— Le Conte, planting cuttings, 
fertilizer. 
-— *toek for . -WO 
Pears dwarf, buds, good as 
aiBUuard .. ..JMj 
— early and late.5'4 
— extra hardy . 7 J 
— for Central ill.Jy 
-Pena. 
— - Teun...4t*® 
-W. Vn. 
— marker var for Ml. *•* 
— to rlpi n.. “0 
Pecan, will It thrive in the 
South? .. 
Pelnrgontum*, pink.(«' 
Pensions, pirsunsentitled to .. 5W3 
Peppermint culture.- <•" 
Persimmon sprouts, what will 
kill? .316 
Persimmons, Japan. <» 
Petroleum not a priming coat..41* 
Plg-UUt to gTuft .** 
Pigs dying witu thumps.3Ub 
— Essex ....MW 
— Small Yorkshire and Suffolk 
difference . 
— with ineasleH . a ‘0 
Piue, Austrian, in Ark .I'jtf 
— Umbrella, ImrdlnesH of. 
PiB-worms In horse .8" 
Pipe, VVetl’s nr. tie s . 
Plant*. bow nee|i do they feed?.222 
Pluster by the barrel.“ : * 
Plow, Syracuse . 
Plows cast-iron and steel.W 
— swivel . 
Plum curoulio ... .. 5 ,ll 
— For--t Rose.‘6® 
— Kelsey and .Slmon’9,where to 
got near Ind. *4 
Plums extra hardy... >'•’ 
— for Central vjhlo.*o> 
-drying .m 
— — home use.,..153,2 -i<j 
-Mien.ti» 
-Ohio.,.fiyij 
-ship, log .]B§ 
— oa cla.v laud .I-'” 
Poisoning by Paris-green, what 
to do .Sot 
Poll evil.tbu 
Polygonum aviculare.450 
Pomuee. apple, best me for.«»0 
Po ato, H. of Hebrun same as 
Blush?...23 < 
— B rmuda .&>* 
— cuUlvation. ,.M 
— Early Ohio, shape, color.Mi 
— — sunrise . J8Q 
— Empire Stale.,...,..120 
— late for market . 13i 
— market, high prices. .738 
— planter. Asplnwall .18b ... 
— Rural Blush planted early or Teat, Supernumerary.3*6 
late. ...271 Teeth, Artificial robber plates..187 
— seed bads.738 leut Caterpillar, disappearance 
— yi Id, large 2fi0bushelsto dult _ .450 
an acre ....It Teoelnte...338 
Potatoes and the Irish.80b Terra Cotta, stoneware, etc., 
— aa stock feed .... .22 oo >k on.238 
— cuMlng, lime on.i88 Thistles, Canada, to extirpate ..7-6 
— fertilizers for.. ..120,754 Ttck9 on she*-p. 3h 
— jive acres, how to plant.i?* _ to rli sheep Of..16s 
— for teedln* purposes, worth 421 Tide, highest . . 610 
— gypsum for. value of. 56 Tile for ditching.237 
— is lime good for .i2u Timothy and clover, starting on 
— manure, borne, for....290 side hill meadow....722 
— Mapes fertilizers for, to ap--— with buckwheat.... 4.84 
plj. .120 _ best manure for.129 
— ■•mixing” in the hill.238 _ tne-*dow fertilizing......545 
— nitrate of soda for...Til _ seed to the acre ......545 
— one or more vines to the hill 257 Tobacco refuse, manorial value 
— plaHter lime and ashes for...2l> of .175 
— seed, lime to prevent rot-138 Tomato culture.'25 
— sweet, keeping ....6lo - seed cleaning for market ...7D6 
Potash uustlc iujurtng plants. 287 Tomatoes, to advance ripening.106 
— ii.r grass and clover.-.206 Trade, fme .and protection.853 
— salts for soft niug bones.206 Transplanting trees......236 
Poultry, besr * or Dakota .121 Trlfoilum hybrlduin.430 
— .lying wnh 9*tiled head.D'ii — incarnatura . 256 
— house for 2d fowls. ....230 Trees, protecting from mice ...690 
— rouoln .»6'J — time to cut topreveotsprout- 
Pr ckiy ontfrev, seeds of.. lug...175 
Pruning fruit'roes, time.*97 — trim‘plant lug .238 
I*udet-,wkeu will they my.290 Turkeys with .ore head.271 
Quince borer, U> destroy.237 Tumor, parasitic.738 
— culture. 28 i Turnips, wild, exterminating...888 
— for market .237 Veterinary school .573 
— — Pa .621 Vinegar, elder, making.73 
— Mec*li's.821 walnut. English, grafted on 
— trees not bearing.497 Black . 73 
Quinces for shipping. 188 waluuts. Black, how to treat for 
— how to prop-gate.TiU punning . 74 
— onclaylrUd. 153 Wart on cult's head, to cure....190 
Ra g-wi ed, to get rbl Of.If? Warts uu a horse .121 
Raspberry. Caiman.TIU - to remove from cattle.431 
— Caroline In Neb.Iv6 Water for animals. 73 
— Crimson Beauty, winter _ from a spring .454 
killed . 366 _ pipe, size of. 38 
— I) iv in son's Thornless...17a _ ram, pure. 74 
— Earhart .. 71 _ raising for Irrigation.5u 
— Earhart, Evorbearlng, where Watermelons, signs of ripeness 
to bur .106,190 ln .450 
— for Ivans. 63 Well.driven royalty on.434 
-ticks.370 - 
I Shoe-boll on horse’s leg.690 - 
Shurl hand, Eames's book on_4*6 C 
silo, cheap wood.7o6 C 
— construction of.465 C 
Smut in outs. 90 C 
Snow keeping like Ice.23; 
Soil, dry, cultivating .170 - 
— expo-ed, will It deteriorate . 6 t 
Soiling, best crops for ...... 821 
. soiling crops ....853 ( 
Sorghum Trust...306 ( 
Southern lauds, maps of.170 
Sows,abortion of .189 
— bl-'hof young, Instruments t 
for...431 < 
Sparrows, English, good word i 
for.-.796 ( 
Sparrows eating the worms,...706 
spavin, bog.169 i 
— bone . . ....169 
Spit aeh, raising for market ....236 i 
tipr.ug beetles.386 i 
Squash borer, best remedy.370 i 
Stabb- floors, slippery, to pre¬ 
vent. 22 
tables, windows In.449 
Stallion, year-old, food for.<9« 
S atlon leports. 190 
Steer with lurr. p under Jaw-163 
Stlfle-J"lnt lum. n* ss.358 
Stock, feeding roots.754 
— feed millet for. 168 
— labeiK, metallic...237 
— where to buy.238 
Strawberry for fertilizing the 
Crescent ..... .. 169 
— Jersey .iS 
— Jewell.3S 
— plants. Jessie.138 
-pot-grown.345 
Strowberiiea. fertilizer for .... 290 
— for clayey lonin In Canada...*257 
-home use—. 2?6 
-W. Va .514 
— injured by leaf-rollers.4"6 
— Nitrate or soda for...208 
— setting In the EaU.610 
Street sweepings as a fertilizer. 
value or . 38 
Stubbie, burning .610 
Sugar iu corn-stalks.822 
— Sorghum, diffusion process..190 
Sulpont • of Iron... 822 
Superphosphate home-made— 73 
— on corn . 106 
— separate Ingredients, whpre 
to uuy. 7 
Swine, Yorkshire, Large and 
small .289 
Tan-nark, spent ouk. value of . .641 
1 Tankage, worth.... .—.222 
Tannery oital for fertilizer.337 
- rcfu*e. value .854 
-remedy...418 
-treatment.671 
Carciss. device for lifting.119 
Cerp raising.... . 7 
Castor oil for boots and shoes. .403 
Cellars, care of.513 
— orainlng, keeping clean......5.3 
— outi.O'-r.... 4 
Cider, quick process of making 
vinegar ..-. 560 
Charcoal pits, fertility of.686 
I Gnmeb bug, remedy....499 
— bugs, 11 id A barley threaten 
ed....595 
Collie dog ns n cow-driver.r 19 
Combustion, spontaneous.790 
Co operation and independence 0* 
Cotton uil a preservative .796 
— seed meal, uamaged. value 322 
Country board, objections of 
city folks to.393 
Credit.4ii 
Crop* rotation of. 594 
Cultivation, shallow.385 
— — and deep ..SO? 
Cut-worms, to prevent destroy¬ 
ing cabbage, etc.416 
Dog, rurra, proper place.e-86 
— not a filvitd to.. .576 
— powers. In tormatlon wanted 254 
— St. Bernard.557 
Drag, plank .271 
Drainage.., .753 
Draining, tinder. Improving the 
Kettle, mending.2i0 
— ring.220 
Labor problem. 3 
— waste of .3il° 
Land, must keep cleaner.63? 
— Spirit of the, Cartoon.S3 
— too much . ,.,.222 
Lantern, dark, for farmers... 80b 
Lawrs' and Gilbert's expert- 
ments .35,113,242.43-. 
Lawns, grass seed for.2*2 
— TUnuthy fur .238 
Letter from Sir J. B. Uwes.say 
Lightning-rod sharps...25-1 
Lime, air slacked, and Baris- 
green....-. 
— ea.-y way to spread.288 
— instead of plaster for beetles 
.... . .,116 
Lucerne.59 1 
Jlachlneoll. 180 
Multmg Industry, Buffalo’s.3.0 
Man hired, mor el. 13 
Mangel-wurzel, experiments of 
Lawes und Gilbert.—736 
Manure a relief against drought 
..150 
— as a help against drought ,...48u 
— don t waste.2’7 
— fireTanged.28i 
— from straw. 622 
— heavy dressing causes grain 
to lodge . 297 
— hen, value of. "4, 36, 322 
— liqui i. ..287, 479, 790 
-saving .790 
-to utilize .352 
— loss uf. 218 
— nitrogen of. 213 
— notes.479 
SOU . .'ill 
Drought, bow to resist.. ..591 
— lesson* irom. 686,767 
— what it taught.. 167 
Dry Wi-afher notes... .’59 
Ear'll closet.5 0 
. ...270 — on a large scale.639 
.220 — seed to tne acre.627 
. 3 Alsik.-clover...419 
.803 1 - for dairy cows.546 
.639 Asparagus, wbat a ton takes 
.S3 from the soil . ....238 
.222 Barley, Lawes’ and Gilbert’s ex- 
.80o perlments.1*3 
peri- — Nepaul...71 
1,242.482 ,-worthless.....il 
... 272 Beets,-uvar, experiments of L. 
.... 238 and G. 242,432 
.Ml Buckwheat. Japanese...170 
.254 Bumble bees, vs Red Clover.. 270 
arts- Clover, Alsike. 419.939 
.416 — does It enrich the soli.369 
... .288 — hay curing. 433,755 
etle* — ln the South. 70 
,.416 — Mammo b.19 
.f,9i — not growing on a poor soil. .307 
.ISO — plowing under, pernicious 
.370 t aehlDgs...222 
. 13 — Red. humble-bees.270 
ts of — sickness.433 
.736 -cause.. 222 
lUght — sowing early. 222,:39 
.150 Comfr-> .Prickly .675,855 
t_480 — — experience .804 
.2b7 Corn. Brazlillan flour.166,512 
. 2*7 i — Burr's -A bite.185 
__ 692 — Cnampalgn .185 
grain — — White Pearl................185 
287 — crib, good.7-1 
4,86,322 -ven'ilator.623 
, 479.790 — crossing ...541 
_7W — cultivate deep and shallow 43u 
.352 — cultivator, kind of Unproved 
.. 218 needed ... 735 
— form changing. * 
— Great Eastern.102 
— grower successful. 3 
— Highland Beauty.243 
— HoUand Purchase.24° 
— Home Comfort...'02 
— Howard. 
— Jack...,V, ra 
— Jewel'.... 
— Keuneboc Beauty.io* 
— King’s Excelsior. l°4 
— Lee's favorite. w? 
— Majesty.243 
— Marshall P. Wilder.134 
— Morning Star. . 
— Mr Llmpe's No 2. .243 
— Murray’s Gold Flake.102 
— New Zealand....55 
— Niagara.134 
— Ohio, surprising yield Of.... .640 
— Owen Seedling .10? 
— Pear; of avoy . . 102 
[ — Perfection— .134 
— Perfect Peach-blow .102 
— planter and digger, Aspln- 
wail.-.11° 
-labor saved.322 
— pootatiie.k .. 6® 
— Potentate.. JlJ2.i35 
— Putnam’s Choice ..34 
— raising method. Rural’s.j®? 
-on L. 1.‘b* 
— Rose's Beauty of Beauties —102 
— R. >.-Y. No, I... .*»2 
___ 2 .782 
1 ____ 4***"*!!!!!!!!'*...'.732 
- — scab. 
Engines, steam, horse power of.30t — on me garden, why use so 
- wind power .. .400 
Ensilage, against. ..322 
— at tne Mich. Ag l. College.415 
— cr--p .307 
-the best..819 
— enthusiast on.. .466 
— experience......562 
— flve years'experience with..334 
— for cows .3S4 
— na« come to stay.510 
— more about . 450 
— opinions of.4*-6 
— use the entire crop.134,560 
— Wlltb g not 'OO much. 579 
Ensilaging, new way of.238 
Enstlolug corn stalks and ears 
513, 560 
Experimental Grounds of R N. 
Y 55, ire. IbS, 2t2, lot. 193, 51], 
5’9, oil, 613,717, 7->4 752. 
— station, mistakes made at ...771 
— — Onto. . 738 
--reports misleading.642 
much?. 2 
— or tertllizers. . 213 
— pit.592 
— plow log under vs. scattering 
.. . 819 
— question, too much dogma¬ 
tism.....61 
— urine, economical use of ,...2»7 
— valuable...790 
— vs. drought . 2 
— waste of by plowing too deep 61 
Manures, action or on soils. 61 
— artificial, the nitrogen, an¬ 
nual supoly.287 
Manuring, Fall.591 
Marl, va. 218 
Meadow-, irrigation of.103, 219 
Meat, gluten, death to COWS.206 
Meat sulphuring.707 
Medlcago satlva 
needed . 735 — scab. 
— deep cultlvatii.n .f63-and rot. 
-plowing the thing for.467 -remedy . 
— ensilage, maturity of.i'23-sulphur for . 
— ensllolng, new way.238 — seed balls,gather .. 
— fertilizing.5 2-well-formed tubers use* 
— fodder length to cut.642 — Silver Lstke. 
-to get the most out of.58® — SwlDgley’s Pride.... . 
-utilizing.589 — state of Maine. 
— — value ut. 704 — st ring In Col. 
— for the Central West.150,185 — stray Beauty. 
— bussing.119-Gem . 
-bri*k...119 — Sunset .. 
— Learning. 785 — Ihorburn. 
-for a silo.461 — Troy.... 
— Mama OCD Cuban.677 —Vanguard.. 
— Marolebead Wnite-cob.42 — Wa i’< Orange . 
— Muntlcello.... .W> — White Elephant. 
— Murdock .1 ! 5 —yields.,. 
— Payt* ti’s,small cob.....85-laige .. 166,4 
— Prideof the North .754 -on Iowa ag'l. farm ... 
— Queen of the Prairie.122 Potatoes, African, frotnEuri 
— raising in Texas. ...369 — andtbetrt-b . 
_nxfIW •K'* .. - W . ... ». .-.A- 
Teacher, support.t-5i Experiments of Lawes and Gll- 
— Til*-rn less... '2>**> 
Rtu-pberri-r», blaek-cap,hardlestl37 
-f«-r Ulxlng... 175 
— for home use.236 
-W Va...,.514 
— hardy... 17U 
— ted . 1.0 
-yellow, etc., proper names.*. 4 
Reana luxurious .338 
Reaper auu mower, Mauney. re 
pairs..,,.- .............333 
Retl-pol c-d 1 attle, who breeds?. 22 
Registering a liuil,eo-l .77' 
Rflti-UoWer, good thing. .190 
Rennet prepared, who makes 
It? .... .386 
Retarders, the other side.134 
Rheumatism chronic In mule..753 
Rhododendrons are they hardy 
in Southern Itld. 74 
Ringbolt’ .S87 
Rooting paper, where to buy....IK) 
Roof, iron lgiititlug proof.466 
— water-pro f, flat.170 
Roots f-*r feed .7'4 
— — nil'eh cows..22 
Roup, chicken ... ...,.169 
— entekens dying from.4.-8 
Rose-bu.s, B..naeh for.888 
— — remedy .,.4M 
dark red, oest . 
Roses rul-ed from seed..... ... .106 
Rupture colt with.257,l-d 
Rye best for flour . .*25 
— crop tu uorvbard.48i 
— for early pa lure .181 
— straw worth more than # 0.. 3S 
— to ihe aero on llgnt sandy 
loom . ......168 
— lime to sow lor Spring pas 
lure . 518 
— wittier, for-oiling.. 321 
Sail cun us. 10 make waterproof'46 
Saltapplyi-.g to wheat.27i 
— for apple trees....,...,.,,.,.. 3S 
— Injuring crops.154 
— on ruspoi-rrles . ......174 
— poisonous tu animals....fi-t* 
— refuse ... 2t<6 
— -lump eating too much.W.» 
Sawdust as u mulch for cur 
rants.106 
Wells. Artesian, practicable for 
irrigation . DM 
— driven.Royalty lmderGreen’s 
patent . 385 
— open or closed... . 88 
Wheat after—What?.514 
— and hurley, fertilizer for._610 
— apulylng salt to. .274 
— be»t for flour .625 
— bran as a fertilizer .154 
— Martin's Amber, color.722 
-— under ne*v name.641 
— old. under a new name.641 
— rye hybrids, Rural’s.625 
— seeding. 641 
— Seven-bended ..673 
— Winter, for Pa ......546 
Windows in stables. 419 
Wind mill power.516 
Wind-sucking, remedy . .231, 
Wire-worms. .. 416 
— — flowers of sulphur for . 690 
“Wolf-in the tall.” no such dis¬ 
ease . ®i 
"Wolf teeth”. 433 
— — In a horse. 222 
Wood ftshe-, about —.. ....... 611 
— mold, analysis of.417 
— preserving with chloride of 
zinc solution. 256 
Wool, duty on .2i6 
— secured,duly on.286 
— waste U‘ n fertilizer. 333 
Worm*, horse with....769 
— ln ehlcks. 22 
— — lambs nud sheep.561 
— pin In ho se. remedy.514 
Wyandott*’*, excellence of.SiW 
— fence, hlglil of to keep In....854 
FARSI TOPICS. 
Adulterations, fight..54 
Agricultural books .3*8 
— college* .. 368 
experimental station report 
uuflcudlng..(42 
— writers should use plain lan¬ 
guage.... . 690 
Agriculture I 11 the Cabinet..S34,368 
— secretary of.868 
— -don’t want. 2 '9 
bert.35, 242.736 
Express charges ... 184 
Farm boarding houses .3s3 
-objections or city people 
to.398 
-please rity boarders.415 
— help, hungry.. 54 
— house privy. 1 , 510 
— hygiene on the.575 
— Implements, purchasing.576 
— labor .. 54 
-problem. 3 1 
— laborers In different coun¬ 
tries ... .— S38 
— of Joseph Harris.Sli 
-J. S. Woodward.154 
— paper, why take a. 51 
— paragraphs, pithy .613 
— pupils . .. . .....757 
— town, half acre.494 
— Western R. N.-Y.......102 
Farms, New England..642 
— Nottiiwestern, d- bt-ladea.. 495 
— smsII. for city folks. 806 
— Western, loans on.415 
Farme--, anci-bot k, blunder. 607 
— average. Improved stock for 34 
— w)<le-«wake. 37 
Farmers and luwn mowers.483 
— closeness of . .193 
— daughter helpful.621 
— oltcuss official weather re¬ 
ports . S30 
— Industrial partnership. 166 
— iristnute*..303 
— near cities, troubles of.-"o9 
— not a privileged class .622 
— organization among needed 54 
— pnrtne.r*.5o 
— pithy paragraphs for.616 
— political power of.133 
— practical hints for. 868 
— to the fr nt . Ii9 
Farming a fairly profitable busi¬ 
ness..297 
— decrease of In New Englaud.oi2 
— political.219 
— profits. ....368 
Fsrtustea ! sanitation.510 
Feed, It pays 10 husk and grind 467 
F edlng Ida .609 
Ferrets, use of . 21 
Fertility.leaching of..61 
Fertilizer, complete, what It Is 
58,544 
— sulphate of Iron as a. 739 
1 Fertilizers act as retarders 
wheu In contact with tne 
seed...,. . .......417 
— artificial,best and cbeapest.55.7d 
-the hot.i5 
— commercial. 47 s 
— — economical use of.58 
— — In fruit growing .784 
— complete .591 
— ,lu contact with the seed, re 
tarders. 417 
-tta West .576 
— Judicious use .415 
— l.,w-t>rlecd market demands..544 
— on poor land.6SS 
— prl v ot... . 218 
— te-tins ...334 
Fertilizing materials, wastes In 
N. Y.CIty. 704 
Filter, cheap..23d 
Klsb ponds fn Saxony. 23 
Fodder clamp.20 
— corn wostod in corn States.. .704 
— sorghum as..,. 495 
— staud ..6*9 
Fruit driers, cheap.23 
Fuel, new kind . 23 
Furnace, straw and wood-burn- 
Inii.. - 
Giunbl ug at fulrs.4)9 
Gate fasten.-r .. 55 
Grain unloading. 253 
Gruuge insurance . SS4 
Men lu the household.8*>s 
Mil.a wiud power.235 
Nitrate of soda for garden crops 2 
— -n*de rrom Dr. Lawts...5i0 
— — — too dear.S06 
Nitrification,Indispensable con¬ 
ditions.... 222 
Nitrogen of manure...334 
Northern settlers In ibe South 462 
Oat tests at Ohio Ex. Station. 
criticism.823 
Oats and chlucb hugs go togeth¬ 
er ....513 
— under different names, Ohio 
Ex. Station report .612 
Onion hoc. 204 
Paris-green and plaster, mixing _ 
-sifter"”*’.”. *.‘.’.’.’.1.153 
Pasture an J hay rotation...307 
Pastures, termanent. 4 
Pasturing preferred to soiling..Ho 
Petroleum, crude, for wood.139 
Phosphates, rock.2»8 
— solubl-. ...416 
Plant und seed peddler, look out 
lor the 83 
— constituents.2-9 
— life, essential foods tor.259 
.. 591 — seed, curing In the milk.2-' 
— — destruction of, ln ground.386 
-green . 334 
— sh* ck for silos. 354 
— Smith's mixed..185 
— stalk must be moistened 
wi>en fed.6S7 
— stalksoD’i ears ensllolng.543 
-for fodder, handling.666 
— sweet.Cory .542 
— — dried and evaporated.415 
-King or the Earlies.54? 
-new v rietlea ..19 
-pedigree. .493 
-the best ensilage crop.Si9 
— thrashed. ..790 
— thrashing.771,855 
— wtikfllntouL 1.701 
Cotton seen In India.23 
Cow-pea for the North.222 
Cow-peas in New Jersey.2->8 
— -the North. 809 
Crop rep'-rts.. 445,464.48s 
Crop*, rour years’ rotation, sys¬ 
tem . . ....594 
— In the Argentine Republic...354 
— South* rn. outlook . .59* 
Grain storage In Minnesota-19U 
Grains and grass, exaggerated 
praise of ... .... 253 
- Illf, C23VUHU1 l''*."IO r'**" - ' - - • 
Plow ing, w**t or dry soil lor ... ifi Gras*. Bermuda, seeding, 
i - Irel....288 
Political power of farmers .... 133 
Potaio sp-or nutrient.770 
— crop alone.... . .307 
— Hungarian .S71,4(D 
— — as late feed .«if* 
Poultr* trespassing. 3ik> — tu New England. 
Pi ivy, farm heuse .510,543 — John on .. 
Rabbit killing In Australia .8116 — Ojrcbar.t and Kentucky Blae.-<V>7 
Railroads, ravordism of.f22 
Uat pest.56fl 
R. ad question........592 
Rubbery, respectable.iSS 
Roots, ralslug.87 
“Rural Grounds." Mr. Olcott's 
visit to. . ..434 
— work. 0 erltlo criticised.7o8 
Rust on grasses.563 
Rye as a soiling crop.S2I 
salt . I. ....... .. 71' * 
>alt peter lb food unsafe.819 
Sea.es on * he farm.*86 
Seed bed, firming the soil..191 
— distribution, Washington....23, 
S8, 55, 151. 166. 215, JSi, 63, 369 
-— Good seed f 1 ura.,..,204 
-UiRuge nza as* . . _ ..">1 
-In favor of Us work ...136, 
204.2M. 2711,80- 
Seeds. postace on.183 
— retaining th ir vitality.3* 4 
— swindling with .7*6 
— testing, value to farmers .. 591 
— Wa hlngton, farmers don't 
want .151 
SeHng, my theory of.334 
Silage, when aud how to feed.. 6*8 
Silo building.431 
— give tt a trial. ..576 
— Shock Co* n for.354 
SalUng crops .989 
— pasturing‘preferred to..416 
— problems.....389 
Southern prosperity.ait 
Sparrow, English. 623 
Stable floors.220 
SU*-k to your business.254 
Straw as an absorbent.621 
— — fodder. 6.3 
— composts. 623 
— manure from.«22 
— mulching.622 
— value of.75-1 
-ln New England .... 75 
-never supplanting Timo¬ 
thy. 3 
— seeding.574 
— Tlmotuy and clover seeding.?u5 
— — marked defects ol.290 
Grasses aud clovers during 
drought .674 
— combination makes finest 
sward.435 
— for a wet soil.Sid 
-feed .2.4 
-New Engl nd......3*T 
-pasture In Iowa.3t*7 
-shaded -and. S/7 
— rust on.=6° 
Harvest, wnat will it be? 445,4-4 
Hay un j pasture rotation..307 
— — clover cu lug .13.8 
-crop, what It takes from 
the s- li.358 
— cutting and curing.467 
— harvest .4u0 
— press Improved . *88 
— when shall we cut............ S6y Teosloce 
-on L I. . 
— Rose’s Beauty of Beauties—m« 
— R. N'.-Y. No, I..*»? 
___ 2 .^62 
__ 3 ]. ............ .”!'* b2 
__ _ _ 7c& 
— scab. 1 5!! 
-and rot.. 
-remedy . *} 
-sutpbnr for. 
— seed balls, gather.6*5 
-well formed tubers used..i'i 
— Silver Lsike. 
— Swlnglcy’s Pride..., . iu ° 
— State of Maine. 
— st ring In Col. 736 
— Stray Beauty.i02 
-Gem . 134 
— Sunset ..MB 
— Ihorburn.102,755 
— Troy ., .. 102 
— Vanguard. 102 
— Wa i'< Orange . 1U2 
— White Elephant.lu2 
— yields.,,. 575,591 
-la*ge .. . 166,451,62? 
-on Iowa ag'l. farm. 2 
Potatoes, African, from Europe79U 
— andtbetrt-b ..838 
— ashes on. effect...... 4 
— culture, flat.139 
— degeneration of, why If not 
how. ..803 
— deter oration of..351 
— digging when.67? 
— es lmatiDg the com. yield by 
ratine* 1 i the fin - 735 
— faveriti-sonL I.....704 
— fertilizer for, on poor land .. .63S 
— lnmead of itaoie manure. 354 
— for seed, keep from suromlngtiis 
— good aud bad ao ”R G.” . 102 
— handling .575.671 
— harvesting.511 
— hilling.451 
— how to raise a maximum 
crop .. 351 
— iu Iowa. 2 
— list or no b-tter than old.102 
— marketing, when.511 
— new. 55 
— uot mixing. 7 
— ou Coast Range In Cal.419 
— p anting .385 
— poor yields.755 
— precautions in planting.S03 
— preserving.803 
— profits of ..591 
— running out .105 
— Rurul's seedlings .782 
— scaboy.SS9.707 
-used for s p ed .... 563 
— seed curing beforehand .. 186 
-hand ling. . 80 S 
-keeping.5*3 
-quarter, half and whole ..638 
-siz- of .... . . ..638 
-sprouting weakens vital¬ 
ity .803 
— s* ed ling .717 
— small, useof ,....5U 
— stored In "dugouts".803 
— storing . ,579.832 
— using small.591 
— viiadty of —.Sol 
— wire-worms aud scab ln _.254 
Pumpkin, Mammoth Red Etam- 
pes ... . .. ..o5 
— t lrglnla sweet Potato_677 
Ream* luxurians .7S6 
Root crops, raisins.3d 
Rye for spring pasture. 543 
— sow 10 turn under.435 
— Thousand-fold .270 
See-lng stinginess In.254 
-again 135 
Sorghum as a fodder. 495 
— foren-tlage.319 
— halapeuse . ..258 
— - and Its many aliases.36 
Hungarian Grass.4U0 
Lu-eraor Alfalfa.450 
Oats at “R. G.” .. 5 
— Bad ior Queen .134 
— Bonemtan, swindle. 10 S 
— early sown .139 
— experiments. 134 
— harrowed In. H9 
— not tou ripe when cut.419 
— put In early value. 5* 
— seed firmly rolled. .207 
— sli infcage .134 
— tests at. Ohio Ex. Station, 
critlci-m .......S23 
— to prevent uuut.&X5 
— under different names, Ohio 
Ex. Si art n reports.M2 
Onion, plowing for.......tifi 
— seed to the ucre. .170 
— waste . 6.Q Orchard Grass In New England .5 
Stumps, blowing out ..270 
— — up wltn dynamite, 166 ,219.5*4 
— dynamite for .166 
Sugar, beet root, cultivation_611 
— Industry, illffusi n ex.945 
Suli-hatc of imn as a fertilizer. .7:^ 
*ulphur for potato scab ...*22 
Sweets, fiauduleut,. 133 
Taxation of farmer*, excessive." 'i 
Tax theory. Henry Geurge’s.TO-,716 
Till g cheap aud effective.62 
— for potatoes .. 400 
— working* of the.. 163 Tobaccostems. manorial value 
Improving the'and ..hfi Animals dead, dlAgOfdug of....628 
— hemlock and hardwood... . t.VJ Asparagus cunning.sm 
Scab ln sheep . 6 Asues Of cotton-seed hulls, an- 
Soratcnc*. horse with.8*8 alyslaof.485 
— In a hem* ..hi? — unleached wood .... .58 
Seeds, vitullty of .53 Bag holder.5\5HJ 
Sex. breed ug for .72.' oven brick..2,0 
Shea to foul . ..9o Beetle striped, dissolved hen 
Sheep, cheviot, wnereto buy... 7 manure for.?is 
— difference between South- Bei t-root Tot sugar.cultivation Oil 
down »nd *hrops!iire down:its sugar.new enemy to tndustry609 
— eutlug 00 much salt.689 Bermuda grass seeding.563 
— feed tor. ........ ...S3. Binding the H, N.-Y.M2 
— Lincoln, crossing for finer Hoarders, city ... .4:13 
wool. 497 fo'k la (he country.453 
- — what to cross on. 8 B isrdtng houses, l rtn.383 
— manure for gardening.137 Bones save end reduce . 151 
— scab in. . ........ 9 Roots and shoes,oil for. 418 
— sick . ill Brewers’grains, rotten.:t22 
— skins, aiming . 22 lirowu,Bucephalus, N 'tlonsand 
— ticks on, to nd........163 ideas, i. .0. 133, 21*, 287, 368, 
— to Inei ease size and Improve 453 m 57ft, 622. 7M, 757 . 
the wool. .621 Bumble bees In Kans . 38 
— troubled wit* st.. . i.6l Bushel boxes.807 
— With enzootic 1 halm la. ..90 . Cabbage, burying..589 
— — nasal enturru.-....*05 I — worm, lime for...,......60S 
Grounds. Experiment, R.N.-Y. 
5,102.131.133. i j * Wi.49.1,54 1 ,5S9. 
621.63',? 7.791.7S2. . 
Harness, care for.7S5 
__ NQ 
Harrow, drugging bard on 
horses .. .....S51 
— home-made ., .27U 
— Thomas smoothing.39*.t^> 
Hutch bill.23,25 
Huy, B good crop .1 I 
— clover.75ft 
— crop. 480 
— rocking machine.823 
— cutter, fcandy. 55 
— market. x.I. .'.75 
— — New York, history.5*4 
— pole. 201 
ridstui. increase In.las 
Hen in&unre, value Of. S4.Mi 
Hoc handles flat or oval......... 50 
Hoplouse . 515 
— press, new . 5*3 
— r fuse, niamirlal value 
Horse power of steam engines. .301 
1 Hot-wat-r arrangement. 20 
g .. 1 75 
Icehouse. 118 
lee houses. 98,835 
insecticides, arsenieaL danger 
from .. .495 
Insurance. Agricultural.352 
— farm .....'.368 
— Ugood. 352 
— losses lu rural districts.28? 
Irrigation notes.401 
— practical.415 
— wltn a flve-horse power en- 
gtno....919 
Of 322 
Tools care of. 49 ,SJ7 
Undenlrainlug. t cnefits during 
rtr>>ngbt . 853 
V getabies Instead of drugs. .. 307 
Vlfiezar cider, quick process.. 360 
Wagon tack, handy.623 
— tire, cl vtoi for tightening_716 
Water, drluklu-- 
— for toefc in Mississippi. 
— Impure... 
.592 
— supply .. 
-question. 
— system.. ..... 
Wefc&s ... ....... .. 
— does not pay to feed 
. 59 s 
...... 623 
..543 
with 
— lnoioiitinns of . 
— rag utiltzl-'g. 
Well, 'riven, fiasco. 
— Rural's drlvi-n . 
.716 
.13 
W Us. wall and platform for..132 
Wind-mills .511 
-In Michigan..415 
-power of .. .495 
— p >wer engine.400 
Wire worm question. 151,152 
— worms an*i scab In potatoes.254 
-more llgnt on.87 
Wood, toughening. .23 
FIELD CROPS. 
Alfalfa .450.591 
— as » forage plant in N. J.4U) 
— for hay ... .639 
-perennial pastures.639 
-stock.639 
— In Colorado.,254 
270 Pa-tur and hay rotation . 507 
,?.G Peppermint cnltivotiun In St. 
*66 Joseph Co., Mich . 19 
‘gli Potato a poor nutrient..,77u 
*41 — Atlantic .243 
t 7 ;-© — Beauty of Hebron, yield.. 15 ,58 1 
8->2 — beetle, death to .3<0 
133 — Blush. 83 
.701 — Bonanza . 102 
-(g _ Brownell’s Extra Early Yan- 
. 02 kee. .. 55 
.400 — — Superior.102 
> — Carman..24a 
.322 — Cn <rles Downing.H*2 
,8G - Clark's NO. i .5*9 
* — Coluwrda .134 
853 — Corliss's Matchless.102 
90? — * rune’s Ext**A Keeper.'243 
.560 | — — June tilling.243 
623 — crop, handling.511 
!?S6 — crops, large.14* 
592 I — culture . .87, 637 
.462 -valley mulching, to keep 
510 leaves on ... 151 
7 S 3 -muh'h system .T9v 
' vjs — Dakota Red.102 
.623 — lN-laware.735 
543 — Dletmor...lot 
— digger, weeds interfering . 575 
639 — Ear y Albino.........243, ti« 
!?36-f lower. I "2 
.736 1 -Gem .134 
.886 1 -Maine ..MB 
ts I-Mayflower.......BCJ 
.51! !-Pearl .102 
4!5 -Puritan.73t 
495 -Yankee.. ..... li'2 
AU0 — Electric... 102 
1,152 — Empire State.37,12 
i ;*54 — Kvcrttt . ■.. K 2 
S? — experiments *t R. G.55.2A5 
^23 -comparat ive average yield? 41 
-sire of sewt pieces.734 
-supplement.41 
-with different fertilizers 
3.591 ou a “worn-out” soil. . 41 
,4u)-with farm manure, coni- 
.689 plete and Incomplete fertll- 
.639 fzttrs .. 43 
,.639 — i’earuaught.....131 
,,954 — Held, clean, secret..i?5 
Timothy and clover, seedlDg....703 
— marked defects of.290 
Tobacco raising in North Caro 
Una ... _8,71,96, 118. 134 
— se. ii distributed from Wash¬ 
ington .91 
— stalks analyses of.354 
Turuips. Lawes and Gilbert's 
experiments . . 173 
Weeds it does not pay to feed 
wl'.n nitrogen.639 
— indications uf.736 
— rag, utilizing .736 
Wheal aud rye hybrids.432 
— at wnatdepth shall we plant? 149 
— cos. gtug spring to winter, 
no advantage. 717 
— crop, heavy .,. . 576 
— cross bred, Armstrong the 
mother .717 
— Di.hi-Mcd. ... .611 
— experiments, best yields_617 
— India and American.563 
— Poole.. 578 
— producer, India as a.7u6 
— seeding, about...560 
■ ring 
- straw. inereaslug stiffness.. .SS9 
— what time to sow.627 
Wheats, identity of ..765 
— promising.,. 573 
— Rural's cro»s-bred.717 
FLORICULTURAL. 
AbutUons seedling.234 
Annuals, best, list. Ill 
Aster# .culture.170 
Autumn Hardening...,.75? 
Carsua culture .1S8 
— Ehcmunnll. 188 
Cauuws. . 1*8 
Cauterbu v bells..290 
Chrysanthemum . 122 
1 Cb-matis ci.celnca .579 
Daisies, Swan River .6yl 
Day ULte-. for shad-d places.132 
I LVsmodlum pen du into rum.7a7 
Ferns Min ferneries .835 
Florists. American, next meet¬ 
ing of ...194 
— couveniton, Chicago..... ... 576 
Flower*, preserving, novel way. 21 
— seeultag growing..623 
Freestu refracta alba.272 
I FreesLs .578 
Fuchsia. Storm Kir g .272 
— — — same as Frau Emma 
Topfer.- .234 
Garden, winter...769 
Gardens, military —. 597 
Greenhouse, cheap and conveni¬ 
ent.593 
Greenhouses, best. 4 
— building. 4 
1 — evaporating vs. fumigating.. 75 
— glass for..... 4 
— heating. . 4 
I I — steam h-ated . 75 
Heme oeallisfutva.. .....122 
Hollyhock, flowering th« first 
season....*. 75 
