INDEX.—THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
111 
„ . i’age 
Persimmons . 13(5 
Petroleum, Crude, Value of. 321 
Phosphate Rock, Raw vs. Dissolved... 253 
Pickle Factories, Long Island. 030 
Stock . 500 
Pickles, flow to Make. 282 
Picnic, liope Farm... 367 
Pig, Baby, Feeding. 769 
Pigs and Clover. 47 
Black Teeth in. 66 
For Hope Farm. 463 
In Orchards . 705 
Lameness in .455 
Sore Mouth in. 487 
Too Rich Feed for. 237 
Trouble with . 311 
Winter . 242 
With Fits . 30 
Worms in . 236 
Piggery Nuisance . 565 
Pine Timber, Strength of. 87 
Pipe, Iron, for Posts. 836 
Rusting . 780 
Plant Breeding, Wholesale . 782 
Food .254, 474 
Protectors .37, 429 
Plants Damaged by Gas. 778 
Diseased Burn . 6 
For Shaded Border. 829 
For Warm Cellar. 4 
Pedigree . 264 
Plaster Does Not Fix Ammonia. 762 
Plow Disk, Use of. 342 
Plows, Turning and Tossing. 639 
Plum Report from Rural Grounds. 798 
Murdy . 540 
Plums, Early Ripening. 686 
Japan, in Orange Co., N. Y. 261 
On Peach Stock. 112 
Sterile . 324 
Pollen, Foreign, Improvement from.264 
Pony, Shetland . 521 
Porcupine and Raspberries. 523 
Pork, Experience with. 902 
Profitable, . 353 
Porto Rico, Vegetables in. 138 
Posts, Iron Pipe for. 780 
Treatment of .635, 751 
Potash and Acid Phosphate. 110 
Best Form of. 795 
From Kainit . 215 
Muriate and Sulphate of. 412 
Potato Beetles .557, 614 
Beetles and Birds. 917 
Beetles Scarce . 541 
Blight and Mildew. 379 
Blight, Bordeaux for. 363 
Crop. Pennsylvania .109, 215 
Crop Outlook .549, 705 
Crop, Ilow Handled. 683 
Diggers . 637 
Digging . 689 
Ground, Fitting . 460 
New Uruguayan . 670 
Outlook . 561 
Planters . 285 
Planting . 342 
Scab, Treatment for.67, 282, 741 
Society, National . 116 
Spraying .91, 138, 343 
Stalk-Borer . 561 
Trials on Rural Grounds. 54 
Within a Potato. 685 
Potatoes After Lime and Cow Peas.... 326 
Ahead of the Beetle. 526 
Blighted, Mowing . 385 
From Seed . 702 
High Priced. 638 
Hybridizing . 187 
In the Ground. 507 
In Switzerland . 613 
Nitrate of Soda on. 262 
Out All Winter .396, 529, 561 
Sprayed on, Long Island. 653 
Spraying . 721 
Spraying and Fertilizing. 286 
Starting Early . 327 
Sweet, Starting . 342 
Wood Ashes and Nitrate for. 110 
Poultry, Artificial Heat for. 619 
Blood or Green Bone for. 351 
Bowel Trouble in. 822 
Breeder, Western, Talks. 46 
Buildings . 598 
Cramming Machine . 775 
Crop . 737 
Fish Roe for. 351 
Grain for. 903 
House, Winter . 811 
House Construction . 538 
House Pointers . 758 
Killing . 557 
Outlook . 785 
Plant, Starting . 219 
Plymouth Rocks and Wyandottes.. 438 
Questions . 63 
Roup in .209, 358 
School Correspondence. 74 
Show, New. 893 
. Show, N. Y. 60 
Preserving Compounds . 655 
Privet in Indiana. 908 
Propagating, . 346 
Scale on . 216 
Produce, Shipping . 849 
Propagating From Bearing Trees. 131 
Property Right of Surviving Heir. 773 
Prospect Ilill Farm. 379 
Prunes, German, Grafting. 52 
Pruning Peaches . 210 
Shrubs . 234 
Summer .673, 701, 734 
Pullets, Leghorn, Facts About. 410 
Six Months as Layers. 390 
Vs. Old Hens. 502 
Pump, Compressed Air. 344 
For Watering Stock. 615 
Q 
Quack and Alfafa. 667 
Grass . 522 
Quince Borers, Salt for. 796 
Borgeat .54, 210 
It Page 
Rabbits and Fruit Trees. 916 
In Illinois. 127 
Why Fat . 79 
Radish, Crimson Giant. 240 
Ram, Hydraulic .564, 596, 764 
Hydraulic, Clogging . 284 
Purebred . 759 
Rakes, Side Delivery. 527 
Rape, Dwarf Essex.237, 461 
In N. Y. 132 
Raspberries, Everbearing .717, 718 
Second Crop . 701 
Yield of . 590 
Rats, How to Poison. 213 
Rhubarb, Evergrowing . 140 
For Spring Forcing . 844 
Plants, Young . 461 
Unfrozen . 211 
Ungrateful . 525 
What Ailed?. 924 
Winter . 21 
Roaches, Destroying . 716 
Road Building .634, 666, 849, 865 
Overseer Trespasses . 853 
Scraper . 774 
Good . 816 
Roads, State. 913 
Robins and Dogs.469, 477 
And the Law. 427 
Attack Grapes . 702 
And Fruit Growers. 525 
Friend of . 421 
No Friend of. 461 
Roof, Fireproof Paint for.266, 365 
Preservers . 395 
Roofs, Metal, Painting.533, 606 
Shingle . 279 
Tar Paper . 452 
Tarred . 319 
Roofing, Galvanized . 644 
Metal . 436 
Slate or Shingles for. 85 
Stains for . 79 
Steel .395, 444 
Steel, Life of. 327 
Rooster’s Comb Picked. 454 
Rosa Rugosa. 910 
Rose Buds, Blasting. 702 
Cuttings, Rooting. 908 
Bug, Detestable . 526 
Bugs, Hand Picking for . 52 
Crimson Rambler, Origin of. 606 
Cuttings Planted Outdoors. 684 
Cuttings, Starting . 693 
In Ohio. 877 
Philadelphia Rambler, Planting. ... 190 
Report, First . 260 
Winter Protection of. 908 
Roses, Dormant, Planting. 782 
Hardy, for Ohio. 524 
Irrigating with Drain Pipes. 343 
Philadelphia Rambler Hardy. 398 
Rambler . 606 
Rambler, Pruning. 398 
Tender in Cold Place. 210 
Trained . 110 
Wild, Breeding . 558 
Roup, Treatment for. 209 
Rubber Plant, Propagating.510, 596 
Rural Carriers and Automobiles. 733 
Grounds Novelties . 22 
Mail Delivery . 9 
Rye and Clover. 133 
And Clover for Sheep Pasture.470 
Profitable . 747 
Seeding . 715 
S 
Saloon Keeper's Notice. 492 
Salt on Drowned Chickens.503, 550 
Salvias . 235 
Sauerkraut . 101 
Saw, Cross-Cut, Handling.239, 263, 305 
Sawdust and Fruit Trees. 828 
For Manure . 283 
For Stable . 486 
Scale, Oyster-Shell . 187 
San Josd in Connecticut. 625 
San Jos6 in Maryland. # ... .. 641 
San Josd in New York.*..... 589 
San Jose in Various States. 609 
San Josd in Young Orchards, 
811, 825, 859 
San Josd on Privet. 348 
San Josd on Rural Ground. 734 
San Jose, Lime-Sulphur for.134. 813 
San Jos6, Liver of Sulphur Lime 
Wash for.328, 510 
San Jos6, Skillman on. 861 
San Jos6, Soda for. 508 
San Jos6, Spread of. 689 
San Jose, Spraying for. 174 
San Jose, Summer Spraying for.... 477 
School Laud, Right of Way on. 517 
Scions, Keeping . Ill 
Scrubs, Weeding Out. 742 
Seeds, Handling. 20 
Saving . 510 
Shavings for Bedding.33, 682, 684, 726 
Sheep, Age of. 678 
And Dogs . 701 
And White Daisy.218, 352 
Bells on .62, 142 
Cough in . 759 
Experience with.310, 519, 567 
Farm, New Hampshire. 793 
Farmer’s Flock of. 905 
Feeding . 171 
Grub in Head. 678 
In Argentina . 154 
In Orchards .332, 601, 666, 679 
Losing Wool . 293 
Manure, Value of. 253 
Nurseryman’s. 902 
Outlook . 350 
Rations . 163 
Renewed Interest in. 5 
Rye and Corn for. 74 
Silage for. 293 
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Starting Flock of. 918 
Shingles, Preserving . 780 
Shoddy and Wool Wastes. 838 
Shotes, Feeding. 759 
Silage, Care in Feeding. 92 
Corn and Soy Beans as. 162 
For Horses . 176 
For Sheep . 293 
Short . 31 
Substitutes . 46 
Weed . 353 
Silo and Corn Notes. 481 
Brick Building . 554 
Cement in .476, 507 
Filling . 662 
Michigan, Story of. 503 
Notes . 566 
Octagonal . 477 
Plastered with Concrete. 443 
Shredded Fodder in. 730 
Talk . 550 
Silkworm Eggs . 261 
Slate vs. Shingles . 155 
Slugs, Lime for. 126 
Smokehouse .69, 100, 149, 869 
Snails in Garden. 524 
Snow Plow, Canadian. 71 
Soap Dealer . 621 
Sod for Greenhouse . 345 
Soil, Needs of. 67 
Leaching, . 895 
Renovating . 397 
Suiting Crop to.. ... 895 
Sunshine in . 347 
Soiling Crops . 827 
Soot, Fertilizing Value of. 215 
Sorghum at the North. 412 
Heavy Yield of. 747 
Sorrel, Destroying . 556 
Sparrows and Lice. 304 
Spiders on Walls. 284 
Sprayer, Compressed Air.158, 263 
Steam . 88 
Power . 52 
Spraying, Compulsory, in Ohio. 364 
Effect of . 651 
Methods . 255 
Notes. 917 
On Pacific Coast. 79 
Outfits, Power for. 1 
Potatoes . 343 
Vine Crops . 875 
With Sulphide of Potash. 140 
Sprays for Southern Vegetables. 811 
Spring, Use of. 453 
Springbrook Farm, Day s Work at.393 
Squab Farm, Michigan. 729 
Squabs, Market for. 465 
Squash Culture .87, 93 
Stable Absorbents . 922 
Concrete .31, 297, 651, 839 
In Stone Hill. 844 
Stanchion Closer . 75 
Stands for His Rights. 6l3 
Steam, Uses for. 618 
Steamboat, Oregon . 497 
Steer, Growth on. 647 
Steers, Fattening . 471 
Stewardess, Duties of. 500 
Stock Raising in Florida. 839 
Watering Devices .377, 411 
Stokesia Cyanea .22, 72, 638 
Stone, Picking . 397 
Storehouse for Fruit and Vegetables. .. 605 
Straw, Marketing . 405 
Strawberry Bed, Renewing.324, 604 
Beds, Building Up. 553 
Dixon . 553 
Mead . 61 
Midnight . 559 
Plants, Pot-Grown . 699 
Rows, Vegetables Between.346 
Trials on Rural Grounds. 542 
Yields, Big . 607 
Strawberries, Bone and Wood Ashes for, 845 
Canadian . 159 
Guaranteed . 4S9 
Home Market for. 441 
In Burma . 55 
In Fine Condition... 878 
In Massachusetts . 597 
In Michigan . 650 
In Pennsylvania . 71 
Nitrate for . 254 
On Shares . 157 
Shaded . 452 
Three Years Old. 557 
AVeeds in . 556 
Stringfellow Answers Questions. 730 
Stumps, Clearing Out. 18 
Subsoiling, Opposed to. 155 
Sullivan County, N. Y., Notes. 493 
Sulphide of Potash in Spray Mixture.. 140 
Sunflower Seed, Value of. 852 
Swamp, Treatment of.764, 795 
Sweet Peas, Hybridizing. 94 
Fall Sowing of. 717 
Swimmer, Youthful . 621 
Swine Notes . 774 
Symphoricarpus Racemosus . 878 
Vulgaris . 878 
T 
Talking Machines . 161 
Tankage for Grass. 620 
Tar, Removing from Hands. 469 
Tax, Inheritance . 476 
Telephone and Gunpowder. 666 
As Salesman . SS 
Company, Contract with. 397 
Line, Starting .303, 363 
Lines and Lightning. .. 717 
Teosinte . 218 
Texas, Conditions in. 539 
Lands . 833 
Notes . 769 
Taxes in A r irginia. 881 
Thermostat, Principles of. 380 
Thistles, Canada .522, 533 
Tigridia Seedlings . 235 
Tile, Round ■ or Horseshoe. 344 
Tobacco, Connecticut . 705 
Dust as Fertilizer. 216 
Stems as Fertilizer. 636 
Tomato, Chalk’s Jewel. 701 
Growing .491, 826 
Honor Bright . 766 
Improved . 750 
Tomatoes and Squash Bugs. 66 
Early . 413 
Gregory on . 86 
In Indiana .... 585 
Nitrate on . 765 
Transplanting by Machinery . 413 
Transportation Matters . .. 249 
Tree Agents, Experience with. 433 
Agents, Honest . 307 
Agents, New Schemes of. 396 
Culture, Form . 475 
Leaning, Felling . 324 
Painting .232, 239, 261, 264, 324 
Planting . 367 
Planting, Business Side of. 9 
Planting, Hale on. 231 
Planting, Ilitchings on. 231 
Planting, Stringfellow on. 231 
Trimming . 7 
Well Ripened . 44 
Trees, Barked, Bridging. . . .214, 489, 516, 532 
For Shade . 692 
Girdled, Saving .258, 307, 748 
Hollow . 256 
Mulching . 831 
Mulched, and Mice. 811 
Pedigree . 205 
Protecting from Sheep. 492 
Root-Grafted . 346 
Root-Pruned . 836 
Shade, Planting . 4 
Stringfellow . 217 
Trespass from Obstructed Highway.... 421 
Question . 781 
Trltomas from Seed. 766 
Trolley for Hauling Produce. 779 
Truck Farmer . 612 
Trucking in New Jersey. 175 
Trust, Beating . 589 
Turkeys, Raising . 437 
Wild . 566 
Turnips, Too Many. 750 
U 
Uncle John’s Boys.410, 458 
V 
Vegetable Plants, House for. 490 
A'egetables or Flowers. 718 
Ventilation, Barn ......165, 460 
Vetch as Forage Crop. 489 
Hairy, in North Carolina. 256 
Harvesting . 565 
Sand . 619 
Talk About . 3 
With Rye . 507 
Vine Crops . 133 
Crops, Spraying . 875 
Vinegar and Pure hood. 684 
Commercial . 660 
From Cider . 684 
Making Over . 781 
Questions . 829 
A’ineyard, Missouri . 131 
Violet Growing . 295 
Violets, Double, Originating. 796 
W 
AA'alnuts and Fruit. 25S 
Grafting . 131 
Warts, Removing. 471 
water. Cooling by Compressed Air.587 
Cress, Culture ot. 178 
For Farmhouse . 763 
Mains, Protecting . 553 
Pipe, Air in. 779 
Pipes, Clogged . 331 
Pipe, Protecting .459, 780, 844 
Piping Through Cellar.916 
Piping From Small Spring.620, 714 
Power on the Farm. 779 
Supply .606, 717, 743 
Supply from Spring. 524 
System of Piping. 666 
System, Improving . 421 
System, Simple. 51 
Tanks, Freezing . 4 
Troughs of Cement. 20 
Watsonia, White . 446 
Weed Killer for Road. 444 
Killing, Principles of. 587 
Seed, Introducing .. 733 
Weeus, liot Water for.... . 508 
Medicinal . 359 
Welding Compound . 833 
Wells, Artesian, Power from. 445 
Western Man Starts East.554, 921 
Wheat, Canadian . v . ... SOI 
On Fertilizer Farm. 699 
Plowing for . 693 
Sowing After Corn. 665 
AVinter, Sowing . 684 
AViley Lie . 810 
AVillow Borer . 734 
Roots, Grubbing . 428 
AVineberry . 910 
AVire, Better Needed, 645, 650, 667, 715, 
747, 769, SOI 
Netting, Putting Up. 374 
Windmill, Novel Power. 66 
Wires Grounded by Cat. 508 
Woman Farmer, 
111, 409, 603, 647, 695, 812, 891 
AA'oman’s Strenuous Day. 301 
Woodchuck Has Friends. 501 
Hope Farm . 447 
Wool, Cotted. 518 
Crop . 737 
Feed For . 934 
AA'ords, Big .655, 746 
AVork for Young Folks. 494 
ILLUSTRATIONS. 
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Alarm Clock Harnessed to Furnace. 362 
Alfalfa, Hauling. 761 
Apple Butter, Making. 87 
Crates, SRid for. 746 
Evaporator, N. Y. 907 
Orchard Among Stumps. 921 
Orchard, Indiana. 889 
Picker . 746 
Sorting Rack. 730 
Trees . T1 d 
Trees, Ilitchings.922, 923 
AA'illiams Favorite. 633 
Apples, Grinding and Cooking. 361 
Poor . 253 
Aster Amellus. 473 
Automobile Windmill. 874 
Barn Plan.506, 714 
Truss . 345 
Ventilation . 165 
Bean, Red Muroran. 162 
Beans, Canning. 363 
“Belle and Beauty,” Promising Jersey 
Heifers . 17 
PAGE. 
Berries, Canned. 570 
Bird Scarer. 188 
Blackberry Pickers in New Jersey. 681 
Bordeaux Mixture, Making. 278 
Bossy A r indicated. 481 
Boy and Cow. 906 
Exercising, . 502 
On Horseback. 891 
Building, Brick, Raising. 130 
Bull, Exercising.502 
Bull, Agatha’s Flying Fox. 873 
Cabbage Storing. 781 
Calf, Holstein. 666 
Callicarpa Purpurea. 874 
Cement Building Blocks. 665 
Centaurea Imperialis. 667 
Chick Brooder. 269 
Brooder Houses. 343 
Chicken Ranch in the Sand. 341 
Child Enjoys the Ride. Ill 
Stands Expectant. Ill 
Chinquapin. Rush. 366 
Cherries, California. 19 
PAGE. 
Packing . 19 
Chrysanthemum, Original and Modern.. 3 
Cob Pipe Corn. 505 
Cold Storage Room. 429 
Colt Raised on Cow's Milk. 409 
Corn Able-Bodied. 191 
Field . 570 
Field, Fitting for Rye. 651 
Lister . 522 
Mexican June. 206 
Screen . 114 
Cow Aaggie Cornucopia Pauline. 321 
Briarcliff Dolly. 301 
Brown Swiss. 569 
Dairy, Good. 411 
Jumping.130, 268 
Cows, Jersey. 475 
Crinurn Bulb.395 
Cultivator in Cornfield. 229 
Curculio Catcher. 347 
Currant, Perfection. 326 
Cyclamen, AA’hite Persian. 175 
Dairy Barns.. 777, 857 
PAGE. 
Daisy, Transvaal. 67 
Disking an Old Field. 342 
Dovecote, Michigan. 729 
Drain Outlet. 506 
Eggs, Packing. 35 
Erica Hyemalis. 303 
Eulalia Hedge. 34 
Experiment Stations, Map of. 154 
Farm Cottage. 618 
Day’s AVork. 523 
Eight-Hundred-Acre . 617 
Garden, Iowa. 131 
Orleans County, N. Y.'.841 
Power in Maine. 890 
Vermont . 475 
AA’ayne County, N. Y. 697 
Youngsters . 747 
Flower Bed in Ohio. 277 
Four Members of the Family. 62 
Fruit Farm, Massachusetts. 173 
Garden Backyard. 201 
'Gladiolus, Giant. 778 
Goat, Milking. 778 
