— farms, why there are no 
larger .414 
— for farmers, best.1H7 
-the holiday mnrket.102 
— good prices for .704 
— lilut<. seasonable.606 
— markets, customs of.478 
— on trees.700 
— raisins In Montana.410 
— Show, New York.639, 736, S'.I 
— Shows 111 N. v.606 
— soring work. 251 
— trespassum . 303 
Vrolltalilc (lock.217,287 
Profits awl less. 35 
Rais, keen ont or poultry house 8 
Roup In lue winter . 4 
Sunflower seed. 53 
Ventilation.56,86 
Vermin, to get r‘d of .819 
Water can rr.r winter use.35 
— dish . , . ..152 
White Dorkings.351 
— varieties of poultry.941 
Winner care of hens.802 
— layers. 54 
— laying tioek.188 
Wyandot .es. .736,851 
— areal eaters . .141 
— half blood.217 
SHEEP HUSBANDRY. 
August care of sheep.617 
Breeding selection of males ...102 
Cheviot sheep.?67 
Dorse! Sheet... 
Ewes, breeding, grain for.188 
— pregnant, shea lugi. 18 
— scarcity pf milk food.254 
February care. :.86 
Feeding ration, good.152 
O rub-in-the head. 75 
Hampshire Downs. .351.765 
— — cut of. 853 
Herd books.218 
July care .453 
Lames, lood for . 102 
— full reed, give.1*2 
— ram castration It pays .....'52 
— — should they be castrated? 152 
— shearing. 8 
-In winter. 11,219 
— Bmut-raeed, extra value of— 4 
— worms In.286 
Linseed cake for sheep. 75 
Sheep and lambs.217 
— choosing.483 
— controlling. 18 
— Dorset .. «42 
— keeping a matter of profit. ...It 2 
— killed.122 
— March care.157 
— native of South America... 418 
— raisers alive. 70 
— September eare....574 
Shropshire »heep. 53 
Stretches In sheep.,.203 
Suffolk sheep .. 50 
Wool market. Fort Worth as a 499 
— tariff . 435 
— wash Ing.:.354,485,512,651 
SWINE HERD. 
August care of swine .Td7 
Box for holding hogs..367 
Breeding early pigs'.8<7 
fare, April.218 
— March.157 
Cholera.138 
Cotton seed meal for hogs... ..512 
Duroe-Jerseys as weed killers . .185 
Essex swine .170 
Fattening In winter. 17 
February care. . .9 > 
Feeding, comfort and discom¬ 
fort.t.17 
— cotton-seed to hogs.512 
— device for,. 71 
— hogs.103 
Herd bookB.. 318 
Hr.g feeding experiment.739 
— making a big. .478 
Hogs aud corn, building for. . ..288 
— exoe-slvely fat not wanted . .518 
— in Indiana..576 
July care.453 
Lard adulteration.386 
Male pl«8.care Of ..288 
Mark' ling the way. 5 
Pig, care, males. .303. 360 
— tor breeding, to pick out ....371 
— marketing ' 5 
Pigs, feeding experiment.771 
-for early market.642 
Poland China sow.385 
Ruts swine cm Ing, disease .58 
Sausage, home-made, good buai- 
ue-» dune . 734 
Sow, Poland China. 385 
Sows, brood, when to couple_74 
— old, for breeding.398 
Swi e declining In Gt. Britain .Iso 
— plague, experience with.898 
— recent changes in.84 
Trlcblein In pork, rats a cause. 543 
. rough, feeding.. .. 152 
VETERINARY. 
Anthrax.478 
Cholera, hog..138 
Corgress anti pleuro.23 
Cow, to "clean” properly after 
calving.1 fd 
Diarrhea in calves.203 
Disease, hereditary.20K 
Fatty degeneration.123 
Fever.tnilk. 236 
THE VINEYARD. 
Agawam seedling, monstrous 
grape of....— 541 
Alice ..36,108,104, 135 
Bagglnz. 836 
Brignton..... 243 
Llhnax..705 
Cold grapery. 0 4 
Cuttings, bow to grow, .56 
Cuttings, management of. 104 
— Burr’s new grape.607 
Jordan.787 
Lady.243 
— Pocklington In Mass. 91 
— WschinKion.243 
MHlaga grapes In N. Y.725 
Mildew and rot. arrested by use 
of sulphate of copper... .4'8 
— ren edies against. 3i6 
Moore's Diamond.S.'4, 483 
— EarH*.,.107,766 
Niagara,.105, 624 
Glanders.157. 6)3 
— general symptoms of.l<n 
— in the West — . 418 
Hog cholera and swine plague 
— $8 tea.....,.. ... ,46i 
Eivi ra..541 
Empire State .. id, 243, 495, 624 , 766 
Faith. 541 
Fungicides, Florence Congress. .336 
Grafting .752 
Grape,anew white.6. v 8 
n11 m i rf* In Minn. 60* 
Pearl . .541 
Pocklington.91. 243 
Protection winter.939 
“Hollow born ’.. .802, 6-0 
-cow doctor’s blunder.202 
— and grafting..752 
Ripening time not loo much 
moisture . 152 
Hoof dlMtemper In cows .... ..., 18 
Inc ulation In pleuro-pucumo- _ 
notes from Rural Grounds 243,541 — variation In.20,152 
perfect fertilization of.t<51 Koenbeck.2-3 
rot at ”R. G”. 498 Rot, to prevent. 39 
Lambs, Intestinal and lung 
— vines, new way of selling.... 2u Secretary.243 
Granerv. cold ..104 .Seedling*, raising . 336 
Milk fever. ..286 
Parturient apoplexy.349 
Pleuro-pneumonla. contagious. 126. 
.....166,412 
-Inoculation.228 
quackery, veterinary.040,753 
Stretches in sheep....203 
Tuberculosis ..419 
Veterinarians disagreeing In 
swine diseases. 23 
Veterinary qtmclcery. .040 
— selfishness .786 
Worms, Intestinal and lung, in 
Iambs.. .286 
Grapes along the ocean.704 
— and sparrows.624 
— at “R G." . 243 n41 
finest on what snoots.22? 
— for Canada .386 
— — Kansas.10 t 
— — Southern Now E" gland... 306 
— bandlingaud marketing... ..480 
— Mr. Fisher's. 91 
— rotting at “R. G.”.498 
— self fertilizing.104 
Highland.248 
Jefferson. 243 
jewoll..... >39 
1 Sulphate of copper for mildew 
and rot____ a.41* 
Transparent. 5-41 
Ulster. 766 
Vines never be left to overbear 611 
— young.-ettlng out.258 
Vineyard. Excelsior, visit to_608 
Wine, unfevtnented.723 
Winter protection.20, 839 
Woodruff Rrd.243 
Worden. .. .... .7, 108, 107,157, 673 
DAIRY HU»BANI>RY. 
Ration for Jersey cow.969 
Silage, value of.869 
EDITORIAL. 
Celery experiments.875 
Difference, a 875 
Experiment Stations— appropri¬ 
ations ... .875 
Farr w cow sand dairy IcuchcrsSIS 
Hard times In the Kur West.876 
Immigration, restricting.875 
Lessons of the year . . .875 
Milk reci rd beau-u again-875 
New potatoes In market.8m 
New Year the.815 
Oleomargarine luw.87i 
Poultrynien in error.875 
Stock breeders. Congress of —875 
‘•Sugar Trust booming ”. 375 
Uniformity of weights and 
measures.875 
Wool, tariff on.8.5 
EVERYWHERE. 
Iowa, Polk Co.870 
Michigan, St. Joseph Co. 970 
Pennsylvania, Lancaster Co.SMI 
rARMKBS' CLUB, 
Ailing horse.St” 
Apples, crossing. .867 
Hitter rot.867 
Bone steaming.. 868 
Cat logues received. 868 
Cleveland Bay . 8ss 
Crossing apples . 845 
Dwarf apples.867 
Fertilizers lor small fiults.868 
Fleshings . 868 
Fresh meat ration for cow ... 863 
Green mauureefor small fruit8.696 
Horse, ailing .S67 
Horse, Indigestion In a.868 
Horse. Yorkshire Bay, same as 
Indigestion In a horse.868 
Leucorrho-a iu marc.867 
Marc leucornhu' in....867 
Nixon nozzle. 868 
Pear seed, treatment Of...869 | 
Prices for bones...866 
Resurrection plant, how to pro- 
pas ate. 868 
Saltpeter unwholesomencss of.968 
r orghum for sirup ... . 868 
Strawberry seed, treatment of.. 868 
Sweeny i f hip Joint In mare_868 
Veterinary prt scriptions iu 
English.868 
Watermelon culture.867 
Xnnthoceras sorbifolia.868 
FARM TOPICS. 
Grass Is king. 893 
Hand weeding of corn.883 
Palu ting.866 
Potatoes, culture of .869 
Sub-soiling does It pay?. ...881 
Year, lessons of.883 
FIELD CROPS. 
Seed potatoes. .S66 
-best temperature.866 
— — In a freezing cellar. .966 
Sowing clover seed.SS3 
FLO R1CULT URAL. 
Notes.S65 
— Aoutilons.865 
— Bouvardlas. 
— Ficus E'astica. 
— Jessamine. 
— Lam anas. 
— Oxalls . 
— Paris Daisies. 
— Salvia splendens... 
HERDSMAN. 
.866 
.966 
865 
966 
.866 
365 
Breeding, rearing and feeding 
for quality..966 
Quality breeding, rearing and 
feeding for.866 
HORTICULTURAL. 
Berry patch, oats in.888 
Celery how to keep.865 
Lucretla Dewberry.869 
Scabby potatoes.883 
Strawberries, winter protection 
for.865 
Winter protection for straw¬ 
berries...865 
POMOLOGICAL. 
Fruits, choice of, by leading 
American pomologists..865 
POULTRY YARD. 
Killing lice .883 
Poultry notes. .8 6 
RUSAL TOPICS. 
Farmers' Institutes... .S64 
— — programme changing. .866 
-superintendent, impor¬ 
tance of . —.... 866 
— — Wisconsin, irodel.966 
Future of Farming.8^3 
Present farming will not pay.. 883 
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chapter m- iConMmtefi.) 
Colonel Fair talked rapidly and earnestly, 
pointing down the street as he talked. John 
listened in surprise. He hardly expected to 
find a man talking this way right in the very 
heart of the South. He indicated bis surprise 
at this very pluiu talk 
“I ain’t a bit afraid of ’em” said Colonel 
Fair, “aud they know it. I’ve been here a 
good while and they know who I be. They 
know I don’t know how to run worth a cent. 
Fm a Democrat—always have been. Down 
in this country you’ve got to he either a Demo¬ 
crat or a nigger. You ain’t got no idee yet 
wbat a nigger is. Wait till you have 'em to 
work for ye au’ all around ye. That’s the 
kind of men that runs tins country”—and he 
pointed to a group of men gathered in frout 
of one of the stores. 
“They set there all day an’ do nothin’ but 
talk politics, an’ yet there ain’t one of ’em 
that can tell ye what Protection means. 
I’ll bet teu dollars 1 can go up to that crowd 
an’ ask’em what the news is, an’every man 
will say ‘not a word to day’—come an’ try it.” 
And he drew John along with him. 
They reached the group after a short walk. 
Colonel Fair introduced John as Judge Rock¬ 
well. He shook hands with some of the men, 
and with a sly twinkle in his eye asked, “Well, 
gentlemen, what’s the news?” The men looked 
sadly at one another and mournfully replied, 
“Not u word—you got any?” 
The men regarded John in sullen silence. 
At last a good-uatured-lookiug fat man, who 
appeared to be the proprietor of the store, 
seemed to realize that John was in an awk¬ 
ward positiou. He kindly came to the res¬ 
cue. 
“I reckon you’ll like this country sar,” he 
said, as he pushed his hat up from his face. 
“Good country l reckon. Mighty easy fo’a 
man to make a livin’ down yer. Right 
smart of chances I reckon.” 
“That’s jest what ails the country,” broke 
in Colonel Fair. “Its too powerful easy to 
make a livin’ here. If you fellers had to 
scratch a little harder you’d be better off. 
But its jest as I tell ye—you've all got to die 
before this country can come up any. You 
all know it, an’ there ain’t no use trying to 
dodge it.” 
John was surprised at the way the crowd 
took this verbal attack. He fully expected to 
seo them start up aud attack the blunt speak¬ 
er. Not a word was said, however. The men 
all glanced sullenly at each other, but made 
no audible reply. After a few ordiuary re¬ 
marks John and Colonel Fair walked ou down 
the street. As they passed away John caught 
a glimpse at the downcast faces of several 
of the white men. They must have hated 
his companion intensely. Colonel Fair no¬ 
ticed his surprised look. 
“I reckon they hate me,” he said, “but it 
don’t make no odds. I've got a good place, 
out of debt, an’ money ahead. I don’t owe 
’em nothin’, an’ a heap of ’em do owe me. 
They can’t run me out, an’ they've jest got to 
stand up an’hark at what I tell ’em. You're 
a stranger here, an’ don’t know what’s goin’ 
on. You'll find out quick enough, an’ I’ll be 
glad to help ye all I kiu.” 
They stopped at the hank, where John was 
introduced to several other Northern men. 
They were all quiet, determined-looking men, 
who looked him straight in the eye. They all 
seemed glad to see him, and were ready to 
give advice aud information. John easily ob¬ 
tained the needed information in regard to 
his place It was close to Colonel Fair's plan¬ 
tation. That gentleman invited John to stay 
at his house until the place could be cleared 
up. 
“I reckon it’s nothin' but a nest o' niggers 
now,” was Colonel Fair s opinion. 
John gladly accepted the invitation He 
promised to come out ou Monday for the pur¬ 
pose of looking over the place. He shook 
hands with his new friends at last and started 
back to the hotel. He began to fear that Nel¬ 
lie might need him. As he passed by the 
store where they had spoken with the group 
of loungers, the fat proprietor smiled with so 
much good uature that Johu stopped,Yaukee- 
libe, tor a talk. The crowd of lazy men had 
departed in search of more comfortable seats, 
and the fat uiau was able to reserve the best 
chair for his own use, and give John the 
choice of all the rest. John sat down beside 
his portly friend and glanced curiously up 
and down the street. 
“I reckon we have a heap tno 7 niggers then 
you all does,” said the fat mau as he saw 
John’s look of curiosity. 
“I guess you do,” said John cautiously. 
“Wo don’t have only here and there one.” 
“I don't reckon youkuows w hat the nigger is. 
Down yer wkar we have ’em all arouud us, 
we understand ’em. You all has ter come 
whar they is befo’ you kin know much about 
’em. The nigger”—here he waved one lazy 
hand in front ot him—"ain't never a goin' to 
be uothiu’, au’ he don’t know how ter learn. 
He’s sorter like a piuter dog. He can read an' 
write, but the mo’ he learns, the mo' devil he 
gits inter him. Y oil'll see jest how it is befo 
you’ve ben yer a year. You give the nigger 
his schoolin’ an’ ye spoil him to wouct. He 
wants ter go right ter teaehin’ or preach in’. 
He don't know nothin’ an’ he never will. 
There they lie to-day. I don’t reckon there's 
a dozen iu this town that knows what they 
come in fer. They spend their time an’ 
money on some little trick that ain't got 
nothin’ to it, an’ there they lie.” 
At this moment two negroes came up to 
the store to make a purchase. The fat mer¬ 
chant was obliged to close his argument while 
he atteuded to the wants of his customers. 
During his absence Johu walked away. He 
had listened to some curious views surely. It 
seemed as if all the men he met eyed him 
suspiciously—all but the Jews—they smiled 
aud invited him to walk in. The negroes all 
bowed or touched their hats. Johu returned 
all these salutations, much to the scorn of the 
white men who watched bun. He reached 
the hotel to find Nellie and the little girl sit¬ 
ting on the piazza Sleep had driv¬ 
en all the homesickness away for the 
time, and they were eagerly watching the 
curious things about them. John brought 
out a chair, and taking the little girl on his 
knee, told them all about bis adventures in 
the town. Nellie was anxious to move out to 
the plantation at once, and John decided to 
go out on Monday to look the house over. As 
they sat talking, a man came out of one of the 
rooms that opened into the hall. He looked 
cautiously about as if to see that no one was 
watching him, and theu walked up to John 
with his hand held out as he introduced him¬ 
self. 
“My name's Battle--I live up in Ohio— 
don’t make no odds jest where—I eome from 
York State when I was a boy, an' I’ll be 
dogged if I ain’t glad to see a Northern man— 
only 'twont do ye no good to say I told ye so” 
he added as he glanced behind him. “Of 
course I ain't no special friend of these folks 
an’ I ain't got no notion of gittiu’ em down 
on me—but jest you an’ me a talkin’—I’m 
dogged if I ain't glad to see ye. ' 
Johu shook hands with the cautious 
stranger, and introduced Nellie. Mr. Battle 
brought a chair from the ball and placed it 
so near John that he could talk without the 
least risk of attracting attention to himself. 
He was a short mau with a stoop in the 
shoulders, and a head almost completely bald. 
A slight rim of gray hair ran just above his 
ears and under his chin. It seemed as if bis 
bare head had been pushed up through a wool¬ 
en bag and that the edges of the hag had fal¬ 
len over. He had a large, good-natured look¬ 
ing mouth and nose. His eyes were small aud 
partly hid by shaggy eyebrows. Mr. Battle 
held out his hands to little Nellie aud made up 
a face that was intended to show that he was 
ready to play with her. After a little urging 
the little girl left her father and went to Mr. 
Battle's chair. He pulled out bis watch and 
held it to her ear a moment and then began a 
careful examination of his pocket to see if the 
piece of candy was still there. These pleasant 
advances captivated the little girl ami she 
climbed ou his knee, taking care to show John 
and her mother that this was only a tempor¬ 
ary arrangement. 
“Jest gut iu ain't ye!" said Mr. Battle, when 
the little girl had settled iu his lap. 
“Yes. we eome in this raornin’. I s’pose 
3'ou’ve hen here quite a spell, ain’t ye?” John 
answered cautiously. 
“Wal, no, I ain’t ben here no great site o 
time after all. I just came down to sorter 
look up a little property, like. My wife’s 
mother, ye see,has considerable property like, 
an’ sence I quit farmin’ I aiu’t done much but. 
sorter run arouud au’ look after it. I’ve been 
sorter lookin’ round fer a spell an' I’m jest 
about doue now—an’ jest me an’ you a talkin' 
I won’t be a mite sorry when I get outer this 
country agin,” 
John said nothing, but let the old gentle¬ 
man talk on as he pleased. 
“I’ve alius heard a good deal about this 
country, an’ I'm glad I've had a good chance 
to sorter look it over. A feller can’t tell 
nothin’ about what the prospects is till he 
comes an’ sorter sees fer himself. Now you 
take these niggers”—and he looked carefully 
about to see that he was alone—"they don t 
seem ter have much inrin about 'em do they? 
I'll be dogged ef they dou’t 'pear ter be a 
sorter shiftless set. like. ’Fears ter me ef I 
was down here myself I’d bate to have ’em a 
limnin' me. Now we’ve gut niggers up where 
I live but they gut some man to 'em. They 
pear ter be right up onto business right 
straight along. These fellers here is alius 
leauiu'up agin a house. Ill be dogged if the, 
white folks ’pear ter have much more life in 
’em. Jest look at the side-walks tney gut in 
this town. I jest wanter take me a hoe an’ 
go ter scrapin' 'em off myself. I've bon out 
in the country an’ l'il be dogged if it don’t 
beat all now they farm it. Great big houses— 
all entry an’ doors—no tools, an' a great crowd 
of lazy niggers jest eatiu’ their heads off.” 
(lo be Continued.) 
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