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INDEX.—THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
PAGE 
Elasticity of. 2 
Fresh, Testing . 314 
In Storage. 685 
In Wate’r Glass..137, 160, 375, 407, 
455, 578, 595, 608, 641, 673, 961 
Large . 435 
Turkey, Life 1 of. 67 
Winter . 47 
Yield. Banner. 266 
Egypt, Letter From. 459 
Electricity on Farms... 271 
Elephants at Work. 521 
Elm Sprouts, Killing.584. 631 
Engine. Gasoline.....239, 833 
Hope Farm. 65 
Erylhroniums . 634 
Evergreens, Pruning.../. 407 
Knot-pruning . 3 
^Transplanting . 256 
Ewes, Feeding Ration for. 219 
Express Companies.129, 147. 303 
F 
Fair, N. Y. State. 71 
Fairy Rings. 583 
Farm Cold Storage. 202 
Fertilizer Factories. 133 
Hands from N. Y.238, 262, 386, 413 
Home, Dream of. 152 
Institutes, Lessons from. 319 
Institutes, Missouri. 926 
Institutes, Wisconsin. 927 
Labor Question, 471, 477, 486, 593, 
597, 609, 627, 646, 662, 663, 695, 
793, 913, 957 
Labor, Fanner's Son on. 535 
Labor, Hired Man on.534, 568 
Model . 19 
Near North Pole. 925 
On Shares. 371 
Of D. L. Hartman_533, 551, 567, 580 
Problems, Elgin System.565, 681 
Rotation . 630 
Western, Income from. 681 
Farmer, Aid to. 254 
And City License.387, 503 
As Salesman. 615 
From Town.57, 77 
Moving . 534 
Farmer's Club, Niagara Co. 114 
Figures for. 220 
Institutes, N. .7. 823 
Farming. Better, Railroad Trains. .. .382, 537 
Light Soil. 893 
Spirit of. 417 
With Chemicals.21, 59 
Farms, Incomes from. 561 
New Hampshire. 501 
Feeds, Weight of. 377 
Fence. Line. 649 
Machines . 797 
Posts. Timber for.21, 257, 582 
Questions . 520 
Wire .20, 91, 280 
Fences, Legal. 371 
Portable . 873 
Fertilizer, Drilling. 237 
For Alfalfa. 155 
For Cabbage. 280 
For Kansas. 369 
For Lima Beans. 176 
For Orchards. 304 
For Strawberries. ■ 194 
Gas Products as.150. 155 
Hoof Clippings as. 343 
Law. National. 836 
Mixing .304. 871 
Muck as. 832 
Nitrate of Potash as. 98 
Pomace as.’. 280 
Phosphate Rock as. 927 
Questions .184, 285, 330 
Tannery Refuse as.‘. 259 
Fertilizers, Chemical. 21 
Fse of. 263 
Fertility, Wasted. 475 
Field. Kentucky. Autobiography of. 229 
Fire Insurance Notes. 85!) 
Fireplace. Building. 582 
For Hot Water Heater. 246 
Fish as Manure.796. 890 
Flies on Cattle. 531 
Florida Notes.139, 247 
Florists, Thanksgiving Among. 869 
Flower Pots. 682 
Flowers, Cut. Shipping. 283 
Fly. White. Treatment for. 240 
Foliage. Autumn. 834 
Food. Pure, in Kentucky. 836 
Pure, in Minnesota. 71 
Forage Crops, Succession of. 347 
Forestry . 662 
Fowls, Best for Roasters. 317 
Foxes, Poisoning .849, 854 
Foxgloves . 188 
Franking Privilege. 50 
Freemartins . 14 
Freesia Fischer’s Purity.‘...442, 458 
Frogs in Springs. 286 
Frost. Fighting. 517 
Fruit. Eating, Gospel of. 349 
In British Columbia. 51 
Grower’s Association, N. Y..61, 105, 696 
Fruits for Arkansas. 536 
For Home Use. 235 
For Ohio. 892 
For Vermont. 179 
Handling in Utah. 941 
In Col. Co., N. Y. 589 
In New Jersey. 295 
Late Keeping. 152 
Orchard, Hybridizing. 692 
Questions . 310 
Tree Pollination. 1"2 
Varieties . 348 
Fumigation and Dipping. 870 
Of Trees. 850 
G 
Game Laws. 
Laws. Unjust. 
Garden Back Yard. 
Early and Late. 
Fall Plowing. 
Notes . 
Planting . 
Questions . 
Small . 
Gardens, Children’s. 
Gardener. Northern Notes from 
Gardening in Far North. 
Under Glass. 
Garlic. Killing Out. 
Gas Lime. 
Gasoline Engine. 
Handling . 
Power . 
Gas Well. Pressure of. 
Gate in Wire Fence. 
Geese, Rhode Island. 
Gestation. Period of. 
Ginseng Culture. 
Gladioli. Annual. 
Hardy . 
Winter. 
Yellow . 
Gladiolus Culture. 
Prlmulinus . 
Questions . 
.309 
.467 
.106, 124 
. 98 
. 287 
280. 306, 568 
. 258 
. 929 
.232 
.525 
. 894 
. 517 
. 3 
. 518 
. 239 
.130, 797 
. 260 
. 833 
. 568 
. 23 
. 28 
. 266 
. 270 
. 852 
.264 
. 264 
. 962 
. 209 
. 962 
.600, 961 
page 
Goats. Angora.611, 626 
Dairy .50, 85, 242, 483 
Goldenrod, Shrubby. 896 
Gooseberry, Keepsake . 84 
Gooseberries, Spraying.84, 896, 960 
Grafting. Flute . 831 
Notes .4, 41, 326 
Grain Buying. 916 
Feed, New.",. 192 
Smut Treatment. 235 
Grange, National. 933 
Turner . 683 
Grape, Brown’s Early. 912 
For Wine Making. 960 
Moore’s Early . 64 
Notes ..•.368, 815 
Rebecca . 363 
IUebl’s New . 852 
Season. Poor. 852 
Seedless Sultana. 520 
Grapes, Bagging. 952 
Culture . 584 
Fan for Cleaning. 602 
■ Rose Beetle on. 696 
Yield and Price of...... 471 
Grapevine, Training.40, 279 
Grass, Bermuda. 281 
Clark .571, 584 
Seed, Poor. 98 
Seeding .21, 281, 584 
Wire . 209 
Greenhouse Benches, Cement. 813 
Cheap . 3 
Concrete for.263, 504 
Heating . 148 
Irrigating .•.. 946 
Oregon . 146 
Plan . 649 
Small Building.62, 106, 520 
Thermometer . 232 
Work in January. 5 
Grubs. White, and Potatoes. 846 
Guano as Fertilizer. 666 
Guinea Fowls. 576 
Gypsophila . 874 
H . 
Hailstorm In New York. 505 
Ham. Sugar Cured. 675 
Harrow, Disk, on Stony Land. 488 
Hawk and Dog. 35 
Hawks, Nets for. 546 
Hay Carrier.518, 519 
Clover, Grinding . 566' 
Cow-pea.268, 630 
Crop . 621 
Crop, Handling. 469 
Cut. Feeding. 374 
Fork. Horse. 630 
Leveling with Pole. 600 
Machinery . 528 
Putting In Barn.268, 329 
Rack Loader. 425 
Rogues .223. 224 
Rye . 334 
Sheds. Cheap. 489 
Spreading in Mow. 675 
Timothy, Ration with. 68 
Heating, Public. 23 
Heifer with Defective Udder. 357 
Help, Domestic. 461 
Hen. Advertising. 38 
Barn, Mapes .806, 842, 943 
Breeding and Feeding. 159 
Blue . 374 
Business at Hope Farm. 133 
Dusting . 451 
Feeding Device. 689 
Feeding Troughs. 643 
Flock, Banner. 315 
Lice .375, 455 
Man, Missouri. 221 
Manure and Chemicals. 280 
Manure and Rook. 29 
Manure, Fining. 13 
Manure, Composting. 281 
Manure, Handling.185, 928 
Manure. Value of.29, 566, 631 
Notes, 2, 85, 130, 192, 293, 335, 545 
829, 881 
Records ...46. 47, 59, 136, 145, 160, 
245, 314. 355, 377, 513, 577, 60S 
Surgery . 545 
White Minorca. 529 
With Rheumatism. 245 
Useful . 624 
Woman. California. 317 
Hens, Bald-headed. 465 
Broody . 466 
Bumble Foot in. 164 
Cob Meal for. 27 
Crop-bound ..855 
Crowded . 88!) 
Good .-.152, 881 
In Close Quarters.15, 79, 112 
In Large Flocks. 79 
Intestinal Disease in. 673 
Laying, Selecting. 112 
Mapes’, Why Don’t Lay. 136 
Nothing Positive About. 112 
Scrub vs. Choice. 599 
Trespassing . 449 
2.000 in One House. 677 
What Ailed. 512 
Why Not Lay. 203 
Henhouse, Handy. 2 
Laying Out. 87 
Placing . 531 
Stone . 936 
Tarred Paper for. 899 
Ventilation . 855 
Wall for. 214 
Windows . 568 
Herbs. Medicinal. 90 
Hoe, Wheel. Pulling. 488 
Hog. Berkshire. 334 
Breeding Questions. 158 
Diseases . 691 
Eats Chicks.25, 45 
Houses. Western. 690 
Lice, Cleaning Out. 922 
Men Talk . 540 
Notes . 562 
Pasture . 679 
Pen Plans.165, 658 
Rheumatism In. 242 
Story . 868 
Hogs and Spraying. 614 
Breeds of. 854, 899 
Fodder Crops for. 356 
Jersey Reds.568, 970 
Lice on. 27 
Rape Pasture for. Ill 
Trouble With. 482 
What Breed. 806 
With Mysterious Disease. 46 
Holidays. Legal. 633 
Hollyhocks . 538 
Home, No Place Like. 193 
Pictures . 867 
Honeysuckle in Orchards. 504 
Tartarian . 177 
Wild . 536 
Horns, Cows’, Sale for. 25 
nopperdozer . 502 
Horse. Bad Digestion in. 854 
Blind Staggers in.29, 137 
•Balky .14, 48 
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Breeding Questions .290, 314, 41'.) 
Company, Farmer’s.. .242, 337, 316, 376 
Corn and Cob for. 947 
Gnaws Halter. 316 
Heaves in. 313 
Hide for Robe. 619 
Manure, Firefanged. 312 
Manure, Rotting. 812 
Runaway .291, 643 
Thick-winded . 466 
Thief, Dealing with.42, 59 
Trotting . 439 
Wart on.159, 244 
Witli Capped Hock. 336 
With Scratches. 376 
Horses, Ailing.■.674, 691 
Care of. 641 
Farm . 150 
Silage for. 27 
Horseradish, Killing. 520 
Horticultural Show, Toronto. 903 
Society, Vermont. 965 
Society, New Jersey. 51 
Hotbeds with Fire Heat. 100 
Houses, Portable. 148 
Huckleberries in Cultivation. 538 
Humus Crops. 811 
In Soil. 211 
Value of. 366 
Hyacinths from Seed. 490 
I 
Ice, Farm Supply of.2, 19 
For Small Dairy.79, 123 
Moving in May. 326 
Icehouse, Building. 150 
Cistern for. 846 
Farm . 910 
Filling . 945 
Questions . 831 
Storage House In. 18 
Underground . 3 
Incubator Experience. 434 
Insect Pests. 598 
Insects, Scarcity of. 458 
Iris. Crested. 586 
Graeilipes . 586 
Japoniea .552, 586, 666 
Odd-colored . 156 
Oriental Roof. 586 
Iron Sulphate, Use of. 209 
Irrigation by Pump... 319 
From Roof. 505 
Italians on Farm. 464 
J 
Johnson. Alfred. Story of.57, 77 
Grass . 600 
And Stokes. 650 
Kalnlt for Corn. 
Kale, Sea. 
Kerosene, Emulsified 
For Poultry. 
Kerria, Double. 
Kochia Scoparla .... 
Kudzu Vine . 
811 
812 
265 
855 
522 
84 
282 
L 
Lambs. Ailing. 515 
Early, Raising. 243 
Fattening .1, 315 
Hothouse . 49 
Sulphur for. 161 
Winter. Feeding. 66 
Land, Clearing. 631 
Grader . 832 
Hilly, Plowing.665, 695 
Reclaiming . 385 
Rent of. 289 
Larkspur . 893 
Lawn, New, Starting. 230 
Remaking . 172 
Vases, Plants for. 408 
Leaves. Gathering.38, 127 
Legal Questions. 813 
Lettuce, Every Day. 281 
For Winter. 616 
Greenhouse for. 486 
Rot in. 60 
Lice on Cattle.220, 266 
On Hogs. 27 
License, Farmer’s. 90 
Lightning Rods.23, 678, 960 
Lilac, The. 664 
Lily. Easter. 798 
Of the Valley, Forcing. 312 
Lilies, Common . 798 
From Seed. 798 
Hybrid . 798 
Japan . 175 
Planting . 929 
LiHum Hansoni. 708 
Henry!. 79,8 
Humboldtii . 798 
Pardalinmn . 798 
Speciosium . 798 
Tenuifolium . 798 
Lime and Cow Manure. 2!) 
And Sorrel . 566 
And Sulphur Fails. 255 
And Sulphur, Preparing. 39 
Kiln Ashes. 584 
Results from. 679 
Sulphur as Fungicide. 171 
Sulphur and Blight. 410 
Sulphur. Boiling.97. 326 
Use of.138, 175, 662, 915 
Used in Spring. 22 
Work of . 346 
Limoid and Kerosene. 99 
Live-Forever .566, 647 
Live Stock Breeding. 563 
Stock, Feeding .498, 509, 515 
Stock Registration. 547 
Stock, Shipping.75, 89 
Stock, Winter Ration for. 971 
M 
Magazine Club. 365 
Mail Boxes. Approved. 573 
Boxes on Rural Routes. 115 
Box on Wires.280, 346 
Delivery, Rural. 502 
Man. Busy. 424 
Hired, Substitute for. 469 
Manger Queries. 190 
Manure, Burning. 846 
Carriers . 38, 107 
Horse, as Absorbent. 474 
Lasting Effect of. 519 
Mistakes About. 126 
On Frozen Ground. 60 
Right of Tenant to. 520 
Manures, Green . 155 
Maple Products, Trouble With. 969 
Syrup, Evaporating . 100 
Trees, Planting . 961 
Market at Grand Rapids, Mich. 97 
Gardening .. .. 516 
Market License . 338 
Marl. Use of. 471 
Martin, Geo. E. 422 
Maryland, Fruit for. 814 
Meadow, Permanent . 210 
Meat Breeder’s Association.514 ,525 
Inspection .492, 530 
TAGE 
Keeping in Summer. 969 
Melon Blight .648, 661, 814 
Culture . 422 
Seed, Acclimated . 929 
Melons, Arizona . 439 
On Light Soil.285, 365 
Under Glass . 409 
Mice and Pneumonia. 222 
Destrovlng .582, 931 
Milk and Silage. 210 
Bottles .70, 292, 315, 327, 334 
Clean, Bosh About. 642 
Fever, Air Treatment for. 898 
High Grade . 955 
Law, New York. 678 
Offenders . 359 
On “Model Farm” . 292 
Pail, Busk . 15 
Ropy .86, 159, 451 
Sour, For Hens. 675 
Wagon, Novel . 959 
Milking Machine . 134 
Milkman, Hints for. 192 
Wants to Be.594, 611 
Millet. Japanese . 947 
Molasses as Stock Food.218, 922 
Moon, Influence of. 568 
Mosquito and Agriculture. 455 
Muck. Fertilizer from. 832 
Land. Utilizing . 457 
Mulberry, Sterile . 504 
Mulching the Orchard. 845 
Mule, Lame . 546 
Muskmelon, Passing of. 677 
Muskrats, Getting Rid of.81, 221 
N 
Niagara Falls. Spoiling. 
Nitrate of Soda. Use of 
Nitro Culture, Sale of.. 
North. Cold . 
Nursery Trees, Dipping. 
Nut Planting . 
Nuts for Tennessee. 
525, 588, 637 
. 210 
. 255 
. 163 
. 927 
. 331 
. 862 
O 
Oats and Clover In Illinois. 43 
Winter . 610 
Oils, Soluble, Correction Regarding. 61 
Oleo Question .30, 162 
Sold in New York. 964 
Onion Culture . 186 
Valencia . 232 
Onions. Bunch . 330 
Egyptian .186, 259 
Failure With . 520 
Late Keeping . 256 
Rot in . 82 
Sets. Harvesting .617, 646 
Transplanting . 176 
Wild. Killing .518, 569 
Orange Varieties . 233 
Oranges, New Hardy.39, 132 
Orchard, Burning Brush In. 326 
Cultivation . 285 
Experience Wanted . 255 
Fertilizers . 304 
For Massachusetts . 234 
For Northern New York. 310 
Laying Out .327, 423 
Mulching .684, 845 
Mulch, Jap Clover as. 423 
Notes . 648 
Old . 45 
Overpruned . 614 
Questions . 959 
Resetting . 961 
Sheep in . 58 
Too Close . 796 
Orchards. Ashes for. 281 
Draining .208, 238 
For Henyards . 317 
Renovating . 278 
Top-working . 305 
Orchis. Purple Fringed. 682 
Oxen for Power.407, 613 
P 
Pansy Culture .667, 809 
Papering Painted Walls. 150 
Parcels Post ..19, 30. 70, 138, 237, 279, 964 
Post vs. Free Seeds. 223 
Parsnips, Whep to Dig. 256 
Wild and Tame. 328 
Pastures. Reclaiming .206, 227, 311 
Patent Law . 125 
Office. Defense of. 492 
Patents for Plants. 426 
Peach Borers .799, 915 
Diamond . 796 
Elberta .851, 870, 926 
Fine Seedling ../. 439 
Orchard. Spraying . 440 
Trees, Ailing . 536 
Trees, Budding .101, 122 
Trees, Gum on. 796 
Trees, Handling . 307 
Trees, Pruning . 102. 211 
Trees, Working Over. 912 
Yellows . 172 
Peaches. Budding . 552 
For Colorado . 504 
In Central New York. 124 
Patent, Experience With. 909 
Pear. Cornice .406, 4f>8 
Kieffer, as Stock.282, 304, 372 
Kieffer Seedling . 44 
Koonee . 504 
Orchard. Treatment of. 38 
Roosevelt . 216 
Trees. Windbreak for.,....472, 489 
Pears. Big . 175 
California. Blight in. 44 
Dwarf . 231 
Kieffer, Ripening . 664 
Peas. Cow .634, 850 
Cow and Other Green Crops.287 
Cow, and Wheat. 349 
Cow, Curing for Hay. 615 
Cow, Grinding Stems. 496 
Cow, In Silo.. 107 
Cow, Plowing Under. 871 
Cow, Questions About.659, 812 
Cow, Using . 505 
Diseased . 584 
Sweet. Contest . 968 
Pecan Crop . 647 
Pepper. Neapolitan . 634 
Persimmons In Missouri. 178 
Pigs Feeding . 970 
Forage for . 498 
Pasturing . 411 
Pumpkins for . 799 
Vermont .. 245 
Pine Austrian . 930 
Red . 372 
White. Transplanting . 82 
Pines. Setting Out.40, 176 
Pioneer, Successful . 865 
Pitch for Leaks.35, 149, 273 
Plants and Flowers. 960 
Growing in Oregon. 582 
Hardy Herbaceous .TTTS 
Machine Set . 181 
Packing •. 534 
Poisoning Ground . 503 
Plaster and Acid Phosphate. 890 
Plastering, ns Fertilizer.184, 486 
