INDEX.—THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
111 
Page 
Raising by Hand. 727 
Pine Needles for Bedding. 000 
Pink. Diadem. 82(5 
Pinus Kigida Seeds. 60 
Pipe, Greenhouse. 280 
In Rural Grounds Green¬ 
house . 148 
Plaster and Lime. 355 
In Potato Hills. 336 
Plant Cloth. 477 
Cuttings . 838 
Fruit and Flower Guild... 444 
House for Tennessee. 473 
Plants. House, Insects on.... 806 
Pots, Paper. 429 
Platt. Orville II. 382 
Thomas C., Letter from.... 154 
Platycodon Maries! Macran- 
thum . 826 
Plowing Small Field. 632 
Plum. Good, Wanted. 40 
Miracle . 280 
Notes, Massachusetts. 70 
Perry’s Seedling. 743 
Satsuma, Sterile. 712 
Plums. Burbank’s. 649 
Early Japan.«... 570 
For Connecticut. 226 
For the South. 200 
Japan . 584 
Promising .677, 711 
'I rees, What Ailed?. 146 
Poets, Amateur. 476 
Pomace as Manure. 342 
Pomological Society, American, 
749, 765, 774 
Tosts, Cement. 33 
Locust for. 4 
Potash, Commercial. 316 
Nitrate of..470, 503 
Potato Beetle in Europe. 732 
Bugs and Peafowl. 19 
Blight in N. Y. 470 
Culture, German. 509 
Culture, New. 538 
Boom. British. 22 
Norotou Beauty. 22 
Notes . 685 
Scab . 178 
Scab Prevention, 56, 273, 
317, 376, 407. 410, 412 
Potatoes and White Grubs... 775 
Between Shrubs. 167 
Blighted Seed. 335 
Blighted. Mowing. 680 
Cheap . 586 
Cultivating . 440 
Deep Cultivation for. 229 
Dry Rot in. 117 
Early-Dug, Curing. 712 
Fertilizer for.392, 424, 522 
Florida .34, 110, 459 
For Pigs. 520 
From Seed.696, 896 
Hybridizing . 160 
On Sod. 359 
PI aster for. 336 
Planting . 341 
Second Crop.,372, 461 
Seed, For Florida. 661 
Seed. Plowing in. 356 
Spraying with Arsenate of 
Lead ... 212 
Sweet, Too Long.776, 808 
Value of. 669 
Poultry and Bees. 325 
And Pigs. 646 
At the South. 64 
Blue Andalusian. 770 
Clover Chaff for. 690" 
Drawn ... 228 
Feeding, Electric. 212 
Food, One Acre for. 279 
In the South. 102 
Manure Handling. 847 
Meat for. 722 
Notes . 860 
Rye for. 579 
Scalding . 15 
Show, N. Y. _29 
Summer Food for. 593 
Trap Nests for. 642 
What Age for Breeding... 103 
Pride. False. 207 
Privet in Good Demand. 394 
Propagating .36, 166 
Produce Shipment. Rates on . .. 9 
Propagation from Cuttings... 838 
Prune, Italian, in West. 429 
Plum Hybrid. 536 
Pruner, Levin. 426 
Pruning Peach Trees. 356 
In June. 921 
Tullets, Care of. 738 
Earlv Moulting. 258 
What To Do With. 691 
Pump. Hand Power on. 455 
Pumpkins and Melons, Mixing. 392 
Rig.' Growing. 585 
Seeds and Cows. 31 
Purebred and Thoroughbred.. 261^1 
Q. Page 
Quack Grass, Killing. 569 
Roots, Handling. 75S 
Quinces in Ontario. 864 
R. 
Rabbit Nuisance.99, 
Rabbits, Poisoning. 
Radish and Lettuce for Forcing 
Maggot, Killing. .. 
Railroad legislation. 
Long Island. 
Rates . 154, 
Ram, Dorset. 
Rape for Hog Pasture... .237, 
When' to Sow. 
With Oats. 
Raspberries, Anthracnose in, 
249, 
Cover Crop in. 
Fall Planting. 
Machine Picked.489, 
Setting . 
Treatment of. 
Winter Care of. 
Raspberry Blight. 
Rats, Getting Rid of. 
Rent, Collection of. 
Rhubarb in Mississippi. 
Road Drain, Obstruction of... 
Obstruction of. 
Roads, Conference at Cornell.. 
Good . 
Good, at Low Cost. 
Roof, Cement for.75, 
Tin, Tar on. 
Rooster, Ailing. 
Deformed . 
Roosters, Removing Spurs 
from . 
Root Crops, Fertilizing Value 
of . 
Rose. Baby Rambler.229, 
Beetles on Grapes. 520, 522, 
Frau Karl Druschki. 
Leaves, Diseased. 
Marechal Niel. 
New Pillar. 
Philadelphia, Gains Award. 
Itambler, in Quebec. 
Ruby Queen, in Winter.... 
Roses, Culture of. 
Fertilizing . 
For Hedge. 
Nitrate for. 
Rambler, Hardiness of. . . . 
Winter Protection of. 
Roup in Hens. 
Rural Grounds, Fruit on. 
Rye, Feeding Value of. 
Poultry . 
To Follow Corn. 
S. 
Salimcne, Trial of. 
Salt for Plum Trees. 
On Hay. 
Sauerkraut, Keeping. 
Sawdust and Ashes Compared. 
As Absorlwmt. 
Fresh, in Orchard. 
Scale. San Jose and Lady 
Bird . 
San Jos£, Battle with.... 
San Jose, Crude Oil for. ... 
San Jose, Experience with. 
San Jose, in Delaware.... 
San Josd, Lime-Sulphur for, 
53, 147, 353, 
San .Tos£, Notes. 
San Jos4, on Forest Trees. 
San Jose, on Rural Grounds, 
358, 
San Josd, Petroleum for, 
l 246, 
San Jos6, Remedies for... 
San Jose, Whaleoil Soap 
for . 
Schizanthus, or Poor Man’s Or¬ 
chid . 
School, Public . 
Scions, Handling. 
When and How to Cut.... 
Scutellaria Baicalensis Cceles- 
tina . 
Seed Distribution, Govern- 
• ment . 262, 
Growing . 
Saving . 
Sower . 
Methods of Saving. 
Testing .46, 171, 
Warranty in Sale of. 
Separator, Home Use of. 
Sewage Questions. 
Turned Into Money. 
Sheep a Cause for Thanksgiv¬ 
ing . 
And Ilogs, Breeds of. 
And Red Cedar. 
Carnivorous . 
Dorset for Virginia.. 
Eastern General Purpose... 
Feeding . 
506 
42 
616 
195 
106 
214 
828 
874 
271 
285 
318 
318 
473 
790 
519 
600 
206 
792 
206 
252 
745 
37 
203 
140 
445 
360 
789 
121 
417 
723 
677 
323 
206 
882 
615 
848 
614 
442 
538 
538 
615 
207 
207 
554 
296 
442 
616 
37 
379 
474 
451 
579 
712 
208 
226 
38 
7 
77 
402 
56 
845 
698 
53 
198 
630 
911 
165 
78 
794 
608 
106 
53 
204 
46 
280 
164 
826 
900 
725 
666 
457 
535 
178 
573 
170 
416 
565 
837 
45 
261 
466 
322 
2 
237 
Page 
For Early Lambs. 65 
Forage for. 324 
For Virginia. 128 
Hay. Soy Beans or Cow 
Peas for. 440 
In Apple Orchard. 595 
Indiana . 547 
In Western N. Y. 697 
Killed by Sow. 157 
On Shares. 170 
Profits in. 895 
Questions . 819 
Pasture, Rape for. 237 
Silage and Alfalfa for. 739, 754 
Skin Irritation in. 345 
Sweet Corn and Squashes 
for . 342 
Winter Feed for. 151 
With Dairy. 390 
Worms in. 151 
Shingles, Chestnut.451, 666 
Shoddy. What is it?. 47 
Silk Culture. 396 
In South. 776 
Silage, Alfalfa as. 104 
Argument for. 454 
Cash Value of. 4S3 
Clover as.305, 381 
For Pigs.....566, 578 
For Sheep. 754 
How to Feed. 851 
In Florida. 562 
Moldy . 260 
Silo. Advocate of. 422 
Best Wood for. 273 
Concrete .226, 406, 456 
Dairyman's . 642 
Experience . 370 
In the Barn. 647 
Iu Favor of. 141 
Maryland . 407 
Notes . 843 
Octagon . 662 
Of EL G. Manchester. 455 
Outside or In. 487 
Plain Talk About. 583 
Round or Square. 505 
Six-Sided . 534 
Small . 445 
Water Tank for. 439 
Sink Drain, Trap for. 
Sled. Farm, in Maryland. 
Smilax Under Glass..... .453, 
Smokehouse, Construction of. . 
Soil. Acid, Testing. 
Inoculation, 130, 233. 306, 
375, 396, 406, 415, 501, 
Sterilizing .6, 
Soiling Crops for Two Cows. . 
Crops, Sensible. 
Sorghum for Fodder and Sy¬ 
rup . 
For Horse Feed. 
South. Poor Land in. 
Sow. Care in Winter. 
Death .of. 
Destroys Pigs. 
Gnaws Her Pen. 
Kills Sheep. 
Wintering . 
Sows, Trouble with. 
Spencer, “Uncle John”. 
Spiraea, Well-Grown. 
Spray Mixture, Cost of. 
Pump, Oiling. 
Power .141, 
Public .486. 492, 503, 
Spraying Clean Trees. 
Cost of. 
Dust .202, 274, 411, 
Dwarf Trees . 
Experience . 35, 
681 
211 
617 
425 
294 
709 
S24 
115 
184 
709 
502 
301 
850 
378 
3°4 
261 
342 
907 
304 
492 
522 
409 
278 
171 
567 
95 
372 
923 
250 
910 
Flour and Kerosene for. . . . 423 
High Trees.279, 334 
In Hudson Valley. 410 
In a Small Way. 316 
Is it General. 333 
Methods . 163 
Mixtures, Cost of.334, 757 
Notes . 757 
Vineyards . 577 
With Compressed Air. 503 
With Gasoline Power. 53 
Spruce from Seeds. 376 
Trees from Seeds. 336 
Squab Business. 710 
Squash Bug. Ashes for. 537 
Squashes for Sheep. 342 
Squirrel Killer Wanted. 364 
Stable Absorbent, Sawdust as. 402 
.Bedding, Peat, Straw and 
Sawdust for. 118 
Ventilation . 679 
Ventilation, King. 390 
Stallion, Gov. Teddy. 787 
Starlings in Australia. 382 
Steers, Ration for. 151 
Stock, Influence on Scion, 
59, 80. 457, 757 
Stones, Picking by Machinery. 335 
Stories. Big, Made Smaller... 678 
Stove Wood in California. 681 
Page 
Stovepipe, Dripping. 466 
Strawberries and Celery. 745 
Best .551 
Cultivating . 699 
Fall . 896 
Hen Manure for. 250 
Hill Culture. 880 
Feeding Roots of.*.... 2 
Hard Time for. 618 
Hunt’s . 504 
Insects on. 461 
In Southern Jersey. 567 
Lime on. 253 
Mulching . 316 
Mulching with Leaves.200 
Nitrate of Soda on. 472 
On Rural Grounds. 554 
Planting . 763 
Potted . 568 
Spraying . 489 
Troubles with. 601 
Under Glass. 662 
Year After Year... 271 
Strawberry, Atlantic. 
171, 225, 252, 272 
Basket Carrier . 422 
Bed, Handling. 299 
Beds. Old. 34 
Corsican .544, 568 
Dixon . 550 
Grower’s Story. 552 
New York . 568 
Notes .21, 168 
Plants, Potted .615, 633 
Questions .142, 662 
Reports . 618 
Subsoiling Alfalfa Fields. 114 
Sugar, Beet. Bounties on.492 
Sunflower for Fowls. 785 
Sunflowers, Harvesting. 809 
Russian . 651 
T. 
Tankage for Pig Feed. 304 
Tar on Tin Roof. 417 
Taxation, Local, in England.. 61 
Taxes in North Carolina. 47 
In Tennessee. 215 
School . 905 
Telegraph Company, Trespass 
by . 38 
Telephone and Thieves. 55 
Farmer’s . 599 
Mutual, Rights of. 38 
Right of Way. 472 
Telephones Save Life and 
Property . 75 
Texas, Conditions in. 637 
’thanksgiving . 854 
Thirnbleberries, Planting. 696 
Thistles and Cattle. 738 
Destroying . 
294. 608, 720, 784, 881 
Thrashing in California. 845 
Timber, Tenant's Right in... 276 
Tomato Crop, North Jersey. . . 67 
Experience . 910 
Plants, Growing by Con¬ 
tract .909 
Questions . 633 
Tests . 730 
Tomatoes as Stock Food. 62 
New Jersey . 800 
Paper Pots for. 357 
Puget Sound. 518 
Tall, Failing. 486 
Trade, Balance of. 636 
Transportation Abuses in Mich¬ 
igan . 413 
Tree Culture, Stringfellow. . .. 534 
Forest, Seeds. 60 
Labels, Mixed. 749 
Planting by Roadside. 210 
Planting, Two Methods of. 164 
Rot. Preventing. SOS 
Seeds in Kansas. 679 
Trees, Bearing, Transplanting. 664 
Rudded vs. Seedling.481 
Girdled, Saving . 842 
Injured by Gas. 912 
Lard Oil on. 56 
Lead and Oil for. 
533. 568. 6.17. 693 
Low-ITeaded Trimming.248 ,277 
Mulching . 695 
Over Line Fence. 881 
Planting in Brush. 567 
Poking Powders Into. 246 
Protecting From Mice. 
18, 841, 899 
Trimming in June. 921 
Washes for. 927 
Trespass by Telephone Co.... 881 
In Fence Building. 881 
On River Front. 745 
Trolley, Marketing by. L>5 
Trucking in North Carolina.. 313 
Trust Hunting . 382 
Tsetse Fly. 49- 
Tuberoulosis, II u m a n and 
Bovine . 86 
Talk About-•.562, 929 
Page 
Turkey Diseases. 
Talk . 
Turkeys, Black Head In. 
With Roup. 
Turnip, Cow-Horn. 
For Fertilizer .206, 
Turpentine from Stumps. 
Typewriter, Use of. 
642 
343 
379 
237 
600 
536 
768 
900 
U. 
Udo Salad. 78 
Ustilago as Hen Medicine.... 379 
V. 
Vault, Filling. 536 
Vegetable Washing Machine.. 163 
Vegetables, Winter Storage 
Ventilation. Defective..’ 566 
of Stables. 679 
Vetch and Rye for Ilay. 552 
Vinegar. Selling. 825 
Vineyards. Spraying. 577 
Violet Raising for Women.... 161 
Violets in B. C. 712 
Wild, Market for. 214 
W. 
Walnut, Japan, in Colorado... 36 
Persian, for Ontario. 202 
Rush . 394 
Walnuts. Grafting.648, 696 
Seedling . 253 
Warts on Cattle.45, 210, 802 
Washing Machines.683, 795 
Water Course, Altering. 276 
Cress Tinder Glass. 169 
From Distant Well.,. 832 
Glass, Cost of. 600 
Glass for Eggs. 
84, 297, 340, 440, 760 
Glass In Crystal Form. 375 
Mineral, for Stock. 103 
Pipes, Hemlock. 551 
Pipe. Logs for. 4S9 
Pipes, Protecting, from 
Frost . 51 
Pipe, Stoppage in.616, 807 
I’ipe, Trouble with. 675 
Pollution . 881 
Power . 789 
Pumping, From a Distance 
222, 674, 784 
Sulphur, Pipe for. 78 
Supply on the Farm.. 742, 759 
Supply, Two Pictures of. . . 94 
System, Air Pressure.. 535, 581 
Tanks . 295 
Tank, Best Material for 
224, 314 
Tanks, Experience with.... 416 
Tank of Concrete.. 272 
Tank, Pitch for. 911 
Tank, Self Warming. 119 
Tank. Steel. 334 
Wheel, Horse Power of.... 114 
Weasel at Bay. 706 
Weed Growth. 634 
Killer . 456 
Weeds and Maggots. 713 
Bad, Destroying. 536 
Use for. 587 
Weevil, Destroying. 178 
Well. Changing to Cistern.... 711 
Closed . 720 
Deep, Pumping. 20 
West. Conditions in. . 471 
Wheat Crop, Cheap. 710 
Fertilizer for.272, 880 
Hay, When to Cut. 461 
In Australia. 314 
Running Out. 711 
Shocking . 371 
Whaleoil Soap, Use of. 53 
Wind Harnessing. 199 
Windmills. Facts About.425 
Geared for General Work.. 122 
Homemade . 354 
Winter. Long. 410 
Wire, Better, Needed.46, 916 
Buy Best. 407 
Cheap, Demand for.... 95 
I' elite vJlIcSUQIl. 
86, 114, 199, 588, 663, 681 
Good . 55 
Mill. History of. 307 
Problem. .67, 106. 131, 154, 
214. 335. 636. 684, 780, 828 
Experiments with. 34 
Whitewash for Trees. 776 
Government . 600 
Or Cheap Paint. 582 
Woman’s Day on The Farm. . 629 
Women on Farm.455, 505 
Worm with Feathers. . .. 742 
Worms in Fowls. 45 
Y. 
Yankee is Thankful. 861 
Yellow Fever Control. 604 
WOMAN AND THE HOME. 
A. Page 
Alcohol, Wood, Use of. 290 
Amande, Ilavaife. 398 
Angora Vests. 856 
Apple Butter. 735 
Cake . 26 
Dumplings . 348 
Pickle . 639 
Recipes . 384 
Apples and Ouions. 108 
Canning . 814 
Farm House. 718 
Apricot Pudding. 934 
Apron, Fancy. 718 
Traveling . 902 
Aprons and Oversleeves. 686 
Asparagus a la Vinaigrette... 446 
Aunty . 348 
B. 
Baby, Dress for. 
Baking Powder. Use of. 
Barberries, Using. 
Bar-le-Duc .447, 
Barnardo, Dr. Thomas J. 
Bashfulness, Cure for. 
Beans, Baked.88, 218, 
Canning . 
Pickled . 
Bedbug Remedy. 
Beef. Pickling. 
Making Tender. 
Tea, Unique. 
Beets, Pickled. 
Young . 
Benzine for Cleansing. 
190 
10 
766 
494 
750 
510 
934 
686 
430 
414 
934 
935 
134 
734 
446 
798 
Page 
Blueberry Bread. 622 
Books for Children. 638 
Bottle Heaters. 242 
Bread, Burned. 26 
Incubator . 384 
Making . 308 
Pudding . 655 
Slicers . 88 
Brown, Aunt Dinah. 384 
Brush and Comb Case. 870 
Buns, Hot Cross. 34S 
Buttermilk Custard. 49 
Buttonhole Making. 242 
Buttons, Bothersome. 328 
C. 
Cabbage Slaw, Hot. 11 
Cake. Apple. 26 
Chocolate . 510 
Cinnamon . 886 
Dutch . 10 
Fillings . 399 
Honey . 886 
Mixers . 750 
Sour Milk. 11 
White Fruit. 903 
Cakes, Flannel. 290 
Calf's Liver. Roast. 218 
Candies. Four Good. 495 
Candy, Homemade, Cream.... 798 
Canning Conveniences. 558 
Carrots with Herbs. 430 
Cat. Winter Pasture for. 218 
Catsup Recipes. 607 
Celling Registers. 718 
Page 
Ceilings. Painted. 495 
Cellar Unsanitary. 362 
Charity Sweetheart’s letters, 
08, 159, 291, 329, 446, 606, 
671, 783, 919 
Cheese Pie. 706 
Cherries. Candied. 542 
Cherry Batter Pudding. 478 
Jelly, Mock. 447 
Pudding . 655 
Recipes .446, 462 
Chicken, Frying. 734 
Pie .88, 830 
Chickens, Broiling.814 
Chilblain Remedies,.. 88, 158, 267 
Chocolate Cream Cake. 478 
Christmas Ahead.799, 831 
Shoppers . 887 
Churn, Small. 856 
Cider, Sterilized. 750 
Cleaning Cloths. 414 
Cleansing Fluid. 10 
Paste . 384 
Cloth. Black. Cleaning. 558 
Cocoanut Oil for Cooking. 511 
Codfish Dinner. 558 
Mexican . 266 
Coffee Creams. 68 
GlacS. 686 
Sauce . 590 
Cold Sores . 670 
Ride . 69 
Collar, Stock. Holder for. 48 
Cookery, Appetizing. 870 
Home . 26 
Page 
Page 
Cooking in Summer. 
Utensils . 
Coolidge, Susan. 
Corn and Tomatoes, Baked. ... 
Canning . 
Chowder . 
Dodgers . 
Escalloped . 
Hulled .918, 
Parched . 
Slitter . 
Cosy, Bachelor’s. 
Cottonseed Oil. 
Covers, Wooden. 
Crackers, Crisp. 
Cream, Cold. 
Curds . 
Cretonne for Covering. 
Crullers . 
Soft . 
Cucumber Pickles.606, 
Currant Recipes.. 
Currants, Spiced. 
Curtains, .Two Styles of. 
D. 
Date Cookies. 
Pie. 
Decoration. Suggestions in.... 
Desserts, Frozen. 
Summer. 
Dinner in California. 
Dodge. Mary Mapes. 
Dress Bag. 
Dressmaking at Home. 
607 
543 
362 
622 
607 
654 
290 
108 
934 
193 
686 
510 
462 
49 
639 
830 
242 
606 
871 
857 
655 
574 
447 
2 13 
671 
219 
575 
479 
527 
430 
670 
902 
511 
Drinks, Cool. 
For Summer. 
Duster, Damp. 
Homemade . 
E. 
Eggs a La Maitre d’Hotel.... 
Baking . 
Nest. 
Suggestions In. 
Egret Plumes. 
Embroidery, Eyelet. 
Emergency Case. 
Energy, Waste of. 
F. 
Face, Cheerful. 
Farm Fare, Michigan. 
Fat, Clarifying. 
Floor Problem. 
Flower Bed. 
Holders.'.. 
Notes.193, 
Food on Farm.10, 89, 
Frankfurters . 
Freshening up for Summer. ... 
Fruit Butter and Marmalade.. 
Catsups . 
Preserving. 
Sauces . 
Fudge, Making. 
G. 
Garden. Autumn Work In. 
Woman’s Home. 
559 
655 
414 
814 
190 
430 
348 
542 
654 
606 
798 
10 
671 
134 
362 
543 
192 
606 
414 
108 
266 
385 
687 
719 
639 
526 
68 
751 
384 
