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VOL. LXXXIII 
INDEX 
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Page 
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A 
Abortion Germs in Milk .1183 
Abortion in Cattle .1566 
Acetylene Waste .1177 
Acid Phosphate and Manure 
423 . 659 
Acid That Will Eat Brass. 50 
Acorns as Food . 751 
Acre, Possibilities in . 978 
Adirondaeks, Winter in .303, 699 
Advertising, Art of .1483 
Africa Imports Flour .1011 
Age, Advancing . 327 
Agricultural College and 
Farmers .588, 1482 
Agricultural Investigation .1460 
Agricultural Teachers Meet.1163 
Agricultural Teaching .1093 
Agriculture, Great Men in .315 
Agriculture in Political Plat¬ 
forms .987, 1299 
Alabama, Frost in . 173 
Alexander Co. Nurseries. 450 
Alfalfa in Massachusetts .1045 
Alfalfa in Onondaga Co., N. Y.. 170 
Alfalfa Notes .1086, 1371 
Alfalfa Problem .1127 
Alfalfa Seeding .305, 739, 907 
Alfalfa, Testing . 789 
Alfalfa, Thickening . 856 
Aliens, Unassimiliated . 900 
Alsike, Seeding . 214 
Ambergris, Character of. 874 
American Business Builder . 342 
American Field Seed Co.298 
American Institution, Figures on 882 
American Pomological Society.. .1132 
Angel Food . 54 
Animals and Salt .1134 
Ants, Destroying with Cyanide. .1189 
Ants Eat Houses .1087 
Ants in Garden .809, 915, 980 
Antiques for Sale .264, 610 
Aphids on House Plants. 590 
Aphids on Roses . 915 
Apple, Baldwin, Changes in....1290 
Apple, Ben Davis as Parent... .1450 
Apple Blossoms, Blasted. 584 
Apple Borers .1286 
Apple Bud Variation . 120 
Apple Collar Rot .361, 509 
Apple, Cortland .130, 577 
Apple, Crab, Grafting .1559 
Apple Crop, Western . 379 
Apple, Dwarf .749, 1527 
Apple Eating, Education in.1575 
Apple Grading Law, N. Y. .1256, 1461 
Apple Honey .1349 
Apple Insects .958, 984 
Apple, Lobo .347, 1011 
Apple, Macoun . 347 
Apple Maggot ..9, 589, 635, 887, 958 
Apple Market, Oriental . 750 
Apple, Medina . 347 
Apple, Milton . 347 
Apple, Montreal Fameuse.1526 
Apple Orchard for China.55, 214, 225 
Apple Orchard, Seedlings for.... 779 
Apple Outlook .596, 791, 1029 
Apple Pests . 859 
Apple Pomace for Cows .388 
Apple Pomace on Potatoes . 10 
Apple, Red Gravenstein . 347 
Apple, Seedless .1526 
Apple, Seedless Fameuse. 510 
Apple Shoots, Fungus on . 589 
Apple Show, Lessons from. 500 
Apple Spray Schedule. 542 
Apple, Sweet Delicious. 347 
Apple, Sweet McIntosh. 347 
Apple, Sweet Sour.621, 832 
Apple Tent Caterpillar 
225, 1428.1482 
Apple Tree, Certified. 414 
Apple Tree Does Not Bear 
1089, 1370.1557 
Apple Tree Injury. 403 
Apple Tree, McIntosh, Canadian 86 
Apple Tree, One Year. 122 
Apple Tree, Training. 580 
Apple Trees, Culling. 934 
Apple Trees, Dwarf. 749 
Apple Trees, Top Working.1552 
Apple Trees, Value of.1074 
Apple Usage Hints. 509 
Apples, Advertising .885, 916 
Apples and High Wind.1217 
Apples, Baking and Pie. 415 
Apples, Big Baldwin.1450 
Apples, Eastern Wanted. 867 
Apples for Cows. 31 
Apples for Pies. 210 
Apples, Future of. 832 
Apples in Cellar.46, 79 
Apples in Rhyme. 415 
Apples, Nova Scotia. 883 
Apples, Ohio.1483 
Apples, Poor, Eastern.461 
Apples, Quality in. 207 
Apples, Winter Injury to.911 
Appleseed, Johnny.1370 
Arbutus in Garden. 693 
Artee Fruit Co.1122 
Ashes and Hen Manure. 260 
Ashes, Compost Value of. 515 
Ashes on Strawberries.690 
Asparagus Bunching Machine.... 45 
Asparagus Culture .1187, 1208 
Asparagus Fertilizing.1148 
Asparagus, Red Colored. 951 
Asparagus Seed, Saving.1150 
Asfridistra, Care of.1535 
Aster Culture.693, 1007 
Aster Growing, Truth About.499 
Asters, Aphids on. 669 
Auto and Its Work. 906 
Auto Engines, Knocking in.1412 
Auto for Power.63, 440. 1091 
Auto Hogs ..86. 319. 882, 1008, 
1028, 1074, 1075, 1093.1432 
Auto Knitter Co.1216, 1282, 1360 
Auto Law, New. 1074, 1114, 1269, 1353 
Auto Laws.1186, 1517, 1378, 1508 
Auto Liability. 53 
Auto License Examination.1413 
Auto Mechanism Problems.1109 
Auto Problem.623 
Auto, Stolen, Buying. 757 
Auto Windshields, Pasters on..1328 
Auto Wrecking Business.1550 
Azalea Culture.1161 
B 
Back-to-the-lander, Advice to.... 881 
Baker Heirs, Inc. 34 
Bandit, Bobbed Hair. 837 
Bank Account, Joint.222 
Bank, Land, Intrigue in.323 
Bank, Land, N. Y.180, 1353 
Bankruptcy Law. 425 
Barberry, Planting. 503 
Bark, Keeping, on Logs.1528 
Barn, Fitting, for Poultry.1087 
Barn Roof, Raising.1256 
Barn Wall.1452 
Barrels, Cleaning.1109 
Baseball in Europe.1460 
Batteries, Renewing.469, 874 
Battery, Trouble With.1235 
Bean Crop, New Jersey. 
Bean, Soy, Meeting.917 
Beans, Harvesting and Curing 
1183.1404 
Beans, Feeding Value of.174, 191 
Beans for Sheep.146, 390 
Beans, Shelling, With Clothes 
Wringer . 626 
Beans, Soy, for Poultry... .292, 1548 
Beans, Soy, in Indiana.5, 79 
Beans, Soy, in Silage. 883 
Beans, Soy, Valuable, 412, 462, 
691, 738. 779 
Beans, Weevils in. 669 
Beans in Pennsylvania. 177 
Beaver, Taming. 823 
Bedbugs, Destroying.996, 1121 
Bee Bill, N. Y.474, 597 
Bee Tree, Ownership of. 263 
Beer Not Medicine. 938 
Beekeepers Meet.1381 
Rees and Poison Dust. 611 
Bees in House.1335 
Bees, Increasing. 43 
Bees, Loss of.722, .899 
Bees Make Early Start. 624 
Rees, Managing .426, 1002, 1060 
Bees, Rations for. 979 
Rees, Saving.263, 446 
Bees Sting Poultry.1521 
Sees, Syrup for.1407 
Bees, Value of. 43 
Bees With Foul Brood. 985 
Reet Pulp, Feeding.25, 384, 606 
Beet as Farm Crop.4, 207 
Beets for Live Stock. 806 
Begonia, Frau Helen Harms.... 504 
Berrang. Notes from.63, 131, 258 
379, 510, 567, 630, 816, 892, 
986, 1049, 1120, 1259.1577 
Berry Growing, Co-operative. 270 
Binder, Veteran.1287 
Bindweed, Destroying. 272 
Birch Borer .1286 
Bird Bath.1159, 1334 
Birds and Suet . 935 
Birds, Autumn.1409 
Birds Damage Fruit .1210 
Birds front Kitchen Window.662, 745 
P.irds on Wisconsin Farm. 985 
Birds Scaring, Away.885, 982 
Bittersweet, Ornamental. 171 
Rlack, John .T. 202 
Blackberry, Agawam.1528 
Blackberry, Eldorado.1528 
Blackberry, McDonald. 84 
Blackberry, Propagating.1528 
Blackberries, Three Good. 353 
Blackboard, Farm. 721 
Blister Rust.1500 
Blodgett, R. C. 342 
Blood Transfusion.1130, 1162 
Rloodhound, English. 823 
Blower for Constalks. 240 
Blueberries, Cultivating.1207 
Blueberries for Ornament. 784 
Boils, Treatment of_275, 886, 923 
Bonds, Tax Exempt.5, 12, 1530 
Bone, Green, Analysis of. 15 
Bone, Green, Feeding. 247 
Bones, How to Handle 576, 1505, 
1535.1575 
Bonus, Soldiers'.52, 181 
Books for Boys and Girls.1476 
Books, Horticultural.1435, 1436 
Borden Milk Co.1583 
Boxwood, Propagating. 665 
Boy and His Dog. 999 
Boy Problems...,...130, 1193 
Boys Going to College. 517 
Bread for Poultry. 247 
Bridge, Fallen.1345 
Bridge Grafting, Remarkable.... 468 
Brigham, E. S. 964, 1010, 1074, 
1133.1216 
Bright’s Disease . 833 
Brinkler Institute . 406 
Broilers, Tough .1121 
Brush Burner. 659 
Brush, Killing.1154 
Buckman, Benjamin.1560 
Buckwheat, Feeding 66, 144, 195, 
920, 1035 
Rulbs, Dividing. 728 
Bull, Feeding.24, 1322 
Bull, Treacherous.194, 1008 
Bull, Use of.1516 
Business Slowing Up.939 
Butchering, Handy. 26 
Butter, Cheesy.521 
Butter, Hard. 105 
Butter, Musty.1057 
Butter Off Flavor.330, 523 
Butter, Salt Crystals on. 609 
Butter, Sweet. 330 
Butter With Cheese Flavor 737, 1035 
Butterfield, K. L. 838 
Buttermilk, Dried.69, 492, 825 
C 
Cabbage Club Foot. 859 
Cabbage, Feeding. 106 
Cabbage, Hog Manure on. 515 
Cabbage Maggot . 502 
Cabbage on Muck. 166 
Cabbage Plants from South.367 
Cactus, Christmas. 595 
Caladiums . 
Calceolarias for House. 731 
Calcium Cyanide, New Poison, 
930, 1023, 1189, 1233, 1344, 
1498 .1507 
Calf, Boarding. 972 
Calf Feeding 103, 188, 195, 606, 
646, 1223, .1304 
Calf, Laurel .1588 
Calf, Scouring .485, 969 
Calf Work, New Jersey.1098 
Camp Clothes . 843 
Camp Fire, Ninety Nights 
Around .1479 
Canary Loses F'eathers.1334 
Cancer Cures. 938 
Canna Does Not Grow. 465 
Canna, Edible . 455 
Canna, Storing.1325, 1433 
Canning, Farm .416, 502 
Cape Cod, Farm on.1003 
Capons, Questions About.15(58 
Carcass, Feeding. 328 
Carnations in House. 731 
Carnations With Split Calyx_301 
Cat, Mange on.249, 923 
Cat, Plea for. 591 
Cat, 'Thriftless. 104 
Cat, Useful .86, 220 
Catalpa, Propogating .1099 
Caterpillar, Tent 225, 807, 957, 1533 
Cats and Catnip . 591 
Cattails for Chair Seats. 261 
Cattle Abortion . 873 
Cattle, Alderney . 25 
Cattle Breeds, Comparing. 561 
Cattle, Dishorning.1514 
Cattle, Driving, Along Highway 1063 
Cattle Feeds, Improving.1402 
Cattle Floor, Cement.1514 
Cattle, Milking Shorthorn. 845 
Cattle, Minerals for. 795 
Cattle With Foot Disease. 30 
Cauliflower Culture . 800 
Cauliflower, Poor Stand of. 506 
Cavies, Care of .1513 
Celeriac Culture .127, 465 
Celery, Banking . 270 
Celery, Blanching, With Tile....1373 
Celery Blight . 9 
Celery Culture .83, 625 
Celery Hollow . 49 
Celery in Cellar .267, 471 
Celery, Lice on . 958 
Celery, Preparing for Shipment. . 1150 
Celery, Stringy .1501 
Cellar Floor, Cement . 14 
Cellar, Leaky ...160, 240, 1016, 1173 
Cement Dust as Fertilizer.1346 
Cement Floor in Granary. 650 
Cement Floor, Poor.1521 
Cement F’orms, Nailkeg . 49 
Cement Mortar for Brick . 659 
Cemetery Laws, N. Y.1256 
Cemetery, Old, Care of.81, 702 
Cemetery, Shrubs for. 884 
Cesspool, Digging . 340 
Cesspool for Manure. 909 
Cesspool Near Well.1447 
Cesspool, Improving 15, 659, 
923.1307 
Chair Bottoms, Cattails for. 942 
Chaulmooga Plants .1107 
Chautauqua School of Nursing.. 534 
Chayote . , 1326 
Cheese, Cottage . 727 
Cheese Making at Honw- . 916 
Cheese Skipper . , , ( 
Chemical Closet. Freezing. 30i 
Cherries, Desirable .1571 
Cherries, Grafting .,,,.1025 
Cherries, Small .1007 
Cherries, Sterility in 959, 
1069 .1562 
Cherry Cracking .1291 
Cherry Culture .372, 1074 
Cherry, Gum on .1498 
Cherry, Leaf Spot .1295 
Cherry, Seneca . 348 
Cherry Sterility . 378 
Cherry Trees, Gum on.1060 
Chick Brooder, Electric . Ill 
Chick Rrooder, Fireless .900 
Chick Brooder Floor .201, 401 
Chick Brooder, Gas in . 614 
Chick Brooder-house 242, 339. 
529 949 
Chick Brooder Stove 197, 651 
652 . 913 
Chickenpox .1520, 1568 
Chickens, Broiler .444, 566, 1121 
Chickens Eat Feathers .1140 
Chickens in Bad Weather. 999 
Chickens, Counting After Hatch- 
in . 798 
Chickens, Making Tender .1200 
Chickens With Winpipe Trouble 1177 
Chicks, Ailing .1336 
Chicks and Violet Rays.1401 
Chicks, Brooding .129, 399 
Chicks, Coccidiosis in .442, 992 
Chicks, Diarrhoea in .189, 877 
Chicks Die in Shell. 877 
Chicks, Feeding 405, 615, 799, 
846 924 
Chicks Have Sore Heads.1200 
Chicks in Waelitaub . 592 
Chicks, Late Buying .7.1418 
Chicks, Leg Weakness in 683 
846 .1121 
Chicks, Mash for.720, 771 
Chicks, Toe-picking . 720 
Chicks, Unthrifty .1083 
Chicks With Bowel Trouble.... 899 
Chicks With Pneumonia . 900 
Child, Who Should Have?.974 
Child With Depraved Appetite.. 316 
Children, Adopted .660, 790 
Children and Autos .1411 
Children and Hens . 199 
Children and Labor, 1103, 1010 
1075, 1095, 1114, 1133, 1163, 
1186, 1269, 1299, 1329, 1349, 
1413, 1460, 1483, 1526.1554 
Children, Boarding .1025 
Children, Country Minded .1129 
Children, FVesh Air .1132 
Chimney, Leaking . 667 
Chimney Outside House . 053 
Chimney Problem .1109, 1551 
Chimney Swallows . 985 
Chimney, Tar in .1481 
Christmas Always . 327 
Christmas Baby .1558 
Christmas Rose . 815 
Christmas Trees, Growing. .190, 307 
Church, Country Neglected .... 866 
Churn, Motor for .???? 
Churning Trouble .395, 873, 945 
Cider Cooked in Syrup Boiler. .. 50 
Cider Filtering . 80 
Cider* for Vinegar . 19 
Cider Preserving .1192 
Cider, Regulating . 779 
Cistern, Cleaning .15, 1016 
Cistern, Filter in .51, 386 
Cistern for Water . 813 
Cistern for Live Stock.105, 586 
Civil Service Examination .1018 
Clambake Recipes .695, 960 
Clay, Fertilizing Value of.._1232 
Clover, Alsike Clover and Honey 
Crops . 878 
Clover and Raw Rock . 855 
Clover and Wood Ashes . 7 
Clover, Cutting and Airing. 981 
Clover in Pasture .1552 
Clover, Red or Alsike .266 
Clover Seed, Vitality of . 465 
Clover, Seeding .531, 756 
Clover, Spontaneous . 135 
Clover, Sweet, Experience 457, 
577, 1043, 1211 .1288 
Cluthe, Olias. Co.1082 
Coal and Wood, Comparing. 50 
Coal, Cubic Foot of 1 . 277 
Cobb, H. W.202, 1038 
Cockerels, Keeping .568 
Cocoa for Live Stock .201, 283 
Cod Liver Oil for Chicks 846 
1395 1444 
Coffee Tree .. 213 
Colds, Chlorine Gas for. 892 
Colorado Life .1477 
Columbia River, More About.... 745 
Compost .1294, 1372 
Concrete House . 398 
Connecticut Valley . 500 
Contracts and Officials .1504 
Coolidge on Farming . 322 
Co-operative Law, New 555, 763, 
839 
Copper Heater, Soot in . 469 
Corn, Best Way to Use.1287 
Corn Breeding . 394 
Corn Crop and Frost .1132, 1279 
Corn Flakes for Cows.480 
Corn Fodder and Alfalfa . 25 
Corn Husking in West .1551 
Corn in Africa . 807 
Corn in Argentina .1162 
Corn in Clambake . 810 
Corn, Late Cultivation of. 751 
Corn, Seed, Sowing .1412 
Corrosive Sublimate for Poultry. 773 
Cotton and Poor Soils ........ 303 
Cotton in Greenhouse . 276 
Cotton in North . 429 
Cotton North and South . 79 
Ottto*, Trtn*planting . 3 
Cottonieai f*r Poultry .1518 
ColtoaiMci ti Horse Peed .434 
Country Discounter^ . 130 
Cover Crops. 579, 981, 1021 1043, 
1067, 1148 .1318 
Cow Barks Trees . 680 
Cow, Dairy, Trial of.1536, 1560 
Cow Deal, Fraud in . 513 
Cow Does Not Eat . 801 
Cow, Drying off . 64 
Cow, Family, F'eeding, 64, 142, 
434 . 801 
Cow Guaranteeing . 554 
Cow Hard Milking . 333 
Cow, Jersey, Prize .1497 
Cow, Kicks Cattle Buyer . 119 
Cow Leaks Milk . 392 
Cow Marked No. 7 . 25 
Cow, Mauchlin Snow'd roped ....1086 
Cow, Milking Shorthorn . 897 
Cow, Milkless . 105 
Cow Milks Herself, 31, 133, 238, 
994 nno 
Cow Notes .1306 
Cow off Feed . 61 
Cow, Old Jersey, Went Down the 
Road .187, 329 
Cow Peas and Oats . 511 
Cow Testers’ Comments . 645 
Cow, Tuberculosis, Meat from. 187 
Cow, Value of . 60 
Cow With Garget ...333. 645, 1274 
Cow With Milk Fever. .523, 708, 970 
C»w With Paralysis . 678 
Cow. Young, Feeding . 384 
Cowpox .23, 1464 
Cows and Debt . 965 
Cows and Free School .1014 
Cows, Brewers Grains for . 603 
Cows, Cheap Roughage for.1250 
Cows, Developing . 144 
Cows, Dry, F'eeding .235, 439 
Cows, Dysentery in .1516 
Cows, Exercising . 29 
Cows Feeding on Pasture .1015 
Cows, Itching . 1515 
Cow's, Jersey, Types of . 603 
Cows Keeping in Flesh . 920 
Cows, Mangels for . 435 
Cows Pasturing in Denmark... .1306 
Cows, Skim-milk for . 60 
Cow’s Stomach .1567 
Cows, Thriftless .. 437 
Cows, Trespassing .1366 
Cows vs. Sheep .1475 
Cows With Depraved Appetite, 
238 435 
Cows With Foot-rot .1168 
Cramps in Water . 1131 
Cranberry Culture .663, 1148 
Crandall, Harry T.826 
Cream, Ritter . 394 
Cream, Pasteurizing . 105 
Cream, Slimy . 1491 
Cream, Thick .994, 1100 
Cream, Whipping .766, 1420 
Cream Will Not Churn . 62 
Crickets in Garden . 783 
Crickets in House . 755 
Crickets Injuring Strawberries.. 625 
Crop Rotation .1291 
Crop Surveys, Value of . 867 
Crops, Years . 57 
Crow, Tame . 203 
Crow, Talking ..1262, 1442 
Crows and Turpentine . 783 
Cucumber Reetles .505, 1009 
Cucumber Pickles, Raising. .46.1, 781 
Cucumber Seed, Treating .1501 
Cultivator, Three-row . 256 
Currant Aphid .374, 1201 
Currant, Rlack .1553 
Currants, Training . 1113 
Cutworm Protection . 982 
Czechoslovakia, Life in . 929 
D 
Dahlia Comments .1429 
Dahlia Culture .84, 163 
Dahlias, Keeping ...1325, 1404, 1501 
Dairy Community, Figures of... 520 
Dairy Deflate, Challenge to_1269 
Dairy Disinfectants. 604 
Dairy Education Needed . 659 
Dairy Herd, Renewing .291 
Dairy Products Heads, Inter¬ 
views With . 657 
Dairy Meetings . 128 
Dairy Organizations in Del. Co., 
N. Y.181 
Dairy Show, National .1360 
Dairy Statistics .639, 1483 
Dairy Unity . 893 
Dairying in Northwest.939, 1172 
Dairying to General Farming ...1233 
Dairying, World Wide .1503 
Dairymen, N. Y, State .1489 
Dairymen, Plain Talk from...77, 120 
Dairymen Should Get Together, 
18, 57 . 672 
Dairymen’s League Certificates. .1561 
Dairymen’s League Meeting ... 965 
Dam, Right to Destroy . 419 
Damping off. Controlling . 582 
Day. Eight hour, 216, 411, 420 
539 . 623 
Deadfall Trap . 273 
Deaf, Attention to . 844 
Debt, Attaohment for . 649 
Debtor, Rights of . 527 
Deed, Incomplete .464 , 527 
Deed, Joint . 513 , 934 
Deed, Property Milk ..1547 
Deer. Tame . 1480 
Dentist Recommends It. N.-Y... 629 
Diabetes Treatment . 271, 769, 923 
Dill for Pickle Factory. 729 
Diphtheria Cure . 769 
Dirt Bands, Melons I 11 . 720 
Dishwashing, Chemistry of ...1481 
Distribution and Overproduction 1411 
Ditch Across Another’s Land... 527 
Dividing Rod . 1547 
Doctors. Country .1 923 
Dog, Ailing . 104 
Dog Annoyed by Flies . 944 
Dog Could Reason .221, 591 
Dog, Fractions .1358 
Dog, Gov. Baxter’s .1560 
Dog, Gun Shy . 591 , 630 
Dog, Japanese .1242 
Dog Kills Poultry .1048 
Dog Kills Sheep .1269 
Dog I,aw, Faulty . 957 
Dog, Rights of .1048, 1413 
Dog, Run for . 609 
Dog, Running Fits in . 922 
Dog, Vermin on .1332 
Dog, Vicious . 101 
Dog, Wanted . 938 
Dog, What Kind .79, 501, 66,2 
Dog With Boils . 335 
Dogs, Kennel License for . 882 
Dog's Sense of Direction .1334 
Dogs, Trouble About . 666 
Drainage, Great Value 6t .1561 
Drainage Laws . 631 
Drainage, Roadside .1504 
Draining Engine Room .1111 
Driftwood Crystals . 50 
Drunkenness, Responsibility for 
1158 
Duok, Crossbred . 770 
Duck Eggs, Selling 101, 109, 201, 
244 . 340 
Duck, Picking .1363, 1469 
Duck Questions .1174, 1399 
Ducks, Muscovey . 340 
-Ducks, Picking . 1513 
