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INDEX.—THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
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Feeds, Adulteration of. 913 
From Slaughterhouse Products. 679 
Feet, Frosted, Remedy for. 210 
Freight, “Released” Rate for. 916 
Fence Post, Patented. 605 
Posts, Timber For. 113 
Wire Problem.645, 650, 667 
Fertilizer, Applying . 493 
Blood as .143, 775 
Exposure of . 327 
Figuring Value of. 412 
For Apple Trees . 284 
For Grass .502, 541 
For Onions . 380 
Liquid . 004 
Problems . 415 
Fertilizers, Cash Value of . 130 
Chemical, Success With. 33 
For Celery . 33 
In Missouri . 461 
On Western Farms . 821 
Firemen, Education for . 733 
Flies on Cattle . 646 
Flower Bed, Summer . 279 
Notes, February . 200 
Flowers, Winter, Summer Treatment of 260 
Fodder, Left-over . 406 
Food Production, Economical . 312 
Fowls, Barred Rocks and W. Wyandottes 391 
Brahmas and Leghorns . 390 
Dorking . 548 
Leghorn. Breeding . 422 
Marking . 615 
White Leghorn . 221 
Yarded, Care of . 439 
Freemartins . 807 
Fruit at N. Y. State Fair. 721 
At Poughkeepsie meeting . 147 
Crate, Improved . 820 
Damage in Hudson Vallqy .355 
Farm, Massachusetts . 173 
Farm, Western New York . 701 
Growers’ Association, N. Y_53, 69 
Growing from Seeds . 494 
How to Thin . 442 
In Hudson Valley . 258 
In North Carolina . 52 
In N. W. Massachusetts . 638 
Near Line Fence . 637 
Outlook in Middle South. 401 
Outlook in N Y. 361 
Picking and Handling .731, 746 
Packing in California . 19 
Preserving for Show . 214 
Propagation from Bearing Trees_ 131 
South African . 273 
“Sports” Wanted. 916 
Thinning .458, 485 
Tree Propagation . 322 
Trees, Hardiness of . 653 
Trees and Rabbits. 916 
Varieties, Variations In . 426 
Variety, New, Controlling .29, 259 
For Eastern New York . 207 
New, Exploiting . 590 
Furnace Regulator, Alarm Clock for.. .. 362 
G 
Garden, Backyard . 201 
Kitchen . 174 
Illinois . 781 
Southern Woman’s . 780 
Gardening Questions.588, 814 
Under Glass . 683 
Gas Damages Plants .778, 831 
Natural, at Work . 445 
Gedney Farm . 19 
Ginseng and Horse Chestnuts. 895 
Truth About . 433 
Gladiolus Culture . 398 
Giant Late Blooming . 782 
Troubles . 36 
Gladioli Seedlings . 235 
Gluten Feed . 143 
Goats, Angora . 220 
Imported Angora . 487 
Milch . 726 
Milch, Breeding . 791 
To Clear Land . 711 
Gooseberries for Missouri . 412 
For Pennsylvania . 214 
Mildew on . 187 
Gooseberry, Triumph . 540 
Grafting Apples . 256 
Grapevines . 237 
Peaches .52, 111 
Prunes . 52 
Walnuts . 131 
Wax . 213 
Grain Cutting and Stacking . 545 
For Milch Cows . 391 
In Straw Feeding . 118 
Grange, Lewis County, N. Y. 481 
Mata wan, N. J. 307 
Topics for 1904 . 45 
Wallkill River . 513 
Grape Leaf Folder. 68 
Seedlings . 702 
Strawberry . 894 
Grapes, Bordeaux Stains on. 652 
Cross fertilizing . 160 
For North Carolina . 772 
Foxy, All Right. 894 
Dilute Hybrids. 894 
In Carolina Mountains. 894 
In Pennsylvania . 825 
Large Showy . 68 
On Rural Grounds . 862 
Questions About . 637 
Shelling off . 4 
Summer Pruning for. 557 
Grapevines, Grafting .237, 388 
Moving, . 923 
On Old House . 322 
Grass, Bermuda, in Orchard . 358 
Does it Poison Apple?. 323 
Fertilizer for .502, 541 
For Park . 358 
Nitrate of Soda for . 254 
Orchard . 671 
Seeds, Variety . 794 
Seeding . 362 
Starting in Low Ground. 685 
Tankage for . 620 
Witch, Killing . 443 
Greenhouse for Early Plants . 173 
Fumigation .160, 308 
Inexpensive . 279 
Sod for . 345 
Soil, Sterilizing ..732, 821 
vs. Hotbeds . 431 
Work in October . 748 
Work in November . 797 
Work in December . 861 
Grindstone, Grease for . 66 
Grubs in Strawberries . 780 
White, in Manure . 565 
Guano, Peruvian . 132 
Gypsy Moth . 657 
H 
Harness, Oil for . 421 
Hay and Manure, Fertilizing Value of.. 3 
Baling . 651 
Caps . 609 
Clover, Making.500, 505 
Farming in Maine . 7L3 
Loader, Work of .395, 410, 430 
Roping. 516 
Slings and I-Iay Loaders . 379 
Hawk Bait. 503 
Hawks, Protection from . 471 
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Hawthorne, Propagating.525 
Heath, Erica Ilyemalis . 308 
Heifer, Hard Milking . 165 
Precocious . 646 
lien as Bone Mill . 3 
Farm, Hayward's . 425 
Farm, Six-acre . 119 
Farm, White and Rice's.473, 503 
Hastening Moult of . 486 
House Plastered ....694, 710, 711, 758 
Man, Connecticut .149 
Man, Notes from . 534 
Manure, Fining . 445 
Manure for Drilling. 34 
Manure, Medicated . 541 
Notes, Cosgrove’s.838, 918 
Ration, Anti-Corn . 119 
Ration, Value of . 758 
Record .121, 221 
Record, Connecticut . 47 
Record, Pennsylvania. 248 
Talk, Sensible. 886 
Tonic . 75 
200-Egg 31 
Woman, Successful . 423 
Hens and Milk. 76 
And Spraying Chemicals. 281 
Aggressive . 406 
Ailing .439, 487 
Balanced Ration for . 852 
Beans for .'. 352 
Beef Tea for . 164 
Breeding, Care of . 406 
Business . 195 
Connecticut . 101 
Crowded . 291 
Early Moulting . 119 
Eating Eggs.502, 518, 615 
Egg Shells for. 266 
Green Bone for. 62 
Grit for . 99 
In Winter Quarters. 870 
Leg Weakness in . 346 
Mother and Son Keep . 823 
Moulting, Hurrying . 615 
Nests and Roosts . 550 
Questions About Breeds . 290 
R. I. Red .242, 313 
Sanitary, Cook’s . 269 
Skim-Milk for . 390 
Tankage for . 266 
Trap Nests for.374, 409, 551 
Vs. Cows . 230 
Vs. Hogs . 351 
With Egg Pedigree . 4.9 1 
Yearling . 630 
House Building. 474 
House, Damp . 219 
House, Seif-Warming . 426 
Houses, Small . 313 
House, Stone . 630 
House, Three-story . 121 
House, Ventilating. 280 
Hickorynut, Good New. 288 
Wiker. 288 
Hog Cholera . 359 
Pasture, Rape for. 245 
Skinning .209, 330 
Beets for . 780 
Charcoal For . 236 
Feeding on Swill . 758 
In Orchard . 141 
Keeping on Shares. 663 
Paralysis In. 350 
Tamworth . 101 
Hogs and Ivainit. 922 
And Oat Straw. 165 
Iloghouse, Damp . 395 
Honey, Comb, Pure . 869 
Honeysuckle, Chinese. 910 
Hops in New York . 618 
Horse, Burying with Dynamite. 491 
Chestnut, Value of. 895 
Chronic Indigestion in. 31 
Feeding Notes . 47 
Idle, Wintering . 710 
Ration for. 919 
Show, N. Y. 860 
Stolen, Hunt for. 906 
Teaching to Trot. 918 
Trade .309, 443, 533 
With Brittle Feet. 209 
With Collar Boils.245, 359 
With Indigestion . 142 
With Laminitis . 47 
Horses and Autos. 014 
Bearded Barley for . 142 
Boarding on Farms . 566 
Carriage . 567 
Clipping . 775 
Constipated . 209 
Draft, Outlook for....423, 437, 454, 519 
Demand for . 567 
German Coach . 142 
Hay for . 63 
Mange in . 245 
Millet Hay for .218, 852 
Pasturing . 350 
Plank Floors for. 66 
Prices for . 437 
Three Abreast .453, 477, 541 
Trouble with . 855 
Watering . 411 
Work, Feed for . 292 
Horseradish, Bohemian . 96 
Culture . 306 
Horticultural Meetings .. • • - 769 
Society, N. J.57, 79 
Society, Ohio .5, 29, 36 
Society, Pa. 103 
Society, Western N. Y.127, 137 
Hotbed Soil . 796 
Hotbeds .53, 83, 148 
Fail to Heat . 461 
Fire . 279 
Mice in . 254 
House, Country, Heating, 35, 129, 153, 
208, 231, 255, 279, 586, 633, 661 
.... 714, 751 
Fumigating, . 669 
Huckleberry, Domesticating . 585 
Hydraulic Ram . 6S 
I 
Ice, Keeping . 
Icebox in Cellar . 
Ice Cream as Dairy Product. 
Icehouse, Building . 
Improving . 
Pennsylvania . 
Illinois Notes . 
Incubators and Brooders . 
Experience with . 
Indorsers, Liability of . 
Insect Destroyers . 
Discouraging. 
Pests . 
Insurance Companies and Unoccuple_d 
Buildings .795, 
Iowa Notes . 
Iron Filings as Mulch. 
698 
779 
699 
685 
628 
747 
619 
390 
534 
605 
348 
711 
4121 
843 
801 
413 
J 
Juneberry, Dwarf . 606 
Uses of . 215 
K 
Ivainit and Ilogs. 922 
Willi Stable Manure.3, 795, 922 
Kid and Lamb. 902 
Keratitis, Infectious . 807 
Kerosene Emulsion .364. 868 
I.imoid Spray .732, 749 
With Bordeaux Mixture. 132 
Kohl Rabi . 557 
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Labor and Capital, Rules for. 432 
Question . 349 
Dignity of . 329 
Ladder for Apple Pickers. 813 
Lambs, Early Raising. 535 
Fattening .471, 871 
For Profit . 615 
Hampshire . 534 
Hothouse .487, 763 
Marketing . 221 
Mutilation of .331, 369 
Orphan, Woolly . 487 
Poisoned . 678 
Weaning . 631 
Winter, Care of . 518 
Land, Canadian . 41 
Clearing . 909 
Free, Distribution of. 653 
Old, Handling . 302 
Old, Strength in. 289 
Right of W T ay Across,... .453, 476, 605 
Lands, W r aste Replanting . 811 
Laurel, Mountain . 382 
Lawn Sod . 90 
Lead Pipe . 807 
Lease, Transfer of . 773 
Leather, Poor . 83 
Lice, Killing.47, 636 
Light for Farmhouse . 378 
Lightning and Tin Roofs. 365 
Freaks of . 468 
Rods.71, 109, 263 
Lilies, Best Varieties . 846 
Lily, Blackberry. 910 
Day. 910 
Lime, Action of . 358 
And Potato Scab . 67 
And Sulphur, Chemistry of. 231 
And Sulphur, Facts about, 188, 
.479. 500, 508, 813, 814 
And Sulphur, Failure of. 827 
And Sulphur, Quick Mixture of.... 362 
Burning on the Farm. 34 
Experience with . 302 
For Land . 730 
For Slugs . 126 
Use of .535, 652 
Sulphur Does Not Stick Well. 510 
Sulphur for Rabbits. 508 
Sulphur Mixture.877, 906 
Sulphur Without Boiling.186, 206 
What Form of. 820 
Limoid-Kerosene Mixture. . .815, 843, 874, 913 
Live Stock Breeders N. l r . Meet. 13 
Grade, at Fairs. 549 
In Louisiana.858, 881 
Judging . 774 
Lizards as Insect Destroyers. 549 
Loganberry . 462 
Louse, Melon .211, 493 
Lumber Camp, Beauty on. 381 
M 
Mail Carrier, Rural, Duties of.49, 
Delivery, Rural .41, 
Delivery in Homemade Box. 
Man, Hired, Talks. 
Manure and Kainit. 
Bat, Value of. 
For Subsoil . 
From Planer Shavings. 
Handling .210, 
Heating . 
Firefanged . 
Keeping in Pits. 
Leached, Value of. 
Lime or Plaster with. 
Loss in Mulching. 
On Leased Farm. 
Stable, Using . 
Sawdust and Shavings in. 
When to Haul. 
Maple Products . 
Syrup Story . 
Mare Out of Condition. 
Market Gardener's Day. 
Man, Advice of. 
Marketing in Maine. 
Maud Muller, New. 
Meadows, Old, Handling. 
Permanent, Grasses for. 
Meat, Rise in Price. 
Smoking . 
Trust, Join . 
Melon Beetles ... 
Bugs and Fish Scraps. 
Louse .211, 
Seed, Blighted .809, 
Fertilizer for . 
Starting Under Glass.135, 
Mice and Trees.19, 73, 254, 258, 
In Hotbeds . 
And Feed . 
Milk and Apple Pomace. 
And Its Making. 
Bitter .63, 
Bloody . 
Certified .490, 506, 
Cellars, Cider in. 
Fat and Flavor in. 
Feeding Fat Into. 
Feeding for Quantity. 
Fever, Air Treatment for. 
Fever in Sows. 
Flow, Delicieut . 
High Class, in N. Y. 
How Affects Infants and Invalids.. 
Improving . 
Notes .453, 469, 
Pail Holder . 
Skim, Concentrated . 
Skim, for Calves. 
Standard . 
Standards, Change in. 
Substitutes for Calves. 
Testing . 
Thick and Bloody. 
Milker, Training. 
Milking, Correct Method of.... . 
Machines .726, 742, 
Millet for Cows. 
Mole Crop, Less . 
Moles in Ce^ar . 
Montbretias and Tritomas. 
Money, Finding. 
Mortgage and Deed. 
Assignment, Error in. 
Lapsed, Interest on. 
Outlawing . 
Questions . 
Time Limit of. 
Unreleased Validity of. 
Mosquitoes . 
Muck, Compost from. 
How to Handle. 
Mulch, Hemlock . 
Apple Trees.436, 812, 
Iron Filings for. 
Effect on Bark. 
Pine Needles for. 
Mule. Dislocation of Patella. 
Eats Dirt . 
Future of . 
With Indigestion . 
Mules in Vermont. 
Mushroom Culture, Progress in. 
Mustard Seed . 
Wild .261, 
207 
112 
508 
215 
3 
556 
213 
682 
713 
180 
110 
109 
154 
110 
18 
110 
606 
924 
18 
382 
428 
454 
457 
661 
881 
492 
110 
378 
545 
615 
790 
462 
493 
493 
820 
554 
686 
452 
254 
148 
S91 
193 
694 
518 
587 
533 
118 
46 
822 
790 
790 
486 
777 
538 
623 
692 
634 
598 
143 
244 
459 
855 
599 
292 
555 
301 
852 
891 
590 
88 
90 
828 
397 
517 
901 
829 
829 
773 
901 
632 
3 
525 
67 
889 
413 
716 
4 
454 
869 
565 
454 
778 
718 
533 
556 
N 
New Hampshire Notes. 41 
N. Y. State, Advantages of.335, 593 
Night Soil .22, 652 
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Nitrate for Potatoes and Clover... .34, 262 
For Garden . 604 
For Grass . 254 
For Strawberries . 254 
In a Complete Fertilizer. 304 
With High Grade Fertilizers. 216 
Nitrogen and Ammonia. 34 
And Rape. 35* 
Bacteria, How to Use. 436 
Forms of . 67 
Organic Forms of. 345 
Tankage . 278 
What Form of . 154 
Note and Indorser. 685 
Nursery Case in Iowa. 465 
Fraud. 540 
Stock on Sod. 421 
Nurserymen and Substitution.9, 205 
Nut Culture in Texas. .. . 492 
Trees, Grafting . 307 
O 
Oat Stubble, Disking for Wheat. 652 
Oats and Bran, Value of. 423 
In Mud . 363 
Manure for . 281 
Nitrate of Soda for. 278 
On Corn Stubble. 395 
Ocean Trip, Hope Farm. 767 
Oleander and Throat Trouble. 829 
Oleo Decision, Effects of. 513 
Situation . 705 
Tax on . 527 
Onion, Egyptian Perennial . 622 
Ground, Fitting . 237 
Ointment . 845 
Reports . 737 
Seed, Queer . 348 
Sets, Raising . 524 
Sets, Keeping.716, 820 
Onions, Ashes for. 132 
Big . 191 
Early Bunching. 636 
Egyptian Tree . 733 
Fertilizer for . 380 
Frozen . 180 
Thicknecked . 765 
Winter, How to Grow. 539 
Orchard Advice, Ilitchings. 587 
Arkansas . 305 
Checker-Board . 132 
Cultivation .51, 257 
Draining . 112 
Experimental . 564 
Fertilizer for . 284 
From Root Grafts. 20 
Grass . 671 
Live Stock in. 9 
On Hillside . 650 
Pests, Illinois . 2 
Rape and Crimson Clover for. 540 
Saving Labor in. 858 
Seeding to Grass. 256 
Turf Culture for. 2 
Indiana . 891 
What to Sow in. 341 
Orchards, Hillside . 591 
Mulched, Crops with. 443 
Orcharding, Conditions Governing. 87 
In Michigan . 344 
Orchid, Pqor Man’s. 926 
Orange, Cross-Pollinated . 264 
Prices . 159 
Oriole, Orchard, Work of. 702 
Ornamentals, Hardiness of. 494 
P 
Package Notes . 202 
l’aiut, Fireproof .266, 365 
For Trees.155, 284, 781, 889, 909 
Skim-milk and Lime for. 262 
Soft Soap . 693 
I’apaws, Notes on. 778 
Parcels Post . 25 
Parasite Wonders . 747 
Pasture Crops . 278 
Permanent . 68 
Renovating . 113 
Rye and Grass for. 255 
Improving . 741 
Pea, Breck’s Old Glory. 597 
Peas, Canada for Stock. 508 
Cow, for N. Y. 132 
Cow, in North. 363 
Cow, in North Carolina. 411 
Cow, Plowing Under. 492 
Cow, Questions About. 535 
Cow, With Corn. 364 
For Seed. 641 
Inoculation for . 602 
Seeding of . 281 
Sucession of. 285 
I’each Borers, Lye for. 794 
Bud Reports . 79 
Buds in W. Va. 215 
Diamond . 540 
Fitzgerald .703, 748 
Orchard, Fertilizing . 813 
Pruning . 89 
Prospects . 147 
Rockey . 130 
Root-Aphis . 189 
Seedlings . 444 
Seed Saving . 668 
Trees, Cutting Back.134, 254 
Trees, Damage to. 513 
Trees, Defective . 414 
Trees, Frozen, How to Handle, 156, 
203, 232 
Trees, Iietopping . 234 
Peaches, Connecticut . 210 
For Horses.218, 852 
Grafting .52, 
In Sod . 
Marketing . 
On Long Island. 
Rural Grounds Report. 
Spring, Pruned . 
Golden Beurre of Bilboa. 
Golden Russet . 
Kieffer, as Grafting Stock. 
Lincoln . 
Psylla . 
Trees Killed in Hudson Valley.... 
Trees, Sickly . 
Tree, Well Trained. 
Pear, Anjou. 
Culture in New England. 
Dorset . 
Trees, Barren. 
Kieffer, Full Crop. 
Pears and Plums for Maine. 
Big, Dangerous . 
Bitter Rot in. 
Body Blight in. 
Dwarf . 
Kieffer, When to Pick.757, 762, 
Pecan Proposition . 
Questions . 
Yellows. 
Pecans, Seedling . 
Seedling and Budded. 
Terminal Budded . 
Pedigree in Trees and Plants. 
Pepper, Magnum Dulce. 
New Hybrid . 
Peppers a Profitable Crop. 
Eating . 
Peppermint, Michigan . 
Persimmon, Japan, in Ohio. 
Seed, Handling . 
Seeds . 
Ill 
750 
201 
417 
830 
210 
347 
540 
364 
131 
445 
302 
556 
179 
926 
304 
131 
893 
878 
860 
785 
620 
157 
67 
780 
256 
700 
892 
326 
287 
50 
205 
766 
766 
323 
639 
497 
157 
36 
207 
