Flies not all killed with pyreth- 
rum . 641 
Floor*. s'able, wood and Iron...785 
Fodder crops, green.753 
Founder, horse.705 
Forest, mountain, preparing for 
u permanent pasture .168 
Free trade and protection.353 
Fruit-''rler. pneumatic.’33 
— Evaporated.887 
— orchard for home use.230 
— the wood on which It Is borne 
-.4m 
— t»ee seed, where to buy.170 
— trees, beef skull under.1.5 
-fertilizer for.338 
-to push.678 
-priming, when.497 
Fruits for Central Virginia. 9" 
— seedling', raising, .69" 
Furnaces, Hof Blast .545 
Fur dealer 0 , reliable In N Y .S37 
Furs, selling .166 
Gapes, “Old Foultrynian's” rem¬ 
edy.336 
Garden, farmer’s, seeoa and ma¬ 
nuring for.787 
Garget.170, 388 
Gas-lime for fruit trees.785 
— value.578 
Gasoline, what It Is.887 
Geranium, good pink wanted...Oil 
Ginseng, all about,.,,...,.356 
(.'landers . 306 
Glucose meal, dry, as feed.51S 
Gooseberry bushes turning yel 
Cocoon pupa, state of Danats 
arcblppus.736 
Coddling moth,lighting ..305 
Colic in mules and h rses.481 
— spa-modic in a mule.821 
Colt drags Tore leg —.4% 
— Injuring stifle joint .732 
— to capture a shy. 026 
— with dislocated tall. 411 
— — enlarged membrane of 
eye .770 
-foul sheath ..90 
-hard knob on leg....271 
— — luxation of patellu.306 
-mange . 837 
— ruptured ..,..757,481 
— sweblug on gambrel Joint.. .484 
Condition powders. .853 
Commission firm In N. Y., re¬ 
liable . 0,161 
Copyright, to obtain..561 
Com, a curious question-77o 
— Chester Co or Angel of Mid.274 
— Burn'll* Whitman .'70 
— crib of. rule fur contents_371 
— fertilizers in the hill not re¬ 
tarders . 434 
— fodder and straw for mtlch 
cows.218 
-thrashing. 122 
— — wheu to cut.64! 
— Guinea...822 
— Kaffir . 168 
— — where to buy . . 57 
— Hickory King In Canada —237 
— meal and bran, proportions 
for feeding.. .273 
— Rural Branching, where to 
get. 190 
— Self-husklng.where to buy..'71 
— stalks, becoming sour.S’2 
— sweet, best ...806 
-cured for seed.706 
-freezing before ripening.. ;2 
-why not ground?.751 
— tassels and silk.59.1 
— time to pla"t ....,,...154 
— Top-overlnPa.Hos 
— turnip see t with.221 
— Western and Canadian, rela¬ 
tive merits.858 
Cornua uiaseula. fruit of.561 
Cotton seed meal as feed.. ..130,256 
Cough, chronic. Urn-se with.722 
Covers, ri-movuhle, who mat es.466 
Cow feed up to calving.... 69 
— giving bloody milk..761 
— milker, champion .150 
— no milk In imnt teats.121 
— not giving milk.64' 
— peas at K. G. 106 
-in the North.267 
— pox, milk Injured by the dis¬ 
ease . ,,192 
-origin of . 123 
— stanle. to ventlla e . 189 
— suffering with bloat or hoven 57 
— with garret . 333 
-rough coat.....88 
— — swelling on knees... .6<5 
— stripping with thumb und 
tinner.187 
— to dry "IT, when.106 
Cows, lo prevent sucking them¬ 
selves .516 
— dairy should calve yearly. ..336 
— mllen, feed tor.401 
-— cheapest.175 
— »- roots for.32 
— parturi-ion, fever In .4,7 
— u-at. extra bole In .625 
udder poisoned.7S5 
Crlbbliing remedy.221 
Cricket.Snowy Tree.>06 
Crops, green fodder.753 
— rorniPin of.758 
Cucumber beetle.370 
Currants, etc., mulched with 
sawdust ......106 
— lu Alabama.417 
Cureulto plum. 5'4 
— remedy .4*1 
Cut worm life, about.416 
-moth.eolorol.....M4 
-rente, y..238.370 
Cyclone nozzle.257 
— — wh ■ makes.11 
Dairy cows should calve yeurly 236 
— small, managing..513 
— li sts public.593 
Dakruma eonvoluteliu .117 
Dehorning..736 
— facts .. 161 
Devon cattle, what farmer 
keens ...134 
Diarrhea, calves with..417 
— chronic in a mare.IJO 
Ditching, tl e for.. . .287 
Dog. scabby inaa- e.74 
l)r Inage for house slops.73 
Draining, tile, a depression ....199 
Dropsical swelling In a horse...2 ’ti 
Dru. brokers.306 
DncKlInifs over fed .4'7 
Ducks. r> kin. eggs of.19' 
— - for market. .188 
Duroe-Jersey hogs.67S 
Earth closet.8S 
— — deodorizers In a ..151 
— worms, lime-water for. ..190 
Kgg-food,Imperial, Rural's opin¬ 
ion or.22 
Eggs. Black Minorca.339 
— uens eating . 1*9 
— packing In salt.386,417 
— shipping to New York.4M 
— to keep .29(1 
— — make yelks darker. 1ST 
Elevator, greatest strain, dead 
or live weight .433 
Encyclopedia orltanniea, about 
. ..561 
Ensilage, wben flt to feed.611 
Eutomob gy, American standard 
work . 561 
essr-x pigs .. 190 
Eucalyptus seeds, where to buy 417 
Evaporated fruits..SS7 
Evergreens for a lawn.206 
— — wind-break.IBS 
— p'auting .2fc6 
Ewes Lincoln,crossing for finer 
wool.197 
Eye of horse, fllru growing over 120 
F rtn debts .561 
Farmer, picture of a belter 
dressed . 138 
— lext-book for . 481 
Farmers, debts of.561 
— Instlf.it's In Colorado....770 
Farming, beginning.922 
— system of.. 689 
Feed oil-meal and corn. 593 
Fence posts, tonklug In lime 
water . ,.122 
Fertilizer "Amerlcus Brand”.. .*•06 
— oomph t,,.ci 
— deutl animals.838 
— distributor, Spangler.'37 
— Exc lslor . 170 
— for fruit trees.538,673 
— — onions. 898 
-potatoes.7.7-I 
-sun iy loam.673 
— night soil asu .5?s 
— query ..785 
— sireet sweepings as a...... . 8s 
— tnnnory offal.337 
— wheat liran as a.151 
— wool waste as a . 83! 
Fertilizers us retarders of ger- 
mlnullon. .514 
— for grapes...386 
— — potatoes . 120 
— — strawberries.M 
— made In chi,-ago ...2u6 
— shipping from N. Y. to Iowa..306 
Fertilizing mixture, over-valued 90 
Festuca elatior. . ... 466 
Fet oek-Jolnl, swelling on.348 
Fever, parturition in cows..,.. ,4'T 
— Texas cattle .. .. 549 
Filbert uno h zel-nut the same.306 
— early bloomingcatkinsblnst- 
ln-.2Ss 
— Frizzled. 151 
— Prolific .....194 
— Purple-leaved ..1*4 
Filberts about . I'l 
Filly, age to breed.lot 
— an ailing .887 
Filter, home made. .121 
Fishery troubles.190 
Flux, sowing, time to.274 
— tender, grafted on hardy.78 
Aquarium, good, where to buy 190 
Asne«, Analysis of.417 
— and ben manure mixing.190 
--why no' mix .. 806 
— Canada uuleaclied. Rural's 
opinion...SS 
— drv weight of a bushel __89 
— from 111 ,•gory, value.22 
-pine Utul sprit 0 Shavings. 6 
— uuleaehcd for wheat .221 
-front poplur wood.237 
— wood, about .Ml 
Asparagu* beetle. .4 0 
— — gelling rid of.466 
Australian voting system.806 
Az itnrlH in a horse ..853 
Bank in N Y. great financial 
strength. 22 
Bantams. Silver-laced, where to 
buy.. . ..402 
Barley for heavy soil.221 
— inva .545 
— Maushury......189 
-s spring grain. ...189 
— — prtec .......190 
— — who e to buy. 23s 
Barn warm enough for winter 
lambs .1 '2 
Barns and stable , plans of.IT'i 
Ba-kct-making, ma’hlnery for. 22 
Beans, old. as st ,ck feed .12<> 
Bees, now they make honey —758 
— hunting .758 
— wax.. 758 
Beetles, Black Blister.287 
— lady bird . 6 
— pear blight...673 
— snapping . 38ft 
Bellows for soravleg kerosene..7:18 
— spray In*, where, to buy.. .274 
— Woodasou, for spraying trees 
..511 
Berkshire Breeders Ass, Seere- 
lary.450 
Bermuda Grass...598 
Bit. rubber-covered bridle, to 
gwe-ten .123 
Blackberry earliest.456 
— Earlr Harvest slze'eompared 
wim Snyder or Lawton.287 
— for Kansas.169 
-Tux ,•. Bti 
— root* from tips of 2d year’s 
growth.179 
Blackberries for home use.236 
Black , aps, fertilizer- for.175 
-1 ck leg in fat calves.-Ill 
Bloat, where to u-,e the knife... 57 
Blood, dry.,200 
Blueberry culture.496 
Bone, airirn -mated.189 
— dust for onions.1)6 
-reducing in a compost 
heap. 56 
— how 'oburn...171 
— »pnvln.. . a?, 164 
Bones raw, reducing with ashes2"ii 
— reduction of ......206 
Borers In a pie trees. 515 
Bot', h rsr with .. 481 
Bowels, loose in heifer . 57 
Breedlug for sex. .722 
Brooder house heater patente ' 3(0 
Broom i om seed, value for feed IKS 
Bu' kwbeat New Japanese.237 
— Timothy and o over with.434 
— whnl will follow.189 
Bubaeh for rose-bugs.888 
— powder. 37u 
Bull dchoruluga..704 
— registering, cost of .770 
Bull* pre-autlons with.641 
Bushel box of potatoes, cubic 
lucheslu.851 
BuRlnes* in N. Y.205 
Butter alone, cows for, best.122 
— an lysis of..., ..514 
— and cheese, comparative 
values.153 
— boi’U°. about.450 
-fear of—. 88' 
— brine sailing.450 
— firkins, double-headed .237 
— from a quart of cream from 
J'rse.v. short horn, etc. 164 
— Injured by oil meal. 189 
— mat in-;. '(,-rk ..it 
— paekiges, wood for. .170 
— palls 286 
— salting with brine.22 i 
— s*S- big with brine not adal- 
(erutlon. .4 2 
wuttormnk ns hog feed, value ..496 
Cabbage afterturnips ..64i 
— olub-rO'*t. cause of....74*’ 
— culture auf handling.S00 
— fertilizer .154 
— green upnis, remedy..497 
— heading where sown.370 
— louse.754 
— maggot, remedy.154,238 
— on a creek bottom ..237 
— worm to destroy.Ml 
Cubbages. first-class bow large, urn 
— on clover sod.... ... ...106 
— planting .17', 
Calf, nourishing food for.2'*' 
— suffering from Indigestion ,.168 
— weaner. wr.er to buy?.4172 
Calves, dehorning.ISO 
— twin heifers . 168 
— “Wild” ....3(6 
— with black leg.481 
-white scours.417 
California. Southern, as a farm¬ 
ing section- .... ... 821 
Carta- era, o diverting into ferti¬ 
lizer . 388 
Canvas, sail, to make water 
prof . 546 
— water-proof. 481 
Curbo-bjorutcR, what are.189 
Ourrlngcs, cnta'ogue ol..170 
Castnnea purnlla. 8S7 
Catalpu, Japanese hybrid In 
Mich.271 
— seed... 71 
-how to treat..17> 
— — where to buy.,17' 
Catarrh, nasal in sheep.705 
Cattle, Brittany, where to get.. 6 
— dehorning, facts.138 
— dying fr >m Tcxns fever.545 
— losses of from feeding on dry 
corn-stalk *.■ i 
— Polled. Kid.610 
— — — who breeds?. 22 
— Bufferin'/from‘'creeps”.705 
— with grubs in buck.257 
-wart i. to remove....., . ,431 
Cats injuring fmlt rrees . 3-> 
Cauliflower maggot .578,626 
Cedars from sooii, bow?.206 
Celery, nitrate of soda for. 1 22 
— who bandies In N. Y ?.1 m 
Cellar, ventilailug.514 
— wail built of cement mortar 4(i| 
Cement tin rmr.lot 
Cess p ills and sewers.73 
Cherry, Cornelian. ...5'l 
— larsestof the Morello class ..169 
— tree.s. ailing ..S3! 
Cherries ex ra hardy. 73 
— for hoc use.. . 286 
Chestnut lumber, ro sell .77 
Chestnut, Japan, for Ark.It7 
-Giant.466 
-nuts of...— 821 
-where to buy _l6b,2:SH 
Chestnuts near salt water..22 
— to keep an plant. . 274 
Cheese making, work on_ . .280 
Chi ken . thor> uet bred super 
lor to cross bred. 321 
Chick' dying with roup...1,3 
worms In ...22 
Children's Aid Society.136 
Chinquapin . 837 
Cholera lu Chill.. .497 
Chrj sr.Tncl'd family."ill 
Churu. best >N 
Cioer. keeping sweet. 706 
i I, n Influpbce Upon the at*ick.280 
I Imp- cut '.II Full, care . Mil 
Cleo atis Jai’kmuolt, proiectlonttwi 
Clover, Alstke. l*o 
— aud grass seed, sowing. .. . Kf5 
— - Tim "tin. seed to the acre 257 
— Japan lu Ky.tfoS 
— Scarlet as u crop.256 
— sowing In ibe fall.434 
— — wlih oats, time.237 
Clovers, Red and Mammoth.58 
— preparlug a. 450 
Leaf rollers Injuring strawber¬ 
ries .466 
Lice destroying with alcohol 
containing larkspur.45ii 
— on bens.481 
-stock, for removing.168 
— plant . 821 
Lightning-proof ,to make a build¬ 
ing.. 446 
Llllum Hnrrlsil.433 
Lime, oyster shell, should It be 
slaked?.222 
— shed, how to make... 154 
— value.....822 
Liniment, horse.752 
L'quf rlce, will It thrive In Cun..4f6 
Liver disease In a mare. 57 
Lv IU utratn. 2’7 
Mai nutrition or cattle.705 
Malt sprouis ns manure.257 
— — for milch cows, are they 
good?.153 
-value as feed.l r >3 
Mammilla.338 
Manure for an alkali soli.._ .106 
— fresh und cut straw, when 
spread ..151 
— green, crops to plow under...‘6 
— hen.417 
— hen and plaster . 854 
-mixing with earth.propor- 
tlons .338 
— hoa.va’ueof .236 
— b"rse for potatoes. 290 
— mab sprouis as.257 
— on when land. 497 
— sheep for Hardening.. 137 
— to haul out or let staDd in 
pile.274 
Manuring greeu.for land Infest¬ 
ed with wire worms.56 
Map e-. dark-i ed or purple.417 
Mare affected with "grease”.38 
— ailing .38 
— bP In/ her leg .120 
— Ill-conditioned . 753 
— killed by mustard.168 
— noi breeding.338 
— BO-elv afflicted.... . ...1'6 
— suffering front poll evil.609 
— - from suppurating splint. .721 
— sterile. 306,938 
— udder, swollen .19o 
— with abcese. .721 
-chronic diarrhea.170 
-cough .610 
Meadow permanent, seeding 
and fertilizing.256 
— feeding anil fertilizing a per¬ 
manent . 256 
Meal cotton seed as fi-etl.2'6 
feeding . . 120 
or hrati which Is cheapest... 221 
Mewls- footling and manure val¬ 
ues of . 273 
Measles In pigs. 370 
Meat barrel, sweetening.806 
— T ickle tainted. ...S 06 
Melon pests .3i3 
— — best remedy.417 
Men from Castle Garden. 170 
Mercer property. ....561 
Mesa nit bean to, ■ tender Tor Dak 837 
tree in Dak. 785 
Milch cows, br*n for.’75 
— — D? ding stuffs for, value. .120 
Mildew on v os, berries. 417 
Milk adulteration.286 
— and cream, price at factories. 73 
— bloody. .769 
— number of pounds to make 
one of butter. . ... 158 
-of ponn s to make one of 
cheese.153 
— to retard fermentation.51.3 
Millet. Australian .137 
— for "lock feed .'68 
— D Tcnn,,quantity to Itae acre 237 
Mole trap. . 545 
Mooufl wer, trouble with.690 
Morning glory cbryfOmelid —514 
Mulberries, Downlug and Rus 
stan. 138 
Muck, about ... • .721 
— hauling, will It pay?.721 
Mule, t hronle rheumatism_ 753 
— with enlargement of hoek 
Joint .433 
— — obscure lameness...431 
— — spasmodic colic .'221 
— — wart on leg .4.33 
Muskmekm culture ... .221 
Mustard kilUnc a mare.,... 16 S 
* asaldbch'-rge In ° horse. 6 
National Grange, officers .190 
Nature not a good physician_4M 
Navicular disease in n horse... .838 
Night soli as a fert ilzer.578 
Nitrate of sods, a lion of.. .. 21.3 
— — — appllul after or before 
sowing .. 74 
-for ce’ery. 122 
--gardening . .1.37 
— — — — strawberries.206 
-prlcp 111 N Y .722 
--perilii 'cumls.122 
Nut orchard profitable lu Mu...189 
— irees for Ark . 167 
— — for Florida and Ala. 168 
Nuts f rPetin . . .. 821 
— planting where tree ahould bel67 
Nutrition, faulty of cattle.705 
Oats und pea°. sowing together.257 
— Clvdctdale not same as Wel¬ 
come .238 
— Sehcenon. .137 
— seed, soaking in sulphate of 
copper. . .514 
— sulphate of copper treat¬ 
ment ...- ...626 
— smut In.. 9u 
— Swedish, yield . .Su6 
— treating, to prevent smut 546 
— Welcome bettor than com¬ 
mon.221 
Oil-meal and corn as feed. f93 
— new process Injures hutterl89 
Oleomargarine, pronunciation, 
origin... 134 
— faking. 370 
tax..290 
O&lOn cron, sub soiling, effects. 169 
— seed miffing .271 
Onions, bone-dust for.106 
— fertilizer .338 
— nitrate of soda for.P^i 
— raising in New Mexico.754 
Ophthalmia.simple, lu uhorde. .’20 
— gpecllte In a horse.._ ..121 
Orchard, fruit for borne use... 236 
— grass.. . .321 
-how to sow.321 
on hill side. ..770 
Or "bids care of ... .. 722 
Oyster .shell iline should be 
made slaked .222 
uxcu feed tor fattening. 887 
i'a1l« for butlerj... ...236 
Pansies blooming lu mid wlnter'22 
Ru'atlise stock.481 
Honudtes. Intestinal In lambs 
and sheep .... .... .561 
Paris green poison, what to do.561 
Pasture hillside seeding perma¬ 
nently 120 
hog, permanent .. ........ 625 
— grasses for permanent.175 
— preparing a mountain 
forest For .............168 
Pnu low nlu 1m perl alls.610 
1‘eu. lute, best .... • 169 
— wrinkled, earliest profitable .'69 
Peas, row, at R O .106 
— weevD *,nten for seed.370 
Peunul cultUto. .. 168 
Peach, latest for Florida.610 
— pits, when to plant... .. 610 
— to germinate . 690 
— orehar" fer Hlzer for.237 
— stones, putting m sand . 610 
— tree* budded.190 
— - espalier...280 
— reproducing. 57 s 
— — t 1 train .236 
Peaches, can they he grafted?.. 78 
Pear. Barlett . 338 
— blight beetle...678 
— Duchesne d'Augoulenie.366 
— Kieffel.770 
— — stock for .12H 
— Lawson. * Can. 257 
-la.gi n Doyenne d’ 
Ete, how .U?.237 
— Custer Co.854 
— Frontier .2 
— Rich nrd son Co.542 
— Saunders Co ..722 
— York n o. 482 
N, B., Merrlmnct Co. 6 'l 
-Stafford Co .611 
N. J., Hunterdon Co...,..515 
-Mercer Co.403 482 
-v urren Co. .907 
New Mexico, Donna Ann Co.482 
— — San Juan Co ..547 
N. Y , Dine’ess Co.515 
— — Madison Cu. 403 
-Oneida Co. .22,90.171.459.907, 
. 323,355,871.706 
-Orange Co.22.770 
-Orleans Co. ... 754 
— — Oswevo Co. 622 
— — Senoca Co.291,483 
— — St Lawrence Co....fill 
— — Suffolk Co.... ... .674 
-Tioga co..323,355,HI 
— - Upper New York. 291 
— Wayne Cfl.403, 754 
-Wyoming Co.323 
N. Car.. Haywood Co.435 
— — Maeon Co ..706 
— — Vatice.Co..... Hi 
Ohio. Butler Co.517,594 
— Carroll Co..22 
— Logan Co. 674 
— Meigs Co.563 
— Stark Co.82-2 
— Wi >0 ' Co. .,......,.155 
Oregon Baker Co. e 62 
- Coos Co...488 
— Douglass Co.22 
— Jaekron Co .547 
— Josephine Co.4«8 
— I.lnn Co. ’91 
— Union C'...155,674 
— Washington Co.58 
Pennsvlvtmln. Cruwford Co.594 
— Delaware Co . 87' 
— — Water Gap.810 
— Favelte Co. 690 
— Fisheryllle. 88 
— Green Co... 41° 
— Lawrenee Co.371,387 
— Lebanon Co. 291 
— Mercer Co. 6'1 
— Susquehanna Co.323,612 
— Waj ne Co . 6 
Southern fever, good to catch.. .7 R B 
Tenn Blount Co. *03 
— Coffee Co .955.690 
— Jefferson Co ..138,Si 5 
— Rutherford Co .578 
Texas, Colorado Co.515 
— Coryell Co .58 
— GnnznlefiCo. .. rft 2 
— voLonnan Co...323 
— Tavlor Co . 155 
— Travln Co .463 
Tran°contlnen'al letters.. 21.74, 
1 25.157,193.225 27*>,322,354,373‘403. 
419.497,501 
Utah. Ulrtah Co.517 
— Franklin Co .138 82-3 
Verm nt, Windham Co.626 
Virgfn'a, Benrleo Co...2S9,275,291 
Sfo 
— Prinep Edward Co........419,578 
— West Wert Co. ' ll 
Wash. Ter. 489 
— Garfield Co . 562,504 
-Lincoln Co...854 
-Klttala«« .871 
-Sen .Tuan Co .751 
— - Whatcom Co .807 
Wj-r . Barron Co.. *47 
— Jefferson Co. .. .7 6 
— Kenosha Co . 23 
— T.ncros eCo . p 54 
— Outagamie Co.289,351 
— Sheborgan Co.155 
— Winnebago Co.. 591 
Wvondng, Johnson Co.191,515 
— Whitman Co. 515 
Work at “R. G ”.: 
Working on Sunday. 1 
world's fair .' 
Wyandotles, part'ng with. 
Xanthoceras sorblfolia.' 
-hardy. 
EDUCATIONAL. 
Argieultursl College. Iowa.vlslt 
to. ■' 
-Michigan visit to.* 
-Minn . i 
— colleges, concerning.. .1119,119,: 
S21.3Si.7t7, 
— — visiting. 
Educni ion. our system too diffu¬ 
sive . • 
Farmers' 'raining school . 
School, district, does it pay? ....’ 
Sborthund.1 
ENTOMOLOGICAL. 
JEeeria MpulUoriuis..385 
Agreels srnndens.809 
Anthouomus quadrlgibbus.Stiff 
Aphis hufnull .4(11 
Apple maggot.38* 
— mldce. .837 
— pest anew.,,.4'6 
— weevil Amer.3(19 
-English .309 
Arsenlfes for fruit pests.3M 
Bag-worm. .592 
Beetle, striped, dissolved hen- 
manure for . 613 
Beetles ofl'en°lvt* ooor from,.... *9 
Bud moth, oye spotte 1 ..860 
Buffalo gnat, °outhern.51.3 
Cab ace maggot .1st 
Cricket, a destructive .416 
Cucumber beetle, striped. 8*7 
Currant borer imported.H'5 
Cut-worms, climbing .309 
— to prevent destroying cab- 
bare, etc .416 
Dln’Oals nt'-ra.3t? 
Dynastes tllvus. 59 
Elm leaf h etle .— .885 
— — destruction dore by. 491 
Galeroes Xanihomeliena.885 
Gnst°, '’uffalo. Southern.513 
Hrdtioa puncMpenrls . 416 
Hessian fly parasites destroylngf-41 
Hon plant lun°e ..... .. 4’il 
Insecticide», arsenicul, danger 
from. .495 
Insect pes'L air-slaked lime for. 101 
_ — carbolic add for. 4 1 
— — two new,,.. .. 416 
Ladv bug. 1° It art enemy?_ ?l 
Meromvza American.21 
Palmer worm.80° 
Pear n idge .. . . —837 
Tent caterpillar, disappearance 
of.SSI 
Toads vs. pnta’o bugs.4‘6 
Trvpcta ponionclta.337 
Wheat stem-maggot. 21 
low. ......197 
— worm, ... 417 
Gooseberries, mildew ou .. .402, 41? 
Gov- rument publications.625 
Grafting w>x .....273 
Grange. National, officers.190 
Grape, Empire Slate.785 
— - — hardiness of.466 
— Flea Beetle.237 
— tor Iowa . ’Til 
— Labrusca In Florida. 106 
— Niagara sales .438 
— Rose ut Pto-u. where to get ,. 6 
— seedlings raising. 6-11 
— vine beetle. 514 
-enemy, CEeaniliiis nlveus 106 
— — pruning. 450 
— — rows, which way to run . 106 
— vines. ca»e .85 1 
— vine*, coal ashes on, value or 106 
-manure for.137 
-pruning, time to.106 
-tralulng.1.37 
— Worden In Neb .106 
Grapes, bees fertilizing. 3! 
— better tbnn Concord.2.36 
— destroyed by Insect.2.37 
— grafting . 170 
Grass and clover seed, sowing. .ln5 
— Bermuda .. ,593 
— for woodland. 138 
— Goose . 450 
— Hungarian.2&7 
— - feeding value of.784 
— Meadow Fescue.466 
— ou light.sandy land. 578 
— Orchard....321 
— Rananll.166 
— seeding a sod-robhed pas¬ 
ture . 578 
— teed. Timothy, how much to 
the acre.515 
— Timothy, best manure for. .120 
— to make grow under trees . .041 
Grasses. » ermanent pasture ...175 
•‘Grubs" In cattle, to get rid of. .257 
Gypsum for potatoes, value . .*6 
Hair Injured by b) sierlng .. . 90 
Halt lor cha'ybea. Grape Beetle.237 
Harness grease.8°1 
— Sherwoon, advantages of....22*2 
Harrow, Acme.217 
-Is It best? .221 
Hay caps, who makes sheeting 
for? .402 
— In a mow. tons In, rule .. 6 
— — stacc, to measure...306 
— markets, western.484 
— press, who mokes.610 
— saved from burning barn,.,,1*9 
— unloading .4°2 
— - best way.. 869 
Hazelnuts. English, same as fil¬ 
berts.. 218 
Heating systems, bot air and 
hot water.. *4' 
Heaves .f09 
Hedge Arbor-vita-. 121 
— Evergreen best.336 
Heifer* -‘Spring bagulng”.4SS 
— with caked mlrlcr.417 
-extra bat, removing.386 
— — loose bowels.57 
Hemlock land, to pasture .. 8- 
Hen houses, vprmm In, to kill.. « 15 
— manure .4D 
Hens rating eggs.,...,...'69 
— food to make lay. ... 785 
— for winter laying. . 151 
— with feat Uera off from throats 
.271 
-lice.181 
-swollen Ibroats.274 
Hog Association, Berkshire, sec- 
retarv of. . 6 
— feed, buttermilk os, value—496 
— manure, vhIuc.. ... 286 
— pa turt\ permanent..-...625 
Hog°, Dn roe-Jersey.673 
— siuu«titered, rod barks In_122 
Hominy wie-te »« feed, value ...153 
Hook* colt with .. Till 
Hop culture, all about. 57 
— — book on. .....133 
Horse, ulllug feet In a..221 
— chest founder .7°5 
— rroofleal swelling In a .220 
— ealltig dirt ,r .257 
— feeding cotton seed meal to..'20 
— In poor condition. 610 
— liniment . 75-3 
— origin In America.121 
— pn wing, t" cure ..3"6 
— rubbing tall and mane.610 
— s'ud book on trotters.45" 
— sore f'ottt City use.,853 
— suffering from thrush or 
greawo .705 
-with pin worms.625 
— with iizoliirlu.SiS 
— — b"g spavin ...... ....169 
— — bone spavin...169 
-broken wind .609 
-chronic o ugh. T ’2 
— — collar bone .1”2 
-contracted hoofs. 17" 
— — cut stifle joint —.770 
— — distemper... . 887 
-lame-leg .K 6 
— — nasal discharge. 11 
-navicular disease. -338 
— — scratches. !68,8Si 
— — wart . 121 
-wolf teeth.222 
— — worn’« . - 7*41 
Horseo, a• 'machine” to tame. .. I'M 
— book" op • ..®lt 
— Cleveland Bay . 640 
— hide, how to tan...170 
— "wolf teeth" ..4T8 
— working, feeding . 4ci 
ID'ngnrlau grasa. feeding value.781 
Hydrangea punlcUlUta grand..snfi 
H vdraullc ram .5?s 
To* ln-rw-tlUK Implements . ...8u6 
Impregnation, previous. Influ¬ 
ence of. 625 
Incubator, i"-' H i . 8t0 
Incubators, care and attention 
necessaiy . 288 
Indian Territory.821 
— rubber, sheets of.22 
Insecticides .. .. .497 
Ipomrea bonu nox 673.*9" 
tioctlphyton, about.09" 
Jaok, Impotent ..416 
Japan che*tnut» nuts of ... 8vt 
- 1 piver In Ky . . ... 886 
.lersevH, registration of.7?" 
Junehcrrles.profitable to raise?.2 v r 
Lab 1 dock, metallc . t 7 
Labor, WO tli of . 8M 
LameU'-sa In colt.496 
— still'’ joint.353,4511 
Laud Government. Flor. grant.170 
Lands, public, open to settle- 
men.738 
Lawn maklDg.678 
Alabama. Dallas Co.4 s 'i 
— Mobile Co.259 
Arizona. Maricopa Co.674 
Arkansas, B'-nton Co.488 
— St Frarc'sCo.4"'2 
— VVasbl-Tgton Co . 754 
California. TIL, farmer in.673 
— T.a° 0 “n Co...,,. 4°2 
— Modoc Co.......562 
— Northern...371 
— Placer Co. .678 
— San Bernardino Co......ti14 
_ So"P ma Co . 
Canada. British Columbia.482 
— K 'St \ss1nlbols . 674 
— Manchester N S.. Sfi 
— Manitoba. Southern.002 
— OntcTl" .291, 591 
— — Gtanwocth. 806 
— Roxton Falls ........547 
Color’d", F'cmont Co.. *47 
— Grande Co.18' 
_ Weld Co.228,754 
Conop'-tleut. Hartford Co.49 
— Middlesex Co.78® 
Prop reports.4 fi ? 
Dsko'a. B'liwn Co.57* 
— GrlcrgcOo .67' 
— Hanson C’o .5°4 
— Lawrence Oo.48? 
— McCook Co......419 
— Morton Co.. 21" 
— Northwestern notes.355 
— Spink Co. .. . . .571 
— trip through tielftwa-e. Kent 
Co. . 322 339,387.026,706.806 
— trio through. 828 
— water cap .. fiin 
England Devonshire.807 
Geo . Richmond Co.7°« 
Idaho Boise Co .. . fi,W 2°.3,754 
III, Champaign Co..90,482.515.577 *07 
— Christian Co.9"7 
n .. 
— Conk Co_33.53,2.39 275.3iC k>'>, 
..S’9.355.97' 
— .Toe Daviess Co .. .6.482,577,626,690 
— Kn-c Co.38.29' 
— Madison Co.. TAB 
— McLean Co.27^ 
— Snn 'amon Co.291 
— Scon no . 185 
— St'elbr Co ... **.483 
— Union Cn...171 
— Vermillion Cq............489 
— Winnebago Co. ..509 
Indians .Tnv Co.207 
— La Grange Co. R c 
— Mndl-on CO.6,191.515,9H 
— Marlon Co....,. 2'’S 
— Parke Co .674.515 7°6 
— Wai nsli Co .275 
Iowa, Fayette Co.68 
— Johns--n Co.837 
_ Lee Co . .5’' 
— Nor' hern . 62 c 
— O'Brien Co.22,'71 
— fVopotn .. 611 
— Folk Co .562,610,6-1".8*1 
— Scott Co .515.562 
Kan*.. Bu'igr Co.'9i 
— Ch'seCo ... . 517 
— Coffer Co.5*9 
— Cowl-r Co .482 
— Crawtord Co...................6-6 
— Fllswo ill Co .515 
— Kinsman Co . '8 
— Labette Co.22,259,482.547.77" 
— Marlon... s *'7 
— M'Phers.i-,n Co. .. 951 
— Mor-'s Co.90,207,3«« 
— Nemaha Co.. .....54* 
— Osngp t'o .. SIS 
— O'fowa Co .. 4 ,e 
— Reno Co . 515,094 
L. 1.. Suffolk Po . 73° 
Lou'slan", Baton Rouge.RU 
— CtIpbrIovi Parish .291 
— Parts'll of Livingstone.T?2 
— Slir-venort .854 
Marvl -ud Easton Shore of... 82'* 
— Somerset Co .....58,515 
Mirh., Allegan Oo. 75* 
— i>err|en Co.......080 
— Calhoun Co...,. 3U 
— Grn’W Co. . 823 
— Tonlfl Co . 4'8 
— Isabella Co . . UP 
— Lrrnwee Co.13 5 
— O ktand f’0.7“4 
— Of ecu Co. .677 
— Saginaw Co......807,387 
— Sanilac Co..1*3 
— Rhlawsssre Co.662 
— St. Clair Co .. 626 
— Thn-nvHb?.....647 
— West-rn . . 577 
— Wexford Cl .3°7 
Mlnr)e°r>'n. Carver Co. 591 
— Northwest.... 694 
_ Polk Co .403,'47. ! S7 
— Stnwbourne Co..502 
— Wnse-n Co . r 
Ml*"Oil rt On'dwt irC-0.489 
— Clinton Co . 015 
— Fraiikiln Co.706 
— Linn Co .7R6 
— Miller Co.58 
Montana, Mlssaula Co.547 
Neb., Clay Co.6-12 
FARM ECONOMY. 
Agrl"ii1ture in the Cabinet .... 831 
Reg holder. 55 
Bake Oven. 22" 
Ba*n raising .2°9 
Carcass, device for lifting ... 119 
Corn, dried and evaporated 
siveet . . ..415 
Drags, plank . 971 
Eds' lage <-rop. the l>est ... .319 
Experiments of Laweaand Gtl 
bert ... .35.173, 213 
Fcrt'l zors artificial, the best.. 15 
— best and cheapest. 55 
— chemical, economical use of 
.58 70 
Filter, ch-ao . 220 
Fodder clamp.. . ■?' 
Gate fastener. .55 
Grain unloading..951 
Grange insurance —... .— ssi 
FTnrrow. home made.270 
H«v cutter, handy. 55 
i •• • 1 • • 204 
Hot water arrangement ..._20 
toe honfi" ... 119 
K' trie *lns for heating water.. .290 
Land,spirit, of the. S3 
Lnwes and Gilbert's exp'-rl- 
ment°. .85. 173, 242 
Manure, hen. value of. M 
— loss of 21S 
— Dltyrgen of the cape ...... 218 
— or fertilizer 0 , economies of 
the . ;isi' 2’8 
— wa°te of by plowing In too 
deoff...... . . h 
Manure*, action of on soils. *1 
Onion hoe .204 
Petroleum, crude, as a wood 
preservative...13" 
Snllipe crops....... .389 
— problems .s «9 
siiimfiT dvnamltefor. 1 SR 
Wool toughening, new crocess. 23 
FARMERS’ CLUB 
Abortion lu vnnnc heifer.83* 
Absorbent* foran earth closet. 106 
Arldlt' In milk .513 
Agricultural chemistry, Pr"f 
Uforer’s work. .. 46* 
— n.nchlnerv In the Sou'b. 
ngeM 0 for. "hance....256 
Agriculture Com. of, n Cabinet 
nfll'er . 6*3 
— Pp’ n.. report of..306 
Acotle seandens. .192 
AUolfa °ped sowing. 8" 
— — whereto buy.f*5 
A'Hke • ' •<(•' . 
Anibro°1a arteniissefolla. to get 
rid of.. . its 
An'S, to got rid of.481 
ApMs ~a11 4ft' 
A orient* jn Pa.... . ..99U 
Ap'd" and pear cions, care_ 6’" 
— difforen' flavors In one .... 73 
— Wnckwrvrfh ..74 
— Peter the Great ... .... "ft 
— seed, lew deep to plant .... isa 
— stock hardv ..2 7 ft 
— free bud* Insects ea'lng. 12" 
— — grafts not growing.. 7i 
_ — louse . 419 ' 
— tree*, applying salt to.3° 
— black heart In. 272 
-borers In.545 
_ — bprosone applied to . V 
-prunlpg time . 272 
-root-grafted as good as 
budded 160 
-roo*ing lpto water.. 3°0 
— — splitting of bark.7°* 
-working high.. 272 
-working In the “cold 
North" . ... 272 
-voting, treatment 899 
— Whitney’s No. 2T> good for 
stock .. . 1°7 
— winter, late keenlrig . 770 
— Yellow.Trunsparcnt. clous of 
.237 
Apple", dwarf for Nebraska 7"? 
— enriv winter for New Jersey 73 
— for Uent.ral Ohio.175 
— _ home use . 2°6 
— — Sullivan Co.. N. Y....77" 
— long keening for Pa. 237 
— on Paradise stock.481 
