Dairy,farmer Mass., Dr.Loring’s 
vijw .770 
— farming in England, condit¬ 
ion of. 71 
— good, a. 54 
— home-raised .198 
— knowledge.170 
— notes....2,219, 111, 42w. 703 
— — bad ventilation of stables. 15 
— — English . .150. 718 
— products, bogus.117 
— — imitation.166 
— room, convenient....512 
— use of Ice In..792 
Dairying, associated. 2 
— Canadian.R6 
— conditions of.249 
— In England.621 
— — Minnesota. 181 
— Irish, reform.,.766, 80/ 
Dairying, Irish, reform.839 
— Southern...592 
— Winter .,.,,749 
— — most profitable.706 
Dalrvmeu making wasteful mis¬ 
takes .638 
— rules for. 120 
Dairymen's Association.18, 117 
— Convention, Iowa. 2 
Food, rank, makes rank milk...Ill 
— succulent. 638 
Holstein-Krleslnn cow, wonder¬ 
ful milk record......6S7 
Ice-house uud milk room com 
bloed..604 
— use of In the dairy.,..792 
Irish dairying, reform.839 
Jersey grade, good.543 
Milch cows, feeding sorghum to.*57 
— — grain rations. 120 
— — proper food for. 2 
— — test . 5 
— - Winter feed.823 
Milkallne .152 
Milk, absorotlve power of....... 73 
— an absorbent. 2 
— and beef from the same cow all 
— — but er record of a two- 
year-old .816 
— business, cleanliness... .749 
— changes of. In churning. . . .463 
— competition, faulty conclu¬ 
sions.478 
— composition of. 11 
— cost to produce.267, 543 
— digestibility of.631 
ev Is of uuelean stables. '8 
— garlic flavor In.....851 
— Holstein.758 
— Influence or soil on. . 18 
— In shallow pans.. .482 
— Inspection .495 
— Jersey, richness, variation of.7-9 
— keeping sweet .4?J 
— less than tc. a quart.753 
— people -illoul i drink.483 
— producing and beef produc¬ 
ing .,.414 
— rations, roots In..133 
— required for a pound of but¬ 
ter .429 
— ropy .401 
— secret Ion . 152 
— single teat, value. T4 
— souring too quickly.397 
— tainted with silage. 21 
— to keen r.ure and sweet.511 
— use a separator.418 
Milking a lust art ..267 
— cleanliness In. 2 
— Irregular. .546 
— new way of.885 
— rapid,.417 
— stool.866. 749 
— while eating....71 
aii'o margarlne In markets... ...118 
■fctMatlon, action of dalry- 
^vmcn .511 
V — English opinion* of./IS 
W not wholesome.481 
Salt, cheap . 74'i 
— dairy, queer claims.638 
Salting butter, faulty method... 17 
Teats, leaking.113 
Wagon whc-is. old, use for.473 
Water, swale and swamp.546 
DOMESTIC ECONOMY. 
Afghan, sofa .275 
Ammon la for dish towels.95 
Apple sauce from sweet apples. 127 
Apples, different ways of serv- 
In <. 79 
— fried.fl 
Apron, Autograph....631 
— dainty .799 
Baby nninsor...710 
— weaning ..794 
Baskets, hanging.. 87.5 
Bathing.2 0 
Bath-rooms for farmer*... .841 
Hath.steam ..743 
Bavarian cream. 94 
Beans Limn ..040 
— string for Winter use. ..678 
Bed bugs . 95 
— — polsou.519 
— - to exterminate .327 
Bedstead, Nebraska...123 
Be f cake*.727 
— lea ... —... 95 
Beefsteak Spanish style .241 
Benedick the married mun.615 
Bindery, home. 89 
Biscuit.471 
Bluuc mange. 423,4*7 
Hook sat dud.695 
limn Hurtles,.„.KtR 
Boots..... .535 
Box, haudy for kiteheu.678 
Bread.171,831 
— nil about making.811 
— brown, Boston.11,880 
— earn . 47i 
— corn without eggs..519 
— (irnlium, soft...(S3 
— Jelly.143 
— potato..........789,831 
— salt rising.831 
— yeast .831 
Breakfast, and what to prepnro.Hlrt 
Breakfast dishes...MS 
— farm .Ill 
— for six......615 
— parties.174 
— pulls ...........455 
Breukfast* October.726 
Broth. Scotch...646 
Buns, Spanish.291 
Burn, relief .53-1 
Butter-making, a girl's exper¬ 
ience .359 
— — experience^, Winter.127 
— — In Winter.759 
— — Winter.212 
Cake, almoud .471 
an accomodating.187 
— apple.81' 
-j'uocolate. .5 9 
— coconut. 663 
— coffee .......519 
— corn starch.679 
— cream . 815 
— custard,.........519 
— delicious.....567 
— dried apple.815 
— frosting.’19 
— fruit.11.423 
— correction.>11 
— ginger.159 
— hickory nut...‘95 
Cake, jelly.847 
— Jelly .679 
— Johnny.1.59 
layer, to get out of tins.......Ill 
b moil..693 
— molasses . 43 
— — eggless.. 19t 
— nameless.815 
— Neapolitan. II 
— oue.egg...275 
— — - — layer.663 
— orange . 585 
— pineapple ...535 
— plain, good.....327 
— — tea ....815 
— pound . ..535 
— plum, Christmas.710 
— soda.159 
— sponge..•.111,159 
— supper.679 
— Vleunols.567 
Cake, Virginia apple.815 
— walnut.327 
— watermelon.243 
— water instead of milk In.ill 
— white.111,350,815 
— —Mountain.SSI 
— yellow filled.243 
Cakes, apple eheese.375 
— cream..267 
— for lit tie folks. II 
— ginger...27.5 
— meat.95 
— pan.471 
— rice.is? 
— tea.Ill 
Candled fruits ..359 
Candy, bu'terout.191 
— home-made.83i 
— making, home.843 
— mint buttons.831 
— nut. • .831 
Card receiver.227 
Carefulness. 27 
Carpet beetle remedies.679 
— cleaning and brightening.691 
— substitute for.375 
Catsup, mu-hroom.743 
Cellar.to ventilate.127 
Celery, cooked .815 
- a 1'asparagus.Tin 
— root .. 19} 
Cheese souffle.710 
— Straws .Till 
Chicken broiled.811 
— broth. 310 
— entree of.727 
— for the sick.310 
— fricasseed....311 
— fried.310,311 
— - with porniny.IJU 
— how to make the most of one. «3 
— Jellied .274,310, 11 
— moldof..,.....759 
— pudding ...3|] 
— rissoles of.615 
— roasted. 616 
Chlldrfn, Instructing In the 
country .695 
Children’s toys .271 
Chocolate cream drops.8,;i 
Chowder, potato. 275 
C'*ow chow.647 
Christinas gifts .799 
— *tltehe* In Santa Claus land .911 
— suggestions ."99 
Clothes pounder. 811 
— rack.727 
Codfish balls . .. ... 615 
cook, how Philadelphians.vu 
Cookery for hot days.535 
Cookies ...275, 631, 815 
— Bakers'.237 
— Clara’s.......27r. 
— cream .275 
— eggless...291 
— Eureka...,,. 759 
— good .."54 
— Mrs. W’s,..243 
— New Year’s . 1.59 
Cooking club, an amateur..374 
Comforter, cheese cloth.#59 
Corn meal, kteping.663 
to eon . 519 
Cowslip greens. .359 
Crab-apples, pickled.327 
■ wild,preserving.6M 
Creum cakes.567 
— puffs .291 
Croquettes.210 
— beef...155 
— chicken ..M3 
— potato.174 
— salmon.371 
— veal .2lo 
Cucumber toast.135 
Cutr pins. .879 
Curtains .175 
— bed-room .875 
Dessert, Italian . 567 
Diarrhea remedy.471 
Dinner, a July. 155 
— cheap .814 
delightful menu.210 
exquisite Thanksgiving......226 
— farm, In Keb.127 
for Fob .M 
— Thanksgiving. ts* 
— — exquisite.226 
— Vegetarian.568 
table hints.....827 
Dish drainer ...391. is? 
Dishes, uex pensive.*1,* 
Disinfectant.631 
Domestic machinery, oil for.759 
Doughnuts...227, 727 
mol he! -. . . ..811 
— without eggs.291 
Dress-goods, cheap.391 
— making, home.U0 
Dressinr soggy. 331 
Ducks, roast..Hi 1 
Dumplings....,. .;,T.M 
— iuW an soup . 753 
Eating too much.ill** 
Kat what to.139 
Economies. Hi tie. tu 
6gg toast for Invalids.695 
Kgu-s creamed .3;i 
on 1 led .s 5 
dropped .8lt 
— for winter. 695 
11 leas -ifi . I 5 
— keeping ... . 727 
— preserving for family use_95 
— value or .713 
Eyes, weak, for .M5 
Farm life and health.210 
Farmers earing for personal ap 
penroaee. 7 Id 
Feathers, utilisation of various .*2 
Figs, tomato.959 
Fire-places, opeu. plea for.72? 
Files. .503 
— fans to keep out.431 
Florida, extract from letter.....359 
Flour chest .. 550 
Fly screens, cheap .519 
Foot stool, pretty.227 
Fowl a la mayonnaise.327 
— - —remoulade..327 
Fowls for the table.736 
French dressing.91 
Fritters, apple.343 
— Bread...,.. 815 
— Cake.663 
corn .. „. -i 
oyster.6*8 
— squash, ’’(Jem”. 6,3 
— sweet potato.37.5 
Fruit canned flue.187 
— can ruhtiers.534 
— canniii* .att 
Fr ul l *'and led.859 
wild, preserving.63i 
Frying .....171 
— and sauteing . 210 
Game h nalits 1 . 96 
Gingerbread..'.815 
fairy .. 56/ 
Glove case .. 7M9 
Goose, roust .31. 
Grapes, wild, to preserving.6*1 
Green-, cowslip .959 
— dandelion.3-59 
— soring ... 319 
Griddle cakes .. 1*1 
Halr-pUi receiver ..679 
Hair, Yum Yum style.3i2 
Hammock, home-made.M3 
Ham. to boll ..113 
Hams, can* of..,....I3d 
curing.594 
Hands, v-aro of. 142 
Happiness. .695 
Harvesting notes.503 
Hash ..213 
Hashed game . 95 
llatsaud bounds......342 
Honey, lemon .119 
Housekeeping In Cal. 158, 190, 226 
358,290. 336, 858, 39c, 423, 454, 486 
Mb, V0. wj. 
— In New England....8S> 
— relies . M 
Iee-er* am, poison caused by 
eating .. .710 
strawberry,.359, r'3 
— lemonade ... ..?9i 
Ironing board..?r»s 
Jam. 'US wlterry. 85y 
Javelle water.84? 
Jelly, apple .159, 7-4 4 
— farina.567 
— lemon.743 
Jelly, punch.274 
Johny-cake.159 
— — good. 127 
Kerosene in washing.359,4 5 
— use of. 7» 
Kidney toast.174 
Kit ben table.487 
— sink ...799 
Dace, fluted, with holes.487 
— French.603 
— kid! ted.327 
pattern.433 
Darnii mat.159,679 
-shade. .519 
— stove . 63 
Lard press.. . .H9 
Lemon honey. 519 
Lemons.’91 
— to keep. . .759 
Letter pocket.695 
Lights, to economize in.783 
Liniment. 63 
Liver, various ways of cooking. 61 
Lobster bisque...374 
— cutlets.94 
Macedoine of fruits.423 
Machine oil,to take out.631 
Mackerel, salt, to cook.727 
> ahogany, to redress....695 
Mantle lambrequins.175 
Match holder. 95 
Mat, rag door.391 
Mnts for table. .64? 
Meat broil......17-5 
— cakes. 95 
— cheap to cook.11 
— cold to use.143 
— salt, cured, improvement on..727 
Medicine spoon.79 < 
Men. hired, on the farm. 759 
Mruu for September.646 
M mcemeat apple .439 
— lemon .. . ..439 
Mitlens made of canton flannel.831 
Mold on clothing.*27 
Monday, the work ot..,27 
.Money matters In married life..783 
Mopping. 817 
Mothers, a word to..567 
Muffins.....191,615 
— breakfast.3*1 
— tea...291 
Mush .471 
fried.113 
Mushroom catsup.743 
— pates . 713 
Mushrooms baked.7>3 
— stewed . 713 
Mutton and lamb.003 
— chops . 878 
— cured same as ham.663 
— leg of braised.871 
Napkins. .-.191 
Nervous people how to treat.. .81* 
Nursing bottle, to clean . 2Ut 
Nut Caudy.831 
1 ql stove, Florence.159 
Omelet, asparagus..311 
— chicken...3ii 
— Jelly. ...311 
— oyster.375, 663 
— Summer.143 
— tomato............811 
ele10 . Ill 
— various kinds..149 
One Winter 753, 788, 799, 811. 830, 817 
Orange, Charlotte.., . .227 
Oranges, preserving.191 
oyster rritters..68.3 
— kromeskle*.Ill 
— omelet.6‘.;3 
— soup. 782 
Paint for kitchen floors.695 
Paper-cutter . . . .799 
— weight, flat-iron..174 
Parlor, furnishing. . .615 
Partridge, baked.143, <39, 7SS 
Physicians, home. 94 
Peach meringue.T46 
Peaches, brand led.487 
pickled, sweet.1-7 
Pen-holder. ..695 
Pickle, East India . 617 
sweet tomato.663 
Pickle?, onion...fd7 
— peaches, sweet...487 
— pepper.617 
— ton ato. sweet .487 
Picture friimes, to make.119 
Pie, cherry.423 
— chicken.783 
— cream...275 
— ovater. a 
— pineapple. 213 
— potato. 47 
— pumpkin .783 
— rhubarb.391 
— Thanksgiving.783 
— turnip .S27 
Pies.ill 
— fruit, that will not run over. .585 
— potato . .IT, 
Pine apple, au naturel.679 
Pineapples . 551 
Plum pudding. English.695 
Poison, antidotes for. 2? 
- ivy. cure.542 
Portieres, crazy quilt..175 
Potted shank .315 
Potato balls, cream.695 
— beater.iM 
— pie.47 
— salad............................ 47 
— snow...............455 
— 8'.up*. *6 
— sweet, cakes.175 
P latoes and berts. 47 
— baked with meat. 4? 
— Tried.47. 175 
— Iu eases. 47 
— uiasbed.46 
— old, cooking.437 
— savory.615 
— stewed.47 
— twet .ins 
— with cheese sauce..,,... 47 
poultices ..#5 
Poultry plihs.3'0 
Preserves, pineapple..551 
— strawberry.353 
— watermelon .551 
Pudding, apple... ..315 
— baiter.663 
bird’s nest.663 
— corn-si arch, variations.7*9 
— cottage...748 
— — eheese. 455 
— cracker .. s91 
— cintarj.ill 
— fig . 95 
— fruit, boiled.....391 
— Graham........748 
— Indian. . 275 
— linked. 9i 
without eggs.891 
— lemon meringue...6 8 
— marble custard .439 
— ounce...............391 
— plum . .. 1' 
— — English.710 
— puff.19 
rice. 663. *8 
Southern ..I 1 
stove pipe.110 
— HU**t-.Ill, *15 
Swiss .156 
Virginia .111 
Puddings, to steam . .743 
Pult paste.242 
Puff*, breakfast. .455 
Pumpkin, substitute for. 79 
• Quick proof”. It 
Quince Ueoso. 6*8 
Quilt designs .471 
Quilts, some nice. 11 
Ba« mat.695 
Ramekins. .711 
Klbbon waste.95.191 
Bice, carried . *4 
Bice, to use up... .‘15 
Rocking elmlr, upholstering_.875 
Bolls, salad 
Room, it renovated.. . 274 
Rubbers, sec that children wear. 
Husks. .831 
sack posslt.... . 428 
• ad-irons, to clean .534 
Salad. 9t 
fna, . iu 
cucumber aud onion. iq.; 
— «sh. ...815 
— lobster.. .274 
— notuto.47, 567 
— water-cress....343 I 
Sally Lunn. 535 
Salve.Hi 
Sand bags, use of.143 
Sandwiches, ham and sardine...274 
Scent bag.274 
Scouring box.142 
Scrap basket.504 
Shortcakes .503 
Slok-room diet.343,123 
Son p bark for woolens. as 
Sofa pillow .508 
Soles, Jewish fashion.455 
Soup a la bonne femme....2ih 
Tl r .7*2 
— potato...46.327,343 
— spring. 94 
— tapioca cream.4"-5 
— tomato . 759.815 
Sore mouth. Infants’, to prevent «3 
Splasher.227 
Spoon, medicine.799 
Starching... . Ill 
Starch, to make stiff......38U 
Ste-ak. round.. 843 
Stove, to noUsh. 891 
Strawberries, compote of.274 
— preserved .359 
Strawberry food.423 
Succotash.56? 
Summer dresses.ivo 
— — woolen . 290 
Supper, late, dishes for.274 
SweepP g and dusting.455 
sweetbreads.210 
Table, kitchen. .487 
Tatty, butternut. 19; 
Tea drinking ..647 
Thanksgiving crumbs.784 
— dinner...783 
Tidies.. 159,175 
Toast, riec with poaehed eggs.. .695 
Toilet set..550 
Tomato tigs .354 
— plckies. sweet, .. . 4.-7 
Tomatoes condensed stewed... 7*2 
Tortoise shells.534 
Toque, skat tn g.?*9 
Turkey, boned . ... 310 
— — simple way.311 
— to cook. 792 
Veal, eold, uses.72; 
— cutlets. 455 
— fillet of. 259 
— loaf .291 
— minced.727 
— stew.259 
Vegetarian dinner. 5S« 
Vinegar making. .343 
Visitors. 95 
■Waffles, rice.174 
Wall paper.274 
Wardrobe, home-made.881 
Washing. 27 
— day.126 
— kerosene in .455/ 5n 
— to prepare clothes for..U7 
Weather strips, home-made.*3 
Weddings, country. V i’ 
Week at Mrs, Homespun's_227 
Welsh rarebit.7lu 
Whitewash, to make.547 
vn cookery.863 
— whey.423 
Wood box, hand y.tui 
Woolen dresses, to wash. 68 
Work, woman’s unnecessary—Sly 
Yeast .423,471.831 
— about.210 
— potato.759 
EDITORIAL. 
Abies Alcocquiana...278 
— pnngeus.288 
Agricultural college of Mich.... .1*8 
— —Southern... .938 
— colleges of the country.5*>i 
— Dep't, duty of.772 
— ex. station Conn . bulletin of.828 
Agriculture, a Board of. 60 
— Coin., a cabinet, officer.340 
— Prof- of, wanted....796 
Alaska boom .,272 
Alkekengland potato hybrid... 40 
Anarchists condemned.5*4 
Animal Industry. Bureau of... i24 
Annuals, killed in ears.5»6 
Arbor Day.240 
— — California.828 
Arthur, Chester A., death of . 796 
Articles to appear In 189/ , m 
Asparagus, climbing, beauty of.224 
— planting.256 
— roots, planting.724 
— tenderness of green and 
whitestema. sj« 
Bags for grapes.4AI 
Balsam il>-.a disappointment... t»i 
Beans, what are.lol 
BeOCh. purple.DM 
Beef cattle, better test wanted. .370 
Barries, over-supply... .5* 0 
Btreb, Blood..340 
Birds, hilling of.710 
— on hats.31(1 
— protect the.240 
— slaughter of.19S/288 324 
Blackberry aud raspberry hy¬ 
brid* .4t,6,772 
— Bangor. 388 
— Early Harvest. 463 
— Evergreen.92,532 
— White.. 516 
Blacknerrlos at K. G.383,844 
— plain talk about........500 
Bone flour on farms, use of.138 
— meat for poultry..30i 
Buckwheat, sowing too late.436 
Budding time,...564 
Buffaloes . 124 
BuhucU kills potato grub.510 
Bull, .Mr., testimonial for.76 
Butter arilffrial,standing on Its 
own merits . 24 
— bugu* Iu Congress.272 
— creamery. 1T2 
— device for salting, correction 108 
— fraudulent, war against.406 
— gilt edged making.324 
- Irish, best and poor.... .812 
— makers bogus . 8 
— not cotnlag .. 156 
Cabbage Savoy, at B. ft.703 
California, irrigation In.,,,,,,, .500 
Calf, Butchers’ Ass. .. 812 
Calves, protected from tiles.682 
— raising under glass .2ot 
Canada, possible trouble with,. 224 
Canadian discontent...Sll) 
Candid ates at fairs.o t4 
Candy, cheap. 312 
— dirty ...am 
Cantaloupe, Bird ..644 
Carp In lake at ”K- G.”.*40 
Cattle,abandoned near B. C_708 
Cuttle, Ayrshire ..596 
— dehorning .596 
— for the farmer.4m 
Jersey in America.3UI 
kings building fences. 24 
— plague la Chicago . 721 
Celery, Henderson’s Bose, a gtxid 
var. 76 
— keeping. 812 
— - after March.256 
In a pit . 7llt> 
— Perfection Heart well.452 
seed, to start.......172 
ireucli for.tn 
cheese, what was in a..596 
Chess and >* heat .676 
Chestnut, Ja. an 108, HO. 224,708,724 
— — and Spanish.156 
— — bitter “kin.484 
— — from Cal . 124 
— — how far north hardy.92 
— — In III . 172 
— - — Mass.272 
— — — Mich. ••172 
— — not fruiting In Pa.1,56 
— —seedlings vary.....124 
— warning.,.168 
— Spanish . 660 
— — and Japan. 60 
— - not hardy.124 
Chicago strikers.....7.56 
Chinese agriculture...5ltt 
—■ labor on /he farm .1-8 
Chrysanthemum craze. 60 
— illustrations.76 
— from seed.76, 324 
— seeds.104 
City and country people, relations 
.356 
Clover, plowing under.580 
College Ag'l, Southern.828 
Consumption on the decline ....516 
Corn and wheat turned Into eggs 
.I06 
— Angel of Midnight.644 
— Brazilian Flour.828 
— cut ting off barren stalks.*588 
— ears to the stalk.. 844 
— emasculation, oiled on yield.564 
— Improving Rural’s method..-.4*4 
— Kaffir. 676, 724 
— large crop when planted.. 340 
— Longfellow, flint...660 
— self-husking.140, 644 
— source or nitrogen in.824 
— sweet Cory and Marblehead. .1*8 
— — continuous supply. ...172. 224 
— weigbtof largest ears.796 
Cornell University, Agricultural 
students. 340 
Cotton “Boycotting”.172 
Cotton Oil Trust Co.756 
— — — — fighting.676 
— picking machine.156.388 
— reducing cost .if growing.740 
Cow, the farmer's.3*6 
Creamery system.172 
Crop Number.452 
Crops In Europe.580 
— rotation of.452 
Cucumber, Giant Pera.,,..,"08 
— N'tchol’s Medium Green.70S 
— Tallby’s Hybrid, excellent... *6 
Currant. Black Champion.516 
— bushes, coal-ashes around... 7411 
— Fay’g and Rod Currant ..468 
Dairy Association, British. 
agents’efforts.796 
Dishonesty. too much trust a 
cause,. . ...756 
Dominion debt.812 
Drought in N. .1 740 
— - Western Texas.,....564 
Egg plant, melon, pear. 828 
Eggs, Langshsn, weight of..356 
— preserved In dry salt.740 
— weight of Leghorn. . y'4 
Eight hour movement.821 
Engine*, portable and traction.772 
Engravings, original. 60 
Estates in the moon.708 
Evergreen* In 'Vinter. 8'2 
Experiment stations .4<N, 532 
Experiments of a single season. 4*4 
Farm education, give the boys a 532 
— implements, order on time....304 
Farmer, narrow-mlDded..772 
— value 'if ex. stations to.4m 
Farmers’ Clubs.641 
— Congress of the 17. S .*96 
— cow.356 
— Institute. 76 
— — Ithaca... 1“ 
— Institutes, Summer. ....258 
— Natlnual Alliance.796 
Farmers discouraged.420 
— of Michigan.580 
— two . 516 
— want to lie.240 
Farms, big. met paying.>08 
Fasting 30 days . si2 
Fence, barbed-wire, trouble.272 
Fertilizer, night soil as.708 
Fertilizers, fraud in, checks on..2M 
— nitrogen lr.. waste of. S28 
— sown at “R. G.”_.272 
— Standard. 796 
Kir. Balsam, a disappointment.. so 
Fires, forest.MS 
Fishery question. . 596 
Fishing vessels, demand for sur¬ 
render.. .... _356 
Food, different kinds, results ..312 
Forestry Congress at Colorado ..Mi 
Fortunes in the clouds .692 
Fraud, shall It rule the land?_ 9 
Fruit calyx and sttro depress¬ 
ions. .... __ ..... 740 
— dried, fumed with sulphur . 452 
— thin out-. 41*4 
— trees, scale on .272 
Fruit*-, small, hardiness of.288 
- — plant seeds of.372 
Gambling mania.641 
Gapes in chicks..4'i> 
— — — kerosene for_ 804 
Oardon'ng In manufacturing 
towns.2'6 
Gladioli, doubling the flowers.. ,692 
Gladiolus mult (floras... 628 
Grafting..1*8 
Grain Buyers’ Associations.5*»> 
— measure, uniform standard . 76 
Shippers' Association. 5'l 
Grange, childrens’ day .S24 
Grape arbors, common way.fio 
— Bertrand. 660 
— Catawba,,.,,,...,,,.,..,344 
— Cayuga. 676 
— Concord, originator of. testi¬ 
monial. 76 
— culture In Ohio.772 
— Dolle. 676 
— Early Victor at R. G. 623 
— Empire State, Sec. Campbell's 
opinion of..?9« 
— F.iin-.elau not appreciated_692 
— Jessica . 564. *96 
— Lady Washington at R. G.310 
— Minnehaha....708 
— — new. white.772 
— Moore’s Early. ..596 
— Nlitgura, fancy prices.544 
— seedling-*..,., . 6<fi 
— — selling In V. Y.708 
— Roenbeck.white. . ho 
— seedling. Dr. Greenlcnf.660 
— — grafted on Concord.*99 
— — Nlauara.,....644 
— spp<1s. ‘Owing.f'4l 
— Victoria, too enthusiastic.796 
— vines, cuttings, rooting. . 8?« 
— Word, n .644.724 
— — earlier than Concord.79s 
Grapes, hagg ng. object of.SIR 
— Catawba In March..188 
— earliest black . 2iq 
Grass. Hungarian.356 
— seed mixed for Inwns.224 
Graveyards, country.._ 404 
Green-house, more profitable 
than a farm.156 
Grog shops . 710 
Harvest, early... .... . 136 
Health, lake care of. 724 
Hemlock cut back .it ”U. G.”.. .272 
Hen, sitting, to break.SOI, '-’R 
Hens, shut up 1 he .324 
Horse, a perfect farm. Tin 
— uln* w. great . 404 
Hcrsns. bobntt...756 
— over-fed. fat. "4 
— sick.724 
— touching to mind the voice. ..438 
— water often.324 
Hungarian Grass.956 
Hybrid, us*'of the word.436 
Hybrids, Rural’s, an Invita¬ 
tion.. .372 
Immigration, s blessing, is It?..356 
Immigrants, more .580 
Incubator, Nature’s... 188 
. . . * 1 i 
Indian campaign... .’4u 
— reservations, curtailment_5If 
Insect son hens. Persian insect 
powder for.Sot 
Ireland, about .404 
Japan chestnut.140 
— — In Mich .172 
— — not fruiting...1*6 
— — warning .1S8 
Johnson Grass at ”R. G.”.532 
Label#, ziuc .596 
Labor question.372 
— uulons as reformers. 8?2 
Land Commissioner Sparks. .24. l'« 
— hunger In Ireland.628 
— legislation ..... . ......356 
lordlsm. all*n. away with ... 92 
Lands,public,Illegally crabbing 108 
Lawn-mowers, perfection of,...372 
Lawns, g«a«s for .372 
"M\i-il Si-*• * Tt.. ..234 
t,caves, gathering .,...710, 
Leghorn*. Rose comb .224 
— weight of eggs... .. 304 
Lettuce, Deacon, the White Sum¬ 
mer .. 464 
Libel law, faulty. HO 
Lightening rods.582 
Lilacs from seed . 
Llqoldambar beautiful In 
Spring.238 
— more popularity for.172 
Magnolia maerophylla.420 
Mankind, helping.756 
Manure, smelling to tell value. .660 
Mupie, Schwerdler’a. ..340 
— — try... 76 
— sugar .. .812 
Meat chopper.124 
— dressed aud the railroads....156 
— — heavy charges...692 
— western, eastward rates.2(4 
Kali m bet tie.388 
Men that can take a bint.756 
Middlemen, legitimate and ille¬ 
gitimate.484 
Milk and cream, poison in.50u 
— boiling for urloklng.692 
— fight saloon* with.356 
— sugar from wtiey.156 
Milking filth in toe pail,.756 
— tubes, Billing's. 92 
Mr. Caywood and the B. N.-Y...724 
Muck, value of... . 173 
Mulberries from Florida.. .3o6 
Muskmeions manured In tbe 
bill.340 
Nitrate of soda for corn .356 
Nitrogen, excessive application 
of, on potatoes ...321 
— source or, in corn.324 
Non-sliters, never cross.,.304 
North Carolina winters.516 
Novelties. 60 
— trying..S28 
Nurserymens’ association.388 
tmproving.844 
Oak Fastlgiate. . 708 
— Golden, beautiful in Spring. .288 
Oats at ”B. G.”.... 420 
— Pringle’s Hybridized Huiless.124 
— same, under different names.596 
— sown at “R G.* .. ...272 
— W. Australian,Badger Queen.660 
— Welcome or v> hue Austra¬ 
lian. 452 
Oleomargarine..548 
— bat ile, another.82s 
— bill. 404,120 
— footing same as whisky. 76 
— m tne Senate.3S8 
— law.5.C2 
— — in force. 756 
— legislation. .. .372 
— men using filthy fats.40 
— sales or.772 
— tax. inerea-'lng. 944 
— war agulust.240 
Osage orange in Central Park.. .564 
Paint of tar and linseed oil.120 
Painting, fine colors .796 
Pauiownia imperlalis. single 
shoots... 844 
pansies.644,724 
— ul til-? R. G.7«6 
Paper of the Rural—a question.796 
Pastures, tessun from city parks.340 
Patent for fruits, plants, etc_140 
Peas, Alaska.644 
— — sown in August.676 
— best depth to plant..188 
— tor seed-destroying weavil...486 
— Stratagem and Pride of the 
Market. 60 
Peaches, yellows, to Investigate 
the disease.140 
Peanut growing on L. 1.796 
Pear. Clapp’s Favorite.692 
— Duval..... ....338 
— Frederick Clapp.660 
— Herleart. 92 
— Kleffer.724 
— — on L 1. 740 
— Mikado, an ornamental 
tree.324,582 
— — canned.6F2 
— Rostiezer petals of flowers...324 
— Superfin.796 
Pelareonluras. best.172 
Pen, Ideal Fountain ... .... .124 
Pickle raising.724 
Pine, Goleen. 8 
a.14o 
Finns Mussonisna. 8 
Pleuro-pneumonla in Chica¬ 
go..660,662,740 
— — must he eradicated....844 
— — stamping out.756 
Plow, sulky.140 
Plum, Kelsey’s Japan.772 
-. 772 
Political temperance.644 
Politics, off year In. 468 
Pools. 628 
Potato beetle, best treatment... 88 
— — so many.324 
— Blush.304. 644 
— diggers, one ad ventage.676 
— Early Ohio, the earliest.516 
— experimental plot. .548 
— Green Mountain yield of. ...14u 
— Late Rose, "red streak” in.. .2e4 
— parent of our cultivated _ 40 
— plot. Rural's” tnmenseyields 40 
— Rural New-Yorker No. 2. 596,772 
-seed-bails... . .. 484 
— seeds, rime to plant. 40 
— special date of.. 24 
— — next. 60 
— State of Maine. 356 
— yields, maximum conditions 
ne- cssary.564 
Potatoes, cecpcyed. shallow- 
eyed.. 2(4 
— gre«t growth of tops.812 
— from seed, raised at R. G.40 
— Level cultivation objection...516 
— mulching, new way.468 
— new. te-l .. . .24 
— nitrogen for excessive appli¬ 
cations. — 324 
— on D. M. Ferry’s grounds.. 8 
— planted at "R G ”. 272 
— planting whole tubers.304 
— raised by Mr Johnson, of 
Can. 256 
— seedling, improved by select¬ 
ion .. 596 
— selling to Paterson ...812 
— straggle under level culture.. 772 
— sweet on Lone Island. .5(«’ 
— with deep eyes, planting.40 
Potash In muriate and katnlt.. .188 
— phosphoric acid and nitrogen. 
difference In forms.’56 
Postage cheap.156 
— in danger. 124 
— on fourth class matter.256 
Poultry bred for Increased egg 
production.304 
— exhibition 124 
— fanciers enthusiastic.set 
— for pleasure or profit.240 
— house windows In E and W..304 
— Lungshan chicks at "K. G.”...S28 
— low prleea.si 2 
— prize breeds. 156 
— raising for pleasure.....224 
— seale of points.304 
— special. 304 
scrub and thoroughbred.740 
Premium list, new.661) 
Prlcklv t’omfrey..172 
- giving a horse.S56 
Prizes for cantaloupes, etc.436 
— offered for large yields. 532 
— - by Rural....60. 92 
Rural’s how to measure.140 
Promts p»ous.2u4 
P'“sar<ilt. 8 
Pyrethrum powder for chicken- 
gapes..92 
Qfnlnce, .'leech's Prolific.8, 92 
— The Fuller .. 40 
Ratlr ad grants, unearned, for¬ 
feiture of . 92 
Raspberry, Carman . 676 
— Earhurt.. 140, 3i8, 644. 660, T08, 
724. 844 
— —not the Ohio Everbear¬ 
ing.772 
— Golden Queen.484 
— Macomber’s white seedling 
. 692,724 
— Marlboro.468 
at ’ K, G,”. 486 
Nemaha.4«s 
RtlUCilC’s. 436 
— Turner tor home use.. 76 
— yellow Maeomher seedling.. 76 
Registration burden. 8 
Retmispora niumosa in Japan.. 76 
