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Property, Insurance on. 389 Grange, National . su 9 
Property Rights of. 147 New York State.'...115, 135 
Roundabout Track to. 366 Grangers and isthmus Canal.421, 437 
Save A .549, 565, 581 Grape, Alice . 304 
Tools, Cooperative Buying 
Values in the West. 
White, Another . 
Farms, Abandoned . 
Worn Out, Use for. 
Farmer, Happy, Another. 
Farmers and Destructive Animals 
Institutes, New Jersey. 
Institutes, Promoting . 
Institutes, Wisconsin . 
Institute Workers Meet. 
National Congress . 
Peddling from Wagons. 
Farming, Hospital . 
White Mountain . 
In Central New Jersey. 
In Cuba 
In Red River Valley..341, 357, 373. 388, 413 
428, 459, 463, 479, 509, 543, 553 , 558. 561, 
849 Big Hope . 722 
33 Brilliant . 722 
722 Campbell’s Early . 722 
239 Clinton . 126 
382 Curculio . 514 
226 Delago . 72‘> 
384 ‘Diana . 722 
728 Gold Coin . 722 
132 Growing, Experiments with. 482 
90 Herman Jaeger . 722 
250 ‘Deaf Hopper . 590 
729 Juice . SIS 
399 Juice, Keeping . i84 
787 Dong John . 722 
697 Dutie .164, 171, 239 
494 MePike . 7*2 
601 
Nectar . 6°° 
Planting. Stringfellow Method. 206 
Vines, Pruning .497, 863 
... 619, 673, 769 Grapes Affected by Insects. 453 
reed and Lambs. 93 And Berries in Vermont. 55 
_ Prices .. 773 And Birds . 337 
Feeding Problems . 3 *For Home Planting. 6:4) 
Fence Posts, Dive Trees for. 799 Grafting . •' 
‘Ferrall, J. E. 655 Malaga .. 144 
Fertilizer Farming to Date.643,573 Grass, Clark System... .509. 525. 559. 574, 5'5 
For Alfalfa . 849 Cutting in Orchard. 832 
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•Horse Beats a Hired Man. 462 
Boarding, Care of. 874 
Bone Splint on. 177 
•Clydesdale Prize Winner. 67 
Collars . 
Cough from Distemper. 779 
•Dentistry .686, 7>4 
h eed for . 47 
Heaves in . " 425 
Heip the .395 
Idle in Winter. 799 
Interfering .!! 194 
^^& ers . High or Low....625 f« 
Ophthalmia in .153 703 
Out of Condition. 353’ 177 
Ration, Cheap . 77 
Restless . o?6 
Saddle Gall on. 236 
Show, New York. 325 
Stall, Width of. 475 
♦Tailnot Over the Reins.”” 51 
'^ocblcd with Worms. 133 
Wind Sucking . o 77 
With Disordered Diver.153 
With Heaves 
With Mange f’6 
WJth Navicular Trouble!! '.’.'.!"*‘‘'315 
»» ith Spavin. 047 07 q 
With Swollen Legs..731 
With Tumor ......... . . 77S 
Horses, Catarrh in. A-t 
Feeding . 955 
Feeding and Training”!”.'.'".'.'.. 671 
Feeding and Watering. 177 
Feeding Bran to. ”' o 
Galled, Coloring . 314 
Gluten Meal for.!. 268 
Mane. Training.” 71122 175 
tt Warming Bits .’ 90 
Horticultural Society, Eastern N. Y..139, 146 
Society, New Jersey.36 61 
Society, New York. ’ 37c 
Society, Ohio. 20 45 
t , £ 0C J e U'’ Western New York...86, 107,’ 127 
Hotbed Preparations . 721 
Hotbeds and Cold Frames.”5 §65 
Care of ... inr 
Cloth for . 99? 
•Cold Facts about...!'.!!!!:;:. 66 
Experience with ./""ga 147 
House Building . ' 03 
Frost Proof, Building. 607 
Invest Money In. 310 
•ventilation .640 
I. 
Ice and lee Houses. 
Damage from .. 
House, Experience wlth.’.'.'.i.W'.'.’.'sie' 
House, Filling . 
Keeping in Texas.. 
•Idaho, Scenes from. 
Illinois, Fruit Prospects in.!””””;” 
Incubator, Impure Air in. 
Thermostat . 
Talk .. 
Insect-Catching Machine . 
Pests . 
Insects Cost More than Diamonds. 
inventions . 
Irrigation of Arid Lands.95 135 
On Long Island. 
Troubles . 
For Grain . 50 
On Limestone Soil. 605 
Problems .398, 753 
Fertilizers, Chemical, for Tomatoes. 320 
Fertilizing Mixture . 848 
Fire Extinguishers, Powder. 83 
Fish Fertilizer . 665 
For Hoirs .449, 458, 490 
Fleas, Cure for. 655 
Floors, Plank or Cement. 1SS 
Flower and Sculpture Show . 777 
Cutting 
Feeding . 590 
719, 792 
Clark in Michigan. 638 
Food for . 558 
For Cemetery .209, 657 
For Low Land. 529 
For Sandy Land.513, 752 
For Wet Soils. 28 
Hopper Poisons . 531 
Hoppers as Coin. 517 
Hoppers, Harvest of. 497 
Pennsylvania . 413 
Quack Killing . £62 
Seeding in Maryland. 66# 
Seeding, Trouble with. 512 
Seeding without Plowing. 385 
Under Maple Trees. 228 
Greenhouse, Building . 84 
Compost . 248 
Heating Device . 846 
Questions . 147 
Greenhouses, Amateur, Pests in. 54 
Near Rural Grounds. 402 
Food, Soft . 755 Grubs, White, Killing. 611 
Force, Concentrated . 467 
Beds, Location of 
Seeds, Germination of. 
Flowers for Profit. 
Fly, Hessian, on Spring Wheat. 
Hessian, on Wheat. 
Fodder, Cut, Results with. 
For New England. 
From Small Farm. 
Notes from Nebraska. 
Shredded .93. 176 
Shredded, Keeping .747, 779 
Shredding, Cooperative . 749 
320 
209 
401 
228 
640 
256 
330 
31 
361 
Forestry. Practical, Need of.719, 802 
Fowls, Business . 267 
Feeding Clover to. 150 
Ornamental . 255 
Fraud. Greatest of All. 591 
Frog Market . 643 
Frogs, Large Trade In. 189 
Frost Blisters . 279 
How to Fight. 370 
Fruit and Feathers. 6S1 
And Poultry . 810 
And Truck, Southern. 279 
At Ohio Fair. 645 
Boxes, Cost of. 821 
Brokers . 425 
Buds, Second Crop of. 417 
Commercial, for Ohio.305 
Cost of Marketing. 57 
Crop of New York. 485 
Culture on Form Trees.301. 317, 
For Maine . 4*8 
Grading Rules . 687 
Grower, Veteran, Talks.2’0 
Growers’ Association, N. Y. State.. 36 
53, 68 
"In California . 34 
In Colorado . 65 
In Hudson Valley. 473 
In Ohio . 463 
In Southern Ohio. 3S2 
In Western New York.453, 469, 474 
Marketing, Talk about. 207 
Mechanical Graders for. 672 
•Notes from Illinois. 670 
Notes from Iowa. 418 
Notes, Hudson River. 143 
On Cotton Plantations. 526 
Orchard, Problems in. 766 
Packing in California. 750 
Plans for Evaporating. 3°1 
Preserving- . 146 
Questions from Maine. 704 
Questions from Missouii. 124 
Sorting . 713 
Tariffs . 29 
Trees, Mulching in Florida. 766 
Trees, Ornamental . 386 
Trees, Slow Blooming. 354 
Fruits and Soil in Tennessee. 593 
Bush, Pinching . 334 
California, in New York. 837 
Choice, for Nearby Markets. 733 
For Arkansas . 593 
For New York Market. 734 
For Ontario . 464 
Fuel for Evaporating... 
List for New York. 
Varieties and Locations. 
Fuel, Small . 
Furs from Scotch Cattle... 
G. 
560 
816 
163 
267 
506 
617 
II. 
Hare, Belgian, Experience.719, 750 
Belgian, Market for.671. 757, 805 
Hares, Belgian, Profit in. 187 
Hay, Bales, Rocky. 50 
E’arly-Cut .367. 427 
Early and Late Cut. 462 
From Crimson Glover... 416 
From Rye . 433 
•Mow Spreader . 4o2 
Next to Concrete Wall. 430 
Outlook for . 510 
Salt Marsh . 70 
Heifer, Developing . 133 
Undeveloped . 7fi'> 
Hen Appetite, Encouraging.810, 875 
Brooders . 478 
Business in Rhode Island. 379 
Business, Starting . 606 
Experience . 637 
Fattening Experiments . 6 V 6 
Feed, Increasing . 875 
Food, Complete . 686 
House, Fumigating . 608 
•House, Arrangement of. 784 
Floor, Litter for. 842 
House, Large Experience with. 350 
House Suggestions ... ?<>2 
House, Warming . 85 
House Window . 542 
Keeping, Sensible . 7°4 
Lice .367. 427, 875 
Manure for Wheat. 105 
Manure, Handling. 4 
Manure, Use of. 522 
Mighty Michigan . 522 
Notes, Connecticut . 847 
Prolific . 667 
Questioning . 590 
Rations .735, 810 
Shrinkage . 654 
Talk by Mr. Mapes. 142 
Thieves . 526 
White Leghorn, Prize. 255 
Will She \Vork Overtime?. 603 
Hens, Autumn Round-Up of. 751 
Broody . 367 
Connecticut, Profitable . 214 
Cotton Seed Meal for.1°4. 236 
Fat .714. 795 
133 
874 
255 
814 
526 
110 
174 
192 
207 
83 
352 
82 
376 
267 
267 
478 
521 
433 
349 
730 
155 
6S1 
296 
K. 
Skim, Value of. 298 
Trade, New York. 122 
With Typhoid Germs. 731 
•Milking, New Method of. 830 
Miller, What Share for?. 57 
Miller’s Toll . 95 
Millet, Siberian, in Kansas.219 
Missouri, Notes from. 393 
Moles, Destroying .269, 530, 608, 706 
•Morse, J. E. 607 
Mosquitoes, Fight Against.399 
Moth Trap . 496 
Mudhole, Moving . 568 
Mulberry, Infertile . 544 
Paper . 770 
Mulch in Texas. 671 
Mules, Abnormal Appetite in.1.779 
Talk about . 217 
Mushroom Nonsense . 88 
Mustard, Killing Out.350 
Wild, Handling . 692 
Mutton, Prices for. 730 
Myrtle, Crape . 104 
N. 
Nasturtiums, Gorgeous . 88 
Nature Study, Free.386 
In Maine . 456 
Newspaper Bluff Exploded. 734 
Nitrogen, Available . 654 
From the Air. 368 
Note Acknowledgment . 103 
Nursery Frauds .206, 437, 512 
Nurseryman. Contract with. 28.8 
Nursery Rogue Abroad. 461 
Rogue, Another . 493 
Rogue, Tales of. 320 
Stock Questions .686 
Nut Growers, Southern.597 
O. 
•Oat Smut Tax. 205 
Oats as Horse Feed . 7 
Oil Cake, Feeding. 443 
•Oklahoma, Celebration in. 479 
Oleo, Arguments for. 152 
Bill, Arguments for. 132 
Dealer’s Deserts . 538 
Eating . 411 
Law, Effect of.303, 533 
Men, New Tricks of. 523 
Onion Culture, New.293, 303, 355, 387 
Outlook . 501 
Questions . 6't 
Onions and Celery. 408 
Gathering . 689 
In Hay . 239 
Planting . 271 
Orange, Hardy, Hybrids. 5'6 
Oranges, Tough . 172 
Orchard Company, New. 546 
Cover Crop for. 592 
Cultivation . 336 
Dakota, Treatment of. 52 
Eastern. Shall We Plant?. 162 
Forest Soil and Sheep for. 784 
For Washington . 249 
Refitting . 225 
Slaughterhouse Refuse for. 369 
Sheep vs. Mulch for.. 365 
Starting . 248 
Orcharding. Mulch Method of. 245 
Oyster Shells as Fertilizer. 830 
Ozark Region, Notes from. 325 
Kerosene Emulsion . 371 
Kindergarten . . 609 
Kitchen Wastes, Utilizing.""""X 289 
Game, Commerce in. 
Laws . 510 
•Garden, All Seasons. 2G 
Association . 3"1 
Cover Crop for. 353 
For Children . 368 
Notes from Cuba. 450 
Planting . 221 
Tools . 251 
Waste . 917 
Gardening in Georgia. 321 
•In Small Towns. 525 
Feeding Mangels to 
Feeding Meat to. 
Good Winter . 
Hogs, and Cows_ 
Housing . 
In Cold Houses. 
In Rhode Island.46. 63 
In Winter . 811 
Kept by Mr. Manes. 50 
Methods of Feeding. 153 
Nest Boxes for. 431 
New’ Mexican . 858 
Pasturing . 495 
Roup Problem . 751 
Skim-Milk for .414. 795 
Small Houses for. 417 
Swelled Heads . 874 
Talk about .763 
That Balance their RPi n«.2, 103 
Warming at Night. 15 
Year’s Records of. 91 
L. 
Labor on Fertilizer Farm. 
Lambs and Balanced Ration...""””” 
•Land, Steep vs. Level.736 800 
Lawn, Fertilizing . 
Legume Crops . 
Lice, Killing . 
On Hogs . 
Life in Flat ..W!!!!. 
Lightning Rods .”.. 527 ' 
strikes . 
•Lilac, Frau Dammann... 
•Lilium Canadense .. 
Lime and Plaster, Uses of......'..'.'.'...’..'. 
For Greenhouse Soil. 
For Paint . 
Stone and Oyster Shell....’.:::””! 
Talk about . 
Live Stock of United States..'.’.".*.’.'.'!.'"" 
Purebred . 
Locust Sprouts . 
Seed, Germinating .. 
Locusts Due this Year... 
•Seventeen-Year . 6 7, 187 , 510, 
•What to Do With. 
Whitewash for . 
544 
152 
833 
642 
594 
298 
410 
819 
675 
465 
418 
128 
863 
736 
52 
246 
639 
378 
858 
464 
816 
338 
546 
351 
189 
Gardens Damaged by Floods. 497 •,. 
Early Work in. 206 HKkory, Cultivating .. 268 
Gas, Natural, In Kansas. 18 Hide. Tanning with F;>!r. 285 
Geese, Tough Grass for. 441 Hoes, Wheel, More About..... r? 
Generosity, Graceful . 754 Biggest ? et . 874 
‘Geranium Alphonse Riccard.354 Breeder Talks .... 763 
Ginger, Cultivation of.....,,305 If ur ?. e —,•. 395 
Feeding in California....... 379 
Ginseng Problems .....753 
Gladioli Culture . 416 
•Gladiolus Farm .. 32? 
Record Price for.. 850 
Seedlings, Variation in. 850 
Gluten, Liquid ...411, 352 
•Goat, Angora .378, 635. 682 
Goats. Angora and Young Trees.. 731 
Angora, in Connect'eut.. 667 
Angora, in Maine...........175 
Gooseberries for Minnesota..... 84 
Triumph ...... 514 
•Gooseberry Currants ..?Vy 658 
.Josselyn . 5£0 
Goose Grower's Wisdom.. 33 c, 
Grafting. Giant . 739 
Old-Fash'orted .. 197 
Stock Questions....,.249. 2.95. 417 
Wax . 2fi> 
Wax, Liquid . 129 
Wild Cherry . F45 
Grain Bill. Cutting. 475 
English Tax on.321. 351 
Prices, Western . 25 
Stack. Rat Proof. 560 
Grange and Chinese Exclusion.9, 57 
•House. Satisfactory . 
Lice, Killing . 150. 197 
Prices . 617 
Ration, Ample .. 319 
Raising .. R'>5 
•Scalding Trough .... 862 
•Trough, Conven'cnt . 874 
Hogs. Ashes, Salt and Sulphur t v 't\..323, 4 <v 
Berkshire Litters . 723 
Experience with . 618 
Herded or Separated. 666 
Inbreeding . 90 1 Si 
Lice on .... 899 
Raised by Women Farmers. J ”6 
Rheumatism in .f.’O 
Roughage and Rooting for...... 4”6 
Salting . 507 
Scalding .217. or J 
S opping from Rooting. .813 
v "-Mei 'i . r n< > 
With Blind Staggers. 619 
Home A>'i"semenls . 7*5 
•Homes. Western Development of. 2 ‘M 
Honey. Comb. A Joke about. <o 0 
Hops, Refuse .. S4S 
M. 
Mall Boxes for Rural Delivery. 633 
Carriers, Rural and Roads.'."” 862 
Rural Delivery Problems.597 702 8n 
Man, Trusty, Wanted. 867 
Manure, Bat, Use of. 189 
From Rotten Cornstalks. . 433 
Hook .;....•. 817 
Liquid, from Chemicals. 227 
Spreading by Horse Power. 4«0 
Value of . 616 
Mapes, Lively Critic of. 651 
„ Hay’s Work . 335 , 351 
Maple 8ugar Making. 229 
Market Forecasts . 45 
•Marsh, Draining . 186 
Meadow, How to Handle. 612 
Permanent for Connecticut. 464 
Mechanic Wants a Farm. jrfi 
Melon Blight . 706 
Blight on Seeds. 121 
’elons, Colorado . jsf 
Experience with .671. 705 
Wa ter, Early ... 706 
Water, Seedless . 102 
Western . 135 
Mice and Harness. 149 
And Melons . 697 
And Trees . 239 
Middlemen. Surplus of.... 453 
Milk. Aerating . 411 
And Turnips . 483 
Bad Taste in. ... SO 
Bloody . 347 
•Carrying Down Mountain.,. 302 
Embalmed .. 426 
Fever . 314 
•Mow Made . 815 
In New England..". 12 
Law as Dealers View It. 47 
Laws. New York. 818 
Making in Oneida Co.. N. Y. 379 
Pennsylvania . 207 
Producer Ta'ks . 187 
Producers f'odperate . 34 
R’chest in Morning. 30 
Situation .275, 299. 309 
Setting in Cidd Water. 523 
Skim, for Hens. 381 
Skim. Selling In New York.. 369 
P. 
Painting with Gas Tar. 
Paint, Powder . 
Pansies, Late . 
Parcel Post Demanded. 
From England . 
•Passion Flower Fruits. 
Pasture Grasses for West Virginia. 
Lands. Handling . 
Law of . 
Permanent . 
Permanent, for Delaware. 
Repairing . 
Seeding .. 
Seeding in North. 
Peach, Arctic . 
Budded, Treatment . 
Budding on Plum. 
Captain Ede .147, 
Chairs Choice . 
Crop, Connecticut . 
•Dr. Cummings . 
Elberta .770. 
Emma, Truth about.88. 126, 
Frances .147, 
Growing in Maryland. 
Hardwood . 
Orchard, Soy Beans in. 
Pits, Handling . 718, 
•Queen . 
Roots, Dipping for Borers. 
Rot in Texas.. 
To Follow Crawford. 
Trees, Budding . 
Trees, Crown Gall in. 
Trees, Feeding . 
Trees, Fence Corner.435, 448, 497. 
Trees, Fertilizer for. 
Trees, Grafting .. 
Trees, Gummosls in. 
Trees, Laying Down. 
Trees, Pruning . 
Trees, Red Leaves on. 
Trees, Wide Planted... 
Triumph ......6"0, 784, 
Yellows .123, 544, 
Yellows, Symptoms of. 
Yellows and Starvation. 
Yellows, Distribution of. 
Yellows, Experience with. 
•Yenshi . 
Peaches, Exporting . 
For Colorado . 
For Georgia . 
For Kentucky .... 
For Massachusetts .. 
In North Carolina.187. 
Laying Down in Winter.. 
Nellie and Queen... 
Pruning ..... 
Southern .... 
Talk About ... 
Pear, Arnold Winter.......... 
•Gans ... 
Henry . r r . 
Kieffer and San Jose Scale.! 5. 
Kleffer, Barked . 
Kieffer, Eclipse for. 
Kieffer, in North Jersey. 
•Kieffer, Outlook for. 
Scab .. 
•Trees. Body Blight oil. 
•Wood. Curious Growth of. 
Worden Seckel . 
Pears, Fame, Krull, Lincoln. 
For Maine . 
Kieffer, in England. 
Kieffer. Variations in. 
Marketing . 
Winter . 
Peas, Best for Garden. 
Cow, After Rye.,,. 
571 
512 
561 
659 
657 
38 
560 
256 
554 
849 
528 
255 
227 
363 
688 
688 
495 
161 
306 
549 
734 
834 
232 
164 
657 
497 
384 
750 
562 
229 
687 
353 
5'4 
430 
735 
5U 
268 
800 
337 
818 
416 
85 
703 
829 
607 
701 
249 
49 
141 
701 
832 
249 
368 
73 
704 
537 
5"1 
601 
1 '6 
4 3 
352 
209 
831 
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5-6 
735 
.98 
829 
795 
352 
398 
67 
67 
304 
52 
720 
862 
513 
24fi 
252 
433 
