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INDEX.—THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
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In October . 574 
Preserving Fertility in. 382 
Trouble with . 214 
Elm and Maple Trees Wounded. 68 
Engine for Dairy. 237 
Gasoline, on Farm. 676 
Traction in California. 3 
•Eryngium or Sea Holly.— 582 
•Eulalia Gracillima Univlttata. 422 
Evergreens, Bag Worm on. 580 
F. 
Fair, American Institute. 684 
Danbury. Conn. 716 
Ground Buildings, New Use for. 551 
Michigan State . 701 
Minnesota State . 652 
New York State . 649 
Faith or Obstinacy . 727 
Farm, Advertising on. 613 
•Buildings on Small Lot. 206 
Conditions in Nebraska. 777 
Hand, Ideal, Wanted. 267 
•Hand Problem Discussed. 323 
Hands, Connecticut .357 
Help, Foreigners for .139, 246 
Institutes in Wisconsin. 3 
Labor Problem . 407 
Lands, Value of..530, 649, 781 
Life in Cold Country. 82 
Machinery, Notes on . 435 
Matters in Kansas . 729 
Notes from Indiana. 451 
•One-Horse, in New Hampshire.1.50 
Partners . 231 
Power. Cheap .823 
Practice, Short Bits of. 579 
Property, Value of.515, 578 
Retail Business on . 50 
•Roller Using . 642 
•School, Brlarcliff Manor . 545 
Tenant’s Share of. 735 
Tools Care of.725, 740 
Work, Automobiles for.674, 836 
Values ..39, 87, 617, 729 
Farms, City Men on. 610 
Deserted, of New England. 501 
In Shenandoah Valley . 693 
Farmer and Commission Man.678 
And Promoter . 835 
Model . 601 
•Old and New. 611 
Takes a Day Off.437 
Farmers and Insurance. 418 
And Waifs . 452 
British .850 
Convention, Connecticut . 13 
Institutes . 34 
Institutes, Advertising at.306 
Institutes, New Jer.sey . 729 
Laundries for . 707 
Living Expenses . 436 
National Congress .717 
Farming, Big Profits in. 497 
Capital in .616 
Difficulties in New York State. 34 
In Connecticut . 682 
In Maryland . 409 
In Mexico . 397 
In Southwestern New Jersey.659, 675 
•In the Mountains. 355 
In Wet Season. 546 
Successful . 293 
•Wholesale Business in. 721 
With Chemicals and Water. 513 
Feathered Cannibals . 613 
February Strenuous . 212 
Peed, Cooking . 216 
Feeds, Old and New. 819 
Feeding Problems . 783 
Ration Figured . 814 
Stuffs for Winter . 737 
Stuffs, Value of . 846 
Pences, Useless . 638 
Fertility and Frost . 723 
Fertilizer, Alfalfa for. 195 
Drilling in Wheat . 649 
Drill or Broadc.ast. 565 
Feeding Into Plants . 2 
Fish, for Corn. 146 
For Lawn . 192 
For Fruit.125 
For Strawberries . 340 
Soft Bone and IMe.at for. 144 
Fertilizers. Estimating Value of .126 
Home Mixed . 84 
Quarter Century with. 849 
That Sour Soil. 340 
Talk About .802, 818 
Use of . 266 
When and How to Use. 206 
Who Shall Mix? . 207 
Fertilizing Materials, Best Forms of_146 
Field, Loafer, Galvanizing . 295 
lioafer. Saving . 185 
Poor. How to Handle. 740 
•Figs, Growing in California. 403 
Fish, Compost of. 404 
For Corn Fertilizer.35, 145 
•Flanders, George L.713 
Flax Straw for Cattle. 549 
Flies, Hessian and Ragweed. 612 
Hessian, Facts About . 569 
Hessian, in Middle West . 219 
Remedies for . 414 
Water Gas Tar for. 543 
Floor. Cement for . 53 
Florida, Bright Spots in.565 
Inducements in . 541 
Florists’ Club. New York, Exhibition... 749 
Flour from Sweet Potatoes. 781 
Flower Humbug .310 
Pot, Metal . 422 
Flowers, Autumn . 774 
Fly Killers on Cattle .462 
Hessl.an, Trap for . 611 
Fodder Crops for Indiana. 607 
For New Hampshire. 196 
Dry, Shredding . 727 
In .a Dry Time. 30 
In Regions of Drought. 575 
Notes on . 90 
Shredded . 55 
Shredded or Cut. 864 
•Food Consumers in New York.4.34 
Cooking for Stock. 756 
Fowls. Bumble Foot on. 703 
Characteristics of . 254 
Clipping Wing . 274 
•Game .177, 3.38 
White Minorca .3.56 
With a Cold . 574 
Frogs and Mushrooms. 615 
Frost, Beating . 711 
Notes . 695 
Preparing for . 645 
Fruit Baskets, Paper.340, 349, 569 
Blossoms. Unseasonable . 838 
Dried. Trade in. 665 
Exhibit at New York State Pair.665 
Farm Manager’s Share.550, 567 
Growers’ Association, New York.... 179 
Grower vs. Bee-Keeper. 658 
Growers, Wayne Co.. N. Y. 605 
Growing on the Pacific Coast. 701 
In Delaware . 345 
In Hudson Valley. 445 
In Lower Hudson Valley. 461 
In Montana . 6 
In Ohio . 345 
In Porto Rico. 337 
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In Refrigerating Cars . 225 
New York, at Pan-American. 439 
Notes, by an Old-Timer. 266 
Notes from California. 726 
Notes, New Jersey. 806 
Originator, Rights of. 239 
Questions from Colorado . 36 
Questions from Virginia . 597 
liot. Destructive . 611 
Simplest Fertilizer for . 37 
Transportation on Hudson River_365 
Trees on Cleared Land. 210 
Trees, Seedlings . 532 
Trees, Trellised . 124 
Trees, When to Bud. 645 
•Trees, Wire Protector for. 406 
Troubles with . 692 
Varieties in Pennsylvania . 690 
Fruits, Brown Rot in . 38 
Bush, Covering in Cold Countries_676 
Bush, Pruning and Feeding. 724 
For Arizona . 740 
For Central New York. 836 
For Connecticut . 248 
For Maine . 309 
For Massachusetts . 124 
For Windy Countrj'. 85 
In Missouri . 585 
In Southern New York . 692 
In Tasm.nni.a . 373 
•New Hybrid . 161 
Poor Varieties . 605 
Small, in Connecticut . 644 
Fumigation House, Making .707, 12S 
Fur Sale, Ivondon.1.39, 283 
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Garbage, Utilizing . 805 
Garden, A Michig.an. 162 
Northern Farmer s . 286 
Small, I'ossibilities in. 709 
Gardens Without Manure. 229 
Gas, N.atural on I'''arm.851, 867 
Geese, Shoeing . 350 
•Geraniums for Decoration .292 
Germ I^ife . 542 
Getting Rich in a Hurry. 451 
Gladioli, Planting ..'... 108 
Glucose, Honey . 813 
Goats, Angora.462, 604 
Golden Rod and Wild Asters.742 
Gooseberries. Varieties of. 126 
Gooseberry Mildew. Sulphur for. 192 
Grafting and Keeping Qualities. 192 
And Varieties in South Carolina.210 
Apples and Pears. 269 
Apple on Mulberry. 248 
Chestnuts and Peaches . 2 ^ 
Crabapples . 106 
Dwarf Stock on Standard . 230 
Grapes . 248 
Questions .468 
Wax I.,iquid . 37 
Grafts, Roots, How to Grow. 226 
When to Cut . 226 
Grain Crops, Condition of.279, 303 
Crops, Harrowing or Weeding. 246 
For Hens, How Much?. 789 
For Young Pigs.606 
Hay in California. 639 
Killing Insects in. 20 
Killing Moth in. 756 
Moth in New Jersey. 517 
Moth, Work of. 533 
Purchased, Feeding . 783 
Seeding . 711 
Shipments, Cost of. 765 
Spring. Using Weeder on. 227 
Thrashing in the South. 517 
What with Pasture . 478 
Grange, Early History of. 593 
Fire Insurance . 553 
Good of . 673 
Insurance . 450 
New York State . 115 
Talk About . 19 
Wayne Co., New York. 857 
Why Join . 162 
Gr.ape Belt, Wages in. 626 
Campbell’s Early . 357 
Catawba .372 
Early Ohio .. 52 
Growers, Prospects for. 745 
Juice. Facts About . 673 
MePike . 290 
Notes from Rural Grounds. 710 
Packers, Wages for. 612, 633 
Prospects . 787 
Rot-Resisting .852 
Vine Beetle . 693 
Vines, Bleeding from .373 
Vine Sterile . 404 
Gr.apery, Temperature for. 373 
Grapes and Small Fruits . 226 
Brown Rot in. 628 
For Massachustts.788 
Grafting .248, 789 
Munson's H.ardiness of . 646 
Munson’s in Louisiana.694 
Prof. Munson’s Hybrids.614, 637, 726 
Grass and Grain for Ohio. 305 
Billion-Dollar .189, 253, 548, 582, 8.37 
Brome, Awnless . 548 
Clark’s Method with Cow Peas.228 
Connecticut, Fair and Square. 563 
Culture, Clark System of..531, .545, 546, 562 
623, 70S. 773 
For Cemetery . 188 
Heavy in Connecticut. 579 
Killing on Gravel Walks. 250 
Nitr.ate of Soda on. 595 
Notes by G. M. Clark. 729 
Quack . 758 
Seed and Nurse Crops. 83 
Seeds, Home Grown. 404 
Seeding Alone . 503 
Seeding Experience . 530 
Seeding with Buckwheat.468, 498 
Tame, for Idaho. 725 
Under Majile Trees. 287 
When to Fertilize. 564 
Witch, Killing out.564, 605 
Green Goods .. 451 
Greenhouse, Chickens in. 38 
Experience . 22 
Heating .125, 288 
Small, Chance for. 53 
Greens for Winter. 741 
Grower and Consumer. 861 
Grubs and Potatoes. 615 
White, and Dung Worms. 420 
♦Guava, Cattley . 822 
Guinea Fowl, 'The. 91 
Guineas, Pearl . 196 
H 
Hale, J. IL, Talk With. 626 
•Halev, Richard . 835 
Ham Pickle . 213 
Hams, Curing .87, 333 
How to Keep. 193 
Hares, Belgian. Color of. 275 
Harrow, Plank . 271 
Harrows, Disk . 548 
Haw, Black, Tree. 146 
Hay, Adulterated . 773 
American in France. 866 
Billers, Honesty among. 793 
Bricks . 814 
Caps . 682 
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Corn . 55 
Cow Pea . 771 
Fever, New Cure for. 540 
From Cow and Canada Peas. Ill 
In New England. 604 
Tools, Useful . 435 
Haying, Late . 542 
Health Otlicer and Dairyman. 256 
Hedge, Hemlock .:. 35 
Heifer Blistered with Kerosene. 255 
Fails to Milk. 30 
Fails to Breed.'..399 
Hard Milker . 93 
Hernia in . 399 
Warts on . 690 
Weak in Back. 639 
Heifers, Variation in. 4.30 
Hen as a Machine.370, 38'7 
♦As a Manufacturer. 65'7 
•Crowing .Ill, 1.33 
And Her Eggs. 133 
Girls . 791 
Manure and Chemicals. 105 
Manure. Value of. 772 
Partners that Pay. 91 
Profits . 639 
Record, Connecticut . 254 
Hens and Potato Beetles. 772 
Brewers’ Grains for. 31 
Connecticut .351, 819 
Consumption in . 254 
Crowing . 274 
Daily Rations for.815, 831 
Facts about . 274 
Fat and Eggs. 671 
Feeding Meat to. 879 
Housing and Handling. 686 
How Much Grain for. '789 
Indiana . 766 
In Ohio . 815 
Leghorns. Why Best?.47, 831 
Lively Buff Leghorns. 31 
Loafing . 615 
Market Garden . 766 
Oats for . 31 
Plymouth Rock . 234 
Profitable Pennsylvania . 760 
Sick 1 . 274 
Southern, Moulting . 274 
Starting . 719 
•That Bal.ance their Ration. 866 
Warming Dust Bath. 31 
Wonderful Wanted . 274 
Henhouse, Lime in. 91 
•Warming .709, 8.34 
Herd, Improving the. 15 
•Hickory Horned Devil.738 
Nut. Hale’s . 36 
Hired Man’s Luck. 775 
Hog Choler.a and Plague. 113 
Cholera. Cleaning out. 830 
♦Raising in the West. 49 
The Roots on. 366 
Hogs. Feed for Brood Sow. 89 
Hay for . 1.32 
Pasturing . 4.31 
Rooting . 382 
Weak Legs in. 197 
Hoghouses . 15 
Honesty, Quaker Idea of. 777 
Honey, Glucose in. 813 
Honeysuckles. Pruning . 272 
Hope F.arm Revisited. 34.3 
Horns, Boom in. 45 
Hor.se Blistered with Coal Oil. 13.3 
Chronic Cough in .63. 255, 351 
Contracted Feet on. 93 
Colic Mixture for. 590 
Collar Boil on. 2.55 
Cost of Feeding. 743 
Curb Swelling on. 63 
Diseases in Cuba. 766 
Easy Driving for. 85 
Epileptic Fit in. 399 
Farcy in . 217 
Feed . 711 
Feeding Roots to. 225 
Fistulous Withers on. 133 
For Farm . 735 
Heaves in . 2.55 
Lameness from Scratches. 255 
Out of Condition.93, 297, 399 
Passing Worms . 335 
Poll Evil in. 63 
Ration. Cheapening . 868 
Scratches. Malanders and Thrush in. 30 
Shoulder Lameness in. 335 
Show . 813 
Skin Eruption on. 399 
Sub.iect to Colic. 399 
Talk by an Old Timer.. 90 
Taming and Training. 702 
Thin in Flesh. 113 
Tr.ader, A . 28 
Training . 815 
•Use of Check Rein on. 435 
♦Woman’s . 247 
Horses and Crimson Clover. 542 
Ankle, Enlargement in. 3.35 
Facing IJght . 591 
Fail to Shed Coat. 297 
Feed for . 831 
Feeding Corn to. 82 
For Beef . 415 
Influenza in . 93 
TJck Ball for. 87 
Silage for . 462 
Soiling Crops for.334 
♦Taking a Drink. 466 
♦Veterans . 478 
Wheat Bran for. 8.50 
Whole Rye for. 30 
With Scabbjf Lips. 63 
Worms in . 63 
Horseradish Culture . 837 
Horticultural Society. Central N. Y.164 
Society, Eastern N. Y.135, 159, 164 
Society, Georgia . 605 
Society, New Jersey. 41 
Society, New York. 390 
Society, Ohio . 870 
Society, Pennsylvania . 77 
Society, Western New York.73, 95 
Society, West Virginia.1.55 
Hotbed, Profit in. 805 
•House Drainage, Problem in.771 
Hydrocyanic Acid G.as, Use of....677, 709, 854 
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♦Ice. Cutting, and Loading. 34 
•House, i'illing .50, 851 
House for Parmer. 18 
•PTouse with Cellar.613, 661 
Illinois, Drought in. 601 
Incubator, Care of.HI, 421 
Incubators, Animal . 62 
Using . 62 
Insect Friends from Abroad. 818 
Insects, Killing in Grain. 20 
Insurance and Farmers. 418 
In Grange . 553 
Insecticide Soap, Black Soluble. 534 
Irrigating, Power for. 144 
Italians on Fruit Farms. 246 
J. 
Jadoo in Garden. 38 
Juneberrles . 148 
K. Page 
Kansas. Farm Notes from. 739 
Kitchen Statistics from Hope Farm. 23 
Kniphofia or I*'’lame P^lower. 710 
Kohl Rabi . 451 
Koumiss. How Made. K 8 
Kumquat Orange . 70 
T., 
Labor Bureau . 733 
Problem . 542 
♦Ladybird Insects, Some Injurious. 610 
Lambs. Corn Fodder for. 864 
Spring . 77 
Weight of . 349 
Winter .g46 
liand. Clearing and Burning Brush.85 
Five Acres Enough . 498 
liaundries for.Farmers. 707 
Lawn. Fertilizer for. 192 
Leaves, Gathering .23, 806 
For Hog Pen. 112 
Handling .172, 251 
Packing . 283 
Raking . 829 
Lenten Season . 159 
Letters. Dead . 303 
I.ettuce and Cucumbers Under Glass.609 
♦Growing in F’orcing House. 19 
Liberty. Where Ends. 471 
Lice Killer . 477 
On Calves . 590 
On Goats . ]97 
On Pigs . 590 
On Poultry .Hi, 558 
Tobacco Stems for . 37 
Lightning Rods, Connections for. 676 
Lilac, Diseased . 601 
Lilies, Worms in.•. 516 
Lily Bulbs, Propagating. 628 
Lime, A Talk About. 145 
For Borers. 676 
For Sour Soil. 580 
For Sweetening Soil. 188 
On Manure .452 
On Seed Bed. 355 
On Strawberries . 698 
Tree Tinglish . 709 
Use of . 532 
Water and Stone . 820 
Liquor Follows the Flag. 628 
Live Stock and Spraying. 546 
Pedigreed, Value of. 686 
Locomotives, Oil-Burning . 765 
Locust, Planting for Posts.126 
Seventeen-Year . 4 S 4 
Locusts and Peach Trees . 774 
In New .lerscy. 759 
Work of . 690 
Long Island Notes .477, 673 
Lye and Rats. 797 
M. 
Malaria and Mosf|uiloes. 557 
Man from Oregon. 711 
Hired, ’Talk . 51 
•On Domestic Science Plan. 3 
Wanted, for Cuba. 839 
Manure, Cement Cistern for. 366 
Cleaning, Devices for. 485 
Cobs for . 340 
Hog on Cabbage.386 
For Str.awberries . 788 
From Muck . 709 
From Stockyards . 793 
Green. Rape for. 7 .S 9 
liiquid. Saving . 37 
Rye and Clover for. 633 
Stable and Cottonseed Meal.188 
Where to Put. 580 
Mare, Swelling on. 2.55 
Maple Sap, Facts About. 267 
Market, East-Side . 119 
Markets of Providence, R 1. 685 
Mayberry, Austin or Mayes. 694 
•Golden . 502 
Measvires for Feed. 215 
♦Medlar Fruits . 742 
Melon Blight .189, 265, 321, 374, 611, 616 
Disease. Experience with. 706 
Emerald Gem . .53 
Rocky Ford District. 483 
Melons, Large, How to Grow. 420 
♦New Methods with . 417 
Michigan Notes . 841 
Milk and Creamery Notes. 525 
Better Quality of. 590 
Bloody . 237 
Cans Need Cleaning . 511 
Care of . 447 
Care and Sale of. 462 
Clean vs. Contaminated . 607 
Curdling When Sweet . 176 
Exchange, Facts About . 840 
Farmers Ahead . 319 
Farming. Central New York. 8.35 
Garlic in . 110 
Handlers, Organization of . 196 
Handling . .590 
New Scheme for Adulterating. 751 
Notes .296, 799 
Price of .6.55. 777 
Priee of, for Butter. 415 
Produc-ers Gaining . 543 
Producers’ Meeting . 617 
Producers, Notes from .831, 846 
Producers’ Talk . 345 
Raid . 139 
Separator on Wheels. 574 
Shippers’ Union .187, 216 
Situation .383 
Situation in New York. 803 
Skim and Lime Paint. 675 
Skim, Value of . 644 
Strike, Successful .809, 86 .': 
Supply of New York. 9 
War in Pennsylvania. 9 
Milking. Notes on . 153 
Tubes . 417 
Milkweed, Destroying . 605 
Miller, How Much 'Toll for?. 873 
Millet for Pastures.404 
German . 124 
Pearl, Value of . 612 
Mind, Healthy. A. 7 
Mistletoe for Holidays. 13 
Molasses as Cow Feed. 83 
Moles and Squash Bugs. 691 
Troublesome . 582 
Money with Fur on It. 631 
Montbreti.a Germania . 694 
Moon. Influence on Crops. 610 
Morning Glory, Perry’s New. 726 
Wild, Killing .725 
Mosquitoes and Malaria. 557 
Fight Against . 417 
Moth Catcher .35, 403 
Trap, Story of . 354 
•Mowing Machines. Hints to Buyers. 850 
Muck. Making Manure from. 709 
Mulberry Tree. Lazy. 580 
Mulch for Apple Trees. 8.33 
♦Nature’s . 851 
Mushroom Market, The . 61 
Mushrooms and Frogs. 615 
Music with Lunch. 77 
Muskmelons as Cow Food. 20 
Culture of . 389 
Muskrats, How to Kill.226 
Mustard Seed . 581 
