THE BUBAL MIW-YQM1B. 
ST7 
Artichokes, Jerusalem, cooked 
In many ways.94 
Baking-powder, use of .6i9 
Baby's dress.3i3 
Banana cream. ... .:_M9 
B 'lianas an<l oranges.lid 
Baikal, waste paper.826 
Beans. Boston naked. .311, 159 
B (I bug remedy.24*1 
B'ds, (outlie h, to suu.859 
BOOT t i r I m •.JT5 
—, cold b died, to uie.M9 
— cotlopa .. 278 
Beefsteak, how to cook.,11!# 
Biscuit# . ...79 
- devi’eil. 695 
Blackberries, pickled.. #15 
Bear I, perforated for kettle_519 
Book-case. liouiu-uitule...24? 
Books, Instructive.327 
Boots and shoos, place for... .10,910 
— Impervious to water...27 
Bottles, to clean .811 
Box for boots and shoos.310 
B alii cut It it-. «3 
Brea 1 butter.015 
— brown.811, 7.59, 820 
— brown, Boston.811,759,826 
— corn .195, 508 
— good . l!M 
— Graham .831 
— how to secure good.551 
— muklng .,,.159 
— — an appeal.127 
Breakfast, amateur cooking 
club. 128 
Bronze,to make look old.311 
Burns, remedy.171 
Butter making . 533,599 
— — Bueees nil,.3(<3 
— onion, my. !M 
— ranch!, to restore.pi 
— saltpeter used In.,775 
Cake caramel. 195 
— — layer.Ul 
— Christmas. 11 
— chocolate.95, 193 89 . Til 
— coeoanut .... 107 
— corn starch.22i 
— cgus for...599 
— french loaf.227 
— fruit .508 
- plain .327 
— golden..227 
— hickory-nut layer.891 
— hlfaluttn ... ..95 
— jelly roll...,.,.,551 
— layer... 5fd 
— Illy. 391 
— loaf .Ill 
— lunch.695.828 
— orange.227 
— pork... 227 
— plum.II 
— raised raisin .828 
— ribbon. 391 
— silver .,227 
— (mow Make...7U 
— Bpougo.227,711 
— tins.489 
— vanity .827 
— Washington. 808 
— whipped.711 
— white .407,711 
Cuke*. soda Jelly.. 79 
— surprise. 567 
— tea. 79 
Canadian housekeeping.47 
Canny pull, rural.....453 
Canning fruits.5,33 
— trouble. i n 
Carpel rag.82 
— tnat will not show dust.810 
Carpets, moth-infested.21 1 
Carving . .... 179,405 
Carvluz a useful accomplish¬ 
ment .10] 
Catsup, tomato. iT 
Celery, croquettes..to 
— salad . 795 
— slaw..II 
— stewed with gravy.95 
i" i-'M'k .. ..7 
Cement for floor scams.311 
Chair, fancy ..318 
Cleaning, sprlug. . .. 326 
Cheese, cream as made at 
' 1 -' hum Kftl III.II 
Cheese turnovers.63 
Chicken braised . 
— braised with polenta.455 
— fri 'asset) of.<7 
Children, lies told to...91 
— moral education of. 94 
— ubedleuee....47 J 
Chilblains.112 
Chocolate caramels...455 
— cream drops. 450 
Cholera morbus remedy.891 
Chowder, dam .US 
Christmas gilts .679 
— — inexpensive ......859 
— suggestions.310,648 
— souvenirs.959 
— Mi. U 
Cltron preserves. .HI 1,538 
Cleaning fluid,..867 
Cod Dali steaks.727 
Cod’s head with clam sauce.727 
Coffee cream..,,.,.379 
.713 
Complexion recipe, German.... ,311 
Cook book,my.273 
Cooker, Arnold automatic.743 
Cookery for the sick...615 
Cookies, cream. 79 
— goial...• .599 
— Julia’s ... 79 
— that will keep.827 
Cooklng.plaluer needed.599 
Corn, baked..767 
— bread . 195,327 
-fur dyspeptics...227 
— green, cooking.599 
— sweet for win.or.679 
Country notes .3-2 
Crab ap‘des, pickled . 615 
Cracker pap.615 
Crackers, lemon.775 
— milk.. 171 
Cream, banana.519 
— coffee.S59 
— puffs ..27 
— using instead of butter...326 
Crocbe' edging..224 
Croquettes, celery.95 
— or *w»-ot. breads. 126 
Croton bugs . .195 
Crumpets.....127 
Cucu nilier pickles.567,SIS 
Cuisine of a California ranch 
.I79.2l0.32fi 
Cmtards, chocolate.319 
Dining room, care .339 
Dinner lit.1 of fare .11(1 
— company, that.....688 
— my company.....308 
— of scrap* .43s 
Dinners without meat.348 
Drink, a cool . ..263 
Dried trulls.5S3 
Duck, roast wild .....47 
Dumpling*, apple . 95 
Ear, discharge from the. 79 
Egg,dropped . ..618 
— plek'ed .631 
— preserving ...722 
Embroidery silk..188 
Ear oar#’ wives concerning..246 262 
Fnahlon*. .... .fist 
Feathers, changing.297 
Fell.m cure ..211,279 
Fern press... 423 
Figs, peach .811 
Fish, now to cook. 727 
iin.-a trout .108 
Floor# cleaning .848 
Food .practical suggestions.'279 
Food*, value of.391 
Frltf- rs. drv bread.193 
Frosting ‘.139 
Fruit, cuntilug.3S| 
— driers, cheap. 23 
— Jar troij, ie .331 
Frldts, canning.sat 
— dried. 583 
Fritter*, oyste r plant..1P> 
Furniture polish. 695 
Gelatine from pigs’feet.775 
Gingerbread. .4 '7,326 
— farmers’.631 
— Mary O s. 711 
Ginger snaps. 79,713 
Glass, to cut.311 
Glue.79 
Grapes spiced.631 
Greens, purslane.471 
uriddle-eakes rice.Ill 
llama, to cure.843 
Hand bug, pretty.423 
Hands, for chapped.79 
— t” king care of the. ..79 
fare stewed. .794 
Elo slaw .95 
H u to trim.827 
Holder#. 148 
Home grounds make beautiful. ,273 
Homestead, concerning the.502 
Horse radish sauce...743 
House meaning.31(1 
suggestions.407 
Housekeeping in Canada ... ... .47 
-New England. Sfl 
— without a pantry.... ..62 
Icecream, tuspborry.. .51(1 
— give to babies...519 
Ink, tu KtOQTS . 4-7 
Insanity among farmers’ wives 
ami daughters.278 
Johnny rake.615 
.tumbles .. ,...551 
KeroseDe In the kitchen .455 
-washing.......211 
Ketchup, cucumber.587 
— tomiim.567 
Kettle, mending. 270 
rest. 
K'dneys, curried. .695 
Kitchen dowers. 263 
— model.46 
Knit lace.295 
Labor, how shill we lighten?.. .159 
Lace, knit.. .. ....295 
Lambrequin. 359 
Lamp wicks, care.11 
Lamps, care of .158 
Laro, soda and lye for. .79 
la. .. 27 
Laundry not ‘S.455 
Leather < tching.313 
Lentils, boiled.343 
Liniment, magic. to 
Liver, calf's, baked.487 
Lobster, curried.63 
Luncheon for school children. .826 
Macaroni.79,439 
— mtlause..813 
— suhs* Mure for.4o7 
Mackerel boiled .439 
Mackerel broiled. ill 
Mangoe#.... . 47 
Marmalade of oranges auil lem- 
kns. 
.Meat, cheap, to conk.ill 
— hints, economical.. 423 
— potted... ....153 
Meats, boiling.4*7 
Mucilage to make.Hit 
Muffins, breakfast.327 
— tea. 743 
Muttou Cliops. to cook.278 
Mustard pi klrs.391 
Mutton to boll a leg.l’.O 
Neck wear.. .:-yti 
Newspaper pocket.127 
.Neuralgia remedy'.775 
Night-light.311 
Umelet, asparagus...433 
— oyster.679 
— peas. . 5u3 
Onions, baked.327 
— Bermuda... 95 
H panteh.321 
— stuffed.327 
— with tomato sauce.11 
• Grangts, crvstallzoi.943 
Oyster omelet.fii9 
— pates.679 
— plant fritters.326 
Oys'ers broiled.679 
frleq. 619 
— fritters. b79 
— punned. 679 
-- pickled.679 
— roost. 27 
— sea loped.27,'’79 
— sttw. 679 
Pancakes, Graham.79 
Paper roses.1?7 
Parents, duty of.126 
Parlor, a plea for the.551 
Pa sley vinegar .Ml 
Party, folks old...663 
PbStr Hi p.167 
Pens, cooking to retain their 
color . m 
Peach tigs.8u 
Photograph bolder .. .726 
Pic kle for beef and park.775 
Pickle green tomato.743 
— ripe tomato.631,711 
Pickled blackberries.fils 
crab apples....615 
Pickle# . 599 
encumber.567,613 
— mixed . ...47 
— mustard. 391 
— tomato, ripe.881,711 
— wild grape.47 
Pie apple, frosted.S27 
— banana .519 
— cracker.>2? 
— cream..711 
— eru.t .439 
-shortened with chicken 
oil.88! 
— Juice to prevent ruhnlngout.711 
— lemon.iu7,5.'>i,?ll.8’9 
— maple-sugar. -43 
pot, veal. 
— pumpkin.n 
— strawberry.391 
Pies.apricot .,.,,...47 
B'anket, washing..295 
Plush, lo restore. 27 
Pollteucss, true. ....78 
Porgles, fried . 566 
Pork fri iters. 663 
— pickle for. 775 
-- salt, baked.,....,..........178 
Portieres silk..78 
Potato chips.495 
— salad.. 775 
Potatoes.210 
i — a Li Provence . 278 
— new way to cook. .278 
— Ohl, how to cook.661 
— stuffed. 37 
— to cook . t >y 
— various ways of cooking.... 811 
Preserve of oranges and lemons 423 
Preserve, citron.. .sit 
Pudding. Citron .859 
— Christmas.859 
■ ■ : e. 
I — fruit..4U7 
Gel loan . . .-1 
— marmalade. SH 
— orange. tii 
— potatoes with herring.313 
— prune with lemon suu e.279 
— Queen Stab's.,...47 
- rice, ground. 531 
— Bgiiee .. i 
— non. $4g 
— suet, very light.813 
— tapioca. 327 
pearl..fl 
— wheat-bran.227 
Pun*, cream. 195 
Quail pie. 795 
— roast .47 
Quinces, to preserve.551 
K 'g carpel making. .SVhi 
Hags what can lie done,...... . 62 
Klee, how to cook .727 
— s teamed .22i 
— with lemc.n,....5s7 
Rusk dainty.273 
Hugs .62 
Salad of celery. .. ..795 
— cabbage.>'43 
— potato.263,775 
turkey. 47 
.. toast.,.126 
— trout .503 
Salsify, bow to cook...79 
Salt, its uses.279 
Sauce, horse radish .743 
Sausage for summer use..31 1 
how toeook. 210 
— to keep In summer. 95 
scalds, remedy.27 
Screen, home-made. 519 
Sea bass .727 
Servant girl heard from.631 
— question.711,726,739,811,827 
.273 
.62 
..795 
.>43 
.263,775 
.47 
.126 
.503 
..79 
. .879 
.743 
Shoe bag.1*9 
Short cake peaeli.110 
1 — — strawberry.391 
Silk, black, cleaning.471 
Skins, how to dress.211 
| — to t an. 295 
Soda, use of.679 
Soup, artichoke.359 
— nean,hakert.. *..,,,..210 
— eonHommea la n’Orsay.r> 6 fi 
— cream of carrots.439 
— cream of cauliflower.503 
— good.. ... 227 
— ox-tall . 711 
— split pea . 110 
Sp ice, our way to economize....143 
Sprains, bruise#, etc., remedy-. .391 
Squirrel-, flying.27 
Starch, brllliAnt.311 
Star lace.295 
Stationery, pocket for..158 
Steps to save.407 
Stockings, footing.743,471 
Strawberries, bottled.391 
— bow to eat.428 
Summer, one_439,4*4 487,567,614, 
. .,..663.691 
Supr-er dishes . #8 
Sweetbread#, croquettes of.126 
Table, gypsy . 78 
— kltcneu..62 
— leaf, howto enlarge.774 
— scarf.. ..lit 
— selling.375 
Taploea. pearl.47 
Tartlets, plum custard.47 
Tea drinking.11 
Teeth, care of... 62 
Thanksgiving on the Pacific 
slope... .,.794 
Thoroughwort as a tonic.519 
Throat, poultice for.,.. .79 
— sore. .79 
Tidy »carf.79 
Tin#, to solder...811 
Toast, snlmon.126 
Toilet convenience.375 
Tomato ketchup. 587 
— pickle. 631,711 
Tomatoes and beef.91 
— baked .... 95 
— dried lb sugar.583 
— fresh In Dec. 11 
— f led.727 
Toothache remedy.27 
Trainlngneeded.663 
Turkey .roast.27 
— toeook. 11 
Turnips In gravy,.....727 
Turnovers, Swiss . ill 
Wall pocket. 859,7.U 
Washing, kerosene In washing..211 
Wuter-closet... 68 ’ 
Winter, one-10,63,111,142,178 2UI 
Woman, a wise . .. .519 
Woman’s work, monotony of., til 
Wood box. . .226 
Woolens, washing.311 
Veal a la Fermlere. .56fi 
— pot-pie. 487 
Velvet, to restore. 27 
Vinegar, parsley .631 
Vomiting, to stop.263 
EDITORIAL. 
Abies Aleoeqnlana. 240 
— Morluda. 192 
— Plehta .210 
— Pungens.401 
Aetlnldla polygnnm.40 192 
Adulteration, hydra beaded ...324 
Agricultural College of Cal.809 
— colleges.. . 5ui 
— Interests of thlsconniry.s.'4 
1 .> I 
— pre-s, to the.24 
— Science,a new magazine.92 
— Society, N. Y., Mr. Woodward 
Secretary of - .- 108 
-Secretary.956 
-— — Secretary of ....692 
Agriculture,N.Y. State uoard of. 24 
Alder, Imperial Cut lcavid.156 
Vll.ill ' n> a forage ;rop. 
Anarchist - of ' 6 >caao. . . 772 
Animals, false registry of.292 
Anthrax lu man .5 6 
Apple#, freezing to keep .. * > 
— from Western N. Y.721 
-\rbor Daj -. 2 2 
Arsenic eating women.Hbi 
Barrets paper pulp .241 
Beans, B.wnx nnd Valentine sent 
ou< from Washington. «o 
I — I.Uuh, large crop.308 
Beef Cottle, low-priced.772 
— low prices.58)» 
pool an nngetnent . 628 
Beer consumed lu N Y . 6 
— none at S. Y. State fair.4 >i 
Beetles, Griped..372 
Bel ows, spraying.1/2 
Bl-eti. Blood .. 2iu 
Birds, distraction of the.I2'i 
Blaekberrvand raspberry eross.fi.’l 
— Early Harvest. ... 108 ,lo 8 , 6'2 
— Sea Island.t(8 
Blackberries at U. G.8lri 
Black Java cab let . .372 
Brock Hill. .lift 
Rubaeb to keep fifes away.404 
Butter dealers, bogus .292 
Butter making contests.4" 
— prlxe.,.372 
Cabbage economy.no 
Cabinet officer, new. no 
al(, a negli eti-d animal. 7tu 
| — rearing, milk, to utilize.>24 
Calves, dehorning.....356 
Canadian commerce .76 
; Canal. Union, convention.#16 
Candy, adulteration of . ...... 224 
Canada, our commercial rela¬ 
tions with .436 
— trouble. ..156 
Capital punishment, change In.224 
catalogue notices . tu 
Cats . .172 
— Injuring trees .92 
Cattle breed for best quality c f 
beef . 721 
fever. Texas.tut 
— Jersey, easily frightened.376 
— losses exaggerated.868 
— plague, war against.3H> 
— quarantined..til 
— trail. Texas,and of. s-n 
— Trust, American... .310 
-Co ,. , . 
Cafulpas. hardy.436 
Celery, preserving.721 
— protecting.GO 
Rural's method of keeping...772 
Cellars dampness In. to avol 1 . ..v.is 
leretoiphylmm Jliponlruiu .. 276 
Chemical rortdlrers, doe« It pay 
farmers lo Use. .: j os 
Chestnut, Japan. Giant .........121 
-no variety fixed . 192 
-seedlings .124 
Chickens at R G.821,872 
new breed*. 516 
— Patagonian...436 
Cigars cheap . ...372 
City wages, what are.li > 
farmers to u*t>. 90 s 
Chestnut, Japan. Giant ....,.,..121 
-no variety fixed . 192 
-seedlings .124 
Chickens at R G.824.312 
h'-w breeds . .516 
— t'aingnnlun.. ..436 
Cigar* cheap . .. .372 
City wages, what are.b * 
Clover, white, not for lawns... -ivj 
t ock half the Mock.156 
Coddling moth. Paris-green for.224 
College. Peuu State . 856 
Commerce Mil, Inb-r-vtate .. ..92 
Commercial relations with Can 
a a. •56 
Con-umptlvrs,hope for .,, .210 
Copperas as a fertilizer .42u 
Corn. Braid tan Flour,advertl*rd. tin 
— crop, next year'* llr»t prepar¬ 
ation.772 
— cultivation on L. I 
— mil'lire, level, what the Ru¬ 
ral does claim .388 
— experiment with nitrate of 
soda . 868 
— foil ter. chopped. 596 
— having gr- cn husks.5td 
— hilling and fiat culture, ex 
perlm-nt... .....140 
— hot, trade.> M 
— Improved .456 
— In drills Instead of In hills... his 
— Kaffir.-120,484,148,596 
— Midnight. 60 
— on the Rural Farm.500 
— pedigree sweet. .324.152 
— planting. Rural’s method... 324 
— plant*, transplanting.140 
-white...436 
— Pond small kernels.60,76 
— Rural Thoroughbred flint... 84(1 
- seed,dried at a high temp_240 
— — preserving... .2 8 
-selecting... .. 628 
— stalks, cut .692 
— sw.et, early, nitrate of soda 
tor ... . I0S 
— — planting April 12th .309 
plot with excess of nitro¬ 
gen .. 4 44 
— Teoslnte. 772 
— thrashing.84u 
— too many eurs to a stalk..6'2 
— trial.224 
Cornua Florida. .388 
Cot ton corner, collapse. 500 
— oil Trust Co.124 
— seed, fair prices for.612 
Country, naif holiday in the_438 
Cows, rye for. 324 
Cream,Imported Caaadlau,dutyfit4 
Crip reports, latest. 518 
Crops outlook for.452 
Currant. Victoria.692 
I — worms, hellebore for.356 
Cutworm#.972 
Cypress, Lawson’s...156 
Dahlia# from .... 70$ 
! Dairy and cattle show.2 4 
1 - belt.824 
— contests, public. .548 
— school Houghton Farm..708,740 
— show, April . 156 
-In N. Y. City.124 
Daphne Cncorum ..240 
Debt, curse of agriculture..109 
Decoration Day.34<> 
Dewberry,Luer tia, reports of.708 
Doctor, toe family.6.'8 
Dog, the hull. .-.309 
Dogs, collie.516 
— kill the. 40 
Dogwood, White-flowering.388 
Dorkings, Sliver Gray at " R G.”372 
Dorset sheet).. . 623 
Duck. Pekin, eating potato beet 
les.. 1.10 
Egg production .856 
— records at poultry shows.,. 21 
— within an egg. 70 s 
Eggs....692 
— by th e pound.628 
-weight .-30 
— Patagonian —. 564 
— White Leghorn, bring high 
price . 124 
Rims In Plymouth, Mass.404 
Emigrants, what to do with....124 
English sparrow, Inirodu lion 
of.108 
Evergreens, three, to plant. 5f4 
— transplanting, time.140 
Experimental Station, N Y.192 
Experimentation plot,eondeinn- 
Ing.156 
Experiments of Lawes and Gil¬ 
bert . lo 
Exports to Europe.324 
Fair, State.permnuent location,414 
Fairs and the Rural ... ....599 
— novelties at . mo 
1 Family doctor.629 
Farmers and the canals..43! 
— Congress. .. 60 
— institute, N. Y.B56 
— Institutes .724 
— — appropriation for. 1!)2 
— — ro make popular.174 
— marketing their own produce 24 
— of South Carolina.T56 
— Western. Indcbt-dncss of .. 249 
Farm experimental In connec¬ 
tion wt'h the press.74 
— life, picture of. cartoon .. ..516 
— — two sides to .7^8 
1 — loans.exorbltant inte*est on. 56-1 
Feeding straw and corn fodder.596 
Koneps, wtrp, to legalize the use 
of.. 192 
Fertilizer a spoonful In a hill .,2t0 
I — experiment, simple.172 
— fraudulent. . 924 
— liow much profitably used...HR 
— in the bill . 356 
Fertilizers, chemical at Rural 
Grounds . 
— eonc* ntrated, farmers who 
Cond. mn..772 
— In the hill, not starters.372 
Fever, Texas cattle.644 
t>.. 
Financial crash, predicted.7'<9 
Ftr, Balsam .210 
Fire, losses by . sin 
Florida land fraud. 221 
Flowers, love of .401 
— wild, collections of .740 
Fodder corn. Increase In quan¬ 
tity sown . 276 
-enttrra.628 
Food ndulte-atloi), agninst....,.292 
Forest lands, taxation of ..... 2BU 
Forestry division . 340 
— landscape gardening. Weeklv 
devoted to.756 
Fortuues In the clouds .-.172 
Fowls, the Downy .. 192 
Freshets.,,,..S’6 
FTcetda refracta alba..’76 
Free trade,President's message S40 
Fruit crop of Cal.500 
— symposium .. #21 
Fruits, color of. great deal In .724 
— small at ft. G., annual.notes 
on... ..308 
— seedlings.324 
Fuchsia Frau Emma Topfer_192 
— Storm King . 124 
Gardens upon hillsides.436 
(iieiiirehia sinensisinormts_156 
Goliath and David... Ml 
Gooseberry, i’avugs 372 
Grafting old trees,Rural’s meth¬ 
od . 548 
Grain, gambling In.-f’4 
— shrinkage In price .324 
— storing, Chicago ring.772 
Grape. Alice, growth..100 
— — large bunch .... .740 
— Antoinette. 5"0 
— Cutswba. lu the winter.9? 
— Cotta e future appreciation..K'O 
— Diana, ke-plng quality of....7ff!! 
— Raton, at *'R. G.".5Ui 
— Empire State. .140, "88 
— - In N. 4. 136 
— — killed back. 404 
— F. B. Hayes.692 
— Jefferson, super li quality of 92 
— mildew, copper sulphate for 
.,SU0 
— Moore’s early ..>03 
note# \ v 
— Rotlglikeepsie. 921 
— Salem.692 
— Ulster Co . 772, 924 
Grapes. Amur, In the Winter 
market . 92 
at "R. G.".SU9, Hot', 596 
— — Vineland . .roo 
— bagging profitable .452 
■ Catawba tn N. Y. lu Jan. in 
— Grafting.,.,.,.. ’5fi 
— Mulching .692 
— new most premising. . 614 
whlu .constitutionally weak 
er ... 172 
Grass, Johnson at “R G.". fOO 
plot at “R G.”.372 
seed, lawn, sow..240 
Gray Down#. . .. -104 
Hair holiday In the country.436 
Harvest, wont will It be? . 468 
Hatch bill.. ... 21.124, 156,192 
Hay for cow. hn 
— tedder, value of. 468 
Haying tools.great huslness tn.rv.Xi 
HnzMuuts ..108 
Hedge. Arbor vltre..76 
Hen houses, spray with kero 
sene . . 192 
Hens laving “all the time,” 
‘train from seVe'lon. iifi 
Holatelu# to the front .>56 
Honey, price of.firj 
— season, failure .596 
Hep plant louse.772 
— files kept away from. 404 
— old, home for.156 
Horse-chestnut, double-flower¬ 
ing. 140 
Hoi ns, lake off the, craze. 6 1 
Hovey. Charles, *1 . ....... .596 
Huckleberry culture. 398 
Husking machine ..692 
Hydrangea, oak-leaved . 772 
— pauleulata grand, fact worth 
knowing .. 5 r 4 
Ice all healthy.240 
— Supply Of. . 9 
immigration problem.481 
— restrictions....840 
— season __ . __3.56 
International arbitration.756 
Ipomo-a nuCtlfiora .260,292 
Irrigation, about. 772 
Ives bill . ..192 
Japan chestnut#, no variety 
fixed .1»9 
Johnsuu Grass at”R. G.”.. .,..500 
Journalistic robbers. 612 
Kaffir corn .... 42o, 4*4,548,596,772 
Kerosene emulsion at ’’R.G.’’... C6 
— lor poultry bouses.708 
-virniln.896 
Labor troubles and arbitration 
. .108 
-Chicago........ .. .356 
Lamb#, early, remunerative 
business...4fi8 
— spring. _24 
Land Com. Sparks . .772 
— Government, dishonesty..... *1 
— laws, abuses under the.821 
— public, frauds . 740 
— spirit uf. curtoou.40 
— theories of Henry Qeor»e 
;.208,596 
Langshans as winter layers.m 
— at “U G " 564 
Lord, actilterated. Iftw.692 
Lawes and Gilbert experiments 
. 40. 172 
Lawns, bone dressing for. 11 9 
— seed for, an experiment-340 
Leghorn and Langshan erots...7S8 
— broil t- M8 
Leghorns, While, as winterlay- 
Le prosy.S5H 
ers...772 
Lice In poultry houses.612 
Lilac# from James Dougal . ... 356 
— — seed.S56 
LIMuni aura turn..56: 
Lime, experiment first with_401 
Liquor laws. 724 
— license. 140 
Magnolias at R G. 484 
Malaria districts - -5 h 
Man abuse: Mother Eirth.420 
Mamtobn cinbrogllo.5S*3 
Manual training.580 
Manure, farm, spreading in 
winter... . .172 
— liquid, loss of . S16 
— new) and old methods.580 
— spreading on hilly land ..’40 
— stable. Irv fertilizers Instead 
of. 2eo 
— to bale . > 
— to give plants a start.1*6 
Maple, Sohwerdler’B.156, 2411 
— crisp-leaved. 156 
— si ver leaf ... 201 
— sugar adulteration.140 
— Weir’s cat-leaved. 156 
Mares, city, u Htzing.... .. 74n 
Meat, dressed,from the West...208 
— feeding for qn dlty . 608 
Medical advertisements.208 
Mildew on potato. . 48t 
Melon beetle, str'ped, remedy. ,42J 
— thief.24 
Men. hired, word for. 8 
3111k shippers’ union.612 
— supply. New Yiok.92 
Mlntiesola la tv. Infamous ... 24 
Money hoarded at home, da nee PM*' 
Monopolistic extortion. 24 
Monopoly, fruit of .f-44 
Mat ton a> well a> wool growing.M2 
Negroes Son them,dtscouti nr.i 
Nitrate of soda, quantities sold *72 
— -use. .192 
-- Judiciously. 124 
Night soli, use of.. .612 
Novelties a* fnlrs.. 516 
— Rural's position . .21- 
Onts offered in catalogues .1 6 
— seed, to prevent smut-... 224 
Ohio centenary ...54S 
Ohio Ex Ntntlnn.740 
oil Co . Southern Cotton. 19: 
Oleomargarine law. ...22i 92,772 
— leL'l.slathin, constitutionality 
of. 4U 
-tn N. Y .. . 136 
— tax. 121 
Onions, "Spanish”.-t)3 
Oranges In N. V. market._... 156 
Paint, money thrown away on..808 
Pansies, expre-.dons.38S 
. I 1 II re. ... . 
Pa is green, a pound toabarrel 
of plaster.436 
-tlie tburougti mixing of. v#> 
-toi cb . 
— — we u#e #00 much. 420 
Patagonian chick#.136 
— eggs. 11 
— fowls at R G .. 884 
1 - ... 
Pea Amor. Wonder. eO 
— Carter’s l ightning.468 
— Champion of England. 4>56 
— Horsford's Market Garden. .208 
— Pride of the Market .60 
Peas, green tn N. V . market ...956 
— late.plnnted ... ....... ..... 3|o 
-— no use . 3 0 
— succession of. 121 
— sw»et, cultivate. .......156 
Peach grower# and middlemen.340 
Peanut# raising at the North..32t 
Pear. Kleffer. 756 
-In X. Y.740 
— Idaho . 724 
-cions. 840 
— Le C< nte on thr market_...MM 
Persimmon, Japan ai Dosorls -.192 
Picture on first page.5i« 
Pine. Umbrella.740 
. 
Plant early. . ... ni2 
— food in'the soil,to get back.. 76 
Plant# for fall bean 'y_.... 72 
— supplying complete foods to 788 
Plaster In the cow- stables.740 
Pleuro pneumonia, notion of 111. 
L. s Com. dissatisfaction of 60 
— - bill. is* 
-Congress and.140,20 
-In New York .516 
1 —-Washington Co .260 
-legislation In 111. 436 
— plague. 404 
— — stamping out.282 
Plum and peach cross.wio 
— Kelsey Japan.92 
— — — tender.108.172 
— Simon’s. , .. Sic 
— tree* in poultry yards.140 
Plymouth Rock*,Downy a sport 
or ... ... jiH 
— — Downy.740 
Pomologteal Society. American MS 
Postage, reduction on seeds, etc hi 
Postal Improvement. sos 
Post office Department.756 
Potato beetles, hand-picking 
fifft . 436 
— — quantify of Paris-green...>88 
— Black. Cotnwayo.. 210 
— Rural Hlusli, demand. 156 
-it ‘'struggle-.'* . .. 60 
— -standing drought ... 612 
— scab, sqjpbnr for . 192 
— crop, handling.516 
,. 108 
, — 
experiments at "R 0,”. 
...120 
. 76 
! — 
— fertilizer above and 
be 
)- 
low. 
192 
} — 
— our. the good of.. 
. .908 
** 
■ —. 
late, host. 
...172 
156 
' — 
mildew . . 
. I#t 
..“56 
— 
Qu*‘en of the VaUoy .. 
612 
1 — 
seed pieces . 
...740 
596 
, — 
— sowing. 
... 60 
.772 
— 
sweet, seed . 
... 40 
.140 
Potatoes best food for. 
...HO 
| - 
degeneration of. 
...SOS 
.824 
| — 
scab on.. 
...564 
— scarce.596 
— second crop exhibit..7u8 
— seed, left after cut ring.140 
— — praedee of exchanging_772 
— tasteless . 740 
— two crops per year.. .468 
— when the Rural plants.,.....3o9 
Poultry, all-purpose.40 
— tit R G.5t4 
I — Cochin and Langshn-u.iljffer- 
once . 76 
— holiday trade, no money In. .808 
— Langsuan# as winter layers .156 
— low price. 772 
— new breeds. 516 
Preservative, Kellogg’s roval 
suit.24 
Piedmont exposition.641 
Privet. California.292 
Prohibition In Michigan.276 
Prnous Slmonll.516 
Pyrotlmirti powder for poultry 
lice. 468 
Quercus Oonrordln Anrea.240 
Quince, Champiou 772 
Quinces, high priced.. .708 
Railroad ears, heating.124 
— oppression .484 
Raspberry and blackberry 
.324 
— Champlain,bar y.372 
— Eat hart Everbearing_*48, 628 
— Golden Queen.484, 644 
— Nemaba. .. 24 
Springfield same an Davi¬ 
son # Thornless?.192 
-Thornless ..4 2 
— thorn L-.- B. I. 
— whitp seedling of Ant werD 216 
Raspberries at R. G.192,308, 372 
— injury done to, cau*e.87? 
Res If. Former.724 
Retarders nut sta*ters..372,404 
Rhubarb, Monarch.192 
Rich, how to get. 628 
Root cutter.856 
Ro.*arugo.*a. 596 
— — hybrids, bloom of .. 612 
Rose, Brloe .840 
— Bt lde 1 nt-of doors. 628 
— bugs, Buhach for ..452 
— pyretbrum remedy.404, 
436, 452 
— hybrid perpetual.772 
-— Ultlcn Brunner.452 
-Rpm«ntants, fall bloom ..692 
-tea, Countess of Pembroke 
..155 
— Mad, GabrleHe Lutzet.#36 
— Marshall P. Wilder. 772 
— summer Papa Gontler.C28 
— Whire Baroues#.224 
— Wilde".798 
— Wm Francis Bennet.156 
Rural Grounds, work nt-_276 824 
Rye plants, tnree-quarter, fail¬ 
ure to cross .564 
— wheat hybrid", light mulch, 
effects. 404 
Sabbath desecration.856 
Salt agent for conservation of. .772 
Seb"' 1 . district, good.240 
— meeting, attending . .224 
— superintendent, - lect a eood.7i>8 
Selndopltys vertlcillata.740 
Seamstresses, the poor.. 3 
Seed distribution. Washington. 8 
21.60,14b 500. 
— — - abolish....... 8 
— — — Coni. Col man’# views. r 64 
— -x'eb Hort. So on .124 
— — — Without a friend?.108 
Seeds grown on poor soil -___7.2 
— missing.292 
— same under different names, 
offering for sale. 92 
Sheep, Dorset. 628 
Silos, bricking.388 
Slop huek-*t. 358 
Solan urn Feudleril.276 
Sorghum trust.756 
Southern f 1 -ver.. 56 
Sparrow peat .824 
Spiraea Tbunbergll in fall.772 
Spmylnv bellows. 192 
Spruce, Alcock’s .240 276 
— Norway ., .276 
-. 192 
Stack Imported evaslon'of duty.S'M 
]— Show, fat . 692 
Strawberr.v,Crimson Cluster_140 
— Durand's new seedlings.340 
— Ironclad first to ripen.3-8 
.140 
Strawberries at R.G.. ..3i9 
— cultivating when in blossom 
or fruit .340 
— foliage burning .692 
— how best to fertilize..10.8 
— latest at R G..88 
— muicbed.,.. 436 
— new. most vigorous.388 
— pistillate and bisexual 
flowers.....356 
— wnter for.468 
Straw stacks, money In ...628 
Sugar, best, bounties offered ...612 
— from sorghum.692 
— Marde. adulteration... 140 
— sorghum UiKans .628 
Sulpha I e of Iron rust preven- 
„ ,'lve... 756 
Sulphur ropt-1 5 wire-worms ....644 
Sun protection from the.452 
Sunday work. 30S 
Sweet potato seed.40 
Syndicate# .596 
Temjierance In Tenn.692 
— vote for. 124 
Timothy, Red-top and Blue 
grass.S 72 
Tobacco bill. National__224 
— tuxes .60 
Tomalo first to ripen.500,548 
— Mtkad .. 224 
— — or Turner .644 
— Turner’s Hybrid.. 40.76,54#,?64 
Tomatoes ripened off the vines.7-4 
Tortlllta Mining Co .724 
Tramps, false sympathy for_ 8 
Tree-. » tood selection.156 
— and shrubs, too much about 484 
— — — transplanting..74ti 
— for the home grounds.856 
— succeeding best In Kaus. 124 
— lo plant.. 56 i 
— — — a good selection. 156 
transplanted, pays in umlch.260 
— transplanting, cuitlng back 
„ t; ps . . 388 
Trlebtnosls. a word usto. 60 
Trust#,danger of. ..#24 
Turkey. American, export of ..S40 
Tyrotoxleon.. 516 
vacation- take a.516 
Vaults.emptying . 612 
Yeal, “hob.”.. 208,260 
Veterinary colleges. UC4 
Vltts beteropbylla . 240 
Washington seed distribution.. 
. ..8224.60, | PJ,5'. 0,564 
Watch Co. fraud. 208 
— swindlers, cheap.. .. .192 
WatPr In the country.356 
— pure...,... . 8 
M atormelon, Scaly Bark, late 
keeper. 92 
Watermelons. Russian.,. 76 
Weather service. State.040 
Weed Day.401 
- Inaugurate a... 4--4 
Well, driven, invalid..798 
— — validity Of patent.372 
\\ heat and rye, difference In 
color. 372 
-hybrids, t# rye.644 
— Armstrong. 7118 
— corner, collapse of the great.420 
— crop.... 484 
— duly on foreign Imported 
into France . 260 
fall, chemical fertUUer for..628 
— plots. Rural, plants thrown 
out......260 
— same under many names .... 92 
seed to the acre _564 
Wheats, Rural'#Crossed. 468 
W ine. pure, law.... 596 
Wines, California, advance of 356 
Wire worm quesUon.morellght.108 
-sulphurrepets. 644 
Wool buyer# . 
— growers and dealers.>40 
1 Woman suffrage experiment in 
1 Kansas...,. 260 
