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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
VOLUME XLIX. i89o. 
PAGE 
Abandoned farm, doing to.102 
Accounts, family. Keeping_:-73 
A> tinldia Holrgaraa .Ad 
Adulterationslujuilngfarmers 272 
A^iu Iteration of see>s act .712 
Ad< erll-ement* Cogitations on. 151 
Afterbirth, Removing from cow 
..ilT, 170 
Aftpr election view.819 
Agents, Tree. 
..443, SOI, 517. 546 
Tree, Cold-ecuntry.6:4 
Agricultural bill, Tlie Morrill . 
. ..436,449 
Agricultural colleges aud exper 
imeni stations.840 862 884 
Agricultural colleges, Bcnetlts 
fr-'m.856 
Agricultural Depression ..5, 28. 7i0 
Depression. Cause of.340 
Educator, An.8U 
Agriculture, Au outside view 
of . . .227 
Agriculture, Mexican progress 
in .....401 
Agriculture lu England.895 
Alfalfa for Nebraska.217 
Id drills.285 
In New Hampshire.135 
in Pennsylvania..135 
Alliance, Convention, The Far¬ 
mers’.862 
Farm-rs' .213. 573, tin> 
Farmers’ and Sup emeCourt 555 
Farmers’. C ingress .s32 
Farmers’ In N. V.tS4 
Farmers', on Sub-Treasury 
scheme.880 
Farmers'. Sentiments .. .. 9j»i 
Movement permanent.566 
N. Y. State farmers’ .573 
On government finances...85 J 
Thought, Farmers’.907 
Americau Book Company not a 
trust .482 
American working girls' con¬ 
vention ..272 
Analyse^ of food, Meaning of 
term in.282 
Annex itlon, Believes In .72« 
Antlseotles The use of.7 4 
Aphldee on gialn .372 
Apple, Arkansas.s7S 
Arkansas Beauty.S7i 
Canfield .251 
L'-ather Sweet . 813 
Monstrous Pippin.604 
Ozone. .873 
Shannon . 873 
Spltze burg. Different va¬ 
rieties .301 
Sweet Baldwin. 8:1 
Business, A Kansas.777 
Crop a failure. .516 
Jelly vs. Hard cider.9)1 
>l*»gg t.'4.84 
Notes, Some Canadian.814 
Scab, Smoking out .879 
Selous, Wnen to cut.2 <2 
Trees, More seedling wanted751 
Trees. S. raping trunks.218 
Apples. Commercial Iron-clad.. .742 
Iowa .22 
More varieties wanted.213 
Some Arkansas.873 
Substitutes tor. 625 
water core In .201 
Worthless. Giving value to. .7>'-< 
Ark. Benton Co.595 
Artichokes . SOI 
Ashes as a fertilizer.134 
l£al, as a fertilizer.)53 
C^al, Uses for.. 22 
Cob.1-5 
Comparative value.ltd 
Lasting i ffects of.154 
Lench-d.31 
No ben- fit from...433 
Tan bark .8t.9 
Uuleached, where obtalued.'.’69 
Wood.5.’7, 855 
Asparagus acre .The story or an.4 3 
Bed, A neglected .417 
Beetles To exterminate.493 
( ulture.230 
Cut eng .35-j 
Dlsian-e apart.17 i 
Growers, Among the.163 
Manuring. 217 
No difference In vnrletlos... 518 
Sal); and gas lime on.136 
Salt for. 69 
When 10 cut . 282 
Association, The Cornell Unt 
veroly Agriculture!.278 
The Eowardsvil e Potato....687 
Austral an rabbit plague.420 
Axtetl, Taxable vuiuo of.472 
B 
Back numbers, Notes on 
.. 4«, 50. 51. 5i, 57 
Ballot law, The new In New 
York. . 346 790 
Bank account, Cultivating a. .. 717 
Banks sustain ug farmers. .876 
Bar. The an 1 steal. . . .293, 341 
Barbed wire. N. H. law against., li 
Reeltug. 35 
Barley. American t>*. <'auadluu.5'-4 
And oats pay a profit.243 
For stock . 85 , 
Por’ldge. Value of .386 
When to cut for hay. 5 3 
Barn door. Lath on.884 
John Gould’s new.468 
Barns. Brown's big. 755 
Barn door experience. 687, 742 
Barry, Patrick. Death of.436 
Bavaria, Letter from.6,8 
B 
PAGE 
Beans. Bush.69 
Bush Limas.158. 604 
Flageolet..88 136 
Lima..us 
Soja. 99 
Handling Navy . 449 
Methods of raising ... ..1."5 
Bee hives. About.312 
Bee hives in roof .69 
Bees, Italian queens.153 
Some busy.755 
Beef animals. Champion.bs9 
Business will boom.57u 
Eastern pays.514 
Making, Delaware, all right.546 
Beet sugar in Nebraska. 104 
B lwo'id. Seen- s at.770 
Bermuda Isl nds.20 
Berry b .skets. Manufacturing.. 37 
Picking methods. 4 . 0 . 4 8 
Berries Mulching.5-6 
Wpat muiching did.52.5 
Better way The . 25 
Bill, The But erworth.254, 272 
Conger lard.588 
McKinley . 604 
McKinley, A Canadian.722 
McKinley, Justice of . 854 
Meat inspection . ..566 
Morrlll.The new.498 53 1 
The Spooner .463 
Billy, Thoughts on.. .857 
Blru destruction .566 
Blackberries. Best three for 
N. J.855 
Lawton, not fruiting .585 
Wild, exterminating.433 
Blackberry, Agawam .169,231 
Bangor.185 
Erie .169 
Wachusett.234 
Wine.563 
Black-knot. 153 
Blacs Locust, Whentoeut.431 
Bloat in caitle .217 
Blue birds A talk about.-27 
Blue-bird houses.8v7 
B.ue Grass .497 
vitriol with Paris green ....43! 
Bond and mortgage liability.78 
Bonds, U. S., Investments in_79 
Bones as a fertilizer. 1:44 
Burned .251 
To reduce.134 
Bone spavius. Surgery for.683 
Bone Preparli g as a fertilizer. .897 
Books for workingmen .164 
Boston markets.545 
Boys, Are me educate I off the 
farm.S51 
Country, seeking the city_340 
On farm, Why do they stay.382 
Terry. I'alks 10 7.2 
Brain, Exercising the.149 
Brazil, About . 510 
I rade with.233, 286 
Brewers’gra ns as feed.301 
Broiler business, The....767, 788, 6t4 
Broom Corn .232 
Brussels sprouts. 18 
Buckwheat hulls. Fertilizing 
value of .154 
Japanese, Flour from.6, 70 
Japanese, not flouring welL.aSO 
Wnen sown. 135 
Buffaloberry. The.S35 
Buffaloes. Half blood. . 333, S98 
Buffalo legister.shall there be a.583 
Bug ” ou melon vines .5H 
Bug wagon, Home-made.139 
Buhacb .683 
Butter. Best feed for.i.s5 
Business, Fancy .717 
Fr sh sweet cream . 18 
Maker, Instantaneous.486 
Making notes . 91 
Market wanted.188 
Not coming.169, 1S8 
Noti-s.154 
Packag s. Felt for.9 1 
Prime, Making.269 
Prize .114 
Production, Rations for. 68 
Ration, etc .833 
School, The Geneva.653, 675 
Summer, Ke. ping. 374 
. Tests, Fairness in.741, 8 0 
TV bite in winter . 102 
W hy Is it reworked?.855 
Wl.y Teriy buys his..586 
5vorker, New.;8s 
Bull, a premium Jersey.6,SO 
Mil rged knee 111 . SS7 
Bulletin Board .874 
Bulls. Beef for the range .52! 
Working .389 
Burbank. Luther. 2 .’9 
Buy, G od 1 line to . 680 
Buying at wholesale.453, 607 
Cabbage. Club foot iu.563 
Worm, Parasites of. 401 
Worms. Remedy for.545 
Plants, Wint* ring 7i9 
Cabbager, Keep ng tlea beetles 
Irom .23S 
On new land. 585 
Calf, A heavy . .563 
Big... .298 
Blood poisoning in. 4 O 1 
Dish- rnli g. .. . 449 
F' edlng from birth.529 
Market overst eked. 4-2 
Uni' ilical hernia In .461 
California. Conned corn for.7 0 
Pop* rs. Names of.23 1 
southern.406 
Calves, A group of Hereford_4S1 
Grade bull.. .. 120 
PAGE 
Calves on Anderson ranch dalrv. 
Cal ....249 
Camp life in a farm house. .891, 9o2 
Canih'lan notes som-..s5> 
Canada Ont., Delaware.sfiO 
Middlesex Co.36, 612 
Ca* e, Mb n-sota Amber.449 
fanning vat. .422 
Cannon, Derendlng Mr.674 
Cantaloupe, Best. 135 
Capons as mothers . 716 
Selling .c 9 
Carp culture.200.725 
Experience, Some Nebraska.398 
Carriages, Man power.-iS7 
Carrots for cows . 19 
Cart. Ensilage.282 
Liquid manure . .782 
Slop, Mr Terry's.201 
Tow. 2*2 
Carts, Barrel. . 5*7 
Convenient farm.28> 
Damn, Kour-wneeled.821 
Castor-oil plants. Hybrid.297 
Catalpa b'-sh blooming . . .338 
Cattle. Ailing ... 6^3 
Alderney .877 
Book on diseases of .vol 
Colb-r and harness for.526 
Device for leading .2ys 
Devon . 743 
En-llage-fed, Warmer quar¬ 
ters for .S'O 
Exports Our .504 
Fatt ning on small pota¬ 
toes, stc. 754 
F’eeding..549 
Feeding buckwheat straw 
to . po 
Feeding in the East . .. 445,514 
Feeding molass s to .585 
Foods Adulterated.6S6 
Galloway.S’*! 
Gram bay for feeding.165 
Holderness .504 
HoLteln Frleslm.536 
In Argentine Republic. 188 
Kerry.89 
Lice on. ’69, 2'8, 234 
Losses in the Territori s. .. .168 
Number of in couniry.172 
Parents, Young .472 
Polled, sired by a saw.8 -2 
Some Vlrgln'a. .. . 681 
Wa'e-t g In stable.665 
Celery culture. Wisconsin.4-1 
Goldeu Self blanching.214 
G owing.519 
Machine for hilling-.42i 
Paris Golden .432 
Reed not germinating ... 288 
Varieiies.Sioringand bleach¬ 
ing . 82 
Cellar. How to cement .5- 2 
Cemetery, FTowers for.85 
Census questions.356 3.2 
Census The.164 
Centra' P rk and its lesson.374 
Central Park, Value of.401 
Chsmpagne. Cheap . 1 9 
Cheese, Cream.833 
Making, Family .681 
Questions. Some. 5.9 
Some prize .'66 
Sound «mse on. 587 
Chemical f- rillizers the same as 
m nure .776 
Chemhals in small quantities ..204 
Cherokee Strip, The.8-81 
Cnerry culture . 469 
Cherries, New varieties.453 
Time to plant.603 
Chestnut. Nu-i bo a foreign.. . .su 
Paragon.548, 721 
Price quotations.,.... 741 
Chicks Care of in summer.5ns 
Dysentery in. 353 
F’altrnleg.410 
Food for, wet or dry.524 
Management of young.891 
Startling figures on . 
.461, 5 4. 554. 631, *92 
Chicken business. Establishing..4.58 
Ch'Ckens. Mbfcfor. 4 >8 
Pay? Will . s;u 
Child. That, of yours ... .706 
Children, Our iresh air.531 
Teaching at home. 464 
Chimney caps, Iron .40t 
Churn. Best. .. 5 ’01 
Davis 8 wing. ito 
Rectangular.170 
Cider presses. ?S9 
Question Tne.322 
will wi-rk .856 
Cigar McKinley’s. 
Cistern. Conor, te. . 20 : 
Citizenship, Re-poudbillty of...646 
City training for a country ilfe.EeS 
Claim Son’s against estate.3’> 
Clas'legislation . 404 
Clematis How to propagate ... 449 
Jac. manni. Budding.8 9 
Clover. Crimson.527 
Heave-proof.-jvo 
Japan.20.S97 
For poor land.35 
For Vermout farms.31 
Mammoth .us 
Mammoth, for seed .3 9 
Que-tious answered. S> 
beta.3 7 
Selecting.S3 
Sowing in August.465 
Sowing with oat'. 115 
Tt rashlng,with flail. 5 
Clover t’». manure.»20 
Coal and reciprocity. 896 
Cohtea Seandens. 34 
Cockroaches, Ri-mrdy for.5t>i 
Cooling moth in uregon. 
Co't.s, rare dealers in.35 
Cold. Curing a.49), 5o4 
C 
PAGE 
Cold weather, Effects of.189 
C 'lie In horse. ss 
Co leg ?, Agricultural, Appro¬ 
priations for . 434 
College. Ar„ will it pay to at¬ 
tend? . 329 
Kansas change of policy ... 472 
Colorado. F'arm ng in.306 
Pueolo Co.152 
Colt. A fractious.369 
F’rench Coach .85 
Hand feeding of. 251 
Knee-sprung.825 
Legs stocking.825 
L- gs swollen . . 369 
Shoulder lameness.3» 1 
Tender feet in .5s3 
Ttmroughpln on..683 
Weivht of grade.2'5 
Worms in .3r9 
Young Weak limb of.387 
Colts Skim-milk for.138 
Comments. A wumaa s inten¬ 
sive .....482 
Commhteeto Invest gate agri¬ 
culture. n. J..’.54 
r ompass plants.462 
Congressl nal appropriations..388 
Conn.. Litchfield«’o .. ..539 
Consumption, Mortality from .816 
Contract-* by minors.3o7 
Coop for fattening fowls.751 
Corn. Canned.375 
Catch crops with.465 
Crop. Growing a good.1’0 
Hand’ing the.388 
Cr sby .72, 83, »91 
Fodoer loading.713 
Harvester.5fc7, 647, 729, 0.-5 
Husking machine.54S 
King .384 
Large crop. To produce.135 
Loni fellow.1°5 
Mixing..353 
Mooce’s concord.83 
On mucky land.201 
Perry’s Hybrid . eS 
Plan . Abnormal growth_ 680 
Planter, Macomber.421 
Pop .3s7 
Preparing sod for. 5 
Potter’s Excelsior.88 
Rural Thoroughbred Flint.. 
. 88,115,853 
R. N.-Y. Thoroughbred yel¬ 
low uent .. 493 
Stalks LdsDOsing of uncut... s5 
Scowell’* cverg een.ss 
Sweet, Expei iments.ijS5 
Sweet f .r »uccesslon. aw 
Sweet, Stalks . .. 234 
Corporations, Incorporating.47. 70 
Pieker.621 
Securing advance on.646 
Seed. Cleaning. 8 
S<’ed hulls for dairyeows ...417 
Seed meal, Dairymen feed¬ 
ing . 
To cover cotton.469 
Cevell, Mr.-*. M. J.97 
Cover dyar s .lsl 
Cow-boy, I be, aud his business, w 0 
Cow, A family.334 
A weak.2 >2 
Be* tin herd .40! 
Craving for unnatural feed.,. o7 
Cough in .369 
Eversion of womb in.369 
Going dry. 86 
Heavy feedltigniay spoil....513 
Hereford. A milking.552 
Jersey. Health of the.S»8 
Jeriey, Tne.S 81 
Losing hair . 1-4 
Mill h, Feeding r>e to.185 
Tastes Individual.i.53 
Tubercul sis In. t>8 
Udder tend r.625 
V.clous, Dishorning.529 
Cow-peas.69, 169 
Cows, A bo 1 tion in. 153 
Apples for. 571, 670 
Breeding in eoldweather_214 
Bleeding up .384 
Calving, watching.-iGl 
Chewing bones.588 
Drying i ff. 22, 18-, 455 
Ev. r.ion of womb. 2 1 
Fatrily .386 
F’arrow, Feeding for beef.85 
Feeding grain on pasture... .293 
Feeding in summer. .468 
Feeding sour milk to. 417 
Good, secret of. 759 
Grubs in backs of. 337 
Handling for bu-iuess. 314 
Jerseys, e vous.866 
Mllcb, So-ghum for.S4 
Mtikfeve iu. 625 
Ohio, reeding .831 
Palata le food for.s8i 
Pomace for. 1.32 
Shade for. 554 
Some ueod butter. 44 s 
Testing. D5 
Tuberculous.4s 1 
Cow-yards on a leaohy farm.c.9 
ran'-eriles in South Jersey_'45 
Crane, A lifting . ‘ . 729 
Cream > r ghtenlng from mtlk.447 
F'oamiug . . 897 
Raising by dilution.‘,41 
Creamer, -. ooley. 101 
Without lee . S5 
Creamery. A model . 1 
B'idiong Jersey, The.50 j 
Business The.518 
Wad-worth.623 
Crops. Cash . 8S 
For muck swamp.7‘3 
Growing doable .29n 
Rotation of .. ..150 
Too much; money too little.T26 
PAGE 
Crossing and hybridizing.169 
Failures in.858 
Plants F’allures and success 
eswlth .569, 583 
Cross, Jers-'y-Holsteln .53 
Cucumber beetles. Instructing 
a professor abuut.270 
For pickles. 8 
Wild.214 
Cultivator attachment.,....7 9 
Buckeye .1.0 
Plan t,Jr.139 
Curcullo, Plum, puncturing 
apples.4:9 
Currant. Crandall . 85 
Cuttings .758 
In pear orchard . 5 
Worms, Hellebore for .2’8 
Tree .2SO 
Cuts and wounds. Care of .544 
D 
Dahlias from seed....172 
Dairy. A Kentucky. .51* 
A Short-norn. . 445 
A small .21 
Correction .498 
Cows for . 9 
Exhibit at World’s F’alr. 52u 
F'alrfleld . 422.5,0 
Herd-, Winter treatment of.798 
Hol-tein. 640 
Problem. An old.350 
Products,! aney markets for 101 
Scrub . 298 
Rbort-horns .762 
DaDymg In New England. 9 
Dairymen’s Association, N. Y. 
State. 14 
Association, Vermont.89 
Dakota. • ass Co.233 
Destitution in .1(4 
Dandedons. Exterminating.8i3 
Datura tree from s.ed.726 
Day, Mr<. F.liza.97 
Decision l . S Supreme Court 
1 n liquor cas-s.794 
Dehvware. Dover.8l7 
Kent C ’0 . 86. 200. 363. 5i4 
Department of Agriculture Is 
alive .283 
Management of.322 
Dewberries on trellis. 38 
Ditch along line.47 
vs. Lawyer .72 
Ditching machine makers.725 
DlvLlon of lx-ad Heir’s Prop¬ 
erty.260 
Dog question. The . 466 
Dogs, .lack aud Tyke. 7<£ 
Two .4 1 
Poisoning.70 
rs. sheep.2cl 
DoUy and Billy .758 
Another In N.Y.8U 
Door hangers, Steel.485 
Dorkings.58 
For rosslng.751 
Double crops.4u2 
Dra nag-\ t-arrn and g rden_531 
Poor, The effects of.315 
ruck fa, m A.34i 
Ducks dying iu shell..351 
Some Vermont. 669 
rs. Hens .... .612 
Dunn. Mrs Annie C . 98 
Dwarf apple trees, care of. 85 
E 
Earth closet, An.198 
Closets. 28 > 
Eau celeste, Formula for mak¬ 
ing • .853 
Educate the masses.b22 
Education, Agricultural Col¬ 
lege.417 
Eggs, Experiment In keeping...4!4 
injury to by transportation. !o8 
Fgg pisnt for market.563 
Eggs. Brt serving. 69 
Transported f ir hatching .. 288 
Eight hour system, Doesu’t be¬ 
lieve In.386 
Ebeagnus Longlpes.525 
► t eirlcity and the weather. ...335 
Endung ring adjoining prop¬ 
erty .78 
F7n41age and feed cut,ers..549 
And Its future.630, 642 
And syrup from same crop. .147 
Disputed point about. . i\5 
Effect of discontinuing.85 
Experience.370 
From thl-tles. 98 
Jiachlne-y, Business In.289 
New points ou.302 
New things earned about... 
. 283, 324 
Notes from Wisconsin.415 
Notes on.582 
Selling.289 
Swe t and sour. 39 
Ensilage is. Roots.532 
Knsilolng dry stalks. 236 
Estaie, Liability of. 95 
Europe, Denmark, Systed. 57 
Evaporator... .101 
Evergreins, To kill .;'8 
Wnen to transplant. 513 
F.wes, Age of breeding.536 
Experiment stations. Criticism 
of. . 286 
Experiment Station, Kansas ...l'O 
Louisiana. 110 
New Je»8oy.Uu 
New York.41,102 
North Carolina.178, 221 270 
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PAGE 
Export. Trade In grain.104 
Exposition, The Hornellsville. .613 
Express companies and lottery- 
tickets . 814 
Companies, Tax on.760 
Fair American Institute.639 
Citrus . 194 
N. E .The . 634 
N Y. State.COO. 695 
Ohio Si ate. 695 
Rtate A model .707 
Fal s, Growing crops st.877 
New reatures at our next... 820 
Farm, A little, well tilled.197 
Anaaudoned .462 
Buildings, Some Maryland. .3-8 
A novice on. .. 773 
Connecticut A rooky.378 
Cornell University.516 
El cirii ltv on the.901 
Going back t > the .. .856 
Have t had value received 
from my.511 
Houses, Numbering. 432 
Managers .2-6 
Mo-tgages Taxation of. 260 
Outing, A Western.470 
Polities cofftmended.880 
Sales from a 50 acre. 5 
S*cu lug title to.417 
T- rry’s.3’9 
Vermont. Not for sale. 1 
Who owns the .710 
Why James left.4o6 
Farms Abandoned . D9 
Abandoned N. H.4,1S2,138 
and F’arme-s in I9i0. 8'3 
Farming. A city man's..362 
A woman’s. 
... 42 , 4:-8. 454, 470 51°, 533, 550 
Illinois. Dl-mal view of.402 
Is it so slow?.5i2 
Pays. 86 
Farmer, A p-ogressive.279 
A successful N.Y.197 
Western On Eastern farm.. 
lug .604 
Will education help the_431 
Why I am a.491 
Farmers aud the e.ections.772 
A» surveyors.603 
Chau* ing on tariff question..'l>S 
Clubs.25 
Fashionable complaints of ..756 
For Congress .706 
In Politics. . . 
.475. 507. 523, f39, 595. 635 
In public affairs .452 
Loaning money to.4s2 
Movemem in Ohio. 722 
Movement in S C.3-8 
New England.402 
N Y. City.289, 4 6 
Ohio. .572 
Ohio. Political movement..548 
Protectionist. Cemiort for. .712 
Pull toge'her. 5 gs 
Talks with . 682 
Tenant lu Illinois. 601 
Tne debtor cla-s.i;2 
To oe ho- dwinkeu? Are the..532 
Two classes of N E. 420 
Farm-house, A Maryland. 218 
Far sworh. W. W.265 
Fastenings for dal y cows.281 
Feathers as manure... 85 
Selling.37,170 
Feed. Best for eggs. 85 
Cutter, Fri eman.4~4 
Grinding, Wlnumlils for .. 
.387, 453. 469 
Mills, Farm .34', 378 
F’eeolng sc e'utlflc, Effect on 
Jerseys..452 
Females strouger than males..834 
FVnces coming down. 839 
Fence Law In N. Y. 78 
Machines.533 
Wire. Building alone.298 
Fertilizer. A cheap .2U0 
A complete. 2'2 
Analysis, Terms used. 41 
Fert. Chem. and stable manure 
.518, 528, 545 
Fertilizer Effects, Differ., rue in.677 
Exp-riments.. ids 
First class.643 
Flsn fora. 757 
F^or peach orcharl. 68 
Formula for potatoes.233 
F'or grass .. 251 
For pears and grapes.757 
For potatoes .;..897 
F’or wheat. 546,5i3, tOS 
Law. .234 
Law, A proposed. 121 
Law, New. 335 
Lost. 6 
Fromcott n seed. 21 
FYom drle j blood. 69 
Potato...«, 53, '85 
Potato, compounding a.285 
Quantity needed...564 
Question.117, 200. 218 
Whpatbranasa . 53 
Fertilizers, A friend of. b 6 
And mixed husbandry for 
Western n. Y. 514 
Buying . 120 
1 hemical.626 
Chi mnal, in 1 dairy couuiy.4-.9 
Cnemteal will answer. 738 
Chemical. Action of, upon 
plant life . .S97 
Chemical, Experiments with 
different kinds of.900 
Cotton-seed meal and biau 
as.231 
