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♦Cow, Fertilizing .334. 307 
Cow, for Connecticut. 4 
•Cow. for North. 2'6 
Cow, for Wheat and Fertilizer. 320 
Cow, in Massachusetts. 19 
Cow, in Standing Corn. 227 
Cow, on Clay Soil. 305 
•Cow, Value of. 431 
Cow, When to Plow. 269 
Flat, Qualities of. 269 
For Tennessee . 318 
Trials on Rural Grounds. $14 
Pecan Trees, Hastening Bearing. 592 
Pecans, Fertilizing . 613 
. Louisiana . 536 
Peddler, Confessions of.767, 783, 814 
Pencillaria or Pearl Millet.288, 402, 641 
Phosphate Rock for Corn. 753 
Fhosphoric Acid Reverted. 465 
P.geon Loft, Starting. 187 
•Pouter . 197 
Pigeons for Squab Breeding. 395 
Nursery for . 81 
•Pig, Billy Gormand.381, 701, 714 
Feeding, Handy . 730 
Profits . 730 
Pigs, Berkshire Man Talks. 714 
Experience with . 651 
For Roasting . 489 
Raising by Hand.78, 131, 175 
Raising Without Milk. 110 
Skim-Milk for .267, 398, 495 
With Blind Staggers. 843 
Young, Care of. 875 
Plant Boxes .69, 159 
Breeding by Selection. 434 
Breeding Conference, International... 482 
674, 689 754 
•Breeding for Farm Crops. 733 
Plants, Etherization of. 866 
Self-Warming . 496 
Plow. Left-Hand .713. 751, 766 
Plows, Left-Hand, Reasons for. 672 
Plum, Abundance . 239 
Brown’s Crimson Drop. 354 
Burbank . 229 
Burbank, Defense of. 103 
Burbank for Canning. 338 
•Bui bank, Overbearing .514 
Burbank, Pruning . 862 
Curc.ulio, Habits of.302, 400 
Curculio, Spraying for. 365 
•Gonzales . 483 
•Maynard . 577 
Miner . 405 
New from Burbank. 674 
•Package, California . 511 
'frees. Bur 1 nk. Pruning. 50 
Trees, Miner, Sterile. 688 
•Waugh . 558 
Plums for Home Use. 768 
For Pennsylvania . 269 
For Virginia . 445 
Fruitless . 846 
Dative, Notes on. 529 
•Native, Value of. 17 
New, Experience with. 429 
Poll ics and Partisanship. 35 
Pomolcgical Society. Connecticut.. 155 
Poplar, Carolina. Cuttings of. 416 
Pork, Profitable .735 
Posts. Iron, for Wire Fencing. 720 
Potash for Caterpillars. 287 
Potato Beetle. Old-Fashioned.385 
Beetles on Tomatoes. 105 
Bugs and Greater Evils.*• 398 
Bugs Missing . 399 
•Crop, Long Island. 591 
♦Early Ohio . 447 
Fertilizers . 464 
Growers, Kansas . 581 
Harvester .542 
Notes from Vermont.448 
Outlook . 6*3 
Trials on Rural Grounds. 128 
Potatoes, Ashes for. 268 
Bring Much Money. 802 
Digging .•■••••. £“1 
Does Paris Green Injure’ 
Future Price of. 
High Feeding for. 
Imported, Reports on... 
Manure for . 
Price of . 
Salt for . 
Seed, Outlook for. 
•Sprouted in Bo^-es. 
Sweet, Names Mixed — 
Sweet, Notes on. 
Using Potash on. 
♦Poultry and Pigs. 
Prospects .599, 745 
Standards . 735 
Powder-Post in Timber.104, 145, 227 
'Power, Gasoline for. 
Small, for Farmers. 
'Prices, Discrimination in. 
E’ngllsh and American. 
Primrose, Acaulis Coeritlea. 
Giant, Yellow ... 
Privet, Cheap Way of Trimming. 3.>4 
Popularity of . 4"8 
Poultry and Pigs, Mapes on. -^5 
. Experiments with . '4 
Farm. Selecting . 4'1 
Feeding Charcoal to. 3bt 
Feeding Green Bone to. d 
Feeding Mash to. 430 
Improving . 
In Delaware and Rhode Island. 
Oyster Shells for. 
Raising, Dark and Bright Side. 
Rations, Balancing . 
Show, New York. 
Pullets, Purchased . 
Pump for 300-Foot Well.. 
Pumpkin Feeder Talks. 
Seeds . 
Q. 
766 
49 
366 
405 
846 
207 
320 
44 
462 
70 
377 
227 
765 
655 
458 
643 
639 
450 
450 
Page 
... 130 
Prospects . 
t’age 
.... 714 
Tests . 
Page 
.. 4811 
... 431 
Rambouillet and Dorset Cross... 
. 133 
.498 
... 415 
Record, Powerful . 
•Yield . 
... 623 
Shredded Fodder for. 
Sunflower, Rig .. 
.. 671 
... 78 
Stomach Worms in.. 
Culture . 
9 
Talk. Sensible . 
_ SKI 
Most Decorative 
......... 642 
Washing* . 
. 175 
... 571 
Washing not Wanted_,. 
. 214 
Swindlers after Signatures. 
.......... 67 
... 449 
With Sore Eyes. 
.558. 575 
.... 640 
.... 765 
.... 817 
•Quince, Ma.ule’s . 754 
Questions . 208 
Trees, Blight on. 734 
Trees, Salt for. 5 9 
Quinces and Salt. 575 
Pineapple and Van Deman. 304 
R. 
Radish, All Season. 73S 
Radishes, Winter . 753 
Rape and Peanuts. 269 
Raspberries. Cultural Suggestions on... 230 
For Vermont . 672 
Notes on . 164 
On a Poultry Farm. 463 
Pinching . 286 
Pruning . 497 
Second Crop . 800 
Sowing Oats in.— 528 
Training . 575 
Raspberry, Haymaker . 105 
Resolution Duel, A. 163 
Retail Selling . 697 
Rhubarb Culture . v 7. 114 
Forcing in Winter...21, 37. 126, 785, 833, 849 
Varieties of . 465 
Roads. Good, in New York. 115 
Oiling in California. 82 
Robin Friend of. 808 
Obnoxious . 590 
More about . 754 
•Rogers, Leroy S. 494 
Rogue, New Trick of. 799 
•Root Grafting Explained. 815 
Pruning . 488 
Rope, Insects in.228, 270 
Kinking . 228 
Testing . 231 
Rogues with New Stories. 638 
Rose Convention, American. 222 
Cuttings, Handling . 495 
Garden Damaged by Smoke. 785 
Names, Confusion in. 70 
Parfume de L’Hay. 530 
Rambler, Large . 338 
Ruby Queen Foliage. 22 
Ruby Queen, Growth of. 229 
Roses, Circular Leaf-Cutter on. 704 
Hardy on Rural Grounds.594, 610 
List of . 171 
Mildew on .85, 144 
Rubus, New Forms of. 272 
•Rudbeckia Triloba . 738 
Rye and Wheat in Pennsylvania. 35 
Feeding in Sheaf. 353 
Plowing Under . 320 
Sowing in Corn. 479 
8. 
Sages, Ornamental . 834 
Salads, Planting . 231 
Salina, Kansas, Shade Trees in. 239 
Sawdust as Orchard Mulch.416, 785 
For Bedding . 589 
For Strawberries .787, 799 
Scale, San Jos£. Enemies of.527, 559 
•San Jose, Fumigation for. 382 
San Jose, in New Jersey.211, 322 
San Jose, Inspection. 577 
San Jose in Western New York. 66 
San Jose, Lime and Sulphur for. 246 
San Jose on Raspberries. 104 
San Jos6, Soap for.268, 751 
School, Centralized .6, 28, 350 
Centralized in Ohio. 35 
•Scott, George E. 641 
Seed Bed, Preniring. 321 
Containing Weeds . 383 
Distribution, Government . 863 
Home Grown . 609 
Improving Types . 609 
Saving . 609 
Selling . 29 
Testing Laboratory . 82 
Seeds of Fruit, Care of.734, 736 
Man’s Mistake . 246 
Natural for Peach. 239 
Time of Germination. 171 
Selling on Time. 489 
Sheep, Ailing . 277 
And Dogs .698, 714. 762 
Business . 682 
Crossing Dorset and Shropshire. 15 
Feed for .. 46 
•Fine Shropshire . 82 
For Southern New York. 93 
Good Cross for. 79 
In Vermont Orchard.715, 763 
On High-Priced Land. 112 
Outlook for . 795 
Permanent Pasture for. 609 
Shipments, Dividing .711. 773. 782, 8"5 
Shrubs, Hardy, Planting. 232 
Silage and Gluten Feeds. 331 
Apple Pomace for. 682 
As Hog Food.330, 698 
Blower or Carrier for.629, 670 
Blowers in Canada. 795 
Cutter. Blower . 186 
Dry . 15 
Feeding. Value of. 683 
For Cattle, Sheep and Hogs. 346 
For Hogs .?. 491 
For Sheen . 459 
From Canning Factory. 781 
From Dry Stalks. 31 
From Sunflowers . 587 
In Bay . 314 
Second Growth Clover for. 639 
•Steaming . 747 
Value of . 698 
Watery . 30 
Silk Growing in America.702, 816 
Worm Culture . 515 
Silo, Building . 538 
Filling, Questions about.634, 651, 665 
For 40 Cows. 152 
For Summer . 187 
Man Talks .153, 274 
Painting .331, 539 
Plea for . 83 
Small, Wanted . 318 
Stave . 570 
Stones or Staves for. l n 6 
Stone Wall for. 217 
Skunk and Bisulphide of Carb.n. 670 
Protection . 799 
Slugs in Garden . 641 
Smead. Dr. C. D., Letter from. 135 
Smut in Wheat. 416 
Soil Fertiilty, Cheap.102, 123 
From Woods, Value of. 753 
Soil, Testing . 611 
Soiling vs. Pasturing. 602 
Soot, Fertilizing Value of. 270 
Sow. Chop Feed for. 333 
Prolific . 490 
Sparrows and Turtles. 536 
Speltz, Facts Wanted about. 145 
In Pennsylvania . 199 
Spinach Culture . 545 
Fall Sown . 656 
Planting . 271 
Spiraea, Astilbe Japonica. 290 
Van Houttel . 546 
Sportsmen's Show . 243 
•Sprayer, Dewey . 338 
Spraying, Dust Method of.266, 286 
In Bloom . 574 
In Windy Weather. 430 
•Outfit . 3*2 
With Dry Powders. 397 
Squab Breeding . 442 
•Business . 654 
•Plant. Western . 557 
Squabs, Questions about. 304 
Squash Bugs . 498 
Vine-Borer . 480 
Squashes, Trouble with. 576 
Stable Floors, Cement for. 3 
Floor, Clay and Gravel. 571 
Stables, Fumigating . 395 
Starling in Australia. 539 
Steer with Lumpy Jaw. 315 
Yield of . 571 
•Steers, Devon. Well Trained. 102 
Feed for Winter. 442 
Head, Warts on. 153 
Old or Green Corn for.731 
Stock Food Notes. 650 
Inventory of . 7 
Stone Drains . 450 
Wall Musings .23, 482, 595 
Storekeepers and their Wages. 607 
Strawberries and the Complexion. 495 
And White Grubs. 771 
At Hilton, N. J.449. 496 
Canning . 478 
Chautauqua . 514 
Fall Planted .. 785 
In Close Quarters... 687 
In Rochester . 467 
Make Increased Plantings. 530 
Planting . 231 
Planting In Clover Sod.752 
Sawdust as Mulch for. 752 
Tennessee .. 351 
Thick Mulch on. 751 
♦Strawberry Bed, Cultivating. 527 
•Climax . 431 
Culture . 431 
Enormous . 674 
Field Meeting. 441 
Leaf-Roller . 784 
Mulching . 688 
Mulch, Flax Straw for. 6°4 
Plants. Covering . 768 
•President .445, 497 
President, on Rural Grounds. 4«2 
Questions .<. 851 
Seedlings, Starting . 560 
Tariff and Trust-Made Goods.. 
Telephone and Deafness. 
Local. Comments fin..... 
Question, Rural . 
Rural. Organizing . 
Tenant, Share of. 
Things to Let Alone. 
Thrashermen’s Association .469, 
Throat, Protecting ... 
Thrush in Horse. 
Tigridias, Vigorous . 
Timber, When to Cut.I 0, 
Toads and Squash Bugs. 
Tobacco and Food. 
Dust . 
Dust as Insecticide. 
Hybrid . 
Tomato Grower and Conner.239, 
Prices at Canning Factories... 
Seed, Selection of.737, 
Vines, Cutting Back. 
Tomatoes. Double Transpl :i i g . 
On Rural Grounds. 
Canning. 
Set. 
661 
513 
827 
846 
655 
847 
29 
565 
2-1 
4 "5 
212 
206 
37'' 
2 6 
449 
717 
22 
26' 
19 
7"S 
611 
229 
467 
57 
104 
689 
232 
‘t'T> 
84S 
302 
122 
266 
704 
720 
A52 
761 
208 
432 
373 
672 
163 
303 
432 
528 
189 
247 
319 
186 
832 
124 
105 
Prices for 
Refuse to 
Ripening . 
Staking . 
Under Glass . 
Trade Mark, Value of. 
Tree Frauds, Antidote for. 
Frauds in Ohio. 
•Great Elm . 
Life, Remarkable Case of. 
Planting on Sable Island. 
Hopper. Work of. 
Man Outdone ... 
Pluggers at Work Again. 
Trees and Shrubs, Propagating.. 
And Vines. Root Pruned. 
Box, Moving . 
Bud Variation in. 
•Damaged by Mice.259. 279. ?'3. 
305, 
Diseased, Law about. 
Fertilizers for . 
For the Farm. 
For Shade . 
Fumigating with Tobacco. 
Hypodermics for . 
Injured by Tar. 
Mulched, Insects and Mice on. 
Orchard, Heading . 2 7 
Planting . 769 
Protecting from Rabb’ts and Borers.815 
Pruning in Locust Years. 385 
Root Pruned, Fail Planting of. 287 
Shade. Cheap . 399 
String-fellow Method of Planting. 349 
6 )6, 701 
Stringfellow in Rhode Island. 638 
Wrapping wi'h Tarred Paper. 270 
•Trellis for Swtet Peas. 368 
Truck Grower’s Routine. 481 
Tulin Gesneriana . 450 
Turkey Culture . 459 
V. 
Vegetable Questions . 480 
Seeds, Shortage in. 834 
•Washer . 593 
Vegetables, Draining Table for. 576 
Preparing for Market. 401 
Storing . 721 
Vinegar. Making . 336 
Vines Clinging to Buildings. 658 
Violets. Fertilizing . 768 
Volcanic Disturbances . 386 
W. 
Wagon Tires and Oil. 29 
Walnut, Grafting . 248 
Walnuts, English, Soil for. 104 
Warts, Petroleum for.394 
Removing . 379 
Washing Machine, Ball Bearing. 513 
Water Pipe, Cement. 537 
Pipes . 730 
Running, Ownership of. 367 
Weed Killers .394, 544 
Weeds in Red River Valiev. 538 
Wells, Spoiled. Theory about. 597 
Wheat after Corn. 589 
Bran for Horses. 51 
Cost of Raising. 9 
Fertilizing . 638 
Growing in New Jersey. 639 
Whey as Feed. 411 
Whooping Cough. Treatment for-213. 276 
Windmill, Dakota. Work of.-. 543 
Tower, Successful .<. 463 
Work of .323, 457 
Wind Power in California. 751 
Wireworms. Fighting . 752 
Women as Physicians. 39 
Wood Chopper. Hungry. 270 
Woodchucks. Killing .22, 29 
•Workers Waiting for Dinner. 461 
Worms, Angle, Abundant. 385 
Canker . 403 
WOMAN AND THE HOME. 
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Advertising Philanthropists . 487 
Ants, Red. Destroying.550 
Apple Butter .806, 807 
Jelly, Flavoring ... 
Sauce .. 
Turnovers . 
Apples. Baked, Canning. 3 io 
Cooking . 8<1 
Asparagus. Canning . "fj 
4 unt Abbv’s Tithes.• •. 535 
•Bargain Counter. Traveling. 5»o 
Beans. Creamed . 
♦Bedstead, Doll’s ..... 
Beef, Home-Canned . 
Porto Rico . • “ 
Spiced . 034 
..... ^ 
Bee-Hums’ in' tlie Meadows. 180 
Beets. Pickling . 
Bill Jones . 
Biscay Salt Cod w .• • • • 22 - 
biscuits, Beaten .6‘8. <59 
Hot . 
Spoon . iii 
Borax, Washing with.342 
Bouquet Garni . y* 
Bread, Boston Brown. 54 i 
In Custard Cups. 
Page 
Mixed, Brown .. 359 
Southern Batter... 221 
Brown Betty . 598 
Bulbs in the House...... 
BUns, Breakfast .... —.. 2 ‘ 
Bureau Drawers, Stubborn......... 
Buttermilk Muffins . 137 
Buttonholes Re-enforced .••• 4a4 
Cake, Black Angel.439. 598 
Blueberry . 567 
Brazil Nut . 
Butter . *5 
Crumb Griddle . '43 
Dried Apple . 137 
Federal . 11 
Fig Layer . ’(m 
Fruit, Raised . 502 
Fruit, Steaming . 
Honey Apple . 137 
Johnny. Old-Fashioned . 454 
Layer,' Without Eggs.3<3 
Manle Sugar . 3 4 
Molasses, Old Style. 6B 
Orange . 37 
Ppaoh .... 
Russian Fried . 1*1 
Salem Spice . 
Soft Oornmeal . 
Calves’ Liver. English Sty 
Canada, Notes from. 
Canned Fruit, Storing. 
Carnet Rags, Winding,.... 
Suggestions .. 
Carpets, Rag . 
Cereals, Cooking . 
Charity at Home. 
Cheese, Damson . 
Chestnut Puree . 
Chestnuts on Bill of Fare. 
Preserving . 
Chicken, Cuban . 
Child Culture . 
Children in Japan. 
Chinese Cook’s .Motto. 
Christmas Gifts . 
Gifts, Sensible . 
In Australia . 
In Georafia . 
Tree, Women’s . 
Cistern, Useful . 
Citron, Pickled . 
Cleaning by Compressed Ai 
Clothes Sprinkler . 
Clothing. Storing . 
Club for Visiting. 
Page 
_ 359 Coal Ashes for Scouring. 
.... 567 Codfish Chowder . 
,181 Coffee, Corn . 
.... 486 Crust . 
.... 375 Substitutes . 
_ 679 Colds. Remedy for. 
,790, 8°3 Cook'es. Maple .. 
_ 454 Cooking. Farmhouse. 
.... 58 Copper Vessels, Old. 
.... 550 Corn Chowder . 
.... 294 Griddle Cakes . 
.... 261 Hulled New England 
.... 74 Meal Gruel . 
_ 678 Corset, Washing . 
_261 Cranberries. Baked . 
.... 326 Cranberry Drink . 
_ 26 Shortcake . 
_ 854 Souffle . 
_ 775 Cteam, Managing . 
_471 Creed, A. 
_ 42 Cucumber in Pot Cheese.. 
.... 839 Pickles, Small . 
_ 647 Gupboard. Revo>vina- ... 
_ 694 Day by Day at Northwood 
454 Dinner. Emergency . 
.... 326 Discontent . 
_710 Dish Drainer . 
.... 358 Dishwasher Wanted .... 
Page 
.7'3, 
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. 774 
.... 534 
. 742 
.... 156 
. 374 
790, 823 
.... 870 
_ 97 
.... 567 
.... 567 
.422 
.... 406 
.... 27 
.... 74 
.... 870 
.... 27 
.... 295 
.220 
.582 
. 695 
.758 
.. 97 
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