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Index to the Rural New Yorker, Volume LX., 1901. 
A Star (*) Indicates that the Article is Illustrated. 
A Page 
Adversity, Uses of. 423 
Advertisers and Their Catalogues. 725 
Advertising on the Farm. 613 
Agriculture, National Investments for.. 21 
Secretary’s Report.329 
Short Course in. 708 
Agricultural Books, 10 Good. 84 
Education .435 
♦Experiment Stations . 498 
School, Briarcllff .381 
Albumen, “Red” for Hens. 873 
Alfalfa and Wheat Bran . 142 
♦As Grain Feed. 449 
Clipping . 548 
Disk Harrow on. 309 
Fertilizer for . 195 
Getting Catch of. 290 
Hay for Horses.836, 850 
How to Handle. 414 
In New York State. 33 
In Orchard .225, 247, 645 
In Southern Ohio. 627 
In Western New York. 5^ 
On Muck . 556 
Seeding . 382 
Value of . 575 
What Land for. 126 
Almond, Pruning . 226 
Animals, Law of. 403 
On Hope Farm. 39 
Ants, White, on Apple Roots. 852 
Aphis, Woolly on Apple Roots. 18 
Appendicitis, Cause of. 647 
Apple Advice. 232 
Arctic . 548 
Arctic in Massachusetts.772, 788 
Banana . 788 
Ben Davis as Grafting Stock. 227 
Ben Davis, in New Orleans. 219 
Ben Davis, Self-Fertile. 417 
Boiken . 342 
Boxes, Arguments for. 67 
♦Carpenter . 254 
Crab, Fine Native . 172 
Crab Jelly . 251 
Crab, Top-Working . 692 
Chops, Trade in. 596 
Crop of 1900. 25 
Crop, Vermont . 371 
Crop, Western .505 
-Eating Birds . 845 
Esopus Spitzenburg . 83 
Garden Royal . 247 
Grafting on Mulberry. 248 
Greening, Kinds of. 788 
Growing on Grassy Hillsides. 753 
Lawver .660 
Mann . 820 
Oldenburg . 248 
Orchard, Borers in. 452 
Orchard, Cover Crop for. 35 
Orchard, New England. 868 
Orchard, Old . 163 
Orchard on Rock. 501 
Orchard, Replanting . 190 
Orchard, Statistics of. 82 
Palmer Greening . 69 
•Paragon . 54 
Peck Pleasant . 37 
Pomace for Potatoes . 226 
Rome Beauty, in Maryland. 209 
Rome Beauty, in Ohio. 266 
Roots, Woolly Aphis on.18. 484 
Seedlings . 37 
Seeds, How' to Plant . 226 
Shippers’ Convention . 589 
Spy, Pollenizing . 597 
Stayman .54, 124 , 210, 232, 307, 532 
Sutton . 54 
Sutton, in New York. 789 
Trade, Government . 626 
Trees Blistered . 288 
Trees, Borers in. 388 
Trees, Budded or Grafted. 124 
Trees Crowded .163, 207, 266 
Trees, Crowding Together . 102 
Trees, Driving Nails Into. 500 
Trees, Girdling . 227 
Trees, Mulching . 833 
Trees, Setting . 597 
Trees, Spraying . 468 
Trees, Spy for Top Working. 818 
Trees, Top Grafting. 52 
Wolverine .365 
Wood . 303 
York Imperial .68, 406, 470 
Apples and Peaches for Michigan. 106 
And Pears, Grafting. 269 
And Plums for Kentucky. 580 
Big Stories of. 466 
Boxes for. 25 
♦California .786 
Crab. Grafting . 106 
Dry Rot in .436, 788 
Dw'arf, Grafting . 405 
Early, for Virginia. 580 
Fancy Prices for. 773 
For Central New York. 820 
For Connecticut .52, 288 
For Kentucky . 372 
For Maine . 853 
For Maryland . 227 
For New York Restaurants. 761 
For Pennsylvania . 
For Rhode Island . 
For Southern New Jersey. 
For Vermont . 
Good 
788 
288 
598 
69 
643 
In Boxes . 9 
In California . 643 
In Hudson Valley . 454 
•Injured by Sulphur Fumes. 753 
In Southern Illinois . 825 
New Market for. 738 
Ontario and Scott . 838 
Plant Lice on . 484 
Questions About . 532 
Ripe Rot in . 516 
Russet or Baldwin .106 
Self-Fertile . 36 
Selling in Boxes . 825 
So-Called New . 227 
Substitutes for Ben Davis. 208 
Western, Box for. 172 
What to Do With. 610 
What Varieties for Grafting. 209 
Winter, for Michigan. 21 
Apricots, Barren .388 
Ashes for Wheat. 852 
Talk About . 595 
Asparagus and Rhubarb, Yields of. 584 
Bugs and Potato Bugs. 534 
Fertilizing . 547 
In Central New York.483 
In New Jersey. 433 
•In the South. 18 
Manuring in Fall. 502 
New Jersey . 310 
Planting in Fall. 468 
Resistant Varieties of. 806 
Rust .192, 420 
Page 
Rust and Barberry . 756 
Rust, Fighting . 84 
Small Shoots of. 676 
Tops, Cutting . 852 
Varieties and Rust.....106, 230 
White and Green. 390 
♦Automobiles for Farm Work.674, 836 
♦Azalea Amoena . 358 
Azaleas, Care of. 226 
B. 
♦Backyard Products . 693 
Bait for Suckers.386 
Barberry and Asparagus Rust. 756 
Barley, Beardless.82, 102, 203 
Barn for Dairy Farm.lS6, 338, 798, 814, 846, 862 
Barns, Octagonal . 579 
Basswood. Raising from Seed... 501 
Bean Crop, New York. 537 
♦Trouble, Mysterious . 643 
Velvet . 420 
Velvet, in Maryland . 52 
Beans, Deep and Shallow Cultivation... 290 
Soy and Cow Peas. 188 
Weevil in. 853 
Bedbugs and Their Killing.308, 338 
Fumigation for . 388 
♦Beef, A Bunch of. 398 
Cattle, Feed for. 878 
Eastern . 203 
Horses for . 415 
Making in Minnesota. 799 
Bee-Keeping, Migratory . 773 
Stings for Rheumatism. 466 
Beet Pulp and Molasses. 14 
Pulp, Experience With. 864 
Sugar at Pan-American . 541 
Sugar, Culture of. 305 
Sugar Pulp. 79 
Berries, Paper Boxes for. 425 
♦Berry Observations . 614 
Birdless Winter . 172 
Birds That Bother Fruit. 770 
Blackberries, Trimming . 402 
♦Blackberry, Iceberg . 550 
McDonald .566 
Rust .385 
Bleeding Heart. Golden. 678 
Blood. Dried, for Calves. 479 
Blueberry Culture . 203 
Bones, Reducing . 709 
What to do With. 340 
Book for Notes. 250 
Worm, The . 189 
Bordeaux Mixture, Air Tank for. 84 
Mixture and Petroleum. 279 
♦Mixture, Use of. 385 
Borers, Killing . 727 
Lime Wash for. 676 
Treatment for . 187 
Boys in the Theater. 29 
Bran and Shelled Corn. 814 
Breakfast, Costly . 471 
Briers, Subduing . 468 
♦Brooder, Outdoor . 2.34 
Brooders . 194 
Broom Corn, Culture of. 249 
Brussels Sprouts . 781 
Buckwheat Straw .213, 233 
Budding in Spring . 80-4 
Wood, When to Cut. 788 
♦Buddleia Variabilis . 838 
Bugs and Blight on Long Island. 707 
Rose . 268 
Bulbs, Native. Neglected. 272 
Spring, Enduring . 3K 
Bull, Care of. 129 
For Large Butter Cow. 879 
♦Melia Ann’s King 56581. 879 
When to Ring . 109 
Bulletins, Praise for. 515 
Bumblebees’ Nests. Robbing. 829 
Bushel. Crate Size of. 453 
Bush Fruits. Pruning and Feeding. 724 
Butter and Cream Fat. 495 
And Peed, Fraud in . 236 
Bowl, Cracking . 421 
Bowl, Non-Cracking . 479 
How to Make. 510 
Prom Kaffir Corn. 414 
Left in Cream. 92 
Making, Science in. 175 
Market, Private . 175 
Milk. Artificial . 237 
Prize Creamery . 296 
Prize in New York. 92 
That Gets Strong. 15 
Western and Eastern. 14 
Why Unsatisfactory . 350 
Buying by Label . 749 
C. 
Cabbage and Hog Manure. 386 
Club Root In.19. 402 
Crop, New York. 25 
Crop, The . 9 
For Iowa . 4 
Growing, After Cabbage .250 
New York State Crop.729 
Old Cellar for. 629 
Storing . 708 
Worms and Lice. 451 
♦Cactus, Hardy . 390 
Calf Dies Suddenly . 255 
Winter . 703 
With Large Udder . 351 
Californi.a, Notes from. 419 
Calves, Dried Blood for. 479 
Feeding . 446 
Killing Lice on. 590 
Raising in Winter. 558 
Skim-Milk for Beef.559 
Campanula Isophylla Mayii . 662 
Cane, Old, For Sale. 77 
.♦Cannas and Pennisetum. 108 
Desirable New . 822 
Worthy American . 678 
Cannery Wastes, Feeding. 78 
Canning Factories, Southern. 557 
Cantaloupes from North Carolina.409 
Carbohydrate and Protein . 110 
Carnations. Something About. 70 
Cars, Shortage of. 283 
Castor Bean for Destroying Insects. 36 
♦Cat on Farm . 723 
Catalpa Tree .835 
Cats and Fleas. 765 
Contagious Distemper In. 63 
Catalogue Illustrations, Truth About— 387 
Of Plums .838 
Reviews . 165 
Season . 161 
Catalogues, Do They Exaggerate?.207 
Catarrh and Chilblains, Cure for ....20, 104 
Caterpillars. Diseased . 713 
♦Parasites of .371 
Cattle. Ayrshlres .719 
Dalrv. Breeds of.782 
Dutch Belted .175, 335, 751 
Pago 
Feeding, Malt for. 193 
Flax Straw for. 549 
For Beef and Milk. 153 
Guernsey Breeders Meet.397 
Holstein and Jersey Cross.815, 862 
Holstein at Pan-American. 863 
Holstein Breeders Talk.'.. 846 
Holstein, Plea for. 176 
Hornless, Breeding . 703 
In Pan-American Model Dairy. 733 
In Sprayed Orchard.372, 389 
Lice on . 110 
Northern and Texas Fever. 78 
Polled . 175 
Red Polled . 351 
Ringworm on . 335 
Sore Eyes in .639 
Texas Fever in. 21 
What Breed for Michigan. 109 
♦Caulifiower, Mattituck . 307 
Celery after Celery. 104 
Hollow Stemmed . 564 
Rust . 533 
Storing . 741 
Cement for Wall. 250 
How Much for Walk. 340 
Mixing, Notes on. 103 
New over Old.225, 267 
Using on Walk. 206 
Wall, Making . 18'7 
Cemetery, Grass for. 188 
Census Returns, Canadian.665, 681, 713 
Charcoal for Potting. 741 
Charity, Heavy Draft on. 45 
Cheese, Cottage . 47 
Facts About . 415 
Notes . 718 
Skim, Making . 830 
Small. How to Make . 478 
Trouble with . 15 
Chemicals and Clover.706. 721, 786 
Clover, Cows and Lime.450, 467, 498 
Cherry Aphis, Destroying. 563 
Culture .386 
Mahaleb, Germinating . 36 
On Marianna Plum. 516 
Trees, Grafting . 192 
Trees, Pruning .68, 612 
Trees, Sweet . 726 
Cherries, Bing and Napoleon. 597 
Choisy . 628 
Grafting .372, 438 
In Hudson Valley . 425 
In New York State. 68 
Short Talk on. 516 
Talk About . 563 
Wragg . 724 
Chestnut Culture in Alabama. 250 
Trees, Pruning .•.. 192 
Chestnuts, Cultivated . 834 
In Pennsylvania.82, 104 
Talk About . 227 
Chicken Crop . 445 
Chickens and Tobacco. 502 
And Cow Peas. 88 
Grass and Fruit. 500 
In Greenhouse. 38 
Wing Clipping . 177 
Care of .214, 446 
For Broilers . 863 
Incubators. Care of.366 
Overheated and Overfed. 194 
Raising . 274 
Selling from Incubator . 434 
Chilblains, Cure for.20, 104 
Chimney. Wood Acids in.500, 541 
Chimneys, Dripping . 581 
Chinch Bugs, Killing . 534 
Chrysanthemum Show . 797 
Churns. Air-Blast . 543 
City Man Turns Farmer.164, 215, 235, 257 
275. 294, 419, 437 
Men on Farms . 610 
♦Clock, New Form of. 322 
Cloth in Place of Plaster. 771 
Cloudburst In New York. 453 
Clover, Alsike, Clipping. 788 
And Cow Pea Benefits. 774 
Crimson and Crab Grass. 292 
Crimson, in Connecticut. 839 
Crimson, for Horses. 542 
For Seed . 644 
In Mississippi Valley.122, 143 
I.iate Seeding of. 355 
Red, When to Sow. 37 
Seed Crop . 681 
Seeding, Early . 405 
Seeding Expensive . 357 
Seeding, Facts About. 286 
Seeding, Iowa . 33;; 
Sowing in Corn . 787 
Sweet, Value of. 35i) 
Cobs, Manorial Value of. 34;i 
lockle. Removing from Wheat."88 
Codling Moth, Spraying for.372. 468 
Cold Country Notes. 153 
Storage in Transportation. 2.59 
Storage, Unique . 251 
Coleus. Extraordinary New. 4'i) 
Colt Weak in Fetlocks . 217 
Colts, Tetanus in. 430 
♦Columbines, Attractive . 438 
CommissiiMi Merchants, Dishonest .. .. ■.;9 
Compost Heap . 741 
Connecticut, Back Fields of. 658 
Consumers and Purchasers . 418 
Consumption, Tent Cure for. 631 
Co-operation, Practical Method of.633 
Corn and Smut. .597 
♦Binding Machinery .627 
Bleeders’ Association .562 
Broom. Culture of. 249 
Catch Crops in . 5 
Cultivation.594 
Cobs, Fertilizing Value of. 740 
Ears and Stalks, Value of. 671 
Experience with. . 729 
♦Field, Two-Story . 691 
Fodder. Blighted . 564 
Fodder for Sheep.766, 819 
Fodder, Handling . 803 
Fodder, Value of. 46 
For Green Manuring.389 
For Horses . 8? 
For Plowing Under.594 
For Silage . 591 
Good 'Culture for. 46, 
Green and Dry in Silo. 19 
Growing In Central West. 354 
Growing in Indiana.HG"* 
Hay .„55 
Illinois .82 o 
Page 
The Business Crop . >5 
Western, Cost of Producing.786, 8^ 
Cottonseed-Meal and Stable Manure.188 
Cow Affected with Warts. 639 
♦Auricula II., No. 12209 . 383 
Beryl Wayne 32496. 132 
Caring for. 152 
Comforts . 132 
Congestion of Parturition.217 
Constipation in . 217 
♦Contented . 46 
Dairy, Exercise for .835 
Does Not Come to Her Milk. 2^ 
Drying Off .719 
♦Dual-Purpose .494 
Pails in Her Milk. 197 
Feeds Compared . 725 
Food, Bulky . 638 
Gangrene of Tail. 878 
Garget in .255, 367, 399, 447 
♦Guernsey, Lost Pedigree .257, 351 
Hollow Horn in. 132 
Kicking.382, 463, 511, 559 
Largest and Smallest. 256 
Leaking Milk . 14 
♦Lunch in Pasture .306 
♦Margaret Lincoln 2d De Kol. 718 
Post-Partum Paralysis in. 30 
Prices in New York State. 9 
Report Explained . 89 
Report from Massachusetts. 14 
Robber . 463 
♦Selling for Dairy.526, 629 
♦Short-Horn . 67 
Tuberculosis in.113, 590 
Wart on . 297 
Cows and Their Care. 798 
At the Pan-American.626 
Balanced Ration for. 622 
♦Barn Pasture for . 515 
Bloated . 735 
Bone Meal for.831, 847, 863 
Feeding Molasses to. 93 
For Dairy . 318 
Holstein-Friesian at Buffalo . 750 
Illinois Jerseys . 79 
Indigestion in . 297 
Kicking, Cures for .431, 511 
Oats, Barley and Buckwheat for_196 
Ringworm in . 217 
Sheltered . 367 
Short-Horn for Dairying. 430 
Small . 383 
Soiling System for .413, 429 
Spraying for Flies . 447 
Tail, Holding . 319 
Taxing in Atlanta. 733 
Testing for Tuberculosis. 213 
Udder, Suppuration in. 351 
Winter Peed for. 236 
Cranberry Culture, Modern...465, 482, 499, 562 
Cream, Devonshire . 15 
Separator Facts Wanted. 771 
Separator, Ripening .!... 92 
Separators, Dilution .819, 851 
Simple Story of. 623 
Why Bitter . 382 
Will Not Churn. 436 
Creamery at Union Center, N. Y. 479 
The Polar . 92 
Cress .374 
Crop, Catch and Cover. 691 
For Plum or Cherry Orchard.125 
Rotation for Four Years. 324 
Crops for Cover.23, 125, 549, 662, 706 
For Soiling . 84 
Influence of Moon on. 610 
Leading . 508 
Soiling Needed . 350 
Crown Gall. Treatment for. 388 
Crows and Their Pood. 660 
Cuba, Industrial Home in.466 
♦Cucumber, A Twin.50, 232 
Beetle, Killing . .566 
Bug, Killing . 532 
♦Cross-Bred .598 
Cucumbers, Growing in Barrel. 289 
Culture, Extensive vs. Intensive. 757 
Curculio, Fighting .288 
♦Machines for Catching. 325 
Curculios, Crawl or Fly. 104 
♦Currant, Trimming . 186 
Currants, Black . 226 
Dropping Fruit . 436 
Proper Conditions for. 66 
Cuttings, How to Handle.226 
Cutworms, Poison for . 248 
Cyanide for Fumigation . 229 
♦Cypress, Mock . 630 
D. 
♦Dairy, Average, Prof. Roberts’.185 
Barn, Building .798, 814, 846 
Barn Made Over. 338 
Cattle, Breeds of. 782 
Notes from Connecticut. 606 
♦Test at Pan-American.577, 689, 777 
Test. Van Alstyne’s Comments on... 785 
Work in Missouri. 543 
Dairying, Extremes of. 276 
Dairyman and Health Officer. 256 
Practical .295 
Dairymen, New York State Meet.861, 877 
Dairymen’s Association, Connecticut..79, 89 
Daisy, Barberton . 342 
Blue . 614 
Blue. Older . 630 
In Minnesota .804 
Dandelions, Culture of .84, 106, 230 
Deafness and Cheerfulness. 823 
Deer. Vermont .738, 793, 869 
Dewberry. T>ucretia . .564 
Dewberries. Cultivated . 550 
Dignity and Work . 271 
♦Tbishorning. Notes on. 277 
Dish Washing . 71 
Disinfectants and Their Use. 351 
Dodder on Raspberry Plants . 532 
Dog and Moon. 765 
Watch, A. 76 
Dogs and Dorset Sheep. 670 
Drain. Cleaned with Vitriol. 515 
Drains. Stone, or Tile for. 249 
Drainage. Talks About. 2 
Duck. New. Wanted. 234 
Ducks. Hardy .335 
Indian Runner . 274 
Varieties of . 446 
Ducklings, When and How to Feed.325 
E. 
kaffir for Dairy Cows . 
♦Planting by Machinery. 
.414 
.387 
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Education, Agricultural ... 
Egg Eaters . 
.... 435 
.... 91 
Stalk, Shredding . 
. 70S 
Eggs and Meat. 
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.... 338 
.... 532 
Sw€<i', improviiie yr.. 
Tall on Long Island. . .. 
.755 
How Manv in Cow. 
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Tarring . 
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