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INDEX.—THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
PAGE 
Farm notes, Various.560 
Produce, Market prices lor. 485 
Products, Advertising.788 
Scene, A novel. 20 
Small, What crop for.389, 398, 434 
Talk, Some Connecticut. 155 
The boy that stays on the. 640 
Woodland, Notes from. 323 
Workshop on the, The. 527 
Yankee, A modern .301, 317, 335 
Farms, Indiana, Ceasing, oil or gas 564, 565 
Small, on the Pacific coast. 625 
Farmer, An old-time Ohio. 461 
As a chemist, The. 21 
Farmers and farm machinery.485, 755 
Must look ahead. 804 
As breeders. 67 
Congress, New York. 89 
Fair, Keport from a. 629 
Free reading matter for.105 
Institutes, Director of New York.. 516 
Institutes, Interest at. 154 
Institutes. Three topics for. 580 
Institutes, Ohio.142 
In the ruts. 202 
Iowa, Practices of. 162 
National Congress, The.788 
On an outing.708 
Produce supplies at home..'16 
Should advertise....: . 420 
Southern, True friend for. 441 
Wages? What are. 336 
Farming on wheels. 420 
Southern i>*. Northern.552 
The “knack” in.190 
Feed. Winter, In New York State.584 
Feeders, Improvement In. 619 
Feeding twice a day. 30 
Measures for. 202 
Fence, How to brace a. 414 
Portable, An Iowa. 526 
Poultry, cheap.718 
Fences, lront. Neat. 336 
Fenugreek and its use for horses. 177 
Ferns for the table. .783 
Native, Some useful.383 
Wild, Selling. 847 
Fertilizer analyses, The experiment 
Analyses, two, An examination... 176 
Analysis for farmers. 559' 
Analysis, A “blind'. 217 
Analysis, Attempt to explain a.... 337 
A stick of. 404 
Cheap. A fortune In. 84 
Complete, Whattsa. 481 
Factories starting up. 708 
Florida, A cheap . 199 
For grass and garden. 218 
For potatoes ? Whi<h. 156 
Grinding bones for. 705 
Gunpowder for. 645 
Heavy application of, for Timothy 532 
How to treat blood for.117 
Is salt a. 289 
Caw, Wisconsin. 89 
Ciquid, Hen manure for a. 199 
Making carcasses Into. 833 
Mixer, A homemade. 175 
Packing-house, What to add to... 238 
Running away. 162 
*10 worth. 114 
Trade In Connecticut. 452 
Trying new brand of. 532 
Waste as a. 256 
Fertilizers, Commercial lack some¬ 
thing.370 
Different mixed. 24 
Failed, Why the . 449 
leathers and shavings for. 117 
Mixing. Thrashing machine for... 215 
Sale of, controlled in England. 692 
Soluble, In small doses. 370 
Some facts about.237, 256 
Southern, Two, compared,. 84 
To keep the grass growing. 548 
Figs, Hirter du Japan. 7 
Preserving. 625 
Fir. Siberian. 86 
Silver of Colorado. 86 
Fish and kalnlt. Value of. 401 
Compost, Fall top-dressing with.. 7< 5 
Feeding, to poultry. 331 
For fertilizer. Value of.5,179 
How to use. 785 
Fiery hunter and its work. The. 672 
Firearms on the farm. 611 
Fire engine. Bicycle. 340 
Flax, yellow, The. 814 
Fleas of life. How to fleece. 99 
Files, Fighting.352,394, 635 
Floor, cement, Cost of a.100 
Floors, cement, Building. 143 
F’loricultnre, Commercial. 836 
Florists, Notes from the.847 
F lower notes. Cong Island.494 
Seeds, Sowing. 68 
Flowers. Development of. 820 
For the lawn. 495 
Glass-house temperature for.218 
Mixed colors in. 217 
On Paclflc coast.836 
Perfect and Imperfect. 644 
Photographed by Roentgen rays.. 579 
Some useful. 814 
Fodder and feed notes.571 
Crops, A succession of. 223 
Crops, Cate. 482 
Cutting. 289 
F'ull, Barley and rye for. 513 
Plants, Some new. 180 
Shred a eo.323 
Will It pay to steam. 513 
Food eaten per capita. 724 
Istuel. 56 
Fooas, Nutritive values of. 292 
Foot, Came. 320 
Forage, Grow green. 436 
Plants for Oregon, New. 158 
Plants, Trying the new. 202 
Forestry, An experiment with. 434 
Fowl. Partridge Cochin, The. 459 
Tips. 619 
Fowls, breeding, Shipping. 318 
Canker In . 785 
Carge, wanted. 222 
Younger, moult easiest. 474 
Fraud, A new. 24 
FTelglit rates in England, Cheaper.... 143 
Fruit, Acid phosphate vs. bone lor ... 134 
California process of preserving 
.420, 436 
Experiments, Some. 638 
F'arm, Cold room on a. 576 
Carge and abnormal. 708 
Mission In Boston.708 
Notes.47, 361, 382, 392. 558, 624 
Packages. Seal the. 886 
Packing houses for. 591 
Prospects.361. 392, 617 
Vuciicp, cwjiuc:.*iu, uid, tm, 10.1 
Reports, The Rusal’s 512, 536,552, 568 
Sprayer, a new occupation. 276 
Stolen In transit. 353 
Suitable varieties of. 158 
Ten-dollar land for. 98 
Tree jobber, Beware of the. 610 
Fruits, Descriptive book of. 721 
Bringing rye laud lDto. 463 
F'all planting of.558 
For Indiana, Some. 4 
F'or Ohio. 658 
For Virginia, A list of. 140 
In the cold North.607 
Irrigation of, In Ohio. 137 
New, at Rural Grounds.339 
New. Big statements regarding_581 
New varieties of. The value of ... 549 
On leased land, Setting. 52 
Orchard, family and market.. .686, 703 
Some new. 610 
Small, Chemicals for. 202 
Small, New varieties of.520 
Small, Some of the best. 197 
The names of our. 767 
F'uchsias for slipping. 839 
Funglrold for potatoes at R. G. 483 
F'uel in Nebraska. 800 
Fuller, Andrew 8., Death of.340 
Gall, collar, An old. 320 
Game laws, Injustice of. 182 
PAGE 
Game Caws of New York. 72 
Seasonable in New York market.. 661 
Gapes? What about.... 507 
Garden, Mulching the. 318 
Seasonable notes for the. 558 
Supplies from the.586 
Telephone In the. 644 
Window, The wiDter. 173 
Garlic to prevent Insects .... .... 484 
Garget, A case of.657 
Catnip tea for. 651 
Gasoline engine for pumping. 177 
Explosion. 803 
Gate, Water, of wire. 379 
Gems of health or germs of fever.799 
Geneva Experiment Station, The..24 , 845 
Germans after oleomargarine. 260 
Ginseng culture, Something about ... 577 
Root for China. 628 
Gladioli, Double. 161 
What Improvement in. 84 
Gladiolus. Dracocepbalus. 594 
F'rom D. 8. Marvin. 594 
- Old Gold. 594 
Glands, Power over the.... 427 
Glanders, It may be . 272 
Goats. Angora.727. 827 
“Goods, Straight.” by crooked men... 656 
Gooseberries and currants In Vermont 234 
Authority on, talks. 575 
From seed . 451 
Gooseberry, Carman.690 
Keepsake. 23 
Red Jacket.490, 515 
Goose grease, FYee coinage of . 765 
liaising at Rhode Island Station.. 272 
Raising.765, 772 
Government needs money, The. 8 
Graft, To, or to grub out. 101 
Grafting machine, A. 782 
Value of skill In. 119 
Grain bln. Rat and fireproof. 608 
Bins, Have good.612 
Buying, by analysis. 222 
Grain speculation In Germany... .5(54 , 756 
Throwing away. 788 
GraltiB, Different, affect layers.392 
Giape, Alice, The. 673 
America. 592 
Beacon. 592 
Big extra. 592 
Campbell’s Early. 339, 419, 579, 627, 658 
Carman. 626. 755 
Dr. Hexamer.592 
Earlv Ohio. 594 
Elvtcand. 592 
Excelsior.591 
Geneva.370 
Herman Jaeger. 591 
Hopkins. 592 
Hosford’s Mammoth same as 
Eaton. 658 
Me Pike . 627 
New and novel, A. 87 
Notes.558 
Phylloxera, Clfe history of the— 7U4 
Seeds, Swallowing.591 
Shelby from II. 8. Marvin. 642 
Shippers, Conference of. 628 
Vine beaf-hopper . 689 
Vine. Tomato-gall . 433 
Grapes, Black or white. 466 
Cold storage for.69, 655 
Concord. Second-crop. 787 
Dishonestly packed. .. . 163 
F'or Virginia. Best. 469 
Four best for family use. 641 
Insects found on. 448 
Newer. Some of the.272, 591 
Niagara, In Virginia. 453 
Packing and handling. ... 655 
Picking and packing. 513 
Stones in crates Of. 644 
Value of new.820 
White, less vigorous than black ? 437 
Grass, A good crop of.511, 525, 542, 719 
And lettuce in Florida. 771 
AwnleBS Bronte. 23 
Crop, Good, In Delaware.816 
Crop, More about that.581 
Culture, Keynote to. 560 
Don’t depend on. 472 
Dried, or hay V.623 
English llye. for pasture. 179 
Erect, Brome, The.401 
For cows. Early cut. 223 
Good, In poor wheat. 335 
For hog pasture. 237 
Good, on the Paclflc. 595 
Hungarian, for stock. 763 
In less than a ypar, Good.431 
Johnson in the South. 788 
Lawn, and clover hav. 314 
Lime and " stove shark”.335 
Man, The Connecticut.436 
Mixtures for pasture . 304 
Quack, How to kill. 236 
Seeding, A heavy. 624 
Seeding, Experiments In.670 
Seeding, Trouble with.273 
Spring seeding to.... 769 
To till gullies. 609 
Will potash benefit,. 157 
Wire, In a lawn. 673 
With rye.656,691 
Grasses for a dairy farm. 157 
For spring seeding. 178 
For thin land. 545 
Grasshoppers, How we killed the. 655 
Snake story, A. 687 
To kill, Acres of. .. 414 
Greenhouse, Substitutes tor glass... 641 
Grindstone for Grundy.702 
Grindstones. 495 
Ground stirred, Keep the. 367 
Grubs seek black hide. Why. 368 
Tar for. 114 
White.69, 116, 495 
Geraniums for crossing. 818 
Guernsey, A good. 661 
Guernseys again, The. 62 
Hard to find.340 
Guineas and grasshoppers. 478 
Hale's, J. II.. inethQds. 242 
Hams, Painting. 19 
Hares, German, Are black, pure ?,.... 491 
Harness bruises, To avoid. 526 
Single-horse steel. 702 
Time lost over the.134, 142 
Harrow for heavy sod. 36 
Smoothing. The making of a. 176 
Harrows. Experience with. 398 
Hatching, Some hints about. 667 
Hay, Always plenty Of. 547 
Baling fresh-cut.400. 418 
Barley. 189 
Chemical changes In making.580 
Clover, What substitute for. 414 
Crop In England a failure.580 
Crop, Substitutes for.. .446, 462, 468, 494 
Cron to follow clover,. 237 
Curing. 722 
Field, Bare spots In the. 548 
Go It alone, Mr. 532 
How much. 554 
Injured ? How Is wet. 574 
Mow, How to All the.446 
Oat.323 
Once a day. 94 
Profitable on Eastern farms. 756 
Prospects.617 
Rye.833 
Stones in the load of. 56 
That wouldn’t make. 135 
Heat, Deaths from.564 
Heating all outdoors with bricks. 116 
Heaters, oil, Discharge. 15 
Hedge plants. Some. 560 
Heifer loses her first calf.826 
Sterile? Is this. 156 
To milk. Bringing a.859 
Heifer’s legs, Bunches on. 37 
F'ree-martin. 94 
Hemlock, Broad-leaved.720 
Pendulous. 720 
Hen, A Michigan man talks . 379 
And farm daughter, Partnership 
between. 162 
And pig questions. 507 
Control her egg ? Does the. 83 
Feed, Blacksmith’s filings for.260 
PAGE 
Hen. Feeding a. .14,35,46,78.94.110,128, 
148, 108, 188, 208, 228, 248 , 282, 298, 
Man. Observations of a. 411 
Moulting, The. 474 
Notes, Some. 587 
Our business. 571 
Regarding balanced ration for.... 292 
Rooster, A. 411 
Story, Boy’s. 88 
White Leghorn, The. 283 
Hens and bogs, Sick. 400 
A horse for. 95 
n _ A" OVA 
By the acre, Mapes talkB.33. 49 
Dry bran for. 362 
Feather-eating. 314 
Feeding, with hotel offal. 135 
Fish for. 30 
In large flocks. 150 
In winter. 35 
Lame.272 
Laying, Onions for. 72 
Meat is a tonic for. 474 
Moulting, Linseed meal lsgood for 474 
Moulting’ Notes on. 491 
Need, What. 95 
Pay ? Do. 89 
Profit In. 266 
Ration for.100, 721 
Room for. 305 
Skim-milk for. 571 
12,1500 from. 130 
Vary as layers, How. 302 
vs. cows. 687 
Houses for.643 
Henhouse, A flve-aollar.235 
Mr. Mapes’s new.412, 682 
Heredity represents, What. 635 
Herefords, Why I breed. 85S 
Hickory borer, The painted. 303 
Nuts, Large. 7 
Hog, Cheshire, Care and cost of keep¬ 
ing a. 51 
Cholera.36,394, 715 
Crop, The Western. 729 
Dressed weight of a. 162 
Feed, Bariev for.257 
Pasture, Making a . 115 
The American. 458 
To fatten, The best. 94 
Hogs. Black teeth in.196,7395 
At straw stacks. 149 
Bad time with. 249 
F'eedlng. 427 
Pasturing with cattle. 272 
Ringing. 272 
Rooting, on a clay soil. 157 . 
Roots for. 298 
Scab on .353 
Hoghouse, cold-country, A. 66 
Holstein bulls on Jersey cows. 40 
Holstelns good enough for me. 746 
Hollow horn, A case of. 196 
Home, Old-time settler’s. 372 
Trade In Southern towns. 704 
Hop tree. Golden-leaved.570 
Hops, Spent, as manure. 273 
Hoskins's. Dr. T. H . recognitions. 275 
Hotbed culture In Arkansas.718 
Healing without manure. 804 
Making a.817 
Hothouse produce Is selling, How. 57 
Horse, army, The. 539 
Azoturla and scouring In a . 136 
Bad scouring In a.: 37 
Bad teeth In a. 266 
Better kill this. 196 
Bladder trouble in a.368 
Blood and bog spavlD on a. 400 
Breeders, Dark days for.644, 645 
Breeding.691, 696 
Chronic indigestion In a. 136 
Curing wart on . 188 
F'arewell to the .. 649 
Foundered, How to treat a . 156 
Glander heaves In a.352 
How much hay for a. 528 
Is going blind, The. 25 
Notes .188. 664 
Poll evil in a . 379 
Question, A word on the. 670 
Scratches on a. Ill 
Shall we clip the. 811 
Shaving, A good.688 
Show, New York.773. 789 
Swelled sheath and legs on a. 320 
That sweats freely, A. 136 
Too much grain for the.817 
Tetanus or lockjaw in a.577 
Trade out West, The. 458 
Vertigo or megrims in a. 352 
Wind-sucking, A. 110 
Horses, balky, Managing. 395 
Coat, Blanket to help a. 320 
Shoulders. Care of the. 266 
Accident to.372 
American, Prices of.516 
Boarding. 532 
Lampss in. About. 266 
Chop feed ration for. 593 
Killed by Crla son clover hay. 516 
Poisoned by hay from orchard.... 276 
Rye for. 314 
Horse-radish for market. 69 
Horseshoers’ law, The new. 736 
Horn, young, To kill a. 84 
Horns, Cutting out. 507 
Killing.128, 411, 432, 450, 523 
Horticulture, How they study. 51 
Love of, encouraged in the schools 468 
The Influence of, upon literary life 812 
Worth remembering. Simple. 115 
Horticultural notes on TUB K. N.-Y.. 463 
Notes, Rambling. 677 
Novelties, Notes on.135, 234, 286 
Theory, Absurd. 202 
Horticulturists, Indiana. 841 
House, ice, for a silo. An \.305 
New, that keeps damp, A. 139 
Without capital, Building a. 17 
Houses for fruit, Packing.591 
Hunter, Market, worse than pot. 150 
Hunters, pot, An experience with. 195 
Pot, How, are handled.215 
Hydrangea, Climbing. 419 
Hydrangeas for spring blooming. 839 
Hypericum bicolor. 579 
Moserianum still alive. 419 
Hiring land. 335 
Ice cream business In Michigan, An.. 573 
Cream, Working up a trade in. 580 
House and cold storage, An....561, 576 
House and concrete, An. 593 
Imposition, An —.338 
Incubator, A good.667 
Hatching for others.222 
X 1 QU Ulu n 1 l/U LiiC ••■■•••••••«#•••• « ilO l 
Incubators, Alcohol for regulating 
.738, 834 
Are not toys. 787 
Indian's speech, The. 292 
Insane, Care of the. 356 
Insect depredators, A group of. 352 
Insects and diseases, A number of.... 545 
Injurious, in Mexico. 122 
Institute, farmers', International. 104 
Insurance at cost. 6 
Companies in N V. Cooperative .. 593 
Cooperative. 804 
Iowa, He likes . 4<(2 
Some notes from.143 
Irrigation, A cheap system of. 509 
Among gardeners. 372 
Requires constant supply.340 
Sub, from windmill tank,. 116 
The law of. 417 
Through tile drains. 269 
Water? How much. 501 
Irrigating pipe, Two ends of an. 655 
With steam power In Ohio.510 
Ivy, Poison.433. 474,477,482,510,547,570, 611 
Antidote for. 595 
Jersey blood. Some Connecticut. 129 
Bull crossed on Holstein cows... .8, 46 
Cow, The American.756, 762 
Grade at the South, The. 701 
Hurrah for the. 746 
Quartette, A great. 101 
PAGE 
Jerseys are great producers. 827 
June hugs, How to kill. 416 
Justice for all. 708 
Kalnlt and sorrel.385 
F'or salting stock. 785 
Kansas notes, Some. 835 
Kelp farmers. Among the. 408 
Kerospne emulsion, How to make. 769 
“ Kicker,” A little. 478 
Knolls, How to seed. 117 
Ladder, An extension. 718 
Lady-bird be-tlcs. An Invitation to... 325 
Bird beetle, Propagai lng the. 38a 
Lamb feed, The future of?. 011 
550 pounds from one acre. 452 
“ Hothouse,’ The typical . 637 
Raising, early. Success In. 750 
Lambs, Early, again.798, 851 
Fattening. A ration for. 53 
F'eedlng. 596 
Hothouse. A dress suit for. 25 
Hothouse, The sale of. 202 
Young, Death of. 769 
Land for winter. Preparing. 687 
Recruiting, with green crops. 465 
Swamp, Value of.516 
That winter overcoat for.559 
Wet. Working. 382 
Lands, Cheap In the West. 122 
Lawn and garden notes . 511 
Making a 75-acre.237 
Mower. A one-horse. 497 
Leather-chewing habit.19, 66. 95 
Leghorns, The. 735 
Letter outside the mailB. 612 
Lettuce at the South. Growing.625 
Hothouse, Cold facts about. 133 
House for forcing. 848 
Mignonette. 467 
Winter, without frames. 513 
Lice and mites, Fighting. 650 
Kerosene for. on the hens.788 
Root. Wbat will kill.100.209, 352 
Lightning rod agents again.580 
Rod, A scientlttc.596, 597 
“Like father, like son !".193, 243 
Lilies, water. Big tubs for.100 
Lime and clover. 22 
Another chapter on. 53 
Many soils need. 404 
On wheat, The use of. 21 
" Stone “ and “ air-slaked ”. 849 
To use, What sort of. 85 
When and how to use. 842 
Living from two acres. A.213, 222 
Locusts. 17-year, and the apple ciop.. 115 
17-year, not poisonous. 465 
Live on ? Wnatdo.115 
Lodemau, Prof. E. G , Death of.829 
Logan-berry The.135, 495 
Louse. Oyster-shell bark. The.352 
Scurfy bark.236 
“Luava.” Notes from.522. 538, 86, 714 
Lumbago and similar ailments. 787 
Lumpy jaw. 266. 368 
Machine, combination, An Improved 741 
Machinery, farm, Followingdire< tlons 4S4 
Magnolia Grandtflora, as a pot plant. 21 
Magnolias, Pot-grown. 55 
The hardier. 707 
Mail delivery, F'ree rural.8, 66. 676 
Sending farm products by . 40 
Mallow, Swamp Kose.627 
Malt sprouts, F'eedlng. 5 
Manure, All the, on the corn. 756 
Corn meal or cotton seed for. 785 
Crops to suit the. 156 
Green, for mulching. 100 
Hen, Mixing with fertilizer.257 
Hen, When to use. 136 
In New England .831 
Is handled in winter. How.815 
Pile the farmer's bank.820 
Question, The . 835 
Shavings.158 
Stable, Diffi rences in. 768 
Stable. Substitute for. 142 
The use of plaster la . 180 
When to haul out. 100 
Manures, hen and hog. How to use— 118 
Man vs. horse. 94 
Maple, European sycamore. 723 
Syrup, To cleanse. 289 
Mare always In heat. 400 
A wart on a. Ill 
Cocked ankle In a. 721 
Cribbing, A. 320 
Lime, A . 4i0 
Out of condition, A.368 
Roaring or whistling. A. 368 
Run down. 507 
Swelled ankle on a. 817 
Sweliingina. 196 
What ails the .” 111 
With stocked legs, Lame. : 657 
Mare’s neck. Swelling on a. 801 
Market gardening In Arkansas.639 
Ch istinas, Caught in the.: 9 
Making a. 659 
Poultry, A review of the. 25 
Veal. Inside of the, revealed. 41 
In hot weather, The.565 
That home; what are you going to 
do about It ? . 851 
Marketmen, Among the.. .677, 693, 709, 
725, 745, 757, 773. 789, 805, 821, 837, 853 
Marl as a stable absorbent. 217 
Marsh. How they civilized the ... 193 
Marvlana ? What money crops for... 177 
Mashes and meat for poultry. 331 
Master’s eye, The. 142 
Matrimony vine .739 
Mayberrv. Golden Japan. 467 
McGee, Death of Prof. 776 
Meadow, old. To seed an. 401 
Meal, Cotton-seed, for poultry. 37 
Meals a day. Two. 188 
Mixing the. 248 
Meat breeds? Large or small.651 
F'ood for New York.311 
Meal, A talk about. 314 
Melon disease, A.304 
Melons, early, How to start. 157 
Sterile flowers on.833 
To grow large. 563 
Michigan notes. Some. 512 
Mignonette in winter. 855 
Milk, Artificial mothers’. 468 
A substitute for meat.19, 478 
Bad, What causes. 491 
Bitter, from Jersey cows. 99 
Bitter taste to.143 
Bloody.769 
Butter, and Ice cream.301,317, 335 
Cans, Dirty.388 
Certified .532. 638 
Cooling without Ice. 641 
Cream, butter! Which ?.271 
Differences In.596, 756 
Disagreeable taste in .430 
Fever, so called.819 
Fever ? What is,. 741 
F'reezlng for transportation. 72 
F'rom ensilage is all right.223 
From tuberculous cows. 543, 548 
In place of meat. 38 
Mirror The. 30 
Mr. Van Wagenen’s article on.820 
Number of pounds to tne quart... 162 
Only f i om tested co*s. 612 
Pasteurizing and sterilizing. 116 
“ Preservatives." Danger in. 634 
Problem A curious.430 
Prohibiting the sale of.532, 708 
Pure. In the South. 644 
Quality and quantity of. 289 
Rates, Let the farmer pay. 68 
Rates on railroads. 24 
Shelf, A. 255 
Sickness caused by. 468 
Skimmed, Trouble about sale of.. 596 
Thoroughly clean. 660 
Varying In solids.340 
What Is good.826, 842 
Whole, Churning the. 69 
Why scald or dilute. 353 
Milkers, Clean, wanted. 30 
Some four-legged. 682 
Milking machine. 740 
Machine, New.500, 736 
Milking machines, Some wife.488 
PAGE 
Millet for hay. Value of. 702 
For New Jersey . 19 
Great success with.483 
Hay. 721 
In potatoes. 833 
On that pond bottom. 255 
Sowing.66, 131, 304 
Mina Sangulnea. 286 
Mineral phosphates in Pennsylvania. 308 
Molasses for fertilizer. 122 
Tin in New Orleans.849 
Mole traps. 36 
Moles and cats.658 
An easy way to catch. 609 
In lawns.260 
Monuments, old, Keep uo the. 356 
Moon influence the weather ? Does the 490 
Morning glory, Emperor.658 
Morning-glorys, Japanese.754 
Morton, Sec., Charges against. 308 
Sec., Report. 808 
Mother. Influence of a good. 260 
Mower, Power from an old.527 
Muck fot manure. 117 
Mulch, Fresh sawdust as.803 
In dry weather.372 
What crop for a. 19 
Mule breeding shrinking.324 
That coughs.507 
“Muscle-makers,” “ fat-formers" 
“pure fat”. 549 
Mush Maker talks. Another.443 
Maker’s views and doings, A. 410 
Mushroom culture. Something about. 216 
House, How to build a. 448 
Muskmelon culture In south Jersey... 399 
Myrtle, Golden-leaved.839 
Negro's normal temperature low.356 
New England, Catch crops for.304 
Flngland, Emigration from. 260 
New Vork City, Cost of life In. 772 
Nitrogen la liuuid manure. 436 
Traps valuable ? Are. 304 
Nursery firms. Catalogues of. 277 
Nurserymen. American Association of 437 
Nurserymen’s f-llures. 181 
Nut culture a coming Industry. 420 
Culture in Connecticut. 466 
Nuts from cross.739 
In Delaware. 100 
Oat Binut, Cause and prevention of... 197 
Oats and clover In W T est Virginia. 117 
Better than spring rye. 237 
Crop of, A. 67 
F’or a dinner. 709 
Hulled, for seed. 353 
Mixed with charlock.367 
Mortgage Lifter. 546 
On old sod.538 
Rural winter. Hardiness of. 39 
Smutted, Is It safe to teed.501 
Winter.140, 323 , 4:35 
Ohio. Dry times In. 409 
Notes, Some.392 
OH meal, F'eedlng.656, 794 
Okra, Preserving.481 
Oleomargarine, Cost of making.564 
Entered for butter. 56 
Sold for butter. 656 
What Is. 625 
Oleo, Pronts in. 426 
Onion maggots. Salt and lime for.257 
Seeds and sets . 575 
Seed Is saved, How. 465 
Onions in the strawberry bed.669 
The best soil for.848 
White blast In, The. 561 
Orange. Hardy.419 
Otahelte.39, 275, 307 
Trees, Fertilizer for. 337 
Oranges. Preserving. 291 
Orchard in sod. An. 101 
Maryland, Starting a. 673 
On shares, Letting an. .... 270 
When to plow and fertilize an. 574 
Orchards, Cultivating. 672 
“ Out West”. 418 
Ox gadfly, The work of the. 303 
Oxalis. Buttercup, The. 847 
Oyster-shell bark-louse, The. 496 
Paint. Cow dung for.626, 7C6 
Brush, To soften a . 561 
Mineral oil for. 595 
White lead, A test for. 702 
Paper, Sheathing.673 
Paris-green. White »rsenlc In place of 769 
Pasture, Connecticut, A moss-backed 751 
In Vermont, Making a.116 
Lands, New England. 656 
On the lake shore, Making a. 721 
Permanent, A start for a. 117 
Reseeding an old. 751 
The best. 468 
Pea, Abundance.546 
American Wonder—.. 483 
Burpee’s Quality . 483 
Carter's Up to Date. 483 
Daisy. 4S3 
Juno .275, 546 
New Giant-podded marrow.546 
New Life.546 
Nott’s Flxcelslor...... 435 
Nott's Perfection.434, 467 
Queen. 546 
Station. 434 
Stratagem. 483 
Sweet, Blanche Ferry. 483 
Sweet, Cupid.530. 579, 642 , 723 
Telegraph. 483 
Thorburn's Ex. Ea. Market.435 
Peas and oats, How to sow. 157 
And oats in Ohio. 448 
An experiment with.547 
Best varieties of.237 
Canada and cow compared.448 
Cow... .240 292, 372, 378, 3&5, 404. 443, 
478 . 496. 538, 586. 612, 613, 632, 643, 
.. 671,688 , 692 . 819 
Early. 117 
Growing on a large scale. 286 
Seed, Growing. 339 
Selling seed, direct to growers— 369 
Sound and weevil-eaten, for seed. 274 
Sweet, Bride of Niagara. 580 
Sweet, “ Double". 530 
Sweet, Double Butterfly. 530 
Sweet Fiffect of upon flies.532 
Sweet, Katherine Tracy.630 
Sweet, The newer. 783 
Peach, A mildew of the. 657 
Bud? How much wood on. 84 
Buds at Pennsylvania Station.... 264 
Buds, Condition of. 187 
Buds, How to tell frozen. 198 
Borers in Virginia. 560 
Borer, The life of the.800 
Carman, The. 483 
Crosby.241, 271, 753 
Blberta.271 
Orchard, Sawdust for. 772 
Orchard, To treat a Southern. 703 
Orchard, Trimming a flve-year-old 883 
Pits, How to handle. 4 
Seedling, from Ohio. 674 
Stocks, Where to bud. 19 
Trees, Average yield of.370 
Trees, June budding of.337 
Trees, Method of laying-down... . 612 
Trees, New plan for training. 607 
Trees, Pruning and fertilizing. 641 
Trees, Root gall in. 385 
Trees, Seedling. 4 
Trees, Southern, at North.734, 740, 786 
Trees that split.421 
Trees, When to plant. 6t'9 
Triumph, What about the. 216 
Yellows, Lime for. 215 
“Yellows”? What indicates. 36 
Yellows ? Will manure Increase. 154 
Peaches and apples together. 4 
California, Flavor of. 786 
Comparative value of. 818 
Crosby and others In N. C. 752 
Crosby and other. The.752, 771 
F’or Pennsylvania.737 
Georgia, “ sterilized air" and...517, 5T8 
Hardy ? Are seedlings of budded 481 
In Canada.511, 786 
In cold storage. 641 
On a hill. 288 
Packages for. 417 
