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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
VOLUME LIX., 1900. 
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Acetylene Gas, Ashes from. 609 
Acidanth’: a Blcolor. 738 
Acid Test for Cream. J13 
Advertising, Night.259 
Agriculture, Greatness of.528 
Pennsylvania State Board of.. 39 
Agricultural Association, Boys’... 787 
Botany . 786 
Goepel . 611 
Science, Promotion of.469 
Scientists, Meeting of. 793 
Society, New York State....53, 95 
Alabama, Conditions in. 832 
Alfalfla. as a Forage Crop.785 
As a Protein Crop.419 
Broadcast . 362 
Culture of . 133 
Great Value of. 431 
Growing . 866 
In Kansas .. 211 
In Montana . 226 
In New England .370 
Preparing Sod for. 800 
Reports on . 830 
Alsike for Marshy Band. 303 
Alstroemeria, or Herb Lily. 386 
American Institute Horticultural 
Exhibit . 
Rose Society Exhibition. 
Amorphophallus . 
Amsoma Tabernaemontan'a . 
Animals, Cruelty to. 
That Reasoned . 
Anti-Trust Convention . 
Ants and Aphis . 
In a Dooryard. 
Aphis, Woolly . 
Woolly and Twig Blight. 
Woolly, Killing of. 
Apple, Banana . 
Barrel, Pony . 
Ben Davis .143, 
Ben Davis, Cross Fertilizing.. 
Bismarck, Hardiness of. 
Crab, Rust on...... 
Esopus Spitzenburg. 
Gloucester .... 
Grimes .. . . 
697 
268 
6 
516 
682 
568 
368 
448 
528 
203 
802 
665 
547 
146 
370 
561 
50 
22 
228 
Grower, A Kansas.594 
Growing in North Carolina 
...661, 677 
Growing in Western New 
York . 798 
Long-Keeping . 70 
Maggot, Work ol. 304 
Mammoth Black Twig. 2CC 
Market . 725 
Nero .6, 206 
New, From Oregon . 738 
Opalescent . 370 
Orchard, Cover Crops for. 845 
Orchard, Notes on. 381 
Park’s Keeper . 105 
Prices in New York.057, 677 
Prices. What About.023 
Princess Louise . 786 
Rolfe. . 124 
Seed, Frozen . 351 
Seeds, Sprouting of. 224 
Shippers' Association . 577 
Situation .693, 725 
Stayman, The .466. 510 
Sweei-and-Sour . . 143 
Talk .433 
Tests . 228 
Trade, European . 863 
Trade, The Country's. 789 
Tree Borer . <141 
Tree, Lazy . 261 
Trees, Discouraged . 609 
Trees, Heeling in . 528 
Trees, How to Head. 864 
Trees, Large, Fertilizers for.. 440 
Trees for Virginia. 200 
Trees, Newtown Pippin.450 
Trees on Hillsides . 645 
Trees, Phosphates for. 352 
Trees, Root Rot of. 480 
Trees, Stripping Bark from... 621 
York Imperial . 450 
Apples and Cold Storage.581 
And Peaches in New York.... 225 
And Pears. Best. 246 
And I’ears for New Jersey. 245 
And Sheep Feeding. 730 
Arkansas . 52 
Beat in Boxes. 741 
Canadian, for Export. 125 
i>ab Grafting of . 576 
Cultivation for .319 
Early. 595 
Fine, in Boxes. 560 
Five, New' .. 753 
For Georgia . 245 
For Indiana . 121 
For Maine . 864 
For New Jersey. 736 
For New York.225, 576 
For Northeastern Indiana. 265 
For Ohio . 864 
For Profit . 125 
For Vermont . 400 
For Virginia Mountains. 224 
Grading . 649 
Gravenstein and Missouri. 20 
Injured by Hall. 753 
In Michigan . 757 
In New England. 104 
In Nova Scotia . 781 
Jonathan and Winesap. 224 
Keeping . 33 
Little-Known . 265 
Long-Keeping . 738 
Missouri, For Paris Exposition 313, 
Newtown Pippin, Grafting of.. 248 
Packing, Notes on. 809 
Preparing for Cold Storage 
Prices for . 625 
Prize, at Paris.616 
Questions About . 266 
Root Aphis on . 105 
Some Illinois . 228 
Spitzenburg . 279 
Summer . 594 
Test of .288 
Twig Blight on. 448 
Variations in . 6 
Varieties of . 206 
What for Grafting. 816 
Windfall .723 
Winter, Choice of. 245 
Ashes, Bone and Nitrate, Mixing. 593 
For Fruit . 816 
For Potatoes . 215 
Asparagus Bed, Handling Old.... 384 
Bed, How to Cultivate. 513 
Blight . 478 
Fields . 338 
On Dry Soil. 144 
Plants, Digging Up. 480 
Rust .70. 126 
Rust, Fighting the. 669 
Stalks, When to Cut.480 
Treatment of . 223 
Automobiles, A Show of. 789 
Autumn, A Warm. 786 
Reflections . 723 
II 
Babcock Test . 129 
Hack Yard, Possibilities of. 228 
Bacteria and Beans. 495 
Song of . 612 
Raking Powder, Home. 867 
Ballad of Benjamin Braun. 321 
Balloon Berry . 546 
Baltimore, Notes from. 45 
Bantam Chicks, Strong. 715 
Bs.rley. Huiless, Merits of . 193 
Bam Building, Problems in. 152 
Folks . 7 
For Hay, Close or Open. 478 
For Stock Farm. 670 
Paints . 757, 773 
Southern, Cheap .270 
Barns, Tight or Open. 511 
Basswood in California. 784 
Battlefield, Gettysburg . 771 
View of . 767 
Bean Crop in New York. 577 
Harvester .590 
Henderson's Bountiful . 5C2 
Soy, in the North. 283 
Weevil . 35 
Beans and Apples. 489 
Chapter on . 429 
Soy, in Kansas. 437 
Soy, in the Silo.151, 212, 230 
Bedbugs and Bats. 801 
Bedbugs, Hydrocyanic Acid Gas 
for . 351 
Beef Makers, A Bunch of.862 
Bee Inspection in New York. 537 
Bees and Grapes.35, 102 
And Peaches .674, 782 
Do They Injure Fruit? 
.749, 768, S30 
In California . 143 
Value of . 798 
Beet Sugar, at Lyons, N. Y. 485 
Sugar, at Binghamton. 797 
Pulp, Feeding in New York... 862 
Beets, Mangel Wurzel, Storing.. 874 
Berkshire Milkers . 89 
Berries. Hillside . 610 
Out of the Dust.575, 597, (540 
Bicycles and Cows. 419 
"Biddyville,” Story of. 2 
Bird Business, The. 449 
Bird and Blooms. 354 
And Reptiles for Sale. 697 
As Scavengers . 271 
“Blossom” . 370 
Good Luck . 268 
In Butter Tubs. 745 
Saving the. 66 
Blackberries, Comparison of. 148 
Blackberry Prohibition Candidates 3 
The Rathbun . 362 
Blackcap and Dewberries. 610 
Yellow Seedling . 514 
Blocks for Butchers. 697 
Blueberry and Its Culture. 545 
Bone, Talk About Green.31, 827 
Bones for Fertilizer, Steamed. 106 
Books on Trucking . 245 
Bootblack, A Rhetorical. 45 
Magnate . 441 
“Boom” and the Farmer. 25 
Bordeaux Mixture, Lime in. 608 
Using .286, 352, 432 
Borer, Protecting Trees from. 800 
Borrower, Sorrows of. 497 
Bougainvillea, Glabra Sanderlana. 148 
Brain Work in the Lower Animals 
.522. 538, 554 , 586 
Bread from Stones . 416 
Breathing, Deep .681 
Breeding Facts . 474 
Lesson in .210 
Breeds, Suggestions About. 394 
Brome Grass, Awnless. 262 
Brooder Heat . 314 
Broom Corn . 835 
Supplies . 761 
Browallia, The Giant. 128 
Brush. Cutting . 785 
Bug Battery . 2 
Battle, The . 451 
Buckwheat and Chickens. 417 
Crop of .384 
Pennsylvania . 123 
Budding Made Plain. 494 
Buffalo Robes, Substitute for. 427 
Building, Tallest Office. 649 
Bull, Eiarly Care of. 618 
Handling . 347 
Trained to Work. 270 
Tread Power for. 619 
Burglar Eating Soap. 595 
Business Men, Trials of. 703 
Oh&ncos «•••••••••»••••••••• XI 
Butter, Bad, Working Over. 130 
Colored, Mark . 130 
Color of . 109 
“False,” What Makes. 291 
Oily .555, 570, 619 
Prize .46, 762 
Process .337 
Sand in . 99 
Shipping of . 395 
Trade, American, Abroad.533 
Trade of Indianapolis. 539 
White Spots in. 398 
Maker, Expert . 699 
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Cabbage, Club Root in. 833 
Composition of . 416 
Crop, New York. 681 
Cultivating . 563 
In Greenhouse and Elsewhere. 244 
Late, Talk About. 414 
Maggot, Fighting . 431 
Questions About . 204 
Rot .262 
Seed on Long Island. 669 
Seeds Hybridized . 322 
Storing for Winter... .657, 718, 782 
Without Manure . 126 
Worms, Killing .400, 513 
Cabbages and Potatoes at the 
South .815 
Hybridized .208 
Calf Dairying . 778 
Hermophrodite Monstrosity • • • • 78 
Indigestion in . 363 
Notes . 361 
Raising Without Milk. 90 
Calves, Diarrhea or Scours in.... 507 
Feeding .459 
Flies on . 159 
Raised Without Milk. 62 
Scours in .347, 395 
Two Ways of Raising. 794 
Warts on . 459 
Without Milk .129, 149 
Callas, New . 738 
Camera, Making Friends with.... 425 
Canada, Notes from . 473 
Canna Roots, Wintering. 754 
Cannas, American . 434 
Best Six . 148 
New, Good . 690 
Round Bed of . 322 
Canned Goods, Odd . 29 
Canner’s Trade, Learning. 86 
Cannery Shark . 235 
Canning Crops . 489 
Double Boiler for. 319 
Factory Prices . 68 
Pork and Beef . 545 
Sharks in New Jersey.183. 307 
Capital Wanted . 23 
Caponizing, Results from . 635 
Caraway Seed, Getting Rid of.... 496 
Carcass, Ferilizing Value of. 723 
Steaming with Muck. 657 
Carman, E. S., Death of. 174 
Elbert S., Sketch of Life.196 
Cars, Refrigerator . 67 
Catalogues for 1900. 164 
Catalpa and Mulberry Seedlings. 126 
Seeds . 205 
Cat, Chronic Sore on. 651 
Caterpillars and Corncobs. 489 
Cats, Talk About . 586 
Cattle and Corn Smut. 848 
Black Leg or Black Quarter... 273 
Dishorning . 292 
Feeding in the Middle West... 687 
Fertilizers Fed to. 401 
Foot-and-Mouth Disease in.... 571 
Fronch-Canadian . 189 
Guernsey Breeders’ Association 585 
Holstein .507 
Holstein-Friesian Registry .... 394 
Holstein-Frieslan Talk . 667 
Inspection. Michigan . 15 
Jersey and Alderney. 459 
Jersey, Famous, Sale of. 231 
Lumpy Jaw In. 315 
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Red Polled .250, 538 
Ringworm or Warts on. 347 
Soiling .555 
Work, In New England. 427 
Cauliflower, Canned. 841 
Celery In Cold Storage. 345 
Rust .86 
Storing for Home Use. 34 
Cellar, Damp.707 
Cement Over a Brick Floor. 673 
Census Returns . 756 
Charcoal and Ashes . 37 
How Made .34, 848 
Cheese, Made at Home. 66 
“Margarine” . 459 
Cherries and Pears. 528 
And Plums for Connecticut... 688 
California . 377 
For New York. 264 
In Western New York. 480 
On Mazscard Stock . 480 
Tree-DTled . 108 
Sour . 264 
Varieties of . 105 
Cherry, Baldwin . 800 
Crop Considered . 511 
Culture in Western New York 542 
Dwarf . 146 
Mahaleb, In Nebraska .545 
Notes . 642 
Sprouts . 307 
Wild, Possibilities of.658 
Chestnut, Hale . 148 
On White Oak. 480 
Chestnuts on Bleak Hillside. 753 
Chicken Fever, The. 707 
Chicken Notes . 731 
Chickens and Skim-Milk.314 
And Strawberry Beetles.£93 
From Incubators. 827 
Greenhouse, Those . 338 
In the Greenhouse.208 
Chicks in Brooder..... 410 
Child Labor, Utilizing. 463 
Child Notes . 39 
Chimney Building, Science of. 222 
China. Remarks About. 565 
Trade with . 377 
Chinese Farmer, Effort to Help... 425 
Christmas, A Wet. 7 
Chrysanthemum Show, The . 809 
Cigarettes, Prohibition of.321, 737 
Cigars, Cabbage . 745 
Citron. Preserving . 103 
Civil Service Examination. 672 
Clematis, New Typo of. 482 
Something About . 400 
Yellow, Good . 674 
Clethra Alnifolia . 594 
Clothing, Second-Hand, Selling... 761 
Clover Alone or in Corn. 305 
And Turnips . 757 
Alsike, with Orchard Grass.... 688 
Crimson, and Buckwheat. 416 
Crimson, and Pea Louse. 481 
Crimson, Seed Crop. 505 
Crimson, for Hay. 3.98 
Four-Leaved Outdone . 101 
Hay, How Dried. 365 
Seed Crop, The.757, 773 
Seed, Testing of . 262 
Seed, Use of .....789 
Seeding After Beans. 302 
Sowing on Cow Peas. 800 
Sweet .510 
Sweet. Defense of. 527 
Sweet, More About. 593 
White Melilot or Sweet. 464 
Coal and Wood, Heating Power of 704 
Cob Meal . 232 
Cockroaches, Sulphur for. 303 
Coooanuts, Domestic Crop. 18 
Codling Moth, Facts About.. .318, 387 
Coffee Notes . 109 
Coins, Old . ‘449 
Cold Storage and Fevers. 737 
New Use for. 670 
Room, How to Build.401, 751 
Tests . 687 
Colic Cure . 131 
Remedies . 212 
Colt, Hernia in . 555 
Indigestion in . 858 
Weak in Hindquarters. 571 
Commission Business, One Side of 142 
Merchant, Fraud . 25 
Merchants’ National League.. 45 
Merchants’ ‘Woes . 601 
Congressmen Need Attention. 345 
Conaerveranda. A. 83 
Consumption, New Cure for. 3<85 
Consumptives, Milk Strippings for. 618 
Copper Sulphate, Dissolving.707 
Cork Deal, A Big. 345 
Com and Cob. 31 
And Cow Peas in Tennessee.. 303 
And Help In Minnesota. 654 
Breeders’ Association . 816 
Culture .319, 366, 597 
Cutter, The Sled.558, 586, 640 
Fails After Buckwheat, Why.. 343 
Fodder, Dry .442. 799. 845 
Fodder, How to Cure. 591 
Fodder, New Way to Handle. 362 
Fodder Shocks, Baling. 607 
Fodder, Shredded . 875 
Fodder, Thrashing .554 
For Northern New England... 609 
Harvesting . 493 
Hay or Shredded Fodder. 123 
How Thick to Plant.753 
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Husking .745, 761, 777 
Kaltir .282, 331, 373 
Kaffir, in Illinois . 443 
Kaffir, In Kansas .317 
Learning and Sanford. 657 
“Listing” in Kansas. 243 
Planting, New Plan for. 128 
Prehistoric . 185 
Stalks and Straw . 843 
Stalks, Coarse . 213 
Stalks, Cutting and Crushing. 703 
Stalks, Long . 71 
Sweet, In Greenhouse. 128 
Sweet, Poor Seed. 610 
Sweet, Transplanting . 513 
Thrashing . 339 
Value of . 378 
Correspondence School, What Is 
a? . 263 
Cotton Growers, Rough on. 345 
Bagging, Adulterated . 745 
Cow, Cough in .233 
Eating Afterbirth Not Injuri¬ 
ous to .523 
Eating Watch . 667 
Eversion of Womb in. 213 
Fails to Come to Her Milk.... 150 
Garget in . 753 
Feverish and Oil Feed.539 
Gives Bloody Milk.347, 459 
Glass in Foot of. 625 
Good Butter . 129 
Holstein, An Ohio. 667 
Impaction in . 93 
Jersey . 331 
Jersey Breeder Talks. 189 
Jersey, Imported. 395 
Keeping, Notes on. 30 
Lump Jaw in. 411 
Lung Trouble in. 315 
Making Friends with..506, 522, 539 
Mflch, Rape for. 417 
Old Jersey . 55 
Off Feed .113, 858 
Out of Condition.539, C51 
Overfed Off Feed. 233 
Red Polled . 78 
Retention of Afterbirth. 213 
Robber, The . 475 
Shipping by Express. 425 
Take Care of. 730 
Talks Condensed . 170 
Tonic . 571 
Tumor on Leg. 555 
Young, Feeding While Dry.. 192 
Young, Off Feed. 213 
Cows, Abortion in.150, 858 
And Orchards . 231 
Bean Meal for. 232 
Bulled Beans for. 272 
Contagious Abortion in. 411 
“Cull” Jersey . 269 
Dairy, Rye for. 746 
Do Not Come to Their Milk... 93 
Food for the. 603 
Foot, Inflammation in.651 
Foul-in-the-Foot in .. 233 
Jersey from Jersey. 427 
Keeping in Shed. 63 
Milch, Ration for. 192 
Milch, Wheat for. 192 
New York, For Sale.587 
Ration for. 63 
Retention of Afterbirth in. 490 
Sick, Drinking Filthy Water.. 347 
Soiling Crops for. 314 
Sucking Each Other. 363 
Teat, Milk Spatters from. 363 
That Chew Boards.233 
That Color Bxitter. 130 
Throat, Lump on. 15 
• Udder, Inflammation in. 63 
Warm Blooded . 130 
Crab Grass as Cover Crop. 770 
Cranberries, Market for. 239 
Upland, Culture of.4, 82 
Cranberry Bog, Making. 847 
Creamery, Co-operative.383, 474 
Mongaup Valley. 52.3 
Up-to-Date .685, 703 
Cream, Cases for Shipping. 362 
How to Ripen. 442 
Testing from Weighed Sample. 602 
Creosote Finish. 286 
Crop and Weather Notes, New 
York .681, 693 
Notes from Government Report 709 
Crops, Fall, for Soiling. 330 
For Humus. 659 
For Soiling. What?. 333 
On Illinois Farm. 622 
Soiling, for New England. 305 
Crow as Food. 691 
Crows, How to Kill.672. 762 
Cuba, American Farming In. 486 
Farm Home in.341 
Garden Truck Farm. 119 
Home, Industrial, In.421 
Truth. About . 389 
Cucumber Pickles, Grading and 
Buying . 146 
Cultivation, Problem in. 462 
Cultivator, One-Horse Riding. 577 
Riding, Use of. 495 
Culture, Hill and Level. 82 
Curd Used for Sizing. 353 
Currant, Prince Albert, Growing. 56t 
Currants and Gooseberries, Pro- 
pa gating . 400 
Customers, Misusing. 13 
Cutworm Lion, A. 4,33 
