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DEC 28 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
VOLUME XLVII., 1888. 
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ILLUSTRATIONS 
THE APIARIAN. 
PAGE 
PAGE 
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PAGE 
NATURALIST. 
PAGE 
Apiary, cheap.510 
Bee plant, Rocky Mountain.812 
Cleome integrifolla.812 
ARBORICULTCRAL. 
Abies (Tusga) Canadensis Ma- 
crophylla.798 
Beech, purple.609 
Fir. Nordmann’s. 761 
Forest trees,curious growth of .477 
Hemlock, arch at "R. G,”.578 
— large-leaved.793 
— weeping.89,694 
Nook at “R. G.”.578 
Nordmann’s Hr.761 
Oak tree divided.477 
Pine, white, showing effects of 
disbudding. ill 
Purple, beech.609 
Retlnispora, Plume-Uke, Japan.,615 
Rural Grounds, view In.427 
spruce, Norway, weeping.676 
Trees forest, wonderful.477 
— wonderful growths.477 
Weeping hemlock.39, (94 
ARCHITECTURE. 
Bam, old-fashioned.831 
— cow stable.831 
— plan of.831 
— walls, sills and posts.831 
— cow, Kansas .431 
--doors for manure.431 
-end .431 
-lOSt*.431 
Cottage, $400.878 
— plan.779 
Cow barn, Kansas. . .431 
Barn, stock, prairie.413 
— — — — — second story.413 
Fire-proof cottage.350 
— —-firs^-floor..^,. 8 M) 
-second - .350 
House, cheap.494 
— first floor.194 
•-— second—.494 
House of Mr. Lyon.715 
--first floor.715 
--second —.715 
BIOGRAPHICAL. 
rs*** *• . 291 
Haaff, Heman H. '..:77 r . .187 
Lawes, Sir J. B.507 
Parry, William.219 
DAIRY HUSBANDRY. 
Cream strainer, handy. 
Creamery picture. 
Dairy house. 
— — construction. 
- floor . 
-steam pipe. 
— — working, English. 
Fat in milk, measuring. 
-tubes for measuring 
...366 
...123 
...4:80 
...430 
...430 
...430 
...813 
...461 
...461 
Milk, fat in, apparatus for 
determining.461 
— pail cover.446 
Tale of a tail.827 
Working dairy. English.813 
DOMESTIC ECONOMY. 
Clothesline, device for raising 
and lowering. 256 
Corn envelop.583 
-folded.583 
Easel poche.204 
Farm life, bright and dark 
sides.379 
Lamp shades.188 
Mantel, Mr. Lyon’s.420 
Table, convenient kitchen.274 
Table, leaf, to enlarge.292 
Wall pocket. 220 
ENTOMOLOGICAL. 
Amara latior.414 
— obesa.414 
Apple-root louse, work of the. .334 
Cnrabldae family.414 
Cucumber flea-beetle.540 
Gall, gouty.197 
— pithy. 197 
Ha ltica cucum eris.540 
Leal-crumpler.431 
Phyeis indlgereila .431 
Platynus «upnpennes...414 
Pterostlchus Sayi.414 
FARMERS’ CLUB. 
Irrigation, dam, crib-work.711 
-gate.711 
— from a ravine.711 
Potato pit.647 
FARM ECONOMY. 
Apple seeds, saving.744 
Corn fodder tie. 23 
Drill opener. .250 
Fence panel.250 
Planks, driving.286 
Plow, trench.794 
Road-making, cause and effect 
In. ....245 
Silage, handful of.777 
Stack device.762 
Wire, winding, device for.23 
FIELD CROPS. 
Corn thrashed. . 159 
Potato carefully lifted from 
trench.726 
— Cetewayo. 4 
— — from Carter’s catalogue_ 4 
— contest, after the.729 
-Judges and the crop.725 
-size of seed.726 
— Crown Jewel.161 
— in the hill, ideal.728 
-trench — .728 
— leaves attacked by flea-beetle.541 
-when first attacked.541 
— planter.181 
-attachment.181 
-fixing the plow.181 
— taken from a barrel of pota¬ 
toes . 726 
— Thorburn,carefully lifted_726 
Potatoes, seedling. 53 
— sprouting.726 
Wheat, Dietz Longberry.591 
— Fulcaster.591 
— Golden Eureka. 591 
— High Grade.591 
— New Monarch.591 
— Patagonia.591 
— plants showing effects of 
sowing at different depths..525 
— Wyandotte Red.591 
Wheats, some new.591 
— typical heads of the R. N.-Y..528 
FLORICULTURAL 
Chrysanthemum, Mrs. Alpheus 
Hardy.811 
Greenhouse heating.179 
-roof, to strengthen.317 
Propagating case and trays....214 
Rosa Rugosa hybrid.475 
Rose. Bride.227 
— ComtessedeFrigneuse.227 
— Luclole.231 
— Madame de Wattevllle.227 
— Mme. Gabriel Luizet.229 
— Paul Neyron.227 
— PapaGontier.227 
— Princess Beatrice.233 
— Puritan.229 
— Susanne Blanchet.232 
— Wm. Francis Bennett.227 
Roses, single.234 
Rural Grounds, view In.427 
Water tank, cheap and neat_639 
FARM TOPICS. 
Apple seeds, saving, hopper for,744 
Blacksmlthing on the farm.347,397 
Cart for gathering leaves.795 
_____ side.... ...... 794 
Cement floors for outbuildings. 3'8 
Chain making.897 
Cider, political, as It Is.556 
--should be.557 
Ditching level.335 
Drain, brush. 74 
— channel. 74 
— construction of drain.73 
— peat. 78 
-spade for cutting.73 
— pole . 78 
— stone, channels. 78 
-large at bottom.73 
Drill opener.250 
Ensilage, box on wheels.300 
— feeding out. 299 
— handful of.592,777 
— stack.300 
-device.762 
— taken from a cow’s stomach.593 
Farmer does the work.who gets 
the melon?.643 
Farming bright side of.459 
Feed rack, movable.385 
Fence panel.250 
— portable.398 
Floors, cement. 313 
-ram to pound stone for....318 
Fodder corn tie.23 
Furrows, back and dead, to 
level.255 
Gate, folding.477 
-open.477 
-Shut. .477 
Hayrack, separable.335 
Help for Mother Earth.87 
Land measuring, device for.677 
Leveling back-furrows.225 
Pall cover, milk .446 
— fastening, device for.446 
Planks, driving.-286 
Plow trench.794 
Plowing, draft per square inch.148 
— favorable width.148 
— proper depth.148 
— truck off and on. . 148 
— unfavorable depth.148 
-width .148 
Plumbing fixtures, joints and 
pipes.660 
-trap-jet closet.660 
-water-closet.660 
-traps.660 
-water-seal.660 
Potato leaves attacked by flea- 
beetle.54X 
— pit....'—. 647 
Road, defective shape.265 
— dished.265 
— Implements. 398 
— machine.398 
— making, cause and effect in..245 
Roads, different beds .265 
Roller, hand, home-made.630 
Silo, Ohio.303 
— Wisconsin..301,903 
Siloes.300,301,302,303 
Table, handy.446 
Tank, neat and cheap.: .-630 
Umbrella holder for farm- 
wagon.431 
Vinegar generator, cheap.656 
Water, pumping long distances. 180 
— tank, neat and cheap.680 
Wire, winding, device for.23 
HERDSMAN. 
Barn for stock on the prairies. .418 
Breeding for quality, rib roast, 
best. 21 
-poor. 21 
-sirloin steak, best. 19 
-cheap .19 
Bull, Cornell Valentine.775 
Cattle,Dutch Belted.,491 
Cattle, Jersey, at Cornell.691 
— watering, device for.677 
Cow. Guernsey.646 
Dehorning operation.365 
— saw for.365 
— to tie the animal.865 
Dutch Belted Cattle.491 
Feed box, new.630 
Feeding racks, movable.835 
Guernsey, cow.646 
Hayrack, separable.8.’5 
Horn from an old cow.71 
-a Holstein bull.71 
-three-year-old.71 
Horns, sections of.71 
Jersey bull, Cornell Valentine. .775 
— cattle at Cornell.691 
Silage taken from a cow’s 
stomach.593 
Stock barn on prairies-.413 
HORSEMAN. 
English hackney horse.631 
French Coach stallion.247 
Hackney horse.631 
Horses, work at Cornell Uni¬ 
versity.659 
Hunter, English . 483 
Percheron colt, Plutarque.35 
— stallion. 148,331.76(1 
Stallion French Coach.2<7 
— Percheron.143,434,760 
HORTICULTURAL. 
Hybrids between blackberry 
and raspberry.107,627 
Raspberry and blackberry 
hybrids.107,627 
Strawberry, Cardinal.195 
— Crawford.,196 
— Essex.196 
— Shuster.196 
— Summit.,... 196 
— Yale.511 
-section.511 
PAGE 
Dog, Collie.395 
Collie dog.395 
POMOLOGICAL. 
Apple Bethel.249 
— — half section . 249 
— Princess Louise. 3 
-section. ,,3 
— Red Summer Calville.6t>l 
-section.662 
— seeds saving.744 
-hopper for. .744 
-trouah for.745 
— Sopsof Wine.662 
-section.662 
— Stump. 692 
-section. ..693 
Grafting, Crown, Rural’s 
Method .245 
Label, permanent for I rees. ... 415 
Quint e tree as pruned for large 
yield.445 
Quinces, group of.443,447 
POULTRY-YARD. 
Brahmas, Light.211 
Brooder.aia 
— partition.212 
— side and ends.212 
— tank. 212 
Buff Cochin typical.429 
Dorkings, Sliver Gray. 315 
Chicken coop.367 
-and protecting run.245 
Coop, chicken . 3 f ,7 
Minorcas, White, typical . 22 
Redcaps, typical.250 
Wyandotte Cockerel.283 
— Golden... .285 
SHEEP HUSBANDRY 
hygienic- 
PI umbing, fixtures,sanitary....660 
-trausetc.660 
Industrial topics- 
Cane-carrier.351 
Sorghum tugar making.351 
Shredding knife.3 5 1 
Sugar house, fans.351 
-Hughes .851 
MISCELLANEOUS. 
‘•Deliver me from my friends.” .51 
Dividends, R. R. dividing. 1 
Flection, before and after.743 
Farmers will have to do the 
work.707 
Fight to a finish, A.T23 
Ink stopDer.795 
Mother Earth. Help!, cartoon_87 
Responsible, who is?.1 
Tale of a tail.827 
Thanksgiving song-.791 
Mutton fed on corn meal.539 
-cotton-seed meal.540 
-mangolds.f40 
-meadow-hay. 540 
-oil meal and bran.f.89 
-wheat bran.540 
THE SWINEHERD 
Boar, Tam worth. 37 
Hog, mule-footed. 1.30 
Hogs, device for hanging_286,366 
House, convenient. 477 
-ground pen.477 
Mule-footed hog.630 
Raising, hogs, device for.286,966 
Tamworth boar. 87 
THE VINEYARD. 
Bundy’s Colerain. 759 
Green Mountain. 6 5 
Mills.I 4 fi 
Rooting Vines.339 
PRACTICAL DEPARTMENT 
THE APIARIAN. 
Apiary, cheap.510 
Bee plant, nocky Mountain._...812 
Bees, pleasant home for our.396 
Halesia tetraptera.399 
Hedge, Japan quince for.449 
Hedges and hedge plants.776 
Hemlock, large-leaved.7^5 
— handsome.489 
Shrub propagation.216 
Shrubs, variegated-leaved.777 
Snowball, Japanese.777 
Snowberry .top-worked.480 
Splrcea Bumalda.579 
— Spanish clover for.767 
— to prevent stinging.417 
Comb, artificial.494, 541 
Honey, planting for.812 
— production, will It pay to 
plant for?.812 
— nook at ,- R. G.”.573 
— weeping.38, 694 
Hickory, grafting.148 
— Nutmeg strongest wood.385 
Honeysuckle, Bush, fragrant....371 
— Standish’s Bush.777 
— grandiflora.399 
Spinach, Viroflay. 575 
Spring of ’88 backward. 398 
Spruce, Douglas.269 
— Norway, Weeping.675 
. Winter covering.699 
— feeding for....699 
— preparing for.699 
ARBORICULTURAL. 
Abies Canadensis macrophylla..795 
— Concord a.269 
— Pungens.2t,9 
Acer Colchicum rubrum.777 
Ailanthus .446, 712 
Amelanctaler Asiatica.899 
Aralia Maximowlzli.398 
— amoena.898 
Hydrangea. Climbing.561,777 
— paniculata Grand.777 
— scandens.398 
Japan Chestnuts.131.715 
-bearing second year.39 
Japan quince for hedges.449 
Label, permanent for trees.414 
Llgustrum ovallfollum aureum.713 
Lilac earliest.371 
— Marie Lpgraye.399 
— top-worked.480 
Linden. American.761 
— White.761 
Lonleera coerulea.398 
-- Halleana.777 
Syringa villosa.871 
Timber, cut in August.545 
Tree suggestions, valuable.112 
Trees 8 nd plants, packing for 
shipment.213 
-shrubs, transplanting in 
Fall.665 
— forest, curious growth.477 
— grow in value.542 
— one year old, best to trans 
plant.665 
— protecting from rabbits.489 
— small, plant. 494 
— street.S<'4 
Barberry, Thunberg’s .21, 371 
Beech, purple.609 
— — as an ornamental tree.648 
-weeping. 871 
— weeping in Ireland.7 
Black Walnut.252 
Caragana grandiflora, top- 
worked . 480 
Caraganas .399 
Cereidipbyllum Japonicum.777 
Cherry, Japanese weeping, 
rose-eolored. 385 
Chestnut, Japan.131, 715 
-fruiting young.665 
— Paragon .761 
Chestnuts, Japan.131,715 
— keeping and handling.801 
— to keep for planting.799 
— Heekrotil.777 
— Morrow ii.398 
Magnolia hypoleuca.615 
Maples, Sycamore. 399 
Mulberry, Russian.461 
— Tea’s Weeping Russian. 749 
Nook at “R. G.”.573 
— varied hardiness In.480 
— weeping. 756 
Syringa oblata.371 
Viburnum plicatum.777 
Walnut, black .252 
Weeping Hemlock.694 
Nordmann’s Fir.761 
Norway Spruce in Michigan....216 
Nuts and seeds, planting.337 
Pecans grafting.148 
— transplanting.765 
Phellodendron.761 
Pieea Exeelsa var. conica.385 
— nobilis.777 
Pine, Umbrella. 39 
— White, effects of cutting 
back.411 
Willow, Osier, raising. 364 
Willows, four ornamental.542 
Windbreak, comfort and safety 305 
Woodlands, care of our.528 
Xanthoceras sorbifolia.184 
Yellowwood, hardiness of.398 
-merits of the.352 
ARCHITECTURE. 
Barn, cow. Kansas.431 
— old-fashioned.831 
— stock for the prairie.413 
Cottage, cheap.778 
— fire-proof.350 
Cow barn, Kansas.431 
Farm house, cheap. 494 
Fire-proof cottage.350 
House of Mr. Lyon .715 
BIOGRAPHICAL. 
Haaff, Heman H. 187 
Cladrastl 8 tiuctorla.352 
-hardiness of.398 
Coniferous trees, seeds of, good 
for years . 529 
Cornus Siblrica.777 
Cypress, Lawson’s yellow va¬ 
riegated.-. 777 
Planting trees. 112 
Poplar, Lombardy.777 
Privet. California. Golden- 
tinted . 718 
— swamp. 371 
Prunus maritima for the sea¬ 
side.899 
Daphne cneorum. 399 
Dogwood, flowering..398 
Elfcagnus pungens, variegated 
forms of . 777 
Evergreens, choice for the gar¬ 
den . 21 
— triloba, top-worked.480 
Pungens, silver.2(9 
Rabbits, trees, protecting from 4 , >9 
Red Cedars, in favor of .884 
Retinlspora.Plume-like Golden 
— golden, in full sunlight. 119 
— plant. 112 
— pruned In midsummer. 465 
— Rocky Mountain, silver 
tints in.269 
— transplanting. 252 
Fir, Nordmann’s.761 
Forest trees, curious growth... .477 
Forestiera acuminata. 371 
Retlnfsporas, tie up before snow 
comes. 695 
Rhododendron Vaseyl.371, 778 
Rhus Osb 'Ckll.761 
Rural Grounds, view in....427 
Salix alba argentea.542 
— Laurifolia.542 
— Napoleonis.542 
Rosmarlnifolta.542 
Lawes, Sir J. B.515 
Morrow. Geo. E . 291 
Parry, Judge William..219 
DAIRY HUSBANDRY. 
Apple pomade for milch cows... 59 
Apples, feeding to milch cows. .835 
Butter and pbeese, Jersey best 
t?h .rvfv.-.v .V-24 
Forests and climatic pjiangns. . 7/53 
Seblzandra Chinpnsis.....39,, 
— bogus In the country. 57 
— color.23, 417 
— creamery. 5 
— ripening of.781 
-foolishness. 529 
-or souring of.52u 
— fats, increasing.541 
— feeding roots and grain for. .432 
— imitation.387 
— dairy, good better keeper 
than creamery.126 
— fat increased by rich food_541 
— feeding for.6t>5 
— few points to observe in 
making.838 
— fine, product of fine think¬ 
ing. 7 
— selling profitable .127 
— strainer handy. 366 
— substitute for cod-liver oil... 513 
— sweet, loss by churning.734 
Creamery at Sherman N. Y.781 
— butter. 5 
-making, a relief to the 
household.126 
— from farrow cows.536 
-what depth will butter 
globules rise..520 
— healthy cows giving.614 
— Inspection. 4111 
— pall cover.446 
— rations. 3<5 
— records of Holstein Friesian 
— gilt-edged. 5 
— globules, from what depth of 
milk will they rise.,.520 
— Is a luxury. 5 
— keeping qualities of various 
prints. 288 
— makers of top-priced, meth¬ 
ods . 35 
— is It an unmixed benefit?.126 
— questions .. 1 6 
— retailers get lion’s share.305 
— separatee,a bout 
— system, advantages of. 126 
-of butter making.125 
— regulations. 125 
— what Is claimed for.125 
Creameries In the West.127 
— starting.125 
— skimmed, shall it be sold?_ 681 
— solids In, that give value.385 
— submerged In Ice-water.833 
— tank, bow to make .665 
Milking and handling.125 
— before calving.683 
— tale of a tall.831 
Salt, foreign in the dairy.212 
Soighum a mllk-produeing food 41 
Water in butter. 5 
— warm for milch cows.59. 77 
DOMESTIC ECONOMY. 
Ants, effective remedy.341 
Aprons, pretty.820 
Apple custard.565 
— fritters. 769 
— sauce.582 
-creamery system of.125 
-directions of N. Y. Dairy¬ 
men .497 
-golden rules for.185 
-in France and Germany. ...648 
-simple rules. 496 
— no harm to color. 7 
— packed in tubs, etc.578 
— packing.77 
— prize, making, experience in.320 
— prints, worst form.578 
— quality and feed. fiss 
Dairy conference at Cornell.461 
— cow, how to breed and feed. .8:9 
— — specific. 25 
-which best, large or 
small.821 
— cows, best condition for 
winter-quarters .629 
-fond of silage. 25 
-how often to feed. 813 
-poorest quality of hay 
early or late.629 
— farrow cows in the.819 
— rations.385 
— records of Holstein-Friesian 
cows.179 
— the prime article.575 
— top-priced, methods of mak¬ 
ing . 35 
— to tell good.513 
— water in. 5 
— where shall we sell?.575 
Breed or feed?.492 
Brown’s, Bucephalus, notions 
on dairy products. 5 
Cheese-making, points in. 464 
— food, silage as.819 
— herd, forming. 109 
— hints.t41 
— industry growing in Canada. 74 
— in England, education in_612 
— one, that supplies Paris with 
milk.245 
— points.127 
— products, where to sell.54! 
— questions.629 
— symposium, important.492 
— satisfying experience. 5 
Apples, use of.769 
Asparagus baked.308 
— B’lemish style.S08 
— fried in butter.309 
— salad.308 
— ways of cooking.341 
Babies In hot weather .468 
Baby crib, clothes basket for... .341 
Bags of every kind.685 
Baking powder.823 
Beans fried. 152 
— Lima, for winter use.637 
— string, to cook.549 
— whole-milk .713 
Cow, dairy to breed and feed...819 
— family, a good. 683 
— — keeping from attack of 
milk fpver.683 
Dairymen, for good. 5 
— must study the market.288 
— practices of.813 
— should they be compelled to 
Bed, cold.81 
Beef, raw for the sick.517 
Beef’s heart, to cook. 781 
Beefsteak, possibilities of a..116 
Biscuits.99, 252 
— general-purpose. 20 
— should be well treated.649 
— the perfect.20 
— trickery by.628 
Dairymen’s convention. 109 
Fat in milk, to determine, new 
method.461 
Bread, all about. ...628 
—- chemistry of.628 
— cinnamon. 13 
— dairy, how often should be 
fed.. 813 
— from the entire grain. 221. 828 
— Graham.99. 618, 829 
— farrow in the dairv.819 
Cows, milch apples fed to.a35 
— scrub, something about .. 127 
— should not eat frost-bitten 
grass. 695 
Cream, deep or shallow setting 
for. 444 
— fresh skimmed, churning_578 
— for the N. Y. market raising. 127 
— oil-test for guaging. 1 V 6 
— raising. 444 . 
Breeding for butter. 665 
— twice a day only.200 
Holstein-Friesian records, won¬ 
derful.179 
— hot.828 
— pulled. 501, 769 
— salt rising.829 
— special.828 
lee and milk house.651 
Jerseys for butter and cheese... 24 
Milk analyses . 77 
— country. Orange Co.20 
— does the separator purify it /,708 
— fat in, new method to deter¬ 
mine....... 461 
— twice baked. 7 t ,9 
Breakfast dishes. 5.33 
— in England. 372 
— what to get for.681 
Broom holder. 29 
Blackberry mush.565 
Putter crackers. 453 
