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Adenophora Potanini. ,00 
AUv:eitisiag, Home. 791 
Agricultural College at Cornell. 3 
♦College, New iork. 577 
College Spirit.515, 643 
Course at Cornell. 51 
Agriculture, in Rural Schools. 302 
Anaiia Hay, hanailng. 492 
In 'Apple Orchard. 706 
In ‘California. 235 
In Massachusetts. 703 
In New Hampshire. 319 
in Silo. 15 
In Vermont. 422 
Notes. 447 
What Fertilizers for. 353 
Almond Culture. 626 
Ammonia and Nitrogen, Difference Be¬ 
tween . 102 
AphiSj Wooliy.660, 738 
Appie and I’ear Blight. 617 
Aphids .565, 588 
Arkansas Black. 356 
Barrels, Canadian .819, 825 
Bismarck . 809 
Barrels, Cost of. 51 
Barrels, Why High. 755 
Belt, Western N. Y. 345 
Ben Davis. 125 
Ben Davis, Baked. 355 
I Ben Davis, for Foreign Shipment... 889 
} Ben Davis, for New Kngland. 208 
' Ben Davis, Top-Working. .. 234 
Black Ben Davis. 500 
Borers, Tar for. 4 
•Boxes .802, 837 
Buyer . 835 
Canada Baldwin. 36 
♦Canada Red .143, 238 
Consumers’ League. 81 
Crab, Martha...235, 303 
<’rab. Orchard. 396 
Crop Estimate.601, 697, 786 
i,'fown Gall on.420, 421, 436 
('Ulture, Ilitchiugs. 280 
Culture in Western N. Y.417, 433 
Culture, Notes on. 185 
CUrculio . 826 
Dealers’ Remarks . 841 
Ensee . 427 
Growers’ Congress . .877 
Growing, Ultchings. 82 
Growing in New Mexico. 708 
•In Oregon . 850 
House, Michigan. 50 
•Ideal . 206 
•Jacobs Sweet . 771 
•Klcvskoe . 298 
•Lehigh Greening.19, 349, 370 
McIntosh . 238 
Mammoth Blacktwlg. 356 
•Missing Link_369, 418, 423, 435, 629 
Mother .7, 380 
Orchard, Cherries in. 693 
Orchard, Ilitchings.... 388, 428, 612, 617 
Orchard, Lazy . 852 
Orchard, Pennsylvania, Again. 49 
i Orchard, Vergon. 253 
•Palmer Greening. 50 
Primate . 740 
' •Promising Seedling. 255 
•Randolph .595, 036 
Roseau . 282 
i •Scab, Pink Rot on. 34 
J Seedlings, Grafting. 144 
1 Seedlings, Growing. 50 
•Swazle Pomme Gris. 186 
•Sweet Russian. 659 
Tree Agent. 750 
j 'free. Value of. 231 
Trees, Collar Rot in. 740 
Trees, Crown Gall on. 404 
'frees. Grafting. 82 
Trees, Ilitchings . 484 
, Trees, Keeping Over Winter. 4 
Trees, Large, Moving. 124 
'frees, Low-Headed. 45 
. 'frees. Root Grafting. 740 
Trees, Sun-Scalded. 626 
•Limi>ertwig . 822 
•Vermont Beauty . 805 
Virginia Beauty. 235 
White Gillitlower . 837 
^^pples and Hogs. 615 
And Plums for Prince Edward’s 
Island . 34 
Barn Storage for. 237 
Bismarck and Opalscent. 740 
Boxed, for Export. 636 
Commercial, for Michigan. 104 
Dishonest Barrel of. 103 
Dominie and Winter Rambo. 68 
For Carolina Mountains. 693 
For Central Illinois. 82 
For Cows 194, 327, 373, 414, 41.5, 
447, 511, 818, 862 
For Export Trade. I21 
For Kentucky. 124 
i For Michigan. 258 
i Fdr Northwestern France. 126 
For Nova Scotia. 126 
For Ohio . 213 
For Ontario . 868 
For St. Louis. 87 
For Washington. 66 
Grafting on Mulberries. 852 
In Cold Storage. 377 
In Hudson Valley. ^.... 722 
Keeping . 626 
Long-Keeping . 621 
Niagara County . 761 
00 Rough Hills. 356 
Planting Among Stumps. 356 
Red, for New England. 303 
Salome, Rail’s Genet, Willow Ben 
Davis, Gano, Stark. 501 
Shipping Abroad. 255 
Spltzenberg, in Mass. 104 
Storage . 396 
Winter, on Summer Stock. 322 
Without Cold Storage. 675 
Arsenlte of Soda. 852 
-Artichokes in Orchard. 212 
A-ihes and Dissolved Bone. 230 
Canada, for Fertilizer. 8i 
For Sandy Soil. 853 
Reached. Effect of. 206 
For Strawberries. 695 
For Swine . 23 
Wood, TTse of . 722 
I Asparagus Bed, Salt for. 370 
Beetle, Fighting. 300 
VOLUME LXII.. 1903. 
A Star (*) Indicates that the Article is Illustrated. 
Page 
Beetles and Chickens. 3«7 
•Bunching . 208 
Crimson Clover in. 588 
Culture . 5 , ‘283 
Fertilizer for. 298 
Frostbitten . 342 
Notes. 453 
I’lants, Glass Grown. 774 
Rust. 320 
'Tops, Cutting .613, 702 
•Auctioneer, Veteran. 18 
Automobile, Working. 595 
Automobiles Coming. 323 
For Farm Use. 467 
Azaleas, Care of. 301 
for Long Island. 68 
B 
Bacteria, New Coming.646, 839 
•Bailey, L. II., A Vote foi. 25 
Barley, Beardle.ss, for Stock Feeding.... ."193 
♦Barn Building, Problems in..‘15, 255, 850 
Concrete Wall for. I 9 
•For Market Gardener. 301 
Heating. 687 
•Modern Ohio . 403 
I*ure Air for. 446 
♦Shawver, in Sullivan Co., N. Y. 531 
♦Bean Horticultural Carmine-Podded.... 742 
•Beans as Second Crop. 339 
IMant on Old Soil. 742 
Bear Hunt Near the Hudson. 588 
Bedbugs, Exterminating. 235 
Bee Hive, Profitable. no 
Beef Clubs . 787 
Diseased . 298 
Bee-Keepers Meet. 239 
•Beer or Milk. 102 
Beet Sugar Notes. 486 
Seed, Harvesting . 820 
Beets for Feeding Swine. 281 
Berries, Nitrate of Soda on. 2.30 
Berry 1 ‘atch, Fitting. 190 
Bird and Fruit 56<>, 614, 628, O.’tO, 669, 
684, 726, 841 
In Mail Box. 412 
Lime, Composition. 644 
Birthday Celebration. 615 
Blackberries among Cherries. 772 
From Cuttings. 674 
Hardiness of . 18 
Blackberry, Early King. 21 
Evergreen . 483 
Oregon Evergreen . 836 
Rathbun .304, 694 
Robison . 694 
Root Cuttings . 7.56 
Ward . 572 
White. 500 
Boarders, Keeping. 567 
Bone as Fertilizer.4, 482 
Grinding at Home. 565 
Ground, Talk about. 498 
or Acid Phosphate. 564 
Preparing for Fertilizer. 142 
Raw, or Superphosphate. 482 
Refuse. 418 
Bones. Potash and Fish Waste. 580 
What to Do with. 852 
Bordeaux Mixture. 165 
All Right . 818 
Cures Scab . 82 
Dry . 650 
How Much?.236 
Improving . 297 
Notes on . 257 
Soda . 599 
Or Carbonate of Copper. 401 
Borer, Shot-Hole, in Cherry Tree. 700 
Boy and the Farm. 217 
•And Pigs. 674 
College Education for. 401 
Education of.343, 818 
Helping . 878 
Bread I.aws, English. 764 
Stale, as Hen and Pig Food. 710 
Breakfast Foods and Flour. 800 
Buckwheat Hulls. 871 
•Buds, Blossom and I.eaf. 162 
Bull, Stable and Bedding for. 130 
Butter, Colored, in Cold Storage. 720 
Coming Quickly. 671 
Company, Organizing. 220 
“Whey” . 879 
From Senarator Cream. 724 
I.aws, English. 325 
Maker’s Contest. 749 
Slow to Come. 30 
Buyer and Seller. 765 
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Cabbage, Danish Ballhead.300, 370 
•Extra Early for Market . 121 
For Stock. 671 
Ground, Liming. 20 
Keeping in Indian Territory. 724 
Late . 52 
Maggot . 420 
Storing . 825 
Worms . 812 
California Notes . 861 
Calla, Oxalis and Smilax. 674 
Yellow . 192 
Calves, Branding. 399 
In Orchard . 476 
Raising without milk.243, 370, 846 
•Calvcanthus Fertills. 486 
Canal Appropriation, Defeat it. 556 
Bill and Farmers.553, 609 
Enlarging . 83 
Barge, Friend of. 697 
Cannery Products. Prices for. 14.3 
Canning Factories for the Farmer. 299 
Factory, Small. 403 
Capons, Experiments with. 431 
Fattening . 267 
Carnation f^clety, American. 240 
Carp, Justice for.787, 878 
More about . 8.35 
Cassava . 422 
Catalogue Reviews. 166 
Catalpa for Railroad Ties. 259 
Growing In the West. 22 
In Canada . 258 
Cattle Breeders, Ayrshire, Meet. 98 
Breeders, N. Y. State.13, 668 
Breeding and Feeding. 288 
•Breeding, Talk About. 417 
Cystic Tumors In. 622 
•i>alry, Dual-Purpose and Beef. .25.3, 326 
•Dishorning Chute. 
Feeding for Market. 
Food, Gluten as. 
Foot-and-Mouth Disease in. 
Galloway, Good Points about. 
Guernsey Breeders. 
•Herefords, Why Breed. 
Holstein, Success with. 
Hornless Ilolsteins. 
Jersey and Ayrshire, Ciossing. . .. 
Jersey, Sale of. 
Lumpy Jaw in. 
♦t'Oiied Albion. 
I’olled Iturham.638, 
Polled Ilolsteins .734, 
I’oIIed, Origin of. 
Ringworm in. 
Short Horn, Good Points of. 
Short-horn, in Argentina. 
Summer Feeding of. 
•Texas . 
Watering Device. 
Celery, California . 
♦Farm, I’ennsylvania. .817, S.'U, 850, 
Growing in Cellar. 
Planting . 
'Transplanting by Machinery.’.’eo, 
•Cellar, Draining.262, .318, 
('eraent in Indiana. 51 ]’ 
♦Stones for Building. 
♦Charcoal Burning . 
Cheese. Bakers. 
Making, Questions about.. . . . 
Saloon Trade in. 
'Talk about. 
Cherries, Dropping . 
Dwarf . 
For Penn.sylvania . 
In Apple Orchard. 
Cherry and Peach Questions. 
(.'rop . 
Ostheimer .. 
Stock, Mazzard. 
'Free, Shot-Hole Borer in. 
'Trees, Remodeling. 
Wild, Improving. 
Chestnut, Grafting.234, 
•Chick Brooder House. 
Brooder Notes . 
Brooderless . 
Brooder Lamps. 
Brooder, Losses of. 
Chilled . 
♦Crippled ..366, 
Dying . 
Losses . 
Margin of Profit in. 
Stale Bread for. 
Y’oung. Selling. 
Chicken Lice . 
•“Chlggers," or Red Mites.. 
Childhood, Second. 
Children, Business . 
Chimney, Concrete for. 
Christmas at Hope Farm. 
Chrysanthemum Show . 
Churning. Experience with. 
Trouble in. 
Cider in Oil Barrels. 
Vlaking, Foreign. 
♦Cistern Filter . 692, 
Under the House. 
City Work . 
Clay, Burnt, as Fertilizer. 
'Tough, What to Do for. 
Clematis, Disease of. 
From Seed. 
Stem Rot in. 
Cloth, Waterproof. 
Clover and I.lme. 
As Hog Food. 
As Silage. 218, 
Crimson, in Delaware. 
Crimson, Facts About. 
Crimson, for Fertilizer. 
Crimson, in Asparagus. 
Crimson, in Northern New York. 
Crimson, in South. 
Crimson, Reports on. 
Cutting in Silo. 
Favorable Season for. 
Fertilizer for. 
In Oregon. 
•In Oswego Co., N. Y. 
Problem, Hard. 
Sod, Cutting... 
Stem, I.ong. 
That Smothers Out. 
Value of. 
White, in Lawns. 
With Oats and Pens. 
Vs. Mixed Grasses. 
Coal Ashes and Hen Manure. 
Ashes on Farm-. 
Ashes, Value of. 
Cold Frames, Cloth for. 
Weather Comfort. 
•Colt, Hope Farm Beauty. 
I.ampas in. 
Columbines. Best. 
Concrete, Experience with. 
Floors and Walks. 
For Chimney. 
For Foundation. 213, 498, 
For Hogpen Floor. 
Increasing Use of. 
On Farm.. 
Conservatory, Electric Heating for. 
Consumer, Educating. 
Consumptives, Open-Air Treatment for. . 
Co operation in Selling. 
Pays . 
That Was Loaded. 
Corn-and-Cob Meal, Value of.. 370, 511, 
515, ,527, 
And Potatoes, Fertilizer for. 
And Soy Beans. 
And Tomatoes Canned. 
Breeding Problem. 163, 674, 
Broom, Smut in. 
Canning at Home. 
Catch Crons in. 
Cobs as Fertilizer. 
Do Ants Injure. 
Fertilizer, Expensive. 
Field, What to Do for. 
Fodder, for Stock. 
Fodder, Handling.638, 751, '771, 
Growing . 
Hogging Down. 
Kaffir and Common. 
Kaffir, for Fodder... 
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On Clover Sod . 
On Old Meadow. ‘ ' . 
I’op, Questions about.. 
Roots, Lice on... 
Saving Seed .’ 
Seeding Grass in.. 
Stalk Shredder, Co-operative. 
Sweet, Culture.. 
Sweet, 'Trials . 
When and How to Fertilize. 
Cortaderia Jubata. 
Cotton-Seed Meal, Adulterated. 
Manurlal Value of. 
Cow and Calf Notes. 
And Pig Rations. 
Black and White. 
Choking . 
Escutcheon on.! 
Feeding, Improper. 
Foster Mother. 
Gives Bitter Milk.. . 
Gives Bloody Milk. 
Good Ayrshire . 
Good Jersey .. 
•Holstein, Good . 
•Holsteln-Friesian . 11 , 3 , 
.Tulia, Dishorning . 
Kicking. 242, 334, 38.3, 
Notes, Practical . 
I’ox, Attack of. 
•Pure-bred Guernsey . 
Shed, Arranging . 
What to Feed. 
With Caked Udder. 
With Eye Tumor. 
With Nasal Polypi. 
Cows, Abortion in. 
And Apples 194, 414, 446, 447, 511, 
818, 
Condition Powder for. 
Curing Warts on. 
Dairy, Grain for. 
•Double Handful of. 
Drunken . 
Feeding Pumpkins to. 
Garget in . 
Grain Ration for. 
Hints on Buying. 
•Holstein, at Rest. 
Picketing . 
Turnips for. 457, 
Udder, Swelling on. 
Udder, Working . 62, 
With Warts . 
•Craig, John . 
6 .'ream Separator . 353, 
Separator at Work.306, 
Separator, Hand . 
Test, Trouble with. 
Creamery, Co-operative .. 
Co-operative, Reports . 
Equipment, Cost of. 
Shark, Experience with. 19, 
Crops, Fertilizer Needs of. 
For Soiling . 
How Show Their Needs. 
Cropping, Intensive . 
Crows and Fruit. 
Killing . 
Cuba, Questions about. 
Cucumber Pickles . 
Seeds Short . 
Currant Cuttings, Handling. 
Yield . 
Currants, Pruning . 
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Daffodils, Spring . 
♦Dahlias . 
Dairy Barn, Making Over. 
♦Barn, Plan for. 
Conditions, Eastern . 
Farm, New England. 
Farm, Vermont . 
Herd, Breeding Up. 
Herd, Record of. 
House, Plan for. 
Notes by John Gould. 
Old Time . 
Dairying, Cape Cod. 
In Ohio . 
Dairyman, Advice to. 
Dairymen, Vermont, Meet. 
Daisy, Barberton . 
•Flea-Bane . 
Dam, Construction of. 258, 
Dandelion Greens . 
Dewberry Varieties . 
Disking or Plowing. 
Ditching Machines . 124, 
•Machine, 'True . 
•Dog, Educated . 
Mange in . 
Notes . 
Drainage Questions . 
Drought . 
Breaking . 
Distressing . 
Effects of . 
Lessons from . 
Duck and Chicken Queries. 
Dust-Storms, Western . 
Dynamite for Digging.786, 802, 
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Earthworms . 725 
Education, Agricultural . 483 
Egg Burglary . 479 
Cases .605 
Figures . 112 
Preservation . 264 
Prices . 415 
IToblems .176 
Situation . 425 
Eggs, Fresh . 110 
Incubator, Warm Water for. 244 
Regulating Size of. 479 
Elevators in the West. 881 
Engine, Gasoline . 279 
Engine as Farm Help. 801 
•Portable, Useful . 10.3 
Euphorbia Corollata . 192 
Evergreens, Hardy . 216 
Experiment Station Bulletins. 4^ 
Express Companies and Florists. 
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