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Farm Help Market.,, M.W.r.,.. 45 
llelj), Organization to Save*... .>-i< .. 331 
♦House at Hone Farm. 325 
Hlouse at Hope Farm 
Institute Review . 337, 354 
Institute Speaker, Breeding. 403 
Institute Suggestions . 403 
Page 
1‘roducts, Good Prices for. 010 
Queries .404 
In Field . 145 
Gardening by Water. 485 
In Porto Rico.573 
In Sandy Soil.146 
Institute Workers . 525 Gas Lime, Value of-• • .. 
implied, Crops from. 402 
Labor . 308, 412, 486 
Maebinery, Talk About.... 449, 514, 531 
Nebraska, Rental of. 136 
Notes from Massachusetts. 311 
485 
Geese, Questions About.430 
Ginseng Boomers . 364 
Cultivated . 841 
Cultiwe of .318 
.Sensible Talk about. 809 
Gladioli, Cutting . 869 
Notes from W’estern N. Y. 485 twa ou, , 
Organization Neces.sary . 337 Gloxonia, Ibick-Leaved . 390 
Power 
♦Stone for Ornament. 
Young Man on.. . 
Farms, Abandoned, in New England. 
Stony . 
Farmer and Creamery.. 
And Electric Road- 
861 
,578 
354 
559 
566 
641 
557 
445 
In the City.. 
On Mortgage^^^;;^-;. 
Or Skilled i,aborer.. 231 
Whv I . 88.1 
Wrtinen, Notes from... 574, 590, 606, 
622, 655, 761 
p,.rmers’ Congress, National. 700 
German, Thrifty . 413 
Institutes, New .Jersey. 796 
Institutes, New Y'ork.796 
Institute Workers . 841 
.Small, and Pedigreed Stock. 559 
Some Successful . 769 
Vs. Canal Bill.553 
Farming Changed by Labor Problem.... 231 
Co-operative .623 
Thrifty . 817 
On a Maine Island. 461 
I’oor .567 
Feed Dealer, Confessions of. 739 
Fence, Portable, for Hogs. 351 
Fern, Pierson . 240 
Ferrets, Back Talk About.495 
♦Raising . 447 
Fertilizer, Bog Iron as. 580 
Bone as . 482 
Burning Clay for. 240, 254 
Buying . 102 
Chemical, Dr. .Iordan on. 57 
Chemicals, Home Mixing of.532 
Chemicals, Using Separately. 122 
Figuring Out . 51 
Fish and Seaweed for. 452 
For Asparagus .298 
For Clark Grass. 298 
For Corn .. 34, 102, 142 
For Dairy Farm. 102 
For Fruit . 469, 739 
For Grass.338, 751 
For Indiana Meadow. 51 
For Millet . 482 
For Nursery Land. 85 
For Pear . 389 
For Potatoes . 102, 142, 402 
For Prairie Soil. 2,30 
•For Strawberries . 429, 230, 299 
For Sweet Potatoes,. 341 
For Tomatoes . 429 
l^or Turnips . 482 
Grape Pomace as. 254 
High Grade.89, 239, 371 
In Missouri . 633 
Money Value of. 206 
Nitrate of Potash for. 186 
Late Application of.389 
Rotation . 105 
What for Alfafa..353 
Sowing in Grain Drills. 215 
What with Clover. 186 
Where to Spread. 299 
W^th Cow l^eas.142 
ITnder Glass .. ,319 
Fertilizing an Orchard in Clover. 186 
Mixture for All Crops. 186 
Second-Crop Grass. 489 
Field Flooded by Sea W'ater. 122 
Financial Markets .573 
Fish for Fowls,.. 783 
Flies, Killing .... 537 
Smartweed for ... 26.3 
Spittle . 476 
Flood, W^ork of. 745 
Floors and Walks, Concrete for. 207 
Florida, W^lnter Notes from,, 210, 271, .356 
Tomatoes . ,,,,,,, . 717 
Flower Notes from New Mexico,,,. 189 
Show, Bronx Park. .396 
Florists and Express Companies,,. .284, 851 
•Fluke, Newton K. 277 
Fly, Hessian, in Ohio...585 
♦Fodder Crops, New Hamp.shlre..353 
Dry, in Silo.721, 736 
On Meadows . 446 
Food Experiment, Human. 51 
Forest Trees, Propagation of.340 
Fowls, I’enned, Grit for. 47 
♦W^hite Wyandotte . 772 
France. I’tiblic Utilities in. 467 
Frog Raising. 745 
Fruit and Crows. 647 
Bud Formation . 500 
Crop, Southern .. 361 
Fertilizer . 739 
Garden for Ohio.406 
♦Good . 207 
Growers’ Association, N. Y. State.... 41 
Growers, N. Y. State..'_645 
Grower, Western, Talks. 3 
Growers. Connecticut, Meet. 127 
tirowing, Start in.404 
Growing, Stringfellow Method. 499 
Ju Connecticut . 643 
In Illinois .676, 869 
in Ohio. 23.3 
l.and. Renovating . 144 
List, Long.390 
List, N. J. 7.33 
Market in Michigan.311 
Meeting, Hudson V'^alley. 106 
Netting . 797 
Notes from California.689 
Packages, Size of.. 684 
Packing, Dishonest , ., ... 278 
•Picking by Machinery, 81 
Seeds, Planting .20 
Tree Comments by Stringfellow, ,,,, 82 
Tree I’ropagation .562 
•Tree, Why and llow to Prune, ,,, j. 143 
Ih-ees. Budding in Washington. 500 
Trees. Painting Against Rabbits. 757 
/rees. Ripening wood of.803, 867 
Trees, Where Peed.,319 
Virginia . 339 
Gluten as Feed. 152, 526 
For Cows and Horses. 415 
♦Goats, Angora . 2 , 818 
Plain Talk About.767 
Gold from California Orchards. 722 
Gophers, Poisoning . 320 
Grafting and Budding Questions.65, 852 
A Small Branch.322 
Best Wood for. 514 
Root . 2 
Wax, Making. 212 
Grain and Feed Outlook.777 
For Cows . 4.31 
For Pigs ..309 
Smut .305 
Grange and Agricultural Education. 85 
And Mortgage Tax. 291 
Defense of . 771 
♦Hall . 466 
Hall, Best Plans for. 83 
♦Hall, Prize Winning. 450 
Hall, Who Owns?. .320 
Halls, Acoustic Properties of.14,3 
What It Stands for. 83 
Grape, Concord, War on. 208 
Cuttings, Handling. 7.39 
Insect Outlook . 485 
Pomace as Fertilizer. 254 
Rot . 852 
Stark Star . 742, 788 
♦I'raining, Notes on. 122 
Grapes, Black Rot in. 629 
For .Tuice . 34 
In Mississippi . 886 
In IMace of Concord. 436 
On Rural Grounds. 790 
Thrips on . 189 
Grass, Awnless Brome. .340 
Blue, Pasture . 188 
Clark System 104, 187, 560, 579, 595, 
611, 625, 64.3, 804, 851 
Fertilizer for.... 245, 298, 338, 627, 751 
In Orchards . 535 
Nitrate of Soda for. 502, 532 
Second Crop . 612 
Second-Crop, Fertilizing .489 
Seeding After Millet. 627 
Seeding in Corn.468 
Sleepy .103 
Under Pine Trees. 127, 19.3, 4^2 
Greenhouses and Coal Strike. 70 
♦Grindstone, Bicycle . 387, 499 
Ground, Feeding .789 
Grub, White, Story of. 564, 788 
Grubs, Salt for.709 
Guano, Use of. .318 
Gypsophila Panlculata. 192 
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Hope Farm Story. 173 
Horticultural Society, Illinois,.,. 41 
Ohio, Society ...... 21, 37, 53 
Society, Pennsylvania . 86 
Society, Western New York.95, 115 
Horse, Bog Spavin in. 719 
Buckwheat Hulls for. 766 
Feeding of . 718 
Holding Bit . 814 
Indigestion in. 607, 735 
Interfering .266 
♦Large and Speedy. 622 
Old, Killing .759, 819 
With Impaired Digestion.783 
Poll-Evil in . 702 
Protecting from Flies. 130 
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Matters in Ma*.sachnsetts.... 
Men Get Together. 
Notes.. 91, 131, 15Q„..Aa7, 3u6, 33.5, 
431, o.. 
Prices Coudensery . 39 
•Problem, Sunday .'.. 1 
Producers’ Meeting . 197 , 509, 
Selling ... 
Situation ... 
Situation, Mapes on.4^ 
Situation, Maryland .39 
Station, Co-operative 
Stringy . 
Taints in . 
Trade, Future of.66: 
Punctured Foot in. 846 Millet as Silage. 591 ’ 
Scratches and Thrush in. 110 Fertilizer for _ 
Show, New York . 845 Mistletoe in Australia. 
Thieves . 573 Mites, Brine for. -JjI 
Thoroughpln in . 266 Mole Skins, Curing. 88 * 
Training . 7.59 Moles, Influx of. .^,9 
Treatment of . 527 Mortgage Tax Question Discussed. .. 83, 27 
Wasting of Muscles In. 175 Mortgages, A Farmer on. 38 
,^'ocked Ankle. 327 Mowers, Buncher Attachment for.... . .. 43 
Muck, How to Handle.626, 8 S: 
Raw, on Meadows. 5 . 8 ! 
Alule Beats an Automobile. 86: 
With Blind Staggers. 28' 
Mushrooms, Shall We Grow. 78 | 
Muskrat Outlook. g’’' 
With Cold . 607 
With Cough . 495 
Horses and Strike. 463 
Best Manger for. 15 
Corns in . 175 
Draft, Outlook for. 286, 4.31, 527 
Hackney, Outlook for. 328 Mustard Seed in Oats. 15 ; 
Wintering in Kansas. 46 
Wolf Teeth in. 194 
House Heating, Steam or Water for.... 885 
Hotbeds . 20 , 69, 741 
Steam for Heating. 260 
Hydrangea and Privet, ITopagating.613 
Hardy .662 
Hydrocyanic Acid Gas. 165 
Wild, Killing 
59 
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•Ice on an Indiana Farm. 33 
Reservoir . 724 
Incubator House of Logs. 594 
Items . 382 
Notes . 309 
Thermometer in . 92 
Insect Pests, Clear Kerosene for. 674 
Insects and Law. 807 
And Lime for Spraying. 8.35 
Riot of . 470 
Iris Roots, Insects Affecting.788 
Iron, Bog, as Fertilizer. 580 
♦Irrigation, Overhead . 4.54 
Problem . 468 
•Narcissus Blooms, Giant.3.7 
Culture .37 
Nasturtium, White Dwarf.83 
Nebraska, Wet Weather in.49 
New Mexico Notes. '33: 
Nitrate of Soda.59 
For Corn . 35 
For Grass . '^ 02 , 53. 
In Garden . 5,3; 
Used Alone .3ij 
Nitrogen for Sour Soil. 27: 
Sources of . ,59) 
Various Forms of.20( 
What Form to Buy.’ 59( 
With Cow Pea VMnes. 12 
North Carolina, Mountains of. 
♦Nose, Reconstructing . 
Nursery Questions . 
Trees, Cold Storage for. 
Nurserymen and Fumigated Stock....!'. '4i( 
And Substitution .857, 8 
Nurserymen’s Association, American.... 46i 
Nut Growers, National. 80 
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Japanese as Fruit Growers. 679 
Labor . 44 
Jonquils, Sweet and Hardy.358 
Junk License .525 
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Kerosene Emulsion .165 
Kitchen Drain, Cleaning. ,595 
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Fruits, Bush, Fall Planting for. 677, 692, 716 
Bush, in Wisconsin,.... 207 
i'ane . 637 
For Maine .. 125 
For Maryland .. 258 
For Pennsylvania . 234 
June Drop . 470 
Preserving for Exhibition,,. ...733 
Small, and Trucking.. 107 
Fungicide. Better Wanted. 755 
Fungicides. Dry and Liquid. 438 
Dry, for Vineyards. 68 
rung.,, ajjo Insect Insurance. 103 
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4pple. 420, 401 
Game Laws . . on 
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Garden, Backwoods ■■■■!!!■!”’!.gpq 
Possibilities 
87 
Hall, Improving Acoustics of.415 
Hare, Belgian . 348 
Harness, Cleaning .703 
Treatment for . 211 
Hawks and Nux Vomica.796 
Hay and Fodder Outlook. 441 
Baling in Field. 421, 445, 462, 471 
Bunching . .562 
Bunching with Horse Rake.626 
Clover, Soaking. 593 
Cooked . 477 
Crimson Clover for. 484 
Cutting from Field.482 
Fork in Small Barn. 188, 283 
Handling on Western Farms. 434 
Loft Door .286 
Notes .551 
Oat . 484 
Outlook for .... . 457 
Prices .79.3 
Roping . 723, 771 
Tools for Unloading. 421 
♦Hazel Nuts .. 324, 774 
Hemlock Seedlings . 870 
Heifer, Removing Warts from. 591 
Hen Business, Starting. 670 
Feeding Notes . 226, 245 
House, Cement Floor for. 219 
House, Cleaning . 350 
House, Colony . 590 
House for Small Flock. 686 
House, Plan of. 195, 526 
House, Rat-Proof . 623 
Ilouse Ventilation . 526 
Hurrying . 14 
Lice . 46, 92 
Manure and Chemicals. 627 
Manure, Fertilizing value of.51, 878 
Manure, Mixing . 67 
Mash, Satisfactory . 176 
Ration, Satisfactory .309 
Record. 93, 245, 328, 366 
Remarkable . 703 
Hens, Artificial Moulting.622 
Athletic . 176 
By the Acre. 289 
Corn for . 815 
Expenses and Returns from. .355 
Experience with . 31 
Feather-Eating . 479 
Feeding . .35 
Feeding Grit to. 639 
Feeding Meat to. 755 
Green Bone and Grain for. 194 
Horse Meat for . 815 
Linseed Meal for. 815 
Milk for . 245 
Not Idle . 308 
Old or New Corn for. 686 
Shooting . 807 
Sick . 91 
That Peed Themselves. 767 
That Pull li'eathers. 366, .399 
Winter Laying .62, 814 
♦Hillsides, Cultivating .484 
♦Hippeastrums, Gorgeous . 646 
Hog Breeder. Virginia.510 
♦House, Cement and Sldehill for.... 3.39 
Pasture .559 
Pens, Stone and Cement. 318 
Pens. Cement Floors for. 383, 754 
Question 807 
Hogs as Gardeners. .... .10,5 
Bedding .^. 3.5 
Berkshire, Arguments for. 91, 686 
Berkshire, Biltmore . 607 
Cabbage and Syrup for. . .607 
F'eedlng Clover to. 281 
Gnawing Trough.799 
Hope Farm ...! 567 
In Orchard . 846 
TJee on . 327 
Mait Sprouts for.607 
Pasturing . 526 
Portable Pence for...,,..,.., .351 
Ringing ;.. 463 
Hollv, Japanese... 342 
Euronean . 342 
Hollyhocks Everblooming. 638 
Labor and Money. 391 
Lambs Early . 428 
Hothouse . 229 
Lively . 460 
Land, Burning over. 853 
Fertility, Problem in. 371 
I’oor, Seeding to Grass. 404 
Rollers, Small . 738 
I.anterns and Wagons. 819 
Lawn, I.ime on. 593 
Ridding of Plantain. 212 
Lettuce, Fall . 821 
Queries .! . ’ 321 
Rust and Aphides on,. 2T3 
Wonderful . ,358 
Lice on Corn Roots. 208 
Lightning and Metal Roof. 644 
And a Steel Tower. 4,36 
Protection Against . 279 
Rod on Windmill. 370 
Lilies, Blight on. 556 
Lime and Blueberries . 823 
And Drainage Needed .. 122 
Do Not Use with Manure. 122 
For Alfafa . 350 
From Shells and Limestone.482 
In Bone and Ashes. 34 
Kiln Ashes. 372 
On Potatoes .389 
Salt and Sulphur Wash. .— 161, 261, 
323, 338, 578, 593, 706, 707 
Test for .. 3.38 
With Beans . 278 
Live Stock, Pedigreed, and Small Parm- 
^ ers . 558 
Locust Seeds, Germinating. 2 
Loganberry .694 
Louisiana Notes . 569 
Oak and Chestnut Sprouts, Killing. 50; 
Oat Hay . 83 
Smut, Curing . i(j. 3 , 10 , 
♦Oats and I’eas. 300, 3!3 
In Strawberries. 67C 
Oleomargarine Bill, Effect of. 431 
Egg . 287 
Palm Oil in. 307 
Southern View of. 447 
Onion Crop Report. 745, 6,32 
Culture in I’ennsylvania. 579 
Notes . 310, 5(19 
Questions . 36, 565, 711 
Seed, Growing . 749 
Troubles . 649 
Onions and Squash Bugs. 172 
♦Hope Farm . 705 , 711 
In Indiana . 581 
On Large Scale. 617 
♦Weeding Comfortalily . 1C4 
Wild, Killing . 231 
Orchard Cultivation . 254, 74 f 
Culture for Texas. 187 
Fertilizing . iSC 
For Ohio.189 
Grass in . 5 . 35 , 509 
How Shall We Work. 
Improving . 12(1 
l.and, Burning Over. 723 
Land Near Washington. 5C5 
Lazy, Waking Up. 101 
I.ive Stock in.73(1 
Mountain, Handling .772 
Mulched, in Illinois. 07.1 
Mulching in Florida. 82 
Mulching, .T. H. Hale on. 600 
On Rough Land. 671 
Planting in Montana. 147 
Problem, British Columbian.7-1.1' 
Problem, Pennsylvania . 7 7: 
Rye in . 439; 
Tillage, Prof. Bailey on. 73 
Orchards, Nova Scotia. 402| 
Of .1, II. Hale. 6.'9 
Planting Among Stumps. 61 
Turf Culture of..... . 5’3 
Oxen, Red, Land of.71G 
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♦Mail Box on Wheels. 580, 674 
Man His Own Horse. 454 
Manure and Buckwheat Hulls.'254 
Hauling . 722 
Hauling Daily . 267 
Horse, Chemicals with.889 
Eiquid . 499 
On Meadows. 149 
Pine Shavings for.... . 786 
Stable, with Chemicals.642 
Stored, Value of. 739 
When Shall We Spread. 84!) 
Maple Scale, Cottony.580 
Sugar in Ohio. 271 
Mapes and His Hens. 243 
Mare, Salivated .607 
Mares, Brood, Success with. 575 
Hock, Swelling in. 846 
Market Garden Questions. 517 
Gardening In Corn Belt. 753 
Gardeners Combine .239 
Notes from Connecticut.483 
Problems . 341 
Markets at Erie, Pa. 515 
At Hagerstown, Md.5.31 
Of Various Places.291 
Meat and Cream in Iowa. 66 
Meehan’s Monthly Discontinued. 22 
Melon Blight . 866 
Seeds, Changing . 819 
Seed Selection . 7 O 8 
Vines. Sulphur on. 773 
Melons, Planting by Machinery.... 644, 668 
Spraying . 451 
Men, Trusty . 39 
Mice and Tobacco. 729 
And Clover . 871 
Milk an<* Silage. 605 
Bitter . 399 
Bonus Offered by Bordens. 242 
♦Certified, In Orange Co., N. Y’.433 
Company, Pure . 623, 636 
Condensery . 326 
Condensed, and Silos. 516, 530, 6"3 
Dealer Talks .:.. 575 
Feeding Fat into..•... 866 
Guaranteed, Germans Study. 2 . 377 
Legislation . 52,5 
Man and Sunday.. 47, 131 
Man’s Suggestion . 687 
Man’s View ...62.3 
Matters .. 25, 380 
Pceonies, Boom in.172 
Pseony Species. 21(1 
Splendid White . 21(1 
Tree . 172 
Yellow iu I’rospect. 210 
Pansies, Superb . 374 
I’apaws, Native and Tropical.124 
I’asture Notes . 557 
Renewing . 628 
Seed for . 67 
Improving .447 
♦Peanut Culture . 4.33 
♦Pecans in Mississippi. 46.7 
And Walnuts in Oklahoma.740 
Peddler, Notes from. 110 
Peddling at Elmira, N. Y..311 
Pedigree in Strawberry Plants. 690 
Pea, Gradus . 740 
Gradus, Defects of. 658 
Seeds, IMistakes in Growing.625 
Vines and Lime as Manure. 722 
Peas, Cow, at N. ,1. Experimental Sta¬ 
tion . 70 
Cow, at North..300 
Cow, Belated . 5.35 
Cow, Curing for Hay. 578, 593, 735 
Cow, Cutter for.501 
Cow, for Green Manure. 373 
Cow, ^ Corn Belt. 881 
Cow, in Cornfield. 402 
Cow, in Michigan. 579 
Cow, in South. 529 
Cow, Nitrogen for. 581 
Cow, I’lanting . .380 
Cow, Resistant . 148 
Cow, 'I’hat Catch Nitrogen. 738 
Cow, Turning Under. 4-11 
Cow, with Buckwheat.389 
Early . 52 
Fall Planting for . 565 
Fertilizer for .389 
For the Cannery.\. 67 
New, Magnum Bonum, Thos. Laxton, 
Harbinger, Kelvydonlan, Sander’s 
Marrow . 486 
On Poor Land... . 8.39 
♦Peach, Black’s Seedling. ... 562 
Borers . 13 , S^fO 
Camelia . 533 
Characteristics. Greensboro, Carman, 
Mountain Rose. Elberta, Oldmlxon 
Free. Stump. Beer’s Smock. Fox, 
Early Crawford, Late Crawford.,, 
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