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VOLUME LVI., 1897. 
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Abutllon Megapotanicum. J8 
Actinldla polvgama.“75 
Vine, The... 
Afterbirth, Retention of .. 
Agricultural colleges and experiment 
stations In council. . 
Colleges, Our, a word of criticism. 307 
Science, The promotion of.573 
Society of England, Royal, Obser¬ 
vations on the show of the, for 
1897.50i; 
Home study In. 7.JJi 
In the Yukon Valley . 503 
New Jersey State Board of. 76 
United States Secretary. Annual 
report.... 
Agriculturist, An American, abroad.. 537 
Akebla qulnata. 138 
Aiders and willows. When to cut.661 
Alfalfa In New York State.485, “4b 
In the silo. 
In the South. ''74 
In western New York. 14*' 
More about. 51 m 
Seed. Pure.!>4‘ 
Almond. Siberian. 343 
Siberian Single flowering. 4a;> 
Alkali land in Colorado. 22.) 
America's debt to England. 393 
Anemone Japonica. 411 
Angleworms, The work of. .818 
Animal Industry at the Pennsylvania 
State College. 29 
Ants In lawn.8Ja 
Annuals for an open border. 331 
Aphides on honeysuckle . 181 
Ridding plants of. 181 
Apple, Alexander, rotting. 501 
Arkansas Beauty, The. 501 
Ben Davis, for stock in Georgia... 051 
Ben Davis, In Colorado. 357 
Ben Davis, Selling the............. 788 
Bismarck.241, 503, 534 , 5.18 
Bismarck, at last. 6*>2 
Bismarck, not tested. 243 
Comparls ns, Some. 774 
Compound Greening.519 
fanny. 29? 
Gano ? What about the. 501 
Growing in Egypt, 111..673, 689, 706, 721 
Half-sweet, half-sour. 5al 
Hall's.359 
Longtield? Which is the true. 39 
Orchard, A neglected. 709 
Orchard, Baldwin, How to treat a. 739 
Orchard, Connecticut, A.628 
Orchard for Iowa, An. 629 
■Orchard In Arkansas, An . 773 
Orchard, Suggestions about an.... 224 
Orchards, Cultivating. 2 
Orchards In Pennsylvania, Plant¬ 
ing.223 
Orchards of Bake Champlain..737, 766 
Pomace. About. 187 
Pomace around trees . 116 
Pomace, Don’t use. 154 
Red Paradise Sweet, The. 756 
Refuse as manure. 81 
Rome Beauty....,. 244 
Russian Baldwin.294 
Sport, A valuable. 774 
Storage, Cellars for. 439 
Sutton Beauty . 812 
Sweet-and-sour, has turned up, A. 770 
Tree, A blighted. 695 
Tree borers, Killing. 310 
Tree, King, A defect of the. IK) 
Trees, dwarf, Caterpillars on.260 
Trees least susceptible to borers.. 223 
Trees, Pine tar on.260 
Trees, Pruning, In Kentucky . 136 
Trees, Root lice on . 323 
Trees, Scurfy bark louse on.260 
Trees, Treatment for .260 
TreeB, What to graft on. 174 
Trees, York Imperial, How to trim 308 
Wagner, In Vermont. 359 
Walter Pease. 222 
Wlsmer’s Dessert. 54 
Yellow Transparent, The .156 
Apples, Alexander and Indian.260 
As cow food.574 
Baldwin, Cold storage. 407 
Bitter rot in. 437 
Dwarf Paradise. 210 
For North Carolina. 469 
For Tennessee. Some. 501 
Half-sweet, half-sour. 412 
In an old peach orcharJ. 709 
In cold storage. 361 
In cold storage, Shrinkage of.419 
In Illinois, Two new. 550 
In western cold storage. 345 
McIntosh and Shiawasse. 839 
Mixed. 310 
More comparisons of. 804 
On pear stocks. 3? 
Prices and. 277 
Small, Profitable use for. 191 
Some freaks In. 521 
Sutton Beauty and York Imperial. 837 
Sweet-and-sour. 468 
Sweet and sour, mixed, again. 176 
Sweet-and-sour, More. 567 
Sweet-and-sour. Those, again. 436 
Three good market. 626 
Two little known . 84 
Winter, For Michigan. 276 
Winter, for Ohio .837 
Apricots, Russian.518 
Aquatic plants, A book about. 651 
Arbor-vltm hedge, Fertilizing. 37 
Hedge, Planting an. 101 
Artichokes for hogs. 255 
Jerusalem. 287 
Arundo donax varlegata. 395 
Ashes, Bone ash and tan bark.597 
Coal, as an absorbent. 276 
Coal, Difference in. 157 
Coal, What value In?. 37 
Spent tan, Value of. 192 
What price for ?. 117 
With acid phosphate. 192 
Wood, and clover In New England 192 
Wood, and ground bone. 293 
Wood, in place of lime. 773 
Wood, Lessons taught by. 309 
Wood, or slaked lime. 709 
Wood, Value of. 53 
Wood, When to use. 225 
Value of.172, 736 
Asparagus and peaches, Fertilizers for 677 
And strawberries. 101 
Fertilizer for: nitrate. 174 
How to force. 725 
In Indiana. 396 
In Texas, Starting. 153 
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Asparagus. Moles will injure. 405 
Need phosphoric acid ? Does. 175 
Patch, Grass-grown. 741 
Roots. Starting. 325 
Rust, The. 657 
Rust. The dangerous. 564 
Season, Hurrying the. 818 
Second-yeai. 242 
Azalea mollis.. • -427 
Treatment of.199, 539 
Azaleas, Keeping over winter.667 
B 
Babcock method, A modification of 
the. 4‘ 
Bacon and hams, Keeping. 342 
Bacteria and their relation to milk 
and cream.. .734, 750, 766, 782, 798, 814 
Bark-louse. The Oyster-shell. 369 
Barn, basement, Plan for a. 83 
Fires, Mysterious. 483 
Georgia, Plans for a. 21 
That basement. 34 
To pasture. From. 435 
Without timbers and posts, A. 482 
Comfortable low-cost.652 
Barnyard, An English. 722 
Don’t drain the.153 
Basle slag. 1?? 
Baskets, hanging. Filling. 267 
Bean. Kentucky Wonder.262 
Velvet, The. 820 
Beans, Bush, at the Rural grounds ... 86 
Cull, Fertilizing value of. 661 
Heeding to live stock.578 
For stock feed. 1’6 
Lima, A fault of. 154 
Lima, Destroying laterals of. 839 
Lima, flat dowu. 3 
Lima, New varieties of. 19 
Limas without. ... 678 
The culture of. 277 
When to thrash; killlngthe weevil 597 
Beetle, Predaceous Diving, The.501 
Beets for dairy cows. 252 
Beet-sugar factory In New York 
State, A. 757 
Made In New York. 769 
Production In New York State.801 
Begonia, Hex, Rooting. 699 
Single Tuberous. 299 
Begonias, Bedding. 315 
Large-leaved. 603 
Rex. 315 
Tuberous.249, 715 
Berkshlres and Poland-Chluas, Cross¬ 
ing .787 
Berry boxes, Deep or shallow.503 
Picker’s ticket, A. 341 
Pickers, Tickets for. 405 
Plants, Laying down. 727 
Shanty, Movable. 290 
Ticket, Another.454 
Bicycles, The new chainless. 740 
Birds, A book about. 779 
Destroying buds on vines.224 
Blackberries and raspberries. 20 
And raspberries, Rusts on. 453 
At the Rural grounds. 423 
Dewberries and raspberries . 44 
Earliest.596 
Tip-propagated. 87 
Blackberry bushes, Treatment of.663 
Clark.598 
Eldorado, In Illinois. 598 
Mersereau. 838 
Mlnnewaskl.294, 407 
Mlnnewaskl, Is correct.503 
Patch, The spring-set.579 
Root-cuttlngB. 2 8 
Black Mlnorcas. 739 
BUnkets for plants and horses. 457 
Blight and rot spread. How. 724 
Blueberry plant at the Rural grounds. 503 
Boars, Castrating old. 479 
Bone charcoal, Value of. 117 
Meal, Pure—fertilizer fllltrs. 357 
Meal vs. raw phosphate. 192 
Bones, How to reduce.152, 660 
Reducing. 153 
What to do with.660 
Bordeaux Mixture for black-knot. 708 
For flea beetles. 223 
How to make and use. 208 
Bordering plant, Hardy.363 
Borers, Protection against. 223 
Botanical terms. Book on.267 
Bouvardia for winter bloom. 635 
Boys on the farm, Ten.625 
Breeding, Another th-ory about. 23 
Brooder, Remarks about a. 203 
Buckwheat bran, hulls and soot. 209 
Middlings. 203 
Middlings and gluten feed.693 
Value of. 172 
Budd, Prof. J. L.498 
Buff Leghorns. The making of. 735 
Bugs, Harlequin, on cabbage. 469 
Bulbs for winter flowering . 603 
Left in the ground. 379 
Spring flowering. 619 
Sprlog, Planting. 683 
Summer, Taking up. 651 
Bull, Barren. 185 
Dairy, Dishorning the. 414 
Bulls, Twin, and free-martins. 367 
Bumblebee, The story of the. 692 
Bushel, A heaping.85, 222 
Crate? What Is a.473 
Butter, A simple way of making. 453 
Cost of making. 68 
Dairy an 1 creamery,Keeping qual¬ 
ities of. 388 
Factory, A model Swedish. 655 
Fat and butter. 127 
Fat In cream ? How much. 514 
Is made. How prize. 18 
Making In hot climate. 485 
Paper and butter boxes.741 
Pasteurized, In Ohio. 513 
Record, A Jersey. 79 
Tubs, Parchment lining for.644 
Butterlne, The law against. 559 
Buttermaker, New plan of...... 703 
Butternut timber, Value of. 4 
Trees. 209 
Cabbage, Green lice on.805 
Keeping a crop of. 789 
Keeping, In a house.807 
Varieties of; seed per acre.260 
Cacti, Carrying, overwinter. 651 
Caladiums. 215 
Storing. 651 
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Calceolarias. 215 
Calf, Canadian, A.767 
Lice on a. 647 
Raising a.254 
The fall.727, 743 
The fall or winter. 707 
Without milk. 186 
Callas not blooming. 267 
Treatment of.523 
Calves and hogs, Skim-mllk for.235 
Dry nurses for. 479 
Indigestion In. 500 
Poisoning or Indigestion In .286 
Rumination In. 799 
Separator sklm-mllk for. 706 
Sick . 454 
Sucking, Diarrhea in.361 
Veal, Fattening.126 
What alls the.99, 255 
Young, Ration for. 166 
California, New plants for,. 807 
Canada, Some notes from. 723 
Canaigre in Texas.294 
Cankerworms, Heading off. 275 
In Kansas. 324 
Canna, Alsace. 534 
Austria.518 
Beaute Poitevine. 491 
Bed, Border for. 299 
Best yellow. 683 
Burbank,.518 
First, to bloom. 443 
Italia. 518 
Roots, Starting. 91 
Cannas . 11 
A few good. 267 
New. 141 
Starting. 571 
Some comlug. .... 635 
Taking up. 651 
Canning business, How to learn the.. 153 
Carbon bisulphide, Use of. 620 
Carnation growing. 84 
Carnations, Disbudded. 827 
Lifting.587 
Propagating. 555 
Raising. 411 
Carp, German, defended. 390 
Carpeting plant under shrubs. 443 
Carrots for stock. 153 
Cassabanana. 71 
Castor-oil plants, Cultivation of.373 
Catalogue reviews.129, 130, 131, 132, 133, 
.134, 135, 136, 176, 177, 213, 245, 263 
Catarrh cure Improved, The. 21 
Soda for. 422 
Cattle and sheep as ocean passengers. 449 
Barn, A Southern.321 
Beef, The price of. 604 
Dairy or beef... 15 
Dexter, The. 20 
Dishorning, as regulated by law in 
New York. 548 
Dutch Belted.399 
Dutch Belted or Blanket. 611 
Dying from unknown cauBe.639 
Farm.254 
Feeding young. 399 
Feeds, Regulating the sale of.553 
Files in Texas. 53"> 
High In Pennsylvania. 711 
Horn fly on . 479 
Inbreeding.254 
Industry In Virginia, The. 17 
Killlngthe Horn fly on. 398 
Killing ticks on. 37 
Need salt, Why. 501 
Red Polled. 735 
Sugar beets and beet pulp for. 126 
To buy to feed, What. 169 
Tuberculosis In Kansas .659 
Up In Iowa. 678 
Cauliflower, egg plant and Hubbard 
squashes. 292 
Cellar, root, How to build <t. 485 
Wet, Draining a. 357 
Celery bulletins, Two. 428 
Fertilizer Mixer lor. 172 
Going to seed.609, 644 
Growing In New Mexico. 723 
On a village lot. 609 
Or onion ground.709 
Rats and . 9 
Storing, for winter. 5 
That goes to seed. 658 
To plant, What. 82 
Cement pipe, Value of. 227 
Portland, and water-lime, Differ¬ 
ence between .805 
Cemetery fence. 411 
Lot, Shrubs for . 395 
Planting.267, 299 
Cesspool, Liquid from a. 69 
Cheese, Dutch Gouda, in Ohio. 611 
Filled, What is. 773 
In milk? How much. 153 
Sap Sago, How, Is made. 3 
Cheeses at home, Making small. 36 
Chemicals, clover and cows.481, 498 
Cherries as dwarfs.240 
Old land for. 596 
Some questions about.596 
Cherry in Delaware, The. 685 
Trees that do not sprout. 341 
Weeping. 292 
Wild, for grafting.173, 208 
Chestnut culture on sprout land. 785 
Culture? What soli for. 436 
Growth, Remarkable. 20 
How to graft the. 238 
Orchard, Jersey cattle In. 835 
Ridgely, Is the, fertile?. 661 
Chestnuts, horse, Beauty of the.630 
On oak, Grafting. 277 
Paragon. 694 
Some new.785 
The Improved.237 
Chick, Best method of brooding a.612 
Chicks under bare poles.517 
Chicken breaks the shell, How a. 261 
Cholera, Notes on. 382 
Cholera, Possibly. 719 
Chickens. Barley as food for.583 
Blood or meat for.234 
Difficulties in raising. 483 
In pasture. 501 
Lay? Will Incubator. 53 
Chinch bugs In New York State, The.. 684 
Christmas greens, Trade In. 790 
Chrysanthemum culture In Missis¬ 
sippi.628 
Plants, Wintering. 587 
Prize winners. 779 
Questions. 747 
Chrysanthemums, Aphis on. 539 
Caring for. 651 
For making cuttings.843 
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Chrysanthemums, Outdoor. 811 
Protecting. 667 
Churn, A problem of the. 645 
For whole milk, A. 146 
Cineraria leaves turning yellow. 795 
Cinerarias and calceolarias.671 
Potting. 667 
Cistern wall. Water glass on a. 837 
Clematis, Exposure for. 123 
Paniculate. 411 
Clover and permanent pasture in 
Maryland. 115 
And stringy milk. 526 
And Timothy, Short cuts to. 388 
A six-leafed. 695 
Broad-leafed Japan. 359 
Crimson, etc.224, 357 
Crimson, and a home fertilizer.... 192 
Crimson, and cow peas In Wiscon¬ 
sin...... 524 
Crimson, and grass seeding. 439 
Crimson, A success with.835 
Crimson, at the Rural Grounds.631, 728 
Crimson, celery and strawberries. 540 
Crimson, experience. 483 
Crimson, fair. 55 
Crimson, For hay. 292 
Crimson For seed. 402 
Crimson, Give the whole ground.. 101 
Crimson, Ideas.503 
Crimson, In Canada. 146 
Crimson, In Indiana.153. 439, 519 
Crimson, in New York. 358 
Crimson, Is small. 668 
Crimson, No substitutes for . 260 
Crimson, on Long Is'and. 407 
Crimson, Possibilities of. 626 
Crimson, Possibly a formidable 
enemy of. 694 
Crimson, Recent experience.369 
Crimson, seed crop, Securing the.. 451 
Crimson, Seed, In Canada. 405 
Crimson, withstood frost and disk 
harrow. 422 
Docs second-growth cause slob¬ 
bering. 633 
For spring sowing wanted, A. 173 
Making the most of. 370 
Mite and fruit, The. 617 
Red, Seeding to. 156 
Sod, Ashes and bone on. 405 
Sowing, alone.422 
White, In lawns. 278 
Without a nurse crop. 66 
Clovers bearing more than three 
leaves.806 
Six-leafed. 838 
Cob ? Does It pay to grind the. 390 
Cockerels with pullets. 654 
Codling moth. Some facts about the.. 115 
Moth, When to kill the. 67 
Moths, Traps for. 23 
Coffee, A cup of. 593 
Cold frames, Waterproof cloth for-571 
Storage and damp cellars. 660 
Storage house. That Canadian— 117 
Collar-gall callssltles. 756 
Colorado, Some fruits for. 116 
Colt, Chronic cough In a. 623 
Cocked ankles or knuckling in a... 627 
Weak ankle In a.606 
With swelling on knee.421 
With worms, A.831 
Colt's foot, Lump on . 319 
Colts, Weaning, corns, castration. 184 
Combustion, Spontaneous. 748 
Compost of muck and cotton seed. 21 
Of muck and old horses. 549 
Conservatory, A makeshift. 43 
Cookers wanted, Cheap. 583 
Cooperation, Need of. 727 
Corrosive sublimate. Using. 358 
Cotton-seed meal for garden crops.... 172 
Corn-and-cob meal, Value of. 383 
Corn cutting In Ohio. 610 
Cutting, Northern methods of.581 
Eating maggot, A.596 
Ensilage. 53 
Fertilizer from hen manure, A— 145 
Fertilizer, Southern . 389 
Fertilizing value of. 243 
Fodder, Cutting, by hand. 69 
Fodder In Virginia, Cutting. 789 
Fodder, Value of. 773 
Kaffir, and teoslnte in New York.. 218 
Oats, barley and peas thrashed to¬ 
gether. 99 
Plant, Value of different parts of 
the. 175 
Product, Tne new. 620 
Red Kaffir. 71 
Seed: butt or tip?. 278 
Seed, Fire-drying.420 
Smut—cause, prevention. 773 
Sweet, A succession of. 52 
Sweet, Big ears of. 295 
Sweet, Early Champion.311 
Sweet, First early.634 
Sweet, for soiling. 208 
Sweet, Trials of. 245 
Sweet, Zig-Zag. 262 
Ties, Wire hooks not necessary for 244 
White-cap yellow dent Held. 311 
Corns cause lameness. 383 
Cosmos. 181 
Cotton Held in South Carolina, A. 710 
Cow, Breeding a.437 
Chronic bloat In a. 431 
Death of, from foreign body punc¬ 
turing stomach. 302 
Drying off a. 335 
Falls to come to her milk.114, 201 
Falls to get with calf. 52 
Food, Apples as. 574 
Garget In a . 201 
Guernsey, A good—,. 305 
Guernsey grade, The. 691 
Hair falling from a. 383 
Indigestion and loss of cud in. 719 
Inflammation of the womb In.201 
Jersey, Garget In a. 234 
Jersey, Points of a. 351 
Jersey, The, and her brother.802 
Keeping one. 686 
Milker at the Iowa State Fair.798 
Not cleaning. 351 
(Edema of pregnancy in. 144 
Of Denmark, The little red . 738 
Pneumonia In a . 351 
Pox. 114 
Ringworm on. 144 
Robber, Not a. 150 
Robber, Where is the. 46 
Scrub, What Is a.366 
Sore teat in a. 201 
That drank Bordeaux Mixture, A 
. 489, 494 
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Cow, The dairy type of. 607 
Udder of the.14, 30, 46, 62, 78 
What food for the.78, 9-1, 110 
With abortion and foot rot.831 
With caked udder. 847 
With hard-mllklng teat.318 
Cow-pea hay for horses.789 
Cows, Abortion In.495. 511 
Balanced ration for. 186 
Breeding and feeding, A.319 
Butter, Six good. 99 
B u y Ing or breed i ng. 31 
Changing to grass. 435 
Don’t give up the. 145 
Fail to come in heat. 236 
Fly blanket for. 567 
Foot rot In.252 
Foot, Warty growth on. 421 
Fresh air. Give.39, 83 
How many, for a milk route. 338 
In dry weather and fly time. 574 
Infectious garget In. 287 
Kicking. 335 
Knees, Bunches on. 799 
Knees, Swelling on; bitter milk... 623 
Leg. Abscess on. 351 
Milch, Breed or buy. 1 
Robber. 82 
Shall we raise or buy. 47 
Stomach, Foreign body puncturing 234 
Stomach, The capacity of a. 165 
Teat, Hole In. 357 
Teats close. 201 
To the acre. Two. 33 
Two New Hampshire, Story of.... 463 
Without hay, Keeping. 235 
Wood-chewing.421 
Crabs on apple stocks. Grafting. 101 
Crank, Moie power to a. 119 
Cream for New York City. 574 
Gathering, Best method of. 564 
Ripening, Suggestions regarding 
.465, 483 
Separator, To thicken. 709 
Sweet, Keeping. 202 
Creamery, A skimming station for a.. 708 
Or home dairy. 305 
Crops, Six, In three years. 169 
Cross-walk, Building a. 571 
Croton, The. 27 
Cucumber pickles, Growing. 103 
Cucumbers under glass. 68 
Cultivation In wet weather.599 
Currant culture for Virginia. 208 
Crandall. 596 
London Market.327 
Louse, Work of the. 405 
North Star.71, 487 
Pomona. 487 
Pres. Wilder. 487 
Red Cross, The.387, 487, 518 
White Imperial. 487 
Worm, Ashes for. 375 
Currants, Comparison of. 311 
Gooseberries and grapes, Pruning. 773 
Mulch the. 153 
Cutworms, Cure for.502 
Government reports and. 486 
Cyclamens for amateurs. 107 
For potting. 635 
D 
Dahlias, A talk about. 283 
Concerning. 683 
New. 141 
Dairying, winter, Profit In. 775 
Winter or summer. 755 
Without a milk pail. 222 
Dairymen, Vermont, In council. 61 
Dairymen’s Association, Connecticut. 108 
Association, New York State. 846 
Dairy, private, The, vs. the creamery. 530 
Problem, An Ohio. 386 
Steam power in the. 807 
Daisy, An autumn. 571 
English. 555 
Ox-eye, and ltudbeckla.635 
Dams. Building: culture of fish. 579 
Decumarla hardy. 459 
Delaware notes, Some. 430 
Dendrolene, Another victim of.503 
Result of the It. N.-Y.’s trial of... 326 
Deutzias, Propagating. . 231 
Dodder? What will kill out.533 
Dog. An egg-sucking. 20 
Cart, A. 767 
Show, At the. 179 
That egg-sucking. ill 
Dogs of Bumtown, The. 31 
Douglas. Robert. 409 
Drainage with stones. 565 
Dropsy, A talk about. 788 
Duck business, Overdoing the.535 
Eggs under hens. 325 
Per acre, Six tons of.149, 169 
Ducks, A lameness of. 549 
Dizzy, and sick chickens. 671 
Don’t lay well, The. 166 
Picking live. 372 
What alls the. 309 
Dynamite, How to use. 293 
E 
Egg for hatching, The. 478 
Quality of an. 310 
Eggs How to keep. 310 
Fertile. 748 
Preserving. 225 
Elseagnus angustlfolla. 487 
Elecampane, To get rid of. 225 
Electric motor without tracks, An.... 802 
Electro-horticulture. . 35 
Engines, Steam or gas In the dairy.... 772 
Ensilage cut with shredder. 253 
For horse feeding. 350 
For sheep. 654 
For steers.270 
From uncut cow pea vines. 69 
How fine to cut. 202 
Ration for heifers and steers. 805 
Shredder for cutting. 270 
Talks about. 225 
Uncut.208, 279 
Euonymus, Varieties of. 827 
Evergreens, How to grow little.277 
Planting small. 54 
Protecting. 779 
Seedling, Growing. 193 
Small, Transplanting, late In fall. 407 
When to plant. 341 
Ewes and pigs, Feeding. 84 
Wintering 75 Shropshire. 578 
