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Acetylene Waste in Cuba. 39 
Account, Outlawed . 278 
Acid Phosphate in Henhouse.... 417 
Acid Phosphate or Raw Ground 
Phosphate .1112 
Acid Phosphate, Cost of.1156 
Acid Phosphate with Manure 
11S2, 1421 
Acorn Brass Manufacturing Co... 954 
Acre, Laying Out. 961 
Advertisements, Liquor . 774 
Advertising Account Due. 895 
Advertising, Co-operative Possi¬ 
bilities in . 223 
Advertising, Dishonest . 80 
Advertising, Personal Appeal in. 842 
Adviser, Amateur .1076 
Agricultural Contracting Co. 478 
Agricultural Service Commission 623 
Agricultural Society Meeting, N. 
y. State .14, 38 
Agriculture, Mass, State Board of 114 
• Agriculture, Soldiers of. 614 
Air Friction Carburator Co. 930 
Akron Tire Co.1046, 1282 
Alcohol from Wood. 619 
Alcohol, Industrial Manufacture 
of . 850 
Alcohol, Solid . 1316 
Alfalfa and Crimson Clover in 
Virginia . 851 
Alfalfa and Hay in the South... 80 
Alfalfa and Quack Grass . 551 
Alfalfa Cossack, Other Side of... 749 
Alfalfa, Cossack, Trial of. 646 
Alfalfa, Different Methods of 
Selling .1317 
Alfalfa Dodder .1106 
Alfalfa, Feeding to Hogs.1302 
Alfalfa Field in Virginia. ...... 765 
Alfalfa Hay, Handling. 768 
Alfalfa Heretic’s Sermon.1077 
Alfalfa in Spring Seeding. 644 
Alfalfa on High-priced City Land 959 
Alfalfa, Potatoes Following. 457 
Alfalfa Re-seeding with Oats.... 1346 
Alfalfa Roots, Transplanting.344, 678 
Alfalfa Seed and Clover. 288 
Alfalfa, Sermon on.1199, 413 
Alfalfa, Transplanted, Experience 
with . 669 
Alfalfa, Transplanted, in Wis¬ 
consin .1018 
Alfalfa, Transplanting..771, 816, 1030 
Alfalfa, Winter Seeding of. 1208, 1289 
Alfalfa with Clover Seed. 514 
Alsike and Red-top, Mixed. 420 
Ambrainson, Charles .1362 
American Automobile Association, 
Inc.1250 
American Institute of Mentalism. 1194 
American .Jersey Cattle Club 
Meeting . 736 
American Land Credit Co. 606 
American Metal Shoe Co. 846 
American Motorists’ Protective 
Association .1070 
American Sad Iron & Mfg Co. ...1142 
American School of Correspond¬ 
ence of Chicago. 26 
American Sleeve-Valve Motor Co. 974 
Animals, Cruelty to, Society for 
Prevention of .T.... 843 
Ant, Carpenter .1123 
Anti-Fake Club . 62 
Ants, Destroying .876, 936 
Aphis, Tobacco Dust for. 544 
Apple and Pear Blight.1235 
Apple, Ben Davis . 240 
Apple, Bogus, in the Barrel.1439 
Apple Cellar, Farr” . 830 
Apple, Coxsackie . ....1258, 1471 
Apple, Cox’s Orange Pippin. 14 
Apple Crop, Light.1369 
Apple Eating at College...#_ 33 
Apple Figures from Nova Scotia. 544 
Apple Grading La,w Declared De¬ 
fective . 44 
Apple, Gravenstein, Early Drop¬ 
ping of . 677 
Apple Growing in North Georgia. 33 
Apple, King David. 419 
Apple, Lady . 649 
Apple, Late Bearing Spy.1369 
Apple Law Found Defective. 240 
Apple, Ontario . 585 
Apple Orchard, Care of. 454 
Apple Orchard, Cultivating.. .313, 379 
Apple Orchards, Using Lime in.. 336 
Apple-packing House, Western.. 919 
Ajfple Pomace . 14 
Apple Pomace as Stock Food.843, 1104 
Apple Pomace, Drying. 898 
Apple Seedlings, Ohio. 792 
Apple Trees, Pruning. 494 
Apple Trees, Value of. 332 
Apple Trees, What Ails. 915 
Apple Varieties, Few Notes on... 332 
Apple Varieties, Origin of. 454 
Apple, Wolf River, in New Jer¬ 
sey Orchard . 141 
Apple, Wolf River, True His¬ 
tory of . 159 
Aiyi)les, Ben Davis, in Storage... 647 
Apples, Black Ben Davis. 642 
Apples, Bogus .1444 
Apples, Cclar Storage of. 642 
Apples, Dwarf, Making Bear.... 85'7 
Apples, Early Bearing. 159 
Apples, Exhibition of at Pough¬ 
keepsie . 382 
Apples for Hens. 57 
Apples for Western New York.., 143 
Apples Handled by Six Middle¬ 
men .. 337 
Apples, Home Storage for. 69 
Apples, Honey Baked.1347 
Apples, Identifying by Truolle’s 
Line . 13 
Apples Injured by Birds.1289 
Apples, Local Markets for. 31 
Apples, New Jersey. Harvesting.. 317 
Apples on the Farm, Storage of 
639, 669 
Apples, Plant Quality .315, 332 
Apples, Simple Storage of. 724 
Apples, Sulphured .1079 
Apples, "Sun Painted’’. 142 
Apples, Sunscald Upon. 28'7 
Apples, Two Old-time, Wanted... 485 
Apricots Fail to Bloom. 37 
Arbutus .1471 
Armstrong Rubber Co. 718 
Ashes, Coal, Value of. 281 
Ashes, Hotel, Handling. 878 
Asparagus . 564 
Asparagus Bed, Old . 614 
Asparagus Bed, Weedy.1078 
Asparagus, Canning and Using... 698 
Asparagus, Fall Treatment of... 1074 
Asparagus from Seed. 726 
Asparagus, Hope Farm. 620 
Asparagus in An Orchard.1351 
Asparagus, New Method with.... 857 
Asparagus on Long Island.1153 
Asparagus on Muck. 835 
Asparagus Patch Maine Woman’s 697 
Asparagus, Seedling, Handling... 941 
Asparagus, Small . 857 
Asparagus, Sowing . 493 
Asparagus Without Trenching,.. 1053 
Asphaltum for Peach Borers.404 
Assemblymen in New York. 110 
Associate Advertising Co. 102 
Associations, Co-operative, Or¬ 
ganizing . 816 
Aster, China, Gro.ving. 273 
Aster, Trying to Grow. 67 
Atlantic Realty Co. 446 
Auction, Farm . 580 
Aude & Co.1122 
Auto Driver "Moves On’’. 188 
Auto, Learning to Drive. 908 
Automobile League of America.., 634 
Automobile Tires, Keeping Over 
Winter . 235 
Auto Truck . 420 
Auto Truck for Farmer.1344 
Ayrshire Breeders’ Associaiton, 
Connecticut . 431 
B. 
Babcock Test for Milk. 628 
Baby in Summer. 143 
Bacteria, Bottled . 405 
Baking Powder, Homemade. 580 
Baldwin, 0. L. 478 
Banana Liquid, Thinning. 429 
Bank Account, Execution Against 652 
Bank, Covering .1009 
Banks Federal Loan. 80 
Barbee Sharp Produce Co.1282 
Barber, H, L.1098 
Barley for Human Food.794 
Barn Buildings . 914 
Barn Building, Terra Cotta for.. 230 
Barn, Dairy . 94 
Barn Plans .230, 892 
“Barn Score,” Familiar . 779 
“Barn Scoring,” Example of. 483 
Barn Ventilation, Rutherford 
System . 884 
Barrel, Capacity of . 942 
Barrel Rack, Handy. 812 
•Barrel, Water, Paint for. 235 
Barrels, Tarvia, Cleaning.1319 
Bayuerry Culture, Commercial. .. 1235 
Bean Blossoms, Fall of.1030 
Bean Diseases .817 
Bean Fraud in Maine. 642 
Bean Growing in New J'ersey.... 830 
Bean Growing in Western New 
York .723, 891 
Bean Harvester .272, 642 
Bean Harvester, Potato Digger as 670 
Bean Situation, New York.1105 
Bean, Velvet, for Cattle.1112 
Bean, Velvet, for Feeding. 980 
Beans, Big . 369 
Beans, Bush . 649 
Beans Destroyed by Seed Com 
Maggot . 960 
Beans, Harvesting. >.. .544, 951, 1174 
Beans, Insects in . 545 
Beans, Lima* How to Grow. 724 
Beans, No Pods on.1148 
Beans on Light Land. 161 
Beans or Potatoes, Cost of Grow¬ 
ing .1240 
Beans, Poisonous, Importation 
of ..852, 858, 878 
Beans, Re-thrashing .1346 
Beans, Seed, for 1918 Crop.1345 
Beans, Seed,' Selecting.1051 
Beans, Seed, Should be Tested... 640 
Beans, Soy, for Fall Pasture. 788 
Beans, Soy, in New York. 747 
Beans, Storing in Stack.1008 
Beans, String, Drying.1129 
Beans, Thrashing with Grain Sep¬ 
arator .1126 
Beans, Urga . 727 
Beans, Velvet, For Feeding.1156 
Beans, Velvet, from Southern 
States . 966 
Beans, Velvet, Facts About.1104 
Beans, Velvet, in the'North.670 
Bee Food, Buckwheat for.1344 
Beef growing Associations Among 
Fanners . 430 
Beef Production in New England 
1134, 1274, 1356, 1384 
Bee King, Talks with.1423 
Bee Moth . 239 
Beer, California .1079 
Beer, Food Value of.!l288 
Bees Adjoining Pasture. 683 
Bees, Care of. 683 
Bees Near Public Highway. 832 
Bees, Ownership of.1008 
Bees, Starting with.1258 
Bees, Stray . 303 
Rees Swam in Chimney.1263 
Beeswax, Preparing . 942 
Bee Tree, Ownership of.1123 
Beet Growers, Colorado, Combine 279 
Beet Pulp, Dried, and Mangels. . 531 
Beet, Sugar, Growers and the 
Grange . 640 
Beets Run to Top.1078 
Belgian Hares and Squabs.!ll92 
Belgian Hares, Experience with. 1371 
Benner, H & Co.1410 
Bennett, Geo. C. 1434 
Berg and Beard Mfg. Co.782, 954 
Berrean Bros. 1022 
Berry, A A., Seed Co.806 
Berry, McDonald . 419 
Berry Picking Vacations.897 
Betman, S, & Son. 974 
Bid well, A. C. 570 
Bidwell Tire Co., A. C. 718 
BBill, "State Constabulary”. 289 
Bills Before Congress. 202 
Binder Twine . 1467 
Birch Motor Co. 538 
Bird Protection . 36 
Birds and Butterflies. 515 
Birds and Cherries. 670 
Birds Destroying Fniit. 1464 
Birds Injuring Fruit.1289, 1394 
Birds, Migratory, Shooting. 443 
Bits of Experience. 580 
Blackberries . 319 
Blackberries and Blackcap Rasp¬ 
berries . 37 
Blackberries from Seed. !!!! 965 
Blackberries, Himilaya, in Cali- 
foria ..1149 
Blackberry, Spineless, Improving. 921 
Blacksnakes, Woman on. 295 
Blueberries .1464 
Blueberry, Culture of 
, 314, 330, 370, 524 
Blueberry Plants as Ornamental 
Shrubs . 585 
Bone, Crushing . 39 
Boneset, Use of. 943 
Bordeaux Mixture, Making. 317 
Bordeaux, Modified .1235 
Borden Farm Products Co. 859 
Borden’s “3-Way” Milk Delivery. 967 
Borden’s Milk Sales Plan. 966 
Borers in Peach Trees.1107 
Botanical Raw Products Commit¬ 
tee .1078 
Bots, Remedy for. 565 
Boulders, Smashing of. 725 
Boxwood for Foliage. 615 
Boxwood, Propagating . 921 
Boy, City, on Farm. 858 
Boys Leaving the Farm. 831 
Bradbury, L. Leslie . 634 
Bran and Middlings. 470 
Breach of Contract.1232 
Bread, Baking-powder, Cracking 
of . 997 
Bread, Cost of a Loaf of.1182 
Bread Loaf, 5-cent.1183 
"Bread Riots” in New York. 464 
Breeders’ Association, New York 
State .128, 169 
Breeding Stock, Selecting. 804 
Brewer’s Grains or Silage. 600 
Brewing Industry and Grain. 789 
Bridge Grafting for Girdled Trees 
542, 726 
Briquettes . 703 
British Columbia, Conditions in. . 655 
Bronx Egg Case Co.1250, 1386 
Brooder, Heat of. '760 
Brooder, Homemade . 305 
Brooder House . 305 
Brooder House, Small, Heating. . .302 
Brooder Lamp .1021 
Brooder, Parlor Stove for. 264 
Brooder Stove . 566 
Broodinoss, Epidemic of. 845 
Brown Bill . 556 
Brown, Elon R, and Geo. W. Per¬ 
kins .1134 
Brown, Loren . 866 
Brown Mfg. Co. 398 
Brown, Senator, and His Tur¬ 
keys . 1037 
Brown. Senator Elon R. 
336, 774, 818, 878, 8.98, 986, 1156 
Brane, J. J. 782 
Bmsh Burner, Orchard. 544 
Buckwheat and Soy Beans for 
Manuring . 832 
Buckwheat, Argument for. 788 
Euckivheat as Fodder. 927 
Buckwheat as Weed Killer. 546 
Bucawheat Flour . 110 
Buckwheat for Bee Food.1344 
Buckwheat for Hogs. 802 
Buckwheat, Old, Milling.1468 
Buckwheat Straw, Value of.1481 
Buckwheat Stubble, Sweet Clover • 
on . 835 
Buckwheat, Waste in Milling. .. .1468 
Budding . 642 
Bulletins, Filing . 412 
Bull Controlling .431, 528 
Bull, Crating . 498 
Bull, Exercising . 713 
Bull, Guernsey, and a School.... 253 
Bull Power for Farm Machines.. 619 
Bull Power for Farm Work. 252 
Bull, Well-bred Guernsey.1452 
Bulls, Fattening . 432 
Burbank Society .1386 
Burkett, Dr. Chas. W. 44 
Burro and His Future. 725 
Butter, Amount from Cream.1380 
Butter and Milk.1318 
Butter and Oleo. 382 
Butter, Bitter . 949 
Butter, Crumbly . 124 
Butter Discoveries . 556 
Butter Does Not Gather.1139 
Butterfat, Feeding for. 387 
Eutterfat, Increasing . 346 
Butterfat, Newly Discovered Prin- 
Butterfat, Price of. 341 
Butter, How to Make. 340 
Butter Making, Milk Test in.... 1018 
Butternuts, Shucking .II 75 
Butter, Packing for Winter. 994 
Butter, Poor Results with. 51 
Butter, Renovating .822, 1278 
Buttci, Salting . 1432 
Butter, Strong .165, 295 
Butter, Strong-flavored . 164 
Butter, Sweet, Keeping Quality 
of .1432 
Butter, Sweet, Making. 562 
Butter to Cream, Proportion of.. 970 
Butter with Bitter Flavor. 863 
Butter with Objectionable Flavor. 862 
Butter with Poor Flavor. 800 
Buying Economical .1318 
C. 
Cabbage . 319 
Cabbage and Carrots for Hogs... 1395 
Cabbage. Chinese .1009 
Cabbage, Club Root in. 921 
Cabbage Damps Off. 276 
Cabbage for Live Stock.1160 
Cabbage, Frost Proof. 410 
Cabbage, Late Sown. 943 
Cabbage, Plant Lice on. 74 
Cabbage, Storing .1005 
Cabbage, Winter, Field of. 936 
Cabbage Worm Sticker. 936 
Cabbage, Yellows in. 963 
Cabin, Log, Chinking .1394 
Cactus, Spineless . 732 
Cake, Sugarless ..! . 1347 
Calf, Blood Meal for. 844 
Calf, Boy’s . 430 
Calf, Death of. 906 
Calf, Feeding .!.| 863 
Calf, Ibundered . 1142 
Calf, Guernsey .1092 
Calf, High-priced Holstein.] ! 714 
Calf, Holstein, Purebred. 736 
Calf, Pictures of. 164 
Calf, Red Cross Jersey.1380 
Calf Sale, Bank . 55 
Calf Skins, Price of.336 
Calf, Thin, Feeding. 296 
Calf, Trouble with. 663 
Calf with Bloat. 563 
Calf with Indigestion .1068 
Calf with Lice. 604 
Calf with Necrotic Stomatitis.!.! 349 
Calf with Rupture. 844 
Calf with Swelling. 1359 
California . 275 
Calves and Separator Milk.1162 
Calves, Cheapening Ration for. . . 563 
Calves, Dishorning .1408 
Calves Dying. 683 
Calves, Experience in Raising... 468 
Calves, Feeding .1160 
Calves, Growing Ration for.1480 
Calves, Heifer, Ration for.1480 
Calves, Killing, Humanely 
843, 926, 996 
Calves, Raising . 165 
Calves, Raising on Oatmeal.1408 
Calves, Raising Without Milk... 1278 
Calves, Separator Milk for. 824 
Calves with Ringworm.1479 
Calves with Scours. 972 
“Camouflage,” Definition of.1376 
Canadian Cereal Co. 218 
Canary, Sick, Care of.1202 
Candidates, Assembly, Last Word 
on .1267 
Candidates for Legislature.1134 
Cannas and Lettuce. 731 
Canned Good Seized by Frauds... 1240 
Canner and Silo. 838 
Canner, Home . 747 
Canning Factories. Corn for.323 
Canning Houses, Supplies for.... 859 
Canning Without Sugar. 917 
Caponizing .1021 
Capons, Best Breeds for. 536 
Capons, White Leghorn. 865 
Carcasses, Utilizing on the Farm. 746 
Carnation Growing .312 
Carrot Seed, Cleaning.523, 81’7 
Car Shortage . 6 
Cars, Private, Who Owns. 144 
Caltalpa Near Well. 146 
Catalpa Speciosa . 146 
Caterpillars on Grapevines. 83’7 . 
Cat, Maligned, Good Word for... 438 
Cat Question, Farm Woman on... 438 
Cat Ranch Scheme .1386 
Cat, Wise "Mutt”. 73 
Cat with Worms. 927 
Cattle, Beef, Increasing Interest 
in .1380 
Cattle, Beef, in New England... 1162 
Cattle, Beef, Versus Sheep in N, 
Y. 124 
Cattle Breeders, Devon. 430 
Cattle Breeders, Women as.1380 
Cattle, Devon, High Praise for.. 626 
Cattle, Dividing Herd of.1458 
Cattle, Early Rising for. 124 
Cattle Grubs. Hunt for. 61 
Cattle, Hereford and Clieap Grass. 1356 
Cattle, Holsteins, Argument for. 386 
Cattle, Identifying .<713 
Cattle, Jersey Registration Fees. 906 
Cattle Lice, Remedy for 
168, 561, 663 
Cattle, Mercurial Oinlment for.. 341 
Cattle, Milking, Shorthorns. 51 
Cattle, Negligence in Patsuring.. 532 
Cattle Relish Sweet Clover. 170 
Cattle with Ringworm... 437 
Cattle with Warts. 663 
Cauliflower and Tomato Seed.... 917 
Cauliflower Fails to Head. 330 
Cauliflower, Growing .1175 
Cauliflower, Serpentine . 348 
Cayenne, Pepper in the Garden.. 837 
Cedars, Transplanting . 192 
Celery, Chemical Bleaching of... 34 
Celery, Keeping Over Winter. ... 1260 
Celery Plants, Covered with an 
Insect . 464 
Celery Salt .1203 
Cellar, Cementing . 961 
Cellar Drain Problem. 919 
Cellar, Farm Apple. 830 
Cellar, Insulating . 864 
Cellar, Keeping Water Out of... . 284 
Cellar, Root, Improving..-1005 
Cellar, Ventilating .‘ 38 
Cellar Wall, Damp. 193 
Cellar, Water in . 36 
Cellars. Frost-proof.852 
Cement Cistern, Waterproofing... 919 
Cement Drain Tile in New Eng¬ 
land . ” 
Cement Dust as Fertilizer. 922 
Cement Floor Outdoors.192, 276 
Cement Floor, Sawdust on.285 
Cement for Leaky Cistern. 855 
Cement for Wall, Amount of. 156 
Census, Agricultural . 774 
Central Institute of St. Louis.... 662 
Chart, Garden . 410 
Chayote, a New Vegetable. 327 
Cheese, Cottage .1330 
Cheese, Cream, Keeping. 387 
Cheese, Crumbly .1404 
Cheese from Skim-milk.1358 
Cheese, Homemade . 996 
Cheese Making . 842 
Cheese Making, Farm, Questions 
About .1478 
Cheese Making, Home. 926* 
Cheese Making Questions ....... 800 
Cheese Making, Value of Fat in. 90 
Cheese, Rendering Digestible... .1203 
Creese, Ripening . 632 
Cheese, Trying to Lower Price of 838 
Cheese, Whole Milk. 61 
Chemical Mixing, Home.1443 
Chemicals in Bath. 983 
Cherna, Mr., United Egg Case Co. 1434 
Cherries and Song Birds.370, 615 
Cherries, Protecting from Birds.. 866 
Cherry Pits for Hens or Stock... 199 
Cherry Stock, French Mahaleb... 943 
Chicago Portrait Co. 718 
Chick, Ailing . 953 
Chick Brooder House. 24 
Chick Food, Ready Mixed. 566 
Chick Ration, Defective..... 846 
Chicken Business, Believes in.... 1465 
Chicken Business, One Man.1344 
Chicken Business, Starting. 870 
Chicken Coop, Safe.1020 
Chicken Feed, Care of. 704 
Chicken Pox . 215 
Chicken Pox in Chickens. 132 
Chicken Thieves, Catching. 224 
Chicken Thieves in the South .... 1385 
Chicken with Crooked Breast Bone 215 
Chickens, Equipment for Hand¬ 
ling . 180 
Chicaens, Hog Killing . 927 
Chickens, Houdan, for Eggs.1098 
Chickens, Ice Cream Cones for... 235 
Chickens, Protrusion of Oviduct.. 741 
Chickens with Favus. 689 
Chickens with Gapes. 846 
Chickens with Leg Weakness. .. .1430 
Chicks, Ailing .1021, 1309, 1457 
Chicks, Crippled . 826 
Chicks, Grain for. 930 
Chicks, Hatching, in Winter. 25 
Chicks, Hen-hatched . 355 
Chicks, Leg Weakness in. 780 
Chicks, Little, Giving Then a 
Chance .1140 
Chicks, Loss of . 946 
Chicks, Marking for Identification 534 
Chicks, Mortality Among. 953 
Chicks, Naked . 57 
Chicks on Board Floors. 636 
Chicks on Concrete Floor. 214 
Chicks, Sore Eyes in.1021 
Chicks, Toe Marking. 805 
Chicks, Weak .566, 825 
Chicks, When to Buy. 262 
Chicks, White Diarrhoea in. 504 
Chicks with Diarrhoea. 633 
Chicks with Lice. 929 
Chicks with Mites. 929 
Children, Milk and Apples for...1018 
Children, Untrained .1219 
Children’s Play and Pets.1334 
Chimney, Altering Size of.1118 
Chimney, Leaking, Curing. 961 
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