DEC 
Road-making, a lesson tn.B?8 
Roads, fix the .5% 
Rose-bug to destroy....404 
— Marshall P. W ilder.240 
Roses at “R. G.”.... 
— from seed . .....iw 
— mildew od, kerosene emulson 
lor... 
Rotliamsted experiments, Lawes 
and Gilbert ... .812 
‘•Rural Grotiods." some ways 
and things at ... 
— New Yorker, paper of .......<w 
— writers, announcement. ■■••8u 
Rural's special contributors, list 
of.... .. ... ..a."* 
Rye heads appearl ng April 24.. .804 
— on the potato half aero..420 
— Thousandfold . •••‘‘56 
— whont hyb Ids.what expected 
from. .-."'•• 
- — plants progress of.388 
Scab as seen at “K. G." 40 
— cause . *; 
Seale on fruit, trees .. —<(2 
Scarlet fever, does It come from 
the cow. 
Schools, tMir..e’5 
— Improve .do 
— teachers engaged by the yt ar.498 
Seladopitys vertlelllata. . .. - - - -440 
Seed abomination. WasJiiOKton.811 
— distribution . lv/JS 
— — Washington .561.828 
Seeds, cheap packages.H2 
Heeds, Rural’s prizes .•••=44 
Sewing machine. Avery....,.00 
Sheep owners, nil vice to - .24 
Hbriibs flowering, when to 
prune... .™ 
— near the house . s.* 
— sprlti-c putting sprays In 
water . .--* ;••••■• 
Sickness from not caring for the 
feet .. 
Simon's Plum.... —- • -• — 
Sketches wanted by the Rural 24 
Slug shot, Hammond's .60,01 
— — — analysis of .'24 
Smoke tree . 486 
SncletP s. co operative.....8SS 
Sol'ing system .481 
Spring, early.s' 8 
Spruce, Blue. **£ 
— Norway..,..set 
— While .140 
Stagnation . -40 
Stock, fat. show In tli» Bast .121 
Stockmen’s squabbles. ... 92 
Stoek on the ranges, Winter lostr- 
es ol ..... »2 
Shows, fat, better test for beef.940 
Story writers..*32 
Strawberry bed, care of.45? 
— Bonanza.404 
— culture, our method.824 
— Dewoy. 4*0 
— Henderson.404,420 
— Hilton.468 
— Iron-clad.404 
— — — first....34s 
— Jessie .. r 44 
— Jewell.8i,4*4 
— — foreannlng.2 1 4 
— May King ....}$} 
— Parker Earle.401 
_ _ — va..324,356 
— Prluceof Berries.........4 '4 
— seeds, plantln r ..§01 
Strawberries at “R. G ”.348 
_ _ — — first to bloom .301 
— from seeds.....436 
— latter day at "R, G.".4u4 
— mulch betweeu toe rows.580 
— new .•••46 < 
Strikes, lossos due to. 356 
Sugar tariff reduction.15*5 
Tariff bib. Morrison’s.14 ' 
Taxation . 372 
Telephone patents, a righteous 
act.. 60 
Temperance workers . .500 
Tcmoeralure at. "R. G so 
Texas fever, fight against..,821 
Thanksgiving .7,2 
Tomatoes from seed In open 
ground .. .824 
— Mikado and Turner the same 
.564,628 
— Optirrttla ... .644 
— rot resisting .660 
— trained to poles —.. 8 
— varieties, reducing ....724 
Tree idantel for each member 
or family .828 
Trees three beautiful....340 
— transplanting.236 
Trichinosis deaths from .710 
Turkeys at 12 cents a pound.796 
Turnio and cabbage seed, farm¬ 
ers raising.6fiu 
Vaults, source Of disease.628 
Veterinarians, more. ...544 
Water-melon vines, vigorous.. .516 
Wea'her Bttreaa. for farmers....124 
Weeds, kill the .O'.’s 
Weil driven at “R. G." .8?8 
Wheat and chess plants... .431 
— — corn on baud .. •• 924 
— —oats, n*w under old nanies678 
— — — synonym‘■in- vnrtettes.678 
— — rve crosses Injured by the 
Winter...r 6 
— — — hybrids.256 
_ — — —account In Century 4,5 
— — — — Dr Trelease, In 
Tribune.2'M 
— — — — what gain.45? 
— Arm • trong, a good.596 
— best .*60 
— crop ... 518 
— — of the X W.K12 
— crossing naturally ..384 
— Delhi-Med, bearded and beard¬ 
less. 464 
— price of .......372. 704 
— sowing.532 
— Treadwell different snmpIcs.OOO 
— Velvet Chaff, bearded and 
smooth. ..676 
Whitewashing.21 
Wines, foreign names to domes 
tie.756 
Winter work. ; b2 
— — make . 692 
Wool .‘.500 
_ growers* convention.2(2 
— on the free list. .259 
— tariff.420 
Wools, tariff on, manufacturers 
beware. 74 
Wyandott-es at “R. G.”,.....740 
— White . .53-* 
Xanrhoeeras sorblfolla seed. <6 
Yellow-wood. ......638 
EDUCATIONAL. 
Agricultural College, Iowa, in¬ 
augural address ... .. .824 
Educating our children agricul¬ 
turally.. ...—..485, 517 
Education, College... .21 
Earni, educating hoys for the...373 
Inaugural address of Prof. 
Chamberlain. 824 
Schools, free and sectarian In 
Texas .735 
ENTOMOLOGICAL. 
Arscultes, the. 20 
Cheese mite, origin of....839 
Chinch hug in Minn .613 
Codling WOTOJ, habits and ravag 
es..'.251 
Kirn leaf bpet'e.677 
fialcruea xanthomelama.577 
Mildew.downy. 72 
— powdery . 72 
Mildews of the grapevine ...72, 87 
Peronosporu, effectual remedy 
for.72 
EVERYWHERE. « 
Alabama. Limestone Co.418 
— Madison Co . 90 
— Mobile Co.185,168, 650 
— Wilcox Co. 6 
Alaska, Fort Wrangel.514 
Arkansas. Scott Co....90, 466 
— White Co. 22 
Arizona. Pinal Co.....770 
California, Amador Co....‘.3i0 
— I,oa Angeles Co.....466 
— Santa Barbara Co.....58,286 
— — Clara ..254 
— St. Giles 00 .580 
Canada, Belmont N. S,.707 
— Beverly Out. 6 
— Colchester....106 
— Cornwall. .322 
— N. B. Andover. .106 
— — Frederlekion.674 
— No. Scotia.268 
— Ontario .370,691 
— — Delia . .120 
-Goderich....826 
— — Kent.168 
— — Keyser Co.16S 
— Lis towel.120 
— — Pietou.-.. 
— — Renton ....... 
— — Severn Bridge... 
— — 8outh River. ... 
— si. Catherines.. 
6 
.90 
.121 
.185 
,..237 
— Sterling Co .. 6 
106. 482 
563 
..826 
... !6 
.630 
. 22 
199 
— Prov. of Quebec. 
— — — — Roxton Falls.6.91 
- Vancouver’s Island .499 
Colorado, Boulder Co.48?. 707 
Elposo Co.. 2d 
— Fremont Co . .153 
Larlnu r Do.... .121,168 
— Montrose Co...,.6,733 
Conn , Fairfield Co.22 
- Hartford Co ..322 
— New London .75-1 
— Tolland 00 ,121 
Dakota, Upjwu Co . 22 
Charles Mix Co.121 
— Clark Co. .499 
— Davison Co.... ..511 
— Faulk Co.,.22 
— Hand Co. 185 
— Hanson Co.434 
— nughesCo .153 
— Lawrence Co.121 
— Morton Co.164 322 
— Spink Co.106, 121 
— Stark Co. 201 
Delaware. Kent Co.. 154. 183, 337. 351, 
546. 59", 691. 
Florida, Hernando Co.221 
— Manatee Co ..22, 153 
— St John’s Co.. .201 
Georgia, Bibb Co. 74 
— Houston Co —.. 
— Stewart Co....... 
— Sumter Co. 
— Walt >n Co . 
Idaho, Boise Co...... 
— Ida CO.. 
III.. Champaign Co.. 106, 514. 563, 612 
— Cook Co., 591, 059. 691,707, 738,779. 
791, Shi 442 
— Daviess Co. 
— De Kalb Co.... 
— Kane Co.751. 770 
— Knox CO.121.. 
— Madison Co........221.322 
— Montgomery Co .185 
— Ogle Co.185.322 
— Puitiant Co.499 
— Shelby Cp.,.,,,.58, 195 
— Stark Co .. 6 
— Union Co.. 58 
— Vermillion Co.169 
— Wnrro.n Co . 418 
— Whiteside Co ... .548 
— Winnebago CO.578 
Ind.. Blackrord Co. 74 
— tiancooK c:,., ..921 
— Kosciusko re,. 7.*4 
— Madison Co.121,153.2*4,402/1? 
— Mari"n I Vi. 80, 78 
— Miami Co.58.138 
Ind. 1’er. .addo.121 
— — Choctaw Nation.182 
Iowa. Bremer Co.659 
— Davis Co .. 237 
— Johnson Co. 888 
— Jones Co.510 
— Mills Co .145 
— Mitchell Co.121,414,770 
— Plymouth Co.826 
Kansas, Alien Co.121 
— Bourbon Co.54 
— Chose Co.. 
— Ulaj Center.. . 6 
— Elk Co ..58 
— Jew. 11 Co .237 
— Labette Co . .169,269,346 
— Leavenworth Co..169 
— Lyon Co. 138 
Marlon Co.54,418,891 
...268, 53() 
...4ii2 
— Morris Co,... 
— Osage Co. 
— Rice Co . 
— Saline Co . 
— Sheridan Co . 
Kentucky. Bedford Co... 
— Christ Ian Co. 
.. IU0.R42 
.74 
_434 
.188 
.8 u 
.466 
.119,418 
— Green Co .. 
.466 
Jefferson Go .. 
....612,691 
Muhlenberg Co. 
Maryland, Cecil Co. 
— somerset Co.. .6,838^02.579 
— Talbot i’o .. 
.58.10)1 
.Mass.. Buruxluplo Co. 
... .691,722 
— Berkshire (Jo. 
— Bristol Co. .. 
.12 
Huuilxlou Co. 
.58,7-'2 
Norfolk co.... 
— Plymouth Co . 
— WnreeaterOo. .... 
Michigan, Allegan Co .. 
— Calhoun t:o. 
...121 3711 
— Clinton Co . 
... .53.7.51 
— Cass Co ... 
....169,530 
— Eaton Co. . 
.58,106,121 
Hills .ale Co . 
.6-12 
— Ionia c o . 
....153.169 
— Isabella Co. 
Kalamazoo Co. 
_106 
— Kent Co . .. 
- 22 
— Marquette Co. 
.812 
Menominee fu. 
Oakland Co....,. 
— Onekama.. 
— 1 iseeola Co . 
— Schoolcraft Co. 
.58,1 ID." 10 
St Clair Co . 
— — Joseph Co..... 
Waseca Co .. 
— W„yne Co . 
Wexford Co . 
...674.826 
Minnesota, Mower Co.... 
Otter Tall Co. 
.169 
— Pope Co.. .. .. 
Uoek Co .. 
.339 
Waseeu. 
- Wright Co .-. 
Missouri, Dune Co. 
. it 
— Millar Co.. 
,254,402,516 
— Finis Co.... .. 
Montana, Cltocteau Co. . 
— Gallatin Co..4W2.199.530,659,738,795 
— Meagher Co. 
Nebraska, Antelope Co. 
• * ■ > "<£ i 
Buffalo Co...-. 
....483,82(1 
— Lincoln Co.... 
.. 90 
— Madison Co.. 
.6(i 
— Ob ic Co .... ... 
.58,1 8 
Saline Cn. 
— Sherman Co . 
.... . 238 
New H .mpshlre, Hillsboro.1/2 
Jersey, Cumberland Co.169 
-Essex Co .. 
— — MerCOr Co.6, 
22, 286. S22 
— — Monmouth Co .... 
. 74 
— — Union Co. 
.22 
— — Warren Co . 
— York. Albauv Co... . 
.770 
Alleghany Co. 
.221 
— - Cayuga Co. 
.122 
— — Chautauqua Co.. 
153,186, 
511,7-18,8111 . 
— - Chenango Co. 
.122,4=3 
— — 6nit in Co ......... 
— — HtuilUtol) Co. 
— — Niagara Co . 
..663 
— — Oneida f-’o..221, 563, 579, 6i?. 
707 , 738. 754. 7*15, Hit. 84*. 
— — Onondaga Co. .—... 812 
— — Orange Co.22,58,394 
— — Otsego Co. 138 
— — ri.wi-goOo. 58 
— — lienseiaer Co.221 
— — Richmond Co.74 
— — Schoharie Co.... .288, .22 
— — Steuben Co.6,286,370 
New York, Suffolk Co.122 
— - Tioga CO.254,322, 722 
— — TompklnsCo......286 
-Ulster Co.90 
North Carolina, Macon Co.418 
— — Stokes Co.483 
— — Vance Co .74, 530, rlO 
N. W. Ter , Asslnlbulu. 121 
— — — Touchwood Hills.121 
Nova Scotia. Dartmouth....22 
— Manchester..124 
Ohio, Belmont Co.... • .707 
— Clark Co. 122 
— Columbiana Co...... ‘22 
— Coshocton Co.3*0 
— Cuyahoga Co.l*** 
— Erie Co. 122 
HatnlBou Co.530 
Hancock Co.322 
— Highland Co.....122 
— Logan Co . 58 
— Montgomery Co. 434 
Portage Co.•••.58.5,9 
— Sandusky Co.122 
— Seneca Co..266 
Warren Co.58,169 
— Wayne Co . 322 
Oregon. Benton Co. 90 
— Jacksou Co .169 
Josephine Co.169 
— Lane Co.561 
— I,Inn Co.106, 170,443 
Walla Walla Co.iss 
— Wasco Co .6(4 
— Yam hill Co.483 
Pennsylvania, Alleghany C0..74,170 
— Beaver Co ...22 
— Bedford Co.90 
— Berks Co ...371,563 
— Clarion Co .. <4 
— Clearfield Co.• 74 
— Erie Co... .22.122 
— Franklin Co.S30 
— Indiana Co.. - -• -]#} 
— LaeaawannaCn.122,153 
— Lanca-terCo. 58 
— Lebanon Co.614 
— Lycoming Co.••■•221 
— Mercer Co .58,201 
— Westmoreland Co.6. 122 
— Wyoming Co.‘8 
R I Provl icnce Co.58 
S. Car , Richland Co...546 
Tenn., Bedford Co .754 
— * offeoCo..............642 
— McMlnn Co.53 
— Ctvprton Co ..254 
— Wilson On...3:18 
Texas, Bandera Co.......612 
— Galatian Co.3«6 
— Coryell Co . 
— Grayson Co.. 169,488,659 
— Harr's Co.822 
— M Id land * .3-t 
— Taylor Co . 722 
Transcontinental letters... 138.337, 
353 R70, 3S6, 411* 418 131. 165, 482. 
496. 513, 5111, 546.562, 5’(8. 6 3, 658, 
674. 709, 711, 758. 794, 826, 361 
Utah, Uintah Co. 23 
Vermont Addison Co.,,3?8 
— Bedford Co .238 
— Chiltenden Co......246,499 
— Franklin Co,.59,170, 322 
— Orange C<.826 
— Orleans Co.642 
— Rutland Co ..371 
Virginia, Henrico Co....6,4, 691, 707, 
724751,770.7», 924 
— Montgomery Co.1*0 
— NclBon Co . 23* 
— Stafford Co...153 
Wash Ter., Garfield Co.122 
— -LnrlmieCo.170,51} 
— — Lincoln Co. .201 
— — Spokane Co.871 
— — Whatcom Co.691 
— — Whitman Co ..122 
— — YakitnuCo. .*74 
West Virginia. Fayette Co.17*i 
— - Wirt Co . 138 
Wisconsin, Crawford Co.221 
— Fond *lu Lao Co.........'-38 
— Langlade Co-- .23,514 
— Milwaukee Co. 59 
— Outagamie Co . 1S8, sio 
— Sheboygan Co...483 
— Vernon Co .J?3 
— Wausbara Co.L0 
FARM ECONOMY. 
Hag bolder, grain.. ....920, 33.5 
look ante.119 
Boat, substitute for. I°8 
Bran, buy early.69'* 
Cattle* feeding in the West.. 3 
Clover as a fc tlllzer.. ....574 
Corn, husking bench, Imndy. 19 
— shelter attachment ..641 
Colton seed for fern*lug.367 
Drain head for.sink-hole...-367 
— trup. . ... — .512 
Fence across small streams......189 
— posts to preserve..835 
— wire, frame for spool.611 
Fences, to paint cheap...... 289 
FeitHUers, com and value of 
some.. .-5?9 
Fodder,clamp .. .527 
Gate, u good. ...... 182,560 
Gules, swinging.........415 
Harness hook. 1'9 
Harrow, double...‘■■s 
— home made...264 
Buv rack seat..4U0 
Home ludustry, liquor question 658 
Lsr I prft*. 11* 
Manure question.574 
— — that...751 
— rye as a green.542 
— skid,convenient. ............. '9 
Otl-cau. filling.591 
Plants gelling C .rbon, where?. .658 
Plow, snow . 119 
Pole Oliver . 268 
Rake sialfc, revolving. 56 
Roller, land .. 867 
Hawing machine................ltd 
Scraper, handy.56 
Shed, Cheap.73j 
Shingles, preserving.... .29, line. 119 
Smoke-house. 479 
Snow plow.119 
Silo, portable. 7b4 
Tools, care of... 527 
Vise, home-made bench.103 
Wagon wheels, oiling, tank for..l03 
FARMERS’ CLUB. 
Abscess In a colt.531 
ActlOo-mycost* . 91) 
Agricultural Colleges and Agricul¬ 
tural education .789 
— — or v Vb .addressof.. 23 
— colleges, new.138 
Agriculture, the new system....222 
Akebta qulnata, fruiting. .7D7 
Alfalfa seed, how long good.... 515 
Alstke Clover.M5 
Analyst", soil, cost .466 
Auasarcous swelling on colt ...288 
Angora goats. .. 74 
Ants, keeping out of lice hives..270 
— red.to get rid of ... .,499 
Aphides on nnpic tree, rentedv. .*9' 
Apple barrels .386 
— Jelly, difileult to make nt a 
profit . 69 
— Newton Pippin In Ontario.. .984 
— orchard failures .627 
— — on land worth 6100 per 
..511 
— pnrlngsasa fertilizer.nl 
— Primate. —.186,238 
— compared with Oldenburg 
and Red Astrnchan.123 
— Saxton . .....643 
— Surprise. 154 
Apples bitter rot in. 595 
— for Knglutid.. B3H 
— — Ohio, hardiness or....648 
— in Central Ohio.738 
— on Paradise stock —..723 
_ - whereto buy .,139 
— Red Canada and McIntosh..222 
— Russian, dying, cause.574 
tender, grafted on hardier.. .146 
Apple-tree root lice .795 
— — scale lies.354 
— trees, Russian, dying.515 
— — transplanting.563 
Apricot, Russian.222, 563 
Ardlsin crenuiata.811 
Artichoke., how to care for.186 
— per acre.186 
— to grow.186 
Ashes n good fertilizer for pota¬ 
toes ...5i 
— burnt straw, value of . 7 
— corn-coo, perteniage of pot¬ 
ash.270 
— from hemlock, innburk.222 
— — poplar, cotton-wood, etc.. 7 
— tauuery. value.6*9 
— wood, buying phosphoric add 
and iiitrogi n .222 
Asparagus culture.r.in 
— plants, cull ug down.499 
— roots.... ....154 
Barley ns a cattle food . .723 
— compared with corn for food.723 
— for a black loam . ... 139 
— Imperial same 11.4 Maushury.. 170 
— Manshury.1*4. l«*% 795 
— — better Than hI x-rowed—403 
— — foil'or six-rowed..202 
— — whereto tmy.151, 170 
— oil-meal and bran with . 7 
Baggage check, what, to do wlth.222 
Barn roof for....138 
Barrel-, apple.....346 
Baton Rouge, l.a., about.531 
H. mis, Flngtolet . 8-7 
— for (leld culture.. 59 
Bee keeptug in Cal.! 2 
— — work on. 75 
Beet leaves as end...71)9 
— 6red g rmlnatlug when old...l 0 
Belden agency.7* *7 
B Lows. VV’oodiiaon.eost of.186 
Berry plants, oneaudtwo year 
old, difference..499 
Blackberry raucs, cutting back.691 
— Dorchester High bush .3 5 
— Early Harvest .186 515 
— Klttatluiiy lit N. J..23 
— plants to propagate.795 
— Springfield ..643 
— Thornless for market.. 
— Wachuseti. Thornless. 643 
Blackberries fora homo market.!*)) 
— — for market la N. J.151 
Black walnuts, transplanting...707 
Blight lu currants and cherries.5-17 
Bloating In u calf,.531 
Blood spavin In a horse.254 
Blooov milk ..771 
Blue Vitriol...•.270 
Boar with but one teBtlele, In¬ 
jury to meat.330 
Bone dissolved, gain or loss by 
using. 6 
with sulphuric acid.._ fi 
— dust and u»ho* for strawber¬ 
ries . 186 
grinding mill for.346 
— ground. 595 
— meal mixed with lime.....413 
— BcreeiilriHS . 167 
— use or....238 
Bones ground as they come from 
thebmeuerg.. 59 
— to grind. 91 
— to prepare for a fertilizer.loi 
Borer, Prtonu* luttcullis.722 
Bran as reed. .107 
— coArse aud flue.186 
— rye and wheat, value of..8t2 
Breeding a colt, now old..435 
Brick machines, who makes_643 
Bronchitis eh ruttlo...771 
° rootier for chicks .1*59 
Bro will I lu, about...355 
Buckwheat, for feed_ _ ih6 
Bull, sterile. J-SJ 
Bull's navel, abscess In.... .75 
Butter and cream, testing cows 
for .754 
— becoming frowy .595 
— bogus, again. 
— electricity to separate.59 
— feed for.210 
— not coming .139, V04 
— preservative... .493 
— q islltles, crossing for. 515 
— rations tor a cow.371 
Cabbn-e as stoek feed.*10 
— fertilizer for... . 2.3S 
— for sheep...sl() 
maggot. . .. .554 
— — remedy..338 
— worms, remedy.435 
Calf, BlouMng.531 
— raising wlrhout m Ilk........371 
Calves, weaning . 23 
— with chronic cough...271) 
— Indigo Hon .870 
California, are there chills and 
fever there .122 
Palusumu calidum.419 
Canada thistles, getting rid of...571 
— — In a vineyard.563 
Canker worms on apple trees.de 
9 troy ing .. 254 
Caponlzing Instruments, where 
to buy.579 
Castrating colt, time.515 
— w in one testicle. 339 
Carbolic add andaoap mixture .35t 
Catarrh, malignant......729 
— of the womb of mare. . . ,466 
Cat with ring-worm. 75 
Cat lie, book on. 122.154 
— Devon.707 
— dIncases, book on. 122 
— fattening on silage.322 
— grub on tltebuo*.27U 
— Importing, about,,...722 
— increase of.....419 
— immagement, etc . book on..P 7 
— poisoned with smut.675 
— with warbles.270 
Celery, bum.Rug.. 328 
— raising.222 
Cellar wall ... 2(78 
Cement for cracked Iron ware.. 755 
— u al' r pipe.122 
CeimiH Reports, U. .8., whereto 
get. 91 
Cherry dons, when to cut.1M 
Cherries, blighting.547 
Cheat or oilers, value.186 
Chess and wheat.499 
Cheat founder In horses.V(f? 
CUesiuul, Japan, against.723 
— all uliou t ..768 
-bearing time.222 
-lu in 
— — propagating.597 
— — seeds of. where to buy—9.7 
-where to tiny . .. . ins 
Ctnuluutr. native Improving.. 655 
— on limestone land .184 
Chickens troubled with roup. .. I 3 
Chicks, brooder for .©54 
— combs aud ear lobes sore.?:!, 
— eating musty grain...467 
Cholera, hog . 59 
Chufas. where to buy . 4 * . 75 
Churning, dog-powers for_23 
Cider, copper evaporators for, 
danger. 754 
Clematis, IVItiter protection for.f>43 
Cl(*pthu« Dumplcrl.2a? 
Clover. AUllte.515 
— Japan ..754 
— — seed to t.lio acre.7 r >) 
mammoth red. on dry soil.... 28 
— Need, saving . .717 
— white and bine grass.ftlf. 
Cockle, to clean out of wheat... .595 
Col «, mullein for.. .....287 
Cole's }««r Agriculture.138 
Colt, bow necked.3-s 
— carries tall to one sldo.3: 
— food for.Pf 
— how old to breed. 487 
— raising by hand,...443 
— to castrate, time ...515 
— with back tendons loo short 7-9 
-bundles on leg.6'.' 
— — one testicle, to castrate.. .399 
— - sore foot . 91 
Condition powders. 2*1*2 
- Tor horse . 170 
Congressional black-list.627 
Conjunctivitis In u horse. Ill 
Copperas ..27n 
Corn attd barley, fattening 
value, ratio between. 
— — cob meal, nutriment.1VS 
— Angel of Midnight, where to 
buy.;.123, 154 
— broom... 186 
Corn cobs,will they pay to grind ? 139 
— fertlllz r for.270 
— fertilizing.531 
— grains on tassel.627 
— Kaffir.827 
— mixing, liowfarapart.579 
— planter band ,. . .170 
— seed of dent for Dak.154 
-preserving from birds_35-1 
— Sqtiautuni .707 
-und Potter’s Excelsior . .738 
— — Is Potter's Excelsior.707 
— stalks, earless. 59 
— — bow long o cut.139 
-steaming, will it pay?.189 
— pweet, best for market...738 
— to put Into a crib. -5-17 
CoHtlveueBB in a horse.354 
Cotiou or linseed meal, which 
for feed..419 
— Bocd hulls ns a fertblzer.751 
— — or new process linseed 
meal?.. ..515 
— — bone dust ara guano,com¬ 
parative value. 23 
-whole analysis of.827 
Cough In cow. 75 
Cow. barrou.643 
— book on. 435 
— drinking cold water after 
calving.739 
— fnmltv.499 
— Jersey becomes sterile.437 
— killer Insect...581 
— peas...286 
-time to eut for fodder.347 
— -pox ill cows.691 
— scratching her hair off.8:«i 
— spits uplierfood.128 
— sterile ....S87 
— suffering from eversion of 
womb.386 
— to make her breed.531 
— weak In hind parts.122 
— with cough.75 
-diseased teats.466 
— — garget....531 
-Itch . 435 
— lump In angle of Jaw. 90 
— — — on neek. T 4 
-sore teat.222. "39 
— _ gwel’tngon Jaw . ,..MB 
-teats grown together.739, 387 
— — tube'culosis.466 
— — wans. 354 
-wolf-ln-the-tall, camphor 
for.323 
Cows, cotton-seed and malt 
sprouts for. 186 
— eseuteheon of . vm 
— farrow, wintering............795 
— feeding pumpkins..107 
— leaking milk.nr,i 
— milch, feed for..-151 
— — — — good. .1 S 
— 'cats obstructed.239,467 
— testlnv for cream and butter 754 
Crab apple. Transcendent, when 
does It bear?.5*4 
Cream notcomlng.2 2 
Crop bes on newly cleared land 854 
Crops for soiling . 270 
Crows, strychnia for.2S7 
Cultivator, riding, 4 or G teeth ..1*0 
Oureu'lo remedy.371 
Currant cuttings, to make.707 
— Fay’s not growing.755 
— largest and best...547 
— worm. .. 408 
Current* blighting. 5U 
— o'd bushes, it'w better.82? 
Cutting*difficult to root.403 
Cut worm, IIon.419 
— — war on..-.,. 7 
Orelntren rnllure .659 
Daisy. Ox-eye, getting rid of... 515 
Deutzlas tender In vt.8*6 
Dew berrv, Lucre! la.<99 
Dtnr hi n In hens. 1M 
Disinfectant for cesspools.. 149 
— Santlas- where to buv.843 
Dogs. Scotch collie, where to 
buy...170 
Distemper in a horse..842 
Drainage rurrow«..595 
Dropsical swelling In mare’sleg.R48 
Duck Avery. 7« 
— eomnv-n .738 
— Pekin, origin of. 2-3 
— Rthg. 7-38 
— Rottens.734 
— with sore ryes. 222 
Egg food. Imperial, where to buy *9 
Kgetnr, N It good tor poultry.. .*33 
Egvs, imported, duty . .467 
— rve or co* n to 'cert for.139 
Epilepsv In n horae. 270 
Keen ""hon In cows .254 
Evergreen, seeds planting.1S9 
Evergreens, book on.839 
— for Rons.414 
topiary work.418 
— wlnil-nreaks. high elevation. 1°9 
F.ye, film over.2i>2 
Eyes of horse, watery.... 64’) 
— — mare sore ..271) 
vaneler**. Associated of Rhll ...483 
Farmers’ Club Constitution. 
good model.. 839 
Selling produce without- a 11- 
■ •• Mi. . 146, 
Farm hands, hoarding. set 
help, form of contract.92? 
Feed, buck wheat as...186 
f r milch cows... 7 
Feeding "H muni, . .354 
Fence, wire, po«t« :** feet apart.. 23 
Fertilizer, apple parlug* iisa...71t 
— bon**, blood und potush for 
wheat .....679 
— corn ou a sandy garden.lf>4 
— Cotton-«ee<l as a.1 r 4 
— — — hulls ns.?54 
— ground rock n« a ...771 
— number "lutlvlng the.74 
— on hny land time to apply... .795 
— — land that grows oak and 
chestnut. *2-3 
quartet. 6.288 
Fertilizers, chemical, lasting 
effects.466 
— J. J. fl Gregory’s work on... 23 
Kestucaelnttor. '31 
FI tiger uni's, to harden.139 
Fire, kindl'ng for.R27 
Flstul". of the poll. .202 
Fleeces, col ted HI' 
Floral dictionaries...2i*2 
Florist *' toislne-s. 354 
Flowers, keeping over Winter. .(H5 
Fly. Ile-slan..H’27 
Fodder ernes, supplementary.. H4« 
Fodder cutter. I"7 
queries.. 75 
Foot rot contuglous In cattle,. .739 
— sore In colt.... 91 
Forsvthlas. ......251 
Fruit carrier, when* in de.-3'4 
— farming small,and plgB.822 
— small queries.. . 5-17 
trees Northern at the South 822 
— wild, gathering, legal und 
moral a*pouts.722 
Fruit" for Eastern Mass.. ...1i)7 
— unull. iteanted toKnus.323 
— _ fertilizing.S?l 
— — mulching- . 7 
Kurnnc* s. *» ood-burtihig.139 
Garget In a cow. 581 
Gas lime.. ...254, 483 
Geraniums properly pelargoul- 
u in s. 234 
Glanders, chronic lu n horse_90 
Goal and steep genera.186 
— female, how long does she 
earry her young....71 
Goats, Ang"rn.7t 
Goitre In a cow .434 
Gooseberry bushes, trimming ..707 
— free from mildew.547 
— plan's heaved bv frost.408 
Grafting ut time of transplant¬ 
ing.7.38 
Grafting wax...151 
Grain, Inseets In, to destroy.0)0 
Grape, a sour. 79? 
— Brighton for vlueyorda.302 
— Concord 755 
— — as stock for belter.189 
— cu<tines, making........707 
— for wine.514 
— juice.707 
— N lagara compared with Lady.139 
Grape — seedling, to prune.139 
— Foek Ington In Vt.270 
— pruning, when ..139 
— Sctippornonv pruning.354 
— Victoria.795 
— Worden.755 
Grapes, bagging . 387 
— — ad tun luge of.. 73 
— cracking....122 
— direction of rows.2:>5 
— foreign Tor a cold nousc.2.H3 
— for Texas.837 
— — Hie South......7') 
— hybridized, how. 75 
— In it cold grapey cracking. ..122 
— rotting, preventing..707 
— to bud .. ... .387 
— truin' d on a veranda.1*6 
Grapery, hot Ikuimp, treatment.2V2 
Grape-vine bloom of. blasting..517 
— btnis killed by frost.. 139 
— - over hearing . -.139 
— — posts painted with coal 
tar.199 
— — — preparation for........734 
— — protecting In Neb.8-18 
— Vines benrlug alter felting 
out . .486 
— — care of.647 
— — gum exuded, lusect caus¬ 
ing ...23 
— — layering. 5t3 
- — laying down.. 7 
— — Niaguru In Con. protec¬ 
tion. .. .195 
— — mice ea'lng.707 
— — selling uot true to name..?M 
— — lime to prune. 7 
Grass, Burmuda, for Va.323 
crab, t ' kin.. ... . 547 
— for u sleep orchard,.....254 
— — lawn .139,613 
— - Virginia.323 
— tulxtuie for a lawn.'39, el-3 
— Orenaru, lime and quantity 
to sow . 839 
— I rnlrlc, fuhdulng..154 
— Taltuai, >n drought .403 
— — Panic.5i5 
Grasses fora horse paddmk.... 643 
— — permanent pasture.8ti 
Gt nb on the i.nck of cattle, 27U, 638 
Gypourn, action on icgundnous 
plant-.74 
— facts about . 59 
Hair w> rrns . . . .675 
Halter-puller, confirmed.170 
Harrow leetb, lose lu wood.186 
liay. rutting for stock. 139 
— — will it cay?. 107 
— green, giving more milk than 
cured, why? .9) 
— ton cubic feet In.110 
Heaves. I* tt 1 oss hie to cure—77i 
Hedge. Thorn, seed of. 675 . 
Heifer sucking her mother . ..515 
Henmunure for corn, underat- 
Ing..01 
— lui-ttlyzod . 723 
— re st, tibjeetlun to L. D. 
Woods' . ..... 75 
Hens wltn diarrhea.154 
Herb culture . . ..*27 
Herbs, market B*r.82? 
Heri ford* average price .59 
noefc Joint, strain of, In colt .531 
Hog eh- 1 ra.59,222,811 
— hermaphrodite. 59 
— lama..B2! 
Hogs, best breed for crossing on 
long nosed. 75 
— fat entng on turnip*.754 
— lice on. ..251 
Hollow horn. 908 
Holstein trlt sluus, good milker* 
fair for lie- f. 
Honey, making comb. 
— dealer... 
— to extract from the couth. 
Hoof-, br'ttle in 1 cow.... 
"Hooks” in n horte.. 
Horse, alllug . -i? 
— can't t ut hay.523 
— carrying her tongue out of 
moil til 286 
— chew lug harness.739 
— collar.-... ..419 
— condition powder for. 179 
— r-ut on win* fence.771 
— hair falling off.67.5 
— ’’hook"" In.. 59 
— tn poor condition.238 
— kicked on fetlock Joint.467 
— kicking. Treatment.075 
— knee sprung .384 
— lire on, remedy. 222 
— rubblug tall aud mane.627 
— sick . 17U 
— stepping on nail..481 
— ttUP pniisihe halter... .llfi 
— trouble with heart dl ease..122 
— with throttle glanders...flu 
— — — distemper.842 
— — — eruption .948 
— — —niivut gleet. 675 
— — hard frogs.354 
— — nasai dl-chnrge.35i 
— —ring worm.851 
— — soub es or prurigo. «t 
— — “stock" teg. .198 
— — swelling >>n leg .122, 286 
— — tc-udor/eei... .... 75 
— — '“thrush" or ‘'footovll,”.. .842 
— — watery eyes.643 
Horses fattening feed for.675 
— unsln d... ... ...107 
Huckleberries, raising...... .... 466 
Ice house nud milk room, com 
bln* d .,,..739 
Incubator for 11)0 eggs .123 
the beat.789 
Inellbntors.223 
Indigestion, calves with.'270 
Influenza lu mules.643 
Insecticide Tor orange grove.t?r> 
Insect Injuring grape vine.23 
Insects tor a collection, treat 
nieut. ... .643 
— In gr in to destroy. 1711 
Ironware, cracked, cement for..755 
Itch lu cow. 435 
Ivy. Am< rlcan. Injuring build 
' tugs.186 
Ja|*an clover... .754 
— quince.. 419 
Jolly. up|>lr, difficult to make 
at a pram . 59 
Jerseys and AJderneys not the 
same. ........648 
Kninlt.....270 
— nod raw tone for plum*.739 
for phim and peach trees... .691 
Kale for milch cow*.139 
Keros-ne barrel for cider... 107 
— emulsion..499,67-"> 
Kill) k kneed colt.531 
Lambs, ailing.643 
— early, who receives In N--Y..707 
— fattening.811 
-feed for.811 
Lameness, hlpor stifle.,.. . . -2.*? 
— lu a hog .. ..-1 
Laninas . ..739 
Land lit N“b.. Information—_723 
— ortlm s lu Dakota.)RK 
— — — Kansas.72)1 
Lawn grass...739 
Leg of marenorc.8V7 
L«tiuce, Boston, how raised ...419 
Lice, lipple tree.354, 531 
— -root.795 
— green on apple and plum 
trees.403 
— on cherry trees...435 
-chicks, lard and sulphur 
for...467 
-hens, petroleum for.......739 
— - hogs. 2.M 
— — horse remedy...222 
— — on aittneo tree#..844 
Lightning rods.595 
Lilies book on cultivation of.. 7 
Lime, quick. Us use other than 
fr masons.23 
-nude of stone used to 
make hydraulic cement.28 
Liming 1 ow meant w*.286 
MagnctCu. effects of on soil.823 
Magnolia acuminata. 675 
Malt v nrouts us food. 7 
— — for cattle. 7 
Mangel, Golden Tankard, for 
hogs.139 
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