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INDEX.—THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
Fertilizer and Hen Manure.2.S1 
Bone and Ashes. 449 
Bones as . 260 
Cannery, Refuse for. 260 
Corn . 79 
For Corn, A.342, 400 
for Lawn.321 
For Potatoes, A. 342 
Home Mixture Suggested. 242 
How Much?. 342 
How to Use Fish for. 657 
Mixture, A Poor. 301 
Poultry Litter as.283 
Problems in Indiana. 137 
Questions, A Batch of. 282 
Slaughterhouse refuse for. 117 
Tan Bark for. 96 
Value of a. 577 
What in the South. 704 
Wool waste as. 281 
Fertilizers, Filler for. 243 
Those who Buy. 054 
Values of. 58 
With Straw and Lime. 089 
Fertilizing Problem, A. 262 
Filberts, Propagating. 008 
Fish, Analysis of. 352 
Culture, A Chapter on. 633 
Culture, More About. 751 
For Small Pond. 119 
Story, Another. 769 
Flies, Kerosene for.490 
Flour at Auction. 91 
Flower Seeds, Native Grown. 886 
Fodder for Northern New York.. 560 
Green, for Horses. 639 
Food, Adulteration of. 429 
Footwear. Cost of. 21 
Fowl. White Wyandotte. 368 
Fowls, Color of Plymouth Rocks. 878 
Getting Rid of Old. 185 
Rhode Island Reds. 268 
Free Martins. 603 
Freeze, Lessons from. 469 
Freezine, as Milk Preservative.... 307 
Freight Rates from Florida. 901 
Frog Farming in America.882 
Frost, Lessons from. 432 
Why Wind Prevents. 686 
Fruit, Absorbed Flavor in....734, 782 
Color and Quality in.317 
Early Maturing, Notes on.574 , 595 
Farm, A Delaware. 623 
Farm, A New Jersey. 7 85 
Growing in Alabama. 544 
Growing in Washington . 98 
Handlers. The Three Greedy.. 167 
How Nature Girdles. 512 
Inspection in Washington. .670, 750 
Questions, Various. 900 
Trees, Effects of Cold on. 527 
Trees, Fall Planting for. 590 
Trees for Back Yard. 218 
Trees, Girdled, Saving. 221 
Trees. Girdling. 494 
Fruits. Bush. Fertilizing. 59 
Citrus, Freaks in. 620 
Color and Quality of. 478 
Color, as Related to Flavor in 134 
Crossing, Different Classes of. 54 
Decay and Preservation of.... 75 
For Oklahoma. 72o 
For the South. OSS 
For Wisconsin. 217 
For Illinois Farmer. 115 
In Illinois. . 529 
Japan, on Puget Sound. 440 
Law for Destruction of. 94 
Seedless, How Come. 203 
Small, Freaks Among. 34. 
Small, What Varieties of.. . 672 
Some New Hybrid. 610 
When to Cut Back. 512 
Fuel, Cheap . 304 
G 
Garden, Forest Leaves in. 719 
Gardens, Nineteen to the Acre... 319 
Geranium, Hybrid, Flashlight... 706 
Gideon. Peter M. 447 
Goats, Gambling in. 123 
Gooseberries, Best. 546 
Grafting . 34 
Gooseberry, Columbus. 28o 
Grafting Chestnut on Bitternut.. 319 
Clett, Advantages of. 800 
Nut Trees. 278 
Seedlings and Roots. 900 
Grain and Ensilage Together.266 
Cutting, A Header for. 415 
Hay for Stock. 529 
Insects in. 721 
Manorial Values of. 300 
Southern. Small. 892 
to Follow Potatoes. 597 
Grange Officers. New. 13 
Grape, Campbell’s Early.786 
Crop, Renter’s Share of. 300 
Cuttings, Why Yearling Bear. 512 
Early Ohio. 798 
Experience at Rural Grounds. 546 
Shoots After Freeze. 430 
Tests in Wisconsin. 22 
Union, Work of a. 76 
Vine Flea Beetle, Work of.... 238 
Grapes and Pears, Best. 99 
Basket of, A.53, 78 
Foreign in South Carolina.... 113 
For Wine Making. 4S1 
High Priced. 502 
In California and Elsewhere. 750 
In Central New York. 853 
Grass, Awnless Brome. 157 
Culture. Intensive. 629 
For Marsh. 055 
Heavy . 853 
Starting on Sour Land. 301 
Grasses for Overflowed Meadows.. 802 
Grasshoppers, Killing. 542 
Greenhouse and Boiler Questions. 481 
Building and Glazing. 222 
Cheap and Simple, A. 55 
Heating Questions. 202 
Soil. Preparing. 513 
With Stone Wall. 97 
Grindstones, True. 899 
Grub, Troublesome White. 831 
Grubs In Back of Cattle. 287 
Guinea Fowl, The. 522 
Fowls .507 
Gum Crop. The. 041 
H 
Hamilton, John, Sec’ty of Agr... 371 
Hares. Belgian. Habits of. 58 
Harrow, Disk or Cutaway. 137 
Hay, Helps in Handling.430 
Price in Klondike. 97 
Hazelnuts, All About.258 
Questions About. 433 
Hedge and Evergreen, Best for 
Massachusetts .342 
Heifers, Precocious Lactation in.. 714 
Hemlock. The Big-leaved. 264 
Small-leaved . 40 
Hen as Manufacturer, The.357 
Canadian, in England.391 
Country. A. 368 
Experimenting With. 573 
Feeds the Farm.701, 717 
Is New Blood Necessary. 763 
Manure, Value of. 261 
Old Speckle. 882 
Problems, Some. 64 
Henhouse. Building a. 5 
Floor. The Best. 208 
Hens, Artificial Heat for.... 878, 911 
Cruelty to. 619 
Fxperiment With. 348 
Flock of Pure Bred.328 
Hothouses for. 863 
Laying, Picking Out.850 
Legs. Warts on. 523 
Pasture for. 400 
Rations for Laying.246, 288 
Some New Hampshire. 348 
Tea. Warming the. 208 
Page 
Hickory and Chestnut from Henry 
Hales . 870 
Hippopotamus. Doctoring a. 163 
Hired Man Talks, A. 752 
Hog Cholera, Vaccinating for. 491 
Medicines for a. 287 
Pasture in Succession. 228 
The Poor Man's Stock. 522 
Hogs and Peaches. 4 j6 
In Apple Orchard.135, 911 
In Arkansas. 15 
In Yorkshire. 205 
Hoghouse, Plan for. 698 
Horse, Blood Purifier for. 125 
Breeders Happy. 731 
Breeding In New York. 474 
Breeding, Western. 539 
Buying a. 603 
Canneries, Western . 606 
Collar Boils on. 309 
Collar Gall on.763. 827 
Corns on. 555 
Eczema in. 175 
Fistulous Withers on. 651 
Flesh as Human Food. 283 
Grease Heel in. 667 
Hackney . 309 
Heaves in.84, 476 
Injury to Fetlock. 369 
Lampas in. 229 
Lymphangitis in a. 229 
Manufacturing a.442, 458 
Megrims in. 309 
Out of Condition.249. 329 
Poll Evil on. 349 
Safety Bit for. 15 
Scratches in. 249 
Show in New York. 825 
Skin Eruption on.249, 747 
Slobbers in. i05 
Sweeny in. ill 
Thick-winded . 667 
Thin in Flesh. 115 
Western . 762 
Worms in. 389 
Horses. American, Abroad. 265 
Grease Heel in. 879 
Home Bred. 682 
Hoofs. Dry and Hard. 289 
Lice On, Kerosene for. 3«9 
Outlook for. 426 
Ranch in Demand. 506 
Stock Company, Beware of.... 411 
Strlnghalt in. 269 
Horseradish. Culture of. 852 
Horticultural Conditions in Europe 93 
Society. Eastern New York... 153 
Ohio State, The. 903 
Society, Western New York, 
Anniversary . 73 
Horticulturists. Laws Needed by.. 155 
Hotbed. Making a. 97 
Snails in. 302 
Hotbeds. Starting Plants in. 175 
Water Heater for. 116 
Housekeepers, Wandering. 380 
Hybridizing Conference. 612 
Hydrangea, Climbing. 466 
Hydrangeas. Hardy. 738 
Hypericum Moserianum . 902 
Tee Cream, How to Make. 417 
Icehouses, Southern. 766 
Imports, Agricultural. 609 
Incubator, How to Run.143, 164 
Incubators and Fire Insurance.3, 64 
Insect, Metal Eating. 340 
Pests of 1898. 74 
Questions, Some. 262 
Insects. Hbw Spend the Wlnter.55, 116 
Injurious of Hudson River 
Valley . 198 
Institute Workers, Winding up 
the. 820 
Institutes, Canadian, Notes from. 20 
The New York State. 4 
Irrigation for Small Fruits. 446 
In Forcing Houses. .815 
Practical Methods in. 154 
Ivy, Boston.418, 405 
Japan Umbrella Tree. The. 418 
K 
Kainit on Pear Trees. 59 ] 
Kansas? What's the Matter With 685 
Kelp. Value of. 57 
Kerosene, How to Spray. 339 
Mixtures and Rubber Hose.... 361 
Kissing Bug, A Picture of the... 605 
Klondike, A Voice from. 338 
Labor Conditions . 513 
Lambs, Constipation in. 389 
Dying in Turnip Field. 84 
In Poor Condition. 134 
In Cold Weather. 205 
Western, In Connecticut. 305 
Land Laws in Spain. r>42 
Poor. Bringing Up. 672 
Laurel, Mountain . 466 
Lawn, Care of New. 768 
Grass, Experiments in. 402 
Mowing the. 402 
Leather, Fertilizing Value of. 220 
Legislation, Farm, at Albany_ 131 
Legs, Artificial, for Animals. 43 
Lemon Tree, A Sick. 79 
Libraries, Traveling. 850 
Lice, Killing in Greenhouse. 342 
On Apple Trees. 361 
License and Personal Rights. 156 
The Law of. 251 
Life, Value of. 547 
Lime and Hen Manure. 901 
Arsenite of, Making.322 
Deep Plowing and. 297 
For Sour Soil. 157 
From Sugar Factories. 654 
LMac. Josika’s Chlonanthus-leaved 466 
Live Stock, Cruelty to. 910 
Lizards in a Spring. 342 
Locust for Fence Posts. 341 
Loganberry. The.138, 578 
M 
Magnolia. Hall’s Japan. 304 
Hypoleuca, at Rural Grounds.. 482 
Mail, Free Rural Delivery.. .814, 867 
Malt Sprouts for Pigs or Fertilizer 322 
Man to Scare the Crows, A. 239 
Manure for Market Gardening... 834 
Green . 302 
Green, for Poor Land. 545 
Green, Rape and Turnips for. 414 
Piling or Broadcasting. 529 
Sheep, Mining in California.. 527 
Strange Behavior of. 437 
What Fertilizers with. 592 
When to Spread. 138 
Maple Syrup, from Chips and Pig¬ 
skins . 127 
Vermont . 251 
Maples, Japan. 304 
Shall we Tap. 767 
Sunscalded . 199 
Mare, Brood and Foal, The. 509 
Enlarged Ankle on. 289 
The Farmer’s. 377 
Market Gardener, An Ohio. 414 
JMeat, Family Supplies of. 248 
f Melon Patches, Mulching. 358 
| Melon. The Petoskey. 770 
I Melons. High Class Jersey. 703 
l Rocky Ford. 590 
\ Rocky Ford in Ohio. 626 
\ Winter . 854 
Page 
Meat Eaters. 869 
Mica. The Source of. 577 
Milk, Better to Bottle. 43 
Best Way to Sterilize. 227 
Bitter .369, 878 
Bottle, Life of. 43 
Bcttled . 83 
Bottles, Fiber Cases for. 638 
Cans. Losses of. 308 
Combination, The. 162 
Controlling the. 162 
Dairy, Bottled. 267 
Dairy, Canadian. 183 
Dairy. Illinois. 206 
Does Food Flavor?. 883 
Farmers Cornered . 895 
Fever .209, 349 
From Diseased Cows. 309 
Giving Males. 715 
Handling . 385 
Herd or Single Cow's. 427 
In Central Massachusetts. 826 
In England. 327 
Jersey for Children. 287 
Modified . 507 
New Jersey.' 43 
New York. 43 
Outlook for. The. 247 
Preserving, High Pressure in 
..542. 805 
Problem, A Massachusetts.286, 877 
Producers and F. S. M. P. A .. 306 
Producing Guaranteed. .20, 42, 62 
Pure, Making. 579 
Situation, The..142. 226, 266, 
286, 306, 761, 782. 
Situation in Baltimore. 898 
'Skim. Selling. 459 
Souring of. 53 s 
Stringy or Slimy. 125 
Supply. Handling New York’s. 142 
Talk at Institutes. 82 
Testing for Cheese. 1 
Tickets, Sanitary. 43 
Trusts . 122 
War at Middletown. 385 
W'ar, The.697, 713, 877 
What Makes Strong. 101 
Milkers and Milking. 458 
In New York State. 427 
Milking Tubes, Use of. 730 
Millet, Japan for Seed. 381 
Mcnkeys and Cotton. 340 
Morrill. Late Senator. 9 
Mortgage, Rights of Second. 58 
Rolling off the. 299 
Mulberry. The Weeping Russian. 135 
Mulch Excelsior for a. 320 
For Florida Soils. 830 
In Orchard. 319 
In Place of Cultivation. 321 
Mulching for Winter Protection. 886 
vs. Cultivation. 360 
Mule, Collar Gall on. 349 
Mules, Northern, for Florida.. . 269 
Mushroom Bed, A Belated. 262 
Mushrooms, How to Grow. 97 
Growing Outdoors. 134 
Music and Caterpillars. 479 
Muskmelon, Paul Rose. 674 
Muskmelons, Manufacture of. 337 
Winter, from Turkestan. 898 
Muttton, Lean, Wanted. 466 
X 
Negroes, Southern, on Long 
Island . 421 
As Educated Farmers. 799 
Nitrate of Soda. Use of.98. 241 
Nitrogen and Ammonia. 703 
In Crimson Clover. 431 
Three Forms of. 117 
Norway Spruce. The Pendulous.. 204 
Nursery. A New Jersey. 767 
Starting a . 720 
Nuts as Poultry Food. 348 
In Northern Michigan. 656 
Nut Trees, Early-bearing. 557 
Hardiness of. 885 
Setting Among Fruit. 298 
O 
Oats and Peas. 340 , 639 
False . 593 
Offal from a Slaughter House.... 243 
Ohmer. N., An Ohio Hortlcultur- 
1 st . 494 
Old Home Week in New Harap- 
shire . 591 
Oleo, Anti-color Legislation. 339 
Business The. 349 
In Italy. 427 
In New Jersey. 895 
Story of, A. 894 
Tax on, The. 207 
Uses for. 432 
What Is?. 103 
Why Does It Keep?. 465 
Onion Sets. 362 
Smut, Curing. 671 
Wild. Killing the. 607 
Onions as Nest Eggs. 459 
Bunch. A Talk About. 302 
On Sod. 38 
Of untla . 802 
Orange. Bahia. 378 
Osage . 243 
Protection . 263 
Oranges, Hybridizing. 298 
New Jersey. 765 
Orchard Grass. Value of. 655 
In Wheat Field. 381 
Long Island, A. 900 
Northern Spy Roots for. 720 
Old Invigorating an. 259 
Pruning a Neglected. 576 
Treatment for Young. 576 
Orchards, Georgia, Green Crops 
for . 544 
Western, N. Y. 649 
Ox, Passing of.21, 101 
I* 
Package, Neat, for Products. 558 
Pseony, Chinese. 870 
Papaw, Varieties of. 640 
Paradise Stock. Seed of. 79 
Paris Green, Cheap Substitutes for 231 
Pea. Cow, and Canada Field Pea. 301 
Pea- Cow. Curing for Hay. 689 
Cow, Northern. 782 
Morning Star. 498 
Prosperity-Gradus, The. 200 
Peas, Can Mummified Really 
Grow . 706 . 
Cow, at the North. s' 75T 
Cow, Broadcasting. I 641 
Cow. Experience with.[ 672 
Cow, First Experience with., 560 
Cow, for Poor Land.l 119 
Cow, for Strawberry Bed.... 497 
Cow, for Wheat./. 220 
Cow, How to Manure.400 
Cow, in Mass. 203 
Cow, in Northern N. Y.. 203 
Cow. Treatment for.704 
Cow’ Talk About.L 465 > 
For Poultry Food. ISi 
Planted Eight Inches Deep.. 418 
Surprise and Station.200 
Poach Borer, Remedy for. 222 
Carman .594 
Elberta . 451 
Emma . 134 
Emperor . 722 
Iron Mountain. 738 
Orchard, Best Tools for. 79 
Orchard, Cost of a. 300 
Orchards, Georgia. 593 
Trees, Frozen in Michigan.. 341 
Trees, Frozen. Treatment of. 239 
Trees, Gum of. 222 
Trees, Heading Back. 113 
Trees. Keep Out of Apple Or¬ 
chard . 784 
Trees. Winter Budding of.318 
Wrapping a. 850 
Page 
Peaches and Butternuts. 114 
Black Spots on. 688 
For East Tennessee. 138 
For New Hampshire. 319 
For Pennsylvania. 576 
For Texas. 399 
For Virginia. 218 
Michigan, Annihilated. 160 
Ola or New Land for. 113 
Partner for. 528 
Succession of. 54 
That Pay. 851 
Triumph, Kalamazoo and Fitz¬ 
gerald . 278 
Pear Bllster-mite, The. 592 
Bose . 433 
Bose, Ripening the. 481 
Culture for Profit. 77 
Dana Hovey. 870 
Garber . 113 
Kieffer, A Friend of. 380 
Kieffer, as Decorative Tree... 818 
Lawrence . 833 
Orchard. A Commercial. 115 
Rutter . 578 
Slug, Fighting the. 302 
Tree, A Remarkable. 360 
Vermont Beauty. 802 
Pears, Alligator. 633 
And Strawberries In the Cats¬ 
kills . 817 
Blight-Proof . 818 
Bose, An Orchard of. 557 
For Nine Months. 240 
Kieffer on Apple. 137 
Standard, Life of. 784 
Succession of. 704 
Pension Lettters, Two.. 360 
Persimmons in the North. 818 
In Rhode Island. 902 
Virginia, in Connecticut. 259 
Petunias, Dwarf. 642 
Philadelphia Exposition, The One¬ 
sided . 869 
Phloxes, Herbaceous. 690 
Phosphate Powders. Value of... 157 
Phosphoric Acid. Buying. 560 
Pickles and Sugar Beets. 850 
For Profit. 670 
Pig Feeding, Profitable. 144 
Pasture In Virginia. 815 
Pigs, Black Teeth in. 145 
Difficult Breathing in. 349 
Fed on Garbage. 289 
Fits and Thumps in. 105 
In Orchard. 3 
Intestinal Worms in. 329 
Kentucky . 747 
Piles in. 349 
Shorts or Middlings for. 651 
Pigeon Prices. 51 
Pines, Seedling. 816 
Plantain, How to Kill. 545 
Plant and its Nitrogen, The. 211 
Food, Cheap. 344 
Food. Lazy in Soil. 279 
Food, Selected. 401 
Hospital, Advice from. 173 
Oddities, Japanese. 511 
Plants, Aristocracy of. 37 
Food for. 641 
Fungous Diseases of.154 
Hardiness of. 434 
Insect Bating. 642 
Shipping to Foreign Lands.... 608 
Plaster No Substitute for Lime... 242 
1’lowing. Spring or Fall. 203 
Plow, Subsoil, A Home Made_ 526 
Plum. Black Knot on. 686 
Hale Again. 60 
Hale Japan Again. 6 
Prunus Simoni.. 544 
\ Satsuma . 22 
A Trees, Japan. Cutting Back.. 258 
Plums. Abundance. 766 
Abundance, Rotting of. 258 
And Cherries on Their Own 
Roots . 298 
And Pears, Hardy. 766 
Best Dozen. 302 
Bradshaw . 633 
Exposed Situation for. 259 
Japan, A Word About. 562 
Japan, Commercial Value of. 239 
Japan Cross-bred.'. 22 
Japan, in Missouri. 360 
Japan, in Vermont. 279 
' Japan, in Virginia. 64 
Native, in Northwest. 798 
Native, More About. 870 
On Wild Stock. 640 
Shipping Georgia. 382 
Truth About. 298 
Wickson and Red June, in 
Mass. 113 
Plumbago, Blue. 770 
Pcmological Society, American, 
677, 693, 709 
The Connecticut. 95 
Popcorn Market, The. 489 
Pcplars. Bolleana and Lombardy. 433 
Poppy. The California. 658 
Pork. Cheap Eastern. 15 
Unwholesome Food? Is. 718 
Porto Rico, Possibilities of. 47 
Pests, Top or Butt End for. 702 
Potash Spraying Mixture. 901 
With Manure, Use of. 79 
Salta . 220 
Potato and Grass. 783 
And Pea Experiments. 467 
Beetle, The. 382 
Beetles and Tubers. 680 
Bug Crusher. 657 
Bug Trust. A. 641 
Bugs. Tobacco and. 527 
Canning Factory. A. 495 
Crates . 55 
Crop. An English. 398 
Diseases, Studying. 401 
Field, A Journey in.589 
Flower-pot Experiment. The 
R N. Y.80, 100, 120, 140 
Granite State. 324 
Growing, English. 18 
Growing in Kansas.669, 680 
How Cut for Seed. 324 
Plants, Sweet. Growing. 158 
Scab. What Causes. 689 
Sir Walter Raleigh. 360 
Sorter. Use of. 713 
Thick Seeding and Blight.... 301 
Well-Heeled . 830 
With Ring in Nose. 718 
Potatoes and Flowers, Fine. 98 
After Strawberries. 463 
Carman . 449 
Corrosive Sublimate for. 243 
Early, Fertilizer for. 721 
Early, in Northern Michigan. 558 
Fine Seedling. 2 
Hand-hoeing for. 448 
How Much Fertilizer for. 344 
In the Northwest. 735 
Date Planted, for Seed. 175 
Lime and . 320 
Lime and Ashes for..... 243 
Odd Things About. 359 
On Long Island. 383 
Plow and Fork for. 783 
Second Crop.56, 545 
Seed Balls on. 883 
South Jersey. 557 
Stable Manure for. 282 
Sulphur for Scab.745, 814, 869 
Sweet, from Slips. 526 
Why Do They Vary?.768 
Poultry Experiments. 683 
For Europe. 91 
Improving . 811 
Old Jersey Blue. 491 
Salt for.328, 388 
Shew, The New York. 104 
Thrive on Grain Alone? Will. 288 
Premium List, Annual, 
844. 845, 846, 847 
Preservaline, Down with. 426 
Pruning Questions. 884 
Prices, Full Weight. 2 
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Piivato Business and Public Func¬ 
tions . 839 
Puffballs, Edible. 831 
Pumpkin, Growing a Big. 624 
Seedless . 87 
Quack. How to Kill. 320 
Quince in California, The. 381 
Magnolia. The. 113 
Trees, Pruning. 54 
Quinces, Propagating from Cut¬ 
tings . 199 
R 
Rabbits and Fruit... 753 
Radish, Leafless. 658 
Triumph . 450 
Railroad Passes, Free. 657 
Railroads and Fruit Growers, The 107 
Ranch in Maine. 713 
(Rape, a Great Crop. 731 
And Alfalfa. 801 
As Green Manure. 322 
As Hog Food. 417 
For Stock Food. 287 
Raspberries, Anthracnose in. 578 
And Japan Plums. 688 
And Blackberries. 800 
Cutting Back. 478 
Evaporating .. 5 
Fall Transplanting of. 592 
Red, in Indiana. 852 
That Winter kill. 430 
When to Transplant. 529 
Raspberry, Columbian_465, 594. 704 
Crop. Western N. Y. 553 
Cutbbert . 324 
Refrigerators, Pony. 360 
Reindeer, How Milked. 603 
Republic, The George, Jr.445, 461 
Rhubarb, Forcing in Dark, 
19, 33, 115, 237, 627, 719 
Plowing Out Roots. 785 
Roads, Good. 2 
Roosters. A Change of. 227 
Rope, Strength of. 801 
Rosa Rugosa. 466 
(Rose, Cherokee . 902 
Grafting . 262 
Grus an Teplitz. 610 
Magna Charta. 463 
Maid of Honor. 642 
Of Sharon. 738 
Ruby Queen. 833 
Roses. Blue. 594 
Double . 202 
Hybrid Wichuraiana. 321 
A Talk About..... 278 
Rowen Crop, Save the.666 
Rust in Strawberries. 430 
Sage and Thyme. 198 
Questions About. 768 
Salmonberry, The. 592 
Salsify, When to Plant. 198 
Salt for Killing Weeds. 497 
In Manure Pile. 497 
Sandwich Islands, Agricultural 
Conditions in.311, 331 
Scale. California. Remedy for... 243 
Of Points, The. 209 
San Jose. 495 
San Jose, and Cold.544 
San Jose, at Home. 597 
San Jose, at Rural Grounds. 434 
San Jose, How Maryland 
Fights .259, 277, 299 
San Jose, in Maryland. 155 
San Jose, More About. 606 
San Jose, Remedy for. 867 
School. The Centralized District.. 291 
Schoolhouse, The Rural. 231 
Schools, Centralized District in 
N. Y. 575 
Scions. Cutting . 884 
When to Cut. 338 
Seed Germinator, A Homemade. 625 
When to Sow. 340 
Seeds, Contract for Government. 135 
Why and How to Soak. 382 
Sheep, American Merino in Aus¬ 
tralia . 782 
And Apples. 634 
And Cattle Together. 161 
A Word for. 814 
Breeding, Importance of. 347 
Constipation in. 269 
Diarrhea or Dysentery in. 126 
Dorset, Dog-proof. 910 
Facts About. 698 
Farmer’s Flock of. 101 
Feeding Rape to. 715 
Grade, What is a.•. 746 
Grub in Head. 184 
Hampshire . 539 
Husbandry, Southern. 525 
Impaction in.289, 389 
In Kansas. 347 
In an Orchard. 5 
Intestinal Disease of.779 
Lincoln. The. 14 
Lonk, in England. 879 
On the Plains. 779 
On Shares.762, 827 
Shearing by Machinery.349 
Shropshire . 5 
Southdown Pedigrees.879 
Stories . 650 
Talk. A Short. 910 
Shingles Painting. 592 
Shrubs. Hardy, Some Reliable. 
754. 770, 786 
Silo. Advantages of Summer..... 655 
Clay Bottom for. 229 
Cow Peas in. 682 
Dry Stalks in.634 
On Rock Foundation.382 
Partitions In the. 638 
Revival in Ohio, A. 702 
Separator and Gas Engine for. 795 
Stave, How to Build. 285 
Stave. Simple Questions About 144 
Staves, Bevel and Splice for. 592 
Where to Start. 512 
Silos. Round. 56 
Square Cornered. 478 
Skim-milk, Feeding Value of.... 287 
Skunk Farm, A. 705 
Smut. Remedies for. 156 
Why Injurious to Cattle. 785 
Snake. Curing Skin of. 608 
Soil. How Made from Rock.799 
Building up at High Pressure, 
806, 881 
Making New. 448 
Odd Things About, 
297, 331, 339. 359, 378 
Poor, Quick Returns from.... 889 
Robbing the. 136 
Something for Nothing. 783 
Soot as Fertilizer. 901 
Sorghum as Horse Feed. 415 
Scrrel. Killing. 558 
Sewers. Some Suggestive.219 
Sew Whips Bull. 506 
Sows, Brood, Confined on Pen 
Floor . 105 
Old for Breeders. 618 
Sparrows and Currants. 339 
Spelling Reform.'. .. 478 
Spiraea Prunlfolia. 384 
Spraying and Sprav Mixture.239 
Cheap and Easy. 672 
Experimental, Notes on. 76 
On Windy Days.'... 281 
With Crude Petroleum. 689 
Spring of Water, Value of. 671 
Spruce, Gregory’s. 344 
Squash, Faxon. 854 
Squashes? What Ailed the.801 
Stable Ventilation, An Experience 
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