THE RURAL NEW-YORKER, 
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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
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VOLUME XLVI.. 1887. 
ILLUSTRATIONS. 
ARBORICULTURAL. 
PAGE 
Japan walnuts.... .104 
Mosqultbeau ..733 
Prosopl* glnudulosu.783 
Scludonitya vrrtlclllata.23« 
Umbrella f ree . 286 
Walnut, English. m 
— - SCCtlOH .lit 
Walnut*. Japan.104 
Xanthoeerns sorblfolla.»■>( 
-fruit of.803 
architectural. 
Barn, an excellent.3(15 
-— basement plan.985 
— -end . ....865 
-— main floor.360 
— buildings.258 
— dairy.479 
— for corn and pigs.283 
— bandy.689 
— — second floor. 089 
-workshop. . 699 
— plan. 256 
— raising. 2*9 
— T. B. Terry .901.852 
--around plan.*20 
-plan of second story...852 
Cottage, neat. 767 
— a 9■ .vo..............852 
-flrst floor.707 
— — second —.*67 
— — side.7*7 
Dairy birn .. 479 
House at Klv.'r Edge.403 
— — — — first floor. .4‘N 
-second —.4«3 
-— — side.463 
— cheap, roomy, warm..72 
— — -- — second floor. 72 
— .small . 539 
— — flrsf floor.55(1 
— — second — .559 
— — side view.559 
BIOGRAPHICAL. 
Hoskins, T. H , Dr.501 
Sauborn, Prof. J. W.71)1 
DAIRY HUSBANDRY. 
Bam. dairy .. .479 
Dairy exhibition, New York, 
sketches at... 333 
Goat, milch.437 
Mllklug Stool.119 
DOMESTIC ECONOMY. 
Asparagus canning.899 
Basket wall ..710 
— waste paper.,..‘6!6 
Board, perforated for kettle ...519 
Book-case, homo mude.247 
Boot* and -hoes, a place for.10 
box for tioot Jack slippers, ete.-Hti 
Gypsy table . 78 
Kettle rest .519 
Kitchen table . (‘2 
Photograph holder.726 
Stocking, f citing.471 
— — font part.4,1 
Table, gypsy.78 
— kitchen .Jj2 
— leaf, to enlarge. ii 5 
etc .710 
Wood box...226 
ENTOMOLOGICAL. 
PAGE 
Agrostls scandens .809 
Anilrouomus quadriglbbus.309 
Aphis hiunuli. 401 
Apple mngsot.'37 
— plant louse.401 
— weevil. 309 
Bug-worm.592 
— — eggs.892 
-larva.592 
-male . 592 
— — perfect Insect...592 
Cutworms, climbing .309 
Deplosls nigra .837 
Elm leaf beetle .385 
Hop-plant louse.401 
Meromyza, American . 21 
Palmer worm.809 
Pear gall.837 
— pupa .. 937 
— midge.8,‘(7 
S.vrphni Elies, larvte.4"1 
Trypeta pomonella.837 
Wheat bulb worm. 21 
— stem maggot . 21 
-larvte .21 
-puparla... .21 
Ypsolophu* pouietellus.809 
FARM ECONOMY. 
Bag bolder. 59,580 
Base oven . 220 
Drug, plank .971 
Carcass, lifting device.119 
Eroding bln.609 
File r, cheap .2 ll 
Fodder clamp. 20 
— stand .#09 
Gate fastener. 56 
Grain unloading... .25H 
— - elevator. 253 
Harrow, home-made.270 
Hot water arrangement. 20 
Hay pole. 2(i4 
lee house .jH9 
Irrigation dam .220 
slope divided Into sections. ..219 
Irrigations of meadows,Illustra¬ 
tions. 219 
Kettle ring .220 
band, the spirit of the.33 
Meadows, irrigation of. Oh 
Onion hoe. • ■ ■204 
Stable floors, pounder and 
smoother for ..220 
Wagon Jack.623 
— tire, device for tightening...736 
Water system.623 
PA KM TOPICS. 
Adulteration, hydra-headed... 317 
Animal dead, Uftlug.113 
Asparagus, boiling apparatus..,400 
— bunched.8V9 
e lining .393 
— tlllln » a can.89* 
— washing. 399 
Bug holder...56, 5f0 
Hake Oven . «0 
Barn rulsmg ■ . .,2*9 
Cabbage, to pit.689 
Carcass, lining.119 
Carriage house.■ • • ..SU5 
Civilization, progress of.413 
Corn nrlli ventilator.• •*>'23 
Cultivator, Sunbeam.204 
Cyclone nozzle.198 
-sections..,,...183 
PAGE 
Engines, small,horse power of..8 4 
Farm life, disease, cartoon.. ...!09 
— pork side and vegetable 
side . 781 
Farmer master of the sllnutlim.578 
— Whai he can do.165 
— where ue should stand in pol¬ 
ities .85 
Farmers of the East anil South, 33 
Feeding bib.. 609 
Ell ter,cheap. ....22(1 
Fodder clamp . 20 
— stand .609 
Gate fastener. 58 
Grain, unloading.253 
-elevator for .253 
Grunge, dedicated to the.23S 
Hay cutter, handy.36 
— pole.204 
Hoe, onion...201 
Hot-water nrrnugement.20 
Horse power, meaning of.301 
Ice house.U9 
— floor. .. 834 
Irrigation daw.22C 
— of meadows, Illustrations ...219 
— slope divided Into sections. .219 
Kettle ring..22) 
band, the spirit of the .. .. - 33 
Maple sugar as adulterated.134 
— — — we dream of It.(33 
Meadows, Irrigation of.188 
— — — diun .1'8 
-— wiuste-wny.H'3 
Onion hoc— 204 
Parts ereen. devieu ror distri¬ 
buting .153 
Potato experiment Illustrations 
12,43 
Pump, uquapult ..1® 
— cyclone nozzle.....is* 
Silo building.431 
— cross section. .481 
— foundation ..431 
Stable Ilnur, clay, pounder for. .220 
Straw ill' ts, male lug. 1*8 
Wngonjack— 623 
tire, device for tightening... 736 
Wab-r system. .628 
Well, wall and platform.432 
FARMERS’ CLUB. 
Poultry house for 20 fowls.290 
FIELD CROPS. 
Alfalfa.591 
Barley. Ncpaul.•. >2 
Beans. Limn without poles.2"3 
l abbage to pit.689 
Celery In pit . 
— storing .;•>- 
Corn.Horr'* White.185 
— Chuuipalgii . -is 
— < humplun Wh1*e Pe-irl. 185 
— crib, cheap .at 
— f ,r Central West......185 
— beaming.J85 
— Murdock .. 186 
— Monttcello ..... ..J*! 
— Pevion’s Small Cob.185 
— Smith's mixed.185 
Lucero .-'91 
Paris-green, device for distri¬ 
buting. ... 158 
Potato, linrly Puritan. <35 
— Howard...135 
TAGE 
— experiment Illustrations ...42,43 
— New Zealand.53 
— Rural New Yorker No. 2.7-3 
-.1 .782 
— —-side.782 
-4.763 
Potatoes, storing.. 808 
TO' aeeo culture.87 
-barn for drying.87 
-furnaces fin-drying..87 
— cult lug .87 
— — knife for. 87 
— packing .1J4 
— — to press down..134 
Wheat cross bred, bearded..., .717 
— — — double Kplkelct.7)3 
-side view .7tS 
— plants.growth of.149 
FLORICULTURAL. 
Canna Ehemannil,.168 
Greenhouse . 4 
— cheap a"d convenient.593 
Hot bed, sectional...158 
Plant protector .153 
Ruses, R. N.-Y. Hybrid . 833 
— — — — — first bloom.335 
Waterfall.485 
GARDEN. 
Beans, Lima without poles.203 
Celery arranged In pit.752 
— storing.752 
HERDSMAN. 
Ayrshire steer. .......605 
Bull, device for holding....819 
— Guernsey.349 
— Highland...6*7 
— Holstein.397 
— staff .558 
Cattle. Devon ..69 
— grade group.817 
— Kerry . 277 
Cow. Devon. 517 
— Hereford.285 
— Holstein.429 
— Kerry . 25 
— stable, floor of.84 
— two-headed.384 
Devon cattle... 69 
— cow.517 
Guernsey bull, Wonder of tlie 
world .349 
Hereford cow..285 
— tnrce quarler steer.749 
Highland bull.687 
Holstein bull.391 
— CoW. 429 
■ grade steer.6r,>.) 
— steer . 669 
Kerry cattle. .....277 
— cow .25 
Steer, three-quarter Hereford .749 
UOIISKMAN. 
Bit for a horse.102 
Canadian stallion...269 
Burros, Mexican.357 
Mule.477 
Perchoron stallion.117 
Stallion. Canadian, Orkney.269 
— Perchoron.117 
— Khtre . 225 
— Thoroughbred....,.193 
PAGE 
— Yorkshire Coaching.825 
Mexlcau Burros..357 
HORTICULTURAL. 
Cyclone nozzle .542 
Greenhouse, cheap anl conven¬ 
ient.593 
Hot-bed, sectional .153 
Hot beds, mats for making.138 
Insects climbing, protection 
ngul- st . 253 
Mat®, straw, ror hot beds.189 
Nozzie, cyclone.542 
Plant proieelor... .. 153 
Potting strawberry plant*. '.hi 
Quince, Japan and pear, hybrltl.633 
Raspberry, chance seedling—621 
— Golden Qu- eu.,622 
Spraying nozzles.542 
Strawberry.Alley No. 4......... til 
— Belmont.493 
-single berry .498 
— Crimson Cluster. 461 
— D-vl*.589 
— Jessie .6S9.5W) 
— plants, potting . ......ssi 
— Truitt. 589 
INDUSTRIAL IMPLEMENTS. 
Oul ttvator.Sunbeam.20t 
Drag, plank . : .271 
Harrow, home-made.2?o 
Hay press. Improved.699 
Hoe, onion.294 
INDUSTRIAL TOPICS. 
Asparagus,canning.899 
Dairy exhibition, N. Y..,838 
MISCELLANEOUS. 
Adulteration hydra-beaded_817 
Civilization, progress of.4)3 
Farmer In politics. 165 
— Mastered the sltuatlou.573 
Farms, »urrroundlugs, cartoon .509 
Fruit, stolen, to reduce the 
quantltv. 1C8 
Goliath and David, modern.687 
Grange, dedicated to the.233 
New Year, the. 1 
Springtime.241 
NATURALIST. 
Dog, St. Bernurd.557 
POMOLOGICAL. 
Apple Lord Suilleld.685 
— - section .685 
— trunk blight, board screen 
for . h 
— Yellow transparent.Ail 
Fruit tree eases.72 
Grafting, crown, the Rural'S 
method.23| 
Pfaeh. Crnwrord’s late.705 
— trees, training...405 
— Wonderful.. 19 
Peer and Japan quince, hybrid.688 
— Horace Greeley .. 3 
-section.3 
— Iduho. ...721 
-section.721 
— W.lder . .801 
-section.804 
PAGE 
Persimmon, among.672 
— Costata.*.672 
— Goshlyo Gakl.672 
— Haehfya .672 
— liiyakume.....672 
— — apex . 672 
— Kun koine.672 
— Mazelli.(>72 
— Minokukl.672 
— Okame. 672 
— KoTsuru. 672 
— Zengu. .672 
Tarred felt around fruit trees . 72 
Tree with tarred felt around... 72 
POULTRY YARD. 
Blaek Mlnorcas.141 
-- Spanish ben.720 
Brooders, method of heating_801 
Catching net,. 2-55 
Chicken coop . 217,255 
Chicks, feeding, pens for..,. 102 
Coop, Chicken.*217,255 
Dorking*, White. 351 
Ducks, Pekin.101 
Egg account. . .286 
Feed pens for chicks.102 
trough, hanging...35 
front . 85 
Feeder for young chicks.71 
Feeding box.152 
Hatching house, English.549 
Henhouse ventilator.56.86 
Iloudan hen.496 
Incubator, home-made.850,851 
— — — eggilrawer.851 
-seel Ion.. 851 
Neb for catching poultry.255 
.Minorca*.Black.141 
Pekin duck*.101 
Plymouth Rock, Pea-coin bod... .849 
— — Sweepstakes..7i >3 
— Rock* .217 
Poultry farm, Howe.301 
Ventilator for hen-house, per¬ 
fect .56.86 
Water dish.152 
— supply In cold weather...85 
SHEEP HUSBANDRY. 
Cheviot ram.367 
Dor*el horimd ram. 469 
Hampshire Down sheep.765, 853 
Ram .Cheviot. 367 
— Dorset homed.469 
— Suffolk. 71 
Shropsht-e ewe and lamb.53 
Suffolk rnm.71 
SWINE ItICKD, 
Box for holding hogs.367 
Building for hogs and corn.188 
Feeding device for. 71 
Hog (ceding, failure . 17 
— sneer** . 17 
Polann-Chlnn hog. 385 
Kinging a pig. box for holding..367 
Trough, door closed.152 
-raised. 152 
VINEYARD. 
Alice .36 
Climax ..705 
Gr pe, monstrous.512 
Grapery, cold .104 
— — dimensions.104 
Jewel.607 
PRACTICAL DEPARTMENT. 
APIARIAN. 
Apiarian exhibits at fairs.496 
Bee keepers’ Society.825, 835 
Bees eating grapes.389 
— no cause to rear.851 
Brood, fottl .. .....835 
Comb foundation.....935 
Feeding bees, how...624 
— for Winter.024 
Honey. best substitute for.624 
— romband extracted —.625 
— crop of 1887. 5M 
— extracted. 70 
— In old combs.825 
— market...607 
— prices going up.558 
Stings, avoiding. 897 
ARBORICULTURAL. 
Abies Canadeuls not correct 
name.611 
— or Ptecn ?.272 
Acer giunala. 2 
Alder. blae«.272 
Alihan* Due deBrabant .... 201 
— Variegated leaved.102 
Almond, flowering...... 2 
Almonds double (lowering.201 
Ainvgdiilu* Slherlca.. 2 
Arbor-vlt*S Peabody’s Golden 272 
Balsam Fir ..369 
— — a pica for......386 
-trees better than the.Soi 
Beech. Purple leaved.451 
Belulaalba lactnlata. 2 
— — verrucosa . * 
Catalpa Blgnouloldes. ..491 
Cercldlphylinm Japouleum.494 
Chestnut, Japan, the Giant.358 
Chestnut*. American. •■78tt 
— Japan....i’j, 90,S02,8W 
_ not us good as our native . 90 
Chlonanihus Vlrglnlca.242 
Corn us Slherlca.. 2J2 
CypTtJifl, Japan, Gulden-plume. ,4J2 
Cy tints eauUatus. 2 
Dogwood, lied Siberian..........272 
— weeping . ™ 
Elder, Golden.494 
Euonymun uaua . 2 
Evergreen controversy.4t6 
Evergreens, leaders In.494 
— Rural’s list . '24'. 
— to take tUe place of the Nor¬ 
way spriico. ••*?** 
Filbert*... ..188, 170, 272 
Fir, Balaam . 8U 
Grounds, ornamental, laying 
out.*.258 
Hazel nut....201 
Bfldge plants... 4W 
Hickory plantation. 39 
— shell bark. 86 
— trees, grafting.643 
Japan chestnuts.19. 90, 2)12, 353 
— — the Giant.353 
— Walnut.101 
June berry, dwarf.701 
Labe), tree, best.787 
Lurch. Western. 4»l 
Lnrlx ooeldentails.491 
lg»wn trues.758 
Lilac, pendulous.1'23 
Lilac*, new.274 
I/Ocu*t, general plan ting of...... W) 
Maple, Red . 90 
— Rock or Sugar.J*0 
Mesqult bean ..783 
Norwav spruce.387 
Norway spruce, n plea for 336,369,6'27 
— — better than the.301 
— — good word for.499 
-In favor of.... 518 
-substitutes for.304 
Sut-bearlug trees, tranaplaut- 
lug . 
Nut culture..146 
— - Northern .36 
— growing becoming pnpti’nr .. 90 
— trees for the lilgb way.('<42 
Oak While, value of.'258 
Osage orauge not desirable for 
posts . 886 
Pecan nut, not hardy......389 
Pecans .36,90 
— in New Jersey ..139 
PhlladtdphuBKcabra. ... 2 
PlHR Dwarf White.272 
Plceaexealsa var. monstroBu .491 
— pungeu*..804,494 
Pipe, Scotch. • 
— Umbrella.....272.243 
— White.287 
-on L. 1.804 
— Purple...........201 
Plnus ltorlensls.491 
Populusalba nivea. 2 
— Bolloana . 2 
Prlnos verllclllatus.272 
Prosopti glandulosa. ... .733 
Pruning tree...,...202 
Prunus I'issardll.....114,201,272 
Eym* snllnifolla. 2 
RntlBlspora plumosa aureu.272 
Rhododendron gratulttlorum. .M>7 
Rose of Sharon... .102,201 
Xallx lain Ifolla giobusa. 2 
— NapolrOnls .. '2 
Seladopltys vertlelllata.213 
Shrubs and vines, winter pro¬ 
tection. 821 
— deciduous, Rural’s list.242 
— flowering. 2<il 
Ppiriptvs..,.,. 2 
— good kinds .. 
— Van Houtii. 
Spruce, Blue.*d-49j 
— Douglas.804 
— Himalayan... 
— Nord matin's.- •• • * 
— Norway. 272,36?,3 47.62.,7Uj 
— Ortcntul ......2.2 
— Tiger tall .■.TJ4 
Spruces, Norway, In favor of—518 
_ west of the Missouri.4lt. 
Syrlnga Japoulea .274 
— vlllosa .4.4 
Tamarlx Amurensis ... .. 2 
Transplanting It) late Summer. ,.jP> 
Tree label . |8< 
. - notes from Dosorls. 
! Tree* 1 "ail'd shrubs, not well 
known .. 
— deciduous Rural's list,.342 
— for limiting In villages.2.7S 
nut. for the highway.M2 
'-raising .. 563 
— - transplanting......613 
' — planting, holes for. (3 
; _ sh nib* and vines. Rural's list 242 
Tulip tree, va. 
Umbrella pi no .‘4-> 
Vines, Rural’s list.....243 
Virginia fringe •. JJI 
Walnut, English hardluoss of...339 
Walnut, Japan .104 
Walnut*, English .167 
Welgplas, good. 201 
XunthocerosaorbUolla272,381,494.500 
ARCHITECTURE. 
Barn, an excellent.865 
— buildings...... . 216 
— Mr. r,V r'offy*» '........V..sliV,iiioissi 
— small, handy .... ... .659 
Chimneys, proper cons ruction ^ 
— mistakes In building. .... 23 
Cottage, A §1,600.[E2 
— first ntory...8.’2 
— second story...-.652 
— *lde view .852 
— convenient,,....560 
— neat. '61 
nou ’e at River KJge.463 
cheap, roomy.warm. . 72 
Stable and carriage-house.8o5 
BIOGRAPHICAL. 
Hoskins, T. H , M. D.501 
Sanborn, Prof. J. W.iUl 
Wilder, Hon. Marshall P......... II 
DAIRY HUSBANDRY. 
Assaying" milk. 414 
yrshlres at dairy show.366 
alrv show, prize-winners at....363 
rtne for salting butter.286 
utter adulterations .514 
bogus >u Guernsey. .4(>3 
brine and dry salting.512 
Balled. ■ • - 
colors ......825,871 
exhibits,... .84 
farm, raise the grade.691 
frauds . 3“’2 
globule theory.222,269,850 
good, make a market for.4v9 
Holstein.. 644 
How Mr Burnet makes...9.19 
— prize Is made. 365 
made by the Cooley system..941 
— from silage. 739 
making, cleanliness III...670 
- competitions.. .... iu 
— fashion < In .*80 
— honest dealings «nd In, 
prove men l* ..339 
milk exiractor.-.86 
package, favorite.311 
poor, blunted 'ante ..... .670 
prints slid pnckugeB.325 
prize, how made.365 
wall for . (825 
Baiting with brine . ..34*1 
sliou'd be classed accordtng_ 
to It* quality . 705 
status of Imitation .892 
tests. Canudlau...706 
water-free.. ...f 63 
workers.325,841 
yellow, made from sllnge.. ..481 
yields. Increasing ... ..... ..»'5 
atterlnc..,. .. 
hedrinr cheese of the world ...136 
lie. bc adulteration . . 281 
American. Imports .........354 
Cheddar, or the world.136 
cream..... ..818 
curing... 
exhibits . 
good...286 
mnkinz, hints on ..47S 
In Manitoba,,,.. 
— systems of.254 
Noufehutel ... ..318 
asTSSciisi:'.'.'.'.:: r.r.® 
small, for ramlly con*utiip 
tlon .254,318 
— per Cent, of waste.707 
heeses. blue-veined.318 
hum, American Wonder Mach¬ 
ine, ..898 
— oil-test. 402 
Churns.841 
Coloring, Annatto. bush.430 
Cows noi milked before oxnlb- 
ltod.823 
Cream, sir In..350 
— machine-separated...414 
— raising at the dairy show ....825 
— — temparaturc —.206 
-utcusUs.341 
— ripening.274,818 
— separator ... 86 
— setting , 573 
— several skimming*, loss.39 
witches in the...850 
Creameries or crocks ...........668 
Creamers forever .398 
Creamery cream gathering.MM) 
— starting . 699 
Dairy barn . ....178 
bruins always needed tu the. 86 
— cow, coming. .'"'2 
— — size of. ...,....,499 
-the best n business cow. ..5471 
— cows, feed for .190 
— from a national standpoint. .782 
— lierd, building up and mating 
lug. 518 
— Implements ..311 
— Interest*..788, M'lg 
— milk, profitable...187 
— Mr. Burnet's.833 
— notes .246 
— - from England .. sii 
— prices. EnglNh.322 
-It, sew York .318 
— prnduetM, value Of ..296 
— schools In Gl Britain. 269 
— show. International In Italy .302 
— — notes .... .325,311 
-things to be learnod.......841 
Texas . 286 
— utensils, soap not used for 
washing. 303 
Dairying, cooperative, ad vat.- 
tHgCSOf . 53 
fallacies .. . 
— new terms in... .318 
— success In..........670 
- winter... 85 
Dairymen’* Association Vt.l.W 
Feeding for milk und butter... .4*3 
Frauds, butter.392 
Gout, milch..437 
Hot-weather hint*.458,463 
Jerseys on farmers'feed.54 
Koumls*. 499 
— doe* not lead to Intemper¬ 
ance.4|t 
— leads io Intemperance.39b 
Margarine uud but ferine.606 
Milch cow,meat rutlon given to 851 
— cows, no cotton seed for ...,408 
Milker, careless. 59 
Milker*, heavy, feed well.451 
Milking places, unclean.4(73 
— stool .... 119,576 
Milk absorbing bad odoi *.sos 
— and tuberculosis.414 
— anlmnl odor .... .8*0 
— dairy profitable.1S7 
feeding lor.433 
— for cheese making, valuoof..866 
— from furrow-cows...370 
beating 384 
— higher prices for .-.342 
— how It Is spoiled...318 
— oil testing, rold fuels.538 
— production, ousDnge in.621 
- uuantlty to make I Ih. of 
cheese. . 563 
— records, lorge.467 
— sickness . 392 
things, olean.463 
— temperature In setting.350 
— tester centrifugal. 54 36 
Oil-text churn.4o - 2 
Oleomargarine..788 
against.Bit 
— France against fraud In.253 
— frniiil. 25 
(n England. BOB 
— law . 84 
— Prof. At water on.4i8 
— tax. .563 
— . omplulnt.186 
Pastures, short feed In.453 
Prize winner* at dairy shows.. .365 
Rennet, faulty preparation.45t 
Suit, rarboimte of lime found in (ill 
for cows ^ .158 
— fore gn, in the dairy .802 
— free for the dairy.286 
— good dairy. 626 
— or no salt for cow*.670 
Sailing butte, with brine .V86 
Suits American and English. 
Com analyses . . .851 
Silage, milk produced from. 59 
Teal* leakv. rubber hand for ...707 
Test cullers at N.Y. dairy show-, 
anal.) sc* of .383 
Water, "stagnant.. .458 
wurmra for milch cows.371 
Whey, sweet.414 
DOMESTIC ECONOMY. 
Ammonia, use In cleuulng.310 
Apple hedge hog...843 
— sauce and cream. ....195 
Apples, fried.311 
Apricots with rice.508 
Aprons, ..667 
