — 
Dairying, work on. . 171 _ 
Daisies, white, exterminating ..106 — 
Dunum Chemical Works, arc — 
they reliable . , . =.31 _ 
Delaware Urape In lud.853 — 
Deu xlus, seedlings, when will Fr 
they nlootti?.. 211 
Dcvou cattle, breeder of In N. Y. Fu 
State... 1:16 _ 
Dewberry, Mammoth .... .211 Q a 
pi "Hi.ibir for market. 174 
Diabetes luatiorKC . 300 
Diarrhea In calves. 316 
Diphtheria In poultry. 4 so 
Directory N. Y. utty, the cost of 065 
Dog, Shepherd where to buy, .718 
— akin, tanning. .. 103 
— sucking egg*,remedy,. 333 
— with canine distemper . 71:1 
DoU'du stock for apple*.353 
Downing's work on fruit . 13 
Draft, line of In plow. 530 
Drainage at the South. ,49 
Draining a hollow.3i« 
— slid preparing sw amp laud..800 
— land by mean* of siphon.6tq 
Eggs laid In Dec. for Spring 
batching. 43 
— not hatching well, too dry...437 
— shipping, boxes for.285 
— with tough skins.437 
Electricity, l»ook that treats of 
the various uses.633 
Engines, wind,shown in Rural..237 
Epoelira Canadensis. .AIT 
Ergot sin in cattle .. .. 26 
KrtiiineUe fowls where to buy .888 
Erfiptlnnon a mare.7s2 
Evergreens, to prune.12? 
— transplanting. i?t 
“Exodusters ’leaving Kansas... 75 
Eyes, sore In chicks. .5 7 
weak, In mare.. 45 
Fall follow..69? 
Farcy ..130 
— buds . 697 
Farm, boys on the. 136 
— implement*, best, where to 
buy.....581 
— wuuee . 487 
Farming, best work on.581 
— In Tci.n, and Iowa.74 
— starting ..125 
Feathers, loss of in poultry.421 
Fe.d for milch cows.. . 6 
ground, fed dry ot wet .782 
— to fatten cattle. 6 
— Winter, for miloh cows.793 
Feeling for milk . 171 
Fecdlug qU'TleS .869 
— sun flower seed. .138 
Fenia e injured by breeding to 
different ni Jos ..849 
Fence, barbed along the blgh- 
wuy . 127 
— hedge, f,n *turt . .106 
— pus, 8, time to cut for dura¬ 
bility . 59 
wire, expansion of .250 
— — nr hedge .106 
Fenclog barbed, court decision 
against.127 
Fennel, a substitute for celery 42 
Ferns Wintering.666 
Fertilizer, best 1 'r wheat — ,...s«4 
— bone meal, unleached ashes.122 
~charcoa, dust a- ft .... *71 
— chips,sawdust etc, ..173 
— com hi st for raspberries.*1 
— —value of .. .... U7 
— coru-cob a-hes as a.316 
— — meal us a. value of.2»9 
— economy to buy high-grade..126 
— fora fruit orchard . 123 
— —red slate land.lira 
— — tree-.grapes etc. 138 
-home-made.. . .171 
— meat, from conked bones, val¬ 
ue or. 4,2 
— roiuse from clgur factory, val¬ 
ue of. 597 
— standard alkaline hone.35t 
— sulphate ot Iron as a.KX) 
— to ueoo stem s a.1V2 
— wool waste as a . 841 
Fertlllzersabout .1‘5 
— com mere Ial.833 
— —applying . »8H 
— for strawberries. 6 
— prices anil values.5s0 
Fertilizing elements, value or.. 7 
Festuca eiallor.-517 
Feet, contracted in inure.613 
jorv. In a. 
Fetlock Joints, weakness lu,. .ail 
Fig bush. care of ... . .... 597 
Fish cmturc. work on.123 
— for small pond.-.. 
— guano 2lo 
— olta . value.«W5 
— scrap analysis.728 
— — good for potatoes.127 
— waste as a fetttilzcr for cab¬ 
bage .. ... . .. 127 
Fistula In a horse, old.lit 
— — — mule.-12 
— of the wlthi rs In mule.745 
Files worrying cows. 543 
Flax seed I or seed, raising.210 
— — In place ol oilmeal ... zll 
Florida, fruit culture In, all 
about- 808- 
Flour. new-process, does it con¬ 
tain Gruiiant flour.1* <6 
— price of.2.8 
-..-j* —oisJuun *9 pounds.r7 
Flowers, cm, to keep fresh.2S5 
Fodder corn. aOu 
— -best....173, an 
— — Pearl Millet as value.283 
— succession . is5 
Food for stock, does It pay to cut 
and steam.1:7 
*• Foot, evil " . 7 2 
— sore in horse.SuU 
Founder, sequel of . 42 
— symptnns. of .7-1 
Fowls feeding on the ground....174 
— how long to keep breeds sep¬ 
arate 75 
— ion, profit from . .at 
— when dressed with discolor¬ 
ed 9kln. . ....Sail 
Fruit. Downing’s work on 43 
— farm, person’s climbing feueos 
around . 59 
— for Montana . 48,353 
— packages, best. 90 
— pits preserving tor planting..354 
— queries . 4 i ,88 
— raising, best work on.729 
— seedless . 421 
— seeds, planting . 743 
— small plant.-, from N. ,1., In 
WIs. . 127 
— trees, borer destroying.79! 
— muck land, .. 27 
poles for___ . ] ,383 
— under, pole. 263 
Dralus, stone .. . ;>I0 
Drier Oo , Dodge Economy.. .137 
Drilling and broadcasting ad¬ 
vantages . 2 R 4 
Drill, Planet. 211 
with grass seed attachment, 
— use a.583 
Drink Tor Rummer. : 34 
Dropsy ot ih» hind log.580 
Ducklings euro of. 354 
Duck*, about. 209 
— n 11111 her o f il ru kes...284 
— Pekin, eggs of .. 90 
— - O' Aylesbury, wblclif ,2M 
— Whl e Pekin 11 ml Aylesbury 2*4 
Dmue Jersey swine. .;s .3 
Dynamite, where to get and cost287 
Ei-zemaious eruption. 713 
Eel Grass for potatoes. 127 
Eggs, best food for.84 
— keeping.. 
— — for Dakota. H49 
— — frozen down..Ii5 
— —grafted.597 
— — middling with strawy 
manure.. ..729 
— — on prairie land.54s 
— — young planted lu vacan¬ 
cies. 174 
Fruit*, hook giving different 
nuntca .833 
— for Neb.284 
— new, how produced... 12 
— small, hook* on .798 
— — cultivating.:«4 
— — for Kansas.43 
— — in apple orchard.3v! 
— — planting follow spring . ,*! 
— —publication devoted to..123 
— —will they pay.. S19 
Full-nlnoi nnd thorough-bred, 
difference between. 8-.1 
Furunculosis lu a cow. ..728 
— — horse. 6 
Gallon. Is the Imperial In use In 
the U. s.,,.,.,.,,.,126 
Gangrene lu cow...,.. 152 
Gapes and i-arthworms .223 
— m chicks .532 
— - ronn-dy... . 17 
Gnidcn crop* least Injurious lo 
yonng orchard.122 
Gardening, general, best ferti¬ 
lizer for..228 
— market book on ...12? 
Garden, starling a. 136 
— truck on sandy soil. 188 
Garget ..779 
G us lime. 793 
Gate, Improvement on.283 
Gem Organ Co,, reliability of... .581 
Germ, w bat la the..353 
Gestation, period of In animals.316 
Gist mills, small, who mauUfac-li-9 
Gladiolus ColvllU albus, bulbs of421 
Glanders lu a horse ..779 
Goitre in cow.,.. .. .. 718 
Gooseberry for market. 42 ? 
— largest and best... 42 
Gooseberries trom seed. .597 
Government publications, how 
to yet. 43 
Grain eultlv’d to stand drought ,6si 
— drill, best.. 
— moth. ?44 
— ration* for rows at pasture .186 
— spring, how deep lo sow .SS3 
— when to roll....—. 833 
— stacks, cover for.166 
Grant blogruphy, prlceof,, ,, 581 
Grapo, Coucord why not plant? 25 i 
— currauts, raspberries, cut- 
of.. .127 
— Delaware on the Concord_ 91 
— Empire State earliest. 174 
Grape for Canada. 173 
-coldgraeery. 188 
— Jessica for W Is . 59 
— -grafting queries.368 
— Wagner system. 2i5 
— is Lady earlier than Concord?‘>97 
— Jefferson, quality .833 
— Jessica, Is It valuable?. 6 
— leaf-folder.665 
— leaves, cutting off. 597 
-webbed up..685 
— Niagara as a table fruit .122 
-earlier than Concord?,..,, 211 
-where to get, . 43 
— Perkins for N. V. market ... 713 
— Pockllngtou .713 
— queries.597 
— rows.howfar ap=>rt.7-1 
— seedlings, transplanting.597 
— Sweet Water .793 
— seed lugs, how to care for_285 
— -seeds, planting.2-4 
-time to sow.437, -G3 
Grape trellis, Coywc>od’a.R63 
— Vergennes.. . ..809 
— Victoria, where to get... 127, 565 
— -vinecutt'gs roin single eyesl'i? 
-larva? found on.691 
— -vines blooming but not bear 4-5 
-care at. 59 : 
— — fertilizing.106 
-layering. . 4Cfi 
-manure mulch for .369 
-on a hillside, mulching_832 
-on rich land, to prune.5*1 
-thr* e year old trau@plant’g7l I 
— training.. ..516 
-trees among..'.'11 
-- young, win'er protection. 75 
— wanted a better one than Con¬ 
cord. 581 
— white,bpst table...59 
Grapes, best dozen. 713 
-table-, best keepers for 
Mass. ...123 
— between raspberries.7St 
— tarlv.best.696 
— Faith and Beauty, who origin¬ 
ated. ........2-4 
— for a succession.174 
— Florida. 173 
— Kaunas.173 
-grafting rare upon cheap 
varieties.745 
— Haskell. .745 
— how deep to cultivate.59 
— keeping.696 
-for Winter.744 
— kept In stone churn. .517 
— late, sprouting early. 437 
— market.75 
— planting.S54 
-In orchard .183 
— pruning.....210 
— proper.41 
— Rogers's hybrids for Mass_122 
— selection for Syracuse, N. Y..2J9 
— shriveled and orled.713 
— siz* and style of package for.2U 
— what will they pay tlret yrs.-l^R 
— which are be**?.597 
Grass between stones iu walk. 5U 
— Crab. 729 
for an orchard. .212, 2511 
— wood lot..,. 533 
— — ,'amp pasture land.+.u 
• - — Neb .809 
— Hidden 1’anlr.565 
— Hungarian, yvbeu to cut.565 
— in an orchard...501 
— Johnson . so 
— — a good pa*mrnge.127 
— h *ro 10 eradicate.2*0 
— —or Alfalfa... 168 
— — qaerries aooul.126 
— — seed of. price.91 
— — —to the a-re...250 
— — time to sow In N. Y.224 
— — to era I bate .90,123 
— -wi,n to sow .285 
— — will not pasture.,.75 
— — — plowing.kill .lot; 
— land, run out, treatment of. .353 
— lands, treatment. eM 
— Meadow Fescue... .......517 
— N'rnble Will . 729 
— Orchard seeded down with 
oats. 211 
— — sowing.597 
time...397. GW 
— — tTea ment of . .317 
— — what to sow with . 91 
— — when cau It oe cut.849 
— Puni-.681 
— i^uuck.to exterminate. '27 
see . best time to sou.421 
— — mi x! un.2 1 .5 
— - must be sown on good soil 565 
— — to feed to c hlcsens.833 
— — sewing Red-Top.Timotby 
and clover. ,.681 
— seeding, time to.665 
— Velvet.517 
— ire.729 
Grasses for a light soil. 6*4 
— — light prairie land.284 
— — mucky bottoms.664 
— - name.729 
— Sr utbern, nutriment contain¬ 
ed in.5SI 
Grub, white eating roots of 
corn, etc.421 
— — lu sod, to destroy ... 127 
Gruhs In apple trees.466 
— In c-'W’s pa, k.I8S 
— on ba"k of cow. .228 
Guano Co., Clark &.ve, reliabil¬ 
ity of ... .228 
••Gumbo" land, treatment of. .564 
Gyps un how much per acre on 
elov. r. . 
Hair, on anliuxls. to restore_90 
— — horse’s leg how to restore 90 
— out of tail, mare losing.7si 
Harness.Sherwood Novelty, 'js.', 
narrl-, Josrph. good authority 285 
Harrow. Acme, in eo>n Held. ...563 
— Is It good to pulverize the 
soil.833 
— — in corn fl*ld .633 
— — —stony g'-ound.rst 
— — Rural's upinion of.,2x5 
— for '•pro, best ..168 
— or roll, which packs most_ 4:1 
— smoothing .. 211 
Harvester that cuts off the 
heads.173 
Hav -caps, about. 353 
— clover. 173 
— - ti cure. 4 6 
— c*op,lturea ilng. 58 
— In a stack, to estimate am 
ount.. '25 
— — the mow. how many tous 729 
— oats and barley, relative val¬ 
ues ot. .123 
— put In barn green. .son 
— salt value for manure.833 
Heaves lu a horse.579 
— remeuv. 4g4 
Heoee, English Hawthorn iu 
Kan as. 11*6 
— fence, Japan quince for.713 
— — to start ... , .luO 
— on no th and west side of 
orchard. 579 
— Osage Orange, n aklng..793 
— umts for the Noith. 911 
— Willow, to get rid of.204 
Heifer, best ace to come In,....172 
— coming In feed for.126 
— how old to breed. 211 
— ruptured. 90 
Hemlock bark ground, who 
buvs?.. 212 
— training b w.35.8 
Hen house, cheap. 6 
— hen, how much for straw¬ 
berries. 869 
— manure..501 
— — for s rowberry bed.711 
— — howiouupiy. 295 
— — mixed with »*hc*-.228 
Hens. B. Sp.-.nish.where to buy .'01 
— eating eggs, remedy _204, ’<3 
— how muuy to a rooster?.250 
— laying feed for .... .42 
— oat* not goon for.2»5 
— sit Hue, to break... .466 
— wiih dee,remedy. 6 
— without cocks, production of 
«gzs.?10 
Herbs, who buys In N. Y.?.388 
Hernia In heifer.so 
HfS3lan fly.582.793 
— —destroying.56 
H de-uound.316 
Hill-side, rye followed by 
clover. . ,681 
Hired men, work of.I2i 
Hitching A Co . of N. Y . are 
they responsible.532 
Hoe. wheel, besi. 12 ; 
— — on hand cultivator.nil 
Hock wheel, about.172 
Hog am 1 poultry remedy. Hass’s 127 
feed, co king, apparatus for 249 
— fcod arMcbojces for . 6 
— — peas as .. 6 
— house . .. 1 2 
— pen. cemented floor for..328 
— scalding temp, of water.27 
weak in the back. .665 
Hog; host Pjilcnd-Chlna or 
Vblte?. -09 
— cooklnv food for does It pay? 228 
— feeding corn. ... .....468 
— scalding, temp of water ,,,.. 59 
— wlmt brood matures quickest.249 
— with mange, cure for. 59 
— — pile B .-. - I 
no cus lanalus. 517 
Holland cattle,dealer in Dak.. -42t 
Holsie'n and domestic cows. 
cross .. ' 
— bull for s»le in Kansas. 30 O 
Honey, comb without wax or 
honey . SRI 
Hoop pob °, bltternut.125 
Hobc f r k>-ri sr-ne emulsion_bn'J 
• — for strawberries. 369 
Horse hreertinu or mule breed¬ 
ing which more profitable. ...5 ; 0 
— bone spavin.. 362 
— '‘calked’' himself. 72S 
— corn antl-cob-meal for ......863 
— dead, to utilize for manure,. .2E0 
— elimrly. food lor.71 
— faulty castration.782 
— feed for... . ..,...?63 
— feed oil meal a».27 
— —• Imotby. oats and barley, 
relative vntoo... 123 
— food, watermelon and citron 
. 
— idl , feed for.172 
— Injury to hind parts . .'S-i 
— lame fromsorr shoulder _-136 
— man-'".. 
— pill W'.rl is I rj. 
■; 97 
— rearing wh* n being g trtbed. .316 
— shak ng ms bead .:;ic 
— shoe Co Never-slip.127 
— — like a mvn's shoe.. .s:t3 
— —Never slip.. 1116 
— shoe*, tempering steel calks. .106 
— slabbering . «01 
— suffrring from wre •. 152 
— — with acute anasarca.... 172 
— swptllng of legs. 8-3 
— symptoms 0 / fouude-.7*1 
— tn t Is balky.791 
— wing broken .8-2 
— with bronchitis ...682 
— — Lunches on legs.713 
— —chronic bronchitis..«4* 
— — —Cough..696 
— — — sore tbrost.618, fc«i 
— —contracted (eet.172 
— — cracked heels.171 
— — diabetes.. 800 
— — eczematous eruption.713 
— — furuncolosls. 6 
— — glanders.779 
— — heaves.484, 679 
— —lumps under skin.385 
— — knee Injured.681 
— — paralysis.729 
— —quarter rack.580 
— -wel not . 
— — speedv ,-ur.. 
— — suppurating corns..18» 
— — swelled legs.532 
— — swelling on hind leg.172 
— — — under belly.486 
— —swollen shoulders.:71 
— — thread worms.632 
— — tumors.. 90 
— —weak eyes.745 
— — — ft flock joint.30t 
— —worm*.3S4, 516, 649 
Horses, big head tn.352 
— fe-t on millet, persp-'ring.284 
— for general purpu-es.$19 
— in team work unevenly.9.9 
— Norman, and Percherun. dtff 
erenee. ... 212 
— wheat or barley for which ?. 665 
— wlih sore neck and ahoul :er»590 
— — — shoulders.633 
— —worms. >19 
Horse’s eye film over, removlngl72 
—feel need, shoes.“.46 
— hoof, cracks In.171 
— leg with lump.466 
— throat, bunco on.22-8 
Hornets and Yellow Jackets 
nests of. 212 
Horn-iall flies.:...713 
Horticultural societies, reports 
of, price. 42 
Hot-bods, work on.633 
House. -Ue for a.172 
— slops disposing of.385 
Hovcu, to care .126 
Huckleberry bushes, where to 
„ huv.152 
Hungirinn Grass and Winter 
rye.127 
— —whento cut.565 
Hydraulic rums .353 
Ice hou e and milk room com¬ 
bined.596 
— house, cheap...665 
— keeping . 75 
-stored vrithotn sawdust_793 
— straw or hav as goud as saw¬ 
dust for . nt 
Idaho, fruits for.IT : 
Incubator-, management of, ..,172 
Incubators and brooders. .713 
— deal- rs tn. 729 
— Information about. 27 
— work on . 485 
Indian Cetontn.633 
Inflammation of the bowels in 
cow. .152 
Insurance companies, reliable .729 
Irrigation, nave of ,3v2 
— raising w .ter '5 feet.126 
tank for construction of. 852 
Jui ks. dea'er In...229 
Jamaica rum. 6 
Japan Persimmons, where to 
buy ?. ...238 
Jefferson. Thus, where burled.. .137 
Jersey eligible to registry. 210 
— htdfer, with milk.549 
— herd bool.126 
Johnson Grass. 90 
— — a good pasturage.127 
— —queries.U'S 
— —or Aiful fa.168 
— — seed, price etc. 91 
— — — to the acre .250 
— — standing drought.681 
— — to eradicate. 123 
— — value ol.255 
— —when to »ow . .295 
— — will plowing kill.134 
Ju- tic las, hew to grow.211 
Ka'ili.to apply...172 
— wh 1 let. 174 
Kansas •* iHmho ” lard, treat¬ 
ment. .. 504 
— rrincipa* tinab- rof .., .250 
— work descriptive of, . -49 
Knitting machine.... .819 
— tw*t ot . ... .285 
Larin bare, speosoti. r 4R,.vu 
— heritable uppurienances of 2-4 
— in lean., tnrormatiou about 74 
— Interest ou cost. 42 
— poor, enriched by a com ’tote 
fertilizer 75 
— prrparliik for Fal* wheat 338, S“5 
— stroll lu alkali, to make pro- 
i uetlvo. 185 
— vashlar to proveut..53«, s»i 
— with bare pots, tnu bark on..>14 
Lambs feed f- r young.G4 
— oct, fe dim ’. 40; 
Lameness caused from sore 
shoul ler.436 
— In a cow's leg.436 
— — —mare .431 
Land on Little Kanawa W. Va.,53l 
Larch, European, where to buy.649 
Lawn destrojed by white 
grubs.729 
Letters, intercepting, a criminal 
offence..127 
Level, Gur.ey, who makes the..358 
L'bcrlan ■ ane. -eed*of.22-1 
Lice m poultry bou-.e, killing_5 7 
— on apple tree*.517 
— —c-attlc. 125 
— — hens, remedy... .. •> 
— — pool try . .....800 
Lilies, 12 uest bardy..L4 
Lime air- Ivktd. 74 
— bnd lime-stone, burning, 
using as manure .533 
— a9 mulch for fruit trees. 211 
— gas..793 
— feii a to ruild . 533 
— per acre. 211 
— siaked pay to draw ntnile_211 
— to kid t_.iu.aoa Ibistles.2il 
Limestone, pounds to the bu. 27 
I, ilmner,flat fed liz?r form 
Lin-ecd meal, good fot poultry? ?i 
Liqulo maeur , rouse..., ..33 
'•Live-xveight ” Wliatis meant. .849 
Locurts, preventing.3 8 
Lygur liLeoians. ..437 
llabaleti stock Tor cherries, 
what la?..485 
Malaria.580 
Manumits.779 
Mange In hogs, remedy.. 59 
Mangel, carrot and turnip tops, 
preserving..681 
— most profltable.793 
— Yellow Tankard.127 
Mangels, yteiu per a-r*- .2oU 
Manilla pap. r, water proof.354 
Manure, barn-yard fo. potatoes, 
how to use.317 
— cistern.. 519 
— coarse, how 10 treat.:>;i 
— complete, formula of.2-U 
— cotton seed as a. 210 
— itsb as. 517 
— for strawberries.300 
— fresh..549 
— — stable, to apply.2s4 
— green, Red Clever for.4,>6 
-virtue of...5tS 
— hen.501 
-and ashes to mix.284 
-mixed w 1th ashes...........228 
-to apply—.2-5 
— liquid applying .485 
— — for si raw berries.i 74 
— management of.27 
— piled, covered with plaster ..173 
— queries.125, 664 
— sUeep. how to use.065 
-valueof. ...4-5 
— spreader, Kemp s..633 
— spreading lu V, inter.172 
— s able ai ouud small trees_90 
— mixing ashes with..665 
Manuring .—...171 
Maple sugar, how old to lap_597 
— — w ill it grow lu peatsw arnplST 
Mare, brood, feed tor. 121 
— chronic catarrh of womb.sr3 
— how often does she come in 
heat.485 
— lame at intervals. 125 
— fametit-s* in. . ... . .484 
— losing 9 air out of tad.783 
— period of gestation la.353 
— sweating profusely.174 
— three y. ursoid, w lU shedo to 
breed?..••.59 
— with a weak back.696 
— — contracted feet.649 
-farcy ..136 
-swedmg bet. fore legs_633 
-swollen leg. 3.6 
— — vertigo or megrims. 948 
Marshes, peat, what, 0 do with. .250 
May beetle grub destroying a 
lawn........ 729 
Meadow covered with cat-tails, 
what will gf. W OU.533 
— old, wood ashes on. .1*8 
— permanent on wet grouud.. 665 
— to make nitiw productive_848 
— top-d rising ...793 
Meal, corn and cob. 136 
— — oil. new and old-process.. 126 
Meat fty. to destroy.580 
Medical work for lainlly use... .649 
Megrims. 816 
— 111 a marc. .s48 
Melon apihls. 745 
— bug, striped, habits.212 
Men. hired, work of. 125 
Melon* for market, growing.. ,.3u0 
Middlings, red and w bite, differ¬ 
ence lu.597 
Mill for « uttlng oar meal.212 
— Wilson, Is It good?.168 
Milch cows food for...,,.... 6 
— - pens and oats for.437 
— - Winter feed for.798 
Millet aud Hungarian Grass,dif- 
fereui ► between..354 
— for pork making.. . 501 
— or Hungarian fur • eed to feed 3>2 
— Pearl, value for fodder.285 
— — where to buy.. .517 
— seed auj-ivsisof. 228 
— — corn ...228 
— — making yellow pork. 228 
— — that has been not...285 
— when to sow. 793 
Milk and but*cr, food to pro¬ 
duce. 745 
— — lce>bott9e combined.... 596 
— distribution of in glaas Jars.. »1 
— pail bet er than theopen. 27 
— — wl<h cover, practical.2S5 
— room, eelL < r plaster?.596 
Milking qualities In heifer, to 
develop,.., , 745 
Mtlfc weed, to get rid of . . .729 
Moie sains Who buys. . 2 S 5 
Mont. Melrose, fruit for. 48 
Mortar, sand and cement. 745 
34 '.-qultoes, larvie of "wigg. 
lers”. 301 
Mucilage from glue.. 143 
— whut is It made from.22S 
Wueketid peal.difference . 174 
— compost wlihout manure.174 
— from mill pood s urtag land.. 123 
— horse manure, fresh, tor,.r27 
— lai.d, I'raiuihg. . 27 
— — nitrate of an motilu for...127 
— — to preo ■ re for ouls..17-i 
— Iltce mixed with. ...869 
— queries. SU9 
— salt or fresh. 809 
— to make v lu b e etc . 648 
— warm.485 
Muhlenberg la diffusa. 729 
Mulberry Downing in WIs.211 
— fruit uot forming.. 597 
— Ru-oiau.cui ti. gs of. 7 
— — lu Kiuisa-. . .’ 75 
— — wot thy edltngs. 745 
— seedlings, how obi to set cut.. so 
Mulch of corn stsUs.S 69 
Mule breeding. . ,228 
— suffciing from inflammation 
Of bladder. 228 
— —with nstula. 42, 745 
Mustard enai.iv.. 353 
Mgiitlugalo, l.ureiiean. in the 
... t? s - ;. 385 
Nitrate of potash, Cost of.2f0 
— — soda, cost..250 
— — ror corn, how much to 
put on.... . 106 
— — — mixed with piaster ..284 
— — — where to get, price... 59 
North t'nr. “Thermal Belt,” 
opinion of.. 466 
Nursery firm in Iowa or .Miun., 
good. .127 
— — Western, to ship small 
fruits local, .. 127 
Nuts, ptc-crviuv for planting..854 
Oats, b Tartarian. 250 
— best trial at “R.u *•. 212 
— Coll 11 sceil meal and ashes 
for fertilizer... 632 
— fertilizer tor.,. .. 174 
— uot good for nens. 135 
— on L I. whut variety.127 
— on barley' how tnue'n to the 
nC'e. ... .893 
— preparing muck land for. ...d?4 
— ton of, albuminoids In. 565 
— — — nitrogen, potash, etc,, 465 
