TOE BUBAL NEWCOMER 
871 
Buttermilk, medicinal value of 501 
Cake, almond. 549 
— Angel. 4 $, 687 
~ £ at V;. 668 
— Berwick sponge. 668 , 701 
— bread.. 
— Bride’s . 469 
— chocolate. 501,'652 
— coffee. 99 
— corn-starch. !.”668 
— . 668 
— delicate. 549,668 
— Dexter. 665 
— Dover.601 
— dried apple. 668 
— English walnut. 668 
— farmers’ lea.601 
— favorite. 309 
— Forest Home. 68 i 
— French cream. 668 
~ ..13, 6 8 
-light. 66 S 
— Happy Valley. 668 
— hickory nut. 80 
— ice cream .469, 668 
— jelly cream. 117 
-fruit. 117 
-roll.469 
-sponge. 549 
— Johnny. 99 
— Lady Howe. 668 
— layer.602 
— lemon. 668 
— molasses. 325 
-sponge. 117 
— mountain. 668 
— nameless, but good. 668 
— Number. 668 
— orange. 717 
-layer. 668 
— pie-crust. 60 I 
— Queen’s.469 
— ribbon .663 
— rose layer. 668 
— scrap.653 
— stiver. 13 
-coeoanut. 668 
— sponge.13, 701 
-cream. 117 
-soda.4*9 
— symposium.667 
— Washington •••. 668 
— White Mountain. 668 
— — Perfection.785 
Camping out. how to.532 
Candies, choice.275 
Cans for fruit .618,685 
Cashmere, to renew.341 
Catsup, tomato.. 701 
Chamois skin, to wash. ( 85 
Charlotte Russe.582 
Chicken and eggs, minced.533 
— and gumbo.517 
— brown ragout of.421 
— croquettes.435 
— friccasseed. 485 
— fried.256 
— puree of.357 
Children and flowers.340 
— keeping clean.458 
Chimneys, worthless.753 
Chow-chow.601 
Chrisimas gifts.293,753 
Cinnamon wa era.453 
Clam fritters.533 
Clothes, care of one’s .636 
— line, to raise aud lower.256 
Coeoanut drops.501 
Codfi h balls.735 
Cod creamed.257 
Coldslaw.601 
Collar and cuff bag.189 
Cookies. 13 
— cream.117 
— favorite. 668 
— ginger.469 
-Fanny’s.785 
Corn envelope .583 
— fritters .533 
— sweet, canning. 80 
Cauliflower, pickled.785 
Crab-apple, pickle. 469 
Crackers, butter.453 
— home-made. 63,117 
— lemon.453 
— sugar.453 
Cranberry jelly.221 
Cream, cake made with.117 
Croquettes, beef.5 <8 
— chicken .485 
— hominy.533 
Crullers, daisy.701 
Curtain stuffs, artistic.275 
Custard souffle.469 
Debt, the cause.452 
Dlnlug-room .420 
Dinner dishes.7-4 
Dinners, washday.485 
Dishwashing. 63 
Doughnuts. 63 
— Old-Folks’ Concert.221 
Dress cashmere.188 
Dressing table.469 
Drudgery. ..63 
Ducks.135 
Dumplings .99 
Dusting, how.309 
Easel poche.204 
Education, early concerning_700 
Eggs, keeping.653 
— stirred.533 
Farm homes flowers for.328 
— life, bright and dark sides ...380 
-bright side.62 
-dark side.152 
— matters indoors.204 
Farmer’s daughter, life of.3*0 
-special.880 
— Thanksgiving.802 
Farming, bright not dark.436 
Fashions, fads and fancies.275 
Fernery, to make.437 
M acks, camp.533 
, how to cook.785 
Fritters, apple.421 
— clam.533 
— corn.533 
— fruit .405 
Frosting without eggs.809 
Fruit cans.186,685 
Fruits and nuts, how to serve... 8 ul 
Furniture, white and gold.221 
Game, to cook.135 
Games .*01 
Gardening, window.549 
Gelatine with custard.517 
Ginger-bread, sugar.601 
-without eggs.5ul 
— snaps.469 
-Fanny’s. .785 
Girls, city, disinclination for 
country work.198 
Gloves, care of.421 
Goose, to cook.185 
Grape jelly.582 
Grapes, danger of eating.549 
Griddle cakes, water. 45 
Guests, unexpected. 98 
Haddock, ring. 13 
Halloween, talk about.734 
Ham boiled.652 
— minced and eggs.152 
Hands, to keep from chapping..769 
Hash, baked.221 
Head cheese .135 
Health points .716 
Help question, “sound as a 
dollar”. 717 
Herbs.293 
— gathering.637 
Hired girl.308,717 
Holiday presents.293, 820 
Home, good to go away.373 
Hooping-cough remedy .582 
House-builders’ mistakes.753 
Housekeepers’ diary, random 
pages from. 134 
Housework. 701 
Hydrochloric acid in cooking 45, 99 
Icing. 13 
Jelly, coffee. 500 
— grape.582 
— rhubarb. 372 
— to keep from molding.388 
Kitchen lalks. 29 
Lamb, breast of. 373 
--- chops a la Bretonne.378 
-for lunch. 357 
— how to cook. 873 
Lamp ehlmneys.82l 
— shades.188 
Lamps.685 
— why they explode. .487 
Lemon crackers.453 
Linen, to put a gloss on.293 
Liver, calf’s.533 
Macaroni, fried.517 
Man, hired, the.188 
Mantel, Mr. Lyon’s.420 
Marmalade, orange. 45 
Milk gravy.309 
— hot as a stimulant.437 
Mince meat. 45 
Mittens, mending with leather. .117 
Money, putting into the mouth.,256 
— question.257 
Moths.501 
Mothers spare yourselves.501 
Mufflns. Graham. 13 
Mush, blackberry.565 
Mutton, breast, baked.405 
Nose bleeding.453 
October thoughts.684 
Omelet.501 
Onions pickled.7i7 
orange custard.309 
— marmalade. 45 
— souffle.309 
Oyster loaf. 63 
— sauce. 45 
Oysters for the sick.257 
— in slices of bacon. 63 
— scalloped.257 
Parsnip fritters.189 
Partridges, how to cook. 29 
Peas, cooking.341 
Pets, domestic, care of.516 
Piccalilli.753 
Pickles and pickling...653 
— cabbage.653 
-and beet.653 
— crao apple.469 
— cucumber.643 
-ripe.658 
— onion.717 
Pie, clam.821 
— crust. 221 
— in defence of. 116 
— lemon.13. 257, 405, 501 
— mince.13 
— tomato .685 
Pigs, feet and head .135 
Pork, caring for.658 
— to cure.513 
Potato cakes.735 
— croquettes.78i 
— souffle.735 
Potatoes boiling, Rural’s way 
or.735 
— creamed.785 
— fried whole.735 
— new, small.421 
— Parisienne.821 
— warmed over.809 
Poultice, carrot. 80 
— to make a..... .583 
Pudding, apple.485 
— bread and butter. 81 
— chicken.517 
— delicate.565 
— favorite.785 
— frozen.802 
— German potato.81 
— orange.485 
— peach batter.687 
— spice.453 
— steamed .117 
-■ Indian .. ..785 
Pump, Rural’s .532 
Rain coats.753 
Raisins, easy to stone.341 
Raspberries, unwholesomeness 
of .549 
Rhubarb, baked.325 
— stewing.3)6 
Rice balls.821 
Rice cakes. 13 
— dessert.257, 405 
RIcinus for tropical effect. 840 
Salad dressing. 13 
— flsh.256 
— salmon. 68 
— winter.257 
Sally Lunn.485 
Sandwiches. 600 
Sauce, brown.293 
— for cold meats.341 
— tomato.293 
— triple. 13 
— white.293 
Sausage.653 
Scrapbooks, picture. 12 
Screen, how to make.820 
Self-support, concerning.564 
Sherbert, currant.437 
— strawberry.437 
Shortcake, apple .117 
Sick, cooker} ror the.517 
Skin, to keep smooth.135 
Soap, borax.221 
— hard, how to make.171 
— making.405 
— more about. 221 
Soda, acid, etc.341 
Soldering. 45 
— tool..99 
Sore throat remedy.257 
Soup, haddock. 18 
— potato. ....785 
— vegetable for the sick.517 
Staining wood .. .485 
Stains, chloroform for. 458 
Stammering.153 
Stew, Jersey.701 
Storm staid, while.221 
Sweetbreads, mock.421 
Sugar by the barrel.189 
Supper dishes.784 
— Sunday evening.486 
Summer trips.421 
Sunday evenings at “R. G.” 
.752,768,784,801 
Sunshine . 1:0 
Sunstroke, what to do..516 
Table, kitchen, handy.274 
— leaf, to enlarge.292 
Talkers, a talk to.356 
Tea and coffee pot, self pouring 
. . 80 
Teeth, children’s.753 
Teaching. 611 
Tea-party, Kansas.220 
Tea-pot, ailments due.to.769 
Tell-tales.820 
Text, “ taking a dog by the 
ears” .-....404 
Thanksgiving bill-of-fare.801 
— dinner.b2l 
— farmers’.802 
Toasts.325 
Toffee, sugar.293 
Tomatoes, deviled .533 
— escalloped.517 
— how to raise.582 
Tongue, fresh.257 
Tooth pick holder.820 
Town and country life.381 
Trade schools of N. Y.28, 44. 
Turkey dressing.189 
Upholstery, home.293 
Vanity......565 
Veal, knuckle of.734 
— loaf.485 
Venison, roast. 533 
Vinegar, raspberry.421 
Visitors, chronic .62 
Wafers.652 
Wall pocket.220 
Walnuts, pickled. ..501 
Washing, about.437 
— with kerosene.204 
Waste in little things.564 
Wedding parties, small best_356 
White furniture. 134 
Window gardening . 549 
— screens. 453 
Windows’ washing. 153 
Wine, currant, black.469 
Woman, one,why her health is 
gool.437 
Women, «bout. 601 
Work on the farm.256 
Wood staining. 485 
EDITORIAL. 
Agricultural appropriations... .498 
— interests of Gt Britain.150 
Agriculture, can the East learn 
of the West.562 
— Com, of. 766 
-the next.800 
— district school. 5:14 
— in New England.290 
— the President on . 834 
Akebla qulnata bearing fruit . 546 
American evictions. 818 
Annoqncement. 354 
Anti-trust legislation, need of. .466 
Apple crop.634 
— Northern Spy in N. Y. mar¬ 
kets.114 
— pomace, waste product, valu¬ 
able. 562 
— trees.to protect from borer..562 
Apples selling in England.42 
Arbor Day.254 
-in N. Y.434 
Aspargus bed plants two feet 
apart.168 
— planted at “R G”.338 
— roots.290 
— seed..132 
Ayrshire cattle.782 
Bagging fruit.150 
— Trust.818 
Bean, Lima, dwarf.546 
Beef cattle, Idaho, shipment of .666 
— packed insnow. 78 
— retail price, rise in.434 
Bergh, Henry, death of.202 
Birds, show, selling. 666 
Blackberry, Agawam.306 
— Early Harvest killed to the 
ground.. ..306 
-- Taylor.682 
Blackberries, at R, G„ hardi- 
npaq nf OOH 
Blackcap, Springfield.450 
Black knot, cure.338 
Blizzard In N. J. 202 
Brazilian flour corn.450 
Breadstuffs, exports of.714 
Butter, honest, in Mass.766 
Canada gets all the pay.202 
Cancer, sufferers from.290 
Canna, Gen. Boulanger.498 
Capital punishment,electricity. 78 
Caponizinga cruel art.26 
Carrots at "R. F.”.800 
Cartoons to appear.354 
Castor-oil plants at “R.G ”.766 
Cats killing birds.202 
Cattle, Ayrshire.732 
Celery, Endive-leaved.750 
— preserving by an air space...132 
— Rural’s air space method. ...114 
Charcoal for poultry.934 
Cheeseine. 60 
Chestnut Japan at “R. G.”.530 
— Paragon.338,682 
Chestnuts, Japan.750 
Chicken house sprayed with 
kerosene. 254 
Chicks at ’R. G”’.254 
Chimneys put up with cement. .698 
Chrysanthemum, Nymphsea... .818 
Cinnamon Vine....132 
City refuse.4S2 
Clover, Alsike.186 
-- seed, seeds to a quart ” ’.530 
— sickness.482 
Coal strlkeleffecton forestlandsl50 
Colored foliage. 81 O 
Corn, Blount’s White Prolific,. .168 
— Brazilian flour.42,186,450 
— Chester Co. Mammoth, 
Rural’s. 562 
— cross between Thor. Flint and 
Flour.682 
— fodder.402 
— for ensilage. 818 
— how to improve—.562 
— husker.834 
— late, fertilizer.530 
— plant, chemical studies of...306 
— planted forensliage purpose. 114 
— plants cutting off tassels.168 
— Rural Thoroughbred foren. 
silage .60 
— Rural’s big yield .3b6 
— seed save the .634 
— sweet, best for succession_132 
-evaporated. 2 u 2 
-evaporating, don’t go too 
deep.290 
-for poultry.616 
-last planting.434 
-thrashing.546 
~ thrashed in ordinary thrash¬ 
ing machine.402 
Cotton plant, Southern ex. sta 
giving ttiue to.514 
— seed oil Co.434 
Cow pea.186 
— to nave halter-broken.322 
Cows, feeding how many times.818 
Crataeguses lose their tollage. ..638 
Cream separator not under¬ 
stood. 782 
Creamery, co-operate cream 
gathering system.182 
— successful.132 
Crop report.418 
Crops, outlook for.5.2 
Cucumber Flea-beetle.546 
Cultivation level vs. deep .598 
Currant, Belding’s Improved 
Tree. 634 
Dairy contests in England.818 
— cow for New York.322 
— implements, Improved. 132 
Dairying in the South, gaining..4i8 
— not so exhaustive as crop¬ 
ping .132 
Dandelions for greens.322 
Debt, the shadow of.322 
Dehorn or dishorn.462 
— horned cattle.650 
Dehorning.132, 870 
— bulletin. Prof. Plumb’s.370 
Department of Labor.370 
Dewberry. Lucretla at “ R.G.”. ,53u 
Drains, surface, see to.202 
Earth closet.514 
Eggs from Belgium.78 
— packed in salt.580 
— prices.322 
— size and weight.402 
Electricity, danger from.3s6 
Elm beetles.833 
Elms, limbs dying and falling. .598 
Ensilage, analyses of vary.306 
— clover.306 
— experiment conducted by 
N. H. Ex. station.546 
— frozen.682 
— not as an exclusive ration.. ..4 2 
— special.t ()6 
— what to feed with.306 
— wisdom.306 
Euchlcena luxurians...546 
Evergreen trees, effects of prun¬ 
ing. 42 
Evergreens by mall.854 
— small from Mr. Douglas.418 
Ewes, Dorset.834 
Experiment stations.5.4 
— — and farms.546 
— Farm apprenticeship.354 
— life, dark side of. 42 
-in Cal.546 
Farmers’Alliance. Ga. State. ..580 
— boys, education of.818 
— daughterSpeclal.3t>6 
— federation.822 
— Self-help among .290 
— to young.384 
— trust.218 
Farming, discussion of dark 
side effect.402 
— what for are you?.782 
Fat in milk, to determine.466 
Feeds, “ concentrated ”.766 
Feet, sound. 78 
Fence, most durable.732 
Fencts, wire .236 
Fencing destroyed by the bliz¬ 
zard.254 
Fertilizer “complete”.96 
— experiments require a poor 
soil. .450 
— legislation in N. Y.230 
— no best.96 
— raw materials. 96 
— special. 96 
— values.96 
Fertilizers, calling them phos¬ 
phates .418 
— commercial at the West.434 
— economical use of. 96 
— farmers must experiment 
with. 96 
— needless loss of.598 
— no best. 96 
Fishing embroglio, Canadian.... 8 
Flea at the “R. G.” . 413 
Flea-beetle at “R. G”. .418,514,530.666 
— — cucumber.666 
— — on L. 1.546 
Fodder, corn.402 
-“Pond” good as a.514 
— frozen corn In a silo...834 
Fowls, Redcaps.766 
Fruit, artificial fertilizers for... 498 
— marketing, trade-maik for. .354 
— thinning.498 
Gas lime.466 
Gooseberry trees.884 
Grafting.218 
— teach your family how it is 
done.202 
Grain, binding.666 
Grange, the.750 
Grape, Alice at ‘ R. G”.r 
— Brighton In Can.370 
— Cottage.102 
— Duchess hardy in Canada_370 
— Early Victor.634 
— Eaton.498,616,634 
— Empire State. 616 
— Lady.598 
— Niagara seedling.666 
— notes.354 
— Poekington at “R. G.”.682 
— Prentiss_-.834 
— seeds, planting.834 
— Ulster.498.616 
— Victoria.498,616,834 
— vine, grafting.42 
— vines, food for.254 
— White Bell.698 
-F. B Hayes .616 
— Woodruff. Red. 42 
Grapes at ”R. G.”.498 
— Catawbas in N. Y. market.. .'<34 
— Eaton and Roanoke at“R. G”.386 
— in the New York market.616,( 
Grass, Crab.186 
— farming in the South. 26 
— pests, two. 186 
— Velvet.186 
Gray. Prof. Asa. 96 
Haltica cucumeris.546 
Harvest, what will it be?.482 
Hay, early and late cut.434 
Hedge, live, costliest of fences . 168 
Hellebore, White, prices.338 
Hemlocks, effects of pruning.... 42 
Hog, American. 168 
Hogs, money ih . 714 
Hop growers’ association.498 
Hops, low prides. 8 
Horse-chesinut, double white...634 
Horse-chestnut, white double¬ 
flowering.402 
Horse-chestnuts, one objection 
to.650 
-radish trade overdone. 42 
— -shoeing contest at English 
fair.466 
-fairs.580 
Horses, Eastern have better feet.lll 
— feeding green food.402 
Hones, Percheron, and Arabian, 
importing. 218 
— wild in the West.218 
Huckleberry. White.514 
Hydrangea, climbing.290 
Ice crop. 78 
Idaho pear cions doing well.562 
Insect season, this Is an.434 
Insecticide Special.338 
Insecticides.333 
Integrity needs investigation... .218 
Irises will give satisfaction. 272 
Irrigation plan, Congress on 
that.5’0 
Japan chestnuts.75*) 
Jute Bagging Trust.598.650 
Knights of Labor.782 
Label, zinc.8H6 
Labeling trees and shrubs.272 
Labor element in Wise. Leg¬ 
islature . 834 
Lady readers, to our.698 
Land bill, public.466 
— No Man’s. 26 
— , restoration of to public 
domain.482 
Lands, Government.402 
— , waste..370 
Lard, adulteration of.168 
— circles, commotion in.236 
Lawes, Sir. J. B.714 
Lawn mower, 18 inch, economy.370 
-, to make last.450 
Leaves gathering to rot.782 
Lima bean, dwarf.546 
Magnolias, Cucumber at R. G_450 
Manitoba affairs,.150.254 
Manure, farm, spreading on the 
snow. 96 
— from a single animal.466 
— waste..'370 
— spread on snow, salt addf d. .114 
Maple, Schwerdler’sat “R. G.”..888 
— sugar, pure.26 
-removing from swampy 
wood.322 
Markets, fancy. 8 
Meat, refrigerator.698 
Melon, who gets the?.650 
Milk business, eo operation in. .132 
— why should women not.498 
iililkeis, good, hard to find.254 
— women as.498 
Millers and the farmers.418 
Millet Australian.186 
— sown with potatoes. 8 
Mole trap. Hales. 42 
Monopoly, severe blow to.42 
Moon flower. 132 
Morton, John Chambers, death 
of.370 
Nichols, Dr. James R. 26 
Night-soil, use.482 
-potash with. 546 
Nitrogenous fertilizers, reserve 
until spring .650 
Norway spru.es at “R, G.”.450 
Novelties, touch them gently... 42 
Noyes. Geo., death of.418 
Nut markets .714 
Oak timber for railroad ties.... 60 
Oat straw for fodder.168 
Oats, Australian. 114 
Oklahoma Te> rltory.800 
Oranges, sulphur for.290 
Orchard products estimated 
value.562 
Paris green for ,apple-trees 
quantity.338 
Patent amendments needed.... 8 
Patented articles, innocent pur¬ 
chasers of. 26 
Pea, Alpha, early wrinkled.290 
— cow .186 
— early wrinkled, Alpha.290 
— Pride of the Market.498 
— Telephone. 60 
— weevil, Rural’s peas and the.370 
Peas from the Dep’t of Agricul¬ 
ture.498 
— weevil-eaten not growing_450 
Peach buds killed.114 
— crop.482 
Pear. Anjou. 26 
— Beurre Superfln.290 
— Duchesse d Angouleme.831 
— Idaho..132. 698, SS4 
— - cions doing well.,.562 
— Kieffer.Mr. Hewlett’s grafted 
tree.562 
— Wilder. 562 
Percherons a distinct class.... 60 
Peroxide of silicate.450 
Posphate Industry, South Caro¬ 
lina. 60 
Pigs, sucking. 42 
Pine white cut back.698 
— - trimming.418 
Plantain, to get rid of.598 
Pluero-pneumonia, a quarrel 
about.498 
— — contest..2 4 
-fight.114 
— inspectors, resisting.322 
-Palmer bill .150 
PlumbiDg defective.*93 
Plymouth Ro ks, Pea-combed ..218 
PoDons, prepare for.338 
Pork product'.Denmark edict. 202 
Portrait of Sir J. B. Lawes.306 
Postage on seeds and plants....338 
Potato contest.388, 598. 634. 
.650, 666, 682, 714 
— — areas of.766 
-Judges of the. 354 
-number.732 
-plot.-....’68, 306 
-two small.714 
-Rural’s.-... 254 
-the ladies’.698, 732, 750 
. 766,834 
-indorsements. 80 O 
-the result.666 
-the Rurals’.. ,.714 
— convention with Canada_78 
— crops raised with complete 
— Dakota Red not like Blush.. .338 
— digger, demand for a good..514 
— diggers. 42 
— enemv, formidable.530 
— fertilizer under and over 
pieces.114 
— manual.682 
— No. 2. bad report.634 
— racket. 750 
— raising R. T. System, who are 
trying.322 
— ratings by the vines.434 
— R. N.-Y. No. 2 .418,580 
---— indorsements.800 
--4,..750 
— seed, foreign, small yields...150 
-how to cut.322 
-pieces, size .272 
-which yield most.834 
— talk. \lr Terry’s.236 
— Thorburn.,...580 
— Trench system.682 
— vines attacked by the flea- 
beetle.546 
— wager R. N.-Y.186,218 
--accepted.168 
Potatoes, early will be most 
profitable. 26 
— feeding to cows .8U0 
— fertilizers, for use liberally..322 
— from foreign countries.26 
— Increased from seed from 
productive hills.750 
— raised In barrels of sand.150 
-with fertilizers. 60 
— Rural Blush, flea-beetles des¬ 
troying.562 
Rural’s Trench system.402,434 
-— — those who try.402 
-method of raising.150 
— —-cost .732 
— scabby, sulphur for..254,732 
— seed, manure or fertilizer 
under or over.218 
-size of.886 
-sprouting.370 
— seedling.322 
— slices of in Paris-green for 
beetles.254 
— storing.732 
Poultry connected with Ex. 
StaGons. 42 
— crossing, boom in,.354 
— feeding rye.466 
— free from disease. 26 
— houses, winnows in the 
south.114 
— sports at R.G. 42 
— standard. 96 
— Wyandotte-Dorkingcross_386 
President on Agriculture.834 
Prunus Plssardil.514 
Pullets in N. Y markets.650 
Quince on the apple.514 
Rabbits plague in Australia... .434 
Rabbits, in Australia destroy..213 
Railroad crossings.26 
— — dangerous . 8 
Raspberries at “R, G.” 493 
Raspberry and blackberry 
hybrids.— ...’.159 
— Earhart Everbearing.fc 16 
— fungus to stamp out.562 
Red-cap fowls.766 
Red-caps hatched at“R. G.”_322 
Retlnlspora, Golden Japan, ob¬ 
jection. 114 
Ric mis at R. G.634 
Road founaations, big stones 
for.2‘2 
— Special.272 
— wisdom.272 
— working.168 
Roads by contract.272 
— poor.466 
Rocky Mountain canons, dam¬ 
ming up.466 
Roe, Rev. F„ P., death of.498 
Rosa rugosa hybrids.698 
Rose, American Beauty.530 
— BonSilene. .530 
— bug, Buhach for.418 
— bugs at “R. G.”.450 
-the Rural’s way of subdu¬ 
ing.236 
— Father Gontler.530 
— hybrids, our.236,306 
-second to bloom. 466 
— Papa Gontler. 698 
— special.236 
Roses, don’t buy the following..236 
— from seed, to raise. 2 6 
— hybrid blooming.418 
— in farm gardens. 168 
— large.236 
— on their own roots .236 
— seedling... .190 
Rural New-Yorker.530 
— special numbers of .236 
F ural’s cartoons do harm.114 
Rye for early pasture.166 
— paupirscrop.634 
— wheat hybrids, rye pollen on.322 
Salicornia Virglnica.616 
Salsify gaining ground.8v2 
Salt not Increasing crops.114 
Schizophragma.290 
School, district, agriculture.634 
— books for children’s use.7 1 4 
— textbooks. 546 
Seed distribution, national al¬ 
leged abuses of...666 
— examination, need of.370 
Sheep fattening, corn meal not 
best food.546 
Silage, baled.3u6 
— patent.593 
— weight of cubic foot.306 
Silk culture in the U. S.598 
— worm eggs, distribution of.. .114 
Silo, dividing into compart¬ 
ments.306 
— epidemic. 60 
— using tarred paper.306 
Sorghum, profitable crop for 
sugar..78 
Sparrows, English, to extermin¬ 
ate.26 
Sphserea Hendersonia.562 
Spraying bellows, Woodason... 42 
Stallion keepers, unprincipled, 
law.450 
Stallions, licensing.218 
Steers, of different breeds, feed¬ 
ing, etc .750 
Stock interests of the country 78 
Strawberry Bubach at “R, G”.. .418 
— Crawford. ..254,5.6 
— Parker Earle.t66 
— plants, time to set..562 
— seeds sowing.434 
— Summit.254 
— Yale.634 
Straw of wheat, rye and cats 
weak.202 
Sugar making in the U. S. 78 
— maple, exchange.186 
-mixed with hickory. 114 
— Sorghum, patent, caution 
against.186 
— Trust .834 
-tyranny.450 
Superphosphates, meaning of.514 
Syringa villosa.418 
Tariff figures.498 
— question. 60 
Teoslnte.516 
— as a forage plant. 60 
— not for the North.290 
Thanksgiving proclamation....750 
Tobacco Association, National.. 60 
Tomato, Volunteer,. 61 
Tomatoes, Florida.42 
— plant in a rich soil.498 
Trees at the “Rural Grounds”.. 26 
— cut down at ’ R, G.42 
Trust, Jute Bagging.598 
Trusts .530 
Tuberculosis Congress, Interna¬ 
tional .580 
Turkeys raised in confinement.634 
Turnips among the potato hills.530 
Uncle Sam, wake up.. 616 
Wager, Rural’s Accepted.168 
Walks, dry.272 
Water, bad.482 
— from barnyard well.418 
Weather Bureau. 78 
Well, driven,Green’s Patent ...150 
Wheat, Armstrong, pounds to 
the bushel. 616 
— aud bread. ,...698 
-rye, cross breds. Rural’s '** 
standing the Winter.272 
-hybrids.466 
-plot for. 8 
-slow progress.482 
— corner. 682 
— crosses, R. N.Y.46 t 
— dollar.580,666 
— E nglish for seed .492 
— Golden Cross..682 
— grains in a bushel.562 
— is it economy to mulch.616 
— mulch for. 616 
— mulching.682 
— Poole. 598 
— planted a foot apart.580 
— planting at “R. G”.616 
— seed, how much to the acre.. .530' 
— Seven-headed or Egyptian... 60 
— spring, harrowing of..150 
— straw for mulch. 616 
— thin seeding. 482 
Wheats, crossing, when.402 
— ripening at “R. G.”.466 
— Rural’s cross bred.732 
“White grease”.218 
Wire-worms causing scab.402 
— — to find in sell.450 
Women of America, between 
the. 7 P 6 
Wool tariff problem. 60 
Wyandot tes. White.634 
Yam, Chinese.132 
EDUCATIONAL. 
Agricultural College, Michigan.. 58 
— colleges, manual labor at.369 
— colleges, military instruction 
In.817 
Agriculture In the district 
schools. 628 
Children, how shall we educate 
them agriculturally. 640 
College, Ag’l, manual labor at.. .629 
— education, concerning.720 
— graduates, life-failures of, 
cause.778 
Country school.612 
— school cartoon.673 
Farmer needs education as a 
man.814 
Farmers and country schools.. .628 
— boys, education of. 814 
— education of. 542 
Military instruction in agricul¬ 
tural schools.817 
Pictorial misrepresentations in 
school books;. 772 
School, country. 612 
— district, the failures of. 605 
-utilizing . 557 
— how we improved our. 5 
— in model township in Ind_446 
— teachers. 557, 699 
Schools, country and school 
teachers. 699 
— district. 729 
-agriculture in. 628 
— the common and agriculture.807 
Teacher for the district school 
. 557, 693 
ENTOMOLOGICAL. 
Apple-root louse. 334 
Army-worms, fighting. 433 
Arsenical solutions in orchards,332 
Bark louse. 333 
Borers... 
Clover root borer.612 
Coddling moth, Parls-green.8S2, 333 
— or codlln. 112 
Elm leaf beetle.’. .333 
Galls, gouty and pithy. 197 
Hal tica cucumeris. 613 
Hylesnus trifolii.612 
Insecticide, effective.384 
— Peroxide of silicate.696 
— special. .332 
Insecticides. 332 
— most useful. .’332 
Inser“-s, lnjui.ous, how scat¬ 
tered.693 
— wholesale slaughter of. 400 
Leaf crumpler. 434 “ 
Onion maggot. 333 
Platysamia Cecropia. 656 
Pyrethrum powder . 338 
Squash borers, remedy.578 
Tent caterpillar, to destroy.432 
Tettigonia vitis. *76 
a- . .CiRY W HERE. 
Alabama, Mobile Co.151,271 
— Marshall Co. 465 
California climate, etc..746 
— Jefferson Co. 112 
— Los Angeles Co.216 
— Placer Co. 543 
— snow and cold weather In.... 76 
— Sonoma Co.271 
Canada ,Chateauguay Basin.... 385 
— Kings Co.,.527 
— Middlesex Co. 559 
— Ont. Brighton. 512 
-Dominionville.217 
-Hillier. 527 
-Wellington Co.797 
— Prince Ed. Island.481 
Car window philosophy.815 
Connecticut, Litchfield Co.129 
— notes.647 
Dakota Fall River Co. 7 
— Hanson Co.76,271,417 
— Morton Co.252,435 
— Spink Co. 746 
Delaware, Dover. 305 
— Kent Co.185,449,595.715 
England. Devon.679 
— Devonshire.167 
Georgia Hancock Co.2)2 
Idaho. Bingham Co.289 
— Boise Co. 76 
Illinois, Bureau Co . 40 
— Champaign Co.252,485,496 
— Cook Co. 76 
— Dp Kalb Co.129 
— Jo’Daviess Co.151,217,321, 
.527,815 
— Montgomery Co.289 
— Sterling. 779 
— Union Co. 24 
— Vemillion Co. 252 
— Winnebago Co.559 
Indiana. Dearborn Co.J85 
— La Grange Co. 7 
-- Madison Co.217,481,663 
— Marion Co. 400 
— Parkf Co.321,400 
Iowa, Cedar Co..7.9 
— Decatur Co.779 
— Hardin Co.40,353 
— Harrison Co. 353 
— Polk Co.112,337,400,527.577, 
.647,746 
Jerseyman’s journey, a.6S1,646 
Kansas, Crawford Co.76 401 
— Labette Co. 337,449.512,663 
— Lyon Co.76,185 
— McPherson Co....76,151,271,289. 
.337,417,465,559,746 
— Shawnee Co.417 
Long Island notes.559, 696,831 
-East end of.595 
Louisiana ..321 
— Calcasieu Co.496 
— East Baton Rouge.527 
— Webster Parish.559 
Maine. Knox Co.512 
Maryland, Wicomico Co.337 
Michigan Allegan Co.40,V71 
— Bay Co.167 
— Emmet Co.129 
— Ingham Co.217 
— Lenawee Co.289 
Minn.. Jefferson Co.435 
— Polk Co.217,321,401 
Montana, Choteau Co.779 
— Fergus Co.....24 
— Missoula Co.217 
Nebraska, Buffalo Co.. 24,76.129,217 
— Dawes Co. 76 
— Nemaha Co. 7 
— Saline Co.496,577 
New Hampshire, Rockingham 
Co.289 
-Strafford Co.129 
— Jersey, Mercer Co.401,527 
-Morris Co . 449 
— York. Albany Co.129 
-Cattaraugus Co. .185,271,369, 
.481,679 
-Chautauqua Co.401 
— Cortland Po. . 24 
