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T H E 
RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
DEC 28 
PAGE 
— cut tine for feed.....232 
— fed to a cow .413 
— spoiled, why? .HJ6 
Silo and ensilage bu letins.718 
— crops.56', 611 
— for preserving grass.478 
— In a cellar .5n9 
— oats for.515 
— weights.790,81? 
Silos, construction of.805 
Slug Shot, about .542 
Smut in oats, to destroy.8(‘5 
— - wheat killing.8 *2 
Snapdragon, killing out.445,495 
Soda ash as a fertilizer.. .197 
Soil fertility, keeping up by 
commercial fertilizers alone. 53 
— improved by lime.90 
Soiling crops for... .265 
— what crop f r .234 
Soot as a fertilizer.788 
— — an Insecticide.788 
Sorghum, will It pay to raise....476 
Sorre'. lime to kill .610 
Sparrows, getting rid of.414 
Spraying grape-vines, pump for.l'O 
Squash Chili, origin of.677 
Squirrels as rat traps.822 
Stable gypsum in, value of.725 
Stables for cows, fastenings for.283 
Stachys tuherifera .283 
Stallion. Shire, worth in Eng¬ 
land . 69 
— with ruptured stomach.312 
Starch to manufacture from 
potatoes... 642 
Steam generator for heating 
water. 778 
Steer with abscess In jaw..477 
— — chronic cough.297 
Stifle lameness.773 
Stock bedded with wool waste. 249 
— feeding onions to .350 
— fe d. rye as.897 
— kindness to .399 
— raising andfeedlng. work on. 53 
Stomach, ruptured.in a stallion 312 
— - mare.....381 
Straw burning a folly.283 
— u iiizing .332 
Strawberry bed .577 
— — fertilizer for.446 
— — to make.282 
-when to start...381 
— — white grub infesting.446 
— Banach, best soil for.181 
— culture Mr. J. M. Smith’s 
method.661 
— Durand.461 
— earliest .541 
— infeeundity of the seed affect 
the fruit.491 
— mulch of pine shavings.742 
— Parker Earle.414, 462 
— -where to buy .5?5 
— Parry.159 
— - when to buy.525 
— plantation, home plants for. .725 
— plants, when to transplant 
etc.642 
— runners ... ..461 
— see >, to plant.677 
— Sharpless seedling of Chas. 
Downing.759 
— White, Is it any good?.161 
— Yale .561 
Strawberries, best varieties.446 
— cboic“.510 
— cultivating.281 
— fertilization of .677 
— for a heavy soil .197 
— — sandy soil.53 
— pistillate varieties .429 
Strawsonizer.297 
Sugar. American will ir pay....5U 
Sulphur. Hour vs flowers of. ...314 
Superphosphate, odor from 
manufacture of.578 
Sweenv or shoulder slip .71 
Swill, hotel, how It should be 
used . . 542 
Swine registered, where to buy '89 
Symposiums, Rural’s meaning.. 162 
Taphrtna pruni . .......419 
Tax single.516 
Taxes on mortgages.10 i 
Telephone, cheap . 558 
Teosinte Rural’s experience 
with.1381 
feat of cow obstructed .124 
Teats, liard-milkiug a remedy 
Cor...124 
Thrush .213 
— treatment.626 
Ticks on sheep.414 
Timothy, time to =ow .234 
Tobacco water for insect pests. 52 
Tomato. Ignotum, seed, where 
to get .125 
Tomato, small red .. 37 
Tom vtoes, black-rot In. .6u9 
— evaporating. 525 
— In different soils .266 
— price at canning factories— 53 
Tools of .31 r. Terry, suggested 
by .694 
Tree within a tree.298 
Trees, budded, In the West.806 
— paint for .297 
— planting, from North or the 
South . 314 
-in early fall, against,.694 
— shade manuring, when.89 
Trust, binding-twine.249 
— what to do about.462 
Trusts, a word for.382 
Tumors, bloody, on eolt.331 
Turberculosis bulletin, where 
Issued .161 
Turkey with swelling above 
bill.248 
Turnip 1 ’ for beef cattle. 161 
— > owing among potatoes_.805 
Walks, durable material for 
country.297 
Walnut trees growing near 
fruit trees.806 
Walls of buildings, dead air 
space protection against 
frost .559 
Warts on cow’s teats, to re¬ 
move .381 
-to get rid of.47< 
Wagon, howto load.232 
Wagons, wide tired.577 
Wasps, nre they of any value. .694 
Water, cistern, pollution of—397 
— cresses.296 
— in amateur gardening.350 
— pines for 40 rods .577 
— pumping from a distance—805 
— warming for stock.7-8 
— “witching” for.72. «0 
Watering horses, when.881 
Weather sage of N. J.67s 
— wise folks.478 
Weeder. Breed's Universal ...350 
Wheels for tarm wagons.627 
— soaking in oil. .678 
Wheat bearded or beardless 
stand up best.423 
— B. B. Centennial. .446 
— experiments.509, 594 
-valuable .414 
— going to lodge, to prevent..428 
— how ripen when lodged.428 
— insects.506 
— lodgpd. ...478 
— mulching.298 
— smut in. cause of.461 
-— killing.822 
W i 1 low, basket, growing, sell¬ 
ing, etc.264 
— Kilmarnock, the stock of 89,165 
— Osier, to grow.125 
— to grow for sale.125 
Wine from rhubarb .577 
Wire netting, use of.415 
--where to buy.161 
— worms, killing.248 
-land Infested with, crop 
for_■ .265 
s- 55 itching ” for water. 22 
Woodchucks, killing.611 
— to get rid Of.366 
Wood preserved by pptroleum 788 
Wool-ties lers. failures of.644 
— foreigD. duties on. 21 
— waste as bedding.249 
-for bedding and manure.197 
Work-shop In tiarn. 560 
Worms in a colt.525 
Wyandottes, defence of.266 
I 
Veterinary Adviser. Law’s 
Farmer’s.197 
Vineyard, working on shares. .713 
Vitriol, blue.. 414 
FARM ECONONY. 
Brush.de Ice for hauling.87 
Cr .p, "catch”.54 
Ensilage machine’’}’, cost of ..81? 
Farm help discussion. 50 
Fertility, maintaining at the 
West. '05 
Fertilizer special. 114 
Fertilizers, buye-s of make 
ea ly contracts. 103 
— home mix ng. 103 
— little, at a time and often ..'08 
Harrow biuis . 86 
Lime as a soil improver.34 
— folly to use it alone. 3i 
Manure, keeping. 108 
— llqui 1. stimulant lost.1 8 
— night soil as a farm .104 
— varies from different ani¬ 
mals .li)4 
Manures, farm, differences in..104 
Nitrogen, cheapest. 108 
Plow, potato.67 
Pole, tnree-borse.33.157 
Road legislation.”” 38 
Separator, potato .67 
Sewage of Parts utilization .... 55 
Silo, iitllding and tilling.34? 
Soil, worn-out.Nature’s remedy 395 
Tillage tools.87 
FARM TOPICS. 
Agricultural Department, work 
for . 668 
— experiments at N.J station. <83 
— papers, work for. 663 
Agriculture an art, a business, a 
sclenc-.497, 475 507 
— as a business. ...497 
— can the East learn from the 
West .71S 
— Eistera, what’s the matter 
with .8('4 
— “new.” the. 54 
— - secretary of.211 
Bara or stable room, cheap 
method of increasing.736 
Basle slag as a fertilizer .8i4 
Bone, different brands .’09 
— line or coarse, fertilizing 
valu-.561 
— soluble. it’9 
Boys, give a chanroon the farm.524 
Bruso, device for hauling .67 
C sh crops, valerian root as a .523 
Cellar, to *arm with kerosene 
lamp.23 
Choking cow, device for reliev¬ 
ing. 380 
Clover, a rescuer of plant food. 396 
Cogitations of some larmers .. .592 
Copperas as a fertilizer .... T'8 
Cone, to remove from bottle...553 
Crr s cobs, save them ..39 
— husks for mattresses saving.659 
Crops, cash. . 346, 4 U 
Cultivation of young crons. ,..’2’8 
shall >w the K.N.-Y. and ...463 
Culture, clean, vs. cut worms..516 
Debt is dangerous .695 
Ensilage machinery.812 
— more about. 7*2 
Experiments ac Woburn.527 
Failure, success of a. 81? 
Failures. 61 3 
Farm fertility furthered.104 
— figuring.629 
— hands saving wages.711 
— help .438 
-discussion .50 
-prob em .476 
— hours for labor. 25' 
— implements of Mr. Terry....637 
. — Jersey that pays .459 
— labor question discussed .... 5i 
— life and muscular manhood. 16? 
-bright side.458 
— loans. Western .285 
— of 12 acres on L I.. making a 
living on.788 
— opportunities for cultivated 
enjoyment. 41 
— re tdy money, where front...346 
— sanitation.621 
— school of the....393 
— timber plantation on, add to 
selling value .627 
— wastes .893 
— worn-out to renovate.493 
Farms abandoned. mu 
— Jersey, those.. .f06 
Farmer, city, Jerseymans 
ideas. . 67 
— English, talk of a. 774 
— good, mark of.>94 
— joys of the . 597 
— neither dullard nor boor. ...49! 
— of the future.33 
Farmers and politics. '4 
— trusts.465 
— are not poor. 463 
— cogitations of some.592 
— cost of living .508 
— Ignorant can’t make sue 
cessful.743 
— Institutes ;growlng more 
popular.70 
— appreciate the R. N.-Y., two 
letters .. .. 737 
— sons abandoning the farm .. 41 
— why many do not succeed...fO? 
Farming, an art.475 
— don’t pay, cartoon criticised 135 
— cartoon educated.613 
— English, compared to Vir¬ 
ginia, a letter. 365 
— great expectations, how dis¬ 
appointed.557 
— In Canada. 697 
— — New Jersey, It pays.441 
— Intensive vs. extensive.581 
— failure in.. 613 
— not all a dog’s life.453 
— pays . 614 
— ’prentice work ... 393 
~ ready money, where It 
comes from .316 
— successful, Drains necessary 409 
— to make pay.210 
— what for.458 
Fence, end post set In concrete.251 
— posts, preserving .511 
-iron setting, .597 
Fertility, maintaining at the 
West.105 
Fertilizer, ammonia In wool 
waste.109 
— an Ideal . 103 
— basic slag.108,314 
— copperas as a .108 
— credit system in buying .695 
— experiments.. 299 
— high priced, buying.299 
— making out of tankage, ashes 
and hen manure ... .754 
— muriate of potash.103 
— nitrate of potash . 109 
-soda source of nitrogen...’t 9 
— Sulphate of iron.108 
-— — , new?.33 
— — — potash.118 
— — — potassium.-.103 
— Western Reserve, analysis of 
.399 
Fertilizers applied little ,at a 
time and often.108 
— buyers of, advice to.103 
— commercial using at ran¬ 
dom. 109 
— economy In purchase and 
use of.644 
— home-mixing .... 108,073,697 
— instructive essay on. 43g 
— low-priced, rage for.108 
— nitrogen in, sources.109 
— testing for wheat . 5 S 9 
Fodder crops, handling.348 
Fruit evaporating .613 
Grain bins, sizes .. 627 
Grindstone, old, to renew the 
usefulness.153 
— trimming.868 
G roceries, cost to farmers.508 
Grounds, ex. of the R. N.-Y... 247 
Hand-labor, lessening. 278 
Harrow, against the cut-worms 
in corn .497 
PAGE 
— Cutawav.86 
— — ahead.497 
— hint < 86 
— home-tna' , e .558 
Harrows a. hoes .278 
Hat rowing at Experiment Sta.. k ? 
Harvesting machinery.579 
Hat field, machinery in the_879 
— special.327 
Help on the farm.5" 
Hen manure overrated.309 
Hitcnes, r >pe, handy. 811 
Hoc, scuffle . 563 
Ice-house, cheap .524 
Insuran e life, for farmers.595 
Jerseyisms.6 3 
Judges a’, fairs.345 
L tnd, w ste .5<7 
— — restoring by use of ehemi 
cal fertilizers . 817 
Lightning rods, good..561 
Lite, uTlity of what makes It 
interesting.790 
Lime as a soil improver.34 
— does It. set free plant food.... 34 
-- foil v touse It alone.S4 
Llveforever. to kill.6<9 
Machine oil, home made.595 
Man hired, on the farm .50 
Man’s natimil tendency to dom- 
In :er . 95 
Manure best way to treat.396 
— composting 449 
— fermenting,loss of Ammonia.163 
— fire-ranged .449 
— — — is It worthless.449 
— from fowls, value of.109 
— handling and saving.s49 
— nauled In the spring.833 
— hen, overrated ...309 
— — value of.393 
— how a Del farmer handles. ...353 
— - to save all of the .894 
— housing.-95 
— keeping.,.. .103 
— liquid, si Imulant lost. 103 
— night soil, collection of.lt>4 
— nitrogen In.449 
— on potatoes.7t3 
— spreaders.251 
-- stable.713 
— — and potato rot.040 
— — Itsefteeis on potatoes ...639 
— — where to put.639 
— —waste of .694 
Manures, differences In.HU 
— mixing many vs. applying 
separately.104 
Meadows, pasturing of . 571 
Money, reidy, where It com-s 
from .410 
Naturedid she make a mistake 439 
Night soil, collection of.101 
-compared with yard m in¬ 
ure.105 
-for vegetables.310 
Nitrate of potash .109 
Nitrogen, cheapest .103 
— from the atmosphere. 8 
— In fertilizers.'09 
Notions and Ideas of Bucephalus 
Brown. 
9,85,237, 280, 345, 393, 449, 506. 
558.613 
Phosphates, soluble .23? 
Phosphoric add In the soli sur¬ 
plus .. .447 
Planter homemade.291 
Plant protector .v9> 
Plas er for potato rot.627 
Plow or yard-stick .4] 
— potato 
Plowing by steam ... 
Pole, three-horse.... 
Potato separator. 
Po atoes in the silo.. 
Pota«h. cotton-hull ashes. 
67 
.506 
157 
. 67 
463 
.333 
..33 
soil will retain .447 
Pulverizing, It pays. 86 
Bats, how to destroy pests .769 
Ro id improvements in N. J.12b 
— legislation . 8< 
— machine, Vulcan . 9 
— the man who builds a good..126 
Roots and straw composition of 23 
Rope hitcnes, handy .811 
Rubber boots, make leggings of.490 
Rumination.756 
Rural, Indiana Epltomlst opin¬ 
ion of the ... 78 
Salt not a necessary element In 
plant food . 644 
Seeds, Dr Beal burled bottles of 743 
Shocking grain a new way .368 
Silage.833 
— of sweet corn.332 
— prize.343 
Silo building and tilling .847 
— experience. 463 
— potatoes In.463 
— stone 495 
— walls, how to paint.348 
— weighting.8u7 
— why liked .250 
— wooden, objections to........251 
Silos, const’net Ion of.250 
— pleased with .'251 
._ g-veral small better than one 
large. 742 
Soil poor needs complete fertil¬ 
izers. 333 
— worn-out, Nature's remedy..393 
Soils, analysis or, futility .103 
Straw as a winter mulch for 
wheat.718 
— should be kept covered.713 
-not be burned.713 
— what to do with.718 
Sugar, maple . 28r 
Tillage tools, tested.86 
Three-horse device for hauling .157 
Thrashing scene, Michigan.787 
Vault away with. 311 
Wagon tire, four inch . 7 
— wheels, soaking in linseed—638 
— wat -h grease .688 
Wagons, truck on farm .410 
Water pollution.621 
— power, raft .348 
Weather, foretelling the.811 
Weeder. handy .513 
Weeds, plague of.597 
Wells, artesian In arid regions.. 33 
Wife’s, legal injustice.85 
Windmills, usefulness.495 
Wool waste, ammonia insolu¬ 
ble In.109 
FIELD CROPS. 
Alfalfa at N. C.Ex. Station.73 
-N. Y. Station.543 
— In the West.367 
— or Lueern, how to sow. 78 
— see 1 sent out by Vt, Station .388 
Alsike clover .590’59? 
Beets, sugar not keeping.199 
Bromus Inermls.267 
Broom Grass, Hungarian.267 
Buckwheat.426 1 
— Japanese.20, 127. 145 
-liked.383 ! 
— pointers.190 
— pay better than wheat.127 
Cabbage All-seasons.145 
— burled, how.57 I 
— how to make head. 78 : 
— maggot remedy.495 
— Savoy class.367 j 
Clover, Alsike.829, 597 
-about .235 
i-in Western N. Y.590 
— and corn fodder vs.Timothy.607 
— curing.329 
— does it add plant food to the 
soli 808 
1 — Mammoth for hay .*5' 
— root beetle.555 
— seed crop from everywhere. .691 
— sod, does it enrich too soil... .803 
Contfrey In the silo . 59.5 
Corn as as'oek feed.212 
— Blount’s White Prolific.216 
— Burpee’s Golden Beauty.141 
— cobs, save them. 39 
— cross-fertilizing .492 
— cultivation, how much proilt- 
ab’e .883 
— - - shallow and level.212 
— cut latest, best quality.833 
— depth to plant, experiments.315 
— drill .157 
-planting.212 
PAGE 
-- does It pay to crow?. 9 
— earl} planting of .625 
— experiments.697 
— failure.... .214 
— fertilizers, chemical . ..'217 
— flei'i keep surface mellow_2 6 
-seed ng in.426 
— fodder. 681 
— — haudllmr .3-18 
-In the We9t.fcO? 
— for sbage .217 38.3 
- stage to cut.543 
— ground, preparing. .5G 
— growers of Ohio. 296 
— how far ap <r* do you plant?.214 
— In ear, shelled or crushed 
rela'lve values.727 
— is king ... . . 212 
— Kaftir .333 
— Learning.112 
— listing of. 833 
— manure, fresh for.216 
— manures give best results 214 
— old and new, weight.26? 
— one or two ears to the stalk 216 
— planted with the Eclipse corn 
planter.399 
— Pride of the North .21? 
— Queen of the North.145 
-Prairie.145 
— reports from every State 214 
— R. N.-Y.'s large yields In 1880 
.216 
— seed from the North.345 
-improved .2'2 
-test vitality of.’217 
— shelled to the a ’re.214 
— sowing clover and Timothy 
at last cultiva’ion .416 
— surface manuring.212 
i — sweet for canning .ct’>4 
— yl Id. jverage per acre. 6 
yields, large . 618 
— young plants, stir the soil..250 
— valuable elements.2i6 
— value of as food ... 216 
I — what variety best liked.214 
Cotton, early planting of.59? 
iron. •’catch ” cucumb"r a ... 5t 
! — ro’ation reports.. . 639, 676,755 
— where to put stable manure 
.639 
[ Crops, cash.410, 428 
— — where money comes from.346 
— for cash, whac they are ..4*0 
— marketing, when, how, 
where.707, 74c, 7(51 
1 — selling 818 
! — young, cultivating.2.8 
1 Ensilage notes. 218 
Fertilizers, as to.507 
Fodder corn. 6 S 1 
Grain, shocking, a new way_363 
Grass all about.327 
— and clover seed, sowing. 69 
— Pampas In Cal. ..791 
— special .327 
— what are favorites. 3’?7 
Hand labor, lessening _27 s 
Hay field machinery In the . ...3 9 
— grasses substitutes.329 
— loader, In favor of.374 
-Keystone.SS0 
— loaders.329 
— special.327 
— tedder. 379 
— Timothy, cost of harvesting. .348 
Haying, thoughts and figures 
on .607 
— tools .824 
Kohl rabi, drought resisting ....807 
Lueern at N. C. Ex Station_ 78 
M mgel. Chirk Castle .145 
Marketing crops, when, how, 
where.? n 7 
— rapid necessary .6.81 
Meadows, to imurove. how.327 
Mi let, Golden Wonder.145 
— growing .3*9 
Oat. crop, prize, how to fit the 
land .199 
Gats, cut, feeding to cows.711 
— Early Dakota White .145 
— seed, to give largest yields. . 28 
— Swedish . .... '_ 15 
— thleknes’of hulls. 145 
— White Schoenen.145 
Onions, preparing soli for .145 
— superphosphates not for.109 
Peanut,Faust's Improved .198 
Phalaris aruudtnaeea .267 
Potato, American Giant. 145 
— Badger state.722 
— Beauty of Beauties .722 
-rtebrott.722 
— Bliss’s Koueh Diamond.39 
— Brownell's Winner.108 
— — - at ”R G.”.727 
— Burpee's Superior.103 
— chart, Pharo's.727 
Potato Contest, Women’s in 
struetions.246 
-interest shown In .P2 
-n»mes of . ...262.284 
-souvenirs.54,112 
-what a woman thinks.. 69 
-they say.246 
— crop, good. 3 
-in New England.761 
-reports .576 
— Crown Jewel. 2 
— Dandy.108 
— Davenport Thoroughbred_630 
— digger.590 
— Early, Major .103 
-Ohio, White.108,630 
-oxford.814 
-Thoroughbred. 722 
— Empire Stale .180 
— experiments at N. Y Station.726 
-R. N.-Y.108,721 
--contest plot.3,721 
-different quantities 
of fertilizer .247 
— -- fertilizer under 
and over . 722 
-fertilizers different 
quantities.463 
-profitable quan¬ 
tities.722 
-- 1 hree barrels .721 
— (lowers, cutting off. 28 
— Gold Fiesh...103 
— Gov. Foraker.144, 722 
— Green Mountain .145 
— growing, essentials of, what 
are. . 9 
-InWis .213 
— Implement needed.754 
— Island Re 1 .103 
— Minister.103 
— Monroe Co , prize.103 
— Mrs. Fo’eker.139, 144, 722 
— Ohio Junior.814 
— Pearl of Savoy.144 
— planter, home -made .291 
— plows, how they work.590 
— Polaris .726 
— Queen of theValley.145 
— reports from everywhere 
1 24. 720. 735 
— R. N -Y. No. 2 in England_72? 
— — — —-reports 624,665,681 
--— the coming 
Potato. 127 
— — — — — — yield 700 oz. 
from 1 oz.7*2 
— rot .569 
— — Bordeaux Mixture for .... 87 
— — cause of .510 
-Induced by manure. p 40 
— — in seed.723 
— — plusterfor.627 
— scab. 88 
— seed, Improvement by selec¬ 
tion.237 
— — rot in. .728 
— — wearing out . 287 
— seedlings, to raise.447 
— separator.9,880 
— State of Maine.142 
— stems affected by wire 
worms. 442 
— Sunlit Star.722 
— sweet, al 1 about.279 
— — convention suggested . .. 41 
— — no settled nomenclature . II 
— tops, bur v In digging.287 
— Tonhosks .103 
— Wide Awake.722 
— yields . 380 
Potatoes nre rotting.557 
— burying for seed .328 
TAGE 
— cultivating in Neb.MS 
— cu'ting for seed,experiment.726 
— 'ertilfzed with sea-weed_695 
— for seed.88 
— -burying.823 
— grown at Rothamsted on 
same soil for 12 years Dr. 
Lawe-ds experiments .231 
— harrowing three times.867 
— harvesting, proper time.726 
— hilling, loss by.727 
— kept In the dark, the only 
way.679 
— new. Rural’s reports.103,721 
— old varieties called new.476 
— on the R. N.-Y.’s acre .817 
— plant deep, level ground.833 
— plamed at “R.G.” 1889.7'i2 
— planting la trenches of dif¬ 
ferent depths results .103 
— profits in.506 
— raised from one eye.883 
— seed .83 
— — ouytng .676 
— — ehanglug often .727 
— — cutting. 54 
— — from rot Infected fields..7.3 
— shallow cultivation of.555 
— tested by Dr. Collier.367 
— thick plan Ingot . 590 
— yields, large.219 
Pumpkins. ■ heese. .1 '2 
Seed planters, skipping.59t 
— running out. does not believe 
in.695 
— selecting. 563 
— trade, great Increase of. 69 
— — mysteries of.69 
Silage ..383 
— of sweet corn .8!2 
Silos and ensilage. 2i2 
Sorghum as good as corn for 
feeding .126 
— how to treat. .250 
— Rural Branching .338 
Squashes wtih early potn’o<\s ..250 
Stover a woerul waste In the 
W*st .607 
Teosinte not maturing seed.145 
Timothy and olov-r sowing at 
last cultivation of <-orn.4?6 
— h iy, cost of harvesting.848 
Wh at crop, Manitoba’s. S3 
— Early Red Clawson ..641 
— experiments without nltro 
gen.108 
— Gulden Cross.511,645 
— Jones Winter Fife 
— moderate grazing In 
. 645 
Spring 
— notes. 
.417 
— of high quality, what man- 
— production m Michigan, cost.162 
— Red Clawson. 
-sowing, why . 
....417 
— seed, mixed, shall we sow a 
single variety.878 
— testing fertilizers for.589 
— white, sowing, why.417 
— yield, average per acre. 6 
Wheats, mixed, shall we sow...878 
FLORICULTURAL. 
Actintdla polygama, remarka- 
ole vine.489 
Actlnldias.539 
Beets, ornamental.298 
Castor-oil plant, sexes of.513 
Chrysanthemum, Mrs. Alpheus 
Hardy .783 
— Shasta,... .783 
— show at Short Hills.78! 
— Snowball.783 
Coleus, new seedling.4.31 
Dah'ias. single from seed.579 
Ficus elastiea.822 
Flower garden notes.729 
Flowers cultivation of, brings 
out the good.381 
Gladiolus, 1 lanl late.415 
Green houses, healing experi¬ 
ments .383 
Honeysuckle Hall's .743 
India Rubber tree .8 2 
Lakelet In ‘ R G ” .869 
Law n, dressing In winter.729 
— fe ttllzers. offensive. 3 
— treatment.199 
Lilies, wa'er, common grown 
In tubs.235 
Lonicera Japoniea var Haliii..748 
Mildew, evaporated sulphur 
for...383 
Moonflower. .775 
Pampis grass in California .. .791 
Peas, swei t. Eekfo-d's.267 
— late-blooming.39 
Pyreihrum tliieraraefollum.... 3s 
— in Europe.527 
— plants hardy.867 
Rosa rugosa hybrids.. ..7,468. 561 
Rose, A La Marque lu Niles, Cal.737 
— bourbon. Mrs. Degraw.527 
— bugs, remedy for.899 
— nush In California.573 
— bushes, pruning how. .4 1 
— Duchess of Leeds. 7 
— F'ancois Mtchelon. St 
— Madame Jamatn.579 
— Marshal P. Wilder and Alfred 
Colomb the same.?49 
— mildew, sulphur for.388 
— Perlenes Jardlns .447 
— Souvenir de Wootton.199 
— The York and Lancaster_463 
Roses, best red hy. per.. 7 
— hardy. 548 
— Hybrld-Perpetuals, fall-bloom 
Ing.663 
-It. N.-Y's. progress of_678 
— winter-flowering, cream of..775 
'Rural Grnuu s," view lu_157 
Sphteraleea Munroana.505 
Summer house, Inexpensive.... 5 
Sunser plant .505 
— the glorious.775 
Valerian root as a cash crop ..8'28 
Vine. Aetlnldia polygama .489 
Yuccas on a California farm. .523 
GARDEN. 
Asparagus bed . 38 
— — fertilizer for.26? 
— bleaching reducln 4 expense 4 it 
— on L 1.476 
— roots by mail. 199 
-one year old best.299 
— seed, planting.293 
Bean.anthracnose of the .660 
— Sleva dwarf.250 
— Wax Cylinder.145 
— — Yosnmite Mammoth.145 
Beans Lima.141, 5'<9 
-bush .145.383 
— — Dwarf .529, 564 
-— Burnee’s, origin of.697 
-— Henderson's.... 141, 527, 
.529, 727 
--origin of.690 
— — — Kumerle’s.529 
-— — origin of.69? 
-— special.690 
-— vs. poles.6'<l) 
— — Ford’s New Mammoth ...142 
— without poles.85, 141 
— snap.5 9 
Beet seed, raise your own.731 
Beets excellent.139 
Rlitum capuatum.314 
Borecole Extra curled Dwarf 
Erfurt. ‘189 
Cabbage.6x9 
— All Seasons ....143 
— burled, how. . 57 
— Brunswick . 189 
— how to make head.78 
— maggot, remedy. .495 
— Mauie’s Surohead .139 
— Savoy class.867 
— worms, to kill.198 
— worms, pyrethrum for.367 
Carrot, Half-long Stump.141 
Catalogues, exaggerated pic¬ 
tures In .168 
Cauliflower, Early Paris.139 
— French Erl urt.139 
— Henderson's Early Snowball. 1*9 
Celer'ac, Prague.189 
Celery .139, 529 
— how Mr. Grant grows.127 
PAGE 
— Major Clark's Pink.127 
— setting out.745 
— storing.745 
— White Plume..'..697 
Chicory for salad.539 
Children's gardens .415 
Cora sweet. Amber Cream.139 
— - Cory .2,1.39 
— — Crosbv’s .144 
— Everbearing sweet.145 
— Excelsior.759 
— — for canning.364 
— — prolonging season,.25 
Cucumbers.529 
F.gg plant. New York Improved.139 
— Tomato.145 
Garden, farmer’s ... 144 
Gardeners, market supplanting 
Americans.476 
Gardening, the A. B. C. of 
good .242 
Garlic..529 
Graft Ing the tomato and potato. ? 13 
Leens ....529 
Market gardeners, foreign, sup¬ 
planting Americans .476 
— prospects .518. 550, *'9 
Marketing, ethics of .55.» 
Melon growing in Indiana .311 
Mushrooms .139 
Muskmtlou, Emerald Gem. 7 
— Irondequolt.145 
— Osage .144 
Notes by Jerseyman.518,550 
Okra. Dwarf Green .139 
Galon, New Queen.90 
— seed raided m Cal .90 
— testing In water.127 
Onirns. .'39 
— excellent.139 
— from sets .529 
— Italian.144 
— potato .529 
— preparIng soil for.145 
— Red a d White Victoria .144 
— - white and yellow skinned 144 
Parsnips .563 
Pea. Advancer . 144 
— American Wonder.139 
— Champion of England.139 
— Daniel O'Rouke.140 
— history, a little.280 
— lowest growing vines .90 
— Minimum.90 
— under different names, why 
11 may be wise.230 
— Yorkshire.189 
Peas bearing a frost.235 
— late planting.52.1 
— yields of standard varieties. .230 
Peppers.144 
Plant protector .295 
Plants to protect from cut¬ 
worms .295 
Potato sweet, the whole story..279 
Radishes.141, 564 
— to protect from maggots ... 113 
Rhubarb.142 
— scarlet Nonpareil.144 
Rutabagas.511 
Salsify .563 
Sco zonera.563 
Seeds, warranted .194 
— — different opinions.194 
Shallots.t.29 
Spinach, Viroflay.144 
squash, Hubbard .139 
— Japanese, new .122 
Squashes, experience with.5i? 
— go d. 139 
Strawberry Bl’ght.314 
Stachys afflnis.133 
Tomato and Potato, grafting 713 
— Dwarf Champion.564 
— Earliest ot All .145 
— Golden Queen .663 
— Horsforil’s Prelude.,644 
— Iguonim . 193,235,644, 623 
— Livingston’s Golden Queen..644 
— Shah . 668 
— Turner’s Hybrid.145 
— Volunteer.144 
Tontaroes.14'* 
— earliuessof.564 
— early, how to secure .807 
— Prot. Baiiey's experiments..807 
— Volunteer.139 
Turnip, White Egg........ .250. Ml 
Turnips .529, 564 
— strap-leaf.139 
Vegetable garden.529, 697 
— lists, special number.189 
j — notes.529, 563 
— special.1S9 
Vegetables, big .293 
— Christmas . '20 
— night-soil for.810 
— scarcity of good In country 
In W inter .20 
! — the latest, the best.139 
HERDSMAN. 
Air and sunshine for cattle.126 
a nlntal, killing, humane way of 7 
Ani cals, must they exercise?..4m 
— show, poor policy to buy.... 55 
Ayrshlres, stabling alt winter. .431 
Barn-yard memories.459 
Beef cattle, has dressed beef 
trade affected.658 
— from different breeds.194 
— -making experiments at 
Mich. Ag’l Col.194 
— producing industry of Ohio.657 
I — profits of. 38 
— trade, dressed, Its effects.....658 
Bedding, peat moss for.251 
Breed against breed.194 
Bull, Holstein .... .85, 657, 658 
— pure, profits from.624 
— selecting a.401 
Bulls, breaking.695 
— handling.659 
alf, newly dropped 314 
Calves, bloat In . 888 
— fattened on skim-milk.627 
— feeding.557 
-economy in time in. ’.122 
— to kill horns on.595 
— raising.659 
— wit a “ scours” .557 
Cattle air and sunshine for.126 
— foods, chemistry of.825 
— Nevada...657 
Choking cow, device for reliev¬ 
ing .380 
Clovur and corn-fodder c». 
Timothy.607 
Corn as stock feed - . 72 
Cow, general purpose.361, 394 
— Jersey aud deer cross.266 
— kicking, Dr. Beal's remedies.459 
— much 10 be desired.556 
Cows bi ceding once per 
annum.727 
— feeding for milk.785 
-how often. 55 
— in stables, fastenings for.309 
— shall we breed every year?...638 
-- testing.659 
De-horniag. bad effects.756 
j — in favor of. 54 
Feed, apple-pomace as.266 
— c dicentrated.266 
\ — sorghum equal to corn.126 
Foods, Chemistry of..825 
Fodder, frozen.60S 
Heifers when to breed.557 
Holstein bull.85,657, 60 S 
— Friesian, the coming.894 
— Fiteslaus lutlioWest .807 
Jersey steer, carcass of, excel¬ 
lent meat . 55 
Jerseys, group of .556 
Live-stock, American, English¬ 
man's notes on. 6 
— Asso. on L. 1.647 
Oats instead of hay.711 
Pasturing meadows.574 
j Salt boxes for stock.591 
Scrubs,*' no man can afford...624 
Soiling and exercise.561 
— cattle . 399 
— less expense Ilian pasture....315 
Stanchions must go. 55 
Steer, culling. 454 
— dairying .362 
Steers, different breeds at Mich. 
Ag'l. Col.194 
Stock feed, sorghum equal to 
corn as.126 
— 1 ceding corn .72 
