858 
THE RURAL 
NEW-YORKER. 
DEC 
PAGE 
Dressing with taste. 131 
Dressmaking, home..301 
Ear ache.222 
Ebonized wood.511 
Egg plant.140 
Eggs on toast .419 
Fancy work of long ago.795 
Fathers, Influence of....693 
Finances, domestic, Women’s 
Department.336 
Fish cakes. 26 
— potted.419 
Flowers In the house. H 
Food accompaniments.76 
“Fourth of July “. 450 
Frames, oak, for pictures.763 
Fret, why?.184 
Friction produced by rubbing, 
value.42 
Fried cakes.27 
Fritters, corn..615 
— of elaer flowers. 46? 
Frosting, boiled.649 
— caramel.649 
Fruit, canning.,..665 
— cans, preparing and tilling...513 
Fruits crystallized and glaced.,57? 
Furniture, to polish. 43 
Gems, corn.630 
— Graham, as made at “R. G.”.7S1 
Ginger-bread. 1H5 
-old-fashioned.27 
-soft.649 
— preserved.683 
— snaps. .2? 
Girls be careful of your conduct 66? 
— talk to the.209 
Glove case.826 
Gloves, cleaning. 746 
Gourd as an article of utility 
and beauty.746 
Graham gems as made at " R.G.”731 
Hair, brushing, dally. 43 
— receiver.fill 
Ham, how to cook.435 
— with cream.467 
Hands, care of the.699 
Handkerchief case. 826 
Harvest drink.4>9 
Hatsfor young girls. 271 
Head rests.826 
Home, a talk about.581 
— -keepers. .... 94 
— life, cherish the.2<0 
— the. 418 
Household sayings. 547 
Housekeepers, rocks that stand SOS 
Housekeeping, comfortable....827 
Husk teds.731 
Husks, corn for mattresses. 659 
Ice-cream and strawberries.... 419 
-small quantity.1S1 
Jelly, black currant for sore 
throats.46? 
— from Transcendents.699 
— lemon .63 1 
Jumbles, Aunt Eliza’s. 747 
Kalsomine, excellent. lol 
Lamb cutlets. .588 
Lamp without a chimney. 130 
Lemons, keeping fresh.....515 
Lies. 354 
Macaroni, cooking. 26 
Mint vinegar.4i9 
Mold in cellars, brimstone for. .27 1 
Mothers for.714 
— hea>th of.763 
— looking glad.254 
Muffins.630 
— corn..667 
Mush to coo) for frying.59 
Mushrooms, a la creme.59 
— baked. 59 
— cooking. 59 
— curried. . 59 
— soup.59 
— Soyer’s Breakfast.59 
— stewed.69 
Mustard. 419 
Neck-tie ca‘e.811 
Neighbors, to be good. .. 11 
Oatmeal not unwholesome.451 
Ointment for sun-burns.467 
“Ollicooks"...795 
Omelet, oyster.648 
Onions.149 
Oj sters frii j d. . .648 
— how to cook.648 
— omelet .648 
— patties.648 
— pickled. ....£81 
Paperweights.811 
Parsnips .149 
Peaches, pickled.683 
Persons having different aims..386 
Pickles, tomato, green.715 
— wainuis.4>9 
Picture frames, home-made....811 
Pie, cranberry.271 
— currant.419 
— mince, Ailing fo-.631 
— lemon, molasses.631 
— pumpkin.599 
— labbit... . 167 
Place for everything.871 
Pork products, Dr. Learned’s.. 113 
Potatoes cooking..435 
— old, to cook.46? 
Preserves, cherries.419 
— tomato.615 
Pudding, apple.27 
-crumb.£6? 
— Clara’s orange.747 
— ci rn-starch.287 
— cottage, apple.667 
— feather...63J 
— frozen.615 
— India, baked.203, 287 
— orange.287 
— puff.631, 667 
— queen of.2«7 
— Queen’s. 59 
— raspberry .. 419 
— snow.287,631 
— tapioca.95, 630 
— tip-top.631 
Puffs, cream.667 
Pumpkin butter. 27 
— chips.2? 
Quilts, autograph.699 
Quinces steamed.599 
Rabbit pie .16? 
Rag carpets.167 
Rattlesnake bite. 2? 
Recreation for housekeepers...515 
Refrigerator, substitute ror....547 
Remedies, simple, used by Rural 
people.715 
Rolls.221 
Rose leaves, saving.403 
-to dry.480 
A I., how to bind.418 
w* etbags. 515 
— -duty.811 
Salad. 498 
— dressing.467 
• Salmon, ereamed.649 
Sausage, to cook. 26 
School cays.451 
Self-improvement .112 
Sewing, a talk about.270 
— machine, cleaning.747 
Shaving ease.826 
Shirts and collars, doing up.371 
Shoe-polish. .715 
Shoes, wearing loo small.886 
Silk, black, cleaning.371 
Sincere, difficulty of being abso 
lutely.780 
Smoking, its effects.855 
Soap, hard.855 
— soft.488 
Social, shingle. 184 
Soup, artichoke.... .855 
— carrot. 11 
— onion.11 
.. potato.208 
— mushroom.59 
Soups, winter. 11 
Sore throat, black currant jel¬ 
ly for.467 
Spinach . 119 
Starching and ironing, spec¬ 
ial.237,271 
Starch made and used by a 
man —. 403 
Steak, round.715 
— to fry properly.699 
Strawberries frozen.419 
Sun-burn ointment.. .467 
Sunday Evening Talks at “R. 
G ”58.110,166, 184, 212, 220, 886, 
40?, 466, 498, 514, 530, 540, 588, 
PAGE 
730, 762. 
Sweeping and dusting-. ... 95 
Tablecloths, care of. 565 
— manners.... ....... .582 
Tea rolls .43 
“Teas,’’afternoon.76 
Thanksgiving. 798 
Thoreau’s books.76 
Tidies.514 
Time on.88? 
Toast, water.631 
Toilet powder.203 
Tomato catsup as made at “R. 
G”.5a3 
Tomatoes.149 
— bak>'d.599 
— boiled.565 
— cooking. 565 
— fried .565, 599 
Trifles.870 
Umbrella case.811 
Vegetables.149 
Vinegar, mint. . 419 
Visiting, a few words about.59s 
Walls, damp, remedy for.779 
Walnuts, pickled.419 
Washing.76, 403 
— and Ironing colored cotton 
goods.317, 371 
Wash-stand cover. ....131 
Whale-bones, buying.131 
Winter warmth.42 
Woman.166 
Women, about.715 
Woodcock, broiled.419 
Woolen cresses, washing.811 
Worcestershire Sauce.orlgin of.594 
EDITORAL. 
Abandoned farms.808 
Advertisements in Rural.824 
Advertising rates, R. N.-Y.74 
Agricultural Colleges, what are 
they good for.884 
— Station, Missouri.464 
Agriculture, Dep’t. of Cabinet 
office.128 
— instructor in, Prof. Shelton. .496 
— Secretary of.760 
Alfalfa. 852 
Anti trust legislation.448 
Apple orchard mulched .128 
— Princess Louise, dessert ap¬ 
ple .132 
— Seedless. 182 
— tree sprayed with Paris- 
green, R. N.-Y. experiment .712 
— trees, to spray, mixture for.352 
— wood, demand for.384 
Apples, American and French. .596 
— on Paradise stock.C16 
— sent to Europe.646 
Asparagus bed at "R. G.”.284 
— — beetle attacks. 36s 
-fertilizer for. 116 
— beetle.4 2 
— beetles, remedy.44c 
Bagging Trust, Jute. 8 
fcananas, price of.528 
— tariff on .482 
Barbed Wire Trust.72S 
Barberry, purple .316 
Bean crop, prospect.541 
Beans Lima, Dwarf, Kumerle.. .728 
-— three.696 
Beef and pork combine. 464 
— antl-dressed Legislation.512 
— dressed development of ... 512 
— — liow cared for ...448 
— — trade In.480 
— making experiments.200 
— supply, American.626 
— syndicate, gigantic.164 
— Western dressed, what is to 
be done.664 
Bees, honey in court.528 
binding Twine Trust . 252 
blackberry Agawam.1S2 
— Minnewaskl. 612 
— season.432 
Blackberries at ’R. G.”.182 
— our choiee.612 
Blackcap, Hilborn. 480 
Bone, finely ground for nitrogen 
and phosphoric acid. ..544 
— flour, applying year after 
year.110 
Bones from Sahara desert.236 
Bordeaux mixture.448 
-on potato vines.?28 
-used at “ R. G.”.400 
Bubach, adulteration .712 
Butter, best grain.562 
— colorer, Guernsey as a. 128 j 
— colorln.800 | 
— cows, selecting.512 
— extractor, about.712 
— from Jersey cows, color of 316 
— how many lbs. of milk to 
;? 
make 1 lb. of . 
. 24 
— substitute in cocoanut. 
Cabbage for cows. 
.680 
— Savoys. 
Canadian affairs too 
little 
known. 
.628 
Capons. 
.824 
Carnet wools, duty on. 
1 ash crop, the. 
Century, the next. 
.646 
Cheese, native. 
— syndicates. 
.792 
.H08 
Chemistry on the farm.... 
.331 
Chestnuts, Japan. 
-fruit of..—. 
.69- 
Chickens, Red-caps. 
Chinch bugs annihilated . 
.1-2 
-512 
City men, poor. 
Clover in the silo, more.... 
.334 
— mldve. 
— — remedy.... 
— seed. 
Conemaugh horror. 
Cook, death of Dr. G. H... 
.664 
Corn. Crosby's Early. 
. ... 528 
— cutter. 
— ensilage. 
. 56 
— experiment at “R. G. 
” re- 
suits and theory.218 
— fertilization. 2l8 
— fodder, stacked.760 
— for ensilage.868 
— not king, wnere. 218 
— queer freak at “ R G.” .... 218 
— smut planted with seed_—744 
— suckers allowed to remain ..218 
— swtet. Black Mexican, extra 
Early. 528 
-Crosby.146 
-EverbeariDg. ?mj 
— — good.528 
-Honey Sweet.528 
Cotton bagging, tare on.628 
— .Oil Company.24 
— seed, boiled, feeding.512 
Cow eating corn.808 
— farrow or fresh.646 
— Holstein for butter.80S 
— peas not relished.816 
Cream, condensed.400 
— different samples. .368 
Currant, Crandall, new.528 
— worm.831 
Dairy business.496 
— Commissioner, salary of. . ,lc8 
-State ..128 
— contest. American.680 
— cows rations.808 
Dairying, winter, going into..284 
Dakota and wheat.268 
Dewbi rry, Lueretia.824 
Dogs, cost of. 74 
Dorking for eating.776 
Dower, to abolish, unjust at¬ 
tempt.128 
Drainage, boom in.680 
— know where..400 
Eggs keeping .824 
Empire Co-operative Asso¬ 
ciation .646 
English Sparrow, bounty. 24 
Ensilage—.. 74 
— corn.56 
Eve rgreens about the country 
home. 8 
Experiment Stations and the 
Rural.. 8 
Experiments R N.-Y. for 1889. .300 
Exposition of 1892.4t6 
Farm at Cranbury, N. J., ex¬ 
penses. 512 
— chemistry on. 334 
— hill, advantages of. 480 
PAGE 
— life, cost of. 776 
— small making pay.284 
Farms, abandoned..808 
Farmer, avers ge. Inter-State 
Commerce Law, and.252 
Farmers’ Alliance.808 
— Congress.792 
— Trusts .110, 596 
Farming in Livingston Co.756 
Feed, cooking.62s 
Fertility, fighters for.384 
— kept up by commercial fer¬ 
tilizers aione.110 
Fertilize thrice . ..218 
Fertilizer, complete, meaning 
of. . . . ..110 
— experiments of the R. N.-Y. 
telling results of.68' 
— high-grade complete.110 
— near the suiface of the 
ground.432 
— over tne seed pieces.72s 
Fertilizers chemical and 
grasses.384 
— enemical.using excess. 496 
— effects, erroneous eonclu 
sions.21fi 
— for fruits.324 
— high and low-grade. 562 
-priced, can’t afford.liu 
— low-priced.llo 
Flax culture.884 
— In the U. S.363 
Flea-beetles at “R.G.”.512 
-mixtures used on.352 
-mixture lor.368 
-on Contest Potato Plot_334 
-rains destroy.416 
-remedy wanted.128 
-to destroy, what the R. N.- 
Y. has tried.400 
Fodder analysis.4im 
— corn, slacked.760 
Forsythia vlrldisslma.234 
Fow-ls for l he table.776 
— with roup.40 
Fruits, fertilizers for.824 
Game, a shrewd.3 6 
— law.580 
Golden Bell, a shrub.284 
Grain Aphis, the. 448 
Grange platform. 592 
Grape, Antoinette, white.776 
— Berckmans. 628 
— Colerain.352 
— fexine-s In.744 
— Jessica.182 
— Niagara, illustrated.21 
-on L. 1. 24 
— the Eaton.646 
— Witt. 646 
Gra -es at the “ R. G.”.530 
— August Giant. 8 
— bagged when In bloom or be¬ 
fore. . 612 
— bagging bud or flower ra¬ 
cemes .480 
— cross-fertilization of. ..808 
Grass, special..334 
Grasses, chemical fertilizers 
and. 334 
— mixed for pastures.384 
Hay, bad weather for.544 
baled In lhe field.562 
— curing In the windrow. .8-4 
— label each bale sold.616 
— of the same value. 646 
— perfumed ..334 
— press, put Timothy and 
clover inio.464 
— special.334 
— tedder value of.384 
Haying tools. Mr. Glidden’s 
scheme.sie 
Hellebore for the currant worm.834 
Hemp.•.480 
Hen-houses, to destroy lice. 400 
Hen law to prevent trespasslng.400 
Holstein bulls, better.218 
Horse-chestnut, Dout le White..416 
Horse market.5S0 
— shoes, tins instead of_284 
Horses for New York from the 
Northwest.284 
— pacing interest in.766 
— •• sore ”.744 
— trotting, raising on the farm.368 
— walking contest.628 
-record of.596 
Hoskins’s T.H.buildings burned.776 
Ideas, new. 712 
Immigration regulate.776 
Irrigation, prospective, of the 
arid regions.]92 
Japan chestnuts .2:56 
Kerosene emulsion get ready. 110 
Knights and the Alliance. 7?6 
Labels, zinc.760 
Lamb club, breeding and sell¬ 
ing spring lambs. -iso 
Land running down.whatldo 
.252 
Lawn-tenn's. 744 
Lilies In City Hall park. ”528 
Liquor laws . 55 
Magnolia eordata.' '530 
Malus Parkmannli.268 
Manure, farm.. . ... . no 
— near the surface of the 
ground. 432 
— stable, fresh what it con¬ 
tains. no 
-the crop for.612 
Manures, farm, different for dif¬ 
ferent crops. 74 
Mares city, for breeding. 530 
Marketing, importance. 712 
Meadow, permanent in Amer¬ 
ica .580 
Meat company, America ....I6l,3fi4 
— dressed, laws. 596 
-monopoly against. 92 
— inspection, school for. 712 
— syndicate, collapse of.263 
— trade, dressed. 145 
Melons, flue, how to grow.a">2 
Milk below legal standard.664 
— canned. 80 $ 
— dairymen buying cow-a .252 
— don’t let stand In the pall... .384 
— fat In, estimating, device_480 
— frozen, shipping. 164 
— law, legal standard. 712 
— producers, gigantic organ¬ 
ization of. 728 
— *’ stripping”. 384 
— testing, nonsense about. 744 
Montana boom. 646 
— — a serious matter. 596 
Mortgages, talks on .24 
Mulberry, Agawam. 132 
Mule market. ..580 
Mushroom. English gray, best .146 
National flower. 580 
Nitrogen cost ot. no 
Nursery stock, Importation 
from Canada. 92 
Oats, feed more . 792 
Okra. Dwarf Green. .146 
Oleomargarine, delicious quali¬ 
ties of. 164 
Orange trade, Florida. 824 
Paris-green for cotton-worms 
killing birds. 728 
-mixture for apple-trees ..952 
— — soon washed off. 414 
Patagonians. Brown R. N.-Y.’s 760 
Peach culture, Mr. Hale's.418 
— good.646 
Pear Idaho. 146 
— Ducliesse sent us. 8 
Pea Advancer or Alpha.146 
— early wrinkled.146 
— Intermediate Stratagem_ 146 
— weevils, bulinch killing.252 
Peas Daniel O’Rourke and First 
Earlies. 146 
— weevil-eaten—w-hat the R 
N. Y. said . 236 
Peroxide of Silicate. 
-a caution.416 
Personal property, under-taxa¬ 
tion. 56 
Phelps, Wm. Walter, Minister to 
Berlin . 792 
Photographs.gfi4 
Pine. Umbrella.48 1 
Plantain, to get rid of .4fi0 
Plows, swivel on hilly farms... 728 
Pomologleal Society In Florida, 
meeting of. 40 
Pork lean, demand for.400 
PAGE 
Potash salt-i.284 
Potato beetles, scarcity of.612 
— — iwo points about.400 
— blight.646 
— Blush, improving.712 
— Burpee's Gold-flesh..-. 218 
— Contest plot It. N.-Y.’s in a 
pickle.572 
— — — —-— regular 162, 268 
— — Women’s National. .40, 74, 268 
--at “R.G.”.284 
— -— booby prize. 616 
-— — Gov. Jones to 
serve as judge. 49 
--— names of contes¬ 
tants.262, 284 
— — — — — prizes.744 
— —-to those who en¬ 
gage In.146 
— crop. 162 
— digger in ordinary field. 8 
— Early Ohio .146 
— — White Ohio, flue table po¬ 
tato.236 
— enemies.778 
— experiments in barrels..800 
— — three-barrel.416 
— Green Mountain on a poor 
soil.182 
— growing, Dr. Lawes s experi¬ 
ments.164 
— King of Oneida.268 
— pest, another.416 
— prize, 825.268 
— R. N.-Y. No. 2.. 56, 596, 728 
— —-— and Mr. Rose.VU0,25'2 
-—-controversy .128. 200 
— -— — flov. ers of .496,512,923 
— — —-— — color. .464, 480 
— — — — — prizes for_56.', 596 
— -sproutthetuber.UO 
— rot.541 
-due to fungus.596 
-spores.612 
— seed to the acre.164 
— sprouts.'rue color of.218 
— State of Maine.236 
— that sprout evenly. 368 
— vines sprayed with Bordeaux 
Mixture. 728 
Potatoes after the trench sys¬ 
tem.664 
— high next Spring.723 
— hill dug next to “contest”.. 512 
— In New Jersey.416 
— — or out of the ground.544 
— Mrs. and Gov. Foraker.263 
— near the Rural Grounds. ...680 
— No. 3 and 4, failure of.723 
— not left In ground.776 
— planted by the R. N.-Y.Sl« 
— planted upon new ground..752 
Quantity eaten by one person..77. 
— scabby. 82 
Poultry at Experiment Stations.2.39 
— Dorkings.496 
— feeding corn and milk.«'6 
— live sell dow .480 
— market, Tnanksglvlng. ,.792,3i‘8 
— novelty. MI 110 Hlkl.760 
— Red-cap roosters, combs of.. 74 
Profits and trusts.4 « 
Prohibition...448 
Puritan, the. ..528 
Pyre thrum eineranefollum. 
flowers of.252 
Quince, Jnpan grafted on apple.'32 
— Orange. 132 
Railroad bond-voting In the 
West.92 
— crossings, accidents at.128 
— investments.interest on.... 612 
Railroaos, rights of .430 
Ramie Co. again . 792 
Rams, Merino. American.760 
Raspberry and blackberry hy¬ 
brids.480 
— disease.-M2 
Readers, our. a word.324 
Red-caps at “R, G.”.’82 
Hlee‘traw, use for.693 
Road-making in Tenn.284 
Roads, serious mailer...164 
Boosters, caponizing .824 
Root crop in England.2s4 
Rosa rug( sa cross, Agnes Emily 7( 0 
— — crosses for 1889 . 760 
-hyi rids. 400 416 
Rose-beetles, pyrethium for_334 
— Mr. Al'red. 824 
— New hybrid promising.384 
— of Sharon seeds, save and 
plant. ..646 
Roses, Hybrid Tea.560 
— Manettl at "R. G.”.416 
— Tea, raising out of-doors.4-0 
R. n.-Y. foward-mareh.162 
— — — greeting.646 
— — — hybrids.146 
-— in the West.664 
-keeping up the pace..76u 
— -personal. . 664 
— — — prize for column arti¬ 
cle..680 
— — — soecial numbers.24 
Rusk, J McLain .182 
Rye Grass question In Englund .2i8 
Sanborn, Prof, removed from 
position... .448 
Sanitation tor the country. 92 
Salt for stock.8 0 
— trust, gigantic. 236 
Seladopitys verticlllata.430 
Secretary of Agriculture, assis¬ 
tant of.252 
Seedlings, what are?. 3' 0 
Seeds, warranted.200 
Sheep, cull lambs, feeding.523 
Silage, good market in city.680 
— patent. 792 
Silo, open air. 496 
Silos filled with clover.712 
Sioux reservation, openlng'of. 541 
Slug shot, Hammond’s.464 
Sorghum sugar, about.680 
— — Industry.868 
South American neighbors, our696 
Sparrow. English.464 
Spaying, cruelty of. 74 
Spice-wood. ! 800 
Standard Oil monopoly, cheek 
on. .696 
Stock.Improvement .400 
— live Interests.146 
— yard, In Philadelphia, a new.69 
Strawberry Bubach.24 
— Charles Downing op L. I.. 464 
— Cumberland Triumph at “ R. 
G.”.284 
— Parker Enrle....l82, 352. 448,824 
-at ‘ R G.”.4(0 
-to be.352 
— the flesh, the receptacle.8M 
Strawberries at the ‘ R. G.”....182 
— “bisexual”.S28 
— most popular.824 
— pot grown.528 
Street railroads, motive powers 
cost .646 
“Strippings ” value of.884 
Styrax Japonica.416 
Sugar, advance in prices.512 
— beet-root In Neb.200 
— of milk .432 
— refinery, Claus Spreckel’8....76n 
— sorghum.680 
-government experiments.268 
-Norman J. Column and. ..268 
Sulohute of iron experiments..110 
Swindle. Mr Rose’s statement..200 
Symposiums, Rural’s .DO 
Tariff thoughts.480 
Taxation, under, of personal 
property.56 
Taxes on mortgages. 24 
TimoihytnNew England.612 
Tobacco and fruit brandy, re¬ 
peal of taxes.612 
— Growers’Association. 8 
Tomato seed fri m blossom end 
und stem end.612 
— Shah at “ R. G ”.760 
— Station.612 
Tomatoes grown at “R.G’, on 
poor soil .164 
Trade secrets.868 
Transportation cheaper.5-11 
Trees, barbed wire wound 
around.200 
— to protect from borers.252 
Troltef son the farm, raising. .368 
Trumpet Vine, good name for..528 
PAGE 
Trusts blow to. 760 
— first severe blow at the. 40 
— In Great Britain.852 
Turkey feathers. 2.36 
Twine, binding trust.20‘> 
Undertakers’ Trust.496 
Vault, cleaning out . 92 
Vegetables, selling by weight... 8 
Voters should speak.776 
Wagon wheels soaking In oil. .646 
Webb & Warren of Philadel¬ 
phia .728 
Weeder, Breed’s Universal.544 
Weevil-eaten peas, what the R. 
N.-Y. said years ago.236 
Wheat and Dakota.263 
-rye, mulching. . 76(1 
— Armstrong at Rural farm... 432 
-on L. 1..... .236 
— crosses and hybrids .5 0 
— culture, firm seed-bed.5 8 0 
— Golden Cross.523 
— Growers’ Convention_760, 744 
— growing at a loss.384 
— in New Jersey.628 
— planting one grain 10 the 
square foot. 4 
— sowing at “ R. G.”.616 
— winter, combine.132 
-mulching .252 
Wheats at • R.G.”.252 
— R. N.-Y., yield of.512 
White Lead Trust.480 
Winters, open injury to small 
fruits .56 
Wool-growers and wool nianu 
faetures.696 
— growing industry. 24 
— scouring.71 
Woman at work, a.268 
Work, experiment, how to 
judge.464 
— hard, noor pay. 146 
EDUCATIONAL. 
Agricultural Colleges.481 
-what good... .343,895, 4.39, 444 
Colleges. Agricultural, what 
good.348, 395, 483, 441 
Education an Insurance.163 
— for larmers’ daughters. .486, .5.34 
Banners’ daughters, education 
lor. necessity of.436, S'-T 
School country.550 
ENTOMOLOGY. 
Barley pest, new.247 
Cabbage worm. Paris-green for? 3 
Chinch l ug disease .85 
Cucumber flea-beetles. 557 
Cut-worm vs. clean culture....*56 
Insectary at Cornell. 69 
Insecticides. 3 
Insect pest, new.247 
Insects . .3 
— fighting with fungi. 3 
Potato-beetle, dlsappearnneeof.413 
Wirm worm nuisance. 443 
EVERYWHERE. 
California, Alameda Co.444 
— San Bernardino Co.493 
— Diego Co.641 
Canada, B. Columbia, New 
Westminster.70 
— 1 incoln Co.49.8 
— Ont Ottawa. 70 
— - Stamford Co. 611 
— — Victoria Square.£08 
-Whitby.641 
— St. Henry of Montreal. 511 
Colorado Weld Co.558,592 
Connecticut, Fairfield Co.608 
New London Co.592 
Cumberland Valley notes. 493 
Dakota, Hettinger Co.122 
Delaware Kent Co. 
.;o. 179, 85, 4 J 4, 541,608, f 61,7f 9 
Georgia, t battanooga Co.413 
Illinois, Adams Co.592 
— Bureau Co.67? 
— Daviess Co.330, 524 
— Gurnee Co. 88 
— Lee Co. 444, 772 
— Macoupin Co.330 
— McLean Co. 88 
— Mercer Co. 20 
— Montgomery Co.36, 5US 
— Rock to. 592 
— Shelby 1 o .269, 641 
— Stephenson Co. c '8 
— Williamson Co.609 
Indiana, Allen Co. 20 
— Delaware Co.559 
— Elkhart Co. 708 
— Madison Co. 179, 896, 559,641 
— Marion Co.380 
— Park Co.t08, 772 
— St. Joseph Co. 397 
— Vermilion Co.269 
Iowa Black Hawk Co.609 
— Fayette Co .... . 20 
— Humboldt Co. 295 
— Plymouth Co.609 
— Polk CO. 36, 122, 295. 396 
460, 524.641,75? 
— Ringgold Co.230 
— Woodbury Co. 592 
Kansas Butler Co.129 
— Kord Co. 20 
— Labette Co.... 70, 295, 380, 476,677 
— Lincoln Co.21 
— Meade Co.772 
— Pratt Co. 493,735 
— shawueeCo. 445 
— Wilson Co. 70 
Louisiana. Baker Co. 12.3 
Michigan Alcona Co.609 
— Barry Co. 735 
— Berrien Co..592 
— Branch Co.708 
— Calhoun Co.123 
— Huron Co. .. 81 v 
— Ingham Co.661, 708 
— Jackson Co.735 
— Lake Co. .....508 
— Lenawee Co. 445 
— Livingston Co. 609, 708 741 
— Mecosta Co.830,508, 609 
— Monroe Co.708 
— Oceana Co.D9 677,741 
— Sanilac Co. 445 
— St. Joseph Co.592 
— Van Buren Co...593 
— Washtenaw Co.735 
Minnesota Otter Tail Co.593 
— Polk CO - 445, 593 
— Winona Co.508, 593 
Montana Missoula Co. 88 
Mississippi.Grundy Co.179 
Missouri Case Co.772 
— Shelby Co.230 
Nebraska Burt Co.757 
— Cheyenne Co. 445 
— Saundora Co.5, 524 
— Davidson Co. 511 
— Fender Co.593 
New Hampshire, Cheshire Co.. -1 
— Hillsborough Co. 88 , 541 
— Merrimack Co.661 
— South Sutton Co.21 
— Stafford Co.460,541 
— Jersey, Mercer Co.330,397,493. Ml 
-Sussex Co.269 
-Union Co.559 
— York, Albany Co.21 
-Allegany Co.625,7-11 
-Broome Co. 593 
-Cayuga Co.267 
-Chautauqua Co. 
..70, 201, 295,1897. 511, 820 
— - City.661 
-Clinton Co. 445 
-Forestville. 21 
-Genesee Co.541, 735 
-Livingston Co.641 
-Ontario Co.593, 785 
— -OrangeCo. 661 
-Orleans Co. 88 , 380, 525 
-Schohurie Co.757 
-Steuben Co.593,625, 708 
-, Wayne Co.70, 312 
North Carolina Mountain, Sum 
mer outing. 787, 809 , 820 
— — Pender Co.460 
Ohio, Athens Co. 5 
— Belmont Co.231 
— champaign Co.625 
— Defiance Co.70s 
_ Green Co.179, 593 
— Medina Co.445,708 
— Logan Co. 269 
Pa GB 
— Portage Co... 88 
— Rock Co. Tog 
— Trumbull Co. 476 
Oregon. Jackson Co.. ?«? 
— Linn Co.231 
— Umatilla Co. .12,3 
— WallnwaCo. 123 
— Washington Co. 330 
Pennsylvania, Beaver Co. 593 
— Butler Co. 21 , 583 . 741 
— Columbia Co. .312 
— Crawford Co. 201 
— Erie Co..2Si 
— Fayette Co. 593 
— Lancaster Co. 21 , 593 
— Lawrence Co. 179 
— Montgomery Co.741 
— Perry Co.757 
— Potter Co.493 
— Wyoming Co. 2-31 
Puget Sound, climate about ...825 
Tennessee. Cumberland Co ... 525 
Texas. Grayson Co.476 
— Williamson Co. 625 
Vermont, Addison Co. 559- 
— notes.540 
— Orange Co.>8 
— Rutland Co.269 
— Windsor Co.21 
Virginia. Essex Co. 380 
— Henrico. sg 
— Mathews Co.525 
Washington, Davenport. 4ig 
Wisconsin, Barrow Co. 66' 
— Calumet Co. 525 , 772 
— Dane Co.593 
Outagamie Co.179 
— Sheboygan Co.’. ^397 
— Walworth Co_ 123 , 830 , 593 , *<i 
FARMERS’ CLUB. 
Actinidla.539 
— In the West. 54 ‘i 
— polygama, where to buy]] ]’ ]r ,25 
Agricultural college In the East, 
best. ... 541 
-of Michigan.197 
-work to pay board. f -05 
— colleges.. .541 
-In favor of .' ] '447 
Agriculture, Com. of, man for..'. 6 
Ailanthus trees In the West. 6 
Alfalfa. 333 
Alslke quantity and time to sow -234 
Angora goats.. 
-who has.j&5 
Animals, diseased, flesh of, not 
unhealthful . 398 
— fattening, water for. ,.]’.126 
Apple, American Summer.... 774 
— blossoms, color, size, etc, 
fertilization.333 
— Carlough, quality.].]].234 
— cions, how to manage. 234 
— Delaware Red Winter..165 
— Dourain. 12s 
— Early Harvest.509 
-Joe. 774 
— Garden Royal.].]]]]?74 
— Golden Russet. "12s 
— Hawley. ]' "‘l23 
— Jefferls. " "774. 
— Mann.’ 71 
— McIntosh Red.. 53 ‘,‘l 60 
— Perry Russet.123 
— Pewaukee, compared with 
Wagener.isi 
— picker, is it a success?.161 
— Primate. 774 
— Rawle s Janet. 283 
— Red Aslraehan. "549 
— Rolfe. .’ s9 
— Scott’s Winter..] 71 
— Stark. . ’ 233 
— Steele's Red Winter..]’ . 7 . 7 . 71.’125 
— -tree graf Is. time to cut. im) 
— trees, budded or root-grafted. 71 
-fertilizer for.691 
-[good, hardy. ""*160 
-grafting...] 37. 
-pruning.. 
-what varieties to plain... 59C 
-when to trim. 283 
— Wealthy compared wiihWag- 
ener. 161 
— Winter. be6t for baking. 22 
— Wolf River. 71 
Apples, hardy, profitable'"for 
export. 
— New town Pippin, green yel¬ 
low. .* ;J3] 
— on Doucain stock.]. '33 
— root-grafts.']' 288 
— seedling. '594 
Araucaria lmbrlcatu. where to 
buy.i6i 
Ashes as a fertilizer. 5. 
— Canada, value of.... 758 
— flue, value of.]]' '366 
— from a cord of wood, value of 772 
— bard wood, fertilizing value 
per te n.. .. 
-potash available in. 366 
— coal on light soli. 821 
— sol t wood, value of.]]. ‘ 725 
— unleaehed, potash in. "7*8 
— relative values of. ‘ 753 
Asparagus bed.90 
— fert ilizer for .' ' ’' fg2 
— Palmetto, bow far apart ]]]]."725 
— pest re medy..575 
— roots, to plant. 125 
Asphalt for a floor. .."'.*125 
Austrian nine fur hedge.... 11 **159 
Azoturia in a horse."179 
Babies, milk for.I * 11 * 4 B 0 
Bahama Islands, about_ 821 
Bananas admitted free of duty r 42 
— tariff on. ,.!526 
Barley, amount to sow when 
seeding to grass. jgj 
— Nepaul. 381 ,3*2 
Barometer out of order.... 447 
Bean Culture, book on.' ' 282 
Beans and bean-vines for stock 849 
— are they profitable. '397 
— Dun-colored.]]] 533 
— feeding sheen.]" 75 
— Lima. Dwarf. 447 742 
-Injury to.*.4,;, 
-without poles. 126 , 29 ? 758 
— snap, evaporating.525 
Bedding with sand. 494 
Beech, transplanting when.]’.’!’735 
Beef cattle, comparative prices 
of .. 
— Chicago dressed. 1378 
— dressed. '594 
-and free trade.” ] *'7-74 
-business.' 726 
-not feared In Ohio.!. ’ 694 
Bees, poisoning by spraying ’ 
orchards. ... 401 
— shudefor. 560 
Begonias, propagating.... .]]]]] gy 
Bellows, Woodason. 393 
Berry culture in Pennsyjvanla! .661 
Berries retting out, time. 677 
Binding twine trust. 
Bird Crossbill..“igi 
— Pine Grosbeaks. "124 
Blackberry, Erie.V 80 . 53 
— Galnor. 82i 
— Kittatinny, hardy in Conn ."..107 
— plants, to propagate. 233 
— Tuylor earlier than Kitta- 
— “tree”.... 89 , 446 
— Wilson. Jr. . 753 
Blackberries Early King ' and 
Erie. 726 
— injured by rust.'414 
— in WIs.,,treatment.]gi 
— planting in the Fall.560 
Black-knot on plum tree.53 
— -rot in tomatoes. £09 
Blight, fruit tree rum dies.. .. ] 2*4 
Blind staggers in a horse. 282 
Bloody milk trom he Ifer. 89 
Blueberries.. 
— cultivation of. .!!. 508 
Bone und ashes, complete fer¬ 
tilizer wanted .161 
— as a fertilizer. !....'.398 
— -meal, relative values of.115 
— mills, where to get. 71 
— will it alone answer..126 
Bones and flesh treatment for 
fertilizing purposes. 71 
— burnt, chemicals lu.331 
— old good. 594 
— softened with ashes.594 
