THE 
NIW-VORKEB. 
Seed, chance of.108, 422 
— Good v*. Poor.423 
School. Common, Farmer's 
Hope .,.,,...351 
Soil, when to.........540 
Sled, ease-dumping. .805 
Smoke House, home-made.820, 134 
Snow Drift*, how to prevent... 86 
Soil.exhausted .. ...552 
— fertility of the. 6 
— “ Firming ” the...507 
how to renovate.374 
— mntRMire of the .85S 
— moisture-retaining powerof 
the.... ..612 
Soiling experiment, a. 6 
Sorhura, experience with.. —'21 
augur from.S2J, 281 
Sorrel, poor land prodaciug ...802 
Sugar, beet...204,230 
— front corn and sorghum. 7''* 
Sufferers, innocent.OX) 
Summer Fallow.560 
Swamp, a drained.38, 80 
Thether-pegB . 704 
Time*, it lesson of the.188 
Tunis, borrowing.552 
Trough, hog....134 
Value of land, fall in the.735 
Wage* In Kurope and Amer....550 
Wagon J aek....537,623 
We*d«. In overcome....464, 534, 733 
Wells.156 
Wheat-holds, rolllug after sow¬ 
ing . ...70S 
— raising. 471 
Whlfflatrecs and doubletrees, 
to make. 38 
Work, April...,.21H 
— Autumn.. .. .413, 731, 766 
— Head. 70 
— March.156 
Workshop, Farmers,.472 
FIELD CROPS. 
Al falfa.600, 688 
— tenacious of life.21 
Artichokes .488 
Asparagus '* Celt".358 
Beans, gathering.327 
raising.3:7 
— thrashing.327 
Bdet Lane’s Improved.471 
— Vilm .rin'ssugar.472 
\V lit to sugar.472 
Beets, cultivation or.348 
— ue * product from.396 
— sugar variutiea .471 
— transplanting.475,534 
Buckwheat, phosphate for.720 
Do am |sorghum).31), 483 .835 
Cabbage, planting lute.4i2 
Cuut, Fiiily Amber.819,720 
Carrot, held culture of.260, 297 
Castor-oil beans, growing 425 637 
Chuftts.74, 240 
Clover "Catch’.537 
— lied. Trlfultum pratense..-220 
Comfrcy, Prickly.70, 92. 250, 
353, 348, 424 
corn, American. 24 
— as euai age. :.13 
— be tseed.72(1 
— big crop..160 
— Blount’s White Prolific,. 154, 
155. 248. 293. 325, 334 . 428. 4S3. 
492, 521, 534. 556, 092, 702, 717 
— butts and tips for see Js.243 
— dodgers .152 
— cultivation....!). 151, 154.326, 4US 
— Dent.300 
— distance in planting.1)1 
— distribution, our.157 
— excessive yield of.12,1-4 
— exhibltionof. 24 
— Kxjierltnuuls ut Cornell 
Univ.150 
— — — Rural Farm.154 
— fodder.....153.377,639 
— growing.8. 149,550 
— growing E, and W., pro til of.268 
— growing In the 43dparallel.-162 
— how to grow good.767 
— improving...656 
— Indian. 265 
— is king...160 
— manures for corn.390 
— marker.ol'J 
— on hilly lands.492 
— premiums, about.1*8,272, 
245, 644 
— profit of compared to wheat 
23, 152 
— prolific, variety of. 8 
— report. 230 
— root-pruning of...,-151, 232, 475 
— seed.119,771 
— shrinkage Of.157 
— tillage . 151 
—. tu rushing.157 
versus wheat....150 
Cow Pea, .Southern.StS, 824 
— — as a iodder crop.8’8 
Cranberry Bod.564, 762 
Crop Rif ports, our.396 
CiOpi and prices.6'X) 
— of 1878, enormous . 73 
— wtuu set may be dono.192 
— yield of.439 
Ensilage. .771, 830 
Forage planet in Kansas.229 
Crum, pi Ice of likely to be 
high.Ill, 510 
Grass, ” Blue Stem". 7 
— is room. 7 
— Buffalo. T 
— Drop-seed .. 7 
— Green Valley...551 
— Guinea.551 
— Hungarian. 230 
— J. >hn son .551 
— Mixed .488 
— Orchard, cutting.409 
— seeding to.......247 
— Timothy. .229 
— Wood. 7 
Hay.332,407 
— early cut .3U 
— loss ot. tn Kurope....612 
— id iking . .. 323 
— when to cut..............323 
Lucern in Canada,.464 
Mangels Ston n . . .612 
— thinning .492 
Melon, large Nutmeg,......576 
— water, Voorbis.214 
Millet. Pearl. ..39, Hit, 2 l«, 230, 
361, 364. 412, 4*8 , 563,073.676 
— — u mistake corrected.396 
— — a suggestion.236 
— — great growth ot.89 
Oats. 483 
— undbirley.265 
— Bohemian Huiiess.GO 
— light and Heavy.755 
— Mold’s Ennobled .667 
Pars ill o, a forage.172 
Pea, American Wonder,.464 
-- culture.. 0 
— Southern Cow.772 
— Telephone ...470 
— wecvil-oaien....42i, 428, 45i, 510 
Plants, forage, iu Kansas.. 7 
PointAlpha...819,673 
— Beauty of llehron.33,74 
137, 214 . 412. 488,534,516,576, 
1130,073, 707 
— •* Before".750 
beat .. . 
Bliss's triumph...,.674 
— Bodega Bed.673 
— Brownell’s Beauty.673 
— Burbank's Seedling.674 
— Carpuutur's Seedling. 24 
— Centennial.....073 
— Early Rose. 6,4 
— — — yield of. 24 
— Early Vermont...673 
— Gipsy.687 
— Indiana premium.,., 673 
— Manhattan...073 
— Stiowtlake.396,6,3, 674 
— — Late.. 073 
— — — ut Rural Farm.,,076 
— Ruby.073 
— Rural Seedling.......072 
St. Patrick.073 
Peachnlow, improved.073 
— - yield Of. 24 
— Superior.073 
— Sutton's Magnum Rjnum . 792 
— Victor. 070 
— Washington......673 
Potato, after culture of the....670 
— beetles, fighting.671 
— composition of the.669 
— contest.720 
— crop. English.676 
— growing. 807 
— marker .670 
— number..669 
— prospects in England.524 
— seed.612,674 
— — experiment* with....... 70 
Potatoes,chips for....519 
- cookiug. .673 
— cultivating In Cul .672 
— — — Ohio.609 
— — — North Vermont..*.673 
— — — North West.671 
— deteriorating.671, 670 
— digging.070 
— experiments at •* Rural " 
Ground*. 672 
— — with .070 
— feeding value of.......6T3 
— firming the soil.488 
— first-class....671 
— from cutting*, how.674 
— layering the tops.673 
— manure for....609,670 
— planting.......670. 671 
— profits of raising.070 
— propagating.198 
— raising in a greenhouse. .. . 8 
— rotting........673 
— single eye, how to out.673 
— soil for.670,671 
— storing.612 
— — tn mound*...674 
— Sweet, huw to raise.251 
— will they ruu out?.670 
Pumpkins, preserving.755 
Root Crops. 439 
— — management of.310, 440 
— Plants, transplanting, pud¬ 
dling.: .520 
RootB, soak the seeds,.414 
— value of...310 
Rutabagas.476 
— all neck.. 54 
Rye.428 
Seed-growing, professional.622 
Seed-planting...504 
Sugar-cane, cultivation of for 
sugar...281 
— Early Amber. 39 
Summer Fallow.537 
Teosinte .300, 144 
Tobacco Culture....277,311, 320, 534 
— curing. 320, 52a 
— cutting.320 
— packing.320 
— preparing for market. 39 
— selection of soil. ..634 
— Virginia .7o9 
Turnips, best sorts.470 
- for winter use..460 
— raising .360 
— — with com.460, 488 
Vetches, forage plant. . 534 
Wheat, Arnold’s Gold Medal, 
589, 592 
Black Sea . —198 
— Houghton.539 
— Champlain.464 
— Clawson.492,621), 552, 589, 590 
— Defiance.214, 404 , 5 20 
— Large Head.607 
— Diehl..593 
— Fultz... .<92,689. lii>L 693. 638. 6>7 
— Fultz. Miller’s Don't Like..593 
— Fult/,o-Clawson, hybrid.590 
— Gold Dust..539 
— Golden Straw. .59) 
— " Hard Fife " .193 
— Lancaster.589, 592 
— Lost Nation.71,118, 657 
— Lincoln..692 
— Powers.592 
— SandOmlrku........590 
— Suuaro Hoad.589 
— Silver Chaff, winter..38, 670, 
539, 592 
— Velvet Chaff.591 
— Swamp...570 
— Tappuhunnock.638 
— Treadwell.592 
— White Russian .592 
— Yellow Missouri.570 
— and Milica.593 
— and Oats..703 
— at " Rural ” Farm.. 353, 460, 057 
— — —Ground*.. ...57o 
— oropot 1880, how will it sell.5'96 
— cultivation In England..560, 576 
— culture.591 
— cutting green.411 
— depth to sow...537 
— e*rly and late.171 
— experiments.736 
— fertilizers lor.590 
— tbiur-miikmg, new process..592 
— Hour, to analyze.592 
— for exportation. 612 
— harvesting..590 
— Hessian tty, destroying.. ..592 
— ••Hybrid".596 
— cram. the...692 
— increase oi a tew grains....7)93 
— in Illinois.....618 
— in Seneca Co., N. V.100 
— later-culture of.690 
— largest yield...771 
— long and short ears.471 
— market, prospects for the...660 
— midge-prool.596 
— ou clay, preparing soil.690 
— plowing... . .537 
— - early. 622 
— price per bushel.000 
— products, our rivals In.596 
— raising. .471,539 
— — now way.628 
— rolllug ground tor.552 
— rust on.471 
— — salt to preveut..592,718 
— seed. .407 
— — how much per acre.198 
— — quantity aud selection...622 
— — shriveled, value of. .363, 596 
— soil for.a9l 
— sowing.552.690 
— — early. 5J2 
— — drilling vs. broadcast.621 
— — iu drills. 
— special plots. 637 
— Spring.193. 693 
— supply of the world.73 
— suporhoaphatoa lor.590 
— treatment or.691 
— yield per acre...033 
— when introduced in China...»U6 
— wlnterseeolug.638 
FLORICULTURAL. 
Abutllon Darwiutt.220 
— Iusiguc. 311 
Ammonia for fiowors,,.404 
Aquiiegia.Bebb’s.;>67 
Azaleas, greenhouse.408 
Budding Plants, .. 
Begonia*, hardy.644 
— tuberous-rooteil.6u5 
Biennials.600 
Botanic Garden*. Cambridge. .055 
— — St. Petersburg's.lt;9 
Bulbs, sprlug....612 
— — Mulching.204 
Culla wiutt all- mv 7.....327 
Canary bird vino.23 
Carnations. ..263 
Colon so*. seedling.-.606 
Columbia, Rooky Mountain....408 
Cuuopliallus Tituuum, remark - 
ublu plant. 76 
Cutting*, improved method or 
sirtkiug. 313 
Dahlias.327 
Dundrobiuca tsobile ..348 
Diambus . '262 
Diueuiru speotabtlls lor Rorc- 
Ing.758 
Bryngiuiu Leuveiiwortbii.214 
Kuiuiia lapOmoa...006 
— — aebrina.261 
Floriculture In Texas.738 
Flower* and ferua of U. S, 
native..,,.236 
— double ....... . .....801 
— cultivation of.536 
— Cut.261 
— experience with...718 
— for a small garden.3)9,633 
— spring. 215 
— w tutor.117, 136 
Garden Club,Ladles’.606 
— wild.268 
Gardening, city.--.431 
Geranium. Jewel.428 
— " New Life’’.140, 215 , 249 
— snnguineam.108 
Geraniums..,..278 
— wintering...771 
Gladioli.......492,252 
— double.... 204 
— planting.261 
Greenhouse insects, Acetic 
ether lor .808 
— winter experience with 
cheap...296 
Hibiscus coccineua.57,121 
Hyacinths, endurance, color...fill 
Hydrangea, oew climbing. 40 
Ipomcoa leptopliylla. 65 
lrl*e*.460, 485 
Trlslmvlgatii.568 
Ivy.....278 
1,ilium Purkmanni,...460 
Lobelia cardinalls.6)2 
Logs, Good use for old.280 
Mauranilla soandens.608 
Mentzelia ornata.863 
Picomcs, treo,.. 22 
Pansies.261 
Pelargorium, Happy Thought.20i 
— Jewel.428 
— New Life.140,215,219 
Pelargoniums.00 
— nure double white.502 
— To muke bloom.485 
Punsicmlons. 537,567 
petunias.264 
Pinic. Carnation, elderly.621 
Pink*.262 
Pits for wintering plants..768 
Portulaca*. Double, How to es¬ 
tablish...302 
Plant*, carnivorous. 10 
— herbaceous.261 
— greenhouse. To have nice.. to 
— Night-blooming.606 
— novelties, experience in 
buying. 120 
— white-caved. 600 
— wild in Texas. .359 
Rlcirms, bronze.211 
Rosfr?; Hybrid perpetual. .563 
Rustle vase supporters.105 
Slips, starting from.1136 
Snillux.718 
Soli, potting .475 
Tilhimlftiu usneoides.117 
Triloma uvaria.COD 
Tuberose, vunegated_.641 
Xi.lip mama.230 
Tulip.8':7 
Water plant, pretty little.737 
Xiphton.485 
GARDEN. 
Artichoke, C-ynara 8colymus,,.l20 
Asparagus Bids, duration.26.1 
— Conover’s Colossal.290 
— salt lor. 44 
Bean*. Early Mohawk, Golden 
Wax..200 
Beet*, cultivation of...,..,. .,:«3 
— Vlliujriu’a While Sugar ...2b0 
Cabbage, Early Jersey.209 
— Wakefield, eio .2 0 
— worms, to destroy.470 
Carrot, Extra Early, main erop.2bU 
Cauliflower, Early Snowball....2U0 
— Lcn jrui.ind’* Sbort-stem¬ 
med. .120, 203 
Celery, Aplurn graveolens.212 
— blanching.232 
— Clay worth's Pride.UU 
— golden and red sorts.200 
— mors.124 
— planting..2>2 ,o92 
— raising the plants.2 >2 
— storing.. 232 
— turnip-rooted.2)2 
— varieties of.2 2 
Corn, black.200 
— sweet.200 
Coal-ashes.376 
Cucumber culture.296 
— Sir Garnet VVolseley.692 
— Tallby’s Hyorid.200, 236 
— Gr.eu Prolific.2Uo 
Curranv-worm, death to.;L6 
Dandelion, Madame Vi!tnoriu’s.38'J 
Duukloy, market gardener.4)5 
E-g-pl this. Dwarf Purple. 1(59, 2o0 
Garden, Farmers..278 
— Notes.,....3 6,5)3 
— vegetable.26.) 407 
— work, hints about...311 
Gai deuing, about Chicago.42i 
Lettuce, Curled Sampson, sum¬ 
mer and winter.. .260 
Melons, how I planted. 312 
— Musk and VVuler. .2U0 
Mushroom culture. 89 
Okra, Hibiscus usculentus.SiA), 327 
Onion, cultivation of.200 
— enemies uf. 201 
— marketing. 2JU 
— preparation of soil.2UU 
— sowing... 200 
— varieties ot.20J 
Parsley, extra curled aud moss.'.OU 
Pea*. American Wonder.461 
— earliest. 2 U 0 
— late crop.‘ 2 UU 
— main crop. 2oti 
— T'elepnooe.476,566 
Pepper...156,200 
Pus, tor garderners' stock.s2l 
Potatoes, sweet, how to raise..251 
Pumpkins, large Cneese, Mam¬ 
moth . -.'200 
Radish, bcarlot Turnip.156, 20U 
Rouoarb. .2uo 
Sea hale, Crautbre marl tuna.. .215 
Seeds, about drying, etc.268 
squash Borer, rarnedy lor.48J 
— Hubbard, origin of.288 
— summer and wlater.ici'9, Mi 
Tomato, A mo.2UU, 214,695 
— Acme or xrophy. 23 
— Acme, the best.. .204 
— Criterion.....60o 
— Golden Rural.214, 692, 7i>7 
— improvement of the. ...'261 
— New Triumph. . .6J6 
— ot the future.368 
— Paragon....6 j& 
— peculiar.. — ..)56 
— plants, set out too early.412 
— seed, when to suw.1 >7 
— Trophy.200 
— wanted, u butter keeper.794 
Tomatoes.665 
■ ou trellises.»6 
Turnips, host soi ls. lid 
Vegetublos at Rural Ground*. .266 
— half acre to....167 
Weeds, destroy be tore they 
seed.405 
HERDSMAN. J 
Animals, care of domestic.76 
— development of choice.U2 
— export of live.92 
Autl-Suckmg Device.768 739 
Barrenness, cause ol.475 
Reeves, lull m exportation ol..708 
Ureeii, t) R iu the feeding- 
trough...23d 
Broods, choi e, from N, Kea- 
Uud.614 
Breeding, faulty. .396 
— for sex .403 
Bui.s, Jersey, managing.M 
— petting. 772 
Stoek, winter tending of. ..820,838 
Feediug, temperature in...._321 
Bull, short-horn, "itear Admi¬ 
ral ’’.821 
— —•* Ruyul Windsor". 821 
Calves ami Lambs, care of.720 
— feeding young.771 
— learning tu driuk.58 
Cattle. Angus .UR 
— bloodoo, sale of.u6 
— Ofltlquea.....3? < 
— dairy, criticising.166 
— experiments In fattening. ,397 
— exportations.....628 
— feeding roots to.407 
— Galloways. 103 
— Norfolk*............103 
— Polled.103 
— — a famous group.104 
— — cro»*'ng with Texan ... 113 
— raising in the West..437 
— show. Smithfield.25 
— trade, combatting restric¬ 
tions on our.140 
— — suspension of our for¬ 
eign....—124 
— — with England.3811 
— winter feeding Of.838 
— — — cal visa.888 
— — — and fattening.•._838 
Cow, Polled Angus.'213 
Cows. Dairy, breeder’s opinion 
of.343 
— — in pasture, fending.686 
— large nr small.721 
— management Of voung.136 
— what shall we keep? .246 
— winter treatment of. 6 
— “Duke of Underley." Earl 
Beetive's.437 
Fat-stock, Exhibitions at Chi¬ 
cago..... 8 
— — — in England,.... 8 
— — prize winners.789 
— — show lesson t>f.108 
Feeding Pall, calf*.70S 
F -oda, artificial.. ,.,.3i6 
Free-Martiim. fecund....4t 
Herd Record, value of.574 
Hereford, *' Empress ’’.213 
Hereford*.... 8, 245 
Holstein*. 765 
— butter records...199 
— live-weights of.199 
— milk records.199 
— prepotency of.2IX) 
- their antiquity. 199 
Jerseys.294,373.374,768 
— and Guernseys.55 
— as butter cow*. 5ft 
— characteristic* of. 41 
— future tn America... ?6 
— Grade.469 
— home Of the.55 
— increase in Vt.374 
— oMgtn and history of the.... 55 
Long-hcrnf. . ... .705 
Maturity. Early.252 
Meat. American, European ri¬ 
val. 24 
— supply, future demand.641 
— — our rivals In.612 
Oil-Cake, uew .252 
Pleura * pneumonia and swill 
milk. 172 
— Hot-bed of.119 
— N. J. Legislature Dilatory. .172 
— suppressing.183 
■ - of foreign cattle trade..124 
Steers, feeding.75*1 
Short-horns.8, 215, 7<9 
— Heifer, best in the world. . 25 
Stock.......156 
— at Queens Co. Fair.752 
— care of in April.....210 
— crossing the ocean.614 
— fancy points in...,.623 
— fashion iu.. i5 
— feedinr. .......750 
— hurdling.7(43 
— improved......786 
— Notes.104, 119, 136, 167, 623 
— pure water for.225, 492 
— roots and oil-meal for.786 
— shipping to Europe. 60 
— soiling. 279 
— Texan, disease in .25 
— trade, check upon.740 
— transporting.380 
HORTICULTURAL. 
Abutllon Avicennas.444 
Amelunchier Canadensis var. 
nmlfidia..454 
Andromeda Mariana.421 
AriStolOOliia Sipho.214, 568 
Azalea nudlttoradt viscose.Ill 
Bark Lqtise.trees infested wlth.792 
Bd'I-.o.-i* vulgaiis purpurea.702 
Blackberry, Kliiatinny.*00, ftftO 
— Snyder."89 
— Taylor's prolific.719,739 
— Western Triumph..-.789 
Blackberries and Raspberries, 
setting out...221) 
— — — sli ots.348 
Borer. ...444,556 
— lime for. '*4 
Budding.476 
— fora purpose.658 
Cabbage IVuini,,.140, 476,791 
Cement elastic waterproof, for 
trees.121 
Cemetery Lots, adornment of..565 
Cercis Canadensis.702 
Chtonantbus (Vugintca).702 
Clematises.576 
— insects on roots.524 
— pruning of. 624 
Club-root in cabbage.660 
Corn dlvribuiio, over.157 
— premiums.644 
root-pruning ot.154 
— wby it mixes first season....157 
Corylus, purple-leaved.3IS 
Cranberries, cultivation of.752 
— upland .44V 
Curraut Worm.428 
— — coal asbes for.DO 
— — hellebore for.ftSO 
Currants, black.534, 571 
— cherry. ...200 
— for profit. 261 
— Lee's prolific black.571 
— red Dutch.200 
— standard. 454,692 
Cydonla J upon lea.702 
Diervilla horlenriu mvea.,.702 
Dioscorua batata*.606 
Dunkley, Market Gardener.455 
Dutchman's Pipe.220 
Kuontmus latiiohus...624 
Experimental Ground* of K- 
X. Y. . .576 
Figs, as bushes In our gardens.220 
Frost, water protector against. 121 
Fruits, small, at "Rural" 
Grounds...-200 
Fruit-trees, wash for..,.824 
Garden Mr, Sargent’s.4U8 
Gardener. Market, Dunkley....455 
Gooseberry, Downing.260,719 
— Early Ruby.412,502 
— Houghton.200 
Gooseberries, standard.454, 692 
Grafting, new mode of....608 
HurdlDeas.440 
Hibiscus Moseheut.m.214 
— SynaOua var. 7U2 
Horticultural Club, youth’s_460 
— Herns. 606 
— Societies, work for. 71 
Horticulture, economy in.327 
llot-bed. miniature ..785 
Hybridizing, natural.342 
'• ll> brius,” bud..766, 808 
Hydrangea, now cllmbiug.,.44, 
7L.102 
— pauiculata.612, 624, 702 
— rosulba.6ll4 
Iris.400 
Ivy, Japanete.0u6 
Labels, zinc...550. 641 
- — fastening on trees.691 
Lawn, farmers'.424 
Leaves, Uo they absorb gas?....380 
Mats, straw, how to make.895 
-Maturity, early.252 
•Mildew and bait .789 
Mulberry. Dowulug's Ever¬ 
bearing.457 
Novel lien, ore needed in pur¬ 
chasing-... . 188 
Nuts for Flaming... .230 
Pavia, Maorostaoula.702 
Peas, Weevil-cat -n .. .342. 318. 
421. 5)2. 540, 610. 701). 736. 805 
Persimmons, Japan .4i4 
— - Hard inns* of.521.624 
Pits for Wintering Pluuts.768 
Plantain Destroying .524 
Pluutiug Spring 1. tie.315 
Plants amt Soil, Relations be¬ 
tween . .134 
— Experience in purchasing 120 
— Fru Ring or flowering,Caus. 
lug.720 
— Hanl-woodod- Layering.. .460 
— Hardiness of...284 
— Hardy from seed.606 
— Lowlv, Common.428 
— Novelties In. 120 
— Pot-erown.473 
— Variegated.364 
Poinctana Gillesii.720 
Pruning...792 
— late.213 
— Summer....468 
Privets, California and other..785 
Quince Japan for Hedge*.613 
— — Flower* of.,....332 
Rasnberry, Brandywine... 688. 789 
— Brinckie’s Orange.2P0.5i>2 
— Cslolinn. 671,789 
Cu t hbert 486. 4!>2. .MR, 266, 571 
— Erwood’s Everbearing.692 
— Florence. 571 
— Ganargua.553, 789 
— Great Western.607 
— Gregg.204,278.571 
— Gregg’s Mammoth.. 789 
— Hawthorn-leaved.719 
— Henrietta and Belle de Fou- 
tenay.441 
— Highland Hardy........553 
— Mammoth Cluster.553 
— Miami. 553 
— Montclair. ...294,300, 521 
— New Rochelle.553, 789 
— Pride of the Hudson....252,671 
— patch, care of. ..819 
— under apple-trees.820 
— Queen of the Market.507 
— Reliance.....,...571 
— Snyder.688 
— Thwack.... 395, 553, 556, 668 
756. 789 
— Turner_ ...249. 550,688,889 
Raspberry Canes. Pruning in 
the Fall .540 
— Disease New.295 
— Hardy Cane* and a perfect 
berry. .183 
— Suckers.438 
— The.183 
Raspberries, Antwerp tribe .. 1*1 
— at Rural Grounds.395 
—BiackCaps.200 
— Hurdtness of.... ..277 
— Head Back.472 
— Holding their leaves.792 
— Irx tbefield...593 
— Red.200 
— Selection and Cultu re.183 
Rhododendrons.....408 
— Winterkilling.220 
Rose- American Banoer.605 
— Bugs.408 
— Culture.236 
— Marechai NleJ.188 
Roots and Tubers.756 
Roses. Budding.440 
— Tree... 22 
— Wintering.783 
Rubns Cratmgifolius.719 
Rural Grounds, Notes from 
261,606. 785 
— Visit to..570 
■Schlzophrsgraa Hydrangea..71,102 
Seed, change of.. .. 108 
— controlling station.676 
— covering—. 156 
— distribution, change in.708 
— — first.214 
— — free. 76 
— — how to treat seed*_..214 
— — next.360, 460 
— — our. .108 
— raise yotir own.... 440 
•- "running out".24 
Seeding and Fertilizing in spots'201 
Seedlings, pleasure in raising,.472 
Seeds and Nuts, sowing..-.05 
— dealers keeping old.380 
— drying, etc.v.263 
— germination of.456, 7*5 
— planting, use of feet.43,3 
— iiiuiplc method of starting. .214 
Snvub, Sweet-scented.215 
Shrubs, flowering, we want 
more. 473 
Small Fruit*. 472 
Spirant, golden-leaved..Sis 
— saltcit'ol'a.492 
— trilobata.408 
Stagger Bu»h (Andromeda Ma¬ 
riana).421 
Strawberry, Black Defiance. 
_.550, 789 
— Burr Oak.571 
— Burr s New Pine.441 
— Capt. Jack.523, 653, 638, 756 
— Caroline. 688 
— Charles Downing.406,621 
— Col. Cheney. ..663 
— Cinderella.571 
— Continental.511 
— Cowing's Seedling.799 
— Crescent Seedling .300,395. 
406,671, 653 
— Cumberland Triumph.789 
— Duncan..-.406,650 
— Durand’s Beauty.571 
— Forest Ruse.395. 406,571 
— Glendale .571 
— Golden Defiance.395. 4U9 
— Great American.533.571 
653, 789 
— Henry Davts. 460 
Kentucky.550,621 
— Marvin.455,588 
— Miner’s Prolific.571,724 
— Monarch of the West .789 
— New Rochelle.688 
— Peabody’s Seedling. 2y 
— Pioneer.406, 571 
— President Lincoln.571,572 
— Prouty’s Seedling....653 
— Red Jacket.663 
— Russell’s Advance......571 
— Sharpless....210, 300, 395. 406, 
476, 550, 571. 576 
— Windsor. 455 
— — Chief.472 
Strawberries, Culture of-. .486, 521 
— from Ocean Co. Ag. Sc.395 
— Field culture of.456 
— Garden Culture.353 
— growing in winter.621 
— notes from Mich.455 
— — — Rural Grounds. . .200. 
39a, 496 
— plantations.........556 
— pot-grown.492 
— pot-layering.444 
— potted, price of.597 
— protoctionfor.612 
— soil for.688 
Stuartia pemagyna.TU2 
Tea Culture in Cal.,,...7U8 
Transplant, when to. 160 
Trees, effect* the winter,upon.7345 
Trees, wash for.576 
Viburnum plicatum. . 702 
Virgin’s Bower. .606 
VRisindivisa...261 
Wetgelu.214 
Wistaria, double.264. 460 
Work, doing it too well.;.0o 
HORSEMAN. 
Colt, colic In a. 25 
Colts, feeding.S21 
Colts, wintering on oat straw 
aud bran...22 
Delusion, horse.294 
Horse racing at futrs.556 
— shoeing.....755 
Horse*, Clydesdale. 25 
— corn in thewarfor.22 
— farm and breeding for sale..437 
— good—poor roads.184 
— legs.640 
— straw for. 56 
— turning out.138 
Mules. 517 
Tail, horse rubbing Its.136 
Trotters, value to farmers_294 
Work Horses, feeding.821 
HYGIENIC, 
Catarrh, tinthtul cause of.8t'S 
Ohee*e for the Amenoau stom¬ 
ach. 33 
Dandruff, removing,.....208 
Dincase*. causes of.281 
Drinking at meals.348 
Dyspepsia, weak digestion.28Q 
Eucalyptus Globulus for ma¬ 
laria. 28 
Fevers. Low, Laziness or Ienor- 
ance. cause of..89 
Food, adulteration of..822 
Food, cheese a*. SS 
Frost-bites, cure for. 96 
Health, care of the.....V6 
Malaria.. 44 
Mysterious Providences.89 
Scarlet Fever, nursing.92 
Toothache, neuralgic.48 
Vaccination from the cow.791 
Water-closet, care of. 89 
INDUSTRL IMPLEMENTS. 
App'e-grnters.313 
Binder. Heath String.173 
— manual delivery.593 
— Wood’s.489 
Bolts, square..716 
Hntter-worker, lever.689 
Churn, rectangular.(39 
Churns, rectangular and box...329 
Corn-marker.'176 
Corn Shellers.105, 769 
Cultivator, La Dow’s. 156 
— Robbins.261 
Drill, New Buckeye.535 
Engine, Birdsa.il.441 
— farm.. ... 377 
— — traction attachment.409 
— New Traction.329 
— Oneida.473 
— Payne’* new. 457 
— Watertown. 233 
— Westlnghou c e....441 
Fan. Rockaway Grain ..361 
Feed Cutter, new. 1 .721 
Grain Drill, small...,...109 
Harrow, a good.701 
— and roller. d ! so.192 
— Thomas smoothing.156 
— to make a field.39 
Hay cup* and stack covers. 553 
Hay-knife, a new. 73 
Hoc Ring, perfect.489 
Horse-power, ho • e-made.360 
Implement* lit the fair, many 
kind*.609 
Knife-grinder,a new.296 
Mill, Bradford under-running.721 
— Dickey’s fanning.377 
— flour, corn and feed . _737 
— Giant Tile.. 219 
— "New Kru” portable.3!3 
— Plantation... 9 
— Planter’s Pride. .705 
— wind...,..,,.....345 
Mills. 769 
— farm grinding.789 
Mower. Climax .345 
— Direct-draft Eureka. , 156 
— Eureka.457 
— Inclosed gear .. 361 
— King uf inn Lawn.361 
Mowing machine, onr first. ...518 
Plow, conical. .249 
— construction of the..246 
— Oliver.313 
—. Syracuse chilled.441 
Plow*, Western...l(ifi 
Potato marker.670 
Press, lever perpetual.I'll 
Ruilway Power, Union.929 
Rake, Lion. ,315 
Koot-cutter, Clark'*.73 
Scales, Osgood's patent.425 
8eed Drill, new.217 
Sewing Machine. Victor.217 
Shingle*, metallic. . ..281 
Shops, new, Jas, Leffel & Co . .377 
Spring. Dexier..2)9 
— Pulltam’* Bolster.313 
Sprinkler, inexpensive.409 
Stump-puller, screw.,.213 
Thether-pegs.70t 
Turbine, new iron...265 
Wacon, Watertown.217 
Well-b 'ring.-...217 
Wood-Track Carrier. Porter's..281 
INDUSTRIAL SOCIETIES. 
Agricultural Show at Kllburn, 
489, tOl. ,521, 552 
Alliance, N, Y. Slsto Farmers'-tTi 
Association, Cane Grower*’.. .304 
— Amer. Ag'rl.824 
— International Dairy. 16,,825,816 
— Nurserymen's-etc.438 
— N. Y. Stuta D ilrrmen’s.108 
— Penn. Dairymen's.73 
— N, Y. lilt. State.836 
— cattle exhibit at.836 
— Poultry . 3 
— Vt. Dairymen's.. .88 
— Cattle Exhibit”..ofil 
Club, Farmers’ Ex. of Corn at 
Elmira. 24 
— N. v. Farmers’. ... vi 
Clubs, Farmers'Corn Meeting*. 2,84 
Convention. Nati nuL Grunge..791 
— Sugar Makers' .265 
— Utica.56 
Fair. American Institute.674 
— Illinois State.677 
— List, Annud.427 
— Michigan State.— .,..6 4 
— Miaeola, L. I. 641 
— Neb. Stale. 6M 
— New England.608 
— N. J. State.624 
— N. Y. State .608,641 
— Ohio State.608 
— Penn. State.625 
— — — implement* at.625 
— Premium Lists teceived. ...426 
— St. Louis.88S 
— Vermont State...,.6 '4 
— Virginia State.752 
Fairs.473. h76 
— benefits from...625 
— County. 6(»S 
— judging at.593 
— state.3*4 
Meeting, Ayrshire Breeders'... 56 
Society, Baltenkil! Valley, lnd.6'4 
— Mich. Pomological.517,769 
— Montreal Hort—. 89 
— National Agricultural.724 
— N. J. Stute Hort. T3 
— N. Y. State Hort.87, 401. 640 
— Onondaga Co. Ag. 73 
— Vt. Hort... .. 655 
INDUSTRIAL TOPICS. 
Agricultural College, ... 
Agricultural College in Colo....551 
— Colleges, make Ex.St'us of.332 
— Colonies. Hebrew.60 
— Depression in England .536 
— Reports of, 1878 .108 
Beets, new product from.396 
Cereals, market* fur our sur¬ 
plus.412 
Commissioner*. School.. .333 
Education and Knowledge.198 
Education of the Rural C'asses.819 
Fiah. Menhaden.759 
Guano, Menhaden Fish, manu¬ 
facture of .789 
Maple-sugar Making_181, 188. 197 
— — — arch. 182 
— — — boding. 182 
— — — buckets....,.1S1 
— — — cost and profit.183 
— — — covers—..181 
— — — evaporators.182 
— — — gathering. <82 
— — — lieu ter.1S2 
— — — house. Ib2 
— — — regulator. 182 
— — — tupping.182 
Meat Supply, future demand...Mt 
— — our rivals in . 612 
Meat Trade. European.24 
Millers against Wire Binding.- 2h 
Patent Rights. 521 
Professorships, change in.fill 
Provisions, canned.168 
Bchoo) House, a country . 74 
— — how to secure a good.lui 
School Houses, country, to im¬ 
prove.786 
schools.country,enthusiasm In.119 
— — need of pei man. m teach¬ 
er*........... ..119 
