Oats, Welcome, about.211 
— — for general crop.2!3 
— W. Zealand, Probsteler and 
Novelty, where to buy. 42 
— which i>as the strongest st aw 75 
Oil case meal and linseed meal, 
difference.-.86! 
— linseed, raw and boiled tor 
horses.....8 8 
— meal as a horse feed. 2i 
— — for young stock, will it 
pay?. .641 
— white seal burning.174 
Okra, manure for.h8 
CEeambus nlveus..437 
OnionB, manure tor.17S 
— cn drained swamp.4 )S 
— — umck land, fertilizer for 21U 
— shipping. . ....... .full 
Oranwe wiue..... 210 
Oranges and lemons, time for 
fruit to mature.....174 
— from w,Indies..,..,.211 
Orchard, care of.5*7 
— grass for an.5in 
— —sowing.. 597 
— — time to sow.'97,033 
— treatment of. .317 
— — wbat. to sow with.91 
Orchard, how to plant.»J 0 
— in Kansas, what to plaot.096 
— m miring .106 
— mulch of corn-stalks.364 
— on cleared ground .841 
— old. what crop to plant on. ..2S5 
— pesis, remedy......485 
— rye in a.597 
— second planting not growing 12 
— starving . >06 
— too close . 7*8 
— — m my trees. t o remove.... 798 
— treatment of .664 
— unfruitful...338 
— with grapes and raspberries 7oi 
— 80 years old .516 
— young, what to expect.IS* 
Orc.ar .lug,* rulxe .126 
OutoulUlinge and fences, book 
on. 17S 
Over prodtie'lon . 27 
Ox wub sore feet .696 
Ox's jaw. excre cenee on.221 
Oyster-sheila and ground lime¬ 
stone. 436 
— — constituents of.436 
— — crushed, where to buy— 43 
— —lor poultry, how tine to 
make.127 
— —pul prized for manure....12 1 
Paeonies, drying up.....123 
Palut for Kiirdeu stakes.211 
— of milk, llrnr. aud salt,how to 
make . 317 
Palms, moving. 7 
Panic O-aas. fliddeo .681 
Panicum e Landes Mu um.. .565 
Parad'se, stock ror tipples.3)8 
Par jfli 'p paper.3)4 
Paralyi? in horse...72 1 
— — poul.ry.......,,..1,8 
— —BOW..516 
Parrot olckiug Ids feathers ....‘•91 
Parsnips as sio k feed.123 
Pasture land, pormvuent, how 
to seed ....581 
— rye and clover for.548 
— sheep preparing..6(44 
Pastures with • ew on, danger 
to stock .£48 
Pea, Abundance, wnere to git 4i 
— field, best.631 
— — most orofitable..,,..531 
— straw,composition of.284 
— vines, mildew injuring seed hi 
— wetvi 1, remedy..6ut 
— — to prevent ravages.549 
Peas, beans, eaten by weevils..s9i 
—,cow, forgreeu manure.581 
— field, growiug. ..30.1 
— grown In Cauada.. .3 >4 
— large crop t rum little seed.... 5i 
— seed ((on Canada, nuy on. Ij5 
— sulphide of caruuu tocestroy 
weevil.....5*7 
to l'>osfj).a oftrr ci»v... A .91 
Peach orchard willt yellov s. ...125 
— — w.rklnga.437 
_ .fie 1 
— tree leaves curling........4^5 
— —budded, care of... ..Ii3 
— — planted in *38, pruning 
needed.., ..42 
— — dead bark.,...«5 
Peanuts, how cultivated.538 
— red and white...531 
Pear and cherry stocks, seeds 
imported for .. 6 
— Bessemtnnka, cions wanted,.212 
— for Kansas .869 
— is there a blight-proof.t>9i> 
— Lawson, a go d market.I i-l 
— Le Conte in Mass.42 
— orchard, wbat variety for .178 
— roots coveted warty hunches 6 
— tree, dead.-.391 
— — leaves rusted, remedy—631 
— trees fertilizer for.5U1 
— — to pr pagate ... .127 
Pears aud apples grafted on 
thorn apple...581 
— b r «t and latest.172 
— live best varieties.581 
— for Flo-lda........ 173 
— —Illinois....Ii8 
— —Kansas. ..211 
— —Mary laud.136 
— —name.27 
— — the lur North. .210 
— on apple roots—.354 
Pearls, are they found In com 
mon oysters?, - .301 
Peat an- muck, difference.171 
Persimmons . 
— Japan, where to buy. .. id 
Phoenix fowls, where to buy...8'iJ 
Phosphate, best. *‘2i 
does strength go up or down. .421 
Phosphatle roCk.S. U. and bone 
value of. -.211 
Phosphoric acid, cheapest torrn 
or.. ... 96 
— — In bone dust locked up... .152 
— — — S. v.. rock...210 
Pleea alba as a hedge plant. . 9ti 
Pickles, cue umber for market..532 
— Gherkin. 333 
Pierce, u. V., •tand'ng of.90 
Pig aud calf pasture.126 
Plum curculio, remedy.59. 579 
— French Prune compared with 
Damson.849 
— haroy .436 
— Japanese ..3 4 
— — alio owns...436 
— Lombard .3.0 
— Moore’s Arctic, isle curculio- 
proot'.533 
— trees, Chickasaw.549 
— - pruning.369 
— Weaver.. 42 
— Wll'I Goose, reproducing it¬ 
self .369 
Piunis budding.42 
Damson, planting pits..517 
— Tor III .173 
— — .Maryland .136 
— — the Hou'bwest. 12 
— five best.681 
— gooseberry .i.l 
— grafting young . 42 
— on sandy soil .210 
— protecting from i urculin.253 
— three best marker.172 
FJymou h Rocks,are they quiet? 174 
— —crossed with Black Ham- 
burgs . 7 
on Wynndottos.204 
— —origin of....647 
— pure, bow marked,,.50t 
— —white.833 
Poison applying to potatoes, 
maoUlne for ’.. ..235 
— ivy. 548 
Polie cattle, about.283 
Polish chickens, Golden, dealer.421 
Pond with lizards and turtles ..51,8 
Ppp-corn, dealer iu.250 
— rice.212 
Pork, curing.123, 125. 8u9 
— feeding millet for.sot 
— making, will It pay?. 284 
Posts, butternut compared with 
eedar.210 
Potash, cheapest form of. 9u 
-source of.858 
— made iu fisheries, value of . 69 
— muriatic, njuivi'ut loashes.l-A 
-wnere to buy. .. 27 
— phosphoric acid, etc., market 
value of.210 
Potato, best keeping. ,368 
— beet le, sulphur fur.793 
— Biush, early or late.369 
— constituents of the.sot 
— Cream of the Field, whoselts?228 
— culture,how to niaketrcnchesl74 
-mulch l’or .22) 
-Rural's, ts tt adapted to ir¬ 
rigation.487 
-method. 74 
— digger, address of.793 
-good. 116 
-Herrington. . . . .168 
— earlier than Ohio. .565 
— Early Ohio at "K. O.”. 6 
-Early.665 
— fertilizer, cost of . 2i2 
— Greeu Mountain, seed of.128 
— growing, fertilizers for.2U 
— Hodgnuui’s Seedling, where 
to buy. ~.75, 123 
— hook, Rura 's Ideal.533 
— laud, black loam on stiff cluyl27 
— largest yle i der.421 
— late.212 
— medium .212 
— mulch, oak leaves or pine 
needles .188 
-sawdust for.2 2 
— plant alw'ysinjured bybeetleaUT 
— planter that is a success ... .285 
— prospect .633 
— prize, Bowker..... ill 
— scab.....581 
— aud wire-worms. 421 
— Stray Beauty ..ST4 
— tests at the “K G”...96 
— wauled a better yielder tliau 
Hebron. ...136 
— White Elephant.849 
— Telephone, Efai'ly.2S8 
— yield, Urge.833 
— - 4'i<' pounds of Bradley fer¬ 
tilizers ..211 
Potatoes, ashes a good fertilizer 
for. . .211 
— barnyard manor.'or ierti)lz’r2U 
— bitterness in.. 168 
— burying.436 
— cut for seed, dusting.250 
— degenerating . .. .7»5 
— depth to plant.352 
— Early for the South.672 
— — io preserve. 581 
— fall plowing for.173 
— fertilizer for,best.. 91 
-— worn out red slate soil.. 1U6 
— — best . "9 
— for poultry.....643 
— freezing tops, does it Injure..688 
— grown by Rural’s method_122 
— irrigating, how.437 
— la'ge yields from three lbs,. .174 
— — yields. .137 
— machine for applying poison 
t i... ... .....285 
— mulching with sea weed.284 
— on a day loam. Rural’s meib- 
od .211 
— plowing land for...so9 
— — sandy loam, fertilizer 127 
— —cow yard. 1<3 
_ —muck land, fertilizer for2iu 
— — same ground — ...... ...235 
— or bruti aud shorts for pigs.. 85; 
— piovvj 'g. 127 
— Potentate rud Bonanza,where 
to buy. •..._.....218 
— Rural's method. ....'88 
— — — terttlizer for on sandy 
soil...168 
— s ao not caused by worm*. ...285 
— —on.,.833 
— scabby, cause.>74 
— — producing the same......,854 
— sunburned good for‘eed.i7t 
— sweet.growing fertilizer,etc. 126 
— —howto keep....681 
— —keeping.56 1 
— —red aud white.665 
— where can rhiy be had. In 
quantity. 729 
— wuy all don’t yield heavily.. 7 
Poultry books, good.713 
— breeder,good ..127 
— dealer, commission, trust¬ 
worthy’. 59 
— dropping* ami road dust.745 
— feed lug potatoes...613 
— good, oats as ...351 
— hou*e for 59 hens. 8 
Is linseed meal good for .75 
— losing feathers. .. ...471 
-- paper, a good .212 
— paralysis in .173 
— Plymouth Rocks, are they 
quiet? . 174 
— Polish, Ho'den dealer in _421 
- raising, book on ........7*9 
— —lu Florida.. . ,.713 
— roup..661 
— vermin destroying.3 hj 
— with oiptherla... 436 
— —scaly leg.813 
— yard It e in . ... 517 
Prickly Comfrey. . 745 
— - sets or seeds of .106 
Private Judgment needed......?■ 9 
Privet hardy lu Minn.,,, .123 
Proud flesh, removing.2 I 
Prune Get man, value of.172 
Pruning grapes .2.0 
Pump, Whitman's, Is there a 
tietier. 'SI 
Pumps, cattle, self acting.91 
Pumpkins as feed. .782 
— canutug .421 
Purpura btemorrbaglcu.... .....712 
Quack, getting rid o’...691 
— grass to exterminate.127 
Quarter-cr«ek .580 
— suud or . ,,,,,...741 
Quae e for market, best.8s5 
— from cuttings.Vb4 
— Japan for hedge fence.713 
— jehv from ....283 
— roots, sprouts from .281 
— stocks for dwarf pear*.833 
— trees atta' ked with red rust 583 
I — — not bearing.745 
I — —pruning... 309 
Quinces, best kind.106 
— for Kansas .211 
— on drained low lands .406 
— — edge of peat swamp .166 
— — moist land .849 
— — pear»toeks .172 
reproducing themselves.383 
Kaciue Seed Co., is it respousi 
hie?. 127 
Radish seed from roots winter 
ed over .285 
Rainfall, average in different 
Slates . 793 
Rain gHttge, to make a.643 
— — where to buy .649 
Ramie and Jute, difference be¬ 
tween.......647 
Rape seed, where to buy.5M 
Ratio grape, best. .173 
Raspberr> aud o.urrunt bushes, 
salt, killing..'37 
— hlack cap for Alias.211 
— largest aud nest.. ..42 
— cane borer. 437 
— canes, treatment........616 
— Crimsom Beauty.212 
— — — a market berry.174 
— — —hardy.713 
— Cuthbert as hardy as the 
Wachuseft .136 
— Cuthhert,how treated.819 
— — or Shaffer’s Colossal which 
Iron-clad in Moss.....136 
— earl est.811 
— early. .174 
— Gregg A uthbert, difference 437 
— Marlboro from root runners 597 
— — more productive tlian 
Turner.. 519 
— plantation, different nmmires 
on.91 
— plant louse. G33 
— plants, increase by root cut¬ 
tings. 581 
— profitable fer market.9i 
— Raneoeas. 565 
— Sauuder’s.163 
— Souhcgan. 73 
— Tyler, about the .136 
— best fertilizer for. 91 
— whereto buy.631 
— black, best.597 
— for i. .211 
— for Mary laud market . 7 
— howfarapart.211 
— planted In ’83. pruning need’d 42 
— pruning.793 
— — when . .... 433 
— red Tor Kansas .211 
— sod, fall plowed for.597 
— spading betweeu the rows... 41 
— that ripen l’ruit iu shortest 
time..2*4 
— when to Up root.7+4 
Rats, catching.849 
Red-top with Timothy,.631 
— water in cattle. 90 
Refrigerators, who deals it).421 
Retiulspora, to propagate. 7 
Retiulsporas, hardiness audslzelk) 
Ring b me. 75 
— cure for...123 
-and spavin, remov’g fraud r 2 
— — In cattle . 204 
Rose, Persian vt-ilow, hardy as 
jacqueminot?. 
Roofing slate, who makes .... 697 
Roosters, loo closely InbreedingiSI 
Roots fOI stock.. 11 
— la a welt...212 
Rosa rugosa queries .333 
Rose, William Francis Bennett.D4 
Boses, everhioomtug 12 best_174 
— forout-of doors in Ind.212 
— hybrid perpetual, to propa.. 729 
to propagate.685 
Roup in poultry . 661 
— iu turkeys. 172 
Rubber triiumlugs for harness, 
where to buy..381 
Rnrals, binding.212 
— cost of binding. 59 
New-Yorker, commendation.Ki3 
to bind a volume of.168 
Russian aprleot9, all about.597 
— wheat . St 
Rutabagas roftlog.cati e of ... 7 
Rye followed by clover on hill¬ 
side. - .. 681 
— land preparing for Winter 
wheat. .. .400 
— sown with corn —..533 
— Spring, is there a. .. ... .665 
— to tin n under for potatoes ...681 
— value as stock food.106 
Mage, dried, per acre.,,.125 
— for market.....125 
— market for. 5)1 
— » lio buys In N. Y?. 333 
Salt, fertility In .2h4 
— for asparagus beds, where to 
buy.211 
-poultry. ...785, 819 
— killing hens.2*5 
-raspberries and curraiits.417 
— on laud, benefit of. 126 
-- Texas soil .173 
— spread ou newly manured 
land. ...U'6 
— to pr vent worms culling 
cabbage. 42 
— value «h a fertilizer . lit 
- will tt liberate plant food?.. 949 
Sassafras as fence posts .310 
— bushes, to get rid or.316 
Sawdust as a stolen.597 
— for an orchard. 
— chips, etc,, tniinurlal value. 173 
— drawing two mites tor manures*' 
— hard wood, use Of . ..,....,59 
Scab ID potatoes. 581 
Scours In calves.$84 . 437 
— - In cattle..600,486 
Scrofulous swelllug lu heifer’s 
leg . 58 
Scrubs, Improving. 683 
S -yrluvgrlmltng —... .... ,137 
Seed, change of, why beneficial 333 
— irorn Dept, of Agriculture...?03 
— gralu, sulphntc of copper ou, 
preventing birds eating ..'..126 
— sower, Gaboon broadcast, 
where manufactured .59 
— — Sirowbrldge broadcast.. 649 
— to prevent birds from eat I ug 813 
Soiling, book on.838 
Sore inroat, chronic, in hor-e .696 
Sorghum and Southern sugar 
cane.466 
— feeding treen. 729 
— for fodder seed per acre.. . .2 I) 
— leaves»« cattle feed... . r» 
Rural Rrnuoliing .833 
— — — does it seed?. 27 
— — — where to buy seeds , ..127 
— stalks as cattle feed ... . 42. 
— stock eating leaves of. 6*1 
Sow eating her pigs ....... ,250 368 
— haudllng and reeding for pork'93 
how old to breed . ....._197 
— ruptured.,., . 485 
Sow's brood, feed for . 127 
Spasms of neck of bladder lu u 
horse . ....210 
Spavin, bog on more.228 
— hereditary . 172 
Spiders. Jumping.250 
poiseuous. 351 
— useful to matt.3 4 
Splint in horse .713 
Spontaneouscombustion .......58r 
8pm e seeds, planting .IU 
Squabs, white for market.172 
Squash and n pumpkin, differ¬ 
ence between .285 
- vine borer. Paris-green for_ 71 
Stallion, feed for__ —..172 
stanchion, best. 171 
Steam engineering, Roper's 
works on .Wfi 
Steer with scrofula trouble.59 
Steers, fattening, feed for.125 
— feedlogin Winter.17 
Stereoscopic view, wholesale 
firm .581 
S'iff joint disease. 516 
Stock diseases, works on.696 
rinding alkaline water.136 
— feeding. 126 
— feed, grinding by horse power 173 
—roots for.174 
Stone dr ins.210 
Strawberry, nny earlier than 
the Iron clan...... 565 
— bed. ben manure for.745 
— — how long will it yield.437 
— — — often to replant.436 
— oats In... ...519 
— — sheep manure on.733 
boxes by the thousand.354 
— Cornelia is it better than 
Manchester....565 
— e riy, best. 368 
— for h uear market. 126 
— Garretson about.! 65 
— Iron-clad.517 
— — is it profitable?.f>Ml 
— .Jersey Queen.211 
— Jewell, where to buy. . 565 
— Lscon .178, 133 
— Manchester forming with¬ 
out pollen..... .783 
medium-early market.3t*i 
— most productive.285 
Mrs. Garfield, where to buy. ,04 
— P»rrv as large as sharpies*....174 
— plaum hanging up iu cel t»r...729 
heel-ff iu..5)9 
— picking off blossoms 517 
— - seedling, Winter care of..633 
— — to get In vt .548 
— plot, fertilizer for.210 
— pollen qu stlon.729 
— root worm ...697 
— rij'-t,rentedr _....... ,...si7 
— Sharpless. perfect flowers ...697 
■Struw berries aud black berries 
for warm climate..665 
— — oihcr small fruits mixing 127 
— ushe- and Mapes’ potato man¬ 
ure.235 
— — ou, quantity of.41 
— asua agus. etc., setting ... ,;3'4 
— cut worms destroying. 1-d 
fertilizer for.6.249 
— for gravelly soil.. .517 
— — Kansas .211 
— — profit .436 
— —and a succession.565 
— _ —book, uu .,549 
— liow many perfect to pistil¬ 
late,. . .436 
— lbne. salt nd ashes for — ..127 
...„,,nrs for .. 31)0 
— on clay loam facing8 E.lei 
— planted In matted rows.211 
— preparing to raise.648 
— quantity to l.OOu plants 741 
— resetting. 533 
— seedling in pots, when to pul 
out. ....581 
Sharpies" and Mnne ties ter... ,437 
— Six best . 713 
— nine to set out .744 
— top dressing for.280 
— yield per acre.868, 436 
btra w, cut ting as t n rashed ... .28-1 
— smutty bad effect on cattle..2 8 
Stump exirscor, where to get..549 
Suffrage, (he right of ....868 
Sugar beets, raising in III.!9 
— Maple, how-old to tap .597 
Siwar.-. shorr price on.168 
Sulphate of iron as a fertilizer. .809 
auinmerdiink.884 
— fallowing...... . .. .548 
— — " an unprofitable old rut "397 
_ _ losses of manorial ele¬ 
ments . *33 
— wlieu does 11 end .'8<J 
Sunflower leave*good for eat le633 
— seed as feed.. 1-8 
sunflowers,to preserve.533 
— what use. 665 
Superphosphate, light dressing. 
no benefit.565 
— reverting .125 
- ton of ...125 
Swamp, drained, crops for.Wd 
Sw.lllng ou colt's leg .783 
under horse’s belly.,...430 
Swine. Red Berkshire*.793 
— I,r. cdlug, care, etc , works 01)123 
plague and dew'.B9? 
— Red Berkshire* aud Ghevter 
Whites . 793 
Tannery wu*t \ hornsnud skulls, 
how to treat .... .i28 
Tarred paper,around fruit trees'49 
Tarnished Riant Bug,..,,.437 
Tea company in N. Y. city.,,...291 
Tennessee, tall healthy in? ... 74 
— land In, information about 74,127 
— West, about .188 
Teostnte ns a forage plant.186 
— Rural’s opinion Of. ....... 171 
Texas or Tenn., for a “ weakly " 
tnan.. .. ...580 
Thermal Belt of N. C. opinion of 466 
Thorn, rouble pink, propagate. .406 
Thiusblng n aehlne, small, cost 212 
Thresher usee on Western Farm 
tor eoru...,.,.819 
Thrash in horse.712 
'1 humps.... 316 
— lu pigs. 651 
Tiles, how far apart to drain 
clay soil .I .C"5 
Timber land. open.seortlbg. i7t 
principal ill Kansas.. ....2W 
— time to cut..... - . 596 
Timothy sods mil of grubs.127 
Tobacco, curing for home use. . 61 s 
plants, early, to raise.3.0 
Meed, Havana, whereto buy. .2 2 
— — Mumatru, where to buy. ...212 
small lot, market tor.106 
— stems us a fertilizer.,.'23 
Sumatra In this country,....285 
waste, analysis of.828 
ror manure. 211 
Tomato,King Humbert and RearRvi 
Paragon, I* there a better... 12 
Tomatoes, bug plnylug havocs.. .63j 
rpqpure tor. 
Trent-X t'otumbu .713 
t ree peddlel'S don't buy of.533 
Trees cut iu August dying.437 
transplanting w Itn ops seven 
r«*et iu diameter. 793 
Trlfolium h > bildum . 51 
T r llicum repents, to destroy .....ol 
Trout old, kept from spawning 
bed. ,,..,.437 
Tuberculosis or actlvo-mycosis.516 
Tumor t» bull.697 
— on horse.9) 
— point of elbow....516,096 
Turkey wings and tails, who 
buys.284 
Turkeys, Bronze,are they super¬ 
ior to ethers.212 
•-detu'rlnt lun of .283 
-scale of points ... .288 
hatehitig and treatment.436 
lit large flocks.172 
- roup lu. 172 
— young, cure of....,....... ....6 8 
Turnips, reeding to steers.59 
Twine, who 11 nkes Plymouth ..174 
Typ- writer. $Qb.whoiuanutT’>369 
Udder of cow c nlcod... .664 
— swollen ;. . ., .782 
Under drain acting like siphon 561 
Underdrainlug of uplands not 
profitable.581 
— will It pay? . 888 
U. S Grant, personal memoirs 
of. price.597 
Varnish for Inside paint.211 
Vegetables, garden, superphos¬ 
phate for.172 
— on sandy soil w ith fertllizerslS) 
Vertigo In a mare.848 
Veterinary Adviser, Law’s Far¬ 
mers’. 619 
— claims,fnlse. U2 
— school.,.781 
— — near Iowa.697 
— surgery, book on..696 
Victoria pie*, where to buy.597 
Vlnegnr, converting elder Into. .565 
Vlrgl nla. along the James River. 
i* it healthy. 123 
— is it healthy. Is the soil good?lV3 
— Piedmont region .,...123 
— registering deeds, legal fee 
for..fill 
Wagou with wooden or Iron 
axles.. .697 
Walunt, Black, enemies of.63; 
— EnglMj, training low.. 3 3 
— lumber, price of...212 
limber, vnlu< of ...2 2 
Walnut* KnglBh or but'ernut 
grafting ou black wnlnut 
frees.591 
— to preserve for spring plant¬ 
ing.849 
AValls and ceilings, plaster 
falling. 853 
Wart, blood,on horse,to remove )25 
— removing. 210 
— flat on a colt’s neck .665 
Waits on a horse.833 
— —colt. 697 
— — cow's teat*.,128,171, 436 
— — onho’se's ear .582 
Washing machine, best. 649 
— — given away.... .683 
Water, alkaline, stock drinking.186 
— fatcy.. 580 
— Impregnated with carbonate of 
lime ... 212 
— kept from freezing for stuck . 118 
power from over-shot wheel. 139 
— ralstng .....,12ft, 466 
— wheel*, turbine, who manu¬ 
factures. .186 
Watermelon, the largest.... . 8*iy 
Wntcrjncdons.asfoo 1 for horses 665 
— Scaly Dark and Kolb’s Gem 
compared with Phlnney's...211 
Weather, foretelling (he_353 
Weed in u horse.... *.U2 
Well, driven. 516 
— — sand coming out with 
water. 745 
— freeing from "foul air”.683 
tree roots In 0 ...212 
Weevil’s bisulphide of carbon .4"5 
— death to . 125,185, 697 
Wheat and chess . .. 6 
— B. B Ccntenlj] as a Winter 
variety...437 
— coal and wood ashes on.228 
Diehl Mediterranean .619 
— afferffci with Hessian Kly,.,..7H3 
— Eureka, hardy, t leld.Iff 
Kali, light ou sntioy placts_lss 
— fertilizer for .56 1 
— t erra of.353 
— growing. 171 
— barrowlug In spring. 171 
— injured by white grub.665 
— lu the South, fcrtldzer for... 434 
— H,, lr mam 1, I—,'. '-A* 
land preparing..895 
— lodging. 250 
— muli lied with clover. 4 2 
—on tight clay loam, manure forbki 
— Russian...581 
seed steeping in bine-stone...163 
— sowing on clover sod.....)in 
Ttmotlij with. .A 5 
— Spring, bu'dlest.819 
— quantity of seed influenc¬ 
ed ny drought . 295 
— — sowing shalb-v. or deep...is) 
— — spi cl'tl or complete for....163 
— — to the acre .. .285 
— Htubb e.when and how to seed 5 ho 
— Surprise ... .. 6<>5 
- Winter, fertilizer to use lu 
Spring.. . 172 
— - for N (’. 713 
— hardiest..........171 
— for KuusiS.f3J 
— - killing out .171 
— with bleached stem, cause_665 
musty smell.485 
Wlgglers lu water..501 
Wild turntpSjt* .tnnlcnl name of 75 
Willow basket, where to get...512 
— culture. Osier.383 
hedge, to Util .163 
— Kilmarnock, weepiug. i 
— to get rid of . ... ..._59.517 
— whim, caterpillar eating 
leave* . • . 63] 
Wind break on salt water river 354 
— engine ou farm building'. . 235 
- gallon horse’s guntbrel Joint 126 
— tii 1 tl, small, wanted.12t 
Wine orange .,,.,,,....210 
— or grape Jtliee .565 
uofi rmettled gripe Juice....515 
— — making....533 
W ire fence, ex pauslon 0 f.2Mi 
— twU’etl and burned . .’..Hot 
— galvanized for grape trellis..2N5 
— grass....275 
— sereeDlltg, galvanized, where 
to buy. .... 75 
— worm* and potato snub.421 
— — to rid a field.. . 173 
Wistaria tilling . 849 
— not blooming . 713 
Wool! ‘’cheeking" to prevent ..3s> 
— sawing. hor»e power for 1 
— time to ell*.. -96 
Woods, seeding In a. 466 
Wool dealers In Boston.351 
Wool wuste.any use hh a fertilt 
zi r... . 949 
Worms In colt.126 
— —horse. ....... —2 1 9, "84, 649 
inte-Gual lu horse...M6 
— lung In tug* . 'd7 
— thread In hor»". 633 
Wounds in animals healing too 
rapbby. 152 
Wvandottes . .8' I 
— eggs where to buy. 171 
— origin of ..... 647 
— sc le of points. 744 
Where to buy .136, 212. 5»l 
Yellows lu peach orchard ...13' 
Yorkshire pigs, breeder of.2H 
Cabbage, Early Wakefield.695 
— -flea, protection.226 
— on light soils ..149 
— preserving through Winter..149 
— to raise good.531 
— worm remedy.132, 5S1 
— worms, cheating.224 
Cabbages, best kinds ..223 
— best of . 105 
— splitting.226 
— to raise good.631 
Cantaloupe, Bird.755 
Cantaloupe, Colorado .343 
Carrots, varieties good.705 
Cauliflower culture.315 
Clover ahead .419 
— Crimson .432, 435 
— — hardiness of.482 
— exposure, effects.831 
— in Neb.576 
— red.547 
— — composition similar to 
cow’s milk. 401 
— seed, curing. . 560 
— — raising. ....... .560 
— — when to QO t. .560 
— silage for fattening oxen ... 531 
— clovers for pastures and hay.431 
— Mammoth and Ked .848 
Corn and butter, value of both.. 57 
— - cattle regions corn fer¬ 
tilizers In... 741 
— Angel of Midnluhi .756 
— Chester County Mammoth ..186 
— crop erlileal time w hen sm’ll.831 
— orosslng.expcrlmem lo.365 
— cultivation, fhnllow- best_Sb7 
— fodder.. . 311 
— — and brush, hauling, frame 
for. 72 
— — few ears on, best.367 
— — riding . 577 
— Golden Beauty. . 175 
— harvesting. ...788 
— plowing b’ t. lu dry weather.330 
— Prlae of the North.167 
— — — — — and Queen of 
the Prairie. .240 
— root growth In. 225 
— — system If young.482 
— seed.663 
— — keeping.629 
— — notes..576 
— — selecting .679 
— shrinkage Of...488 
— smut... .576 
— stalks for feed, value.807 
— Sweet. Black, .Mexican.846 
— - Earliest.348 
— — Thorn bum, Perry's hy¬ 
brid. 726 
— — vs, field...278 
— yellow or white.42J 
Cotton pickers..631 
— planters'... 
— worm exterminating.530 
Crop prospects in Western jn .Y.4u7 
Crops, nitrogen for, applying_661 
Diehl-Mediterranean wheat... 846 
Ul) cerlu nervatu...401 
Goober pea .42 
Grass, fertilizers for.741 
— growing in corn .4.9 
Hungarian, cultivation.348 
Johnson. 06 , 132, 210, 346 
— — a deceiver. 280 
— — at’ R. G.". 200 
— — caution about .184 
— — curse or bUsslng ..299 
— — hardy at the North. 4 
— — in Cal.278 
— — — Kansas...366 
— — — Hie South.383 
— - is not hardy.134 
— — notfor Mich..881 
— Nerved .Meadow ...».401 
— Orchard... .. 489 
— — for stock. 420 
— — the best..419 
— Pautcum an cups. 401 
— Perennial Rye.562 
— Purple awned ...401 
— KoU Top on bottom lands....631 
— seeding...............661 
— — / t all . ..631 
— Speelal Number.396 
Grasses and clover, curing, etc., 
special number.396 
— — most valuat le for hay..896 
— lor forage.363. 364 
— — pastures anu u..,.mi 
— — - most valuable for hay 
aU about.316 
Harvest number.. .— 447 
— prospecU, special number...447 
flay, spontaneous combustion. .124 
wisdom In buying.578 
Hemp crop Kelltln ky.., . 89 
Huugnrlun Grass, cultivation of.348 
Johnson Grass. 32, 240 280.346 
— — caution about . ... 184 
— — curse or blessing. ..299 
— — hardiness of.... 4 
— - 111 Cal.278 
— — — the South.888 
— — Isltharoy?. 134 
Lollum perenne.562 
Mangels, varieties for cattle... 105 
Melon Hackensack.755, 756 
— Water, of seed distribution .755 
-Mnskmclon. Hockema' k Valley756 
Novelties exaggerated prsdse of260 
Oats, Amur Triumph.55 
— best kinds. 55 
— Rlai k Tartarian . 55 
— bohemian,. 718 
— Champion....... 55 
— Clydesdale.260 
— Red Rust proof.55 
— side, why liked. 1 . 40 
— varieties of.167 
— White Australian,Belgian and 
welcome 748 
Belgian, VV. Australian and 
Welcome the same.346 
Zealand. 346 
OMbaid Grass for stock.120 
— ttie host......419 
Panto Grass...401 
Panicum dlvarleatum.401 
Pea. crossing ut "R. G.".844 
Peanut culture. 24 
Poaeompressa, season for .... 591 
Pidato, Alexander’s Extra Early 118 
— and celery furrower.72 
— beetles, remedy..432 
— blossoms injuring crop.529 
— Blush. 39 
— — yietd...203 
— Bonanza ................118 
— Carnival at K G..... 55 
— ct'. n. Importance of water toll7 
— - moisture for.. 101. 200 
— Rural's method of con 
serving moist tire...118 
— Crcatn of the Field.164 
— culture, Rural’s system...240 
— - ridiculous.866 
— Dakota Red..........102 
— Dluntha.80-1 
— Dictator .545 
earliest..832 
curly. §02 
Empire State.88,164 
— experiments .10 
at ”K G." 55,101,118.164,300,675 
_ — — — - ou oue-hoif acre, 
treuoli system, poor soil ana 
chern for. 9 
— — — — — resubs of com¬ 
plete for....,....--... ..675 
— new varieties.. 101 
— on half acre,all about ...708 
— — — — — yield, cost, etc.708 
— valuable, by t he N. Y . Ex. 
Station..... 88 
— - yield. best front seed plecesl51 
Green Mountain.101,200 
- to ground, salt on ........ ... 25 
— Guelph. 118 
— Fulton.164 
— Homo Comfort.200 
— Jack . 604 
— large, contest. 10 
_ _ — experience of those 
raising... 10 
Dakota wins. 10 
— Late Hoosler..118 
— Iznig keeping....175 
— McCormick and Late Hoosier 
the same.17E 
— Montreal.lOS 
Seeds, coniferous, planting. 171 
— from Dept of Agriculture, 
list of.. ..iG 
— of pine, spruce and hem look 12 7 
— vitality of.186 
Heeder, SI rowbrldge.. .284 
Se»dh ss fruit. .421 
Sheep at “K. F.,’’whut.333 
— cross of Shropshire on ADrlnoOfH 
— exported to England, value .4* ■ 
— keeping, cost, profit.5*1 
— manure how to use.tt',5 
-value of.. .. ...48' 
— pasture, preparing. .061 
— -raising, work ou..204 
— Shropshire* In 111, whokeeps58o 
— that ’’run'’ fttnoRO... ........681 
— ticks, remedy.460 
— to keep through lambing.125 
— with cough.56> 
Sheridan 'm Condition Powder*, 
character . 
Shlpstuff. what is ..284 
”Khoe-tiull"Jou horse’s elbow.. .600 
Shoeing causing quarter-crack.744 
Shropshire sheep, whereto buy 565 
— who breeds in Conn . asm 
Shrubs, flowering, 12 best.130 
— — half dozen.211 
— four beautiful hardy,...301 
Silk culture.352, 809 
worm egg", where to buy.212 
Silo for sugar tnunl...fiOi 
- made of two-inch plank. 285 
Skins, to tun . 212 
nlaObcTli-ig horse ,; .(Ill 
Slug eating bean leaves .250 
— shot. . 
Smut spores, killing.1.49 
Soap Ivorv. good for the toilet.538 
- la It good? .295 
Soda ruth of any value as a fer¬ 
tilizer...B84 
— in the soil, to get rid of .Ill 
Soil, “adobe ” toloosen.91 
— poor, sandy.crop to nut on... 59 
Soils, what they need, simple 
, w T ay of telling....106 
FIELD CHOPS. 
Alfalfa at Kansas ’ g’l College. 830 
a hike .694 
Amber Queen ..768 
Andropogon inacrotirus.lot 
Araehl*, around nut . 24 
Artichoke, Jerusalem .512 
Artichokes , ..— 315 
— yield.40! 
Asparagus bed. new way of 
forming.164 
Burley. Manshury.743, 772 
Beans. Lima, how to start. 815 
Beets, good . 1U5 
Bokhara Clover for hog*.515 
Cabbage and Its allies.223 
— culture.149 
— — all about.223 
— — noteB from experienced 
growers.223 
